WOOT! For the first time, I'm gonna reply on here to the people who commented on the last chapter. Basically...
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Chapter 9
Satoshi sighed as he took a bite of his sandwich. "But Mr. Niwa, what if he does know? What if he uses it to get back at Daisuke?"
"Stop worrying so much, my dear boy." Kosuke chuckled, messing up his hair. "We'll get everything solved out, got it? Now finish your sandwich. You need that energy for today's events." Growling, Satoshi continued to eat it while Kosuke snacked down on potato chips.
"Those aren't good for you." argued Satoshi. Mr. Niwa shrugged, stuffing his mouth. His eyes lit up.
"Their mix of salty and sweet makes you feel like your in heaven." Kosuke babbled on about potato chips. Shaking his head, Satoshi grabbed his garbage and threw it away.
"Come on, class starts soon."
The two walked down the halls. Satoshi heard something behind him and turned around. Running towards him, was his own body, probably Krad. "Stay away Krad!" shouted Satoshi, getting in a fighting pose.
"WAH!" He stopped to run the other way. "I'm sorry, Satoshi!"
"Wait..." Satoshi thought for a minute. "Daisuke, get back here." Daisuke turned back around, his face lit up.
"Satoshi!" Daisuke ran toward Satoshi with his arms spread wide open. Satoshi stood there, raising his eyebrow. Once Daisuke got to his friend, he hugged him tightly. "I couldn't find you!"
A group of kids passed by them as Daisuke embraced Satoshi. "I didn't know Satoshi was gay." One of the girls whispered. Sighing, Satoshi pushed Dai away.
"So, you are Daisuke, right?" whispered Satoshi.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Daisuke whined. Shaking his head, Satoshi walked away from Daisuke. "Hey! Where are you going?"
Glancing back, Satoshi help but smirk. "You act like a little kid when you just get up from sleeping."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Shouted Daisuke, chasing the other red head. Satoshi would not give Daisuke an answer, which frustrated him.
"There you guys are!" A friendly shout was heard. They turned around to see Kosuke waving frantically and Mr. Hiwatari was just leaning against the wall. "Come on, the games are about to start." The two boys nodded and ran toward their fathers.
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"Alright, now that we've discussed the rules, is everyone ready to compete?" At first no one way paying attention. Of course, sitting through forty minutes of rules could make you get a little spaced out. "I said, is everyone ready?" The teacher nearly shouted. Everyone shot up, smiling.
"Yeah!" Everyone threw their fists in the air.
The class and their parents ran out to the track. Once everyone got situated, she began. "The first event will be the bean bag toss. Only the students will compete. Whoever throws the farthest wins this event."
"What's the prize?" Takeshi asked lazily. His father elbowed him for being so rude.
"If you were listening before, you would have heard what said." The teacher put her hands on her hips. "But like I said before, the winner and his father both get coupons for Azumano's Ice Cream Shoppe for free ice cream from a month."
At that moment, Satoshi and Daisuke looked straight up. "F-Free Ice Cream?"
"For a m-month?" Satoshi ended the sentence.
The teacher gave them a nod. "Alright, the first event will be for the students only. It is an obstacle course. What you will have to do is run through the track. Along the track, there is, of course, obstacles." She pointed to them all as she explained. "First, you will have to run through the tires. Then find your way through the ropes. Next, you'll have to crawl under these ropes and finally run the end by jumping over the hurdles."
All the students lined up on the starting line and waited for the go. Riku turned her head to Satoshi and smiled girlishly. "Hey Daisuke, good luck." He only nodded back but got ready. Daisuke had the same look of determination on his face. The two boys loved ice cream. They all stretched and waiting for the teacher to tell them to go. Daisuke and Satoshi began to fidget. She was talking too long to shoot the pistol.
Finally, a loud bang could be heard and the two shot off. The rest of the students jogged to the tire with wide eyes, amazed how fast the two were running.
Satoshi and Daisuke were gasping for breath, running through the tires and off to the next obstacle. Shit, I don't have time to find my way through a stupid rope maze. Satoshi growled in his head.
Damn...don't get so worked up on ice cream. Dark sighed, he seemed to be getting annoyed.
I'll let you visit by yourself with the coupon for some free ice cream.
There was a long pause. GO CREEPY! RUN!
Satoshi looked up at the frame of the structure. Feet before they got to the ropes, Satoshi gave a hard push off the ground and jumped ten feet in the air, over the maze. He looked over his shoulder and saw Daisuke had done the same thing. Laughing, Satoshi shouted, "Come on Daisuke. It may just be me but you're falling behind."
"Shut up, Satoshi." Laughed Daisuke. They both landed, hearing the gasps from behind them and kept running. The two boys crawled under the ropes and smirked. "All that's left is the hurdles. Easy, right?" Satoshi agreed and they jumped the hurdles in no time.
As if they just flashed by them, the adults seemed petrified as Daisuke and Satoshi stopped running. They were a little out of breath. "It's a...tie." The teacher stuttered.
Once all the others finished, they all gathered up around Daisuke and Satoshi. Voices were heard all around them. "Wow, I didn't know you guys were that athletic."
"How the hell did you jump over the ropes? That's not possible!"
"You two were brilliant!"
"You were almost like Dark!"
They pushed away the student and walked to their dads. "Good job, you two." Kosuke smiled encouragingly. He gave them a thumbs up and winked. Satoshi turned his head to his father, having a small bit of hope in his heart that his dad would congratulate him. Mr Hiwatari just looked away and sighed.
"You two were being quite cocky out there and showing off." He said in a monotone voice. Daisuke tilted his head, not knowing exactly what to think but Satoshi shook his head, a wave of disappointment crashed into him. He stood up, saying, "Daisuke, I'm going to get a drink of water."
What am I telling myself? Father would never be proud of me unless I- Satoshi froze, remembering who's body he was in.
Unless you what? Dark questioned. Satoshi almost winced at hearing his voice. He was used to the cold insults of Krad poking at him after Satoshi would normally complain about something like that.
Unless I...capture and kill you. He first hesitated to say.
Dark thought for a moment. As he was thinking about how he could ever help Satoshi make his father proud, another thought passed by. Wait...why do I want to help Satoshi? He wants to kill me.
Dark, I'm sorry if I get you involved in any of this. Satoshi kindly apologized, taking sips of water from the fountain. A sharp pain shot through his skull and Satoshi backed away from the fountain. His head boomed with pain. What the-
Pathetic. Dark growled. It's a proven fact. Without each other, you and Krad are weak. Without Krad, you are relaxed and polite and all that crap and Krad is being nice to his new tamer.
So are you saying Daisuke's weak? he brought up, smirking slightly.
I never-
But Dark was interrupted by Daisuke running in the halls and grabbed Satoshi's wrists. "Come on!" Daisuke's blue eye's shined happily. "You're going to miss the parent's race. Even your dad is going to race!" He had to push up his glasses with his free hand.
"Really?" They both ran to the bleachers and saw Kosuke and Kei stretching. "They're gonna actually do it." murmured Satoshi.
"On your marks," All the parents bent down. "Get set." They were on their toes now. It seemed like hours before the teacher shouted, "Go!" and shot off the gun.
They all jogged around in a giant group. Daisuke and Satoshi looked around, searching for their fathers. "Whoa."
"What?" Satoshi looked out.
"Look where my father is." Daisuke pointed out. He glanced out, looking for what Daisuke was talking about. But then, a loud laugh came from Daisuke and he fell over laughing. "He's in dead last."
The winner turned out to be Risa's and Riku's mother. She reveled to everyone after the race that she was in track for five years.
The next event was a water balloon toss. Takeshi and his father were the first ones out when Takeshi threw the balloon too far away from his father. Then the twins were out. Satoshi threw his balloon and it slipped through Kosuke's fingers. They were both surprised to see Mr. Hiwatari catch the balloon gracefully and win for him and Dai.
"Great job, Kei." Kosuke patted him on the back, walking to the next event.
They did relays, limbos and strength competitions. So far, Daisuke and Mr. Hiwatari were winning, Satoshi and Kosuke were in second, the twins in third, Yuuji and his father in forth and the rest had won nothing.
"The final competition is between the two best teams. So it's team Hiwatari against team Niwa. This will be a game show where I ask you trivia questions and you must answer them. First to ten questions wins." explained the teacher. The two groups walked to tables which had buzzers on them. The rest of the class watched from the perimeter. "First Question: When did Christopher Columbus discover North America?"
A buzzer rang and everyone turned their head. "Team Niwa."
"1492." Said Satoshi.
"Correct. Next Question: If zero is the freezing tempeture for Celsius, what is it for farienhight? Team Hiwatari!"
"Thirty two degrees." Mr. Hiwatari clearly stated.
Satoshi and his father kept switching back and forth when answering questions. Every time Daisuke or Kosuke reached their hands out to answer, the Hiwatari's would slap them away and answer it themselves.
"Final Question!" The teacher shouted out. The scores were tied, nine to nine and the next question would determine who won. "After his forty year disappearance...what was the first thing Dark stole." Both Satoshi and Kei froze.
"H-How are we going to remember that after all the other shit we got to remember." They both said at the same time.
Daisuke jumped, he suddenly remember what he had first stolen and rang the buzzer before anyone could stop him. "The Saint of Tears!" he shouted.
"Correct! Hiwatari Team wins!" The whole class cheered for the two groups. The teacher handed Daisuke two coupons for ice cream and the bell rang through their ears as school finished. "See you on Monday!" She waved goodbye to everyone.
Walking out of the building, Daisuke laughed and gave Satoshi the other coupon. "Why don't we celebrate with some double chocolate peanut butter chunk with gummy bears?" Satoshi agreed, chuckling. The two older men just ordered drinks when they got to the ice cream place.
Once they finished, Daisuke patted his belly and smacked his lips together. "Who's up for another one?" He suggested but Satoshi tackled him, laughing.
"You're going to gain fifty pounds if you eat anymore." he tried to control his laughter. Everyone kept walking but Satoshi noticed his shoes was untied and stopped for a second. He bent down, wiping the tears from his eyes and tied his shoes. I don't think I've had this much fun in a while.
Dark couldn't help but smile. It was kind of nice, seeing the cold hearted Hikari, smiling, being happy. All he could say was, That's great.
"So, are you comfortable in this body, Satoshi?" A voice from behind him asked. Satoshi felt his heart sink into his stomach.
"..Mr. Hiwatari?" Satoshi stood up and turned around to find his father staring down at him.
"Quit the act, Satoshi. I know it's you." Kei crossed his arms. Satoshi looked away, ashamed. How was Satoshi supposed to explain this?
"How did you find out?" He asked in a quiet voice.
"I saw you and Dark break the necklace and did some studying." He explained, putting his hands in his pockets and staring up at the clear, sunny sky. "So," He turned back to his son. "Are you enjoying yourself? Living with the Niwas?"
"For the past few days, I went back to my house." argued Satoshi.
"Yes, but it's been about a month since you and the boy switched. Do you like being separated with Krad? Do you like to see the Niwa boy suffer instead of yourself?"
Satoshi had never thought about that. He never considered thinking about the pain Krad must be making Daisuke go through. I'm scum.
A bit. Dark added. Satoshi ignored him and looked at his father.
"That look. You will never get past anyone with a brain trying to be Niwa. Your posture, your tone, your eyes. You don't even care if you get caught like this." Hiwatari paced back and forth while Satoshi tried to come up with an argument. But for once...his father was right. "Give up this act, this happiness, and go back to being your normal self. You make a disgrace of anyone trying to pose as someone else."
With every word, it was another heavy blow to his heart. Satoshi felt worse than dirt at the moment. Yet, his father continued. "There's a reason we use you. Because you let us. You're cold, cruel and emotionless. The complete opposite of Niwa. Quit trying to act happy, Satoshi. It's path-" Mr. Hiwatari went to look at Satoshi but was completely taken back.
It wasn't Daisuke's wide, red eyes or Satoshi's slimmer replacements but Dark violet eyes. "Why don't you shut up, old man?" Mr. Hiwatari raised an eyebrow.
"You're going to support your enemy?"
"For the time being, he's not my enemy." Dark spat. "And I can't just sit aside and let you verbally abuse someone."
Mr. Hiwatari had a grim smile on his face. "Yeah? Well, what are you going to do about it?"
Dark clenched his fists, about to punch the older man but suddenly turned around. Kosuke and Daisuke were running toward them. "What are you doing?" Shouted Daisuke.
"Nothing, took you guys long enough to realize I was back here!" chuckled Dark. He gave a last glare before giving Satoshi back control.
"I'm sorry Satoshi. Da-Kosuke was just explaining something to me."
"That's cool." Satoshi softly muttered.
Kosuke seemed to notice Satoshi's expression and let out a breath. "It's getting late. We'll see you guys later." he tugged on Satoshi's arm and dragged him away. Daisuke looked up at Mr. Hiwatari and waved good bye before running off.
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Satoshi sat in his apartment, going through all the "confidential" files in the museum. He slammed his fist on the desk. "Damn! All they have on the necklace is date donated, by who, it's creator and it's magic. But no reversal..."
Satoshi, it's getting late. We can always research tomorrow. Said Dark, yawning. Satoshi shook his head and glanced at his clock. It read 10:46.
"But...I want to find a way to get out of this body as soon as I can." Satoshi looked back at the computer screen and thought for a minute. What else could he look up? A thought came up and he went to type but a wave of exhaustion hit him and Satoshi fell asleep on the keyboard.
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A man, about fifty, checked the kitchen of the Azumano Ice Cream Shoppe. With one last look over, he nodded to himself and locked the kitchen door. As he walked to the front of the store, he noticed there were two young men sitting at a table, eating a bowl of ice cream. He cocked his head to the side, and took a few steps toward them.
One boy had shoulder length, purple hair and the other had a beanie hat on, though blonde bangs covered his face.
"Excuse me, boys, but why are you here so late?"
"We just wanted to have some ice cream and chat at a quiet place." Dark stated and Krad agreed with him.
"Wouldn't-"
"Our tamers wouldn't mind. Don't worry." Krad added, smirking softly. It was something he learned from Daisuke.
"Tamers? You mean parents?" The old man questioned them.
"I guess..." Krad glanced at Dark, hoping he would give an answer.
"But I need to shut down this place..." The man tried to say it as nice as he could.
"We could close it for you." Dark suggested. Krad's eyes widened.
"There's no way this old man's gonna trust us!" Krad whispered but Dark covered the blonde's mouth to stop him from saying any more.
"Well..." The man took a minute to think. He stared at the wall, then the ceiling, then Krad and Dark. "You know, you two kind of look like that Phantom Thief and that other man that the cops want to recruit."
The two laughed and looked up at the old man. "We get that a lot." They both said. Dark ran his fingers through his hair.
He gave them a nod of approval and walked to the door. "I'm going to lock this. All you guys have to do is shut the door, alright?" They both said, "Got it." and waved to the man as he left.
"So..." Krad looked up at the ceiling. "Satoshi hasn't found a way to reverse the curse, has he?"
"Nope, has Kosuke found anything?"
"Not that I've heard." He leaned back in the seat, balancing it on two legs. A sudden laugh came out and caught Dark's attention. "That's funny. They want me to try to capture you." Krad chuckled, now sitting on one leg. "They're just full of ideas, aren't they?"
"I guess..." Dark took a bite of his ice cream. Seconds later, he saw Krad leaning over the table. Dark sighed and watched the blonde.
"You know, it's just you and me here now. We can do anything...we...want." Krad's index finger traced Dark's jaw. Scowling, Dark punched Krad across the room, taking the last bite of ice cream he had.
"Yeah, well anything I want to do isn't exactly what you want to do." Dark threw away the container. "And didn't you just finish blabbing about capturing me?"
Krad stood up, cracking his neck. "Yeah, yeah." He pulled off his beanie and ruffled his hair. "Look, you mess up my hair."
Dark leaned against the wall, snorting at the white wings. "You know, you look much better without your hair in a ponytail, Krad." Dark's eyes shined. Krad's grin grew larger as he jumped at Dark.
"I knew you'd accept me!" He happily shouted. When Krad was a foot away from Dark, he kicked him back down again.
"Not. You're just so fun to play with, Kraddy." Dark's fingers grazed the wall while he walked to the door.
"Dark..." Krad said with a weak voice. "Don't leave."
"I think I will, it's almost eleven thirty and I don't want to be tired tomorrow. I mean, it's Saturday." With a chuckled, Dark went to open the door but to his surprise, Krad was holding his hand. "Why are you stopping me?"
"Be quiet, Kaitoh." Krad grunted. "Just listen." There was a quiet moment. There were no sounds, you could hear a pin drop at the moment. Then, there were footsteps and a few voices.
Dark shout up straight. "The old man called the cops on us?" He whispered. "What an older, grimy bastard."
"But what are we going to do?"
"The back kitchen is locked so we can't go this way." Dark turned to Krad but the blonde had a face of annoyance.
"The famous Phantom Thief, Dark, can't get threw a ice cream shop's lock?" He growled.
"But it's cold back there..." Rolling his eyes, Krad began to pace. Quietly walking to the side, he checked out the windows and told Dark, "They've got the whole place surrounded. Even the back."
"Damn..." Dark put his hands in his pockets and stared at the ceiling.
"I could always take care of this." Dark cocked an eyebrow at the blonde. He stared at him, watching to see what he was going to do. Dark noticed Krad's body twitch and ran at the blonde, kicking him in the chest.
"Are you an idiot?" Dark growled. "Wait, don't even answer that." He picked Krad up by his collar. "How could you be so foolish to use your wings?"
"I always-"
"Daisuke isn't the same as Satoshi. Daisuke's-"
"Weaker?" Krad smirked. Dark froze for a minute. Krad got the answer right, though. But so are you. Dark thought to himself. The two stared at each other, Dark was curious to see what Krad would do. "Come on," He loosened his grip on Dark. In a sigh of relief, Dark began to walk away but Krad's grip grew strong again and he kissed Dark on the cheek. "YAY! I got you."
"Why you-" Dark pushed up his sleeve to punch Krad but heard more footsteps. "Wait...what if we just let them catch us?"
"What do you mean?" Dark walked over to Krad and whispered the plan to him in his ear. "Ok..."
The two walked out of the building, only to be blinded by lights and deafened by thousands of voices.
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Krad kind of did get a little OCC but oh well XD and it was a bit shounen ai but you guys don't really mind, do you?
I'll keep trying to update as fast as I can...
I R Tired XD
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-Paige