Moonlight Disaster
The 5th chapter is finally up! The last chapter was pointless, mostly, so this one will just have to make up for it (hopefully). Anyway, I'm getting lazy so don't be surprised if this is losing its plot, not that it had much of one in the first place. So, enjoy (hopefully)!
A/N: I took out the bit about the character's thoughts becauseI think you know by now. If you don't, read the other chapters or find out yourself! MUAHAHAHAHA!
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Chapter 5: A Miniscule Experience
The door of the Niwa household was unceremoniously wrenched open as a certain redhead tore through the house, desperate not to be late. It was only 4:20pm, he still had time, still had……time. His thoughts were put to a screeching halt as he stood stock still, only just now realising the consequences of his unsaintly entrance.
He was most likely in a trap-riddled hallway.
He mentally smacked himself (Dark: --OWWWW!--) for forgetting an important something a 14 year old Niwa should NEVER forget. ALWAYS APPROACH THE HALLWAY CAREFULLY OR SOME TRAP OF YOUR ECCENTRIC MOTHER WILL KILL YOU!
Daisuke gulped, looking carefully around him. So far, there were no traps he could see with the naked eye. He cautiously took a few steps forward, looking around the area warily. When no traps awaited him, he continued walking forward, although a tiny nagging feeling of concern was patiently doing its nagging job of spectacular nagging.
2 minutes later, he was at the door to the living room and still had encountered no traps, not even an electrocuted doorknob, just a slightly tingling one. He frowned but dismissed it as his mum's day off, not that she really had one. He turned the knob and entered, sighing, "I'm home," Instantly, a feeling like that of a large pillow suffocating him came, causing him to momentarily black out from the feeling of compression.
When he woke up, instead of the giant hug he expected to get from his mother however, he found himself in the arms of a humungous armchair. Suddenly, he noticed a white shape dashing past in the corner of his eye. Swallowing the lump of fear that had welled up inside him, he checked around only to find a gigantic With wagging his short tail in a dog like way. 'Phew!' he sighed in relief. Wait, gigantic With?
"KYUUUUUUUUUUU!"
The creature's happy greeting was like a whole parade of trumpeting soldiers to poor Daisuke. He leaped back in fear as the bunny animal thingy tried to jump onto his head in an affectionate sort of way, instead resulting in a near squashed redhead.
"Ahhh! Go away With! No time to play!" he scolded, scrambling back to his tiny feet.
After an indignant 'kyuuu', With left, leaving Daisuke to deal with his own confused thoughts.
--Your mum really overdid it this time Daisuke.--
"Yeah but what on earth has me being small have to do with this anyway!"
--Hey cool it. So much stress from a tiny body means you're about to explode Daisuke.--
"Yeah right Dark,"
--Hmmm, well, what time is it anyway?--
"It's, uh, 4:28."
--Well, do you think this is a good time to sit around pondering your thoughts or jump off and run like hell to the real living room?--
"Huh? Real living room?"
The Thief sighed, exasperated by his Host's obvious stupidity.
--Well, when isn't Emiko in the living room when you come home to hug you into a horrible oblivion and congratulate you on not dying a terrible death from her traps? Your mum somehow made a fake room to confuse with and make you think you have gone loony or something. That's why you have to find her in the real one AND do it in under 2 minutes.--
Daisuke nodded with a determined expression before jumping off and running across the shiny floorboards, his legs straining to their full extent.
"WHOAA! Even if it's fake, mum sure did polish it well!" he said just before half-slipping.
He could now tell how fake this room was. It wasn't like his real living room had red lasers beamed all over the hallway or vibration activated charging marbles or dangerously low swinging cleavers……
Dodging all these obstacles, he realised just how stupid he was in the corridor. He had been ignoring that slight tingling he had felt with every step he took, assuming that his feet were just too big for his shoes, and even opened the stupid door which had activated his shrinking. If he had realised earlier, and perhaps found some way to deactivate the trap, maybe he wouldn't be in this mess.
--Or maybe, you couldn't deactivate it because this is some sort of test to see how well you'll fare in desperate measures and being small is the whole point of it. And anyway, I never knew Emiko likes cats.--
-Yeah I suppose you're right Dark.-
--But if I were you I wouldn't concentrate on how right I am, at least for the moment. The thanks can come later when you're still alive, I think.--
-!-
--Emiko must have had some sudden fascination with cats, don't you think?--
-What do you mean? Mother hates c- oh.-
Daisuke finally got the point his alter-ego was trying to hint as half a dozen or so cats approached him, mewing happily.
"Err, nice kitties…"
--I don't think you'll be a very good mouse to eat Daisuke.--
The redhead got the point and tore across the floor, scrambling around the towers of cat's legs around him. With a loud meow, they gave chase, happily tumbling across the floor, leaving mountains of fur in their wake.
Daisuke's legs were tiring and the felines were nearly on him. Suddenly he had a brilliant idea, and called as loud as his tiny voice box could manage,
"WITH! COME!"
The cats all stopped as another white shape came speeding along, emitting a loud 'kyuuu' in the process.
"Show them what you can do With!"
Immediately, the rabbit opened his crimson eyes wide and looked as cute as possible, nearly making Daisuke consider smacking him. It didn't work on the cats sadly. They simply glanced at With before turning on him, trying to eat the poor thing. With a frightened cry, With jumped aside and transformed into the black wings of Dark. It flapped menacingly, but still, the cats merely considered it a plaything.
"Come on With! This way!" Daisuke called despairingly, aware the cats would soon lose their interest. The wings obliged gladly, magically shrinking so that when they attached themselves to Daisuke's back, they fitted perfectly.
Daisuke immediately took off, flying high above the cats' heads; towards the little entrance he had seen at the end of the corridor at the place where the stairs to his room normally were. Flying through, he was relieved to find no more traps awaited him there.
But as soon as he landed back in the armchair, the real one, he suddenly felt all dizzy and confused and immediately fainted, once again.
"Dai-chan! Wake up Dai-chan!"
Ruby eyes opened groggily, blinking several times to rid them of sleepiness. All he could see was haziness, until he blinked a couple thousand times more so he could see his worried mother standing over him, calling his name.
"Oh Dai-chan you're alright!"
Daisuke's already blurred view was suddenly obscured as he was swept up in a giant hug. His mother was half weeping (--Why? She was the one who put the traps up.--) and saying over and over again how proud she was of him and relieved that the cats didn't eat him (-Gulp-).
He looked around with half-opened eyes, glad that he was big again, and noticed the six, now tiny, kittens climbing contently onto his lap. The redhead smiled and petted them all, for he was not one to hold grudges, meanwhile earning a reproachful glare from his mother directed at the tiny furballs. She turned away and quietly mumbled something about "dirty cats" before turning back to him.
"Now Dai-chan, you better go speak to Towa-chan. She was so worried that she somehow transformed to her bird form!"
Daisuke blinked, registering this information, before getting up dazedly and staggering towards the stairs.
--What is WITH you? You're acting like your drunk or something!--
-Thanks Dark. I don't think you've ever been shrunk and then inflated before-
--As a matter of fact, I have, sometime in my DREAM!--
He merely grumbled and entered his room, where a flustered pink (?) bird was twitting around on his bird. When she saw him, she immediately flew down, chirping happily.
"Daisuke you're ok! I was so worried about you! You're mum said you'll be ok but still I was so worried about you!"
He smiled briefly before sitting down on to the floor.
"You already said that Towa-chan. Don't worry, I'm fine now."
He stumbled to his feet and moved towards his balcony thingy outside and leaned on the rail, glad for the fresh air against his face. He was leaning over dangerously far, eyes closed in thought, when he felt a familiar wave of dizziness hit him, and he fumbled, falling towards the far ground.
"DAISUKE!"
--Daisuke!--
He heard the two voices briefly as he plummeted down.
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Towa was nearly crying herself into depression, before a figure knelt down before her. She looked up, tears in eyes, at the person before her. Her eyes widened, first in shock, then great relief as she broke down once again, this time shedding tears of joy.
Dark sat back down, breathing a sigh of relief. Right after Daisuke had fallen, he had taken control, just in time, and flew back up. Boy his Tamer was careless.
--Daisuke, are you alright?--
He gently prodded his mind, thankful when he heard slight sounds of snoring. Glancing back at Towa one more time, he went downstairs to the kitchen where Emiko was busy cluttering around. She turned around when she heard him approaching, smiling slightly when she saw it was Dark.
"Dark! What are you doing here?"
He sighed, "Emiko, if I were you, I will never put shrinking traps for Daisuke ever again."
She looked at him, concern and confusion written all over.
"What-,"
"Daisuke was leaning on his balcony, and he blacked out. He very nearly fell down two stories and who knows WHAT could have happened if he fell all the way. He is NOT used to the after effects."
Emiko's face paled as images of Daisuke laying lifeless on the ground flashed in her mind.
"Is-?"
The Kaitou nodded.
"…Thank-you Dark,"
Emiko leaned against the cupboard in relief, as Dark waited for her to regain her composure. As soon as she looked back up, he questioned her.
"Emiko, what did you want to tell Daisuke that was so important? He has been fretting about that all day,"
She looked at him, slightly confused before realisation dawned. She smiled sheepishly and told him it was just another job.
"You have to steal the MoondustJewel tonight at 10:00pm. I've already sent the notice."
Dark smirked and asked, "Is there anything 'specific' I need to know about this artefact?"
"Not that I know of. But how is Dai-chan? Will he be alright?" Emiko asked anxiously, regretting her decision of an exciting trap for her son.
Dark scoffed, as if to say, 'Do you really think I'll mess up? Who do you think I am?' He then sauntered back up the stairs, pondering what to do in the next 5 hours or so. Daisuke was knocked out so even if he did change back, all he could do was watch the boy snore. No, he decided, grinning cheekily, it was time to get out for some FUN!
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Well that's all I can bring myself to write tonight. YAWN! Sorry it took a while to get up, just that I didn't have enough time to want to write this next chapter. The one after will probably take awhile too. At least you finally got to know what Emiko was on about. Sorry I didn't write anything about the new characters!
Thanks to all reviewers of previous chapters. Sorry, so tired I can't mention the names but still, thanks. Keep them reviews coming, cause me -plus- reviews -equals- quicker updates. Or thats what you think… Anyway, that 'Go' button ain't gonna press itself so what are you waiting for?