Disclaimer: I don't own DNAngel or any of its characters. I added my 2 OC's here.

A/N: I hope you like it! The first time I made this story, it was messed up so I fixed it a bit. The Hikari Artwork here is made up. Enjoy!

Stage 1: Sono Atarashii Tomodachi – To Tomo Ni Kanojo No Shoyu Suru Himitsu

Daisuke's house. Daisuke was sleeping soundly, dreaming of Risa. Emiko entered.

"Dai-chan, wake up!" Emiko said, shaking Daisuke. With woke up and hopped off Daisuke's chest and continued to sleep at the foot of Daisuke's bed.

"Mom, what…?" Daisuke murmured without bothering to finish his sentence. He rolled over and covered his head with his pillow.

"You're going to be late for school! It's Friday, remember?" Emiko said getting down from the ladder that was connected to Daisuke's bed.

"WHAT?!" Daisuke leapt out of bed, wide awake. He started getting ready as fast as he could, forgetting to get into the shower first.

"Just kidding, you've got an hour and 30 minutes to get ready!" Emiko said laughing.

"Mom! It's not funny!" Daisuke shouted as he entered the bathroom.

30 minutes later, downstairs in the Niwa dining room……………

"Oh, Dai-chan, you need to take another artifact from the museum again today, so don't be late," Emiko said as Daisuke entered the room. "I already sent out the note."

"What is it this time?" Daisuke asked as he grabbed a sandwich.

Emiko pointed at the T.V. Daiki was watching the news (again).

"………the Crown of Jupiter was donated to the museum by a collector just yesterday. But today, people are bustling over to the museum to look at the beautiful artifact! Why? Because at 8 o clock PM, Dark will try to steal the Crown of Jupiter. Please standby for more updates."

"Do I have to?" Daisuke asked with a whine.

"You're going to be late for school," Emiko said.

"Oh no!" Daisuke grabbed his bag and dashed out.

"Come home early!" Emiko called after him.

As Daisuke walked to school, he thought about his "job" later. Another artifact, another late sleeping night for him.

"Hey, why the long face?" Dark asked. "We do this often, so why do you look like you've never been a Phantom Thief before? Unless……You're thinking about Risa again!"

"I'M NOT!" Daisuke shouted at him. Dark laughed.

"Okay, what is it that's bothering you?" he asked.

"I have a feeling, this day is going to be different," Daisuke said.

"Don't let it get over your head," Dark advised. "It's a beautiful day!"

"Yeah, maybe you're right," Daisuke said.

"I always am," Dark said.

As Daisuke continued walking, he passed a house. A girl was just hurrying outside.

"Bye mom, I'll see you later!" the girl called as she ran out of the house. She was looking behind her and she didn't see Daisuke walking by. She bumped into him and they both fell to the ground.

"Oh, sorry!" the girl apologized as she stood up. "Sorry, I didn't see you!"

"It's okay, don't worry about it," Daisuke said as he also stood up. He noticed she was also wearing the uniform of his school. It was like Riku's; the sleeves only came up inches below her shoulder. The girl had long braided blue hair and blue eyes.

"You're on your way to school right?" the girl said. "We have the same uniform."

"I've never seen you around before," Daisuke said. "Are you new?"

"Yeah, we just moved last week. I'm Izumi. Kyokogama Izumi," the girl said.

"I'm Niwa Daisuke, nice to meet you," Daisuke said as they began walking to the train station together.

"Nice to meet you too," Izumi said as they boarded the train. "May I ask you, is the school nice? Are there any bullies or something like that? If there is, I'll tell my mom to move again."

"No, I don't think so. It's a nice place to be in," Daisuke said. They had arrived at the next station and Daisuke saw Risa get in. Izumi noticed Daisuke was looking at her.

"You like her, don't you?" Izumi whispered. "You want me to go and tell her?"

"No! Don't tell her!" Daisuke pleaded.

"Relax, I was just kidding! I don't even know her yet." Izumi smiled at Daisuke to show she was trustworthy. "Oh, we're here!"

At school……….

"I'll see you later Daisuke, okay?" Izumi said as they parted ways. "I need to go to the principal's office."

"Bye." Daisuke headed to his classroom.

"You're lucky to end up with a girl like her," Dark said. "I think she's cute."

"You think all girls you see are cute," Daisuke muttered to him. "Just be quiet 'till after school."

"I'll be watching you and that girl," Dark said. "For the record, I'm sensing magical energy coming from her."

"Whatever." Daisuke entered the room just as the bell sounded.

"Late again, Niwa-kun?" Risa asked as Daisuke sat down.

"Hi, Harada-san," Daisuke said trying not to blush.

"Risa, teacher's coming," Riku said. Risa and her classmates hurried back to their seats.

"Good morning class," the teacher said as she entered. "Today, we have a new student joining us. Izumi, please come in."

Izumi? Daisuke thought. Could it be her? Or is this just a coincidence?

Izumi entered shyly and Daisuke's question was answered. Daisuke noticed all the boys (except Satoshi) were looking at her. Izumi stood in front of the class.

"Class, this is Kyokogama Izumi," the teacher said.

"H-hi," Izumi said shyly.

"Izumi-chan, why don't you sit there beside of Satoshi?" the teacher said pointing to the empty chair. The other boys groaned (except Daisuke).

"O-okay," Izumi said as she walked to the seat.

When her eyes met Satoshi's, they looked at each other in a strange way. As if they've met before. Izumi sat down and looked at Daisuke. She smiled at him and Daisuke smiled back.

"Now, that you've all met Izumi, let's begin," the teacher said as he began writing on the board.

During break time……………..

"Small world," Izumi said as she walked over to Daisuke.

"Yeah, small world," Daisuke agreed.

"You know her, Niwa-kun?" Risa asked as she and Riku went over to them.

"We just met this morning on the way to school," Izumi said quickly. "One could say we bumped into each other." She winked at Daisuke.

"I'm Harada Risa, Kyokogama-san," Risa said. "And this is my sister, Harada Riku."

"Nice to meet you both," Izumi said. "You're twins, am I right?"

"Yeah, I'm the older one," Riku said. "Nice to meet you, Kyokogama-san."

"Don't call me that," Izumi said. "Just call me Izumi. I don't like people calling me by my last name. It's too long."

"Okay, then, Izumi-san," Risa said. She liked her new friend already.

"Izumi-san, what's that?" Riku asked suddenly, pointing at Izumi's right arm.

Peeking underneath Izumi's sleeve was something that looked like a tattoo.

"Oh, this?" Izumi asked as she rolled the sleeve up. "What about it?"

"That's a cute tattoo, Izumi-san!" Risa said peering at it.

"It's actually a birthmark," Izumi said.

Izumi's birthmark was two black, curved blades-with-little-additional-blades-growing-from-them put near each other, nearly touching. It had a mystical aura in it, as if it had real magic. Strangely, only Daisuke could feel it's aura.

"Oh, you must be so lucky to have that kind of birthmark!" Risa said. "I want one!"

"Yeah, lucky." Daisuke noticed that when Izumi said it, her tone sounded sarcastic.

The group continued chatting, unaware that at the corner of the room, Satoshi was watching them. He was eyeing Izumi with a strange look on his face.

"So, it's her," he muttered to himself.