Notes: "I Know" is a Daisuke internal monologue, which is Strange and Odd, and probably not-very-canon. It's Daisuke-Being-Serious. It's also kinda a thing I wrote because I always want to think that Daisuke Sees-More-Than-We-Think. Even though he doesn't. I guess it's a really dark take on Daisuke's personality, and a bit depressing. It's also OOC, a bit.

Daisuke: And you wrote it because...
Crysi: Ano...
Satoshi: She doesn't know.
Crysi: Yes I do! It's...the same reason I wrote the evil-Miki fic!
Daisuke: You're stoned on cough syrup?
Crysi: -_-;;; No.

Mention of one sided shounen ai, for those who get *really* upset over such things. --------------------------------------------

I Know

By Crysi, who has no snappy annoying thing to say right here

I know they think I don't notice things. They all do, actually. It's why they protect me, why they hold me so dear. My innocence is one of the reasons they all love me. But being innocent isn't the same thing as being blind, and they don't seem to realize that. I know what people don't or won't say to my face. I know that this game of being a kaitou isn't quite a game this time around, and I know that I'm probably the one who will get hurt the most when the world goes to hell. I know that the people I love are the people who are in the most danger, and the people I trust are the people that might be betrayed or betrayers. And yet I still trust them, and act as if there's nothing strange going on, as much as I can, because that's what we *do* in my family.

I know how Hiwatari-kun feels about me, even if I don't know what to do about it. I don't want to hurt his feelings, but I don't love him, not that way. Not in a more-than-friendly way. I guess he knows that-that I don't love him, I mean, but it's different; thinking you don't have a chance and being told to your *face* that you don't have a chance. I know that from experience, and that was only with a crush. I don't want to see the look on his face if and when it ever comes up. I don't think I'll say anything to him...

I know why Krad wants to kill Dark and me, well, the *other* reason. The Niwa family is famous for The Niwa School for Kaitou, but even the Hikari family didn't really know what we do about the history of *why* all of this is happening. And most boys don't even know when they're Dark-they're told afterwards. But I found out, because I'm innocent, and there was no reason to hide the old scrolls and books from me. I don't tell my family that I know things, because they would feel betrayed that I'd looked for the answers to my questions in books, rather than coming to them.

I know how to break locks, magical or otherwise, better than Dark does. He has what some call flare (and I call insanity), but I can do it better. Especially with the newer electronic locks-true, he learned though me as I did, but *I* was the one who had to get through the lessons. But I don't say so, because nobody would believe that I'm better than kaitou Dark at anything anyway. I know about power, magic, the artifacts that we steal. Also less famous than the kaitou training of the Niwa family is the magical training. We've had power since before the Dark-Krad fiasco began-it was part of the reason for our problems with the Hikari's-and more magic is brought into the bloodline by those who marry in (many of the people who marry Niwas have at least the *potential* for magic). I know how to manipulate reality with the power I have, in small ways, but I don't, because the Niwas haven't, ever since...that time.

I know many things that I probably shouldn't know, or at least that it would surprise people to know that I know. But I keep my mouth shut, because maybe someday, this knowing will help me, and not- knowing on other's parts will hurt them. But it's lonely, to know and not be able to tell anyone.

But I'm a Niwa so I always smile. Because I know that the Niwas will win in the end, and I know where and when the battle is set, even if nobody else does. I know.