Little note for this one.
First Daisuke's grandfather is called "Daiki" according to the manga, so I'll sometimes use that.
Second, I have added that the Daisuke family uses magic. We already know they do that, but I mean potions spell chanting and the whole witch scene. So life with it
The flame spat up high perhaps a meter or 2/3 out of the cauldron. Two robed figures stood around the pot chanting some ancient spell. The room was light with a few candles, but the main light was the flame and the eerie glow that surrounded the figures. The room was dark, cold and old. Moss was growing all over the walls and the stairs. The room reminded you of a really old movie where mad scientists were performing tests, or where witches concocted potions for evil use.
"The spirits are in turmoil, they have lost there direction."
The figure spread its arms, a staff in hand and a spell chanted.
"IeShalaLe Himi…Dou Kida!
With a burst, a swirl of bright deep red emerged from the pot. The swirl was erratic not flowing smoothly, not like a slither of a ribbon, but as a jolt of lightning. Threads of purple lingering within it as the swirl flew around slowly, leaving a trail behind it that settled in the room like a mist. As the red swirl moved along the room, the purple threads continued to follow in a smooth motion, only much slower. It seemed to have difficulty keeping up.
"Do you feel that father?" Emiko said as she removed her hood.
"Not only do I feel it, I can see it." Her father replied watching the red swirl pass by.
"His essence has almost disappeared.
Her eyes widened.
"What's happening to Dark?"
"I'm not sure dear, but whatever it is, it as something to do with our Daisuke."
Daisuke came down the stairs yawning his head off again. Another rough night had kept him tossing and turning. Will he ever get to sleep properly?
He looked around for Wiz. He wasn't in his room. Perhaps he didn't feel like being around Daisuke anymore, he was really angry.
Daisuke decided to let Wiz cool off for a little while before approaching him again and asks for his forgiveness. Daisuke shook his head; he didn't do anything, so why should he ask for forgiveness.
His thoughts were interrupted as his stomach growled.
"Ugh, maybe I should eat more this morning then I did yesterday."
He started walking to the fridge but decided to grab an apple from the fruit bowl instead. He might be hungry, but he wasn't that hungry or bothered to prepare a meal. Then he noticed a strange and slightly unpleasant smell.
Now what are they concocting? Daisuke thought.
He knew they were downstairs in the basement busy with some kind of spell of some sort. The last time he was down in the basement he didn't know what his mother exactly did, but it went so horrible wrong that he almost suffocated because of the smoke.
He wasn't one for spells and potions, he didn't believe in the power it was supposed to posses. Of all the spells and potions he made, none of them actually ever worked. His mother told him it was because he didn't believe.
It didn't bother him really; he was the kind of guy that believed in technology.
When he was young he did believe in magic. The tails his mother told him about spirits and magic had all been true to his mind and heart. He read all his mothers spell books and studied potions, but none of it actually made a difference. He couldn't bring forth a fireball or concoct a potion to make him invisible. He would pout when his spells didn't work and all his mother would say was, that he would be able to do it, when he was older. After a while he just stopped believing altogether.
He plonked down on the couch and turned on the TV. The first thing he saw was a picture of Dark. He choked in his apple. When he regained his composure, he quickly changed the channel.
"Damn, why is he the first thing I see?" Curiosity got the better of him, he flipped the channel back again to seen and hear what they were talking about.
On the TV
"Look! Up there it's Dark! Quick get a shot of that!" The camera zoomed in on Dark as he majestically flew at high speed over the news reporter as if to mock them. When the camera was able to turn around completely, Dark had already diapered.
"Where did he go?" An alarm went off and somebody shouted that Dark had been spotted inside the museum already.
"It would appear that Dark has already invaded the city museum, moments after flying over our head!"
Daisuke grinned; he and Dark had plotted this.
They had made Wiz fly over the reporters heads to distract them while he or should he say Dark, snuck into the museum. It had been too easy. But then again, it was always easy.
When a warning was sent, Daisuke and Dark would mentally prepare themselves before the mission.
The preparation for that night had been…well, pleasant.
Flashback
It hadn't been that long since Dark had appeared within him, so missions where a great thrill. He had already changed into dark before they had left home. It was still pretty early, the sun was just setting as Dark looked at it.
A beautiful pink colour tinted the sky, and the last birds where making there way to there resting place. Pink sky at night shepherds delight. It meant that the next day would be a beautiful one.
Summer vacation meant fun in the sun, and Daisuke couldn't wait to go swimming with his friends.
But for now the moon would rise and darkness would overtake the land. As the world slept, he worked.
It would be a few more minutes until complete sunset, a perfect time to watch such a beautiful event.
"It's beautiful isn't it Daisuke? It never changes."
"I guess" Daisuke said unsure. Dark sounded very nostalgic. He saw the sunset everyday he didn't even bother looking at it most times.
"You really should look at it more often Daisuke, because you might find one day that you won't be able to see it anymore."
Daisuke had forgotten that Dark could sometimes read his mind. Well they did kind of share a mind so it made sense.
He realised what Dark had meant by that comment. Dark wasn't able to see the sunset whenever he wanted. He was depended of his host. And when his host had found true love he would be dormant until the next generation. It seemed lonely.
"Hehe I'm not lonely Daisuke." Dark chuckled.
"I have you haven't I? I can watch the sunset with you, if you let me."
Daisuke smiled
"When ever you want to Dark, just ask."
End Flashback
It had been a good night, they completed the mission without much effort and they had gotten closer together.
It where those moments that Daisuke felt for Dark. Dark was a person, a living being who had no life of his own, and when love had been found, he would disappear for another 40/50 years.
He must have been shocked when the industrial revolution started or when the first atom bomb had hit. He would have to learn about all these new kinds of things so fast.
Daisuke had grown up with the TV his grandfather had to adapt to the thought of a TV being flat. With each new change, how did Dark handle this when he was reborn into a new host? Did he gain the knowledge from his hosts each time? Did there memories become his own without thinking about it?
No wonder he likes the sunset so much, it's the only thing that never changes.
As he contemplated about how thing had changed for Dark, his mother and grandfather had come back from there casting.
"We have to talk too Daisuke, father. If there is something wrong with him and Dark, we need to know!
"Shhhh, keep your voice down, Daisuke is sitting there. Daiki said trying to calm his daughter down.
"I won't keep my voice down! I refuse to keep my voice down not until I know what's going on! If Dark is in trouble and Daisuke's not telling us, then I have every right to shout!"
Daisuke had come back to reality after hearing his mother shout his name. Shout? What had he done this time? He still wasn't in the mood to have a long conversation with his mother or grandfather about why he didn't show up for the mission yesterday.
"Geesh mom what's with all the yelling? Anything wrong?" He said walking towards them, while rubbing his ear making it look like he had gone deaf from her yelling.
"You tell me young man, what's happened to Dark?" Her voice had softened a little, but there was still a sting to it.
Daisuke's eyes widened. They knew something was up but he hadn't told them anything.
"And don't you lie to me." She stared down at him while crossing her arms.
"Wha...what are you talking about? D…Dark's fine, why wouldn't he be?
Daisuke's mother glared at him.
"You're lying to me."
Daisuke might be great at stealing, but he wasn't that great at lying, and he knew that his mother knew.
"What? No, why would I? Dark's in my head bothering me like usual. He started chuckling unsurely.
"You are lying! Daisuke, I am your mother and you will tell me what is going on!"
She was really losing her patience now. He hadn't seen her angry in a long time, maybe she had some pent up anger that needed to be thrown out.
He knew that if he did tell his mother she would get angry, and not telling anything would make her angry as well. If anything had happened to her 'precious' Dark, she would flip.
And just that thought angered him. It was true his mom was mad about Dark. At times it seemed she cared more for him then she did for her own son. And how she would rave on about him like some crazed fan girl. Dark this, Dark that.
I'm your son, think about me for once. Daisuke thought.
"There is nothing going on!" He shouting surprised by his own loud voice.
"So leave me alone!" he turned around and started walking away.
"Oh no you don't, I'm not done with you yet!" His mother grabbed his shoulder and forced him to turn around.
He was about to scold her for it, but he quickly swallowed his words as he was confronted with a picture of Harada Risa.
"If you won't talk to me, I'll make sure Dark does." She commented softly, but here eyes where throwing daggers.
Daisuke stared at the picture it was held so close to his face that he couldn't look anywhere else. The familiar fast beating of his heart started and his face was turning beat red. It was going to happen any second now, there was no escaping…
But nothing happened.
Daisuke's mother's face dropped, she lowered the picture and stared questioning at him.
"Wha…what's going on, where's Dark?
Daisuke was relieved, but that quickly changed to feeling shocked.
This was the thing that said it all. Dark was gone. Truly. Really. No joke. He felt hurt, betrayed, alone. All Daisuke wanted to do was burst down into tears, to drop to the ground once more and weep. But no, not now, not in front of his mother, his grandfather.
As if on cue, his grandfather spoke for the first time, deep concern etched in his voice.
"Daisuke, did something happen between you and dark?"
Daisuke started forcing a smile. It was a bitter smile a crooked smile; some would say an evil looking smile.
"You could say that, Dark is gone." He looked at his mother who was trying to formulate words.
"What? Is it such a big deal? I must be the luckiest guy alive." He chuckled.
"But how? I mean you didn't…that Harada girl?" His mother was finally able to speak.
"Yeah I got together with Risa; I didn't feel like telling you. Me and Risa are finally together, and with that I finally got rid of Dark."
He grinned widely even though he could feel the tears building up behind his eyes. He had to lie, if he told her it was his own doing, he didn't know what would happen if he did tell her. He had to deal with this himself.
"Aren't you happy for me?" He stared intensely at his mother; he had to force her to believe his story. That way she would drop the matter and leave him alone.
"Well yes of course I am happy, but isn't it sudden? I mean just the other day she…"
"What does it matter what happened the other day, it's about the now, right!" He started getting agitated.
Of course Risa wasn't interested in him, well not yet at least it would only be a matter of time he hoped. But for now she was his only hope of getting out of this conversation.
"Now if you don't mind, I think I might go and visit my girl." He opened the door and slammed it shut behind him. Leaving his mother and grandfather behind speechless.
"You do realise he's lying don't you Emiko?" Daisuke's grandfather commented looking at the closed door.
"Of course I do, what kind of mother would I be if I didn't know that my own son was lying to me? But I don't understand why Daisuke would lie to me about why Dark is gone. He knows he can tell me anything."
"One thing is certain." Daisuke's grandfather started as he made his way to the couch.
"Dark's disappearance was not voluntary. For one his essence should have completely disappeared if he left voluntary, and he is still very much present within our Daisuke."
"What do you mean father?" Emiko sat down next to her father in law looking at him questioning.
"Well you have noticed Daisuke's behaviour today haven't you?" He started.
"He's rude he's lying, he's acting like…"
"Like Dark." Emiko finished for him.
"Dark has, you could say, infected Daisuke. He has packed his bags, but forgot to take his behaviour with him. That would only happen if the link between them has been severed in some sort of way."
"Severed how?" She was really looking worried, more so then before.
The thought that something was wrong with Dark was bad, but the thought that he was totally gone was even worse. And with her son acting like he was….there was no end to her worrying.
"I don't know dear." Daiki sighed.
He was also worried about his grandson, he knew that one day Dark would be gone. Like he had disappeared after he got together with his late wife. But he never expected Dark to be gone so soon. But then again Daisuke was lying, so Dark wasn't officially gone yet. Which means that there is a way to bring him back.
"Whatever has happened, we can't ask Daisuke he won't tell us the truth anyway." Her father pondered, stroking his beard slowly.
"Besides Daisuke's bad behaviour, we don't know what other effects Darks disappearance might have upon him.
"Well we have to do something, before it's too late!" Emiko jumped up bawling her fists.
"We have to get Dark back and bring the old Daisuke back!
"And what do you propose we do?" He questioned with a gentle voice looking up at her.
She lowered her head and dropped her hands.
"I…I don't know.' She mumbled.
"One thing is for sure, Daisuke doesn't want to be helped. I'm guessing that whatever happened between him and Dark is something he needs to solve on his own."
He sighed in desperation, he wanted to help his grandson, but in the state he was in, he wouldn't allow anybody to help.
"So we just sit back and watch as Daisuke struggles with this alone? I can't do that. I'm his mother I must be able to help him in some way."
Emiko had settled down, but the thought that a mother could do nothing for her son frightened her.
"There is one thing we can do for Daisuke…."
"What?" Emiko asked quickly turning her head to her father.
"A spell. A spell that will force Daisuke to see inside himself. Too confront him with his problem, or fear." Emiko blinked
"Fear, you think Daisuke's afraid of something father."
"We are all afraid of something in life. A man who says he fears nothing is either lying, or not very bright. Daisuke's has hidden his fear and is running from it."
Emiko stared at him and raised her eyebrow.
"When did you become so knowledgeable?"
"We have a spell to perform."
Daiki got up and started walking towards the cellar door.
"You got it from a movie didn't you?" Emiko smiled as she followed her father.
So, did you guess where the spell game from? No? It's from a game I play named Lineage II.
Join me. My username is Raxz and I'm in a great clan named "A Perfect Circle."
And another note, did you guess where Daiki got his quote from?...I can't remember where I got it from, but I am sure if was a movie or a TV series.
Thank you Elbereth for beta reading again, I ask too much of you even though you have such a busy life. Thank you!
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