Chapter 15

Love and Lust

Daisuke stared helplessly up at the snow. It was so beautiful. It was white or maybe blue. Either way it was stunning. But something was amiss. Everything looked perfect, but it wasn't. It was too prefect. Too beautiful, that its beauty had become dull.

Daisuke shivered as the snowflakes touched his skin. It was so cold, and yet he couldn't see his breath in front of his face, which was usually a sure sign of being cold. Wrapping his arms around himself, Daisuke tried to bring some heat back into his body, but failed miserably.

Slowly his body began to collapse from exhaustion and cold, but something warm caught him. It held him close and warmed his once freezing body. His eyes, that had closed without him knowing, opened to stare into loving amethysts. "Dark?" the name was but a whisper on his lips, but as he spoke them the warmth around him became stronger.

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Daisuke woke up in a warm comfy bed, causing him to frown. As weird as it sounded he didn't want to wake up in a bed. He wanted his dream to be real and to wake up with Dark holding him. Pulling the sheets tighter around his body he inhaled their scent and pouted when it wasn't Dark's scent.

Where's Dark? I miss him. Daisuke thought helplessly.

"So you're awake." Toki, who was standing in the doorway said, entering the room with a small tray of food and tea for the redhead. Placing the tray on the nightstand she took a seat on the bed, and stared at Daisuke.

"Toki?" Daisuke asked. The girl was looking at him pleadingly and it tugged at his heart, but he didn't know what she could possibly want from him.

"Please," Toki started softly, her voice filling the room even though she had spoken barely above a whisper. "Please Daisuke-kun, we need your help."

"We?" Toki couldn't have been talking about his other old friends, could she?

"We," Toki repeated and let her voice trial off. Her gaze rested on the opposite wall, and for the first time since being kidnapped Daisuke realized he was in Toki's room and at the very moment Toki was staring at one of the paintings he had given her.

The painting looked exactly like his dream, just without him or Dark. It was snowing, and the fresh snow on the ground was blue, reflecting the light off of it. In the distance there were sets of pine trees. The picture gave off a depressing vibe.

"Freedert, Elliot, Kyle, and myself are in danger."

Daisuke's head snapped in Toki's direction and he was sitting up in bed momentarily. "What do you mean you four are in danger? What's going on Toki? I know it's been a while since I moved, but everything seems to have changed so much. What could possibly be endangering you guys?"

"Love." Toki spoke emotionlessly as she answered, but her eyes flashed with hatred at the next word that left her mouth. "Lust."

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"What's taking so long?" Dark whined as he walked through the town trailing behind Krad and Satoshi, whose gazes were moving in every direction in search of Daisuke. They had taken Krad's car and driven to Daisuke's hometown the other night. After a few hours sleep at a hotel the three boys had agreed that searching for Daisuke on foot would be more efficient than if they were to drive through the streets aimlessly. "Where's Daisuke?"

"If we knew that we wouldn't be searching for him, now would we?" Krad asked, sarcasm dripping off his words. He had been putting up with Dark's whining since the three of them started their search for Daisuke, and he was getting sick of it.

"Maybe we should split up?" Satoshi suggested, for once preferring peace among the trio over a fight.

"That's the smartest idea you have ever had!" Dark exclaimed, and ran off before he and his comrades could agree upon a meeting time and place.

"I have the strangest feeling he was just waiting for me to suggest that." Satoshi scowled in the direction Dark had run off in. Yes, Dark had definitely been planning on someone suggesting the group to spilt up.

"Dark is just worried over Daisuke," Krad mumbled as he looked around the area for any traces of their missing friend, but like the other times he found nothing. "Of course I can understand," Krad admitted with a sigh. "I'd be worried if you went missing Satoshi-sama."

Satoshi scowled, but whether at the suffix Krad had attached to his name, or the blonde's confession, only the bluenette knew.

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"Dai-chan!" Dark shouted at the top of his lungs as he ran up and down the streets. People gave him strange stares, but he ignored them. He'd been looking for hours, but he couldn't locate Daisuke.

"Dai-chan!"

"Dai-chan!"

"Dai-chan!"

The sun was setting and Dark was growing tired. He'd spent the whole day searching, never stopping once. He was thirsty and his legs threatened to collapse under him. He was only standing now because he was leaning up against a lamppost.

"Excuse me, Sir?"

Too exhausted Dark didn't respond to the question aimed at him. Instead he let his head fall to the side, so he could get a better look at who had spoken. Standing in front of him was a young beautiful girl with long blonde hair that reached to her feet. Wrapped around her shoulders was a red shawl that flapped in the wind. Her eyes looked at him with concern.

Dark didn't have to say anything. Once the girl saw Dark was looking at her she continued to speak. "Are you okay sir? You look horrible. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Dark laughed bitterly at the girl's innocent question. If only this girl could help him. "Sorry, but not unless you can help me find a missing person you're of no use to me."

The girl bit her bottom lip. Her hands fiddled with the white dress she was wearing, twisting the fabric in her hold. "I-I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you'll find who you're looking for. Right now I'm looking for two people."

Dark raised his eyebrow at this. So she was missing someone too? Who knew? "Thanks," he grunted.

Smiling the girl bowed respectfully. "Your welcome. By the way, what's your missing person's name? Maybe I know them?"

Dark hesitated. He didn't know if he could trust this girl with such valuable information. He didn't know, but what did he have to lose by telling Daisuke's name? Nothing, that's what. "Daisuke, and your missing people's names are?"

"Elliot and Kyle."

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Sorry this is late guys. I was having trouble logging in on Thursday and by Friday my weekend plans kept me busy. Also my birthday has just recently occurred and now I'm a year older. Oh dear… just think, in a decade or two If I'm on Fanfiction still, I'll be the old pervert who's talking to all the teenagers and pretending to be fourteen.