Disclaimers: Seena58 does not own DNAngel, or the story/concept and/or characters. Storyline and title belong to panatlantic.

A/N: From this point on, I'll be writing the chapters form scratch. Yes, be afraid… And a large thank you shout out to neko-nya,chrnoskitty, Hakudoshi-chan and Kittengrl39. Love you all— (glomp tackles and hands out presents) Like I said, this chapter is me typing from scratch, with some tips on the story from panatlantic and… I dunno… Krad would seriously kill Daisuke, wouldn't he? Meh… I'm the one throwing the rules this time XD Enjoy!

Chapter 4:

Back at home, after suffering his mother's congratulations (which involved strangling him, or, as she claimed, hugging him to death), Daisuke managed to crawl back into his room and collapsed on the bed. With hadn't arrived home, either; not that the redhead had expected him to as he'd seen the shapeshifter join the commander's side back at the rooftop.

He closed his eyes, trying to block out the prospect of running into his classmate the next day, especially if Satoshi had suspected him of lying and… god no, he was not about to think about that scenario. It had been bad enough during his first few days of having Dark in him and the way the blunette had acted towards him; not that now was any different, but the situation at the present was…

Krad, strangely enough, was being quiet, and had been since their escape from the museum. Had he gone to sleep or was he planning something that would most likely find the redhead dead tomorrow? Was that even possible? Daisuke decided that he'd rather not know for his own emotional benefit.

Yet it was strange, due to the fact that since the blonde had found out that they had switched tamers, he had been throwing threats and warnings and all sorts of ill-ridden things during school, had gotten a bit more stable by the time they were about to go and steal, and had actually allowed the redhead to use his wings to get out of the little cornering. And now… he was just… silent.

Daisuke shuddered unconsciously, just hoping against all hope that the Hikari curse was unable to take control at night, otherwise he would find himself dead or… no, Krad couldn't do that without getting rid of his own existence as well. but considering the fact that if he killed the only heir to the Niwa bloodline… still…

Now it was just getting confusing again.

Maybe the blonde had gone to sleep or something. Dark did that all the time, so it was possible. At least that meant that he wouldn't have to listen to threats as such and go to sleep…

But now… now it was all going to be a lot worse. He had gotten used to sharing a body with Dark, but it was near insanity that he'd allowed the blonde free reign or something. And his parents… well, they would freak beyond all things. Then there would be the panic and the searching and…

He shook his head and rolled over, staring at the wall. That was the last thing he would need after everything else, and he decided then and there that it was something he would have to keep from them for the rest of his life. Probably.

"Kyu?"

"With? You're back?" Daisuke jerked up at this as Dark's partner/sprite entered through the bedroom window, which had been left just a little bit open. He squeezed between the gap and bounced happily over to the redhead.

"Kyuu!"

Wondering why, as With had joined Satoshi's side that night, the redhead simply concluded that, because the demon-bunny had been living with the Niwas for generations, it was only natural to return to the present 'owner', to use that term loosely. He probably didn't even know what was going on.

"Let's get some sleep," murmured the redhead, drifting off quite easily. Being scared of getting caught by the police was one tiring thing when you were watching it, but it was much worse when it was actually happening within itself. And needless to say, swapping the thief and the hunter didn't help matters either.

Eventually, Daisuke was sleeping silently, with With next to him and the moon was obscured by the clouds. It was going to be a long day tomorrow…

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((Looks like you lost it either way,)) Dark commented, as Satoshi made the lonely trek home. After dealing with Saehara and the rest of the police force – who were beyond angry due to being conned by a fake Dark while the 'real one' got the art – the blunette was left alone to return to that little building that was the apartment.

Satoshi chose to ignore this, running his thoughts over what he knew, what he suspected, and what the hell he was supposed to do now. Admittedly it was better that Dark wasn't threatening the death of people constantly and being a pain in the ass every breathing second; but the thought of Daisuke left with Krad was bone-chilling: and it took a lot to scare the commander.

((Hey, where did With go anyway?))

Oh, so he only worked that out now? Maybe it was because Dark could only see what Satoshi could see or… something.

:He left sometime after Niwa did: he explained coolly. :I'm assuming that just because I'm your host now, he still has strong ties with the original host and his family.:

((Oh, right,)) there was a moment of thoughtful silence, ((Poor With. He probably doesn't know what's going on. And knowing Emiko, she'll probably keep sending out more advance notices… unless Daisuke decides to tell her.)) That option was definitely not on the redhead's list of things to do, as the Thief knew well enough. And as Krad WAS now a part of Daisuke… he shuddered to think of it.

That little theory had been proven when the redhead escaped; not only because he managed to use wings when With was under Dark's command on the other side, but the fact that he had sprouted white wings (yes, WHITE, of all colours. Man, it was such a drab colour; black was much better in his opinion) to get away. But that also meant that the redhead was probably going to go through hell and that just wasn't a good thing.

As the thief went into his musings, Satoshi was left with what he was supposed to do about the matter now. It was only a matter of time before another notice would be sent out, and that would mean that Niwa would be doing it all over again. Of course, this was a slight advantage and disadvantage on the bluenette's part; easier because Niwa wasn't some million year old experienced thief with dispensable wings, but harder because he was a classmate, and friend, he Satoshi had already promised to never hurt the boy.

Well, damn that all to hell; now was probably the time to try and find a way to reverse the affects. Somehow… uhrm… something.

((I'd be careful if I were you,)) Dark suddenly commented.

:What? About Niwa?.:

((No. About being run over by cars because you aren't paying any attention.))

The blunette cursed as he was nearly run over by two cars consecutively before he made it back to the apartment. Really, being a host to anything was hard work to deal with.

But tomorrow was another day, and it seemed to be time to force the truth out of Niwa. Satoshi eventually fell asleep with these thoughts running through his mind.

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:Rip you, tear you, destroy you: rambled Krad, sometime at six in the morning. :Destruction, pain, agony…:

Daisuke grumbled something incoherent as he rolled over, making a feeble attempt to block out the blonde's ranting about death and ways of killing him; it didn't work, naturally, so he opened his eyes to stare at the ceiling.

The blonde, having no consideration whatsoever, continued on without too much as a passing glare (if that had been possible, anyway). It was still much too early to be getting ready for school, but at the same time, he really didn't want to go. Really, with Krad's rambling and his worry and staying up so late, who would really want to leave bed in that condition?

:The advantage is on my side, Niwa. There's no way you can escape my wrath.:

Now the blonde was beginning to sound like he'd snapped. And considering the fact that it probably didn't take all that much to make him snap, well…

The redhead pulled the covers over his head again, ignoring the shrill ringing of his alarm and the sunlight that filtered into his room. It was going to be another beautiful day and all that. Really, on the whole he didn't care; he loved bright and sunny days, but in his current position…

"Daisuke, time to…" shrilled the voice of their maid, Towa, "Daisuke! Are you alright?.! What happened?.!" When she didn't get a reply, the silver-haired Symbol of Eternity ran out of the room, "Ma'am! Something's wrong with Daisuke!"

"What?.!"

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"Eeeh? Niwa-kun isn't here…" Risa seemed disappointed; her sister annoyed.

"That's because you have cleaning duties in the afternoon, don't you?" she demanded, "Risa, you have to take responsibilities. And considering what Niwa-kun went through back then… I was surprised when he turned up for school at all!"

"Mou… Riku, can you help me after school…?"

"No way! I have training after school!"

"Awww…"

((Daisuke's not here?)) Dark seemed shocked at this.

:Shut up.: the last thing Satoshi needed to deal with was a thief talking to him all day during school. Well, at least it wasn't death threats… :But Niwa was perfectly fine last night…:

((You've got a choice in this, then; either Krad's done something to him, or he's just avoiding you from the interrogation that's bound to happen. I'm going to be rooting for the latter.))

Silently, the blunette was also wishing for that, although he'd never admit it out loud; and ended up lost in his own thoughts as the teacher entered the classroom and marked Daisuke absent for the day.

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:This isn't going to change anything, Niwa: hissed Krad venomously. :I'm still going to try and find a way to kill you.:

Not replying, Daisuke watched silently as his mother and maid went ballistic to make sure that he wasn't dying from something. He had assured them that he was fine, but they refused to listen.

Besides, he hadn't really been looking forward to talking to Satoshi anyway…

TBC