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Daisuke's sudden illness didn't last long, a hot bath, some sleep and an entertaining show of Gassy imitating his mother and he was feeling a lot better. His turn of health did stop the flock's plans for the day but they were glad that Daisuke made a swift recovery.

Dark was glad too, it was a shock to be told that they were now on the top of the 'bring back dead or alive' list. Dark was slightly apprehensive but Daisuke just couldn't handle the information at all.

Later that afternoon, the door bell rang and Daisuke went to open it.

'Niwa-kun, it's good to see you feeling better,'

'Hiwartari-kun?!'

'No need to be so surprised,' he said pushing up his glasses, 'I've brought you my class notes and today's homework, Sensei says not to push yourself but don't come back to school with nothing.'

Daisuke sweat dropped, 'Sounds like Sensei alright.'

'You can give back my notes next time you're in school, oh and Kiba says get well soon.'

'Thanks,'

Satoshi walked down the small path leading away from the house and got in the limo waiting for him.

Daisuke closed the door and heard the limo leave.

'Who was that Dai-chan?' called Emiko

'It's was Hiwartari-kun, he just dropped over some school work,' he called back.

He went into the living room and sat himself on the sofa where Iggy was snoozing.

'Whaaaaat? If you were still like you were earlier the thought of homework would probably make you sicker, I know I would be,' complained Emiko from the kitchen.

'Well at least I won't fall behind,' replied Daisuke as he flicked through the note book to find the right page. A small folded piece of paper fell out. Daisuke unfolded it and stared at it wide eyed.

'Max! Gassy! Nudge! Come here!'

'Did you have to shout?' complained Iggy, rubbing his ear.

Loud footfalls could be heard as Max, Gassy and Nudge rushed into the room.

'What is it?' Max asked.

'It's a letter from Fang.' Daisuke grinned.

The letter was abruptly snatched from his fingers and then given back to him. It was in Japanese.

'What does it say?' demanded Max.

'Dear Flock,

This is totally weird, since I have never written a letter in my life and it's even weirder that I have to send it to those I never wanted to part with in the first place. I am alright at the moment, I haven't been put in a dog crate or experimented on but, what has been done to me is worse, much worse and there is no way I want that to happen to you. I can't escape from here because of some drug that's been put in my system. You saw the results of it on that night. It's my mission to make my captor a.k.a. Kei Hiwartari's life hell and screw everything up as much as possible and to make sure that he can not get to you.

I have help on the inside here, bastard Kei has a son, Satoshi and he is actually a great guy. He hates his father as much as we hate lab coats and is my only contact to Dark, who I know has you staying with him so I can get this message to you. He also has an Angel/Demon spirit within him called Krad. You also met him on that night; he was that girly looking man with wings who has done something to Angel. I'm afraid I'm at a loss at how to help her, even Satoshi doesn't know how to reverse what is done. I can only hope that you and Dark can come up with something because from what I've been told, she has less than four days to live.

Be very careful Max, I know it is highly unlikely you'd do as I tell you if I said to leave me here.'

'Damn straight.' Max interrupted.

'So I'm not, but I think you'll have no objections if I ask you to cause as much havoc as possible. Me and Satoshi will be doing the same. My last request is to let Dark deal with Krad if you ever come into conflict with him. Keep them safe Dark.

All my love

Fang.'

There was also a message addressed to Daisuke from Satoshi, which he read silently.

Niwa-kun

I was rather fortunate for you to fall ill, no offence but it has given us the opportunity to converse about this subject without suspicion. Both myself and Fang are being closely watched by agents hired by my father so it is impossible to speak about this at school.

So far, things are not looking good, this fake Dark robbery was planned to reduce Dark's favour with the public. You have no idea how many Dark fans have called in claiming to be Dark or seen Dark and setting the police on wild goose chases.

You have most likely figured out that the police are planning on using guns at your next announced theft, by law the police are allowed to use guns if the criminal themselves possesses one. Otherwise we would have caught Dark ages ago.

If Dark is taken down, then the police bag themselves a wanted criminal and it leaves Fang's flock vulnerable to Krad's assault. As much as I hate to admit, Dark is a key factor to bringing down my father. He must NOT be caught.

Inform me if there is anything that I can do and tell me any plans you've made by writing them in my notebook. Make sure you get it directly to me.

Until then.

Satoshi.

'Where does this Kei live?' asked Max, her voice full of anger and eagerness.

'Somewhere on the outskirts, he owns a huge mansion and it's very high in security,' replied Daisuke.

'So high that the famous phantom thief can't beat it?' mocked Iggy.

'Watch it…' was said thief's reply.

'What are your thoughts Dark?' asked Daisuke mentally.

'Well, by the sound of it, Fang isn't in any immediate danger so I think our main priority at the moment is to revive Angel. Then we can save Fang.'

'And to do that we need Krad's feather, have you got any ideas how to get it?'

'Actually I have…' Dark broke off thoughtfully.

'What?'

'Yo? Daisuke?'

Daisuke broke out of his concentration, 'huh?'

'You suddenly spaced out, you ok?' asked a concerned Gassy.

'Yeah, I'm fine. I was just talking with Dark.'

'Oh and what did he say,' drawled Max.

'That we need to help Angel before we save Fang.'

'Sounds like a plan so, when do we storm the mansion to kick Krad's butt?'

'We don't,' decided Daisuke.

'What!? Why?'

Daisuke's eyes were directed at the ceiling as though he was thinking about something or listening to a certain someone in his head.

'Dark says that, that is exactly what Kei would want us to do. To draw us into his territory and make a quiet capture. He wouldn't be able to capture you in public place because he needs Krad to do so. And Krad has yet to learn the meanings of subtly.'

'But we were in a public place the last time he tried to get us,' said Nudge.

'That's true, but Fang had got away from him and he was pissed off, luckily the crowds had left before he did anything.'

'If you call that lucky,' muttered Iggy.

'So what are we going to do?' asked Max impatiently.

There was a pause as Daisuke processed Dark's words.

'There's a piece of artwork whose magic is going haywire and it's my responsibility to sort it. Since it is now out of the question to announce the theft publicly, I will give a notice only to the commander…Kei's son,' Daisuke added when he received a load of confused faces, 'when I make the theft, only he will be there, I bet that Krad won't be able to resist a one on one fight with me and that will be the time when I snatch one of his feathers.'

'And what about us?' said Max irritated, she was peeved that she would have to rely on someone else to get what was needed to save Angel. It was her flock and her responsibility.

'You won't be involved,' he said simply.

Max didn't like that answer at all, but Dark continued before she could get a word in.

'I know you feel responsible for your flock Max, but it's my responsibility to keep you safe as well as stealing this particular piece of artwork. It's my field and with Krad around, it will be dangerous.'

'Don't patronise us, we've faced danger practically 24/7 for the last 14 years, we can handle it,' argued Max.

'Like you handled Krad when he attacked Angel?' Daisuke was very reluctant to relay that message and he had a good reason why.

Max was clenching her fists and pure murder was written on her face, it was a frightening image and the flock made sure to stay on her good side. Iggy of course couldn't see but he felt the hairs on the back of his neck standing on end by the shear anger that Max was emitting.

'He's got a point Max,' informed Iggy.

Iggy could feel Max's anger now directed at him but he had to make Max see sense. Her stubbornness and anger were clouding her judgement and it could get them all in trouble…not that she doesn't do that anyway.

'We don't know how to handle the situation and at the moment, Dark knows best. He's faced this guy before and knows his weaknesses; we'd only get in the way. It's not what you want to hear but it's the truth Max. Get over it.'

No one moved or said anything for a moment.

Max then walked to the seat opposite Iggy and slumped into it, fuming as she did so. Iggy could feel her glaring at him and he smirked.

'Never mind Max, I'm sure you'll get your chance to beat the bejezas out of Krad when we rescue Fang. No doubt he'll join you.'

'Right then, do we have your word that you're going to stay put?' prompted Daisuke/Dark.

A glare was sent his way and Daisuke retreated into the sofa. Max gave a small sharp nod and continued to glare at Iggy.

Daisuke let out a breath he didn't realise he was holding.

'Looks like we have a plan then,' said Dark.

The next day, the plan went into action. Daisuke went back to school and convinced his Sensei that he was well enough to be there. He gave Satoshi back his note book, which contained a little card with the time, place and artwork he would steal and asked him to come alone. There was also a letter from the flock to Fang, who Satoshi discreetly passed to during class. Fang was in a better mood for the rest of the day.

Later, Satoshi told his father he was going out, his excuse being school related and headed out to the meeting point.

Dark was in control at that moment and was also heading over to the meeting point via wings express. The location was a small temple that was built into the cliffs hundreds of years ago, but its no longer being used. The artwork is a small pendant that could be separated into two halves, one side being white and the other black. The two halves make the shape of two hands linking slightly at the fingers, in an upside down prayer. Lately the magic within them has been getting restless and causing some of the cliff to break off into the sea.

The entrance to the temple could be mistaken for a giant crack in the cliff, keeping the temple secret from passers-by. Dark landed on the sand before it and went inside. After the narrow jagged entrance the walls smoothed and curved overhead to form an archway that lead into the main chamber. Satoshi was already there and had lit the many torches around the room, revealing a large strange alter and a statue of a beautiful woman behind it. She had long flowing hair and a flowing dress that almost made the hair and cloth seem as one. Her head was held high and her eyes gazed at the chamber before her as though expecting them. Around her neck was the two piece pendant resting against her bust and her own hands were placed below it in the same position of an upside down prayer.

'It's beautiful isn't it?' said Satoshi. He was standing before the alter and was staring up at the woman's face.

'Do you know who this statue represents?' questioned Satoshi.

'A Greek goddess perhaps,' Dark guessed. Satoshi chuckled

'If I told you that the people who worshipped here were neither believers of Gods nor were they Satanists, who do you think this is? Have another guess.'

'Nothing comes immediately to mind,' replied Dark.

'So this temple was so secret that not even you would know of its origins. Well, even I found it hard to research it after you told me the name. Apparently the worshippers of this temple worshipped Mother Nature. They brought fruit and flowers to this temple in hopes that Nature would favour them and protect them from natural disasters. It was in here, however, when they were paying respects that a huge unexpected storm occurred and caused the tides to ride dramatically. Water swept into here and most of them drowned, those who survived never came back or tried to convert anyone to their old beliefs. It's all theory though; no one knows the true facts. Most likely someone discovered their religion and tried to wipe them out. That's how most religions die out.'

'That's very informative, but it's not the reason why we're here.'

Satoshi sighed, Krad was getting impatient as well, as soon as Satoshi told him he would be having a one on one against Dark, he was thrilled and wasn't going to ruin this chance by telling Kei. Dark was his and his alone to defeat.

Krad transformed without any resistance from Satoshi. Which was a strange thing for him to do but Krad was too excited to ponder over it.

'You and I both know that you would have found it easier to get past the police, than to get past me, even with those peashooters,' mocked Krad.

'Maybe, maybe not, either way, this way is more fun,' said Dark.

'Masochist,' Krad smirked. He drew out a feather and prepared himself to attack.

Dark also prepared himself. Now the hard part begins, to get a feather he will have to personally pluck one off Krad's wing, trying to snatch one of the magically activated feathers is suicide and down right impossible. In the middle of this he has to somehow get the pendent and get out of there.

Krad took off into the air, as though trying to tempt Dark into going for the pendent. The chamber was large and had a high ceiling so it was possible to fly; Krad disappeared into the shadows above before lighting the whole room with a powerful attack.

Dark dodged the attack and he too took off into the air, deciding to stay low and get to the other side of the chamber. More missile-like attacks rained down and Dark veered left and right to avoid them. When Dark was getting close to the alter, Krad dived to intercept him and forced Dark to retreat with a large ball of magic that left a gaping hole in the floor.

If Krad keeps this up, it won't be long until he's worn down, thought Dark.

'But if he's too tired, he might force Satoshi in control to stop you from attacking him, and if you don't attack or try to get the pendent soon, Krad will eventually catch on' warned Daisuke.

'Don't distract me now Daisuke!' Dark yelled.

He turned just in time as a feathered missile swept past his shoulder.

'Do you still let your tamer boss you around? He has you tied to a leash like a dog; I bet he even has a collar with your name on it!' Krad laughed.

In retort to that insulting comment, Dark flew up while Krad was still too busy laughing and shouldered him in the gut. Krad wheezed and doubled over, too much in pain to keep flying, he leant onto Dark and his weight caused them both to fall, punching and kicking each other as they went. When the ground became a little too close for comfort Dark broke away with a snap of his wings and watched as Krad, who didn't notice the upcoming ground, fall with a thud.

Krad lay there with no sign of getting up and Dark was worried that he may have seriously hurt himself…worried for Satoshi's body, Dark corrected. He walked forward cautiously and bent down to see the damage, he visually scanned Krad for any serious injuries but he doesn't seem to have done anything other than knock himself out. If that's true then why hasn't he turned back into Satoshi?

Suddenly Krad's hand lashed out and caught Dark's arm in a painful grip. Krad was now 'awake' and grinning like a mad Cheshire cat.

'You should never help the enemy, even when they're down!'

With unnatural strength, Krad threw Dark over him and collided hard with the wall just beside the statue. Dark slid down and landed on his head in a comical fashion. The wall now had a crumbling hole where Dark once was. Clutching his head and arranging himself so the world wasn't on a tilt, he looked up to see Krad standing and walking towards him. He didn't have a scratch on him.

Dark growled in annoyance and got up shakily, Krad was approaching, grinning with feather in hand. Dark wasn't in a state to escape this attack and prepared his own feather, making mental apologises to his Light.

At some unheard signal, both Angels activated their magic, Krad sending another round of missile feathers and Dark put up a shield to stop them.

Unexpectedly there was a flicker of light just beside them and they turned to see the pendant was glowing. Each hand was shrouded in an eerie light, the white hand in a yellowy hue and the black hand in a deep indigo blue, strangle similar to Dark and Krad's magic. The two colours seemed to be fighting each other and as the seconds passed the battle became more intense as they began to grow brighter and they intermixed, trying to win over the other. The light display made lights and shadows dance along the walls like light refracting through water and when the walls were starting to crumble, both Dark and Krad knew they had to do something, fast.

They both leapt at the pendent, Dark grabbing the black hand and Krad grabbing the white. As soon as they made contact the colours became fiercer and spread further to encase Dark and Krad in a sphere of blinding colours.

They pulled with all there might to separate the hands and the magic, although they couldn't see it they could hear the sound of the walls and ceiling cracking and rocks falling at a deadly rate. Even if they had made a run for the door, the place was falling down far quicker than they could run.

Gritting his teeth and using his other hand to grab hold of the statue, Dark used it as leverage to pull him and the hand away. The hands shifted so their palms no longer connected, and it was just the fingers that were still persistently staying together. Krad took Darks example and used the other side of the statue to pull away and finally the pendant came apart. The lights retreated back to their original hand but didn't dim; instead they seemed to turn on their holders and shoot out of their hands and straight into their chests, knocking them to either side of the chamber and into unconscious.

When Dark awoke, he had a splitting headache and the world started spinning when he tried to sit up. Within his blurry vision he saw Daisuke lying on the ground amongst the fallen rocks and Satoshi was leaning over him and they were kissing. Dark rubbed his eyes with a thumb and forefinger and thought he must be hallucinating, did he bang his head when he…now what did just happen? For a few moments Dark sorted through his memories and remembered what happened. With a no longer pounding head and a clearer mind he took in his surroundings properly.

The whole chamber was covered in dust and rocks in various sizes; the one he was currently leaning on for support was about the size of a small car. The chamber walls were no longer smooth, but jagged and crumbled and the ceiling was like the inside of a cave with stalactite shaped remains of rocks that did not fall. Above the now caved-in entrance was a huge hole that revealed the clear night sky and a full moon, which was the only reason Dark could see anything, because the torches were all buried. The only thing that wasn't affected at all, was the statue of Mother Nature, who was bathed by a direct beam of moonlight.

Unfortunately he wasn't hallucinating earlier, Daisuke was lying on the floor amongst the rocks and Satoshi was leaning over him, but they weren't kissing. It was worse…Satoshi was performing CPR.

Panic flooded Dark's system, how did he get there? What happened to him? Is he alright? Dark tried talking to Daisuke mentally but could no longer feel Daisuke's presence. Scared and on the brink of hysteria, Dark forced his protesting limbs to stand him upright and stumble over to him.

By the time he got there Satoshi was putting the unconscious but breathing Daisuke into the safety position and Dark sighed in relief before collapsing.

'Please don't do that, I really don't want to perform CPR on you,' said Satoshi breathlessly.

His shirt and trousers were filthy and he lost his glasses somewhere, but other than that he looked alright.

'What happened to Daisuke?' asked Dark anxiously.

'I'm not sure, all I remember is suddenly finding myself in control and the world seemingly to fall on me. I found Daisuke like this,' he replied frowning. 'If you're here, and Daisuke's here, you don't think-'

There was a loud groan from the side of the room and golden haired man resurrected from the dust and began sneezing heavily.

'And here I was hoping he got buried alive,' muttered Satoshi groggily.

Krad sneezed again and clutched his head with one hand; his other was supporting him upright.

'Itai, I feel like a mountain fell on me,'

'It was actually a cliff but close enough, the feeling's mutual' commented Dark.

Krad's golden eyes pieced the moonlit room to give Dark an evil glare, his eyes then widened in shock at just whom he was sitting next to.

'Just what kind of magic is this?! Not even all the Hikari magic put together could do this!'

'That's because I don't think it was a Hikari piece of artwork,' informed Satoshi.

'Then just what was it?!' seethed Krad.

'I don't know I'll have to do some research.'

There was movement from the red headed teen and his eye's slowly opened. Dark was soon by his side and helping him to sit up.

'Daisuke? Daisuke, are you ok?' asked Dark worriedly.

'Dark?' said Daisuke confused.

'Yeah it's me, how many fingers am I holding up?'

'Four, but Dark? How come you're-?'

'That's good then, at least we know you haven't got brain damage,' Dark joked, although his heart didn't seem to be into it.

'Are you sure you're alright Niwa-kun,' persisted Satoshi.

'I'm fine! But what's going on!' shouted Daisuke frustrated.

Before anyone could answer, Krad took advantage of Dark's distraction and gave him a warning shot of magic that almost hit Daisuke, who froze wide eyes.

'Before you start fretting over your little fetish, we have a score to settle, and this time there are no limitations,' challenged Krad.

Dark was furious, the bastard nearly hit Daisuke on purpose, now he's going to pay. Dark slowly stood up and faced Krad.

'No limitations?' Dark repeated.

Krad grinned in confirmation.

'Ok, I'll start,' said Dark.

Before Krad knew what happened he felt an agonising pain in his groin and was face down in the dirt.

'Get up,' Dark threatened.

Despite being in a lot of pain, Krad grinned.

'I've never seen this side of you before Dark, I kind of like it.'

Dark sneered disgustingly and aimed a kick for Krad's ribs, except they never made contact. Krad had rolled out of reach and quickly got to his feet.

The next few moments were a blur, they punched, kicked and bit, but didn't use any magic what so ever, it was as if it was a competition to see who will break to use magic first. Of course, it was Krad. What was once a brawl between men was now a battle of power between Light and Dark.

Daisuke had never seen Dark fight so desperately before, Dark was known to avoid getting into harms way as much as possible, but now that he had his own body, he didn't have to take into consideration the condition of his host. What scared Daisuke was that Dark didn't seem to care what danger he was putting himself in.

The two Angels were in a beautiful, yet deadly dance. Both were set on taking the other out and seemed to have forgotten about the two young boys who watched fearfully from the sidelines.

Soon, Daisuke couldn't take it anymore.

'STOP IT!!'

Dark froze in the air and turned where his tamer made his desperate cry. Krad had also stopped and growled in annoyance at the source of interruption. With a quick, cruel decision, Krad dived towards Daisuke and grasped him by the neck, hauling him at least 4ft off the ground and started choking him.

'Krad! Leave him out of this! This is just between you and me!'

'Then perhaps you'd like to tell your pet to keep his trap shut,'

'Put him down Krad,' Dark growled.

Krad's eye's brightened, 'Oh? I see, I threaten your little host, and then you become aggressive, that's interesting, very interesting.'

'Leave him alone Krad, he hasn't done anything to you.'

Satoshi's response was a backhand to the cheek.

'You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that, and you'd best stay out of this as well Toshi-kun because my patience is running thin-, ow! You little brat!'

Daisuke had been struggling in Krad's grip and had managed to hit one of Krad's forming bruises. In Krad's anger, he threw Daisuke into the crumbled wall where he hit his head and fell unconscious once again.

'Daisuke!'

'BOMBS AWAY!'

Suddenly a small round object flew through the large gap near the entrance and smashed to pieces at Krad's feet. He suddenly stumbled back, covering his mouth and nose and looked like he was going to be sick. Dark quickly rushed over to Daisuke and quickly took off before he got a good lungful of whatever made Krad feel ill. He flew up to the gap and landed inside it. Reaching to the other side and to freedom, he noticed four large familiar silhouettes in the sky.

'Look who it is, it's the guy who was saved by a stink bomb,' giggled Gassy.

'One of the best we've made,' boasted Iggy.

Gassy and Iggy flew past each other and high fived.

'You were gone for sooooooo long, do you know that Daisuke has to get to school in two hours?' commented Nudge.

'I thought you promised not to come,' said Dark taking off from the gap, making sure Daisuke was securely held in his arms, 'Never mind, let's get out of here.'

It was only when they had got back at the Niwa's house did the flock realise that Dark and Daisuke were now two separate people.

Being badgered by both the flock and Daisuke's family, Dark had the tedious task of retelling the story of tonight's plight and by the end of it Daisuke was starting to wake.

'Oh Dai-chan! My poor baby!' Emiko hugged her son and made it difficult to breathe.

'Mom! Need…air-'

She abruptly let go but still smothered him with motherly affection.

'So did you guys get the feather?' Max cut in.

Dark went cold, as everyone looked at him expectantly. At the beginning he remembered that was the point of that theft, but when he was fighting he completely forgot about it. Dark felt absolutely disappointed and angry with himself. There was never going to be another opportunity to get the feather before Angel's condition becomes critical.

'Yep, we got two actually.'

Daisuke opened his hand to reveal two slightly ruffled but intact white feathers.

Dark and Krad having to work together! (dies of shock) This chapter is really for DNAngel fans, like me, I like it when Daisuke and Dark are one person but now it can get more interesting now they are two different people. The whole Mother Nature worshipping thing is something I made up on a whim, I surprise myself with what I can come up with. We will soon be saving Fang and beating up Krad again. No offence Krad fans.