D. N. Angel Fan Fiction ❯ Cursed by Blood ❯ Seperate ( Chapter 5 )

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A/N: Thank you for reading and reviewing and I apologize for having left my last chapter as an evil cliff hanger. I do of course realize no one likes those even is it supplies you with extreme suspense that makes you want to kill me.... Here is the chapter so please don't kill me!!

 

 

Chapter 5

 

Daisuke and Satoshi look at a porky man, whose black beady eyes were barely visible from beneath his shaggy uni brow and the unruly mane which he seems to think is hair; but to the boys, it look like some poor animal that had perched on his scalp, died, which would also explain the nauseating stench drifting off of him with near visible odor lines.

 

The porky man points his spear at them as a long twisted smirk makes its way across his disgusting face. "Come along boys.... To the castle with you. Our Queen loves children....." He says in a deep barking voice as two of the villagers grab both Daisuke and Satoshi roughly by the arms and pull the silent boys towards the castle situated at the center of the city.

 

The castle stretches towards the snow filled grey sky. Its long, large towers are foreboding, and all the walls visible from the exterior seem to scream evil. The stones are a deep black and every peak ends in jagged spikes. The two teens, who remain silent in either fear or contemplation, are quickly and forcefully lead to the castle's main gates.

 

They are ushered mutely into the dingy castle, and are lead through a maze of corridors, halls and stairwells as they are being herded towards the dungeon. After walking for what seems like nearly an hour through the large and utterly confusing castle they arrive at a large rotting wooden door.

 

The porky man opens the door and a horrid stench assaults all their noses. The villagers though, seem accustomed to such a rank smell and push the young boys into the filthy, vile smelling dungeon. They force both Satoshi and Daisuke into the first cell on the right and lock the iron door closed behind the boys.

 

Both boys stumble slightly as they are forced into the cell, and Daisuke visible pales as he spots countless skeletons littering the ground, along with some still rotting corpses, which explains the smell. Tears well up in his eyes as he realizes just how small the bodies are, signifying that those were children. Not being able to stand the disgusting sight he screws his eyes shut and turns his head to the side.

 

Satoshi too, fights down the vomit begging to rise and expel itself from his body . He looks worriedly at his friend, knowing that Daisuke's heart must be breaking for all these lost souls. The bluenette places a gentle and comforting hand on the red head's shoulder in an attempt to sooth him

 

Crimson eyes lock onto blue and Daisuke nods his head in thanks. "What are we going to do?" He asks voice shaking ever so slightly. "I am uncertain..." Satoshi responds truthfully as he looks towards the near solid iron door, which as a tiny barred window put into it to allow guards to see in.

 

"Shut up!" Roars the voice of the pudgy man who glares venomously into the cell. "How many fingers am I holding up?" Satoshi questions as he holds two fingers in the air. The man blinks in confusion before responding. "Two. Why?" The bluenette lowers his hand. "That is the correct amount of eyebrows that you should have, not one." Satoshi says as he mentally works on their escape plan.

 

"Why you little..." He trials off as he fumbles for the keys. Daisuke forces down a laugh at the sheer greatness of what Satoshi had just said, though he tosses a nervous look over to the older teen, wondering if it was a really smart idea to insult a guy his size when they weren't near half his size and defiantly no where near his weight.

 

The beefy man finds the key ring and rapidly searches it for the proper key so he can go in there and teach the pint sized boy a thing or two about mannerisms. The commander leans close to Daisuke and whispers quiet instructions on his ingenious plan. With a grunt of success the porky man shoves the key into the lock and flings the door open with such a tremendous force that the hinges crack.

 

With the strength of a raging bull the man races in arms outstretched as he plows towards the bluenette, who easily side steps the porky man leaving him to ram face first into the slim covered wall with a tremendous thud that makes both teens wince.

 

He collapses to the rotted corpse covered ground, the part of the wall he hit clean of any mildews. Satoshi and Daisuke exchange a look both wondering how dense someone had to be to run face first into a wall crawling with disease. Satoshi grabs Daisuke's wrist and silently leads the boy out of the cell. They close the massive door and lock it with the keys foolishly left in the lock piece.

 

The blue headed teen leads Daisuke towards the door that separated the castle from the dungeon, his hand still firmly holding onto the red head, not wanting to lose him in the maze that is the castle. He throws open the rotting wooden door and slowly ascend the steps to the next level. "Uh.... Satoshi?" Daisuke asks nervously as his red eyes glance each and every way nervously. "Hmm?" "Do you now which way to go?" Daisuke questions fully focusing his attention on the blue haired commander.

 

Satoshi frowns momentarily as his deep sapphire eyes scan their surroundings as he mentally shuffles through all of his memories trying to recall the exact route to follow so that he and Daisuke may escape quickly. "Yes... follow me and make no noise." He quietly orders the younger teen as he leads the way out of the castle, following the exact route they had taken. "Keep your eyes open for guards." The bluenette orders as they turn a corner.

 

Daisuke and Satoshi spot shadows moving on a wall near by indicating someone is coming down a hall that connects to the one they had just turned on to. Thinking fast, the older teen grabs the younger's hand and open a door to their left and pushes the red head in before following himself. He silently closes the door behind him and presses his ear against it listening.

 

The red head looks around the room and stares in awe at all the beautiful devices placed beautifully in the room, each artifact screaming magic. He turns slightly to his right and notes one of the artifacts starting to glow a deep crimson shade. His eyes widen as a bolt of magic forms and is shot out, heading straight for the oblivious commander.

 

He lunges forward as the commander turns around sapphire eyes wide. Daisuke leaps in front of Satoshi just before it hit the commander and the blast instead strikes him in the back. A pained expression forms on the smaller's face as he crumbles into oblivion.

 

Satoshi catches the younger boy in his arms and holds him closely. "Daisuke?" He whispers as he tenderly shakes the boy in a vain attempt at awakening him. He peers over his shoulder and notices that his shirt is fully intact and no blood can be seen. A frown forms upon his face as he attempts to figure out what just happened.

 

Seeing no answers coming his way, he picks Daisuke up bridal style and walks back towards the door. Gently he presses his ear against the cold wood and listens for countless seconds, and after hearing no noise, he cautiously opens the door.

 

He steps out into the hall cradling the red head tenderly in his strong arms, and he looks each way before quickly racing in the direction that he knows is out. His feet pad rapidly but silently on the cold stone floor as he swiftly and unnoticeably makes his way down each corridor, hall, and up every flight of stairs that their captors had lead them through.

 

Finally, after what seemed like forever to the commander he reaches the front door, the one that leads to the courtyard then the gate. He silently opens the door and stealthily slips outside and into the shadows cast down from the darkness of night. 'Night? Already?' He thinks to himself stunned that they had been in there for such a lengthy time. He takes a deep breath of clean none polluted air and chances a glance down at his fallen friend. 'What ails him?' He asks himself mentally.

 

Satoshi looks up as he decides to worry about that once he gets the two of them to a more safer location. He silently creeps towards the gate and easily slips past the drunk guards whom are all singing out of tun pub songs.

 

Satoshi uses the night's shadows to his advantage and makes his way into the poorer sector of the village. As he makes his way down a dank ally, a large bell rings throughout the city as men's shouts and pounding footsteps reaches his ears. "They escaped!" "The Queen will be furious!!" Two men's voices reach Satoshi as he keeps still. He watches them race past the ally and towards the castle in an attempt to locate the escapees.

 

'They just noticed we have escaped.... They are slow.' He says mentally to himself. A hand falls on his shoulder and he nearly jumps out of his skin in shock having heard nor seen anyone approach. Nervously he turns around and looks at the person who had startled him so horridly.

 

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Dark paces around the room, arms firmly crossed over his leather clad chest. Krad, who is sitting on the bed silently, watches the phantom thief pace, amusement coloring his eyes. "Worried?" He breaks the silent and smirks at the purple hair thief.

 

The purple haired entity turns and glares in annoyance at the blond haired demon sitting so peacefully on the bed, and seems to be amused at his expanse. "Hell yeah! And I don't see you working on any solution!!" Dark angrily shouts and he sticks his nose in the air and looks away from the infuriating Krad.

 

"That's because I'm out of ideas..... If you recall you and I have tried everything... I suggest we call it a night... It wouldn't be smart to exhaust ourselves so that we can't ever get our tamers back." Krad says, sounding wise, which makes Dark go fish mouthed as he stares surprised at the blond who merely shrugs at the incredulous look directed at him.

 

A yawn makes it's way through the thief who shrugs as well, regaining his posture. "I suppose you're right... there is nothing else we can do while tired...." He says lightly as he walks towards the bed and falls down limply on it. The blond quirks a brow at Dark as the thief makes his way under the covers and snuggles up against the pillows falling asleep mere moments later.

 

Krad sighs loudly before he crawls up the length of the bed and joins Dark under the covers. He stares at the thief in silence and he tenderly strokes Dark's pale yet silky smooth face, as a light content smile makes its way across his face. Slowly his eyelids begin to droop and he slowly falls into a blissful sleep beside 'his'

thief.

 

The night passes by for the two century old angels without incident, though, they do somehow manage to use the other as either a pillow or a blanket depending on which you where looking at. Dark was curled up on Krad's stomach, his arms wrapped around his waist. Krad likewise had his arms wrapped securely around Dark's waist as both handsome males sleep on, untroubled for the time being.

 

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Emiko paces around her living room while Daichi peers anxiously out the window, and Kosuke nervously fidgets from his spot on the couch. "Where are they?" Emiko finally cries, her worried tone breaking the anxious silence that had fallen upon the Niwa residence. "Emiko.... Perhaps he is off with the detective...." Kosuke suggests not wanting to think his son may have been captured, even after the commander had went to his son's aid, after having made sure they were safely out.

 

"How is that supposed to make me feel better!!!" She rages. "My sweet little baby!! In the grasp of a Hikari monster!!" She says as tears stream down her eyes. Daichi looks away from the window and he gazes sternly at his daughter. "Emiko.... He can't be as bad as you think... He helped us escape... then he went to help Daisuke. I'm certain they are both alright."

 

"Oh Papa.... your probably right." She says as her shoulders sag slightly. "I'm just so afraid.... I don't want to lose my innocent little baby..." She admits as she looks down at the ground. Kosuke stands up and walks over to his wife, and places a secure arm around her shoulder. "Hush.... I'm positive he'll be fine. It's late, let us all go to bed and worry about this on the morrow." He says soothingly ans he leads his wife up the stairs and to their bedroom.

 

Daichi watches silently as his son in law leads his only daughter to bed, he then looks back out the window and sighs. "Daisuke.... come back safe and soon... For all of our sakes." He mutters quietly before turning away from the window and making his way towards his own room for a nice sleep after the exhausting events of the day.

 

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A small elderly lady smiles up at Satoshi, the many age lines on her face visible in the light radiating from the fire lamps on the streets. He notes her silver hair is long and tangled, and her garbs are worn and torn, though she smiles like one who has a pure kind heart would. "Hello young man." She greats him in a quiet yet comforting voice.

 

"Come dear." She beckons towards him. "You and your friend are welcome to stay in my home." She says kindly and Satoshi nods his head in thanks and follows her as she leads him towards her home. After silently winding their way through many dark allies they come to a large and battered door which she opens silently and motions for him to enter.

 

Satoshi enters quietly inside and the elderly woman follows them in and gently shuts the door behind her. She then walks over to an oil lamp and lights it giving the one room house a dim but purpose serving light. "My home is nothing fancy but you two are welcome to stay here for however long you wish." She says as she lights a candle sitting in its holder on the table, and it adds to the light in the room.

 

"Your generosity is greatly appreciated." Satoshi says as he shifts Daisuke in his arms. "My name is Kiriko." The woman introduces herself. "I am Satoshi, and this," He motions towards the boy in his arms, "Is Daisuke." Kiriko smiles kindly and points a small wrinkled hand towards the bed in the corner. "Place the boy there." She says and the young commander walks over to the bed and sets the red head down.

 

He gently rolls his friend onto his back and pulls off his leather shirt, the sight that greats him makes his eyes widen in shock. A light gasp behind him is heard as the little old lady spots the red heads back. "Oh my..." She says stunned her eyes glued to the boy's back. "He carries the sacred mark..."

 

Satoshi eyes Daisuke's back silently. On the boy's back is a black highly complex tattoo that had never been there before. The tattoo is of two beautiful and gorgeous wings on both of his shoulder blades, and they are tied together by thorn covered vines that weave intricate patterns down the length of his back. "Sacred mark? "He questions not removing his eyes from the beautiful yet mind boggling tattoo.

 

"Yes.... It is the mark that only sacred entities have carried... Though it has not been seen for thousands of years.... That boy must be truly special..." She says as she regards him. Satoshi's mind wonders to that blast that had hit Daisuke wondering if that was what brought about this strange marking. "If any were to discover he bares the marking, he would be highly coveted." The woman adds as she sits on the floor and leans against the wall.

 

"Satoshi climb in beside the boy and get your rest, you must be exhausted." Kiriko orders as she pulls a spare blanket towards her as she watches the two boys. Satoshi nods his head and places Daisuke's shirt back on before crawling onto the bed and pulling the covers over both Daisuke and himself. "Goodnight." He bids the woman who merely smiles and nods in turn.

 

Satoshi falls into a light sleep as his arm worms its way around the Niwa's stomach, and none to long after he falls into the realm of sleep, does Kiriko fall gone them as well.

 

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The sun creeps up onto the bed and rests lightly on the closed eyes of a certain handsome purple haired thief who whimpers lightly trying to fight off waking up as he clings tightly to his warm and firm body pillow. 'Warm? Soft.... Body pillow...... I don't have one do I?' He mentally asks himself while cursing that the only way to find out if to open his eyes and see for himself.

 

His eyes open and he is greeting with the sight of a cloth covered chest which seems to have been serving as his pillow. A deep flush spreads across his face as he looks up and realizes just who he is sleeping on. 'Krad!!!' His mind screams as his eyes widen.

 

Dark attempts to pull away but finds that his body is pinned by the strong and unrelenting arms of Krad. He groans at his predicament and pouts. Memories of last night return to him and he sighs and decides on a plan of action. He gently shakes the sleeping blond beneith him awake. Krad opens his gold eyes slowly and blinks several times in confusion as he notices just who is laying on top of him.

 

"Good morning sunshine!" Dark greets with a strange smile on his face which causes Krad to quirk a brow at the thief's odd antics. "Let's go speak with Daisuke's family. They'll know what to do!" Dark says his plan that seems to have formed in his mind during the night. "Alright." The blond agrees. "Let's go."

 

"I'd love too.... but you seem rather.... attached to me." Dark says with a cocky smile as he looks down at Krad arms which are still firmly wrapped around his waist. The angelic demon looks down at his arms and hastily lets go as though he was suddenly burned. Krad then shoves Dark off of him, letting the purple haired teen fall painfully to the floor.

 

Dark squeaks in protests as he quickly stands up glaring at the evil Krad still lying on the bed with an amused smirk playing about his lips. "What the hell did you do that for!?!?" Dark demands as he firmly places his hands on his hips and awaits an answer. Krad merely shrugs as he sits up and swiftly stands before stretching.

 

"I wanted to see your face..... It was rather amusing." Krad admits and Dark's jaw drops as he stares incrediously at the blond psycho standing before him. After a few minutes he regains his composure and settles for merely glaring at him.

 

"You did that to see my face.... You really ought to visit one of those damned shrinks..." Dark grumbles as his eyes glance towards the clock. "It's noon." He comments. "Lets eat!" He then declares as he walks out of Satoshi's room and into the kitchen where he rummages through all the cupboards and pulls out random ingredients.

 

As the sound of cooking food, and the sweet aroma of delicious home made cooking drifts out of the room Krad silently walks in and leans against the door frame just watching Dark race about cooking their meal to perfection.

 

Drak rubs the perspiration from his brow with his arm as he turns off all the cooking appliances, he then turns and places the food on the plates and picks them both up and gently sets them on the table. With a wave of his hand, Dark motions for Krad to come and eat. The blond angel complies and slowly makes his way over to the table, and he sits down on the chair and looks at the delicious looking food set out in front of him.

 

He grabs the chop sticks and grabs a small piece of food and plops it in his mouth while wondering if this meal was even edible. Hid golden eyes widen in shock as his taste buds float to cloud nine. "Delicious!! I didn't know you could cook!" Krad admits as he looks over at the thief who is blushing from the praise.

 

"Well you tend to pick up skills when you've been around for many years." Dark mutters as he helps himself to some of his excellent home cooking. Krad nods his head and accepts that explanation as it is a decent one that easily can explain having the knowledge and ability to do something.

 

They then finish their meal in silence as both of them think of their missing tamers. 'Daisuke... Hang in a little longer....' Dark mentally says to Daisuke, though he is still not there with him. 'I'm coming Satoshi...' Krad promises as they stand and place their dishes in the sink. "I'd better wash these..." Krad says slightly displeased with that fact that he is doing dishes, but he knows Satoshi will be pleased as he likes his apartment to be spotless.

 

After finishing the dishes the two magical beings return to the bedroom and look at the statuette momentarily before packing it up and securing it in a bag of sort so that Dark can carry it more easily. They make their way to the front door and silently open it and gaze out into the hall. The two of them slip out of the apartment and look it behind them before stealthily slipping out of the complex.

 

Dark sighs as he leads Krad over the roof tops towards the Niwa's residence, both of them moving quickly as to not be spotted. Time passes slowly and they finally arrive on the street that the Niwa's live on. Dark opens the front door and ushers Krad in. Dark leads Krad through the hall and into the living room where both of them freeze wide eyed.

 

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A dull aching pain tingles through his back and he slowly opens his deep crimson eyes, still tired and exhausted. He blinks several times to try and awaken. Daisuke tries to bring his hand up but his pillow seems to be holding him down. 'pillows can't hold.....' He thinks in confusion to himself as his brain finally snaps to alertness.

 

Daisuke's eyes widen and he notes that 'his pillow' is in fact not a pillow, but instead a handsome blue haired commander, who, thankfully, is still fast asleep, though that still does little to stop the brilliant magenta flush crossing his pale cheeks. A light clunking sound snaps his attention away from Satoshi and he curiously looks around the slightly run down room, filled with only wooden furniture, that are damaged and cracked, but they still serve there purposes.

 

Crimson eyes land upon a little old lady gently setting plates with bread and cheese on the table along with a slightly cracked and chipped pitcher of water. Confusion works its way into his mind as it keeps asking the same questions over and over again. 'Where are we? Who is this lady?'

 

A slight shifting from the commander snaps his attention down to him as he watches blank sapphire eyes open, and he lays there unmoving and unblinking for countless moments. Worry commences to set in at seeing his friend in this peculiar state but before he even moves to try and help Satoshi his friend's eyes gain alertness as he blinks.

 

Daisuke smiles in relief at seeing his friend snap out of his creepy state, which would have given Dark a cruel topic to poke fun at. Satoshi smiles and slowly sits up, bringing the red head with them and lacing them in an awkward position with Daisuke straddling Satoshi's legs. A blush spreads over the younger boy's cheeks at their predicament and nearly leaps out of his skin as a voice calls to them.

 

"Satoshi, Daisuke come have lunch." The little old lady says as she motions towards the food on the table and Daisuke quickly scrabbles off of Satoshi's lap and moves quickly over to the table and sits down. The command follows him but at a more mature pace, and he settles himself in the chair beside Daisuke.

 

Kiriko pushes the two dishes towards the two boys. "Now eat up dearies." She says as she smiles brightly. "Thank you, miss...." Daisuke trails off realizing he has no idea who this woman is. "My name is Kiriko she tells him and smiles genuinely at the polite young man. "I'm Daisuke! It's a pleasure to meet you!! Thank you for everything!"

 

She nods her head in greeting as she sits in the third wooden chair opposite the boys and helps herself to some of the food as well as the boys follow suit. The three of them eat in comfortable silence, savoring the food as they are all hungry having each not eating for quite some time.

 

"If you two are seeking away home.... there is a magical artifact deep within the castle that has the ability to send anyone home, though it is well guarded." Kiriko offers her two cents in, wanting to help the two innocent boys before they befall the same fate as every other child in this town who had been captured, bound and dragged to the palace for reasons known only to the Queen.

 

The two handsome teens exchange a look. "Looks like it's back to the creepy palace." Daisuke says nervously, not remembering when he lost consciousness, though he does know that Satoshi mut have carried him out.

 

"Yes.... Well will rest up and plan today and tomorrow, then the day after we will storm the castle before dawn and then hopefully we will be back before noon on.... Monday." Satoshi says and Daisuke nods his head in agreement as Satoshi always comes up with the best strategies no matter the situation that presents itself to him.

 

"Sounds like someone would make an excellent tactician." Kiriko says as a light laugh escapes her throat and she smiles kindly at the blue and red head, her green eyes twinkling with humor. Daisuke smiles as he takes a large gulp of delicious water and sets his empty glass down before looking up and smiling.

 

"Kiriko, do you now anything that would help us get into the castle and perhaps locate the artifact without being spotted or captured?" Satoshi questions and the elderly woman adopts a thoughtful expression.

 

After a few moments of silence in which the elderly lady thinks over the question thoroughly. "I do know of several of the thousand of secret passage ways that litter that great filthy structure.... I used to explore them in my youth which was many years a go.... I do believe I know the best route for you to take." She says as she slowly stands and makes her way over to a cabinet.

 

The kind elderly lady slowly opens the door and reaches inside and retrieves a thick roll of parchment, a quill, and a bottle of blue ink. She then slowly returns to the castle and sets the items down. Kiriko quickly removes all the dishes from the table to give the three of them enough space to start planning.

 

Kiriko slowly unrolls the yellowing parchment on the table's top to reveal a map over every wing and floor of the castle, with many secret passageways marked on her. "A few friends and I did this while we were small.... Though it does not have everything perfect, and many things, such as newly developped passagways haven't been added...." She says bluntly as her green eyes scrutinize the old map closely.

 

She unscrews the cork on the ink bottle and gently dips her worn quill into the ink before moving it over to the parchment. "This is the east side of the castle." Kiriko indicates to the east wall and places her quil upon a certain sector of the wall. "There is a loose brink that if you press with open the passage way that'll lead into the castle. Follow this route." She continues as she makes a thin line path of where the two should go. She moves the line through many long secret passage ways that may take time to travel through but it would keep them hidden and ensure their safty.

 

"Once you reach this hall," She continues. "There are no more passages to follow save a direct route to the chamber that more than likely houses your desired artifact. It is more then likely to have guards doing their rounds, though I have a friend who can supply me with all the guard data and shift changes and what not." She concludes and allows both boys to examine the castle, its surroundings and the route that would serve them best.

 

Satoshi scans the paper with a keen eye and notes no flaw in the plans and nods his head in agreement with the set course. "Excellent!" She declares and rolls the map before handing it to the blue haired commander.

 

Satoshi accepts the parchment and looks down at it in his hand feeling he was granted a gift. 'Now I can save Daisuke and myself. "Well I'm certain you two would love to explore the town... So I'll go and get you a disguise so you may do so without being recaptured." Kiriko says tenderly as she stands and retrieves her cloak.

 

"Thank you so much!!" Daisuke says with a happy yet goofy grin on his face as he hurriedly climbs to his feet and bows his thanks. Kiriko just smiles and waves her wrinkled hand before walking over to the door and opening it. "Be good." She says with a teasing smile on her face as she exits her home and securely closes the door behind her.

 

"We are so incredibly lucky.... Without her we'd probably be trapped here." Daisuke says though the last part sounds sad. "How will we ever repay her?" He questions Satoshi as he watches the older teen closely. The blue haired beauty shifts slightly in thought. "The best way to repay her..... is to succeed in our mission and get home safe. It would make her content." He says knowledgeably.

 

"You're right.....I just hope Dark, Krad and my family are all alright...." Daisuke says as he walks over to the bed and lays down on his back staring up at the ceiling. "Don't worry. I saw to it that your family escaped, and I am certain those two can handle themselves." Satoshi re assures him with a rare smile which makes the innocent red head flush a brilliant shade of magenta.

 

Satoshi looks over at Daisuke and notes he looks exhausted, and that even after his rest the previous evening that he too feels tired. He stands and walks over to the bed and crawls in beside Daisuke. "Let's go to sleep, then we can explore later." Satoshi says as he pulls the blanket up over them and Daisuke nods his head and yawns.

 

The two teens slowly drift back into the realm of dreams, and slip away from the reality of this strange new world.

 

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Darks hands visibly tighten on the straps of the statuette attached to his back as he stares at the occupants of the room. Emiko rushes forward and embraces him in a rib crushing hug as Daichi and Kosuke stand and looks at Dark, then at the other occupants of the room.

 

There sitting on the couch are two shell shocked Harada twin's, each looking at them with a completely different expression. Riku looks ready to scream pervert, though she contains herself, and Risa, she looks ready to pounce on Dark.

 

Emiko steps back from the legendary thief. "I was so worried..." She whispers tearfully as she rubs her cheeks. "Uh...." Dark stutters. "Emiko.... Daisuke and Satoshi are both gone...." He says quietly waiting for it to fully sink in and he pretends that Riku and Risa aren't there as Krad can erase their memories later.

 

"WHAT?!?!?" Emiko screams as worry about her son kicks in. Riku shoots to her feet and glares daggers at Dark. "Where are they?" The older twin demands as she clenches her fist. "Not with that psycho that kidnaped his family right?" asks Risa as she too stands and awaits the answer.

 

"No.... They got away. Kosuke we need to talk to you." Dark proclaims as he grabs the said individual and walks out of ear shot of the others with Krad in tow, who had been silent this whole time. "Honestly where is Daisuke and Satoshi?" Daisuke's father questions the two as Dark removes the package from his shoulders and removes the statuette from inside its travel packaging. "They were spirited away by this piece here." Krad says as he indicates to the art piece.

 

Kosuke examines the piece closely, "Have you tried to bring them back?" He questions as he looks up at the two curses. "Yes, we've tried everything, and still nothing." Dark answers hoping that Kosuke would know what to do as he usually does.

 

"My best guess would be that only Satoshi and Daisuke can make their own way out and we'll just have to wait for them to do so." The man declares somberly, not personally liking have to wait for his son's return, that is if he does return too. "I am certain my tamer will get them out." Krad asurres Dark in an attempt at cheering the Legendary Phantom Thief up.

 

"Let's get back to the living room, before anyone grows suspicious, mainly our guests...." Kosuke says as he straightens up. "Go place that in Daisuke's room, then come back tot he living room." He orders and slowly walks back towards the living room while the angelic beings repackage the art piece and silently carry it up the stairs into the red head's bedroom.

 

Minutes later they return to the living room where the twins look at them. "Why is there a Legendary Phantom Thief, and a blond angel in your house?" Risa asks as her eyes are glued to the first mentioned individual who sits down on a couch tiredly.

 

Krad lurks around the window and leans against its frame as he watches on silently, not wanting to interlude. "Well.... They are both friends of Daisuke." Daichi says with a light shrug as he looks over at the Hikari curse.

"I didn't know Daisuke was so popular with perverted peeping toms..." Riku says as she crosses her arms wondering mentally if they will tell them who took the two boys away. "I'm no peeping tom.... That night you saw me I just ran off from the museum, I just happened to land on your home." Dark clarifies as Kosuke smiles and shakes his head.

 

Risa opens her mouth to say something but is interrupted by Emiko. "Dark, Krad... You two look exhausted from trailing Daisuke and Satoshi, go upstairs and rest. You may use Daisuke's room." She says sweetly and boys angelic entities do as they are told. they turn from the room and head up the stairs, but not before Dark scoops up a fluffy white bunny by the name of Wiz.

 

The two Harada twins exchange an identical look, ((A/N: THE UNISON!! ....Sorry had to say that... >.< )) then both shrug, and refocus their attention on Emiko.

 

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Darkness slowly over comes the dim lights hovering in the interior of the room/house as night falls upon the village, casting dark shadows everywhere. The front and only door creaks open and a small figure makes its way inside arms laden with various packages though the individual is easily able to close the door and move about without making a single sound.

 

Kiriko silently sets all her packages on the table and fumbles around soundlessly groping blindly for a candle which she lights as soon as she finds it. She sets the burning candle on the table and peers over in the corner at the two boys slumbering peacefully in her bed, cuddled closely up to each other.

 

She gently pulls out several pieces of parchment and stacks them neatly on the table under a rock that serves as a paper weight. She gently picks up the many packages wrapped neatly in brown paper, and sets them in a simple pile near by to the bed and she then settles herself into a chair to rest her weary bones.

 

Kiriko crosses her arms on the surface of the scrubbed wooden table and settles her head upon that and she slowly drifts off into a peaceful and well deserved sleep, filled with dreams off all her childhood memories.

 

The night passes slowly as the three occupants of the room sleep in comfortable silence only broken by outside noises and the occasional shifting of a person in their 'beds'.

 

The sun slowly rises marking the dawning of a new day to the villagers, and a few awaken with it to prepare for the day. An offending beam of light makes its way in through several cracks in the room's outer structure, and creeps across an innocent red heads face.

 

Daisuke groans and mumbles something about five more minutes and an already fully awake merely smiles at the young red head's antics as the smaller teen cuddles up closer against his side, casting a comfortable warmth coursing through him and a sense of contentment coursing over him.

 

Attempting a fall back to sleep after the 'evil' light bent on world domination had woken him up is not possible and the Wing Master slowly and groggily opens his eyes and stares confusedly at a solid white cloth covered pillow. He gently pulls his right hand up and gently pokes the pillow which starts to vibrate and make strange chuckling sounds.

 

Daisuke's eyes widen in shock as he stares bewilderedly at the world's strangest pillow, and he gently pokes it. "Niwa-kun, if you would cease prodding my chest you'd note that breakfast is ready." Satoshi says with amusement clearly coloring his words as he speaks.

 

The red head jumps startled, and locks eyes with Satoshi. "Ehehehe.... Satoshi," Daisuke continues as his cheeks flush a brilliant shade of magenta. "I thought your chest was the world's strangest pillow." He admits and the commander merely chuckles his amusement at the brilliance of a teen age boy in the early hours of the morning.

 

"Come on you two. Have some breakfast, then you two may change into your disguises, and then you can explore." Kiriko exclaims as she sits down at the table and awaits the two boys to join her before eating. Daisuke and Satoshi slowly climb out of bed, and make their way the few paces over to the table and seat themselves in their chairs.

 

Satoshi and Daisuke silently help themselves hungrily to their breakfast as the last thing they ate with lunch the previous day and both were extremely hungry. Their meal of water, bread and cheese may not have been fancy like Daisuke's or Emiko's cooking, but it did serve the purpose of filling the two boys, and little old lady up.

 

Kiriko collects their dirty dishes and proceeds to cleaning them as the two boys investigate the packages left near by to the bed. "In those bundles are you disguises." She says as Daisuke opens the first to reveal some beautiful blakc and silver combat boots. He unwraps package after pack revealing many black leather pieces with silver metal placed beautifully into the material, more packages reveal a royal blue out fit, similar to the first save the metal is gold instead of silver.

 

The red head changes into the black and silver attire that seemed to have been made specially for him as it fits him perfect, and makes him look like the hottest male model in their world. 'Dark would be proud.' He mentally praises himself, though feeling slightly saddened as he misses his counterpart.

 

Satoshi quickly and silently adorns his new clothing and discards his previous ones to join Daisuke's other outfit in a rumpled heap on the floor. His outfit seems to have been made for him as well. "Thank you!!" Daisuke says as he bows low in respect wanting to show his thanks for the marvelous gifts.

 

"No problem dearies, no don't forget to put your cloaks on before you head out. Remember to behave yourselves, and try to remain inconspicious." She says sternly and both boys nod and they throw their cloaks about the shoulders and pull their hoods high to conceal their facial features. "Have fun." Kiriko bids as they nod and move towards the door.

 

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There you guys go a nice and decent length chapter, I do hope you enjoyed it, and please review, reviews make me happy, and inspire me to write faster so that you can all have the newest chapters up sooner.

Ja!!