"Krad! Krad!" Dark called. "Where are you Krad?" He looked into the nearest room. "Krad?" He walked around the room. "Nope, not in here either. Geez Krad... where could you be?"
For the past 20 minutes or so, Dark had been looking through out the mansion for Krad. However, the blonde was no where to be found. Dark was getting frustrated and worried with every passing minute. 'The mansion isn't THAT big...' Dark thought as he continued to search.
"Krad! Kraaaad! Krad-chaaan!" Dark searched and searched but was having no luck at all. He decided to give something else a try. "Marco!" No answer came. "Ah well.. it was worth a try."
"Polo!" Somebody yelled. Dark looked up. "Krad?" He called out, hoping it would be Krad. He jogged around a corner, where the call was thought to have came from, but found no one. "Eh? I could have sworn I heard someone say polo right over here!" Dark pouted. "I want my Krad!"
Dark sat down, confused as to what he should do next. He listed off his options. "One, keep looking for Krad. Two, stop looking for Krad and go eat, hoping he'll show up. Or three, get Dai-chan and Satoshi to help me. ...Did I just call creepy boy by his name? Weird..." Dark thought about his choices. He decided to keep looking for Krad without getting help.
"He HAS to be here somewhere!" Dark yelled in frustration after about another twenty minutes. He was running out of places to look for Krad. He leaned against the wall, taking a break.
"Hiya ojii-chan!" A voice said. It was the same voice that had called out "Polo!" earlier before. Dark looked down. It was a little boy, probably somewhere between the age of 7-9 years old. He was holding a teddy bear.
"Eh? What do you want little kiddie?" Dark asked, his mind more focused on trying to find Krad. "Looking for that other mister with long blonde hair?" The little boy smiled up at Dark and clutched his teddy bear. "Actually, yeah, I am... wait a second! How did you know that!" Dark gave the boy a suspicious look. "Do you have ESP?" The little boy simply giggled and took off running.
Dark ran after the boy. "Hey! Wait! Do you know where that guy with long blonde hair is?" he called. Ten or fifteen minutes (Dark didn't keep track) past and the boy kept running, showing no signs of stopping or slowing down. Dark, on the other hand, did. "Ugh... stupid... kid..." Dark fell onto the ground, out of breath. He took deep breaths. "Does that kid run track or something?" He crawled over to the next turn in the hallway and looked around the corner. No sign of the little kid.
"If I see that kid again, I'll strangle him and make him chase after people..." Dark stood up. He dusted off his pants. That's when he noticed that the room nearest to him had light flowing out from underneath the door.
"Eh? What's this? Krad?" Dark walked over to the room and looked inside. He looked around and saw golden hair. "Krad! I found you!" He walked over to the blonde. "I was worried sick about you! I couldn't find you anywhere!" Dark hugged Krad, but withdrew. "You're freezing Krad!"
No response came from Krad. Dark shook Krad. "Hello? Anybody in there?" Violet eyes met golden eyes when Dark stepped in front of Krad. However, Krad's eyes were glazed over and Krad himself seemed to be zoned out. It was if Krad was under some sort of hypnosis or trance or something. Dark stared at Krad, but the blonde just ignored him. He ran his hand over the glass of the mirror.
Dark stared at him with a confused look on his face. Why was Krad acting so weird? Was he mad at him or something? Dark bowed his head as he thought in silence. Krad, meanwhile, was just looking into the mirror with a blank stare on his face. Dark looked up at Krad, still a bit lost. He had, however, come up with somewhat of a conclusion. This conclusion being that Krad was sleeping-walking.
Dark moved his arm to go shake Krad in attempt to wake Krad up. That, however, didn't happen. Krad's hand suddenly slipped through the mirror, as though it were a portal or something like that. Dark looked at Krad wide-eyed as he slipped through the mirror.
All of Krad's right arm had passed into the mirror. Dark, who had stepped back, leaped foward in order to grab Krad and pull him out of the mirror. However, he lost his balance and didn't succeed in stopping Krad from going through the mirror. Instead he accidently shoved Krad into it.
Dark stared in horror at the mirror. He pounded his fist against it. "Give me Krad back! I want my Krad back!" he yelled at it. The mirror just sat there, seeming to mock Dark. "Krad..." Dark choked as tears streamed down his face. Krad, on the other hand, was apparently not coming back. Darkness enveloped Dark as he yelled Krad's name one last time.
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"KRAD!" Dark sat up straight in bed. He was all sweaty and was breathing heavily. "A... dream?" Dark looked around. Then he pinched himself. "Itai... well, I guess I'm not dreaming anymore.." Dark sighed, glad that his dream was only that, a dream.
The door opened and Krad poked his head inside. "You cal-OOF!" Krad was cut off by the violet haired boy's embrace. "Uh... may I ask why you're hugging me?" Krad nudged Dark, who was apparently not going to let go even if his life depended on it.
"I had a dream! And I was looking for you. And suddenly this little kid popped up and claimed to know where you were and took off so I followed him. And then I found you in this room and-" Dark started, but was cut off by Krad. "I'm about ready to fall down, can we go sit down?" Krad motioned his head toward the bed. Dark nodded and dragged him off to the bed.
Dark spent the next 5 minutes explaining the dream to Krad. Once he was done, Krad looked at him and chuckled. "What's so funny! I'm serious!" Dark pouted. Krad smiled at him. "You know I wouldn't leave you like that. So don't worry, I'm not gunna leave you, or disappear, or fall through a mirror, or anything like that!"
"Promise?" Dark asked.
"Promise."
Krad hugged Dark, as to seal the promise or something. Dark was a little shocked. Krad was giving him a hug? However, he shook it off and returned the favor. 'Mm... Krad feels warm...'
Dark was in heaven. It wasn't very often (ok, probably never) that Krad gave him hugs. However, that heaven was soon interrupted by a certain bluenette...
Satoshi walked into the room, clapping. "Alright, break it up, we don't need any PDA here!" Daisuke followed him into the room, smiling as usual. Dark waved to Daisuke then turned his head towards Satoshi and glared. "Oi! You ruined my moment! You know how rare it is that Krad hugs me! Practically never!"
"You probably bribed him or forced him into it... Or something of that sort..." Satoshi walked out of them room. Dark glared. "I hate creepy boy..." Daisuke frowned. "Dark-kun... that's mean... What's wrong with Hiwatari-kun?" Dark sighed. "Nothing! I could never hate him! He's wonderful. The best person I ever met. Who could ever hate Satoshi?" Sarcasm dripped from Dark's reply, but the redhead failed to notice it. "Okay then!" Daisuke smiled and exited the room.
Dark rolled his eyes. "Hm?" Krad asked. "Sometimes, Dai-chan can be the most oblivious person in Japan..." Dark gave a sad nod. Daisuke popped back in the room. "Oh, I forgot! Hakata-kun said dinner was ready..." Daisuke left the room.
Amethyst eyes sparkled at the sound of dinner. Dark jumped off the bed and dashed out of the room and down the stairs, not noticing that by him suddenly jumping off the bed, he had cuased Krad to fall off the bed.
Krad used the bed to pull himself up. A slight growl of annoyance slipped through his lips as he stood. He looked around for Dark, but saw no notice of the purple haired youth. He sighed, knowing exactly where Dark had disappeared so quickly too, and headed down to the dining room to join everybody else at dinner.
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"Krad! Where were you!" Dark clung to Krad as he walked into the kitchen. "Oh, I'm sorry, I fell off the bed thanks to someone." Krad gave Dark a look and shook him off. "Well, we waited for you!" Dark smiled, completely missing that Krad was indicating Dark made him fall off the bed. Yukio laughed at this for some weird reason and cleared his throat. Everyone turned to look at him and he gave them his big, white smile.
"Good evening everybody! I hope everything's been going smoothly while you have been here!" 'What a weirdo.. he's talking to us like we're on some cruise or something...' Satoshi thought. "Dinner will be served in a few moments, please take your seats." Yukio led them into the dining room.
"Wow! This thing is big!" Dark said as sat down. Krad went to sit on the other side of the table, but was interrupted. "No! Krad! Sit by me!" Dark pulled out the seat and patted it. Krad sighed and wondered why he even bothered.
After everyone was seated, chefs came out with platters of food and laid them out on the dining table. Dark grinned happily. "You're hopeless." Satoshi said. "Felw fou frerfy."
"Pardon?" Dark swallowed the food in his mouth. "I said, well you're creepy!" Krad sighed and so did Daisuke. "There they go again." Krad nodded in agreement and continued to eat his food. "They'll stop soon enough.."
The two bickered back and forth all throughout dinner. Even as they were heading up to their rooms they continued fighting. Finally, Krad haulted to a stop outside and turned around to face Dark and Satoshi.
"Okay, this is getting old. Do you two ever stop fighting?"
Before either Dark or Satoshi could say something, Krad started talking again. "No, don't even bother answering that. I don't know why you two hate each other so much..."
Dark cut him off. "We don't hate each other! We're frienemies!"
Krad glared and went on with his lecture, pretending Dark didn't say anything. "But you really need to get over it. A little bit of fighting, fine. Whatever. But fighting CONSTANTLY like you've been doing is just plain annoying. And embarrassing. Would you want guests to fight in your house?" Once again, Krad went on before Dark and Satoshi could reply. "No, I didn't think so. Hear me out though, it better be resolved by tomorrow. Now, I'm going to bed, goodnight."
As Krad slammed his door shut, the remaining three winced. Satoshi turned his gaze to Dark. "Krad's right. Besides, it's pointless to fight with someone as stupid as you anyways."
Before Dark could say anything in return, Daisuke began pushing Satoshi foward to his room. "Eh heh... Um, Hiwatari-kun, I think we should go now... Goodnight Dark. Maybe you should try apologizing to Krad?" He gave Dark one last smile before closing his door.
Dark stood for a minute, thinking. He was trying to decide whether to go to bed or stay up and try to talk to Krad. Of course, the second choice included Krad, so he picked that.
"Krad! Open up! C'mon!" Dark pounded on the door with his fist. "Kraddeeers! Open the door! Please! You can't stay mad at me forever you know!"
Krad ignored Dark's protests to open the door. He remained to lay on his side, in his bed, curled up into a fedal position. He was tired, annoyed, and just plain didn't want to talk to anybody right now. Was it that hard for Dark to understand? Covering his ear with a pillow, Krad shut his eyes tight and tried to go to sleep. Keyword tried.
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Daisuke winced as Dark's hopeless yells reached his ears. "You know. After knowing Krad this long, you'd think he'd know better than to bother Krad when he's pissed." Satoshi said, looking at the door. Daisuke nodded and sat on the bed besides Satoshi.
"Hiwatari-kun, can I ask you a question?"
Satoshi nodded and tore his gaze from the door, turning it to Daisuke. "Uh, sure, I guess."
"Why do you and Dark always fight?"
Satoshi blinked. Why did he and Dark always fight? After a moment of thinking, Satoshi thought up an answer. "Um... I don't think there's any reason to why we fight anymore. Probably pure habit. Before, we used to hate each other. So we fought a lot. I think it's just out of habit now, though. Imagining us not fighting is a bit eerie though..."
"Yeah... I guess you're right..."
Silence filled the two for a few minutes.
"Hey, Hiwatari-kun? Can I ask you another question?"
"Go ahead Niwa."
"We've known each other for a while, ne?"
"I guess."
"Well, I just wanted to let you know that instead of calling me Niwa-kun, I'd be fine with you calling me Daisuke or whatever." Daisuke gave a nervous laughed after he finished.
"Okay. You can call me Satoshi if you wanted, I guess." Satoshi smiled.
'He has a nice smile...' Daisuke thought. He shook his head. 'Stop it! Why do I keep thinking about Hiwa, no, Satoshi this way..?'
Satoshi looked at Daisuke. The redhead just shook his head for some reason. "Is something wrong Daisuke?" He placed his hand on the other boy's shoulder. He, however, just looked up and smiled. "No! Nothing at all! I was just thinking."
Satoshi nodded and then stood up. He stretched and said, "Well, I'm tired. I think I'm gonna go to bed. You should try to do the same." As he walked over to the door and opened it, he looked up. "I hope this whole ordeal blows over in the morning. The car ride won't be pleasant if it doesn't. A pissed off Krad is never any good. Anyways, goodnight Daisuke." Satoshi closed the door and made his way to his room, not paying attention to Dark's ongoing pleas.
Daisuke laid back and stared at the ceiling. "Me too, Satoshi. Me too."
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O.O I finally updated! XD ...Please don't kill me TT I had writer's block xX Er yeah... On the review responses!
neko-nya: It's surprising he lived, ne? XP Yup yup, people should just listen to their instincts! ...I should try doing that XD;; And I finally updated! After four months I updated! Eh heh. xX Surprised no one came after me with a pitchfork...
Hakudoshi-chan: Thanks And is four months soon enough? XD I need to hide from people, a few threatened me xX Yukio ish a bit too happy, I think we'd all be glad if he shared whatever he's on XP
Les Scribbles: Haha, I no tellies you or anybody! Thanks very much for the constructive critiscm. It is very much welcomed. Heh, always room for improvement! ; Hope I did better this time P Hm... And yes, people singing in a long car ride ish annoying.
M36NU7: I had the sudden urge to draw Satoshi throwing Dark out of car but I decided against it. Art talent isn't too great. Thanks bunches
K-chan XP: Yes he is too sexy for his shirt. Which is why I put him doing that! xD Yes! Krad would agree! Then again, he'd probably go pyscho-possessive mode on us xX And yes! Yay for Dark and Krad together! xD
ChadesShadow: Updated And yes, Dark got chucked out of a car. Twice. XD
-16-BrokenWings-16-: Thanks ; And yes, Dai-chan and Satoshi are cute together. Updating! The whole last part was dedicated to SatoDai fluffness, hope that satifies your need until the next update ; Nothing wrong with talking too much xD I talk waaaay too much xX Heh...
luvable14: Krad, in the manga/anime, is Dark's other half. They're mortal enemies. However, he doesn't come into the manga until volume... 4, at the end. Um yeah... Thanks for reviewing
Thanks to everybody who reviewed Even if I was a lazy bum with writer's block who took 4 months to update ;;; Er yeah... Until next time (which will be sooner than four months!). XP