I can hardly bring myself to post this cruelty. I've been attacking Satoshi's person through a lot of this, but in this chapter, it's Dai that gets attacked.

Chapter 9

Ashes

((Daisuke's POV))

I woke up with a terrible hangover. "Itai…" My memory was all there, but still seemed like an ancient photo album. The memories were taunting him, going along the edge of his subconscious.

"Satoshi-kun…doko?"

He left a while ago, remember?

Oh yeah… He's gone.

Then you DID like him!

"Yeah…" Didn't I already tell him that? Maybe not. Oops.

Ha ha!

"Wait, no, I kissed Riku. I'm not gay. I'm going out with Riku." Dark did a double take, then looked like he was about to throw up.

((Dark's POV))

You did what? What was he thinking! He was only a pawn to that bitch! I would rather have him be with Creepy Boy! At least Creepy Boy loved him for who he was instead of just for being willingly manipulated!

"I kissed her. We're an item now." He said. But he seemed more like he was trying to forget Satoshi than actually loving her. There was no happiness in his voice, just defiance. Didn't he realize how little he meant to her?

You're a pawn to her! She's with you because it puts her a step ahead of Risa! If Risa had a boyfriend, she would drop you without a second thought!

"You're lying!" He sounded like someone who had just eliminated that possibility, and didn't want it coming back.

And you don't really love her! You're just trying to forget Creepy Boy!

"Shut up! I'm just trying to live a normal life! He's a creep! He's been stalking me! I'm not even gay! Why shouldn't I date Riku?" He was trying to convince himself, not me. And he wasn't succeeding.

Daisuke… I did it! I unconvinced him! A bit too well… He started crying, huge, racking sobs. I embraced him.

He cried onto my shoulder for a good half hour, berating me the whole time. "I thought I could forget! I thought I could go straight, damn you! I could have loved her! I could have! You didn't have to do that! I hate you…" He started fizzling out.

It's okay. Everything will be fine. You can find Creepy Boy, and then you'll be fine. No one is going to hurt you.

The last bit must have actually been spoken, because I heard a reply.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that, Mousy." Krad?

Daisuke looked up at him, and a dangerous glimmer shined in his eyes. Daisuke was terrified. For good reason, too. That's the look he gets right before someone dies.

Let me take over! I can get him! You're too weak, Daisuke! Let me do this!

((Daisuke's POV))

Krad… Oh no! I'm going to die! Terrible deaths flashed before my eyes, things that he could do to me. I was still fairly weak from the hangover, and I couldn't fight him at the best of times.

I wished I could turn the body over to Dark, but I could barely think in general, never mind stick my mind in the gutter. I was equally unable to do anything as he pinned he onto the bed and started removing my clothes and his.

My eyes were so wide they hurt, and I doubted I could close them. I tried, and failed. He began moving his tongue over my body, trying to draw reactions out of me. I tried to keep quiet, to remain still, but soon he had me doing whatever he wanted.

It was a cruel game, moving just kindly enough to get my body to react, whether I wanted to or not. I could feel hot tears running down my face, but the equally hot presence of his mouth had my body doing whatever he wanted.

"Nnnng!" I bit down on my bottom lip, drawing blood. How could he move my body like that? I didn't want to give him the satisfaction of knowing he had made me squirm under him, but it wasn't exactly my choice.

"Stop…" I got out between sobs and moans.

He smiled evilly. "Okay." That was it. I was glad. It was finally over.

Then he thrust into me. "AAAHHHH!" He didn't even ease the way! I winced with pain. "He's killing me! I'm going to die! What did I do? Why?" He thrust again, and again, and again. I screamed each time, but no one came into the room.

"No! Help me! Someone! Anyone… Please…" He went harder and faster with each attack, and I soon wore out my voice. I could feel blood seeping out of me, staining the pristine white sheets of the hotel. "Please… Anything to make him stop… Help…"

"Help…" I whispered hoarsely, before falling into the blissful blackness of something like death. But in my mind, it never stopped.

((Krad's POV))

I looked at the bloody, broken figure on the bed. His blood was ruining the sheets, slowly turning them a crimson equal to his hair. He was still crying, though he had fallen unconscious twenty minutes ago, and his eyes still didn't close, but were white, rolled back in his head.

It was wondrous, how loud he had been, once he stopped trying to resist. I think he was the most fun to play with of all the people I've broken, and that's no small number. But I still want one person more than any.

Dark Mousy, the legendary thief. He's my real target. But, unlike the others, I just can't bring myself to ruin him. So I watch.

Looking at the mangled body, I feel something new. It's not compassion, or anything stupid like that. The closest to that I've ever come is the lust I feel for Dark. It's not hate, though. Pity, perhaps? Regret? But if I never regretted falling from the heavens, then why do I regret ruining this child? What's happening to me?

bursts into tears I can't believe I wrote that! It's so mean… sob I keep on telling myself that there'll be a happy ending, but that's just mean! sniff And I know that this is my shortest chapter, but it's also the meanest by far, so bear with me. The next chapter will be a bit long to make up for it.

Oh! Right! I got fifty (one!) reviews! So you guys get to vote on a one-shot! (I'll probably write all of them sooner or later, but it might take as long as next year, if I'm working on other stuff. XD) Anyway, here are the options:

Hiwatari

Satoshi Hiwatari, Kai Hiwatari. If these two (and their boyfriends) met, what would happen? (Kai/Rei, Sato/Dai) (humor)

Birthdays

It's Daisuke's birthday. Satoshi knows he has to buy something, but what? What would an energetic angel like him, want from an icy boy like himself? (Sato/Dai, Krad/Dark)

More Than Fever

The fever from "Human or Monster?" hits Daisuke! When Satoshi has to take him home, what will happen?

Please vote for your choice, but I'll probably write all of them someday. (Just not necessarily this year. XD)

On to replies!

Snapix He was drunk. Dai likes coolers a bit too much… XD Glad you like it.

FOXY-666 And now we can all fell sorry for both of them. :( I'll try and keep doing that.

SangoMirokuForever There won't be that many updates… This will have about a douzen chapters total. And you are so a monk-stalker! You almost drooled all over Luca's manga, when you saw Yuki in the monk outfit! And I think that Krad is something along those lines, too…

Sakuya Hiwatari I will! I'll probably read some of your other stuff, too, sometime. Between school, this fanfic, and msn, I have a lot to do. And I want to keep watching FMA, too!

hitocerebattosai Not really. I'm still stunned that I have this many. I would have just laughed at myself if I had thought of having this many reviews before.

monchi That was a long time to be staring at the screen. But please don't let your eyes fall out. then you wouldn't be capable of reading the next chapter. If that one almost made you cry, what happened to you in this one? I tried to make Krad nicish at the very end. I don't want to fall into a black and white story line. I have plans for Krad, in the sequel.

Sango-maru . I got some ideas somehow. I never knew that. I always thought it meant what is says… I think that 'woot' is like 'Yay', or 'wheee', but I'm not sure. Here it is. My (depressing) update.

windchaser90 Hai. And he did. :( Daisuke's drunkenness was fun to write, but if you like that, try "Getting Drunk", by Arandomchan. It's hilarious.

Oh! And I'm starting a Keiji/Takeshi fic soon. It's going to be called "Responsibility". Please review, and vote. Next chapter might take a while, because it's one of three I'll be working on. XD