A/N: Awe, I feel so special! I just got around to reading my reviews (I'm, umm, technically not supposed to be on the computer because I got grounded) and now I just feel so loved. Thanks peoples! Anyways, I'm sure you guys don't want to listen to my ramblings, so…. ON WITH THE FAN-FIC!
Chapter 3
"Quit flinching, this won't hurt a bit!" Emiko sighed, getting a bit frustrated with Dark. She had forced him sit down and let her heal his leg before Daisuke had to go school. "Hontoni Dark! You're acting like a child!"
Dark sat down, muttering curses under his breath as Emiko got down a statue of a golden phoenix and a red flute. Placing the bird's head on Dark's broken leg; she began to play a song on the flute. It was a beautiful, yet somewhat eerie, song and unlike anything Dark had ever heard before. He felt his leg grow warm and looked down at the statue to find it crying, its tears healing his leg.
"Wow, thanks!" Dark said gratefully. He got up and looked at the clock.
'Dark, I'm gonna be late for school! Again!' Daisuke exclaimed.
They hurried up and switched places and Daisuke ran out the door.
"Ne Daisuke… etto… hontoni gomen nasai… you know… about what happened between you and Riku…" Risa said uncomfortably before class began.
"Don't worry about it, I'm fine," Daisuke told her. It was true, he had completely gotten over Riku… for Satoshi.
"Ne Daisuke!"
Daisuke turned around and saw Takeshi coming. "What's up?"
"Come over to my house at 7 o'clock, ok. I've got something important I need to show you," he said as soon as he had reached Daisuke.
"Ok, I guess," Daisuke shrugged.
"Good." Takeshi replied and walked off.
'Daisuke we've got to steal the "Gates of Hell".'
'Nani?'
'Don't worry, I guess we could send Wiz over to Takeshi's,' Dark quickly said.
'Why don't you guys ever tell me when we need to steal stuff?' Daisuke asked angrily.
"Ok class, settle down," the teacher said as he walked into the room. "Today we'll start on a major project that counts as a fourth of your grade"the class groaned in protest "—you'll get to work with a partner—" the class cheered happily "—that I'll be choosing for you." The teacher smiled as the class groaned again. "Come on guys, it won't be so bad. When I call you and your partner's names come up to my desk to receive a topic and instruction sheet. First group is… Miss Harada Risa and Mr. Saehara Takeshi."
The class was slowly called up in pairs to collect the stuff for their projects. "Harada Riku and Sugisaki Yukiru… Kaje Yamatto and Li Rika…"
Daisuke's heart was pounding like crazy. There were only four people left: Izzy, Yuuji, himself and… Satoshi! 'Me and Satoshi, me and Satoshi, me and Satoshi!' Daisuke chanted in his head, fingers crossed.
"Niwa Daisuke and…"
'Satoshi! Satoshi!' Daisuke tried telling the teacher telepathically.
"Hiwatari Satoshi."
'HELL YEAH! YOKATTA!' Daisuke shouted in his head, resisting the urge to cheer out loud. Practically running to the teacher's desk, he smiled up at Satoshi.
'Gawd, just kiss the creepy bastard and get it over with! And be careful, you're about to transform!' Dark hissed.
Blushing, Daisuke turned away from the blue haired boy next to him and looked at the teacher.
"You two will be working on subliminal messages in today's movies, music, and such… Here's everything that needs to be in it, how I'll be grading you, and some ideas on how to format it," he said, handing a stack of papers to Daisuke.
"'k." Daisuke turned to go back his desk, but Satoshi gently grabbed his arm.
"Wait, Daisuke… umm… do you want to come over to my apartment to work on the project tonight?" he asked, a bit nervously.
"Sure! What time?" Daisuke asked happily.
Satoshi looked relived. "Is seven ok?"
"Umm… yeah, that's fine," Daisuke said. Satoshi gave him one his rare smiles then returned his seat.
'What in the world are you thinking!' Dark yelled as Daisuke sat down. 'Do you realize we have to be in three places at once now!'
'Ie, only two…'
'Nani?'
'We're not going to steal the archway; we're going to Satoshi's apartment…'
'We have to go steal it! Your mom left the warning note already!'
'Think of this as punishment for not consulting me first.'
'So that damn brat's coming over, huh?' Krad asked in an angry tone of voice.
'Hai.'
'And you're happy about this? I mean, that kid is so annoying!'
'And you aren't?'
'That hurts you know…'
'Krad, urusai…'
"Daisuke Niwa how could you! You are grounded after Friday!" Emiko shouted at her son after he told her that he wasn't going to steal the "Gates of Hell" archway.
"Why Friday?" Daisuke asked as his mom stormed out of the room.
"Because we have to fix this mess and you have to steal the "Fountain of Dreams" on Thursday," she said as she reentered the room, holding a sky blue pendent. "This will separate you and Dark for two hours. Be within three yards of each other by then.
"What happens if we aren't?"
"You'll be permanently spliced half and half. Look, the blue color will drain away as time runs out so just watch that."
"How many times can I use it?"
"Infinite, but it has to recharge after each use, taking longer each time. You're to give it back after this; I don't want you abusing it."
"Ok, ok," Daisuke sighed. "What about Takeshi?"
"Wiz will take care of it, just call him and tell him to come over here instead. Here, hurry up, it's almost seven."
Daisuke put the pendent on a chain, and then put the chain around his neck as a sort of necklace. The moment he did, he felt as though two invisible hooks were pulling him in opposite directions. The "hooks" gave a sharp tug and Daisuke fell to right, Dark to left.
"That was weird…" Dark muttered, standing up.
"I'm gonna go call Takeshi," Daisuke said, going to the next room to use the phone. He was back moments latter. "He's gonna come over."
"It's 6:45, you two had better go," Emiko sighed, pushing Dark and Daisuke out the door. "Good luck Dark, and Daisuke have fun at Riku's. It's so nice that you two could still be friends even after the break-up."
"Riku's?" Dark asked as soon they were out of Emiko's earshot.
"I couldn't tell her the truth! She'd never willing let go to Satoshi's apartment!" Daisuke whined.
"Whatever… see you latter," Dark said, flying off to the museum.
"Bye."
"You ok Daisuke?" Takeshi asked as he and Daisuke walked up to Daisuke's room. He had just arrived and noticed that Daisuke looked a bit out of breath, like he just ran a marathon race.
"Daijoubu!" Daisuke said happily.
"Ok, so you've a TV in your room right?"
Daisuke seemed to consider the question for a moment. "Hai!"
"I've something I need to show you," Takeshi said urgently as they entered the room.
"'K!" Daisuke practically bounced over to the bed, then sat crossed legged on it."
"Etto… you sure you're alright? You're acting funny."
"Me sure!"
"Right… I'll just put this then." Takeshi pulled out his tape of last night and put it in the VCR.
The screen flickered, and then showed Satoshi turn into the blond guy. Takeshi fast-forwarded it to the part he was looking for.
"There," he said, pointing at the screen as Dark turned into Daisuke. "Can you explain that, Daisuke?"
"Kyuu!"
"Nani?"
"What's going on?" Daisuke's mom asked, walking into the room.
"He know 'bout Daisuki and Dark!" Daisuke said, pointing at Takeshi.
"Will somebody please explain what's going on!" Takeshi shouted.
Daisuke's mom sighed. "I guess we've no choice…"
Satoshi looked at his watch. '7:15… where is he?'
'Maybe he's not coming!' Krad said hopefully.
'Call me crazy, but maybe he's just running late,' Satoshi said a bit sarcastically. 'He'll be here…' As soon as he said this, he heard a knock on the door. Satoshi, not wanting to seem too eager, let the person knock again before going to answer it.
"Hi… umm… Hontoni gomen nasai, I guess I'm a little late…" Daisuke said, blushing slightly.
"It's fine, come on in," Satoshi smiled, stepping aside to let Daisuke enter. 'He's so cute, even when his blushing...' he thought.
"So, should we get started on the project?" Daisuke asked as Satoshi shut the door.
"Ok… the—umm, the living room's way." Satoshi said, leading the way into the living room. "Do you know any movies with subliminal messages that we could use for the project?"
"Hai! Almost all of the Disney movies," Daisuke said, sitting down at the small coffee table and pulling out a notebook, "I mean, it's not that I still watch Disney movies or anything, I, umm… heard it on the news!" he added quickly, blushing again.
"That's actually a really good bit of information we could use," Satoshi said, sitting across from Daisuke and getting his own stuff ready.
"We could write down what we already know, and, you know, worry about getting more info latter… if that's an ok idea I mean…"
"Of course it is," Satoshi assured Daisuke.
'He's such an idiot! I honestly don't understand what you could possibly see in him.' Krad muttered.
'Urusai!' Satoshi snapped at him.
'Fine, I'll leave you two alone… for now at least.' Krad replied before drifting off.
Satoshi glanced at Daisuke, who was writing in his notebook, before getting started on the assignment.
"Itai!" he heard Daisuke hiss a few minutes latter. He looked up and saw Daisuke had the tip of his thumb in his mouth and smiled.
When he noticed that Satoshi was looking, he blushed and quickly took his thumb from his mouth. "I got a paper cut…" he mumbled.
"Oh." Satoshi shrugged and got back to work, trying not to laugh so that he wouldn't embarrass Daisuke even more.
'He probably thinks I'm a stupid kid now…' Daisuke mumbled, feeling pretty low. He almost expected Dark to say something like "And he didn't before?" until he remembered that he wasn't there. 'This is too weird,' he thought, 'but at least I can tell Satoshi how I feel without Dark insulting me…' He looked up at Satoshi, his heart racing, only partially due to nerves. "Anou ne, Satoshi…" he whispered.
"Hai?" Satoshi asked politely, looking up at him.
"Etto… nande monaii… gomen ne." Daisuke looked away and blushed.
"Daijoubu Daisuke?"
"H—hai, daijoubu…" Daisuke mumbled, mentally kicking himself. 'Damn it! I'm so stupid! Why can't I just tell him how I feel!'
"I'm glad you came over…" Daisuke heard Satoshi say. He looked up and saw Satoshi smiling at him.
"So am I, thanks for inviting me."
Satoshi sighed. "Daisuke… there's something I need to tell you…" he said, looking away. "I… I think you and Dark should lie low for a little while and, you know, stop stealing stuff for a bit…"
"Nani?" Daisuke practically shouted.
"The police have gotten permission to… to kill Dark."
"I've got to go," Daisuke whispered faintly, standing up. His legs felt like jelly and he almost fell over. Satoshi got up took his arm, steadying him, but Daisuke shrugged him off. "I've got to go help Dark," he said.
"What?"
"Isn't he with you?"
"Ie, we separated so that I could come here and he could go steal the archway…" Daisuke whispered and Satoshi was afraid he might faint. "I've got to go…"
"Daisuke, stay here… If you go to the museum you could get shot at or something by mistake. Just stay here, Dark will be fine." Satoshi said soothingly, trying to calm Daisuke down.
"No! Dark needs my help. What if he gets hurt?" Daisuke asked, heading for the door again.
Satoshi grabbed his arm as he entered the hall. "Daisuke stop. I don't want you to get hurt."
"Like hell you don't!" Daisuke shouted, "Acting like you care! I bet you don't give a damn about me or Dark! Like hell you care!" He tried to yank his arm out of Satoshi's grasp, but Satoshi pulled Daisuke towards him and pushed him against the wall.
"But I do care…" Satoshi whispered in Daisuke's ear. "Daisuke… I love you." His heart was racing as he leaned in to kiss Daisuke…
Daisuke regretted the words as soon as he said them. He could see the pain flash in Satoshi's eyes and wish he could take back what he said, but anger wouldn't let him admit he was wrong. He tried to pull his arm away from Satoshi and the next thing he knew, Satoshi had him pinned against the wall. Daisuke closed his eyes, suddenly aware of how close they were.
"But I do care," Satoshi whispered into his ear. "Daisuke… I love you."
Daisuke could feel Satoshi lean in so that his lips were centimeters from his own, but before they could actually kiss, Satoshi pulled away. Confused, Daisuke looked up, but instead of seeing Satoshi, he saw Krad, a cold gleam of hate in his golden eyes as he looked down at him.
"And now Niwa," Krad whispered, grabbing Daisuke's neck, "you die…"
Daisuke could feel consciousness slipping away as Krad squeezed his throat. He tried to kick out, but for some reason he couldn't.
CRASH!
Krad let go of Daisuke as Dark came bursting in through the living room window and tackled him to ground.
"Daisuke, ikou yo!" Dark snapped, taking Daisuke's arm and pulling him towards the window.
Daisuke looked back and saw Satoshi sitting where Krad had been, silent tears running down his cheeks. "Ie!" Daisuke yelled. Pulling away from Dark, he flung himself into Satoshi's lap, wrapping his arms around him and burying his face into his shoulder.
"Nani? Naze?" Dark and Satoshi asked simultaneously, Dark's voice cold and harsh, Satoshi's surprised and confused.
Ignoring Dark, Daisuke looked up into Satoshi's eyes. "Because I've fallen in love with you…" he whispered.
End New Feelings
Hontoni Really Etto umm Hontoni gomen nasai (I'm) really sorry Ne Hey Nani What
Kaje Fire (although in the story I'm using it as a name) Yokatta Thank God Ie No Hai Yes
Urusai Shut up Daijoubu Alright Daisuki I really like you (Wiz says Daisuki instead of Daisuke)
Itai Ouch Anou ne A way to get someone's attention (start a conversation) Ikou yo Let's go
Nande monaii It's nothing Naze why Yukiru Sugisaki creator of D-N-Angel
Disclaimer: I don't own Disney or anything, 'k?
A/N: It's done! My first fan-fiction is complete, go me! I'm gonna give a special thanks to my "editors" Courtney and Amber, and to Sandra and Amanda (because I can), also to everyone who gave me a good review (that would be M36NU7, Lord Scribbles, and Rinoki Rio)! I couldn't have done this without you guys! Gawd, I'm acting like I just won an Oscar, but oh well, I think I deserve to brag. See you all next time in "Sacrifices".
