Break in at the Hikari manor

The next morning Satoshi went to school (after he finally woke up) and Kari made sure he actually had breakfast and a lunch for later. As he entered the classroom, he heard a commotion. Seems Takeshi had some news; and it involved him.

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"Hey Hiwatari, do you have a roommate named Hikari?"

Satoshi stopped dead in his tracks from shock. He turned and said, "Why do you ask?"

"I heard from my pops that someone broke into his house last night. The guy who rents it is named S. Hikari. I figured you might know who this guy is," said Takeshi.

"I know him alright."

"So do ya think I could talk to him?"

"You're talking to him right now, idiot," said Satoshi annoyed.

"WHAT!!!" exclaimed Takeshi in surprise.

"I'm not joking."

"But pops said the guy was named Hikari, not Hiwatari! He was pretty sure that's what it said!"

"He didn't get it wrong. The only person named Hikari in my house is me. And I'd rather not talk about it right now!" said Satoshi with a look that told Takeshi to drop it.

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During lunch…

"So, Hiwatari-kun, are you really named Hikari?" asked Risa.

"I thought I said I didn't want to talk about it!" said Satoshi, desperate to leave.

"You might as well tell them Satoshi. They're gonna find out sooner or later," said Daisuke.

"I'd rather deal with this later. Besides, I have nothing to say about what my real name is!" said Satoshi as he left to eat alone on the roof.

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Satoshi-sama, what's wrong? You seem a bit…agitated.

At this point I really don't care whether or not you take over! All I want is to know who the hell broke into my house!

It was Hiwatari. He was mad that you didn't answer ANY of his calls and decided to break in and find out what was going on.

Is that the reason you came to the amusement park? And why Kari-nee had us stay at her house?

She didn't want you to worry about it until later.

She could have WARNED me before I got here!

She didn't know he broke into the house. I was the one who called the police…it was the only way I could get rid of him.

DAMN HIM!!!!!

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"Hey, Hiwatari? Are you okay?" asked Daisuke nervously.

"I would be…except I found out who broke into the house while I was out with Kari-nee."

"Who?"

"Krad said it was…my step-father. Kari hid my cell when we left and apparently he got angry when I didn't answer any of the calls."

"Where'd you two go? And who called the police?"

"Kari almost literally dragged me to the new amusement park. We were there until a little past 8, then we went and stayed at her place. Krad said he was the one who called the police, just to get him out of the house!"

"Hey, Hiwatari! Why'd ya disappear like that?!" asked Takeshi.

"Go away… my headache is bad enough without you adding to it!" griped Satoshi.

"Well you could at least answer a few questions! I'm going to make an article for the paper today!"

"Fine, if it'll get you to shut up," said Satoshi irritably. (Really did have a nasty headache!)

"Where were you when your house got broken into?"

"Kari dragged me to the new amusement park. We were there until around 8 at night."

"Wait, are you saying that the intern from America took you to the park?!"

"Don't believe me?"

"Are you kidding?! There's no way she'd take someone like you there! You're too uptight all the time!" said Takeshi.

"I have pictures to prove it…but there's no way in hell you're getting your hands on them!" said Satoshi.

"I'll find a way!" said Takeshi.

"Feh…you won't succeed unless you somehow manage to con the Phantom Thief himself to get them for you," snorted Satoshi.

"Fine then…why is your house under the name S. Hikari?"

"I'm NOT in the mood to discuss that right now! If you really want to know why don't you ask my step-father!" said Satoshi angrily.

"Hiwatari's your step-father?!"

Krad, can you go tell Kari-nee that I'm going home early? I can't take much more of this!

I figured as much. She is on her lunch break and said to wait for her. She has the 'sanity pills' and a glass of water out for you. What are these sanity pills anyway?
It's something for headaches and the like. Which is what I desperately NEED right now!

Okaaay…

Satoshi got up and headed towards the nurse's office.

"Hey Hiwatari! Where're you going? I haven't finished!" protested Takeshi.

"I wouldn't bother Satoshi right now, Takeshi. He doesn't look so good," said Daisuke; as if to prove his point, Satoshi stumbled on the stairs and collapsed.

"Hey, what happened?!"

"Looks like his low blood pressure strikes again," commented Daisuke, "I'll take him to the nurse's office, and you tell the teacher he's not coming back to class today!"

Daisuke carried the unconscious teen to the nurse's office. Since she was out, he tried to get Satoshi awake…at least long enough to call for someone.

"Ow…what happened?!" asked Satoshi weakly.

"Your low blood pressure kicked in. You fell down the stairs," explained Daisuke.

"And here I always cursed having such low blood pressure…who knew it could come in handy?" said Satoshi sarcastically.

"Should I call your step-father or my house?"

"Neither!!!! It's thanks to him that my house was broken into! And I know your mother can't stand me because of who I was! Call my older sister, PLEASE!!!" said Satoshi desperately.

"I didn't know you had…"

"By older sister I meant call Kari! She's the only one aside from you that I trust. Just tell your more annoying half not to call her at all hours of the night," said Satoshi.

Daisuke handed him the phone; his fingers whirled as he dialed the number. Kari picked up and said, "I'm guessing his low blood pressure kicked in, right?"

"Um, hello?"

"Don't worry about Sato-kun. Just tell him to be waiting on the roof; I'll be using Krad's wings for the return trip," said Kari.

"Wha…?"

"And please tell that perverted thief that if I catch him on that pole again I'll shoot him!" said Kari annoyed. Daisuke was clearly confused. He looked at his friend who said, "Krad told her."

"Okay…so on the roof and you'll use Krad's wings, right?" asked Daisuke.

"Yup."

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"I'll make sure he gets up there safely," said Daisuke as he hung up. The nurse walked in surprised to see them.

"What're you two doing here?!"

"Satoshi fell on the stairs and his blood pressure is really low," said Daisuke quickly.

"Let's see…it looks like a nasty bump alright. How do you feel?"

"Tired and like my skulls about to split in two. Takeshi was giving me quite a headache when I fell," said Satoshi.

"I'm assuming you have already asked for someone to pick you up?"

"Yes."

"Very well then. I'll inform your teacher that you had to leave earlier out of bad health," said the nurse.

"I already had Takeshi tell her. I thought it was the wise choice. Should I make sure he leaves safely?" asked Daisuke.

"If you wouldn't mind. The last thing you need is another fall!" said the nurse irritably.

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Daisuke watched in amazement as a pair of pure white wings came down; and for once it wasn't Krad who was flying on them! Kari landed carefully and said, "You feeling any better, Sato-chan?"

"I think I'll need to hit your stash of sanity pills, Onee-san," said Satoshi with a crooked smile.

"I thought you might when Krad said you had a nasty headache. Let's hope the school doesn't call your idiot step-father."

"They won't. I told the nurse that we had already called someone to pick me up," said Satoshi.

"Am I missing something here?! Why do you have Krad's wings and what's with Satoshi calling you big sis?!" asked Daisuke, clearly confused.

"I'll tell you later when this damn headache goes away," said Satoshi. He held on tight to Kari as they headed straight to her apartment; that was when a certain thief finally decided to wake up.

That was a good nap! Did I miss anything?

Yup…you missed Satoshi snapping at Takeshi 'cause his house got broken into yesterday.

WHAT!!!! What else did I miss out?!

Kari coming and picking up Satoshi on Krad's wings. Satoshi stumbled and fell on the stairs and he got sent home early. Also, it seems that Satoshi's house is under his original name.

How do you know that?

Because Takeshi asked him if he had a roommate named (get this) S. Hikari. Satoshi snapped at him and tried his best not to deal with it.

Aw man! I missed out on everything! DAMN!!!!!

"Hey Daisuke, have you seen Hiwatari-kun? He never came back after lunch!" asked Risa.

"He went home early…didn't Takeshi tell you?!" said Daisuke.

"Nope…all he kept going on about something about Commander Hiwatari is really Satoshi-kun's step-father."

"That baka! I thought I asked him to tell the teacher Satoshi was leaving early!" said Daisuke angrily.

"Niwa-san, where is Hiwatari, Satoshi?" asked the teacher.

"He went home early…he fell down the stairs and had a nasty headache. I asked Takeshi to warn you, which apparently he didn't," explained Daisuke.

"Very well then."

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"Hey Daisuke, think you can…"

"No! I will not take over for your cleaning duty!" growled Daisuke angrily.

"But why not?" whined Takeshi.

"I asked you to tell the teacher that Satoshi was leaving early and you didn't! Not only am I not taking your cleaning duty today; I'm also not gonna tell you the truth about Satoshi's real name!" said Daisuke with a cold smirk.

"WHAT! You mean you knew his real name this whole time and didn't tell me?! That would have been a great scoop! Why didn't you…?"

"Drop it. You're not getting anything else from me…and apparently you were getting on Satoshi's nerves too," commented Daisuke as he headed out the door.

"I guess I'll have to keep those pics of Harada to myself then," hinted Takeshi.

"Nice try…it's not going to work today!" laughed Daisuke.

"What pictures?!" hissed Riku and Risa in unison.

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Satoshi lay on Kari's lap while the Advil kicked in. He slowly began to fall asleep; until he noticed the white feathers around the room…

His eyes flew open in an instant; he tried getting up, but Krad wouldn't let him.

"Calm down Satoshi-sama. I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to help," said Krad smoothly.

"You know I don't trust you…and most likely I never will," said Satoshi coldly.

"Oh? If I didn't care about you, then why did I tell you the truth about who broke into your apartment?"

"Want my honest opinion?" asked Satoshi as he (reluctantly) lay his head back down.

"Yes."

"Because you're a homicidal psychopath who enjoys being a sadistic bastard," said Satoshi.

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Ouch…that had to hurt.

You have NO idea…though part of it was true. I'm not going to say which though!

I would have been shocked if you had.

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"You might have a point…but I do care about you whether you like it or not."

"Yeah right… Your care for me only goes as far as being able to use me as a vessel that you need to manifest yourself!" snorted Satoshi. (He didn't notice that Krad was trying to put him to sleep without hurting him in the process.)

"That used to be true…but now I'm not so sure."

"What?"

"Ever since we met that girl I've had this weird feeling around her. I don't know how, but she is actually changing me…and you as well," said Krad calmly as he brushed the ever-so-rebellious blue hair out of Satoshi's eyes. The teen looked at his former alter ego that he hated so much…before finally falling fast asleep in his lap.

"Sleep, Master Satoshi…for tomorrow a new kind of hell awaits us both," Krad whispered before giving Kari back control.

(I hope you don't mind that little KradXSato fluff scene. After the last chapter I felt it had to happen sometime. If anyone wants to see some other yaoi pairings then let me know in your reviews!)