To the reader: I'm sorry to say this to the people who like this story but…this is the final chapter to this story. Please, tell me if you want me to make up another story of DNAngel and I will gladly make a new one!

Chapter 14: Takeshi's Accident

The next morning, Kazuko didn't go to school. Daisuke sat down at his desk and looked over at Kazuko's desk from time to time.

"She looked mad yesterday. I wonder what was on her mind," Daisuke thought. He looked over at Satoshi's desk, "Looks like Satoshi isn't here either."

"Daisuke, I'm sorry to ask you, but could you please give both Satoshi and Kazuko their homework for today?"

"Um…alright."

"Hey Daisuke, can I come with you to Kazuko's house? I just want to see it."

"Oh…S-Sure Riku."

They walked to Kazuko's apartment first. They knocked on the door and Kazuko answered it.

"Daisuke…Riku?" Kazuko said.

"Hey Kazuko, the teacher told us to give you the homework for today," Riku said.

"Oh…thank you."

"Um…do you mind if we step inside?"

"Riku?" Daisuke said

"Not at all," Kazuko said moving to the side.

Daisuke and Riku walked inside and sat one the floor.

Kazuko had a t-shirt on, and her right arm was bandaged where she was shot.

"How come you weren't in school today, Kazuko?" Riku asked.

"I needed some thinking to do. I'd be very distracted if I went to school."

"Did you talk to Genjo today then?" Daisuke asked.

"Yeah I did, he explained some things to me."

"That's good," Daisuke said, "Why did you look so mad last night?"

"…I've been thinking a lot lately…I don't know why, but something that I thought about just made me mad. Sorry I tripped D-…you yesterday."

She didn't want to say Dark because Riku was in the room and she didn't think she wanted to hear Dark's name, or about Daisuke's secret. Daisuke understood what she said and answered.

"I'm fine…but that kinda hurt. I'm more concerned about you because of your arm when you got sh-…cut in the arm."

"I already said sorry, and I'm fine."

"You saw each other last night? What happened?" Riku asked.

Kazuko and Daisuke looked at each other to try and make up a story. Fortunately for them, Kazuko was a good liar, so she made up a story for him.

"I was walking alone in the park at night. Someone tapped me on the shoulder. I looked back and there was this weird guy who said I looked pretty. He grabbed me and I resisted so he took out a knife and cut me on the arm. I closed my eyes and I started kicking and punching. After a while, he ran away and when I opened my eyes, no one was there. I heard footsteps behind me again and I thought it was that weird guy again so I tripped him. When I looked back and I saw Daisuke on the ground. I helped him up and then everything was fine again."

"Wow…Kazuko sure can tell a story…especially when she had to make it up at the spot," Daisuke thought.

"Oh…that must've been really scary for you."

"It kinda was, but now that I think of it, it was pretty funny that I hit Daisuke too. (Thinking) Although I wish that story were true besides the real way it happened."

"Why were you in the park late at night?"

"I just like the night sky. It's really quiet and…beautiful."

"Well," Daisuke stood up, "I need to go to Satoshi's place. He wasn't at school either."

"Really? I wonder what's wrong with him…I'll come over with you."

Riku decided to go home when they were walking to Satoshi's apartment. When Satoshi answered the door once they knocked on it, he suddenly looked at Kazuko.

"Kazuko…"

"Satoshi, we need to talk," Kazuko said

"Why do you want to talk right now?"

"There are some matters that I have been thinking of since last night, and I came here for some answers."

"Um…Kazuko…" Daisuke said.

"It's okay Daisuke, I'll give him his homework…I need to talk to Satoshi alone."

"Okay then,"

Daisuke gave Kazuko the homework and Daisuke walked back to his house.

"Kazuko, why are you still talking to me?"

"I already said to you, I want to talk about stuff that happened last night. Well, not even last night…I just need to talk to you. Can't we just do that?"

"…Fine."

He let Kazuko in and she sat on one of the chairs.

"Satoshi, do you like me?"

"Why are you asking?"

"Just answer the question. Do you like me or not?"

"…Yes…I do like you."

"And every time I'm in danger you turn into Krad?"

"…Yeah."

"If I quit stealing, will you stop transforming?"

"What?"

"What if I quit stealing?"

"Kazuko you can't do that."

"You're not answering my question."

"…If you're in trouble, I transform. So it only increases the chances of me transforming into Krad if you're a thief now. (Thanks to the 5th book, I kinda found out on how Satoshi transforms! I think that's how he does.)

"I see…"

"Were you thinking of quitting?"

"…I thought that I'm only a burden to you because you keep on transforming after I had that accident that first day. I'm also getting Dark in danger since Krad wants to kill him…to answer your question, I thought of quitting."

"Just because you found out about Krad?"

"I just noticed that when I came and talked to you on that first day, everything was changing from what I remembered before. It's not only Krad…it's just…from everything that was happening. I plan on living with Genjo…he lives in another city."

"Kazuko…you can't move."

"If you don't want me to move, why are you avoiding me for the past couple days!"

"…I'm sorry."

"Tell you what…I'll stay here for another month, and then I'll live with Genjo."

"You don't want to stay here longer?"

"Sorry…but I'd figured everything would go back to the way it was before I came."

"Is that your final decision?"

"…I don't know…but I'm leaning mostly towards yes."

"…Okay then. I won't say anything else."

"From now until the end of the month, I'm not a thief."

"…Okay then, that's your choice."

For the next few days, Satoshi came to school and went to the museums at night.

"Hmph…I don't see Kazuko anywhere," Dark said.

"Yeah…that's true."

"Where do you think she might me?"

"I don't know why she's not staling anymore."

"It's way less fun without her around. I wish I knew what she's up to."

Dark stole the artwork and flew away. As he was flying, he flew over the park. He saw Kazuko leaning on one of the bridge's arches.

"So, I guess it's true that you like the night skies."

"Dark, how nice it is to see you again. Yeah…I wasn't lying on that part. I really do like the night."

"Where have you been in the past couple of days?"

"I'm not stealing anymore…"

"Wha!"

"I've decided not to steal anymore when I'm here."

"And why would you do that?"

"Satoshi…"

"You care for Satoshi?"

"Yes, and for you."

"How nice of you."

"I'm concerned for Satoshi because he cares for me, and when I'm in danger, Satoshi turns into Krad. When that happens, Krad tries to kill you. It's like I'm the cause for the problems that have been happening recently."

"You're not. Krad and I have been fighting for over 400 years. I'm still standing; that means I'm alright, doesn't it?"

"…Yeah, I guess so. But I don't want Satoshi to transform. Even though Krad hasn't killed you, I still don't want to take that chance that he might."

"Is there anyway I can change your mind?"

"…I'm sorry but no."

"I guess it can't be helped then…"

"Sorry, Dark. I want to steal but it's just too risky not."

"I understand."

"Well, I'm going now," Kazuko said.

"I guess this is the last good-bye?"

"…I don't know…all I can say now is that we might see each other again…someday."

"Okay then."

Dark kissed Kazuko but this time, it was a little longer than the other short kisses he gave. Kazuko didn't question it; she walked back to her apartment once Dark flew away.

"Finally! I've gotten my picture developed!" Takeshi said. He looked at the picture with Dark and Kazuko again and he ran to his dad.

"Dad! Dad, check this out!"

Takeshi thrust the picture in his dad's face and he had no choice but to look up at it. He didn't so he just said.

"Very nice, Takeshi. Very nice…"

When he actually looked at the photo, he grabbed it from Takeshi.

"Takeshi, who's that woman, do you know her?"

"Yeah…she's in my homeroom class."

"What's her name?"

"I think its Kazuko. She's been hanging around Daisuke for a while."

"Kazuko…ha ha! You're caught now."

"Dad, what did Kazuko do?"

"She's a thief, Takeshi. And you have proof that she has stolen the famous artwork from the Melino Museum. She's been stealing some artwork that Dark was stealing."

"WHAT! NO WAY! I DON'T BELIEVE IT! This'll make a great cover story!"

The next day when homeroom was starting, all was going well until two hours later. Some of the guards came in and said,

"Excuse me, is there a Kazuko Barero in here?"

"What?" Kazuko thought.

"Kazuko? Oh yes, there's a Kazuko in here. Can you please stand up, Kazuko?"

Kazuko stood up and Daisuke looked a little worried for her. The police took out their badges and walked up to Kazuko.

"Kazuko Barero, you are under arrest for stealing the Crown of Avalice, the Tears of the Gods, the Australus Book, and the Night Sword. You have the right to remain silent."

"Did I really steal those? It seems like a long time since I have. But since I was here, I guess I remember all of those."

The guard took out a pair of handcuffs out and they stood in front of Kazuko. As the guard was about to put the handcuffs on, Satoshi stood up and said,

"How many times do I have to tell you to leave her alone?"

"C-Commander?"

"It's okay Satoshi," Kazuko said looking at him with her hands up.

She jumped on the desk and jumped over the guards and landed on the ground. She stood up and while she was running, she said,

"So long everybody! This is the last you'll se me!"

She ran out of the classroom and out of the school. The students in the class got out of their seats and ran to the window. They saw Kazuko still being chased by the guards. The students kept on watching until they couldn't see them anymore.

"Okay class, there's nothing happening anymore. Everybody get back to your seats and let's get back to class," the teacher said.

(Girl's chatting)

"Omigosh! I never knew that Kazuko was a thief!"

"Of course, we all didn't know."

"Do you think Kazuko will come tomorrow?"

"I have no idea, but I think there'll be some more guards around the school if she didn't get caught."

When it was after school, Satoshi walked back to his apartment; when he was about to open his door, he thought for a while and walked over to where Kazuko's apartment was. When he got there, he saw Daisuke knocking on the door.

"Hm…She's not in her house," Daisuke said.

Daisuke left the apartment complex and saw Satoshi waiting at the bottom.

"Oh! Satoshi, were you going to see if Kazuko was there?"

"Yeah…I was…"

"She's not there I'm a little worried for her right now. I wonder where she went off to?"

"Who knows? Probably we'll see her tomorrow, but I doubt that she'll be at the school."

"Yeah…that's true."

When the next day came, Kazuko didn't show up again and the girls, once again, gossiped.

"Do you think Kazuko's been arrested?"

"I don't know, but she deserves it though. She was a thief and she also stole Satoshi away from us!" (Overly obsessed!)

"Not to mention scaring us away during the trip."

"I know!"

"…Hey, since Kazuko's gone, doesn't that mean that Satoshi's free?"

"…Yeah! It does!"

Kazuko ran about the whole city. She shook off the guards at one time and returned to her house to take a quick break.

"I wonder why they haven't been here yet. I thought that these people know where others live. It doesn't matter now, I need to call Genjo."

She picked up the phone and Genjo answered.

"Hello?"

"Genjo, It's Kazuko."

"Hey there. So what do you want to talk about?"

"No conversations right now. How long does it take you to get to my apartment?"

"About 8 minutes."

"Damn I can't take that long."

"Why what's happening?"

"I'm being chased by the cops."

"They found out that you're a thief?"

"You even knew about THAT!"

"As a matter of fact I did."

"Never mind that, I need you to pick me up as soon as you can. Do you know how FAST you can get here?"

"If I do that…about 4 minutes."

"Great. That's fine, please hurry if you're not doing anything."

"Okay, I'll be there in a hurry."

They both hung up and Kazuko started packing some of her clothes from her dresser and she was also going to bring the Night's Sword. She saw that school was going to be out in about 3 hours; so she decided to write a letter to Satoshi. When Genjo picked her up, she asked him to drive over to Satoshi's for a moment. When they arrived, she took the letter that she made and stuck it under his door so he can see it when he looks down.

After school Satoshi walked home alone, but the Daisuke caught up to him.

"Satoshi, what do you think happened to Kazuko?"

"I don't know."

"Really, I hope she's okay."

When Satoshi got back to his apartment, he saw the note that Kazuko had written to him. He picked it up and read it.

"Hey Satoshi,

Hope everything's going well now. I know I didn't show up today, I've been running from the cops since yesterday. I shook them off for a while and I went back into my room to write this letter to you. No, the guards didn't catch me. If I did I wouldn't have been writing this letter now would I? Ha ha! Unfortunately, I had to leave early, and I'm living with Genjo now, just like I planned. I told him what happened, he just helped me out, just like a brother would do. Oh yeah, I never told you about that did I? Genjo…he's my older brother. I found that out after I told you and Daisuke about my story. I hope everything will get back to normal again, and when I mean normal, I mean the girls will stalk you again since I'm not there to protect you. Ha! Sorry about that. Well, time is running short. I was wondering if you were concerned about me. I left something in your room to remember me by. I'll miss you and Daisuke. Until we meet again, so long for now. I know we'll see each other soon.

Kazuko."

Satoshi opened the door to his apartment and what he found on one of his chairs was a picture that they took when they were at the field trip.

"Kazuko…I'll miss you too."

After that incident, everything was getting back to normal…the normal that Kazuko said it would be. One week past, and then another, and Dark was missing Kazuko when he was stealing the artworks. At one night, the cops received another warning letter from the Phantom Thief. Satoshi waited for the time when Dark was going to show up. He made his way to the artwork until he saw a figure in the shadows. He was curious to see what that was, so he walked closer to get a better vision of the shadow, but it was almost the time when Dark was coming, so Satoshi walked back to the room. He looked to see if the figure was still there, but it seemed a bit closer than the last time he looked. The figure ran past Satoshi and to the artifact. When it past by, he recognized long dark brown hair. When the person took the artifact, the person ran past Satoshi again.

"Kazuko…" Satoshi said.

Kazuko took a glance back and smirked at Satoshi. As she was running, she looked back at him again. Satoshi knew that that person was Kazuko and she had the artwork in her hands. Dark jumped in front of Kazuko and he had a surprised look in his eye.

"Kazuko?" Dark and Daisuke said.

She smiled again and ran past Dark.

As Dark and Kazuko ran off to the distance, Satoshi said to himself,

"'We'll see each other soon', she said. Is this what you meant?"

End of Another Thief?

It was fun writing this! Hoped you liked it.

Author's note: March 19, 2006.
Haha, hey everybody once again! It has been about a little over a year since I last finished this fic right here, haha. I keep on looking back at it and keep on saying to myself, "Geez, did I really write this?" and I laugh at it because when I was first writing this story, I didn't expect Kazuko to be a thief. I was just going to make her a girl whom Satoshi falls in love with, but then I thought that it would be too corny or something, haha, so I decided to make her one... and this was the outcome. You know, at first, I didn't know that this fic was going to be this popular, but I guess I was wrong. I read this fic kind of over and over, yes, but I keep on laughing at my mistakes and what events I put in here, sometimes I wonder why I made them do that in the first place. Yes I know that there are still typos, but I'm just too lazy to actually fix them. I say that if you get the concept of it, there's really no reason for me to fix it, haha. I think I'm just TOO lazy, haha. Just to tell you, I'm not as outgoing and talkative as Kazuko, so it was a little difficult for me to actually portray the character. Whelp, that's enough of me talkin, once again, a year has gone by, I thank you all for reading!