Moonlight Disaster

I'm back again with a new chapter! This is getting really hard for me because I'm not following a plan so sorry if it doesn't make sense! I'm not very sure what to do with the new characters, but you'll find out soon enough. Enough chit chat now and onto the story!

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Chapter 6: Suspicions in the Air

A young girl sat on a tall pillar, inside the dark museum. She was all decked in black, making sure to camouflage neatly. She was wearing a short black mini-skirt, with silver trimming that resembled vines. Her top was a dark midriff with dark grey patterns of wings of all kinds: birds', butterflies', dragons' and even fishes'. Over the whole outfit was a long sleeved black jacket. Her short silver hair was tied in 2 small ponytails, which was then covered with a black veil not unlike that of a nun's, only shorter and shoulder length. She wore high heel black boots that were zipped up neatly and clicked as she tapped them against the side of the pillar, impatient for 10:00 to come.

She stood up, green eyes sparkling like flecks of jade, and dropped down nimbly from atop of her seat. She landed next to the artefact the Phantom Thief was going to steal. Her large eyes narrowed as they examined the object, recalling every bit of information she had on this particular art piece.

Sighing, she started doing a little run up, bouncing once, twice, three times then she was atop the pillar again, which was nicely adorned with Chinese dragons holding large pearls in their claws. The girl smiled vaguely, slight fangs showing in the moonlight. Oh this was going to be one enjoyable night, she thought, as the stone dragons seemed to coil tighter, as if determined to protect its young rider.

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Meanwhile, at 5:30pm at the Niwa house…

Dark crept out of Daisuke's bedroom window, already dressed in his thieving clothes. However, he wasn't going anywhere near the museum yet. Perhaps over at the cliffs…near the Harada residence…maybe. He grinned as he called to With, who obediently transformed and became his wings.

The Thief flew off, oblivious to a pair of emerald eyes watching him, and headed towards the cliffs where the peaceful fountain was. Making sure nobody was around, he perched on top of the fountain and closed his eyes, wondering what he should do. He decided that he would wait until the sunset, then maybe go find one of he Harada twins. His decision made, Dark relaxed on top of the fountain, not even hearing the shrill voices yet to come.

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Risa and Riku were walking along the path to one of their favourite spots at the fountains by the cliffs. Risa was looking up happily, wishing Dark was here with her. Suddenly, her keen Dark-spotting-eyes saw a flash of black and she cried out excitedly. Riku, instantly maddened, scolded her sister, disgusted by Risa's passion for Dark.

"But Riku! There's something black up there! I know I saw it! It must be Dark-san! Come on lets go find him."

"That guy's a pervert I tell you. You shouldn't be with someone as low as him!"

"……"

By the time their conversation got to that point, they had already reached the fountain. Risa looked around eagerly, and quickly found Dark's form, silhouetted against the fading sky.

"Dark-san, is that you?"

His thoughts were rudely interrupted when a shrill voice called out, only to be scolded only seconds later by a blunter one.

Amethyst eyes snapped open in shock, as the voices approaching could only be those of the Harada twins. And Risa being the intent Dark-lover she was, she was sure to spot him soon. He didn't want to be found until nightfall, where nobody was sure to catch him. He was about to fly off when the naughtier part of his mind spoke up.

'Come on! Just stay there. You did want to have some fun.'

'But it's still light! What if someone catches us? And plus, just one of the girls was enough…'

'Are you saying the great Kaitou Dark is going to be caught just because he was spotted before dark? Aren't you a chicken? Anyway, you know you want them…both.'

'……'

Finally Dark decided to stay put. Who cares if they both saw him? What other meaning of 'fun' did he have unless it was spent with some cute girls? So he sat there, wings folded, and watched the sunset through half closed eyes, waiting for the girls to come closer. Boy was he lucky Daisuke wasn't awake.

He didn't have long to wait…

Risa ran to the edge of the fountain and looked up, swooning when she saw Dark peacefully watching the sky.

'He looks so much like an angel except he's got black wings,' she thought, blushing furiously.

"Dark-san!" she called out again, only louder this time to catch the resting Thief's attention.

"Risa! Come on lets get outta here! Otherwise he'll spot us!" Riku hissed in a hushed voice.

Dark heard all this clearly of course, but he still pretended that he couldn't hear them. A small smile was evident on his face as continued sitting there.

Beginning to get impatient, Risa called out once again, this time, nearly shouting. Finally, Dark looked down and smirked inwardly. Oh yeah, let the fun begin…

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'DAMN THAT SISTER!' Riku thought angrily when she saw Dark look down from his perch at the top of the fountain. She felt like storming up to the Thief then and there and giving him a good slap in the face. However, unless she could put up with a dagger-glaring and stone-silent sister, which she couldn't, she would have to find a more private time. Wait, private time, with Dark? Riku blushed furiously and shook her head a few times in a vain attempt to rid herself of the blush. She scolded herself mentally for wanting private time with Dark, even if it was only to slap him. She was scared of what Dark might do if he were alone with Riku…

Risa was oblivious to the whole weird-blushing scenario as her eyes were sparkling from looking at Dark. He jumped down neatly and bowed in mock formality at her.

"Good evening Risa. And same to you Riku," he said, raising a fine eyebrow at Riku's strange expression.

"Dark-san… Why are you here so early?" Risa asked in a hushed voice, not that she really cared about the reason, just wanted to know. He grinned at her cockily, not answering for some time.

"That, my dear Risa, is something you will never find out," You couldn't really call that an answer either. The said person blushed at the adjective of her name, and looked up at him shyly.

"And why are you two here?" he asked, though he couldn't really care less, like someone else we know.

Risa was too love struck to talk, so he directed his question at Riku, who was at the moment contemplating what she would do to Dark if she got his hands on him…

"Uh, Riku?"

Her head snapped up suddenly, eyes blazing angrily at being caught surprised.

"What do you want, pervert?"

He flinched at her harsh tone before repeating the question. Riku turned away, arms crossed defiantly, refusing to answer. 'Like he cares anyway,' she thought heatedly, which was surprisingly accurate.

Dark sighed, accepting the fact that he wasn't going to get a straight answer out of these two anyway. Instantly, though, he grinned mischievously, before hugging the twins together (shriek! "Get off me pervert!") and leaned down between them, still smirking.

"What say you that we go over to the shore and watch the remainder of the sun set, eh?"

Risa nodded her head eagerly, looking a bit like a bobblehead, while Riku was too annoyed to answer properly. He took it as a yes, and instantly summoned his wings (With had got tired earlier on) and took off, the two girls in his arms.

Not 5 minutes later, they landed gently, and Riku immediately jumped away and shook her arms, as if afraid of some contagious disease. Risa however, stayed leaning against Dark, as happy and content as you wish. They all sat down and watched the paling sky, except that Riku sat down a little further from the two, but not too far in case Dark did something to Risa.

Soon the sky was pitch black except for the star or two that started to appear and the full moon, of course, glowing strangely. The Phantom Thief stared at the moon with a queer expression, having of course heard all of Daisuke's 'conversation', if you could call it one, with Satoshi earlier on.

Sure enough, the moon was exactly the way Satoshi had described it, and it did indeed have a dark aura around it. He frowned as he tried to work out the last sentences of the poem Daisuke had received from Chiyo. Sadly though, Dark, as was mentioned earlier, was not one to brood over stuff, and quickly shunned it away from his mind. Now, Harada twins, later, stealing that what-cha-ma-call-it then, even later, finding Chiyo and questioning her. Yes, he WAS going to find that girl.

Risa was staring at the sea with star-crossed eyes, blissfully ignorant of her 'precious' Dark's state of mind. Riku, however much she hated Dark, noticed the change and was instantly on alert. A silent Dark wasn't a good one, as far as she was concerned. She frowned but decided to ignore it. Like she was going to talk to that pervert…

4 hours later (yes, they managed to spend four hours sitting and staring on the beach.)

The twins were asleep, while Dark was still staring at the moon. There wasn't much to do, as he couldn't really take the twins anywhere because of his clothing, there wasn't much to do on the beach at that time of night. So they ended up staring at the sea, Risa the first to sleep, and then, finally after suspicious glares at Dark, Riku too.

He sighed. Sometimes, Riku could be so…so…wary of him. It wasn't like he was going to do anything…

-I doubt that very much Dark.-

The Thief jumped, surprised at hearing his Tamer's voice.

--Daisuke! You're awake? And err… how long?--

-Don't worry Dark, I just woke up. - He yawned as if to prove his point. -You didn't do anything to Harada-san and Riku-san did you?-

Dark smirked at this, which was strangely enough to satisfy Daisuke.

He yawned again. -Why are we here anyway? And why are you in control? And what did mother want to say anyway?-

--I took the girls on a little excursion, you were falling earlier so I heroically saved you (though I shouldn't have, seeing how suspicious you are…) and Emiko just wanted to talk about a job. We are supposed to steal the Moondust Jewel at 10:00pm.--

-Hmmm, 10 o'clock right? What time is it now?-

--9:30…shit!--

Dark quickly jumped up then realised the situation. He had two sleeping girls in his hands and he wasn't there to enjoy it…

-NO, DARK!-

He grinned sheepishly, before getting serious.

--Honestly, what am I supposed to do with them?--

-…-

--I know! We'll drop them off at the museum and let them watch the fabulous old me do my job! Then they can take care of themselves.--

-Can't you take them home afterwards?-

--No-- Dark replied seriously. --We have to find Chiyo later on and question her. --

-Well okay…- Daisuke was taken aback by Dark's sudden seriousness. -But how do we drop them off without arousing suspicion?-

Dark grinned suddenly. --I won't. You are…--

-Gulp-

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Risa opened her eyes groggily. Where was she?

Oh yeah, she was on the beach with Riku and Dark-san…

Speaking of which…

"Dark-san!"

To her disappointment, Dark wasn't there. Instead she saw a concerned and confused (or so she thought) redhead looking down at her.

"Harada-san?"

"Niwa-kun? What are you doing here? And where did Dark-san go?"

He laughed nervously (he wasn't very good at lying) and sweat dropped.

"Well, I uh, was on my way home from the, err, museum, and I saw you guys on the beach. And Dark wasn't anywhere here when I got here."

"Oh," Risa said, rather stupidly. She squinted at Daisuke before a look of surprise came to her face.

"Niwa-kun…are you wearing what Dark-san was wearing?"

"What?" Daisuke looked at his clothing before going red in the face and waving his arms before his face in a nervous way.

"No-no! Dark was, ummm, wearing different clothing. My mum just likes to dress me up a bit, that's all…"

"Oh," Risa was too tired to wonder how Daisuke knew what Dark was wearing if he hadn't even seen him. Same with Riku, who was also awake.

"Uhhh, are you guys going to the museum to watch Dark? 'Cause if you are, I can walk you there if you want." He offered, ever so sweetly.

"Oh… thankyou Niwa-kun!" Risa cried, flinging her arms around Daisuke. Although she wouldn't admit it, she was rather scared of walking all the way to the museum, even if Riku was with her.

Daisuke turned a bright red, and his heart started beating fast and he could feel his DNA begin to react…

--Oh crap! Come on Daisuke! Think of something else!--

Seeing as it wasn't working, he grabbed a feather out of nowhere and magically caused it to float down gently to the ground outside, catching Risa's attention.

"Oh! Look, Riku, Dark-san's feather!" She quickly let go of him and picked up the said object.

Riku wasn't paying attention. She had been staring at Daisuke for the moment Risa was hugging him. Strange, for a minute there she thought that Daisuke had… No it wasn't possible. As if Niwa-kun was Dark… It must have been the after effects of sleep. Yes, she never was a morning person (meaning that she wasn't the best of herself after she woke up, not that it was morning.).

Daisuke was standing there, breathing heavily at the near risk of him turning into Dark… in front of the twins! He inwardly thanked Dark for his quick thinking.

Risa straightened up, the black feather clutched to her heart, before saying brightly to Daisuke.

"Well let's get going, shall we?"

Daisuke bit his lip and nodded, and the three set off for the museum.

Later at the museum…

"Whew we made it!" panted Risa, leaning forward on her knees. She quickly looked around the area, "You don't think we're late, do you?"

Riku snorted. She really couldn't care less about that damn thief. Just leaving them there asleep on the beach to go and steal his precious artwork. Anything could have happened to them. Lucky Daisuke had come along.

Speaking of, she frowned as Daisuke assured Risa that Dark had NOT arrived yet, why was Daisuke on the beach anyway? The route from the museum towards his home was nowhere near the beach, that's why it had taken so long for them to get there.

"Niwa-kun, are you going to stay and watch Dark-san with us?" Risa asked innocently.

"Uh… no Harada-san. I have to go home now…"

"But please Niwa-kun?" she begged, with large sparkling puppy dog eyes.

He looked away nervously, and Riku thought she saw a hint of sadness in his eyes, as he shook his head once again and took off.

"Niwa-kun!" Risa cried out once more but he either didn't hear her or ignored her. Riku gritted her teeth and set off after him. Something wasn't right here. Why was Niwa-kun avoiding them? He never was present whenever Risa went to see Dark, even when he was accompanying her. At least, not at the same time as Dark, he wasn't. Could it be? Could Niwa-kun really be Dark?

Riku shook these ridiculous thoughts from her mind as she chased after him. Jeez, he was fast. He was never this fast in school though. Suddenly, he stopped and Riku quickly hid behind a tree. Why, she didn't know. Instinct probably. Peeking out, she saw him look behind him cautiously, and swiftly turn into a dark alleyway. She followed him there, but was astonished to see that no-one was there.

Riku frowned; maybe he had taken a shortcut by climbing over those walls? She was about to investigate further, but decided against it as she checked her watch. 2 minutes to 10, she had to get back to her sister before she went and did something ridiculous. Glancing back one last time, she hurried out of the alleyway. She didn't like dark small spaces.

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Dark kept silent as he hid along the dark shadows at the back of the alley. He thought he had even stopped breathing. Only when Riku left did he emerge, relieved she hadn't found him. Right after Risa had pleaded at Daisuke in such an emotional way, he had felt the DNA react inside of him and had hurried off.

Lucky he did, because Daisuke had transformed right after he reached the alley. Just their luck Riku had tried to follow them.

-That was a close one.-

--I'll say--

-Ummm, Dark? Shouldn't you be at the museum now?-

Dark grinned. "Oh yeah, right." And with that he took off on his wings and headed towards the museum, unaware of the surprises that would await him there.

Yippee yay another chapter, another day! Hehe. Well hoped you enjoy reading this chapter! You better have, it took me awhile (shakes fist angrily)! And sorry if the description about the girl's clothing was horrible; I'm not good at that sort of stuff. And sorry because, well, Dark and the Harada twins didn't really do that much in the end. I mean, how much can you do on a beach at night? I think I'm apologizing too much. And Riku's getting suspicious…this is going to get interesting… aren't you just dying to know what's going to happen? Well, you're probably not but bad luck anyway! When you started reading this story, you signed a contract to say you would like it… well; no you didn't, but bad luck anyway!

Thanks to reviewers of all chapters! I love you all! Here, have some nice lollipops…

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