This is pain, I tell you, pain. (insert innocent Daisuke face here) Oh well, whatever. On with the SHOW!
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Daisuke: Why did Hiwartari-kun tell me it's starting?
Seena58: I dunno. Just wanted to make conversation.
Satoshi: YOU. WILL. DIE. FOR. THAT.
Seena58: (runs off in fear)
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Chapter 2: Confusion
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"Does it taste okay, Niwa-kun?" Riku asked, as she watched him eating the food and making him somewhat uncomfortable, although not in a bad way. Finishing what he was chewing, Daisuke gave her a smile and nodded.
"It tastes great," he replied, "did you make it yourself, Riku-san?"
"Eh? Uh..." she looked away in embarrassment, "y-yeah, I did! It was my first time too! So I needed an honest opinion!"
"It's great," repeated Daisuke reassuringly, "so don't worry so much, Riku-san." Unless Saehara comes in and finds a fault in it somehow. He better not, not this time...
"Here, you try it as well," Riku offered a piece to With, who accepted it like any other creature, besides the fact that it had already eaten all of Daisuke's lunch while he'd been occupied with other things.
"Kyu!" With smiled.
"With says it's good," Daisuke interpreted and With nodded vigorously. Riku laughed happily, and also in an embarrassed way, due to the praise.
"So, it was really your first time?" asked Daisuke, and she nodded.
"I've been kinda... trying a few things..." she mumbled, "I mean... I've been trying new things!"
"I see, I see," he nodded, and then looked up in disappointment as they heard the school bell ring, sharply, "I guess we should go to class now."
"I see," Riku hid a smile as she took the box from his lap, "let's go, Niwa-kun!"
Ooh... nice... mumbled Dark.
What are you talking about?! demanded Daisuke, as they made their way to the classroom together; What's so 'nice'?
You know what I mean, Daisuke, he replied, remember, I can read your every thought...
Ah... grumbled Daisuke, trying hard not to hit his head in frustration, it was NOTHING. Go back to sleep.
How many times have you told me that today? asked Dark.
More than enough times 'cause you keep waking up and bugging me! he replied sharply.
Yeah, yeah, whatever... zzz...
Man, I've gotta teach him a lesson one day, Daisuke thought grudgingly, he's just too cool for his own good...
"Come on, Niwa-kun! We're going to be late!" Riku called, running ahead of him.
"Oh, ah... okay!"
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As Daisuke entered the classroom, Saehara caught him in a headlock, "Where were ya, Daisuke?! Me an' Sekimoto didn't know where'd you been off ta!"
"I just went somewhere where you guys weren't around!" Daisuke spluttered, "you're choking me here, Saehara! Stop it!"
"No can do, Daisuke!" replied Saehara, "Not until you tell me what's going on! What have you been UP to?!"
"NOTHING!!"
"Yeah right, yeah right. Come on tell your best friend!"
"I'm telling you now," yelled Daisuke desperately, fighting for air, "IT. WAS. NOTHING."
There were the sounds of footsteps outside, and Saehara let go of Daisuke's neck and ran to his desk. As Daisuke lay there, gasping for breath, he managed to drag himself to his desk and take a seat, just as the door slid open again and the teacher entered.
"Okay, class, settle down," he closed the door with a sharp snap, "we have to start the lesson-"
... Daisuke took a good look out the window, Hiwartari-kun...
"... it's starting..."
What did Hiwatari-kun mean by that...? he wondered, It just doesn't fit in with the kind of person he usually...
He stopped as he felt his spine tingling unpleasantly, and he turned his head slightly to see that Satoshi was watching him with the familiar piercing look. Managing an extremely weak smile, Daisuke turned away again. Trying as hard as he could to ignore the feeling, he turned back to his book and tried to do the work that had been set for them. It didn't help, however, and he sat back.
Geh... it's too much for me... he thought, with Hiwartari-kun staring at me like that... he stopped thinking and turned the window again, frowning; just now... that feeling was...
"Niwa Daisuke, is he in this class?"
Everyone turned to see an old man wearing glasses stick his head in the room, "Niwa-kun?"
"Ah, here," Daisuke stood up and the man nodded.
"And a Hiwartari Satoshi-kun."
Satoshi stood up silently and the man nodded again, "Please follow me, now."
Biting his lip slightly, Daisuke followed Satoshi out, trying hard to calm his nerves down as they followed the man down the hall. He stopped for a moment and then, without noticing that he was doing so, took another good look out the window.
This is...
He gave a slight squeak as a pale hand placed itself on his shoulder, but relaxed slightly when he realized that it was only Satoshi. The blue-haired boy pushed his glasses up further and gave Daisuke a long look.
"You..." he started, but was rudely interrupted by the man, who had an extremely loud voice, which seemed to bounce all the way down the corridor and back again.
"Boys! Follow me!"
Removing his hand, Satoshi walked off, leaving Daisuke baffled for a few more seconds before following after him. They went down a flight of stairs, until they reached the office, and only then, the man spoke again.
"You both have phone calls," he explained and Daisuke had to bite back a sigh of annoyance.
THAT was all?! he thought, I already know about the job tonight... he then stopped and stole a glance at Satoshi, I wonder why he was called? Doesn't he have a cell phone?
"Ah! Daisuke! You're there, aren't you?!" demanded the familiar voice of the Symbol of Eternity. Holding the phone against his ear by the shoulder, Daisuke ran a hand through his hair.
"Is something wrong, Towa-chan?" he asked, "I'm in the middle of class, so..."
"It's very important!" Towa practically yelled, and Daisuke was glad he had been left on his own to accept the phone call, "The next art piece that you have to steal is gone! Oh, wait... that's not it, it's not gone YET."
"Towa-chan, please..." muttered Daisuke, "could you try to make a little more sense of what you're saying?"
"Well," she started with a slightly calmer tone, "we were watching the news as usual, about how Dark is going to steal that artwork, but then there was another notice after that."
"What?" he perked up, a sudden feeling of fear prickling through him, "You serious?"
"Yes, yes, there was another notice, apparently, saying that they would be there to steal the artwork first," she continued hurriedly, "but this notice wasn't signed!"
"But then..." Daisuke took a deep breath, "do you have any idea of what's going on?"
"Your family's trying to work that out now. They told me to call you, so here I am!"
"Alright, thanks, Towa-chan."
"Just watch out for suspicious looking guards at the museum, 'kay? We'll see what we can find."
"Yeah..."
As he placed the receiver back, Daisuke closed his eyes, frowning as he tried to digest the information he had just been given.
Who would aim for the same art piece Dark and I are aiming for? he wondered, I know Hiwartari-kun will be there to protect it, but... who would AIM for it?
"Daisuki?" (the joke, remember? DasuKI means "I love you". Insert heart)
"GAH!" spinning around, he grabbed at the speaker, who looked exactly like him, "WITH!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?! IT'S 'KE', NOT 'KI'! WHEN'D YOU FORGET?!"
"What's wrong?" asked the other Daisuke, "Who called you? Kyu?"
"It's nothing for you to get worried about, now change back!" slamming his other self in desperation as he heard approaching footsteps, he turned in time to see the door slide open and Satoshi enter, "Ah, Hiwartari-kun."
"You finished as well?" he asked. Daisuke blinked, holding With behind his back and nodded.
"Yeah."
"Was it about this other notice?" continued Satoshi and Daisuke could only gape, dropping With. Without waiting for an answer, Satoshi continued, "My... father just phoned me about the extra notice. Do you," he threw Daisuke a hard glance, "know who this might be from?"
He shook his head, "No, my family are trying to find out who it's from now." So that's why he was called...
"Is Dark worried?"
HELL NO!
"Gyah!" Daisuke fell on top of With in surprise while Satoshi watched on, "... ow..."
"... well?"
"He just, uh..." laughed Daisuke nervously on his position on the floor, "he just..." I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASLEEP!
Sure was, replied Dark, with a slight hint of amusement in his voice, but after hearing Towa, I couldn't go back to sleep! This is gonna be an interestin' task with someone else aimin' for it!
"He thinks it's going to be... interesting," mumbled Daisuke, pulling With from under him, "that's, uh..."
"'Interesting'... huh?" Satoshi offered a hand up, "everything... is interesting to him, isn't it?"
Hell yeah!
"Yeah... I guess..." Daisuke managed a small smile, "thanks, Hiwartari- kun."
"We better get back to class," pointed out Satoshi.
"Okay!"
Lunch found Daisuke, With and Riku sitting together in the same place they had been at recess. Riku talked about lessons cheerfully, not noticing that Daisuke was occupied with something else and that With was eating all of the food.
"—Risa's been talking a lot about Dark, you know, I can't believe her sometimes-"
Nice conversation this is turning out to be, isn't it? Dark asked, holding onto every word that Riku said, Her sister really is STUCK on me, eh?
... huh? You say something, Dark? jerked Daisuke, obviously not paying any attention to what either was saying.
Man, you are out of it now, aren't you?
And why shouldn't I be? he shot back, Weird things are happening, I've gotta keep a sharp eye out.
Yeah, yeah.
"-don't you agree, Niwa-kun?"
"Uh... huh? Y-yeah! I totally agree!" Daisuke replied hurriedly.
You don't even know what she's talking about, do you?
Uh...
Never mind, never mind, guess I'll have to fill you in...
... thanks, Dark.
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The rest of the school day remained fairly relaxed, except Daisuke found himself under Takeshi one more time, who had been demanding that his homework was needed, but otherwise it was fine. Closing the locker with a sigh, Daisuke turned to the door.
So many weird things happening... and we have a job tonight! he thought in frustration, I hope they found something now... I can't work right with my mind occupied.
"Bye Niwa-kun!"
"Ah, bye!" Daisuke called back, waving over to Riku and her twin Risa as they left. With wagged its tail cheerfully.
"Kyu!"
"Ah, I better get going then," taking a quick look at his watch, Daisuke left the building, unaware that Satoshi was watching him from behind.
Once Daisuke was out of sight, Satoshi made as if to follow him, but was stopped as his cell phone began to ring. Taking it out of his pocket, he put it close to his ear.
"Yes?"
"Ah, Satoshi, I'm glad you're here right now."
"Is something the matter now?" Satoshi tried hard not to make his voice too hard, "Father."
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"Celes, is that you?" asked the red-haired girl, running over to the door and ignoring the other two. She hugged the other person affectionately, "Ah! You're back! You're back!"
Celes was a short girl with extremely long hair tied up in two high pigtails, which was a shade of crimson and her eyes were sea green. In return, she hugged the other girl back.
"It's been too long," she said.
"So... you could feel it too?"
Celes frowned, "Yeah... destruction will be upon us if we don't do something soon."
"Ah..."
"Would someone kindly explain what is going on?" the guy asked, and Celes shot him a frosty look.
"I thought you were dead, Chester," she commented lightly.
"That's cruel."
"That's how I am," she turned back to her best friend, "now, tonight is the night."
"Eh? What?" the other girl blinked.
"You're off to the 'other world'."
"What?! Already?!"
"Yep," she smiled, "everything's taken care of, and besides..." there was a mischievous glint in her eye, "you have something you have to do this very night."
"Huh?"
"Are you up to it?" continued Celes, "Scarlet."
Scarlet stood up, sizing up her friend, before smiling, her eyes alight with a fire of determination.
"We'll see."
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Done. All's well end's well. Nah, this will take a LONG time before it's finished. Hope you'll keep hanging!
The name Scarlet was chosen randomly. Sue me.
And yes, Dark and Daisuke do seem a bit more talkative than usual, makes it easier for me.
Why was Satoshi there? Well... (thinking) he had to be there, to annoy the little red-head, and he couldn't just cut class.
Riku cooking? Well, Risa did it so why can't she?
Proceed to chapter 3!
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Daisuke: Why did Hiwartari-kun tell me it's starting?
Seena58: I dunno. Just wanted to make conversation.
Satoshi: YOU. WILL. DIE. FOR. THAT.
Seena58: (runs off in fear)
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Chapter 2: Confusion
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"Does it taste okay, Niwa-kun?" Riku asked, as she watched him eating the food and making him somewhat uncomfortable, although not in a bad way. Finishing what he was chewing, Daisuke gave her a smile and nodded.
"It tastes great," he replied, "did you make it yourself, Riku-san?"
"Eh? Uh..." she looked away in embarrassment, "y-yeah, I did! It was my first time too! So I needed an honest opinion!"
"It's great," repeated Daisuke reassuringly, "so don't worry so much, Riku-san." Unless Saehara comes in and finds a fault in it somehow. He better not, not this time...
"Here, you try it as well," Riku offered a piece to With, who accepted it like any other creature, besides the fact that it had already eaten all of Daisuke's lunch while he'd been occupied with other things.
"Kyu!" With smiled.
"With says it's good," Daisuke interpreted and With nodded vigorously. Riku laughed happily, and also in an embarrassed way, due to the praise.
"So, it was really your first time?" asked Daisuke, and she nodded.
"I've been kinda... trying a few things..." she mumbled, "I mean... I've been trying new things!"
"I see, I see," he nodded, and then looked up in disappointment as they heard the school bell ring, sharply, "I guess we should go to class now."
"I see," Riku hid a smile as she took the box from his lap, "let's go, Niwa-kun!"
Ooh... nice... mumbled Dark.
What are you talking about?! demanded Daisuke, as they made their way to the classroom together; What's so 'nice'?
You know what I mean, Daisuke, he replied, remember, I can read your every thought...
Ah... grumbled Daisuke, trying hard not to hit his head in frustration, it was NOTHING. Go back to sleep.
How many times have you told me that today? asked Dark.
More than enough times 'cause you keep waking up and bugging me! he replied sharply.
Yeah, yeah, whatever... zzz...
Man, I've gotta teach him a lesson one day, Daisuke thought grudgingly, he's just too cool for his own good...
"Come on, Niwa-kun! We're going to be late!" Riku called, running ahead of him.
"Oh, ah... okay!"
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As Daisuke entered the classroom, Saehara caught him in a headlock, "Where were ya, Daisuke?! Me an' Sekimoto didn't know where'd you been off ta!"
"I just went somewhere where you guys weren't around!" Daisuke spluttered, "you're choking me here, Saehara! Stop it!"
"No can do, Daisuke!" replied Saehara, "Not until you tell me what's going on! What have you been UP to?!"
"NOTHING!!"
"Yeah right, yeah right. Come on tell your best friend!"
"I'm telling you now," yelled Daisuke desperately, fighting for air, "IT. WAS. NOTHING."
There were the sounds of footsteps outside, and Saehara let go of Daisuke's neck and ran to his desk. As Daisuke lay there, gasping for breath, he managed to drag himself to his desk and take a seat, just as the door slid open again and the teacher entered.
"Okay, class, settle down," he closed the door with a sharp snap, "we have to start the lesson-"
... Daisuke took a good look out the window, Hiwartari-kun...
"... it's starting..."
What did Hiwatari-kun mean by that...? he wondered, It just doesn't fit in with the kind of person he usually...
He stopped as he felt his spine tingling unpleasantly, and he turned his head slightly to see that Satoshi was watching him with the familiar piercing look. Managing an extremely weak smile, Daisuke turned away again. Trying as hard as he could to ignore the feeling, he turned back to his book and tried to do the work that had been set for them. It didn't help, however, and he sat back.
Geh... it's too much for me... he thought, with Hiwartari-kun staring at me like that... he stopped thinking and turned the window again, frowning; just now... that feeling was...
"Niwa Daisuke, is he in this class?"
Everyone turned to see an old man wearing glasses stick his head in the room, "Niwa-kun?"
"Ah, here," Daisuke stood up and the man nodded.
"And a Hiwartari Satoshi-kun."
Satoshi stood up silently and the man nodded again, "Please follow me, now."
Biting his lip slightly, Daisuke followed Satoshi out, trying hard to calm his nerves down as they followed the man down the hall. He stopped for a moment and then, without noticing that he was doing so, took another good look out the window.
This is...
He gave a slight squeak as a pale hand placed itself on his shoulder, but relaxed slightly when he realized that it was only Satoshi. The blue-haired boy pushed his glasses up further and gave Daisuke a long look.
"You..." he started, but was rudely interrupted by the man, who had an extremely loud voice, which seemed to bounce all the way down the corridor and back again.
"Boys! Follow me!"
Removing his hand, Satoshi walked off, leaving Daisuke baffled for a few more seconds before following after him. They went down a flight of stairs, until they reached the office, and only then, the man spoke again.
"You both have phone calls," he explained and Daisuke had to bite back a sigh of annoyance.
THAT was all?! he thought, I already know about the job tonight... he then stopped and stole a glance at Satoshi, I wonder why he was called? Doesn't he have a cell phone?
"Ah! Daisuke! You're there, aren't you?!" demanded the familiar voice of the Symbol of Eternity. Holding the phone against his ear by the shoulder, Daisuke ran a hand through his hair.
"Is something wrong, Towa-chan?" he asked, "I'm in the middle of class, so..."
"It's very important!" Towa practically yelled, and Daisuke was glad he had been left on his own to accept the phone call, "The next art piece that you have to steal is gone! Oh, wait... that's not it, it's not gone YET."
"Towa-chan, please..." muttered Daisuke, "could you try to make a little more sense of what you're saying?"
"Well," she started with a slightly calmer tone, "we were watching the news as usual, about how Dark is going to steal that artwork, but then there was another notice after that."
"What?" he perked up, a sudden feeling of fear prickling through him, "You serious?"
"Yes, yes, there was another notice, apparently, saying that they would be there to steal the artwork first," she continued hurriedly, "but this notice wasn't signed!"
"But then..." Daisuke took a deep breath, "do you have any idea of what's going on?"
"Your family's trying to work that out now. They told me to call you, so here I am!"
"Alright, thanks, Towa-chan."
"Just watch out for suspicious looking guards at the museum, 'kay? We'll see what we can find."
"Yeah..."
As he placed the receiver back, Daisuke closed his eyes, frowning as he tried to digest the information he had just been given.
Who would aim for the same art piece Dark and I are aiming for? he wondered, I know Hiwartari-kun will be there to protect it, but... who would AIM for it?
"Daisuki?" (the joke, remember? DasuKI means "I love you". Insert heart)
"GAH!" spinning around, he grabbed at the speaker, who looked exactly like him, "WITH!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?! IT'S 'KE', NOT 'KI'! WHEN'D YOU FORGET?!"
"What's wrong?" asked the other Daisuke, "Who called you? Kyu?"
"It's nothing for you to get worried about, now change back!" slamming his other self in desperation as he heard approaching footsteps, he turned in time to see the door slide open and Satoshi enter, "Ah, Hiwartari-kun."
"You finished as well?" he asked. Daisuke blinked, holding With behind his back and nodded.
"Yeah."
"Was it about this other notice?" continued Satoshi and Daisuke could only gape, dropping With. Without waiting for an answer, Satoshi continued, "My... father just phoned me about the extra notice. Do you," he threw Daisuke a hard glance, "know who this might be from?"
He shook his head, "No, my family are trying to find out who it's from now." So that's why he was called...
"Is Dark worried?"
HELL NO!
"Gyah!" Daisuke fell on top of With in surprise while Satoshi watched on, "... ow..."
"... well?"
"He just, uh..." laughed Daisuke nervously on his position on the floor, "he just..." I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASLEEP!
Sure was, replied Dark, with a slight hint of amusement in his voice, but after hearing Towa, I couldn't go back to sleep! This is gonna be an interestin' task with someone else aimin' for it!
"He thinks it's going to be... interesting," mumbled Daisuke, pulling With from under him, "that's, uh..."
"'Interesting'... huh?" Satoshi offered a hand up, "everything... is interesting to him, isn't it?"
Hell yeah!
"Yeah... I guess..." Daisuke managed a small smile, "thanks, Hiwartari- kun."
"We better get back to class," pointed out Satoshi.
"Okay!"
Lunch found Daisuke, With and Riku sitting together in the same place they had been at recess. Riku talked about lessons cheerfully, not noticing that Daisuke was occupied with something else and that With was eating all of the food.
"—Risa's been talking a lot about Dark, you know, I can't believe her sometimes-"
Nice conversation this is turning out to be, isn't it? Dark asked, holding onto every word that Riku said, Her sister really is STUCK on me, eh?
... huh? You say something, Dark? jerked Daisuke, obviously not paying any attention to what either was saying.
Man, you are out of it now, aren't you?
And why shouldn't I be? he shot back, Weird things are happening, I've gotta keep a sharp eye out.
Yeah, yeah.
"-don't you agree, Niwa-kun?"
"Uh... huh? Y-yeah! I totally agree!" Daisuke replied hurriedly.
You don't even know what she's talking about, do you?
Uh...
Never mind, never mind, guess I'll have to fill you in...
... thanks, Dark.
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The rest of the school day remained fairly relaxed, except Daisuke found himself under Takeshi one more time, who had been demanding that his homework was needed, but otherwise it was fine. Closing the locker with a sigh, Daisuke turned to the door.
So many weird things happening... and we have a job tonight! he thought in frustration, I hope they found something now... I can't work right with my mind occupied.
"Bye Niwa-kun!"
"Ah, bye!" Daisuke called back, waving over to Riku and her twin Risa as they left. With wagged its tail cheerfully.
"Kyu!"
"Ah, I better get going then," taking a quick look at his watch, Daisuke left the building, unaware that Satoshi was watching him from behind.
Once Daisuke was out of sight, Satoshi made as if to follow him, but was stopped as his cell phone began to ring. Taking it out of his pocket, he put it close to his ear.
"Yes?"
"Ah, Satoshi, I'm glad you're here right now."
"Is something the matter now?" Satoshi tried hard not to make his voice too hard, "Father."
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"Celes, is that you?" asked the red-haired girl, running over to the door and ignoring the other two. She hugged the other person affectionately, "Ah! You're back! You're back!"
Celes was a short girl with extremely long hair tied up in two high pigtails, which was a shade of crimson and her eyes were sea green. In return, she hugged the other girl back.
"It's been too long," she said.
"So... you could feel it too?"
Celes frowned, "Yeah... destruction will be upon us if we don't do something soon."
"Ah..."
"Would someone kindly explain what is going on?" the guy asked, and Celes shot him a frosty look.
"I thought you were dead, Chester," she commented lightly.
"That's cruel."
"That's how I am," she turned back to her best friend, "now, tonight is the night."
"Eh? What?" the other girl blinked.
"You're off to the 'other world'."
"What?! Already?!"
"Yep," she smiled, "everything's taken care of, and besides..." there was a mischievous glint in her eye, "you have something you have to do this very night."
"Huh?"
"Are you up to it?" continued Celes, "Scarlet."
Scarlet stood up, sizing up her friend, before smiling, her eyes alight with a fire of determination.
"We'll see."
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Done. All's well end's well. Nah, this will take a LONG time before it's finished. Hope you'll keep hanging!
The name Scarlet was chosen randomly. Sue me.
And yes, Dark and Daisuke do seem a bit more talkative than usual, makes it easier for me.
Why was Satoshi there? Well... (thinking) he had to be there, to annoy the little red-head, and he couldn't just cut class.
Riku cooking? Well, Risa did it so why can't she?
Proceed to chapter 3!