Chapter 3

By Stormshadow13

Disclaimer: You really think that I'd be writing fanfiction if I owned?

AN: I hope this chapter is as good as the first two.

xxx

"Hey, Dark!"

The purple-haired teen froze, OH SHIT! He turned to face the speaker.

Daisuke ran up with Satoshi trailing a little behind.

Daisuke smiled sweetly at Dark turning on all of his I'm cute and innocent charm. "Dark, I'd like to talk to you for a moment."

"Au," Dark fidgeted wanting nothing more then to turn and run. "I've got class."

Daisuke smirked at him, "Lyre."

Dark gulped uncertain of why the red-head was making him so nervous.

"Anyway," continued Daisuke without losing the smile. "I wanted to talk to you about our relationship."

Dark frowned, "it's over Daisuke, you cheated on me."

"'About that," said Daisuke slyly, "I was going to ask you if you wanted to join me and Sato."

Dark's eyes widened, "you mean as a threesome?"

Daisuke nodded still smiling.

Dark squirmed now doubly nervous. "Uh, Daisuke, I don't think..."

"Hey Dark!"

The purple-haired teen glanced up and felt a sudden and unexpected surge of relief as he saw a long haired blond trotting towards them.

Krad jogged up to Dark's side, taking in the awkward situation in a quick glance. "I thought you were going to meet me in the library."

"Library?" Dark blinked confused.

"Yeah," Krad nodded, "you know for the power point project that Professor Rian gave us yesterday."

Dark blinked once, twice, thrice now really confused. He remembered the project alright, but not that he was going to work on it with Krad. The blond wasn't even in the same group as him. He continued to stair confused until he saw Krad give the slightest movement of his head towards Daisuke and Satoshi. Then it hit him like a two by four to the head. "Oh! Oh, that was today? I thought it was tomorrow. I'm so sorry, do you have time now?"

Daisuke scowled who was this intruder and who did he think he was? He couldn't just walk up and take his Dark away from him. He managed to plaster the smile back on to his face as Dark glanced back at him.

"Hey, I've got to go."

Daisuke struggled to exude cheerfulness, "that's fine; I'll talk to you later but before you leave who is your friend?"

Dark winced a little at the annoyed tone in Daisuke's voice and smiled nervously, "Daisuke, this is Krad Hikari, Krad, this is Daisuke Niwa."

The blond and red-head eyed each other for a long moment. Then Daisuke held his hand out to Krad smiling, "it is nice to meet you."

"A pleasure," said Krad smiling back and taking the offered hand.

Dark blinked struck with the sudden thought that if the two had been dogs their hackles would have been up and they'd be snarling at each other.

Daisuke still smiling tightened his grip on his rival's hand trying to intimidate him. The blond never changing expression tightened his own grip in response. The red-head locked eyes with the blond trying to convey the message back off he's mine and amber eyes narrowed in response.

Daisuke finally released the hand shake and nodded to Satoshi, "Krad this is my boyfriend Satoshi Hiwatari."

Krad nodded to the other noticing Dark's wince from the corner of his eye.

Satoshi nodded back expressionlessly.

"Later Daisuke," Dark grabbed his friend by the shoulder and tugged Krad after himself as he turned and headed in the direction of the library.

Daisuke glared at the blond's back as if he could since his anger Krad placed a hand on Dark's shoulder leaning close and whispering something into the purple haired teen's ear. The red-head seethed as Dark laughed at whatever the blond had said. How dare Dark fine someone else, and how dare that other get in his way. Well it didn't matter, Dark was going to be his one way or the other and the blond was going to exit the picture completely. Daisuke turned to Satoshi, "Come on Sato, we'll talk to him later."

Satoshi fell into step with his lover, "do you want me to call the others?"

"Yes," purred Daisuke an evil smile twisting his lips. "If Dark is going to be ours, we need to get that blond interloper out of the picture."

Satoshi nodded and pulled his cell phone out flipping it open and beginning to dial.

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"Dark."

"Hmmmm?"

"I really don't think I like Daisuke."

Dark blinked and glanced at his blond friend, "why not?"

"Well," Krad frowned, "I'm not exactly sure. I can't exactly put my finger on it but there is just something that I don't like about him."

"Are you sure your not letting what he did to me cloud your judgment?"

Krad frowned a little more, "no, not completely, he just bugs me. He's..." The blond paused.

"He's?" prompted Dark curious to know what his new friend thought.

"Manipulative,"

Dark blinked, he definitely hadn't been expecting that. "How so?"

"Well," Krad began slowly, "he seems to use his cuteness and charm to lure people into thinking that he's innocent and..." The blond waved a hand at a loss for words. "I can't explain it; he just gives me the creeps."

Dark pondered what his friend had said as the two of them walked in silence to the library. Now that he thought about it Daisuke had been manipulative when they'd been together. He'd always hung around Daisuke's friends never really making any of his own. It had always been Dark who'd scheduled his classes and life around Daisuke's schedule. He'd always consulted the red-head about the classes he should take and the times of those classes and he almost always had done as his former lover had wished. Except for this last semester, he'd picked the classes and times himself and that was when things had started going wrong between him and Daisuke. Dark frowned he'd never really noticed any of this before, not until Krad had said something that is. As the two entered the library Dark glanced back over his shoulder to make sure there was no red-head following them.

As the door closed Krad breathed a sigh of relief, he hoped that he would never have to talk to that Daisuke guy again but something deep in his gut told him this was just the beginning of the war.