5/19/05
Disclaimer: DNAngel is copyright by Yukiru Sugisaki!
A/N: Sorry! I changed my mind…this chapter isn't going to be as chaotic as I said it'd be (if at all…). L

Random 'A/N': BTW does anyone find it strange that Risa and Riku don't seem to realize that Dark isn't normal? Doesn't Risa think it's strange that Dark loved her grandmother? Why can't Riku ever see Dark's wings and not think 'wow, that's weird. Normal people don't have wings'? They never notice anything, do they?

"I'm BORED!" Dark whined, pulling on Emiko's apron strings. "Where's Daisuki?"

"Daisuke's at school right now, Dark-chan. Go play with the boy Daisuke's friend brought over." Emiko said kindly, looking down at the violet haired boy as she continued to wash the dishes from this morning's breakfast.

"Krad-chan says he's tired and doesn't want to play right now…" Dark said, still hanging onto the apron. His soft, amethyst eyes begged for company and Emiko sorely wanted to play with the little boy, but the housework wasn't going to do itself. Towa was down at the market, picking up some fresh vegetables so she wouldn't be able to help out with chores until she got back. Knowing Towa and her obsession with shopping, Emiko figured the lavender haired girl wouldn't be back for a while.

"Why don't you play a board game with him?" Emiko suggested, wiping her hands on the apron. "I think the only reason Krad is so tired is because the two of you spent the whole morning running up and down the stairs… Try something with a little less physical activity." She told hold of Dark's hand and led him over the closet. Pushing aside coats, she began rummaging about, looking for the board games she'd been talking about. "Aha!" She said triumphantly as she found what she was looking for.

Dark peeked over her shoulder and stared at the slightly squashed box that she held in her hands. "…What is that?"

"Checkers!" Emiko said brightly, clearing the table so that she could set up the pieces. "Have fun!" She said enthusiastically, giving the boy a hug before going to finish washing the dishes.

The little boy gawked at the red and black pieces for a moment before finally mumbling, "But…I don't know how to play…" He looked intently at the board for a few more seconds before quickly getting bored and wandering off to find Krad.

He found the blonde curled up on the sofa in Daisuke's room, sleeping peacefully. Dark watched Krad's chest rise and fall with every breath he took, remembering that Daisuke had said not to bother Krad is he did fall asleep.

"Krad's been up since 4:30 AM (roughly the time the Satoshi woke up, screaming at the sight of a miniature version of his counterpart lying in bed with him) so he'll probably be very tired." Daisuke had said to Dark before leaving for school. "If he suddenly decides to take a nap, it would probably be a good idea to let him rest, okay?"

The boy sighed, blowing his purple bangs out of his face. He pulled the struggled to pull a heavy blanket off of Daisuke's bed and threw it over the blonde. Krad made a small sound and snuggled under the blanket without waking. Dark gave the other boy a tiny smile before crawling under the covers with him. Before long, he had fallen asleep, cuddled up against Krad.

Emiko poked her head into the room and smiled. "I was wondering why it was so quiet up here." She mused to herself. "Although…I don't like Dark being so close to the white winged boy… It makes me nervous just thinking about the power that boy once wielded against Dark…"

"They're so cute when they're sleeping." Kousuke said softly, startling Emiko who hadn't noticed him sneaking up behind her. "At least they aren't tearing the house down with their crazy antics. It's a good thing they wore themselves out doing something…eh…not very destructive. Sure…they did knock over a few things, but at least nothing…important…broke."

"Yet." Emiko sighed, leaning against the doorframe.

"What exactly happened yesterday?"
"I don't know…All I know is that yesterday, the police told us all to evacuate because of the threat of some…bizarre disaster-ish thing."
"Aw…too bad nothing happened. We might have been able to miss school for a while if the building had collapsed or something."
"Apparently, the Chuuou Art Museum and the buildings surrounding the museum actually did collapse."
"Really?"
"Haven't you been watching the news lately?"

Everyone was chatting about the events from the previous day, each person swapping rumors and the latest news with fellow students as they made their into the classroom.

The instant Daisuke and Satoshi entered the room, they were bombarded by questions like, "Where were you! Did you evacuate the city (I don't think I saw you with everyone else…)? Did you watch the news? Were you watching the fight between Dark and 'white Dark'? Doesn't it suck how we still have to come to school even after half the town was pretty much leveled? Hey, are you listening to me? Hellooooo?"

Satoshi impatiently brushed the excited students away and slowly made his way to his desk. He set his bag down on the floor beside him and sat at his desk in silence, staring out the window.

"What's with him?" Takeshi asked and he turned around to face Daisuke. "He isn't usually this absentminded, is he?" He ran one hand through his spiky, black hair before pulling small notebook out of his pocket, scribbling 'Satoshi sits in a daze, shocked by recent events!" He then took a camera out of his backpack and took a picture of the blue haired teen.

Satoshi snapped out of the reverie the instant the flash went off. He narrowed his eyes when he saw Takeshi with the camera and gave the other boy and rather nasty look.

"Leave him alone." Daisuke said to the ever-excitable reporter, pulling the camera away from Takeshi. "He has his reasons for not wanting to talk about the incident at the museum."

"He was at the museum? Really? Were you there, too? You seem to know a lot about Satoshi… Wanna talk about what happened? Why is he being so tight-lipped? Tell me everything that you know!" The black haired boy demanded, catching the redhead in a headlock, eagerly waving a makeshift microphone in his face.

"Takeshi…" Daisuke gasped, trying to pry the reporter's arm from around his neck "I can't…breathe…"

Takeshi abruptly let go of the smaller boy and backed away, awkwardly rubbing the back of his head as he apologized, "Ah! Sorry about that! I kinda got carried away… Well, can you tell me what happened? I can't write up a report if I don't know what happened! How's this: I'll get you another picture of Risa if you tell me everything you know!"

Daisuke blushed as he saw Risa turn her head in their direction. 'I can't just tell him, 'I don't like Risa anymore…'' He mumbled to himself. 'What should I say…?' Fortunately, he was spared from replying as their teacher entered the room.

"Okay, everyone! Find your seats and get ready for class!" The teacher said, clapping her hands together enthusiastically. "Today, we're going to be--"

The class groaned before she even finished speaking.

"Aw…can't we get the day off?" Takeshi grumbled. "We've all recently suffered a traumatic event! We're still in shock!" He said, making a huge show of looking like he was about to faint. He added a few dramatic gasps for effect.

"Give it up, Takeshi." The boy sitting next to Daisuke said, leaning back in his seat. "You look like an idiot."

"Shut up." Takeshi snapped, his face turning red.

Daisuke sighed, resting his head in his arms. 'What happened to Dark and Krad? And why…?' He took a quick glimpse at Satoshi who was seemingly also deep in thought. The look on the blue haired boy's face suggested that anyone foolish enough to interrupt his train of thought would be asking to have their head bitten off.

Daisuke's eyelids drooped a little as he thought, 'I hope their change isn't permanent… I don't want to have to deal with a little kaitou and I'm pretty sure Hiwatari-kun doesn't want to deal with a little Krad… Although…' He thought, a faint smile hovering on his lips, 'I must admit, Krad is very cute as a little kid. It kind of makes me wonder how he turned out to be so cruel and hateful of everything around him. How can such a cute kid take so much pleasure in causing pain in others?'

"Blah…" The red head muttered as he slumped down in his seat, trying to focus as the teacher finally began the lesson.

After school…

"I'm home!" Daisuke called as he walked into the house. "Come on in!" He said brightly, taking hold of Satoshi's hand as he dragged the other boy into the living room.

"Welcome home!" Towa chirped, throwing her arms around Daisuke.

Daisuke laughed as he freed himself from her hug. "Hey, Towa-chan? Where's mom?"

"Upstairs." The lavender haired girl responded, jerking her head in the direction of the stairs. "Satoshi, right?" She asked, watching for some sign of confirmation from the teen's azure eyes. "Krad's upstairs with Emiko and Dark."

Satoshi nodded curtly, pushing his glasses up a little.

"Let's go see what they're up to." The spiky haired boy suggested, making his way upstairs. Satoshi quickly followed after him, somewhat curious to see what the two six year olds had been doing while he and Daisuke were at school.

"Dai-chan! Welcome back, Satoshi-kun!" Emiko said cheerfully as the two teens walked into Daisuke's room.

"Daisuki!" Dark called, waving excitedly for his other self to come over as Krad cried, "Satoshi-samaaaaa! Saaaaaaaaave meeeeeeeee…………"

Daisuke gawked at the trio and tried to resist the urge to start laughing. Dark had three, long strands of Krad's golden hair and was trying hard to braid it, every once in a while looking over at what Emiko was doing. Emiko quickly finished braiding the hair before moving on to another section. Krad had a particularly sour look on his face and was sitting as still as a rock, trying to avoid having Dark accidentally yank on his hair.

"I don't get it…" Dark said, looking at the mess of knots he held in his hand. Krad practically sobbed at the mess his precious hair was in when Dark held it up for him to see.

"I don't want to braid my hair…" Krad whined, trying to sneak out from under Emiko's arm.

"Nonsense!" Emiko chided, catching the blonde and seating him back on her lap. "He looks very cute with his hair braided, don't you agree?" She asked, turning her head to look at Daisuke and Satoshi.

Satoshi blinked awkwardly, looking somewhat confused by the questions and not too sure of what to say.

"He looks…um…interesting." Daisuke said and chuckled uneasily. "In a good way." He added quickly when he noticed the glare his mom was giving him.

"He looks like a girl." Satoshi said coldly, his blue eyes full of contempt, ignoring the look of upset that the blonde boy had on his face.

"But that's why he'll grow up to be such a handsome fellow!" Emiko said, quickly hugging the distraught boy. Krad's body relaxed a little, but his golden eyes still looked hurt by Satoshi's comment. "He was talking about the braids," The brunette woman said, quickly undoing the braids that she'd finished. "Here…I'll take them out for you." She searched around for a brush and began to work the knots out of the long, silky hair.

"Can I help?" Dark asked, watching Emiko work. He made a pleased sound when she handed him the brush and eagerly set to work, brushing the golden hair carefully. Krad sat still, waiting patiently as violet haired boy worked to undo the damage he done while trying to learn to braid hair.

"I'd better be going." Satoshi said, turning to leave the room. "It's getting late. Come on, Krad."

Krad moved to get up then yelped in surprise as the brush suddenly got caught in a knot. He cried out in pain and quickly sat back down, rubbing the back of his head. Dark gasped, his amethyst eyes growing wide and promptly began to squeal, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to do it! Ah! Don't hate me, Krad! I didn't mean it!" The poor boy looked so distressed, terrified at the fact that he'd accidentally hurt his friend.

"I thought we were going to go shopping…?" Daisuke asked the blue haired teen, cocking his head to one side.

Satoshi shrugged. "Can we go tomorrow…? I'm feeling kind of tired…"

"Oh yeah, I forgot," Daisuke said, "You've been up since 4:30… Okay, we'll go tomorrow (Good thing tomorrow is Saturday). Maybe we can get Towa-chan to help us with the shopping."

"Why don't you stay for dinner?" Emiko asked as she tried to calm the violet haired boy down. "We'd love to have you join us."

Satoshi hesitated, then quickly bowed and said, "I'd love to stay for dinner." He gave her a slightly sheepish grin as he said, "Needless to say, I've never met a better cook in my life."

"Ah!" Emiko said, a blush quickly spreading across her face as she waved a hand carelessly in the blue haired boy's direction and said, "Stop flattering me!" She looked pleased at the compliment anyways.

-- Is anyone going to Fanime Con? (just wondering)

A/N: wah…sorry for the short…horrible chapter… I wanted to have more Dark and Krad, but I guess I kind of wanted the fic to be slightly more 'serious'… I'll try to go for actual chaos in the next chapter.

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