A Change of Sorts
Ok, now I should definitely be getting to the thing I promised you in chapter 3 (Promised, and failed to keep that is XD). Thanks to all reviewers of previous chapters, I LOVE YOU ALL!…anyway, R&R!
Chapter 5: Discovery
"Class, please welcome our new student, Daisuke Niwa-san. He has just moved here from Azumano, so I expect you to all welcome and treat him warmly." The teacher instructed. There were a few grumbles at her, but most of the class passed on some sort of welcome to Daisuke as he walked to his seat.
The redhead gulped, he did not like starting a new school in a place where everybody already knew each other. The feeling increased with the thought that he was wearing a different uniform to that of everyone else's, not that he had much of a say…
He looked around the unfamiliar classroom, absent-mindedly comparing it to that of his old one. That's where he would have sat, where Riku-san would have sat, Harada-san, Hiwatari-kun…Takeshi…
"Niwa-kun? Are you alright?" Tohru asked, from her seat close by. He shook his head to clear it out and then smiled at Tohru.
"I'm fine Honda-san. Don't worry about me." He sat up straight and tried to pay attention to what the teacher was saying about…whatever she was saying.
"And now I will divide you all into groups of 4 to work on an assignment about Japan. Now, Kyo-san, Arisa-san," insert evil glares full of loath between the two said people, "Saki-san," Panicky look. "And Shiro-san. You will be working on the economical status of Japan."
Many people who are not needed to be known later…
"And Daisuke-san, Yuki-san, Tohru-san and Chiyuki-san, you are to be working on the 'Cultural Revolution' in Japan."
-The irony…-
"Niwa-kun! Yuki-kun! Chiyuki-chan!" Tohru cried excitedly.
"Tohru-chan!" replied Chiyuki, just as happily. "Let's go on the internet to research it, I actually don't know much about it."
"Ok!" Tohru agreed cheerfully, and the two rushed off to the computer, leaving 2 boys standing there wondering when they would be noticed.
"Oh, Yuki-kun, Niwa-kun. Come on!" Tohru called over her shoulder while simultaneously watching Chiyuki type in the search words.
"There's an interesting one. 'Cultural Revolution: The Legend'."
While they were all hunched over the computer, Chiyuki adjusted her glasses and started reading out loud.
--You don't need some stupid computer. You got me!--
-Yes well, sadly, 'me's aren't counted as resources.-
"The Cultural Revolution took place an estimated 300 years ago. In this time, many paintings, sculptures and other numerous artworks where destroyed. There is a legend that many of these destroyed artefacts were 'magical', or possessed by magical spirits, and were created by the powerful Hikari clan. It is said that after the revolution, a mysterious thief known as Kaitou (Phantom Thief) Dark began appearing in famous museums, and any other place that houses particular artworks, and stole many artefacts. He is known for his jet black wings and ability to always succeed in his thefts. He has never been captured. The reason why he steals those particular pieces is unknown, neither is it known where he had appeared from.
"Inspector Saehara of Azumano, the town where Dark regularly strikes, assures us that Dark would soon be captured. How many times he has said that, it is unknown. Inspector Saehara is part of the police force in capturing Dark. The head of the unit for capturing Dark, Commander Hiwatari, refused to comment, saying that 'Dark has magic on his side, and special help.'
"How much of the 'magic' part is true, it is not known. All we know is that Dark does not look like he would be captured any time soon, according to these recordings we have found…"
"They got recordings?" Daisuke blurted out, surprised.
"Huh?" Everyone looked up at him, confusion scrawled all over their faces.
"Hey wait…" Chiyuki glanced from the screen, to Daisuke, and back again. "You're from Azumano, right Niwa-kun?"
"Yeah…"
"Wow! So you've seen Dark during one of his thefts! Does he really have black wings? That would be so amazing!" Chiyuki exclaimed, causing much of the class to turn towards them.
"Yes, you could say that, and also yes."
--Those must be security camera recordings…ha, that creepy boy thinks his going to get me that easily?--
-Never knew Hiwatari-kun got his name on the internet.-
--Yeah well, he's got magic on his side too. Just a little homicidal, sadistic, blonde type of magic.--
-…-
"Let's watch the recordings!" Tohru suggested, and Chiyuki immediately clicked the first one.
'Dark's first appearance after a period of 40 years'
-No…not this one.-
Dark chuckled amusingly, popcorn and comfortable movie seat all ready. --I always wanted to see how you did, and how badly you stuffed up.--
"…and Dark has appeared! Wait, Phantom Thief Dark is only just a young adult; he doesn't look much older than 17 or 18 years old!"
Dark was shown close up on the screen, soaring on his black wings. By now, everyone in the class had gathered to see the source of so much noise and attention. Many girls swooned as they saw Dark flying oh so handsomely.
"He has disappeared! Guards are now racing inside to check all security systems!"
-I didn't disappear; I crashed into a tree…-
-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Erhem (snigger snigger) shame on you Daisuke!--
-Hey! I never flew before that, ok?-
Dark was shown concealing himself as the guard to deceive Saehara, then revealing the Sacred Maiden statue that had been hidden by a layer of feathers. The dark figure moved over to the security screen to enter the code.
--Nice trick.--
Satoshi then appeared in the camera's view, and after a slightly blurred minute or two, in which Daisuke breathed a sigh of relief, it showed two Dark's smirking at the confused boy.
--Cue me.--
The recording ended with Dark flying out of the window with the statue in a small bag, and Satoshi standing exhausted on the ledge.
There was silence in the class while everyone stared wonderingly at the screen. Suddenly, there was an outbreak.
"He's so handsome!"
"Yeah, did you see his purple eyes and hair? They look like Prince Yuki's!"
"I thought his eyes were red…"
"But he's still so hot!"
"You think he's taken?"
--Always room for more, ladies.--
"What wicked hairstyle! And that purple is like, ultra cool!"
"You think it's natural?"
"Definitely! Prince Yuki's got competition!"
"But we'll probably never get to actually meet him…"
"Dark…what a cool name!"
"Yeah I know…"
Chiyuki interrupted excitedly, having paused at a full body picture of Dark in the sky. "Look at his wings! Omigod, he really does have real wings!"
Silence…then another outbreak… "Oh yeah! Chiyuki-chan's right, he can fly!"
"I wonder if he'll take me?"
"Maybe he'll take all of us!"
"Cool…"
"Hey, that blue-haired dude was pretty hot too, you know? And he seems more likely to be available…"
"I know…but Dark is way cooler!"
"Niwa-kun, who was that person with the blue hair?" Chiyuki questioned.
"Uh, that's Satoshi Hiwatari. He's the head of the police unit for capturing Dark and was in my class last year."
"Really? He's so young to be the commander…must be some sort of genius!" the brunette girl exclaimed.
"Yeah, actually he graduated from university years ago." He told her. If she was going to be excited, she might as well get excited over all of it.
Kyo narrowed his eyes and scowled at this (he's in the class too, remember?). "Gee, don't see why you have to get all excited about it. It's only one guy who can fly."
He was greeted by a semi-freaky horde of evil dagger-glaring girls who had a menacing aura around them. Kyo gulped, and slowly backed away, not exactly wanting to be mauled by previously mentioned girls.
Uo laughed and eyed Kyo slyly. "Oh, are we jealous now, Kyon-kyon?" she elbowed him and laughed harder as he shouted at her.
"Now, now class," the teacher ordered, trying to take control. "Back to your seats. And Yuki-san's group, please continue on with your work with no more recordings."
"Yes ma'am…" grumbled the majority of the class. Daisuke was actually relieved; it saved him from any more awkward questions that could arrive.
Recess came and Daisuke kinda…wandered around the school area. Many people called out to him, and he was grateful that he wasn't being left alone on purpose, but for now, he wanted to have some time to himself.
Daisuke paused by the large mirror in one of the empty corridors and stared at it. Dark appeared in the mirror and frowned at him, arms crossed across his chest.
"C'mon Daisuke! Don't be so gloomy. It's only for one year, and you don't want to be alone the whole year!"
Daisuke didn't reply, but just walked off, Dark running from the mirror back into Daisuke's mind.
--Hey come on!-- he whined, ignoring the gaping teacher, who rubbed his eyes at the mirror then walked off muttering something about too much caffeine.
"I'm not in the mood, I'm too homesick." Daisuke groaned, covering his eyes in a feeble attempt to relax his mind. All that resulted in was a strangely soft object that he bumped into, faltering a bit.
He removed his hand and peeked out at the 'thing' he bumped into.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOU LITTLE TWIT!" shouted a very very enraged Kyo, picking himself up from the ground. He glared at the confused redhead, who scratched his head, thinking that he wasn't going that fast enough to knock someone over.
"Uh, sorry…" muttered Daisuke, trying to avoid the angry teen's furious stare. "I was getting a headache and, and…" he trailed off as Kyo seemed to take none of this in, but was instead giving him a puzzled/mixed with anger glance.
"Who were you talking to before?"
"Huh?"
"You were talking to someone about being homesick. Who the hell was it! Or were you going ballistic like Haru has!" Kyo shouted now, losing his temper.
"Uh…that was…um…excuse me!" Daisuke dashed off, not able to find a reason to explain. He tried to ignore Dark's sarcastic comments inside his mind as he struggled to lose Kyo.
--Very smooth Daisuke. Oh noooooo, he didn't suspect a single thing, now did he?--
"GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE TWERP!" hollered Kyo, chasing the fleeing redhead.
"Kyo-kun? Niwa-kun?" Tohru was bewildered as the two teens went flying past. Daisuke shouted an apology over his shoulder while Kyo simply sped up.
He skidded to an abrupt halt as a brick wall loomed over him, not looking very inviting to crash into. Daisuke gulped, there was no way he could go backwards, and Kyo was catching up. And the classrooms on either side were locked too. Oh no.
--When you can't go forwards or backwards, what do you do?-- Dark asked teasingly.
"What? What! C'mon!" Daisuke urged, feeling panicky. He didn't want to be interrogated by a raging teen.
Kyo was just rounding a corner at that moment, and Daisuke looked side to side frantically.
--You go up!-- cheered Dark and the redhead looked up to see a few sturdy pipes twisting conveniently low. He grabbed one of them and swung himself up, scrabbling to a small area where the wall reached out a little further than necessary, but was enough to hide him. Unless, that is, if Kyo decided to go closer and look to the left.
Kyo stopped at the wall and panted, looking left and right. The classrooms on either side were empty, and he swore he had seen that shrimp come this way. He grumbled and sat down a bit, moping audibly.
Daisuke tried his best to remain silent, and he could hear a set of footsteps come tapping their way.
"What are you doing here?" asked Yuki, noticing the grouching boy.
"Do you see any redhead around here?" he raged, gesturing his hand around the corridor.
"Well, no. I can't see Daisuke anywhere, if that's who you're talking about." Yuki replied, wondering about Kyo's lack of insults and challenges. That was due to his grumpiness over losing Daisuke, you see.
"Exactly! And I saw him come here! I even heard him talking to himself!" Kyo shouted.
"Oh, so you were chasing him?" Yuki raised an eyebrow at the ridiculousness of this whole situation.
"He was talking to himself before and knocked me over! Then he just runs off when I q
uestion him! When I get my hands on that twit, I'll…" he left his threat unfinished and gestured violently with his hand.
"I see…" Yuki turned around, uninterested, and started walking away. "We'll be late for class."
After much more grumbling, Kyo also followed, shooting accusing glances back at the wall. He sped up to be faster than Yuki, who turned back at the wall once Kyo was out of sight.
"You're up there, aren't you Daisuke?"
-How did he-?-
--Strange vibes, Daisuke, strange vibes.--
Yuki had heard a sort of sigh of relief upon Kyo's leave, that's how he figured Daisuke was up there. After waiting in a bit of silence, he noticed a tuft of red hair peek out, followed by a pair of wary crimson orbs. As soon as they noticed him still standing there, they ducked back in quickly, hoping he had not seen him, which was nearly impossible.
"You're going to be late for class, Daisuke," Yuki told the hiding boy. Daisuke reluctantly peeked out to make sure that Kyo was no longer there, then sighed and hopped down.
Silently, Yuki turned and walked off, Daisuke trailing behind. Dark was being very helpful.
--Smart, Daisuke, smart. Next time when I tell you to stay there longer, you stay there longer.--
-Yes, Dark. I get it.-
--And also…--
The two passed the mirror again, and Daisuke glanced at it briefly as they walked. Dark flashed in the glass momentarily, leaning on some sort of countertop while lecturing Daisuke, and then the image disappeared.
Daisuke couldn't help but smother a grin at how strange Dark looked when he was (or acting) serious. Obviously he didn't smother it well enough, because Yuki seemed to notice a change in Daisuke. He turned around questioningly, but Daisuke just shook his head and hurried on.
"I sense strange waves coming from you, Daisuke-kun. Much like that of the Sohma's but more…intense."
'How much more intense, I wonder, and why.' Yuki thought, watching the redhead's disappearing figure.
Daisuke turned around and smiled at Yuki. "Come on! We don't want to be late!"
Yuki nodded, and walked faster, still pondering. 'I wonder…'
"So Niwa-kun, how did you find your first day at school?" Tohru asked cheerfully, running up to catch up to Daisuke as he walked out.
"It was great, Honda-san!" he told her, equally cheery, and looked back over his shoulder. "Where are Yuki and Kyo?"
"Oh? Yuki-kun has a student council meeting, and Kyo-kun…well he, Uo-chan, Hana-chan and some other people are playing Rich Man, Poor Man!" She laughed at this, finding it amusing. "Uo-chan and Kyo-kun are very competitive."
"Oh is that so? Why aren't you staying to play with them, Honda-san?" Daisuke asked politely.
"I have work early today! So I have to go over to work straight away!" she replied, patting her bag where her uniform lay. "It's earlier than usual, but I also finish earlier too! I finish at 6pm today."
"Would you like me to walk you to work?" he asked graciously.
"B-b-but I can't bother you when you probably have many other important things to do Niwa-kun! I can go myself, so you really don't need to…" she fretted, shaking her head determinedly.
Daisuke laughed and continued walking. "It's no problem Honda-san. I really don't have any important things to do."
"W-w-well, if you're sure…"
They walked in silence before Tohru finally remembered something important.
"Oh! Niwa-kun, last night, you dropped your phone when you left, and someone called to leave a message for you!" she told him. "A-a-and, Yuki-kun and I went over to give it back, but you weren't home! A-a-a-and the phone disappeared and we couldn't find it!" streams of tears ran down her face as she bowed repeatedly and apologetically. "I'm so sorry!"
"Huh?" Daisuke reached into his back pocket for his phone, and found it there, nestled snugly as usual. He fished it out, as well as a tissue, and showed it to her.
"Here Honda-san." The transferring of the tissue. "I have the phone right here! I found it outside this morning." He lied, prodding Dark mentally.
--Zzzzzzzzzz… the person you are calling is asleep right now so please leave a message after the zzzzz. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!--
"Oh…OH!" Tohru's eyes widened in surprise at the sight of the mobile phone, alive and well, dangling before her eyes. "But why didn't we find it then?"
"I'm not sure Honda-san. Maybe it was too dark?" he feigned surprise. -Dark wake up!-
--Click! Thankyou for calling!--
-I should have never got you an answering machine…-
"Maybe…" Tohru mumbled doubtfully. "Were you sleeping last night? No-one seemed to be home when we came. Did you get your job done?"
"Uh…yeah, I was and I did." He lied, not really knowing what happened last night because he really was asleep.
-Dark, what happened?-
--Zzzzzzzzzzzz…sorry, but we only accept calls from the same person once a day. Please call tomorrow!--
-…how did you do that?-
"Well, we didn't find your mobile, but we found this!" Tohru was cheerful again, as she pulled out a large black feather proudly. "I wonder what bird it comes from…" she mused aloud thoughtfully.
Daisuke gasped and took the feather for a closer look. Sure enough, it was Dark's.
"What was he doing there?" he mumbled, handing the feather back. Tohru glanced at her watch, and gave a little jump in shock.
"Oh no! I'm going to be late!" she yelped, and started walking thrice as fast. Daisuke too sped up and within minutes, they had reached their destination.
"Thankyou Niwa-kun!" she smiled as she went in. "It was very kind of you!"
"No problem." He smiled and returned her goodbye wave.
Daisuke turned around towards home, and nearly ran smack bang into Momiji.
"I'm sorry! Huh? Dai-kun!" Momiji squealed with joy as he noticed the redhead, and immediately started bouncing around in excited circles. Daisuke noticed Haru standing closely behind, looking bored.
"Momiji, Haru, hi." He greeted them both and Momiji smiled his cheeky smile, bouncing around once more. "I didn't see you in school today!"
"Well, we didn't have school on the first day, so yeah." Haru explained, looking around the street.
"Dai-kun, why are you here?" Momiji asked happily, stopping in front of the said boy.
"I was walking Honda-san to work. Why are you here?"
"My papa owns this building here!" he smiled, gesturing at the tall building.
Daisuke's eyes widened in surprise at this. "So…your father is a very important person then?"
Momiji grinned and nodded. "The Sohma's own a lot of things! The Sohma estate is like one big town!"
"Wow…"
"Yup!"
Pause. Beep boop beep. Beep boop beep. "Errrr…I think that's my phone."
Click- "Hello?"
(The following bit has been taken off, for the safety of your ears. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.)
"----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------!"
Daisuke jerked the phone away from his ear and winced, as well as Momiji, Haru, and all people in the surrounding area for about…5 kilometres or so.
"Takeshi!" he spoke into the phone furiously. It was amazing how ONE single word from ONE particular person, and a common word it was indeed, could anger Daisuke like so.
"Gee, Daisuke. I was just saying hi. WHAT'S UP!"
Daisuke gave Momiji and Haru apologetic glances and turned back to the phone.
"Takeshi, I'm in public now! Can you not speak so loud?"
"Nah, too fun. How's life on the move, eh? Fun?"
"Uh…yeah. How's Riku-san and Harada-san?" Daisuke asked quickly.
"Don't worry, Riku only cries half the time at school now. And Risa keeps smiling like she knows something…BUT NO-ONE IS HELPING ME WITH WORK AS MUCH AS YOU DID!" he wailed pitifully. Too bad no one felt like showing pity to him at the moment.
"Right…" Daisuke decided to put the phone on loudspeaker so as not to damage his ears too much.
"Oh, and one other thing."
"Yeah?"
"Dark hasn't been appearing lately. You know how he normally steals nightly? Well, there's been no sign of him for a while now."
"Yeah…I wonder why?" Daisuke was beginning to get uneasy.
"This is gonna be bad for my reporting career. I mean, Dark is like the top news in our town! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!"
Noticing the queer looks he was now receiving, Daisuke quickly made a lame excuse and got off the phone. Takeshi was getting too panicky for his own good…
"Ehehehe, sorry about that," he told Momiji and Haru sheepishly. "That's was my friend, Takeshi Saehara, and he gets very loud sometimes."
"…he sounds like fun!" beamed Momiji. "Who's D-" A loud call from within the building interrupted him, and Momiji turned around.
"Sorry, Dai-kun, but papa is calling us. Bye!" Momiji waved happily and skipped inside the building, Haru following behind.
"Bye!" Daisuke waved back. It seemed he was saying goodbye a lot tonight…
"So, Dark. What happened last night?" Daisuke glanced into his mirror while doing his homework.
"Oh that?" Dark faked a loud yawn, and grinned lazily. "Simple. You dropped the phone, Emiko called, Yuki and Tohru came with phone, I stole it, they left, I called Emiko, Emiko hyperventilates, Kosuke talks to me about regular training so as not to fumble, gives family history of Sohma's, and one other thing."
"Simple?" Daisuke's head spun for a moment as he tried to work out Dark's list.
"Yup. And about that other thing…"
Dark's version of Kosuke's crooked explanation later…
"Wow…really?"
"Yup."
Nobody spoke as Daisuke try to wrap his mind around this new bit of information. Everything seemed so surreal as it is…
"Hey Daisuke,"
"Yeah?"
"You know how it's nearly your birthday?"
"Yeah…" Daisuke replied warily.
"You're getting visitors."
"…Who?"
Dark grinned, remaining annoyingly silent. Only after minutes of prodding, pleading, and bribing did Daisuke hear what he had to say.
"Family, of course!"
"…oh." He was slightly disappointed by this. He had been hoping for someone like-
"Riku?"
"Dark!" Daisuke blushed, immediately pretending to be doing his homework once more.
"Can't, 'cause they all think you're travelling, remember?" Dark teased, waving little pictures of chibi Daisuke and Riku together "Nananananana…"
Daisuke flipped the mirror around so that it faced the wall instead of him. He felt a blaze of satisfaction when he heard Dark's whining, threats, and attempts at reverse psychology. He happily continued with his work whilst ignoring the irritated Thief.
"All right, all right. I'll tell you the next bit." Dark pouted, a stubborn look crossing his face.
Daisuke immediately flipped the mirror back excitedly. "There's a next bit?"
"Yeah…there's been a change of plans."
"Huh?"
"You're first job is today."
"WHAT?" Daisuke shouted, jumping up indignantly. "I can't do that, the notice isn't even sent yet! See! See…" he looked around for it, and then noticed With sitting on the table looking suspiciously happy.
"With…tell me you didn't…"
"Kyuu!" he replied happily, glad to be able to turn into the wings again.
"Fine…" muttered Daisuke resentfully. "Tell me when we leave…"
"Oh yeah. There's been another change of plans. We have to steal it at 7:30pm."
"Oh no!" Daisuke cried, and jumped up to get changed. "There's only 30 minutes left!" Clothes, books and bunnies flew everywhere in his desperate attempt to ready himself. So did any other object that happened to get in his way…
Dark watched this all amusingly from the mirror. Telling Daisuke bad news was fun. "Hey Daisuke, you might not want to wear that one…"
"Huh?" Daisuke glanced down at this outfit and noticed it was the one that Momiji had found the other day. "Too late! We got to go now!"
"Gee, Daisuke. We still got half an hour. Chill, mate."
"Well, anytime with you is no time!"
"Meanie…"
He pulled out Riku's picture and closed his eyes to transform. Dark looked at himself critically and 'tut'-ted disappointedly. "You gotta add more flare Daisuke. Such as this…" a small change. "And this…" bigger change. "And this." Complete change. "There you go!"
Daisuke groaned; he hated when Dark lectured him about his 'fashion sense'.
-Just hurry up and go already-
"Fine, fine…touchy…" he muttered and called to With. He grinned at a prospect of yet another theft. "Let's go!"
"Today, at the local museum, a notice was found attached to the famous art piece, the Khaydrin Necklet. It is signed by 'Dark Mousy', a famous Phantom Thief, according to the notice. He has announced that he will be stealing the Necklet tonight at 7:30pm in half an hour's time. Whether this is a hoax, or authentic, it is not known. Nevertheless, security has definitely been tightened. We will keep you updated throughout the night."
"Wow…" breathed Tohru (she finished work already), Kagura and Kisa. "He really is coming!" squealed Kagura, hugging her beloved Kyo into oblivion.
The latter two had come over to watch the theft together once they heard of the news. Hiro had tagged along too, of course going anywhere that Kisa went. None of them had really heard of Dark before, but with what they heard about him from Tohru, they were pretty excited (except for Hiro of course).
"Isn't it amazing? We find out about Dark at school today, then find out he is appearing in our town!" Tohru exclaimed, clasping her hands together.
"Rather 'coincidental', you mean," Shigure put in, flipping through the paper. "Think about it, Daisuke-kun comes into town, and then a new Dark starts appearing. And they both come from Azumano." He smiled in a way that made you think, glasses glinting in the light. "What do you think, Yuki-kun?"
"I don't know. It does seem rather suspicious…but I can't say he seems the type either." He replied thoughtfully, leaning against the door while watching the television at the same time. "It is probably a coincidence."
"Right Yuki-kun…what with the zodiac curse is all, I think you should know better than to judge a person on their looks," Shigure told him somewhat scornfully. "And that goes the same for you Kyo-kun," he added to the brooding teen.
"We have an update for you viewers out there! Commander Hiwatari, boy genius and head of the police force for capturing Dark unit, has come from Azumano, where Dark normally appears, to assist the force. Commander Hiwatari, what are your thoughts on Dark?"
The microphone and camera swung towards a calm, cold blue-haired boy who had only just arrived. He gave a short statement before turning off and away from the camera.
"I'm only here tonight because Dark is in unfamiliar territory. It will be slightly easier, and it would be a shame for the clueless police to ruin this chance."
"And a, err, pleasant comment from Commander Hiwatari. We will be back at 7:30pm."
"Mister Policeman is mean, big sissy," whispered Kisa, clutching on to a red-faced Hiro and a happy Tohru.
"I'm sure he has his reasons, Kisa-san," she told her warmly, although she was rather put off with his cold attitude. She must find him one day to soften him up.
Hiro snorted and stormed outside, irritated for no good reason, and Kisa hurriedly went after him, after a few hesitant glances at the encouraging Tohru. Shigure watched them amusingly before giving one of his small smiles.
"Hmm, Kisa-chan really is beginning to act like you, Tohru. You know, Kyo-kun storming off and you going up to calm him down…"
"SHUT UP!" hissed Kyo, waving his fist at the author (not me, Shigure) threateningly. He couldn't really do much, what with Kagura lovingly sitting on him and all…
"You know, we still have some time. Since you girls are all lovey-dovey over this Dark, why don't we go down to the museum for a first-hand view, eh?" Shigure offered, ever so fatherly. He put down his glasses and stood up to walk over to the door. "It's such a pleasant night too, so why waste it?"
"R-r-really Shigure-san?" asked Tohru excitedly. He smiled warmly at her, than held out a hand to her. "My pleasure."
"I'll go get Kisa and Hiro!" she exclaimed, and with Shigure's help jumped up to run outside.
"Kisa-san! Hiro-san!" she called, searching among the dark shadows for the ones she was looking for. "Eh?"
"Hiro-chan, I saw something move there," Kisa whimpered, pointing towards a dark figure in the shadows.
"It's probably just a cat. Come on, I'll show you." He told her, marching towards it. Kisa followed reluctantly behind, hiding her small face behind her hands.
"There! Gotcha you stupid ca- what the?" Hiro stopped and stared at the little creature in his hand. "What on earth are you?"
"Hiro-chan? W-w-what is it?" Kisa approached them cautiously and peered down at the white furball. The 'furball' unrolled itself and stared at them with large red eyes.
"Kyuu?"
"Oh, it's so cute!" Kisa reached out for the bunny and cuddled it in her lap. "Are you lost Mister Bunny?"
"Kyuu?" With cocked his head cutely to one side as he blinked at the small girl.
"Hiro-chan…isn't it cute?"
"Yeah…" Hiro scowled down at the creature that was currently the centre of Kisa's attention. "Stupid thing…" he muttered under his breath.
"I wonder who it belongs to…"
"WITH! Where are you?" A loud, unfamiliar shout rang out from next door, and With's ears immediately perked up. Giving a last, happy 'kyuu', the bunny bounded off towards the voice.
"Bye-bye Mr Bunny," Kisa waved at the disappearing white ball.
"Kisa-san! Hiro-san!" Tohru ran up to them happily. "There you are!"
"Sissy, Hiro-chan found a little white bunny with red eyes. It was really cute," Kisa smiled contently at her beloved sissy while clutching on to Hiro's hand.
"Oh! That must have been With! He belongs to Daisuke Niwa-kun next door," she smiled back and looked around. "Where did it go?"
"Someone called him back, sissy."
"That's ok! By the way, we're going to the museum to see Dark-san. You're both going to come right?" Tohru beamed, not noticing the scowl Hiro was giving her.
"Mmm-hmmm!" Kisa nodded happily.
"Ok! Let's go now!" Tohru replied excitedly. "Yuki-kun! Kyo-kun! Kagura-chan! Shigure-san!"
"We're coming Tohru!" Shigure replied, dragging a protesting Kyo out of the door with the 'help' of Kagura.
"Sissy! Sissy! Hiro-chan, look! There's a big black bird up there!" Kisa pointed up at the sky where a dark figure could just be seen flying across the black sky.
Shigure peered at the black figure carefully then shook his head. "I don't think it's a bird, Kisa-chan. It's too big."
"Oh…then what is it, Grandpa Shigure?"
"I'm not sure…but never mind that! Let's go go go!" Shigure punched his fist in the air childishly and started marching, Kisa and Hiro not far behind.
"I swear, one day…" mumbled Yuki.
"…he will pay for all this." Finished Kyo. Tohru looked between them in panic.
"Ummm, maybe we should go?" Tohru suggested hopefully. She didn't really want a fight to break out…
"Ok Honda-san. Let's go." Yuki smiled at her reassuringly, and Kyo gave a short nod in reply.
"Come on!" Tohru grabbed both of their hands and led them off at a run, so that they had no choice but to follow her. Yuki smiled; it was nice when Tohru was like this. Trying to cheer up everyone around her that seemed a little down…that was one of her many virtues he enjoyed.
"With, where were you? I thought you were inside while Daisuke was stressing out!" Dark asked the little bunny who was sitting oh so cutely.
"Kyuu?"
"Never mind…" Dark sighed. "Anyway, let's go!"
"Kyuu!" In a flurry of black feathers, With transformed and became the wings of Dark. He flexed experimentally before taking off relaxedly. "Been awhile since my last theft, eh?"
-Yeah…-
"Hey, if it isn't the Sohma group going to see my amazing theft. Ah, 3 other people there too!"
-Oh yeah… they must be Sohma's too.-
"Most likely." Dark shrugged; he really wasn't that interested. "Time to steal some art, not to watch family reunions!"
He gazed out at the sky before him, and grinned to himself. This town wouldn't know what hit them…
Yay, I got another chapter up in the middle of all this homework I'm supposed to be doing…XD. Hope you enjoyed, and I got to the bits I promised you after all! The rest of the theft will be in the next chapter, which may or may not be awhile because:
Lots of homework
Holidays soon, but see previous explanation
Want to update other stories because I neglected them
The story of my life…XD. See you at the next update!