Arriving at Dai's House

"And this is my house!" Dai told you proudly.

"And that ones' mine!" you answered, pointing at the pretty structure beside it.

"So Roku, do you live with your parents then?" asked Riku cheerily, not realizing the question had upset you.

You were silent for a moment, thinking of the best way to explain how her parents died without further humiliating Riku. You settled for the most obvious approach.

"They died a few years ago in a car crash." You said in an as friendly and not-minding way as possible. "I only survived because I had a really tight seatbelt and I was sitting in a backseat."

"Oh! I'm so sorry Roku!" gasped Riku, "I really shouldn't have mentioned it, and reminded you of those horrible memories…it must have been really hard for you…" she ended in a whisper, clearly embarrassed and sympathizing for her.

"That's fine, don't worry, you never knew," you reassured her comfortingly, patting her on the back.

"So you live by yourself then?" asked Dai, confused.

"Well, err…not exactly….I've got a guardian…" you trailed off as you saw your front door open and Kiro stepped out, smiling happily at you.

"Wow…" you heard Dai and Riku murmur, apparently awed. "He's got white hair…" they said together. "And silver eyes as well…I've never seen anyone with silver eyes…they're like a snow leopards'…" Dai ended for the both of them.

"Who is he?" Riku asked, still staring at your guardian.

"Well, that's my guardian, as I was just telling you. Kiro! Come over here! I'd like to introduce you to my new friends!" you shouted over at him.

You watched as he obligingly sprinted over.

"Didn't I say it would be easy to make friends?" Kiro said, giving you an I-told-you-so look.

You made a face at him, paying no attention to what he said. "Anyway, this is Riku, and Daisuke. Daisuke actually lives next door to us!"

"Nice to meet you!" Dai, Riku and Kiro greeted each other, grinning excitedly.

Dai turned round, addressing you, "Hey Roku, do you two want to come round my house for dinner tonight? You can meet my mum, and we can get to know each other better too!"

You threw a questioning look at Kiro who nodded, so you smiled brightly back at Daisuke. "Of course! We'd be honoured to!" you answered.

"Good! I'll be there too!" Riku replied.

Dai made a face at Riku, narrowing his eyes in a frown jokingly, "So you just invited yourself?" he asked.

"Yup!" she answered, "But you don't mind do you?" she questioned, making puppy-dog-eyes at him. "I am your girlfriend after all and you do love me don't you?"

"Well…I guess so..." Dai stuttered, blushing furiously.

"Hehe…" you giggled, "You two look so cute together!"

"You think?" Riku smiled, tilting her head smiling brightly at you.

All Dai did was blush a hundred different shades of red.

At Dai's Front Door For Dinner, 6:00pm

You rang the doorbell, "Ding-dong!" A woman in her late thirties comes and opens the door, jumping at you and throwing her arms around you.

"Hey dearie! Please come in and make yourself welcome! I'm Emiko, Dai's mum! You're Roku aren't you? Dinner's ready! I'll just get Dai…DAI!!!"

She managed to say all that in one breath, still with her arms round your neck, and ending with a huge shout aimed upstairs, apparently to call Daisuke.

-You and Kiro grow anime vein-

Seeing Dai come down the stairs, you gave him a look clearly meaning – Get-me-out-of-your-mum's-hold-on-my-neck.

"Coming mum!" he yelled, arriving at the bottom of the stairs and coming to your rescue. "Mum, I think you should let go now," he told her. "Roku's turning blue already, I think you're choking her…Hey Kiro, sorry about making you wait so long out there, please come in."

With Emiko finally releasing her hold on you, Dai led you and Kiro to the dining room, where Riku was already seated, with a middle-aged man and an older one who smiled warmly at you.

"Here, let me introduce," Emiko started, standing at the head of the table, "This is Kosuke, my husband, and Daiki, my father…" she stated happily, pointing at the two men sat opposite you.

You all introduced yourselves and ended up talking late into the night, you and Riku found out that the two of you had so much in common you could be twin sisters, and since that wasn't so, you quickly became best friends and had a great laugh together with Dai and Kiro.

8:30pm

"Thanks so much for dinner Ms Niwa," you stated, "it was very nice of you to invite us over but we've troubled you long enough already, I think we should get going now," you finished, starting to stand up.

"Dearie, just call me Emiko, Ms Niwa makes me sound old," Emiko told you with a giggle, "And thank you for coming over, you'll always be welcome, you can come visit anytime!"

You and Kiro got up and thanked them again, turning to leave.

"Yes, I should be going too now, thank you Emiko, see you tomorrow Dai!" Riku said, blowing a kiss at Daisuke. "Bye Roku! Bye Kiro!"

She got up and the three of you left.

Dai's POV

"Did you sense that Dai?" Dark said in Dai's head.

"What?" you replied. (You is Daisuke, remember it's his POV)

"That…aura…especially from Kiro…Hiroku not as much…"

"Aura?" you asked, clearly confused.

"Let me talk to you dad for a minute Dai," the voice of Dark commanded.

"What is it Dark?" Kosuke questioned, wondering what could be so urgent that Dark could not just ask his son to give him the message.

"Did you sense that aura coming from the pair?" Asked Dark's voice emanating from your head, "It was almost like…almost like…like…Krad…"

A/N: I'm so so so so so so so so very sorry to all my readers for such a late update! My computer broke down and I lost the whole chapter, and I had to start over again…at school because the PCs still not working, I even have to upload it at school so please forgive me, I'm a slow typer aswell so it took me ages! But here at last I've finished this chap; let's hope it won't take me as long to do the next one. Cross your fingers and hope my computer gets fixed soon!