Now things really are getting intersting, huh? Enjoy!!
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Daisuke: What was that dream about?
Krad: Why aren't I mentioned much on the story?
Seena58: Um... (sweats)
(gets chased away by Krad)
Dark: Oh well, let's just go forwards, shall we?
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Chapter 5: New Student
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Daisuke looked up at the gray sky as he made his way to school. There was something odd about it, he noticed, the patterns the clouds were creating reminded him of something, ... but what?
... can you be a little more quiet? grumbled Dark.
Oops, sorry, apologized Daisuke. Silence fell between the two and he continued to make his way to the school.
"Scarlet..." he muttered, "what did she mean when she said she had no use for it?"
Entering the school grounds, he was soon caught by Takeshi, who was acting the same way he always did everyday-hyperactively. Patting Daisuke on the back with more force than needed, he began to speak at high speed.
"Hey, guesswhat guesswhat?!" he demanded, "It was so cool whenanother personcameandthenstolethespherebeforeDarkandthentherewasthewholedealw ithDarkchasingafterthatotherpersonandthen--"
"... Dark got the sphere," Daisuke cut in, knowing that that was what Dark would've said if he'd been awake, which he wasn't.
"What? You serious?!" yelled Takeshi, yelling right into the other boy's ear, "how are you supposed to KNOW?!"
"I just do!" Daisuke yelled back, covering both his ears and entering the school building, with Takeshi stalking close behind him, continuously badgering him for information.
"HOW CAN YOU KNOW?! YOU WEREN'T THERE, WERE YOU?!"
"I was there ENOUGH!" That's true, though, I was right there!
Entering the classroom, Takeshi was swamped by practically all the female student, demanding what he knew about Dark and what had happened the night before. While he was occupied, Daisuke took the chance to go to his seat unnoticed. Placing his bag on the desk, he sighed in annoyance.
It was such a confusing night last night, he thought, if only Dark hadn't decided to badger Hiwartari-kun like that...
He stopped as he noticed that the boy he was thinking about was standing right behind him. Laughing nervously, Daisuke turned to greet him.
"H-Hiwartari-kun... m-morning..." he stuttered, trying hard not to freak out too much, which was hard for him as he was obviously shaking with nerves.
"... last night..." started Satoshi, but stopped when he noticed that there were too many students around, just shrugged slightly before going to his seat.
"..." I wonder what happened to him when that girl took it... thought Daisuke, perplexed.
"Ah, morning Niwa-kun!" called Riku, as she and her sister Risa entered the classroom.
"Good morning Niwa-kun," nodded Risa, who had also been Daisuke's first crush.
"Ah, morning," he smiled at the two girls, who returned it and then took their seats, except Risa, who jumped up almost instantly to go over to Saehara.
"What happened yesterday?!" she demanded, "The news just wouldn't give all the details!"
Riku shook her head before turning on seat so that she could face Daisuke. She was frowning in annoyance.
"She's been talking about that phantom thief all morning," she explained, "and I have to be the one who listens to her all the time. I honestly can't see anything special about that pervert."
Daisuke couldn't help but laugh at her comment, although felt pity for Dark since they were one. His mind wandered to his other half, and wondered how much it must hurt for the person he liked to Hate him- with a capital H. As he struggled with the thought, and trying hard not to remember the crushing thought of when Risa had only considered him as a 'friend', and had fallen for Dark at first sight, the door slid open and the teacher entered.
"Okay, class, let's begin, shall we?" she said, "Please return to your seats, and, please, Harada-san, don't strangle Saehara-kun like that. Thank you."
The din dimmed down and the teacher nodded at her students. Smiling behind her glasses, she opened the folder she always carried around with her, and called out the roll.
That feeling I've been having lately, thought Daisuke, does this connect with the odd things happening now...?
"Niwa," called the teacher and he looked up.
"Here," he replied, and she nodded, before continuing.
Geh... I'm all confused, and tired, he did his best not to yawn out loud, why doesn't anything we do make any sense to us anymore?
"Alright, class, I would like to introduce a new student to you all," smiled the teacher as she closed the roll, "I hope you make her feel welcome."
"Huh?" the whole class looked up from their desks in unison and stared at her. The teacher nodded towards the already opened door.
"Come in, please."
As the student stood at the front of the class, the teacher wrote her name on the whiteboard.
"This is Takada Akane," she explained, "I hope you make her all feel welcome."
"I am pleased make your acquaintance," Akane said, with the tone of extremely polite frostiness.
She wasn't exactly tall, but she wasn't small either, with bright eyes and a rather large amount of dark hair, which was pulled back into a rather long plait. She was quite thin, with the look of a natural athlete as she stood there.
The nodded at her before looking around for a spare seat, "Ah, the seat at the front can be your place for today, Takada-san."
As Akane took her seat, she couldn't help but scan over all the students present; who returned her gaze somewhat eagerly, as it was quite rare for new students to pop up in the middle of the school year. There was a slight flash of a smile on her features, but it was gone almost instantly and she sat down.
... Daisuke frowned slightly, I can't make up my mind anymore. It's all a mystery to me...
"Now, shall we begin class?" started the teacher.
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The clouds had expanded in the next hour and soon it was pouring down. Daisuke couldn't help but sit by a window at lunch and watched as the rain splattered on the window and slid down.
It's rare for it to rain so hard, he thought, and even though it is autumn now, there is something really odd about it...
That's nice and all, grumbled Dark sleepily, but couldn't you just not think for a while... no... that's not it... come on... that girl was pretty cute...
... oh great, Daisuke told himself, Dark's now talking in his sleep, and all I can do is listen to it.
His attention was jerked away as a group of girl passed him and went straight to Akane, who had been sitting on the opposite side of the room.
"Hey, hey, you're Akane aren't you?" demanded one of them.
"That's right," she replied, looking at them curiously, "is something the matter?"
"No, not really, Takada-san," said another one, "but have you ever heard of the Phantom Thief?"
"Excuse me?"
Daisuke groaned slightly and blocked his ears to drown out the sound of the girls squeals as they began to explain about Dark. He had nothing against them, of course, but there was something disturbing him and noise wasn't helping him either. Giving up, he got up and crossed over to the door.
"Yo, Daisuke! Where're you off ta?!" demanded Takeshi, as he jumped over a couple of desks.
"Out," he replied shortly, sliding the door open.
"Hey, wait a min-" started Takeshi, but Daisuke was already gone, "What is up with him?"
Shoving his hands in his pockets, Daisuke crossed down the hallway, looking at the gray sky whenever he passed a window. Stopping as he reached the end of the corridor, he placed both his hands on the window and stared out, his breath creating a mist on the cold glass.
"So many mysteries..." he whispered, "not enough answers..."
A noise behind him made him turn, but he relaxed slightly when he saw it was just Satoshi, "Hiwartari-kun..."
"..." he joined Daisuke by the window, "yesterday, the Sphere was taken and..."
"You were chasing her, weren't you?" Daisuke said, still staring out at the rain, "Did you lose her?"
"... 'her'?" Satoshi gave him a long look and Daisuke felt his spine tingling.
"Um... y-yeah... Dark caught up to her and..." he stuttered, "... she said her name was Scarlet and... she um... said that the sphere wasn't any use to her so she gave it over and disappeared."
"..." Satoshi took a look out at the window, "so... she wasn't aiming for that...?"
"?" Daisuke blinked, "How do you know that?"
"..." Satoshi began to walk away, "... just a feeling."
As he disappeared up the stairs, Daisuke couldn't help but stare after even though he was now out of sight. Shaking his head, he turned back to the window and stared out at it blankly, letting his mind wander off.
So many things happening... he contemplated, even in the most confusing and unanswerable jobs that Dark and I were forced in... this has never happened before... so why now...?
He stopped thinking these particular thoughts as he heard the distant sound of a door opening and Akane exiting it, bowing and saying something hurriedly before taking off. Daisuke was surprised at how fast she was, probably even faster than Dark. Catching sight of him, she stopped.
"Um..." she started, "hello..."
"Uh... hi," he put a hand up in a lame attempt of a greeting, "you're Takada-san, right? I'm Niwa Daisuke, a classmate."
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Niwa-kun," she gave him a small smile, and then turned to the window, "so... why are you out here? It's a bit cold, don't you think?"
Daisuke was surprised about how calmly she could speak to a total stranger as if they had been friends for years, and the fact that she could just bring up such a question without caring about what he could think about her.
"Um... he classroom was a bit too loud," he explained, "so... I thought I could get some peace and quiet out here..."
"I see..." she fell silent, "do you... like the rain?"
Her voice was slightly hesitant as she asked the question and Daisuke didn't know what to think.
"Uh... I guess... so..." his voice faltered, "... why?"
Akane turned away so that her back was towards him, "I like the rain, but I hate it at the same time," she sighed, "human feelings are so complicated..."
"Excuse me?"
"Oh... nothing!" she began to walk away, "I better get going there! It was nice talking to you, Niwa-kun."
"Ah... same here," Daisuke called as she vanished into another classroom. Alone for the second time that day, he started to walk down the stairs to his next class.
...
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Niwa-kun. So... why are you out here? It's a bit cold, don't you think?" (note: flashback)
Why did she ask such a strange question? he wondered, this is really getting odd.
Emitting another sigh of resignation, he entered the classroom, oblivious of the lightning that flashed across the rain-swept sky.
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"And so, when you are trying to find the 'y' intercept, the 'x' should be zero, and--" continued the Maths teacher, "then you can plot the points simply by--"
Ah... we learnt this yesterday, thought Daisuke, why are we covering it again today?
"-- but you have to make sure you have read the whole equation correctly, so that the line is straight, for there is no way for it to be straight if you didn't plot the points right--"
Looking up from his notes, Daisuke decided to take a long look out the window. The rain hadn't let off anymore than it had at recess, and he doubted that it would be letting off anytime soon. Placing his mind back to his work, Daisuke scribbled up a few notes, and then passed it to Saehara, who had been poking him from behind. As usual, Saehara had not been paying attention to class. Resuming to his own work, it didn't take long for Daisuke to finish the set questions. They were too easy now, anyway. Once the formula had been drilled in your head, it took forever for you to forget it. As he continued with the additional work, Daisuke looked up, frowning.
There was no question about it. Without another thought, he prodded at his alter ego, who had been snoring uproariously again.
Hey, Dark! WAKE UP! he bellowed. The snoring was stopped abruptly and what Dark said next, which was quite a bit for someone who didn't have their own body and had been tired after a long night, was so loud that Daisuke believed that he would be deaf in the next few seconds if he didn't stop soon.
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?! YOU COULDA JUST POKED ME GENTLY, LIKE EVERY OTHER TIME YOU WANTED TO WAKE ME UP, WHICH ISN'T LIKE YOU, BUT NO, YOU HAD TO YELL!!!! GOD, YOU REALLY HAVE NO RESPECT TO YOUR BETTERS, YOU THAT, DON'T YOU?! HOW'D YOU LIKE IT IF I JUST STARTED SCREAMIN' IN YOUR HEAD TO WAKE YOU UP?!?!?!?!
... you've done that before, I believe, Daisuke managed to slip in, when you were fighting Krad, and I was asleep and you decided that it was best for me to wake up in the middle of a battlefield!
THAT'S NOT THE FRIGGIN' POINT! roared Dark, THE POINT HERE IS THAT YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR YOUR OTHER HALF AND I DESERVE AN APOLOGY! IT AIN'T LIKE I'VE BEEN DOING THAT TO YOU AS MUCH AS I USUALLY DO!!!
Okay, okay, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! yelled Daisuke desperately, I won't do that again!
That's better, huffed Dark, calming down so suddenly that there was a ringing in Daisuke's ears, so, what was it that you wanna talk about anyway?
Can you feel it, Dark? Daisuke shot a look out the window yet again, There's a strange feeling in the air...
... yeah, you're right, Dark suddenly sounded thoughtful, there really is that strange feeling. Except... I can't tell where it's coming from.
... bending his head down so that it looked like he was working, Daisuke couldn't help but feel really fed up, why is this happening now...?
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"What? Scarlet's gone?" Chester asked his mother, who nodded solemly.
"It seems so," the old woman said, "we have no idea where she has gone."
"So They know? I need to know!"
"I'm sorry, Chester, but they aren't saying anything to help the search," she sighed, "all we can do now is wait for her to return."
"..." he sat down, "would she really just leave without another trace? She's done it before, so... I thought she'd already learnt her lesson. I didn't wait all these years just for her to disappear again!"
"Chester..."
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'Is everything going according to plan?' Scarlet asked her friend. They were in a sort of void, with no beginning or an end.
"Yes," replied Celes, "everything is in place. Is your part of the plan working?"
'It's a-okay!' laughed Scarlet, 'Let's just hope we can say the same thing for the next phase.'
"When is it?" the smaller girl blinked in confusion.
'Soon.'
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Hahahaha! New character! What happens next? Read on and see!
Oh yeah, Dark's speaking is a bit... colourful, but he was asleep so... (sweats) whatever. please continue on!
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Daisuke: What was that dream about?
Krad: Why aren't I mentioned much on the story?
Seena58: Um... (sweats)
(gets chased away by Krad)
Dark: Oh well, let's just go forwards, shall we?
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Chapter 5: New Student
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Daisuke looked up at the gray sky as he made his way to school. There was something odd about it, he noticed, the patterns the clouds were creating reminded him of something, ... but what?
... can you be a little more quiet? grumbled Dark.
Oops, sorry, apologized Daisuke. Silence fell between the two and he continued to make his way to the school.
"Scarlet..." he muttered, "what did she mean when she said she had no use for it?"
Entering the school grounds, he was soon caught by Takeshi, who was acting the same way he always did everyday-hyperactively. Patting Daisuke on the back with more force than needed, he began to speak at high speed.
"Hey, guesswhat guesswhat?!" he demanded, "It was so cool whenanother personcameandthenstolethespherebeforeDarkandthentherewasthewholedealw ithDarkchasingafterthatotherpersonandthen--"
"... Dark got the sphere," Daisuke cut in, knowing that that was what Dark would've said if he'd been awake, which he wasn't.
"What? You serious?!" yelled Takeshi, yelling right into the other boy's ear, "how are you supposed to KNOW?!"
"I just do!" Daisuke yelled back, covering both his ears and entering the school building, with Takeshi stalking close behind him, continuously badgering him for information.
"HOW CAN YOU KNOW?! YOU WEREN'T THERE, WERE YOU?!"
"I was there ENOUGH!" That's true, though, I was right there!
Entering the classroom, Takeshi was swamped by practically all the female student, demanding what he knew about Dark and what had happened the night before. While he was occupied, Daisuke took the chance to go to his seat unnoticed. Placing his bag on the desk, he sighed in annoyance.
It was such a confusing night last night, he thought, if only Dark hadn't decided to badger Hiwartari-kun like that...
He stopped as he noticed that the boy he was thinking about was standing right behind him. Laughing nervously, Daisuke turned to greet him.
"H-Hiwartari-kun... m-morning..." he stuttered, trying hard not to freak out too much, which was hard for him as he was obviously shaking with nerves.
"... last night..." started Satoshi, but stopped when he noticed that there were too many students around, just shrugged slightly before going to his seat.
"..." I wonder what happened to him when that girl took it... thought Daisuke, perplexed.
"Ah, morning Niwa-kun!" called Riku, as she and her sister Risa entered the classroom.
"Good morning Niwa-kun," nodded Risa, who had also been Daisuke's first crush.
"Ah, morning," he smiled at the two girls, who returned it and then took their seats, except Risa, who jumped up almost instantly to go over to Saehara.
"What happened yesterday?!" she demanded, "The news just wouldn't give all the details!"
Riku shook her head before turning on seat so that she could face Daisuke. She was frowning in annoyance.
"She's been talking about that phantom thief all morning," she explained, "and I have to be the one who listens to her all the time. I honestly can't see anything special about that pervert."
Daisuke couldn't help but laugh at her comment, although felt pity for Dark since they were one. His mind wandered to his other half, and wondered how much it must hurt for the person he liked to Hate him- with a capital H. As he struggled with the thought, and trying hard not to remember the crushing thought of when Risa had only considered him as a 'friend', and had fallen for Dark at first sight, the door slid open and the teacher entered.
"Okay, class, let's begin, shall we?" she said, "Please return to your seats, and, please, Harada-san, don't strangle Saehara-kun like that. Thank you."
The din dimmed down and the teacher nodded at her students. Smiling behind her glasses, she opened the folder she always carried around with her, and called out the roll.
That feeling I've been having lately, thought Daisuke, does this connect with the odd things happening now...?
"Niwa," called the teacher and he looked up.
"Here," he replied, and she nodded, before continuing.
Geh... I'm all confused, and tired, he did his best not to yawn out loud, why doesn't anything we do make any sense to us anymore?
"Alright, class, I would like to introduce a new student to you all," smiled the teacher as she closed the roll, "I hope you make her feel welcome."
"Huh?" the whole class looked up from their desks in unison and stared at her. The teacher nodded towards the already opened door.
"Come in, please."
As the student stood at the front of the class, the teacher wrote her name on the whiteboard.
"This is Takada Akane," she explained, "I hope you make her all feel welcome."
"I am pleased make your acquaintance," Akane said, with the tone of extremely polite frostiness.
She wasn't exactly tall, but she wasn't small either, with bright eyes and a rather large amount of dark hair, which was pulled back into a rather long plait. She was quite thin, with the look of a natural athlete as she stood there.
The nodded at her before looking around for a spare seat, "Ah, the seat at the front can be your place for today, Takada-san."
As Akane took her seat, she couldn't help but scan over all the students present; who returned her gaze somewhat eagerly, as it was quite rare for new students to pop up in the middle of the school year. There was a slight flash of a smile on her features, but it was gone almost instantly and she sat down.
... Daisuke frowned slightly, I can't make up my mind anymore. It's all a mystery to me...
"Now, shall we begin class?" started the teacher.
---
The clouds had expanded in the next hour and soon it was pouring down. Daisuke couldn't help but sit by a window at lunch and watched as the rain splattered on the window and slid down.
It's rare for it to rain so hard, he thought, and even though it is autumn now, there is something really odd about it...
That's nice and all, grumbled Dark sleepily, but couldn't you just not think for a while... no... that's not it... come on... that girl was pretty cute...
... oh great, Daisuke told himself, Dark's now talking in his sleep, and all I can do is listen to it.
His attention was jerked away as a group of girl passed him and went straight to Akane, who had been sitting on the opposite side of the room.
"Hey, hey, you're Akane aren't you?" demanded one of them.
"That's right," she replied, looking at them curiously, "is something the matter?"
"No, not really, Takada-san," said another one, "but have you ever heard of the Phantom Thief?"
"Excuse me?"
Daisuke groaned slightly and blocked his ears to drown out the sound of the girls squeals as they began to explain about Dark. He had nothing against them, of course, but there was something disturbing him and noise wasn't helping him either. Giving up, he got up and crossed over to the door.
"Yo, Daisuke! Where're you off ta?!" demanded Takeshi, as he jumped over a couple of desks.
"Out," he replied shortly, sliding the door open.
"Hey, wait a min-" started Takeshi, but Daisuke was already gone, "What is up with him?"
Shoving his hands in his pockets, Daisuke crossed down the hallway, looking at the gray sky whenever he passed a window. Stopping as he reached the end of the corridor, he placed both his hands on the window and stared out, his breath creating a mist on the cold glass.
"So many mysteries..." he whispered, "not enough answers..."
A noise behind him made him turn, but he relaxed slightly when he saw it was just Satoshi, "Hiwartari-kun..."
"..." he joined Daisuke by the window, "yesterday, the Sphere was taken and..."
"You were chasing her, weren't you?" Daisuke said, still staring out at the rain, "Did you lose her?"
"... 'her'?" Satoshi gave him a long look and Daisuke felt his spine tingling.
"Um... y-yeah... Dark caught up to her and..." he stuttered, "... she said her name was Scarlet and... she um... said that the sphere wasn't any use to her so she gave it over and disappeared."
"..." Satoshi took a look out at the window, "so... she wasn't aiming for that...?"
"?" Daisuke blinked, "How do you know that?"
"..." Satoshi began to walk away, "... just a feeling."
As he disappeared up the stairs, Daisuke couldn't help but stare after even though he was now out of sight. Shaking his head, he turned back to the window and stared out at it blankly, letting his mind wander off.
So many things happening... he contemplated, even in the most confusing and unanswerable jobs that Dark and I were forced in... this has never happened before... so why now...?
He stopped thinking these particular thoughts as he heard the distant sound of a door opening and Akane exiting it, bowing and saying something hurriedly before taking off. Daisuke was surprised at how fast she was, probably even faster than Dark. Catching sight of him, she stopped.
"Um..." she started, "hello..."
"Uh... hi," he put a hand up in a lame attempt of a greeting, "you're Takada-san, right? I'm Niwa Daisuke, a classmate."
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Niwa-kun," she gave him a small smile, and then turned to the window, "so... why are you out here? It's a bit cold, don't you think?"
Daisuke was surprised about how calmly she could speak to a total stranger as if they had been friends for years, and the fact that she could just bring up such a question without caring about what he could think about her.
"Um... he classroom was a bit too loud," he explained, "so... I thought I could get some peace and quiet out here..."
"I see..." she fell silent, "do you... like the rain?"
Her voice was slightly hesitant as she asked the question and Daisuke didn't know what to think.
"Uh... I guess... so..." his voice faltered, "... why?"
Akane turned away so that her back was towards him, "I like the rain, but I hate it at the same time," she sighed, "human feelings are so complicated..."
"Excuse me?"
"Oh... nothing!" she began to walk away, "I better get going there! It was nice talking to you, Niwa-kun."
"Ah... same here," Daisuke called as she vanished into another classroom. Alone for the second time that day, he started to walk down the stairs to his next class.
...
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Niwa-kun. So... why are you out here? It's a bit cold, don't you think?" (note: flashback)
Why did she ask such a strange question? he wondered, this is really getting odd.
Emitting another sigh of resignation, he entered the classroom, oblivious of the lightning that flashed across the rain-swept sky.
---
"And so, when you are trying to find the 'y' intercept, the 'x' should be zero, and--" continued the Maths teacher, "then you can plot the points simply by--"
Ah... we learnt this yesterday, thought Daisuke, why are we covering it again today?
"-- but you have to make sure you have read the whole equation correctly, so that the line is straight, for there is no way for it to be straight if you didn't plot the points right--"
Looking up from his notes, Daisuke decided to take a long look out the window. The rain hadn't let off anymore than it had at recess, and he doubted that it would be letting off anytime soon. Placing his mind back to his work, Daisuke scribbled up a few notes, and then passed it to Saehara, who had been poking him from behind. As usual, Saehara had not been paying attention to class. Resuming to his own work, it didn't take long for Daisuke to finish the set questions. They were too easy now, anyway. Once the formula had been drilled in your head, it took forever for you to forget it. As he continued with the additional work, Daisuke looked up, frowning.
There was no question about it. Without another thought, he prodded at his alter ego, who had been snoring uproariously again.
Hey, Dark! WAKE UP! he bellowed. The snoring was stopped abruptly and what Dark said next, which was quite a bit for someone who didn't have their own body and had been tired after a long night, was so loud that Daisuke believed that he would be deaf in the next few seconds if he didn't stop soon.
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?! YOU COULDA JUST POKED ME GENTLY, LIKE EVERY OTHER TIME YOU WANTED TO WAKE ME UP, WHICH ISN'T LIKE YOU, BUT NO, YOU HAD TO YELL!!!! GOD, YOU REALLY HAVE NO RESPECT TO YOUR BETTERS, YOU THAT, DON'T YOU?! HOW'D YOU LIKE IT IF I JUST STARTED SCREAMIN' IN YOUR HEAD TO WAKE YOU UP?!?!?!?!
... you've done that before, I believe, Daisuke managed to slip in, when you were fighting Krad, and I was asleep and you decided that it was best for me to wake up in the middle of a battlefield!
THAT'S NOT THE FRIGGIN' POINT! roared Dark, THE POINT HERE IS THAT YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR YOUR OTHER HALF AND I DESERVE AN APOLOGY! IT AIN'T LIKE I'VE BEEN DOING THAT TO YOU AS MUCH AS I USUALLY DO!!!
Okay, okay, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! yelled Daisuke desperately, I won't do that again!
That's better, huffed Dark, calming down so suddenly that there was a ringing in Daisuke's ears, so, what was it that you wanna talk about anyway?
Can you feel it, Dark? Daisuke shot a look out the window yet again, There's a strange feeling in the air...
... yeah, you're right, Dark suddenly sounded thoughtful, there really is that strange feeling. Except... I can't tell where it's coming from.
... bending his head down so that it looked like he was working, Daisuke couldn't help but feel really fed up, why is this happening now...?
###
"What? Scarlet's gone?" Chester asked his mother, who nodded solemly.
"It seems so," the old woman said, "we have no idea where she has gone."
"So They know? I need to know!"
"I'm sorry, Chester, but they aren't saying anything to help the search," she sighed, "all we can do now is wait for her to return."
"..." he sat down, "would she really just leave without another trace? She's done it before, so... I thought she'd already learnt her lesson. I didn't wait all these years just for her to disappear again!"
"Chester..."
###
'Is everything going according to plan?' Scarlet asked her friend. They were in a sort of void, with no beginning or an end.
"Yes," replied Celes, "everything is in place. Is your part of the plan working?"
'It's a-okay!' laughed Scarlet, 'Let's just hope we can say the same thing for the next phase.'
"When is it?" the smaller girl blinked in confusion.
'Soon.'
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Hahahaha! New character! What happens next? Read on and see!
Oh yeah, Dark's speaking is a bit... colourful, but he was asleep so... (sweats) whatever. please continue on!