Before you even say it, I know that it has been over a month since I last updated this story. For the reason for a long gap in updating is simply that I've been extremely busy with schoolwork since I get a report assigned almost every other day. But still, I apologize for not updating sooner. Hopefully this chapter can be somewhat of a way to say sorry.
I hope that you enjoy this chapter and as for the disclaimer, I don't own digimon.
Chapter 5:
If You Were In My Shoes
"All right just a little bit higher. Okay, hold it right there for just a minute." Going for a closer examination it was revealed that Miyako was using her above average strength to lift one of Daisuke's couches as Hikari vacuumed underneath it. "Okay, you can put it down now Miyako." Doing as she was asked Miyako lowered the couch back to the ground. "Man, would it hurt Daisuke to keep his place clean?"
"Maybe cleaning isn't something that's on top of his list seeing as though he already has a lot on his plate." added Mimi who was seating in a near by desk doing some research. "Take what he's doing right now for example. Both he and Ken are dealing with a vampire nest that's close to an elementary school. He wanted to protect those kids since he feels as though they're more important than having his floors swept."
"Okay, I'll admit to that but it still doesn't mean that we got to be his servants while he goes and has himself some fun."
"I wouldn't consider what I had to do as fun." intervened an entirely new voice. At the doorway was Ken and covered by his coat Daisuke, who was covered in thick green slime.
"Man, what happen to you?" questioned Mimi. "As I recall vampires become dust when you kill them and don't go all slimily."
"We ran into a slime demon after dealing with the vampire nest." informed Daisuke as he tried to wipe the slime off of him. "They're not that hard to beat but when you cut into them it's like popping into a giant zit. Unfortunately I was in the line of fire when it popped."
"Oh poor Daisuke, he got all dirty fighting the nasty demon." taunted Hikari in sarcastic tone. "You are just trying to get the sympathy from all of us." Not in the mod for it at the moment, Daisuke immediately reacted to her words.
"I wasn't trying to get any sympathy. What's your problem anyways? Lately you've been biting nearly everyone's head off whenever they mention something even if it doesn't concern you." Stopping his rant Daisuke took a few deep breaths to calm down. "Is everything okay?"
"Yes, everything's fine. Besides, when did my personal life become any of your business?" Hikari quickly replied with a touch or ire behind her words.
Sensing the upcoming argument that was going to come between the two, Ken, Myako and Mimi started to leave. "You two can continue with your arguing if you want but until you guys settle with whatever the problem is we'll be taking time off." With that the three of them headed out, leaving the two bickering friends to settle their problem.
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Unbeknownst the two of them was that close by hiding from the prying eyes of any casual observers was a small creature, probably around five foot, with dark blue skin, small red horns on its forehead and a small black belt around its waist with some sort of talisman attack to it. Moving from shadow to shadow the creature searched for something that would interest him. He seemed to find that interesting thing when he heard the voices of three people who were heading towards a car.
"Thank goodness we got out of there when we did." exclaimed Ken as he went over toe the diver's side of the car. "I don't know what the deal with Hikari but I think I speak for the three of us when I say it's becoming a little old."
"I'm afraid I have to agree with you on that Ken." added Mimi. "Hopefully both Hikari and Daisuke will deal with whatever the problem is." With that, the three entered the car and drove off, leaving the creature who heard everything that was said.
"So, trouble between two friends? This should be something worth seeing." Heading over to where Ken and the girls left from the creature peaked into from one of the windows to see a man and woman arguing with one another. Wanting to know what was going on he went and press his ear against the window to hear what was transpiring.
"You think you got a good thing going for you don't you? But if it wasn't for your vampire abilities you would see that I got a tougher life than you do."
"Oh please tell me that you're kidding?" asked Daisuke in a questionable tone. "For the past six months you have seen all the crazy shit that I gone through and you say that you got it harder than me. I like to see you try to do my line of work."
"I bet if the roles were reversed I could deal whatever issues you have and maybe even better than you have." Hikari quickly retorted.
Hearing that caused the creature to instantly to come up with an idea. Reaching over to his talisman and pointed it at Daisuke and Hikari. "Se ara, ko dalo. Change this occurrence to give the person the opportunity to experience the other's way." When that was said two beams of light shot out of the talisman and went straight towards the two bickering friends. As the beams hit them it resulted in them to be consumed in a similar light. While this was happening an orb came out of each of their bodies and went into the other's body.
When that was over the both of them fell to the ground in a heap. "It's done. It'll be interesting to see what'll happen from here on out." Clipping the talisman back to his belt the creature left and as he was doing so he thought about what amusing things could happen now that he preformed his little trick.
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A few minutes after the little light show both Daisuke and Hikari regained their senses and slowly they both back up to their feet. "Care to explain what that was?" inquired Hikari as she tried to shake the fogginess that she was still experiencing.
"I've got absolutely no idea Hikari. That was definitely something that doesn't usually happen around here." Not really up to what could possibility lead to another argument Daisuke decided to call it a night. "It has been a long day Hikari and we're both tired so why don't you just go home and get some sleep?" Seemingly whatever those lights were about took just as much out of her as it did for him.
"Yeah, you're right. I'll see you tomorrow." On wobbly legs she headed out and drove off to home. With everyone now gone Daisuke began to head towards the bathroom to get clean up until he suddenly stopped and looked at his hand. Clenching and unclenching he examined it closely as if he was searching for something. "I don't know what it is but something is not right. I hope that I'm just imagining it although I really doubt it. "
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The Next Day…
"Come on Hikari, get up. We've got to get a move on." yelled Mimi as she went passed the closed door of Hikari's bedroom. Soon after leaving Daisuke's place, Hikari immediately went back to her place and slept. Now with her awake she had more energy than she ever had before. Moving around in almost a blink of an eye she got dressed and was standing in front of the front door, waiting for Mimi.
"Who's the slow one now Mimi?" joked Hikari in a good humor. "Let's get a move on while the day's still young." Becoming fed up with waiting, she was going to get the car warmed up. After taking only two steps she felt her entire body feel as though it was on fire. Acting out on reflex she fell back into the house where she started to feel her body begin to cool down.
Hearing her friend falling down, Mimi hurried over and knelt down beside her. "Are you okay Hikari? What in the world happen?"
Still taken back what just happen with her it took sometime for Hikari to answer. "I don't know Mimi. But I do have my suppositions."
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Around that same time Daisuke was awake but unlike Hikari he was having a tough time moving about. "Man, what's wrong with me? I don't remember ever being this tired before. At least, not since I became a vampire." Shaking the fogginess from his head he went to the kitchen, thinking that all he needed a drink to get his energy back. Pouring himself a cup of blood he started to drink it down only to spit it out. "What the hell? Did it coagulate or something?"
No up to take another drink he put the cup away and cleaned up the mess but he still felt out of it. "I shouldn't be this worn-out for this long. Even if I was wiped from dealing with the vampire nest and that slime demon it shouldn't take so long for me to recover. There has to be more to this. If only I knew what it was." He would get some insight on this situation when Mimi arrived followed by Hikari who strangely was covering herself with a blanket.
"Hey there guys. I wasn't expecting you to be here for at least another hour. Sorry for asking but I need to know what's the deal with the blanket Hikari?"
"How should I know?" Hikari answered with a not so cheerful tone in her voice. After she was securely indoors she removed her blanket. "I woke up and I was going to drop Mimi off here so I could get ready for a photo shoot that I got in a few hours. But when I stepped outside my entire body felt as though it was on fire and that feeling didn't stop until I got back into my apartment. The only sane thing that I could come up with was that it has something to do with what happen last night. Do you have any idea what's going on?"
Daisuke didn't say anything for a bit as he thought over what was said. "I think I do but maybe you should freshen up first, your hair is a mess." Taking Daisuke's advice, Hikari went over to a near by mirror only to step back as she had no reflection. "Mimi contact Ken and Miyako. Tell them that we got ourselves a little situation here." That would be the understatement of the year.
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Shortly after Ken and Miyako arrived all of them went to work on figuring out what was going on with Daisuke and Hikari. It would be Ken who came up with the best theory for what was going on. "Simply put, whatever happened to you guys went though last night caused the two of you to switch certain traits. To be more precise, Daisuke's vampire traits were transferred into you Hikari while your humanity went into him."
"In other words you're saying that Daisuke's human while I'm a vampire?" explained Hikari as simply as it could.
"Simply put, yes." Hikari said nothing as she tried to let everything was said to sink in. "The question now is if my theory is true then we got to find out what the source of it was. In my opinion it was the Takenaka Corporation who is responsible. It would be just like them to do something like this."
It sounded good but Daisuke had to disagree. "I don't think that they're responsible for this Ken. This just isn't their style. Even if this was their doing they would've capitalize on it by now. I believe it was an independent individual." Stopping for a moment Daisuke thought about something. "As a matter of fact, I do recall that right before briefly losing consciousness I think that I saw peering through the window some sort of creature, probably five feet tall, with dark blue skin and two small red horns on its forehead. I also believe it had some kind item in its hand."
"At least that gives us some clue on what did this. We now just need to identify it is so we can have a better chance in finding it."
"Already found it." From the desk Mimi came over with a open book in her hands. Handing the book over to Ken she pointed to a picture that resembled the thing that Daisuke described.
"It's a Yamcha demon. It's known as a mischievous demon, who likes to perform tricks and other sorts of mischief to both demon and human. This also saids that they're usually peaceful and don't cause any real harm. Of course that isn't always the case as some of their tricks have something been known as dangerous. I guess we found are culprit."
"It doesn't matter what this thing is. All that matters is we find the one who's responsible for this and make it reverse its affects." shouted Hikari from out of nowhere that caught everyone off guard. Glancing down to her watch she let out a gasp. "Oh shit! In all this going on I nearly forgot about it."
"Forget about what?" asked Miyako.
"My photos shoot. I've got to get over to it within the next two hours."
"Well, I guess you'll just have to skip it." remarked Daisuke as if it was nothing.
"No I won't." Hikari quickly replied back. "I'm not going to back out of this photo shoot and there's nothing you can say that'll change my mind."
Seeing that there was no way for him to change her mind, Daisuke let out a defeated sigh. "All right then. If you're so determine on going then I'm going with you to make sure that nothing had happens." Realizing that there was no one way to get around it Hikari reluctantly conceded to the condition. "While we're doing that the rest of you guys will try to find out where this Yancha demon is." "And hopefully will find a way to fix this before something bad really does happen."
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"I still think that this is a bad idea." Both Daisuke and Hikari were now at the photo shoot and Daisuke was once again voicing his concerns about the situation.
"Well, I don't care what you say. I can't really afford to not do this photo shoot. So, just stand back and let me do my job." She hurried to the make up table to her ready which proved to be difficult since she couldn't see the results in the mirror do to her unexpected circumstance. However, as she was doing that she began to hear some strange sounds. Focusing more on it she realized that it was the sound of heartbeats. Trying to find where the sound was coming from she discovered that the sounds were coming from every person that was around her.
She tried to ignore it but it only got louder with every second. It only got worse when she began to hear the blood flowing that was flowing through the people's veins. It was nearly unbearable as a make up lady lend close to her to reach for something and as she was doing that, Hikari felt that something was different with her face.
Slowly she reached up and felt that her forehead was now bumpy. A feeling of dread formed at the pit of her stomach as she put a finger against her teeth and her fears were confirmed when she felt two fang like teeth. Luckily no one had taken notice but knowing that eventually they would she close her eyes and focus. Fortunately that seemed to work as when she touched her face again to realize that it was back to normal, which was lucky as the make lady straighten herself up.
Not wanting to risk the chance of her face going vamp which she felt that was going to happen again as the sounds of flowing blood and beating hearts was becoming too much to bear. Quickly excusing herself she hurried over to where Daisuke was and surprised that he was talking with one of the other models. Seeing the distress look on his friend's face he said his goodbyes to the lady before heading over to Hikari.
"We've got a problem here Daisuke. My face went all bumpy and I can actually hear the blood flowing through people's bodies."
"You're starting to get the cravings." Understanding the seriousness of the situation he grabbed Hikari's hand and began to lead her to exit. "We've got to get you out of here right at this instant."
"But I already told you that I can't just walk away from this job."
"Fine then, if that's the case then let me do something to change the situation."
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"All right, just lay back and get some rest." Right after leaving the photo shoot Daisuke and Hikari got a call from Ken saying that they found where the Yancha demon was hiding out and were on their way to get him. Knowing that it wouldn't be wise to leave Hikari alone in her current condition, Daisuke told them that he would stay with her until they came back. Currently they were at Hikari's place since it was closer than his place.
"I'm still surprise that you were able to get me out of that photo shoot without me losing my job." remarked Hikari as she tried to get comfortable in her bed.
"Well, when the fire alarm goes off as a result of the sprinklers going off they'd surely have to postpone the shoot for a later date. Now you just get some rest and in no time you'll become one of the sun happy people again."
Listening to his advice Hikari let sleep overcome her. With her now sleeping Daisuke got up and was ready to leave the room so his friend could rest. "Rest well, Hikari. Hopefully all this will be only a memory by this time tomorrow. At least I hope it will be a memory and not a permanent nightmare."
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"Are you sure this is the right place Ken?"
"I'm sure of it Mimi. Our source said that a Yancha demon was seen around this area." The three of them were in an abandoned theme park that with the moonlight reflecting off all the rides it caused an eerier feel to the place. "Well, we're not going to find that demon by just standing around and doing nothing. Let's get a move on it."
Cautiously they search through the park and they had let to find anything. "This is pointless." exclaimed Miyako who was becoming fed up with their lack of luck. "The demon isn't here and there isn't any sign to prove me wrong."
As if to argue with Miyako's statement, some of the rides started up and on one of the horses of the marry-go-round was the Yancha demon and was having a great time. "There he is. Grab him before he gets away." Being the closes one, Miyako got to him first. But when she dove at him he moved out of the way which made her fall onto the porcelain horse.
With her too stun to move, the Yancha demon use some of its magic to cause the merry-go-round to go even faster to the point that it seemed like some swirling blur. Rushing to Miyako's aid, Ken ran over to help her only for the ride to suddenly stop and sending her flying on top of him.
"Ha, ha, ha. Man what a hoot that was." Laugh the Yancha demon. "I've got a feeling that you'll be entertaining. Let's hope that I'm right." With that he headed off, leaping from booth to booth.
"Come on you guys, we've got to go after him." hollered Mimi as she followed the demon. Moving quickly Ken and Miyako got untangled themselves and followed their friend. "I sure hope that Daisuke is doing a better job than we are."
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As much as Daisuke wanted the situation to be different they weren't. It had been nearly an hour since leaving the photo shoot and he had yet to get a call from Ken and the others saying that they had gotten the Yancha demon. The only positive thing was that Hikari was finally getting some rest as it had been a difficult thing for her to go through.
Allowing her to rest he went to the living room. Flopping himself down on the couch he look around and happen to spot something on her coffee table. Even though he knew it was wrong for him to sneak a peek his curiosity got the better of him as he reached over and grabbed them. On closer examination he saw that they were numerous opened up envelopes. Unable to stop himself he pulled out the paper from one of the envelopes and began to read it.
"Dear Hikari Kamiya. We are sad to inform you that we won't be requiring your services for our commercial shoot. We'll remember you if another modeling opening present itself." Putting the paper back into the envelope he went ahead and pulled out another one. "Dear Hikari Kamiya. We are writing to info you that you're late in paying the rent for your apartment. If you are unable to pay within the next month we'll be force to vacate the apartment. W are sorry to be the bearer of bad news."
Not wanting to read anymore letters, Daisuke put the envelopes back on top of the coffee table. "I never really thought how hard it has been for Hikari. By helping in my fight she has apparently been barely able to keep herself out of the red and matters couldn't have been easier with Mimi staying with her. There must be something I can do to fix this."
He was suddenly pulled away from his thoughts when he heard Hikari moaning and groaning from inside her room. Going in he saw that she was tossing and turning in her bed. Sitting beside her he attempted to wake her up. "Hikari, wake up. Come on, wake up." At last she awoke but she had on her vamp face and with a strong shove she tossed him against the wall. Pulling himself back to his feet he saw that Hikari got out of her bed and was slowly coming towards him. "Whoa, wait a minute Hikari. It's me, Daisuke."
Thankfully that seemed to bring her back to her senses as her face returned to normal. "Daisuke...? Oh God, what have I done? What was I about to do?" Falling to her knees she started to weep. Tentatively Daisuke went over to her in an attempt to comfort her. "Leave me Daisuke. Please, just leave me." With regret he turned around and left the room.
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"I'm telling you that I am getting quite fed up with this." Miyako's statement was shared by all of them as they were still on the trail of the Yancha demon. They've had numerous close calls but he always escaped at the last second. "If it wasn't for the fact that we needed him I would kill him very slowly and very painfully." Finally they were able to corner the demon to an abandoned warehouse that looked as though it was on the verge of collapsing.
"Okay you guys, we can't waste anymore time in this endless chase." spoke Ken who seemingly had become the unofficial leader during this mission. "This is what we got to do. We need to go in from two different points. Miyako, you and Mimi come from the back and try to sneak up on our target while I go through the front." Agreeing with the plan they split up with Ken going in.
Gripping his weapon tightly he surveyed the area and being careful so he wouldn't walk straight into a trap. "Come on, stop with the hiding. I'm not in the mood for hide and seek."
"Why would I do that? I always thought that hide and seek as an entertaining activity." laughed out a voice that belonged to the Yancha demon. 'Something puzzles me though. Why you and your friends are so dead set on getting your hands on me? What possible reason would have in my capture?"
"The reason is so that you can fix the damage that you've cause." Looking all around Ken tried to figure out where the demon was hiding but wasn't able to do so. "Being more precise the human and vampire that you encountered last night and caused them to switch places."
"Ah, I remember those two. Must say that was some of my finest works. I was wondering what would happen if I use my switch around spell on a human and vampire. Apparently it was a success."
"Fine then, you got your jollies from it. Now change them back."
The sound of laughter was once again heard, as it sounded like the demon was finding something funny. "I'm afraid that won't be happening."
"What! Why won't you change them back?"
"Because…" Suddenly, the Yancha demon leapt onto the back of Ken. "Why would I want to ruin all the fun?"
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"How could I lose control like that? How can I possibly show myself to my family and friends? Will I ever be able to live a normal life again?" All those thought kept going through Hikari's head as she sat on the edge of her bed, recalling when she slammed Daisuke into the wall. Speaking of which, he reentered the room but this time more carefully.
"Hey there, feeling better?"
"I should be the one to ask that." she informed but not looking up from the ground. "You were the one that crashed into the wall after all."
Almost on reflex Daisuke rubbed the area of back that was still tender from the hit. "Don't worry about it, I'm fine. It just helps me to remember what pain feels like as a human. Apparently I started to forget what it felt like."
"Still, I want to say sorry for what I did. It was just that I got the same feeling that I had when I was at the shoot only this time it was stronger." Becoming a little at ease, Daisuke went over and sat at the foot of her bed.
"This was what I was afraid of. Seemingly the cravings have gotten stronger." The seriousness that was in Daisuke's voice really concerned Hikari.
"That's the second time that you've mention these cravings. What do you mean by that?" It seemed as though the topic was a difficult one to talk about as it took sometime for Daisuke to speak up.
"I'm talking about you having a craving for blood. With you technically a vampire now you'd need to live off on blood. That would explain why you heard what you did with the people at the photo shoot. You were beginning to crave for the blood that they had inside them."
Finishing up his explanation Daisuke allowed what he said to sink in. Believing that the mood needed to change he brought up a new subject. "You know, this actually isn't the first time you experience something similar to this."
That immediately caught Hikari's attention. "What are you talking about? I think I'd remember if something similar to this happen to me before."
"That would be the case but I made sure that wasn't possible. It happen before Takeru unfortunately died and a while before Ken joined the group. You may recall when the three of us took out a vampire nest and that there was one that was about to bite you."
"I remember that. But you save me before he had the chance to actually bite me."
"That's somewhat true." That remark only further confusion that Hikari was experiencing. "When we attacked the nest the first time we weren't as fortunate. The vampire had actually gotten you and before we could stop him he made you drink his blood. Even though we killed him it was too late to save you from what he did. Not long after you died and became a vampire."
It seemed as though the next part was a difficult one for Daisuke as he had trouble talking about it. "Once you became one you escaped and were about to bite into an innocent man until me and Takeru intervened. The two of us fought one another and I was on the verge of staking you in the heart but I hesitated. Noticing my hesitation you began to taunt me. Unable to allow you the opportunity to kill anyone I staked you and thus killing you."
That was quite a load to lay on someone and it looked as though it caused the both of them to react but in different ways. For Hikari, it was hard to believe that something like that had actually happened without her remembering any of it. Daisuke on the other hand, it felt like a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders as that was the first time he ever mentioned about that incident to anyone.
Thinking that he was just trying to pull her chain Hikari started to doubt him. "That was an interesting story Daisuke but don't you think that I would remember that happening. Plus, being here doesn't help prove you story."
Getting up, Daisuke walked over to the window and admired the scenery, not worried about the sun seeing as how it was harmless to him at the moment. "I wasn't done with my story yet. Shortly after you were dusted, Takeru took me to a place called the Conduit which was some supernatural thing, hoping that they somehow would bring you back. After some talking and very painful trials they agreed to bring you back but there was a catch. They would reverse time to right before you were bitten and they said that no one besides me would remember what happen. Think of it as a reminder of what could happen. I believe you know how the story ends."
Unknown to Daisuke was that Hikari was overtaken by her cravings and with her vamp face went towards the only nearby warm body. In one swift motion she pulled him away and pinned him against the wall. "What's the meaning of this Hikari?" Getting a good look at his friend's face he recognized that she was no longer in full control of her faculties. "Hikari, listen to me. I know what you're going through and I'm telling you that you mustn't allow yourself to be controlled by those cravings."
"I'm sorry Daisuke." he managed to hear Hikari say in a hoarse voice. "I can't take it anymore. The constant sound of blood flowing through every person that's around me is driving me insane. I've got to put an end to it." With a snarl she sunk her fangs into Daisuke's neck and began to drink his blood.
Daisuke tried to break away but with Hikari's vampire strength and getting weaker from the losing of blood was unable to escape. "I've got to get away before I die…again. Unfortunately it's starting to get a little dark to see. Apparently I don't have much time left."
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"I'm just wondering young man. What did you discover when you did your little research about what I am?" questioned the Yancha demon as he maintained his grip on Ken. Seeing that he was in no position to do anything until helped arrived, Ken decided to play along for the time being.
"What do you think? You were said to be a trickster who likes to do cruel tricks and pranks on people for no reason."
"Ah, but that's where you're wrong. It's true that we Yancha demons are mischievous but what is not mentioned is that we're in a way wish makers." That bit of news surprised Ken as he never expected something like that to be said.
"You're joking right? What makes you think that you're a wish maker?"
"Because, from all the tricks and pranks they mostly came from granting someone's wish or desire that they wanted. Take your two friends as an example. They both wanted to experience what the other had to deal with so I decided to grant it to them. It's their fault that they couldn't deal with the consequences."
"If that's what you want to believe then go ahead. Just reverse whatever spell you did to them and let them chalk it up to a learning experience."
"Why should I, since it appears as though to be such an interesting situation. But that's enough about them." Apparently coming up with something the demon came closer to Ken to the point that his nose was right beside his face. "Is there anything that you wish for?" When Ken thought that this strange creature couldn't get anymore stranger he actually began to sniff him. "Ah, I see now. You wish for the affection of a young lady. I can help you in that problem if you want. All you need to do is wish for it."
"Wish for it huh?" There was a slight pause from Ken. "All right, I got a wish that I would like to make." Turning his head he stared the demon right in the eye. "I wish for you to get the hell away from me." Almost as if to answer his request, a large piece of wood came flying out of nowhere and struck the Yancha with such force that it sent him flying across the room and into a large pile of garbage. "About time you two showed up. What took you so long?"
"Walking out from the shadows were both Miyako and Mimi. "Sorry about making you wait Ken. We had some trouble finding our way in." Walking over until they were beside their friend Miyako gave him an inquisitive look. "What did that demon by you wanting the affection of a lady? What lady was he referring to?"
Becoming very uneasy Ken quickly thought of something to say. "I don't know what he was talking about. He was probably was just trying to mess with my head." Going back to the matter at hand the three of them turned their attention back to the Yancha who was getting his feet.
Walking over Ken put the point of his sword at his throat. "Unless you wish to see what the inside of your throat looks like, you'll reverse the spell that you put on our friends." To put more empathize his threat Ken pressed his sword a little harder against the demon's throat. "Well, are you going to do it or not?"
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"I must not have much left as I can hardly feel the rest of my body." Thought Daisuke as a blood crazed Hikari continued to drink the remaining bits of his blood. "For some strange reason I can't help but think back to when something like this happened." He was obviously referring to how he became a vampire. "I guess since I escaped death the first time and now it's trying for a second time."
With some of his remaining strength he placed a hand lightly on the Hikari's head. It almost look like he was helping Hikari get more of his blood. "Don't blame yourself about this Hikari. You couldn't help yourself. Maybe in time you'll be able to take up the mission from where I left off."
Suddenly, the two were forcibly separated as they were surrounded in a familiar light. Then two orbs of light came shooting out of their bodies and going into the other person. That being combined with the little blood drinking episode resulted in both of them to slip into unconsciousness.
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Two Days Later…
"So, are you holding up okay?" asked Ken as him and Daisuke were at his Daisuke's place just wasting time since there wasn't nothing else to do seeing as Miyako and Mimi were out enjoying a day on the town and Hikari was out finishing the photo shoot that was postponed.
"I'm fine. I should be glad that you guys were able to get that spell reversed when you did or I wouldn't be here." He then pointed to the small cotton patch that was on the side of his neck that Hikari bit him. "Even if I was able to free myself I wouldn't died from heavy blood lost. Fortunately that didn't become the case."
At that moment Hikari showed up. The moment that she and Daisuke made eye contact an unsettling silence developed the area and Ken could sense it. "Uh, well, look at the time. I just realize that I got to be somewhere else right now. I'll catch you guys later." With that he went out the door, leaving his two friends behind.
The silence continued to surround the two, as neither one knew what to say. "So…how did the photo shoot go?" questioned Daisuke in the hopes that it would break the silence.
"Great. It went off without a hitch. Although the strangest thing happened after the photo shoot was done. Apparently I already got two more jobs lined up for me. What's more stranger is that both of those jobs being for a Samuel Bentson product."
"Perhaps he figured that you were the best one to be a part of those jobs."
"Or maybe a common friend asked him to give me those jobs." Looking over at Daisuke, she gave him a stare that cause him to hesitant. Obviously Hikari knew more than what she was letting on. "I know that it was you Daisuke that asked Samuel to make me apart of those jobs and I'm thankful."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Hikari just continued to give him the same knowing stare. "Okay, I did. But that's what friends are for." Getting up from his seat he headed to the kitchen and he could tell that Hikari was following close by.
"You know Daisuke; we should really talk about what happened between us during that whole switch thing." It was apparent that Hikari wanted to get to the matter at hand.
"Forget about it Hikari. There's nothing to really talk about." answered Daisuke a bit too quickly. While Hikari might want to talk about what happened, Daisuke was another matter.
"No, there is something that needs to be discussed. I want to say sorry." That was certainly not what Daisuke expected her to say. I said that your situation couldn't be all that hard and then, when the tables were turned I lose control and nearly drink you dry. Can you ever forgive me?"
Turning around, Daisuke walked over to Hikari. "There isn't anything to forgive since I don't blame you for what happened. Besides, I think it gave you a better understanding of what's it's like to be in my shoes."
Relived to see that everything was all right between them, Hikari gave him a grateful smile. "It sure did and in a strange way I'm glad that I was able to experience it."
I hope that you readers like how I did this chapter. I figured that it was a good way to show that things can be harder than you think that they are. Anyways, please leave a review before you leave. I would greatly appreciate it.