I know that it's been over a month since I last review but I got a good reason. I had to HUGE school projects to work on at the same time and it left me with very little time to work on this story. It's an excuse that's been use many times by many other writers but it's the truth. Anyways, hopefully you'll forgive me and read this latest chapter to my series. As for the dumb disclaimer, I don't own digimon.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)

Chapter 6:
Drink Up

"Well, how are things going with our subject?" asked one of the Takenaka Corporation's higher ups. They were once again in the secluded laboratory to check on their project which had greatly improved from their last visit.

"Everything is going according to plan sir." answered one of the scientists. "It's all green in the health department. If things keep going as they are the project should be up and around in no time."

"That's excellent news. Make sure that nothing prevents our project from coming to be we better do something with Daisuke Motomiya and friends to keep them distracted." Walking over the higher up placed a hand on the glass tube. "Inform Hitomi Mitchell to deal with Motomiya. Nothing deadly, just something that'll keep him and his friends occupied."

Receiving his orders the scientists left to deliver the orders. Once the person was gone the higher up rubbed his hand over the tube. "Just you wait. Soon you'll have your spot in the sun, my Serenity."

-/-/-/-/-

A Week Later…

"Tell me again why we had to witness such a horrible thing?" asked Ken.

"We had no choice in the matter. We were in no position to get away from it." whispered Hikari as they wouldn't be heard. Currently they were at her apartment.

"That may have been the case but it doesn't mean I won't have nightmares from sitting through that whole thing." To emphasize his statement he picked up a DVD movie case with the title 'Gigli' on the cover and with a shiver he tossed it to the other side of the coffee table. "When I thought that the original English version was bad enough, I had to watch the Japanese version."

"I know what you mean. But it was Mimi's turn to pick the movie and she chose that one. Apparently coming from another dimension gives you a different perspective of things." Thinking back Hikari could recall the many times that Mimi laughed at some of the scenes that were 'funny'. "For example: when a movie sucks or not."

Even though both her and Ken didn't really care for the lame attempt of humor they were kind enough to laugh once and a while with. Of course, that wasn't the case with Miyako who at some moments was on the verge of tossing the DVD disc out the nearest window.

"Look on the bright side. We could've have been Daisuke's choice and we both know that it would most likely have been another hardcore blood filled action movie." Standing up the two of them walked to the kitchen where both Mimi and Miyako were cleaning the dishes. "Speaking of Daisuke, is it just me or has he been acting peculiar recently?"

"You're not the only one to notice Ken." replied Miyako. The four of them were now sitting around the kitchen table with their drinks in hand. "In fact, just three days ago while we were on patrol we encountered a small group of vampires that were trying to feed on a group of teenagers. We of course took care of them, quite easily I may add. But after when one of the kids tried to thank him he grabbed their arm and squeezed it to the point of nearly breaking it. Fortunately he snapped out of it before any real damage was done. It's just that when I saw the look that he had when he grabbed that kid's arm it actually sent shivers down my spine."

An unsettling silence went across the four as neither one really knew what to say until Mimi spoke up. "Come on you guys. This is Daisuke we're talking about. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about and everything will be fine in the end." By the looks on their faces, Hikari, Ken and Miyako didn't share their friend's opinion. "I'm positive of it."

-/-/-/-/-

While that was going on, Daisuke who had headed back to his place shortly after leaving the others was sitting on the kitchen floor. That wouldn't be all that strange except for the fact that scattered all across the floor were empty cups and plastic bags of what were once filled with the supply of pig's blood that he kept.

Along with that was the unusual look that was on the face of Daisuke. "What's going on?" Glancing back to the mess he had created Daisuke couldn't help but tremble. "I don't why but I couldn't stop myself from feeding. Something's not wrong and I don't like it."

-/-/-/-/-

Next Day…

"What happened to you last night?" asked Hikari. "You left without so much as an explanation. Did something come up?" Hikari had arrived to Daisuke's place early in the morning hoping to find out why he had to suddenly leave like he did last night.

"Yeah, there was. I went to checked something out and what I discovered were a group of vampires who were about to chow down on some people. Apparently they recognized me because when they spotted me coming they ran off. Not allowing them to get away I chased after them. Eventually I caught up to them and dealt with them and by that time it was so late that I just decided to head home. Sorry for making you worry." Of course what Daisuke said was a lie but for some reason he didn't say the truth. It was as though there was a voice in his head telling him to not reveal what really happen.

"It's no problem. There was something important to do and you dealt with it. Really, I understand." On the outside it looked as though Hikari had believed her friend's response. But on the inside was another story as something told her that there was something else that Daisuke wasn't telling her.

Moments later Ken and the others came back from their shopping. "Hey guys we're back and we are baring food." hollered Ken. They all headed to the kitchen to get themselves something to eat. Fortunately for Daisuke he remembered to clean up the mess that he caused last night.

"What are you waiting for? Strike now before they have the case to defend themselves." screamed a voice in Daisuke's head which caught him off guard since it sounded as though it belonged to someone else. Looking around he tried to find out if there was someone else responsible for it, which in part caught the attention of Hikari.

"Are you all right Daisuke? You seem a little out of it."

"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine." he quickly lied. "I must still be a little out of it from last night. Maybe I should go back to my room and get some rest." He left the kitchen in a hurry, leaving his friends in confusion.

"Is it just me or was Daisuke acting stranger than usual?" questioned Miyako.

"Come on you guys, you heard him. He's just said that he was tired from dealing the vamps last night." spoke Hikari in the defense of Daisuke.

"That's just it Hikari. Don't you think it's a little strange that Daisuke would be that tired after dealing with a problem?" That bit information caught everyone's attention since Miyako didn't bring up an interesting point. "Think about it, what was the last time you saw him all worn out from fighting a vampire, let alone a group of them?" Hikari had nothing to say as she didn't know how to answer that question and wondering if her friend had a point.

-/-/-/-/-

"What's up with me?" That thought kept going through Daisuke's head as he walked around him room with the door locked. "Did I actually hear a voice or am I losing my mind?"

"You're not losing anything. At least, not yet." spoke the same voice that Daisuke heard moments ago, only this time it was heard more clearly.

Looking all over Daisuke couldn't find where the source of the voice was coming from. "All right, whoever you are show yourself this instant."

"Daisuke, my dear boy. Don't you get it yet? I'm inside you?" Somewhat surprising, Daisuke let out a small laugh.

"Ha, ha, very funny. Now why don't you drop the joking and tell me who you are?" he asked in a quiet tone so that his friends wouldn't hear him. "They might think that I was crazy if they heard me."

"And whose to say that you aren't crazy?" the unknown voice asked in a humorous tone. "You are really that dense aren't you? Let me answer you nice and simple. I'm you. More precise, I'm the demon half of you."

That statement nearly blew Daisuke mind. "That can't be. There is no way that what you say is true."

"Come on now. You know just as well as I do that when a person becomes a vampire that human's soul leaves the body and is replaced by a demon." stated the voice as if it was common knowledge. "Did you think that since you came back with a soul you didn't have some demon in you?" Daisuke's silence was all the voice needed to know. "I've been trapped inside you. Can you imagine what it was like? Being unable to touch, to speak or being unable to do whatever you want. It was like a living hell."

All this newly gathered information was starting to get to Daisuke as he needed to sit down so he could concentrate on what was going on. "If what you say is true then why are you all of a sudden begun to become active?" thought Daisuke to himself since he saw that there was no need to speak out loud if the source of the voice was in fact inside him.

"To be honest, I have no clue. All that matters to me is that it allows me the chance to gain control of this body. Just as it was suppose to be in the first place."

"Oh hell no. Do you actually think that I'll allow you to take my body without a fight?"

"You stupid fool. Do you believe that you really have a choice in the matter?" With those words Daisuke's body began to shake uncontrollability.

"W-What are you doing to me?"

"Isn't it obvious? I'm taking possession of your body." The shakes were becoming so great that Daisuke collapsed completely to the ground.

"That won't happen." retorted Daisuke in a strained voice. "I'm not going to allow you to get control because I know what you'll be planning on doing if you're let out." The struggle continued with both minds fighting to gain control. "You won't get away with this. I'll stop you from coming out. .AAAHHH!"

As the scream died down so did the body spasms. When it seemed to be done, the body of Daisuke went back to his feet and casually straightens his shirt. "Now with that out of the way, it's time to get to more important matters." Opening the door he walked out of his room and was quickly met by Hikari and the others.

"Daisuke, are you all right?" asked a worried Hikari. "We heard you scream and we wanted to see what happen."

Turning his gaze to her Daisuke gave her a friendly smile. "I'm fine. Really I am. I just had a real bad dream. So don't worry your pretty head over it." Walking pass the group he grabbed his coat and put it on. "Now, if you excuse me, I have to go do at the moment. Until I see you again, see ya."

Daisuke head to the door and along the way he grazed by Mimi. When the two made contact it caused Mimi's power of premonition to react as she began to get imagoes of Daisuke to flash in her head. However, along with those images was the feeling of an unknown fear. It was so strong that she actually fell to her knees. "Mimi, are you okay?" a worried Miyako asked.

Ignoring her cousin's question Mimi turned to Daisuke who was still walking over to the door. "Stop D-Daisuke. …Don't allow him to leave. He mustn't leave this house." Hearing Mimi's words cause the others to look at Daisuke as he was about to step out and his back was facing towards them.

Suddenly, Daisuke began to chuckle but it wasn't one of good humor. Instead it was one that had a dark tone behind it. "Hey, I guess the cat's out of the bag. It's a shame really. I would've love to keep up the act for a while longer." Looking over his shoulder Daisuke gave them a stare that cause them to have shivers running up and down their spines. "Oh well, I apparently have to move things ahead of schedule."

Opening the door he ran into the night leaving his friends behind in bewilderment. "Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on here?" asked Miyako. Rushing to the door she tried to see where Daisuke head off to but couldn't find a trace of him. "What was the deal with Daisuke? He didn't seem to be himself. It looked as though he was a completely different person."

The attention was soon turned towards Mimi as she was being helped back up to her feet by Hikari. "Maybe you can shed some light on the situation Mimi. After all you were the one who said something about him possibility being dangerous."

Helping Mimi back to her feet, Hikari sat her down on a chair so that she could regain her bearings. "Mind telling us why you got all worried about Daisuke?"

"I'll tell you why. As he was leaving me made contact with me and when that happen it cause my power to kick in."

"Well, what did you see? Does it have something to do with how Daisuke was acting before he disappeared?"

"All I saw was brief images of him. He was after someone that I couldn't identify. But what worried me was when I saw those images I got the feeling of fear from the unknown person and a sense of evil coming from Daisuke." When they heard that everyone looked at one another with perplexed expressions. "The evil that I got from him was like nothing I felt before. It was something that couldn't possibly have come from him. It was something doesn't come close to human."

Suddenly, everything in the house went out, leaving all of them in darkness with the only available light source being the moonlight that was coming through the windows. "What's going on?" asked Ken as he tried to adjust to the darkness. "Did the power go out?"

Before anyone could answer the sound of something tapping against the windows was heard and before they could find out where it was coming from the tapping moved to somewhere else. "Its him." muttered Hikari as she tried to figure out where the source of the tapping would come next. "Daisuke didn't run off like we thought he did. He's now playing with us."

"You hit the nail on the head." stated a voice that didn't belong to any of those that were originally in the house. Turning to the back door they saw Daisuke standing at the doorway and from where they were none of them could see his face from the chin up. "My, my, isn't this a sight. All of you guys lined up like lanes being led to the slaughter."

Being taken by surprise by their friend's sudden change in attitude, Hikari and the others didn't know what to do. Being the first one to recover, Ken slowly edged closer to him but still kept a safe distance away. "Daisuke? Are you feeling all right?"

"I'm fine. Actually, I've never felt so alive, which is funny seeing as how I'm dead." A sickening laugh escaped Daisuke's lips. "It must've been the blood that I've been having. But I think it's time to get a much richer supply." Almost casually Daisuke took a step forward. "The only question is which one of you we'll be the first?"

"Come on Daisuke, this isn't like you."

"Oh, but it is. It's just been buried inside, waiting to come to the surface." It was then that Hikari realize something.

"You're not Daisuke." That statement caught everyone by surprise as it was the last thing that they expected for her to say. "I've known Daisuke for a long time. I knew him even before he became a vampire. You may look like him but I know that you're not him."

Once again, 'Daisuke' let out a dark chuckle. "Quite clever girlie girl you are. No wonder Daisuke thinks so highly of you."

"Enough of your bullshit! Tells us where Daisuke is this instant." demanded a furious Miyako.

"Oh, Daisuke's here but he's out for the moment. Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Daisuke or to be more precise, I'm the darker side of your friend." Taking the silence that he was getting from the others it was clear that he had their complete attention. "I'm the demon that has been lying dormant inside of that pathetic excuse of a vampire since he was reborn."

Stretching out whatever kinks that he had, 'Daisuke' stepped out from the shadows and when the moonlight hit his face they all saw that his face was in its vampire form. "You know, I never liked the name Daisuke. Reminds me too much of the previous owner of this body." As if the words were vile, he spitted on the ground.

"I rather be called something better suits me and I just so happen to come up with just a name." If 'Daisuke' couldn't be anymore creepier he looked at Hikari and the others with a very disturbing stare that was worse since he was doing it while in his vamp form. "For now on, call me Dai. Sounds similar to the word die, which what you'll all be once I'm done with you. I think I'll start with the women."

In a blink of an eye, the thing now known as Dai grabbed Ken and put him in a strangle hold with Dai holding him in front of him. "Or perhaps I'll start with instead." The others could only look on since they knew that if they so much as move Ken would be put in even more danger.

"Come on you guys. Aren't you going to at least try and save him?" taunted Dai. What about you Miyako. Don't you want to help your man? You know, I think I see what you like about him. If I happen to swing that way I would probably take him for myself."

His taunting got the response that he wanted as Miyako was on the verge of throwing all caution to the wind and go straight after Dai but was held back by Hikari. "Okay Daisuke or Dai or whatever you want to be known as. You had your fun now let go of Ken before one of us does something that we'll regret."

Dai's response was a small chuckle. "Hikari, Hikari, Hikari. It's a pleasure to finally meet you." Smirking he looked over Hikari's body from top to bottom. "A real pleasure I must say. How about after I kill everyone else I torture you for a few excruciating hours until I kill you when I get bored? Come on, doesn't that sound like fun?"

Keeping a calm expression Hikari slowly inched over to Dai. "Sounds interesting but why not leave the others and move on to the later part of your suggestion? As she continued to go over she cast a quick glance over to Ken. Once making eye contact with one another he understood what she was implying.

"Now, why would I want to do that?" "Give me one good reason why I should skip out of all of the fun that I could have with them?" To put some emphases on that question Dai slightly tighten the grip that he had on Ken's throat.

"Because you would make us do this. Do it now!" Taking the queue, Ken quickly delivered a back elbow to Dai's gut. Being unprepared for the blow, Dai lean forward and at the same time lost his grasp on Ken, who distanced himself from the enemy. With their friend now safe they went on the offense and the one who led it was Miyako who spirited forward and within a blink of an eye she delivered a hammering blow to the back of the head of Dai. The force of the blow was so strong that it caused Dai to fall to his knees.

So very slowly Dai got back to his wobbly legs Dai touched the back of his head and when he pulled back he saw that there was blood on his hand. With unfocused eyes he cast his sights on everyone of his adversaries. "You…bastards." His eyes then rolled into the back of his head as he collapsed face first to the floor. Creeping over to the fallen body, both Ken and Miyako went to check out if he was indeed out. After a few seconds it was confirmed that he was unconscious.

"What are we going to do now?" asked Mimi as she and the others cautiously surrounded the limp form of Dai. "He won't be out for long so we better think of something quick."

Fortunately, Hikari came up with a solution. "I got an idea but I'll need your guys' help."

-/-/-/-/-

"Man, what hit me?"

"That would have been me." spoke a voice.

Opening his eyes, Daisuke checked his surroundings to see that all his friends were all looking at him with tentative stares. He tried to get up but wasn't able to do so. Looking down he saw that he was chained heavily to a support beam in the basement. Saying that he was deeply confuse was an understatement. "Guys, what's the meaning of this? What happened?"

"Don't you remember what happened last night?" asked Mimi.

Daisuke didn't have a clue until he suddenly recalled everything that occurred last night. "Oh my, everyone I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me."

"I believe that this had something to do with your unexpected change." Spoke Ken as he held a test tube that contained what appeared to be what was left of the blood that Daisuke had been drinking recently. "After examining this sample I've discovered that this was more than pig's blood. There were small traces of human blood mixed within it and after closer probing I discovered that it came from people that you know Daisuke. To be more precise, the traces of blood came from me, Hikari and everyone from your immediate family."

"Are you telling us that for who knows how long Daisuke has been drinking the blood of his family and friends, thus causing his demon self to come to the surface?" questioned Hikari who like the others were shocked about what Ken just told them.

"That's precisely what I'm saying. But the question is who would be able to do such a thing?"

"I have a good idea who." answered Daisuke. That was the first thing that he said after being told what the cause of last night's activities to happen. "Now unchain me so I can confront them."

-/-/-/-/-

"Yes sir. I understand." Miss Hitomi Mitchell exclaimed as she walked down the halls of the Takenaka Corporation while talking on her cell phone. She was talking tentatively on the phone as on the other end was one of the Takenaka Corporation's higher ups. "Believe me sir; I know the importance of my assignment. I promise you that I won't fail."

Hanging up the cell phone she entered her office which was almost completely dark. "At last, you finally arrive." spoke a sudden voice from behind her. "I was starting to wonder if you'd ever show up." Taken by complete surprise, Hitomi spun around to see Daisuke sitting behind her desk and the look that he was giving her was one of absolute distain for the person standing before him.

"A funny thing happened to me recently. I had my blood supply spiked with the blood of those that I cared about. As a result it caused me to become a blood thirsty monster who wanted to kill the people that I consider as a second family." The tone of voice that Daisuke was using lacked any trace of emotion which frightened Hitomi more than anything else.

"It didn't take much to figure out who was behind it all." Turning his complete focus on the worried woman, Daisuke gave her the hardest glare that he could do at that moment. "You know Hitomi, what you did was inexcusable."

"Don't take it so personal." countered Hitomi. "I was merely doing my job." Despite putting up a brave front it was obvious that Hitomi was worried about her safety. "If he wanted to he could kill me before I have the chance to call for help."

"There are so many thing that I could do to you Hitomi. Some of them in which would probably make my darker side back away in fear. I could make you also a vampire just so that I would have the opportunity to kill more than once."

After continuing with his glare for a few more moments, Daisuke got up and began to head for the door. Just before he left however, he stopped and had his back facing towards Hiomi. "Oh, but before I go, there's something I still need to do."

In a blink of an eye he reached over and had a tight grip on Hitomi's neck. "If you ever think about doing something like that again to me or those I care for I promise you that you'll never see another sunrise and believe me, there would be nothing stopping me from making sure that happens. Do I make myself clear?"

Getting a weak nod of the head by Hitomi, Daisuke released his grip and walked out of the office without another word being spoken. Rubbing her sore neck Hitomi sat at her desk where she was about to make a call when she noticed something missing and quickly realize who was the person responsible for the item being missing. "Damn you Daisuke. Damn you straight to hell."

Just outside, walking through the hallways was Daisuke who had a big smirk on his face. "Man that felt good to let out all that pent up tension." Looking down at his right hand he spotted an envelope with the word 'Classified' on it. "Now what could be so important that would cause such a panic for Hitomi and the higher ups? I guess there is only one way to find out."

-/-/-/-/-

It was now nightfall and after leaving the Takenaka Corporation building, Daisuke went back to his place and asked Ken to do some research in what was in the envelope. Miyako went along with him seeing that she might be able to help him in some way. At the moment, Daisuke was just staring out a window looking at the nighttime scenery.

"Enjoying the view aren't you?" Turning around to the direction of the voice he saw that it came from Hikari who walked into the room with Mimi following close behind.

"I was just thinking about stuff. Nothing important that needs to be talked about."

"You're lying. You were thinking about what happened last night weren't you?" Obviously his friend saw through his attempted lie.

"You know me too well Hikari. I can't help but think about what I did."

"That wasn't you Daisuke." shouted Mimi all of a sudden. "The thing that did those things last night wasn't you."

"Can you really sure about that?" Daisuke let that question remain in the air for a while before he continued. "I mean, this thing, Dai or whatever is still a part of me." Slowly Daisuke placed his hand over to where his non-beating heart was. "Even now, I can still feel him trying to come out. You can't possible know what it's like."

In an attempt to comfort her friend, Hikari put a caring hand on his shoulder. "Actually, in a way I do know what you're going through. Don't forget that when we switch traits, causing me to become a vampire I had a similar demon in me. But you stopped me before I did something that I would regret. Just remember this, you're a man with a demon inside, it's not the other way around."

Being touched by her words, Daisuke put his hand on top of hers. "Thank you Hikari and you too Mimi. I appreciate what you said. I'll take your words into consideration." However, in the back of his mind Daisuke thought he could hear the faint chuckle, which no doubt belonged to Dai.

I hope you readers liked the chapter. If you're wondering if this is the last time will see Daisuke's demonic half Dai all I can say is wait and see. He may appear again sometime later in the story. Now, before you go, please be kind and leave a review about how you felt about this chapter, story and the series in general. Until I update again, see ya.