Finally I got a sledgehammer and broke through my writer's block... so...here it is...the chapter that took me 3 months...
All my reviewers shall kill me... go ahead...

Daisuke's thoughtsSatoshi's thoughtsDark's thoughtsKrad's thoughts

The next morning, Daisuke woke up refreshed and slightly better, considering he had a huge blistery thing on his back that burned fiercely whenever he moved. He yawned.

Hey, Daisuke. Morning.

Hey Dark! How're you?

Fine…

Daisuke flung his covers off and tried to stand up. "OWWWWWOOOO!"

"Daisuke?" asked Satoshi, whose glasses were threatening to fall off of the tip of his nose. "You okay?"

"Um…yeah…"

Kanasha burst through the French doors from the balcony and began singing some happy song that made Daisuke want to fall asleep again- she wasn't a very good singer. "Morning!" she said happily, opening the blinds and forcing Satoshi to fall back into his mound of pillows and hope for darkness. "We're going on the nature hike today!"

"Hnnn…" replied Satoshi in a bored grunt.

"Get UP!!!!" When she saw nobody was obeying her, she took out the Dragoness's katana from her backpack and waved it threateningly at Satoshi. "I said, get up."

Satoshi was up and dressed before they'd registered he'd gotten out of the bed. "We're doing the nature hike?"

"That's what I said! Now come on!"

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The teachers were busy herding students onto the path as Daisuke, Kanasha, and Satoshi ran up. "Ah, good!" Daisuke said, pointing to the sign that marked the trail. "We're going to the waterfall today."

"And am I supposed to be amazed?" asked Satoshi dryly.

"YES!"

The hike wasn't long, as hikes go, but Risa had already started complaining about halfway up. They stopped at a bridge that spanned a strong river. "Now, kids," said one of the teachers, "this bridge is very old, so try to step lightly. We don't want any mishaps…"

The rest of what the teacher said was lost to Daisuke. He gazed into the forest opposite with a kind of hysteria. Suddenly, with a yell, he ran over the bridge and plunged into the forest. "DAISUKE!" yelled Satoshi and Kanasha, following the redhead. They found him on the mossy ground, quivering with pain.

"What happened?" Satoshi asked, kneeling in front of Daisuke. The redhead said nothing for a moment, then drew in a shuddering breath and explained.

"I saw the…the… Thirasma. It was glowing…and Dark told me to go towards it. And then…well…it disappeared. I don't know where it went."

"Hm…"

Suddenly, Kanasha sprouted the green wings of the Dragoness and said, "Turn into Dark and Krad. We need to find that stone before Kei Hiwatari does." Noting the look on Satoshi's face when she mentioned his adoptive father, she added, "Because he could have connections to the black market."

Soon, Krad and Dark were alongside the Dragoness, each twitching with the effort of not breaking each other's faces. "Can we go?" asked Krad, whose eyelid had began to move.

"Yeah…"

The three flew into the air above the forest, looking wildly for the glowing Thirasma. "This is too much work!" complained Dark. "I should be down there searching for hot girls, not some stupid…um…" he faltered off from the look that the Dragoness gave him.

"Look…it IS stupid, but your lives are dependent on us finding this stone! So…just…stop ARGUING!!!!!!"

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So you guys didn't find it?

Brilliant, Holmes.

Jeez…don't be so mean…I just wanted to make sure.

Well, now you know that we didn't, and now you know that I could die at any second.

How lovely. Thanks for that mental image.

Anytime…

The class had come back to the hotel, wet and dishevelled. Daisuke, Satoshi and Kanasha had gotten a disciplinary talk, then let back to their rooms, much to Kanasha's dislike. "We have to keep searching!" she'd insisted, over and over. But the day was slipping away, so she'd finally given up trying to convince them, and locked herself in her room.

Satoshi lay on his bed across from Daisuke, talking to Krad.

So…Why haven't you been torturing me lately? Having a mood swing?

Satoshi-sama, you know that I'm just as concerned about this Thirasma as you are. But I have different motives than you.

Motives? Like killing Dark and Daisuke?

Your motives are very concentric to that redhead, though…

That doesn't mean anything! I just think he doesn't deserve to be in this battle…his life's so pure and innocent, and I don't want anything to change that.

Right. Pure and innocent, my foot.

Krad, I tell you something true for once and you mark it off as a lie.

I told you, you're the dark to my light. So we disagree.

There are shades of gray, you know…

Satoshi looked up, startled. Bangs were coming from inside Kanasha's room. "Daisuke!" he yelled.

Daisuke jumped off of his bed and picked the lock in less than fifteen seconds. "KANASHA!" he yelled as the door burst open.

No one was in the room. The curtains were blowing outwards from the window that Daisuke saw was broken. "Daisuke." Satoshi called. He pointed to a shard of glass. No words were needed- Daisuke understood. There was a drop of blood on the shard.

He ran out onto her patio and called "WIZ!" as he jumped off. Tears ran from his eyes, flying sideways in the headwind he was making. He flew low and fast, not caring for anything but Kanasha. He saw her blue-blonde hair, her smiling green eyes, her lips that not so long ago had been pressed against his. He clumsily landed in a tall pine, and as he punched the bark, screamed at the top of his lungs. It wasn't a word, just a high keening that seemed to express all his emotions.

WHY?!?! WHY???

Daisuke! STOP!

NO! WHY'D they have to take HER?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Daisuke.

Dark…

I'm here…I'll help you find her.

whoa...that was angsty...
(smushes gatorade bottle against forehead)
Please review, I need ideas for who kidnapped Kanasha! Yeeesh!