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Living in the Dark

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Chapter 10

During the night Daisuke woke up thinking of the difficulties he would likely encounter on his next theft especially since Krad never falls for the same trick twice. Then again there was also Yusuke and his friends to worry about, so he had to be extra careful otherwise he would be caught or killed.

"Don't worry about it. Remember it's my job to handle the thefts and keep you safe.", said Dark as he listened in to Dai's thoughts. He then smiled to himself when a strange sensation pass through the entire frame of their shared body. "Perfect timing. This will definitely work to our advantage.", he said pleased with this new turn of events.

"What was that Dark?", asked the redhead. Daisuke had felt like a huge wave of magic had just traveled through his entire body leaving no part untouched. He felt stronger...better than he had ever felt in his entire life.

"That Daisuke is what we've been waiting on. Because of 'it' I'm no longer a part of your DNA, but a part of your soul. As you may have guessed there is more.", the purple haired Kaitou said giving his Tamer time to process the information. "The wave of magic you just felt means that your body is beginning it's transformation. I suppose you could say that it's your body and soul's way of warning you of the coming changes." Dark wouldn't say it aloud, but he was certain that the little redhead could sense his increased fear of rejection at this point. He was certain that if Dai was going to change his mind about the growing connection now was the time that it would happen, when the changes could be felt both physically and spiritually.

"Changes? But...This is so cool!", Niwa shouted scaring the hell out of Dark. He waited until the thief had recovered from shock before he started asking questions, "What kind of changes? Will there be any pain? What's going to happen to you? Am I going to start acting like a pervert?"

That last question made the Phantom Thief's left eye start twitching and oddly enough Daisuke's left eye started twitching as well. "PERVERT!", Dark questioned through gritted teeth, "WHAT THE HELL IS WITH EVERYONE AND CALLING ME A PERVERT! I MEAN SURE I FLIRT WITH HUNDREDS OF LADIES, BUT I DON'T DO ANYTHING SERIOUS WITH THEM! I DON'T GO FEELING THEM UP OR SPYING ON THEM WHEN THEY'RE BATHING, SO WHY DOES EVERYONE CONSIDER ME A PERVERT!"

Niwa was left clutching his head from the headache his Curse had just given him with all of the shouting. Finally after about thirty minutes of ranting Dark settled down and Daisuke tried to explain, "It's because of the fact that you flirt with so many women that you're considered a pervert. Let's face it you did lay one on Riku when you first met her and all she was doing was screaming because of some winged guy landed on her balcony." He felt the thief reluctantly accept his answer. "But for what it's worth I'll stop calling you a pervert. I am after all calling myself one too you know."

"Yeah I guess your right.", Dark said accepting the apology and silently offering his own for the headache he'd caused. He then turned his attention back to the questions that had been laid before him, "Ok. First question, your body is changing so that it can accommodate the use of my magics. Because I'm essentially just a spirit your body is becoming faster, stronger, and more agile than a human could ever hope to be. You may take on some of my physical traits like my eyes or something, but I think that's as far as it will go. Question two, as far as I know there should be no pain just strong sensations of magic when your body 'evolves' in leaps and bounds. Question three, I'm going to stay here as I am. Unless of course you want to merge my persona with your own. And finally you will probably pickup a few of my personality traits as I will pickup a few of yours."

Daisuke felt happy knowing what was happening to him and indeed he did already feel much stronger than he's ever felt before. His eyesight was much better in the dark now and his hearing let him hear everything that was going on in the house which unfortunately included Yusuke snoring. "Remind me to get him something for that.", he said to Dark.

Dark agreed, "Now you know what I've had to put up with. Your grandpa is the same way only his sounds like...strangling a cat." Knowing that his Tamer fully accept him and everything that was happening Dark allowed himself to smile a true smile. Daisuke really was one of a kind and he knew that he was very fortunate to have been given such a Tamer. Now he'd have to start working with Daisuke to teach the boy how to control all of his new magics and psychical capabilities.

"Good night Dark.", the young boy replied before drifting off to sleep.

Dark remained awake a little longer and had assumed control of their body to take care of some final business. "With come here. I have a task for you.", he called to his familiar. When the little white rabbit had hoped into Dark's lap the Kaitou gave his instructions, "Take this to the police and make sure that you're not seen." He then handed With the 'Warning Letter' Satoshi would be expecting and then he watched as the little rabbit went on his way. With has carried out such tasks many times before so the thief wasn't worried about him being captured especially since With was known to leave the letters in the police chief's chair and still managed to slip away completely unseen.

The next morning Yusuke rose from bed and went to the kitchen expecting Daisuke to be slaving over a stove and possibly Atsuko as well, but for a change it was just Atsuko cooking. "Where's Daisuke?", he asked surprised by the redhead's tardiness.

"He's sleeping in. I wouldn't worry too much. My guess would be that he spent a lot of time thinking about demons last night and didn't get much sleep.", Atsuko answered flipping the eggs.

That answer didn't really sit well with the detective especially since Dai had seemed to be very understanding of Yusuke's demon heritage. Something else must've kept him up and he really wanted to know what, but he knew that unless the kid wanted to talk about it he wouldn't. "Ok. I'm just going to go check on him then.", the teen said before walking towards the guest room.

When Yusuke arrived he knocked on the door and received a muffled, "Go away. Ten more minutes." Not at all discouraged by the response Yusuke went to open the door, but was stopped by Kosuke who had somehow slipped up on the detective.

"Give him a little more time. It's normal for him to sleep in when he doesn't have school to worry about. He'll join us when he's good and ready.", the Uncle said ushering Yusuke back towards breakfast. Kosuke noticed the look of uncertainty on his nephew's face and addressed the suspected issue, "It has nothing to do with you being half-demon...although it does explain your enormous appetite." Of course the brunette knew that his son had spent part of the night planning another heist, but even he wasn't sure where Dark would strike next.

Yusuke and Kosuke joined Atsuko and Raizen for breakfast. Not surprisingly the first question the married couple asked was 'Isn't Daisuke going to join us?'. Flashing a smile Kosuke covered for his son, "No not this morning. It's not that uncommon for him to do this back home as long as there's no school that day. You don't have to worry about any unfriendly feelings directed towards our resident demons."

Finally Niwa pried himself out of bed and climbed into the shower. The hot water felt so good given the changes that had occurred overnight. That was actually the real reason why he felt so wiped, the transformation had just take a lot out of his body and it was now recovering. "We'll be ready for tonight won't we?", he asked the Kaitou.

"Of course. Just as long as you don't exhaust yourself today we should be in top shape by tonight. To be on the safe side I pushed our time of attack back to 3 AM.", said the still half asleep Dark.

Niwa climbed out of the shower feeling great, but that changed when he looked into the mirror. Looking back at him wasn't himself, but Dark Mousy. "Houston we have a problem.", he thought staring at his...no Dark's reflection.

The thief was now wide awake hearing Dai's panicked thoughts. He did a double take as he saw himself through Daisuke's eyes and knew that he had to act fast or else they would be caught. If last night was an any indication spirit or not Yusuke wouldn't hesitate to attack should the thief be found where Niwa should be. "Daisuke I need you to listen to me carefully. Stop staring at my handsome face and get to your room FAST!", he said urgently.

Obeying the instructions Niwa listened to be certain that everyone was still in the kitchen and dove into his room as fast as possible. Unfortunately he found out that his new speed and strength were considerably great than he had expected causing him to end up crashing into the wall. "Ow!", he got out rubbing his now sore head. The kid quickly changed into some of Dark's clothes that he had hidden at the bottom of one of the drawers. He was now sporting Dark's sleeveless black shirt with a white strip outlining the openings for his arms and another traveling straight down the center of the shirt. Bandages now wrapped around Daisuke's wrists and he had the Kaitou's black pants and shoes.

Yusuke looked around the table annoyed when he couldn't find a particular fruit he was looking for. Turning to Atsuko he asked, "Hey mom, where are the strawberries?"

No sooner than the detective had asked that question Kosuke showered Raizen in scolding hot coffee. Atsuko's brother quickly helped the demon lord remove the scorching hot liquid and apologized, "Sorry about that. I've always been a bit of a klutz."

Atsuko smiled and said, "I agree with you there and we've already seen how your son has obviously inherited that trait. There's more to it though, so spill it big brother. What are you hiding?"

Kosuke laughed nervously and finally answered under the stares of two demons and his sister, "Well if it's what I think it is, then I'm sure the strawberries are in Daisuke's room."

The detective started marching to his cousin's room since his Uncle wasn't going to give a straight answer. He knocked on the door expecting an answer, but was rewarded with crashing noises and what sounded like the window being thrown open. "Surely that little nut job wouldn't try anything four stories up?", Yusuke thought before shoving the door open. Inside was an empty room with the exception of a white rabbit sitting in the center of Daisuke's bed with the entire basket of strawberries eating them.

"Why this little...I like those things.", he thought reaching for one only to pull back a bitten finger. "Ouch! That's it! Let's see how you like a little 'Spirit Gun' in your face ya little fur ball!", he said raising his index finger pointing it at the rabbit. just as it popped the last one into it's mouth.

Before Yusuke could take his revenge for the injured finger and loss of strawberries his Uncle scooped up the rabbit moving him behind himself so that the detective couldn't get off a shot without hitting Kosuke first. "What are you doing Uncle Kosuke? That little rat bit me and denied me even one strawberry.", Yusuke protested loudly.

"But he's Daisuke's pet and I'm sure you don't want to hurt Dai's feelings, right?", said Kosuke raising an eyebrow.

"That's playing dirty Uncle...but you do have a point. I'd hate to lose Puu, so I can imagine how Daisuke would feel.", the detective thought before realization dawned on him. Glancing back at Kosuke he asked, "Speaking of Daisuke...where is he anyway?"

Dai's father looked around the room and noticed a few things knocked over as well as the wide open window. "He wouldn't sneak out of an apartment on the fourth floor, would he?", he questioned himself, but in truth he knew that his son would if he really wanted to. He smile to his nephew and said, "Who knows? I know Daisuke will be safe and you shouldn't worry about him either. I think you should go tell your boss and the other detectives about Dark."

Yusuke paled at that particular oversight and forgetting about Daisuke's disappearance he rushed out of the front door knocking Raizen over in the process. "That boy has no manners and no patience.", the demon lord said shaking his head.

Atsuko smiled and said, "Like father, like son. As I recall from my talks with your demon friends you used to be same way centuries ago." She knew thatshe had him there and privately thankedsaid friends for those little stories thather husband never would have told her on his own.

After having jumped out of the apartment window Daisuke managed to get down safely thanks to his new strengths. "That was easy. I thought for sure I'd get hurt jumping out of a window like that.", he said to Dark.

The thief laughed and replied, "Well you better get used to it. This is how your going to be for the rest of your life."

Daisuke froze and quickly asked, "You mean I'm going to look like you for the rest of my life!" He didn't mean to hurt Dark, but he could sense that the thief's feelings were slightly injured by the question. "I'm sorry Dark. It's just what am I going to do? I can't walk around looking like you all the time or I'll get arrested for sure. You're a wanted Felon, remember? If that's not a problem then Yusuke surely will be and what about Riku?", the now purple haired teen ranted.

Dark accepted the apology knowing that his Tamer was rejecting him, but concerned about how others would react to the former redhead's transformation. True enough Dark didn't think Yusuke would go easy on him unless the detective knew that the thief and Daisuke were one in the same. "Don't worry about it. I understand what you mean and I'll come up with something.", the thief answered as he began formulating ideas and a large number of lies.

As Daisuke walked down the street he felt that someone was watching him and he cursed himself for being so caught up in his thoughts that he let someone get too close to him.. He discreetly looked into the rear view mirror of a car he was passing and found a four beautiful teenage girls following in his footsteps. Using his enhanced hearing he could hear the girls talking about how lucky they were to have found the 'Handsome Hunk of a Thief, Dark'. "NO! Don't give him a bigger ego!", Dai thought, but it was too late as the Kaitou had heard everything too.

"See Dai it's not so bad looking like me. Look at all the lovely ladies flocking to you like moths to a flame...a really hot, sexy flame at that.", the thief began entering his own little world. If Dark truly had a weakness it was his pride and right now those girls were adding fuel to that particular fire. "Go ahead Daisuke, flash them a dazzling smile. Don't worry about Riku, think of this as just being polite.", Dark said trying to get his Tamer to loosen up.

After several attempts Daisuke had to agree that he should be polite and turn his head to acknowledge the girls behind him. Looking back he found that he didn't have four girls, but now sixteen girls following him. Refusing to lose his nerve he offered a friendly smile to the ladies behind him and then all hell broke loose. Dark's form in combination with Daisuke's polite, innocent nature were a deadly combination when dealing with the female gender. They immediately rushed up next to Daisuke and started flirting with him getting bolder with each passing second. Several of them managed to snag a quick peck on Daisuke's cheek, even more asked for him to be their boyfriend, a few wanted to go thieving with him, and one went so far as to give his rear a quick squeeze.

Daisuke blushed because of the last 'attack' which made matters worse because all of these girls thought that it was so cute. As he continued to walk and polite refuse as many advances as he could more women joined the growing group surrounding the boy.

When Daisuke reached a quiet little park a new girl joined the mix that caught his attention. She had long blue hair and wore a light blue Kimono. She obviously wasn't a fighter as three girls threw her away from the purple haired youth roughly and he heard a few snide remarks made about 'Dark not wanting a weakling'. Niwa stopped and turned towards the new girl giving her a soothing smile. He walked over to her and extended a hand to the beauty on the ground. When she accepted it Dai said, "Pleased to meet you pretty lady. I'm Kaitou Dark Mousy."

"You're missing something. Go ahead and do it.", the real Dark said to his counterpart.

Dai knew what he meant and did his best impression of Dark's trademark smirk that left all of the women dazed and under his spell. "What might I ask is your name?", he inquired pulling the girl to her feet.

The blue haired girl looked away blushing much to the irritation of the other candidates for 'Dark's' attention. She felt her head being gently lifted back to 'Dark' and realized that the thief was doing so with his free hand. Looking into those violet eyes she lost herself in them and managed to stutter out, "Yuk-yu-Yukina."

"Yukina.", he paused for dramatic flare and then smiled softly, "A beautiful name for a beautiful lady."

Even though Yukina was in love with Kuwabara and an Ice Maiden two things stuck out to her right then. First, she was having a great deal of difficulty remaining faithful to Kuzuma and the second was that she felt very, very hot all of a sudden.

Daisuke lead her away from the mass of women and they both sat down on an empty park bench. He remembered hearing about her when eavesdropping on Yusuke and was certain that this was Hiei's sister. He looked around to make sure that nobody was close enough to listen in and then said, "I know that your in love with Kuwabara and you should know that I love someone else too."

She was surprised, confused, and a little hurt hearing this statement. Yukina started to get up and leave but the thief brought her closer and said, "I flirted with you like that because I didn't like how those girls treated you, I meant no harm."

The ice demon could tell that the confession was sincere and she smiled, "Thank you Mr. Dark. That was very kind of you."

'Dark' smiled back and asked, "So no hard feelings?"

"No I understand and I thank you. I'm not much of a fighter, so I can't really do much in instances like that.", Yukina confessed lying her head on 'Dark's' shoulder.

'Dark' said, "Watch this.", then wrapped an arm around the ice maiden causing at least twelve of the girls to glare at Yukina while practically foaming at the mouth. Normally Yukina wouldn't enjoy something like this, but a few times like now she would indulge herself in a little of her own darkness which wasn't anything when compared to other people or demons. She also knew that 'Dark' didn't like any of these girls or anyone like them, so she took comfort in the fact that in a way she was protecting the Kaitou from these wolves.

While the group of women that surrounded the two kept their distance the thief and ice maiden exchanged stories of their lives. Daisuke of course left out his family name for obvious reasons.

Unknown to the friendly couple a pair of red eyes and brown eyes were fixed on them watching intently.