Chapter 6:
Satoshi had finally arrived at the apartment and entered the door calling out Daisuke's name.
"Hey Daisuke? Dai-chan?" Satoshi called out while he shut the door behind him and entered the living room looking around. "Daisuke!" He called out again.
"Ouch...Huh? Oh hi ya Satoshi-kun!" Daisuke said walking out of his bedroom. His rear still hurt from the hard fall that had taken place during Krad's teleportation spell.
"Dai-chan!" Satoshi said looking at Daisuke, "You're hurt..." Satoshi started but Daisuke soon interrupted quickly.
"No, Krad didn't do this...well...not on purpose any way..." Daisuke said walking into the living room carrying the book he had found at the library.
"Not on purpose?" Satoshi asked confused. "Daisuke how..." Once again Daisuke interrupted.
"I'll tell you about it later...what did you and Dark find out?" Daisuke asked still holding the book.
'Other than that fact that Satoshi's top police squad is a bunch of imbeciles who couldn't find their own Asses with four hunting dogs and a flash light?' Dark asked Sarcastically in Satoshi's head.
'Be quiet Dark!' Satoshi growled at him annoyed. "Well, the pendant is at the police head quarters, no doubt in the evidence vault in the basement somewhere...you?" Satoshi asked.
"Oh...well..." Daisuke said turning to the page he had marked, "I found out a page and a half about our pendant!"
"Great!" Satoshi said and sat down on the floor next to Daisuke and they both looked at the book. "The sooner I get Dark out of my head the better..."
'Hey!' Dark yelled obviously insulted by this comment.
Satoshi paid no mind to Dark and read the page out loud...
"The Pendant of Azierith, it is said that this pendant was created by Lady Latana Azierith. It is said that she married at a young age and for the first thirteen years of her marriage, her lord mistreated her horribly and the rest of society as well because she was a woman and the Azierith family was suspected of witchcraft at the time. She often brought these injustices to her husband's attention, he simply shrugged it off and believed that woman should have no say about these things and the mistreatment became worse. However, when the lady refused to take this abuse any longer, she created the Pendant of Azierith using black magic infused with white. She imprinted her husband's family crest upon it so that he wouldn't suspect a thing about its power. She soon after gave it to her husband as a gift, legend says..." Satoshi stopped and Daisuke continued.
"That the pendant's purpose was to show her husband what it was like to be mistreated so horribly by the world. The pendant apparently switched the lord and lady's souls to dwell in different bodies, each others. However, after three days, her husband could no longer stand to be in this position, legend tells us that he'd seen the errors of his ways and promised his wife to do everything in his power to stop this mistreatment towards her, and once Lady Azierith was satisfied she made her point, she agreed to lift the curse..." Daisuke stopped and Satoshi continued.
"However, her plan had misfired, after three days in each other's bodies, the pendant's magic began to weaken, almost to the point of diminishing. She knew that after only three days they would not be able to switch back. With midnight of the third day drawing near, and not enough power left to break the curse..." Satoshi stopped and Daisuke continued.
"She begged her husband's forgiveness as they stood in the exact room where they had first switched bodies and finally the curse was broken after a..." Daisuke could not continue for fear of what Krad would say.
'What? What Daisuke, come on! How do we lift the curse?" Krad demanded in Daisuke's mind.
"Ah..." Daisuke started but couldn't say it...
'Daisuke, tell me!' Krad demanded again and his tone became more and more frightening.
Satoshi through fighting the urge not to laugh turned to the book; "Finally the curse was broken after a long and passionate kiss between husband and wife!" Satoshi couldn't help laughing any longer and broke out into laughter.
Krad was silent for a long while and suddenly screamed, 'KISS? I HAVE TO KISS DARK TO GET MY BODY BACK!' He raged in fury.
'I'm game!' Dark said as if those words were music to his ears.
'NO! THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY!' Krad demanded.
"But...Hehe, Krad there isn't! The only way to break the curse is to kiss the person you switched bodies with! Its not that weird when you think about it...Hehe, because it was originally made for a man and a woman...but...Hehe, oh well!" Daisuke said with a laugh.
'THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!' Krad ranted as his temper tantrum continued.
'Haha Hahaha!' Dark laughed and decided it was time to have a face to face with Krad and Satoshi dissolved back into his mind.
"First things first Krad..." Dark now said as Daisuke now stood as the now dark haired angel. "We have to get the pendant back."
"The pendant?" Krad said now calming down. "But the police have it...not even Satoshi has access to the evidence vault..." He said still twitching at the thought of having to kiss Dark.
"Well then, makes it that much more fun to retrieve doesn't it, my sweet little Phantom Thief..." Dark said with a devious grin.
"I AM NOT A THIEF!" Krad yelled and clenched his fists. "And what are you getting at any way?" He demanded glaring at Dark who was still grinning.
"Think about it Krad...you've never been seen by anyone other the me, Daisuke, and Satoshi right? Well don't you think that if I tried to steal the pendant...as opposed to the Great Phantom Thief..." Dark said with an amused expression on his face.
"Wait...what?" Krad began then realized what Dark meant. "Oh no...no, no, no, No, No, NO! I'm not going to resort to your tactics and steal the pendant!"
"Come on Krad! There isn't any other way and you know it!" Dark said standing up and for once getting serious. "The only way we're going to get our bodies back is if you steal the pendant and we're both holding the damn thing at exactly midnight of the third day then we have to kiss in the exact spot where we first switched in the museum! You know it...and I know it...that's the only way to do it!"
Krad started at him almost in defeat, he knew this was the only way but the thought made him sick to his stomach.
"Do you want your body back or not?" Dark asked after some time of silence, then he stretched out his hand. "It's your choice! Tonight you have to steal that pendant! It's up to you..."
Krad sat on the floor for some time thinking about it...then finally he gave in. This was the only way, and if that was the case...then so be it. He grabbed Dark's and hand stood up on the floor, "Agreed."
Satoshi had finally arrived at the apartment and entered the door calling out Daisuke's name.
"Hey Daisuke? Dai-chan?" Satoshi called out while he shut the door behind him and entered the living room looking around. "Daisuke!" He called out again.
"Ouch...Huh? Oh hi ya Satoshi-kun!" Daisuke said walking out of his bedroom. His rear still hurt from the hard fall that had taken place during Krad's teleportation spell.
"Dai-chan!" Satoshi said looking at Daisuke, "You're hurt..." Satoshi started but Daisuke soon interrupted quickly.
"No, Krad didn't do this...well...not on purpose any way..." Daisuke said walking into the living room carrying the book he had found at the library.
"Not on purpose?" Satoshi asked confused. "Daisuke how..." Once again Daisuke interrupted.
"I'll tell you about it later...what did you and Dark find out?" Daisuke asked still holding the book.
'Other than that fact that Satoshi's top police squad is a bunch of imbeciles who couldn't find their own Asses with four hunting dogs and a flash light?' Dark asked Sarcastically in Satoshi's head.
'Be quiet Dark!' Satoshi growled at him annoyed. "Well, the pendant is at the police head quarters, no doubt in the evidence vault in the basement somewhere...you?" Satoshi asked.
"Oh...well..." Daisuke said turning to the page he had marked, "I found out a page and a half about our pendant!"
"Great!" Satoshi said and sat down on the floor next to Daisuke and they both looked at the book. "The sooner I get Dark out of my head the better..."
'Hey!' Dark yelled obviously insulted by this comment.
Satoshi paid no mind to Dark and read the page out loud...
"The Pendant of Azierith, it is said that this pendant was created by Lady Latana Azierith. It is said that she married at a young age and for the first thirteen years of her marriage, her lord mistreated her horribly and the rest of society as well because she was a woman and the Azierith family was suspected of witchcraft at the time. She often brought these injustices to her husband's attention, he simply shrugged it off and believed that woman should have no say about these things and the mistreatment became worse. However, when the lady refused to take this abuse any longer, she created the Pendant of Azierith using black magic infused with white. She imprinted her husband's family crest upon it so that he wouldn't suspect a thing about its power. She soon after gave it to her husband as a gift, legend says..." Satoshi stopped and Daisuke continued.
"That the pendant's purpose was to show her husband what it was like to be mistreated so horribly by the world. The pendant apparently switched the lord and lady's souls to dwell in different bodies, each others. However, after three days, her husband could no longer stand to be in this position, legend tells us that he'd seen the errors of his ways and promised his wife to do everything in his power to stop this mistreatment towards her, and once Lady Azierith was satisfied she made her point, she agreed to lift the curse..." Daisuke stopped and Satoshi continued.
"However, her plan had misfired, after three days in each other's bodies, the pendant's magic began to weaken, almost to the point of diminishing. She knew that after only three days they would not be able to switch back. With midnight of the third day drawing near, and not enough power left to break the curse..." Satoshi stopped and Daisuke continued.
"She begged her husband's forgiveness as they stood in the exact room where they had first switched bodies and finally the curse was broken after a..." Daisuke could not continue for fear of what Krad would say.
'What? What Daisuke, come on! How do we lift the curse?" Krad demanded in Daisuke's mind.
"Ah..." Daisuke started but couldn't say it...
'Daisuke, tell me!' Krad demanded again and his tone became more and more frightening.
Satoshi through fighting the urge not to laugh turned to the book; "Finally the curse was broken after a long and passionate kiss between husband and wife!" Satoshi couldn't help laughing any longer and broke out into laughter.
Krad was silent for a long while and suddenly screamed, 'KISS? I HAVE TO KISS DARK TO GET MY BODY BACK!' He raged in fury.
'I'm game!' Dark said as if those words were music to his ears.
'NO! THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY!' Krad demanded.
"But...Hehe, Krad there isn't! The only way to break the curse is to kiss the person you switched bodies with! Its not that weird when you think about it...Hehe, because it was originally made for a man and a woman...but...Hehe, oh well!" Daisuke said with a laugh.
'THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!' Krad ranted as his temper tantrum continued.
'Haha Hahaha!' Dark laughed and decided it was time to have a face to face with Krad and Satoshi dissolved back into his mind.
"First things first Krad..." Dark now said as Daisuke now stood as the now dark haired angel. "We have to get the pendant back."
"The pendant?" Krad said now calming down. "But the police have it...not even Satoshi has access to the evidence vault..." He said still twitching at the thought of having to kiss Dark.
"Well then, makes it that much more fun to retrieve doesn't it, my sweet little Phantom Thief..." Dark said with a devious grin.
"I AM NOT A THIEF!" Krad yelled and clenched his fists. "And what are you getting at any way?" He demanded glaring at Dark who was still grinning.
"Think about it Krad...you've never been seen by anyone other the me, Daisuke, and Satoshi right? Well don't you think that if I tried to steal the pendant...as opposed to the Great Phantom Thief..." Dark said with an amused expression on his face.
"Wait...what?" Krad began then realized what Dark meant. "Oh no...no, no, no, No, No, NO! I'm not going to resort to your tactics and steal the pendant!"
"Come on Krad! There isn't any other way and you know it!" Dark said standing up and for once getting serious. "The only way we're going to get our bodies back is if you steal the pendant and we're both holding the damn thing at exactly midnight of the third day then we have to kiss in the exact spot where we first switched in the museum! You know it...and I know it...that's the only way to do it!"
Krad started at him almost in defeat, he knew this was the only way but the thought made him sick to his stomach.
"Do you want your body back or not?" Dark asked after some time of silence, then he stretched out his hand. "It's your choice! Tonight you have to steal that pendant! It's up to you..."
Krad sat on the floor for some time thinking about it...then finally he gave in. This was the only way, and if that was the case...then so be it. He grabbed Dark's and hand stood up on the floor, "Agreed."