Condemned

Chapter V:

It was Dark, gagged and tied up in the wagon. Golden eyes widened as he saw the boy, he was covered in whip marks, part of his shirt ripped, and was bleeding all over with horror stuck eyes.

"Dark..."

"Get away from there!" the church master was huffing as he ran.

Krad's golden eyes narrowed in anger, "My little brother is gagged and tied up in there!"

He heard gasps and murmurs in the crowd, he jumped into the wagon to set Dark free, he ungagged him then released the ropes, Dark threw himself at Krad the second his ropes were unbound. Krad just kneeled there, letting Dark cry, it was the first time he saw the strong willed boy in tears.

It made him feel extremely angry for some reason, he turned around and glared at the church master who looked around nervously, "What's this boy doing in my wagon!?"

Krad's eyes seemed to glow; "You were trying to take him, weren't you?"

He would've turned back to dragon form if Dark wasn't still crying on him. "I wouldn't do such things!"

Krad's anger was getting to a death point, "Then why are there whip marks on him and whips packed neatly in you wagon?"

The church master stuttered, "I...I...I don't know how that got there."

Krad was about to snarl at the man but the crowd beat him to it, "You lie ! You did kidnap the boy from the other village!"

"What!? I did no such thing!"

"This boy in your wagon is only proof!"

"But he's a demon!"

"The only demon around here is you!"

"He's a real demon! He does wizardry!"

"If he did, he wouldn't be in your wagon right now!"

"...no...no I put iron on him!"

"You even cuffed him!?"

"Let's go check his house! I bet he stole from the church too!"

"Kill him!"

"Burn him!"

So it was decided, the church master was going to get staked and killed, but Dark and Krad weren't there to see it, they were in their room, Dark was sleeping with his head leaning on Krad, and his arms wrapped around Krad's.

Violet eyes fluttered open, and looked up lazily to see Krad looking at him, "Well it's about time you got up."

Dark looked at his arm, then at Krad's and jumped away.

"Wha!? What!? What happened!?"

Dark fell onto the floor clutching his wounds, "Church master."

Dark looked at the dragon and looked down, he sat down on the bed beside Krad and drew his legs up so he could rest his head on his knee, he winced at the pain that seemed to be everywhere, and looked down.

"Oh...he...he said he would have "fun" with me...some men had "fun" with Kaa-san and they killed her...they completely messed Tou-san up with their "fun" too before killing him, they said they wanted to have "fun" with me too...but Kaa-san and Tou-san stopped them..."

Dark buried his face in his knees.

"Kaa-san and Tou-san stopped them...with their lives...I didn't want them to, I wanted to help but Kaa-san but she didn't let me."

Krad just looked at the boy, he felt something, he wasn't sure what, it felt warm, he patted Dark causing the boy to look up.

"It's going to be alright..."

Dark looked startled, "Whoa...this coming out of YOUR mouth? Am I going insane?"

Krad rolled his eyes, "I thought you were crying and upset, whatever, do you still want revenge?"

Dark nodded a little, "Yea... "

Krad looked at Dark silently and said nothing.

"We'll head back to your village tomorrow to get the Hikaris'."

Dark nodded and went to sleep with Krad watching over him. The dragon looked at the sleeping boy and brushed his bangs out of his eyes. 'Sleep well...'

The next morning they were leaving, Dark was walking downstairs when everyone was suddenly saying, "Here, have some breakfast, it's on the house. Think of it as a farewell gift from us."

'Aww...they do care...mmm...breakfast...'

After they ate, they were off, they walked past the forest until the town wasn't in sight anymore and the Krad changed into dragon form, but instead of grabbing Dark, he let Dark ride on his back. When they landed Dark landed on Krad and they ended up tangled in a not so comfy way.

"Get off of me."

They untangled themselves and looked at the village, "It's...uhhh...wait...I cant find it....ah-ha, that house right there!"

Dark said pointing to the Hikaris' house. He looked at Krad then turned away, his face was bright red, "Will you please, PLEASE put some clothes on?"

Krad snickered and started to dress.

"What do they sell?"

Dark thought for a moment, "Art, like paintings and sculptures. You know, that crap."

Krad looked deep in thought, "Hm...very well, I have a plan. We're not going with your plans anymore, they end up getting you harassed."

Dark blushed at the comment, "Oi! What's that suppose to mean!?"

Krad had already started his way towards the Hikaris' house, "You stay there, they're going to recognize you, and try not to get raped or anything!"

"Hey! Are you insulting me!?"

He heard Krad say something like "Shush already" before getting out of site.

Krad knocked on the door and a boy with blue hair answered, "Yes? What may we do for you for knocking on our door at this unearthly hour?"

Krad raised a brow, "Is this how you that all your customers, boy?"

"Yes? What may we do for you?"

A man with squinty eyes appeared at the door, Krad looked at him, "Yes, I'd like to purchase a sculpture...a big one, it's for a friend."

"Yes, yes please just wait for a bit, I'll go fetch something immediately."

So Krad waited, "How long is he going to take? I mean you do live here don't you?"

He asked the boy, the boy just gave him a bored look and shrugged, moments later, Mr. Hikari returned with a sculpture, it had a pair of wings, a black and a white one. Krad nodded, paid him, and left with it.

Dark was humming and kicking rocks around when Krad came back, "Took you long enough, and no I didn't get harassed in any way."

Krad smirked, and put down the sculpture, "I'm glad you didn't, here, a sculpture."

Dark looked at him in a funny look, "And what do we do with this?"

Krad gave him that my-aren't-you-stupid look, "Look, it's perfectly balanced right? It's big right?"

Dark nodded, and nodded again, "And we care because..."

Krad sighed, "You really are stupid, we make this tip over on someone then we get to blame the man for it. Get it? O'Brilliant one."

Dark snorted and nodded, "And I suppose that I'm the one that thing is going to fall on."

The dragon looked at him, "Wow, you suddenly became smart?"

Krad started to chip the bottom of the sculpture, he handed Dark some inky rags, "Here you go, wrap this around you head, and your stomach, arm, and leg."

Dark couldn't believe it, "What!? Around MY head!? And get it all red!? And I'd look like a mummy!"

Krad started to wrap it around his head as he protested, "They'd recognize you baka, don't talk anymore unless you want to drink ink."

On the way towards to the house Dark kept sighing on the way, "If you keep acting like that, they're going to recognize you too."

"I'll kill you!"

"What?"

Dark gave up and followed the dragon who was smirking victoriously at his win.

When they reached the house, Krad knocked on it and the head Hikari answered, "Yes, oh it's you again, what can I do for you?"

Krad made a scene, "Your sculpture fell over and fell on my brother! Look at the blood all over him!"

'Woot! I always wanted to make a scene, especially in front of this house! This is fun!'

He heard doors opening to see what it was about, "What are you talking about? My sculptures are perfectly balanced."

Krad looked enraged, he seemed to have perfected how to show human emotions, "Tell that to my brother!"

The Hikari backed away and told him, "I'll...I'll make you another one! For free! Come back tomorrow!"

"What if it falls again!?"

"I'll make the bottom extremely sturdy!"

He shot dirty glares at them before slamming the door.

'At least one part of the revenge goes right. Shit, did I just jinx myself? Did I? Did I?'

Krad smirked and Dark wanted to stick his tongue out but didn't want ink from who knows where in his mouth.

"Ass..."

They headed back and Dark unraveled the rags, "They smell!"

"It's called ink, stupid, some of it might have been in a squid once."

Suddenly they heard someone coming and Dark scrambled to get the red torn rags back on, he had to hold it so it wouldn't fall down.

Krad spoke, "Yes?"

An elderly man came by and spoke, "I'd like to give you is necklace, I heard about your tragedy and you see, of your house and the sculpture incident. I'd like to give it to you as a gift."

'Stupid cheesy geezer, they never come at the right time.'

Krad held out his hand thinking it was a faster way to get the old guy away. The necklace was quite heavy and it looked more like a circlet, suddenly the old man lashed the necklace out at Krad and it turned out to be handcuffs, he cuffed Krad and smiled at Dark. Krad fell on his knees and glared at the old man.

He threw the key away into a bush and smirked, "How are you going to save your stupid little dragon friend now, Dark Mousy?"

Dark felt like laughing at Krad for a moment since someone had the guts to call him stupid but then he recognized the elderly man, "Wait a minute...I know you...you're the church master! What are you doing here and what did you do to him!?"

The church master smiled, "I put iron on him, he can't turn into a dragon now. And when he dies you'll come back to me! Are you afraid?"

Dark stared at him, "I'm as afraid as I'm going to get in these next two minutes...talking to some dead guy...oh my god you're dead...or supposed to be dead....which you don't seem to be...you sold you soul to that bitchy witch demon or whatever it was didn't you!? Just to get me back!? Oh my god!"

The church master smiled, "Not quite-"

He started choking, Dark looked to see Krad strangling the church master. The man made gurgling sounds then went limp, Dark starred in horror at the dead body.

"Holy crap! You killed him!"

Krad looked at him wearily, "No really? You wanted me to."

Dark couldn't answer, Krad was right, Krad was always right, he couldn't argue, "Say, why can't you change forms now? And why would you die?"

Krad tried to look angry, "Iron prevents any magic from happening, and if I don't change back to dragon form by dawn, I'll die, happy?"

Dark starred at him in horror, "Wha...You're joking right? Why dawn?"

"Because that's when all the little fairies come out to play, stupid, why are humans so...so Dark-like?"

Dark glared then pushed Krad towards the bush where the key had landed, "Start looking for the key already! I'll go get something to break the iron with!"

He started to run off but ran back and before his own mind comprehended what he was doing, he kissed Krad, "Don't worry! I won't ditch you now! We have unfinished business! And we only have like an hour left, so let's hurry!"

And with that, Dark sprinted off to find something.

'I better hurry...wait...did I just kiss him!?'

Half way down the trail, men stopped him, "Get out of my way!"

One of the men spoke, "Not so fast, pretty."

One grabbed his arms and twisted them back, "Let me go! My friend's in trouble!"

One of them licked their lips, "Not so fast kitten, we want to have "fun."

Dark's eyes widened, "I recognize that...thing or necklace you're wearing...you...you're the ones that killed my parents, aren't you!?"

One looked at him, "Yea, I think we did, your mum said she didn't have no little boy, I'm guessing she lied, you have her eyes, wonder if they'll look the same if they're in pain."

Dark's mind was racing, "Please, let me go just for now, I'll come back I swear! Then you can have all the "fun" you want with me!"

'I'm being stupid...I knew I jinxed myself!'

The men considered, "How do we know you won't run away?"

Dark begged, "I won't! I need to save my friend!"

The men talked Dark heard something about, "Father" "Little friend" and "Pride" and let him go, "Very well, if you don't meet us here tomorrow at sunrise, we'll kill that nice little redhead friend of yours."

Dark nodded quickly and ran off into his old house. He looked for something that could break iron, dawn was coming.

He hurried, suddenly he heard "So you were behind all this after all!"

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