Animegrrl: Hi everyone, this is the re-edited chapter 2!!
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"Now if you were to replace the x here with the 2…" Aki continued to listen to the teacher with half interest, her pencil suddenly attracting her attention.
Thankfully the school bell rang, alerting her and the other students that school was over. Students started to hustle and bustle impatiently wanting to leave the school. Aki did the same, though not as fast. Quickly she walked out the door, ignoring everyone she passed in the hall. People would pass her as well, paying her no heed.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAISUKE!" Saehara yelled while giving said boy a noogy. Aki quickly looked at the scene to her right before passing it. Slowly Aki realized something…it was her birthday as well. She sighed and closed her eyes for a few moments, before quickly snapping them open and clenching her fist.
Finally she was out of the school and heading for the tram, feeling rather tired. As she reached the tram she paid for her entrance and walked in. She decided to stand instead of sit, which most girls took to doing. She took to looking outside, watching the trees pass by. A girl giggled near her and she felt like punching her. However she took to huffing and watching a bird pass by. Finally the tram came to a stop and she hurriedly walked out, heading in the direction of her house/mansion.
She passed by familiar shops and houses that would come bring memories to her mind. Blinking she continued her trek to her home. Walking on a bridge with the running water under her, she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
Finally she came to her house which held a small water fountain in the front as well as a gravel path for the cars going around the water fountain. Aki quickly walked through the gravel path and opened the door with her key. Once inside she quickly disabled the alarm like always and started to walk towards the living room, dropping her backpack in the walkway. While dropping her backpack she noticed unfamiliar luggage in the hallway as well.
Not giving anymore thought to it she traveled more into the house, passing by the kitchen first. She went inside and grabbed an empty glass while going to the fridge and pouring some water. Gulping it down she walked towards the living room, which held the TV. However as she got closer she saw the TV already on…strange. Her father wasn't one to watch TV, but instead took to training for hours on end in the dojo.
So as she crept closer to the living room she saw legs propped up on the foot rest. They wore white Adidas and blue jeans. As she crept closer she came to see…none other than her brother Keiji flipping mindlessly through channels. At first she couldn't believe it, Keiji was here? Why?!
She watched as her brother continued to flip through channels, all the while not noticing her shocked state. For 3 years he hasn't really changed at all. He still kept his black hair, though added a few silver streaks cause he always like Aki's hair, which was slightly wild and unruly though didn't reach his shoulders. His black eyes were filled with boredom and his face was contorted in a slight scowl. His attire consisted of a black Lacoste shirt and a black belt that was slightly noticeable. Dog tags were hanging from his neck, their fathers to be exact.
Finally he seemed to manage a slight figure watching him for he slowly turned his head towards Aki.
"Oh, hey sis." Though Aki could only hurriedly place the cup down and practically tackle her brother while he still sat on the couch. Keiji could only laugh and hug her back, throwing the remote randomly on the couch.
"Keiji welcome home!" Aki yelled happily to her brother. Her brother could only ruffle her hair a little and say, "Happy birthday runt."
Playfully she punched his shoulder after slightly getting off of his lap, "I ain't no runt, unlike you." He looked at her in shock and pressed a hand to his chest in feigned hurt, "Me a runt? How could my own sister assume such a thing?!"
She rolled her eyes at his dramatic ways and took to picking up the remote and flipping the channels herself. After a few moments of silence Aki then realized something, "Wait, you remembered my birthday?"
Keiji gave her an incredulous look and shook his head, "Sometimes I think you were dropped as a baby…"
Again she smacked him, though this time with the remote.
"Owww! What the fuck?!" and he took to rubbing the spot on his arm to get rid of the stinging sensation. Glaring at him she said, "Seriously, how did you know it was my birthday? Dad doesn't even know it's my birthday!"
Keiji didn't respond and continued rubbing at his arm, "Well for one you're my only sibling and two, God you hit hard."
Before she could hit him again he quickly put up his hands and said, "Okay, okay I had to originally do some stuff here for dad and your birthday come up."
Her eye twitched and she rolled her eyes, crossing her arms and looking at the TV.
"Hey don't give me the cold shoulder." Though she ignored him and kept looking at the program that was currently running.
"Okay then I guess….you don't want your birthday present…" she grabbed a random pillow and started to smack him with it continuously.
He laughed and grabbed the gift out from his pocket. In his palm was a velvet case big enough to hold any piece of jewelry. Aki blinked as he opened it, to reveal a rather magnificent necklace. The necklace was a circular pendant the size of a half dollar; and around the edges were four hearts with their tips pointing inward, as if it were a strange compass. The circle around the pendant had a strange Celtic design that looked rather nice. And in the middle was a small crystallized flower, at first Aki thought it was floating in the middle of the necklace, but instead found out that it was placed upon glass…that was inside the necklace itself.
"It's called the Heart's Glass, has some story behind it but its kinda sketchy…"
Aki could only look at it in awe, and Keiji chuckled finally taking it out of it's case and placing it on Aki…
With Daisuke
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M DARK?!"
"You heard what you heard sweetie, you're Dark! It's in the Niwa gene." Emiko smiled happily seeing her son as the Phantom Thief Dark.
"B-But I don't wanna be Dark!"
"Oh c'mon honey, I'm sure being Dark won't be that bad."
"B-But mom! How do I change back?!"
"You'll have to steal the Heart's Glass, which is going on display at the Sakura Art Museum."
With Aki and Keiji
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S BEING DISPLAYED IN A MUSEUM?!"
"Yeah well…it was the only way I can get it for you! Besides you'll get it back in a week!"
Aki looked cross and could only glare at her older brother.
"Hey don't look at me like that; at least I bothered to get you a gift. And you'll have something to brag about to your friends! You can proudly say 'That's my necklace on display' right?" Aki knew he was trying to lighten the mood but she could only blankly think 'What friends?'
"Hey look the only way I could give it to you was by agreeing to deliver it to the museum." Keiji quickly said. Aki could only sigh and say, "Yeah I think I'm able to figure that out by now.
Quickly Keiji glanced at his wrist where his Rolex read 6:13, "Yeah Aki I gotta take this thing to the Sakura Art Museum before seven so…"
He motioned for the necklace still around her neck, and in a huff she took it off. Shoving it at his chest he grunted in pain but took the necklace anyway.
"Oh c'mon Aki don't take it like this." Keiji felt pathetic taking away her birthday present. Though Aki didn't respond and sat back down on the couch.
"So…do you want to come with me to the museum?" When Keiji got no reply he started to head to the front door, "I'll be home around 8 so don't worry or anything…"
Aki didn't reply, and when she heard the front door close she sighed and grabbed the remote. Finally she decided to change the channel and came to see the news…
"…Today it is said that the Phantom Thief Dark will try to steal the Heart's Glass…"
The stunned girl could only blink, and even bang at her ear to make sure she was hearing correctly.
"…We have full confirmation, Phantom Thief Dark has left a warning letter to the police, it seems…there's even a smiley face! As if to taunt the police…how strange…"
"KEIJIIIIIII!!"
Aki sprinted to the front door and quickly opened it, only to see the taxi fully leaving the estate.
However she continued to run after it, trying to see if she could perform a miracle. Unfortunately she saw it round a corner and disappear.
When she finally looked around the corner she found the taxi too far ahead to catch on foot…so now her only hope was to go to the Sakura Art Museum itself.
'Damn…making me do all this work on my birthday.' And Aki took to begrudgingly heading towards the direction the taxi took.
With Keiji
Keiji took came out of the taxi after paying the toll, glancing at his watch again.
'6:45 okay I made it.' Keiji thought and then finally walked inside the museum, pushing the glass door aside. Once in did he notice why they called it the Sakura Art Museum.
The whole entire museum was dedicated to nothing but flowers. Flower paintings, flower sculptures, flower walls, flower tiles, hell even the roof was in the shape of a flower. Keiji could only raise both his eyebrows in amazement.
'Oh-kay now where's The Director?'…
With Aki
'Fucking shit Aki good job, you managed to get yourself lost.'
Aki was miserably moping at a nearby water fountain that had an amazing view of the sunset. The fountain was a usual lovers spot, or sometimes she would notice artists come and paint the sunset itself. (A/N- it's where Daisuke goes to paint his picture of the sunset in the anime)
"Hey Aki, what are you doing here?" Aki looked up to hearing her name being called and came to see Riku Harada, the older twin.
"Eh, just moping you?"
"Oh, I'm just coming back from practice." And indeed Aki did notice Riku with her bike and her practice uniform.
"Ah," then an idea came to her mind, "Do you happen to know where the Sakura Art Museum is?"
Riku's face contorted in thought, "…Yeah…isn't it by Harbor Drive? Well I think if you head near the town center you can see some banners showing where the Sakura Art Museum is because of the new display- hey where are you going?!"
Aki had quickly gotten up when she heard Riku say Harbor Drive.
"B-but you haven't told me why you gotta go to the museum yet!"
Aki rolled her eyes, 'Why the hell do you wanna know?'
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Animegrrl: okay done! Thanks for reading