Hm, so I'm ending here. Yea, sudden short notice, yada yada. But, no one has reviewed, much to my disappointment, and I have too many things going on.
So, it's been fun, I guess. For when I got reviews anyway. And who knows? Maybe one day I'll reopen the story, add a few more. But for now. This is it.
That and the person I began writing this story for has stopped reading period, so…what's the point of continuing?
Chapter 10: Goodnight
Risa gently took it from her, staring at it with a small smile. "Ha, I forgot I had this…"
"You knew it was in there?" Satoshi asked.
"Of course I did." Risa smirked playfully. "I put it in there that night I fell from the roof when we went after Daisuke's painting."
"When you tricked that cop?!" Riku said. "Wow…how long has it been since them?"
Daisuke put his head on Riku's. "A longgggg time."
"You're looking at it rather fondly." Satoshi said. "That was Krad's feather you know."
Risa shook her head, placing it back into the book. "No it wasn't." Satoshi stared at her, confused. "Believe it or not, but I didn't immediately pass out after falling off that building. I felt you catch me and I opened my eyes to see you holding me with those gorgeous wings of yours." Risa walked up to him and hugged him, leaning her head onto his chest. "It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen."
Miko slipped onto the couch beside Riku, "Aren't the cute, Aunt Riku?"
"Hm," Riku smiled. "I've always said that."
Miko smiled and suddenly yawn. "Uh oh," Daisuke laughed. "Looks like someone's tired."
Satoshi looked at his watch, "Well, it is bordering nine o'clock."
"I think it's time to go to bed, Sweety." Risa said.
"No! I'm not tired!" Miko shouted. "Honest! Let's look at another yearbook."
"No, I think it's time for everyone to go to bed." Risa smiled. "It's been quite the day, don't you agree, Satoshi?"
"Yep," Satoshi said, walking around the couch and picking Miko up. "Besides, Aunt Riku needs to go home and get some sleep too. I'm sure she's tired from carrying that baby around all day."
Riku playfully slapped his shoulder. "Oh shut up."
"Okay, okay." Daisuke said, hugging Riku from behind. "No fistfights here, children."
"You're just as bad as he is." Riku laughed.
"Okay, okay." Satoshi said. "Come on, Miko. Time for bed."
Satoshi began up the stairs with Daisuke following as the girls went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. When they entered her room, Kitty lazily raised his head, before rolling over and falling back to sleep. Miko quickly changed into her pajamas, lunging herself at her bed. Daisuke smiled, "She's gonna hurt herself doing that one day."
"Yea, I know." Satoshi laughed, covering her with blankets. "Thus the saying 'live and learn'."
"Oh please, please, please, please, please can you tell me one more story?" Miko pleaded.
"I've got one." Daisuke said, handing her the stuffed tiger, Koko. "Once upon a time, a little girl named Miko went to bed."
"I meant from the yearbooks, Uncle Daisuke." Miko pouted.
"Maybe tomorrow." Satoshi laughed. "Or maybe next time you visit Uncle Daisuke's house, you can go raid his attic, find his high school yearbooks and force him to tell you embarrassing stories from his youth."
"I'm getting a new lock on my attic." Daisuke said, rolling his eyes.
"They weren't embarrassing!" Miko cried. "They were so adorable!" Her eyes suddenly had a dreamy look in them, "I hope I get a boyfriend like that one day…"
"Like your father?" Daisuke laughed. "He wasn't…the most fun guy to hang out with in high school…"
"And neither were you." Satoshi smirked.
"Well, at least I smiled." Daisuke shot back.
"Goodnight, Miko." Satoshi said, kissing her forehead. Daisuke repeated the action.
"I have a question." Miko said as the two men walked out of the room.
"Hm?" Daisuke said.
"Will I ever meet those two men?" Miko asked. "What were their names…Dark and Krad?"
Daisuke and Satoshi looked at each other, "Hm…maybe one day." Daisuke said. He reached over, flipping the light switch. "Goodnight sweetheart."
"Jeez, she sounds just like her mother." Satoshi said, walking down the stairs.
"Well, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Daisuke laughed.
They reached the family room to see the girls stacking the yearbooks on the table. Satoshi and Daisuke joined them, Satoshi picking up one book, slowly flipping through it. "Wow…this sure was a long time ago."
Risa leaned against him. "Yea…"
"A lot's changed since then." Riku smiled in remembrance.
"And the four of us made it through it all." Daisuke smiled, putting his arm around Riku.
"Just barely." Satoshi smiled.
"But it was all worth it, wasn't it?" Daisuke said. "You two got Miko out of it."
"She's one funny girl." Riku said as they moved towards the door.
"Your kid will be just the same." Risa said.
"Maybe even weirder." Satoshi laughed.
"I have a feeling that one day, Miko is going to tell our kid what happened today." Daisuke said, stepping out the front door. "And their interest will be sparked."
"And the cycle shall continue." Risa said.
"And have you two go through the same embarrassment?" Satoshi smiled. "One can only hope."
Yea, no memory on this one. Just cutesy fluff. Pretty much just to finish the story.
Reference to the 8th manga (the whole 'going after Daisuke's painting' thing)
Once again, it's been fun. I may revisit one day…
I would tell you to review, but no one's done it for the last two chapters, why would they start now?
Sorry, it just makes me kinda sad that people have dropped this story like a hot potato.
BlackAngel