Forgive me for being so late with this, but my brother blew up the inside of my tower and the memory was burnt to a crisp!
Dark: How'd he do that?
He touched it.
Dark: What! (Looks at Tyantha confused.)
Everything he touches breaks!
Krad: Not everything.
Ya huh!
Krad: You're not broken.
How do think I got this way?
Krad: Never mind. (Krad rolled his eyes and wrapped his arms around Satoshi just as he gets within' Krad's reach.)
(Jumps on Dark.)
Dark: Get off me!
No.
Dark: Get off!
Fine. (Jumps off and pulls an energy drink out of her big pockets.)
Dark: (Tackles Tyantha and steals the drink.) I love payback.
(Watches as Dark drinks it all in front of her.) You're cruel!
Dark: I know.
That's it! (Walks over to the master control panel, hits a blue button and the light go out. You hear screaming and some yell 'you son of a bitch,' then everything goes quiet.)
Chapter 9: Problems and Pride
Life can only take you so far. Love can only give so much. And your pride can't stand to watch you fall, yet you do nothing to stop it.
Krad had sat on his bed for several hours and boredom finally had struck him. He rolled his eyes at his own eagerness to see Yuca and walked to the elevator. He punched the down button fairly hard and swore he saw the light behind it flicker. He stepped in and hit the button to the fourth floor and waited impatiently as the doors closed. After twenty seconds, five minutes to Krad, the doors opened. He walked down the hall, his white sneakers making hollow taps against the floor as he walked. The floor was plain concrete and the walls were a dull white. He turned to his right and turned the knob of a stained, wooden door. He opened it and walked in, not bothering to close it.
"Tell me where Satoshi is." Krad said in a low growl as Yuca/Ys looked up from the papers scattered on his desk.
"He's in room 12... Second floor." He said before looking back to his papers. Krad just turned and went to the stairs not bothering with the elevator. He jumped over the railing and dropped in between the spiraling stairs. He kept his eyes looking to his right until he spotted the door labeled 2. He grabbed the rail and pulled himself over it and to his feet without even breaking a sweat. He easily yanked the door opened, even though it was locked, and walked onto the second floor. He could hear screams as he walked through the dimly lit floor. He turned right and walked calmly trying to take everything so he didn't miss Satoshi's door. He spotted one door to his left with a window, but what really stood out was the little girl that was looking at him with the look of utter horror etched onto her face. Her eyes were pleading for him to let her out. But she didn't get long to look at him, because moments later she fell from the window's view, screaming in pain. Krad could hear her bones snapping and changing shape. He pitted her, but was secretly worried that Satoshi could be going through the same thing. He sped his pace up and moments later spotted the door. It too was on the left. The door had a big 12 on it, and unlike the doors before it, it had no window. Under the 12 was an array of numbers that he didn't give any attention to it as he kicked the door open. Not even bothering to open it. The knob busted and the door flew into the inside wall of the room, with a BANG. The hall light was the only light in the room.
"Yuca's going to pay..." Krad growled as he walked into the room searching for Satoshi. The room consisted of a one person cot that had a pillow and a blanket neatly sitting on it. The room seemed to contain nothing else, but that bed. He looked to the end of the bed and saw Satoshi sweating, his back to the bed and his head rested on the wall to his left. His legs were bent and pulled tightly to his chest, with his arms wrapped around them. He looked him front of him with blank eyes. (Does he even notice how easily it was for him to get Satoshi?)
"Satoshi!" Krad said in shock and a bit of relief, as he scrambled to grab Satoshi. He easily scooped up Satoshi bridal style. Satoshi, who seemed to not care nor realize what was going on, relaxed his muscles and let who ever was holding him do as they pleased.
"Satoshi-sama." Krad whispered in Satoshi's ear and pulled him closer to his chest, holding him as if he was afraid that Satoshi would disappear. Krad turned and walked out of the room with Satoshi. Just as they left a black blur came out of the room and disappeared into the shadow of a nearby corner.
He took the elevator back to his room, still tightly clutching Satoshi. He wasn't exactly sure how to handle this, but maybe he could get Satoshi to to snap out of it. Krad finally got to the bed and set Satoshi down. He went to pull himself up when he found that Satoshi had a tight grip on the front of his shirt. He was looking a head of him, as if he was having a bad dream with his eyes open. Krad watched him as he began to shake. Krad didn't think twice. He smoothly slipped onto the bed next to Satoshi and sat up, wrapping his arms around him. Krad wasn't sure whether Satoshi was even aware of what he was doing, but he snuggled his side into Krad's chest, letting go of Krad's shirt only to grab a hold of his sleeve and pull it closer to him. It almost seemed as if he was afraid that Krad wasn't real, that if he didn't hold onto him, Krad would be gone.
"Satoshi-sama, you don't have to hold on so tight... I'm not going anywhere." Krad said softly to Satoshi, but it only made him tighten his grip.
They sat there for almost an hour before Satoshi finally loosened his grip.
"Satoshi-sama...? What happened to you?" Krad asked to Satoshi, but the last sentence was more to himself. Krad felt his sleeve cut off his circulation as Satoshi gripped it a little too tight.
"I-it... Was nothing..." Satoshi voice was unsteady and weak at first, "Nothing at all." Satoshi let go of Krad and tried to pull out of Krad's grasp. Krad just frowned and pulled him back into his chest.
"It was more than nothing. In the time that I've known you, you've never stuttered." Krad spoke softly almost showing a hint of remorse and sadness. "Tell me."
"I only stuttered because my voice was shaky. Now let me go Krad." Satoshi's voice sounded colder than Krad had ever heard it.
"No. You looked like you'd seen hell when I found you... And I'm not going to let you out of my site again!"
Tavern- Same time: future
"Dark!" Daisuke cried as Dark tightened his grip on him. "Don't you even dare!"
Dark just smirked and pulled out a pair of scissors.
"You wouldn't!"
"My dear Daisuke, it appears that you don't know me very well." Dark said with a smirk as Daisuke began to thrash and try to pull out of Dark's grip.
"Dark!" Machika cried as she walked over and yanked the scissors out of his hands.
"You really know how to take the fun out of things, don't you?" Dark said as he glared at her. Daisuke took that moment to escape from Dark by elbowing him in the stomach. Dark lurched forward saying 'ow' and Daisuke did a cross between a sigh and a smirk. Kagome just shook her head from the table she was sitting on. Inuyasha was sitting next to her with an arm wrapped around her waist. No one knows how they even got to the point of talking without screaming, but they had good idea when Kagome and Inuyasha had come out of their room with grins on their faces.
Daisuke barely had time to move out of the way when Dark jumped at him. Daisuke looked at him wide-eyed as Dark somehow managed to keep himself from falling on his face. Daisuke ran for the door, but was tackled, at the last minute, by Dark. Machika didn't know what to think and walked back over to Rain, who was sleeping in the chair by the table that he'd proclaimed as his. (It's the corner table that the group had played cards at.)
Dark was about to drag Daisuke off to god knows were when a young girl that had black hair to her waist walked in. Her clothes were torn and she looked like she'd been living on the streets for years. Her golden eyes looked around at the people through her bangs. Her movements reminded people of death as she took a few steps inside. She stopped short of running into Dark and let out a cough before she passed out. Dark just blinked as he looked at the girl sprawled out on the ground. Daisuke had stopped trying to escape and was too staring at her. Looking closely, you could see that she had small cuts all over her. She was wearing plain white clothes, a t-shirt and jogging pants. Daisuke was the first to react. He slipped out of Dark's grip and picked her up. After the time he'd been apart from Dark, he'd never imagine that meeting him again would cause him to go back to his old self. Kagome pulled herself from Inuyasha's hold and went to Daisuke, seriousness and determination written all over her face as she inspected the girl, then took her out of Daisuke's hands. Daisuke sweat dropped as he watched her take the girl upstairs, followed by Inuyasha of course.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" Daisuke asked as Dark calmly walked over to Daisuke.
"She's with Kagome, so I'd say she'll be okay." Dark said and smirked. Daisuke just thought he was smirking to reassure him, but he quickly knew better when Dark pulled Daisuke to him. Daisuke could feel a blush come on as he attempted to pry Dark's arms off of him.
"Daisuke, now that your an 'endless existence' too... Will you be mine?" Dark said coyly into Daisuke's ear. Daisuke's eyes went wider than anyone would think possible as pushed Dark roughly away.
"What!" Daisuke screamed with a mixture of emotions over flowing him, but only for moment. He put his poker face up, letting no emotion in or out.
"I'm serious Daisuke. I want you to stay with me... I don't want to lose you again." Dark went to touch Daisuke, but Daisuke swatted his hand away.
"You up and left me, then expect me to welcome you with open arms!" Daisuke screamed at him, for once, acting like he had in the present.
"I had to! Krad would have killed you if I would have stayed!" Dark said back trying to make Daisuke understand.
"Krad didn't even leave until a week after you did! Mom almost died because you weren't there! You could of at least said something before you disappeared!" Daisuke couldn't stand being around Dark any longer. He ran past him and out the open door.
"Daisuke..." Dark said softly as he looked down at the ground, his bangs hiding his eyes. "I'm sorry... I didn't know."
Okay, I'm going to end it there. (Looks over at Dark and Krad who were sprawled out on the ground, bruises and cuts all over them.)
Krad: You asshole! You had to piss her off! And then I get caught in the middle.
Dark: It's not my fault that you stood there like an idiot when the lights went out.
(Smirks.) I think I've tortured them enough... (Kicks Dark in his side. Dark cringes and rolls over, almost crushing Krad.) Now I have.
Krad: (Pushes Dark over, barely able to from the fact that he was so sore.) Tyantha... I'm going to kill you when I can get up.
Dark: I agree. (Now on his back, not able to move.)
I doubt that'll be anytime soon... Well review... Or not. If you don't I'll understand. I did take waaaaaay too long in writing this, computer or not... Well bye.
Dark: No! Don't leave us!
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