Akira: I'm back! Your reviews were so nice I just want to reward you all. In fact, I think I will. (pulls out a bag of Daisuke, Satoshi, Dark, and Krad plushies and hands them out) Now on to the next chapter!

Chapter 6

Daisuke groaned as he began to wake from his slumber. The last thing he could remember was eating that awful lunch. What had Dark put in it, rat poison? His stomach still felt weird, but it felt a lot better than it did before, but now he had the worst headache of his life. Having kept his eyes closed the whole time Daisuke tried to will them open, but they were too heavy. Sighing in frustration Daisuke was taken by surprise when he heard someone speak to him.

"So you're finally awake." A calm and collective voice said.

Wanting to know who was talking to him Daisuke tried to open his eyes again and succeed this time, only to see the blue haired boy known as Satoshi sitting next him reading a book. "W-what are you doing here?" Daisuke asked nervously. The last time he checked Satoshi was still mad at him for letting Krad and Dark off the hook for the food fight.

Hearing the nervousness in Daisuke's voice Satoshi tried to tone down on his icy exterior, but only by a bit. "I'm here because I brought you here. In case you haven't noticed you are in a hospital. As for why you are here, it is because Dark gave you some of Risa's cooking, which happened to have rat poison in it."

Double blinking in confusion Daisuke tried to understand fully what happened. Now that he thought about it he did remember Dark and Krad mentioning something about him not looking so good after he ate a good amount of the food he had been given. He also remembered a scream that was clearly female, which could have been Risa. Satoshi's story did make sense, but that still didn't really explain why Satoshi was here with him.

Trying to gain some confidence Daisuke took a deep breath before asking the question that was on his mind. "Why are you still here though? You could have just left after you brought me here."

Shrugging Satoshi answered nonchalantly, "I felt it was best to wait until a family member came to visit you, but so far no one's come."

Daisuke's heart seemed to fall at Satoshi's words. Trying to hide the hurt in his eyes Daisuke bowed his head so his bangs would cover his eyes. "My family has been a little busy lately with other things. Mostly likely when the hospital called my house they only received the answering machine."

"I see," Satoshi murmured and looked Daisuke over, as if studying the boy. As the silence passed between the two Daisuke became more curious as to why the other boy was staring at him so intently, but didn't voice his question for at that moment Satoshi started speaking again. "Why do you let Dark and Krad get away with what they do and take the blame for them?"

The question surprised Daisuke, but he answered it nonetheless. "At first I thought we were friends so I didn't want to upset them by not taking the blame, but then I realized that they never cared about me, but by the time I realized this rumors had already spread and the chances of me making new friends were zero, so I stayed with Dark and Krad."

A sigh a frustration escaped Satoshi's lips after hearing Daisuke's reason. "So in other words you didn't have much of a choice. You could either hang out with Dark and Krad or you could be alone." Daisuke nodded his head. Silence passed between the two as Satoshi pondered something over in his head. "I'm still upset with you for defending Dark and Krad, but if you really don't want to hang out with them anymore then I guess you can hang out with me."

Hope flashed in Daisuke's eyes as he stared at Satoshi in amazement. "Really!"

Satoshi nodded his head. "I don't see the harm in it, but I personally don't like Dark and Krad so try not to get me involved with them."

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Dark walked down the hospital halls as he searched for Daisuke's room. At first he didn't care what happened to Daisuke, but then after the rat poison incident yesterday Dark had become worried when he turned around to find Daisuke no longer there. He hadn't meant to poison the kid, he was just having fun, but when Daisuke hadn't shown up at school today Dark's worry had grown. After hacking into the school's mainframe Dark was able to find out that Daisuke had been placed in the hospital and wouldn't be returning for two more days.

Once Dark had found out what happened to Daisuke he had gone to the younger boy's house to ask Emiko what hospital Daisuke was in so he could visit the sick boy. Emiko had been pleased to give Dark the information he asked for, and that was how Dark was now in the hospital looking for Daisuke.

As Dark neared the door to Daisuke's room he heard soft laughter coming through the door, and Dark wonder who was in the room with Daisuke. Pushing open the door a bit he scowled at the sight before him. Satoshi was sitting in the room talking to Daisuke, and for reasons unknown to him Dark felt like beating the crap out of Satoshi. Controlling himself, Dark pushed open the door fully and stepped into the room.

Daisuke and Satoshi instantly went silent when Dark entered. A look of uncertainty crossed Daisuke's face as he glanced between Satoshi and Dark, who were glaring at each other. Wanting to break the tense atmosphere Daisuke smiled and said in his sweetest voice, "Hey Dark, what are you doing here?"

A victorious smile spread across Dark's face when he heard Daisuke's question. Take that! You blue haired freak! Daisuke is still talking to me! I'm sure that pisses you off! "I heard you were in the hospital and I wanted to check up on you. Also I would like to talk to you, but in private," Dark aimed the last word at Satoshi, as if daring the other boy to object. When the boy only shrugged and left the room Dark smirked.

"What did you want to tell me Dark?" Daisuke interrupted Dark's train of thoughts.

Smiling deviously at Daisuke Dark replied, "I just want to say sorry about the food poisoning. I really didn't mean to get you sent to the hospital, and I never expected Risa to confuse rat poison for flour. It was just supposed to be a silly prank, not like anyone was going to get hurt."

Something inside Daisuke snapped at the comment and he had to tighten his hold on the hospital sheets to keep from lunging at Dark. "No one was going to get hurt? I got hurt! I got hurt with every single prank you played on me!" Every bit of anger and frustration Daisuke had been feeling poured out of his mouth as he continued to yell at Dark. "Ever since I moved here you've been getting me in trouble, and when you finally apologized it was only so you could play another prank on me! And now that I'm actually in the hospital do you finally say you're sorry and mean it! Do you honestly think I believe you! Even if you do mean it I don't accept your apology because it is completely worthless!"

Dark stood stunned. He never expected Daisuke to lash out at him, and he had no idea how much he had upset Daisuke. It was all just harmless fun for him and Krad. What was the problem? "Daisuke…"

"No! Don't talk to me!" Daisuke shouted. "Get out! I don't want to see or talk to you again! You didn't even try to help me when you found out I was poisoned! All you did was stand there and stare! Get out!"

Daisuke's once calm ruby eyes had turned into a fierce fire, and as Daisuke continued to shout at him Dark had to admit defeat and ran out of the room right before Daisuke hurled something at the spot he had been standing in.

Leaning against the wall across from Daisuke's room Dark barely noticed Satoshi and a nurse running into the room to calm the boy down. As he stood there though Dark couldn't help but feel a little guilty for what he had done.

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Akira: Some people have been asking if this is satodai but I can assure you it isn't. I'm just trying to make Satoshi and Daisuke friends, but at the same time I'm trying to create a relationship between Dark and Daisuke without Dark all of a sudden just deciding he likes Daisuke in a more than friendly way.