"His name's Daisuke Niwa and he's ten years old," a blue haired boy informed two companions.
"Niwa? Aren't they a wiccan family?" A young purple haired man asked.
"Yes, and Daisuke is no exception," the blue haired boy answered.
"Great so not only is this kid a witch, he's also the new host for the power?" A blonde haired man muttered.
"So it would seem," the blue haired boy replied.
"So what do we do?" Purple asked.
"Nothing at the moment," Blue answered. "Daisuke is in the hospital, I plan to go visit him today with some people from school."
"Why's he in the hospital?" The blonde demanded, "Surely the aftereffects of the power have worn off by now?"
"They have, but Daisuke isn't in the hospital for that. He's there because of his cancer."
"So the kid's a witch, the new host to the power, and he has cancer?" The purple haired boy stated, just to be clear.
"Yes," Blue answered.
"Great," purple and blonde muttered under their breaths.
Satoshi was walking calmly down the halls of the hospital flanked by three others; Takeshi, and the twins Riku and Risa Harada. Risa and Riku were apparently scared of hospitals, judging by the way they kept clinging to Satoshi and looking around nervously. Takeshi didn't look afraid just uncomfortable; like he didn't know how to act being around so many sick people. Satoshi calmly walked to the servicing desk and waited for the attendant working to notice him. The attendant looked up at him with a bored expression and asked what they wanted.
"We're here to see Daisuke Niwa; could you please direct us to his room?" Satoshi asked politely. The attendant looked something up on the computer.
"Niwa, room 211 wing D," she muttered.
"Thank-you. Could you please direct us to wind D?" Satoshi asked getting annoyed with her lack of politeness.
"I can help you there," a cheery voice said from behind the four kids. The other three jumped but Satoshi showed no sign of surprise at all as he turned to face the speaker.
"And you are?" He asked calmly.
"Doctor Riss," she introduced herself. The doctor was tall and skinny with a very slim figure and tan skin. She had dark brown hair that was tied up in a ponytail on top of her head and vibrant green eyes. This doctor was gorgeous. "Please follow me."
Doctor Riss led them down the halls to an elevator and pressed the up button. The doors immediately opened with a ding and they all stepped inside. Riss pushed the button for the eighth floor and the doors closed with another ding.
"So, who are you kids visiting?" Riss asked kindly.
"Our friend; he's sick," Risa said, stating the obvious.
"Oh, that's kind of you to take your younger siblings to see their friend," Riss grinned at Satoshi, who twitched.
"Oh no, we're not related," Takeshi jumped in, "Well those two are but we're all just friends." The twins nodded their agreement.
"We couldn't come alone so we asked Satoshi to take us and he said yes even though he five years older," Riku explained.
"Oh, my apologies I didn't realize," Riss said.
"No problem," Satoshi dismissed the subject as the elevator doors opened with a ding and they stepped out.
"This way," Riss led them to the very end of the hall were a sign said wing D on the wall. "Well here you are." Satoshi nodded his head in thanks and led the way into the wing. He easily found the room they were looking for and quietly opened the door, looking inside.
The room was large and had three beds in it. In the first two beds were man and woman, both sleeping. In the third bed, Daisuke was flipping through channels on a small TV. He looked bored.
"Daisuke?" Satoshi asked, opening the door and coming in. Daisuke looked up at them and smiled. He shut the TV off and tossed the remote aside.
"Hey guys! What are you doing here?" He asked happily as all his friends filed into the room.
"We came to visit, you idiot," Takeshi laughed, running and jumping on Daisuke's bed. Satoshi grabbed three chairs from around the room and placed them around the bed. The twins gratefully took the seats closest to Daisuke and Satoshi placed his chair at the end of the bed.
"Ya, the teacher said you were back in the hospital and we volunteered to bring you all your homework," Riku opened the back-pack she'd been carrying and pulled out a rather thick brown envelope.
"Aw man, and here I was happy to see all of you," Daisuke teased.
"Ha ha, very funny," Takeshi lightly punched his arm and despite himself Daisuke flinched. "Oh crap. I'm sorry Dai, I forgot."
Daisuke quickly waved off his apology, "No, no it's fine. It's just my arm's burned that's all."
"Burned?" Risa asked and Daisuke nodded. He pulled back his sleeve to reveal his bandaged arm.
"From when I found that guy in the ally," he explained, "I don't remember how I got burned though."
Daisuke looked up and his ruby eyes met Satoshi's ocean blue ones. Satoshi looked surprised and worried before his face returned to its emotionless state. Daisuke cocked his head on confusion but Satoshi shook his head and smiled a little at him. The rest of the day passed quickly enough. The four stayed and visited with Daisuke until it was announced that visiting hours were over and they had to leave.
"Thanks for coming today guys, it means a lot," Daisuke smiled a little embarrassed.
"No problem Dai," Takeshi laughed, "You are, after all our friend." Daisuke grinned widely at that; he loved hearing and saying that he had friends.
"We'll try and come back tomorrow," Riku promised.
"By Dai," Risa waved and walked out the door with the others. Daisuke turned to Satoshi.
"Thanks for coming Sato," he smiled. Satoshi just smiled in return and nodded his head before following the others out.
Satoshi walked the three younger kid home before heading back to his own apartment. When he arrived he unlocked the door and went straight to the phone. He dialed a number quickly and waited impatiently for someone to answer.
"Garrg?" A voice grumbled on the other end. Satoshi rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"Dam it Dark if you can't manage to say anything legible then let Krad answer the phone," he snapped.
"Garrg," Dark repeated and Satoshi could hear him drop the phone. Satoshi wished very much then that he was in striking distant of the purple haired man. A minute later he heard footsteps and then Krad picked up the phone.
"Hello?" He asked, uncertain if anyone was there or not.
"Finally," Satoshi growled, "Krad, we have problem."
"Is it about the new host?"
"Yes, it seems they've already found him."
"Did they take him?"
"No, but I'm certain they plan to."
"Then why not let them?" Krad demanded. "Our job would be so much easier if the power wasn't in a host and they're trying to take the power out of its host. So why not let them and make everything that much simpler?"
"Because," Satoshi was fighting to keep the rage he felt out of his voice, "If they extract the power from Daisuke before it's been fully integrated into his body, then Daisuke will die."
"So?"
"SO THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!" Satoshi shouted losing control of his temper and shouting at the blonde through the phone. Krad winced on the other side at his sudden outburst.
"All right, you don't have to yell. What do you want to do about it?" Krad asked, rubbing his ear.
"We have to make sure they don't get Daisuke or the power. We have to get to him first," Satoshi stated.
"You mean we have to kidnap this kid before they do?" Krad asked.
"No we're placing him into protective custody," he corrected.
"Uh-huh," Krad wasn't buying into that for a second.
"Just get Dark and get over here," Satoshi sighed and hung up the phone without waiting for a reply.
"Dark you have to get up," Krad said kneeling down next to the man who was still passed out on the floor from last night. Krad made a mental not to let Dark party so much and monitor his drinking more carefully.
"Rarg," he mumbled incoherently. Krad smiled, he just loved waking Dark up; it was so entertaining.
"Daarrrkkk," he sing-songed, "Oh Daarrrkkk..."
The purple haired boy didn't respond. Krad leaned down, his face hovering over Dark's. "Wake up." He kissed roughly until Dark finally opened his eyes. Dark returned the kiss before Krad sat up.
"That is a lovely way to wake up, you know?" Dark grinned.
"We have to go to Satoshi's place," Krad said, ignoring Dark's comment.
"Why?"
"Because the new host needs to be placed into 'protective custody,'" the blonde mimicked Sato's voice.
"We're kidnapping him?"
We have to do something.
There's nothing we can do, our hands are tied.
But if those three get him first we'll never be able to retrieve the power.
We...must be patient. The master will know what to do.
The master?
Yes, the master.
A/N: Yay I have another story! Unlike Escaping Expectations, this one is not a crossover. Although it would be super easy to make it one, I'm not going to. I'm sorry for the shortness of the chapters, but what can I say? They'll probably get longer as time goes on, ya never know. Anyway thanks to all reviewers…
Kaloo- (I like your name.) Thanks for reading hope you still like it.
Sorceress Sakura- Yay, you likes! Here's more for you!
RutsuSatoshi- I shall continue and I happen to enjoy reviews. I'll still write whether I get them or not, but it's always fun to see what others think.
And of course as always, much thanks to Seena58 for beta-reading! And Seena, me and you have really got to learn to be nice. ; ) Especially to cute little red-heads.