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Better the devil you know than the angel you don't. ~ Hama Tuma

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"Dark!" Krad's terrifying shout echoed across the empty art museum. The blond angel flew out of the room, trying to find that wretched purple-haired thief. His golden eyes moved quickly, intent on noticing anything familiar.

'Dark, don't move or he'll see us!' Daisuke wasn't planning on getting caught in a fight between the two works of art. He had an exam tomorrow.

"Shut up, Daisuke, I'm not gonna hide from him any longer!" Dark made a move to get in front of the statue he was currently hiding behind of, but Daisuke just kept pulling him in the opposite direction.

The red-haired boy replied. 'No, Dark! I have to go to bed early, okay?'

Dark sighed, annoyed. "Dude, you're such a freaking baby..." He paused and looked around. "Hey, isn't that Riku?"

Daisuke blushed. 'Where?'

"I can hear her voice, it's coming from a corridor on the left."

'What?' Daisuke panicked. 'Dark, Krad just went that way! He's going to see her, we have to do something!'

Dark smirked, cracking his knuckles. "Now that's what I'm talking about!" He swiftly called Wiz and flew after Krad. Spying a blond dot, he shouted. "Hey, homicidal loony, guess who!"

Upon hearing that familiar, annoyingly cocky voice, Krad immediately turned around, landing gracefully. Two cold words passed his lips. "Dark Mousy." His eyes turned hard and he quickly flew in Dark's direction, intent on damage.

Dark dodged him and landed a few feet away from him. He grinned arrogantly. "So, heard you looking for me and decided to take you out of your misery."

Krad merely scowled, his eyes as emotionless as ever. "Your disparaging remarks have become quite plain and show a lack of creativity, Mousy."

The purple-haired boy gritted his teeth. "You can talk, you barely say anything! You usually just keep attacking me like some maniac, I'm actually surprised you took the time to think of words for once."

"Maniac?" The corners of his lips turned up slightly. "Hurtful, but once again lacking imagination."

"I'll show you imag..."

A loud metallic sound interrupted his threat, making both boys look at the entrance of that particular corridor. Standing near a fallen medieval armour was a girl with short brown hair, hand over her heart, staring at the old pieces of shiny metal.

She noticed the two winged boys and, recognising Dark, frowned. Her sister had gotten her into this. 'Why do I always have to follow Risa? She just keeps getting me into trouble...'

Dark lost no time in telling her to leave. "Riku, get out of here, now! It's not safe!" Too late. His eyes widened as he saw a white blur flying past him.

Krad landed behind Riku, swiftly put his right white-clad arm around her neck, and got on one knee, placing his smirking face above her shoulder. Dark's outburst had showed him that this girl, whoever she was, must be important to Dark.

"Let me go!" Riku tried to fight against his hold.

He simply tightened his arm around her neck slightly and whispered, in a deceivingly smooth voice. "Don't move or it will be the last thing you do."

"Krad, let her go! This is between you and me! She's got nothing to do with it!" Dark clenched his fists. The blond maniac was going to pay dearly for this!

Krad parted his lips to show Dark what an intelligent reply sounded like, but suddenly felt pain in his chest. Satoshi was trying to take control and purposefully being painful. 'Not now, Satoshi-sama!' Trying to contain his tamer, he picked Riku up and flew out of one of the huge windows around the corridor that Dark had opened earlier to get in.

"Krad!" Dark flew after him, just to be nearly blinded by a bright light. Shielding his eyes, he saw the crowd below, and the police torches all pointing at him. 'Dammit, the police's here! I can't see him!'

'Let's go back, I'm sure grandpa will have a solution for this.'

The phantom thief glared at the sky in Krad's direction. "He better."

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"Let me go, you brute!" Riku didn't know who he was, but she definitely knew that she didn't like him one bit.

He turned his golden eyes to her. "Are you sure you'd like me to let you go? It's a long way down." As if to prove his point, his grip on her back and knees loosened.

"No!" She grabbed onto his pristine-white shirt. "I meant land and then let me go!" Her eyes widened. 'Wait a minute, he has wings, just like that pervert, Dark.' Great, why did she have to be harassed by winged freaks? She thought angels were supposed to be nice!

"That's not possible." He flinched. It was getting harder to control Satoshi and endure the pain, he needed to get home fast. "Now please be quiet until we get there."

Riku huffed. "Why should I?" He loosened his hold on her again. "Okay, okay!" She glared at him while he smirked, even though only pain filled him now.

A few minutes later, a relieved Krad sighted his tamer's house. Knowing that Satoshi wouldn't want this girl to know who he was or where he lived, he changed the way he was holding her. Ignoring her slight squeak, he let go of her legs and held her back only, pressing her face to his chest, thus making it completely impossible for her to see the way.

The white-clad boy landed on one of the balconies and quickly walked to an empty guest room. Making sure the windows were closed, he left her on the bed, exited the room and locked the door. His chest burned again with a searing white pain, and his breathing faltered. Why was he being so difficult?

'Krad, stop fighting.' Krad's long blond hair shortened, as did his height. His locks turned light blue, while his clothes were changing as well. The gold in his eyes melt to cerulean. Satoshi looked around him. He was home. Directing his gaze to the locked door, he frowned. What was Krad thinking of, bringing one of the Harada twins here?

'She's a valuable hostage, Satoshi-sama. We can use her to lure Mousy.'

Satoshi pondered for a while. It wasn't a bad idea. However, he did not wish the older Harada to know he was behind this, and he didn't want her to suffer either.

'I have an idea.' Krad's mockingly sweet voice rang in Satoshi's ears.

The Hikari heir's response was flat and expected. 'I don't need your kind of ideas.'

"Hey, let me out!" Riku was screaming at the top of her lungs. "This is kidnapping, it's illegal! You're going to jail because of this! What did I ever do to you?"

Satoshi was about to tell her that nothing would happen to her, but stopped as he remembered that she would recognise his voice. But he couldn't keep quiet, people outside would surely hear her and call the police! It would not look good if the young police commander was found to have a kidnapped girl in his home.

'I can help.' Once again Krad helpfully offered an alternative.

Satoshi knew fully well what he was thinking of. He wanted to transform again, that way Riku wouldn't know it was him. However, that way the work of art could do what he pleased. 'No.'

'You have no choice, Satoshi-sama. The girl will recognise your voice, and if you don't speak, she will not stop shouting." He chuckled. "You can trust me.'

The blue-haired boy knew he couldn't trust his ancestor's mad creation, but right now he had no other choice. He could transform back anyway if Krad did something he shouldn't. 'Fine.'

"Let me out!" As Riku held a fist up to continue abusing the door, she heard it unlock. "Finally."

Her blond kidnapper stepped in and closed the door behind him. His wings were gone. Krad knew that without them, Satoshi's body could stay transformed for longer. Plus, he didn't need them right now. "You're a very noisy girl."

Riku huffed. "Well, you're a criminal freak."

He arched an eyebrow at this supposed insult. "Are you the cause of Mousy's cerebral downfall?"

Her mind went blank. "Huh?"

He averted his eyes to the window. "Never mind, I can't forget that he's always been intellectually challenged." He glanced at her again. "What's your connection to him?"

Right, this guy was making her really confused. "What are you talking about? I don't know anyone called Mousy."

He cocked his head. "You must know him, he pleaded with you to run away."

Something clicked in her mind. "Are you talking about Dark?" She saw him nod and her eyes lit up with fury. "I've got nothing to do with that pervert!"

This appealed to his curiosity. "Pervert?"

Riku blushed as she remembered the kiss Dark had stolen from her. Stupid thief.

Krad fought against the urge to smile triumphantly. "I imagine you do not like him then."

She glared at Krad. "Of course not, I hate him! Who would like someone so, so... grr!"

He smiled darkly. This was going better than he could have imagined. "What's your name?"

She blinked. "Riku Harada."

He closed the distance between them, and whispered in her ear, again using that lovely soothing voice. "Well, Harada-san, would you mind helping me?"

Riku didn't answer. Even though he spoke politely, she could see that he wasn't normal. There was an edge to his voice, and a hint of madness behind his eyes. He scared her. His eyes had an unnatural colour, and she didn't understand how it was possible for him to have wings, and now how he had made them disappear. "Who are you?"

He smirked. "Mousy's worst nighmare."

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"Mum, Krad just kidnapped Riku!" Daisuke had sunk to the ground, a mixture of panic, anger and fatigue.

"Dai-chan, you're back!" She hugged her prized little boy. "So, did you steal it?"

"Didn't you hear me? Krad kidnapped Riku!"

Emiko blinked, before the news sank in. "What? Dark, how could you let this happen?"

'Oh, now it's my fault?! Tell her you're the one who didn't want me to go afer that maniac!'

"Err... Dark wasn't at his best today."

Dark was fuming. 'What? You lying little...'

Daisuke wasn't in the mood to be insulted right now. "Anyway, we thought grandpa could help."

At this point, Daiki ran to the basement, trying to find anything in a scroll that would help. Towa and Argentine stopped their bickering when they saw him. Retrieving her prized necklace from the blond boy's curious hands, the silver-haired girl turned to the old man. "Daiki-san, what happened?"

The old man answered without taking his eyes off the ancient writings. "Dark's opposite half kidnapped one of Daisuke's friends."

Argentine asked, with no real curiosity. "You mean Krad?"

Towa's eyes widened. "Krad?" It wasn't something the blond work of art usually did.

Kosuke arrived, followed by Emiko and Daisuke. "We should wait for a note, I'm sure he'll use Riku to lure Dark."

Daisuke turned to his father, slightly angry at the suggestion. "But Hiwatari-kun isn't the kind of person who'd do that."

Emiko tried to calm him down. "I believe you, Dai-chan, but according to Dark, Krad is insane."

Kosuke nodded. "And even if Hiwatari-kun wouldn't do that, there's no garantee that Krad won't do it himself if he gets the chance to."

Daiki turned around, shoulders slumped. "I will keep looking in the scrolls, but for now, Towa-san, you can sense magical artworks, so can you try to detect Krad?"

"Of course, I'll do my best!" She walked to the centre of the room and closed her eyes.

"So, can you see anything?" Daisuke was desperate to know what was happening.

Kosuke patted his son's head, gently trying to keep him quiet. "Daisuke, we have to wait. Distracting Towa will only make us have to wait for longer."

After several minutes, she spoke, eyes still closed. "I can sense his aura.". He was with someone, a girl. Could it be Riku? Towa concentrated more. He was saying something, she tried to read his lips. Her eyes snapped open and she fell.

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Krad gave Riku another breathtakingly charming smile. "So, will you help me, Harada-san?"