Author's Note: GASP! I can't believe all the reviews I got...I'm happy! But you guys pissed me off too you know...I'm trying to get a chapter done on my other story and I get reviews saying, "Just don't take forever this time." ...I know I'm slow XD I'm just kidding, I'm not mad.
DisCLAIMER: I don't own DNAngel...Why not? Because I could never come up with DNAngel.
Author's Note 2: It's been a while since I had two XD...but I just watched the final episode. SATOSHI-KUN! Don't die, I LOVE YOU! ...my Satoshi-kun...got it?
A/U 3: I will be referring to Daisuke and Satoshi-kun as their mind setting, not whose body they're in, k?
Chapter 3
Daisuke popped a piece of popcorn in his mouth as he turned to the TV guide channel. "Anything good on?" he asked himself.
Why-Master-stupid-you-angry...
What are you saying Krad? Daisuke asked as kindly as he could. Once again, Krad muttered something that Daisuke couldn't understand. ...A real language this time...
I said, I don't get why Master Satoshi cares about you so much. It's stupid and foolish of him to care about you, Niwa and it makes me angry.
I don't know... said Daisuke as he took a drink of water. We're just friends. Friends care about each other.
Krad became quiet after what Daisuke said. Getting bored, Daisuke went to the bathroom. Once the door was shut he looked at himself in the mirror. Since he didn't know how to work the air conditioning and it was about 80 degrees outside, Daisuke had taken off his shirt. He had a very skinny but fit figure.
Daisuke began to mess around with his hair. It was so different from his normal bush of red. It was flat and soft. Daisuke ran his fingers through his hair and smirked. He liked the feeling. But why is his hair blue?
Why is your hair red? Krad growled.
He felt like laughing. Daisuke knew they had a funny color of hair. He crossed his arms and tried to put on a suave look. Now, Daisuke started to laugh. "Satoshi's so handsome." Daisuke said. "It's starting to make me feel like Dark, I can go around looking so good." Daisuke could hear Krad scowling in the back of his but ignored him. "Satoshi would be pretty cocky, happy and popular if it...wasn't for his curse, wouldn't he?"
"Well, here we go," Satoshi looked at the sign that read, "Niwa." and nodded. "Alright Wiz, you'll help me get past Emiko, right?" Wiz shook his, saying, "Kyu." "Oh, well thanks." Satoshi growled.
He opened the door and looked around. A long hall. Alright. Satoshi began to walk when he heard and heard a beep and stared at his feet. "Sensors?"
Suddenly, arrows shot out of the walls. Satoshi easily dodged him. "What the hell's going on?"
Satoshi...
Yeah Dark?
Don't die.
WHAT? Satoshi almost screamed as lasers chased after him. As he ran, Satoshi saw a small space in the floor and jumped over it. Once he landed, the floorboard behind him fell down. "Wow, how long of a drop do you think that was?" Satoshi listened and waited. After a minute he heard a small clank but then heard hissing. "EH? Snakes?"
Finally, Satoshi got to the living room door and opened it. The room was empty. He stepped forward and went to sit down on the couch when he saw something from the corner of his eye. Something, no, someone wearing white with long blonde hair. KRAD?
White wings flew out and Krad charged at Satoshi. "Ahhhhh!" Satoshi ran, dodging every attack of magic he shot at him. "Daisuke! You're going to hurt him!"
"What?" a female's voice said softly.
Krad began to fade away. Satoshi had to blink a few times and noticed Emiko standing in front of him while Kosuke and Daiki sat on the couch. "What?" Emiko repeated again. "Now, I know you care about Satoshi getting hurt but don't worry about that. It was just a simulation." she waved a remote. "But why did you shout your name?"
"That-" Satoshi thought quickly. "Dark shouted, "Daisuke." but then I said the rest."
"Odd," Daisuke's grandfather stood up, sipping some tea.
"Well, dinner's ready." she said, hugging Satoshi tightly. "You're home later than normal. It worried me."
There was an awkward silence. Satoshi? Dark tried to get the boy's attention but he just stood there, frozen.
No one ever says they're worried about me except Dai. Satoshi told Dark softly.
Emiko let go of him and smiled. "But I made some yummy curry so hurry, go put your things away and come have dinner."
Satoshi walked upstairs. "His room's right at the top, right?" he asked himself and found that he was right.
Finished with dinner, Satoshi headed up to Daisuke's room. He wanted to avoid as much contact with the Niwa family as he could. But Satoshi had to admit, he loved Emiko's cooking.
Looking around the room, Satoshi found a book of sketches. I guess we both love to draw others. Satoshi thought as he flipped through the book. It had sketches of the twins together but there was one with Riku pushing her hair behind her ears. Across the top, there was a line that said, "I'll wait for you but I can't wait forever."
And each other. Satoshi chuckled as he found a picture of himself smiling. Daisuke really wants me to be happy doesn't he?
Yup, I don't know why he tries though.
But why does he?
Because Daisuke doesn't think that anyone should ever suffer as bad as you do. Dark chuckled.
There was a knock on the door. Satoshi quickly put everything back, took a book lying out and acted like he was reading as Kosuke walked in. "Hey Dai, how are you feeling."
"Good, why do you ask?" Satoshi said, looking from his book.
"You left the table early. I just was wondering, you know." his father chuckled. "So whacha reading?" Satoshi help up the book. "Oh, sounds great. 101 ways to shade in a tree in a sketch."
Satoshi jumped, he looked at the cover to see if that was right and it was. He sighed. "So, when do you plan on telling Emiko?" Kosuke said like he had just broke a lamp or something.
"Tell her what?"
"Listen, Satoshi," Satoshi felt his heart plummet to the floor but heard Dark laugh.
Nothing gets passed Kosuke.
"I know that you and Daisuke switched. I figured it would happen but Emiko never listened to my warning." he paused to laugh. "But I know it's going to be hard to tell her. She hates your family so might get angry if she finds out you "took away" her son. So are you going to tell her?"
"Sir, if you don't mind, I'll keep it to myself for a while." Kosuke nodded in understanding. "But how did you tell?"
"I have my ways." Kosuke stood up. "The facts that you didn't want to be near your family, you shouted Dai's name when you saw the white wings and that look you have." Kosuke bent in close to Satoshi. "Emiko just thinks you're sick but I know better. You have that same look in your eyes that you do when you're yourself."
"Really?" quietly, Satoshi stared at his feet.
"Until you learn to fix this, you're going to have an easier time. So put a smile on, lighten your eyes, open your heart and be willing to accept that people care for you." Kosuke make Satoshi look at him again. "But remember one thing, it's not just because you're Daisuke. When you're you, people still care about you. They're neither afraid of your other side or they're afraid of your rejection. Remember that. Good night, Satoshi." he left the room, leaving Satoshi alone to think.
Daisuke looked around his room and sighed. At first, he thought the previous day was just a dream but waking up in Satoshi's room proved him wrong.
When he stood up, Daisuke had to hold onto the dresser. After staring at the window for about twenty minutes, Daisuke got dressed, toasted a piece of bread and rushed out the door.
"Um, Sir?" Satoshi's butler said as Daisuke flew by.
"Take a break. Go get a bite, relax, read the paper, have a good day!" he waved and ran to the trolley. He was just in time and hopped on the train. Behind him, there were girl's voices muttering.
Daisuke distinctively heard, "Look, Satoshi-kun is riding the trolley!" "Look, he's feet away from you. Grab his hand." "Should we talk to him?" He turned his head to see the people talking at the moment the girls saw him look at them, they became dead quiet. Without changing his face's expression, Daisuke softly waved at them.
The girls suddenly clutched one another. Rolling his eyes, Daisuke looked to the front again. Something red caught his eye and Daisuke stood on his toes. "Satoshi?" Daisuke pushed through the crowd. "Hey Sa-Daisuke." he said happily.
"Wow, you're on here? Why?" Satoshi asked.
"I thought I'd give the guy a break."
Satoshi rolled his eyes and smirked. "How do you stand it in here?" he looked over his shoulder. "I don't think this guy took a shower this morning."
Daisuke was trying to hide his laughing. "You get used to it."
Once the trolley stopped, Satoshi dragged Daisuke off and they ran to school. "Satoshi, why are we running?" whispered Daisuke. Satoshi didn't answer. They got to the class and there was a group of girls just talking. "What? Everything is normal, see?"
The two went to their lockers. ((Or cubbies...what would you call them XD)) As Daisuke opened his locker, letters poured out. Soon, there was a pile of about forty letters and notes on the floor. Satoshi just looked up at Daisuke, smirking. "Why do you think I try to get here early?"
Daisuke picked them all up and looked through them. "I know her, her, who's she? She doesn't even go to our school." he mumbled.
"Lemme see." Daisuke handed Satoshi the letter. Satoshi started laughing. "Cute, my question is why does a girl put a letter in a box when there are already twenty of them?"
"Maybe because they think they have a chance." Both boys were snickering now.
"Great to see you two are being friendly," Takeshi walked up to them and leaned on the desk. He had his normal grin on his face. "But Dai, can I ask you for a favor?" Daisuke looked up while Satoshi was completely ignoring Takeshi. "Daisuke, Daisuke!" he shook Satoshi's shoulder.
"Oh, yeah? What do you need?" Satoshi tried to say as calmly as he could but Daisuke heard the anger in his voice and winced.
"Dark's appearing tonight and I was wondering if you could help clean."
"You mean help as in, you running off and I doing it by myself, right?" Satoshi looked up at the boy with a smirk.
"Well, I-"
"I'll help, Daisuke." Daisuke said with a smile. Satoshi noticed the bit of shock in his eyes and nodded.
"Good to see that worked out. But Satoshi, why do you have that weird smile on your face? Win the lottery or something?" Takeshi asked but Daisuke shrugged. "Ok, well, later."
Throughout class, Satoshi noticed Daisuke was a little fidgety.
At lunch, a whole bunch of girls followed the two around. "Why won't they leave us alone?" Daisuke cried, looking over his shoulder.
"I think they're waiting for a response." whispered Satoshi. They began to walk faster. But no matter what they did, the girls still followed them. And, of course, to make things better, the Harada twins found them.
"What's with the girls?" they both asked. "I'm guessing Satoshi?" Riku eyed Daisuke. Risa was staring at Daisuke too. Panic was building in his stomach so all he did was nod and blink.
"Satoshi-kun, I can help you get rid of them." Risa quietly said, staring at her shoes as she kicked at a stone. She looked at her sister.
"I'll help too." Riku said with a wide smile. Seeing her sister encouraging her, Risa smiled too and looked at the boys.
"So, how about it?"
Daisuke nodded nervously. Satoshi raised an eyebrow but then sighed. "Sure." The twins looked at Satoshi and Daisuke.
"You guys ok? Satoshi, why are you so nervous?" Riku asked.
"And Daisuke, you seemed a bit annoyed." said Risa, looking from Daisuke to Satoshi.
"It's just a stomachache." he told the girls, and just to make sure they would go along with it, Satoshi gave them a happy smile.
"Alright, if you say so." Riku looked behind them to see the girls suddenly angry. "Hey, some of those girls aren't even from our school."
"That's what I said!" Daisuke almost shouted. Satoshi began to laugh as Daisuke tried to act normal again.
Then, suddenly and unexpected, Riku wrapped her arms around Satoshi's neck and Risa hugged Daisuke tightly.
((now remember, they think they're hugging the one they like...but...))
At once, the boys grew stiff. "Just go along." Riku and Risa whispered to them. Nodding. Satoshi and Daisuke wrapped their arms around them. Satoshi looked at Riku and put a fake smile on while Daisuke chuckled and looked in Risa's eyes.
Now, Risa and Riku froze. They hadn't expected them to go along with it that well. But the moment was broken by a shout from the group. Their chattering grew louder and they began to walk away.
"Great idea!" Satoshi actually smiled for real this time. "I would have never thought of that."
"Oh, well, it was actually Risa's idea. I just helped." Riku began to blush and looked over at her sister. Risa's face became red too.
Daisuke watched them and sighed. He backed away from Risa. "We have to go, you know, get ready for class." He snatched Satoshi's arm and dragged him inside the school. "Don't do that, Satoshi!"
"Do what?"
"Encourage her!" Daisuke growled. "She thinks she's actually hugging me! It's going to hurt her if she ever finds out it's you."
Satoshi was in disbelief. It wasn't because he couldn't believe that Daisuke figured that out but because that was the first time Satoshi had ever seen Daisuke that cold and caring before. Just like...him. Nodding, Satoshi smiled and looked up at Daisuke. "I'm sorry, I understand." Suddenly, the bells ran and kids poured into the doors, crowding the halls.
Now, Daisuke was acting normal. Well, normal as he could be in Satoshi's place. Daisuke noticed that Risa kept staring at him and tried to ignore it but ended up doodling it. When the class ended, Daisuke folded it up and smirked. Maybe he could give it to Satoshi.
Satoshi walked by Riku's desk and noticed Daisuke's name written over and over again. They were even written in many different ways.
"Hey Riku, what are you writing?" He could have sworn he saw her jump a few feet in her chair but only chuckled.
"Did you see what I wrote?" Riku held the notebook close to her chest. Satoshi shook his head, smirking. Suddenly, Riku pushed him back. "Don't scare me like that." she laughed and waved good-bye to him.
"What was that about?" Daisuke asked quietly.
"Riku wrote your name a whole bunch of times on her notebook." Satoshi said as the last person left the classroom.
A wide smile appeared on Daisuke's face. "Really?" Satoshi nodded to Daisuke.
The two walked down to the art room. Right before the opened the door, Daisuke stopped and shouted. "Oh, here, I drew this. She wouldn't stop looking at me." Satoshi unfolded the paper and looked at Daisuke.
"This is really great." Satoshi folded the paper up again and put it in his pocket. He flicked on the light and looked around. "Don't these kids know how to clean up?" growled Satoshi, looking at the dirty paintbrushes, crumpled papers, tipped over chairs and other things around. "Well, let's get started."
While they were cleaning, Daisuke tried to stack as many trays as he could before they fell. His record wasfourteen before they were stacked so high, Daisuke was afraid they would break. Satoshi just laughed. He took a pencil and on a canvas, he drew a chibi Daisuke with shaved hair. "Dai, I think this would look good on you."
Daisuke shrieked. "No way!" Crossing his arms, they continued to clean up.
About twenty minutes later, they finished. Feeling like they had extra time, they both began to draw. Daisuke laughed when he showed Satoshi walking around with many girls clinging onto him. "Oh great, you're making me look like Dark."
Hey, what's that supposed to mean?
Then, Satoshi showed Daisuke his paper. There was Wiz dressed up as superman. Daisuke almost fell off his seat laughing.
Cute... growled Krad.
After a few more minutes, Daisuke showed one last one to Satoshi. It had the two of them, except only their eyes and their eyes and hair was colored. But the picture of Daisuke Niwa had spiky red hair and blue eyes, and the Satoshi Hiwatari had blue hair and red eyes.
There was a quiet moment but then Daisuke smiled. "I like the color, it's so pretty." he said happily. Satoshi agreed.
"The only thing is now, we don't know who the light is and who the darkness is." Satoshi said quietly. "I think things are right, right about now."
"What?" Daisuke shot up from his seat. "Satoshi! Don't think that way! You're not bad!"
"Sure," Satoshi looked up at Daisuke as he stomped over to him. "But compared to you, I am."
Daisuke opened his mouth to speak but his eyes caught a glimpse of the clock. It was a quarter till five. "Satoshi, what are we going to do? You have to be Dark tonight."
"Yeah, I forgot about that." Satoshi hung his head.
"Mom is going to go crazy if I'm not home. Hurry, alright?"
Nodding, Satoshi ran out the door. "See you later, I guess."
Daisuke watched him leave and let out a short breath. Walking to the door, Daisuke stared back at the picture of him and Satoshi. "How long is this going to take?"
Chap 3! Finished! Hooray! ...XD
omg, I love Kingdom Hearts! Riku-kun is so cool!
well later (I'm watching some commercials with Jamaicans running down the beach chanting "We are going to catch some fish")
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