Author's note: You know, i probably spend more time revising this one then i do writing new parts. the characters aren't mine.

Bold Means it's telling the timeperiod or changing places

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Chapter One

"Krad! NO!" Satoshi's voice is far away but Daisuke can still hear it. Flapping his white wings Krad drags Daisuke higher into the blue sky. Daisuke glances at the ground far bellow wondering if Krad is planning to drop him. Then his eyes catch Krad's as the blond man shakes him like a rag doll.

The fiery blaze in Krad's golden eyes seems to be burning a hole into Daisuke's soul.

"Why can't you love me?" Krad's whispering voice couldn't have been more pleading if he had gotten on the floor and begged. Daisuke shook his head without breaking eye contact with the winged man.

"You love my tamer, why can't you love me?" Krad shakes him again, jarring his teeth and making his head snap back, "I am the same as he is."

Again Daisuke shook his head remembering the nights he had spent as Krad's captive, "No, you're not the same."

"You are the same as Dark just as I am the same as Satoshi." Krad's hold on Daisuke's shoulders tightens painfully and pulling Daisuke forward Krad brushes his lips to the red head's unresponsive ones.

"I need you to love me." Krad's golden eyes are filling with tears.

"I'm sorry, I can't." Krad drops him.

A couple hours later at the hospital

Satoshi's eyes flutter open as he hears Daisuke's soft moan. He lifts his head from where it had been resting in the crook of his arm.

"Dai!" Calling softly to his lover he slides his glasses on and stares at the boy in the hospital bed as Daisuke's red eyes open and seek out Satoshi's blues ones.

"Sato?" Daisuke's whispering voice is ragged and forced. Satoshi's left hand finds the glass of water that had been sitting on the tray beside Daisuke's bed. Lifting Daisuke's head up with his right hand he presses the rim of the glass to Daisuke's lips.

Daisuke chokes down the water and Satoshi notes the pained wince that crosses the other boy's bruised face.

'Damn Krad!' A familiar anger fills Satoshi as he wipes up the water that had spilled down Daisuke's chin. 'damn him to hell.'

Daisuke is staring at Satoshi, "What happened?" his voice sounds somewhat better but it is still raspy he blinks a couple times obviously trying to stay awake.

"shh love," Satoshi brushes a hair out of Daisuke's eyes and gently kisses his lover's forehead, "Not now, you need to rest." his right arm is still under Daisuke's head and wrapping his left arm gently around Daisuke's front side Satoshi cradles the red headed boy. His lips ghost over Daisuke's briefly but his lover is unable to feel it as he is already unconscious again.

Satoshi cradles him a moment longer then settles back down into the chair he had barely left since Daisuke was brought in four days ago. Since then Daisuke has been in and out of consciousness several times, Satoshi isn't sure the red headed boy remembers what had happened and Satoshi isn't planning to let him wake up in a room with no familiar faces and no one to comfort him. The blue haired teen had been frantic to find his lover when Krad had taken him. He closes his eyes as he remembers the night Daisuke was kidnapped.

Eleven days ago

Satoshi held onto Daisuke's hand as the red head spun him around, "See told you It'd be fun." Daisuke teased as he brought Satoshi's hand to his mouth and kissed the knuckles.

"you never told me you could sing." Satoshi teased back and pulled Daisuke closer so they could kiss.

Daisuke blushed, "I'm not any good." He placed light teasing kisses on Satoshi's face.

"You're being modest." Satoshi wrapped his hand around the back of Daisuke's neck and tried to pull the red head into a longer kiss, Daisuke laughed quietly and obliged.

"How sweet." a cold voice sneered at them, the teens spin around.

"Krad." Satoshi snarls at the white winged devil watching them.

"hello tamer." Krad answers mockingly sweet, he glances between them then throws a white feather at Satoshi. Satoshi jumps to the side to avoid it, Krad smiles at him then leaps at Daisuke. He latches onto the red heads arm and shot up into the air.

"Krad!" Satoshi screams as the white winged man flies away, he breaks into a run trying to keep up, "Dai!" no answer meets his ears.

Present

Emiko now knows what her son had meant when he said that there was more to Satoshi then the expressionless facade the blue haired boy usually had while he was around anyone except Daisuke. As she watches her son's lover sitting in the chair next to the bed she can clearly see the emotions playing in his crystal blue eyes.

The blue haired boy has his arms wrapped around himself as his eyes never leave the unconscious boy on the hospital bed. His worry for Daisuke is clearly painted on his face and Emiko is fairly certain he hasn't slept since he had first claimed the chair next to the bed.

Daisuke's mother walks into the room, Satoshi glances once at her then returns to gazing at Daisuke, his face becoming masked with a familiar closed off look.

Emiko stands at the side of Daisuke's bed looking at her son, the doctor had said he was healing fine. They had said he was lucky to be alive. In Emiko's opinion it was miraculous that anyone could survive a fall from three hundred and twenty feet up with nothing more than five broken ribs, a broken arm, and a fractured kneecap plus spending a week as Krad's captive while that white winged bastard did God knows what to him.

Dark would be returning from his thieving job in Africa soon. With the connection between him and his tamer broken Dark would have no idea that Daisuke had been hurt, Emiko dreads telling the black winged phantom thief.

With his tamer disabled Dark would be vulnerable to an attack from Krad, Emiko had already tried to contact him to tell him to remain in Africa but hadn't been able to. Looking at Daisuke she decides that trying again won't hurt anyone.

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Satoshi glances at Emiko's back as she walks away, anger broils in him as he knows she is more worried for Dark's safety then the state her red haired son is in. This actually wasn't surprising, Satoshi had found out a while ago that Daisuke's family saw Daisuke as Dark's useless shadow and not as the hurting human being he really was.

The blue haired teen wraps his arms tighter around himself and closes his eyes. He remembers watching helplessly from the ground as Krad released Daisuke into the air, then the sickening sound as Daisuke's body impacted the ground.

Satoshi reaches one hand forward feeling around for a second before finding and griping Daisuke's, "You'll be alright," Tears fall from his eyes, he takes off his glasses and wipes the back of his hand across his still closed eyelids then slips his glasses back on. "God you have to be alright love, I'd die without you."

Tears of exhaustion, anger and worry run down his face as he moves forward and places his forehead against Daisuke's neck. He brings his legs up and curls up against his lover, being careful not to bump the other boy's many bandages. He closes his eyes meaning only to rest for a moment or two but seconds later he is sound asleep.

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Nurse Mandy slips into room 232 for a routine check up and finds a smile creeping onto her face as she looks at the bed. The 'glaring boy,' as she had dubbed the silent bluenette, is curled up next to his friend his face relaxed in sleep.

Mandy goes over to the monitor and briefly scans it for any changes, there are none, for the worst or for the better. With a sigh of disappointment Mandy leaves the room and heads to the next one.

Four weeks earlier

"Whatcha thinking bout?" Daisuke walks up behind his blue haired lover and slips his arms around the other teen's waist.

Satoshi turns around in his arms, blue eyes sparkling as he smiles at Daisuke.

"You." He declares and cups Daisuke's face with his right hand while his left hand rests on Daisuke's waist.

"Really?" Daisuke tilts his head up and brushes his lips against Satoshi's loving the little gasp of air he hears escape the other teen's mouth, "that's funny, cause I was thinking about you." He kisses Satoshi again flicking his tongue over his lover's mouth. The hand cupping his face wraps around the back of his head and holds him in place as Satoshi kisses him back.

Daisuke moans as their tongues leisurely stroke each other inside the caverns of their mouths, Satoshi voices his own moan as Daisuke pulls him closer until their bodies are pressing against one another. They break their kiss as the need for oxygen turns them both slightly blue. They gasp for air quietly their foreheads pressing gently against each other.

Satoshi's blue eyes catch Daisuke's red ones and he gives a slow seductive smile before leaning forward and brushing his lips to the sensitive skin of Daisuke's neck. Daisuke's whimpers slightly and his left hand travels up Satoshi's back to stop at the base of his neck while the other tugs at the white cotton shirt tucked into Satoshi's pants. He untucks it as Satoshi nips just below his ear lob, Daisuke's hand slides under Satoshi's shirt fingers brushing the soft skin. Satoshi moans against his neck and leans back so he can capture Daisuke's lips again.

The telephone rings in the background, both boys ignore it as they our busy doing something else. The ringing continues on relentlessly, the message machine finally turns on.

Risa Harada's voice echoes in the room that is silent except for an occasional moan, "Niwa are you there?" she sounds breathless and excited, "They just announced it on T.V. Dark is going to steal the blue goddess painting tonight, isn't it wonderful."

"What!" both Daisuke and Satoshi exclaim.

"You're going thieving tonight?" Satoshi looks slightly hurt. Diasuke shakes his head.

"Not that I know of." He pauses, "but then Emiko usually doesn't tell me until after she has sent the warning letter so I can't back out." He is practically mumbling by the end of his sentence. Satoshi looks at him from behind his glasses, his blue eyes unreadable.

"You'd better get going then, and I'll have to get down to the station." Disappointment and hurt at his lover's cold tone flashes through Daisuke's mind but instead of letting it show he smiles brightly and with a short goodbye to his lover he goes out the door heading for his own house for his new assignment. He kicks a stone as he walks down the street, he had wanted a quiet night with Satoshi. Now he had to turn into Dark to steal something for his mother, on top of that Satoshi obviously didn't believe him when he said he hadn't known. Daisuke sighs quietly, he is almost jealous of Dark as the blue haired police commander was obsessed with capturing the purple haired phantom thief. He wonders briefly if it's Dark that Satoshi wants a relationship with and not Daisuke, he really doesn't want to think about it so he instead starts reciting all the ways to pick different kinds of locks.

Present

Daisuke's eyes open slowly and he stares at the white ceiling, memories wash over him and he feels twinges of pain rush through his body. Needing a distraction he turns his head to look at Satoshi who is sleeping beside him. Raising his hand he brushes his knuckles down Satoshi's wet cheek, then he grips the edge of Satoshi's glasses with two fingers and pulls them off the other boy's face. He folds them and sets them on the tray and settles back down to watch his lover sleep.

Daisuke smiles as he remembers the night they had first admitted their feelings for each other. Well actually, they hadn't admitted them more Daisuke had messed up in his attempt to seduce the boy genius that was in charge of capturing Dark. Daisuke's smile brightens as he thinks back to the shocked look on Satoshi's face right before he ran off.

Nine months ago

Dark! Let me have control. Daisuke's voice orders unexpectedly from inside Dark's head. The tamer hadn't spoken to Dark for days and the thief was being to worry.

Dai…+

Let me have control. Daisuke orders again and Dark can no longer feel the cheerful carefree presence that he is used to associating with his tamer; in its place is the closed off determination and a certain coldness aimed at Dark that the thief can't understand. Without another thought the phantom thief relinquishes control of their body.

He feels Daisuke take control, their body turns from a black winged thief to a red headed teenager. Crimson eyes look up at the police commander glaring at them coldly.

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Satoshi Hiwitari stares at the red head sitting on the concrete sidewalk. It Figures that Dark would turn into Daisuke now that he had almost caught him. The commander coldly glares at the teen he would hesitantly called his friend.

"Turn back into Dark." He orders. Daisuke shakes his head, red bangs falling into his face.

"You can catch him later." Crimson eyes glare into sapphire ones determinedly as Daisuke flips his head back returning his bangs to their proper place. Later? Satoshi had lived for nothing but catching Dark for years and Daisuke tells him 'later'.

Satoshi is so deep in thought he is taken completely by surprise when Daisuke jumps up from the side walk, isn't he supposed to be handcuffed, and grabbing Satoshi firmly around the waist presses his mouth against Satoshi's. The blue haired police commander freezes in shock for a moment then all thought disappears as Daisuke's tongue swipes into his mouth.

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Ignoring Dark's sputtering protests Daisuke feels a wave of triumph run through him as he slips the handcuffs around the stunned teen's wrists. Once more he brushes his tongue against Satoshi's then pulls away. Satoshi's eyes are wide behind his glasses and his mouth is parted slightly, Diasuke can swear that he heard the blue haired teen moan slightly as he pulled away.

"Dai?" Satoshi whispers as if he can't believe what just happened, blushing Daisuke spins and runs into the foggy alleyway waiting until he is out of sight before letting his face break into a triumphant grin. Satoshi hadn't been disgusted and pushed him away, well he hadn't really given any indication that he wanted Daisuke to kiss him but Daisuke was trying to look on the upside of things.

what the hell was that+ Dark demands still in a state of shock. Daisuke's anger at the thief returns and he blocks the thief out of his mind knowing Dark can feel his fury.

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Satoshi stands stock still while Daisuke disappears then he tries to run after the teen realizing for the first time that he is handcuffed to the telephone pole behind him. His lips are tingling and the inside of his mouth is burning. He stares blankly at the cuffs then twists around so he can slip his hand in his pocket for the keys.

Once free he starts to run in the direction that he had seen Daisuke go then stops.

(Daisuke Niwa kissed me!) That fact suddenly sinks in and simultaneously he sinks to the blacktop, he raises a hand and touches his fingers to his lips. He looks up into the fog wondering if he should try to find Daisuke. He wants to but his body won't move; he closes his eyes trying to replay in his mind what just happened. Of all people he had never expected Diasuke to kiss him; it is surprising that Dark had let him seeing how Satoshi was their enemy and all.

The memory of Daisuke's lips on his fill him with a sort of giddy high and a spacey smile breaks through his usually cool façade. He finds himself lying back onto the blacktop, arms spread out, eyes closed, he sighs slightly. He had been attracted to Daisuke for a while, always forcing away his feeling as he didn't want to lose the shaky friendship he had with the red head. Maybe he wouldn't have to do that anymore he hopes as he regretfully gets up.

He is grateful that there is no traffic this time of night as he doubts that he could avoid even the most careful drivers, he further proves this as he runs into a parked car.

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Daisuke+ Dark's voice pings against the wall of fury, Daisuke doesn't answer. Minutes ago the teen had been in a good mood, now he was sulking behind his barrier refusing to answer the thief.

You're going to have to answer me sometime. + He says giving a mental picture of him crossing his arms. Diasuke continues to ignore him as they return to their home…