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Ch-15 Birth of Obstinacy

Daisuke's eyes quavered in horror, even as he forced himself not to believe the sight before him. "Cadell wouldn't…" he murmured.

He backed away from the chuckle behind him. He spun around, fury written across his face. "How could you?"

Daere chuckled again. "That's right. How could I? I haven't had the time. Your precious Cadell however, was left in here alone with them…If you tell me where she is, I could-"

"You're lying!" said Daisuke. "Satoshi and Dark-"

"Trusted her? That was the mistake. She lied to you, about everything." said Daere walking towards Daisuke who backed away suspiciously.

"You're lying." repeated Daisuke. "If that were true, then those dogs, your minions, wouldn't be attacking Dark and Satoshi!"

Daere's face went blank before his features contorted to the most disturbing smirk that Daisuke had ever seen. Suddenly Daisuke found himself shoved on the bed. "Stubborn. That's why you're unsusceptible to me." he decided as he straddled the slightly smaller boy. "It's not that you're strong, it's that you're incredibly stubborn. That, or stupid," he said.

Daisuke immediately began to struggle against Daere. And in a normal case the boy would have been on the floor writhing due to the experience leant Daisuke by years of training that people saw as so easy to overlook. And though Daere's strength didn't increase immensely like in the fight with Dark, he was still stronger than Daisuke and eventually managed to pin his wrists to the bed with his left hand. With his right he slapped the boy across the face leaving an angry red mark across the pale flesh.

"You sicken me!" he hissed.

Daisuke looked up into the emotion deity's eyes to see the last thing he would have expected.

Fear.

"What are you?" he murmured.

At this, Daere looked furious. "You must know me! You've seen me in your lover's eyes. In Krad's eyes! And you've seen it in Dark's heart!"

"No," disagreed Daisuke calmly. "You're nothing of my friends. You're weak compared to them."

Daere growled before slapping Daisuke across the face again. "I'll fix that self-righteous attitude of yours!" he hissed leaning down to force a kiss on Daisuke's lips, his tongue invading his mouth.

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Cadell stood at the foot of the cross and stared at the slight figure that used to be her host, like a monument to the dead, a mockery of all things holy, she was lashed on with blood running down her face, her arms, her thighs. But Cadell betrayed no emotion in her gaze.

"I'm sorry," she murmured. "This wasn't supposed to happen."

She raised a brow, though the figure didn't speak, she replied. "What? How can you still want to combine with me?"

She paused for a moment before speaking again. "You're mad. You know all that I know, nothing of mine is secret from you anymore. You've stolen from me as I've stolen from you. But I still don't understand your motive. If we combine…I can't confirm that we'll both continue to exist. I don't know what we'll become, but I know we won't be the void. And the void was the one made to defeat Daere. How do we know we'll even be good enough."

The unconscious figure left no sign of reply. Cadell frowned. "Yes, we have to try. It would be a sin not to…But…I don't know what we'll become…They aren't lonely anymore. We may very well cease to exist…Oh? It's worth it? You really see this life with such vehemence? Not that I blame you but-" Cadell's eyes widened. "What? How can you say that? Strapped to a cross with blood running down your legs and-" she winced as if slapped. "I see…I finally see…The Niwa…has something yet to give us. Very well. Come to me," she said holding out her arms.

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They lay on the forest ground, mussed from their daily fight. But they were content. The façade of quarrel a farce in both their minds but it would almost seem to break tradition not to start the day in such a way. Nonetheless Dark held Krad in his arms, knowing that he could feel no more contented.

Fourteen years later Dark and Krad fought again. This time however, there was a hatred in Krad's eyes. No explanations were given to Dark's numerous question. Just the promise of pain and more pain as the kaitou's confusion tore him apart.

Forty-two years later, Dark and Krad fought. Their motions were almost practiced as they fought once again, their hosts urging them on in their primal battle. Dogs, trained to kill through repetition even if they never would. The goal in mind was to seal, and perhaps outlast the other on the outside. This is how it was…This is how it would always be.

One hundred and twelve years later the kaitou ran playfully from his hunter jumping from building top to building top, occasionally shooting energy back to put his opponent off guard. It was close to the game they used to enjoy, a stolen kiss had restored memories long gone. The wounds had begun to heal, but the scars were a constant reminder.

Dark sat on the floor, pain keeping him in his spot, as the hunter defended the prey. It seemed that Krad's aura burnt around him like a flame and even as the dog leapt at him it avoided his fists which were blanketed on the strange golden energy that was Krad's…exactly as it had been when they were innocent. Dark could only stare with his mouth open wondering if he'd ever seen anything so beautiful.

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Daere loved each and every single angry tear that ran down Daisuke's face as he grew furious at his supposed weakness. He couldn't know that even now, no one could beat him but Cadell who had apparently run away, wisely. He would track her down later but for now he intended to see how long it would take to break the young boy.

"Get off of me!" snapped Daisuke pushing at him. It didn't do any good as he soon found himself shoved back onto the mattress and being furiously kissed again. He knew the poison was working. Because even as he fought against Daere, horrible images of sins ran through his mind with faceless criminals but familiar victims.

Eriko and Krad having their innocence ripped away…Dark being forced to kill… And finally, himself, and the true situation in which he was well aware he was almost about to receive the same fate as Eriko and Krad. He struggled hard but it was difficult when his mind kept shifting into other people's memories.

Finally the he shifted back to reality and his hand lashed out catching Daere across the cheek leaving three blatant red marks. Daere growled before leaning down and biting down on Daisuke's shoulder violently.

Daisuke let out a yelp just as Daere was ripped away from him.

"Get off my son you sadistic son of a bitch!" snapped Emiko.

Daere narrowed his eyes at her. "You'll pay for that woman."

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Satoshi was fighting as hard as he could. He had to find Daisuke. Daisuke was missing. And that was his main focus. This was probably why he was having trouble fighting the fucking dog. "Damnit you stupid mutt! Pass out already!" he yelled shooting energy at it. He was way past the point where his patience would allow him to be calm. Daisuke was missing!

The dog growled flattening it's ears back as walked towards Satoshi, singed fur still smoking. He felt Daisuke's panicked energy and his blue eyes narrowed. He needed to end this, and he needed to end this quick.

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Daisuke attempted to move but the poison in his system made it impossible to discern his movements from those of the people in his nightmares. His mother however stood resilient between him and a demon she had to know she couldn't beat.

Daere looked furious as he advanced on the shorter woman. Her lower lip quavered only once. He shot at her and back handed her sending her flying into a wall which she slid down, unconscious again. Daere, unsatisfied, shot at her again.

"Mom!" shouted Daisuke.

Daere slammed to the ground tackled by a black blur. The slight figure was around the same size as his own and immediately slender arms clawed at his face and pulled at his hair leaving streaks of blood where even Dark had failed to leave marks. Daere shouted as he attempted to remove his attacker but it was all in vain. Finally he shot a ball of energy and the figure jumped off landing next to Emiko.

Daisuke watched in awe as the figure crouched next to his mother protectively. A sheet of black hair hiding her face. The lithe body was too short to be Cadell's, too tall to be Eriko's, the chest too small to be Eriko's, too large to be Cadell's, the hips, too large to be Eriko's, too small to be Cadell's, the hair too long and straight to be Eriko's, too short to be Cadell's. But the way she moved relayed a familiarity to Daisuke and was assured he knew her.

Then she lifted her head. Daere gasped. It was neither if they relied on physical appearances. Her eyes were dark, her skin was pale, but her eyes were narrower, more adult than either of the said females, her lips were Cadell's, her nose was Eriko's, but her smile…Her smile was almost too much like Dark's for comfort. Her aura was familiar to Daisuke, but he couldn't pin from where…

"Who in the seven hells are you?" growled Daere.

"That's what I'd like to know," she said smiling more broadly bearing two white canines. "But that can wait. From what I remember, this woman was kind to me, I hate you, and you hit her. Why is it that you assume that I would sit by and do nothing?"

"Who are you?" hissed Daere again. "What are you?"

She advanced on him steadily. "Does it make you nervous? To know that you're stuttering the same words your victims have before?"

He narrowed his eyes and stood to his full height. "You are Cadell." he decided. "Or some form of her. You caught me unawares."

"It was my intention," she admitted.

He smirked. "You will be broken as well." he said decisively.

With that, he was gone. Satoshi rushed into the room. "Daisuke are you okay?" the moment he laid eyes on the unfamiliar figure he was between her and Daisuke glaring as the girl paid more attention to fixing her hair- which had knotted during the fight- than to him. "Who are you?"

"I don't know!" she repeated irritably. "That's why I'm here! The Hikari made me, the Niwa saw me reborn, I...I don't know who I am…" she said looking serious for once.

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They'd regrouped in the kitchen so a dizzy Emiko could help treat everyone's wounds. The girl sat on the table staring at the floor. "…What is my name?" she asked quietly. "I'm not Eriko, I won't take the name those people gave me!" she said fiercely. "And I'm not Cadell…Because I'm no longer lonely," she murmured.

"So…You have both of their memories though?" asked Daisuke.

"Hai." she said with a short nod. "If…I'm both…And neither…"

"No arguments of existence right now, I have a headache." muttered Dark as Krad gently tended to the cuts on his side.

She looked at him and he was silenced. Whatever she was she was lost and confused. He looked away. "If you're not loneliness, then what emotion are you?"

She glared. "How the hell am I supposed to know?" she snapped.

As an argument broke out between her and Dark, Daisuke watched them thoughtfully. "…Of course…I remember what Daere said now," everyone watched him now, motionless. "He said, I'd avoided him…Because I was stubborn. Cadell and Eriko could fight him because they were too hurt to hate anyone,"

"And you were too stubborn to take the situation at face value and hate someone," finished Krad. The girl didn't look like she was about to disagree. She only looked at Daisuke.

"You! It's your energy I took!" she said excitedly. "Then you must know my name!" she said kneeling before him. He blushed at the attention.

"I-"

"Please! What is my name!" she asked looking him in the eyes. He gazed back for a few seconds.

"Leiko."

She smiled. "Lei-ko,"

Dark grinned. "Arrogant! It suits her!"

She was too happy to argue with him. And Satoshi was too busy staring out the window to pay attention to her cheerful antics. "We weren't ready for him." he murmured. "If we act so foolishly again, we won't get off so easily. He's evenly matched to her, if not stronger."

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Daisuke walked down the hallway to his room with troubled eyes. Though the appearance of a new, more powerful ally was comforting, he still couldn't forget the nightmares. Just because Leiko had broken his concentration and thus his hold over him and Krad, he couldn't forget what he'd seen in those dreams.

It was as if he was experiencing all of it himself. He'd never been so afraid of an opponent in his life.

A figure walked silently behind him and after his tentative moment of hesitation moved forward to wrap it's arms about his waist.

Daisuke jerked forward and spun around eyes narrowed as he attacked. Satoshi barely managed to dodge a punch to the jaw and a roundhouse kick before Daisuke actually figured out who he was attacking. "Satoshi! Don't startle me like that!" he said backing up, horrified at the prospect of hurting Satoshi. Satoshi simply looked at him thoughtfully before rushing forward and wrapping his arms around him.

"It's okay." he murmured.

"Sa-toshi?" murmured Daisuke.

"Anyone would have been afraid."

It struck him hard, and within seconds Satoshi was supporting him as he wept angry tears. "I saw it…" he murmured. "I saw it all, what happened to them! And whenever I look in their eyes, I feel like I've done something unforgivable, stolen those memories and humiliated them."

"Shh, it's okay," murmured Satoshi. He looked over Daisuke's shoulder horrified however. He wasn't sure he could handle it half as well as Daisuke was. He had a vague idea of what had happened, but Daisuke had seen it first hand, lived it.

He lowered his eyes to the shaking form in his arms and marveled at the strength he knew resided therein. "Daisuke, aishiteru," he murmured

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