The Sky Is a Mirror of My Emotions
Disclaimer: I do not own DN Angel or anything associated with DN Angel but please I do own Kira and anything in common with her and other fictional characters is purely coincidental
Warnings: Yaoi (malexmale relationships), occasional swearing, mild violence
"talking" – talking
italics – character thinking
'underlined' – Dark and Daisuke talking to each other
"underlined" – Krad and Satoshi talking to each other
Chapter 1: The Absent Singing
A lone figure sat outside the schoolyard fence, rocking back and forth on a worn suitcase, absently singing to no one. Her quiet voice carried easily through the silent, empty schoolyard. No one noticed her but a young redhead who was watching from a classroom window.
Daisuke Niwa turned from the window back to his class. Why would anyone be mad enough to sit outside our school in that weather!?
'I think some people enjoy the biting cold wind, Daisuke. Be a little more open to strange new things, yeah?' Dark chimed in helpfully.
'Oh thanks, Dark. We all know you like doing strange things but some of us are sane,' Daisuke sighed, slowly returning from his thoughts to the classroom.
The figures and scrawled notes on the board made little sense to him. Sighing, he leaned his head on his hand and carelessly began tapping his pen on the desk to its own little tune. Daisuke scanned the room, observing that many of the students were likewise staring into space. He couldn't blame them; it was the last class of the day and algebra at that.
Suddenly his eyes fell on Satoshi who was possibly the only person in the class actually paying attention to the teacher. His pen scratched effortlessly across paper, and his glasses kept slipping down his nose only to have their owner quickly push them back up. Hiwatari... Daisuke wondered if his mother would send a note out for Dark tonight. He hoped she wouldn't.
'What's wrong with a bit of fun, Daisuke?' Dark's voice rang out in his head.
'I…I just don't want to hurt Hiwatari anymore,' Daisuke stammered uneasily. It was a thought that had been gnawing away at him for a long time now.
'Why not?' Dark whined cheekily, 'I think Creepy Boy needs to be put in his place by someone.'
'Dark that's not ver-'
"Niwa!" the teacher's voice was scarily close.
"Er, y-yes?" Daisuke realised the entire class was staring at him and the teacher was leaning over his desk, hands on hips.
"How many times do I have to ask you to answer the question on the board?!"
"Sorry, Miss," Daisuke mumbled. Hanging his head, he thought he saw a ghost of a smile drift over Satoshi's lips before receding again.
"Now what is the value of x?" the teacher's hand waved towards a bunch of letters and numbers on the board which ended up in a big jumbled division.
"Umm…" he continued to stare at it blankly and anime sweatdropped. Why does Algebra have to be so hard!?
'Don't look at me.' Dark commented lazily.
Suddenly the school bell sounded through the hallway, saving Daisuke from complete public humiliation. Yes!
'Don't worry Dai. Everyone knows how brilliant you are anyway,' Dark pathetically tried to contain his laughter.
'Daaaark!'
"Well, everyone, don't forget your algebra project is due on Monday and is worth sixty percent of your term mark," the teacher yelled to the departing class giving Daisuke a death glare.
Oh no! The project!
Satoshi grabbed the last books he needed from his locker and was about to close it when a bouncing redhead suddenly slammed into it.
"Ah! S-sorry, Hiwatari-kun!" Daisuke babbled quickly as he rubbed his head.
"Hello, Niwa-kun," Satoshi replied blandly as if his best friend and enemy hadn't just practically knocked himself out on his locker door.
"What are you doing this weekend, Hiwatari-kun?" the redheaded boy resumed normal conversation happily.
"Nothing I suppose, unless I'm called into work," with this comment Satoshi glanced over at Daisuke and pushed up his glasses slowly. The giant smile on the younger boys face dropped immediately.
"Oh…well, will you be working on that big project at all?" he looked hopefully over willing Satoshi with all his might to ask if he needed help. Please, please Satoshi! I can't understand this at all!
'You just want to be with Creepy Boy,' Dark's comment resulted in Daisuke's cheeks turning bright red and Dark being assaulted with various verbal insults about Krad.
"…Niwa, do you need help?" Satoshi tried to hide his amusement at the boy in front of him but it shone through in his eyes.
"Well, yeah, kinda. That's if you're not busy or anything…,' he trailed off with his eyes ending up staring at his shoes in a fascinated manner.
"Sure. I expect the teacher is going to want some good work form you after your …save this afternoon," a barely visible smile graced Satoshi's lips again but Daisuke was to interested in his shoes to catch it.
"We're going to help that thing?" Krad's disgust was evident.
"It's not like you don't want him and his other self to be there Krad." Satoshi cut in.
"What!? We are meant to kill them Satoshi-sama…not help them with math homework. Have you learnt nothing from me?" Satoshi's fallen angel wrapped his tendrils of hate and anger around his host. Satoshi threw him off easily and forced Krad to the depths of his mind.
"Hiwatari-kun?" Daisuke watched the boy in front of him turn pale as his eyes glazed over. Is that really what I look like when I talk to Dark?
'Yes, but without the pale part; that's all Krad.'
"Sorry Niwa-kun, what were you saying?" Satoshi had snapped out of it and returned to his normal paleness, if you could call it normal.
"Oh, I was just saying thanks! And yeah, I think the teacher will probably take my head off if I don't do w-"
"Daisuke-kun! There you are! Riku and I have been looking for you! Are you going to walk home with us?" Risa bounded up happily to the two boys, smiling at Daisuke and glaring slightly at Satoshi.
"Yeah, sure!" he said brightly to Risa but still looking at Satoshi. Suddenly Satoshi looked sad. Nothing about his face had changed but Daisuke could feel it. "Hey, Hiwatari-kun, would you like to walk with us?"
'He's not gonna say yes, Dai.'
"You're not going to agree, Satoshi-sama?"
"Yes, thank you," Satoshi replied carefully, to everyones surprise, looking first at the twins and back to Daisuke. This is not going to go down well with the twins but I doubt anything I do will ever be okay with them.
'Did he just say yes?' Dark sounded incredulous.
"This is a very bad idea, my dear Satoshi. You will be very close to him for a long time and what's to say I will not break free?"
Satoshi turned very pale again and Daisuke wondered what was wrong.
'Krad.' One word from Dark made it very clear what was wrong.
"You don't have to come if you don't want, Hiwatari-kun," Risa said firmly, wishing he wouldn't just stand and stare like that. It was plain rude.
"No, no. I'm coming." his comment settled everything and the group moved off with Riku holding onto Daisuke like he would disappear and Risa still glaring at Satoshi.
The temperature outside was below freezing. Snow was predicted for today but still the grey clouds overhead had no intention of complying. As they stepped out into the cold, Daisuke looked over at Satoshi; the winter sky was reflected in his friend's ever changing blue eyes.
"SATOSHI!!" a giant blur of dark red, black and blue whizzed past Riku, Risa and Daisuke. The last thing anyone saw was surprise written all over Satoshi's face before he was completely bowled over by this flying … thing.
"Kira??" Satoshi's voice was muffled by the black coat which was currently attached to his face.
"Yes! Oh, Satoshi it's been years!" the girl, as it was now apparent, stepped back from Satoshi, holding him at arms lengths, concern and happiness beaming from her face, "Oh, that man! He's done terrible things to you hasn't he?"
"Melodramatic as usual, I see," Satoshi said, smiling as he pushed his glasses back up his nose.
Daisuke, Risa and Riku meanwhile stood there trying to comprehend what had just happened. Daisuke looked the girl over. She was about their age, probably closer to Satoshi's age really; she was Satoshi's height anyhow. Her hair was a slightly darker red than his own and it was short and stuck out around her face. She was very pretty and had bright blue eyes. She was wearing a long black coat which had nearly suffocated Satoshi, and a small black 1800s-looking London cap. The last thing they had seen flying past was her bright blue scarf, which matched Satoshi's hair perfectly and could have easily been her height as it was so long.
"The last time I saw you would have been two years ago when you came to visit!" Satoshi hugged the girl fiercely. The rest of the group stood there amazed; it was the most emotion anyone had ever seen him display. As the pair began talking he slowly relapsed back to his usual emotionless self.
'I'm his friend too, but he's never hugged me like that before.' Daisuke mourned.
'Except for the tiny fact that Krad doesn't want to escape to kill that girl whereas you on the other hand…he'd go over Hell and high-water to kill you Daisuke and Creepy Boy knows it. … Why does she seem familiar?' Dark said the last part to himself, and receded to the depths of Daisuke's mind where he couldn't be seen or heard.
"Satoshi, you told me where your school was but never where you lived! Oh well, we are here now, yes? And who are your friends? I think you've mentioned them to me before in emails but now I can finally meet Daisuke," the girl turned her gaze from Satoshi to the other three, two of whom looked very annoyed whilst the other in was raptures. Daisuke picked up her heavy accent but couldn't place where it was from.
She wanted to meet me because he mentioned me. Satoshi actually talks about me! Maybe I am his friend, was Daisukes basic thought pattern until he was snapped out of it by someone shaking his hand enthusiastically.
"Hi, I'm Kira Lensky. It's nice to finally meet you, Niwa-kun. May I call you Daisuke?" she said, flashing him a warm and genuine smile. He nodded dazedly, murmuring a small "Hi" before she turned to greet the twins.
"Niwa-kun?" Satoshi had somehow ended up right next to him.
"Hm?"
"This was very unexpected and I'm sorry but I cannot walk home with you and your friends. Is it alright if I call you tonight to arrange a time you could come over and work on the project together?" his eyes were full of regret, but only if you knew where to find it.
"Sure, I'll hear form you tonight then," Daisuke turned from Satoshi to the girl, "It was nice to meet you, ... Kira. We should probably be going. See you later!" Daisuke said cheerfully leaving with the twins to let the two friends catch up.
"Thank goodness for tea. Where would I be without it? Thank you," Kira laughed softly as Satoshi handed her a steaming mug.
"Why are you back here? Last I heard from you, you were in England with Tatiana but that was months ago," Satoshi sat down in the chair across from her.
"Ah yes, that was awhile ago. I've been living and moving around with the Bladebreakers since then. We've been mostly here in Japan. I'm terribly sorry I never came to see you. I had to live under the pretence of being new here from England. Haha, they thought I knew no Japanese and the things they would say in front of me sometimes! Ahh," she looked amusedly into her mug but her eyes were sad.
"Why have you suddenly turned up here though?" he looked up to her. She avoided his gaze steadily, "Oh, Kira, you're being hunted again, aren't you?"
"The police are after me again and I threw off Boris for awhile. Sorry I gave you no warning but I was going to stay at Tyson's house whilst the Bladebreakers went to Russia; I can't go back there now, too many people work for Boris. As I was saying I was going to stay at his house but then the police came looking for Angel. They tracked us back there. I had to run away. Again," she watched the patterns of her swirling tea intently not looking up at the disapproval and concern she knew she would find in Satoshi's eyes.
"You can't keep running from them forever…" he sighed watching her move her mug from side to side. She looked healthy overall but he could see the dark circles underneath her eyes.
"I know, but I can try," she whispered, her hand reaching across to grasp Satoshi's lightly. Suddenly her face contorted strangely, "Angel wishes to speak to you…no, to … Krad."
She looked up at him, confusion slowly slipping away form her face as Angel took over. Her short red hair began to twist and flow, becoming longer, as red began to bleed into blonde. Her piercing blue eyes became golden orbs not so very unlike what Satoshi's had become. Finally white wings sprouted from her back majestically. There in front of Satoshi truly sat an angel.
"Sleep now Satoshi-sama…" was the last thing Satoshi heard before it all faded to darkness.
"It's been a long time, has it not, brother?" Angel said venomously.
A/N:
Well that's the first chapter done. There was a lot more I was going to put in it but decided it was getting long and that was a good place to end it. I plan for this to be a 4 or 5 chapter long story but you never know. I tend to get carried away.
I hope you like it so far and yes, please Review if you wish. Comments, useful criticism and ideas are always appreciated!
I incorporated the Bladebreakers into this because I'm going to use Kira as a character for a Beyblade story I plan to write but this is not a crossover story.
Edit: I've just cleaned up the story a bit - grammar, spelling, some bad word choices. Nothing spectacular.
