Precious Days
Don't leave me,
If you do, you leave me lost,
And when you do return
You might not be able to find me again.
Chapter Seven:
Daisuke and Satoshi ran all the way back to town to see almost an army walking through the streets. The redhead ran into his mother's arms while Satoshi stood beside his father watching the troops march through. In the front was a general on a magnificent chestnut stallion, he reached the Niwa family, "Boy," he spoke with a deep accent along with his smooth tenor voice as he tilted Daisuke's face upwards with his scabbard, "how old are you?"
The redhead hesitantly looked up at the brunette's deep brown eyes, "F-fifteen sir…"
The general swore, "Too young…" He turned to Towa, "And you miss?"
"Sixteen."
He waved his hand offhandedly, "Put her in the group of maybes."
A couple men seized her by the arms and hauled her away to a group where both boys and girls stood around anxiously, there, Rika stood, taking Towa into a comforting embrace as she reached the group surrounded by soldiers.
Emiko frowned, "Towa-chan!"
The general eyed her before heading towards the other families, he looked at Satoshi, "And how old are you?"
"Fifteen." He without wavering at all replied rather defiantly.
Again the man swore, cold dark brown eyes looking down upon the people, "This place be damned, why must all of them be too young?"
Satoshi merely looked over at Daisuke who looked back at him, the two turned around as a soldier came running back, "Sir!"
"What is it private?"
"There's a house not far from here, people have been seen in it."
Daisuke shot his friend a frantic glance, the soldier had found Krad's house!
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Dark looked over at Kin, "What do you think Krad's doing right now?"
"Am I supposed to know?"
The soldier ignored him, "He's probably looking after Daisuke and Satoshi."
"That's nice…"
"Isn't it? He's always been like a big brother for them, that or a mom."
"A mom?"
"Cute no?"
Kin raised a brow, "Whatever you say."
Outside shots were heard and cries soon followed, "To arms men! We're under attack! To arms!"
The two swore and ran outside.
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The troops marched up to the house, Daisuke and Satoshi watched worriedly from the safety of their parents' arms. Casting anxious glances as one another as the troops drew closer to where their friend lived.
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Izumi glanced out the window before biting her lip anxiously, then there was a loud knock on the door, "Krad-san, please head upstairs, I'll answer the door."
The blonde nodded and headed up the stairs, then the maid opened the door to a tall man in his mid-twenties, he took off his hat politely, "Hello ma'am."
She nodded in acknowledgement, "Hello sir, and how may I help you?"
"Are you the only one in this house?"
Izumi nodded once more briefly, then a soldier spoke up, "She's lying sir! I saw another figure in the house!"
"Silence private!"
There was a moment of silence, "Sir," she began, "I believe that the figure your soldier spoke of was a guest of mine, he's just left."
The general frowned and drew out his sword causing Izumi to tense, "If anyone left we would've saw. Don't lie ma'am."
Krad's eyes widened, but a moment later they narrowed in anger. How dare they! They march up to his house and threaten Izumi like that, he walked down the stairs, "Sir, I believe you're trespassing on private property."
Black eyes cast downwards, "Krad-san…"
General Sasaki sheathed his sword and looked at the blonde with interest, "And who are you fair one?"
"One shouldn't ask for another's identity without first giving their own." The blonde spoke back sharply.
The general laughed, "Such spirit, I am General Sasaki."
Krad gestured for his maid to head back inside and stood in front of the soldiers, "I'm afraid you'll have to leave, you're trespassing."
"And will you not grace us with your name?"
"If I do, then would you leave?"
"Perhaps, but not for long."
"Very well, it's Hikari Krad, now if you'd be so kind, general, as to leave with your men, I am tired and would like very much to sleep without anymore disturbances."
He laughed once more, "Nicely said Hikari Krad, I will retreat for the time being but I will return."
Then the troop left and Krad closed the door and sighed, "What have I gotten myself into?"
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Dark winced as he felt a bullet zing past him, too close for comfort and the man behind him yelling in pain as the piece of metal pierced him beside the eye. Loading his gun he cocked it and fired again watching the soldier on the other side, there was a single cry out of many others before the man fell to the ground grasping his wound.
There was smoke all over and the sun was setting, he frowned and turned to the officer leading the group and took aim. A moment later, a couple soldiers looked back at the cry of their commander, Dark stared at his gun in shock, he whispered to himself, "I did it…"
After awhile the battle had ended, the other team had retreated, Kin smacked him on the head with a grin on his face, "I can't believe you did it!"
"I-I can't believe it either!" He was still in shock, "Oh my god!" Dark laughed despite himself, his feelings were all mixed up, "Holy shit! I-I…" he ended up hugging Kin, the other boy blinked, "I can't take this anymore! I want to go home already!"
"Hey Dark…it's alright…everything will be fine…"
"Krad thinks I'm dead!"
Kin couldn't say anything to that.
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Over the days, the general sent messengers to the Hikari household with gifts of every kind, all of which Krad had sent back without another word. Each time he asked the messenger to tell the general to stop with the gifts but more presents were always sent, each more expensive and fancy than the last.
Every time a messenger arrived, Daisuke and Satoshi would look at each other wishing more and more for Dark to return, if he was alive as Krad believed him to be. "Krad?"
"Yea Daisuke?"
"Would you like to stay at my house for awhile?"
Krad looked over at the redhead, he knew why the boy offered and shook his head, "It'd be too much of a bother for you and your family, and I'm sure the general's going to get it through his thick skull eventually-"
He was cut off as the door was knocked on, Krad sighed and went to open it, it was the general. Speak of the devil, he bowed formally, "Krad-san."
The blonde nodded his greeting, "General."
"I have come to present you this gift personally."
Krad sighed and tried to sound as polite as he could, "Sir, I beg of you, stop sending me these gifts, there's nothing in the world you could give me that I would want. So, please, stop this pathetic display of courtship. I already have someone I'm waiting for."
Daisuke shrunk behind Satoshi as the general practically turned red in the face, without another word he stormed off. The blonde closed the door, "Krad? Is it finally over?"
"I hope so."
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Kin smiled as he headed back to the tent, "Dark!" The teen was still asleep, he huffed, "Wake up already!"
Dark stirred under the cover and sat up, he looked around sleepily, "Wha-is there an attack?"
"Not quite."
"Oh." He plopped back down, "Don't wake me up for nothing."
"Do you call this nothing?"
An amethyst eye cracked open to see his friend twirling a pen in his hand, "Where'd you get that? Does it work?"
"It should work, the captain lent it to me."
Dark sat up once more, "The captain? Why would he lend you his pen?"
"I guess it's his way to congratulate you on doing so well in battles, I hear they're thinking of promoting you again."
"You're not serious."
"Dark, look at me." He said, pointing to his face, "This, is my serious face."
"No it's not, it's your normal face, your serious face makes you look older and slightly pissed."
Kin frowned, "How very kind of you."
Dark grinned, "I know, now give me that pen, I've been waiting forever and a day to write."
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A couple days passed and no word of the general, the three of them thought it was all finally over. But it wasn't over. One early morning, someone knocked on the door, as Izumi opened it, the person on the other side shoved it wide open with brute voice causing the woman to stumble back a bit, "Hikari Krad!"
A moment later, the blonde appeared, having just awoken, his hair was tousled and he was still yawning, golden eyes narrowed at the figure at the door, eyes momentarily blinded by the autumn sun. When he reached the bottom step, the figure grabbed him by the arm and dragged him outside, he could hear Izumi calling out to him as he was dragged down the road, "Krad-san!"
Now he had a good look at the person dragging him down the dirt path, "G-general?"
The general didn't answer, but instead, he dragged the blonde into town where people had gathered, "Hikari Krad, I'm giving you this one chance, I'll ask you nicely. Will you come with me?"
Krad's brows furled, "Why would I?"
"Very well, you leave me no choice but to do this the hard way." They marched into the crowd where the general pulled out his gun pointing it to a random person earning several gasps and screams in the crowd. The blonde could hear Daisuke's yells seeing that the person who had a gun to his head was none other than the redhead's grandfather, "Hikari Krad, will you come with me now?"
Golden eyes scanned the place, soldiers were positioned around the town with torches in their hands, he frowned and looked at the general, "You make it sound like I have a choice."
"Oh but you do, you have the option of having everything and everyone you know taken away from you or you can come with me."
Krad sighed, "You win. You just thought of everything didn't you?" He muttered sarcastically, "I'll go with you."
The general smirked in triumph, putting his gun back down, "I knew you'd see things my way. You have two hours to do as you please before we come and collect you."
Without another word, the blonde turned around and headed straight for his house with Daisuke and Satoshi following him.
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"That was the last time I saw Krad."
Risa covered her mouth with her hands in shock, "That's horrible!"
Rika looked at her hands on her lap, "Yes, but the worst part was…after Krad was taken away, the letter boy came by…and there was a letter from Dark."
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Nya
Oh no:O How ironic is that? Krad leaves, letter comes...yea...there's an omake this time! Just a bit of fluff XD Sasaki is very young...I mean for being a general and all but yea...who cares? Crappers...I just lost my train of thoughts so yes, I'll leave you all with this and I'll just...shut up XD Happy new years! What a way to start off the new year eh?
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Omake 8: Stargazing
It had been a year since Krad's parents had died, he had been recovering just fine. "Dark-chan…"
The violet haired boy blinked and poked his head out of the kitchen where he'd been sneaking cookies, "Yea? Is something wrong?" That's what he would've said if his mouth wasn't stuffed with baked goods, so it actually came out something like, "Uh? Uhsh haumhing ong?"
The blonde blinked, wondering what his friend just said, he frowned, "Dark-chan…"
Dark swallowed down the cookies, "Yes?" His friend never called him Dark-chan unless he wanted something or something was bothering him. He headed towards the blonde, "What's wrong?"
Krad tugged on his sleeve, "Let's go outside."
"Sure, just wait a sec." He dashed back into the kitchen and returned with a cookie in each hand, he offered one to the blonde with a smile on his face, "Want one?"
The blonde accepted it and took a small bite of it, he led the violet haired boy by the hand towards the door, "Let's go. Izumi-san…me and Dark are going outside for a bit!"
A kindly voice came from the kitchen, still young and full of energy, "Be careful you two!"
Without another word the two headed outside to the back where the garden and the hill was. It was to the tree Krad led Dark, the two stared at the clear night sky filled with a bright crescent moon with millions of little stars in the sky twinkling, softly smiling down upon the two.
"Krad…"
"Yes?" The smaller boy replied in a whisper.
"What's bugging you? You seem sad today." Large golden eyes looked over at him in slight surprise, the moon emitting a dull light enough to shine off the tears that were welling in his eyes, "Krad?"
"The stars." Krad spoke pointing up at the twinkling lights in the sky, "When I look at them, they remind me of Okaa-san and Otou-san…"
"Then look at me."
The blonde looked over in surprise, "Dark-chan?"
"Look at me." Dark repeated, "If you look at me you'll only think of me, you won't think of them."
Tears were on the peak of falling, "Dark-chan…" Suddenly he clung onto the other boy, crying, "Dark-chan, I miss them. I miss Otou-san and Okaa-san!"
Dark just hugged him and soothed his hair as he'd seen adults do too many times, "It's okay Krad, I'm still here…I won't leave you. I won't ever leave you."
"Dark-chan…"
