In the Sunlight
By: AdorableChibi09
CH.4: PHEW!
"Oooowww…" Bronwen moaned the next morning as she tried to lift her head up.
"Oh! Good you're awake! I thought I'd have to go get Towa in a few more moments." Bronwen heard a woman say.
"W-Where am I?" Bronwen struggled to get up, but found it extremely painful on her back. "Ite!"
"Don't move, Skye-san." The woman put her hand on her shoulder. "You are at the Niwa residence. I'm Niwa Emiko. Daisuke's mother."
"Niwa residence!" Bronwen bolted up to feel a searing pain in her back again.
"Calm down, Skye-san. Here have some tea." Emiko held a cup out to her. Bronwen took it graciously.
"How did I get here?" Bronwen asked.
"Dark, brought you here." Emiko smiled. "I must admit that I was quite shocked to see you in that state."
"Well, I don't remember anything except for Krad attacking me." Bronwen said. "So does this mean that Daisuke is Dark?"
"Hai, Bronwen-san." Bronwen heard a familiar voice.
"Daisuke-kun, I never would've guessed." Bronwen laughed, then something registered into her head. "Oh my God! Satoshi! He's going to wonder! What will I say? How will I explain this to my sensei? "
"Bronwen-san!" Daisuke stopped her in her rant. "Calm down. We've got everything under control. We sent Wiz up to the Harada house to pose as you and they've called Satoshi to tell him that you were staying down there."
"What about my school uniform?"
"Dark-san got all of your school things."
"And the bloody clothes from last night?" Bronwen wanted to make sure.
"Washed and brand new! You can't even tell that they were ripped!" Emiko said proudly.
Bronwen relaxed, "Today is swimming day in athletics…"
"He also got your cap and swim suit." Daisuke nodded.
"I'm injured! How am I going to explain it to coach!" Bronwen pointed to her back and arm and anywhere else that hurt.
"Oh, yes! Umm, you'll have to say the truth, but not the whole truth." Emiko answered.
"What? That someone tried to kill me?" Bronwen nodded. "Okay, I can do that… I guess I should go change. What time is it?"
"It's an hour and a half before you need to get to school and your clothes are right by the nightstand." Bronwen got up painfully and limped over to the bathroom. Yes, apparently she twisted her ankle as well. As if her day could get any better! Let's have it rain too! Bronwen walked into the bathroom to see through the window that it was pouring rain. It wasn't supposed to be literal!
Twyla, are you okay?
Still a little weak, so don't ask me to do anything.
Just checking.
Bronwen went back to changing and found that there was a change of underwear as well. Bronwen felt like murdering Dark right about then.
That, pervert! He only did it so that he could go through my underwear!
Bronwen continued fuming and when she came out, she sought out Dark/Daisuke. Was he going to pay!
"Hey, Daisuke-kun?" Bronwen asked a little too sweetly
"Hai, Skye-san?"
"Could you hit Dark-san for me. Please?"
"Doushite?"
"Because, that pervert went through my lingerie." Bronwen clenched her fists.
"Ah, I see. Don't worry. I'll have my mother do it after I transform. Although I'd feel the pain as well." Daisuke smiled.
"Arigatou, Daisuke-kun." Bronwen bowed. "You are a kind king." Bronwen smirked when Daisuke blushed. "Well, you are a king in the play, right?"
"Hai, Bronwen-san." Daisuke smiled. "Are you hungry? Breakfast is ready."
"Hai! I am. Arigatou, Daisuke-kun!" Bronwen hugged Daisuke, which caused him to blush. "Was it that loud?"
"No. I was just wondering." Daisuke chuckled. Both him and Bronwen made their way downstairs to the aroma of many good hearty breakfast smells. (AN: I don't know what a traditional Japanese breakfast is so just picture one, 'kay? Just pretend it's like an American one though if you can't either.) After breakfast was eaten and Bronwen and Daisuke were about to leave, Bronwen froze in her steps (more like limps).
"Something wrong, Bronwen-san?" Daisuke asked.
"How will me and Wiz change places and why don't-"
"It's all taken care of Bronwen-san." Daisuke reassured. "Wiz has been instructed to leave Riku and Risa in the morning and meet up with us as we get to school."
"Oh. Okay then." Bronwen nodded. She was on edge today and had fairly good reason to be. Her identity could be found out today by the students at Azumano- or worse! That Krad guy! Man, was she stressed!
Maybe if I sing some songs or hum something even. Yeah, that might work. What can I hum to get calm enough though? Think American songs, or maybe a Cinderella song? Oh, I don't know! Phantom of the Opera? Yeah, that stuff works like a charm!
And so Bronwen began humming Masquerade only to receive a look from Daisuke and a pain in her neck and back from last night. "What is it?" Bronwen asked.
"Why are you humming?"
"Because it calms me down, not to mention happy when I'm under stress." Bronwen nodded. "Gomen nasai, if it's bothering you."
"No not at all! I just didn't recognize the song. Is it American?"
"Well, it's just the melody from the song Masquerade which is in the play Phantom of the Opera."
"Oh. I've never seen it. " He answered.
"Well, I actually brought it from home, so you can borrow it if you'd like." Bronwen offered.
"But it's not in Japanese…"
"You can practice your English while you're at it." Bronwen waved a hand earning more pain in her neck and back as she limped along. Daisuke sweat-dropped.
"Would you like some help with your walking?"
"Not really. I've got a few pinch nerves and it's a bit hard to even talk let alone lift an arm or leg." Bronwen smiled. "Don't worry. I can handle this thing." Bronwen then again froze in her limps.
"Bronwen-san?" Daisuke asked as he stopped with her.
"How am I going to explain these injuries to Riku and Risa?" Bronwen asked.
"Wiz had to copy your injuries onto himself."
"Aww! That poor little guy! Was he in pain?" Bronwen didn't like the idea of what Wiz did.
"We had to make it believable. That's what the power of the Niwas can do for you." Daisuke smiled. "Hey look, it's Wiz!"
"Wiz! Oh, come here you cutie pie!" Bronwen hugged Wiz and apologized for making Wiz go through that pain for her. That cute little furry guy didn't deserve it! All Bronwen got in return were extremely kawaii Kyus and a hug in return. They get to school and see Riku and Risa sitting on the bench waiting anxiously for someone.
"Konichiwa, who're you waiting for?" Bronwen called. Again receiving pain in her neck and back.
"You, you dummy!" Riku yelled.
"We were worried!" Risa agreed. "You shouldn't be doing that with your injuries! Come on we'll get you a wheel chair so you can get to class easier." Risa ran to the nurse's office as they reached the twins. Bronwen sighed. She didn't really need it. She got here just fine, didn't she?
"I'm fine." Bronwen said as she straightened up and tried not to limp to the bench three feet in front of her and end up feeling something like her back and neck were being pulled off of her and a throbbing in her ankle. "Then again… maybe I should just take the chikushou thing." Bronwen mumbled loud enough for Riku to hear.
"Darn right you should!" Riku scolded. "What did you think you were doing leaving before we woke up with the kind of pain you're in?"
Bronwen sighed and shook her head as she failed to notice the shadow that loomed over her. "What happened to you, Bronwen-san?" Satoshi asked.
Bronwen jerked her head up-he had scared her yet again… bad move.
"I was attacked last night when I was walking to the Harada house." Bronwen said.
"Who did it?"
"I don't know, but he was one mean S.O.B. if you ask me."
"Here's that wheel chair, Bronwen-san. Get in now!" Risa pointed to the seat as she noticed Bronwen's flinch as she said wheel chair. "What?"
"That thing makes people look so crippled!" Bronwen whined.
"Bronwen-san. Do you have any description of him? He shouldn't roam free that much is certain." Satoshi examined her wounds.
"All I remember is that he had blonde hair. Now can we please stop fussing over this?" Bronwen asked before the bell rang. Thank you, God! You must love me today! I swear, I'll never steal more than one free sample from a shop again! Sorry, you know I'm not big on praying.
"Skye-san! In the chair… Now!" Risa yelled and pointed to the seat again. Bronwen had no choice but to comply or else receive more injuries from Risa.
"Alright, hang on." Bronwen hoisted herself up and sat in the… wheelchair. Risa tried pushing it up the ramp, but failed… she wasn't very strong. In fact, she had no muscle in her arms what so ever.
"Harada-san, I can take Skye-san." Satoshi offered. Bronwen tensed up. Oh great! Now she was going to be interrogated most likely!
"Arigatou, Hiwatari-kun." Risa said and walked off to class with Riku and Daisuke.
"Why didn't you call me and tell me about this?" Satoshi asked.
"Well, I didn't want you to worry. I survived, didn't I?" Bronwen pointed out.
"You could've died." Bronwen took a moment to let his words sink in.
"You're right. I could've. Gomen nasai, Hiwatari-kun." Bronwen hung her head. "If something like this happens again, I promise you that I will inform you. In fact, how about we make a pact. No more secrets. We live together, we're not neighbors. Deal?" Bronwen held her hand out over her shoulder.
Ouch!
Satoshi took her hand. "Deal." They shook. They made their way through the hall with no difficulty as people stopped to stare at Bronwen and Satoshi and start whispering. When they got to the classroom, it only got worse as all the girls and some of the guys came up to her after Satoshi left and started saying how sorry they were that that happened to her.
"Bronwen-san!" Takeshi ran up to her. "What happened to you? Who did this to you? Do you know what they looked like?"
"Calm down, Saehara-kun." Bronwen put her hands up to signal she wanted quiet. "First of all, yes, someone tried to kill me while I was out last night, I have no idea who did it, and all I have to go on is that they had blonde hair." Bronwen said. "Oh and he was tall and strong. I don't know if that helps any."
"Oh, Bronwen-san." Takeshi hugged her. "You act like it's no big deal. You could have died and yet you seem unaffected!"
"Saehara-kun?" Bronwen asked.
"Hai, Skye-san?" Takeshi looked into her eyes, still holding her tight.
"You're hurting me." Bronwen chuckled before a girl came in with the nurse and pointed at her.
Great. Now I have to tell the teachers.
"Here she is, togi sensei." The girl had blonde hair in a ponytail like Bronwen often had (minus the pink halo), but was short, and had green eyes.
"Arigatou, Keiko-san, but I don't really need the togi sensei to look at me."
"Nonsense, child!" The nurse looked at the bandages. "You've already reopened some of the injuries! Come come!" She wheeled her out of the classroom. "Keiko, please take notes for miss Bronwen." She more demanded than asked.
"Hai, togi sensei." Keiko replied.
After Bronwen got her bandages redone:
"…And then you'll see here that the coefficient is multiplied by the proton number- Oh hello, Bronwen-chan. Welcome back. Take a seat next to Saehara-kun over there - and therefore the proton number is the same as the…" biology was the same as always. Boring. Bronwen sat and took the notes so that she could study however. As class ended and as the teachers were changing classes, Keiko gave Bronwen her notes from biology and Takeshi passed her a note of his own. Wow! Keiko's notes were far better than her own and more organized.
"Hey, Keiko-san?"
"Hai?"
"Do you mind if from now on I make copies of your notes? They're better than mine and neater in handwriting." Bronwen asked.
"Daijoubu. That's fine with me. So long as I get them back." Keiko nodded.
"Arigatou." Bronwen then turned to her note that Takeshi passed to her.
I hope you are feeling better now that your bandages are redone. So, when would you like to have the date?
Saehara
How about when Dark isn't going to steal something?
How about this Saturday night at 7 pm? Meet me at the park at 6:15. Oh! And dress nicely.
Formal nice or casual nice?
I'd say something in between. Can't wait to see you then!
Saehara
Bronwen put it in her pocket only to receive another note, but this time from Risa.
What was that about? Giggles.
It was just about the date I have with Takeshi.
Ooh! So what's going to happen?
Don't know, but it is something nice.
How nice do you think it's going to be?
Well, what did Saehara think was nice?
Good question… I d k, maybe a picnic in the park?
When we are going to be dressed so nicely?
Well, it was just a suggestion!
I know that. So far, it's all a big surprise. I'll let you in on what happens after the date though. You'll be the first to know!
I better be!
Lol.
Risa put the note in her binder as the teacher came in. Now onto English! Bronwen actually liked this subject.
After lunch in Theatre class:
"Bronwen-chan! What happened to you?" The sensei asked rather shaken up.
"Oh. Someone just tried to kill me. That dude had some serious anger management issues" Bronwen joked.
"That's nothing to joke about, Skye-san." Sensei said. "You could have died."
"I'm trying to lighten the darn mood okay?" Bronwen said. "Sometimes things are just too serious so I try and lighten it up a bit. I'm not going to go unscathed from this deal. Can't I just try and work through my own fear here!" Bronwen was at the point of tears. "Gomen nasai, but I need to handle this my way too." Bronwen sighed. Glad she got that out of her system, but what would the sensei say?
"That's respectable, Skye-san. Are you okay enough to where you can rehearse?"
"Yahari." Bronwen nodded. "Of course I am."
"Good, now someone get her up here on the stage so that we can begin?" Sensei instructed. "We're just going to go through the lines for now until you are back up on your feet, Bronwen-chan."
Bronwen was wheeled onto center stage and began.
"DONG! DONG!" Someone off stage yelled to signal the clock tower. Bronwen gasped.
"Oh, I hear you, you old tyrant of the morning! I don't need orders from you either. I get enough here at home! I was having such a good dream too!"
"What kinda dream were ya havin' Cinderelley?" A mouse walked in.
"Nuh uh! Can't tell, Jaq." Bronwen waggled her finger.
"Well, why not?"
"Because then it won't come true." Bronwen nodded. "After all –are we going to be singing now or later, sensei?" Bronwen paused.
"Just read the script for now. We'll sing later."
"Okay." Bronwen goes to the next line. "Now it's off to my morning chores-"
"But, Cinderelley! We come with news! We have a visitor!"
"Oh, a visitor? Well, she'll need a dress and-"
"No! A he! A he!" Jaq corrected.
"Oh, well then he'll need a shirt, some pants, maybe even a jacket and some shoes. Now where is he?"
"He's in a trap!"
"A trap!" Bronwen sounded alarmed. "Why didn't you say so in the first place? Is it on the way downstairs?"
"Yes. Yes." The mouse replied. And they exited the stage.
"I would like to run that scene one more time. The mouse needs to already be there onstage when the clock dongs." Sensei said. "From the top!"
They ran the scene many times until Bronwen had it memorized and the mice started sounding like mice. Now they were on the ball scene so that everyone could at least get some reading done. Bronwen, Risa, Keiko, and the other step sister Ai put on robes to pose as the dresses for now.
"The stage is ready! Take your places and start at the top of scene five!" Sensei called. They walked out onto the stage and began.
"Introducing the Madam Ariel and her daughter Delores!" Satoshi bowed to her as she bowed and yawned. He looked up to the balcony at Daisuke.
"That boy is just incompetent! He has to find interest in at least ONE girl here!" Daisuke pounded his fist on the railing.
"Sir, I warned you that this might happen. But you simply didn't listen. You were so intent on having grand kids-" Takeshi is stopped by Daisuke pulling his collar down.
"Is there something wrong with that?"
"Not at all sir I was simply just stating a simple fact." Takeshi answered. "You had the moment planned out in your head. I can see it now…"
"Introducing the Baroness Schrader and her daughters Anastasia and Trizzelle!" The guy who was playing the announcer boomed.
"There he is…" Takeshi continued. "He's just going through this whole thing politely. And suddenly, he looks up." Satoshi looked up and paused from his bow. "There she is! The girl of his dreams! He has to know who she is!" Satoshi walked over to Bronwen who curtsied (in the wheelchair) and he in turn bowed. Satoshi took her hand and kissed it.
"Yes!" Daisuke cheered.
"What is it, Sire?" Takeshi asked.
"What is it? Take a look at THAT you pompous win bag!" Daisuke shoved Takeshi's head in the direction.
"Well, I'll be-"
"Now then I'm going to go to bed. Wake me up as soon as that boy proposes! Oh... and John? DON'T mess this up." Daisuke walked off the balcony to leave a very scared Takeshi. They were going to continue, but the bell rang and the teachers had to change classes.
After school:
"Satoshi, I'll meet you back at the apartment. I have to stay for the art club today." Bronwen told Satoshi as he started wheeling her out.
"Ah, you're in the art club too, Bronwen-san?" Daisuke asked.
"Hai!" Bronwen answered. "Would you mind if I came with you to the meeting?"
"Not at all."
"Arigatou, Daisuke-kun. Satoshi-kun, I'll see you later okay?" With that Daisuke and Bronwen went down to the art room no one was around to hear their conversation since it was after school…Although they didn't notice the figure that was following them.
"I've heard of the Niwas stealing the art but not making the art." Bronwen laughed.
"It's a new hobby I've developed." Daisuke smiled.
"Either way, I haven't thanked you for saving me last night I really would have died. Arigatou Daisuke-kun and Dark-san." Bronwen smiled.
"You're welcome Bronwen-san." Daisuke smiled in return. "Don't worry, Dark and I will keep an eye out for you from now on."
"Looks like Dark has another girl in his sights now, right?" Bronwen teased.
"Hey, that's Dark! Not me!" Daisuke defended.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Bronwen laughed. "You should've seen your face! That was priceless. Don't worry. I wasn't pointing the finger at you. Just Dark-san." Bronwen laughed some more. "No need to get so flustered." They entered the room and began to paint something they were in the mood for. Hardly anyone ever used this room that was in the club. Most other people were outside painting the still cloudy sky from this morning. It was beautiful, but not to Bronwen's standards in her painting. She thought she'd have some fun in the first five minutes so she wrote a little something on the canvas.
"Heyyy, Daisuke-kun?" Bronwen asked.
"Hai?" Daisuke turned back to see the words 'DAISUKE-KUN + HARADA-SAN FOREVER.' Written on the canvas. "Wha-! H-How did you know I had a crush on Riku-san?"
"So it's RIKU, huh? I thought it was one of them, but I wasn't sure. Thank you!" Bronwen smiled teasingly.
"Now hold on a minute, Bronwen-san-"
"Ooh! Wait till I tell her!"
"Please don't."
"Aww! But I want to hook you two up! Is that such a crime?" Bronwen whined.
"I would like to tell her when I'm ready."
"Chikushou. Fine, I won't interfere." Bronwen said.
"Arigatou, Skye-san."
"Yeah, don't worry. Your secret's safe with me." Bronwen answered. "So what do you plan on drawing?"
"I don't know yet. Doushite?" Daisuke asked.
"Oh, I was just curious. I don't really think an artist ever knows what they're drawing until they come up with something that inspires them, huh?"
"I guess you're right." Daisuke said and they went into the silence of the painting. The figure outside felt the vibration of their phone.
"Hello?" They whispered.
"I've been hearing rumors about another winged being. They are interfering and sometimes helping Dark. They must be destroyed. Have you gotten any leads yet?" The voice answered.
"I have my suspicions." She whispered. "I need more time to confirm them."
"That is fine, but remember… you don't have much left. Confirm them and then you will be freed from your prison which you call a portrait." With that the man hung up.
"I will not be put into that… thing again. It held me captive for many years. I will be able to live freely once again. Just you wait, Twyla." With that, she stalked out of the school to think of a plan to figure out who Twyla was.
A few minutes later, Daisuke and Bronwen had finished their paintings and were standing in front of each other ready to show what they had created on the canvas.
"Ready, set, show!" Bronwen said and they turned the canvases around to see that Daisuke had painted a portrait of her, Satoshi, him, Riku, Risa, and Takeshi. That certainly looked like what they would do in a picture. Bronwen had painted a group of honeysuckles and around the honeysuckles were a hummingbird and a honeybee. "Daisuke-kun! That looks so good! Like an actual picture was taken!" Bronwen praised.
"Your picture is actually very good too. Why'd you decide to paint that?" Daisuke asked.
"Just to remind me of old times with my sister."
"Your sister?"
"Yeah, my twin."
"Why?" Daisuke asked.
"She's dead." Bronwen replied silently. Daisuke remained silent. "I remember that we had little nicknames that we would call each other by. I was her hummingbird and she was my honeybee. Strange I know, but they stuck like glue when we started using them. I was always zipping in and out of the house and hovering by the food source when it was out. She was always just wandering around the house and taking food when she needed it from the fridge. We were hell for the housekeepers." Bronwen laughed at the memories then looked over to Daisuke. "I'm sorry to bring this up. I probably sound pretty depressed. Gomen nasai."
"No it's okay. In fact, is it okay if we give each other our pictures?" Daisuke said. "I like your painting and you like mine. So let's trade."
"You like this that much?"
"Yes, but if you want to keep it I can even go copy it on the machine and have you sign it at the bottom." Daisuke offered.
"I would like that very much." Bronwen nodded. "Arigatou, Daisuke-kun."
Bronwen signed the bottom of her painting and wheeled back to the apartment with her original and Daisuke's painting. Bronwen wheeled into the place she called home and greeted Satoshi. "Hey there! I'm back." Bronwen smiled at Satoshi.
"Come here. Your bandages need to be changed." Satoshi motioned for her to come sit on the couch. Bronwen got out of her wheelchair and limped over to the couch. "If you can walk like that, why do you need a wheelchair?"
"Are you kidding? If I had even made to get out of that chair Risa would've made sure that I had enough injuries to keep me in that thing!" Bronwen said as Satoshi placed a rather large band-aid on Bronwen's head.
"Roll up your sleeve." Satoshi instructed and Bronwen did so. Satoshi's eyes flashed suspiciously at the sight.
"Yeah, he got me good there."
"That's very deep. Was he coming at you with a…"
"Butcher knife? I don't know. I never really saw what he we trying to get me with." Bronwen said.
"I was going to say sword."
"Why?" Bronwen asked suspiciously.
"Nothing." Satoshi answered and continued to bandage her arm.
Author's Note: Please review! I would really like to know what you think of my work! I shall update my other fanfics soon!