Satoshi and Krad stood outside a large building that resembled a courthouse. To anyone who hadn't seen it before, it looked like a ruined building that was about to fall down. To those who knew better, it was actually a huge white building, covered in ivory vines. The vines were a new addition because one of the newest council members specialized in controlling plants; he insisted on having them as decorations and really didn't care if anyone liked them or not. Satoshi personally thought the green things weren't that bad; they gave interest to an otherwise dull place. Even if they did make the building look as though it was falling down.

He and Krad had spent the night at a hotel and were now on their way to speak to the council. Krad was very angry at the turn of events, for which Satoshi was glad. Krad looked very dangerous and scary when he was angry; he wouldn't even have to try to intimate the council members. Satoshi smirked and led the way inside the building.

The inside was just as boring as the out. It was nothing but a large room, sparsely furnished and white. Satoshi and Krad walked to a desk were a woman sat, bored. The blue haired youth introduced himself and Krad and the receptionist told them to wait as she announced their arrival. Krad growled about being made to wait even longer and the woman hurried with her task. Satoshi smirked in satisfaction. Krad, noticing this, hit him upside the head.

"I am not a tool to scare people with," he snapped as Satoshi rubbed his blue head. Sato had enough experience with Krad to know not to say anything when he was in such a foul mood.

The receptionist came back within a few minutes. Bowing to them respectfully, she then led them down a hall to two very large doors. The doors had no decorations and stretched to the very top of the high ceiling. She knocked twice and the doors swung open. The receptionist led them inside to a completely dark room; the only light coming from the doors that they had just come though.

"The Lord Satoshi Hikari, of the Raikou Kingdom and the Master Krad Hikari, wielder of the KajiRetsu (1)," she announced, seemingly to no one since, there wasn't anyone to be seen. She hurriedly bowed and retreated away, the doors swinging shut after her.

Satoshi and Krad walked forward to the center of the room; or as close to the center as they could get since it was pitch black in the room, now that the doors were closed. They both managed to find their way to the silver metallic platform that was placed in the center of the room. A bar snapped shut as soon as the two were out of the way and the platform rose into the air.

"I hate this thing," Krad muttered. "Why must it go so bloody high?"

Satoshi snorted, "Krad, you have wings, you fly higher then this one on a regular basis. How can you be afraid of it?" Krad growled and Satoshi decided not to press his luck with the already annoyed blonde. "It's so that no one can walk out without the council's permission," he explained. Krad rolled his golden eyes.

The lift suddenly stopped with a slight jerk. There was a moment of stillness, in which nothing stirred. Then bright lights flashed on without warning, producing a loud bang. The lights now illuminated seven people sitting in a circle surrounding Satoshi and Krad.

"Lord Hikari, Master Hikari," a large man acknowledged them, with a slight nod of his round head. He was the leader the Council, Robert Minomi. Minomi was, in Satoshi's opinion, an overgrown slug wearing human skin. He was the type of person who would always protect himself first and others second, and then, only if it benefited him in some way. Reigning in his personal feelings for the man, Satoshi put on a polite face.

"Head Minomi," Satoshi inclined his head politely, "Thank-you for receiving us."

Ya, after making us wait for no damn good reason, Krad growled to himself, somehow managing not to show his annoyance on his face.

"Lord Hikari," Minomi returned the greeting. "We were informed you had something of grave importance to discuss with us?"

Satoshi took a deep breath, preparing himself for the argument he knew was going to come. "Yes Head, we have found the new host to the Power." Silence followed his statement as the council members processed this information. Krad couldn't help but smirk; it wasn't everyday this council was shocked into silence.

"Are you certain?" Minomi demanded, once he had recovered from his shock.

Satoshi nodded, "Yes, the Master has already sent his followers to capture him."

"Who is the new host?" The platform Satoshi and Krad were currently standing on whipped them around to face the new speaker. The man who spoke was one of the two demons who sat upon the council.

"His name is Daisuke Niwa," Satoshi answered as Krad growled at the spinning platform; he hated when it did that.

"Niwa?" The platform swirled again, this time stopping them in front of a young Wiccan woman, Amy. "That is a Wiccan family, a family of thieves as well, if I'm not mistaken."

"Thieves?" The platform swirled again to the only other demon on the council, Youoni (2). "The host is a thief?" Satoshi raised an eyebrow at this comment; he highly doubted Daisuke was cable of thievery, even if it was in his blood.

"There is nothing wrong with that," Amy retaliated, the platform turning them to face her. "They have protected the magical artifacts of our world for generations. If not for the Niwa family, many restless souls would still be trapped within the magical items."

The platform swung as a scowling Youoni retaliated. "You can not trust thieves, no matter how helpful they are. In the end, thieves only look out for themselves."

Once again, the platform swung in a half circle. "The Niwas are one of the first magical families. One of their ancestors sat on the very first council over 500 years ago! They are by far more trustworthy then most others in this world." The platform swirled to Youoni as he cursed in a different language. It immediately flung back towards Amy as she shouted back, also speaking in a different language. The two kept up their shouting match as Krad and Satoshi grabbed the railing as the platform spun back and forth between the shouting pair.

Minomi banged his gavel and shouted for order. All this accomplished was for the platform to start jerking between the three of them. Krad and Satoshi were starting to get very dizzy and extremely annoyed. The shouting match continued until Krad (who was feeling slightly queasy) got fed up.

"ENOUGH!" He shouted over all the noise. Everyone instantly stopped arguing and looked at the two in surprise; they had forgotten they were even there. The platform came to a halt in front of Minomi, Satoshi looking faintly sick.

"We did not come here to listen to you argue!" Krad snapped. "Youoni, you need to let go of old grudges. Yes, demons were discriminated against in the past. But now we have representation and are judged fairly." Krad turned to Amy. "And you, stop being so damn prejudice! If you want to talk about past betrayals, need I remind you of the Master?" Amy looked as though she had been struck and quickly sat back down. Youoni also looked startled and sat down as well. "I don't care about your petty arguments. We came here to tell you that we've found the new host and the Master is after him. That's it. We don't want to listen to your pointless arguments."

A minute of silence passed before anyone spoke. Satoshi could barely keep himself from smirking. This is exactly why he wanted Krad to come with him; the blond could always shut these people up.

Minomi cleared his throat, looking slightly sheepish. "Yes, of course, you're right Krad. We will discuss this and inform you of our decision." He pushed a button by him and the platform began to sink lower into the darkness. The minute they were out of sight of the council members Satoshi sighed and plopped down on the platform. Krad gracefully sat next to him.

"I hate this idiot platform," Krad grumbled, glaring at it.

"You said we," Satoshi muttered with his eyes closed.

"What?"

"When you yelled at Youoni," he elaborated. "You said 'we' when you talked about demons."

Krad sighed. "I am half-demon Sato."

"I know it's just…" he trailed off.

"It's just that despite all our progress people still fear demons," Krad stated. "And that idiot Master isn't helping any."

"I hate the thought that people would hate you just because of your heritage," Satoshi grumbled. Krad raised a slender eyebrow; Satoshi was being uncharacteristically…emotional. "I mean, if they're going to hate you, they should hate you because you're an evil bastard, not because you're half-demon." Now there was the Satoshi that Krad knew.

"Ya well; it's not a perfect world and never will be." Satoshi laughed bitterly, how true were those words.

The platform suddenly jerked and began moving upwards again. Krad and Satoshi stood as they entered into the light to face the council's decision.

Daisuke was sitting on the floor crossed legged, staring up at Dark. Dark was currently trying to watch TV and ignore the ten year olds' intense gaze. This went on until Dark turned off the TV and started staring back at him.

And thus, their great staring contest began!

The staring contest lasted about two minutes before Dark accidentally blinked. Daisuke cheered triumphantly and laughed at Dark's scowling face.

"I demand a rematch!" Dark yelled and Daisuke stuck his tongue out at him.

"Ok, I don't mind beating you again," the red head laughed. Before they could start though, the phone rang. Dark got up to go answer it and Daisuke followed.

"Hello?" Dark spoke into the phone.

A sigh was heard, then Satoshi's voice. "Dark, it's me."

"Hey Sato, what's up with you? You sound as though the world just screwed you over." Daisuke burst into giggles at Dark's swearing.

"It's the council," Satoshi explained. "They want to meet Daisuke."

"Oh," was all Dark could say.

Krad and Satoshi met Dark and Daisuke outside the hotel they were currently staying in. Satoshi told them that the council had some pressing things and would meet them tomorrow. For once though, Satoshi actually thought they were telling the truth.

Dark was holding tightly onto Daisuke's hand. The minute they had left the house and gotten to the populated streets with all the stores, Daisuke had gone crazy. He'd kept running to store windows and pressing his face against them, admiring all the displays. More then once Dark lost sight of him and freaked out; only to have the little red-head appear next to his elbow and ask why he looked scared. After the third time this happened, Dark had grabbed Daisuke's hand and bluntly refused to let go. Daisuke still tried to wander off, but when they met Sato and Krad, he had started to behave better. He was shy around the older, more serious, boys.

Satoshi led them inside to their hotel room. They had actually rented out the entire floor, so they had plenty of room. Daisuke was given his own room with a single bed and bathroom room to stay in. Satoshi was next door to him in a similar arrangement. Dark and Krad took the room across from him, theirs had a queen sized bed and a larger bathroom then Satoshi and Daisuke's.

Daisuke was looking around his bedroom curiously when Dark came in.

"Kid?" He asked, looking around and finding no one. A soft thump and 'oof,' from under the bed drew Dark's attention. He leaned down and lifted the blankets to look under it. Daisuke was lying flat on his stomach, rubbing his head.

"What are you doing?" Dark asked, smiling at the little boy.

"Explorin'," he answered happily.

"Come on little guy," Dark laughed. "Sato wants to talk to you and you still haven't met Krad yet." He grabbed Daisuke's arm and pulled him out from under the bed and sat him on his feet.

"Your boyfriend," Daisuke teased.

"Yes, my boyfriend," Dark answered. Daisuke laughed and jumped on Dark's back. Dark caught him with ease and walked back to his room.

Dark bounced in to the room with the host on his back. Krad thought for a moment that was kinda cute…then stopped and scowled at such a thought. Dark effortlessly threw Daisuke onto the bed and laughed. Daisuke stuck his tongue out at him playfully.

"No thanks, kid," Dark teased. "I'm taken." Krad and Satoshi both choked on their drinks, while Daisuke looked confused.

"What?" He asked.

"Damn it, Dark!" Satoshi scolded. "Don't say those kinds of things to a kid!"

"What?" Dark shrugged. "It's not like he understands it."

"That's not the point!" Satoshi snapped, but Dark just shrugged, nonchalant.

"Anyways," Krad interrupted loudly, before the two could start arguing. "I believe we have a reason for being here?" He gestured at Daisuke, who was still on the bed, looking confused.

"Right," Satoshi said, shaking himself back to reality. "Daisuke, this is Krad," Satoshi gestured at the blonde. "And if you've forgotten, I am Satoshi."

Daisuke giggled. "I know who are," he said, then turned to Krad. Daisuke scrambled to his feet and bowed politely in front of Krad. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Krad." Dark snorted and Satoshi took a quick drink of his soda to cover his smirk.

Krad's eyes narrowed. "Nice to meet you too, Mr. Daisuke."

"Oh, I'm not a Mr.," Daisuke smiled. "Only old people are Mr.'s." Dark laughed and even Satoshi didn't try to hide his amusement. "Or at least that's what my Dad said. Was he wrong?" Daisuke looked at Krad with innocent eyes; Krad flinched.

"Um, no, he wasn't wrong," Krad muttered. "I'm just…not old."

"Oh? I'm sorry; I thought that since you looked the most important that you were oldest." Dark looked incredulously at the little boy.

"Kid, are you saying that I don't look as important as Krad?" He demanded.

"Yes, you look more like a kid and Krad looks like a grown-up and Satoshi looks like he'd beat anyone that made him mad," Daisuke explained matter-of-factly. Satoshi was beside himself with amusement. So much so, that he -yes Satoshi- was practically on the floor with laughter. Dark and Krad's faces as Daisuke spoke were just too funny.

"Anyway," Krad said loudly, trying again to change the subject. "Back to business…" he looked at Satoshi expectantly.

"Yes, the damn council," Satoshi grumbled as Dark took a seat on the bed. Daisuke scrambled up into his lap and Dark wrapped his arms around the red head. Krad, seeing this, once again thought how cute Dark looked with Daisuke. Then, once again, shook that thought out of his head.

"So tell me what happened," Dark ordered/requested; no one ordered Satoshi to do anything. Satoshi took a deep breath and quickly recounted the happenings of the council. When he was done, Dark looked annoyed and Daisuke politely confused.

"Who is Robert Minomi?" He asked.

"Minomi is the head of the council. He's the person in charge," Dark explained. "You remember me telling you about the council right?"

"Yup, the council is the magical community's form of government. They keep the Magics and demons and witches and anyone else with special powers from doing bad stuff or from other people doing bad stuff to them." Daisuke recited perfectly and Dark nodded proudly.

"Right, and Minomi is the leader and a giant, blood sucking toad." Daisuke collapsed into laughter at Dark's words.

"So what can we expect from them tomorrow?" Krad asked Satoshi.

"They will decide Daisuke's fate," he shrugged. Daisuke stopped laughing.

"What d'ya mean by that?" The little red head asked.

"What I mean, is that the council will put you with people who can protect you. They're just going to keep you somewhere safe, that's all," Satoshi assured him. Daisuke didn't answer for a moment.

"Who would he put me with?" He finally asked. Satoshi thought it over for a moment before answering.

"Well, first off, did Dark tell you about the groups that the council controls?" Daisuke shook his head negative. "Ok, then let's start there."

When the council was first formed, over 500 years ago, many people didn't like the idea of being ruled be members of a different race. As a result, there were many attempts made on the lives of the council members. So to protect themselves, the council formed groups of fighters, of all nationalities. Each group was given its own name and swore loyalty only to the council and the council alone. There are currently four groups in existence and all of them are made up of abnormally strong, humans, witches, and demons.

The weakest of the groups is known as Suta-dasuto, which means Stardust. They have two witches a demon and Wiccan. The second strongest group is Kuro, which means black. They are three witches and a Wiccan. The third strongest group, Neshizumaru, is four demons and they are very powerful. There name literally means "to fall asleep." The last group is the strongest of them all. They are known as The Wing Masters and made of a human, a half-breed, and…. something else. Together, these four groups are the elite of the magical world.

There used to be many more groups that served the council, but years of war destroyed them until only these four were left. The council trusts everything to these groups, perhaps foolishly so, because if the groups were to ever rebel, the Council wouldn't be able to stop them and would perish. (A/N: Remember that! It's important, if the groups ever rebelled against the Council, the Council WILL NOT be able to stop them!) Of course, in all its' "infinite knowledge," the Council refuses to acknowledge the fact that could ever happen. So things stay the same and never change.

Daisuke raised his hand in the air, "Question please?" Satoshi nodded at him in amusement. "Why can't I just go home?" The three boys blinked at him and Daisuke tried to elaborate. "My Momma and Dad are really strong. They've taken really good care me, Towa too. If the council people want to protect me, why can't they send me home? Mommy and Daddy have protected me all my life and seeing as I'm ok, I say they did a pretty good job with it. So, why not just send me home?" He looked at the three with innocent eyes, making the other boys uncomfortable.

"Um, well, you see, Daisuke," Satoshi tried to explain. "It's just that, while your parents may be strong…" Satoshi found himself speechless as Daisuke looked at him.

"It's because your' Mom and Dad would be in danger," Dark stated, Dai turned to him confused. "Kid you remember that woman who tried to hurt you in the hospital?" Daisuke nodded. "Well that's the kind of person who would try to hurt your family." Dai's ruby eyes widened. "That's why we can't send you home."

"So, I'll never see Mommy or Daddy again?" He asked, tears filling his eyes.

"No, no, no," Dark quickly amended. "You'll see them again; it just won't be for a little while." Daisuke sniffed and looked down at his lap. He was quite for long while and the older boys didn't know what to do or say. Suddenly, Daisuke shook his head and looked up at them.

"So the four groups are Suta-dasuto, Kuro, Neshizumaru, and Wing Masters right?" Dai questioned, Satoshi nodded. "Ok, and Suta-dasuto is weakest, then Kuro, then Neshizumaru and Wing Masters are the strongest?" This isn't so hard to understand, Dai thought.

"Yes, but there isn't much difference in power between the Neshizumaru and Wing Masters. There's just enough to stop the two groups from fighting…if that makes any sense." Satoshi added as an afterthought.

"Kay," Daisuke looked thoughtful. "And you three are the Wing Masters right?" Daisuke looked at them and they all nodded.

"Wild guess here," the red head pointed at Sato, "You're human," he pointed to Krad, "You're the half-breed and Dark's the something else?" Everyone nodded. "What does that mean? Something else?" Daisuke looked at Dark.

"It means I don't know my heritage." Dark explained shortly, Daisuke didn't press it. It seemed to be a sore topic for the purple haired beauty.

"Right, so then if you three are the strongest the council has to offer, then I'm going to stay with all you, right?" Daisuke asked hopefully. The three older boys exchanged slightly nervous looks.

"Not exactly…" Dark muttered. Daisuke cocked his head at him.

"We have…disobeyed the Council numerous times," Satoshi elaborated.

"I see," Daisuke said wisely. "What's disobeyed and numb-er-sis mean?"

"It's numerous," Dark corrected. "And it means lots of times. And disobeyed means you did something without permission or did something when you were told not to."

"Oh," Daisuke smiled in comprehension. "That's why Mom always said to stop disobeying her when I was bad." Dark laughed and ruffled his red hair.

"That's right, she was telling you to be good," he laughed.

"So you three are strongest but I don't get to stay with you because you're bad?" Dai asked.

"Something like that," Dark muttered. "We're still going to try and keep you though."

"Good, because I want to stay here. I don't want to go anywhere else," Daisuke pouted cutely and curled up against Dark. Dark couldn't help it; he smiled and wrapped his arms around the little red head.

"If we have our way, you will."

…

…

Tomorrow, the council meets tomorrow.

They will give the host to the Neshizumaru?

Yes, of that, we are certain.

Then the Neshizumaru will give the host to us?

Yes.

We have won.

We have won.

(1) KajiRetsu- Kaji means "Fire" in Japanese and Retsu means "Cold" so this basically means "Firecold." That's my penname on hehe

(2) Youoni- Created from the words "you" and "oni" so I guess it means "You demon." Or that's what I want it to mean anyways.

A/N: Hurray for me, it's done! (The chapter that is.) I'm so happy. Well, let's see…any comments about this? Um, not really. I guess if people are having a hard time understanding things then please let me know. I tried to make everything as simple as possible; after all, it is being explained to a little kid. So any questions just ask and I will answer.

The Master's minions seem pretty happy don't they? Pretty cocky too.

Ok, that's all I can think to say…so REVIEWS!!