...Wow, I've gone a month without updating! Gasp! Sorry about that...It's just that within the first three weeks chapter 15 was posted, only two or three people reviewed. But then I checked my stats and it said over 100 people read it but no one reviewed. Like I said before, reviews are what keep authors on going!
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Chapter 16
Krad tilted his head. "My normal self? What's that?"
Giggling, Risa shrugged. It was funny to see his eyes look at her that way. "I didn't like the nice Krad. It just wasn't you." Krad stared at her. Risa's image seemed flawless. Every part of her shined in the darkness, the cloak made her seem like a goddess.
Krad, what are you doing? Satoshi saw Krad begin to blush. He then noticed how close the two were and guessed what was going to happen.
"At least we made it, right?" Risa's eyes sparkled in front of Krad. "Come on, we have to hurry." She quickly kissed Krad on the cheek and then stood straight up. "I think we go this way." She pointed.
Krad's brain was now acting like a TV without cable. It tried to work but it was no use, he wasn't going to get anything. Krad, get up and follow her. We have to get out of her as soon as possible.
Their chest began to burn. Satoshi...what is happening? Satoshi felt petrified at the weak voice of Krad. Everything's getting dizzy. My chest feels hot, something's pounding hard against it and my cheek won't cool down.
Satoshi looked up and smiled. Could it be Krad fell in love? He pushed himself off the ground and walked up behind Risa. "I'm not sure. Is it this way. I know over there isn't right..."
"What's so wrong with going straight?" His soft lips brushed her ears. The hair on the back of her neck stood up as she twisted around. "Krad, I-!" She thought for a minute, taking a step back. Satoshi knew she was frightened a little. Last time Krad and her were this close, she ended up bleeding and crying.
He couldn't help it; he turned her around by her shoulders and hugged her tightly. "Risa, let's get out of here quickly."
"Krad, what the-" Satoshi raised his head and Risa's eyes widened. "Satoshi! What happened? Where's Krad? Are you ok?"
Chuckling, Satoshi began walking. "I don't get hurt when I am not me."
Accepting what Satoshi said, Risa caught up with him and held on to his hand. She swung their hands like small kids would. "We're finally going to get out of here, right?"
Nodding, Satoshi watched Risa jump with happiness. "Well, why are we walking then?" She gave Satoshi's arm a hard tug, making him run with her. While they ran, Satoshi glanced to the side of him. There was a large corn field next to him. Why was this place always changing? What were his father and everyone else up to? Right now wasn't the time to worry about that. Finally, they would be able to return to the real world.
A small giggle was heard from Risa. But that didn't help anything. Missing a step, Risa tripped. It seemed like it took minutes, hours, even days for Risa to hit the ground. Satoshi quickly turned around. Her eyes stared at Satoshi. They were watering desperately, crying for help. "Satoshi. My leg. It hurts." His eyes snapped open with shock. How could Risa go on if her leg was sprained? This was going to slow them. Risa held out her hand. "Satoshi, help me. I can't get up."
At first, he didn't do anything. His conscious was screaming at him. Why should he help her? They were finally going to get out of here and she had to ruin it. But a better reasoning took over that. Risa was the reason he made it this far in the first place. His fingers spread apart as he reached for her hand. "You're so clumsy." He smiled, trying to hide every other emotion.
She agreed, going to take his hand but inches away from it, a strong gust blew through the place. Satoshi was knocked back. He looked up to see that he was now almost fifty feet from Risa. From the corner of his eye, he noticed everything was becoming darker. "Risa!" Satoshi shot up and dashed to his love.
"Satoshi!" Cried Risa. She fought to get up but had no luck. As he was feet away from her, the gust blew again but Satoshi shielded himself. He pushed against the wind, Risa's voice hollering his name. But the darkness was closer. It had already reached Risa's feet. There was no way to save her.
Satoshi gave up, taking a step back. Risa's eye's distended. Her screams became more urgent, more panicked. "I'll save you, somehow." He said under his breath. The darkness had engulfed Risa, Satoshi watched her stretched out hand disappear and took in a deep breath. He wanted to scream, to punch something...to cry.
Don't just sit there. Krad's weak voice said. Go find a way to save her. Satoshi was surprised he was supporting him but this was not the time to argue with his alter ego.
Suddenly, Satoshi raced in the direction they were going before. Occasionally, he shouted Risa's name. For some reason, he had the feeling people were watching him. He ignored the feeling and continued running. There had to be a way out of here and a way to save Risa. Where could she have gone? What happened to her?
But while he kept running, other thoughts grew in his head. Where did this place end? Why was it an endless corn field next to him? There had to be more to a world than just fields...but what was there? Why was he running?
Satoshi stopped, breathing hard and looked around. He was now surrounded by water and he was on an island big enough to fit him and one other person. "W-Why am I running?" Feeling tears build up in his eyes, he fell to his knees. "How am I supposed to escape?"
The water only had a small shine, but everything else was dark. It was dark and cold. "WHY AM I ALONE?" Screamed Satoshi at the top of his lungs. His head fell; he pounded his fist into the ground.
Slowly, he pushed himself off the ground. Things seemed warmer and brighter. It was actually so bright that Satoshi could not see through the lie.
"Wake up, it's time to wake up." A male's voice rang through his ears. Soon his eyes focused and a man with brown hair and glasses stood above him.
Even though Satoshi couldn't remember the man's name, the word, "Dad?" fell out of his mouth.
"You remember me? That's good." He bent down and lifted Satoshi's head up so he was looking at him. "Did you have a good sleep?" Mr. Hiwatari asked kindly, brushing blue hair from Satoshi's face.
Sleep? He was sleeping? It couldn't have been a dream. "Why am I sleeping on the floor?"
He pushed his body up so he was now in a sitting position. The air in this room was warm. It was relaxing. Finally, Satoshi's eyes got used to the light and he could see that there were other people in the room. There was an old man, a woman that looked a little sad, a girl a boy with spiky red air in the corner of the room and another girl who kind of looked like the other one tied to a chair.
Satoshi...we have to get out of here as soon as possible. His eyes snapped open. They traveled up to his father, who was grinning evilly.
"Is there something wrong?" Mr. Hiwatari asked with a cocky tone.
"There's this voice in my head...that doesn't sound like mine." Satoshi felt the room get cold again.
What do you mean "this voice"? It's me, Krad, you idiot! He shouted at Satoshi.
"Father! It's yelling at me now." Cried Satoshi. He could hear Krad continuing yell but watched his father. Kei was bending down once again and smiled with a fake kindness.
"Do you want me to get rid of it?"
The older man in the back gasped. "That's what you were planning to do, Kei?" He whispered.
"Quiet, Koyanagi." Mr. Hiwatari snapped. "But do you?"
Satoshi had to stop to think for a minute. Right now, he was more than willing to get rid of this voice in his head but two things were stopping him. One was Krad shouting, the other was he had a feeling in his gut that this voice was a part of him and he didn't want to lose it. "I-"
"Satoshi, don't!" The girl tied up in the chair said. All eyes were on her. She was struggling to escape from the ropes holding her. "Don't get rid of Krad! Don't only think of how you'll be once he's gone! Think about how he'll be once you are gone!"
Gone? You're an actual existence?
Of course I am! That artwork is so annoying, getting rid of all your memories...
What?
"Now, now. Why would you listen to her? Do you even remember her name?" Tempted Kei. His expression was getting annoyed now.
"Please, Satoshi! Don't!" She kept shouting.
Squinting his eyes, Satoshi tried as hard as he could to remember her name. She felt familiar but he could not remember her name. "I-" Satoshi began, giving one last attempt to remember. "I cannot."
"Then that settles things." Mr. Hiwatari reached for something in his pocket. He pulled out a small vile of dark blue liquid and gave a reassuring smile. "All you have to do is drink this and the voice will be gone forever."
He carefully watched the vile like his father was about to drop it. Satoshi reached for it when another scream came from the girl. "Satoshi! I'm begging you! Don't drink that!"
"Shut that damn girl up!" Growled Kei. He waited for the other woman but she never did anything. Satoshi noticed she had a doctor's name tag that said "Dr. H. Fujisaki.". Mr. Hiwatari sighed, rolling his eyes, and turned to Koyanagi. "Will you do the honors?"
The man smirked and pulled out a switchblade. Holding her chest to the chair from behind, the held the knife to her throat. "You really don't want me to hurt you, do you?"
Without thinking, Satoshi shot to his feet and screamed, "Don't you dare touch her!" Now, everyone's attention was back to Satoshi. It didn't surprise them that Satoshi had tried to protect her. It was something different, something unexpected. When Satoshi had shouted, not only did his voice fill the room but Krad's did too.
Unfortunately, Satoshi hadn't gained all his strength back again and fell to his knees. Tired blue eyes were now fighting their way to keep looking at the girl. He was breathing hard and Satoshi's soft blue hair covered his face.
"Satoshi?"
"I don't want to see anyone hurt." Satoshi gasped for breath. Even the weak smile Satoshi found the energy to choke up brightened the girl's face. "Please forgive me."
"For what?" Her voice was sweeter than her screaming. It was soothing to Satoshi's ears.
"Forgive me for only remembering Harada." His eye sight was getting blurry and his body was getting so heavy that he couldn't keep it up. "Harada, you escaped from the darkness." The small chuckled came from his mouth before he fell to the floor and passed out.
The room air was colder now but Satoshi felt a warm blanket over him. Was he actually in a bed now? ...Wait, why was he thinking about beds? He should worry what happened to Harada and that one sad girl, along with the other two. "Awww, he looks so cute!"
"Hey!" Two others voices said. "Don't go saying that about my boyfriend."
"Shut up you two." A male's voice shushed them. There was a moment of silence. "Hey...what about me?"
"What are you all talking about?" Satoshi wiped his eyes and sat up, only to be knocked down again by the group of others.
"We're so glad you're better!"
"I missed you!"
"Yeah! Satoshi's up!"
"Ouch, you guys are heavy." croaked Satoshi. The three all jumped off Satoshi but they were still smiling. As they came into focus, Satoshi could remember their names a little better. The red head was Niwa. The brunettes were Haradas. The one with long hair...her name was... "Risa, right?"
"He remembered!" Risa gave her sister a death hug. She quickly pried her off and gave Satoshi a soft smile.
"It's good to see you're awake. You've been asleep for the past twelve hours." Niwa explained, smirking kindly to his friend. Satoshi could tell her was fighting the urge to jump at Satoshi and hug him again.
"Twelve hours? Wow..."
"Well, we made you some dinner if you want to eat." Riku told him. Satoshi nodded and pushed away his blankets to stand up. All at once, all their faces became red all at once. The only thing Satoshi was wearing was his black boxers. "Why don't you get dressed first?"
"I'll help him." Risa raised her hand happily but Riku grabbed her wrists and dragged her.
"No, Daisuke will. They're both guys so they can do this themselves." Riku told her sister. The whole way out, Risa whined but then her voices were drowned out when Riku closed the door.
The two were alone but all Niwa would do was smile. Satoshi looked away, trying to think of what to do. "Your name is Daisuke, right?" He nodded and Satoshi noticed the pained look in his eyes. It hurt to looking into his red eyes. They seemed so innocent and happy and were ruined with the sadness that was in them.
"You may forget so I'll explain." Daisuke quietly managed to say. "Your father sent us in that artwork, the "Forgotten Cleansing", to make us forget. He wanted us to forget to he could separate Dark and Krad out of us and keep them under his control. Of course, he failed. Mr. Koyanagi fled and Haruhi was arrested. Your father blamed her for everything. Her case in court will be in a few days so we're hoping she gets off innocent." Daisuke stopped to sniff loudly. "So, you actually remembered my name?"
Satoshi shook his head. "No, all I remembered was Niwa. Harada said "Daisuke" so I just figured that was it."
"So..." Daisuke stared at his feet. "How bad is your memory?"
"I don't know." Satoshi stopped to think, as if he was going through his memory like files. "I know I'm in my house, I know you are Daisuke, the long haired girl is Risa Harada and the short haired girl is Harada. Today is a Thursday. My name is Satoshi Hiwatari. That's about it."
"Do you remember anything about Dark and Krad? Or the Hikari works?"
"They all sound familiar but I can't think right." He rubbed his forehead, then gazed up. "Works...like that "Forgotten Cleansing" artwork?" Daisuke still had that look in his eyes. Why was it hurting his heart so much? Would it hurt this much when he had to face the Haradas? "Stop looking at me like that. My memory will return. My mind is like a computer right now, trying to retrieve all the data it lost."
"How do you remember that?" Daisuke's head tilted a little.
"That Koyanagi guy was holding a paper with that info on it and I saw it."
Nodding, Daisuke walked to Satoshi's closet. "Oh...ok. Well, what do you want to wear?"
"Can you just hand me a pair of jeans and a white t shirt. It's the afternoon so we're not going to do much, right?"
Shrugging, Daisuke tossed Satoshi his clothes. "Do you need any help?"
Satoshi attempted to put on his jeans but felt a sharp pain at his side. "A little." he chuckled. Daisuke held Satoshi's jeans while Satoshi climbed into them. He helped pull them up and gave Satoshi a bright smile. Satoshi felt Daisuke's warm hands at his waist and wondered why they were so warm. Were they too warm...or was he too cold?
A small gasp was heard from Daisuke and Satoshi brought his attention to him. "I'm sorry. I just remember Dark giving you that scar."
"Dark...is he the voice in your head?"
"Yeah." Daisuke watched Satoshi straighten his shirt. This shirt hung loosely off his shoulders. Had it always done this?
"What the hell is taking you guys so long?" Riku shouted from the kitchen.
"Come on." Satoshi motioned for Daisuke to follow him. They walked to the kitchen. The savory smell of chicken pot pie lingered in the air. With another step, Satoshi got mauled by two younger boys.
"Satoshi!"
"Are you ok?"
Satoshi stared at the two, trying to recognize who they were. Behind them, Risa was holding up a piece of paper that said, "Mike and Kyle." and nodded. "Hey Mike and Kyle..." A sudden though popped in his head. "You guys are American, aren't you."
"Duh." Kyle pushed him off the ground while Mike pulled him up.
"Have a good nap?"
"You slept forever."
"Are they always this annoying?" Satoshi asked Risa under his breath when he passed her. She giggled and gave Satoshi a nod. They shoved him down in the seat and watched. Satoshi stared cautiously at the pot pie as if some animal was living in it and it was going to pop out at any time.
"You eat it. Or did you forget that?" Riku asked, placing her hands on her hips.
"Riku! That's just mean!" Daisuke and Risa shouted.
Taking a spoonful, Satoshi chuckled as he ate. Why were all these people so worried about him? Did something happen before today that made them this worried about him? Hey Voice, care to explain?
My name is Krad, master.
Master? It makes it sound you like you love me or something. Satoshi snickered but under his snicker, there was a small laugh from Krad. But what's going on?
You know, you're not even making an attempt to get better. Why don't I jog your memory? Satoshi agreed. He thought it would help and forgot everything in the past, including how merciless Krad could get.
Suddenly, a extreme pain was sent through Satoshi chest and he doubled over. "Wh-what's going on?" He whispered. Soon, the waves of pain became stronger and hit him harder. Now he was laying on the table, writhing in pain. He forgot about the others around. Everything went black for a minutes and then he could see everything again. He went to brush the hair out his eyes but Satoshi saw that his arm wouldn't move with him.
"Satoshi?" Everyone around was staring at him. His body gave the rest of them a cocky grin. At once, Daisuke stepped forward, clenched onto his arm and took him back into his room. When Daisuke shut the door, he slammed him into the wall and glared. "What did you do to the boy?" But Daisuke's eyes were purple now.
What happened to Daisuke Niwa?
Same thing as you. Krad paused for a minute. Wait...why did you call him by his first and last name?
Isn't that what you do?
Shaking his head, Krad smiled at "Daisuke". He leaned forward, only to be pushed back. "Now, Dark. I'm just showing Satoshi the way things used to be." A hint of worry passed through Dark's eyes and his opposite let out a giggle. "I get it. Your tamer was hoping to take advantage of this. He wanted to try and make Satoshi in a happier condition than before."
"Shut up and give Satoshi back control." Dark turned around, not wanting to see any wincing or something like that.
Seconds later, Satoshi could move again. He looked at Dark and scratched the back of his neck. "So...you're Dark?"
The worry in his eyes was growing. "Yeah, I'm Dark. What's it to you?"
"How come you gave me this scar?" Satoshi lifted his shirt and showed Dark. He shot his head the other way and growled.
"Stop acting like a little kid, Satoshi. Could you actually try to remember everything? People are worried about you, you heartless bastard." Dark spat out. It didn't sound as mean as the words meant. Dark's tone lightened up with his last comment. "We all want you back to normal. Besides, if you're not strong enough to even try to stop me when I steal artwork, then everything will be boring." He leaned against the wall and blinked a few times, his eyes returning back to red.
"Steal?" Satoshi asked but Dark was gone.
"Um...why don't we go back to the table?"
They both agreed to that and stepped out of the room. In the kitchen, Risa, Riku, Mike and Kyle were all standing up. "We've come up with a plan to help you Satoshi!" They all rang.
"We are going to give you a tour of Azumano to help get your memories back!"
"How does that sound?"
Shrugging his shoulders, Satoshi said, "Sounds fine."
I'm not sure if that's a cliffy or not but there's the end of the chapter.
I know this is all of your reactions (because it was my friends)
"What do you mean only two chapters left? There's so much to put in the story!"
Nope, only two chapters left XD Everything is planned out so yeah. I've been thinking about making a sequel but I'm not sure. Tell me what you guys think about it.
Until Latah-
Paige