A/N: W007 W007! Haven't written anything in the longest of times, and I felt like writing something out of the ordinary. ^_^ Haha, I had just finished watching the heart-warming final episode of DNAngel (kinda lost track of the eps for a bit. ^_^;;) and thought...There should've been more to it. =S But, then again, don't we all feel like that with the finale of anime series? ;_; So sad...

But, yah, anyways, this focuses more on Satoshi and Risa...Yes, you heard me right. I'm coupling them together, try and stop me! =p I know that not many people prefer this couple to well, anything, so if you don't like the two being paired up, I suggest you leave now. o_o;; And whoever hates the couple and flames my fic just because they don't like the two together, I'm just telling you one thing. I WON'T appreciate it. ;( I WILL accept constructive criticism on my writing skills, but sorry, I won't tolerate for Satoshi/Risa to be burned. v_v (I do respect people who do not like the couple as much as I do, but please, if you have something bad to say about them, say it elsewhere.)

Yah, this story is mainly inspired, by the cute little Risa/Satoshi 'look' back at the end of the final episode and the quote "Don't make yourself lonely like that! If you keep on living, you'll eventually meet that person...The person that will say, 'I'm glad Hiwatari-kun is with me.'" (Daisuke said that, by the way.) I just thought that was the perfect onset for the relationship to be kinda based on. (Although, in the manga, there are a lot of Satoshi/Risa hints in the beginning of the series. I think that Yukiru changed her idea for them being together or something because not many of the fans enjoyed it, but I seriously think it was suppose to be one of the original couples. Not to mention the obviousness of the character setup. Two twins, two guys who are against each other in a way, but are very similiar...Especially with the 'other beings inside' thing. I mean, come on, if those four are gonna be your main characters, you're BOUND to set them up together! O_o;; And Riku was already with Dai...Seriously, if you spot hard enough, there are very stable clues in the manga. One of the most infamous ones is when Satoshi is holding Risa in his arms at the beach and then Risa wakes up...And then they look deeply into each other's eyes...And then Saehara comes along...-.-. And another one is when Satoshi asks Risa if he can study her 'good looks' for research and then she admits to herself that she thinks that Satoshi is 'beautiful', and then asks to take off his glasses...He says that it won't change anything, but he does it anyways...Then he gets this 'emotional pang' (Krad if anything) that suddenly hits him. Luckily, Risa thinks that it's just because of the glasses, and apologizes for asking him to do such and leaves, Satoshi watching kinda dreamily...Etc. etc. I'm seriously, I've found quite a few, excluding the ones I already mentions...But now I think I've even passed the stage of rambling. -.-)

There might be a bit of misunderstanding if you haven't watching the last episode of the anime (or the whole anime, or even the read manga), but I hope that you can survive. ^_^ Anyways, the plot will become it's own as the story progresses, so you really won't need any reference to the rest of the series if you don't really recognize it all. ^_^!

And with that, I'd like to begin my little 'after-story'. Enjoy. =)

(P.S. Whenever I do this- :o , it represents that certain face that they make when their mouths are shaped like a tiny little o and their eyes are just kinda...round. Yah...Kinda...round. =|)

"I'm Glad Hiwatari-kun is With Me."

By Wing/Jackie (Ancient)

"Niwa-kun!"

Daisuke smiled gently as he watched both the Harada twins rush past the ruins, heading towards his spot with Satoshi to his side. He could surely feel his heart pumping through his chest out of fatigue and relief. "Riku-san..."

Running towards him, she stopped briskly as they finally met up, laying her hand over her heart in exhaustion and thankfulness.

Daisuke started to speak. "Riku-san..."

She held up her hand in a motion of cut of his speech from continuing on. "Let me speak first."

:o? "Eh?"

Riku slowly bowed her head down, closed her eyes and smiled fondly. She felt the lightest that she had ever felt in her whole entire life, like everything was suddenly floating upwards. Upwards into heaven, the happiest place. "I found you..."

He smiled silently as she once again shouted out his name in glee, clutching onto him as if for dear life. Tears were streaming down the sides of her cheeks, not in grief, but in pure happiness. He was alright. Everything was going to be alright. "Riku-san..."

((It was a rough trip from where the were all the way to where Daisuke and Satoshi were standing. After lending their hands for Mio's sake, both the twins were devastated as they watched their beloved comrade dissipate into the sparkling night sky. They suddenly felt as if all their times with the 'happy-go-lucky' girl were simply lies, as if they meant nothing. She was gone, and there was nothing to establish her existence except for fond memories. It would take a lot of time to recuperate from the shock of losing such a dear and unique person, especially the fact that they had been there, watching her existence disappear into the thin air. They both knew that their grief would last an eternity's sake, but from the knowledge that was handed to them about the situation, they believed that it was for the best.))

Risa glanced back towards them from a few feet away, the background casting into a blurry aqua-yellow screen.

((If she were her former self of only a few months ago, maybe she would feel jealousy or resentment for not taking the opportunity to capture such an amazing guy. But no, she had grown up a lot in the past while. Realizing how far Dark was from her reach, and how she could never really make him love her had made her mature into a more developed logic. She was no longer was the naive little girl who followed Dark around as if she meant something important to him. Maybe she held a place in his heart, but that would only be because of her resemblance to her own grandmother's face. There was no competition against her elder's love for the man.

Right now, she could only feel happiness at the moment, for herself, her sister, he friends and the whole community as one. Seeing them merely hold each other sent her the message that took them so long to realize. They had a bond that could compare to no other, two souls that fit so perfectly together. They were each other's wings, and when they finally realized each others' feelings, they had set flight. All of her last-minute feelings for Daisuke had vanished with the gusty wind, knowing that he would only be truly happy with that one person, her twin, her sister, her best friend, Riku.))

She glanced across the landscape, catching a glare of blue bounce across the tumbled grey stone littering the pavement. :o 'Eh? Hiwatari-kun?'

Catching her gaze, he smiled back at her. Suddenly, for some strange reason, he recalled those things that Daisuke had mentioned in a past scenario that day. It was as the red-haired boy had pulled him away from the scarlet bonds of the ritual, almost in tears of Satoshi's carelessness about his own life. "If you keep on living, you'll eventually meet that person...The person that will say, 'I'm glad Hiwatari-kun is with me.'" Although he had no idea how it linked to the situation at the time, his eyes softened slightly at the thought. His eyes wandered away, opposite to the two, and lost himself in the horizon.

She simply made a small smile. Taking the hint, she turned around and set herself in front of the amazing colours of the sky, a medley of greens, blues and yellows. 'Hiwatari-kun...I've never seen him smile like that...' She slowly averted her eyes back at him, enjoying the refreshingly different side to him.

Somehow sensing her eyes, he glanced back towards her and caught her melting stare. At that one moment, he felt something that he had never experienced before. It was as if Krad was trying to emerge, but without all the pain and suffering. Just another side that was dying to show itself to the rest of the world. 'Krad was wrong...Her eyes are different than her own sibling's...They're so much more...warm...'

***

If you keep on living, you'll eventually meet that person...The person that will say, "I'm glad Hiwatari-kun is with me..."

***

A few months had passed since all the commotion had occurred and things were slowly setting back to their normal pace. Well, at least what they considered normal. They, as in the junior high students enrolled in that one school that knew so much.

It was nearing the end of the year, approaching the time as to when they had to take their final exams deciding which high school they would be destined to study at for future years to come. Many students were promising study groups, meetings and note retrievals as the exams inches closer and closer. Many classes were now substituted by studying hours, dedicating the whole period to reviewing past material.((Another Annoying A/N: I'm not sure if the Japanese have two or three years of Junior High, but in my story, I decided that they only have two...My laziness to research the truth will bite my back in the ass some day. o.O;;))

"Ei, Hiwatari-kun, why aren't you studying?" Risa has questioned absently, spotting the boy lying against the shady grace of a cherry tree littering the schoolyards. She stopped just inside of the tints of the coolness, looking down at the boy. He had his arms crossed behind his head and eyes closed in such a serene and relaxed manner.

"It's lunch break, I think that we deserve some time to rest," he replied casually, a manner that usually wouldn't take on her persona of the past. "I know that I promised myself to a normal teenage life, but it's hard...I still remain a top student of over-expectation intellectual abilities and because of that, I can't experience your difficulties with tests and such. It's something that I can't avoid missing out on of my adolescence..."

((Just like Risa's transformation of maturity, Satoshi had learned to become less tense and serious, enjoying what he had, which was life. He could hear no wiser words than those of Daisuke and had grown to loosen himself up to become a more approachable person. Although old habits never died, there were significant changes in his lifestyle and his general attitude towards things. Words come out so much more easily and abundantly compared to times before. He had himself and his friends to thank him for that.))

?_? "Eh?" Risa simply quirked a polished brow, leaning down and resting against the grass with her legs sprawled to her side. "What exactly was that suppose to mean?"

He smiled wholeheartedly. "It doesn't mean anything important," he replied, eyes remaining closes as he continued to chuckle.

The girl sighed lowly. "You continue to lose me with your fancy-schmansy lingo. You're just lucky that that fascinates me."

Continuing to smile softly, he opened his eyes. "How's that?"

"I means," Risa took a deep breath as she tilted her head to the side, "that I think that you're a really interesting person. Maybe that why we've become so close these past months?"

Satoshi's smile widened into a grin. "Maybe."

Risa unravelled one of his Satoshi's hands from behind his head and pressed her own fingers against his palm. "I'm just glad..."

He couldn't hide the rosy blush that began to colour his pale cheeks, but managed to response. "Glad because...?"

She looked down and beamed from underneath. "I'm glad...I'm glad Hiwatari-kun is with me." As she caught Satoshi's slightly confused and innocent stare, she continued, "Or, Or else Risa-chan would get no study help, neh?"

Satoshi coughed slightly as he looked away, avoiding her gaze and pulling his hand away. "Hai." His eyes sudden became distant as he wandered off into the glaring blue sky, as if searching for something hidden between the clarity. 'Those words...How did they end up so strikingly similar to what Daisuke had said that once? Word for word, she even said it in such a way...In such a way that made me feel as if she meant even more, past those words...Just a mere coincidence, I guess...'

'Eieiei...I think that I said something that I shouldn't of. Satoshi has the look again...As if he's so disembodied and detached from the world. It makes me feel as if he's hanging on from such a loose thread sometimes. Daisuke had told me that he was so close to sacrificing himself for the good of humanity 'back then', but that only made me feel worse...To even think that he had such thoughts, it makes me want to help him so much more.' Risa continued to watch Satoshi as he stayed immobile and oblivious to the rest of the surrounding world. 'I don't feel as if I'm offering him sympathy, though. I really, genuinely want to be closer to him and get to know him better, is really is such a mystifying and amazing person. He has so much to live for, I guess I was just disappointed back then. Disappointed that he would give it all up for something that had a better solution. He's too good for that. He's too much of an amazing guy to do something so reckless. He deserves more...'

"Eiii! Harada-san!" Saehara wailed out as he came running towards the two, waving his hands like an out-of-whack maniac. "Your sister needs you, fast!"

"Ahh, baka..." Risa breathed. She couldn't help but feel slightly anxious leaving Satoshi with such an incomplete subject to ponder about for the rest of the day. "Hiwatari-kun, will you be okay?"

"Eh?" His head suddenly turned back to even ground, eyes open as if he had suddenly been startled. "Huh? Oh...Hai, hai. I'll be fine."

Continuing to arch her brows, she slowly got up from the soiled ground. Carefully brushing off the back of her uniform's skirt, she made a little wave before heading off into the cafeteria. As she ran back, she yelled out behind her, "I'll see you later, Hikari-kun!"

'Did she just call me by my blood's name?' Satoshi suddenly asked himself. 'She never used that term before...Mainly because she never knew back then. But even after the whole incident, she continued to consider me of the Hiwatari blood, as if the whole ordeal had never even occurred. Strange how that came out so easily for her...'

Hikari-kun...

***

"Hikari-kun!" Daisuke yelled over the busy voices of the subway crowd. "Oi, Hikari-kun! Over here!"

Satoshi averted his eyes away from the random space that he was staring through as he found his friend's voice. "Niwa?"

Daisuke smiled gleefully as Satoshi pushed through the stalk of people as he struggled to claim the seat beside him. As he finally pushed through the crowd and took his proper spot, the bush of red looked him in the eye in a serious manner. "Hey, are you okay?"

'Eh? What's with the sudden concern?' Satoshi arches his brows for a moment before replying calmly, "Of course. Why do you ask?"

Daisuke looked back and tried to study Satoshi from his current standings. "Nothing really. I just heard from Risa-san that you weren't feeling yourself when she had to leave you at lunch," Daisuke tilted his head and gave the boy a 'what-happened' look before continuing, "she really seemed worried about you. Hopefully everything's alright."

Satoshi felt a sudden lump build up in the hollow of his throat. 'Harada-san was worried about me? It feels so strange for someone to care for you about something so hazy. Maybe she notices things that I can't cannot see myself...But for her to be so conscious of me,' the boy could feel his cheeks warm up at his train of though. 'It's such a nice change to have a friend that cares so much for you. Maybe this was what Daisuke was talking about before, his little theory about someone enjoying their time with me.'

"So," Daisuke questioned slowly, slightly discomforted by his comrade's spaced-out manner, "you are fine now though, right?"

"?" Satoshi snapped out of his thought-filled trance. It seemed already too often that he found himself overly-pondering the thoughts of his current stage of life. "Oh, I'm fine. There are merely a couple of thoughts floating around in my head."

"Well, okay..." Daisuke faded out as he continued to observe Satoshi's slightly oblivious mood. He wasn't used to seeing the previously silent, calm and collected one be so caught up with life. He felt very proud knowing that his words make a difference in that boy's mind, the fact that he helped him 'dodge the bullet' that would've marked the end of his life. His words were what now made Satoshi tick. He knew that his friend truly had something to live for, a journey that was still winding on into the horizon. He made him believe what no one else could accomplish. He made Satoshi have faith in luck, opposed to fate.

Some might find it hard to distinguish the difference between the two terms, but the opposing ends were now so visible to Satoshi. Fate is what was originally planned for everything, all events, past, present and future. Luck, though, is what interferes with fate. It is the disturbance, a strong will that will change the words written in god's diary. Luck only exists if you make it exist. You must believe in what is impossible, distract yourself from the obvious solution.

It took Satoshi some long, harsh time to realize all of this in one shot, but when it did occur, it was in the nick of time. He was now one to believe in what the common thought true. Logic wasn't his god anymore, it was merely a support to what he did best.

"Niwa," Satoshi began, "Do you remember that time when you told me someone would be glad to be in my company?"

"Hai," Daisuke could merely depict more confusion in his already anxious eyes, "what about?"

As Satoshi began to open his mouth to speak, but the intercom had blurred out the rest of his thoughts. Looking at the display of location up at the front of the cart, Daisuke saw that he had already reached his destined stop.

"Ahh!" Daisuke exclaimed with burnt out eyes, pulling himself up with one of the thin, aluminium poles. "I need to go, but maybe we can talk about this sometime later?"

The other boy nodded silently as he watched his friend clumsily rush out of the doors before they had closed shut. "Hai. Maybe later."

***

Risa rushed along the long corridors that lined the structure of her mansion-like abode. Behind her, her pink tainted robe frilled with the hasty motions. She felt a shadow overcast her usually dreamy expression.

She grabbed for the gold-plated knob that would open up into her room. Hurrying inside, she slumped onto her bed with her back facing the blank ceiling, wiping away at her cheek. With crossed arms around her head, the side of her face brushed against the fluffy sky blue fabric that encased her mattress, damping it darker. One of her legs were hanging off of the loft, but she had more important things to mind. All that she felt concerned about at the moment were the memories floating around in her head.

Between sighs and sniffles, she managed a half-hearted, "Why?"

Why was it that life had to end so abruptly, so tragically? Why was life so certain to end, sometimes much too soon for anyone to handle? Why did memories have to haunt the happiest of people? Risa wasn't one to figure the answers to this, but she knew that hot streaming tears were rushing out of her eyes with no motion to stop.

Sniffling, she glanced at the gleaming telephone on her nightstand. Who could she call at this hour, in this situation? Who could ever understand what she was going through? Not even her dear sister would understand, she didn't exactly respect him as a person. She might understand, but never relate. Daisuke felt as the same as herself, probably even closer since there were one person at for a time. But she knew that he had much too much on his mind to deal with right now, especially since the exams were inching so closely.

There was only one person that she knew personally that wasn't experiencing the pain of studying. He had only mentioned that day that he was far ahead, more than anybody knew. It was still a secret between friends that he had already graduated from college, that he was a high commander working in the police forces. He had some sort of relation to what she felt. It was only a family tradition to have resentment for him. Satoshi even had a similar being inside of himself prior of the 'incident' that had locked both beings away.

She had left Satoshi dazed, was he going to be alright? It was only more of a reason to resort to his line, though. So the decision was finalized.

Grabbing for the phone, she carelessly entered the order of digits that would link her line to his voice. She was always so excited to hear his voice. So subtly low and mature, forever careful of saying the right words. She loved listening to him, and now was the best of times as any.

"Hiwatari residence, Satoshi speaking."

She sighed in happy relief. "H-hey."

A confused second of silence. "Harada-san?"

"H-hai." She answered between deep breaths. "I just thought that I would call..."

"Are you okay?" His voice seemed so concerned, it would've made Risa's heart melt if she wasn't so matted on what was on her mind.

"Y-yah, of...of course." She continued to wipe away at her tears, lips quivering.

Satoshi felt a violent pluck at his heart. Was she crying? "Please...Don't lie."

A silence had followed her end.

Listening to the nothingness, he decided to continue. "It hurts."

Her eyes widened at his choice of words. "what hurts?"

She could feel a hesitant moment before he had worked out his reason. "It hurts to know that you're pained." Everything was coming out so easily. "You're crying, please don't tell me that you have no reason to it."

Satoshi could almost feel her tender, gentle smile at the other end. He could always find the right words around her. Risa's eyes blurred as she hastily answered, "N-no, I'm fine, I, I just wanted to know if you were okay."

Her eyes rang as she could hear his voice raise in alarm. "There's nothing bothering me right now except for the fact that you're distressed. I care too much to ignore that!"

Risa's voice cracked before anything could come out. He cared. That was one of the most comforting thoughts that had crossed her in the longest time. There was someone who actually cared about what she was doing, what she was thinking. She sniffled. "You care..."

"Of course..." Satoshi broke his worried frown into a mild smile. 'I care for you, Risa-san. You're too good of a person to thinking otherwise. I just wish that I could understand what I mean by saying those words...'

A tiny laugh escaped the edge of her mouth. "Domo arigatou. That's all I needed to hear."

He sighed gratefully. "Always."

"I need to go now, sorry for bothering you so late." She touched the phone gently as she closed her eyes, now so clear. "I'm so glad that I could talk to you, Hikari-kun."

"More my pleasure than yours, Harada-san."

"Goodnight and sweet dreams." She rose dreamily as she reached to set the phone back down on the receiver.

"Oh, Hikari-kun?"

"Hai?"

Risa smiled so calmly as soft spoken words escaped her mouth. "I care for you, too."

Satoshi smiled warmly as he finally heard the dial tone ring.

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A/N: Haha, shizzy ending, buh it's enough, isn't it? v_v I haven't written in the longest time, I'm so rusty. =.= But yah, anyways, this is merely the beginning of my super sap story. If you want more, make sure you review! (Positive or constructive criticism please! =p)