I gots a new laptop...but its not going to make me type faster...XD I've been playing with it all this time and almost havent typed a thing. But I've pushed everything else aside and using my weekends to type and update. Plus I'm easily distracted, i get yelled at alot! I don't own Dnangel! (c) Yukiru Sugisaki
Kanashii hodo hikari dashita
Shiroi yami kirisaku tsubasa ni nare
Tsumetai taiyou ni terasare teta
Kainara sareta jiyuu ga atta
Kagamini utsuuta kiseki no naru
Masuku o hazushi hajimeta my soul...
Kuzure te yuku abe no mukou wa
Zetsubou mo
Kibou mo onaji kou suru
Mita sare mai kokoro aru nara
Tobitateru shuumatsu no PURORUGOUE
Yaiba no ho na kaze fuku sekai mamoru
Beki mono wa nan nano ka?
Hitotsu hitotsu itami wo shiru tabi
Nontou jibun da to chikazuku
Kie yuku fake light umare yuku true light
Kono te ni...
Shiroku somaru yami tsuki nukete
Atarashii jidai o kizami tsuzukero
Toki wa nashita kokoro no mama ni
Hateshi naku, tsuzuki teku
Byakuya o tobe
- Dnangel ~True Light~
The Eternal Mark
"So you changing into Phantom Dark is part of your family heritage, right?" Nao asked Daisuke, sitting across from him on his loft bed, holding on if his pillows to her chest. When Daisuke nodded she continued her summary of what he told her, "And because of this birth defect most males in your family gain the identity of Dark…who steals artwork made by Satoshi's family then seals them away to prevent them from causing any more trouble…that right?"
Daisuke nodded again with a nervous smile.
"Even though Dark causes you trouble by transforming against your will. The same thing happens to Satoshi too." Nao ticked off the things she noticed that had happened lately. But then she noticed one thing that bothered her, "Not only that he drags poor little With into all this?"
The little white rabbit tilts his head, "Kyuu?"
"Dark is an insensitive, arrogant, shameless flirty jerk! He doesn't care about anyone but himself!" Nao shouted outraged, swinging Daisuke's pillow around.
"Now, now, Miss, Nao." Daisuke grabbed her arms, stopping her from swinging his pillow, "Dark's not all that bad. He did save us a few times and Dark uses With because if he uses his real wings it would hurt me."
Nao stared at him deadpanned, "That still doesn't excuse his behavior." She pulled back with a sigh, "But as long as you're alright when you're going off on these heists I guess I can I forgive you for not telling me. It is a family secret after all."
Daisuke sighed with relief that his dearest friend forgives him after all. He wouldn't know what to do if Nao didn't. They have been together since childhood, she was his rock, so to speak. "Thanks for understanding, Nao."
Nao blushed at the sincerity of his voice, "D-don't mention it. We gotta stick together ya know. United we stand divided we suck and all that."
They shared a small laugh before Emiko called them downstairs. She was giving Daisuke another mission. They found another Hiwatari artwork on the outskirts of town that was close to activation and they want Daisuke and Nao to go. Why she had to go she had no idea, but she didn't have anything else to do so she'd tag along.
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Boy did she almost regret it when they had to climb up a landslide slope. Normally she wouldn't complain, but they were doing this at night, so it was a little difficult to see even with the moonlight and Daisuke's flash light.
"This must've been some landslide…" Nao commented.
Daisuke sighed with efforted as he hoisted himself over a slump, "Yeah, this place has been abandoned for five years ever since it happened."
They approached the third floor window, since they couldn't get through the front door, and unlocked it. Daisuke went in first to help Nao in and once they were safely inside they began to explore the broken down mansion.
"It's a little scary isn't it?" Daisuke asked out loud, going down the steps, "Without people living in here it's like the building begins to die."
Chandeliers, tiles, wooden tables, pictures, and other things laid around in broken heaps. There was even a grand piano under a broken stair case.
Nao crossed her arms as a chill fell over her, "This place looks haunted…the way the moon rays are coming through the cracks in the ceiling it's almost like there could be a ghost in here!"
Daisuke flinched from her observation and from Dark's taunting of spirits, "C-come on now, there's no such thing as ghosts or spirits." He shakeningly started to shift through some of the rubble with Nao's help.
"I think I see it." Daisuke said moving the mud and dirt out of the way and pulled out a statue of a bird covered in mud, "This is it! The Eternal Guide!"
Nao pulled a hankerchif out of her pocket and tried to clean off the mud that was caked on it, "It doesn't look broken. Are you going to take it now since no one's here?"
Daisuke shook his head, "For now it's going to stay with its owner." He placed the statue in a safe place so he could retrieve it later.
The next lovely morning…
While waiting for Daisuke to show up to homeroom, Nao caught up with Riku, Risa, and their friends. They always come up with the craziest topics just to get by in the morning.
"Marriage?"
"Well, yeah, don't you imagine what your life would be like if you ever got married?"
"Aren't we a little young for that?" Nao asked. She didn't even have a boyfriend, how could she think of marriage?
"We're not that young?" The blond protested, "In two years we'll all be old enough to get married and have a family."
Risa immediately blushed and began to fantasized, "Any life is fine as long as I'm married to Mr. Phantom Dark!"
Nao and Riku blanched while the other two shared Risa's fantasy.
"Yeah I agree!"
"He's so dreamy!"
Nao shook her head at them, "Okay, but what about realistically?"
"Realistically I would like to live a joyful life with a hunky husband and lots of children!" The dark haired girl replied, "What about you Riku? Nao?"
Nao and Riku looked at each other unsurely. They were tom-boys aftreall. They don't give those kind of things much thought. "We don't know."
"Big news!" Saehara shouted, bursting into the classroom, dodging all the other kids in the way, "I got the latest scoop on Phantom Dark!"
Everyone quieted down to hear the news Saehara had to bring them. After he explained where Dark was going to strike next he told them that it was weird that the police weren't even going to bother guarding the place. Apparently the Police Chief decided against it and the owner agreed and they weren't going to say anything to the press.
Nao frowned, 'That means they don't care if it's stolen. Dark's going to be disappointed that he isn't going to have a crowd.'
When the final bell rang, Daisuke came bursting through the door panting heavily, "I made it!"
"You cut it closer and closer every time." Nao told him, "You really should get an alarm clock."
Later that day after school let out, Daisuke joined Nao out in the court to listen to her practice. He couldn't help but feel at ease. Listening to the birds and insects around them, the leaves rustling in the cool breeze, the beautiful sound of Nao's violin mixed in with it all made him feel light.
"Such beauty." He whispered, looking at Nao. She was playing her violin with her eyes closed. Her fingers and body moved with such grace that he was almost hypnotized. He knew he shouldn't be looking at his best friend like this but he couldn't help it. Her beauty and grace rivaled Risa…she would kill him if he ever said that.
"Hey, Dai, are you listening?" Nao asked, snapping him out of his daydream.
"Wha?"
"I was telling you that I'm done practicing and you can go get the Eternal Guide."
"Don't you want to come with me?" They had come to a sort of mutual agreement since Nao is still learning how to use the power of Kagutsuchi she would be…'back up' according to Dark, in case things get hot and he needs help.
"Won't I be in the way?"
Suddenly Daisuke changed into Dark, catching Nao off guard when he swept her off her feet and took off into the skies.
"You're never in the way, my dear." Dark smiled at her irritated expression.
Nao glowered at him, "Save those lines for Risa, Romeo.
By the time Dark and Nao made it to the mansion it was sun down and all seemed normal since the police hadn't bother to show up. They thought it would be pretty easy until Dark sensed Krad in the mansion. Grabbing Nao by the wrist he led her to the stairwell where they saw Krad putting Saehara and Riku to sleep.
"What are they doing here?" Nao whispered in a panic.
"What did you do to them, Krad?" Dark asked his counterpart. If he had hurt them, that would give him another reason to fight him.
"Don't worry they're just taking a little nap." He pulled out a white feather, "This way no one will be able to disturb us."
Dark crouched down, preparing to defend himself, "Nao, while I keep Krad busy I want you to get Saehara and Risa to safety." He pushed her out of the way of Krad's attack and countered with his own.
While they were going at it, Nao jumped over the rail and made a dash towards the others by the statue not aware of the glowing dark stone glowing on the bird's chest. Only when Krad and Dark questioned what was going on, she clued in on what was happening. Soon everyone was engulfed in a purple light.
When Satoshi awakened he found Risa, Saehara, Nao, and Daisuke unconscious. He cursed Krad under his breath for not letting him handle things alone. If things would've gone his way, this wouldn't have happened.
He quickly roused Daisuke and quickly explained to him that their friends souls have been trapped within the Eternal Guide and he's the only one who can find the stone and get them back along with Dark's soul. Satoshi didn't have the strength to physically help him, but he told him to ask the Eternal Guide for help.
Without much choice, Daisuke picked up the statue and pleaded it to help him help his friends and save Dark.
His prayers were answered when the statue glowed a bright lavender and changed into a young girl, women, donned in purple garments.
When the bright light disappeared and the women opened her eyes Daisuke finally spoke, "You're the Eternal Guide?"
The Eternal Guide blushed cutely and smiled brightly at Daisuke, "Hello! Thank you so much for waiting! I've been waiting so long to finally meet you!"
Daisuke at to step back in shock from her out burst. She's not what he expected at all.
"I've been waiting so long to get out of there!" She touched her face, "I'm much cuter in this form, don't you think?"
"So you're the Eternal Guide?" Daisuke asked again, still recovering.
She crouched down, still smiling, "That's right! But since you're such a darling you can call me Towa!" She grabbed his hand, "Just Towa. You can leave out the Miss or Ms. like I'm some old lady because I'm an innocent young girl who's not even a hundred years old yet." (98 years old)
Daisuke slouched, 'Oh no, I got a crazy one…'
As if she heard his thoughts, she immediately got in his face, "So you think I'm crazy?"
"No, I don't think that." He stuttered fearfully, 'Out loud…'
"So you need to find the black stone right?" She asked, getting to the task at hand.
Daisuke nodded, "I was told that I don't have much time."
"That's true we better track it down quickly, but be aware there are some conditions," She warned him, "The first is that you promise to take me away from here and the second is that you try to make it back here without my help."
Daisuke nodded with determination in his eyes, "That's fair. I was already planning on taking you away from here anyway. I promise I'll take good care of you and I know that with Dark's powers we should make it back here on our own." He stood up, "So let's hurry, Towa."
Towa stood up as well, "Yes! Then I will be your guide only one way Master Daisuke." She stood by his side and grabbed his arm and used her powers to transport him into an unknown part of town.
Daisuke looked at the buildings and noticed how…uncolorful it looked. Everything almost seemed grey scaled. But then he noticed Towa missing!
"Towa? Towa?" He shouted, hoping that she wasn't far away.
"I'm down here, Master Daisuke!"
Daisuke looked down to see a lavender bird at his feet, "What happened to you?" He asked, kneeling down with care to allow her to sit in his hand.
"My powers are weak so this is the only form I can take right now." She explained, "You only have one hour in this place to find the stone, got it?"
"I got it, but can you tell me where I can find the stone?" He asked, hoping she would have a sort of clue to where to start looking.
"I'm afraid not." Towa informed, "but it's nearby I can feel it!" She flapped her wings and started to guide Daisuke through the town, "Follow me!"
Even with his body feeling oddly heavy, Daisuke followed Towa all the way to a familiar fountain that he always goes to in the park. For some odd reason he stopped for a breath. Why was he so exhausted? Why was his body so heavy?
"Hurry!" Towa urged Daisuke when she saw a red haired kid running towards the fountain to retrieve his skateboard. She had hoped the boy wouldn't look into the fountain and take the stone, but luck wasn't on her side when the boy peered into the fountain. "Oh no! Don't touch that!"
As if he couldn't hear her, the boy reached into the fountain and grabbed the black stone.
Daisuke regained his breath and weakly approached the boy, "I'm sorry but that stone is mine. Can I please have it back?" He asked the little boy kindly, "It's very special."
The little boy looked at the stone then back at Daisuke, "No way!" He wanted to keep whatever it was and if it was special he didn't want to give it up. He ran around Daisuke and used his skateboard to get away.
Daisuke's legs gave out from unknown strain, but with Towa's encouragement, he found some strength to keep running. Towa flew ahead to keep an eye on the boy and flew back to make sure Daisuke was keeping up.
As Daisuke continued to keep up with Towa he began to notice that the path they were taking was similar to the one he takes to go home. Could it be a coincidence? He didn't know but Towa did lead him to his house and he heard a female voice calling for Dai.
He was slightly taken aback when a familiar women with a little girl came out to retrieve Dai's skateboard. When she noticed his presence they stared at each other in awe for a few short moments before Dai came running out. When he saw Daisuke he cowered behind her leg.
"Excuse me." He regarded her kindly, "Your grandson found something very important to me." He told her.
Dai was angry that he told on him, "No! It's mine!"
The young women kneeled down and calmly talked to the boy, "Daiki…show me what you found."
Knowing he wouldn't have much choice, he pulled the stone he found out of his pocket and showed it to his grandmother.
She immediately recognized what it was, "This is-!"
Daisuke approached them, "I need to take that stone with me. It's the only way I'll be able to save my friends." He explained to her.
Knowing that Daisuke was speaking the truth she turned to Daiki and told him to give it back to him. Daiki may not know exactly what was going on but he still didn't want to give it up. It wasn't until the little girl grabbed his hand and pulled him towards Daisuke that he finally held the stone out to Daisuke. Daisuke gratefully took the stone and thanked them.
"Can't you stay a little while longer?" She asked him.
Daisuke looked at her with apology, "I'm sorry, but I'm almost out of time."
The women smiled knowingly, "You will make it in time otherwise they wouldn't be here right now."
With a blush Daisuke nodded and slowly began to walk away, giving the two kids a small wave good-bye and received one in return. When they went back into the house Daisuke couldn't help but asked, "Towa…is this…?"
"Yes, this is the future." She answered, "This is 20 years ahead of your time."
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"My role as your guide ends here…" Towa told Daisuke weakly, "…smash the stone quickly!"
Daisuke found a large stone and quickly smashed the dark stone to pieces. Feeling accomplished he turned to Towa to tell her that he did it only to find Towa turning into her human form, laying on her side. Frantically he went to her side, trying to keep her awake. Thinking back he realized what she meant by one way and tears began to fall from his eyes. Towa was dying and he didn't know what to do, he felt that it was out of hid power. Throwing his head back he yelled for Dark's help.
Amazingly he heard Dark's voice!
"So you've finally called for me. Took you long enough." Dark smirked, "You should've called sooner." He joked, taking over Daisuke's body.
'Dark! It's Towa!' Daisuke frantically told him, 'She worked so hard to help me!'
Dark smiled knowingly, "I know, I know. She used up all her energy." He held Towa in his arms, "Man, why do you always call me at the last minute?" Without another word he brought his lips to Towa's, much to Daisuke's dislike.
'Wait! Dark!' How could he kiss an unconscious person?
Dark could laugh at how clueless Daisuke was, he really did have little faith in him, 'It's just to restore her energy. Don't worry." He assured his partner.
True to his word, Towa slowly began to awaken.
Not able to resist, Dark turned on the charm, "So you're finally awake, Princess Towa."
Towa almost couldn't believe her eyes, "Sir Dark?"
Dark smirked confidently, "Ah, so you've heard of me."
Towa completely gushed in his arms. Blush and starry eyed, "Of course I have! You're like an idol in our world! Everyone loves you! I can't believe it's Dark!"
Well her energy is back. "Now don't get too excited." Dark cautioned lightly, but Towa changed into a bird anyway. "Well aren't you cute." Dark mused, placing Towa on his head so he could use his own way back to get back with the others.
It wasn't until nightfall that everything went back to normal. When he got back, Dark didn't have to do much damage control. He was slightly grateful to Hiwatari for putting Risa and Saehara to sleep. All he had to do was erase the memories of the moment they saw Krad and Satoshi. Risa was unhappy that Dark wasn't there and blamed Saehara for bad information.
As Dark, Towa, and Daisuke watched them walk away, Dark informed them that Daisuke and Nao's memories might've been tampered with also. Daisuke assured him that it might've been for the best.
Nao joined Dark on the roof showing him the Eternal Guide statue, "Mission accomplished I guess?"
Dark smirked at her with his hands on his hips, "Well look at you! Junior thief in training! You got the statue all by yourself."
"Yeah! After I got knocked out and woke up with nobody there!" She hissed at him, mad he was mocking her, "Where the heck were you all this time?"
Dark scooped her up in his arms and took off into the skies, "Don't worry about it. We stole the Eternal Guide successfully, didn't we?"
Nao scoffed, "Uh 'we'? What are you talking about? I grabbed the statue – not you." Then she noticed Towa on his head, "And not to be rude but what's with the bird?"
Towa waved a wing at her, "My name's Towa and I'm the Eternal Guide! Thank you for taking such good care of me!"
Nao wasn't sure how to respond…the fact the bird was talking or that the bird seemed almost human. What has she gotten herself into when she agreed to help Daisuke, "I need to go to bed…"
Alright! Now that this is off my mind, I can get started on other things. I'm watching Spice & wolf now and strangely addicted. I always liked Wolves so I guess it clicks with me. Anyway, yeah lack of action in this one but ya'll know more on the way it isn't over till it's over!