"talking"
'thoughts'sound effects
[Kirby's notes or thoughts :D]
::Daichi /Dark or Akira/Krad talking in the mind of whoever is in control of the body :D::
Author: [Whewww...thank you for the many nice reviews for the last chapter! man, the last chapter was like, by far the shortest in DNAngel Again xD;;; I'll try not to let that happen again!!! ;; so anywho, this is da long awaited chapter where it tells you da legend, and some fluff between Akira and Daichi! Yay!!! xD I love you all =] ]
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"Daichi....who has the other half of the pendant?" Kosuke said in a calm, yet deadly-serious voice.
"Wh----what makes you think someone has it? What if we just accidentally dropped it on the floor of the museum?" Daichi asked, confused.
"The Forbidden Love never activates, until two people touch it at the same time......I guess....this calls for a story about the legend......" Kosuke said with a sigh. He gestured for all of the Niwas [and Towa] to sit down, and he coughed slightly.
"Well.....first off....the legend starts about two lovers......."
"Bah, I knew it. ALL legends start out as something about two lovers one way or another..." Daichi said, grinning.
Kosuke just glared at his grandson, and continued, choosing to ignore that remark. Daisuke gave Daichi 'the look', which was currently telling Daichi to keep his mouth shut. Daichi just pouted. "Like I was saying...The legend is about two lovers..."
An angel descended onto heaven in search of a demon that was on the loose, who was wreaking havoc on Earth. Once the angel landed on Earth, he looked around and spotted the demon, lying down on the grass with his hands behind his head and his eyes closed, his face looking peaceful. He would have been fooled into thinking he got the wrong demon, until he looked at the land around him. There was nothing but broken buildings and ashes left over from what looked like a huge fire. The only spot of land there that was alive was the grass the demon was lying on.
He swiftly walked and looked down on him. He was just about to hurl his holy powers at it, until the demon slowly opened his eyes. The angel caught his breath. The demon's eyes were a beautiful, deep rich purple, and were at the moment, full of peace and tranquility. That changed quickly to fear, when he opened his eyes fully and saw an angel's hands with its fingers outstretched in front of him, the palm glowing as if ready to throw an energy blast. The demon could do nothing but stay frozen solid, not daring to make a move.
He waited, but the angel did not strike. Instead, he slowly lowered her hands, so he can get a better look at the demon. He couldn't help but notice that this was a very beautiful demon indeed, for it was not just his eyes that were perfect, but also his light cream colored skin, smooth face, long legs, his sharp face structure, and down to his two delicate eyebrows.
"What are you doing here on Earth, demon," he said, raising his hands again to show that he'll shoot if he does not answer."Well, what kind of answer are you expecting, kami-sama?" the demon said with a cool, richly deep voice. The angel shivered a moment, though he did not know why.
"The truth," the angel said simply, for he did not really know what kind of answer he expected himself.
"Ah, the truth. But how will you know whether or not my answer is truth or false? Perchance, I say that I am telling you the truth, when in reality I am not?" The demon answered with a grin. It was not an evil grin, but actually a kind of playful grin, as if he was playing around with him. What amazed the angel the most was that he was not upset by this at all.
"That is why there's trust in this world, and I shall give you mine," the angel said while watching his expression change to surprise, which he was pleased to see.
"Yes then...well, you won't like the answer, babe," the demon said with a hearty laugh. The angel scoffed a bit, and then looked down at the demon's eyes again. How could such a beautiful thing be a demon?
"Just say it."
"Ah...not very talkative, are you? Well, I just came down here, because I was bored. Do you know how long your god locked us up in Hell? It was hell!!! So many demons in one place, it's bound to get boring at one point or another, and it just so happened that I got bored today, so I just escaped from Hell with my amazing maneuverability and came here," the demon answered coolly, and he relaxed against the grass once more.
"You are vial and evil..." the angel growled.
"So I've been told," the demon said curtly, with a grin, yet this time it was an evil grin, full of no care about the world or whatever was going to blow up along with it.
Instead of being disgusted, the angel found his heart beating faster. What was this feeling...? The angel made no move when the demon started to get up and stretch. He looked over at him curiously for a second, and then his playful grin went back on his lips.
"You're so uptight, then again your not. All you need is a little...fun. Care to join me? I'll show you what real fun is," the demon said as he offered his hand to the beautiful golden-haired angel. His bright blue eyes looked at the hand for a moment, hesitatingly.
"Then what will you do? Kill me when my guard is down?" the angel said, turning away.
"Ah, I will do no such thing to such a beauty as you. And besides, don't you already trust me? For you just turned your back on me, weren't you the least bit afraid I would have striked you in the back while you weren't looking?" the demon said as he slowly meandered over to him. He gasped, he was right...
He turned to face the demon, who was now extremely close to him. He backed away a bit, but the demon wrapped his arms around him. "I just want to show you a good time. I'll show you around the fun parts of the Earth...err, the parts I haven't blown up yet that is," the demon said sheepishly. The angel thought about it for a moment. It sounded...fun...but was this against the Law...?
He sighed. What did he have to loose? He was in the arms of a demon, who could crush him at any moment... Though he found himself knowing he would do no such thing. His heart beat faster. This WAS breaking the Law...was he starting to form some sort of feeling for this demon...? He slowly took his hands, which he grasped tightly. They flew off together towards the city. Little did they know, a second angel that was sent by God to look over him was watching them go from a distance, with a grimace on her face. The angel immediately opened her wings and set off to heaven to tell God about the rebellious angel...
Kosuke stopped there, nodding his head and combing his fingers through his spiky hair. He looked among the, to see if anyone had a question. They looked at him, looking like they were waiting for more. When they saw that he wasn't going to continue, they slumped back into the couch.
"Man, that devil dude sounds a lot like Dark," Daichi said with a laugh. Dark mentally bonked Daichi on the head.
::Does not! Then again...story sounds kinda familiar...::
'What? So you're saying you might know the story?'
::...Hm...............ah, never mind. Doesn't ring a bell. Eheheheh::
'What the hell, you stupid ass, then don't go saying that you know it!'
::Who you calling a stupid ass?!! I'm older than you, respect your elders!::
'Oh yeah! I have to respect the old fart! How old are you? 1 million years old???!!!'
::You take that back!!!!!!::
"So dad, that can't be the whole story. What's the rest?" Daisuke said ignoring Daichi, who was currently making weird faces and socking the air.
"Ah," Kosuke said, scratching his chin.
"Well?" Riku said impatiently.
"...I seem to have forgotten the rest of the story," he said with a nod of his head. This caused the Niwas to collapse onto the floor in unison. Kosuke looked among them, coughed a bit, and then scratched the back of his head.
"It's probably my age getting to me..." Kosuke muttered, kind of embarrassed.
"Oh come off it, Kosuke!!! Don't you have a book on it or something?" Towa- chan said, rubbing her head because she landed on it. The other Niwas slowly got up as well, muttering.
"No...I don't...but this story was passed down the Niwa generation for as far back as I can remember for some reason I forgot...well, that was what Daichi—err, my father Daichi-- said to me when he told me the story, anyhow. He told me to tell Daisuke the story, but I never got to since...apparently, I forgot to tell him once I came back to live with him a long time ago...sorry, Daisuke. Heheheh..." Kosuke said while resting his hands in his chin, thinking.
"Thanks a lot...you're so forgetful these days..." Daisuke said, shaking his head.
"Well...that story didn't help at all..." Daichi said, scratching his nose.
"Ah...I'm sure it didn't but...I do know what will happen if you don't break the curse," Kosuke said.
"Well?!! Spill it!"
"Now now, don't talk to your grandpa so disrespectfully!" Riku said to Daichi, shaking her finger.
"grumble all right, fine. Grandpaaaaa...please can you tell me what the curse does now???" Daichi said in his sweetest voice, sparkly eyes and all.
Kosuke coughed a bit. "Yea, well, first of all, you must stick close to the person that has the other half of the necklaces. If you stick close by, then the necklace won't shrink. But, you can never get it off until...oh, what was it? I forgot..." Daichi's grandpa said, as he paced around the room.
"What do you mean you can't remember? What if the other necklaces is in the hands—err—neck of someone I don't even know? I'll have to stick close to a complete stranger!" Daichi yelled, standing up.
"Well, that can't be helped! Just try and find the other necklace, it starts to shrink a centimeter a day. You'll never know how long it'll take for you to find the other half, so you'd better start looking today!" Kosuke said as he settled down on the couch.
Daichi mumbled low words that sounded something like 'but it's a damn Saturday...' Daichi sighed, and sulked off upstairs into his room to change. Daichi was pretty lazy, but whenever he had to do something, he did it. And since this was a life and death situation and all, he decided this was high time he has to go look for the other person with the necklace.
::Wow, well, at least you get to meet the person your most destined for! Ahahaha!!!::
'Bah, shut it...wait, did you say I'll meet the person I'm most destined for? So, whoever that has the other necklace right now is kind of like my soul mate? Is this part of the legend or something?'
::Well...naw. I just made that up::
Daichi sweat dropped.
::But hey, can't one go and pretend? Though, doesn't it make sense? There's no such thing as coincidence in the world. Only...uh...what was it called again? Hitsuzen? []::
'......Where the hell did you get that ideology?'
::Dorko, from one of your mangas! What's it called again? xxxHolic?::
'Oh my gawd. You actually read my mangas with me?'
::Well, what else can I do? It's boring being inside someone else's mind, though I must say, your thoughts are pretty interesting to swim through...I know all your seeecreeeetssss!!!!::
'WTF? Stay out of my secrets! Those are top secret stuff!!!'
::Now now, this is no time to be getting mad at sexy Dark, cuz you have to go and find the other half of the pendant!:: Dark said with a hearty laugh.
'Guuh...you're right...sometimes I wish you just had your own body so I can beat you up...'
::Same here, except vice versa on the reasons.:: Dark said with a smile.
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Akira had just finished searching online about the legend of the Forbidden Love, and found nothing that could help him on it, except for little articles about the necklace itself, not the legend. Apparently, the legend isn't known among normal people. Frustrated, he turned off the computer because for once, it didn't help him at all.
'By my calculations...this necklace will be small enough to choke me to death within around 8 or so days...' Akira thought as he readjusted his scarf. He frowned, and sat on his chair.
For the first time in all his life, he didn't know what to do. Was this the end...? He thought harder, forcing his brain to strain itself more. Perhaps...Daichi knows...? Akira, with careful calculations and research with logic, came up with the conclusion that perhaps Daichi was the great phantom thief Dark himself. Though how, he did not know. Perhaps by some sort of witch crafty...
If his guess was true, that Daichi was indeed Dark himself, then Daichi should have on the other half of the Forbidden Love in school on Monday. This made Akira feel a bit better. Yes...perhaps Daichi had his parent's help in the matter, or maybe he already knew all about the Forbidden Love, if the necklace was stuck on him like it was on Akira.
Akira clutched his chest. He shook his head, trying to clear thoughts of Daichi from his mind. Somehow, whenever he thought about the amber eyed teen, his body hurt all over. Whenever this happened, he forced all images of Daichi out of his head before the pain got worse, and it always slowed down and disappeared once he cleared Daichi from his mind. He wondered why this happened; he thought it was perhaps because of some type of psychological illness that Akira may have.
He was now wearing a winter scarf that was found deep in his closet. He hasn't used it in years, though he needed things like this to hide the necklace from his father. He wondered how long it will take for Satoshi to start getting suspicious.
Probably not long, since Satoshi had a very sharp mind. Akira had to think of a different way to hide the necklace fast, or else his father will notice that he's been trying to hide his neck. Akira wished it would turn into Monday faster...
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::Man, Saturday and Sunday, and you STILL haven't found the other person with the necklace? Pathetic.::
'Well?!! How the hell am I supposed to find the person when there's like, how many people in this goddamn world?!!'
It was Monday, and Daichi was sulking so deeply that it showed. Even his fan club was hesitant to approach him; since it was so obvious he was in a bad mood. No one ever wanted to mess with Daichi when he's in a bad mood, the last time a poor bloke bumped into him on accident in the hallway in one of his worse days, the guy ended up with a bloody nose and two black eyes.
One reason he was in such a bad mood was that Dark was nagging him constantly in his head, and the second reason, was because the necklace was now smaller than before. School was almost over, which relieved Daichi because Akira kept throwing glances at him. Akira probably wanted to confront him about if he was Dark or not, or something. Daichi decided that once the bell rings, he'll run for it.
As if on cue, the bell rang, signaling the student's freedoms. Daichi quickly packed his bag, and left in a rush out the door, shoving past the other students without even saying sorry. He didn't dare look back to see how far behind Akira was, because he knew that he was following him.
Daichi ran from the school building, and started towards home. He looked behind him, and saw that Akira was, indeed, running after him. Daichi tried to evade his sight by going between crowds, and ran into an alley. He ran far down the dark pathway, until he reached a dead end.
'Shit!' Daichi thought vehemently.
He turned and saw Akira, now walking towards him. Daichi sighed. Well, game's over. Akira will make him spill the beans and then he'll probably be turned in to the police for stealing and plus being the host of Dark, who is the most wanted criminal in the world...for that, he'd be in prison for the rest of his life.
"Err...fancy meeting you here, Hikari-kun," Daichi said a bit sheepishly, trying to play off the fact that he's been trying to run from him.
"Niwa-kun...do you have the Forbidden Love?" Akira said as soon as he got closer to Daichi.
"Look, if you think I'm Dark, I'm not! And I have proof, see—" Daichi stopped. If he was expecting anything, it wasn't that. He covered his mouth before he says anything else that might jeopardize him being in jail. Akira looked at him impatiently, and grabbed his hands off his mouth and used his other hand to fish Daichi's necklace out from under his shirt, which made Daichi turn red.
"Ah...about that...uhhh...I...uh...got that from the thrift store yesterday! Ahahaha...my okaa-san, really, heheheh..." Daichi said quickly, when he saw that Akira was looking at him straight in the eye.
"I know your Dark, Daichi. How, I don't know. But I am going to find out. But for now, let's figure out how to break the curse on this necklace," Akira said.
"Wha—how do you know about the curse?!! Ah—oops—I meant, uh..."
"Cut the act, Niwa-kun. Did your father tell you how to get the curse lifted?"
"Ah...uh...sigh...ok, no, he didn't. He didn't know anything about it, but my grandpa told me a story that went along with the legend. It didn't help at all, so no need to repeat it..." Daichi said, looking down at his hands. Akira was still holding them.
"Oh...um...gomen..." Akira said, turning red and swiftly letting go of Daichi's hands.
"Ah...no...problem..." Daichi said, looking down so that Akira won't see his face getting any redder. There was an awkward silence between them.
Daichi just repeated the words 'stupid, stupid, stupid...' in his head while his heart beat rapidly. Akira just looked down at his unruly hair, feeling kind of strange. He felt himself reach towards Daichi's face, and lift his chin up. Daichi looked up at Akira's eyes, and saw they had gone a bit dull, and saw that the deep blue eyes were shining a hint of gold in them.
::......Oh shit. Daichi, RUN!!!:: Dark suddenly shouted.
'Wha—what's wrong? Wha—'
::Just listen to me this time! Go!::
Daichi decided to listen, since Dark rarely got serious. He tried to push Akira's hand off his face, but Akira just pulled Daichi closer to him. Daichi's heart throbbed against his chest as Akira's face loomed closer, until their lips were just centimeters away...
Suddenly instead of Daichi, Dark was under Akira's arms. Dark smirked, and shoved Akira forcefully away from him. Dark saw that Akira was very close to transforming into Krad, for his hair was turning slightly golden, as if Akira had just gotten golden highlights, and his eyes were now a bright golden color.
"So, who are you right now? Krad, or Akira?" Dark said while folding his arms. He knew that he shouldn't be taunting the Hikari like this, whether it was Akira or Krad, because Wiz wasn't with him at the moment.
Akira suddenly dropped to his knees and his hands covered his face, as if in pain. He cried out in pain, jerking a bit as if having a seizure. His back shuddered, and wings started sprouting from his back. Akira's once bright, light blue hair was now turning fully golden blonde, and was growing rapidly. His school uniform was also transforming, into a bright white cloak-like outfit. The scarf that Akira wore today fell off of him.
Dark gasped. Akira had on the other half of the Forbidden Love...!!! So, it really is something like destiny after all...Dark didn't have time to brood about it more, for now a fully transformed Krad was walking slowly towards him. Dark quickly recovered and set up his cool act again.
"Hm...nice to see you again, Dark," Krad said with an empty smirk.
"Ah...indeed," Dark said simply, nodding his head.
Krad stopped just a couple of feet away from Dark, and looked at him. Dark simply stared back, though his guard went up again just in case.
"It took this one quite a while to awaken me..." Krad said amusedly, referring to Akira.
"Yeah...I was wondering when you were going to show up. Stealing from the museum ain't as chaotic if you're not around," Dark smirked.
"Ah, I'm flattered," Krad said, advancing once again.
Dark was getting ready to fight Krad, when he remembered something. "Wait wait wait, hold up!!! We don't have time for this!!!" He said, waving his hands.
Krad stopped, out of sheer curiosity. "What? You're making excuses to back down from a fight now? That's not quite like you, Dark," Krad said grinning.
"Ah...I suppose not—gah, wait—like I said, we don't have time. You see that necklace on your neck...? We have to break the curse before it starts to choke us--!"
"Oh...this little thing? I already know...I know the legend, and about the curse," Krad said with a smirk, twirling the necklace in his fingers. "Though I must admit, that out of all the people that would end up with this on I would never have expected it would be us again."
Dark looked strangely at Krad. "Huh? Again? What are you...?"
"Ah...I'm very disappointed, Dark. So you really DID forget, hm? You don't remember? How we met for the very first time...?" []
Dark stared at Krad, either from disbelief or shock. Krad laughed a bit, looking at Dark's clueless face.
::HUH?!!! What? You mean the Forbidden Love story is about how you guys first met?!! How can you freakin' not remember that, idiot?!!:: Daichi shouted.
'Hey hey hey, kid, you don't even know how OLD we really ARE. The first time we met was a reaaallly long time ago...yes, I admit I guess I AM a bit old...' Dark thought, grinning sheepishly.
::Well then...uh...another question. WHO the F---- is THAT?!!::
Dark opened his mouth to answer, when a huge blast went straight past him and hit the wall, barely missing him by 5 inches. Dark turned to look at Krad, who had his hands raised at shoulder level.
"Now now...let's bring the conversation outside too, shall we? I don't like being left out..." Krad said with a cold smile. "I think I should teach you a lesson on reasons why you should never forget about me..."
"Damn..." Dark said, fingering parts of his singed hair.
Dark stared at Krad, pondering on what he should do. Now that he thought about it, he kind of DID remember how they first met...and about the curse on the necklace, and how the curse got on the necklace in the first place...
"Sorry, but I really don't feel like playing around with you right now, maybe some other time?" Dark said, grinning.
Krad scoffed. "I don't think you're in any position to be saying that. You're cornered in a dark alleyway, and I don't see your pathetic little animal around."
"Ah, then you haven't looked around hard enough. WIZ!!!" Krad heard the familiar beating of wings, and saw Wiz flying towards Dark from above.
He cursed, as he watched Wiz latch itself onto Dark's back and fly away. Krad thought about chasing after him, but suddenly, he started to transform... Akira stood where Krad was a moment ago, gasping. He looked down at his hands and feet, moving them just to make sure he had full control of his body once again. He stood there, stunned frozen. What the hell just happened...? First he felt all strange, and he felt pain...
Pain! Is this what his father was talking about...? And then, he found himself not having control of his own body...he stopped. He saw Daichi transform into Dark right in front of his eyes, how can that be...? So WAS this some sort of witch craft...? Daichi just transformed... Then again, he had to remind himself that he somehow did also...
::Ah...hello, dearest. My, you are quite strong, aren't you? To be able to hold me off that well...what is your name...? I don't think I quite caught it before...::
"First off...who the hell are you? Why...why are you in my mind...?" Akira said, quietly.
::Ah, I am Krad. You are my host, and I'll be taking refuge in your body for a while...:: Krad said with a cold laugh.
Akira shuddered. Was he going crazy? Maybe he did have a psychological illness after all...he was hearing voices in his head...then again, Akira made his brain work again. He transformed, and Daichi transformed also...perhaps he was in the same boat as Daichi? Somehow...though, Akira transformed into this strange...Krad...man, and Daichi transformed into Dark. Was Krad spelled Dark backwards...? This all wasn't making sense at all...
::Are you confused, pet? Mmm hmm hmm...you shouldn't be...didn't my Satoshi tell you anything about yourself and me at all...? I'm kind of hurt.::
"...YOU'RE Satoshi...? What relation--?"
::He was my former host, don't you know? I see...he hasn't told you anything at ALL...silly Satoshi...but that's why I love him so...::
What was this? Akira was now extremely confused. So...his father had some sort of secret...apparently a big one at that...this Krad seemed to have a long history with Dark, from what he saw when this Krad took over...
"So...you know of Dark? And...how does Daichi fit in all of this...?"
::Yes...Dark is...an old acquaintance of mine. And...Daichi...was it? Yes...he is the host for Dark. You seem to have a little...thing for him...?::
"...That's absolutely none of your business."
::Oh...it's all my business. It seems...I'll have to try and kill this Niwa also...::
"Wh—what the hell?!! Are you planning to kill Daichi...?!!!" ::I most certainly am. And this time... I won't fail.::
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[YES! End of chapter 6 hey, this time I tried not to make it too much of a cliffhanger xD;;; LoL! Oh yes... and...
[] Hitsuzen – from CLAMP's manga, xxxHolic! xD you should read it! You'll find the quote in there
You do not know how many times I re-wrote that part of the Forbidden Love story to make it fit with Dark and Krad xD;;; well, no worries. You'll find out the rest of the story someday =D hee hee
I wonder how long this story is going to be? I'm guessing pretty long...hee hee....o0;;
Thank you for so many kind reviews from the last chapter! reviews really encourage me to write better and faster xD it also tells me if anyone is enjoying my story or not o0;; LOL!!!
[] - yeah, i decided to make up my own little story on how Krad and Dark first met xD hey, everyone has their own little ideam why can't i do mine? =D]