Inspector Saehara was irritated. This was going to be one of the countless times when Dark was going to get in and out without any scratch on him. He wondered about the credibility of his police force.
He stared at the artefact that he was supposed to be guarding. Clenching his fists, he looked up to the ceiling, to the skylight right at the top of the roof. That was the weak spot.
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That was where Dark was currently flying to, dodging the various spotlights scanning the area.
'Granddad told me that this artefact's supposed to help lovers recognise each other...' Daisuke recited from his memory to Dark. 'Perhaps it can help me and Risa recognise each other!'
'Give up already, Daisuke, she's mine...' Dark smirked. 'Besides, don't you prefer Riku?'
Daisuke ignored the point. 'He also said that should any couple just declare their love in the presence of the Pendant, the Beast Within will be released.'
'Beast?' Dark smiled. 'This ought to be fun...'
They landed on the rooftop and peeped in through the skylight just after one of the huge spot lights set up around the area swept over it. Dark looked up at the clock tower. It was almost midnight, the time when he announced he would take the Turtledove Pendant.
'Wizu!' Dark commanded. The pair of wings disappeared to form a small lop eared creature with red eyes and it loped off into the night.
The clock started to strike the hour. The police were all in frenzy just as the lights went out.
'Damn!' Inspector Saehara swore. 'Check the emergency generator! Go, go!'
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Dark floated down to the glass case covering the twinkling pendant. Surprisingly, the entire room was empty. Shrugging to himself, he removed the glass case easily and took the pendant out and was ready to leave as someone in the room clapped slowly.
'Well done. Nicely taken indeed,' the speaker came out of shadow and Dark recognised the ice-blue hair that covered the brilliant mind of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Hiwatari Satoshi.
'Oh dear...' Dark groaned inwardly. However, he grinned at the young man.
'I'm sorry, can't stay long today...' he laughed as he zipped out through the hole in the skylight.
'Catch him!' the boy yelled as he doubled over in pain. The lights, having finally switched back on, focussed on the darting figure in the sky. Dark, however, was escaping from the scene casually, as his ebony wings bore him to freedom.
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'Ne, ne, Wizu's found a sort of letter...' Dark nudged Daisuke mentally. He opened the fluffy pink letter and nearly fell out of the sky in shock.
'Risa wants you over at her house??' Daisuke exclaimed, causing a determined Dark to careen out of control again in the sky.
'Give me a break, Daisuke!' Dark cried out, exasperated. 'I'm trying to fly here!'
'Sorry Dark...' Daisuke murmured. 'So are you going?'
'Sure, why not?' Dark smirked as he turned towards the Harada residence.
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