A/N: Yes, the last chapter. Again, not very long. No, I'm not writing anything after this that has to do with this particular storyline.

In other news, the next chapter of 'La Fraise' is almost complete, as well as the one after it. There are two particular scenes that I'm having trouble with, and I don't want to deal with them until after my French exam. Oh, and my muse has an irritating itch to write some Ouran Koukou fanfiction…dangerous waters, me friends.

Disclaimer: I do not own DN Angel. I barely have enough money to buy food, so, please, don't sue me. And since I will be a starving artist in the future, it's futile to hope that you can sue me later.

/commencer/

The Rivals

Chapter 3: They Said

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Risa, Daisuke, Satoshi, and Krad stared in fascination as Dark and Riku's lips moved ever closer. Anticipation hung in the air as thick as a really big loaf of bread, and the four were scared to even blink. Riku began lifting her hand, a certain sign of surrender.

Then, a big, white light blinded them all.

Not forever, you understand. Just until they managed to blink and rub the dancing black spots from their respective visions.

When this was successfully accomplished, the scene they faced was unlike anything they had imagined.

Well, maybe they had, but it wasn't occurring to any of them right now.

The scene entailed Dark and Riku.

Not kissing (this is probably the most significant detail).

Smiling (this runs a close second though).

At their audience no less.

Satoshi, being the genius that he is, was the first to snap out of his stupor and realize that there was one fact that perhaps was even more important than the not kissing one.

Riku was holding a camera.

Oh, he thought. He locked eyes with Riku. Her smile widened into a smirk that was eerily reminiscent of Dark's Famous Smirk. Well, that was an interesting little tidbit to file away for later.

"Gotcha," Dark said.

When no one spoke after that, Dark and Riku became slightly worried. But only slightly.

Daisuke blinked and cleared his throat. "So…was this all a big trick?"

"Yep."

More silence. Satoshi sighed.

"May I be the first to ask why, exactly, you decided now and for what reason?"

"Oh, that." Riku shrugged. "I overheard you guys talking about your plan to prove that Dark and I are romantically interested in each other. I just beat you to the punch, so to speak."

Krad tilted his head. "Wait, so you guys collaborated on something?"

Dark nodded. "Yeah, we do that all the time. You know, we're actually good friends outside the whole rival-thing."

"I see."

Birds chirped for a few moments.

"You're going to plan major, possibly humiliating, payback for us, aren't you?"

"Yep."

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Once everything was straightened out and the intricacies of the plan explained so Satoshi could dissect it and possibly implement aspects of it into future schemes, lunch continued. So did Life. But Life is more big-picture stuff. After all, they still have to enjoy the rest of their senior year, rival-free. Well, as rival-free as Dark and Riku can get. Old habits die hard and all that jazz.

The whole incident was explained to the school as Dark having a weird personality shift. Stress of exams, you know. This was at Dark's insistence of course. He couldn't have his reputation ruined. The fangirls would be so disappointed.

This story ends here. Not their story but this story. More will come. Unless, you know, Dark and Riku decide to go on that rampage of theirs. One can never know.

/fin/

A/N: Wow, sorry to go all Margaret Atwood on everyone, à la "Happy Endings." Quirky little miniseries, isn't this?

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