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危ない。悪が来ます。
Abunai. Aku ga Kimasu.
"Satoshi, what's wrong? C'mon! Wake up! Damnit... Daisuke's going to have a fit!" Dark had moved Satoshi's trembling body onto the bed and covered him with blankets. It looked like the worst case of shock Dark had ever seen. And Dark had been around for quite a long time.
'Dark? What's up? Stop screaming...' Daisuke said with a yawn. He hadn't really heard anything Dark had said, though.
'Daisuke, go back to sleep.' Dark was direct, his voice commanding and serious. Dark was never serious.
'Why? What's wrong?' Daisuke asked, becoming slightly alarmed.
'Nothing. Go to sleep,' Dark said, trying to push Daisuke to the back of his min gently.
Daisuke didn't believe Dark, though. He took a peek out of Dark's eyes and saw Satoshi unconscious on the bed.
'Dark! What happened?' Daisuke was just about to yell at Dark for killing his friend.
'I don't know Daisuke. Just... Go back to sleep for a while.' Dark would never say this if he had something to do with Satoshi's current state.
'But Dark... What about Satoshi?'
'He'll be fine. I need you to sleep, though... Here, I'll put a spell on you. When you wake up, he'll be fine.' Dark really wished that this were true... Oh gods, let it be true... This was not supposed to happen.
'Dark?' Daisuke asked before being majicked.
'Don't worry...' Dark's voice trailed off, trying to be reassuring.
Daisuke fell to sleep in Dark's head.
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"NO! Krad, don't come out! I can't let you!" Satoshi was trying his best not to scream and alert the other visitors to his fight with the being inside his mind. He was still in the bathroom and he was curled up on the floor, Krad could not be restrained for long, and after Satoshi had sat upon the floor for a while, regaining his strength, Krad returned to take control.
'Satoshi. You cannot hold on to this existence any longer. You will kill yourself,' Krad said, poking his way through Satoshi's barriers.
'Kill myself?' Satoshi asked lightly, unable to really think while trying to erect more barriers for the demon inside of him.
'Come now. Just let me have this body. It will stop your pain. I promise,' Krad said, pushing his way to the front of Satoshi's mind. Satoshi stifled a scream as black dots erupted in front of his eyes.
'No! I can't let that happen!' Satoshi thought heatedly, stumbling to his feet in a blind fury.
'Why not? You can save yourself from this pain! Why? Why...' Krad retreated slightly, only to push harder against Satoshi's last barrier.
"No! I can't let you hurt anyone else! I promised myself!" Satoshi yelled out loud, stumbling out of the bathroom and into the bedroom of the hotel room. He tripped over Daisuke's suitcase and knocked all of the contents out on the floor. He accompanied them, falling on his side. He pushed himself up, nearly blind from his inward struggle. He was as bad as a drunk- his peripheral vision gone, his common sense evaporated, and his thoughts rash and violent.
He began thrashing around in Daisuke's luggage, sending it flying everywhere around the room. After finding his footing, he stood shakily and stumbled into the bed. Leaning on it heavily, Krad made one last verbal attempt to gain dominance over Satoshi's body.
'Satoshi. Give up. You can never win.'
"NO!" Satoshi threw the covers off of the bed and collapsed onto the floor in a fit. The lamp fell over and its cord was pulled out of the electrical socket with a spark of indignation. 'I can beat you... I can win this... Oh, please let me win... please...' Satoshi entered severe shock. His lips had a blue tint to them, his body was shaking uncontrollably, and his already low blood pressure dropped to dangerous lows. Satoshi became extremely cold, but he could do nothing to warm himself up. He had no strength to grab the comforters. His mind blacked out, and he left himself shivering on the floor beside the bed.
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"Damn it, wake up!" Dark said, pounding on the bed, and luckily, not Satoshi.
'You know... He won't wake up because you're yelling at him,' a feminine voice said from behind Dark. A very familiar-looking girl smiled at him happily.
"Miss Kubikazari, I suppose," Dark said, sobering up quite a bit.
'Correct. The boy is suffering from neurogenic shock. Get some pillows and pile them up to about 12 inches. Place them under his feet. Good. Does he have any tight clothing on?'
"Yeah..." Dark said apprehensively.
'Loosen them,' she said. Dark nearly refused, but was cut off by the necklace once more. 'I can feel his pulse. It's rapid, yet weak. Do you have any places where he can stay? He is in dire need of professional assistance. You hardly qualify,' the necklace said while Dark quirked an eyebrow in irritation.
"Sorry I don't qualify," Dark said, finishing the unbuttoning of Satoshi's shirt and laying the blanket back on top of him. "But I don't know how to read English, the phone book's the only thing that might help, and Daisuke's asleep. He won't wake up for a while."
'Then get someone to help,' the necklace stated bluntly. For such a nice person, she was mean.
"Fine," Dark said, shrinking down into Daisuke's body. The necklace raised an eyebrow in mild surprise, but let it pass. A boy was dying, and not just any boy... He so reminded her of the only boy that had once held her heart.
Dark fled the room as Daisuke, acting surprised and anxious all the while blubbering in Japanese. That is, after carefully hiding away the necklace in his pocket. He hoped that it wouldn't take long to get help, because he didn't think that it would be a good idea to leave such a critical-looking person alone.
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Soon enough, someone followed Dark/Daisuke to the room, called the hospital, and sent emergency vehicles zooming down the road to carry Satoshi away. Dark was taken aside by the police and they attempted to question him. The problem was, Dark didn't understand English very well. Nor did he really like policemen. Not even Satoshi was an exception, though his tamer was certainly friendly with the blue-haired boy.
They were standing outside of the hospital, Dark in from of two officers- one male, one female. The male was a bit stocky with unruly, curly, brown hair and beady brown eyes. The female was thin with straight brown hair tied back into a precise bun. In fact, everything about her looked precise. Also, her eyes were narrow and cruel-looking.
Dark prodded Daisuke awake and pushed him into control causing Daisuke's body to lose itself slightly and nearly fall over with the dazed actual-Daisuke in control. Daisuke exclaimed a loud "Nani? Yami! Aku desu!" which made the investigators quirk an eyebrow in confusion. Daisuke finally noticed their presence and blushed very darkly. "Ah... Sorry. Once more, please?" Daisuke asked, yelling at Dark in his head.
"So you do know English?" an investigator asked, raising his eyebrows so high that they nearly disappeared into his hair.
"A... A little," Daisuke said, tripping over himself a bit.
"Just a few seconds ago you seemed to not know any," the other said, crossing her arms in a rather offensive manner to Daisuke.
'Daisuke- what are they saying? They aren't looking too friendly,' Dark asked, uneasy with being so close to officers so soon after he had stolen the necklace.
'They're saying that they're surprised that I knew English and that I seemed to not know any at all,' Daisuke replied, putting on his thinking face so as to back up his coming statement.
'You're going to say that you have to think about it? Add that you were so shocked that you couldn't think to understand English, 'kay?' Dark said, sharing in a few of Daisuke's immediate thoughts.
"I'm sorry. I still have to think bit to say things right. I have yet trouble. Also, was shocked that I could not think to understand." Daisuke said breaking his English a little more than he normally would.
"Hmm... All right. So how did this happen?" the male officer said, leaning against his car.
"I-i... I do not know, exactly," Daisuke said, rubbing the back of his neck and looking away.
"Just tell us what you do know," the female officer cut in, attempting to look friendly, but only freaking out Daisuke more. She couldn't smile very warmly, and with her naturally suspicious-looking eyes, it made her look as if she were up to something possibly deviant...
Daisuke told the officers all that Dark fed to him, Daisuke being the translator for both sides. Ack! This was so stressful!
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After Daisuke's questioning, he asked to go see his friend. The officers kindly gave him a ride to the hospital where Daisuke nearly burst out of the vehicle before it stopped in front of the doors. The officers started at him exasperatedly, but let him go as he was already inside the building. They stopped their car and followed him in so as to help persuade the hospital to allow Daisuke to see his friend for the moment and see how he was doing. By pure luck, the receptionist let him pass and he hurried off to the room indicated by the woman behind the desk. Room 268.
Daisuke, after being yelled at by a nurse to 1) get out, since visiting hours were over (quickly silenced by a written pass from the receptionist and police to allow him to visit his friend) and 2) slow down, he walked briskly to the room, and, once outside, stopped for a few seconds. He pushed the door open as carefully as he could and peered inside. Nothing much to look at. Stark white walls, a large window that looked out over a street, various medical devices and notifications, and uncomfortable looking bed made up the room. Satoshi was without a roommate, much to his luck. The boy was unconscious, though, and he had a breathing apparatus fastened over his mouth to prevent him from losing his breath permanently. His heart rate was also displayed on a monitor. He had an IV hooked up, the needle inserted just under the crook of his elbow. It was a sad sight to see. Daisuke walked up lightly to Satoshi as if he was in a light sleep and Daisuke didn't want to wake him. But Daisuke knew that Satoshi probably wouldn't wake up very soon. It was by luck that he seemed to be stabilizing. At least his heart rate didn't seem feathery any more.
Daisuke looked at the IV and remembered something from health class- a random tidbit. Shock was something that happened when body fluid was loss, right? Had Satoshi got a severe cut or something? No... There wasn't any blood that Daisuke remembered. Maybe internal bleeding?
'Dai... The necklace said that it was nuerogenic shock. Whatever that is,' Dark said, listening in on Daisuke's thoughts.
'Oh... Isn't that when there's damage to the nervous system? Isn't it also when the person suffers extreme personal tragedy or something?' Daisuke was really trying to understand what had happened to his very best friend. Not even Takeshi could hold a candle to him. Of course, Takeshi did always make fun of Daisuke's clumsiness... And subsequently maim the boy... And laugh... Well... Yeah, Takeshi wasn't much of a best friend.
'Maybe,' Dark said, his voice telling Daisuke that he didn't really care.
'Dark?' Daisuke said, a revelation coming to him.
'Yeah?' Dark responded, jerking to attention from the tone of thought Daisuke used.
'Do you think... That maybe this was caused by Krad?'
'Probably,' Dark said, sinking back into his 'eh, whatever' mood.
'Then... I think it might be my fault.' Daisuke said, furrowing his brows.
'Why do you say that?' Dark said, attention snapping to once again.
'Because... Didn't he say that he liked me? What if... All this time he's been fighting Krad off and bottling it in and when we were out stealing, it all came out? Didn't he once say that he couldn't ever let anything become close to his heart? What if being so close to me has done this to him,' Daisuke said, whining in guilt.
'I think you're flattering yourself,' Dark said, smiling a little, but in the depths of his soul, thinking Daisuke may be right. 'Look... We have to leave.'
'Huh?' Daisuke said, confused.
'Yeah. Look, we stole the necklace, right? Well, they're going to be looking for it. We have to get out of here. Look, I can fly you across the water to get you to France. Once there, you can get on a plane and fly back to Japan. Chances are, they won't be looking for anyone there yet. I can get us there fast. But we have to leave as soon as possible,' Dark said, being almost as serious as he was when he found Satoshi nearly unconscious on the floor.
'B-but... What about Satoshi? We can't just lea-'
'Yeah, we can. He's going to have to stay here for a little while, right? Well, we have to go now. And if you need any more reason beyond that, didn't you say you thought the reason he's in this place was you, why take him with you and hurt him more?' Dark said, trying with all his might to convince Daisuke.
And it worked. 'Fine. Just... Let me tell him goodbye, okay?' Daisuke said, while Dark said something to the effect of 'he's unconscious, idiot!' Daisuke leaned over Satoshi's body and stroked his face. He slid his arms under Satoshi's body and embraced the boy for a little bit. Then he did something he probably really shouldn't have. He slipped Satoshi's breathing mask off Satoshi's face and placed his lips on the police commander's, happy that his breath was still steady through his nose. But when he licked the other's lips entreating entrance, he was greeting with nothing. Sighing sadly, Daisuke pulled away and slipped the masked back over his love interest's face.
Daisuke's heart fluttered with sad romance and his genes were triggered. His back arched unpleasantly as he grew a couple of inches. His hair rapidly extended and changed color. His eyes turned from a deep red to a dark purple. Soon, Dark's body stood over Satoshi, a frown on his face. Dark straightened up, having taken control, and sighed dejectedly.
"I told you he wouldn't respond," Dark said, running a hand through his hair. It did not please Dark to see that his host was unhappy. It consequently made him unhappy for one, and two, Dark did actually care for the little redhead.
'Can you just say goodbye for me… I mean, actually say it,' Daisuke said, depressed that he transformed before he could say it himself.
'Alright…' Dark sighed.
"Hiwatari-san? Daisuke says goodbye... And so do I," Dark said quietly, bending over Satoshi slightly. "We have to go back to Japan now."
Dark straightened, feeling Daisuke's appreciation, and opened the window. "Wiz!" Dark said, holding out his had for the shape shifter. The creature came and attached itself to Dark's back, lifting the thief into the sky.
Daisuke and Dark set out for France at 1:07 AM.
Satoshi came to the next morning at 11:24, much to everyone's surprise, pulling the mask off of his face and touching his lips.
The first words out of his mouth once he came to were "Did they say... Goodbye?"
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A/N: FINALLY. FINALLY I have time to work on this. It was driving me CRAZY. You see, I can't very well work on this at school, and then after school, I have been having driver's ed. Also, I have dance, piano, teaching, and production practice. I have kind of worked on it in school, though, I guess. That's where I do my drafting. -smile-
I don't think this is going to take to many more chapters. This is my mini-climax. The best is yet to come. Or the worst. Depends who you are. Anyways, there's also going to be an epilogue, and I'm seriously considering a sequel. It depends on you, I suppose. But don't make your decision yet! Wait until after the epilogue, kay?
What do you think about this length/description-stuff-y-thing-y-yeah for chapters? I'm still getting a feel for how much I should write in each chapter, even though I've written 16 total. O.o -shrug- I'm a slow learner.
About shock. Yeah. It's that serious, if not even more so, if you had any doubts. I went into shock once. After I fractured my hip. It was a mixture of the mental shock of actually doing it, and of the personal tragedy that was my inability to dance again for a long, long time. The injury wasn't that bad- put me on pain medication that totally drugged me up. They kept me in the hospital for the shock, though. I had the IV, and people constantly checking in on me. They gave me about 20 blankets, as well. O.o Most of them were from my parents, though.
Anyways, please, please, PLEASE review. Is it really that hard to? 'Cause it really does make a difference in the speed that these chapters come out, you know.
Anyways. Thanks for reading. If you've stuck with me so far, in my opinion, you've been dragged through the slightly boring to reach the mildly exciting, and I applaud you for your tolerance. Bai bai, now.