chibi chidori16- Grin Yes, what are those naughty boys doing?
Animegoil- Oh don't worry, I know I haven't used the full fluffiness potential, and there's more to come. As for Eriko, more of her too. -
Fireandflames- lol! Most of your comments are ironic, First, I was at the Grand Canyon. Second, I am a real novelist, I hope to be published by the end of high school and I've written over twenty books. Third- LOL! Cadell, the Bad lady! Tehehehe! Oh! And I'm assuming you looked at the dedication pic then? I can draw, just one frames though. Thank you nonetheless!
Mutou Yasu-WOOT! Someone else looked at the dedication pic! That makes me happy! Wait until you see the one for the two-hundredth review! It's very slashy!
Kloudy Reignfall- HEY! I read and liked your work! So don't diss on it! glares evilly I loved the comedy with Satoshi, it was great!
Hikari Fubuki- You'll see… insert evil genius laugh
Hikari Fubuki- Violated is an understatement.
Silvertears- ::Glomps reviewer back:: K-Yes! I'm back! I'm back! Civilization at last! blushes The pic isn't that good, I had it done a while back, but then I got restricted from the comp and sent off to the Grand Canyon, go figure, Either way, wait till you see the one for two hundred reviews! It's even cuter! I lost inspiration for a while too, but now I'm back.
Satoshi- Goodie,
Daisuke- Now don't be mean to Kitsune Satoshi! I heard authors are all powerful,
Krad- Why else do you think I ran away instead of blasting Dark to next Tuesday while he slept?
Dark- I thought it was because I'm so sexy- Oh, and as for the pretty please with a Dark on top, I'm always on top! winks and barely dodges blast from Krad
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CH12- Half of the explanation-(part two of two)
Satoshi looked down at the sleeping redhead in his arms. He'd been Daisuke's first. Not that he'd expected any differently, but it was pleasing to know. Daisuke had given him something precious, he'd known that when those glittering red eyes had connected with his own showing utter adoration.
No words had crossed their lips when they made love, but each caress said a thousand words. I want you. I need you. I love you.
He brushed the crimson strands from the pale face and admired the perfection that was his Niwa. He had no shame in saying it, his. It occurred to him that he sounded a tad like Krad, but that was to be expected. Krad's warped perspective of love could never compare to this though.
So he wrapped his arms about the slender form and was forced to wonder, why was it he who felt so safe?
XxXxX
Eriko sighed as she looked at the thermometer. No change. Still dangerously high. Cadell couldn't survive outside of her body for that long. She ran her hand back through her hair in a tired gesture before sinking down onto the couch.
Suddenly she jumped up as she heard the door open, she sat down just as quickly though. "Drem, you startled me," she murmured as her friend entered her apartment.
"Sorry, I thought you might have decided to get some rest," he said putting the key on the table. In his other hand was a plastic bag, undoubtedly filled with food and medical supplies. That's just the kind of person Drem was.
"You didn't have to help us." said Eriko softly. "Whatever happens, we brought down on ourselves."
He smiled grimly. "I figured that would be your view of the matter, that's why I had to help you. Who is she Eriko?"
Eriko paused before looking out the window. "Lonely. Lonely and jaded."
She looked at the thermometer. 115° . It'd raised two degrees. She looked at the vase on the table. Something had to be done.
XxXxX
It was cold. There's several types of cold though. But the kind Dark liked the most was the cold after a rain, the cold that means everything's been purified. Blood soaks into the soil when it rains, and even if the sin isn't gone the memory can fade.
That's the kind of cold Krad produced. The fresh chill one got during and after a rainstorm.
It was hotter than hell in the bed. Krad was gone. Dark shot up looking about the room panicked. Krad was gone.
XxXxX
It was a cold night, one of those cold nights where your breath shown clearly in the night air and the stars would show brightly through large patches of ominous clouds that threatened to unleash a downpour of rain at any moment, maybe even snow.
But Krad wasn't looking to the stars at all. He was walking down the street, his white trench coat wrapped tightly around him, though it provided no warmth, it's main function was to hid his beautiful body. Unlike Dark's clothes, which were made to suit the situation of the night, Krad's clothes were made to fight Dark. It almost made him wish he'd grabbed Satoshi's jacket instead of his own.
But he hadn't thought of it at the time. First of all, he had been trained to visit this place, not to live in it, so even as his boots crunched in the fresh white snow he looked warily around at the surroundings he'd seen so many times before.
There was no shame in it, the fear. And that had been the main reason for running. Pure, unadulterated fear. He'd struggled so long against Satoshi for his body, and now he had one. He had struggled so long to seal Dark before Dark sealed him, and now Dark had no intention of sealing him. He could lead a normal life, devoid of the growing fear he'd had of the kaitou.
Yes, he'd long feared the kaitou, even as he pursued him, he felt pursued by his prey. Daunted by something a voice in the back of his mind far more sinister than that of the Hikari, the voice that said Dark was stronger, and always would be. Because of that boy.
But when he woke up and saw Dark's eyes on him, he knew the thief was without the boy. He'd stumbled off the bed and had immediately known Satoshi was gone, near somewhere, most likely with the Niwa, but gone from his body. This was his body.
And in the end, Dark was physically stronger, and he didn't have his powers. He knew a mild bit about how the whole thing had worked, whomever was on the outside when the reaction occurred kept the powers, Satoshi, Eriko, Dark. He however, had been locked behind that stubborn existence known as Satoshi, and he was now powerless as a human. Again.
Naturally he was physically stronger than most, but it still wasn't enough to make him comfortable. It was then he realized he'd walked into a playground in his reverie. He could have snorted, it was so…Satoshi. Satoshi used to sit at the park bench and watch the children when he was younger, searching for the future vessel of the dark thief. He would look for the strong, the fast, and the exceptional. But his attention was always drawn away by the frail form of a little redhead.
He let out a low growl, but it was empty. Satoshi had claimed the Niwa, at first it had annoyed him how much attention Satoshi doled out on the boy, but now the other boy doled the attention back and it was more difficult for him to get angry at that fact.
He sat down on a cold swing and smirked to the best of his ability. For some reason the playground reminded him of something Dark would love.
He paused and looked up, sitting in the sandbox, staring at him rather avidly, was a huge red dog. He narrowed his eyes at the creature, annoyed that it was not acting as dogs should. Its stare held far too much intelligence, it's tongue stayed in it's mouth, and it was too still.
He stood up, the confidence he'd had with his powers still firmly in place. But when the dog ran at him he took off releasing his wings as a sudden feeling of panic curled at the bottom of his stomach. This was no normal dog.
XxXxX
Eriko sat perfectly still at the door. She could hear Cadell tossing and turning and she knew the sickness was only getting worse. It couldn't help that she'd discovered she had the powers and not Cadell. She knew what she had to do. But she was loathe to do it. She got up and snuck through the living room where Drem slept on the couch.
She couldn't wake him. What she was about to do was detrimental to her health.
XxXxX
They were all panicked about Krad's disappearance but they wouldn't allow a feverish Dark to go out into the freezing cold to look for him. Satoshi, who had apparently gotten Krad's power, was the only thing preventing the kaitou from barging out the door.
"I need to find him!" hissed Dark glaring at the slender figure that stood between him and his ice angel.
"I can't let you go out there in good conscious Dark. You're feverish. One night and you should be better," said Satoshi calmly.
Daisuke stood behind Satoshi though he knew that Dark had gotten the power when their bodies split and thus he couldn't do any good against Dark. "Get out of my way Hikari." he hissed.
"I'll go look for him!" said Daisuke stepping between the two glaring boys.
"What? You don't have powers either! What good will that do having the two without means to defend themselves out?" asked Dark incredulously.
Daisuke's brows knitted. "I was trained in the art of a thief too you know, also I know this town better than either of you, and I can go ask my mom what the hell's going on."
XxXxX
"This is stupid." repeated Dark for the seventh time.
"Urusai." said Satoshi for the sixth time as he typed away at his lap top computer.
"How can you not see this is stupid?" growled Dark closing the lap top with an audible click. "We're the ones with the powers and we're the ones locked in here while our lovers go out into the cold and danger!"
Satoshi sighed. "I'm not pleased with it either, but Niwa has a point. He can ask his family for help, and you're sick."
Dark sighed. "I know. But…It's hard to accept that…Krad ran away from me." he murmured.
Satoshi looked up. "Did you quarrel?"
Dark's head raised sharply. "If you think I'm asking you for advice creepy boy, think again!"
"Fine,"
Dark's reply was cut off by a knock at the door. He and Satoshi met eyes. Daisuke couldn't be back yet. There was no way. Dark, being the more experienced one at using his powers, created an energy sphere while Satoshi opened the door. The moment he did though, a gasp escaped his lips. "Eriko-san!"
Eriko looked up at him, black hair dripping rain looking more disheveled than he'd ever seen her in a rumpled shirt that clearly wasn't her own and soaked through despite the fact that you couldn't tell it from her proud stance and her stoic expression.
That's why when she fell to the ground on her knees he stepped back in shock. "Onegai…Onegai senpai… Tasukete…" she murmured.
"Why should we help you?" asked Dark coolly.
Her hair dripped on the linoleum of the complex hallways and it was clear that the ends were getting dirty from this submissive action. She raised her head only a little, to show that she was crying. "Onegai…I can stop her from hurting you. I have the power now…Just…Please…I can't let her die…"
XxXxX
Krad opened his eyes groaning in pain when he did. He had a splitting headache for some reason, and his entire body was in pain. It didn't take long to figure out why though. His entire body was bound with thick cotton strips and buckles like those found on a straight jacket. And his wings were also bound in a way that if he had tried to bring them back into his body they would be broken.
He flexed them lightly testing his restraints but he could only bite back a pained grunt when the action caused the binds to cut into his wings mercilessly. Then he heard it. A chilling chuckle.
There were no sounds of footsteps but years of bantering with Dark had taught him that that meant nothing. And this lesson was once again instilled when he felt an almost gentle hand on his wing.
"Kirei."
It was like a ripple on silk, a beautiful voice he immediately knew would be matched with a beautiful face to rival that of even his lover's. But he didn't want to turn around. "Who are you? Why am I here?" he asked coolly, putting all of his icy emotion into his words.
"Beautiful." repeated the voice. "And the voice matches the jaded eyes."
Krad's eyes narrowed at this. "Answer my questions."
"Does it irk you to be bound? Knowing, perhaps, what might await you, sweet mitsukai?"
Krad forced him not to shudder at the cool breath on his shoulder, this man could make even the word angel sound like poison. But he was not about to be intimidated by a voice. "Do you fear me so much that you cannot reveal yourself even when I'm bound?" he mocked.
"Do you fear your new confines may be near as permanent as your last? For even without your host you'll live youthfully for a very long time."
Krad stiffened. Whomever it was, they knew of his origin…Possibly an ally of Cadell's. But that didn't make any sense…If Cadell was created from loneliness, then why would she have an ally?
Then he felt the cool breath against his throat once again as he was rather obviously being smelled. "Who are you?" growled Krad.
A light chuckle made his captors breath beat against his throat likely and he could only think, that had it been Dark's breath, the sensation against his throat may have been near pleasant. But it wasn't Dark, and his eyes narrowed. "You don't know who I am? Oh well, I shouldn't have expected you to. Well, I suppose I have a bit to explain then. Well, Cadell is a dispelled emotion, loneliness. When you were no longer lonely she manifested in a physical form, I'm the same, only, I'm not loneliness, and I don't need a host like you weaklings,"
Krad froze as the mysterious figure placed a smiling kiss on his throat. "I wouldn't recommend doing that again." said Krad stiffly.
"Mmm, still cold Krad, even though you're powerless now. You may call me Daere," he said licking at Krad's neck.
Krad growled audibly and felt his captor smile against his neck again. It was then that Daere decided to come into view. Krad nearly gasped. He knew he should have expected it after Cadell, but Daere was just as beautiful as any of them.
He had short straight hair, almost like Satoshi's when he was younger, only shoulder length and dark, dark blue that went down to his shoulders like a perfect cascade. His body was young and trim just like theirs, only where he, Dark, and Cadell looked around nineteen to twenty, Daere only looked around seventeen, like a bloom plucked from the branch before it's blossomed, beautiful in it's own right. His eyes were the deepest darkest blue Krad had ever encountered and his pale face held a sickening innocence along with a smirk to rival Dark's.
He stared into Krad's eyes with an equal awe before placing two elegant hands on either side of the ice angel's face and lowering his lips to meet Krad's. Before Krad could protest he was caught up in a heated kiss. When he tried to turn his face Daere bit down on his lip violently causing him to yelp.
He glared angrily, eyes promising reprimand. But Daere only smiled. "You know, you and Dark made me very strong. Far stronger than Cadell, because even when you were lonely, you still had your hosts. But me…Your hate…Well, you, Dark, and your host, you all allowed me to manifest quite well. I look forward to meeting the Niwa, he was the only one who managed to resist me of you four."
"Who are you? What are you?" asked Krad numbly.
"Your hate, sweet mitsukai, your hate."
XxXxX
Emiko looked at Daisuke in shock, but Kosuke, as usual, remained perfectly calm. "So it's come to pass. I knew it would eventually. I read about it in a manuscript while on my travels. When Dark and Krad get together and stop feeling certain emotions you have to realize they're not like humans. Their emotions are so powerful that when they stop feeling them that they take physical manifestations. My guess is, loneliness isn't after Dark and Krad, but another one of the manifestations. If you bring her to me, I can find out." said Kosuke.
"You…And Hikari…" murmured Emiko for the fifth time. Daisuke looked to her, pale and afraid that she'd disapproved. It was then that her face took on a horrifying look and he knew what came next. "KAWAII!"
XxXxX
Eriko knew she could be putting Cadell in danger, but she was powerless and dying of a human fever. The Hikari and the Niwa were the only ones that could help. True, the two she'd encountered had also had powers, but she was willing to fight them to protect Cadell if it became necessary.
But when they saw the dying form on the bed she knew it wouldn't be necessary. Dark knelt beside Cadell, stoic. "Cadell, Cadell." he said slapping her face lightly. She opened dim black eyes to look at him before shooting up in her bed.
"…Oh no…" she murmured. "He's gone."
"…He? You mean Krad? Daisuke? Who?" demanded Dark.
"The one I was meant to destroy. You're all in danger."
XxXxX
Kikiro Tsuatashi- accepts plushie before noticing Krad is bellowing for vengeance against someone who hit him with a plushie, he proceeds to blast the authoress into next Tuesday explaining any late updates
xXLil Yu JahXx/ Baka Chibbi- No! You don't have a right to talk! You'd do well to update your story which is far more kick ass than mine! shakes fist You can't just leave Satoshi on top of Daisuke like that! Well, you can, just write a great deal about it!!!
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