Okay, Chapter Five. Finally. You know this story a bit disappointing so far. Two reviews? From the same person? Come on people! I'm an author, even if you don't have anything nice to say I want to hear your opinions! I want to improve, I want to make great stories! So, read and review onegai(please)?! Geez, I could rant about this little itch of mine some more, but, I won't. Why? Because I'm an adult who doesn't feel like screaming her head off. ...Okay, so I'm a teenager but still, that's beside the point. I pnly look (almost) sixteen, I never guaranteed my mental stability.

Yeah okay I'm done now...

Disclaimer: No ownage here.

P.S. Constructive criticism please, if any criticism at all. If all you have to say is, "This is a piece of shit!!!!", then please tell me WHY you think it is a piece of shit. Same goes for if you absolutely love the story. This is all I ask people. Though I trealize that this story wont skyrocket like Pains of the Past (Naruto) and Mother Demon (Naruto / YuYu Hakusho Crossover, written by Kai), I want to be proud of it. And heck, maybe I'll redo it someday like I'm redoing Through the Eyes of a Memory (Fullmetal Alchemist).

Chapter 5: Remembrance

It was Daisuke.

His breath hitched and he stood, frozen in place. The red head looked pained somehow, and the lifeless eyes that he should have had flickered with a bit of light. Daisuke was struggling against the curse. His hands were clenched into defiant fists and he forced himself to look up at Satoshi from across the room.

"Hiwa...tari-kun!" He managed to choke out, before collapsing to his hands and knees as the necklaces power fought him.

Satoshi ran over, "Niwa-kun!" He shouted, stopping just short as Daisuke's will gave up and he forcibly changed into Dark. Satoshi saw Dark struggling too, and remembered a line from the article on the necklace that he had read; the victim should have no memory of people, places, or things other than their masters.

Dark's eyes were the lifeless, violet, abyss that Satoshi remembered them as the thief made for the painting. All Satoshi could do was watch (much to Krad's displeasure) as dark flew off into the night with the painting. After Dark left he ran to the window, watching the thief's retreating form. "Daisuke..."

((A/N: You know it means something when Satoshi calls Daisuke by his first name! ))

Satoshi sighed and went over to where the painting had once hung on the wall, and found a note taped to the wall. He ripped it off without caring whether or not the paint peeled off of the wall and read it hastily.

Satoshi,

I must say I'm enjoying my new toy. Can you tell? Anyway, meet me at the abandoned farmhouse on the outskirts two weeks from now if you want to see Dark and little Daisuke again. Don't think I haven't done my homework, dear cousin.

-Hakuo

xXx

"You think you're so smart and yet you can't even get past a soulless puppet!" Hakuo teased, watching Satoshi fight with Dark. The blunette couldn't get close enough to Hakuo to break the necklace, as was his plan.

"Just let them go Hakuo!" His voice was angry, yet somehow pleading. "Who do you think you are!" He shouted, attempting to jump over Dark using a pitchfork he'd found on the floor. But he was blocked by the thief and thrown to the hay-strewn floor.

With that Krad showed. He stood up and ran at Dark, pushing him up against a wall and throwing a feather at Hakuo. the feather missed the necklace but cut Hakuo himself on the cheek. "Damn it..." Krad cursed under his breath. He looked back at the still pinned Dark and saw something, the same thing he and Satoshi had seen in Daisuke that night at the museum, life. Proof that their souls weren't completely lost yet, that they were fighting. "Dark!" He shook the thief's shoulders, but that did no good and the light quickly faded away. Dark threw Krad off of him and flew protectively over to his master.

Hakuo smirked, "Poor Satoshi, unable to help his friend and his enemy because of his enemy." Hakuo taunted again. "What would you say to this?" He questioned, or rather thought out loud enough for Satoshi and Krad to hear.

The necklace glowed brighter, signaling that it was working, and Dark changed back into Daisuke. Wiz sat obediently on Daisuke's shoulder. Whatever the necklace was commanding him to do, Daisuke was visibly struggling against it. His hands clenched into fists again and he had his eyes tightly shut.

"...I...won't..." The red head tried desperately to form a sentence, to break the curse binding his and Dark's souls. But to no avail. Krad ran over to Daisuke (acting on Satoshi's will) and Daisuke (acting on the necklaces will) flung his arm out to punch Krad. Tears started to flow from his eyes, "...I'm sorry..." He muttered, still struggling but he finally gave in, tired out. His body fell to the ground in pain before it was taken over by the necklace and Hakuo again.

Krad and Satoshi glared at Hakuo, "Monster!"

Hakuo smirked, "You may call me a monster but say that to my loyal servant!" He made Daisuke kneel before him seemingly to stress his point, and also to spite Satoshi. He had done his homework, and found out that Satoshi and Daisuke had 'soft spots' for one another. Hakuo looked down at Daisuke and praised him, "Good, you should know by now that resisting is useless and will only cause you pain in the end."

Krad threw himself and a white feather at Hakuo, "You bastard!" They shouted, watching as the feather just missed Hakuo's heart and instead hit the necklace, shattering it to pieces. Krad smirked, "You're just a dirty, vulnerable rat without Dark protecting you!"

Hakuo gaped, horrified as the shattered remains of the necklace hit the floor. He was totally helpless. He looked down at Daisuke, the red head was blinking and confused, but only briefly. The strain that both his and Darks souls had gone through was too much, and he soon blacked out. As he lay on the floor the curse mark between his eyes slowly began to fade away.

Krad rushed over to help the boy, only stopping when Hakuo glared and threatened, "Not a step further! I know all about you two and I could easily expose you to the public!" Even though some small fear lined his voice, he sounded completely confident.

Krad glared back, "I think you wont uphold that promise, Hakuo! Not if you value your life!" He threw the threat back at Hakuo like a curveball, holding a white feather in between his fingers as he did so. Just one good shot, and the boy would be finished.

Hakuo continued to glare defiantly at the angel before him, "Say what you like, cousin, I will not give in so easily!" He glanced uneasily down at the shattered necklace briefly, but then looked back up in time to see Krad changing back into Satoshi.

"You're hardly a threat without that necklace, Hakuo. Just give up. I won't turn you in to the police but I will turn you over to your parents later. Though we'll skirt over some of the finer details of this mishap." He knelt down and picked up what he could of the necklace, pocketing the remains. "And if Daisuke suffers from any permanent damage after this I'll personally hunt you down." He promised, gently picking Daisuke up as if he too would fall to pieces like the necklace.

Hakuo folded his arms, "I don't doubt that, seeing as you're so infatuated with him. I'm not stupid." He said as-a-matter-of-factly. He received and icy glare from Satoshi. "What's wrong commander? You look a little tense."

Satoshi continued glaring, "Lets go, Hakuo. Keep your hands where I can see them and walk in front of me." He ordered. "Your parents can pick you up at the police station. I refuse to let you near the apartment." He explained a bit blandly. Even though he said he wouldn't hand Hakuo over to the police, he'd just say that it was easier for his parents to find him there.

Hakuo scoffed but did as h was told anyway, keeping his hands at his sides and leading the (long) way back to town. "As you say, commander." He half joked, successfully pissing off Satoshi all the more.

"You're lucky that Daisuke is here otherwise you'd be getting a fist to your---" He stopped himself when the boy in his arms stirred slightly, but his eyes did not open. He looked down at Daisuke's oddly peaceful face solemnly. How could he have let this happen?

Stop beating yourself up over this. It's not your fault in the least. Krad tried to reassure him, how could they have known what trouble Hakuo would get himself into?

Did I ask for your two cents, Krad? Satoshi snapped back, his building up emotions venting on his alter ego. Sadness, grief, anger, revenge, all of those feelings wanted to be let out at once but there were just far too many witnesses. And by witnesses he meant cousins who would gratefully tell everyone in the Hiwatari family of the soft side of Satoshi. So he kept everything bottled up so it could explode at Krad. Poor, unsuspecting, Krad.

The angel sighed, No, you didn't, I was just trying to be a bit of a help don't be so tense. If you must vent at someone yell at Hakuo some more.

Just shut up.

Hakuo glanced over his should at the pause in Satoshi's words, "What is it now, having an internal battle since your so close to the Niwa?" He teased, sniggering to himself at the blood rushing to Satoshi's face out of anger.

"Why should I tell you? No, that wasn't it but I'm not going to tell you what it really was about. That was a private conversation." He looked back down at Daisuke, wondering if he and Dark were awake even in their minds or if they were asleep in there was well. But the truth was that Daisuke was in a comatose state, and it seemed to him as if he were in an extended dream...

I'm Looking For A Beta!!

By the way, if there are any Fullmetal Alchemist fans out there that happen to like the RoyxEd pairing, I'm looking for a beta, since Kai doesn't know fma very well. If you're interested, the story I'm looking to have beta'd is more than likely going to be called Dreaming of Another World, and it's set after the movie. I wont reveal the plot here, but if you would like to be my beta (and possibly my buddy too?) please send me a message! I'm pretty sure the link is on my page thing. (Also, the job doesn't pay, figured I'd say that. ...It pays in wisdom?)