After two weeks, the next chapter of Forgotten has arrived! I know it took longer than usual, but I was very busy! So to make it up to you guys, I made the chapter longer:smile:
Thanks to…
Dragon and Sword Master: You can't guess the story already! It was kind of obvious though, wasn't it…?
blue-0-demon: …um… grr to you too…
Shimmer of an Angel: It depends what you mean by closer. But there is more to Miki than it seems! I hope this chappie is clearer, too.
kyo's little koneko: Well now you're about to find out!
wonderous wolfie: Yeppie, compliments are appreciated:laugh: Will you read the rest, Wolfie:puppydog eyes: Please?
Thanks very much people! I'm glad you're enjoying the story so far! Yuri, the disclaimer please.
Yuri: Kosmic Kitty does not own DNAngel or any of its characters, although she wishes every night that is was.
KK: Hey, how did you know that..? …Well anyway, on with the chapter!
Forgotten
Chapter 7
Truth
Yuri decided to ask Miki for more information after school. It was by the gate, and Miki was about to go home when Yuri asked if she could walk with her. They walked for a while, talking about normal things, like school, hobbies, and food, but then Miki asked her, "You must have had a reason for talking to me, Yuri. What is it?"
Yuri scratched her head. "Do friends need reasons to be with each other now?"
"Don't act smart. It doesn't suit you."
"Eh… Ok, I admit it," Yuri sighed. "I wanted to know more about my past."
Miki punched the air. "I knew it!"
"Well? Will you tell me?"
"Of course I will," Miki laughed. "What do you wanna know?"
"Alrighty then, let's start with… who's hunting us?"
"Ah…" Miki looked thoughtful. "Have a brown haired man with a ponytail and a woman with lilac hair, both with daggers that have auras around the blades, attacked you recently?"
Yuri gasped. "Yeah!"
"There's your answer!"
Yuri frowned. "That's not what I meant."
"Yeah, I know. Just toying with you, Yuri." Miki gave a big smile. "Well, a woman and a man have come after me, too. They're this gang who have invented and now carry four magical daggers. Our town call them the Blade Slashers."
"And they're attacking me and you because…"
"Because we escaped from their town. Our hometown. Kurosan."
Miki stopped. They were outside her house… or rather, her apartment. She lived in a block of flats. Yuri looked up. "You live in there?"
"Uh huh. Wanna come over? I'll tell you more about Kurosan," Miki offered.
"Ok then! But I need to borrow your phone."
"Hi, Emiko… I'm round Miki's… yeah, I'll be back by then… don't worry, I'll be fine… uh huh… yeah… bye." Yuri put the phone down. She walked back into Miki's living room, and said, "I can stay, as long as I'm back by eight."
"Ok."
Yuri sat next to her on the sofa. "Will it be Ok with your mom?"
Miki said nothing.
"M-Miki…?"
Looking up, Miki said sadly, "I don't think… my mom would mind anymore…"
"What are you talking about? Why won't she mind anymore, Miki?"
Miki sighed. "On the way… while we were escaping, my mom… she sacrificed themselves so that I could get out. Our families were supposed to meet up and get out together… but she never arrived." She looked up, and was surprised to see that Yuri was crying. "Yuri?"
"I'm so sorry, Miki... I made you remember that," Yuri said, tears streaming down her face. "I… I didn't mean to…"
"It's Ok. I'm pretty used to not having her around," Miki said, sighing again.
Yuri wiped away her tears. To change the subject from her mum, she asked, "What happened when we escaped?"
"We met up and were forced to leave. But we were just you, me and your parents. We escaped through a tunnel in your basement, and when we got out we had to travel across fields. We got to a road…"
"I remember a road!" Yuri suddenly exclaimed. "That's where I woke up!" Then her eyes clouded. "I was so hurt… and there were two people with me… a man… and a woman… when I went back, they were gone…"
"Your parents?"
"I thought they might be, but even if they were… they… they… they were dead."
There was a silence as the two orphans quietly thought over what they knew, and, in Yuri's case, what they had learned.
"I'm gonna get us a drink," Miki said. Yuri nodded.
My parents are dead, she thought miserably. And I don't even remember them. It's as if they were never really there. As if all the things they did… were for nothing.
"I'm back," Miki said, a little more cheerful. She handed her a glass of orange juice as she sat down. "Here's yours."
"Thanks." Yuri sipped on her drink. Then she thought of something. "The brown haired guy killed my parents… but he didn't kill me. Why not? And why am I different to everyone else?" She stood up. "Why is my hair a weird colour? And you said that I had an ability to Feel… doesn't everyone have that?"
"Sit down," Miki said sternly.
Yuri sat.
"Yuri, that's just because in our hometown you were part of a legend. You were supposed to be some 'Lost Princess' or some rubbish like that. "The Princess with hair like the sea and a magic touch will awaken the dark sun and bring light and freedom to the land" was the prophecy the elder announced. Everyone said you were going to free them, because the town's name, Kurosan, means 'black sun'. That's why we had to escape."
"I'm a princess? I don't feel like one."
"Yes, well, I said you weren't. Anyway, the Blade Slashers found this out, and decided to get rid of the 'Lost Princess'. So we ran away." Miki put down her glass.
"Riku told me once never run from our problems. That was a stupid plan."
"You thought of it."
"Oh."
"They kill anyone who tries to escape, and now they're hunting and trying to kill me, too, because I escaped and I helped you. But we're gonna be saved! You know those two people we were looking for? Well, we actually read about them from your father's book. It was his idea to find them and ask them to help. You know, that book was really good. It told you everything, like who they are, how to find them, they're names, yep, everything. Although I guess that book was pretty old…"
"But Miki," Yuri piped up, desperate to stop her rambling. "Who are they?"
"Oh right. Well they're these… spirits, I guess… who only appear every once every so often, and hide in two normal kids, about our age. These two kids keep it a secret, of course, even from each other, because the two spirits are mortal enemies."
This is sounding eerily like Daisuke and Dark, Yuri thought frantically. What if it is them? I don't want to drag them into my problems… please, don't be them!
"Their names are spelled the same but they're back to front," Miki continued. "And one has white wings and the other one has black."
Don't be them! Don't be them!
"It's always a boy that carries the spirit, because the spirits themselves look like young men."
Yuri was on the edge of her seat. Don't be them! Please oh please oh please don't be them!
"Their names…"
Don't be them! Don't…
"…are Krad…"
…be…
"…and Dark."
It's them!
There was a crash, and it wasn't just Yuri falling onto the floor. Yuri, all thoughts of Dark and her past out of her head, scrambled up to see Miki's balcony door and windows and a lot of bricks and glass on the floor, and a woman standing in the centre.
Miki herself was frozen to the spot in terror, and her eyes were fixed on the woman who was dusting herself off. She had short blonde hair with a pink flower in it, and a sneaky smile. She was wearing a kimono, but was far from being a polite and civilised geisha. In her hand was a dagger which a green aura.
She was a Blade Slasher.
Miki snapped out of her stare. "Leave me and Yuri alone, Tash!"
Tash ignored her. "I didn't think I'd run into both of you," she said smoothly. "I guess I'm just lucky. But your luck just ran out."
The clock in the Niwa's house chimed. It was now nine o'clock.
"Kosuke! Where is she?" Emiko demanded. She was pacing back and forth in the kitchen in worry.
"I'm sure Yuri just lost track of time, honey," Kosuke said in an attempt to comfort her.
"But Daisuke's already in bed!"
"Only because you forced him to…"
Daisuke wasn't actually in bed, although he half wanted to be. Dark had persuaded him to transform and go and find Yuri, and then take her home before his mum paced through the floorboards. He, however, didn't know where Miki lived, and so neither did Dark.
"You should've asked her," Dark told him as he flew over some houses. Wiz had miraculously recovered the next morning.
I can't just go up to her and ask her that! Daisuke said immediately.
"Sure you can. I'll do it if you're too scared."
N-no thanks, Daisuke replied warily, not liking the idea of Dark taking over after what happened on St. White's day. Dark, we'll never find her!
"Don't be too sure…" Dark pulled out a dagger.
How's that gonna help? Did mom give you that?
"No. This is… what's his name's… Hawk's."
YOU TOOK HIS DAGGER?
"No, he left it in your room. Look, if I hold it up and move it around, when it points in a certain direction, it glows. I figured Yuri must be that way."
But what if she's not?
"Then we're just going on a wild goose chase," Dark replied, seemingly happy.
Daisuke sighed in his mind. This really isn't going well…
The Blade Slashers' plan wasn't going too well, either. The last member still hadn't arrived.
Breez was restless, and Hawk was receiving all her agitated commentary. "Where is that stupid idiot? He should be here by now! It doesn't take that long to travel back here, since he has his dagger. Unlike you." She pointed a manicured finger at Hawk, who scowled but didn't answer her back. She was right, after all.
"And he'd better come here first and not go after that girl and her friend! He's supposed to be part of our team, but he does everything by himself. He wouldn't even go with Tash, and instead went his own way! And-!"
"I seem to remember that you wouldn't go with me when we went after the girl," Hawk cut in.
Breez stopped complaining. "But that's just because… because… you're too hard to put up with! You keep wanting all the glory, so you always tell me to get lost! And then you never want to talk to me, and when you do it's always "I don't talk" or "You get on my nerves" or something. And don't get me started on your attitude…!"
Hawk walked away. He just couldn't stand her. She was so calm with strangers, but when she was alone, or around him, she just snapped and complained. He blocked out her shouts of not being finished, and went down to the stables. All he needed was some fresh air.
He saddled up a horse and rode through the town. Most people were scared of him and ran indoors, desperately bringing children or animals out of his way. But that was your fate when you ruled such a cowardly town. It was a good job I put up the mirage veil, he thought. Otherwise people would be able to see how old and traditional this place is. But it's the best way to keep them in check.
In fact, the place was so old that the people still made weapons and practised with them. Weapons like swords, bows and arrows, but also a few guns. Every house looked traditional, and the paths were even made without tarmac. The river that flowed through was unpolluted, thanks to the rainbow coloured powder that was thrown in there each morning.
A young man watched Hawk walk his house over a bridge from his window. He scowled angrily and whispered, "One day you will pay for driving our Lost Princess out of Kurosan! I swear on my blade that you will!"
Ta da! We're done! And now you know a little about Kurosan, as well!
Daisuke: Kurosan seems nice.
Emiko: Yeah, let's move there!
Daisuke: Ok!
KK: Hey! You're not supposed to know about Kurosan yet!
Emiko: Well I'm still moving! Come on, Daisuke:she and Daisuke head to a sketch of Kurosan with their luggage:
KK: No…! Come back…!
Please RR! And don't forget to tune in next time to Forgotten! (Doesn't that sound funny… don't forget to tune in… Forgotten… ha ha ha… oh never mind)
