Dark will be out of character this time around. Cuz you ppl have not known him as a child in this fan fiction, 'this is what he might have been'. Also, please don't forget, Hiroko's real name is Hikaru, there is no new character here in this chapter.

Oh please remember this as I will not and will link to the story: "You see your Angel but I'll always be your Prince."

You'll see something similar to that soon. I know I may have changed some things, but my earlier plans didn't make sense to the sequence of how the story goes.

Sorry for the lateness, again.

Start the show plz~


Chapter 29: "I've Missed You"

For a moment, he was holding onto Daisuke's hand, squeezing it enough to give some reassurance to each other. The next, there was a strong light coming from behind that he never felt would come out. Dark had to cover his eyes since it was too radiant for him to see through.

Once the light disappeared, he realized that he had let go of Daisuke. He had been so quiet this whole time, Dark never heard him react when the light came around. Turning fast behind him to see if the little red head was there, he thought he caught a glimpse of a red feather. He slowly looked up to a man with a white suit, paralyzed by the faint familiarity of a distant memory coming back to him. His wide eyes stayed glued to the man who picked up Hitomi's glasses and left it on her face, picking her up, bridal style, and walked towards the beam where he sat her down.

Dark's cheeks began to grow rosy red from seeing the man and he caught himself before he could show them.

I-It's him. He came back! His childish self thought with excitement, the excitement he used to have while he was a child. He smiled sincerely at the old memories but quickly snapped out of it. Those were days long gone…

"I am Sora Aiko, one of the 12 Guardians of the sky. Hachirou Hikari, as your name says, you are the eighth son to the Hikari house. What would the eighth son want with my little sister?" the man said, showing a serious face at the old man. Dark's eyebrows frowned. He never remembered the man with red hair sounding so serious before, not even when he needed to depart from him and Hikaru.

"I take it you're the one who got her away from her punishment. Tell me why you had gone through such lengths as to prevent her from being punished of her sin." Hachirou said, still standing where he was.

It looks like he's stronger than we thought… Dark thought, now focusing on the moment.

"You know very well she was just a child when that happened and therefore should not have been punished in the first place. She only took in a demon that was once a guardian and was still turning. That boy knew the difference of what was right and wrong and did not influence her. She did not think the consequences of bringing that boy into her body and going back up to heaven." The red eyed man said.

That's right. Hikaru made a mistake of bringing a demon into the sky when she didn't know it was a demon. She wasn't taught yet of where demons come from, just where they reside and their ugly form. That guy was still changing into a demon but didn't look like a demon yet. He still looked angelic and still had a good heart. Dark thought, remembering the reason of why Hikaru and Sora fell from the sky and right into his backyard.

"But she was a chosen guardian!"

"A recently chosen guardian. She was not fully taught of the responsibilities of a guardian yet." Sora quickly interjected.

How does he know all this stuff? Dark thought incredulously. He caught a glimpse of Hiroko as her mouth was left wide open, astonished.

I would've laughed if it wasn't for how serious this situation had turned out. Dark thought.

"Then why did she end up not being taught?"

"Because there was an accident." Sora said lastly, sounding solemn as he closed his eyes.

Dark took in a sharp breath. Hearing him say it in such a sad tone made his heartbeat. Achingly. Aiko…Dark rang his name in his mind as he realized he liked the guy very much still, after all this time.

"She just fell when I took my eyes off of her for a second…and I suppose that you now know who that girl is, I might as well say her human name. Hiroko didn't do anything wrong. She just did what she thought was best at that time. She didn't mean to bring a demon into heaven so easily. It was an accident." Sora said lastly. He looked torn apart, as if this was too much to swallow.

"Well, I suppose that's all I wanted to know." Hachirou Hikari said as he knocked on the floor with his cane twice, manipulating Hio's body to stand up and shield him. "You can have her since she's useless to me now."

He threw Hio's body at Sora, thinking he could get away with that as a distraction.

Sora caught the girl and summoned Hachirou's cane to his hand, the handle breaking in the process.

"Do you think I'm going to let you have your way with this matter?" Sora said threateningly.

The old man was caught off guard as he saw his cane break right in front of him. He clenched his teeth and faced Sora.

"We'll see if I can or not, Sora Aiko." Hachirou said as he raised his arm up and was grabbed by an injured, flying Krad, who both disappeared into a ball of light that dispersed after entering it through the ceiling.

Sora sighed and let Hio's body lean against the last steps and handle of the staircase, putting the broken cane down beside her. He straightened up and looked at the two who were still conscious.

"Well, it's been a while hasn't it, Dark, Argentine?" Sora said, now smiling at the two, the heavy atmosphere disappearing.

Dark couldn't say anything as he faced reality now. He knew this must have been some sort of miracle but he didn't know how long it would last. It's disappointing.

"Wh-what about that Hachirou guy? Aren't we going to catch him?" Argentine said through Hiroko's lips, the voice still coming out as feminine.

"No, no. It'll be a waste of time. At the moment they pose no threat." Sora said nonchalantly. "I can take her home now, so you can stop supporting her body. Isn't it stressful for you since it isn't your body? You've just woken up."

Argentine looked up at the man, feeling the admiration he used to have for him ever since he met him. It was true, he was a soul, a demon but a soul in the world of the humans, therefore his soul was put in strain whenever he uses a body for too long. Argentine looked down and nodded. "Sure."

Hiroko's body slowly changed back to the way it was and her body fell into Sora's arms, still unconscious. Like a holograph, Argentine flew beside her head, looking down at her. "Will this be alright? What happens when she wakes up? I didn't tell her about the truth about all of us you know."

"Don't worry, when she wakes up, I won't be around." Sora said, making Dark flinch at this. "You can make up whatever you like until we can tell her the truth."

So it's going to end again, seeing you… Dark thought as he looked at Sora. He looked very much like Daisuke, now that he thought about it, but their personalities were only similar. So Daisuke was the reincarnation of Sora…I see. I can't believe I found him… Dark thought bitterly, knowing that it was him and at the same time it wasn't the same person he knew. Was this why he so quickly started to love Daisuke? Was it because of Sora? He didn't want to think about it.

"Dark?" Sora called out to him, his face close to Dark's. Dark quickly snapped out of his revere. There was a dust of pink on his cheeks as he felt Sora's eyes on him. "Are you alright?"

"Ah, uh, yes, I am." Dark answered awkwardly, turning his head so that Sora wouldn't see his blush…or look directly at his eyes. "Don't worry about it."

"Alright then." Sora said, standing straight and readjusting Hiroko in his arms. He smiled as he looked forward to the exit.

"Let's talk in a more fitting setting, shall we?" Sora said as he led the way outside. The doors swung open with ease as he exited the mansion. Dark quickly scooped up Hitomi and also left the mansion. Once in front of the car, Dark fidgeted with Hitomi's body as he tried to get her keys. As he finally got it, he unlocked the doors with the small control that was for the car. Sora opened the back door, letting Hiroko's back lean on the seat as he put her seatbelt on and closed the door. She was asleep now but was in a heavy sleep. Argentine stayed by her side the whole time, watching over her. Sora chuckled.

"You know, nothing is going to happen if you keep staring at her. She'll be motionless the entire time so you won't see her make faces." Sora commented, seeing Argentine's face flush red with embarrassment, his eyes wide at the comment. Sora still smiled.

"I'm not looking at her for that!" Argentine whispered harshly, feeling his own cheeks. He turned, not wanting to show more of his own face. Dark had stayed still, looking at Sora's teasing. It really has been a while...

As if sensing his stare, Sora looked at Dark. He tried to get Hitomi back up in his arms after getting the keys, feeling a little embarrassed since he got caught. Closing his eyes and having his smile linger on, Sora goes to him and takes Hitomi from him with ease. Dark looks up at him again, surprised.

"I can handle the rest, try and get Mio Hio here okay?" Sora said. Dark nodded, not looking at him in the eyes. He ran back to the mansion where the girl was still stationed. Still unconscious.

She was now out of the old man's grasp. Having that Sora crushed the very thing that held her captive all this time, poisoning her mind, she was now out cold and wouldn't be able to wake up for a few days. Mio had turned into a fallen angel, now that she was here on earth and wouldn't be able to go back. This all means one thing, more possibilities of there being problems because of too much exposure of these angels. People were already seeing the weird phenomenon in the skies as it is thanks to Hiroko going out of control the other night.

All these thoughts were passing by Dark's head. Well, he tried to get Sora off his mind.

In actuality, he really had been thinking about him all these years, but never did he thought it would turn out that he loved the guy. He thought it was admiration or even brotherly love. When he met Daisuke for the first time, he enjoyed the little time they had together. Even though he was just plainly asking where the meeting was going to be held, it felt to him that he had met him before and that if they could have, they would've been great friends. Now though, he had fallen for Daisuke and realized his old feelings for Sora were actually 'love' as well. Did he love the same person? Not exactly.

So…I have to choose one, huh? Dark thought last as he had already picked up the girl and the broken cane. With his wings still out and large, he flew over to the car. It was passed midnight now. He figured not many would see.

He was being as reckless as when he first met them. You can say time reversed back to how it was then with the coming of Sora for Dark.

Once he reached the car, Sora was waiting patiently for him with that same smile. That smile seemed to have made Dark forget of all the little things that he was trying to shove in his head. Lately, that had only worked when Daisuke smiled. This was a tough situation for him.

Dark let Mio's legs down, opened the door with his free hand and carefully but swiftly let her body lean on the other two girls, all huddled up. Argentine looked up from Hiroko's face and saw how weird Dark was acting.

"I'll close the door for you. Let's just get out of here already, okay?" Argentine said quietly, making sure not to wake the girls up.

Dark nodded and went to the driver's side quickly. He breathed in slowly, closing his eyes as he laid his hand on the handle before going inside. Soon, his wings dispersed in small balls of violet light all around him. His brows furrowed, feeling a bit of pain. He took too much life energy from Daisuke so his body couldn't handle it once it was dispersed. It's like the equivalence of a blood transfusion: too risky to handle yet necessary.

He opened his eyes and looked down to his right hand, extending his fingers, and all the violet balls turned to one at the palm of his hand. Dark opened the door of the car, sat down and showed the ball or life force to him. Sora just blinked at it, not sure what to say.

"Don't you need to replenish your energy? Even in that body, you still need it since you just woke up." Dark said, looking at the wheel in front of him, waiting for his response. Sora just smiled, pleasantly again.

"Tsundere."

Dark's head jerked up at the mention of that. He looked straight at Sora, his cheeks: pink.

"Don't say that! I wasn't sure if you would accept it. Understand?" Dark said, a little quickly than what he would've liked to have explained. Sora chuckled, softly.

Argentine looked at them curiously, not exactly knowing what was happening.

Great, I'm losing a lot of composure here. Dark thought, straightening in his seat and getting a key out of his sleeve with his free hand. Sora looked at Dark's hand, where the life force and key came out of. Sora then looked at Dark's face and nodded.

"I humbly accept." Sora finally said, taking the violet ball of light into his hands and cupping it to the center of his chest. It immediately responded and slowly went inside his body, making a dance of violet and red light all around him. From the corner of his eye, Dark looked at him as the other was doing this.

Once Sora was done, he felt more 'revived' than when he entered this world through Daisuke.

"Thank you, Dark-san." Sora said with a polite smile on his face. Dark quickly looked away, now having a bit of pink on his cheeks as he started the car.

"No problem."

They quickly ran out of there and headed for the mansion, not caring if the police were nearby.

With the Harada twins

"Risa?" Riku asked, opening the door just a bit to see inside the room. The place was dark but the light of the moon streaming in from the balcony made it so that it wouldn't be pitch black. She looked around and then saw her sister's shadow coming from the balcony.

Riku walked inside, going towards Risa's side. "There you are. I thought you went to bed already."

Risa didn't look back; instead she kept her eyes locked on a part of the town that she could see.

"No, I was reading my cards to see if there were any changes in my future. I wanted to know if I could be with Dark-san but then…" Risa said, pausing to look at a card she was holding on to, "the cards said something else."

Riku looked down at the card, wondering what Risa meant. "What does it say?"

"It tells of a huge change. It looks like we're going to be part of something serious." Risa replied, looking back at the place she had been looking at. "And I just saw something that looked like one of my cards."

"Wha? What was it?" Riku asked, now looking at the direction her sister was looking at. It was a huge mansion.

"A bird, a very bright, pretty one." Risa said quietly, then looking at her card. It showed of the bird that she was referring to, similar looking to that of Sora's awakening.

"So…you think we're going to be in some sort of trouble?" Riku asked, not exactly understanding. Risa then smiled as she looked to her sister's way, "Maybe."

The night continued on quietly…

With Dark

Once at the mansion, Dark set Hitomi down in one of the guest's bedrooms while Sora placed Hiroko in another room, Argentine tagging along behind him. After he pulled the blankets over the unconscious girl, Dark went to fetch for Hio Mio when he heard Sora's voice.

"Leave the girl in the study. We need to look through her mind."

Startled, Dark hesitated to go get Mio, understanding what they really needed to do. He came back pretty fast. With swift movements, Dark managed to get the girl into the study and onto a comfy patted chair without waking her up, if that was possible. Sora came downstairs, leaving Argentine to look after Hiroko.

"It's been a while since I've done this but we have to know how they managed to find Hikaru without the Almighty's help." Sora said, walking into the study with a fast pace. He crouched in front of Mio and started to look at her.

Dark was leaning against the desk, his hands holding onto the edges. "You know, the spells that you've showed me are probably wearing off."

"Oh?" murmured Sora, inspecting the girl's physical features, making sure there wasn't a single scratch. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, when I met Krad, I made sure to use this spell that you taught me about making people forget whatever 'Angelic' thing they would see. Tonight, it showed that it hasn't worked." Dark explained, getting off of the desk. Sora sighed as he stopped his inspection, straighten up, and looked at Dark.

"I'm going to have to teach you how to make that power of yours stronger then."

Dark looked at Sora with a bit of shock. Was there such a thing to an angel? Does the word 'upgrade' exist in Heaven?

"Come outside for a moment." Sora asked as he turned on his heel and headed straight for the door. Dark followed afterwards.

Just out of the study, the atmosphere that was around them a moment ago, all business-like, was changed into a more nostalgic type.

"Dark, first off, I'm happy…" Sora started to say, whose back was at Dark, started to turn around and gave the most sincere of smiles. Quite the replica of Daisuke's smiles but much adult-like. "To have once again seen you."

Dark's eyes were wide, not having seen this person throw one of his nicest smiles since he was a kid, he started to have a certain feeling welling up inside his chest.

"And look how you've grown, into a fine young man." Sora said enthusiastically, just like how he used to talk to Dark.

"Oh please, you're talking as if you were an old geezer." Dark amused, his grin now showing. God, I really missed you…

"Isn't that the case?" Sora asked, immediately laughing at what he said. Dark joined along. Their sounds of laughter filled up the sad and dark mansion, reliving its youthful days. Things were much brighter back then.

Argentine couldn't resist and smiled as he tried to take a peek at the two men from the second floor. The study was close by the staircase, so the two were definitely visible. He smiled, remembering the good old days when they all had fun, as if they were family. The family that helped him change from that shell he was slowly becoming into a regular guy.

Eventually, the two men settled their laughter and looked at each other, still smiling. Finally, Sora ended up breaking the silence.

"Isn't there something you've wanted to do?" Sora asked, knowing the answer already. Dark's smile almost faltered, feeling a little embarrassed and a little surprised. To confirm what Sora was trying to say, he opened his arms, giving Dark entry. "Come on, I'm right here."

Dark's mouth was slightly opened, his hair now covering his eyes. Then, he bolted towards Sora and hugging him, his face buried in the other's shoulder.

"I've missed you….so much…." Dark said through muffled sounds. Sora gently placed his arms around the teen, closing his eyes and letting his right hand go over Dark's head softly.

"Yeah…I know….me too…" Sora said. A small smile was present on his face as he said those words, memories flooding his mind.

Argentine slowly went back into Hiroko's room and quietly shut the door closed. It was a happy reunion after all.


Oh god, I really was gonna cry there. Hope it wasn't too sappy on Dark's part. He has feelings you know.

I learned something when I was reading some fan fictions from a writer who also has writer's block: push through that writers block!

So that's what I'm gonna try to do. Cheer me on people! :D