Few reviews but I'll move on. By the way, I never read the manga just seen the anime tv show of ok? So only characters and some new ones, will be present. Sorry if I did not disclaim this earlier in the chapters.

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Chap. 21, Sparks Fly

"Your doing it wrong." Dark said.

"It isn't something I know how to do, sorry." Daisuke said, his cheeks getting red as he felt Dark closer than ever.

"Here, do it like this" Dark said, huskily breathing down Daisuke's neck.

"L-like this?" Dausike's breath quivered as goosebumps went through his body. His cheeks were totally flushed.

"Yeah, your doing fine." Dark said, a smile creeping up.

"you can leave this to me-Ah!" Daisuke yelled as he felt Dark's head, tickiling his neck in the process.

"Oh my gosh! What are you two doing?!" Hiroko shouted, seeing the two guys' bodies together while being in the Kitchen. Dark had just colapsed on top of Daisuke's back. Daisuke, the only one who had his injuries all patched up thanks to Hiroko, was trying to preapare the food in Hitomi's house. Hitomi went grocery shopping for more ingredients but told Daisuke to take care of the soup by stiring it and adding a bit of the ingredients that were on the side every once in a while. Dai didn't know how to prepare this sort of soup so Dark went to check on him after his good rest of sleep and ended up colapsing on him.

"Dark, I told you not to get out of bed. Your injuries are still open!" Hiroko said as she went up to the two. As soon as she touched Dark, her nerves cried, making her jump away from the painful, light touch.

"Daisuke, can you get Dark to bed. I'll try to make sure the soup doesn't curdle." Hiroko said, looking at Dai. He nodded and took Dark's right arm over his neck and carried him like that to bed in one of the guest rooms at the end of the hall on the 1st floor. He unlocked the door successfully with one of his hands, the other supporting Dark's frame. Once inside, he tried to gently put him down when Dark suddenly woke up and knocked them both down roughly on the bed.

"Dark!"Daisuke wined, feeling his body under Dark's weight. He looked light but it was all the underlying muscles that must have made his body feel the opposite of light. "Come on, pull yourself together and get some rest." Daisuke tried pushing Dark by the shoulders, being careful about his injuries. It didn't work. Dai wasn't strong enough.

"You have a fever so you go rest with me." Dark said, his voice muffled through the sheets.

"Eh?" Daisuke questioned, not exactly noticing the flushed cheeks getting warmer or the rest of his body.

"You still have Hiroko's healing power on you. That's why your like that; not exactly feeling sick but you are, nonetheless." Dark said and then lifted his head from the side of Dai's head and looked down at Daisuke. His eyes were glazed and now that Daisuke knew about the fever, he felt their bodies in heat. Thankfully, Hitomi had brothers so he was wearing pajamas while Dark was wearing sweats and an undershirt. His breath was husky again as he began to speak.

"You're a lucky guy Daisuke."

Daisuke was confused on how Dark was acting. From the angle he was seeing at him, his cheeks were also tinted red.

"What do you mean?" Daisuke asked. Dark leaned his head and his forehead touched Dai's forehead, startling Daisuke.

"You'll always be loved."

That almost stopped his heart from beating. There's something about what he said just now, like a hiden meaning. Daisuke thought as he felt his chest rise and fall now. Everything around him, to him, was sensitive; including Dark's breath.

"Dark…" Daisuke said, looking up at Dark's eyes, "I'm…sorry…" Then Daisuke fainted, his fever knocking him out. Dark smiled pleasantly, already knowing that the boy would faint sooner or later.

Now why would you say sorry…? Dark thought. He looked at Daisuke again, now asleep, his fever still around and the heat is pouring out of his body. What a shame. I don't want to take advantage of you…might as well go down with you… Dark thought again as he felt himself faint; his body on top of Daisuke's.

From behind the door, Hiroko was peaking at them, her cheeks red.

These two…I'm kinda glad theydidn't do anything beyond PG-16 but…I'm a little dissapointed at the same time…Hiroko thought as she snapped to a conclusion. Dark knew he would still be conscious even if he did drink that wine! He just wanted to look like the victim!

Hiroko's jaw dropped. He could blame me!

Without her healing powers, which are a branch to the demon's powers that is inside of her, she can't quite compose herself.

With Krad

Krad was in his own mansion, being taken care of by maids. They tucked him in his bed and left when another man came into the room. With an old yet strong figure, his grey thick brows frowned maliciously as he stared at an unconscious Krad.

"You may leave." His voice came out powerful as he said that to the maids. They all left timidly. As soon as they left, a little bird appeared out of the curtains.

"I thank you for bringing the boy here, Hio." The man said. Out of the curtains came out a girl with short blonde hair and blue eyes that were downcast. Her attaire wasn't something you would normally see in a store. (the same attire as when she visited the harada sisters in a tower). On her neck was a necklace underneath a stone-like-collar; crypted by swirls that meet a symbol of a wing at the front. She had her head hung low in front of the man that was addressing her.

"Making a mess like that and letting the soul that I put on him be captive by those renegade Angels!" The man yelled out, hitting the surface of a table nearby. He sat himself down on one of the armchairs that were in the room, close to Krad's bed. The room was in shadows by the long night blue curtains. The rest of the room, with the same color as the curtains, looked that of nighttime. Outside, the sun was about to set fully, making way for the stars.

Krad, who was tucked in his bed, had already recovered from his injuries, including where Hiroko and Daisuke stabbed him to get the evil soul out. He was beginning to awaken…

"Oh, so your awake? Good." The old man said, getting his cane and bringing it in front of him; ready to stand.

Krad's eyes fluttered open and looked around the room until his eyes met the old man. He sat up in his bed, his expression showing he was surprised to see the man there.

"Uncle…"

"You have failed again."

The room was silent as the two saw eye to eye. The young lady Hio stayed silently behind the curtains. Krad looked away for a second then back at him, "I know I did fail. Next time-"

"Next time what? You would have another clue for them to find where the brother of that danm child is? Not an option anymore." Krad's uncle said as he stood up and walked towards the door.

"If you want another dark soul, go find one yourself. We the Hikari's have a good grasp on our belongings to let it go to waste." The uncle said as he left the room, making Krad ponder on what to do as his next move.

"Yes uncle…"

Hio, who was still behind the curtains in her meloncholy state, is still wavering whether she should come out or not.

"Hio." Krad voices out as he gazes at the right hand curtain where Hio is hiding. "Come out. You know I don't like cowards."

Reluctantly, she came out. "You called?"

"Find me a wondering soul and I'll do something about that body." Krad instructed, looking at her with serious eyes. Hio looked down and nodded. "Yes Master Krad…"

She went beyond the curtains to a balchony and jumped off it, landing safely on her feet and started her search.

Krad, still looking back from where she left, the curtains still moving from her swift movement, let his eye lids grow heavy until he completely fell to asleep on his king sized bed. Letting the cold breezes fill his void dreams.

With Daisuke

When Daisuke woke up, he found only darkness filling his eyesight. He closed them again, trying to adjust his eyes to the darkness. When he opened them again, he found himself in warm arms. His mind was still hazy from the sleep he was in and felt himself still in a bit of heat which made him feel comfortable. He snuggled up to the warmth he felt in front of him and closed his eyes. The arms that were holding him held him a little tighter and that's when he opened his eyes, wide, and looked up. He saw Dark's sleeping face, his chin off of Daisuke's head.

He didn't scream, he was too speachless and embarrased for that. Instead, he shrinked away from his embrace; sliding down from Dark's arms. He looked back at Dark now, sitting on the bed. They both had their Pj's on and were under the covers, somehow…Daisuke thought. He went a little closer to Dark and looked at his sleeping face. He soon felt a little happy as he kept his gaze on his face, softening.

He looks serious in his sleep…maybe if he didn't have his eye brows like that he would look…Daisuke thought, as he paused to imagine how Dark would look like without his eyebrows anchored down. He would look innocent...no….he would lookhandsome even in his sleep…Daisuke thought again and suddenly backed away. Ok, maybe I'm thinking about this too much in detail.

He looked around the room and saw that it was Dark's pear bedroom for the night. Dai looked at the nightstand where it had a digital clock, it's red digit lights showing it was 7pm. The slumber he was in wasn't too long. He slipped out of bed and covered Dark's lower body with the sheets. He smiled back at him before looking at the slightly opened door. He went out of it, taking notice that the whole house was in blue shadows with lights coming in from outside through the window at the end of the hallway. When Daisuke peeked at the window from where he stood, he saw the sky was coming into nightfall still, but the sun was no longer visible.

He went to the kitchen area, patiently walking. He felt a light breeze from his right and unconcsiously rubbed his arms. He looked at his right where the table would be and a sliding door. He didn't notice the moon was already shining brightly into the night sky that was still developing; so the moonlight was spilling though the sliding bay window doors. He saw a figure that striked him to be a ghost at first.

(May I present you "STRENGTH." By Abingdon Boys School lyrics; Ending Song for the anime SOUL EATER. But without the instruments and much gentler on the loud parts ^ - ^;)

"My dry lips are exposed to the frozen sun,
my overflowing tears drip as they glitter and trace down my face…"

Daisuke was pulled by the sleeve and his mouth was instantly covered. He found himself on the floor next to Hitomi and she insinuated him to not say a word by putting a finger at her lips. Her gaze went back to the figure tht Daisuke saw. He looked back at the person and his eyes widened.

"To simply make up for my insufficient place, I kept searching for you.
I gathered this inherited pain into my trembling finger."

The figure had flowing black hair that glistened as it twirled around the person's figure. It was a fact now, by the figure, it was a female for even the white dress that looked so familiar to Daisuke had twirled with her elegantly.

Makoto…Daisuke thought in an instant but reminded himself it was actually Hiroko. He has been helped by her since…since I remembered about the Drama club's party in the school. Daisuke thought.

That's right, the little lullaby that had resounded in his head was her halping him remember.

"This wish I hold deep within my heart,
if it's called Destiny,
the memories left behind and your face I've lost,
will still continue to be deserted…"

She dances as if no one is watching. No one but in her mind is watching. This of course might as well be irony. Soft, glowing, small balls of blue light dance with her under the moonlight that is playing on her figure, making her seem like a ghost. Especially when the bandages that she had on recently were now flowing out a long way.

"I hesitate in my faint breath and wavering gaze…
The sparkle piercing the eye of our grated souls embraces us both."

"If we didn't meet, would we have hurt each other?
As we cuddle in the pain of our broken wings, let's gently go to sleep…"

Daisuke gasped as he thought he saw wings coming out of her back but they seem to hold no color to them, making them seem invisible.

"Because I can't return…because I can't go back,
I give up my life…
That distant day and these hands that loses everything
yearn for your warmth…"

Now that I think about it, why did she help me remember that time? Daisuke thought as he continued listening to her singing.

"Everyone holds their own sadness, they wish for a future but
what you wanted was to break me with the strenght of a defiled base."

"Without saying it, I stopped my prayers
and inscribed into them the name of Destiny.
The memories left behind and your face I've lost,
continue to be deserted within my starved heart…"

As Hiroko's song ended, the lights of the kitchen came on, followed by clapping. Daisuke and Hitmoi's eyes snapped away from Hiroko and to where the light swetich was, at the corner from where Daisuke was pulled away. Standing there, now in silence, Dark was in his pajamas and was leaning against the wall next to the switch. He didn't have bed hair but his face looked so peaceful still and his eyes glazed that it did look like he rolled out of bed.

"Dark-san!" Hiroko yelled out. She was back to normal, brown hair & hazel eyes now with her bandages back on and her own pajamas intact. Her face was red but her eyebrows were frowning. She was embarrased. Dark chuckled a bit as he noticed she went back to calling him "Dark-san".

"What? I thought that was a great performance. You even brought in a crowd." Dark said as he looked back at the table where under it was Daisuke and Hitomi.

"Mou!" Hiroko pouted, looking at the two under the table that were now rising up. Daisuke rubbed the back of his neck, looking apologetically.

"Sorry Hiroko-san" Daisuke said, smiling a little. Hitomi's eyebrows frown but she also smiled. "Yeah, we were enjoying the night's song you sang."

"Don't sorry me! You both had no permission to see that." Hiroko said, her face still flushed red. Daisuke then let his arm down as he focused on Hiroko.

"But it was a great song you sang back there." Daisuke said sincerely. Hiroko was taken aback and turned into a another shade of red.

"A-arigato" Hiroko said in her stubborn way. Dark whistled low, amused at her reactions still. Hiroko turned back at Dark.

"Shut up you-you playboy!" Hiroko yelled out, taking her tongue out in the process.

"Aww, Hiro-chan! Your so cute when you try to kick my butt." Dark said, hugging her and then putting her in a head lock to rub her head rigorously. Hiroko tried to squirm away. Daisuke, who had kept quiet, looked at the scene in front of with humor and heart warmth. Suddenly, his shoulder's touched by Hitomi and he looks back at her.

"Hey, why don't we celebrate you guys living through that fight with some fireworks?" Hitomi offered, shaking a pack of stick-like fireworks back and forth.

They all looked at her and then nodded. Once outside in the backyard, Hitomi got out a lighter and started the fireworks…

Later

The spark from the fireworks in Hiroko's hand was soon going to extinguish, these sort of fireworks that were now the last of what Hitomi bought. Daisuke was on her side, having his own beside the other stick. Dark and Hitomi were at the window slide doors, talking about todays fight. The other two began their conversation quietly…

"Are you...ok with this? Having to know the truth about us?" Hiroko asked, looking at her spark. Daisuke looked at her for a moment and then back at their sparks. The Autum night, being gentle, made him feel good and relaxed.

" Yeah, I am." Daisuke simply said, making Hiroko look at him, stunned.

"R-really? Your not freaked out or anything?...Or plotting something against us?" Hiroko asked wildly.

""N-no! Nothing like that." Daisuke said, waving his hands back and forth, making the sparks on the end of his stick fly around. One or two touched his skin and he yelped.

"Oh, sorry about that. I took my powers back since there's no danger around now." Hiroko informed him, remembering how snuggled up he was with Dark. She turned her face the other way, trying to hide her face as she smiled silly.

"Ahem, well, anyways," Hiroko finally said, covering the part of his arm that got burned. A glowing warm light came from under it. "I believe you need to keep this as a secret for now. I'll tell you the details all in due time, ok? It might be hard to consume all of the truth of me and Dark and why Krad had such a soul."

Hiroko looked from the arm to Daisuke's expression, smiling. "Welcome to our Angel secret society, Daisuke-san." A sweatdrop appeared around her head as she said that. "well, that was dumb but I am giving you close idea to things."

Daisuke looked like he had no clue at first but then smiled. "Yeah, I get it. So… 'Im home'?"

Hiroko grinned. "Welcome home!"

And then, everyone's spark dissapeared and the trinkle of smoke wavered in the still night air.

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Wow, that lasted too long! And im not talking about the pages, either. I need insperation because I don't even have any new drawings down!

Sorry about this but I hope you guys will like this as a "well worth it" kind of reading.

See ya later… v.v ;;