Chapter 5

Weeks passed and things only seemed to get worse for Daisuke. By standing up to Satoshi and taking the blame for the cafeteria incident when it should have been Dark and Krad who received the blame Satoshi no longer tried to help Daisuke with dealing with the pranks Dark and Krad played on him. At first Daisuke took it as some sort of initiation, but as things progressed he realized that wasn't the case. When he found out that Krad and Dark hadn't wanted to be his friends from the start he wanted to break away from them, but so many things had happened to him that no one wanted him around, so he stayed with Dark and Krad just so he could have some human contact.

As Daisuke continued to get in trouble his mom, Emiko, became more infuriated with him. He understood that Emiko expected better of him, but he still couldn't help but feel upset with her for not listening to his side of the story, but then again that's how she was, action first, questions later. What Daisuke couldn't stand the most about his mother though was how she fawned over Dark when Dark was the actual person who did all those things while Daisuke himself did nothing but got the blame anyway. Maybe his mother was part of the reason why he stayed with Dark and Krad. Maybe he wanted to keep her happy by having some "good" friends, but that still didn't change the fact that he was upset with his so-called mother.

People whispered as Daisuke sat alone at the table where Dark and Krad first showed their true colors to him, but had been too blind to see who they really were. Like a foolish child he had played right into their hands, and now he was suffering for it. The whispers continued and he knew they were all about him and all the terrible things he had done.

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"Here you go Dark," Risa said with a giant smile on her face. She was so happy that Dark had come up to her yesterday and asked her to make him a lunch. It was like a dream come true. Pretty soon he would be asking her out and then she would be known as the girl that went out with Dark.

Taking the offered lunch Dark smiled at Risa. He knew the girl had the biggest crush on him and he also knew the girl couldn't cook to save her life, and that was why he was going to give the lunch to Daisuke. "Thanks Risa I'm sure I'll enjoy this," and without another word Dark left to go find Krad and put his little plan in action.

Risa on the other hand sat at the table sighing pleasantly as she stared after Dark, and thinking about what I great couple they would make when she heard someone calling her name. "Risa!"

Pulling herself out of her daydream Risa turned to face her twin sister Riku, who looked out of breath. "Riku! What are you doing her? Don't you usually eat your lunch outside?"

Taking deep breaths Riku explained herself. "Risa, did you cook today at home?" Seeing her sister nod in reply Riku groaned. "Risa! You know you can't cook! What were you thinking, and I hope you didn't eat whatever it is you cooked."

"What do you mean?" Risa asked, worry evident in her voice.

A frustrated sigh passed through Riku's lips as she stared at sister. "Because when I woke up this morning I found the rat poison where the flour was supposed to be."

Risa's face paled. "Oh my god! Riku! I gave the lunch I made to Dark! Quick we got to warn him!"

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Hey, isn't that him?

Yeah the guy who broke into those lockers.

I heard he actually walked into the girls' locker room.

He's a freak.

You know the pudding cups from last week that went missing? It's said they were found in his locker.

No way!

And that's not even half of it. He actually poured paint on his history teacher.

I heard he put food coloring in the school pool.

Daisuke desperately tried to ignore what people were saying, but couldn't help but flinch every now and then from their comments. It wasn't his fault. He had either been tricked or set up. Some of the rumors weren't even true, but most of them were, because once Krad and Dark got word of these rumors they tried to make them a reality.

Two shadows were now hovering over Daisuke. He didn't have to look up to know who it was, only Krad and Dark would talk to him. Sighing mentally, Daisuke looked up at his two "friends" and smiled at them. "Hey guys what's up?"

Krad took a seat next to Daisuke and feigned guilt. "Daisuke, Dark and I have realized that we have been treating you unfairly the last couple of days so we want to make it up to you."

Daisuke raised his eyebrow up questioningly. Were they serious? They didn't seem like the type to care what happened to him, but then again maybe he was just being judgmental. "Really?" the hope was clear in Daisuke's voice as he spoke.

Dark just gave Daisuke a pleasant smile and settled the bag of food in front of the red head and took a seat at the table. "Yeah Daisuke. Why would we make this lunch for you if we didn't mean it? We know we've been a little hard on you and we want to make it up to you."

Still hesitant about what they said, but not wanting to provoke them Daisuke opened the bag and pulled out one of the cookies inside it and took a bite. He tried not to gag when the horrible taste filled his mouth. Either Dark and Krad didn't know how to cook or he had just been tricked again. Seeing the happy smiles on their faces however made Daisuke swallow any complaints he had and eat all of the food in the bag, less than halfway through it he began to feel ill.

His stomach seemed to be alive as it did flips and twisted around. He really wanted to throw up but he was still worried about provoking the other two teens. As he ate more he noticed that he was getting dizzy and everyone in the room had somehow gained a twin. He heard Dark and Krad whispering about something, but he couldn't make out what. Then there was a loud female screaming Dark's name.

The next thing Daisuke knew someone was feeling his forehead and people were yelling and cursing about something, but he couldn't understand a word they were saying. The world was spinning and becoming unclear. Soon he was engulfed in darkness.

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"HOLY SHIT! YOU PUT RAT POISON IN THE FOOD!" Dark screamed at the top of his lungs at Risa, who was cowering behind Riku.

"I-I didn't mean t-to D-dark." Risa managed to say between sobs. "I accidentally mistook the rat poison for flour."

"And you were going to give it to us," Krad accused. "You should at least taste your food before giving it to other people you bitch! Now look, someone's going to die because of you!"

"Hey!" Riku tried to speak in defense of her sister. "She may be a bad cook, but she didn't know she poisoned it, so it wasn't as if she were trying to kill you guys. Plus, if she did try her food she be dead by now!"

The fight between the four teens went on and on. Everyone was so busy arguing that no one saw Satoshi sneak past them and grab Daisuke and take the poor boy to the hospital, but as he left the blue haired teen couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "Idiots. He's going to live, but not if you ignore him and don't get him some medical attention."