Okay, chapter 10.

I'M SO SORRY THAT IT TOOK SO LONG! I PROMISE IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT I'VE BEEN SO BUSY AND UNINSPIRED!

Disclaimer: (I forget to do this a lot) I do not own DNAngel.

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It took several seconds for Daisuke to realize what he had just done. "Oh my god! Kari, I'm sorry I didn't mean—" He never got to finish his explanation because at that moment Dark took over.

"Hahaha!" Laughed Dark, "Looks like our little Daisuke has fallen for you, Kari!"

She didn't move.

As a matter of fact, she still hadn't moved since the redhead kissed her.

"Uh…Kari?" Dark waved his hand in front of her face. "You okay?"

She blinked several times, and her mouth moved as if she were trying to form words.

She suddenly turned on her heel and began to walk out of the house, Dark was quick to follow. "Kari? Where are you going?"

She didn't respond, just headed down the street at a rapid pace Dark had to practically run to keep up with her. Just then a thought occurred to him, "She's heading for the cliffs!" Sure enough, he was right and they arrived at a cliff that looked over the ocean not far from their sea-side town. A giant memorial windmill sat in the center of the plaza and a railing ran along the edge of the cliff so that people were sure not to fall off.

Unless they did it on purpose.

Before Dark could even react, Kari was at the railing. She leaned over and….

Screamed.

It was a loud piercing scream, the kind that echoes off nothing and seems to enter the back of your head. It seemed to last forever and by the time it was over everyone in the nearby area was staring at the blue-eyed girl.

Kari straightened up and turned to smile at Dark, "Wow, I feel so much better now!" With that, she skipped away humming some random tune she had heard on the radio.

By this time the innocent by-standers in the square were looking at Dark. "Uhhh…nothing to see here, folks! Nope, nothing at all!" With panic written all over his face, he ran down the street after Kari.

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Kari had arrived at the house before Dark and by the time he got home she was already changed out of her uniform and into a pair of form-fitting jeans and a white tank-top.

"What was that all about?" he yelled once he found her sitting at the dining room table munching on some strawberries with Wiz.

"I don't know what you mean." Her blue eyes hit him with a cold stare.

"I almost had my cover blown back there!"

"It's amazing how little I care."

"What's wrong with you?" sudden concern reached Dark's voice. Kari was acting strangely even for her.

"How much have you been affecting Daisuke's feelings?"

Dark stepped back in horror, "H-how did you know?"

"I'm not stupid, Dark. Some of the feelings Daisuke has aren't really his, you've been planting those in his head without him realizing it, haven't you?"

Guilt was written all over Dark's face.

"How much of that was real!" She screamed at him, "How much of the stuff Daisuke said was really what he meant!"

Wiz jumped at her sudden uproar, scurrying out of the kitchen in fear of Kari's wrath. Dark watch Wiz run and whispered, "Only a little."

"Tell me what's real!"

"I only planted the fierce need to protect you with his life in his head, I swear. The rest, the falling in love with you, that was all him."

Kari bit her lip and forced herself not to cry, "I-I guess I…" she trailed off. "I didn't want him to fall for me. This is going to end badly; I don't want to break his heart."

Dark finished her thought for her, "You were hoping that his feelings weren't real."

She nodded, tears forming in her eyes.

Dark hated to see her cry, it tore him apart inside. He leaned down so that his face was right next to hers and he kissed her.

It wasn't passionate, it wasn't even French. It was just a simple kiss, soft and sweet.

"I know you're scared but don't worry, I'll always be there to protect you."

Kari caught his amethyst eyes with her Safire ones, "Liar."

Dark laughed at her response, a mischievous grin on his face, "Well, at least I'm consistent!"

She punched his shoulder, "Baka! It's not a good thing to be consistent when you're doing something wrong!"

"Well, I guess I better fix that," he said, standing up and heading for the stairs. He motioned for the girl to follow.

Upstairs he opened the dresser in Daisuke's room and reached for the very back of it, "Let's see…" he muttered, fumbling with the wood paneling of the drawer. There was an audible click and the dresser slid away to reveal alcove in the wall. "This is where I keep my secret stash," Dark explained to Kari, "But shhhhh! Don't tell anyone!"

She laughed as he stepped into the literal hole-in-the-wall and began rummaging around. When he returned from his search he held a small black-velvet box. "If you insist on going on that date tomorrow, I insist that you wear this." Dark snapped open the box to reveal a tiny angel wing made of silver hanging from a delicate silver chain.

Kari gently lifted the necklace from its box, afraid that it would fall apart in her hands. "It's beautiful, Dark, but what's it for?"

Dark smiled, happy that he got to be the smart one for once. "This necklace can only be put on and taken off the wearer by the wearer, aka: you. Inside that little silver wing are tiny snips of both Krad and my feathers and whoever wears it has the power to keep Krad and I subdued inside our tamers, aka: Daisuke and Satoshi."

Kari interrupted him, "Well, if that's true why didn't you give this to Daisuke or use it yourself?"

Dark smirked, feeling smarter by the second, "Well, obviously it can't be used by Krad, Satoshi, Daisuke, or I."

"Obviously," muttered Kari, rolling her eyes.

Sensing her irritation, Dark quickly continued, "It also allows the wearer to call us out from our tamers, in other words, I will always be there whenever you call me."

She looked at the sparkling accessory, "Sounds too good to be true, what's the catch?"

Dark grinned, Kari may look like an innocent little angel but she could be a real smart-ass when she felt like it. "You don't miss anything do you?" He turned suddenly serious, "It only works when you're within one hundred yards of whomever you are subduing and/or calling out. In other words, it will always work on me because you have to be in range of your heart, but…"

"Krad will be able to claw his way out of Satoshi whenever he's out of the necklace's power zone."

"Exactly and another problem is that once Krad and/or I have been released you won't be able to force us back inside our tamers. So if Krad came out when you weren't around then tracked you down you wouldn't be able to bring Satoshi back out."

Kari considered this then said, "So it only works when Daisuke or Satoshi are the ones originally in control? It has to be their bodies that I manipulate?"

"Precisely."

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"Oh, Satoshi, you're early."

The blue-haired boy looked up from the book he was reading at the café to see Kari's face just inches from his. Her bright azure eyes locked with his and a blush slowly reached his cheeks as she smiled at him.

"Did you eat already?"

He shook his head.

"Oh good! I woke up early this morning so I decided to make a bento-box for us, is that okay?"

He nodded, noticing that as she spoke she leaned in toward him even more.

God, she was so close.

"Ne, Satoshi, you're being awfully quiet. Are you alright?"

So close.

Her lips were right there.

"Satoshi?"

"Oh! Sorry," he said, snapping out of his trance. "I was just zoning out for a minute there…"

"He didn't try to kiss me? He really is different than the other Hikaris…"

Kari pulled away from the still slightly shocked Satoshi with a bit of a confused look on her face before she put on a big smile. "So how about we find a nice shady spot and eat lunch? Daisuke said that he would hang around here with Riku for a while so that we have time to eat."

"Sure, that sounds good." Satoshi stood, and followed the black-haired beauty out of the café.