I smirk victoriously to my audience and they all stare at me with a dark sweatdrop, "...And now...I MUST SPAM!"
"M-CHAN!"
"OW!" I yell, falling to the ground,
"SPAM LATER!"
"If you even remember." A and D chuckle evilly as I rub my nose,
"Oh fine...I don't own DNAngel"
Hello, Clone of Me
VII.
No...Why did he have to remember now? Why did he have to remember now of all times? Satoshi was actually in a fetal position, hiding away in the dark shadows illuminating the room, his eyes hidden underneath his eyes, tears pouring out as he remembered the things he had long forgotten. His wings...his ugly horrible wings. This was the second time they were out.
Satoshi was born with them out...but what Satoshi could remember was scientists mocking him, holding him horribly and glaring down, calling him names for his ugly wings. Satoshi was always an impressionable child, and growing up in that hostile area...it was horrible.
"Krad." The blonde looked down at the darling boy with sad eyes, Satoshi looked pathetic. Another long day at the labs...and his wings were tired and weak.
"Yes Satoshi-sama?"
"Why am I ugly?" Krad flinched from the whimpering voice, tears falling from the young boy's face. Krad scooped the younger up, giving him a long hug that he knew that the younger needed.
"You're not ugly Satoshi, you're not ugly at all...never think that. You are beautiful." Krad continued holding Satoshi, who leaned into the embrace comfortably, his wings spreading down to hug Krad.
"I don't want to be ugly." Krad sighed, brushing the boy's blunette hair back, staring carefully into the boys tired eyes.
"Satoshi-sama...if I contain your wings, there's only one way to do it."
"Do it! Please!" Satoshi cried, holding Krad, begging to be not so ugly. Begging to be normal. Krad sighed and gave Satoshi a kiss on the lips. The younger did not know what this was, but he could feel his wings draw back, retreating into his flesh slowly. Satoshi pushed into the kiss, crying as the pain of his wings retreating into its ugly web. When the wings were sealed, Satoshi pulled away, grinning at Krad.
"Satoshi-sama, I'm going to have to do this for you at least once a day..." Krad said softly, fumbling with the boys blue hair. Satoshi shook his head as he heard the soft tone in Krad's voice,
"It's okay! Please! I liked it! And I'm not ugly anymore!"
Why did Satoshi have to remember? So that would explain why Krad was so obsessed (though it probably grew later into actual love)! Satoshi felt his wings hug at his sides, begging for acceptance but Satoshi banished them in his mind. And what was worse was that he was stuck in the room with Daisuke. Though Daisuke was sleeping, Satoshi didn't want him to wake up. Satoshi didn't want Daisuke to see his ugliness, his horrible wings, why did they put them together? Satoshi kept shoving himself in the corner, fear building in himself, please Daisuke don't wake up...
"Hiwatari-kun?" NO! No...please.
"Don't come any closer." Satoshi begged quietly, holding himself away from any presence. Daisuke stared, and despite how Satoshi hid in the shadows...he could still see the wings.
"Hiwatari-kun?" Daisuke couldn't help but question, tilting his head a bit in question with a small frown mistaking Satoshi's fear for hostility.
"Niwa...stay away.." Satoshi kept crawling into a smaller and smaller position, trying to make himself shrink away from the world, but mainly from Daisuke's never-ending gaze.
"Hiwatari?" Daisuke questioned again, crawling near to the other, with the lack of strength to do anything else. Satoshi frowned, staring at Daisuke as the redhead had finally made his destination in front of the blunette.
"Niwa, leave me alone." Satoshi begged but was stunned as Daisuke grabbed both of his hands and held them away from his face,
"Hiwatari-kun?" Daisuke asked again, knowing that Satoshi knew all the questions and answers. Satoshi stared at Daisuke with fear but was surprised when Daisuke decided to give the older a hug, "It's okay." Satoshi stared for a second longer, but then logically put it together. Daisuke was like him, of course he understood how it was to be ugly...of course Daisuke knew...
"Daisuke..." Satoshi couldn't help but mutter as Daisuke gave Satoshi a smile and the two continued to hold each other, not questioning otherwise. Or at least until there were annoying loud screams, Daisuke flinched within Satoshi's hold and Satoshi felt his wings cover over the two in a protective array...for once Satoshi didn't feel ugly. Here was someone like him, even if his wings hadn't sprouted yet...Daisuke was an ugly too.
"HIWATARI! Stop avoiding me! I need answers! NOW!" Dark demanded of the blonde, who turned away to stare into the room they carefully placed Daisuke and Satoshi in together, after having seen Satoshi's wings react to the red-head, Krad held no more questions on the matter of them as clones.
"What did you use to make Daisuke's body?" Dark stopped in his yelling, abashed.
"W-what?" Dark stuttered, staring at Krad who turned to give him a penetrating glare.
"What did you use Dark?"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Dark yelled, backing up as Krad took a swipe at him, trying to bring their bodies closer for a straight answer.
"Dark, I already know that you made Daisuke as a clone of yourself, and stop calling me by that damned last name! I'm a Hikari!" Krad admitted, knowing this argument wouldn't get anywhere any place fast enough for the blonde to cooperate with the rest of the story. Dark blinked then narrowed his gaze,
"You're Hikari?"
"I am."
They were both drawn into a stare-off, determining each other's strengths and weakness for this one moment of hostility.
"Do you not remember what you used to make Daisuke?" Krad avoided Dark's gaze and Dark had won the starring contest but lost the big battle. Dark frowned and turned to the window penetrating the room, frowning slightly as he couldn't see Daisuke's body (let alone Satoshi's) because of the wide-span of the wings and the three pairs of it.
"...Have you ever heard of the ever-spanning skin they use if you lose a bit of your flesh?" Krad sighed, so it was as he had thought.
"I have."
"I used that, my blood, bones donated from a healthy family, and...some chemicals." Dark frowned, recalling the incident as he did each and every day he saw Daisuke.
"What chemicals?"
"..." Krad couldn't help but smirk as he stared at Dark, in some ways they were more alike then different. Krad had used the same...
"Un-issued chemicals?"
"...Yeah..." Krad sighed and stared into the room with soft eyes, frowning as he recalled Satoshi-sama's pain. At first it was just giving the younger what he wanted, not to be 'ugly' but...Krad could feel it in his heart that he actually kept growing to love everything about Satoshi-sama, not just his physical appearance but everything that made the blunette. Even if that was originally just components, but Krad knew,
"Do you love Daisuke?" Dark blinked, staring at Krad who looked ahead at the wings with a loving look.
"I do." Dark answered, not quite sure on what Krad had meant, but it couldn't mean too much outside of the lines (oh how wrong Dark could be).
"I love Satoshi-sama...I remember seeing him the first time...they wanted to throw him away, cast him into the failures, but I could not." Krad spoke carefully, his eyes seeming to brighten as the tale started. Dark blinked, listening to the older carefully. "I was barely eleven-"
There he was, though in a water container that bubbled up every once in awhile that blocked the view, but there he was still. Forming right underneath his eyes. Krad stared with wide-eyes, a grin surrounding his face. Originally this had just started out on a contest...'I have to defeat Dark' Krad thought to himself, grinning as the components formed together, slowly piecing as a child's body. Krad and the rest of the scientists stared as the body merged together with everything, then formed a child. Krad issued quickly for the water to be drained and ran foreword, this was amazing! A body was actually formed! Krad didn't think it would work. As the child was lowered down and the container dripped away, Krad stared at the body with a continuing smile. Scientists gasped all around as Krad lifted the younger boy up. 'Wings?' Krad thought to himself as there was a little pair of wings.
"Monster!"
"Get rid of it!"
"NO!" Krad yelled at them, growling as he held the boy close to himself, "If you dare touch Satoshi-sama, I will kill you all!" Krad growled hostility, moving backwards to protect the younger. Also naming him right away, which Krad found interesting, he hadn't thought of a name until then.
"Now Krad."
"NO! Satoshi-sama is perfect!" Krad felt a feeling in his heart like a possessive brother or sister would get after their siblings were bullied or threatened, Krad would do anything to stop the traitors. How dare they think that of Satoshi-sama?
"-And I never wanted to get rid of him. To me, that would be like throwing part of yourself away..." Dark stared quietly at Krad, surprised that the story was almost the same as the time that Daisuke was born into Dark's life. Dark couldn't help but stare, forwarding his stare towards the clones. They were amazing, actual proof that people could be cloned, even if some of the original gene settings were modified in such a weird way. "Was Daisuke born with wings?"
"No." Dark quietly said, staring as the two fell to the bed, somehow had fallen asleep in that strange position, Satoshi's wings covering them like a large furry blanket.
"Strange." Krad muttered, his forehead still against the window pane, "That's very strange."
"Why did you make him?" Dark asked, facing Krad for one second...seeing something that he hadn't thought about before. A lonely looking Krad, it seemed strange to see Krad like this. Of the short time Dark knew Krad, Krad did not seem like the lonely kind of person...but...this one little moment as Krad faced him to answer his question, Krad was alone. Alone in what though? What kind of sense did that make?
"I was both forced and I wanted to beat someone."
"Beat someone?"
"I wanted to prove that I was smarter then them...he doesn't even remember that challenge now." Krad sighed, a look of disgust stumbling upon his lonely looking face. Dark tilted one eyebrow in slight confusion, then nodded,
"Well maybe he didn't beat you at the smart contest, that's why he forgot." Krad scoffed, and laughed at Dark for a quick second (Dark had chosen that time to glare at him),
"I wish it were so simple."
The dining room was silent as Daisuke took a long sip from his juice that Takeshi had especially prepared for the redhead. Most gazes were pinpointed at who was sitting near the redhead. The bright wide wings were folded back and Satoshi did not speak or look at anyone, except for Daisuke. Silence was consuming the dining room and nobody was doing anything to change the war that waged in his or her presence.
"Thank you Takeshi-kun!" Daisuke grinned, breaking the silence and winning the war for the awkward silence, "It was very good!"
"Uhh...what? Oh, you're welcome Daisuke." Daisuke grinned at the brunette and Satoshi saw through Daisuke's plot, and appreciated the redhead for it. Satoshi did not like everyone staring at him with those gaped mouths and shocked eyes, the only ones who actually understood was Krad and Daisuke, but no one else had the right to stare at Satoshi like they were. Daisuke then faced Satoshi, a calming smile upon the boy's lips, which Satoshi absorbed in his memory banks, waiting quietly for the other to say something...anything! But he was interrupted,
"Hiwatari-kun, why do you have wings?" A silent hiss spread across the room as Risa asked curiously of the wings that were spawned from the boy's back, "Are...are you an angel?" Satoshi looked down, his hair hiding his face to betray his emotions, along with a clutched fist at his side, patiently biding its time to punch anyone (mainly Risa, who had asked the terrible question)who continued staring at him for his ugly excuse for living. Satoshi was going to give into his anger, he could feel it within the flowing organisms in his blood, his wings furiously screaming at him to either get away or destroy but Daisuke's quick moment made his blood freeze as the red-head gave Risa a hostile smile (which the brunette didn't recognize but Satoshi knew having had spent so many years with the younger one),
"We are not sure of that ourselves, Harada-san." Daisuke answered simply, his eyes lazed down to show how disturbed he was by this question. Satoshi was also disturbed a bit, seeing a side of Daisuke he had never seen before...as though it was a protective side that was only released for him..."Hiwatari-kun, shall we go up? I'm afraid I need help with the homework." An excuse, not even plausible as the homework had been caught up in the terrible fire that had ensued back at the Hiwatari household.
"Yes...it is rather...difficult to understand." Satoshi found himself replying though, standing up, his wings spreading out from the freedom they earned from the air around Satoshi and found himself traveling after Daisuke, flinching inwardly from the gazes that followed him and the younger. But...Satoshi was calmed as Daisuke grabbed his hand, leading him away from the pain of their fiery and decisive glares.
The silence that had been defeated came back with full reinforcements, as everyone stared at the two boys retreating forms. Risa tilted her head innocently but inside she felt terrible. Her insides were clenching on her, trying to burst open from the sudden invasion of an unknown enemy, it felt so terrible that if Satoshi didn't leave (whom she was sure it was his fault) she would have burst and died then and there...but how was it possible? It shouldn't be possible!
"Did Daisuke-Chan mean that, Dark-sama?" Risa asked innocently, inwardly she was gathering her energy and breath back, it was impossible to escape the grip she felt within the terrible cold horror that had came from her host being near her...was this how Riku had died? No, it was not possible. Satoshi would be more powerful in this art if he knew about it, so there was no way Daisuke could know how to manipulate this art as well, so Riku had to die another way...Risa narrowed her eyes as she stared at Dark, hoping for some answers. Dark rubbed the back of his neck, a sudden frown completing his face to form a concerned grimace.
"Yeah, we don't know how." Damn. Risa casted a glance to Krad but frowned, there was no way she would get any answer from him...he was impenetrable, it was impossible to decrypt such a mind like this. The only one who could possibly ever have power like that would be Satoshi or Daisuke, Daisuke from the colors powers he seemed to keep inheriting and Satoshi because he was a part of Krad after all. Of all the terrible luck, this would be impossible to do. And the silence all around the room was really starting the bug the brunette, so she just sat there, looking like a girl who just lost a game of checkers and the other person was still saying "King me"
The morning thereafter surprised Satoshi once again, his low blood pressure hadn't came to his mood and his dormant personality kept asleep. Satoshi then flustered a bit, noticing his wings tugging Daisuke close to his body, giving the younger a feathery light (literally) blanket, keeping him warm all night. Satoshi couldn't help but stare at Daisuke as the redhead dozed. Daisuke was sweet, kind and...it brought a smile to Satoshi's face as he thought on how well Daisuke actually understood him. Daisuke understood how ugly he was and accepted it. Or so Satoshi kept thinking, the truth was Daisuke just accepted Satoshi's wings as he accepted Satoshi's useless need to wear glasses.
They had once discussed about the glasses (as Daisuke had accidentally broke them once, he nearly cried for forgiveness from his best friend). Satoshi wore them for no reason, he actually had perfect 20-20 vision (perhaps even better!). Daisuke hadn't actually asked Satoshi why he kept the glasses on, but Satoshi explained that it made him feel better to have them fitting on his face, a constant reminder of a part of reality that wasn't consumed by the taint of the world and wasn't exactly a part of Satoshi himself.
Though, that part Daisuke had asked about, and Satoshi couldn't answer very well...at least to the point where the redhead could actually understand.
Back to looking at the redhead. Satoshi's eyes stared down, his gaze lingering everywhere of the youth's body and how the feathers of his wings somehow blended with his red strings of hair and whenever Daisuke would shift, Satoshi's wings would move to complete the blanket, keeping the younger warm enough to not actually be disturbed from his deep sleep. Satoshi blinked as he saw his hand shift to tread down Daisuke's back, to feel the columns down the youngers back, if he had called for wings, would Daisuke also get them? Satoshi shook his head, withdrawing his hand with a frown. No. He would never want Daisuke to have these ugly things that dared call themselves the gossamer feathers that formed wings of an angel. But then again, he and Daisuke were basically opposites, would Daisuke gain different wings? Satoshi sighed, blinking as he saw Daisuke move starting to move furiously, as though stuck in something that he had desperately wanted to get out-...oh...Satoshi glared at his wings as he saw feathers bounding part of the boy to keep still and willed them away from the boys body only to be accompanied by a loud THUMP.
"Itai!" Daisuke cried out, rubbing his head as he woke up from the sudden thump on his own floor. Satoshi stared and then blamed himself for not seeing his feathers were trying to prevent the boy from falling off of the edge. Satoshi stared down as the boy got up, rubbing his back, only retreating as a small hiss as he could feel even worse pain and just settled with rubbing the back of his head.
"I'm sorry." Satoshi admitted to Daisuke, looking at the redhead with a truly sorry look that he could summarize upon his face. Daisuke just laughed, disregarding the look, telling Satoshi that he didn't need to look at him that way, it was all okay,
"That's okay Hiwatari-kun!" Daisuke then blanched a bit, "Oh...school's going to be a problem..." Satoshi almost felt himself snort. School? The only reason he went to school was Krad's incessant annoying things he would do if he weren't absorbed within the school, to find his 'other' (which he had done easily enough) and to keep Daisuke company as a friend. Besides, Satoshi had actually already passed the basics of college levels, all he needed was the actual experience of a real PHD. Satoshi couldn't help but try to amuse the other though,
"If you think the wings are really such a problem, there's a way to make them go away."
"Really?" Daisuke asked, tilting his head slightly. Although Daisuke enjoyed seeing the wings, he could see that Satoshi himself did not like them at all, though Daisuke didn't ask why (as much as he really wanted to know) Daisuke wanted to do anything to make it up to Satoshi, something about the wings injured the blunette so Daisuke would do anything he could do.
"A kiss." Daisuke blinked, staring at Satoshi with a blank stare,
"A kiss?" Daisuke repeated, though with a questionable tone. Satoshi nodded, nearly laughing at himself for even telling Daisuke this, but perhaps it would be better to warn the younger, just in case...
"Right, I don't know why it works that way, but the kiss makes the wings retreat." Satoshi shrugged as his wings followed him on his way up. Satoshi was about to speak again, only to find his lip covered with the other's own sweet lips. ((A/N: WAI! SEME DAISUKE! KAWAII! ...Erno, sorry, forgive me, I couldn't help but think...SEME DAISUKE /Glomp/))
When Krad had stumbled upon this he was expecting two results. 1. He would blow up then and there and strangle the Niwa, blaming him for all that was unjust in the world. 2. A scary explosion that would take all of their lives then and there. Of course, Krad had got neither of these results and he just gaped at the two as they both innocently (As that was the only adjective Krad could summon up from staring at the two) kissed each other in a very inexperienced way. Satoshi's wings retracted, and very quickly at a noted pace but instead of stopping when the wings had been consumed the flesh again Daisuke and Satoshi continued to kiss, trying to get better it seemed to Krad. Krad saw a vision of two different people then Satoshi and Daisuke. A blush couldn't help but actually consume his cheeks as he saw himself and Dark...Daisuke and Satoshi didn't seem to notice the blonde as their kiss was separated to give breath to the two, despite they really didn't need it.
"Sorry Hiwatari-kun." Daisuke grinned at Satoshi and Satoshi felt himself staring with a blank face at the redhead. His wings were gone for the moment...and...that was so weird! Nothing like Krad's kisses, but warm like a fire in a fireplace spreading throughout your entire body as you held a blanket close to your body and cuddling against the one you liked. That's what the fumbled kiss felt like...Satoshi blinked slowly and reached for his glasses, placing them where they belonged and gave Daisuke a private smile (which Krad had been brought back to life from),
"Thank you Niwa." Daisuke felt a blush consumed his face as he realized what he had done. Daisuke stood up from his head, waiting for Satoshi and gave the blunette a grin,
"Well, I'll be waiting for you downstairs." And Daisuke fled and Satoshi felt himself in the usual daze that would come in the morning, but focused a bit by pinching his glasses, and Krad moved towards him in a huffy mood. Satoshi stared at Krad with a new respect then, and Krad noticed it right away. The two stood there, staring at each other with a new comfort.
"Good morning Krad." Krad was drawn away from that beautiful face to continue staring, only with a slight effect into listening the voice that emerged from Satoshi's mouth, nothing at all like yesterdays, which hid behind cold walls and cried for mercy. Today, it was strong, no one could knock it down.
"Good morning Satoshi-sama!" Krad faked his cheeriness and moved to glomp on the boy, only to land on the ground as Satoshi had moved and as Krad moved to get back up, he blinked as Satoshi threw off the shirt he was wearing, revealing long slitted scars on his back, six openings to allow the wings to breath.
"They hurt." Satoshi muttered and Krad nodded, peering down at the wounds, touching them lightly to see if they could be healed in someway, the wings protested though, having finally having gotten out in five years, they needed to still be free and so Krad could see the wound about to spread when he withdrew his finger quickly. Satoshi hissed, falling against Krad with the lack of strength to hold himself up. Krad sighed and chose then to play with Satoshi's hair.
"There's nothing I can do this time Satoshi-sama." Satoshi nodded and Krad could feel them drip down his arms, the silent tears. Krad hugged the younger as the other entered in the embrace, "I'm sorry." Krad purred to the blunette and Satoshi accepted the apology, only his eyes were still crying tears, tears of hopelessness, there was none...Satoshi did not want Daisuke hurt, but he did not want his wings...there was only two choices, and both of them would kill him if he chose any of them.
"Good morning Dai-AH! Are you okay?" Dark fretted over Daisuke like a mother hen as he saw the blush consuming the youngers face. Daisuke nodded, his face as red as his brilliant hair and he moaned a bit as Dark poked and prodded every part to see if Daisuke really was okay, then felt his head which was a normal temperature from what Dark could feel. Menou and Towa both smiled as they saw Dark's fretting, that was just so adorable! Menou sighed though, fingering with her blonde hair and staring at the mother hen and chick, a slight blush as she thought of a little Takeshi running around the house-hold...unless it burned down first. Now Menou at first sight would always seem weak and ill hearted, but that was not so true. Menou could gain the strength of a big burly man if anyone had threatened the ones she came to know as a family. Though it was silly, Menou suspected Risa. Very silly, in the mind of the blonde, yes, but where had the girl really come from? And she was a Harada? There was just something not right about the girl at all, and Menou felt very paranoid about it. Call it a woman's intuition.
Towa also had the same suspicions, her gaze would wonder to the brunette girl to lose faith to keep a close eye on the girl. Towa did not like the strange energy she could feel within Risa's presence, it was wrong...a terrible energy that shouldn't exist but it was still right there in front of her. Towa did not like Risa at all, the energy just felt like him...
"Are you okay Niwa-kun?" Risa asked innocently, trudging behind Dark's worried brows and pokes. Daisuke blinked and nodded carefully, staring at the brunette who kept staring at Dark and kept switching her gazes between him and Daisuke. Daisuke felt a small frown take place on his face, waiting patiently for Dark to stop being so finicky.
"Hm..." Dark frowned though, trying to find an excuse to make Daisuke not go to school, he was afraid that if Daisuke went to school, the younger may die there, with those stupid ghosts in his body, Dark wanted Daisuke in his grasp and watch at all times. Dark then stared at Risa for a second, the poor girl, she had no clue in what danger she had gotten into for coming to this place, should've stayed in Kyoto with her family. Err...what was left...that also worried Dark, Risa Harada, the twin sister of Riku Harada, the bringer of Daisuke's nightmares, right near him, reminding Daisuke of what he had lost because of his stupid gene defect. Probably encouraging suicide.
"Does Daisuke have a fever?" Risa asked innocently as Daisuke also looked up to Dark, expecting an answer. What could Dark do?
"Yes, he does. I'm sorry Daisuke, but you have to stay home today." Lie, of course. Dark wasn't a kaitou off time for no reason. Daisuke rose one eyebrow in surprise, copying how Dark would look in a moment like this,
"Really?"
"Yup! Now come on Daisuke, you should rest!" Dark said cheerfully as both adult women smacked their foreheads at Dark's act, oh yeah Daisuke definitely had a fever all right. Dark picked up Daisuke easily (bridal style) and took a walk off, while saying back to the carekeepers of the house-hold, "Make sure Harada-san gets to school!" Menou and Towa smiled and nodded, though beneath their fake smile they were twitching angrily as Dark continued to carry the still red Daisuke. Risa frowned for a quick second then turned, giving another fake smile,
"Well?"
"Niwa's sick?" Satoshi rose one eyebrow as Dark pushed a button to reveal their secret lab and Dark frowned as Daisuke had got out of his grips easily and back down on the floor with his two feet.
"Yes he is." Krad rolled his eyes behind Satoshi, recognizing the fake lie, sometimes Dark was just not a very good bluffer, he really needed to learn. Krad then stared at the new open door-way and saw how Dark took Daisuke's hand,
"Well Satoshi-sama's sick as well." Satoshi blinked as Krad took his hand and followed after Dark and Daisuke. Oh great, a possession game, fun. Dark glared at Krad for a quick second then noticed Satoshi, which Satoshi gave a frown too as soon as Dark spoke,
"Where'd the wings go?"
"Daisuke got rid of them." Dark stared at Daisuke, who turned even brighter red,
"How?"
"..." Daisuke did not reply, he just hid himself away from Dark as the other nearly demanded an explanation. Satoshi wretched his hand away from Krad's possessive grip and passed Dark to go through the lab and to see what kind of inventions lie beyond it, but as he passed he easily managed to say to Dark,
"A kiss." Of course by the time Dark had comprehended what Satoshi said, Daisuke was way gone, following after the blunette and Dark was only left with one person to yell at.
"A KISS?"
"Uh-hum, it was the only way to make the wings withdraw, I'm not quite sure how it works, but I think the wings may have something to do with the hormonal genes that he inherited from me."
"A KISS?" Krad was unimpressed as Dark grabbed him and even managed to tease the other, bringing memories that Krad wanted to keep forever and make Dark remember. Krad gave Dark a quick peck, which stunned the violet-haired man and passed Dark easily,
"A kiss."
"How is this possible Riku? Did you know?" Risa hissed up at her sister and Riku just sighed, turning away her gaze from the furious brunette, "ANSWER ME RIKU!"
"Yes, Yes I knew."
"Then why didn't you tell me?" Risa demanded, holding up a piece of paper, which Riku presumed as new information on Daisuke and Satoshi.
"Because I didn't think Hiwatari-San would use his wings again, he doesn't like his wings you know." Riku muttered, turning away into the crystal once again, her fake light wings brushing through the water once again. She really hadn't seen this coming, and nearly risked her sister's death in the process. Riku frowned, looking down at Risa who was huffing mad, glaring at her angrily. Riku sighed, brushing her hair back a bit in annoyance as her sister kept demanding an apology. "It's hard to be around him when he's an arch, isn't it?" Risa froze as her sister had asked the question, frowning as her sister grinned down at her.
"...Yes..."
"It was hard to be around Daisuke, the beings that live inside of them take our energy, they absorb our cells energy, make our bodies weaker...they have the ability to absorb souls Risa." Risa gave a short glare,
"But it shouldn't be possible to absorb energy from us, Riku, we're immortals!"
"I know, I don't know how, but they're different Risa...they're the only ones of themselves and yet with someone else as themselves." Risa frowned, staring up at her older sister that would also explain a few things, like why the two hadn't absorbed regular souls...but it just shouldn't be possible! A soft sigh came from Risa as soon as she realized her mistakes,
"I'm sorry Riku." Riku gave her younger sister an earnest smile,
"I know."
"I just want you to live again."
"I know." Riku repeated as Risa slipped her body against the crystal, holding her sister as close as she could, her sisters soul stuck in the crystal for such a long time.
"It felt terrible." Risa sobbed, recalling the terrible clenching of her body and soul, the terrible feeling consuming her, trying to freeze her entire body yet make it explode into little pieces that no one could ever recognize.
"I know." Riku repeated once again as Risa started to cry against her crystal, confessing the sorrow Risa was feeling from the pain she received and the pain she had gained for her sister.
The lab was short of amazing in Satoshi's eyes, as well as Krad's. Dark was amazing, and all the resources he had, amazing! It almost surprised Krad to hear Dark hadn't figured out how to cure the common cold in how amazing the laboratory had looked. Krad moved around a bit, poking and prodding all the inventions around. Dark smirked in confidence as Krad had done so, disregarding the questions he had for the kisses that had been done throughout that morning.
"So was your nemesis as smart as I am?" Dark smirked as Krad turned to him, holding one of his many inventions. Krad remained silent for a second, then also smirked back, answering easily,
"Smarter." Dark twitched and Daisuke helped Krad avoid the angered glare by turning the other, pointing out one of Dark's more dangerous inventions. Dark stared at the three, examining all around the lab but then frowned,
"Daisuke, I need to see your back." He glared off Krad and Satoshi as he made his request for the smaller boy. Daisuke blinked, then nodded and smiled at Krad and Satoshi as Dark carried him off. When Dark and Daisuke made it to where Dark usually made his examinations on Daisuke's body, Dark frowned at Daisuke.
"What?" Daisuke asked innocently, tilting his head curiously, not sure at what Dark could possibly be angry about.
"Did you really kiss Hiwatari?" Daisuke blushed, nodding only once to answer the question of his creator. "Why?" Dark sighed, as Daisuke blinked in surprise that Dark didn't start freaking out immediately. Daisuke thought about what kind of answer he should give the other so Dark still would keep this mood. But...he would have to tell the truth still...Daisuke gave Dark a pleasant smile and Dark returned it, patiently waiting for his answer,
"Because I wanted to help Hiwatari-kun."
"How?"
"Kisses made his wings retract." Dark narrowed his gaze, staring Daisuke seriously,
"That's all?"
"...I guess I like Hiwatari-kun too." Now normally Dark would either congratulate Daisuke or give him an odd look on the meaning of 'like' but having already heard of the kiss between the two, Dark could only do one thing...he stared at Daisuke and asked,
"Is that so?" Daisuke blushed, nodding carefully and staring up to Dark for a response. Dark just sighed, holding part of his hair out of the way with frustration,
"..." Who would Dark be to say something to that? But he was only ten years old! There was no way that the younger actually knew the difference between 'like-like' and liking someone because they're your friend. But...Dark stared at Daisuke again, seeing how serious flustered the boy was from just admitting the truth. But that wasn't possible, right? Dark sighed again,
Flustered touches wandered to the back, ignorant kisses were placed to the collarbone, "I like you."
Dark blinked as did Daisuke and they looked at each other for a second, as though questioning if they saw the same thing. Dark shook his head then placed Daisuke on top of a table and stripped the boy of his shirt. Daisuke shivered immediately from the loss of the clothing as Dark surveyed his back. Normally when Dark examined Daisuke's back, all he would see was the younger one's flesh trying to stretch out with wing bones trying to come out, usually. But today, Dark stared at the new development with terror. This couldn't be good. A tattoo seemed to have appeared on Daisuke's back.
But not any regular tattoo, Dark had one just like it hidden on the top of his shoulder, which he never revealed to anyone, a symbol of wings, dark wings with a swirling pattern in it, but unlike Dark's, Daisuke's had a snow pattern to it. Dark stared at Daisuke's back for a bit, then frowned, it was time to experiment. Dark touched it lightly at first and drew his hand back as Daisuke hissed, standing straight as though he was in immense pain. Dark narrowed his glare once again, placing his whole hand on it while holding Daisuke's arm with his other hand. Daisuke got up again in pain, hissing loudly this time, leaning all of his body against Dark, the internal pain that Daisuke had gained started to even make him cry, so...much...pain!
"Dark...stop...please..." Daisuke managed to cough out and he could hear voices, voices telling him to do something worse, something much more dramatic. Dark held the younger, then spread his palm out and the pain disappeared. Daisuke sighed in relieve but then froze as a strange feeling started to envelop his back.
"How does that feel?" Daisuke purred and Dark was surprised by the response as the redhead turned around, his eyes were dazed over.
"Wonderful." Okay, this was not Daisuke's voice...Dark stared as fake-Daisuke gave Dark a beautiful smile, but there was something that scared Dark about that smile. Dark yelped as Daisuke crawled on him, giving that creepy smile, "Just so wonderful."
"Daisuke?"
"Hm?" The dormant personality asked, burrowing his head in the crook of Dark's neck. Dark couldn't help it, a blush consumed his face but he shook the shock away quickly,
"Daisuke, get off of me."
"But you're so comfortable." Dark shuddered, definitely not Daisuke's voice. Dark frowned and flinched,
"I'm sorry about this Daisuke." Daisuke gave a confused look as Dark touched Daisuke's blades. Daisuke gasped, a shock bursting out and stars were seen, well...that was not doing what it was supposed to be doing. Dark yelped again as Daisuke seemed to find the strength to knock both of them to the ground,
"Hmm..." This was scary. Very scary. There was only one thing Dark could do at a time like this...
"HIWATARIS!" As though they were expecting this magic word, they burst out from the door, blinking as they saw Daisuke and Dark in...a compromising position. "Get Daisuke off of me!" Dark demanded, yelping as Daisuke pinned him somehow.
"Ah, but he looks so comfortable on you." Krad taunted as Satoshi shot a quick glare, "Alright fine, fine," Krad shook his hand away, ignoring the glares Satoshi kept shooting him. But as soon as Krad got into grabbing distance, he shuddered and dropped to the ground. Hissing as his energy seemed to be sucked away somehow, but how? Satoshi was alarmed by this and thought of doing something to the source. Satoshi grabbed Daisuke and Daisuke seemed to snap out of his trance from this touch. Daisuke blinked, looking down at Dark as Satoshi moved back over to Krad.
"Niichan?" Daisuke questioned down at the older as Krad shooed the concerned looking Satoshi. Dark just smiled at Daisuke, picking himself from the ground as Daisuke kept sitting on him, though with an alarmed questioned look. Dark messed with the red-hair that was blessed upon Daisuke's head,
"I'm fine, are you okay?"
"...Yes?" Daisuke replied, confused from the situation. Dark sighed, just glad that Daisuke was back to his normal self. Daisuke got off from Dark and Dark followed up to stare at the blonde who was still on the ground.
"Hikari?" Daisuke blinked at Dark's sentence, as Krad got up on his own strength. Krad just chuckled,
"Well that was weird."
"What happened?"
"I don't know, I just couldn't walk for a few seconds." Krad turned, "Now we really should have some breakfast." Satoshi growled underneath his voice, glaring at Krad for hiding answers to the question. Satoshi was about to speak when Daisuke jumped besides Krad, agreeing with what the blonde had to say. Sigh...it was pointless to say anything now. Krad grabbed Satoshi though, earning a scoff from the younger and dragged the children out of the room, insisting on a nice full-hearty breakfast. Dark stood there for a while, then growled,
"HEY PERVERT! DON'T BE WALKING AROUND WITH DAISUKE WITHOUT HIS SHIRT ON!"
"COLORS!" Risa demanded, but she wasn't normal looking. No, not at all, she was in her immortal form. A white dress that continued to flout without any help from wind, sleeves of white surrounded her, giving her a protective aura while her face had triangles on the side, Risa was ready for a battle and she was ready to end this battle. Risa stood in the strawberry garden, expecting the colors to be there, of all the places colors like gardens, and protected them with all of their powers.
"Ah, so the mighty goddess has come back, have you?"
"I demand we settle this now! If I win you'll stay out of my affairs!" The colors chuckled, surrounding Risa with a mix of rainbows.
"You don't seem to understand, he is ours and we do not let anyone touch what does not belong to them." Risa narrowed her glare, throwing one of the flouting sleeves foreword, the colors burst and an explosion took place, destroying what colors were in the explosion. The colors hissed, forming more words, "Leave now." Risa smirked,
Risa narrowed her glare, throwing one of the flouting sleeves foreword, the colors burst and an explosion took place, destroying what colors were in the explosion. The colors hissed, forming more words, Risa smirked,"Oh, why?" Risa started to tread on the garden, squishing the growing strawberries purposely, earning ear-racking screams from the colors.
"NOW!"
"Never, not until I get what I want." They hissed, growling and swirling all around until they formed a large black hole. Risa smirked again, she had defeated the colors once again...A loud BOOM overtook the area and Risa found herself, injured greatly as blood dripped down her abdomen as the colors disappeared with one last final piece of work. The strawberries glowed momentarily and Risa stiffened as she saw a figure emerge from the garden and she was even more shocked when the figure spoke,
Go.
Risa ran, her energy draining even more as she ran away from the figure, the strawberry garden and even more so, the colors. She had won the battle, yes, but the war was far from over.
There were so many questions that needed to be answered...but no one could bring up the guts to even think about asking the questions. The four just sat there, eating their breakfast silently. If you were to look at Krad, you could see he was deep in an internal conflict, mainly about the past as he saw the object of his affections from the past right in front of him...ignorant...as usual.
But Krad didn't blame him.
If Krad were to keep such memories, he would be angry and in a far worse mood then he was as of now, he would probably hate the world much more then he hated right now, he would...he would probably do something very horrible. Krad hated remembering the past, but it was all he could think of because he had no real future at least with anyone he cared for. They either denied him or were ignorant, Krad didn't know which he preferred, but he did know he hated it. Krad felt weird in the presence of Dark and Satoshi...and with Daisuke it was even weirder. The redhead didn't push him away and wasn't ignorant to Krad's more...sadistic tendencies. Daisuke Niwa...a very strange boy.
Now if you were to look at Satoshi, he would also be stuck in the past, but remembering things that wasn't his to remember. Ever since he had come in contact with Daisuke with the nightmares that the boy had nearly every night, he started to remember odd things...and he would feel the pain that came from the memories. What Satoshi mainly saw was a woman, a woman always with blood running down her forehead, but despite her wounds, she always had enough strength and willpower to hit Satoshi, at least through his eyes...and what the woman always did, it was terrible. Satoshi disliked this, pinching his nose at where the glasses frame met to concentrate on reality once again.
So let's see about Dark now, shall we? Dark was unlike the previous two, he saw nothing in the past. The only thing he could remember of his childhood was an almost silver-haired boy, but the images were always fuzzed out and it really did Dark no good to even try to comprehend who the boy could have been. Dark however, wasn't in that bad of a mood to not remember anything. Sure it was frustrating, but he could understand, he was a child then, of course he would have forgotten a few things...though Dark was disappointed when he couldn't find any moments in his childhood was worth a mention to his brain. Dark was busy examining the others that sat at the table. Well he knew Daisuke well enough, but that personality...Dark shivered from the thought then shrugged it off, no big deal, he'll just make sure not to touch that button again.
Daisuke...well the younger was actually in a little bit of a trance, somehow his body kept feeding him slowly and quietly but if you were to look closely in the young one's eyes, you could see the dazed transpose of it. Daisuke was mainly pondering what had happened earlier that morning and something else that had happened, but from what he wasn't quite sure. Daisuke blinked though, snapping out of his trance as Krad snapped down his chopsticks and moved towards Daisuke. Daisuke looked up as Krad started to feel the top of his body, Dark was instantly at Daisuke's side, aggravating at Krad to stop touching Daisuke. It was kind of funny, Daisuke thought. Dark was so protective of him and Krad was probably just looking for something (what for, the younger didn't know). I mean it wasn't that big of a deal, right?
"Strange..." Krad muttered and Daisuke blinked curiously as Dark asked,
"What is?"
"The parasites...they're gone." Silence filled the room with confusion,
"Gone?"
"Yup, Daisuke has no ghosts in him. None whatsoever."
"How can you tell?"
"I put special dots on Daisuke's body to connect to the parasites...the dots aren't here." Daisuke grinned, happy of this news (as he was ignorant to his death calling if the parasites had continued to live in his body).
"That's great!" Daisuke cheered and his grin grew as Dark enveloped him in a hug happily. Krad nodded but then frowned up at Dark,
"You know this isn't the end though, right?" The two blinked, staring at Krad with a slight tilt of the head,
"What do you mean?" Krad felt like he could have hit Dark right then and there as his mind was tempting him to,
"We have to find a way to get rid of the wings, otherwise their bodies will deteriorate on the inside." Dark frowned, recognizing the tone and also realizing the same as Krad had told him. Satoshi moved a bit to join the group, folding his arms silently, waiting on the command of either Dark or Krad. Dark continued holding onto Daisuke but nodded,
"Yeah, I know. But what can we do about it?" Dark stood tall, telling Daisuke to go to his room and take Satoshi with him, which the younger did and sighed at Krad.
"I don't know, but I'm never going to lose Satoshi-sama if I can help it." Dark nodded carefully, understanding the man's protection for the blunette as Dark held the same protection for Daisuke. Dark then held his chin, thinking about it carefully,
"I think I have an idea."
I blink as I see several people scream at me for my ending, "WHAT THE HELL M-CHAN?"
"Seriously, what was the point of that chapter?" I frown and fold my arms,
"Yo' momma!" There's a cricket silence surrounding the area before A hits me angrily
"ANSWER!"
"Owowowow...well I just wanted to put this chapter out a quick plot inspiration chapter. I have some things planned but I didn't want to put them in this chapter." A still glares and I flinch, "Erno...Anyway now I can spam! I'm trying to do a gag shounen-ai doujinshi! If you would like to see it, please go to my profile, there should be a link to my deviant art there...I hope you like it, though my art sucks."
"No kidding." I glare and then smile,
"To the reviews!"
Akira
I sweatdrop, "Poor Risa...erno, yes they will be living with Daisuke and Dark until their step-father steps in...mwahahaha, I can't wait for that." I rub my hands anticipating and my guardians sweatdrop again, "And I can't answer the other question without giving many spoilers. Thank you for reviewing!"
Les Scribbles
"Yes they want to catch up to their parents, who," A stuffs my face full of creampuffs,
"NO SPOILERS!"
"Yes ma'am!" I yip and then sigh, "Yeah, fate was cruel, but it was even crueler in this chapter. The dude Towa found is important, and you will be surprised on who I have him for..." I chuckle evilly and A hits me again, "The mothers I keep referring to are actually Krad and Dark's mothers...but I made them evil...yess...evil..." I glare at A as she's about to hit me again, "Well I hope you liked this chapter and I know it must have raised more questions!" I chuckle evilly.
dimonyo-anghel
"Krad's mommy's."
OmegaScorpio
"Yess...Satoshi as an arch angel..." I blink then smile, "I'm going to have to draw that soon, write a memo Dark." Dark rolls his eyes and I hit him into doing it, "That's so mean for the Harada sisters, they can't help that they're insane...er...at least Risa is...I'm so mean." I laugh, rubbing the back of my head, then I giggle, hiding my mouth, "I'm sorry, I'm just an evil person and I have to end things where they are inappropriate to end...so I know what the hell to do next." A hits me once again, glaring at me as I whine, "The figure protected the painting and garden...though who could the figure possibly be?" D rolls her eyes at my mysterious hint, "Well I hope you liked this chapter!"
Tsuki Fox
"Actually from what I've found out, the original version was With, not Wiz, but I decided to name him the original because I liked it that way and for Krad's shape-shifter as Wiz, though I haven't told anyone that really yet, have I? And yes, I have switched it a bit like that." I wink, "Anyway, thank you reviewing."
Icestar2007
"Yeah, the parasites were protecting Daisuke, but Riku couldn't infest Daisuke's body because she's dead." I think for a second then curse, "I can't remember for the wing-mode! Durnit!" I then shake my head, "They have small differences as learned in this chapter, and the blood is actually very different. It has a mind of its own basically because I made organisms be in their blood stream, which screws with the original intention of the blood-stream and gives it a mind, anyway, I hope you liked that chapter!"
"We finished?"
"Hai!"
"Wonderful."
"R&R!"