Author's Note: Happy May...it's the busiest time of year for me so...yeah...
Disclaimer: I on't day own Dnangel. one nah of it... (use pig latin for those few words)
Chapter 9
"Tell me why we're in the mall again, Risa." Satoshi sighed. He looked over his shoulder as he caught two girls older than him giggling and pointing at him.
Risa looked at him and smiled. "I have to get a costume for tomorrow. It is halloween and-"
"You forgot until the last minute. I get it."
Once they had finally found the costume store, Risa searched around. She shouted that she was going to try some things on.
As Risa walked in the fitting room, she hung what she had picked. "I think I'm going to try this one on first." Risa told herself.
Meanwhile, Satoshi was waiting outside the fitting room. He noticed the mirror that showed yourself in three different views. Looking at his hair, Satoshi began to mess with it. He muttered to himself, "Is it me or is the back of my hair-"
"Satoshi, come and look." shouted Risa. She walked out of the room. Risa was dressed up in a Casino dealer's outfit. "Do you like this one?" Satoshi shrugged. "Tell me the truth."
"It's alright. How about trying something different?"
"Yeah." she grinned and went back into the room.
She tried many costumes and still couldn't find anything. Risa tried being a pirate, a princess and a witch. "Why can't I find a good one?" whined Risa.
"How about that one?" Satoshi pointed to one that was a french maid costume. Risa shrugged, nodded and went to try it on. A minute later, she came out. Risa held out her hands and spun around. "It's very pretty." said Satoshi. Risa blushed as Satoshi wrapped his arms around her from behind while she was looking in the mirror.
"What about you, do you have a costume for Halloween?"
"Yeah..." Satoshi sighed. "I'll go ring this up, get changed." Satoshi took the tag and walked up to the cashier.
The next morning, everyone was dressed up at school. Satoshi laughed with Daisuke, seeing that a large amount of people dressed up as Dark. "My mom thought I should have dressed as him. But I said everyone else is so it'd be stupid." Daisuke said. He was wearing a priest outfit, which also made Satoshi laugh.
"Oh-my-gosh, SATOSHI!" squealed Risa. She ran up to him, held his hands and looked at his costume. "You're so cute. I can't believe this. It's so nice!"
"Thanks..." Satoshi said quietly. He was wearing a dark blue, long overcoat, a black top hat and a small black bow tie. Satoshi also had a cane that kind of made him look like he was hurt because he actually used the cane to walk with. "You two look nice yourselfs."
Risa and Riku were matching french maids except Risa had a black dress and Riku had a purple one. Satoshi looked over and saw Daisuke looking at the ground, blushing.
Classes went as they normally did but at the end of the day, there was an assembly. Everyone walked in the auditorium, the group sat in the very back, the farthest from the stage. First, Mr. Koyanagi came up on stage, told what was going on, which it turned out that a bunch of Halloween themed events were going to be performed and dicussed the rules. Risa wondered why because no one ever followed them.
First there was a group of people who discussed ghost hunting. Some people thought they were so useless, they threw food at them. These kids were sent to the princapals office. Then a large group of people told stories and acted them out. Most people liked this group. They made the area scary and exciting.
Next, there was a man who walked out. Many people stared at Satoshi and looked back at the man on stage. They both had the same kind of outfit except the man on stage's was red. Satoshi gasped when he saw him and Daisuke's jaw dropped. Risa looked over at the two. "What's wrong."
Satoshi first hesitated but then whispered, "That's my father."
Risa wanted to say something but Satoshi's father inturrupted them. "Hello everyone," he said with his usual cockiness. "Today I am here to show you that magic is real. If you don't believe, I will now."
He did a couple things that amazed people. First he created the illusion that the ceiling was gone. Many people thought it was a projector or something but others protested they felt wind.
Then he caught a dresser on fire and it came out looking brand new. To prove it was real fire, Satoshi's father took a piece of paper and caught it on fire, then a stick, and then a chair that an audience member was sitting on.
The next thing startled Satoshi. His father announced that he would hypnotize someone. "Now who do I pick." he muttered to himself. Students were standing up, waving their hand's frantically, trying to get his attention. Satoshi's father seemed to ignore all of them and pointed to the back. "How about you and you."
Everyone was looking around to see who he was pointing to. "I mean Satoshi Hiwatari and Riku Harada." The whole audience gasped. Satoshi didn't want to get up, he didn't know what his father was up to. Risa looked like she wanted to cry. "Why did he pick you, Riku?"
Riku shrugged and stood up. Satoshi tried to get her to sit back down but she dragged Satoshi with her. "Don't be such a wimp." Obviously, she had not heard him tell Risa he was his father.
Satoshi's father looked at the two with a smirk on his face. Riku smiled at him but Satoshi avoided his eyes. His father took his cane and propped Satoshi's head up. "I need your eye contact." he said softly.
From the back row, Risa was holding onto Daisuke's arm tightly. "What do you think they are going to do?"
"Quiet." Daisuke said. He was watching closely to Satoshi and his father.
Up on stage, people were murmuring to eachother. They all saw Satoshi glaring at his father. He tried to escape his sight but once again, his father used the cane to lift his head. With a evil smirk from his father, Satoshi's face became emotionless and they all watched him fall to the floor. Risa grabbed Daisuke again.
Riku jumped to the side. She was now shaking. Satoshi's father now looked at Riku and said simply, "He was standing up and lost control. Not a good choice. Would you like a seat?" She nodded softly. He pulled up a chair and let Riku sit in it.
"Is this going to hurt?" Riku cried.
"No, of course not. It's just like sleeping." he said softly and stared into her eyes. Slowly, they closed and her head rested on her shoulders.
Satoshi's father chuckled and now faced the audience. "Now, these two are in a sleeping trance. When I wake them up, they will be in my complete control." he smiled seeing the reactions from the audience. "I will be able to make them do whatever I would like." he now walked over to Satoshi. Leaning over him, he whispered something that Risa couldn't hear and Satoshi began to stir.
Risa whimpered softly. She didn't know how Satoshi would be under his father's control.
Meanwhile, Satoshi had stood up. His father asked him, "How are you?"
Satoshi answered, "I'm fine." coldly.
"Do you know what your name is?" Satoshi shook his head.
Risa had been trying to get his eye contact but Satoshi ignored him. Tears gathered at the corner of Risa's eyes, Satoshi was like his old self again. The person who never cared what anyone did, who never cared if a person got hurt or how a person felt.
"You're name is Satoshi." Satoshi gave his father a confused look and shrugged. "Now Satoshi, is there anyone in the audience that you would like to give a shout out to? Someone you really care about?"
Once again, Satoshi shook his head. Risa had started to cry, she burried her face in her hands and felt Daisuke rubbing her back. "It's fine. It's just hypnotism, they can't remember anything except how to talk and walk. He will remember you when he wakes up." Risa nodded as she sniffled.
"Why don't we make things fun. Can you do a couple things that would impress me?" Satoshi nodded and backed up. He did backhand springs across the stage and finished with a flip in the air. His father along with the rest of the audience clapped.
"Great, wait here." Satoshi's father walked over to the sleeping Riku and once again muttered something uncomprehendable. Riku woke up and stood up. He did the same thing he did with Riku that he did with Satoshi. It was driving Risa to the edge, she was about to break down but Daisuke reassured her.
"I think it would be nice if you two danced." The two agreed. Satoshi's father turned on a slow song and Satoshi and Riku held hands. They began to waltz. Risa kept telling herself, "It's not real, It's not real.". She continued to watch.
They danced for a few minutes. All around, people were talking about how they made such a cute couple. But something went wrong. When Satoshi spun Riku as she leaned back, it looked like he was about to bend down to kiss her but Satoshi bared his teeth and aimed for the neck.
Satoshi's father seemed not to notice or care. He only paid attention when a girl in the audience screamed. With a tap of his cane on the floor, they both paused and stood straight up.
He led them over to two chairs and told them to sit. Satoshi's dad, tapping his cane softly on the floor, put them in another deep sleep. After a minute, they woke up. People began to clap and Satoshi and Riku both stared at eachother with the exact confused expressions.
"Now, what are your names?"
Immediatly, they said, "Satoshi Hiwatari." and "Riku Harada.".
Then his father asked, "Who did you sit with?" They replied, "With Risa and Daisuke." He nodded and allowed them to stand up. He bowed and told the two to do the same. As the curtains closed for the next performer, Satoshi's father dismissed Riku but held Satoshi back.
When Riku sat back down, Risa began to pester her. "What was it like?" she asked.
"It was just like what he said." said Riku. "It was like just falling asleep and waking up." Risa was looking a bit gloomy and Riku noticed. "What's wrong?" Risa shook her head and stayed quiet. "What did we do?" Riku asked with wide eyes.
"Well, you didn't remember anything, you couldn't remember that I was your sister and Daisuke was your boyfriend." Risa was beginning to choke up but she continued. "Then, you and Satoshi danced."
"We danced?"
"Yeah. But then, Satoshi did something weird. I don't know what but a girl screamed. Satoshi was worse than you."
Riku tilted her head."Worse? How?"
"At least you seemed like a person." Risa sobbed. "Satoshi acted like he wasn't human. Like every emotion in his mind had been erased." There was a painful silence. Riku looked over at Daisuke.
"Is this true?" she asked him.
But for some reason, he payed no attention. Daisuke stood up and simply said, "I'm going to go see how Satoshi's doing." As Daisuke walked away, Risa relized that right before he stood up, there was a sound that sounded like a scream.
Riku kept talking but Risa wasn't hearing her. She was wondering what worried Daisuke. Was it Satoshi who screamed? "I'm going to the bathroom." Risa got up and walked away before her sister could protest.
Quietly, she followed Daisuke backstage. Seeing Satoshi's father, she hid behind the corner and listened to what they were doing. "What are you doing to him?" she heard Daisuke.
"Hello Niwa, nice to see you." Satoshi's father said it like it was nothing.
"Answer my question." said Daisuke clenching his teeth. Looking around, Risa noticed something on the floor. She noticed that it was a person covered in sheets. There was someone under them groaning. "Why is he under those sheets." he asked.
"Now, now, Niwa. No need to get in such a bundle."
"You're hurting him though," Daisuke said a little softer this time. "What are you-" there was a scream from under the sheets again and the person under it lifted a little.
Risa felt an urge to run over to the person and help. But she gripped onto one of the curtain to help contain herself.
"What are you doing to him?" Daisuke asked again.
"I just want a friend to come talk to me." Satoshi's dad looked over at the boy and put on a fake caring face. With a wave of his cane, the boy shot up, screaming. Risa could tell no one could hear because of all the chatter in the audience. It hurt Risa to watch the boy as he let himself fall back down to the ground with a thump.
She had caught a sight of him though. She noticed that he had a grayish color and it was down to his shoulder. Staring back at him, Risa could have sworn it was becoming blonde and longer.
"You do understand this, don't you Niwa." Satoshi's father said with a sweet voice. "I don't want to explain it all."
"Let him go." Daisuke was very angry. Madness rang in his voice, a madness that sounded like he didn't care what happened. As long as he got what he wanted.
"There's no way to stop it now." said the smooth voice of Satoshi's father. "Don't worry, I won't harm him. Go on." At first Daisuke hesitated but then he stepped away.
Now Risa was left alone with watching what was happening. Satoshi's father bent down next to the boy and whispered, "Come out, come out, wherever you are."
Suddenly, the boy began to twitch and convulse madly. He looked he was going to have a seisure. Then, he just stopped and layed flat against the ground. He just gave up? Risa asked. For some unknown reason, anger built up in the bottom of her stomach. She expected the boy to fight whatever was being done to him. A fight against herself started in her head.
What do you mean he just gave up? He's been in pain.
But- I expected him to be stronger.
Maybe he couldn't help it.
But maybe he could.
But there's something wrong with him...
Risa stared over at the sheet to see him rising from the sheets. The boy now had long blonde hair and he was wearing a white ringmaster costume. She felt her brain freeze, it was the same guy from month's ago.
He immediatly got up and punched Satoshi's father. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" hissed the boy.
Bent over, he was breathing hard. "I-I know what you're up to." said the father. He spit and then stood back up.
The boy looked shocked. "What do you mean by that?"
"You may think that you can keep it from Satoshi and Niwa but I can tell."
"I-I don't care." the boy was startled. He paused for a moment, as if checking to see if he could hear anything. "But is that all why you dragged me out here?" Satoshi's father didn't answer, he had a look on his face that looked like he got what he wanted. "Why you-" the boy grabbed him by the colar and raised him in the air.
This wasn't the same, kind guy Risa met a while ago. He was so mean now.
"You made it more painful for him. It's like the difference between going to the hospital to fix your broken arm or cracking it back in place yourself."
"Yes, but either way, he never has the choice." Satoshi's dad smiled as the boy threw him on the floor.
The boy was now pacing. After a minute, he froze and stared at Satoshi's father. "That's why you hypnotized Satoshi." he said softly. "It got both of us. It cleared both our guards and you could read out minds. But why Riku?" the boy had begun pacing again.
Us? What did he mean by us? Risa thought
Satoshi's father dusted off his overcoat and walked away. The boy didn't notice until a couple minutes later. He looked around and as he turned the corner, he saw Risa. Both their eyes widened. Risa already tried to apolgize. "Didn't know where to go-didn't see you-sorry."
But in that time, he had grabbed her hands. "What did you see?"
Risa hesitated but said, "I saw a boy...he was in pain. Then something happened and you stood up." Trying to get on his good side, she leaned on his chest. "What was he doing to you."
She looked up at his face and saw something that looked like pain his his face. He walked away from her. "Alright." he said quietly before leaving the room.
Slowly, Risa rushed back to her seat. As she sat down. Daisuke looked up at her. "Where'd you go?"
"To the restroom." Daisuke looked like he didn't believe it. He glanced over at Riku and she nodded. There was one more person who told the myths of Dracula, Frankinstien and the Werewolf. People enjoyed these too because it gave a spooky atmosphere. At the last couple of minutes, Satoshi finally came back and sat down next to Risa.
"Hey, where'd you go for a while?" Risa asked him with a worried voice.
"My father just needed to tell me a few things." Satoshi said with an emotionless voice. Risa wasn't sure if he was telling the truth but faked a smile.
Once the show was finished, everyone poured out of the auditorium. Risa stood side by side with Satoshi. "Hey, Satoshi..."
"Yes?"
"Do you want to stay over at my house tonight?" Risa asked sweetly.
"What brought that up?" questioned Satoshi. "Sure but it's a bit sudden."
"Well, Riku's staying over at Dai's and I'm going to be lonely tonight." With a moment of thought, Satoshi smirked and nodded his head. "Thanks."
As they headed toward the front door, there were a bunch of people surrounded by the announcements board. "What's going on?" Satoshi said quietly. He stood on his toes to see over people and as he was back flat on his feet he sighed.
"What is it?"
"We have a school dance on Friday next week." he said. They walked out the door with Risa saying, "Oh, that sounds fun." Satoshi shrugged.
While they were walking down the steps of their school, Risa noticed something. Quickly, but trying to make it look like an accident, she waved her hand and hit Satoshi's cane. It flew away from Satoshi. When he took another step and put his weight down on his foot, Satoshi suddenly winced and fell onto the rail.
Out of shock, Risa grabbed the cane and handed it to him. Satoshi nodded and took it, then kept walking.
She was right, Satoshi was limping. There was something wrong with Satoshi but she didn't want to ask. She would be getting into his buissness. But what if his dad did that to him? How crule!
About half way to her house, Risa stopped. "Satoshi, I have to stop at Dai's also."
Satoshi stopped and looked back at Risa. "Alright, but let's hurry."
"Why?" Risa's head tilted a little to the side. Satoshi smirked.
"I don't think Daisuke's mom likes me..."
Risa laughed softly and held Satoshi's hand. "Don't worry, you're with me."
Once they finally got to his house,she pushed the intercom. "Hello? Ms. Emiko?"
"RISA!" Daisuke's mom shouted, making the speaker screech. Satoshi grunted while he messed with his ears. "Hey...who was that?"
"It's just Satoshi." giggled Risa.
There was, what seemed to sound like, a crash. In the backround, you sould hear heavy footsteps and objects being moved. Then Emiko opened the door, breathing hard but still smiling. "Please come in."
They both nodded and walked in. Once in, Riku, Daisuke and his family were all sitting on the couches, talking. "Hello Risa." Daisuke waved happily. But once he noticed Satoshi, his eyes widened. "Satoshi! What a suprise." he laughed.
"Yeah." Satoshi looked around.
"Have a seat, you guys." Daisuke's grandpa said. Both of them sat down next to Daisuke and Riku. Kosuke, Daisuke's father, walked up to them.
"Would you like a cup of tea?" he asked and held out the tray of tea. Risa nodded with Satoshi and they reached for a cup. "So, Satoshi, how have you been? Everything going alright?"
Risa looked at Satoshi, he was giving Daisuke's father a confused look but Risa could tell he was trying to hide it. "I-I m doing alright."
Kosuke nodded happily and sipped his tea. Risa always thought there was something odd about Daisuke's father. First he just appears out of no where one day, then he's always so nosey with Satoshi.
Suddenly, Daisuke stood up. "Let me go get the book." he stood up and fleed the room. Everyone sat there quietly until Daisuke came back and handed the book to Risa.
"Thanks." she smiled and held the book close to her chest.
"No problem." he chuckled. "I lost mine but luckily you still had one. I should be thanking you."
Emiko stood up and hurried to the kitchen. While she was doing that, Kosuke and Daiki began to chat with eachother. Looking around, Riku and Satoshi were staring at eachother with confused looks. Risa felt her stomach lurch, she didn't want to remember earlier.
"Guess what I have!" Emiko came in the room holding another tray and smiling. Daisuke gave an equal smile as he stood up and helped his mother. "I do hope you guys like cookies."
She passed them out to each of the kids. Once she got to Satoshi she stopped and handed it to him. Satoshi took one and took a bite. After a minute, he looked up and smiled. "Wow, these are great!"
Risa could see the shock in Emiko's face. Even her cheeks became red and Risa wanted to laugh. But Risa took Satoshi's hand and led him to the door. "We'll see you guys, later, alright?"
The Niwas and Riku waved goodbye. As Emiko walked passed the two to open the door for them, she was holding her hands up to her cheeks to hide her blushing. Risa heard her saying, "Oh, he's so handsome." Daisuke's mother opened the door and waved. "Goodbye! Please take care." Even Kosuke came up next to Emiko and waved to them. They both had worried faces as he whispered in her ear and Risa could tell they noticed the limping and cane.
Risa was confused. They normally didn't act this way.
Once they got to Risa's house, Satoshi sat down and Risa asked him if he wanted a snack. With a shrug from him, she headed to the kitchen and cut up some fruit. A few minutes later, Risa walked out of the kitchen with a tray. "Here you go, Satoshi." she giggled and handed him the tray.
Suddenly, Satoshi fell off his chair. "What's wrong?" Risa asked as she tried to help him up. He was heavier than Risa thought.
"I'm fine." Satoshi sat back on the chair and sighed softly, looking back up at Risa. If Risa didn't know better, she could say that Satoshi was blushing. "It's just...you looked like a really cute maid."
Risa's face turned red. Sheforgot she was still in her costume. The two both ate a snack and then Risa showed Satoshi around the house.
For the rest of the night, they just hung out together. They watched a little tv, played soccer outside, tried to play lacross (because Risa snuck into Riku's room) but failed, ate dinner and watched a movie together. At the end of the day, they got ready for bed. "I'll be right back." Satoshi said and walked to the bathroom. While Satoshi did that, Risa got in her pajamas and laid down in her bed.
"What a nice day with him." said Risa softly to herself. Her head relaxed on the pillow. Slowly, her eyes closed as Risa fell asleep.
Oy...that was longer than usual again, wasn't it? I'm not sure...but please REVIEW ya'll ! Love you...