D. N. Angel Fan Fiction ❯ Dark: In Love? ❯ Chapter 7: Untangling the Truth ( Chapter 7 )

A/N- Hey all and welcome back to another installment of Dark...In Love? Sorry about the wait, I hope this makes up for it !

As before 'Dark and Night's thoughts' and 'Riku and Dai's thoughts'

Enjoy!

Forcing himself to remain calm, Daisuke gave a weak smile as he leaned back against the steps. ‘I know Satoshi already knows that we are one Dark…but with Riku here, I don’t get why he has shown up like this.’

‘Just don’t let him near Riku…I can’t stand the way he’s looking at her, its…unnerving.’

Getting to her feet, Riku bowed and smiled, “Good morning Hiwatari-kun, I’m sorry if I ignored you in the parking lot, I wasn’t sure if it was you or not.”

‘Damn...why does he have to show up at a moment like this?!’

‘I don’t know Riku, just don’t let your guard down…we can’t afford any slipups.’

Waving his hand in the air, brushing her apology off, Satoshi adjusted his glasses and turned his eyes from Riku to Daisuke.

“No matter…so, what are you two doing here then?”

Getting to his feet at the look Satoshi was sending them, Daisuke moved before Riku, his eyes hard and unwavering.

“That, Satoshi, is none of your business…now if you wouldn’t mind…Riku and I have to get back to what we were doing before you interrupted us.” Turning his back to Satoshi, Daisuke gripped Riku’s shoulder, “how about we go somewhere else to finish this?”

Riku smiled and nodded her head, ‘I wonder what has gotten into Daisuke, he’s never acted this way before…’

‘You should ask him that when we get the heck away from Hiwatari, until then, just follow his lead.’

Smiling at Riku’s response, Daisuke picked up the book he had on the steps and grabbed his backpack as well. Riku had already gotten to her feet and she was waiting when Daisuke reached over and gripped her hand, he then waved at Satoshi before he started towards the school entrance.

Riku was in a state of shock and embarrassment, her eyes were unable to leave their clenched hands, ‘I can’t believe Daisuke is holding my hand...I thought that he didn’t like me, like this.’

She could hear Night chuckling in her mind as Daisuke lead them into the school and down the hall, “So…where are we going to finish that assignment that we haven’t even started yet, hmm?”

“Huh…oh, uh…the library I guess. I mean, it would make a logical choice after all…” Riku hadn’t been expecting a question from Daisuke, she just hoped that her answer didn’t sound as flighty to him as it did her.

“Alright…sounds good.” Turing from Riku, Daisuke tried to keep his mind clear of the sudden thoughts of pulling Riku into his arms and never letting go.

‘Why don’t you Daisuke? I mean…from the look of things, Riku would let you...so what’s stopping you?’

‘Dark...stay out of this, I can handle my own relationships now, I’m not a child like I was when I first became you. So back off…’

Daisuke wasn’t happy, not by any means. He was used to Dark being fresh with the girls, but he wouldn’t let him be that way when it came to Riku.

Startled by his own admition, Daisuke didn’t notice that they had reached one of the desks in the library and that Riku had already sat down. It wasn’t until he saw a hand waving in front of his face that he snapped out of it.

“Hey…Daisuke…is anyone in there?”

Blushing furiously, Daisuke scurried into his seat making sure to look anywhere but at Riku. It didn’t help his nerves when Dark began laughing hysterically inside his mind, thoroughly amused by Daisuke’s juvenile behavior.

‘So much for being mature, you completely spaced out!’

‘Just shut up Dark…’

Riku shook her head and smiled, there was the Daisuke she knew and loved, Riku felt her eyes widen as she realized what she had just thought, ‘loved? What am I thinking?!’

‘Don’t deny it Riku, you’re stuck on that kid…’

Riku felt a blush stain her cheeks as she desperately tried to think of something else.

“Uh…umm…why don’t we get back to the project then?”

Daisuke hesitantly nodded his head as he willed his blush to subside, but it seemed to be futile because the blush only deepened.

About an hour later the bell signaling the five minute mark before school started sounded, causing both Riku and Daisuke to jump in their seats. Both had hardly been paying any attention to their project and had somehow ended up with their chairs glued to each others, causing the sides of their bodies to touch.

Shifting uncomfortably, Riku gathered the papers that they had finished and the one’s that were still only half done. “Well…at least we made some progress…but I doubt we’ll be done before fourth period today. Unless we work through our lunch hour…what do you think Daisuke?”

Daisuke, who had been busy admiring Riku’s slender fingers and the way she held a pencil, jerked as his eyes widened. “S…sure, whatever works…hehehe…uh.” Nearly banging his head upon the table for saying something and sounding so lame, Daisuke busied himself with going over the checklist that they had formed on the day they got the assignment.

‘I can’t believe I said something so stupid…am I trying to make her think I’m some kind of a dork? Today really isn’t turning out to be my day…’

‘Well Dai…maybe you should stop trying to impress her and just act normally, hmm? That always works!’

Daisuke’s eyes narrowed slightly as he glanced at Riku from the corner of his eye, ‘really?’ A laugh answered him, ‘yeah, really! What do you take me for…an amateur?’ At that Daisuke just rolled his eyes, ‘yeah well…where was all your bravado when Night kissed you? Hmmm?’ Silence was all that answered him and Daisuke knew that he had won this argument, hands down.

Riku watched in amusement as Daisuke read over their checklist at least twenty times, it was clear by how his brows were furrowed, that he was deep in thought.

‘I think I’m starting to see some similarities here Night,’ a light chuckle greeted her, ‘I hear yah, I don’t think that little Daisuke here knows who Dark’s tamer is, I think he is Dark’s tamer…don’t you agree Riku?’

Riku thought it over for a moment, ‘it does make sence, every time I have ever run into Dark, Daisuke was nowhere to be found…’ ‘true…by the way, have you ever seen the servant that creates Dark’s temporary black wings? The one called Wiz?’

Riku’s eyes blew wide as she realized what Night was saying, ‘yes! I remember…is Wiz that little rabbit looking creature that was at the pool that day I saw Dark? Oh my god! Dark is Daisuke, Daisuke is Dark! So I didn’t dream it that night we went outside…Dark really was trying to tell me the truth, I can’t believe I didn’t see it before. But Night…if Daisuke really is Dark’s tamer…then…’ Riku felt a sinking feeling starting to grow in the pit of her stomach at where these thoughts were leading her.

‘Yes…then Krad and Satoshi also know who he is, I guess that a date tonight is imperative now, I just hope that Krad doesn’t show…it could ruin everything. Riku, I want you to be extra careful now, we can’t let Krad and Satoshi figure out that you’re my tamer…we might just have to come clean with Daisuke and Dark…unless…’ Riku was interested now, she knew that Night was right but it still didn’t make it any easier to accept.

‘Unless what Night?’ There was a long pause and Riku noticed that she had finished gathering all their papers, knowing that they would have to get going to class soon and that Daisuke would be coming out of his thoughts soon, Riku silently willed Night to hurry up and answer.

‘Unless we help Dark regain his memories, you remember when we found that passage in that book? Well, all we have to do is convince Dark and Daisuke that that is the only choice that they have to find out the whole truth…there are other ways, but they take a lot more time…time which we don’t have. So…what do you think Riku? Should we give it a shot?’

Already knowing her answer, Riku got to her feet and placed the papers into a folder that they had set on the table a few minutes ago, “Daisuke, I think we should get going to class now, if we don’t we’ll be late…come on.”

Reaching down a hand, Riku gripped Daisuke’s shoulder and drug him to his feet, “huh…what did you say Riku?”

Daisuke had been so busy thinking to himself that he didn’t notice Riku’s words until she had pulled him to his feet and now that she had, he felt like a total idiot for not even hearing her yet again.

Shaking her head, Riku released his arm and continued shaking her head as she turned from him, “I’ll see you in class, chow!” Waving her han in the air, Riku moved towards the doors, behind here she could hear the sound of Daisuke shuffling about rather quickly which only brought a smirk to her lips.

As soon as Riku disappeared out the door, Daisuke slapped a hand to his forehead, “I can’t believe how scatter brained I’ve been, Dark…I really don’t know what is wrong with me…”

‘You’re in love Daisuke, get over it…right now we have more important things to worry about…like how we’re going to figure out a way of finding out who Night’s tamer is…’

Collapsing back into the chair behind him, Daisuke’s eyes widened, “I…I’m in love? I…I can’t believe it, am I really Dark…none of this makes any sense!” Burying his fingers into his hair, Daisuke gripped the red locks roughly causing a familiar tinge of pain to run though him, at least is was something familiar…unlike everything else that was happening.

Hearing Dark sigh in his mind he knew that Dark was as confused about all this just as he was, ‘I know Dai and that’s the problem…we really need to figure this out…’ as Dark trailed off, Daisuke knew that he was right, ‘but how are we supposed to do it?’

Suddenly a loud ‘Got it!’ echoed through his mind, causing Daisuke to jump out of his seat and get a major headache at the same time. “Shit! Can’t you be quieter Dark? I feel like my head is going to explode now,” ‘shut up Dai! I know what we can do to figure this out! I can’t believe that I almost forgot about it, I mean really!’

Sucking in a breath to calm the pain now lancing through his head, Daisuke rubbed his temples attempting to soothe the pain away, “alright…what exactly have you figured out Dark and can you please refrain from yelling it at me, my headache is bad enough…no thanks to you.”

‘Sorry…but this is really important, do you remember that page Riku showed us? The one she stumbled upon accidentally,’ Daisuke felt his eyes widen, “I don’t believe it! I forgot about that too, it could work Dark…but we can’t tell my family about it…we’ll have to find some other way to get there…”

There were a few moments of silence before Dark spoke and Daisuke was relieved to hear his voice, ‘we’ll just have to hitch a ride…but it can’t be anything suspicious…ah! How about we ask Riku if we can use her families’ boat, after all…they do own one, what do you think Dai?’

Daisuke felt his jaw drop, “what do you mean ask Riku for help?! Dark, she could easily figure out the truth if we did that…we can’t risk it!” ‘Then do you have a better idea Dai? Cause I didn’t hear you coming up with anything better…so how about we just do this my way, after all, I know more about this kind of thing than you ever could! So are you going to listen to my advice or what?!’

Daisuke closed his eyes and took a deep breath, he knew that Dark was right but he just didn’t want to let Riku get hurt in anyway, “alright Dark…I relent, you and I need to find out a way to ask her about this and soon. But right now we need to get to class before we are too late, alright?”

‘At least we’re agreeing on something Dai,’ shaking his head, Daisuke slung his backpack over his shoulder and making sure that he had put everything away he exited the library.

‘I just hope Dark is right about this…’


A/N- There you go...the next chapt is in the works, so be paitent it should be up soon...so, no worries peeps!