"I'll have you terminated after all. Daisuke Niwa...By the power of this, the Second Hand of Time." Kei said.
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"Hey, guys! Thanks for coming on the weekend." Girl said.
"So let's start practicing!" Girl said.
They came out in their costumes.
"That's gross!" Girls said. "I'm begging you! Please take off those clothes!"
"What's up with you guys?! You lack motivation!" Girl said.
"Mio... Why did you transfer to another school at such an important time? No, I know! Your feelings for me must have been so deep that you couldn't study!" Takeshi said. "Oh, it's all my fault."
"He's at it again." Boy said.
"So, let's work on Freedert and Elliott's dazzling love scene!" Girl said.
"Is this the look you wanted?" Satoshi said.
"That voice... Is that you, Hiwatari?" Daisuke said.
"He looks like the real Dark!" Kuri said.
"Hiwatari! Why are you dressed like that?" Daisuke said.
"When you say "a romantic man," of course it'd be Dark, right?" Girl said. "We made the costume with that in mind, and it fits him so well! I almost cried!"
"Right, right? You think so too, right, Kuri?" Reiko said.
"Oh, yeah..." Kuri said.
"All right! Then shall we start practicing?" Satoshi said.
"Okay!" Daisuke said.
"Kuri...Are you all right? You look so drained lately." Reiko said.
"Reiko...I want to see Mr. Dark again. No, it's not that I'd like to go on a date or anything like that. Nothing like that, but...I think that there is something that I can do for him. I'd like to do something for the person that I care about. You understand this feeling too,
don't you, Reiko?" Kuri said.
"Kuri..." Reiko said. "Shall we go back?"
"Sure. Niwa and Hiwatari's love scene is getting close." Kuri said. "What are you going to do? Hiwatari might take Niwa away."
"Now, look here..." Reiko said.
"Hiwatari..." Kuri said. "What happened to practice?"
"Canceled because Niwa has a cold." Satoshi said.
"Niwa has a cold..." Reiko said.
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"Yes, who is it? You're...What causes you to drop by?" Emiko said.
"I heard that he has a cold." Satoshi said.
"My, thank you. But Daisuke is now..." Emiko said.
"Oh, hello. You came to see how Daisuke's doing? You're Satoshi Hiwatari, right? Come on in. Please go and see Daisuke." Kosuke said.
"Hiwatari! Well, I'm sorry that I couldn't come to practice today." Daisuke said.
"That doesn't matter. Mio Hio moved out of town." Satoshi said.
"What? That's sudden. She called me unexpectedly yesterday. I wonder if something happened?" Daisuke said.
"This isn't the time for you to worry about others! Are you all right?" Satoshi said.
"You're overreacting, Hiwatari. It's only a cold." Daisuke said.
"I don't care about your cold!" Satoshi said.
"You don't care?" Daisuke said.
"Has anything unusual happened?" Satoshi said.
"Anything unusual?" Daisuke said.
"You'd better be careful. Something has started happening. I can feel it." Satoshi said.
"What is this something, Hiwatari?" Daisuke said.
"Niwa, are you awake?" Reiko said.
"Miss Reiko..." Daisuke said.
"Hiwatari, you were here?" Reiko siad.
"Yeah, he just dropped in to see me, right?" Daisuke said.
"Again, be careful." Satoshi said.
"Did I come at a bad time?" Reiko said.
"No, not at all!" Daisuke said.
"I heard that you had a cold, so... Is it okay for you to be out of bed?" Reiko said.
"Yeah." Daisuke said.
"Is it really okay?" Reiko said.
"Yeah." Daisuke said.
"Oh, are you leaving already? Your eyes are gazing into the darkness, aren't they? Are they your own eyes? Or is your other half doing it? I'm not originally from the Niwa family, and I may not be in a position to say anything about the feud between the two families, but I think that there are truths that I am able to see because of that. Gaze at the light, just like your real name." Kosuke said.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Satoshi said.
"Oh, sorry. You can take it as a lecture by a nosy adult." Kosuke said. "But I can't stand to see children like you two suffering. Daisuke also has his own concerns, just like you do. I think it'd be great if Daisuke could become close friends with you. Regardless of your pasts, it has nothing to do with you two now. That's what I'd like to think."
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Daisuke got up in the middle of the night and walked outside to the fountain. A staircase appeared and he descended down to a strange sculpture.
"The Second Hand of Time...It's sealed, just as I suspected. This place is..." Dark said. "Hey, Daisuke! What's the matter? Snap out of it! This is... What the heck is this place? What is underneath here? Freedert?" A woman appeared, holding her hand out to Daisuke. "I have a bad feeling about this. What's going on? The magic power suddenly...This isn't good. Hey, Daisuke! Wake up already! So she's the one who was manipulating Daisuke."
Satoshi approached. "You're Dark's familiar. Niwa is in there?"
"Give me your time." Freedert said.
"Daisuke!" Dark shouted. "What amazing magic power...Hey, Daisuke! Daisuke, wait! Daisuke! Don't go! Daisuke!"
Freedert took Daisuke's soul into the Second Hand of Time.
"There has to be a door somewhere. The Second Hand of Time! Niwa! Are you all right, Niwa?" Satoshi said.
"If you are talking to Daisuke, he's not here anymore." Dark said.
"What happened to Niwa?" Satoshi said.
"He was taken away by this thing." Dark said.
"To think the seal on the Second Hand of Time would be broken...Didn't you feel anything?!" Satoshi said.
"Sorry, but I don't have time to chat with you. Later." Dark said.
"Niwa..." Satoshi said.
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"Dai was taken away, you said?!" Emiko said.
"By a woman named Freedert or something like that." Dark said.
"Oh, no... I've been concerned since I heard that Daisuke's class was putting on the play "Ice and Snow" for the cultural festival." Daiki said.
"Freedert is the role that Dai is going to play, right?" Emiko said.
"Well, since Dark saw her, she actually exists. In any case, this is too much to be a coincidence. It seems like someone is pulling the strings behind this." Daiki said.
"Anyway, what I don't get is the work of art called the Second Hand of Time or something like that." Dark said.
"The Second Hand of Time?" Daiki said.
"That's what Mr. Chief Commander was calling it." Dark said. "Well, I don't care about the name. The question is why an artwork that was supposed to have been sealed awoke."
"This is my speculation, but what if Freedert's mind lived in the Second Hand of Time? It's possible that something caused a resonance between Freedert and Daisuke, which may have invoked the magic power." Kosuke said.
"Resonance? Come to think of it...The painting that Daisuke drew became the cue to release the magic power of the Second Hand of Time!" Dark said.
"Where is that painting? I'll go and get it right away!" Emiko said.
"It's not in this house." Dark said.
"It's not?!" Emiko said.
"Daisuke left it with Reiko. Don't look so down! Things'll be fine if I get it back, right? Since the target is Daisuke's amateur painting, it's not really good enough to merit my stealing it, but..." Dark said.
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"When she's like this, she's cute. The magic power has gotten stronger. It seems to be very suitable as a new medium." Dark said.
"Who's there? You can't! Don't take it!" Reiko said.
"Let it go, Reiko! I don't have time for this!" Dark said.
"Just this one... Never!" Reiko said.
"Reiko, what's the matter?" Kuri said. "Mr. Dark..."
"Quit fighting and give it to me!" Dark said.
"No! It's a painting by the person I care the most about!" Reiko said.
"Stop it, Mr. Dark! You can understand, right?" Kuri said.
"What is this? Not good! This light is...No! That person you care the most about is in trouble! Can't be helped! Hold on tight! Wiz!" Dark said.
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"Someone has come." Second Hand of Time said.