Chapter 21
I winced as Emiko unwrapped the bandage on my arm. The blood had stuck itself to the wound and, apparently, hurts when pulled off.
We were in the living room still. The separation ritual was to be performed there, so Emiko just went to get new bandages. Dark was next to me, helping in any way he could. Everyone else prepared for the ritual.
"This looks a bit more like you cut yourself with a knife," Emiko stated when my wound was revealed. She looked at me. "What happened to it?"
I thought for a bit, then answered her question. "When I fell, a small piece of ice standing up got itself wedged slightly in my arm. The ice shard was about this big," I illustrated with my free hand.
"Then why is the wound bigger than the ice shard?" Dark asked.
"When I pulled it out, it cut me a bit more." I added to my lie.
"Oh," Emiko said. "It looks bad. Dark, please go get a wet washcloth, one we use for cleaning wounds, and bring it here. Also a dry one and the hydrogen peroxide and a bowl."
Dark nodded and went to the kitchen. I looked at the woman next to me. "What's hydrogen peroxide?"
"It's a liquid that, when poured on wounds, it foams. The foam is the bad particles still in the wound and it can be wiped away." She explained.
"Cool," I replied as Dark returned with the items. Emiko took the wet rag and wiped off the excess blood on my arm. It stung, but I relaxed and let her work.
Next, she opened the bottle of hydrogen peroxide and placed the bowl in the space between us. "Hold your arm over the bowl." She instructed. I did and she poured the liquid on my wound. It stung a bit and, after she was done pouring, she straightened up. "Let's wait until it foams now."
After a bit, it began to foam and Emiko wiped it away. She cleaned it up and bandaged my arm again.
"There we go," she finished as she stood up and helped in the preparation for the ritual.
"So," Dark's low voice spooked me. "What's the real reason your arm got hurt?"
'That was quick,' Midnight chuckled. 'It usually takes him a while to figure stuff like that out.'
"Shut up," I whispered to her.
"What?" Dark asked.
"Nothing," I frantically replied. "I wasn't lying. I really fell on ice and cut my arm."
"May I see the ice then?" he asked more firmly now.
"I put it down the sink in my kitchen and it's probably melted by now."
"Oh," he replied. "Okay."
"Dark," Daiki broke into our conversation. "It's time. Are you and Daisuke ready?"
"We are," the thief stood and went to the middle of the living room. Kosuke and Towa sat down on the opposite side of the l-shaped couch.
Emiko held the Amulet of the Heart and began to chant a spell. Daiki joined in and the Amulet began to glow and float above a glowing Dark.
'Here's the best part,' Midnight said.
The light shone brighter and I couldn't see a thing. When the light dispersed, I was surprised at the sight in front of my eyes.
Dark and Daisuke stood there. Both of them had their own bodies. The ritual had worked.
"Now it'll take three weeks for the Amulet's power to come back. We can separate Satoshi and Krad then," Daiki looked at Dark and Daisuke. "How do you feel?"
Dark stretched his arms. "It's feels great to finally have a body of my own."
"Agreed. No more thieving for me." Daisuke retorted.
"How does your arm feel?" Towa asked me.
"Okay. It stings a bit though," I replied.
"I'll make some lunch," Emiko went to the kitchen.
"We'll be outside," Dark replied, putting on his coat and shoes.
Daisuke and me both did the same thing. The three of us then left the warmth of the house and entered a realm of snow. It was their backyard, but it looked like a winter wonderland on looking the unfrozen sea.
When the cold air hit my body, I shivered and crossed my arms. "It's cold out here."
Dark slid the screen door shut behind us and walked up behind me. He wrapped his arms around me and put his chin on my head. I blushed hard, but I forced myself not to change into Midnight.
"You're so fragile, Ally," the thief told me.
"Hey!" Daisuke's voice echoed to us. "Stop hugging and get over here. We can build a snowman."
Dark let go of me and we walked over to the red-headed boy. Each of us began to roll a snowball for the snowman. I was in charge of the head, Daisuke got the torso, and Dark rolled the largest snowball. Surprisingly, we all finished at about the same time.
We put our snowman together and it was as tall as me. Daisuke ran inside and came back with a scarf, a hat, and some coal in his hands. When we finished our snowman, it looked kind of like me. Towa came outside and offered to take our picture next to it. I stood next to our snowman, Daisuke sat in front of it and Dark stood behind me.
"Oh, also," Towa said after the picture. "Emiko wanted to say lunch was ready. You three should come in."
We all nodded and walked in. Emiko had made chicken noodle soup for everyone with some milk to drink. Dark, Daisuke and I ate ours fast so we could go back outside to make two more snowmen to look like Dark and Daisuke.
This was going to be the most fun we would have for the rest of this week.