Disclaimer: No, I don't own anything, except my plot and err…whatever. XD Anyway thanks for all the nice reviews (even if they didn't hit the intended target. Sob…) oh, and since –glomps yuugi- wanted to know why Krad didn't help out Satoshi, well…I guess I'll explain in this chapter. XD

Chapter twelve: Explanations

Krad looked on with worry and sympathy at Satoshi's shaking body, having to hear what the blue haired boy had said. It pained him to know that his tamer wasn't supposed to end up like this, wasn't supposed to end up raping his first and possibly only love, wasn't supposed to feel all this. It wasn't supposed to be like this.

Satoshi felt his mind went blank for a moment, before wiping away his tears with the back of his hand. The blue haired tamer suddenly heard a voice behind him, startling him. Alarmed, he turned around abruptly to see Krad two feet away from him, the golden eyes that were usually filled with arrogance and smugness were filled with sympathy and understanding, understanding for what he did, the horrible, horrible sin he had done.

But the commander, or ex-commander, saw it as a sign that he was thought to be weak, that he needed the sympathy of another person. He wasn't weak! No, he deserved this and no one should pity him or show mercy! Satoshi felt his blood boiled, and anger leaked into his eyes, sweeping away the grief, remorse and depression that had covered him like a thick, choking blanket. He was back to his cold self.

"I don't need any help, just leave me alone!" Satoshi snapped at the solitary figure who had taken a step forward, only to retreat warily, uncertain. This wasn't the first time he had found Satoshi all bruised and outside alone, but he never saw the blood coming out of the other boy's crotch. Even so, Satoshi had always refused to be helped, always pushed back everyone who tried with his coldness and hostility and sharp words. Even Daisuke.

"Look, I don't know who did this or why, but can't you see that you really need help?" Krad took two steps forward, while Satoshi took four backward, looking sideway to see if either Dark or Daisuke woke up. Both were still sound asleep. Krad tried to speak while moving forward, trying to talk some sense into the blue haired teen, but Satoshi had his hands covering his ears, backing away. He felt his blood chill in his vein, memories flooding back into his mind.

"GO AWAY!" this time, Satoshi screamed at the top of his lungs, his mind filled with horrible, horrendous, and sickening visions. The shadows of the dimly-lit house suddenly seem to grow bigger, wider, sharper, shorting the distance between it and the blue haired teen every single second. Satoshi felt himself tripped; his hurting back was up against the wall that prevented him from going any further. He was trapped.

"GET AWAY FROM ME! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!" then the visions stopped, and all Satoshi saw was darkness. He felt a pair of strong and familiar arms lifted him from the wall and pulled the boy into an embrace, allow warmth to seep into cold and shivering body. A voice called out to him, a voice that he recognized so well, but yet it must be a dream, for Daisuke wouldn't call to him, not now, not ever. Never.

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Kei looked up from his folder in self-satisfaction. A smirk formed on his appalling appearance, making it even more sinister-looking. His eyes lit up at the sight of a pair of dolls, one with blue sad eyes while the other with red and lively ones. The older man to a needle from his drawer, and took the doll with blue eyes in his other hand. Slowly, he poked the needle shallowly in the collar area of the doll, mentally hearing a scream coming from somewhere, somewhere besides the doll, somewhere he knew very well, and he relished in the pain and agony that the scream executed.

Pulling the needle out and placing the doll back onto his desk, Kei pulled out a third doll. The doll had cocky looking eyes that were of deep amethyst, black wings spouted out from the back. Looking at the doll with red eyes, Kei felt his plan all ready for operation. The needle took a plunge in the purple-eyed doll's arm, and left a cut that was deep and blood red, only the liquid wasn't blood at all.

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Daisuke's eyes stared helplessly as he stood rooted to the floor, watching his rapist screaming in ache and anguish. Dark stood behind him, wrapping an arm around him protectively. Krad stood a foot away from them, his trembling back facing them. On impulse, Daisuke darted towards Satoshi, stopping uncertainly in front of the hurting boy before pulling the other boy into an embrace, knowing that he would have done this in the past, when he was still certain that Satoshi and him could really become friends. But now, but now…

Krad came up from behind, only to hear Satoshi let another heart-wrenching cry of torment. Daisuke was trembling in fear and confusion as he tried to sooth Satoshi with words of reassurance; unable to comprehend why he was doing this. Dark and Krad came forward at the same time, Dark placing a hand on Daisuke's shoulder in an attempt to comfort the other boy. Krad pulled an unconscious Satoshi out of the embrace and saw a cut around the neckline that hadn't been there before.

Dark draped an arm around Daisuke, who was shaking uncontrollable while staring at Satoshi. Memories came flooding back, good and bad, and it hurt his head so much that he started to weep slightly, lowering his head and holding it tightly with his hands. Dark watched on while trying to reassure that everything will be all right, knowing what the red haired boy was thinking and feeling, feeling his heart ache with heaviness. Daisuke still wanted Satoshi as a friend.

The phantom thief unexpectedly felt a slight pain in his arm, and turned around to see a large cut in his upper limb. It surprised him, only to look up at Krad who was holding Satoshi tenderly in his arms with a questioning eye. The other angel nodded in understanding and Dark immediately figured out what was going on.

Voodoo dolls.

Shit, this is like such a short chapter for such a long wait! Sorry, readers! I was down with a really, really serious writer's block and thus this really short chapter. Sorry! And please do give some ideas to add to this fic, 'cause I'm running short of them, even if it's a random thing like the fish one, okay?

Oh, and one last thing: Reviews means updates!