Longer chappie this time, and this is the point where things get interesting.Krad was flying across the night sky, pleased that he had finally gained control of his pathetic tamer Satoshi
Krad was flying across the night sky, pleased that he had finally gained control of his pathetic tamer Satoshi. This time he was surely going to defeat Dark and it will be done when he, Krad was in full control. Darks target tonight was a Hikari artwork from the main museum where he was headed. His flight path flew over one of the park areas which those stupid humans are so fond of. Krad stopped in his tracks as he saw a dark figure sitting on one of the wind turbines. Krad's position was behind the silhouetted youth and because he was flying he was able to see him, if he was on the ground he would have missed him. What had caught Krad's attention the most was that he had wings as black as night.
Dark.
It seemed that his centre of attention was on a section of trees and Krad smirked as he focused in on his prey. What Dark was doing, Krad didn't care; all that he cared about is that he was here and he was going to take him out!
Suddenly the youths head shot up, Krad followed his line of vision to see a huge black mass of some sort of cloud forming over the trees that Dark had been watching. Dark made his move to get up but Krad wasn't about to let him.
'Leaving so soon, Dark?'
His features still hidden in shadows, the youth turned sharply to find a glowing feather shooting straight towards him. His quick reflexes got him quickly into the air and watched as the area where he was previously expanded into a glowing sphere and revealed the wind turbine completely melted where the sphere made contact. Krad heard the youth swear, and saw him try to make a get away.
'Aren't you going to fight Dark? Or have you realised that I am better than you!'
Krad released more energised feathers and continued to pursue Dark, there was something amiss about this situation. Firstly he wasn't fighting back and secondly he hadn't said anything, no insults, nothing. Krad chased him through the trees and sneered.
'What's the matter Dark-kun? Cat got your tongue?!'
Krad released a huge energy ball which gained on the dark angel. Unexpectedly at the last minute Dark arched upwards turning in midair over the top of his energy ball and shooting straight towards him. Wait a minute, since when did Dark learn fancy aerobatics like that?! Krad was so shocked he didn't react when clearly a clenched fist was heading for his face. Krad spun in the air and crashed into a neighbouring tree. He painfully rose to his feet and looked up in time to see a black streak heading towards him. Not this time he thought, he waited for just the right moment and then let fly a well aimed feather. Dark had no time to dodge as the feather connected to his right wing, he yelled out in pain and quickly descended, scraping across the ground as he landed on his front, receiving a collection of cuts and scrapes. Clutching his bleeding wing, he looked up as Krad towered over him with a confused frown. It was only now that Krad realised that this was not Dark at all. It was a young boy, looking about the age of 15-16 but the dark eyes and face did not belong to Dark. Also if it was him, then his wings would have transformed into that fuzz ball that Dark likes to keep around when his feather connected. The boy stood up and backed off slightly, his body tense and in a fighting stance and blood flowed from his wing and dripped onto the cold ground.
'Who are you?' Krad asked harshly.
The kid didn't say anything but narrowed his eyes. They were cold, hard eyes, like he had been through hard times and had his fair share of torment. Rethinking his approach, Krad took in the boy's appearance, he obviously wasn't native to here but then again neither was he. It could be the kid doesn't even understand what he's saying. Irritated, Krad switched to English, hoping that this kid at least knew that.
'You're not from around here are you?' Krad tried again
The boy blinked, confirming he understood but refused to say anything. Krad growled.
'You either answer my question or I'll force it out of you, who the hell are you!'
'That's none of your business' he replied dangerously.
Krad smirked, the kids got guts, this could be fun.
'Oh really? I shoot you down from the sky thinking you were my rival and find its some freak kid look-a-like. I am rather pissed off at the moment, so unless you'd like both wings out of action, I suggest you reconsider what is and isn't my business.' Krad threatened.
The boy bared his teeth defiance and took a step back.
'Hmm still don't want to talk? Well I'll give you one last chance and this time I'll be more civil about it'
Krad took a mocking bow.
'My name is Krad Hikari. It's a pleasure to meet you'
Krad held out his hand to shake but the boy didn't move.
'You know, if one introduces himself he should receive the same courtesy' Krad said calmly.
The boy said something.
'What was that? I didn't hear you'
'It's Fang'
'Well Fang why don't we go back to my place and have this chat in a more comfortable environment'
Again Fang said something through gritted teeth.
'Pardon?' Krad smirked
'I said NO!' Krad cocked an eyebrow, 'After what you just did, you expect me to just go with you like nothing happened? How stupid do you think I am?!'
Krad approached Fang until there was only a foot gap between them. The patient mask was gone and was replaced with an impassive frown.
'Not at all, but I'm not giving you a choice.'
Krad quickly lifted the feather in his hand up to Fangs face, illuminating it as it glowed, Fangs eyes widened before glazing over and drooping, and his body collapsed into Krad's arms unconscious.
Dark had a satisfied smirk on his face; he had successfully retrieved the artwork which was now tucked in his back pack, without even a peek from the commander or his evil white winged half. Which was a strange thing in itself but Dark wasn't going to ponder over it, he was ecstatic that Daisuke had agreed to loan him his body now and again and was thinking of all the things he'd wanted to do and see which he'd never had the chance before.
'I know your really happy Dark, but try to stay focused on what your doing, we're not home yet and you almost made the simplest of mistakes tonight'
'Almost doesn't count Daisuke and if you're so worried why don't you take control for a while?'
Dark withdrew to Daisuke's mind and allowed the fiery red head control, automatically changing their appearance to Daisuke's features and smaller figure.
'Ahhh, Dark! You lazy baka! How am I supposed to get down from here?!'
'Oh I'm sure you'll think of something' Dark chuckled.
'Dark no baka!'
Dark had left his tamer the chore of somehow finding a way down from a houses roof, but this particular house had 3 floors instead of the traditional 2 so it was extra high.
Daisuke managed to find a way down and by the end of it he was rather pale by the number of near death situations he got himself in. He started to walk home, the street was completely deserted and the orange light of the street lamps emphasised the shadows. Daisuke was mentally telling himself there is nothing to be afraid of and continued down the road. He was a few streets away from his house, when he heard something down the alleyway between the pet shop and the building next to it. As he got closer he could hear that it was somebody speaking and from the sound of it was a young child. He thought it might be a run away or a lost child so he went to have a look. He got his torch out his bag and got closer to the mouth of the alley way. He could hear the words clearly now, but what surprised him was that the voice was speaking in English, he wasn't aware of any English residents around here, apart from Mio who came from America but she got transferred. He got to the entrance of the alley and shone his torch beam within. His eyes widened seeing that there wasn't just one child, there were five! Well three that look to be in their teenage years and two youngsters. All eyes were on him with shocked expressions. Daisuke was equally shocked, these kids looked like they were just dragged out of the swimming pool and the younger kids were clinging to the older teens shivering, obviously cold.
'Oh my God, are you lot alright?'
Daisuke got no response despite him using English. One of the smaller kids sneezed.
'Look I'm not going to hurt you. My name is Daisuke Niwa, I want to help'
One of the teens, a girl turned to the smaller girl in her arms as though asking confirmation. The small girl looked at Daisuke with big bright blue eyes as if analysing him. He smiled at her and she smiled back and she nodded to the teen. The teen looked up to him but with a defensive look in her eyes, untrusting.
'How exactly would you help us?'
'Well…uh…I guess you could stay at my house for a while until we can sort things out'
'Would you have room for all of us?'
'Er…I don't know, but we'd manage somehow, I don't like the thought of leaving you guys down here, I can imagine its scary that a complete stranger is offering you to come into their home, like it's a bit scary for me to offer my hospitality to strangers, and no offence but I'm particularly terrified of you' he said to the girl teen with an awkward smile. A small amused smile appeared on the girls face and Daisuke continued.
'But we're all people and people should help each other when they need help, that's the humane thing to do, right?'
There was a pause after Daisuke's sentimental speech.
'That's the naïvest thing I've ever heard'
'Naïvest isn't a word Iggy'
'Is now, ok then how about this, this guy is a girly, naïve, innocent pushover'
'I'm standing right here you know?'
'Well excuse me because I'm blind'
'Iggy! Just ignore him, he's in a bad mood'
'So I've noticed, well anyway my house is just a few streets from here, you ready to go?'
'Yep!'
The little girl that was in the teens arms leapt up and grabbed Daisuke's hand shaking it violently.
'Hi! My name's Angel, what was yours again?'
Daisuke smiled at Angels antics. 'Daisuke'
'Nice to meet you Daisuki!'
Daisuke winced at the accent and tried to correct her.
'It's Daisuke not ki'
'Ok Daisuki!'
He gave up.
On the way home Daisuke learned that the teenage girl was basically the mother of the group and called Max. He always thought Max was a boys name but he wasn't going to question it. The other moody teen was a guy called Iggy and he is blind, the last of the teens was about a year or two younger and she was called Nudge. Cute name, Daisuke thought. The two children were brother and sister and they were Angel and Gassy.
Daisuke got out his keys and opened the door, calling to his family that he was home in his home language. Rushing into the hallway was a very stressed out Emiko.
'Daisuke where the hell have you been! The theft was at least an hour ago! I was worried sick! I…'
Emiko stopped dead in her tracks at the sight of the run down group of kids standing in the doorway.
'Err…hi mom, I found these guys on the street and they have no where else to go, can they stay?'
Emiko was looking from face to face until she ran forwards screaming,
'Oh the poor darlings they look frozen stiff!'
'And mom, they speak English' explained Daisuke switching to the said language.
'English? Oh my word it been a while since I speak English' Emiko said in English with a heavy Japanese accent.
She dropped on her knees to Gassy and Angel's level and placed a hand on their foreheads.
'You're all flushed and have temperature! Poor dears, Daisuke can you get the futons from the basement?'
'The basement?' Daisuke asked bewildered, last time he checked the basement was a ritual site, defiantly no futons in there. Emiko had gotten up and pressed her hand against the others as well with a concerned look on her face.
'The other basement dear'
Daisuke nodded his head and ran down the hall. Emiko hushed the five bewildered children into the house and began fussing over them, muttering something about being out in the cold in this weather. Emiko told them to make themselves comfortable while she made them some Miso soup and she ran into the kitchen.
'That's the most hyper mum I have ever seen' commented Gassy
'But she's really nice, she didn't even care that we literally just came off the streets' said Angel
'Does anyone know what Miso soup is?' Nudge asked
Just then Daisuke comes back carrying a futon mattress under each arm.
'Mom, where do you want me to put them?'
'Just put them in the living room for now Daisuke'
Daisuke placed the mattresses aside and was about to seat himself down when his mother called again.
'Oh Daisuke, could you take the boys and find some change of clothes?'
'Hai' he replied 'Come on then Gassy, Iggy we'll see what we can find'
'And Dai-chan…' Daisuke stiffened at the nickname 'afterwards can you find Towa-chan to do the same for the girls'
'Hai!'
Daisuke then muttered under his breath about hyper mothers and their nicknames. Daisuke led the guys into his room and started shuffling around his wardrobe and pulled out a t-shirt and shorts that don't fit any more and gave them to Gassy. He then looked at Iggy who was about the same size as Dark. He raided the thief's side of the wardrobe and got out a black shirt and a pair of black trousers.
'How come you've got clothes in there that are Iggy's size yet are too big for you?' asked a curious Gassy.
Daisuke laughed embarrassed and rubbed the back of his head.
'Well at some point I'm expecting a growth spurt and my mother just happened to fall in love with these when they were on sale' he lied.
'Oh ok, your mum is cool but really weird'
'Yeah, don't I know it'
'Is there anywhere we can change?' asked Iggy
'Sure there's a bathroom just in there' Daisuke said pointing at a door.
'You've got an attached bathroom? Sweet!' exclaimed Gassy 'Anything else you got in here besides a bunk bed and sofa?'
'Well' He moved over to the window and pulled the curtain open, 'I have a balcony'
Gassy was looking at him gob smacked 'you've got everything man'
'Does he have a computer?' asked Iggy coming out of the bathroom fully dressed in Darks attire. That was quick thought Daisuke.
'No'
'Then he doesn't have everything does he?' he said bitterly.
Daisuke frowned at Iggy's attitude and judging from Gassy's expression, he wasn't used to this either.
'What's his problem?'said Dark suddenly.
'I don't know' Daisuke mentally thought back. Gassy thought now would be a good time to escape to the bathroom, leaving Daisuke and Iggy alone, and if anything the tension in the air got thicker.
'Why are you helping us?' Iggy said eventually, making Daisuke jump.
'It's like I said back in the alley, I wanted to help'
'But why? Why are you making all this effort?'
Daisuke stopped a moment to think why. Because he can, because it's the right thing to do, but any of these answers he doubted Iggy would believe. And then hit him, Iggy was testing him to find out if can be truly trust worthy. Daisuke smiled, he was just being protective of himself and his friends, but to become this untrusting, they must have gone through a hell of a lot.
'You don't trust very many people do you?'
'I have very good reason not to'
'You can't have met all the good people there are out there then'
'There is no such thing as a truly good person, everyone has a dark side'
'Don't I know it' Daisuke mentally thought. 'But not everyone is overrun by it' he said aloud. 'I can tell you haven't had the best of life and I'm not going to pity you or pry into your past life, if you want to tell me or not either way is fine. But take it or leave it the only reason I helped is because I wanted to and I still do, whether you accept it or reject it is entirely up to you. But if there is anything in my power that I can do even if it's not a lot, to help those who need it, I will do it. You can call me girly, stupid and naïve; I've had my fair share of that but that does not change who I am and the fact that I am a caring person'
Iggy had focused his unseeing gaze on Daisuke and seemed to be digesting what he said. Very slowly a smile tugged at the edge of his lips, then a grin and then he was laughing so hard he was holding the sides of his ribs. Daisuke didn't know how to take this sudden change and just stood there eyeing Iggy cautiously.
'You really are girly' he managed to choke out 'I guess was wrong about you' Iggy continued to laugh.
'Err…thanks…I think' Daisuke wasn't sure whether it was a good thing or not.
'I guess I owe you an apology'
'No need, I figured what you were trying to do so lets start over'
'Right' Iggy let out the last of his laughter out and held his hand out in Daisuke's direction, 'I'm Iggy Griffin, it's nice to meet you Daisuke'
Daisuke walked forward and grasped Iggy's hand firmly 'It's nice to meet you too Iggy-san'
'Say Daisuke?'
'Yeah?'
'Your name doesn't sound very Italian and neither did that conversation with your mom, where do really come from, Russia?'
'No actually, my family originally came from Japan'
'Really? Awesome so you're quite the linguist then, knowing Italian, Japanese and English'
'And currently learning Spanish'
'Wow, hey Daisuke what was with that nickname earlier, what was it Dai-chan?
'Oh no don't start'
'What does it mean exactly?
'In Japanese we put these endings on the end of our names to show how we are related to each person. For someone of a high rank or employer you would call them -Sama, for someone you respect or don't know you add –san, you also put san at the end if it's someone you know who is a boy and if it's a girl you add –chan.'
'So basically your mother is calling you a girl?'
'Your mother would call you a girl too Iggy if you weren't so tall' said Gassy finally emerging from the bathroom.
'What took you so long?'
'I was listening in on your conversation trying to figure out what made you tick, you were acting really strange, I thought you might have had your brain switched with Fang'
'Was I really that passive?'
'Yes' both Daisuke and Gassy replied, even though Daisuke had no idea who Fang was.
'Well, I better find Towa-chan and get the girls sorted, mom should be almost finished making the soup so you go down to the living room'
Gassy and Iggy went back down stairs into the living room and got strange reactions from the girls.
'Whoa, who died?' asked Max laughing
'What?' asked Iggy completely confused.
'You're like totally dressed in black; you look like one of those guys from the men in black movies' chirped Angel
'Or going to a funeral' added Max.
'I think Iggy looks hot' said Nudge
There was silence as everyone looked at Nudge and Iggy felt a blush flush to his cheeks
'He sure is now' laughed Max.
A little later, a bouncy silver haired woman in a maids outfit introduced herself as Towa-chan and took the girls away to get changed. Iggy was relieved because there was only a certain amount of teasing he could take. Emiko came in with a tray of tall cups filled with soup and said how smart he looked in it. That's all very well he thought but I can't see what I look like. Soon the girls came back and the boys turned to look at them, Daisuke who had returned when Towa-chan came in, stared wide eyed before looking in the opposite direction blushing. Gassy, who had no modesty for such things; just starred forgetting it was rude with his mouth hung open and Iggy can't see and was wondering why everyone had gone silent.
'Oh my God' said Gassy
'What?' said Iggy irritated. He hated getting hung in suspense.
'Max is wearing a dress'
Iggy did a retake 'Come again?'
'Max is wearing a full blown frilly girly dress!'
A three second pause, then both Iggy and Gassy burst out laughing.
'It's not funny!' shouted Max
Gassy and Iggy were soon silenced by a sharp tap on the head by Emiko.
'Now boys, it's rude to make fun of a lady'
'Lady? What lady?' said Gassy
'Max is no lady, she's a full out tomboy' Iggy emphasised, and both got another tap on the head for their troubles. 'Ow' they both groaned.
'Let that be a lesson to you' scolded Emiko
'How come I get punished yet no one does anything when I get teased?'
'You're male' Towa-chan said as if that explained everything
'What's that got to do with anything?!' Iggy exclaimed.
'Now, now calm down and drink your soup, it will help fight your colds and then straight to bed'
'Err, Emiko? I don't mean to be rude or anything but do you expect us to wear these to bed?' Max pointed to the fancy dresses that she and Nudge were forced to wear. Literally Towa-chan got really excited when she was asked to find some clothes for the girls and insisted they tried them on but refused to let them take them off again.
'Oh good heavens no, Towa probably got a bit excited playing dress up to think about night clothes'
'I'm really sorry, but don't you think they just look so kawaii!' Towa squealed.
'Yes, they do, eh Dai-chan?'
'Huh?'
'Don't you think the girls look lovely?'
'Eh, why are you asking me that?!' said a flustered Daisuke, a blush forming on his cheeks.
'Awwww, little Dai-chan is so easily flustered, perhaps he is forming a crush on them' said Towa-chan with a dreamy look on her face.
'NO I AM NOT!!' he exclaimed, his face as red as his hair. 'Why do you have to ask me such embarrassing questions?!'
'Because it's fun!' said Emiko and Towa-chan together.
I had fun writing this! Poor little Dai-chan, his mother and Towa-chan show no mercy...I guess that means that I don't either! Review!
