A/N: Well I had all the ideas and I just had to write this chapter down too. So yeah fast update. Enjoy ^_^
Chapter 4 I Will Find Him
Background: Dark woke up materialized and Daisuke is gone somehow… No one knows what happened and Riku's confusion grows stronger… Speaking of which, Riku has just found herself outside Satoshi's house from which Dark suddenly flew out. But how did he get there?
Daiki and Emiko had been in the basement for more than six hours and Kosuke was locked in the study under a huge pile of books. Towa and Argentine were wondering the house doing this and that and Dark… Dark was like a tiger in a cage.
He looked outside the window. "Well the sun has set… I guess this counts as nighttime" he said to himself. He had respected Daiki's wish to stay inside until it was dark, but he could not wait any longer. His anger was building up instead of fading.
"Let's go Wizu" he grabbed the cute red-eyed little bunny from the couch where it was comfortably laying and he rushed to the balcony. Wizu turned into his black wings in seconds and he flew over Azumano, headed for the Hiwatari mansion. He was determined to confront Satoshi, Krad, or whoever was responsible for Daisuke's disappearance…
When he reached the mansion, ten minutes later, he decided to scout the place instead of just rushing in. He landed on a window porch and looked inside. There was no one there. "This is how we get in I guess…" he said with a smirk. He slowly opened the window and entered what seemed to be a huge display room. It was actually bigger than most art galleries he had been to and it was filled with rare artwork. He was pretty sure many of them would be eligible targets as he could sense the Hikari mark on them.
"There's no time for such nonsense right now…"he whispered. "Where's that bastard?" He walked toward the door and opened it without making even a hint of a sound. He wasn't called a phantom thief for nothing…
The corridor was dark, except for a small ray of gray light coming out of a half open door at the other end of the room. Dark started walking toward it wall-to-wall. When he reached the door he peaked in.
The room was huge but almost empty. The walls were covered by shelves full of books and the only piece of furniture in the room was a huge silver throne-like chair with a pair of torn wings spreading behind the seat. Satoshi Hikari was sitting on it, his head on his hand, and more than 100 books were lying on the floor. One of them, was open and the drawing on the page was the gun that Satoshi had used on Daisuke the night before. Dark didn't contain his anger any more. He stormed in the room.
"You bastard Hikari!" he shouted. "What did you do to Daisuke?"
Satoshi lifted his eyes terrified. "Why are you here?!" he seemed extremely tired, like he hadn't slept for days.. Which was probably the case.
Dark moved toward him with a threatening look on his face. "Tell me where Daisuke is NOW!" he shouted even more loudly than before.
"Tell me now or I will make sure you never see the light of day again".
Satoshi was trembling. He climbed off his chair with difficulty.. "You don't understand… You…" he stuttered. He grabbed the right side of his face.
"You can't be here…You have to go!" he screamed lifting his face. His hair had started getting a blonde color.
"I can't hold him in if you're here! Get aw…." He couldn't finish his sentence. In mere seconds, his hair turned completely blonde and his eyes darkened. Two white wings sprang from his back and the moonlight falling on him from the huge vitrine-window that was covering the one side of the room, almost blinded dark. However the transformation was not complete, Dark could tell. Krad had appeared in Satoshi's clothing instead of his own, which meant that part of his body was still Satoshi.
Dark jumped at the other wall of the room.
"I knew you'd come…" Krad said in a triumphant voice. "You're just a weak excuse of a Kokuyoku Dark…"
"Look who's talking…" Dark answered grabbing one of his black feathers. "What have you done to Daisuke?! Tell me where he is!" he shouted.
Krad grabbed one of his white feathers, although he knew that he would probably not be able to withstand Dark's attack at this state. With Satoshi still trying to block him. Dark was stronger than him… For now… However he knew his weakness against humans, so he could have his fun for now…
"HAHAHAHAHA! You care so much about that puny host of yours don't you" he shouted throwing his ray of light toward Dark.
Dark easily dodged the attack and flew to the ceiling. He immediately flew down to where Krad was standing to unleash his attach in close contact.
"TELL ME WHERE HE IS!" he shouted with rage.
Krad flew off at the last minute right above Dark. He was sickly enjoying Dark's despair. He launched another instant attack on Dark and this time he got a hit.
"Ughhh!" Dark growled in pain but that wasn't enough to get him down. He grabbed two more of his black feathers and threw them to Krad in a helix formation. They both hit him and the white angel fell on the ground in pain.
Dark flew right above him "Tell me what happened to Daisuke and where I can find him or I'll finish you off right here, right now.."
Dark noticed that a part of his hair was turning blue… His hit must have given Satoshi more control over Krad. However before Dark could get to him, he managed to lift himself again.
"Something happened to your tamer, my dark counterpart?" he said sarcastically, invoking even more rage in Dark, who launched one more attack. Again, Krad dodged.
"Don't play dumb, Krad! Daisuke disappeared after you… No, after your host shot him with that gun last night!" he shouted. Krad's left eye twitched and turned blue. Satoshi was reacting to the information that he had hurt Daisuke.
"Ughhh!" Krad gasped and his left wing disappeared. Now he was almost half Krad, half Satoshi.
"Hikari!" Dark shouted.
"Let go Satoshi-sama!" Krad said in an almost threatening tone, but Satoshi was determined. He gathered all his strength and managed to gain control for a moment.
"Niwa disappeared?" he turned to Dark.
"His presence is not within me anymore since this morning! Your freaking gun did something to him! Where did you find that thing? You were not supposed to have it!" Dark said firmly.
Satoshi continued trembling as he still had one of his wings and a small golden lock of hair on his head. "You… I don't…" he put his hand on his heart.
"Come during daylight… I am stronger against him…against your presence, then" Satoshi said in a voice clearly suggesting agony and his struggle to contain his other self…
"What nonsense are you saying Hikari!" Dark was still furious. He ran towards Satoshi.
"I don't know what happened! But I will find out! For Niwa's sake" Hiwatari shouted,
"Now be gone!" he said and with a rapid movement he pushed Dark with all his strength.
Dark was surprised and couldn't dodge the push. He flew right out the huge vitrine-window and into the night sky.
With the side-sight of his left eye he spotted a small figure. He turned to look and… /What the…/ His expression changed completely, into something between complete surprise and terror. It was Riku! She was standing in front of the Hiwatari mansion's front gate, looking at him puzzled.
"What are you doing here?!" he shouted at her. Riku was clearly at a loss for words.
"The older Ha…Harada…" Satoshi whispered. "DARK! GET HER OUT OF HERE!" he screamed as loud as he could.
Riku who had frozen at Dark's sight turned her eyes and saw Satoshi with what was now most definitely a half torn white wing on the left side of his back. He was kneeled on the first floor of the mansion, among the broken glasses of the shuttered window.
"Hiwa…" before she could finish, she felt the push from Dark's grabbing her and lifting her above the ground. She was more surprised than annoyed. Her eyes were side open and she couldn't utter a word.
Dark was holding her…more like hugging her in an almost suffocating way to prevent her from falling. He was flying moderately fast and looking straight forward. He was taking them away from the mansion. Riku turned her look at his face. He looked a lot more serious than he usually did.
Dark noticed her observing him. "Did I hurt you?" he said while still looking straight ahead.
"N..no. I'm fine" she said averting her eyes from him. "Where… where are you taking me?" she asked and a slight blush appeared on her cheeks.
"Home" he answered plainly. "That's where you want to go, right?"
She thought about it for a second… "Actually… I was going to Niwa's place…" she said finally.
Dark was surprised, although he should have expected that. Riku and Daisuke shared a very strong bond… He felt it… "Look.." he started saying, but Riku interrupted him.
"Can you please take me to him? Or… I don't know… I just want to see him…" she said blushing even more.
Dark knew he would probably regret this, but in his mind it was the only option right now. Plus, despite the apparent easiness with which Daisuke denied the truth and lied to Riku, he didn't want to. He knew Daisuke only did it for her safety. Still, Dark was a creature of complete honesty and he cherished the truth no matter how hard. He was going to go easy on Riku though…
"Riku…" he felt kind of strange calling her by her first name…
"We need to talk…"
Riku was completely surprised.. That was the first time that kaitou pervert had addressed her with her name. "What about?" she said. "Did something happen to Niwa-kun?"
She dreaded the thought that Niwa was really hurt as she had suspected. But how could he… If he was Dark… Dark was right there, in one piece, holding her…
They flew over her house, so Riku supposed they would go to Niwa's house as she had asked him. But Dark continued flying to the opposite direction.
"Hey where do you think you're taking me you perv…"she stopped. What if he really was Daisuke? Would she be calling him a pervert too?
Dark smiled. "Don't worry" he said 'I don't intend to do anything weird to you. Not that I haven't thought of it" he smirked. Even at that frustrated state he was in, he hadn't lost his teasing ability.
Riku instantly forgot all her previous cautiousness. "You perverted thief! Let me down" she started struggling to get out of his arms. Irrationally of course as they were pretty high above the ground.
"You know, the more you struggle the more you enhance my dirty thoughts… Plus if you don't stop we'll both fall…So relax!" he said that last sentence as an order.
The defeated Riku, red-faced like a tomato stopped struggling and talking. /There's no way this idiot is Niwa-kun!/ she thought.
"Here we are" Dark had landed on a hilltop where they could see the whole city all the way to the ocean.
"Wow.." Riku said unconsciously… She had never seen such a sight, although her house had a pretty great view. This place was higher and more beautiful, although it felt as if they were in a different world… It was pretty chilly though.
"Here" Dark covered her with his long dark coat. Riku felt as if she was hit by electricity. She did not expect that. She jumped away and threw his coat back at him.
"I'm fine!" she said coldly. "Now why did you bring me here?"…
Dark was surprised at how hard-headed she was. That was kind of a cute characteristic though…
"Fine have it your way stubborn girl" he put his coat back on.
"About Daisuke…" he said really seriously. Riku's heart started beating like crazy.
"He's… he's missing…".
"What?!" Riku didn't expect to hear that. She became desperate on the spot. However, even she could not believe it, but she was feeling a little relieved. /That means that Dark isn't Niwa…I guess/. He feelings were completely mixed…
"Remember the Ice and Snow incident?" Dark continued. Riku remembered very well. It was when Daisuke was trapped in that painting he had given her, in his own free will… /Yes, Dark and Niwa were both there… Separately/ she thought.
"Well, back then when Daisuke and I got separated and he stayed in the painting…"
"Yes I remember" she answered firmly.
"Well it's kind of like that… Only now, I don't know where he is.."
/When Daisuke and I got separated/ Riku was stuck on those words. What did he mean?
"You and Niwa…" she started saying but she noticed Dark was clenching one of his wings in pain.
"Ughh"… he felt a very sharp pain on his left wing. It must have been Krad's hit. Plus Wizu was pretty exhausted.
"Are you ok?" Riku asked, blushing again a little bit.
"We have to go. I'm sorry, we'll finish this some other time" and he winked.
"You… ughhh!" Riku always got angry when she felt uncomfortable. And this guy had a real talent at causing that to her.
"Be careful what you say now.. I'm your ride home, remember?" he said with a smirk. He grabbed her rapidly and started flying toward her house.
"Hang in there Wizu" he said "We have to take the grumpy princess to her castle first"
When they reached her balcony, all the lights were out. /Good/ she thought /Risa is asleep/. For some reason she didn't want her sister to see her with Dark…
Dark reduced his speed and landed them right outside her room. He grabbed his wing once again. Riku was a little worried. She leaned a little closer to see whether he was wounded.
"Are you sure you're ok?" she said.
Dark seized the opportunity to annoy her once again "Hey… are you worried about me princess?"
"You idiot! I don't care!" she turned her look away from him. "Thanks for bringing me home!" she said abruptly and started walking toward her room in fury.
"Oi Riku!" he said suddenly.. "I don't know where he is yet…But I promise you. I will find him!"
Riku stopped to her tracks and at the same time she heard an air blow and turned to see his black wings vanishing into the dark sky.
…
Risa had gone to bed but she just couldn't sleep. It had been almost two hours that Riku had left for Niwa's house. Why was she so late? She should have come back by know…
As she was thinking that she looked outside the window and saw Dark's slender figure in the sky. She jumped off her bed and went toward her window to see him fly. But… what was that? Dark was flying toward her house.
"Could he be here to see me?" she whispered to herself excited. Exactly when she was ready to open the door, she noticed that Dark was carrying something, or more precisely…someone. It was Riku.
Risa felt a sharp pain through her body… What was she doing with him? Then she saw an even more painful image. Riku leaned over to Dark, a little too close. /What is she doing? She doesn't even like him…/ Risa's eyes darkened again and she smiled sadly. "He probably found her on the way and brought her here safely… He's such a gentleman" she told herself. As she lay on her bed, a small tear dropped on her nose…
A/N: I hope you like drama cause I got more of it coming… The story is really complicated in my mind but I love writing it so far. So where could Daisuke be? Will Dark and Hiwatari work together to save their common friend? Will Riku find out the truth, and how? And Risa, is a really optimistic person and for the time being pretty strong… But for how long? If you decide to comment please tell me how I did in the battle description… It's my first one. Thank you for reading. I'll come back soon with a next chapter ^_^