I'm sorry for the late update. School is killing me.

Chapter 3: Kazuko's Decision

As they were eating at lunch on the roof, Kazuko brought something up.

"Hey Satoshi, you still like me don't you?"

"What? What would make you say that?"

"You tried to kiss me! It's obvious! Just say it."

"I'm not as open as you."

"…Fine…" she said then she took a bite of her sandwich, "I'll just say that you do then."

"Okay…that's fine with me."

When the bell rang, they walked back to their classroom until Riku called out her name.

"Hey, Chisato!" Riku yelled.

Kazuko turned to see who was calling her and she turned her body to face her.

"Yo Riku, how are you doing?"

"You lied to me yesterday!"

"…When did I lie to you?"

"You said that you wouldn't steal last night."

"Shh! Keep it down! C'mon Riku, you have a brain. I know that you're brighter than that. You know that I wouldn't lie to you, either. All I did was use a loophole."

"You jerk!" she said slapping Kazuko on the arm.

"Hey! You can't hit me! I'm a new student!"

"Yeah right you are! Whatever, let's go to class."

They sat down in their seats and the girls were flaring at Kazuko. Kazuko noticed but she didn't pay attention.

There was another warning letter that evening and Satoshi informed Kazuko about where it is on the phone. After a while, Kazuko asked,

"Hey, Satoshi."

"Yes?"

"Why don't I work for you again?"

"Why would you want to risk being caught?"

"Hey I risked it when I stole that other one last night. I want to help you, Satoshi."

"You can't work for me, Kazuko."

"Why not?"

"You just can't. The police already suspect that you were there last night. Let me ask you a question."

"What is it?"

"Did you ever realize what would happen if we do catch Dark?"

"…No."

"If I were you, I would start helping Dark instead of working for me."

"…Forget what I said…I'll see you at the museum."

Kazuko hung up the phone and stood facing the phone for a while.

"Who was that?"

"It was Satoshi. He just told me something."

"If you're going out to steal, you should leave now if you want to make it in time."

"…I don't know if I should go or not."

"Why's that?"

"I don't know who I should help."

"…I don't get what you just said and I won't ask either."

"I wasn't gonna tell you if you asked."

"Okay then…make up your mind right now…or else you'll be late."

Kazuko thought for a minute, went up to her room and changed into her thief clothes; she put her hat on to hide her hair. She walked out of the house and ran to the museum. Kazuko got there just in time, but Dark stole the artwork before her.

"You're late, Kazuko," Dark said.

"I need to ask you something."

"Well, what do you need to know?"

"Can't we talk after we're out of the museum?"

Once they went out, Dark carried Kazuko and flew towards Daisuke's house.

"I think that this is a safe place to talk," Dark said.

When they opened the door, Emiko popped up.

"Hi, Dark! Oh? Who's this?" she asked walking past Dark.

"Hello, Mrs. Niwa. It's me, Kazuko. I changed my hair, I know," she said taking off her hat.

"Kazuko? It's you? I thought you left a year and a half ago."

"I did, but now I'm back. I decided that I wanted to see everybody from Japan again.

"So, why are you here right now?"

"I wanted to talk to Dark about something. He thought that this'd be the best place for us to talk."

"Well okay. I'll let you two go now, then."

"Okay."

Dark and Kazuko walked up to the balcony and Kazuko leaned on the same spot where she was last time.

"Satoshi asked me a question. He said: 'Did you ever realize what would happen if we do catch Dark?' What does he mean?"

"I can't tell you that right now. Why did he ask you that in the first place?"

"I asked if I could help him again. We kinda got into an argument when I asked and that was it. Since you can't tell me right now, that's all right. But promise me that you will one time."

"Alright then. I'll promise you."

"Thank you, now I have to go now."

"I'll bring you home."

"Dark…" Daisuke said.

"You told me not to kiss her anymore, so why don't I just take her home?"

"Are you talking to Daisuke?"

"Uh…yeah I am."

"Well, if it's alright with Daisuke, you can take me home."

"So, Daisuke, what's your decision?"

"…I guess you can."

"Okay, Daisuke said yes. Shall we go now then?"

"Yes, we shall." (I always said that to my family. It's a habit)

Dark picked up Kazuko and flew out of the house.

"So, Kazuko, where do you live now?"

"It's somewhere over there," she said pointing.

"Dark dove down to the house she was pointing to. It took about five minutes until they got to the house.

"Dark, land on the balcony, that's where my room is. Hopefully, no one will see you here."

"Okay then."

He landed on the balcony and Kazuko put her feet on the ground.

"So that's what it's like to fly. You must like flying," Kazuko said.

"Well, I'm used to it."

"…I wish I could fly like you."

"Kazuko are you here?" Genjo asked from the other side of the door.

"Yeah, I am," she said.

"Alright then."

"Who's that?" Dark asked.

"It's Genjo, my brother."

"Your brother? I didn't know you had a brother."

"Oh yeah. I never told you guys, only Satoshi. Well, I'm sorry for keeping that a secret.

"Well, at least you told us. Well…I should be heading back now. See you later."

"Yeah…see you later."

Dark looked back at Kazuko one more time, then he flew away.

"What am I going to do now? I want to steal and help Satoshi, but what WOULD happen to Dark…and what would happen to Daisuke too if Satoshi caught them?"

On the next morning, Kazuko and Satoshi met again in front of Satoshi's house.

"Hey…" Kazuko said when he opened the door. She looked at Satoshi with her regular smirk, but seemed a little less enthusiastic this morning. When she came in, she sat on the chair and asked,

"Damn it Satoshi, why did you have to say that to me yesterday about Dark? You got me thinking…something I don't like to do."

"I already know that, but it was something that you needed to know."

"Listen…I steal for fun. I only wanted to work for you because it was fun two years ago. The thing between you and Dark is your problem…not mine, and I don't care what you say about that."

"If you're telling me this, what's your answer?"

"…I'll work for both sides…"

After Satoshi dressed in the bathroom, they walked to the school and sat in the classroom. Kazuko sat on her desk and looked at Satoshi.

"Kazuko, what you were saying at my apartment that was very brave of you," Satoshi started standing up and walking to her, "From what I heard…you don't let your feelings take over. You're stubborn, and you were two years ago, also. But that's why I still like you."

"…? Are you feeling okay? Did I hear you right?"

Satoshi chuckled and nodded his head. She smiled and stood up to face Satoshi. They were about to kiss until the teacher walked in and, once again, they had to pull away. The teacher looked at Kazuko and Satoshi and smiled at them.

"Oh…good morning Mr. Hiwatari…Ms. Rowe," he said.

"Good morning, teacher," they both said.

Both Kazuko and Satoshi looked the other way and were irritated since the "moment" was gone.

End of Chapter 3

Once again, I'm sorry that I updated late.