D. N. Angel Fan Fiction ❯ Dream Variations ❯ Chapter 9

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

A massacre. It was what happened to those people who had challenge Dark by using Miyuki as leverage. When Dark and Daisuke tried to investigate on the mysterious old man and his minion as well as the mystical key, they had come up with surprising news from Satoshi. The old man and his minion had been brutally murdered by someone in their headquarter. The key, as Satoshi told, has vanished without a trace.

Dark who originally intended to steal back the key after making sure Miyuki is all right was totally surprise. At first he thought that the priestesses who guard the key has resort using violence to get back the key but when he got back to the desolate and ruined island, he found a horrible fact that the remaining surviving priestesses had also been murdered.

`Who would have done such a horrible thing? How could this happen?' Daichi asked devastated by the death of the old man and the priestesses.

“I don't know but we have to find out. We're, in a way, responsible to make sure that the key hadn't fallen to the wrong hand…” Dark said.

“The key is missing too. Does that mean whoever did this after the key?” Daisuke asked.

“That's the most sensible explanation for now…” Dark said. “What did Satoshi say about the murder? Did he have any clue at all about the culprit?”

Daisuke shook his head. “The culprit doesn't leave any trace behind. It is almost like everything has been planned…”

Dark looked thoughtful. “Maybe you're right. Someone must have double-crosses the old man.”

“Why do you think that?” Daisuke asked.

“It was what always happened in those movies your son likes to watch…” Dark said.

`Hey!' Daichi protested.

“What? Just telling the truth…” Dark said. “Doesn't life all about double crossing others? I see enough to know it's true…at least for half of the world…”

“It could be a possibility… I'm going to ask Satoshi to look more on it. In the meantime Dad and I are going to investigate more on the key…” Daisuke said.

Dark nodded. “Leave it all to you then…”

“We shouldn't tell Miyuki-chan about this… She would have blamed herself if she knew that the key you stole to get her cure are the reason why those people died…” Daisuke said again worriedly.

Dark look annoyed. “Why should she felt guilty about their death? Those people had it coming for them. They brought this on themselves by wanting to possess some stupid key!”

“But the fact someone stole the key means that the key has important significant…” Daisuke look worried. He shook his head. “What a troublesome matter… I'm still worried about the athame that supposedly can kill Dark, Satoshi has not yet found it either and now…I have to worry over some key too…”

`The athame? The one that Seiji-kun tried to use on us…?' Daichi asked.

“That athame can kill me, you said?” Dark asked Daisuke. “How do you know of that?”

“I spoke to Satoshi and he told me that Seiji got it from his grandfather…” Daisuke explained.

“You mean that freaking guy is still alive…?”

“Yeah and apparently he hold grudge against us…”

Dark snorted. “Che…what an annoying guy…”

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Somewhere unknown

A young girl around 14 years old is running through the arched hallway, looking over her shoulder and panting from the exertion of running so fast. Two people in hooded cloaks are chasing her. After trying various alleys looking for an escape route, she finds herself trapped in a dead-end. There, another hooded figure is waiting.

“Please… Why are you doing this to me? I don't even know you guys…” The girl begged as she took a step backward.

The two figures that had chased her around block her way while the third one pulled out an athame.

The girl gasped in fear. “Please…don't kill me…”

The two figures grabbed her and held her down as she struggled back with all her might. The third one walked toward them menacingly with the silver athame at hand.

“NO! Somebody help!” The girl yelled. Tears streaming down her cheek. “Oh God!”

The third figures chanting something and then trusted the athame down at her.

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Niwa resident

Miyuki gasped very loud as she woke up from her nightmare. Sweat covered her face. She wipes it off. She looks around her room as if her nightmare might have surface. She found nothing out of ordinary. She shook her head, took a deep breath and chuckles for her stupidity.

“Miyuki-chan! Wake up! You don't want to be late for school!” Riku called out from downstairs.

“Oh, crap!” Miyuki quickly get up from the bed. She goes outside her room and makes a run toward bathroom. She washes her face, brush her teeth and take a quick shower. She wears her uniform that she had hanged the night before in the bathroom. Then she makes a quick dash to her room. She put a pair of hair clips on her then took her school bag and goes downstairs where everyone is.

Kosuke sat in the living room. He watched morning news while drank his coffee. Daisuke sat in the kitchen with Riku and Daichi while reading newspaper.

“Good morning, everyone!” Miyuki said almost out of breath. Her hair looks messy as she did everything in hurry.

“Every morning always like these…” Riku complained. “You really have to stop sleep late; it's messing up your morning clock everyday…”

Miyuki sat beside her brother. “Well, I can't sleep too soon. I just can't! Besides it's not like I'm missing school or something…”

“Look at you! You're a high school student now! You need to be more responsible in your action!” Riku advised.

“Mom!” Miyuki rolled her eyes. “Cut it out, ok? I'm already late as it is…” She said as she eat her bread and end up choking on her bread.

Riku rushed toward her daughter's side. “Here, drink some water!”

“Thanks…” Miyuki said after drinking a full glass of water.

Riku shook her head and help straighten up Miyuki's hair. “You never did listen to me, do you? You're a girl, you're supposed to care with your appearance more…”

“Mom, let my hair as it is. It's fine!” Miyuki complained.

Daisuke chuckled. He never got tired seeing his wife and daughter having a pointless argument each morning.

Daichi had finished eating. He bid goodbyes to his family as he walks away.

“Ah, Onii-chan, wait!!” Miyuki yelled. She quickly stands up but ends up trip on the chair's leg and fell down flatly face first.

“Miyuki!!” Riku quickly helped out her daughter.

Dark look amused. `Hmm, does she always so clumsy like these?'

Daichi didn't say anything. He's used with her sister's clumsiness. “Hurry up already!!” he yelled.

Miyuki bid her goodbyes to the others and then left the house with her brother.

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Seijuu High School

Miyuki sat down in her classroom. She is bored like hell as she listens to the teacher's talk about history. She took a piece of paper and start randomly writing words that pop up in her mind, after a while she make a poem out of those words.

“Miss Niwa!! Are you listening to what we discuss?” reprimand Yuko-sensei.

Miyuki blushed. She stands up and bows apologetically. “I'm sorry, sensei!”

“What were you doing anyway? Does my lesson bore you so much?”

Miyuki didn't answer. She looks down in embarrassment as her classmates start laughing at her.

Yuko-sensei reprimanded her once again before continuing her lesson.

Miyuki looked around the class sadly. The others are those of new faces to her and she somehow unable to make friends with them, probably because each has made group already. She misses having class with Rika and Ame. She sighs and forces herself to concentrate.

It's lunch break now. Miyuki goes out of the class and settle in under a tree at the school backyard. She had her lunch there and then she pull out a paper out of her pocket. It was a poem she had written in class. She observes it carefully and groans.

“I'm so pathetic… Why should I make a poem for him? We're totally forbidden after all!” Miyuki said as she put away the paper into a ball then threw it behind her. She shakes her head and put hands over her face. She could hear girls cheering on boys who are playing basket, one of whom is Seiji. She looks up and the sight of Seiji makes her heart tremble. She falls forward to the ground face down purposely. “Ughh!!”

Suddenly a book fall down from above the tree and hit Miyuki's back.

“Hey! Ouch!” Miyuki yelps and look around. She notices the book near her. She picks it up. “A journey of magic within era? Where did this come from?”

It's mine,” replies a voice of a boy from above the tree.

Miyuki quickly stood up and turned to faces the tree. “Did the tree…?”

The voice chuckled. “Not the tree, silly. I'm over here.”

Miyuki looked up and saw a boy sitting on the branch of the tree. The boy grinned mischievously at her. “You!”

“Yo, red cabbage girl…” teased the boy.

Miyuki put her hands over her waist. “It's a red rose, not a red cabbage!!”

The boy chuckled again and he jumps down. He stared at Miyuki. “It's nice to meet you again, Miyuki Niwa-chan…”

Miyuki took a step backward and look at him suspiciously. “How did you know my name?”

“Guess!”

Miyuki look thoughtful. “Aaah!! You see it from my library card at the times!!”

“Yup.” The boy grinned. “You're quite smart despite your look…”

“What is that suppose to mean?”

The boy didn't answer. He turned around and took a step forward then picked up the paper Miyuki had thrown away.

“Hey, that's mine!” Miyuki said and jump to snatch it away from the boy but he is way too fast for her.

The boy chuckled. “I believe you've thrown it away…”

“Doesn't mean you can take it!” Miyuki said and pouted.

“You're cute when you pout…” teased the boy.

Miyuki blushed.

The boy uses this chance to read the crunched paper. He smirked. “So…who is the guy whom you share forbidden love with, Juliet?”

Miyuki gasped. “You! You eavesdrop on me, you sneaky…thing!” she said as she snatched away the paper from the boy.

The boy grinned. “Well, I was sitting on the tree much later than you, you know… It's not my fault that I accidentally overhear you talking to yourself…”

“You could have warned me of your presence!”

“And where is the fun in that?”

“You're rude! I don't like you!”

“Oh, really? I happen to like you so much…”

Miyuki blushed but refuses to give him that satisfaction. She stomps on his feet and walk away.

“Hey, ouch! That's mean, cabbage girl!”

Miyuki turned to face him. “Stop calling me that! I happen to have a name, you know?”

Before the boy could replies, they heard shouting and then a ball flying went straight toward Miyuki's face. The boy reacted almost too quickly and caught the ball before it hit Miyuki's face.

“You okay?” The boy asked.

Miyuki look too shock to even react. The boy had saved her from humiliation of having her face hit by the ball! `Well, I guess he wasn't so bad after all…'

Seiji approached the two to takes the ball. He looks emotionless as he sees Miyuki. “Sorry about that… My friends got too excited. You okay?”

“Eh? Yes, I'm fine. Thanks.” Miyuki said.

Seiji nodded and turned to stare at the boy. “You're new student huh?”

The boy shrugged. “I guess…”

“Nice catch…on the ball that is…” Seiji said.

The boy grinned. He threw the ball at Seiji who caught it. “Thanks.”

Seiji nodded then left the two to join back on his play.

Miyuki felt her body numb as she stared at Seiji.

The boy looked at her. “So…is that your Romeo?”

“Eh?” Miyuki turned to look at the boy.

“He's quite popular huh?” The boy said as he put his hands on his pocket.

“He is. And you're wrong! Seiji-kun is not my… He's not… He's my cousin, ok?” Miyuki said.

“So? Cousin is allowed to get married nowadays, aren't they?”

“It's complicated and I don't want to talk about it…”

“Ok.”

Miyuki crossed her arms. “So…new student huh? Who are you really?”

The boy grinned sheepishly. “Oops, where is my manner?” He raise his hand toward her and then all of sudden a red rose pop out from his hands. “My name is Shinji Kuroba, nice to meet you!”

A/N: Shinji Kuroba is the son of Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori. Shinji is just a mde-up character. But the fact he's here in the story means that KID will be in this story soon. So basically I borrow the KID concept from Aoyama Gosho. KID is going to be Dark's rival!

Miyuki's eyes widened. “How did you do that?”

“Magic.” Shinji said and grinned.

Miyuki took the flower and smell it. “Thanks.” She smiles a bit. “So…you're like…a magician?”

“It's my dream. I want to be like my father…to be the world-famous magician…”

“Wait, Kuroba…as in…Kaito Kuroba? You're his son?”

“The one and only…”

“Wow! When I was little, my parents took my brother and me to see your father's show at Tokyo. It was awesome! I like it so much!”

Shinji look proud. “Isn't he?”

“So that's mean your family moved here from Tokyo?”

“No. Just me. My parents stay behind at Tokyo. I'm here alone to study.”

“Just to study? What? School at Tokyo is no fun?”

“Something likes that. More like Azumano has something that Tokyo hasn't…” Shinji said with a mysterious smile.

Miyuki look puzzled but didn't push for answer as the bell start to ring. “We've got to go to class!!” she said. “See you soon, Kuroba-kun!”

“A-ah.” Shinji said calmly as he put his hands on his pocket. “See you soon, Niwa… No, Miyuki… Can I call you by your first name?”

Miyuki considered this. “Ok I guess. You have had saved me after all… Bye!” She start to make a run to the school's building.

Shinji smiled as he watched Miyuki.

Seiji watched over Miyuki and Shinji with unreadable expression. He then turned to leave but suddenly he clutched his chest in pain. “NO! Not again…” he hisses.

“Onii-chan? Are you alright?” Rika asked as she coincidently is around the area with Sakura.

Seiji quickly covered up. “I'm fine, Rika…”

“You sure? You look pale…” Rika said. “Maybe you should go rest in school's nursery…”

“Go to class, Rika…”

“But…”

“I'm fine. Really. I will go to the school's nursery to ask for some medicine if it going to make you feel better.”

“Ok…” Rika said. “See you at home…”

“Good bye, Hiwatari-sempai.” Sakura said.

Seiji nodded.

The girls left Seiji alone and go to their class.

Seiji sighs.

`Are you still in love with that Niwa girl, Seiji-sama?' Krad asked. `You better let go of that illusion soon…'

“Shut up, Krad!”

`You can't ignore me forever, Seiji-sama. We are one and the same.'

“I'm not like you!”

Krad chuckled and whisperedseductively, `You will be…'

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Dark goes on a heist again tonight. Supposedly he's going to steal a jewel. Dark and his counterpart notice that the police seem so restless today like they're very nervous.

`I wonder what's going on…' Daichi asked.

“Probably we're getting on their nerve…since they had always fail on catching us…” Dark said and laughed. “Too bad that Argent guy is not here…”

It was then both of them noticed something on the sky. They see a figure dresses in flamboyant white suit. The figure is flying using hung glider.

The people who had been watching are also surprise to see someone other than Dark approach the museum. Some people who recognized the figures yelled excitedly.

“OMG! That's KID the phantom thief!”

“Eh, what is he doing here?”

“Is he here to steal?”

“Or is it to challenge Dark?”

“What? Nobody can challenge Dark!”

“Did the police keep it a secret that KID is going to show up?”

“This is interesting!”

“Camera! Camera!”

“Is KID going to steal what Dark supposedly to steal?”

The figure landed on the rooftop of the museum where Dark is currently standing. The two look at each other.

KID grinned confidently. “So…you're the famous Dark huh? It's true that you've wings. Awesome…”

Dark observed the thief in front of him. “You're…KID the phantom thief?”

“Yes.” KID said almost too cheerful. “Nice to meet you, Dark…”

“What are you doing here?”

“To steal Emerald's forest, of course…”

“What do you want with it?”

“What do you want with it?”

Dark chuckled. “Good point. So I'm guessing we'd be rival then?”

“A-ah. This should be interesting…” KID said.

And the battle of two most-famous and most-wanted thieves in the world has begin…

I'm kinda fast-forwarding this. KID suddenly disappears from Dark's sight using smoke bomb. Dark quickly tries to catch up with KID. Police are all over the museum and around the targeted jewel. After much confrontation with police and each other, KID manages to steal the jewel and again disappeared using flash bomb.

Luckily Dark knew how thieves think since he's a thief. He manages to corner KID in a balcony. KID is raising the jewel under the moonlight and sighs. He said something about the jewel not something he look for and then threw it back at Dark. KID excused himself and disappeared again with a poof.

Dark is annoyed and he can't accept that he loses to a mere thief. He swore that he's not done with KID, which in the future would be the cause of their confrontation. Dark intend to steal KID's targeted jewel or arts as a challenge. Both are tough thieves. Sometimes Dark won, sometimes KID won.

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Somewhere around

A girl is running away from her chasers, hooded men. “Help, somebody help!” she screamed but it almost seem like no one can hear her pleas. As she makes a quick dash to her left, she bumps into a guy. “OMG!”

“Are you ok, miss?” The guy asked.

“You've got to help me! There are crazy people trying to kill me!”

“What? Where?”

“Please, help me!”

The guy nods and grabs the girl away to an abandoned building. “It's safe here…”

“Where are we?” The girl looks around cautiously.

“Some abandoned place…”

“Thank for saving me I guess…”

“No problem. Why were they after you?”

“I don't know. Something about a blood, a sacrifice, a birth or whatnot. They are freaking crazy!”

“You mean blood sacrifice for the birthing of their master?”

“Yes!” The girl said. “How did you know that?”

The guy grins. He slowly pulled out an athame.

The girl look horrified. “Oh, no…”

“Sorry, girl, nothing personal…” The guy said as he slowly approaches the frightened girl.

“Please, please… Don't do this! Oh God!” The girl took a step back and turns to run only to be stop by her earlier chasers. “NO!! Let me go!!” she screamed as the men grab her down the ground.

The guy grinned evilly. He kneeled before her and started chanting.

“What are you doing?”

The guy raised his athame toward the girl.

We could heard the girl scream in pain…

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Hiwatari resident

Rika awaken with a jolt. She realized that she had fallen asleep at her table in her room while writing a reply letter for Argent. She looks around. “What a strange dream…” she said.

Rika put the letter she wrote on an envelope. She stands up and put the letter near her school bag so that tomorrow she could remember to post it. She then notices the balcony doors are opened. She went rigid. `Could it be…Glorious?'

She walked cautiously toward the balcony doors but sees no one is there. She sighs. “Me and my imagination…” she muttered.

Suddenly a maid knocked the door and entered, saying something about cakes and that she's expected to come down to join with her family.

“Be there in a minute…” Rika answered.

After the maid left the room, Rika went to comb her messy hair and tied it with small red ribbon. She smiled softly to her reflection. She turned to leave her room.

`Help me….'

Rika startled to hear an eerie voice whisper in her ears. She looked around but only sees the curtains on the balcony doors flow invitingly by the wind. The wind chime on the balcony is also ringing ever so softly.

Rika observed it a little a while before decided to ignore it then left the room to join her family downstairs.