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Author's note: Is it just me or did everyone's april fools day suck? Normally it's like stinkin christmas for me but since it was on a weekend...-sigh- oh well...
Disclaimer: Blah blah blah, don't own DNAngel but I do own Harry Potter, for I am JK Rowling...yeah right, in my dreams. See chapter one if you want more...or less I dont know what I wrote down...do we have to do this shit everytime?
Chapter 6
The sun was just setting in Azumano. Satoshi stared around, he couldn't remember when he actually had time to watch the sun set. Normally, he was trying to capture Dark (and all that jazz...a/u sorry, had to put that XD...last time I inturupt, sorry.) .
As he reached the apartment building, nothing was different than everywhere else. Nobody was out on such a beautiful evening, not even Mike and Kyle were out behind the big cherry blossom tree scheming and being a nuisance to Satoshi. He walked up the stairs, thinking about the date. He really did have a great time, it was just that...Risa was crying. I wonder why, Satoshi thought.
Satoshi's thoughts were inturupted by voices when he reached his apartment door. He put his ear up to the door to listen closer.
"Hey! What are you doing? Give me the remote, you annoying bloke." a child's voice said.
"Why? I want to see if anything's on. I told you nothing good comes on until at least eight." another voice that sounded almost exacly like the first said.
"So what, let me see the damn thing." Satoshi growled at the voices he heard. He looked down at the door knob and noticed that there were paper clips left in the lock. Wow, I didn't know that trick worked. Satoshi smirked and shrugged.
But what in the world were Mike and Kyle doing in his apartment. Satoshi quietly opened the door and snuck in. He stood behind the couch where they sat and watched the boys bicker. There was a moment of silence.
"What is this?" Mike tried to steal the remote from Kyle but he sat on it, seeming satisfied. "What are we watching?" he pointed to the tv set.
"What?" Kyle asked. "I just love these home shopping channels." Mike just stared at him.
"You're an idiot, you know that, right?"
"There's nothing wrong with the home shopping network. I was thinking we could get something for Satoshi, I bet it could help us convince him to help us." Kyle said proudly.
"Well, if you're going to buy me something, this rice maker right here looks nice." Satoshi said. "I could use one of those."
There was another quiet moment. Then the boys broke out-"SATOSHI?"
He only smiled and asked, "Yeah?"
Kyle and Mike paused for another second. Then-"We just wanted to watch TV."
"We swore we wouldn't steal anything."
"Yes, we sware."
"I ate a candy bar, but I could pay you back."
"You ate a candy bar? When was that?"
"When you went to the bathroom." Kyle scratched his head nervously.
Satoshi looked like he was about to laugh but held himself back. He patted the boys heads as Mike was growling at Kyle. Then he put on a serious face. "I'm not going to get mad at you guys if you will just explain what you are doing in my apartment." he crossed his arms, with a wait-and-see attitude. Both the boys stared at eachother and nodded.
Kyle started. "Mum had to go to work so she could get a little extra money in overtime."
"Yeah, mum's been having a hard time earning enough money for us and her all together." As Satoshi listened, he relized this was the first time had seen these two be so serious.
"So she tried to find anyone who could look over us because, well, you could just imagine what we would do when no one would be yelling at us to behave." Kyle instantly grinned. So did Mike. "And we told her that we thought that you wouldn't mind,"
"She thinks you are a very responsible fourteen year old, you know." Mike added.
"But we kinda lied to her and said that you said it was ok. She told us to make sure we stay with you and she'll make it up to you somehow." Kyle had finished and the twins looked at Satoshi, waiting for an answer.
He dropped his arms to his sides and asked, "Why in the world would I want to watch over you two?"
Both their jaws dropped. "But-"
"There's absolutly no reason I would ever decide that it'd be 'fun' to watch you guys. But-" now Mike and Kyle's face lit up. "It won't kill me will it?"
"Depends." said Mike with a leer on his face. The boys stood up on the couch, jumped over it and ran behind him. To Satoshi, everything that happened seemed like it was in slow motion. He bent down to avoid their hit, noticed a chain hooked onto Kyle's pants and unclipped one side. Satoshi hooked it on Mike's shoe lace, which resulted in a dramatic fall when he went to take another step and something stopped him and made him trip. Mike also brought Kyle down with him.
They looked up at Satoshi with awe. "I'll say that's gonna be a no, alright?" He was now walking to the kitchen. "Get on your shoes, I'm going to get something to eat and you have to be with me." Satoshi looked back at them struggling and told them, "It's be best to take it off your shoe first, Michael."
Grabbing a cup, Satoshi placed it under a faucet and filled it with water. For a brief moment, he thought that they would try to get him from behind and he turned around to check on them. They were putting on their shoes but Mike noticed him. "Don't call me Michael. I only get called that when I'm in trouble with my mum."
"But I used it as a formal way of respect and to establish the fact that I am the boss. Your mother uses it for the same reason."
"You're making us feel like two six year olds."
"Well don't act like one then." Satoshi opened the door for them and they ran out and jumped on the railing of the guards. They found a rope that they had put there a couple months ago repeled down it.
Satoshi just walked down the three flights of stairs and met them at the bottom. He paused and looked down at them. Mike and Kyle were almost five inches shorter than himself. "Come on, we need to hurry home, I have work to do."
The rest of the night was quieter. Satoshi let them watch the television while he finished his paperwork for his father. After about a hour, he closed his books, shut off his computer and grabbed a couple of blankets he never used in his rooms. He alerted the boys when he entered the living. "Up." They stood up and Satoshi laid the blankets down, one on the couch, the other on the large armchair.
He watched them fight over who got the couch. Just for his own amusement, he turned off the lights. They stopped for a minute and Satoshi squinted to see what was going on but then got startled when two bright lights flashed in his eyes.
When his eyes came back into focus, he saw that they had pens behind their ears and that's where the light was coming from. Satoshi turned the lights back on. "What were those things?"
"A little thing we made." Kyle said. They both took it from their ear and held it out. "Has a light,"
"And a pen,"
"a voice recorder,"
"and your mom." Kyle glared at Mike. "Heh, sorry. I'm just joking. It's solar powered and reserves the energy. Pretty cool, eh?"
Satoshi shook his head and grinned and smiled. "You never fail to amaze me. Now go to sleep. I need to be up in the morning for school."
Kyle hopped into the armchair and turned off the light. Right as Satoshi walked away, he turned it back on real fast. "Satoshi, why do you go after Dark?"
Satoshi could feel his heart skip a beat. He looked over his shoulder. "How did you know about that?" he replied in a cool tone.
"Those men are always coming. Giving you those letters."
"And sometimes they're so stupid they'll give you a white envelope and you can see the warning card through it." Mike added.
He sighed and muttered, "Unfortunatly, I work for my father there. Please, no more questions." Satoshi walked out of the room without another thought.
In his room, he changed into his sleeping clothes and got into his bed. He rested his head on the pillow when he heard a voice from the back of his head say, Bright, those two are.
Yeah, a bit. Hey, I know I'm going to regret this but where've you been? Satoshi heard Krad laugh.
Don't you appreciate what I've done?
Now he was just making Satoshi feel regretful for even bothering him. Yes. I do but it's been so peaceful.
HEY! Don't you go-
Quiet down. Satoshi had winced when Krad screamed.
Alright. Let me just tell you something real fast. Keep stopping Dark and I won't be inturrupting you and your Harada. She'll be safe.
He was silent but Satoshi wanted him to explain. Why would he say she'll be safe? He thought he hated her. But Satoshi couldn't concentrate, the dark was pushing him deeper into his bed until it left him buried in his dreams.
In the morning, the living room was clean and empty. It seemed that the boys had actually cleaned it before leaving for their bus. Their school started about an hour before Satoshi's. Satoshi got up, made his bed, laid out his clothes and headed to the bathroom.
As he threw off his pajama shirt he examined his scars. His finger traced them and he sighed. It's all that damn Dark's fault.
And Daisuke's. said a clear voice in his head. It wasn't Krad, it was his own conscious. He and Dark are one in the same person. They think the same, have the same intentions, the same cruelty, as you may say.
"No," Satoshi said aloud. "Daisuke's innocent."
Once Satoshi was finished with all his morning tasks, he grabbed his bags and walked to the door. On the door, he found a note that read:
Mum says come join us for dinner. She wants to make it up to you. You know, for "watching" us.
Satoshi could tell the two switched writing at different points.
-Mike & Kyle
PS: You can bring your girlfriend too. Mum wants to see her. Awww, Satoshi and a girl sitting in a tree making some love and sipping some tea.
PSS: (Does that even exist? Satoshi thought.) Yo mama
Satoshi sighed and read the letter once more. Those two could be so weird. But how did they find out about Risa? He ripped the letter off the door and went to crumble it when he saw more writing on the back.
Might wanna get something for you. That sleeptalking is a big problem.
Sleeptalking? Did Satoshi really sleeptalk? He growled and threw the letter away and walked out of his apartment. It was cloudy out and the sidewalks were empty, no kids actually had to walk as far as Satoshi but he was fine with it.
When he finally reached the trolly station, he saw that it was almost about to leave and began to run. At the last moment, he caught it.
He caught his breath and looked around. People were scattered everywhere, mostly students. He heard a girl mutter, "Hey look. Does he go to our school?"
"I don't know." said her friend, who's voice was higher. "But he's really fine."
Satoshi rolled his eyes and looked for a space where he could have a distance from everyone. That is, until he heard voices saying, "Look! Satoshi! Over here!" He looked behind him and saw Risa, Riku and Daisuke all waving to him. A smile fell on his face, knowing that they were all there.
"Hey, how are you guys?" Satoshi said as he walked by them. The moment he stopped, Risa jumped up and wrapped her arms around him.
"I missed you." she fluttered her long eyeslashes and her deep brown eyes shined. When she let go of him, he spotted Daisuke smiling at him.
"I'm doing great, how about you?" Satoshi asked him.
"Pretty good." They smiled at eachother. Behind them, they heard a gruff voice muttering. There was a man who looked about 45, had thining gray hair and stubby fingers. He was scratching something on a piece of paper and was saying, "Absolutly-no-PDA."
"Why are you getting into our business?" Both Satoshi and Daisuke said at the same time.
He looked at them and scowled. "Both of you go to Azumano, am I correct?" They nodded doubtfully. "Great," the man gave a disgusting grin. "As of right now, I am the assistant principal of your school."
The girls seemed shocked this, at least more than Daisuke was but Satoshi remained calm. "And PDA is?"
"Public display of affection." he stated. "And as of the minute you step through the doors of your school, it is considered against the rules." he sneered. The man closed his notebook, picked up his briefcase, which read, Mr. A. Koyanagi, and left his seat.
They all stared at eachother. "What a weird man." Riku said.
"I don't care what he says." Risa whined. "He just seems mean."
"But we're going to have to act like we respect him, you know." Satoshi pointed out. The rest of them all murmured, "I guess."
Satoshi took a seat next to Risa. She looked over at him and giggled happily. He smirked back at her. This wasn't what he was used to though but he would get used to it. They all talked to eachother as they headed to school.
The rest of the day was a bit weird. As he and Risa walked down the walls, she insisted on holding hands, which drew attention to himself. Everyone stared at the couple, saying things like "Look, Satoshi's with Risa." or "Omigod. I can't believe he choose her."
When they first sat down in their first class, they heard an announcement about the new assistant prinicipal, Mr. Koyanagi. He sounded even meaner on the intercom than in real life. He also announced about the "PDA issue". Most of the student complained about it and said that they wouldn't follow it.
In the halls, couples would be talking, hugging and kissing but when he came, everyone acted like they were talking about schoolwork. But unfortuantly, when Mr. Koyanagi walked down the hall, he caught Risa hugging Satoshi. "What did I warn you about earlier?" he handed Satoshi a piece of paper. "I will see you after school in detention."
Satoshi's jaw dropped. Detention? He had never been in detention in his life. Risa patted him on the shoulder. "I...I'm sorry."
He shook his head. "No, it's fine. It's not your fault. It's that horrible bastards fault."
When school was over, Satoshi headed to his office. This is so stupid. He thought. What a pointless rule. You can just tell he hates kids. How'd he even get the job?When he reached for the doorknob, his hand hit someone else. "Daisuke?"
"Satoshi?" questioned Daisuke. "But-" at the same time, they both held up their detention slips.
He opened the door and they stepped in. Mr. Koyanagi was already sitting behind his desk. He said, "Please shut the door, Mr.-" he paused, his lip curved slightly. "Hiwatari." Satoshi looked at him, his eyes were now shapped like slits. "You two will do something very simple. All you will do is write lines."
"A few simple sentences. 'I will follow the rules.' 'I will do nothing illeagal.' and 'I will not steal nor hurt anyone.'" Daisuke and Satoshi stared at eachother, their faces filled with suspicion. "Understand?" They nodded, unsure about what he was up to but they had to follow his directions.
Risa and Riku were waiting for them outside of the school by the fountain.Satoshi asked Risa if she would like to have dinner with him and his neighbors. She agreed. Before they all split apart, Daisuke asked him to meet with him around ten pm behind the museum.
Satoshi rang their door bell and waited. When the door opened, the twins mother burst out and hugged Satoshi. "So nice to see you!" When she let go of him, Satoshi saw her more clearly. She had long blonde hair and pretty green eyes. She was a tall woman and was wearing a pink apron over her white dress. But the biggest change that Satoshi saw was there were bags under her eyes. She was really exausted from work, he guessed.
"Hello." she smiled widely at Risa. "Nice to meet you."
"You too," Risa shook her hand. "My name's Risa."
"Risa, what a pretty name. My name's Ella."
"Hey, wait a minute." Risa paused for a moment. "You're foreign, arn't you?" Ella started laughing and nodded. Risa joined in with her. "I can tell by your accent."
The whole time, Satoshi, Mike and Kyle watched them. They seemed like eachother's reflections, almost exacly alike.
When she finally remembered, she introduced Mike and Kyle to Risa. They all shook hands. Then Ella instructed, "Boys, will you set the table?" They nodded and ran off. "Risa, sweety, wanna help me serve dinner?" Risa followed Ella and Satoshi helped Mike and Kyle.
When all was finished, Ella shouted, "Alright, we're done. Everyone sit down." They walked out holding plates and a turkey. Unfortuantly there was a slight incline and it caught both Risa and Ella off guard. They both tripped and almost spilled the food but the guys jumped up to get them. The twins caught their mom while Satoshi caught Risa and a couple plates that slid away.
"Oh my, I always fall there." Ella chuckled nervously.
Everyone sat down and began to eat. For the first few minutes, it was a little quiet. Ella broke the silence by saying, "This is just like having the family back together."
"Why?" Risa asked. "Not trying to be rude but what do you mean?"
"Well, you see, my husband died a few years ago. He was killed in a car accident. And I-" she paused for a minute and gulped. "I had another son."
Like she needed another one of these guys. Satoshi regreted to think.
"Believe it or not but these guys were triplets. When we first moved here, they were all about the age of 6, am I correct?" Kyle and Mike nodded. "He looked so much like his father, he was the only one with brown hair." she messed up Kyle's brown hair. "But one day he ran off without telling us. He was missing for about a week until they told us they found his body at the museum, dead." It was as if it took all of Ella to say that last word.
"That's horrible." Risa said.
"We've lived with it, though." she smiled at the group.
Satoshi looked over at Kyle and Mike. They were both staring at their food solemnly.
At the end of dinner, they all said their good-byes. "You can come back anytime you want, ok, you two?" They nodded and Ella held them in a big hug. Risa waved to Mike and Kyle and they waved back, both having their old malicious grins back on their face. When Satoshi looked at them, they looked away, whistling innocently.
When they walked out the door, Risa stopped Satoshi in front of his door. "I want you to have this." she reached into her bag and pulled out a little jewlery boy that was pure white, but where it opened it was lined with gold. "I know it's a bit girlish but it's very special to me. My grandfather gave it to me before he passed away."
"Risa, I can't-"
"It's my gift for you, ok?" She wrapped her arms around him.
"Ok," Satoshi said. Risa began to walk down the stairs when she paused.
"And I know the song will get annoying but my grandfather said that when your listening to it when your sad, don't let it stop unless your truly happy. He's silly and said something bad happens. But I don't know, I never tried it." she giggled. "I guess I'm afraid to see. Bye!"
Satoshi opened his door. He put the box on his stand next to his bed and sat down. He still had about two hours before he had to meet Daisuke.Was it true? he thought. Satoshi smacked his forehead softly and scoffed. Who am I kidding, it's only a silly tale that her grandfather told her.
He opened the box and it began to play a small tune. It was something you would hear from a ballet. It repeted itself a couple times before slowing down. Satoshi stared at it, the song was almost stopped. Suddenly, it did stop. Satoshi's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the box again and saw a mirror. When he stared at the mirror, he didn't see his reflection but he saw Risa. There was a lump caught in his throat. No. The song started for another couple seconds, then stopped once more. NOOOOOOO!
Author's Note:Heh...I kinda left ya'll at a cliffhanger. I'm sorry if it's taking me long to post up chapters, I'm just really busy. I'll try to post as soon as I can. Wasn't any faster than last weeks, was it...haha...XD Please review!