Quote- Inosento Kimi, written by me.
"You've seen the sky? I've never been allowed outside. Is it really as big as people say it is? Please, will you show me the sky?" Sky- Inosento Kimi
Chapter Nine- Niwas
Dark stood outside a large, three story house. It was nice looking with brick walls, wooden window frames and a polished wood door. It was obvious that whoever lived here had money. Taking a deep breath, Dark walked up to the shiny door and knocked. When no one answered, he knocked again.
After five minutes of knocking and waiting, Dark got annoyed. He pulled the hairpin he always carried with him out of his hair, and picked the lock to the door. Walking slowly inside, Dark's senses started prickling. Something was off. He took another cautious step inside before the floor fell out from underneath his feet.
Letting out a startled yelp, Dark used his quick reflexives to grab onto the side of the floor before he fell. Swinging himself up easily, Dark shook his head. For some reason, he had been expecting that to happen. Walking forward, every sense alert, Dark slowly made his way through the hallway. Halfway there, the ceiling opened up and dropped a smoke bomb on his head. Dark was blinded for a minute before revealing his wings and flapping them hard enough to blow the smoke away.
Continuing on, Dark came to yet another trap; this one was like a puzzle. The floors tiles would randomly fall down in a pattern. Dark stood awhile, learning the pattern, before jumping forward and skillfully making his way across the dropping floor. When he was passed, the violet-eyed boy found himself facing another door. Cautiously, Dark grasped the doorknob and opened it slowly.
He jumped back just in time before a bucket of water dropped on his head.
After entering the cozy looking home, Dark quietly shut the door and looked around. There was a short hallway that lead to some stairs going up. There were two doors, one on the left, and the other on the right. The left led to what looked like the living area. There was a living room, playroom and TV room. They all connected outside to a large balcony. The door on the right lead to the kitchen areas. There was a sparkling kitchen, a dining room, and walk in pantry. Dark assumed that the bedrooms were all upstairs.
As he walked through the house, Dark couldn't suppress a feeling of déjà vu, it was like he'd been here before. He shrugged it off though, chalking it up to the fact that this house's layout was similar to his and Krad's home. Staring around at all the pictures, he was overcome once again by guilt. There were numerous pictures of Daisuke with his family and friends. Not surprising, this was, after all, his house. Dark made his way upstairs to the bedrooms.
There were four bedrooms, two on the left, two on the right and a bathroom straight ahead. The first door lead to a room that obviously hadn't been used in awhile, probably a guest room. The next door was to a large room with a king sized bed and walk in bathroom. Dark figured it was Daisuke's parent's room. He closed the door and opened another. This lead to a smaller, but still large room that had pictures everywhere. There were newspapers scattered on the bed, all about Daisuke, along with police reports. Dark shut the door and moved on.
The last room was a medium sized space filled with color. The bed was neatly made, and the room clean, except for the occasional clothes or papers lying about. There were many drawings and paints lying on a desk by a closed window. Placed about the room were pictures of Daisuke and all of his friends. They all looked so happy in the pictures, laughing and smiling. Dark felt the annoying sense of guilt grow and hung his head in shame. He picked up a picture that nearly broke his resolve.
It was a picture of the entire family. Two middle-aged people, his mom and dad, stood behind two young boys, one smaller then the other. Next to them stood an older man who still looked like he had a lot of energy despite his age. Daisuke was smiling widely; he looked no older then a year. The other boy though, his picture was blackened out. All you could see of him was the outline. Dark flipped the picture over and read the back. "Daiki, Emiko, Kosuke, Daisuke and ----…" the boy's name was scribbled out.
Dark set the picture down and looked around the room. It looked like any other ten year olds' room, except it was a little too clean. Still, it served as yet another reminder, that Daisuke was still just a little kid. That he wasn't an adult or even a teenager yet. He was just a kid with friends and a family that loved him thrown into a dangerous, and possibly deadly, situation. And now he was unprotected, in the hands of the person who wanted him hurt most, instead of in the loving arms of his family and friends.
Dark had vowed to protect Daisuke, and he was not going to break that promise. He would find his honorary little brother and then never let him out of sight again. Was he being a little over protective? Probably, but Dark knew first hand the terror the Master could –and would- cause. No one, not even Krad or Satoshi, knew what Dark had gone through with that creature and he'd be dammed if Daisuke went through it as well.
A soft creak brought Dark out of his morbid thoughts and on alert. It had been so quiet that anyone else wouldn't have heard it, or else passed it off as the house settling. But years of fighting demons and wicked humans had taught him to never trust even the most innocent of noise. Especially when you were breaking and entering into someone else's house.
Dark moved behind the door, his feet barley touching the floor, not making a single sound. He listened, straining his ears, and heard a door open then close. Dark considered for a moment of just revealing himself, but decided against it, just incase these people became violent. Pressing himself closer to the wall, he waited as the door to he was currently hiding behind was opened.
A woman entered, Dark recognized her from news report as Daisuke's mother. She was a very pretty woman; she had shoulder length brown hair and a very original looking outfit on. He eyes matched her hair and she was skinny. Dark was struck with an annoying sense of familiarity as he watched her brown eyes scan the room before allowing herself to relax. She looked around the room again, this time sadly. The woman- if Dark remembered right her name was Emiko- walked to the desk and picked up the picture he'd just been looking at.
"Oh Dai," she whispered tearfully. "First him and now you. Why can't I keep my children?" Dark cocked his head confusedly before the door opened wider and squished him. A man stepped in the room and, noticing something wrong with the door, looked behind it to see Dark.
"Who are you?" He demanded, standing ready to fight. Emiko whipped around at her husbands shout and glared at Dark. Dark held his hands up the universal "I'm unarmed" gesture.
"Calm down," Dark tried to sooth. "I don't mean you any harm."
"Who are you?" The man asked again. "What are you doing in my house?" His house?Thought Dark, must be Dai's dad, Kosuke was it?
"My name is Dark and…" Dark stopped, what the hell was he supposed to say now?
"And?" Emiko prodded when it became obvious he wasn't talking.
"And…" Dark closed his mouth and opened it again. "Aw forget it, you'll find out later anyway." The two parents looked at him strangely and Dark took a deep breath. "Ok, here goes. Me and my friends work for the magical council, or at least we did, I'm sure if we still do. We kidnapped your son and took him back to mine and my boyfriend's place and looked after him for a while before the council found out and ordered us to bring him before them and we did and they said thanks for watching him but you're not needed anymore and they took Dai away form us and gave him to the Neshizumaru despite all our protest and then the Neshi turned on us and handed Daisuke over to the Master and Satoshi found out and got scary angry and started issuing orders and telling us to do things and not to worry because he had a plan and he told me to come here and explain the situation to you then bring you back to my house because that's where Satoshi is and he says he has a plan and so that's why I'm here, in your house, without permission, and I most humbly beg your forgiveness for kidnapping you son."
All this was said in thirty seconds and with only one breath. Dark was panting by the end as the Niwas blinked at him, totally confused.
"What?" Kosuke asked.
"You have my son?" Emiko asked tearfully.
"Um, had, actually," Dark muttered. "The council took him from us because they didn't trust us enough."
"Took him from you?" Emiko shouted. "Why the hell did you take him in the first place?!"
Dark took a deep breath and looked the woman in the eyes. "Your son, he's the new host to the Power."
Emiko fainted.
Satoshi looked up form his work when he heard voices coming from the hall. He figured Dark was back since it was too early for Krad to have returned. Satoshi calmly got up and walked to the front door and was met with a most amusing sight.
Dark was carrying a woman who appeared to be passed out. Behind him stood two men, one in his mid-thirties and the other his late fifties-early sixties. The two men were speaking to Dark in threatening tones and glaring dangerously at him. Dark gulped and was trying to desperately pacify the two men.
Satoshi couldn't help a small smirk. "Dark, I thought I told you tell explain things to them, not kill them."
"I didn't kill her!" Dark shouted, annoyed at the blue-haired boy. "She fainted when I told her that Daisuke was the Host of the Power."
"Dear gods!" Screamed the old man, "I thought it was just because she'd finally found her son! But…but…Daisuke, our little Daisuke is…is…i…" The old man's eyes rolled back into his head and he collapsed into a dead faint. Everyone stared at him in surprise and Dark turned to Kosuke, the only Niwa who hadn't passed out.
"Well?" Dark promoted.
"Oh, don't worry about me," Kosuke dismissed. "I married into this family so I have no idea what this Host and Power business is all about."
"Yes well," Satoshi spoke up, after getting himself back under control and no longer in danger of bursting out laughing, "You'll find out soon enough and I'm sure you'll pass out as well. Until then though, Dark get these two into the living room. It really isn't good for an old man's back to be lying like that on the floor."
"Well, you know a little help would be nice!" Dark yelled at him, Satoshi shrugged.
"I'm busy," he stated shortly. "Kosuke, correct?" Kosuke nodded. "Good, if you'll follow me into the kitchen I will attempt to explain what is going on." Kosuke nodded and gingerly stepped past Dark and followed Satoshi.
Ten minutes later Dark had finally gotten Emiko and Daiki settled on the couch. He collapsed against a chair panting. These people were not as light as they looked. Suddenly, a loud shout was heard from the kitchen followed by a thump.
"Dark!" Satoshi yelled.
Dark whimpered.
A/N: I hope you can all forgive me for the shortness of this chapter. It really is just filler and I needed to get the Niwa's back into the picture. My exams are this week so I won't have time to write much until they end. I wanted to update both my stuff just to hold everyone over. I also want to be really good with the whole Dai/Master scene so I'm saving that until after exams are done. So, don't expect an update for about two weeks. Um, ok, that's all from me. REVEIWS!!!
Xelena- Wait, don't get mad at them yet. They have reasons! Let them explain themselves before you get all angry at the Neshi. And we're not entirely sure about the being enemies with the council yet. You'll just have to wait until after Emiko gets through with them to find out.
Liliath- Haha, (snicker) have Damien in your dreams, heheh. Ya, I liked that whole Dark/Krad/Sato moments too. My mom yells at me when I yell too, and who says that it was the Power that Dai used? Did I say that? Hmm… I know, but it was perfect spot to end the chapter, I mean come on! Well, you're probably annoyed with chapter seeing as how it has nothing of Dai or the Master in it. Red roses? Awe thank you. Here, have lilacs, they're my absolute favorite. Thanks for reviewing!
Tink- You're new, thank you for reviewing and reading my story, I'm glad you like. And you must not die!!! I love my reviewers way too much to let them die! So here…um, AH HA! Have a plush Dark doll. It will keep you company while waiting for updates.
Mujyakina-Hitokoroshiya- Dark won't stay that way forever. Thanks for reviewing.
RoYale- An old balding man? Ick, no way. I particularly like his eyes as well. Thanks for reviewing.
Seena58- Hun, calm down. The answer is simple. Don't go to sleep until you have done everything you want to do, then sleep. Ya…poor Dai.
Luna- Hehe, you amuse me to no end. Ok, here's an update for you.
Mystic-eyes23- Yes, it was sad. I wanted people to feel for Dai and the others. Thanks for reviewing.
SpinningAvia- Yes, hating villains is good. And no, aside from being very touchy and very creepy, he's not a child molester. Fried rice? Um, not a big fan. I'll give it to my sister; she practically lives off the stuff! I've been refilled on cookies, so here you go! Nice big batch just for you!
NaruNaru.O.K.- Hurt him? Who said anything about that? Well, everyone I guess, I wonder what's going on? Hmm…
Neko-Salosa- It's called nice/creepy! And never fails to amuse me. Krad is kinda OOC, but I guess that's ok. Dark will get his hyperness back eventually, don't worry about him. Thanks for the compliant, glad you like.
Keeper of the light- A voodoo doll? I can't believe you said that. I was planning on something involving a voodoo doll later.