Hey! Woulda updated sooner but was busy with Thanksgiving coming up and shopping for Christmas gifts. Man, I'm almost broke now and still not done shopping... T.T Well at least this is free XD -DBSKLOVER

Gakupo's Tale

Unlike Rin and Len's tale Gakupo was left with the mess after Luka's escape. The whole town turned on Gakupo and Miku as soon as they learned that they almost sacrificed an angel. Miku panicked and turned and blamed Gakupo, she used an excuse saying that he forced her to target Luka. Being a female and weaker they believed her words and turned on their prince. They saw him unfit to be ruler, one who didn't know enough to attack a messenger of God. They brought him down to Duke and replaced him with another duke in line for the thrown. Gakupo was looked down by everyone and was thought of as a fool because of the incident with Luka. Miku ashamed with her lie avoided Gakupo. He was alone with no one on his side but his childhood friend. She stood by his side for a while, defended him from the peoples' accusations. He thought he would be fine as long as he had one person at his side but soon the stress of the situation got to her too. Gumi started out avoiding Gakupo till finally she rejected him like the rest of the town.

Gakupo didn't know what to do, he was alone, he had nothing to live for. He was about to claim his own life. Until, he was approached by the devil with an offer...

Kaito & Luka's Tale

Seeing the two of them so broken by humans God decided to place Luka and Kaito on earth to learn more about humans and heal the way humans did. Since they were hurt through human emotion they should heal through human emotions too. God placed the two in a random town and gave them a little cottage for them to live in and left everything else to them. They created a stable lifestyle for themselves. Though they were in human form that didn't mean they were robbed of their angel abilities. They could fly and use their powers they just chose not to and though they did not need to eat to survive they grew a little garden for image sake. Their cottage was a little away from the town but close enough to keep in contact with the townspeople. They were actually quite popular with the community. Of course being angels they were kind to all and ready to assist. Luka was a seamstress that worked from her home. She didn't start out that way, there were travelers who had passed by their cottage before heading into town and seeing their tattered clothing Luka offered to mend them, when the traveler's headed into town everyone was amazed with her work and soon saught her out. She did it free of charge but they were so captivated by her generosity they begged her to take some in return for her kind work. Hence Luka opened her unofficial shop at home.

Kaito was a carpenter, he stumbled on the job when the villagers saw the nice tables and household things Kaito had built. Of course he would only take little jobs that he could stay near home to work on. Though the two refused to work outside their home they were quite popular. Luka and Kaito lived in their home with the story that they were husband and wife, newlyweds that moved into a small town trying to start a new life together. Since they refused to work away from home the townspeople just took it as a newlywed couple hesitant to be seperated from each other. The story that the two were so in love with each other that they refused to be seperated made them that more loved by the town.

But that turned out to be untrue. Now that they were humans they felt human emotions, such as anger. When they were sent to earth they felt the sadness and pain from their heartbreak but along with those feelings came anger and rage. Like any normal human they seeked someone to blame for their misfortune and blamed each other. They felt somehow the other was invovled with their tragedy. They were annoyed with one another and when no one was around they were always on opposite sides of the room.

"Why do you keep that ugly scar," Luka would always ask Kaito whenever he showed his bare back. Where his wing was torn off left a scar. Being an angel he could easily rid himself of the scar and regrow his wing but he chose to keep it to Luka's frustration.

"Why does it make you feel guilty," Kaito would always rebut. "Why do you keep your hair that short?"

"Why does that make you feel guilty?"

That would silence both parties. They were both still hurt. Of course that hurt didn't go away. Along with their rage they felt emotions such as loneliness. So every once in a while Luka would crawl into Kaito's bed when she thought he was asleep and crawl into his arms and he would pretend he was asleep and hold her. She would cry sometimes and sometimes he would cry but they held each other in those times. The next day they would go on as they normally did avoiding each other. A silent agreement though the next morning they would always be less hostile and more silent.

Though through time those night visits became more frequent and sometimes it became Kaito who saught out Luka. Eventually they moved into one room and shared one bed. Luka curl up next to Kaito not just the nights that she felt alone but everynight and he ended up holding her in return. They became less cold towards one another and began accepting each others existance in everyday life. Though they no longer blamed each other for what happened to them they didn't know how to approach the other after blaming the other for so long.

The awkward distance was finally broken one day when a couple of girls approached Kaito. Of course his human man instinct took over and he tried to act cooler to impress the women. And adding to that, they both developed a posseive trait for each other and Luka was standing at the door watching, feeling the jealousy that came with it. Kaito knew Luka was watching and somehow knowing that she didn't like other women around him made him happy so he tried to use the moment to its fullest. But trying to impress the girls while keeping an eye on Luka distracted him and as he reached back to lean on a carriage he didn't notice that it was in the process of moving. He landed flat on the ground in a pile of mud. The girls of course giggled and Kaito just closed his eyes and waited for the embarassing moment to be over. Luka finally took pity on him and walked over to help him up. "Okay girls, you should leave so he can save what little manly pride he has left,"Luka chuckled while pulling him up. The girls left laughing and Kaito glared at Luka. Luka laughed, "what?"

"You made the situation worse," Kaito grumbled stalking towards her.

"Whoa back up, I don't want to look like a loser," Luka laughed holding her hands up to seperate them. That didn't stop him.

"Oh really," Kaito smirked walking towards Luka.

"Kaito, I'm serious," Luka frowned backing up,"stop it."

"Too late," Kaito had picked her up and spun her around. They laughed but as soon as he put her down she slaped his chest.

"Ugh! You're such a child," Luka scolded. Kaito just smiled and shrugged. "If you like the mud so much then I guess you wouldn't mind waiting outside while I use the shower first!" She stuck her tongue out then shut and locked the door on him.

After that they were more open and teasing with each other. They would bump shoulders jokingly, lean their heads on the other's shoulder when they were tired, and attack each other with surpise hugs. Though they were more open with there affection and happier around each other that didn't mean that they weren't still lonely ever once in a while. Since they were hugged one another on a normal basis, it soon wasn't enough for their loneliness. And as humans they also felt longing for the company of the opposite sex. It started one night when Kaito woke up to the sound of Luka crying. He sat up and for the first time he asked her,"what's wrong?"

She looked up at him and choked out,"it still hurts, why doesn't it go away?" She cluched her chest and seeing her sadness brought out memories of his own sadness. Kaito thought that it must have been worse for Luka. When he was forced to leave Rin he knew that she was okay, Luka had to run away. And unlike Kaito who knew that Rin cared for him Luka was forced to run away because her loved one betrayed her.

He held Luka like he usually did but somehow he felt it wasn't enough. He looked down at Luka and she looked up at him with tear brimmed eyes. In the moonlight she looked so soft and vulnerable. Kaito gulped and was overcome with an urge to kiss her. And so he did, and she returned it. She clung on to his shirt as if clinging for life and he gripped her hair and pulled her toward him. All their sorrow and need was put into the kiss. As the two seperated with heavy breaths they didn't know what to say so they decided to just lay back down and go back to sleep, facing back to back.

But both knew fully well that the other wasn't sleeping. Luka was the first to turn around and break the silence. She just looked at Kaito's back for a while and reached over and ran her hands over where the scar was. "I don't like the scar, it reminds me that you got hurt."

Kaito was silent for a while and then he turned around a began playing with some of her hair," well I don't like you with short hair." They just stared at each other. Kaito then sighed and turned till he faced the roof," I liked your long hair better... it looked pretty on you."

They went back to sleep but Luka found her way back onto his arm. And the next day Kaito woke up feeling something like strings of silk on his chest and arms. He cracked an eye open to see that it was hair, long strings off hair. And it was Luka's.

She had grown it out while he was asleep. He smiled gently down at Luka's sleeping form. He stayed looking at her for a while before he decided to get up. Of course without her favorite pillow Luka woke up. She was rubbing sleep out of her eyes when she noticed Kaito changing his shirt. But that wasn't what caught her attention, it was the fact that the scar was missing from his back.

When he noticed that she was awake he turned around grinning," did you like what you see?"

Luka smiled and threw a pillow at him," no, now get out so I can change you pervert."

"All right, all right," Kaito sighed waving his hand and stepping out of the room. But before closing the door he stuck his head back in one more time. "Oh yeah, you're looking very pretty today Luka."

Luka stuck her tongue out at him but when he closed the door she held a couple strands of her now waist length hair close to her face smiling. After she got dressed she saw Kaito waiting outside her door. She tilted her head giving him a confused look.

He smiled at her and extended a hand. "Come on, today we're gonna close up shop and have a break." Luka grinned and took his hand without questioning anything.

They walked down the path towards town hand in hand. Talking and laughing. Kaito had just plucked a flower of a low branch they were passing and placed it in her hair. She laughed a full happy laugh she hadn't in a long time. Kaito looked at Luka and smiled warmly as he watched. They were near the town when this happened and someone heard the sound of Luka's laughter.

That someone headed towards the sound and stood in front of the couple. "Luka?"

Luka turned to see who called her and her eyes widened in complete shock. The smile dropped from her face. Kaito confused by Luka's sudden silence turned to see who it was. All the happiness was drained out of him and he felt angry and pure fury building in him. He had to bite down a growl and the urge to jump and attack the man in front of him. Luka finally managed to whisper one word.

"Gakupo?"

Yup, gonna leave you with that. I don't know if I'll be able to post the rest before Thanksgiving though. XD Well I wonder how you guys like this story please leave a review! :D -DBSKLOVER