A/N: Contains slight Daisuke/Satoshi. Don't like, don't read.
DISCLAIMER: fan fiction FAN WRITINGS.
:Dark mentally talking:
+Krad mentally talking+
To Break
Chapter 02: Can't Breathe
LAST CHAPTER
As lightning flashed, Satoshi's eyes widened in shock as Daisuke darted into the rain. "Daisuke!" He ran after his distressed classmate only to find that he wasn't going home.
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( DAISUKE - POV )
The darkened sky swirled with raging clouds as the storm continued on. I swear I've never run faster in my whole life. My lungs were burning with the lack of oxygen but I didn't care. I was rejected, and disappointing; carelessly torn to pieces by those I hold so dear...
I snapped and for some reason I saw no more fun or torture in cunningly stealing artifacts and artworks. I hate stealing and I hate my family for being cursed with the burden of Dark. I hate my own Mother for finding Darks interests more appealing to her than my existence. For once, I'm glad Dark is leaving me alone.
…Cursed?
The rain drove merciless into my back as I clumsily ran in the public park, a mix of my hot tears and the rain obscuring my vision. Not looking where I was going, I collided full force into a large oak tree. Stunned only for a second, I broke down and cried into its rough trunk and encircled my arms around it for support.
The strength I usually had diminished as my ability to stand started to waver. I fell backwards without warning. My back connected with the damp ground surprisingly easy and I stared up into the sky, or what I could see through the waves of rain. My clothes are a mess, and my shoulder throbs. Dark...My mind trailed off and started to play reruns of his interferences with my life... how he called me an idiot after my every move, how he made me say mean things out loud, and laughed about it.
My crimson hair seemed to mold with the soft grasses and mud as I sunk further into my depressed state. I slung my mud-covered arm over my face so that it would shield my breathing from the rain. Taking in the dangerously flashing sky one more time, I let myself drift off in my own world as the thunder sang me a lullaby and my tired crimson eyes closed.
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( SATOSHI - POV )
I could barely make out his fading-blur of a form through my damp and clingy light-blue bangs. Damn rain. I ran as fast as I could but I couldn't catch him. I stopped to even out my breath and racing heart while I positioned my coat tighter around me.
The Thunderstorm Watch sirens were blaring from random buildings but were heard only faintly through the howling winds and the clasps of thunder. I shook my head and began running again. Where is he going?
As I advanced hot on his muddy trail, my thoughts subconsciously traced back to sirens and the storm looming above me. This was spring, and the swirling clouds don't so much look as only thunderstorm clouds, for as far as I know they are something more and for once, I wish I were wrong.
I shivered through my drenched clothing, my thin figure rebelling about being pushed to endure this extreme weather. I entered the park, half stumbling to keep my feet on firm ground and not put them in deep mud pits. Why does Daisuke like this place so much? It's just a plain park. "NIWA, WHERE ARE YOU?" I yelled over the raging storm. Please... answer.
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( SATOSHI POV- FLASHBACK )
"Hey Risa, Riku!" Daisuke called over to the Harada twins who sat chatting on a bench nearby. Daisuke paused to look at the way the bright early summer noon sun reflected off their deep eyes and added a marvelous shine to their hair. Daisuke shook his head violently to rid himself of his thoughts as his face turned a bright red. He coughed nervously as they approached.
"Eh, Daisuke? What is it?" Riku asked, mildly curious. A slightly younger Satoshi sat on bench near the marble water feature in the middle of the park with a book in his hands but not reading as he eavesdropped on the scene. As a reward, the class got to go to the park for the afternoon.
The twins gathered around Daisuke who had a small round black fuzzy thing cupped in his hands. He stroked at its head. "Isn't the kitten adorable? It's not but a few days old." His voice softened a bit as he continued to massage it's small back as it mewed and purred.
Risa and Riku's eyes widened, "Oh wow! Where are its parents?" Asked Risa, "He's so little..." She trailed off as she took the kitten from Daisuke's hand.
"I don't know, I just saw him in the corner of the park shaking... he won't survive on his own..." His eyes shifted to the ground. "I was wondering..."
"If we'd take him? Sure we will, won't we Riku?" Risa gave her older sister the best puppy dog face she could muster.
Riku glanced back at Daisuke to the pleading Risa and sighed, "Yeah, we'll take care of it for a while, or at least find it a good home."
"Thanks Riku!" Daisuke responded looking into her eyes before embracing her in a brief hug and skipping off to another place in the park so that she couldn't see his face turn colors.
Riku looked at his retreating form as a smile formed on her lips.
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( SATOSHI - POV )
I shook my head. Where did that come from? I heard not a word from Daisuke as I searched the park. I was getting worried and I felt my heart beat race in my chest as the minutes dragged on relentlessly. I could only see a few feet from where I stood.
A flash of lighting illuminated the park for a split-second and I spotted an odd lump on the ground under a tree some distance away. I headed as fast I could in that direction with my heart in my throat. Please be okay...
"Daisuke!" I called, but he didn't answer me. Oh god, please.
After an abnormally long minute passed, I loomed over the unconscious Daisuke. Throwing away my umbrella, I leaned down over him and placed my hands on his shoulders, shaking him. "Daisuke! Wake up!" Damn it, respond! The wait unnerved me and my stomach twisted in knots. He shifted, just slightly, but that managed to grab my attention. Even though Daisuke was awakening, I was quickly loosing patience. It's not good to be out in the middle of a lightning storm in a vast park underneath a TREE.
His eyes... they finally opened. Slowly... they are out of focus like he wasn't here. Lost. Does he not care that I'm here?
"Niwa, are you insane? We're in the middle of a severe storm! GO HOME NIWA!" His gorgeous eyes shifted to me but they were still out of focus as if he wasn't looking at me, but through me. My throat tightened and I couldn't find the voice to continue yelling so I grabbed his arm and yanked him to his feet in an instant.
He swayed and his soft body collapsed into my side causing my face to noticeably heat up. 'Come on Satoshi, breath in, breathe out!' Shifting his weight to where one of his arms was around my shoulders, I attempted to drag him to the nearest shelter pavilion in this large recreational park. "Niwa, stay awake, we're going to a shelter!"
Daisuke seemed to shake himself awake somewhat as I felt him using some of his strength as we attempted to stagger along. Talking about strength, I was fading fast as well but I HAD to get him to safety... I had to. He means so much to me...too much to me.
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( NORMAL - POV )
Satoshi breathed heavily as the impact from the storm and the strain of keeping Daisuke on his feet caught up to him. His ice blue eyes were almost shut from the pounding rain. He kept a close eye on Daisuke, who was quietly murmuring to himself over and over.
"W..hy... why..."
Satoshi was puzzled but didn't dare ask about Daisuke's mad incoherent words until they were safe and well out of this storm.
It was several minutes before they stumbled across the nearest shelter. It was unfortunately one of the smaller ones and just had room for eight picnic tables, and a few support posts. It had no walls so the wind chilled their soaked bodies to the core.
Daisuke seemed to have lost the will to stand and collapsed onto the concrete as soon as his feet connected with it. Satoshi dragged him over to the nearest dry area and propped him up on the thick leg of a picnic table.
Satoshi bit his lip, slightly nervous. I need to knock some sense into him... He looked over at Daisuke who was still sporting that forlorn expression on his smooth face while his crimson eyes stared seeing-less at his hands that lay unused on the concrete by his sides. Daisuke was coated in mud, not to mention obviously soaked. His normally white tunic stuck to his body like a second skin.
It took some effort to gather enough strength to look into Daisuke's eyes once more, but Satoshi forced himself to... Shakily, Satoshi placed his unmorally dirty hands on Daisuke's face and forced him to look at him. Full attention - Or so he hoped.
"Niwa - - Are you in there?" Satoshi felt as if he was talking to a rock. He mentally rolled his eyes at the thought.
A shiver ran through Daisuke's form as he looked back at Satoshi. "Ye...s..." He finally choked out. Daisuke felt his eyes water as tears were threatening to fall. Dark had convinced him to respond to Satoshi even though Daisuke wasn't to thrilled about listening to his alter ego. But, Dark knew his feelings. Daisuke felt a familiar emptiness claw at his chest and this time, the feeling was far from being welcomed. He felt so... guilty. More pressure built up in his eyes. 'Not in front of him! Don't cry! Don't cry!' He thought desperately to himself.
Satoshi was looking directly into Daisuke's eyes as the teary pain welled up in them. It wasn't the same eyes he had grown to adore throughout the years... they were not cheerful and full of warmth. Daisuke shut his eyes tight and his shaky breath hitched. "Daisuke go home! You'll get sick!" Satoshi mentally winced. That was a little harsh... Damn social skills... Satoshi grimaced.
"I... I..." That was the blow that made Daisuke shiver and slump down and bury his face in his hands. I can't... Dark... I... The tears fell freely as Daisuke's anguish poured out of him openly. Satoshi doesn't care... He never did... He's the only one I thought would always be there... Daisuke choked as his sobs grew steadily into an emotional outbreak.
Satoshi felt his heart break as he saw him so small and torn... "Daisuke... come on... please... just..." He leaned down and gently placed his hands over Daisuke's, which were hiding his face. What has happened to you Daisuke? "Go home. Go to sleep... please... it's not safe out here." His voice was just a whisper in the raging wind.
Do you mean the storm? Or is it not safe for him to be out here with you+
Satoshi's hands froze and his body tensed. No... Krad... GO AWAY. He abruptly stood up and backed away from Daisuke who had wide teary eyes in turn. Satoshi's body began to heat up as an unwanted pain quickly spread in his chest and down his spin. He barely had the time to say "KRAD!" Before white searing pain obstructed his vision and he collapsed to his hands and knees, screaming.
Daisuke sprang to his feet out of pure fear and tried running away but only resulted in him tripping backwards over a picnic table's stool. His re-placed shoulder sprang to life with a vicious pain and he closed his eyes and hissed. A heavy weight pressed down upon his smaller form and he was glued to the ground. Daisuke opened his eyes to come face to face with the demonic angel.
"Well, it seems that you've done well in capturing my host's heart." Daisuke was simply clueless but Krad persisted and pressed Daisuke's chest hard, knocking the wind out of him.
"But, fortunately for you, there's a return policy, give him back and I might let you live..." He continued in his dark icy tone. Krad's fingers were encircled around Daisuke's neck, chocking him. Daisuke made a few gagging noises which only made Krad cackle in return.
:DAISUKE! Dark screamed out, in fear of his host's life.
'DARK! UGH! I can't breath! I'm getting... light-headed... Dar...' Daisuke trailed off, weakening.
:Daisuke! I'm taking over:
There was no response from the crimson-haired teen but in a quick flash, it was Dark who was now on top of the off guard blonde, his eyes blazing.
"Why nice to see you again, Dark." Krad smirked at Dark's angry façade and waved his hand in front of his face. "It was boring on how the Niwa just laid there..."
"Why don't you fucking leave Daisuke out of this!" Dark yelled, aiming a few punches at Krad's face, in which he easily avoided.
"I feel a little crowded in here, don't you dear Dark?" Krad said in his sick voice before he spread his marvelous white wings and flew to the skies.
"Ugh! Wiz! Where are you!" It was a matter of seconds before a stressed out pair of wings came into Dark's vision and attached itself onto his back. Feeling the familiar weight of his black wings on his back, Dark gratefully thanked Wiz before taking flight to meet Krad.
Seeing electricity jump constantly among the clouds around him, Dark felt chills going down his back. :If there is someone watching over us... please just keep Daisuke safe, please...:
Krad gripped a titanium feather in his fingers, readying an attack. In other times, Dark would've taken this more serious, but with his mind distracted on the storm, he didn't try to conjure a counter attack. It was also humorous seeing Krad looking like a drowned cat with his normally-perfect hair sticking flat to his face and head from the constant rain.
In a flash of light, the feather was thrown towards Dark. "Not good!" He exclaimed, but it was too late, the feather quickly dissolved into an energy ball and it collided into him; hard.
Dark yelled out in pain as he was flung backwards through the air. He was barely conscious enough to continue to fly. His clothes were torn and his arms and chest were bleeding from the impact. Gripping back into reality, Dark steadied himself the best that he could with an advancing angel hot on his heels.
Krad yelled out something before in a blur, his fist connected with the dazed Dark's head and he was sent spinning once again.
"Uughh..." Dark moaned, drifting down towards the ground. The spinning earth seemed as retched as the furious sky in his shocked state as his vision wove out of focus. Why was this fight different... why does it seem that it would hurt him more to survive this rather than facing death itself:I'm sick of being trapped here forever... an artifact of someone's brilliant mind...:
The winds quickened and the clouds twisted furiously into a funnel. The sky darkened immensely and the alarm sounds became less than silent in their struggle against the opposing danger.
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( DAISUKE - POV Dream )
My alarm clock is already going off? Damn it's morning? Wow, I feel so tired for some reason... Oh well. I tucked my head under my pillow after slamming the sleep button.
:All right lazy, get up! If you make me wake up every morning because of that stupid device of yours, you're going to have to suffer with me: Well... I guess Dark still hasn't found a way to block the annoyance of my alarm out yet... which is pretty surprising since he has figured out how to block everything else.
"Can't you just go back to sleep?" I wined.
:Heck no: He snapped back.
"What, are you too cold? It's pretty drafty... I mean, there really is no reason to get up right now. Go to sleep!"
:Pretty drafty? The window is wide open! Gosh, get up and shut it, the rain is driving me crazy:
I inhaled deeply and picked the sleep slowly from my eyes. 'There's really no use in arguing with him, it's too much effort. Gosh, I feel like a rock rolled on me.'
I somehow managed in getting myself out of bed to shut the weather out of my room. Each of my unsteady steps were heavy as I crossed the short distance. Rain continued to pour and my carpet grew soggier as I neared the opened creaking window.
I paused and laid my hands on the windowsill, staring out into the gloomy landscape full of broken trees and other debris. I faintly felt the soft calming rain on my face as I stood almost paralyzed in the tranquility of the silence of no cars or people in view, like everything was in a deep sleep.
Soon, I gripped myself back to reality and closed the panes shut then activated the latch lock. I half-heartily whipped off my dripping face as I turned around and caught notice of a still dark figure curled on its side on the driest area of my carpet next to the far wall. The figure had its arms protectively drawn in between its knees and chest. Its head was peacefully tucked in… Its damp and dirt-clogged hair lay unruly on its face. Satoshi…
'My gosh, it's Satoshi!' I thought wildly as I attempted to make my way over to him, my pace unusually slow. As I went to reach out to him, his ice blue eyes opened and alarm. He disappeared… I felt a painful sting behind my eyes. The latch broke off and the closed windowpanes thundered open with a rush of wind and rain. The gloomy morning sky was pitch black, actually, it was more of a dark devilish cloud of debris and wind… not a sky.
My eyes widened in realization. I made a run for it, "DARK!" I yelled.
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( DAISUKE POV – REALITY )
I can't breathe! My eyes shot open and faced an oncoming area of earth... the park to be exact. I was falling!
"DARK, WHERE ARE YOU? DARKKKK!" My screams made no sound in the cacophony of the storm.
I closed my eyes tightly shut as my screams continued… my tears mixed in with the rain; my body numb. Then, my mind drifted off and I felt nothing in the freefall. Nothing… Satoshi…
Hey guys, sorry for the year-plus absence… it was for many reasons. I know what I'm going to write in the next chapter, it's just a matter of actually finding time to write it. Today, our band competition was cancelled due to flooding… how relevant, right? Anyways, I wrote 2000 words of this chapter in last year's August… so I hope it flows, for my view of the story has changed since last year… I hope you like it! Thank you for all the nice and encouraging comments, I really appreciate them!
Peace out.
-FM
PREVIEW OF CHAPTER 3:
I laid his head gently on his pillow to prevent further injury, and tucked him in gently. Guilt swelled up in me, I thought for sure I was going to suffocate in his room, I had to leave though I was reluctant. I had to get out of here before I…
I turned to leave, and tore my gaze away from my unconscious friend… of whom I cared too deeply about.