Kukai cheered, sweat dripping off of him as he dunked the basketball. He grinned happily as he fell to the ground carefully, reveling in the ecstatic screams of his friends and teammates. He had just broken the tie, 7-7, and had brought them to the top for this year. He panted, out of breath, and began running to the bleac hers where Daichi was.

He stretched, working out a few kinks in his back before jogging over to the locker room and taking a quick shower, happily yanking on his black tank top and grey jeans (over his amazing batman boxers, of course.) He jogged over to his laptop, quickly popping it open and searching up Utau's user name on some random messaging thing she had told him to get.

He quickly pressed the call button after seeing she was online, his smile getting impossibly wider as her irritated face showed on the screen. "Really Kukai, right now?" he nodded quickly, resisting the urge to glomp his laptop.

A few months after their second kiss, they had begun dating, which was difficult with Utau being a model, singer, and (she hoped) an actress all at once. Not to mention with Kukai already being searched for by multiple sports agencies, all in the hopes of hiring him, trying to speak with each other was difficult.

Either way, he happily retold the events of the game and smiled as she laughed at the stupidity of the other team. After an hour of droning on about it, he sadly told her he had to start home, and their conversation ended for the night. He quickly jogged back to the bleachers, cheerfully reveling in the memories of the many sports he's played.

FLASHBACK, START!

Kukai tugged on his hair, irritation spreading through him. He had almost lost a football game because he hadn't seen the defender coming from his left side! He rolled over on his bed grouchily, gripping the scissors on his bedside table. He heard a loud, sudden knock, sighing as he rolled of the bed and peeking through the peephole. A man in a black suit... Thank goodness for random scissors. He ninja-ed around the door playfully, before standing up straight and answering it.

"Are you Kukai Souma?" The man asked, and Kukai nodded hesitantly, glaring at the man in suspicion. "Perfect. I'm here on recruiting business, and was wondering if you would like to join our baseball team? We're the Fukawani." Kukai's eyes widened, disbelief across his features. He cheered happily, cheering and pumping his fist in the air. The man backed up in fear, and Kukai raised an eyebrow. "I'll take that as a yes, but could you please put down the scissors?"

FLASHBACK, END!

Kukai walked outside to his car, finding Daichi sitting on the roof of it. He sat next the small floating Chara, popping in silent earphones as he watched others walk by, all tired from their day of work. "So Daichi, did you see anything you thought would be a cool souveneir? We're in New York, after all." He said quietly, feinting singing to talk to his friend. Daichi giggled softly, floating to Kukai's shoulder and gripping his sleeve tightly. Kukai's eyes flicked over suddenly after feeling the strange, small droplets of warm water on his cool flesh. "Daichi, what's wrong?"

"I think it's time that I disappear, Kukai."

Kukai doubled over suddenly, burying his face into his knees before standing up and shouting. "What do you mean you're going to disappear?! After all these years, you just want to go? What's with you! Why do you have to go...?" Kukai trailed off quietly, his anger gone as fast as it had come. He fell to his knees, shivering in the cold air as he watched Daichi fade. He gripped the small chara to his chest in sorrow, tears streaming down his face. "I'm gonna miss you so, so much, but I get it. You have to do what you have to do. No point making it harder." Daichi looked up to Kukai, tears in his eyes.

"See you later, Kukai."

And then, he disappeared, leaving no trace that he had ever even existed.

So I made this one not have a completely obvious answer as to why Daichi disappeared, and it isn't spelled out for you all. Double update because I'm a horrible author who never updates. :( I don't own unicorns, poodles, or any other thing that is awesome, which includes Shugo Chara. The only thing I own are my laptop, my fingers, my hands my shoulders my head and chin my neck and I'm not saying anything below my collarbone!