This chapter is probably a month late thanks to some jerks, who over loaded the school server with a virus!

Dark: Excuses, excuses...

Hey! I'm trying here! Maybe I should leave you lying here without food or water, considering how your still lying there from last chapter. (Pokes him with a stick.)

Dark: Ow! Okay, fine... Damn bitch...

What did you say!

Dark: Nothing.

When did you turn evil, and why wasn't I informed?

Dark: Because Krad was the messenger. (Points to Krad, who's sleeping on Satoshi's legs.)

No wonder... Well anyways, start the chapter!

Chapter 10: The Right or Wrong of Passage

Dark had been sitting at Rain's table since Daisuke had left. Even with Rain's stick poking, his eyes still stayed fixed to the wall in front of him. Rain had gotten to the point that he was just staring at Dark wondering if he was dead.

"Wake up already!" Machika yelled into Dark's ear, as loud as she could, which is pretty loud.

And of course, Dark hadn't heard anything, but occasional shuffling and some yawns, so as anyone would do, he jumped about ten feet, barely landing back in his chair. He gave Machika a death glare and she smiled content that she'd woken him up from the sudden depression he'd been in. He was about to jump up and kill her, but got knocked out of his chair as an earthquake hit. Glass was flying, and Dark was sure that he'd seen someone get hit in the head with a flying chair, but he blamed it on the nice bump he had on the right side of his head. Dark let out a groan and pushed himself out of his tipped chair, so he could get up.

Pushing himself up he set his hand down on glass, which made him grit his teeth as he got to his feet. He stared down at his bloody hands and frowned before looking up to the wreakage in front of him. Inuyasha had Kagome on his back and was helping up Machika, Rain was in the corner, out cold, and people were just now getting up. Dark ignored his hands and began helping people up. He noticed a recliner upside down beside the bar and a guy laying in an indent in the floor. 'So it wasn't a hallucination, but the chair was falling, not flying!' Dark thought as he looked at a hole just big enough for the chair to drop through. He smirked a little before he helped some guy up. The odd think was that he had a red, leather trench coat. The guy gave a nervous smile and rubbed the back of his head. Dark held back the sudden urge to ask how much gel it took to spike his hair, as he noticed how long the guys blonde spikes actually were. Dark watched as the guy rushed over to help out a young couple, then he too turned and helped more up.

After about an hour most of the customers were evacuated. That wierd guy with a trench coat was sweeping up the glass and Machika was helping Rain back to his room. Dark hadn't even noticed when Rain had woken up, but by the way he was stumbling he must of hit his head pretty hard. Inuyasha was being his usual stubborn self, resting on all fours on top of a table not far from Kagome. Kagome was the only one that the bar tender really trusted, so she got picked to clean up behind the bar. Inuyasha had taken this as an act to steal Kagome away, scaring the poor old guy out of his own bar.

Kagome had wanted to scold him, but from outside she talked to the tender and he wouldn't have it. She sighed and muddered sit, knocking Inuyasha to the ground and he grumbled and hopped onto the spot that he now stood at. The tender gave Kagome his keys and walked off. He didn't say anything else, which startled Kagome. It was almost like he was giving her the tavern and retiring. Kagome hopped not. She really didn't want anything to tie her down, just in case they ever found a way back home. Well, to the present at least.

The blonde layed down after an hour of cleaning, exausted. Dark held back the urge to laugh, the guy acted like he hadn't done a single day of hard labor in his life. Dark hadn't either, but dodging all of those traps can get you into shape real fast.

"We done?" Kagome asked from behind the bar, all the broken bottles and scattered liquid cleaned up and the rest dusted off and set back into alphabetical order.

"If you don't count the hole in the ceiling, yes." Dark said walking over to the hole and piered into it. It was his room. He glared at the recliner beside him. 'Why my room?'

Before he could think anything else, he saw a blob of dark red out of the corner of his eye. Looking to his right he saw Daisuke look through the window, a kid with a head full of black beside him. The look on Daisuke's face was simple why. Daisuke looked at Dark like he'd just betrayed him in the worst way. He watched as Daisuke tore his eyes away from the window, walking away. The black kid was unreadable except for the smirk that rested on his lips. The spoke a silent tale of the childs evil, making Dark shudder. Upon seeing this, the child took it as his cue to leave.

Finally getting a hold of himself he realized that he'd just let Daisuke walk away. Dark's stomach turned. As much as he wanted to go after Daisuke, he had a feeling that it would only make it worse. With uncertainty, he ignored his minds warnings to stay in the warm comforts of the tavern. Though his hands were now shaking he ignored it all and opened the door running out, hoping to find a sign, maybe to just catch a glimpse. Even through the dark his eyes could see well and he couldn't understand how they could of gotten away that easily. He sighed and walked over to the dust impailed window, a couple boxes by it and something red. Curiously, Dark picked it up. It was a crimson colored feather. He twirled it in his thumb and pointer finger as he stood, looking to the sky. Nothing.

He groaned and walked back inside the reason for his depression discovered yet again.

Elsewhere

"He doesn't care..." Daisuke shocked voice rang out through the hollow darkness surrounded him.

"No he doesn't. You see how easily he abandoned you for his other friends? He didn't even come after you when he saw you." The voice was cold and offered no comfort to him, only what he knew, or thought he knew.

"But I thought I saw him come out!" Daisuke found himself screaming, looking up with hopeful eyes.

"I left last and I never saw him... Daisuke. Face it, he left you." a boy younger than him sighed stepping out of the darkness, his black hair and dark clothes made him blend in even though he'd only been at teh edge of the darkness that seemed to surround Daisuke.

Daisuke brought his feet close to his chest and wrapped his arms around him, unshed tears now breaking the barrier that he'd been trying to put up. Ys shook his head and walked up to Daisuke. Daisuke buried his head in his knees feeling utterly alone once again, the feeling he had at school when he was surrounded by his friends even when he was around Riku. Without Dark, there was nothing.

Ys went down to his knees and reached under Daisuke's chin, pulling his face up to look at coal black eyes.

"Daisuke. Your not alone. As long as I'm here, I'll never let anyone hurt you again." Ys words were soft and comforting, though it sounded unlike the old Yuca... Maybe he'd changed.

Daisuke didn't know why, but he found himself trusting his enemy. Daiuske lunged forward wrapping his arms around the boy, his silent crying now coming out fully. Though a bit shocked, Ys patted Daisuke's head, the shoulder of Ys shirt being soked in the tears that fell from Daisuke's tears.

Tavern

"Who are you again?" Dark asked as he poked the blonde, who was ignoring him and chomping down all the food in front of him. Kagome had fixed him food, much to Inuyasha's disapprovial.

"Vash." He chocked out almost forgetting that he had food in his mouth.

Kagome giggled as Vash made a face as he attempted to swallow all the food in his mouth. Inuyasha grumbled, his hand on his sword, though he was suprised that 'Vash' had managed to get it all down.

"That's it for me, I'm going to bed." Dark said inter-locking his hands and resting them behind his head as he walked to the far end of the room, the same wooden stairs welcoming him.

"You okay?" Vash asked suddenly at his side like a kid with too much sugar that had suddenly found one of his parents crying.

"Yeah. I'm fine." Dark said never stopping. 'No. I'm not okay, but you wouldn't understand.'

"Are you sure?" Vash edged on.

'No.' He thought. He really wanted to spill everything to him, even if was a complete stranger, but instead he kept his usual barrier up.

"Yes. I'm perfectly fine and I haven't a clue what your talking about." Dark huffed as he got to the bottom of the stairs and went up, Vash stopping short of the first step.

Vash stared at the table bored. He wasn't tired yet the thought kept nagging at him. 'What's wrong with that guy?'

After a moment he sighed figuring that he wasn't going to get some answers just thinking about it.

"Um, miss?" He spoke through the silence, well the semi-silence, Inuyasha's snoring didn't exactly make it silent. She sat up from he chair by the table Inuyasha was sleeping on and joined Vash, just paralell to him.

"Yes?" Kagome asked, almost blushing from being called miss.

"What's wrong with that guy...? You know, the one with the purple hair." Vash asked.

"He had an arguement with someone dear to him and now he has been sulking about it all day. The thing that worries me is that Daisuke hasn't come back." She stopped, but continued when she realized that Vash knew nothing that she was talking of. "Dark... The guy with the purple hair... Had a friend named Daisuke, who he's been treating as a younger brother. I haven't a clue about there past, but I can say that they were close until the fight earlier today."

"And he hasn't been seen since?"

"No. Thats what worries me. He doesn't look any older than 14." Kagome stated worry on the tip of her words.

"Do you think he'll be back?" Vash asked sencerity in his voice.

"I don't know."