Notes: Jeez, don't even *ask* where this one came from. I really shouldn't write while I'm in this kind of mood. And this'll probably be countered by the next few issues of Asuka, but this just…wanted to be written. I wrote this in about five minutes, can you tell? ^^;;;

It's a dark Dark POV. ^^;;;

It's basically him pondering after Daisuke took control and changed `em back in April 2001 Asuka.

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Dark Ponderings

By Crysi, who is freaked by this fic

Strange.

In all the generations I've been with the Niwa family, they haven't changed much. They tend to be positive, giving, kind people with rather bad luck, especially in love. I've always known about the powers they have-they don't seem to know what I do. But.

They've never cared about power. Their rivals, the Hikaris, gave more thought to how power would help them gain ground over me, but neither side saw it as a goal. But the Hikaris always used their magic, and the Niwas never did. Oh, at first, both sides used every magical aide they could-that's partly why I got the job of stealing the art in the first place, the power attached to it. But the Niwas let it go, eventually. I don't think they even know how to use most of the powers now. They *did* tend to marry people with powers, since my presence wasn't as likely to disturb adepts, but… How could He be more powerful than me?

Daisuke was one of the weaker Niwas, as the family goes. He was always easy to manipulate or push around. It's one of the things I tried to help him with, but I knew that he wouldn't be able to stop me if I decided to take control. But he did.

I can't, I never could gauge their powers, but...if I know anything about them, he's one of the most powerful in a long time. I *finally* had a chance to end this whole fucking thing and He stops me because He's worried about *Satoshi*! Doesn't He know, doesn't He realize that if that boy dies, the Hikaris are finished? Satoshi said himself that he was the last. And, though I do care for the Niwas, I'm tired of being a pet. If Krad dies, if the Hikaris die, I'm a free man. Finally.

The time has come when it will all end. I can feel it. But the person I have to be most wary of is the person I share a body with. If he stops me at the wrong moment, I doubt that the Hikari boy will be able to stop Krad...except that...

It bothers me even more that Satoshi changed back. To find out that Daisuke is more powerful is bad enough, but...he's the only person who *could* *have* made Satoshi change back. And if he has that much power...I'll have to watch him.

I don't think he knows the extent of what he did, of what he can do. But I can't take the chance that he'll stop me again. I love Daisuke dearly; I would have just gone after the Hikari boy if I didn't, but the time has come for it to end, and Daisuke is the only one who can't seem to see that.

Would he be disappointed in me, knowing that I want to kill Krad, and damn whatever happens to anyone else? Probably. But I've been waiting so long for freedom, and I'd be an idiot not to try now.

/Dark?/

//Yes, Daisuke?//

/I won't let you kill Hiwatari-kun. There has to be another way./

//Of course, of course. We'll figure out another way.//

I'm sorry, Daisuke.

There is no other way.