Well, I will say that I've been kinda stuck on this fic, cause I have the perfect ending planned out, but first I have to have a middle. but don't worry, things will get better, and chaos and fluff will soon be in full motion. Apologies for the long wait, but the computer's been dead for two weeks, and I have four other fics I'm currently working on.
I'm glad you all thought it was funny and cute, since I never thought humroe was my strong point. Not heavy humor at least. Fluff has always been a strong point, well, according to my other reviewers.
Enjoy the chapter!!!!
A Day at the Amusement Park Part II
Satoshi Hiwatari's eyes widened in amazement. The red haired boy next to him took notice, smiling widely.
"Pretty neat, huh?"
The blue haired boy nodded mutely, at a loss for words at the sight before him. Colors streamed in front of his eyes, huge machines, roller coasters rumbled in the distance, all sorts of shops and people and booths dotting the landscape before him. Cheerful carnival-type scents and sounds drifted through the air, infecting all who were there with an inevitable feeling of happiness and energy. They were at the amusement park.
"Great thing you got these tickets for us, thanks a lot," Daisuke continued, handing the white tickets to the lady at the entrance of the brand-new amusement park.
"I didn't get them, they gave them to me at work..." the young police commander muttered. Daisuke shook his head, knowing Satoshi was too shy to admit directly that he was glad too.
"Krad, Dark, would you two stop playing and come in?" the ruby-haired wing master called out, always-present patience thin with the older pair.
"I am not playing," the blonde angel, Krad, muttered.
"Are too, and with me," The slightly shorter boy with stunning amethyst tinged hair chirped happily.
"With you, anything could be called playing..." the angel responded dangerously.
Daisuke rolled his eyes, "Just come on..."
Krad obliged, striding in his proud, distinguished way past the entrance gate, Dark slouching slyly behind him, just shy of touching the taller boy. Daisuke handed Dark and Krad their passes, then took Satoshi's arm, pulling him excitedly inside.
"Wow, this one's even bigger than the other one," the dark-haired kaitou whistled appreciatively as he glanced around the map he'd pilfered from a shop entrance, "Has tons more shops to choose from too..."
"Choose what?" the sunset-haired wing master peeked over his shoulder, then finding it was too tall, settled for peeking underneath.
The older boy clapped him on the back, "Nothing you need to concern yourself with, kid," laughter poured from his open mouth.
The blue-haired icy commander and the equally, if not more, icy blonde angel raised an eyebrow at Dark.
"Is he really planning to steal from here?" Satoshi whispered to Krad.
"As long as I don't get n trouble for being with him if he gets caught, I don't care," Krad said, nonchalantly pulling as strand of golden silk in between his fingers, "And he's an expert, so there's not much of a chance of that."
"You know I'm supposed to arrest him now?" Satoshi shook his head, wondering how much Dark stole so that Krad was so accustomed to it.
"You didn't know," the sun-eyed boy winked and strode off elegantly to Dark's side, smoothly pulling the map out of his hands. Daisuke rejoined his blue-haired companion.
"So, ah... what.... what do we do now?" Satoshi looked around, unable to hide his amazement.
"Whatever you want!" Daisuke smiled, "I can't believe you and Krad have never come here before!"
"We were very deprived children," Krad said, attempting to read the map with Dark all but strangling him with his arms around the blonde's neck, "Get off me, Dark!"
The said kaitou pouted, reluctantly letting go of his neck, settling instead for wrapping his arms around the white-clad waist of the other boy. Krad glared ineffectively and then shook his head, choosing to ignore Dark.
Daisuke felt a slight twinge of jealousy that Dark could act like that towards Krad, but also something like pity, because Krad never seemed to respond to Dark's clear advances. Not that Dark cared, he just kept trying.
They were the most popular boys in school, constantly swarmed by girls of all grades, and yet there was almost an understanding that though Dark flirted with everyone, girl or guy, and went on dates almost daily, the only one he really and truly gave the time of day was Krad. And even though Krad seemed to brush off most of Dark's moves, at least in public, he was the only one Krad ever hung out with, usually being too antisocial to be along anyone else. Of course, maybe it was just that the blonde simply couldn't get rid of him.
But Daisuke couldn't act that way with Satoshi, much as he wished he could simply wrap his arms around him, free of worries about what the other would think of him. Of course, he didn't want to act that way and have Satoshi completely ignore him either, so maybe it was better this way.
Satoshi watched Daisuke curiously, unconsciously fretting over the ruby-eyed boy's almost wistful, nostalgic gaze. It was a soft, sad look, and the ocean-haired commander didn't have a guess at what his friend could have possibly been thinking to make him look like that. He was so unused to seeing a look like that on him. Although, now that he thought about it, he'd been seeing in a bit more often lately.
"Dai-kun?"
Ruby jewels glanced up, surprise etched in his features along with a trace of red matching his eyes and hair.
"Eh?"
"What were you thinking?" Satoshi cocked his head, trying to convey that he honestly wanted to know and help. Concern wasn't the expression his face knew how to put on best, but for him he didn't care. Daisuke's mood was troubling to him.
Daisuke's gaze lingered for a moment on sapphire eyes before lowering with an almost apologetic swivel, "Nothing. Don't worry about it..." he then lifted his slender face up to the brilliant sky, "Maybe... maybe someday I'll tell you..."
"Why can't you tell me now? Ah- I mean... you can tell me when you want to..." the normally icy boy tried to hide the hurt he felt but knew he was failing. Still, if Daisuke didn't want to tell him, he wasn't going to push him. But the saddened expression on the younger boy's face worried him. What, or who, could be causing Daisuke worry? He could only wonder.
Daisuke bit his lip as he saw Satoshi's wounded expression, "It's... it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just... It's not the right time..." he paused, looking down, rounded lips parted in a perfect, minuscule 'o', "I don't want to hurt you..." he whispered.
"Daisuke... nothing you do could ever hurt me..." the taller boy said seriously, resisting an urge to hug him. Daisuke looked up, face melting into a brilliant smile, and though Satoshi couldn't shake off the ever-present feeling of hurt and concern, just having Daisuke smiling again relieved the whole scene.
The wing master hopped off the stone wall he'd been sitting on. Turning to Dark, he waved his hands in front of the kaitou's face.
"Dark, I'm guessing you and Krad will go off to do your own thing later, but are you going to stay with us for a while?"
"Oh, yeah sure," the older boy unwrapped his arms from the blonde's waist, nipping a pale ear lightly before straightening. Surprisingly, Krad leaned in to the nip in acknowledgement. The kaitou smiled warmly and shook his head before running his large hands through a sea of violet and finally answering, "I think if we separate though, we should meet at that restaurant over there at the end of the day..." they continued to settled the plans for the rest of the day before the tall kaitou finally rubbed his hands together, "And we're off!"
"So what do you guys want to get on first?' Daisuke asked.
"Yeah, there's no lines cause we're early," Dark added.
"I- I don't know," the blue haired Hikari backed a step, looking around in complete bafflement.
"Should we get on the big ones or the smaller ones?" Krad simplified the question.
"Big!"
"Small," Daisuke clamped his hand over Dark's wide mouth, "Cause if you've never been on a roller coaster, it'd be better to start small."
"Oh," the amethyst-eyed thief scratched his head.
"That works for me..." Satoshi mumbled, giving the large roller coasters an apprehensive glance.
"Ooh, is the big bad police commander afraid of a little kiddy ride? – OW!"
Satoshi removed his foot from Dark's face, "Whatever gave you that idea?"
"Well, maybe it was – OW!"
"Nothing did," the sapphire-eyed face continued coolly.
"You and Krad are good at controlling him," Daisuke sweatdropped.
"Oh yeah, controlled like this," the kaitou graced them with both of his most polite fingers, grinning widely from behind Satoshi's boot.
"How about the Mind Bender?" the ruby-eyed kaitou-in-training took a peek at the map, "It's that one right there," he pointed towards a purple roller coaster to their right.
"It doesn't have any big loops," Dark complained.
"But it goes fast. 90 miles per hour," Krad defended and Dark's expression brightened.
"Ok, let's go!"
They walked resolutely to the line entrance on their right, across the large plaza like park entrance, stylishly furnished.
"I wanna go on the Plunge afterwards!" Dark began planning the day out loud, "Then we can go on a big roller coaster, then a water ride, then some game booths and then just walk around to scout the ladies, then get some goods, keyword 'get' and um... I'm hungry."
"Swallow your saliva."
"That's gross, Krad."
"No really, do it."
"You're sadistic, and mean and sexy. Did you know that?" The purple-haired boy all but jumped on Krad, who almost toppled over, regaining his balance at the last second with a leeway glare at the cause.
"Aren't you going to respond to that?"
"Screw you..." the blonde angel said dangerously.
"What time? Oh wait, we decided that last time," Dark retuned happily, ducking a punch from Krad.
"I'm going to incinerate you, then dip your ashes in oil and incinerate them again!"
Daisuke giggled, "They're a riot."
The cold boy next to him nodded, "They do keep things immensely interesting."
"You have a leaf in your hair," Satoshi said suddenly, leaning over to Daisuke so that his face was centimeters away from a blushing Daisuke's. The Hikari's eyes glanced downward, locking into Daisuke's for a second as he realized their sudden closeness and then blushed.
"Woooh! Go Satoshi, way to take the initiative, you dog!" Dark called out. Faster that if Daisuke had suddenly sprouted three heads, Satoshi was a full meter away, face so red you would have thought his face had been painted red.
"I doubt that was appreciated, Dark," the sun-eyed angel rolled his eyes, "He was only brushing away a leaf. Which by the way, is still there," seeing that the other Hikari was making no move to remove it, being too embarrassed, Krad sighed, throwing up his hands and gently removed it himself.
"You have to tell him sometime," he whispered to in Daisuke's ear in the same subtle motion. Daisuke blushed deeper, almost becoming the same shade as his hair and eyes.
"C'mon, poor creepy bastard, you really need to take lessons from me on how to woo the masses. And you take action, it's part of the seducement process. It really works; see how I have Krad begging me for more all the time. Uh... Wow, you and Krad glare almost the same way."
"And we hurt you just about the same too," the low growls came.
"Um, c'mon guys, I know Dark deserves a lot of things, but we don't want unnecessary bloodshed..." Daisuke sweatdropped, standing between the murderous Hikaris and Dark.
"Yeah, what the little guy said," the tall kaitou pouted, hiding mockingly behind Daisuke. Or maybe for real.
Krad shrugged, but Satoshi was still glaring daggers at the said thief, before finally rolling his eyes and sulking forward.
"Aw, Satoshi, he was just kidding. You know none of that is true," Daisuke grinned at the taller boy, wishing it was.
The embarrased college graduate looked at Daisuke for a moment, and couldn't help but smile back. There was no way he could refuse Daisuke's cheer, especially when he was begging him like that. Still, it always puzzled him to see a tinge of sadness in his smiles. It wasn't all sun and cheer. And that upset him for some reason.
"Ha, here we are, at the ride! There really is almost no line!"
"Wow, it's not like this all day, is it?" Krad looked around.
"No, it gets really crowded later on," Daisuke said.
"Yeah, and – hey, there's a chick!"
"I learned three new words to perfectly describe you," Krad drawled, "A philanderer, kleptomaniac, and capricious."
"You forgot incredibly handsome, which makes four words," Dark tsked at him, scouting the nearest girl, giving a charming smile, eyebrows raised suggestively. She blushed and turned to her friend, squealing.
"And that's how you woo the ladies, Satoshi," the kaitou grinned. Then he chucked his thumb in their directions, "And here they come, to gush over me."
The three girls came over, blushing and talking in hushed tones to themselves, and Dark flashed a disarming smile, "What do you ladies need?"
"Um, we wanted to know your names," she said, but they were speaking to Krad and Satoshi, completely ignoring Dark, who stared open-mouthed.
"Oh yeah, Dark, that's how you attract the ladies," the red-haired wing master besides him laughed.
"You can't talk, they aren't gushing over you either," the thief snapped. Then one of the girls caught sight of Daisuke.
"Ooooh! You're so cute!" squealed, running up to Daisuke and hugging him tightly, "What's your name?"
"Er, I think we have to go," Satoshi muttered, extracting himself from the other two girl's and stepping in between the other one and Daisuke, "He's not for the taking, sorry."
She pouted, "Aw, don't tell me you have first picks?"
The sea-haired boy gulped, "I never said that!"
Krad suddenly loomed above them, setting a fiery glare on all three of the girls, who whimpered and backed off, muttering disappointedly among themselves.
"Don't ever get another girl on me like that," he said as he turned to the sheepish and puzzled.
"They shouldn't have come to you, I'm clearly the better looking one, why, they paid more attention to Daisuke than me!"
"Maybe they figured out you were a jerk," Satoshi said snidely.
"Hey, that was harsh..."
"What happened to wooing the masses?" Daisuke poked Dark's side. The purple haired boy huffed and stuck his nose in the air.
"They clearly don't have good taste."
"Are you calling me fat?" Krad said with a wounded pout to everyone's surprise, and sudden laughter.
"Were... the heck... did you get that from?" Dark rolled on the ground, peals of laughter spilling from his lips, accompanied by the two younger alter egos.
Krad shrugged sheepishly, "Um, I just wanted to try that out?"
The bright amethyst-eyed phantom thief clapped Krad on the back, "You should do that more often.
"Hey look, it's our turn! There's still an empty seat on the roller coaster!" Dark yelled.
"Yeah, but one seat isn't enough for the four of us!" Daisuke told Dark.
"It's enough for Krad and me. C'mon, hurry before the ride leaves!" the reckless boy pulled on the angel's hand, past the still-open gates that separated the actual ride from the lines, diving to get in the seat, but then the safety bar closed over his stomach, trapping him one foot on the concrete and the other on the carts.
"Ahh! I'm stuck! Help Krad!" he cried, wriggling as the ride began to move.
The said blonde demon rolled his eyes and pulled Dark harshly, releasing him with a painful yelp just as the ride began to move forward.
Daisuke and Satoshi watched from the other side of the safety gates that had already closed to keep people from getting too close to the ride with sweatdrops on their heads, torn between laughing and sighing heavily, "Those two..."
"Oh great, now we're stuck in front of the gates..." Krad glared at his friend. Everyone was looking at them, as they stood out, being estranged as they were in 'no man's land', the equivalent of standing past the yellow warning line as you waited for the subway.
"They'll open it back up for us..." Dark reassured him holding his hands up in defense, mindful of the veins bulging on the blonde's head.
Sure enough, with an exasperated glare, the old man working the ride's controls opened the gate back up for Krad and Dark to slip back into the line.
"You two are so silly..." a girl in another line giggled.
"Only for you," Dark returned smoothly. He turned to Krad, "There's a lot of old people here. Hey, let's count how many bald old people there are!"
Satoshi shook his head, listening to the steadily rising count, only in Dark's voice, and then it was abruptly muffled and the police commander only had to guess how ice demon had managed to shut him up this time.
"Now it's our turn," Satoshi stated, following Daisuke into the seat, Krad and Dark in the one behind them. Clicking the metal safety bar over them, Daisuke looked at Satoshi.
"This is great, are you scared?"
Satoshi scoffed, "No."
"I bet you are, creepy bastard," the blue-eyed boy swatted uselessly behind him at Dark's head, "What about you, Krad?"
"Of a silly ride that goes fast enough to singe your eyes out and compresses your body to the ground with enough strength to flatten a box of lead, and twists and turn violently, making you feel like emptying your entire digestive system into their air, and turning upside down at the risk of falling if it wasn't for those major inertia forces formerly mentioned above therein giving you a feeling something like a hangover, on which numerous if rare people have died by getting their heads hacked off by a stray branch or fallen because of a technicality?"
Satoshi gulped.
"Of course I'm not scared," Krad continued, nonchalantly, "In fact, I'm looking forward to a certain someone becoming the next casualty."
"I wonder who?" Dark murmured, then his eyes widened, "No! You can't do that to your own Satoshi!"
The other three groaned. Then the ride jolted forward, and Satoshi's grip convulsively tightened on the bar. The young wing master's eye caught the motion, and without saying anything more towards the subject, placed his hand on Satoshi's, who felt a blush rise in his face.
"It's really unnerving the first time, but it's fun," he smiled brightly and Satoshi stared at him for a second before swallowing.
"It better be or else you're paying me back for my ticket," he said, smiling slightly.
"Oh crap..." Krad muttered as the roller coaster began speeding up. Dark gave him an amused look and whispered something in his ear, as well as giving it a sensual nip, "Oh crap," the angel repeated.
"Cowabunga ladies!"
That actually did happen to me and my friend (-Cough- Anna -cough-) when we went to Six Flags. It was the funniest thing/ the ladies had to reopen the gate cause we took too long to get on the ride, so the bar closed on me, and I was stuck! It was hilarious. The lady was like 'you two are so silly' . We took it as a compliment. Even if it wasn't.
Yikes... I'm sorry if this chapter wasn't as humorous as the last, but I hope at least the fluffl potential was appreciated. The next chapter will be better, I swear. I just have the whole big ending and stuff planned out, so I have to figure out a middle before I get to the fluffy end!
REVIEWER COMMENTS:
MissAnnaBanana: Oh Gods. What to say to you. I hope you recognized our little incident on... oh shoot, which ride was it again? The Cyclone? that was the funniest thing. You had the longest comment! And yay for anna, I'll let you make out with Dark in a rollercoaster. Or well, maybe not in the roller coaster... hehehe. Krad's taken that spot. In any case... idiot. You suck. You actually reviewed first! yup, it's a record. YOU HAVE MY FIRST DNAngel book! And my sister's Backstreet Boys CD, and... my pencil sharpener. Give em back. Oooh, come to the Parkview Game! And the Orchestra Tailgate party! I invite you... wait you already kew that... scratch that. Anyway, see ya ILLUZER!
Xinuyuki: Glad you thought so. I hope you can forgive the crappiness of this filler chapter... ugh, as before mentioned, i have a great ending planned out, just have to get there first.
Lil Empress of the Heartless... do I really have to go on? jk: Aw, sry but you were acutally the third reviewer -winces from bubble popping sound- But still, Im so glad you like the Satoshi part. I got that a lot. it was a brilliant stroke of genius! Krad: pokes needle at inflated head- Don't get an overinflated head, we have enough with Dark around. Dark: I am the greatest phantom thief the world has ever known!
Rebecca Lyn: Yup, total chaos. It's getting to that. That's what Anna and I thought when we were at Six Flags, and we imagined what it would be like if Dark and Krad were there... the whole Park fell in front of our eyes. I have plenty of Chaos for them to cause... ehehe. Keep your hopes up!
Cheza Arosukir: I think i responded to you in a review, but I've only read up to book 3 of the series in the US but I've read so many fanfics, I know half the story line by now. No one's actually gay in the manga, cept maybe Krad. But there's lots of little bitty hints, and that's what we base them being gay on. And c'mon, we don't care about the girls! It's all Satoshi/DAisuke Krad/Dark action baby! And yeah, krad's Satoshi's alter ego. Anyway... any more questions will be freely answered.
Dragoneyes: Thanks for your complements, and I hope you likes this chapter as well, I promise it'll get better. Dark: Promises promises, you promised me I'd get to go with Krad and -Krad clamps hands over his mouth- Krad: that's confidential information.
DDR-Loser: Thanks, hope you liked this chapter.
Aner Keram: -Sips from bowl of Ramen- wow, I didn't even think that hard about the relationships with each other, but now I am, and so I'll be working on that. A lot. It won;t be always Dark with Krad and Satoshi with Daisuke,I'll swap them around every once in a while to develop character relationships better. You'll like it. Well, I think.
Kittengrl39: Krad calls Daisuke 'Wing Master' still not too sure why... And kaitou I think means thief or something. Am not too sure about that one either, but they use them a lot in the manga. Yup, Long live SHOUNEN-AI!!!
Amethyst Wolf Dragon: Thanks. I'll try to update faster.. grrr, I am swamped.
TheAlmightyIshizu-Isis: Thanks, I really do try to updte faster, but there are issues at hand...
WestKitsune: -catches you before you float into above the stratosphere- Thanks! I try to make it kawai. Fluff rules!
Fallentenshi128: Thanks for lurving it.
Hakudoshi-chan: yeah, I tried my best to make it cute, but it'll get even cuter as it goes on. I have TONS of fluff planned for this little fic...
Seena 58: This kind of fic? What kind of fic? I'm glad you like it anyhow, I am trying to do something good with this thing beyond jsut humor, but I don't wanna drop the big angst anchor like with my other fics. Funny, I when I first started writing, I though my major point woudl have been complicated plots and characters, and humor, maybe seriousness and some romance, but not angst or fluff. And as it happens, those two are my best subject. Along with romance, and sometimes humor and horror. ... Bet you didn't need to know that, but I felt like talking.
Thanks a lot for your reviews!