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I was really amused with the things I put at the end of this chapter. It just really proves that there's no one better for the jobs than the characters Yukiru created XD

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DiSCLaiMeR: I don't own DNAngel...right now...-evil laughter-

Chapter 17

Daisuke walked into the classroom and stood in the doorway for a second. Almost all of the class had already arrived to class. He had to take a minute to think about where he sat. Daisuke laughed to himself and went to his previous seat. It was great that they had switched back but there were some things Daisuke had to get used to again.

Earlier that morning, his mom was a little surprised to see the boy come downstairs shirtless. Multiple times, he had called Dark Krad and he was in a horrible mood. It turns out that Dark was more of a pest when it came to ridiculing Daisuke than Krad was.

"Welcome back, Daisuke. Took you long enough." A voice said behind him. Daisuke was pulled into a choke hold by Takeshi. "The teach said you weren't feeling well yesterday. It's normal for you to get sick but Hiwatari? How come he wasn't here yesterday and now he's not here today." Takeshi told Daisuke, never letting his grip loosen.

"I...don't...wh-where Satoshi...is..." Dai choked out. Takeshi finally let go of him and Daisuke gasped for breath. He wasn't sure if he should have lied to Takeshi but he couldn't possibly tell him where Satoshi actually was. "But I am sure he appreciates that you care about him."

Takeshi let out a loud sigh and sat on Daisuke's desk. "I have cleaning duty after school. Satoshi normally agrees to do it for me but he isn't here today."

"What a shame." Daisuke pulled out his books and placed them on his desk, shoving Takeshi off his desk.

"Hey Daisuke, you don't think you could-"

"Nope, Takeshi, I will not take over cleaning duty for you."

Daisuke groaned when Takeshi wrapped his arms around his friend. "Come on, Daisuke. If you do, I got this picture from Ritsuko's sleepover of Riku."

A look of surprise and embarrassment appeared on Daisuke's face. "Ta-Takeshi..." The red head was slightly shaking his head, trying to get Takeshi to stop.

"I know you'd like it. And it's a picture of her changing clothes."

"WHAT?!" Riku shrieked and grabbed Takeshi by his collar. "How in the hell did you get a picture of that?" She shook him fiercely.

Daisuke laughed nervously was he watched Riku drag Takeshi away. "I tried to stop you." He said, opening his book. "I hope we didn't have any homework last night." Daisuke said to himself, rubbing his head.

His head was beginning to ache and Dai couldn't figure out why. He leaned his head back, trying to get rid of the headache. His eyes lowered as he tried to relax. Then, an image popped into his head. He remembered back to the day he and Satoshi had gone to see a movie. They were walking down the sidewalk and Satoshi was smiling. It wasn't his normal calm, amused smile. The smile was wide and happy, the smile Daisuke normally gave.

He was sure that if Dark had seen that image, he would have mistaken it as Daisuke.

Then, a thought a popped in his head. Before this incident, he had never seen Satoshi smile like that. He had only seen his normal soft smile. But that other smile, it wasn't like Satoshi. Or at least...how he normally was. It was if he was actually happy.

I'd like to see him smile like that in his body. Daisuke told Dark.

Yeah, well I'd like to see pigs fly and Krad not act like a homicidal blond but you don't see that happening, do you?

Good point.

"Niwa, if you did not get enough sleep last night, maybe you should have gone to bed earlier." The teacher's voice scolded him.

"Damn, another unfamiliar ceiling." Satoshi groaned as he rolled around in the bed he laid in. He growled and covered his head with the blanket. He didn't want to get up yet. After a minute, Satoshi peeked his head and stared at the clock. It read 2:45. Another groan came from his mouth as he once again covered his head. "How did I sleep that long?" He almost shouted.

You finally woke up, Master Satoshi.

Yeah, seventeen hours later. How am I supposed to explain this to my father?

I already have.

What? Satoshi pushed himself up. When he didn't get a reply from Krad, Satoshi just sighed. Stretching, Satoshi stood up and looked around the room. His father's bed was already made and all of this things were organized. Then, something caught Satoshi's eyes. There was a sticky note on his father's pillow.

'Hope you got enough sleep. You are going to need your energy for tonight. You have a meeting with the police and their commander at five. Theft is at nine. Twenty dollars is under the pillow. Good luck and see you later tonight.'

Satoshi stared at the note for a few extra seconds. He lifted the pillow and put it on his night stand. Satoshi opened his suitcase, wanting to get dressed but he froze, not knowing what to wear. At first, he reached for a t shirt and jeans, but then he wondered if he was supposed to dress up. In the end, Satoshi decided to wear the t shirt with a nicer pair of pants with a jacket over it.

He still had another good two hours. Master Satoshi, you should go get something to eat. You haven't eaten in almost a whole day. You could pass out.

I guess that makes sense. Satoshi sighed.

Walking outside, Satoshi looked back and forth, wondering which way was the closest possible route to the museum. Pulling out a map he had grabbed before walking out of the hotel, Satoshi looked at it. He found his route and Satoshi put away the map. Right when he started to walk, he ran into someone.

"I'm sorry." The man said. A gasp came from his mouth. "Commander Satoshi?"

Satoshi's head shot up. "Excuse me? Who are you?"

The young man stared down at his feet. "I'm Shinji Asano. I am one of the leading officers in our squad. Remember?" He said softly, blushing slightly.

Satoshi stared at him for a few seconds. Suddenly, it clicked. "Oh yeah, I remember you." He's always looking at me funny... Satoshi quickly thought." What are you doing out here?"

"I go to college in Azumano. This is my hometown. I am just visiting the parents." Shinji nervously scratched the back of his neck.

Satoshi nodded in acknowledgement. "I'm going to go grab something to eat. Want to go with me?"

A deep blush appeared on Shinji's face. "Really? I mean, I'm not going anywhere for a while. It wouldn't hurt. Sure." Shinji happily smiled at Satoshi.

Why is he blushing? Krad said, there was a slight annoyed tone in his voice. Satoshi mentally shrugged and moved onto walking with the boy.

The two decided to eat at a burger restaurant. They were quiet for the first few minutes. Satoshi had just been drinking his pop and Shinji sat there, staring at him. Finally, he said something. "Yesterday, I got to do the report about Dark's theft."

"Really? That's cool. I was sleeping then."

"Oh...you missed it." Shinji had a sad look on his face. Satoshi noticed and sighed. Why was this guy so weird? "Commander, what happened?"

"What do you mean?" He asked as his burger came.

Shinji seemed unsure if he should say anymore. "Well, once they noticed Dark came, he was already gone. He came into the area you were patrolling. Plus, the blonde man was even sighted. Do you have any idea of who that man is?"

Satoshi stared at the man, he had a sense that Shinji knew the answer without Satoshi telling him. Satoshi took a bite of his burger and, with a full mouth, Satoshi said, "I have a small idea."

Shinji waited for Satoshi to continue. After a few minutes passed and Satoshi still did not say anything he figured that he wasn't going to get any more information. Sticking a French fry in his mouth, Satoshi glanced at Shinji. "You're really young, you know. Especially for a commander. Most men don't become a commander until their at least thirties."

"Yeah, both my father and I are special cases." Satoshi said quietly. "There's my father, then there's the other commissioner. That commissioner is over sixty years old."

Shinji nodded and took a drink out of his cup. "But, you know, I am not complaining." He suddenly stopped and went back to staring at his cup and blushing again. "I...kind of...sort of...like you being the commander."

"What?" Satoshi's head jerked up. He wasn't sure if he was hearing the officer right. What was he saying? What do you think he meant by that? That I'm a good commander? ...No, I know I am a horrible commander. He ate another French fry. "I'm not really that good."

"No, I think you are a great commander." Shinji muttered. "You keep everyone motivated."

"Yes, but we've never actually accomplished anything."

"We've had a few close calls." Shinji pointed out. Satoshi rolled his eyes and finished his burger. He wiped his hands off and stood up. Satoshi left the twenty dollars on the table and left, followed by Shinji.

"I'm sorry but I need to be going now. Thank you for eating lunch with me." Satoshi said to Shinji. He began to walk away but he stopped him, grabbing his shoulder.

"If I said that I really did like you, not just as a commander, but more...what would you say?" Shinji had a soft look on his face.

A chuckle escaped Satoshi. "I never noticed your hair. It's a really dark black." He turned away, trying to walk away again but Shinji spoke, stopping Satoshi.

"Do you think any less of me?" He said quickly. Satoshi had to think about what he was asking for a moment.

Satoshi stepped forward, leaving Shinji. "Why would I?" He told him, leaving nothing else to say. By the time Shinji would try to respond to him, he would be out of hearing distance.

That kid just stood there and told you he had a crush on you. Krad muttered, feeling a little disgusted. I figured you'd slap him and run away from the kid.

He's a pretty good officer. Satoshi let out a sigh, thinking about the situation. Of course I'm not interested in guys but he's nice. I don't want to hurt his feelings. Plus, Krad, you don't have room to talk. The Hikari thought back to the times Krad would visit him when he was in Daisuke's body.

Satoshi couldn't help but laugh a little when he left Krad speechless. Walking down the sidewalk, Satoshi pulled his notebook out of his pocket. He flipped open a page and wrote down, "Satoshi: one. Krad: zero."

The scene was almost exactly like how it was when Dark actually stole something. Spotlights surrounded the outside of the museum. The museum itself was filled with officers and detectives. Satoshi was currently in the room where the theft was planned to come in to get the artifact. Tonight, the Dark impersonator was planning to steal 'Mary's Tear', a bracelet with diamonds in almost every centimeter of it. It was worth a lot of money. Satoshi figured that was the only reason they were stealing it.

He walked over to a wall and leaned against it, checking his watch for the time. Earlier, Satoshi had asked that he was alone. Since this was not the real Dark, Satoshi was sure this would be a piece of cake.

The commander here was pretty pissed at you. Krad laughed loudly from the back of Satoshi's mind.

A smirk crossed Satoshi's face. At the meeting, he had met with the town's police force and their commander. Though, their commander threw a fit when he found out that Satoshi, the commander they hired, was fifteen and he was forty one. Satoshi then got a long lecture on how it took the man twenty years to get to his position and how he hadn't even been alive for that amount of time.

After the commander finally calmed down, Satoshi told them his plan and they easily followed his instructions.

Three minutes remained until the impersonator came. Satoshi took a quick walk around the room, looking to see if the thief had come earlier and set up anything.

Suddenly, the spot lights turned off, one by one, and everything was completely silent. Satoshi heard something drop to the ground and knew it was the thief. He remained in the shadows and watched the thief walk closer to the bracelet.

Satoshi stared at the thief. He was wearing a mask with a large black cloak on and the hood pulled over his head, making it impossible to see his hair. The thief had pushed back his cloak to show that he had a very slim body. Though, his body had many curves and Satoshi knew that he would have mistaken the thief as a girl.

He took a step out right as the thief had touched the case. The thief jumped back and shouted, "Who's there?"

Satoshi opened his mouth to talk but was stunned to see three daggers hit the wall next to him. After a few seconds, Satoshi began to laugh. "You know, Phantom Thief Dark doesn't throw knives at people."

"How would you know?" The thief crossed his arms over his chest. "And don't change the subject. Answer my question."

"My name is Satoshi Hiwatari. Commander of the Azumano police force and Dark countermeasures." He heard a slight gasp come from the thief.

"Why are you here?" He asked, inching closer to the bracelet.

Satoshi wondered why this person was asking so many questions. "They asked for my help." Satoshi took a step towards the thief. At once, he dove towards the bracelet. Satoshi followed him and grabbed his arm inches before the thief got to it.

The thief struggled to get his arm back but Satoshi kept a strong hold. With one hard tug, the thief caused Satoshi to fall forward on him. Satoshi now had a grip on the thief's wrist and was on top of him. "I was right. This is easy." Satoshi chuckled as he put the thief in handcuffs.

"Lucky you." A footstep was heard and Satoshi's head shot up. A dark figure walked up to the bracelet. They picked it up and stared at it for a minute. "All that hype for this little thing."

"For your information, that is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars." The thief spat at the figure.

But Satoshi chuckled. "You never seemed to steal things for money, Dark."

"DARK?" The thief shrieked and threw Satoshi off him. He quickly tried to escape but Satoshi grabbed his cape.

"What are you here for, Dark?" Satoshi pulled the thief back to him." And you are not going anywhere."

Dark laughed as he scratched the back of his neck. "We heard that there was a Dark impersonator and we just had to see it for ourselves." He took a minute to look at the thief struggling to escape from Satoshi's grasp. "You have the clothes right but the mask is a little tacky. When I steal, I like people to see my handsome face."

"Narcissist." Satoshi simply stated.

"Think what you will." Dark shrugged. He bent down to meet the thief face to face. "I'm curious to see the face of the person who impersonates me." He took down his hood. The thief now seemed to be struggling for his life. Dark then reached out and slid off his mask.

Suddenly, Dark dropped the mask. "What?" Satoshi turned to him to see Dark completely stunned.

"You're a-a girl?" His voice screeched with the word 'girl'. Meanwhile, the thief looked shamefully away.

"What does it matter?" She growled.

The two guys stared down at her. It turned out that her body was curvy for a reason. Her face was very feminine, she had almond shaped, blue eyes and long brown hair. She was wearing make up and Satoshi couldn't help but wonder why. "Why would you hide the fact that you're a woman?" Satoshi asked.

"Really." Dark sighed to himself, running his fingers through his purple hair. "Once officers found out you were a woman, you'd get past them, no effort."

She still refused to respond. Satoshi rolled his eyes and yawned. For some reason, he was beginning to feel sleepy. A small giggle came from the thief. "I didn't know you two were like that. It's sweet, really." She smiled to Dark.

At first, Dark had no idea what she was talking about. Then, he felt a large weight on his shoulder. Glancing over, Dark saw Satoshi falling asleep on his shoulder. "Yo! Creepy! Get off me! I don't bend that way!" He tried to shake Satoshi off but he held on.

"I'm sorry, Dark. I can barely hold myself up right now. You can beat me up later but right now, can I please...just...lay..." Satoshi suddenly fell forward. Luckily, Dark caught him.

Great...Daisuke, you wanna hold the boy?

I can't do that! Not in front of this girl!

This is ruining my image! Dark growled and placed Satoshi down on the floor.

He then turned his attention to the girl. "So...what possessed you to want to be like me?"

The thief stood up and tried to walk away. Tried, since she was stopped by the handcuffs on her hand. "It seems that in a last attempt, he handcuffed me to the stand." She sighed and looked over at Dark. "My grandmother lived in Azumano when she was a child. When I was a child, she would tell me stories of the magnificent things you could do. I wanted to impress her so I figured I could be like you."

Dark smiled. "Really?"

"No, I made up the story." She growled at him. "Why would I make up something like that?"

"Well, sorry. I just thought it was sweet." He took a step away from the thief. "Damn, you have a rotten attitude."

"I've heard that one before." She chuckled. The girl opened her mouth but she saw Satoshi move. "It looks like your friend is up." She began to talk again but then, her jaw dropped to the floor. "Did y-your friend j-just become a gi-girl?" She asked.

"What the hell are you saying?! I am not a girl!" Krad shouted.

Dark dropped to the ground, doubled over in laughter. "The look on her face! And...she called you a girl." Dark continued to laugh.

Krad clenched his fists. "I am going to kill the Niwa boy for stealing my hair tie." The look on his face was more of an embarrassed look than an angered one.

Dark had finally stopped laughing. He patted Krad on the shoulders. "That's not necessary. Plus, you don't look half bad with your hair down."

"I told you were like that." The thief butted in.

"And I told you I was not." Dark muttered through his teeth. Now, Krad was laughing. Dark let out a loud sigh, knowing the blonde was just getting back at him. "...Um, Krad. Why is your back pocket glowing?"

Krad turned his head, trying to see what Dark was talking about. He reached in his pocket to find out what was glowing. Krad pulled out the necklace with the white arrow on it. "Why is it glowing?"

"You keep it with you?" Dark burst out laughing again.

"Like you have room to talk." Krad spat.

"What are you talking about?" Dark asked, but he soon saw a glowing from his front pocket. "Daisuke..." He pulled out his half. Suddenly, the glowing became more intense. "Eh...This doesn't mean we're going to switch back, are we?"

The two suddenly became panicked. The girl watched the two run around, trying to figure out to do. She then heard, "One, two, three." and at the same time, Krad and Dark threw their necklaces across the room.

"I don't want to switch again." Cried Dark.

Everything was silent and the two of them let out a sigh of relief. They smiled at each other, but then, a strong wind appeared in the room. Their eyes fell on the parts of the necklace across the room to see a cloud of smoke coming from it. Dark and Krad shrieked and hugged each other for protection. The cloud of smoke began to take form. It was a woman with short, curly hair and a short white dress. Her eyes were glowing and she began to walk towards the two.

"What the hell is going on?!" The thief yelled. "First, Dark comes to my theft. Then, that Satoshi kid becomes a girly man. Now, some woman came from a necklace! What in the world is going to happen ne-" The girl swayed, then fell down on the cold, hard floor.

The woman ignored her and continued to make her way to Dark and Krad. "She must be the spirit of the necklace." Krad whispered to Dark. "So much for Niwa's keebler elf." Now, the spirit towered over the two of them, anger filling her eyes. "Don't make us switch again!" Krad shouted.

"Switch? I could care less about switching! Don't kill me!" Dark begged the spirit.

She growled at them. For a few moments, she held her place, an angry aura surrounded them. Then, she fell to her knees and, surprisingly, began to sob. Both Dark and Krad stared at her in total shock. Neither of them knew what to do so they didn't move. "You tricked me." She sobbed. "I had successfully switched you. Then you tricked me."

"I'm...sorry..." Dark said. He stood up and carefully stepped over to the spirit. "We...We couldn't stay like that." Krad shortly followed him. Dark was at a loss of words. He looked over at Krad, then pushed him towards the spirit.

"Hell no. I don't know what the hell to do. You're good with women." Krad tried to push back but Dark pushes were stronger.

"So what? You're good with spirits."

"Bullshit. You just don't want to deal with her." Krad finally gave up and decided to walk towards her. He gazed back at Dark, waiting for a reply.

Dark only shrugged and laughed. "I don't cope well with women crying."

The blonde rolled his eyes and walked up to the spirit. "I'm...sorry."

Well, there are two words I thought I would never hear from Krad. Daisuke muttered to Dark.

Her glowing eyes traveled up to Krad. He could feel his heart skip a beat when he saw tears streaming down her face. Krad quickly looked away, he wondered if he and Dark shared the same trait of not wanting to see a woman cry. Then again, he thought, that would be impossible. Krad could care less about women. Or men, for that matter. Why don't we just say any living being.

"I've caused so much trouble for generations." She wept. "I never wanted to cause people pain."

A look of disgust crossed Krad's face. How was he supposed to respond to that? He turned his head, hoping to get help from Dark. The blonde noticed Dark was mouthing something. Krad looked closer, trying to read his lips. "Keep...her busy." He whispered to himself. "I...will seal her." Registering everything, Krad nodded to Dark, then turned to the spirit.

He felt like he was going to be sick but he had to do what he had to do. Krad reached out and put his hand on hers. "I am sure you never wanted to hurt anyone. But...that seems to be the curse of Hikari artworks."

Once again, she looked up at the blonde. Luckily for Krad, she had stopped crying now. He could hear a quiet chanting from Dark and nodded to himself. He could do this. "Is that how you feel?" She asked him.

Shit no. "A little." Krad smiled softly to her. What's the drawback to getting to kick the tar out of people? "Sometimes, I begin to regret the things I've done to my previous hosts." Like not completely taking their bodies! "But everyone regrets things, right?"

Dark's jaw fell. He could not believe what Krad was saying. He quickly shook his head and began chanting to seal the spirit while he held out the feather.

"You are right." She smiled happily at him. The spirit jumped up and hugged Krad tightly. Get her off of me! Krad wished Satoshi was awake right now. "Thank you." She pulled back and smiled at him. Krad let out a sigh of relief. He thought that she was done and he was free to go. Wrong. "Thank you so much."

Before he knew it, the spirit closed the gap between the two of them and placed her lips on his.

Dark almost stopped chanting and had to grip the feather he almost dropped. He began to fear that the world was truly going to end now.

Meanwhile, Krad couldn't think anything past the loud screaming he heard in his mind. It was his voice, screaming...in his mind... He would much rather slit his wrists right now or jump off a cliff than kiss the spirit. Scratch that, anyone. Krad prayed that Dark would hurry up as he felt the spirit deepen the kiss, pushing him back. Krad was now lying on the floor, with the spirit of the necklace on top of him, kissing him.

"Oh snap." Dark quickly said before continuing. In his mind, Dark was laughing his head off while Daisuke was speechless. The red head couldn't help but hope that Satoshi was still asleep. On the other hand, Dark wondered if Krad had died, seeing that the blonde was motionless.

More screaming in his head. Krad felt tears gather at the corner of his eyes. He was so disgusted. He looked at the spirit, noticing her eyes were closed. How much longer was she planning on kissing him? Then, Krad's eyes widened in fear. What if she tried to take it to the next step? Krad made a note to himself, making sure that Dark would pay for this...with his life.

He felt her lighten up and the spirit backed away from him. Once again, she embraced him tightly. "Thank you."

At that moment, Dark's feather glowed brightly. Along with the feather, so did the spirit of the necklace. Slowly, she began to fade away. Finally, she disappeared all together. Dark chuckled to himself, proud of his accomplishment. He walked over to Dark and bent down to look at Krad. "Hey, are you dead? I know you've never really kissed anyone but I never figured you were so prone to romance that a kiss would kill you."

Suddenly, Krad's hand shot up and wrapped itself around Dark's neck. Dark gasped in surprised, brining his hands up to try to loosen Krad's grasp. "Why the hell do I have to go through stupid things like that because of you?" There was nothing but malice in Krad's voice and eyes.

A soft gasp came from Dark. He could see the remains of tears on the blonde's face. Dark slightly blushed, with the tears on his face and his hair down, Krad looked like a crying girl. Krad's grip became tighter as he sat up. He angrily glared at the purple. That is, until he heard a sound come from Dark's mouth and he understood what he said. "I'm sorry."

Krad dropped Dark and sighed. He stood up and scratched the back of his head. "I know you can't help but be stupid." Krad chuckled softly. He turned away from the thief so he wouldn't see him wipe his tears. Then, Krad's eyes fell on the girl. "What happened to her?"

"I think that the spirit erased her memory. We can just leave her for the police." Dark coughed, rubbing his neck. "Well then, should we go?" He smiled at Krad, doubting it would convince him to leave.

Just as he expected, Krad shook his head. "If Satoshi's father doesn't at least hear from me, he will get suspicious."

Dark nodded in understanding. Suddenly, a smug smile appeared on his face. "So...how was it?"

"She stuck her tongue in my mouth. How do you think it was?" Krad snarled at Dark, turning to see the smile on his face. "Never mind. Don't answer that." He told the thief.

"So it was good?" Dark heard the growl from Krad and watched the blonde fly away.

I do feel bad for Krad XD I can just imagine him foaming at the mouth...poor, poor Krad.

I was going to make Krad be like, "Just imagine it's Dark, just imagine it's Dark." But that would be Out of character...and fan service...I'm sure you guys wouldn't complain though XD But I decided not to put it.

Plus, this chapter was slightly longer than normal...lucky you...It's actually the longest chapter in this story...odd...

You're welcome for the really quick update.

Happy Independence Day!!! Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing!

Later peeps!

-Paige