Shizuku: Okay, S.M. doesn't own... you know what? 20 bucks says you already know what I'm about to say here, and I'm still getting paid!

S.M: No you're not, this is a non-profit...

Shizuku: SHUT UP S.M! Hey, isn't it kinda weird that I don't even know you're name? Let alone your, *snickers* "Loyal readers"

S.M: Good point, hey! I got an idea! I'll have a contest on guessing my name! For details, read this chapter, and the A/N at the bottom! :3 And I don't own D.N. Angel...

Chapter 12: The Announcement

Daisuke's POV:

I walked into homeroom this morning, with a cheerful smile on my face. Although, that really wasn't how I was feeling on the inside.

"I told you, ask Shizuku if she knows anything about her family history..." Dark told me for what was... and yes I was counting... thirteenth time this morning, starting from when I had just woken up to have him belting on me, to eating my breakfast, (which was when he screamed at me for not listening, causing me to choke), to the trolley ride to school... And this was just starting to drive me to the point of looking like a complete fool in front of everyone so that I could yell at him out loud.

"Why should I?" I finally dared to ask him, because I could think of a lot of reasons why I shouldn't, but I really couldn't see the benefit of asking Shizuku that strange question. She might actually be oblivious to her family history altogether. Which I found to be very likely.

"Do I have to explain everything to you?" He asked in return, a question for a question. But I still nodded my head slightly before I sat down in my assigned seat. And I heard him give a loud and obvious sigh, like it was the easiest thing in the world to understand, and yet I still didn't get it.

"If she does know something, then we have to know what."

"And why is that? I mean, so what if she knows that she might have magic? What difference does it make?"

"Because... well, I kinda told you, the Sakishima have a tendency to, you know... attack the Niwas and the Hikaris..."

"Are you suggesting that Shizuku is just pretending to be my friend so that she can attack me?" No way, she was just too nice for that! God, what the hell is going through Dark's mind? Sure, he can read my thoughts, but I couldn't read his for whatever reason. Not fair.

"No, not anything like that Daisuke... I do trust her..."

"Well then, what's the problem?" I asked, adding onto this very long and irritating conversation, but before he could even answer, I felt someone tap on my shoulder. And looking to my right, I saw that it was actually Shizuku, with Riku standing behind her, both of them with a sort of concerned look on their faces.

"Um, Daisuke? Are you okay?" Shizuku asked, and was quickly followed by Riku.

"Yeah, we tried calling your name like three times..." She said, oh, I guess I was kinda busy talking to Dark to notice. That seemed to happen form time to time...

"Oh sorry!" I replied, and readied my usual excuse for when stuff like that happened. "I guess I'm just a little tired is all, didn't really get a lot of sleep last night."

I could tell that the two of them were about to discuss with me even more, but before they even had much of a chance, the teacher told everyone to settle down, signaling for both Shizuku and Riku to go to their seats, seeing that they were basically the only two that were still standing up.

"Now class..." Sensei began to say, and during this time, I was pretty positive that Dark had already fallen asleep, knowing that he pretty much despised sitting in class. "I have a very important announcement for everyone, because by this time next week, we will be having our annual class trip!"

The classroom erupted into various cheers of joy, excitement, and chatter, everyone clearly excited for the upcoming trip. Of course I felt joyful as well, but, everything seemed to be getting pretty chaotic in my life. Actually, maybe the trip could act as a necessary vacation to escape my problems, and maybe get Dark off of my back to keep asking Shizuku stupid questions.

I still remembered parent teacher conference day... And how awkward that had been with Dark telling me to ask her the questions that I had found completely idiotic, and how apparently had made Shizuku feel kinda uncomfortable. I mean, 'do you believe in magic'? What was he thinking? Trust me, it wasn't technically me who was asking those questions... it was Dark using me as some sort of messenger.

"Now class, we will be assigning partners randomly as to who we will sit with on the travel distance to our destination, which is a surprise, to who your partner will be when we are there." The teacher started to explain, and as she was done speaking, a hand shot up, inquiring that someone had a question.

"Yes Ava?" Sensei asked, and one of the classmates spoke. (There were a lot of kids in my class who I were familiar with, but never really talked to.)

"Uh, Sensei? What will we need partners for once we get there? Where ever we're going..." The girl asked, and this question cause the teacher to wear an expression like they wanted to face-palm them self.

"Oh, right, well... we may be taking tours, or you may want to go on other activities, in which you should never go alone." Sensei said, obviously trying to make the whole thing sound as vague as she possibly could.

Shizuku's POV:

I could barely pay attention to whatever the teacher was currently saying, although I could have sworn that she had mentioned something about a 'class trip'. But in my defense, I felt pretty tired considering that my weekend was hectic to say the least.

No matter what I did, or no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't get Seiji to leave me in peace! He had stayed at my house over the weekend, and slept on the couch, even though I managed to get him out of the house, pushing him out the door. But then, an hour later, he came back with bags full of groceries, like I was kicking him out to go shopping or something. It was exhausting trying to put up with him, because trust me, that guy can TALK.

I had to discover a way to finally tune his voice out because I had gotten so sick of it. And now, I really didn't want to be in school, but it was a whole lot better than being at home with that motor mouth. Like I must have said a dozen times by now, my life is pretty darn screwed up.

"Okay, so in order to randomly choose our partners, half of the class will come up to the front, and pick up a popsicle stick out of this jar, which contains the names of everyone in the class." Sensei explained quite cheerfully. I had a feeling that she was looking forward to this trip, where ever it was we were going...

"Anna!" She said, after reaching into the jar that contained these yellow colored sticks, "Come up here and choose your partner!"

As the blond girl stood up and walked to the front, I took note how she was wearing a ear to ear grin, and to me, she just seemed a little too joyous. But all the same, she reached into the jar with her eyes sealed shut, and the smile was still plastered on her face, that was, until she actually looked at the paper, in which she quickly put on a disappointed look.

"Oh, I got Tess..." She said, slumping back to her seat, which ironically, was right in front of the girl named Tess. This might be fun to watch...

"What was so wrong with getting me?" The unusually tall girl asked innocently. She was kinda known in the class for two things, not that I really payed much attention to it. The first, of course was her height, which was larger than the other girls in the class, and the second, despite her size (not fat, she was relatively skinny, but just very tall) she was kinda a wimp. But then again, I didn't really know her that well, so I shouldn't be one to judge.

"Nothing!" I heard in their hushed conversation, "I just was really wanted to get Satoshi..." I barely heard, and I highly doubt that no one else had heard, or was even trying to listen except me. But I didn't really care anyway... so what if she wanted Satoshi? I couldn't really care much less.

I listened as the several other names had been called, one after another, and for some reason, all the names stuck to my head, as I remember each partnership, although I barely knew any of them.

Casey was with Derek, Shara with Josh, Jessica with Katie (In which the two girls squealed in joy, I swear, they never leave each other's side...) Lucia was with Grace (Again followed by more high pitched squealing, it was so convenient that these best friends were getting paired up together.) And Riku was paired up with Ayumi, which would work out pretty well, considering that they were both on the track and field team.

"Shizuku!" Sensei called my name, and signaled me to come to the front. Honestly, I didn't see the point in having us randomly choose our partners, it would just make more sense for the teacher to pick the partnerships herself. But all the same, I stuck my hand into the jar full of the stupid and pointless sticks, and saw that there were only five of them left, and remembered who the five names belonged to. Yuuji, Takeshi, Daisuke, Risa, and of course... Satoshi.

I didn't really get my hopes up or anything, I mean, he had seemed to be avoiding me for what seemed like the longest time. I guess he just started to lose interest in me or something... There were a lot of prettier girls out there. And most of them were part of his own personal fan club.

I slowly pulled out one of the sticks which I had chosen to grasp, and looked at it for a moment, but there wasn't any name on the side.

Duh... I thought to myself, before flipping it over to look at the black letters that were scrawled on the side...

"I got... Daisuke." I said out loud while smiling widely, before walking back to my seat. I was actually pretty happy to get Daisuke, he was a pretty good friend, and I certainly didn't want to get stuck with Risa or Takeshi. Why not? Well, Takeshi could get pretty annoying at times, and unfortunately, I had learned that from experience. And as for Risa, well, like I've said in the past, a little too girly and ditzy for my taste.

At least Daisuke wouldn't be too bad, he was nice, and wasn't annoying. Oh yeah, and he was a pretty great friend as well.

The next name that was called was actually Risa's, who by the way she started to stumble seemed to be pretty nervous. But then again, she probably was as fond of the idea of being paired up with Takeshi as I did.

Her shaky hand reached into the jar, and once she read it, it looked like relief had washed over her, as she smiled brightly and her hazel eyes lit up in excitement. Guess she didn't get...

"I got Satoshi!"

...Takeshi

Daisuke's POV:

Oh, this can't be good... I thought, right after Shizuku said my name.

What? Aren't you friends with her? Dark asked teasingly, although the only reason that I was freaked out was actually because of Dark.

Well I have a feeling you're just going to make me hound her with questions the entire trip! I yelled defensively. And if by some chance that I would actually be able to relax...

Well, if you really feel that way... I guess I'll give you guys a break... I heard him say in a sort of amused, yet disappointed voice. Wait, did I just hear him right?

Dark, did you just say what I thought you did? I asked in confusion, I mean, it really wasn't like Dark to suddenly get off my back about a subject, he used to hound me about Riku all the time, as a matter of fact, he still does from time to time.

Yeah, I guess I'm feeling a bit generous, you won't have to ask her any of my, 'pointless' questions... Since when is Dark this generous, I mean to tease me, he never hesitates, and when there's something that he really desires, he never just gives up.

But! I have a small price. He said almost instantly, and probably had a smirk on his face.

I had a feeling that I wasn't going to like this one bit...

A/N: Sorry this is kinda short, but I did this for two reasons. The first, I kinda wanted it to be a bit of a cliffy, because this class trip will last a good amount of chapters and will have some awesome and shocking content in it! Just warning you...
And the second reason... I couldn't think of anything else to write without giving the next chapter away, and I typed this entire thing in one day, my school SNOW DAY! :3 sorry, had to get that out!

Shizuku: What about this whole guess your name contest? Time to explain the rules...

Me: Thanks for reminding me! The rules are simple, in this chapter, I included several different names of "insignificant" classmates. One of the names of those classmates is my name, but I hid it pretty well in there, so I highly doubt you could guess it. But put your guess in a review and I'll tell you if you're right!

Shizuku: And remember, SoulMaiden24 is a GIRL, obvoiusly (recently changed pen name) So give it your best guess!