I'm back, with a quick update this time! I didn't get so many reviews, but I won't let it put me down!

Dragon and Sword Master: Whoa… you think too much… (laugh) I guess it's a reverse kind of idea, so that the good guy seems evil and the evil guy seems good. And what would Dark repent for anyway?

Kyo's little koneko: Here's the next chapter. I looked up what koneko means (kitten). That's so cute!

This time, Miki can do the disclaimer.

Miki: Yay! (grins) Kosmic Kitty doesn't own DNAngel or its characters, Yukiru Sugisaki does. If she did she would be rich and famous, which she isn't.

So true (sniff). But Yuri, Miki, the enemies and the town of Kurosan are mine. All mine! (evil laugh) …Ahem. Please don't take them. And enjoy the story!


Forgotten

Chapter 8

Attacked

Miki and Yuri backed away until they reached the back wall. To Yuri's left was the doorway to the hall. She eyed it nervously. Miki saw her. "Run."

"But-!"

"I said run! I can hold her off, and you can escape! As long as your Ok, as long as the 'Lost Princess' is alive, there is still hope for Kurosan!" Miki gave her a sad smile. "Please, Yuri."

Yuri stared at her. "Miki… no…"

In front of them, the woman was aiming her dagger, ready to throw a slash-mark at them. "Say your prayers." She swiped her dagger across, and a green slash shot at the girls.

"Duck!" Miki cried, and fell to the floor. Yuri hesitated, before dropping to the floor, and both girls squeezed their eyes shut. The slash only just soared over her head, crashing into the wall making parts of the same wall and furniture fall around the two girls, hiding them from view. The clouds of dust helped hide them, too.

"Where are you? Come out! You can't hide from me," the woman called.

"That was way too close," Miki whispered, opening her eyes. Yuri opened her eyes as well, and saw Miki staring at her.

"What's wrong, Miki?" Yuri asked her.

Miki swallowed. "Your… your hair…"

"My hair?" Yuri's hair was as it normally was, lose behind her back. "My hair's fine, see?" She brought around her shoulder to show her friend.

And stopped dead.

As she looked at the hair she could see, she realised that her turquoise locks were shorter than before, only down to around her shoulder blades, and the ends were black. As she looked around, she saw strands of turquoise lying on the floor.

"She… she chopped off my hair!"

"It wasn't on purpose, Yuri…"

"Was too!" Yuri suddenly stood up and shouted at the woman, who was at the other end of the room, "You cut off the ends of my hair, you witch!"

"Yuri!" Miki hissed. "What are you doing?"

"And you broke Miki's wall! What is your problem? Can't you just leave me and my friend alone?" Yuri continued, not hearing Miki and full off courage that had come from nowhere.

The woman was staring at her with wide green eyes. But two seconds after Yuri had finished speaking, she raised her dagger again. "I can't believe you called me, Flower General Tash, a witch," she spat. "And mind your own business! I don't tell anyone anything."

"I was minding my own business, but then you came around uninvited. If you wanna come over, ask next time!"

Miki twitched nervously. "Yuri, I really don't think that she came over here to chat…"

Yuri ignored her. "And you shouldn't wear such a nice dress if you're going to go around fighting. And it doesn't suit you."

Tash fumed. "Why you little-!" At that point she flung a slash at Yuri, who still stood there. When she realised what was happening, she leapt to the side, landing on the floor next to the door. There she crouched, and when she looked up she saw the place where she had previously been standing being hit with deadly aim by a slash. Dust clouds flew everywhere, and a painting that was hanging on the wall fell onto the floor.

"Yuri! You can be so stupid sometimes!" Yuri heard Miki scold her. But she's right, she thought miserably. That was such a stupid thing to do. Standing up right before the enemy just because she ruined my hair… I should've thought about it first…

"Grr… I missed… damn you, Lost Princess," Tash grumbled, trying hard to control her temper.

Yuri stood up shakily. "I'm sorry. But I don't want to be killed."

"SILENCE!" Tash threw another slash at her, and this one hit its target. Yuri flew into the door, and it fell backwards, smashing the hinges. Yuri and the door landed in Miki's hall.

"Yuri!" Miki exclaimed, standing up.

"Yes!" Tash said, smirking evilly. "I did it. The Lost Princess in now properly and forever more lost."

But Yuri was far from being lost. She had been hit by the slashes before, and although it caused her so much pain, life refused to let go and give in to death.

And so Yuri lived on, taking tiny and almost invisible breaths. Miki ran over to her, and sat her up. "No… Yuri…"

Nobody heard the rattling of the front door's handle.


In a flutter of feathers, a white angel flew across the sky. He didn't know what was calling him, or where he was going, and he didn't really care. He felt like he was in a dream – a particularly gruesome one at that – and that was all that mattered.

When he finally realised where he was, it was too late to turn back. He had noticed someone on the roof of a building. "My dear Satoshi," he said so quietly that it was not loud enough to be a whisper. "It'll be a long time before you find your bed tonight."


"Riku! Open the door!"

Riku gritted her teeth. "I'm trying," she told her irritating twin as she tried to twist the handle of the door. The keypad to open the door was too hard to figure out, so Riku had gone straight on to the handle. But that had proven to be just as bad. Plus it was cold in the staircase of the block of flats, and Riku wanted nothing more than to go to bed.

"Try harder!" Risa wailed, continuously walking in circles behind Riku. "I can hear them! And there are all those crashes!"

"I know, I can hear. Now be quiet, and let me be!" Riku told her, not bothering to turn around.

Risa didn't answer.

"Risa…?" This time Riku did turn around, but before she did, Risa shouted out.

"AH! OH MY GAWD!"

When Riku saw what had happened, she froze. In front of Risa was a very familiar Phantom Thief. She gave him a glare. "What are you doing here?"

"The same reason you are," Dark replied smoothly. He went over to the door that Riku was trying to open. "Excuse me."

Riku stepped back from the handle angrily and joined her sister, who was gazing at Dark dreamily, to Riku's annoyance. Sometimes she really hated her love struck sister.

Dark tapped a number into the keypad and it beeped, and when he pushed down on the handle, the door opened. Riku scowled and pulled Risa with her by the arm while she walked past Dark and into Miki's hall. Why do I keep meeting him somehow? she asked herself angrily. It's like I can't go for a day without seeing him somewhere.

As soon as she was in the hall, however, all thoughts of Dark left her head. Yuri was lying on what looked like a door, knocked out, and Miki was next to her near to tears. Risa had finally snapped out of her dreamy trance, and had noticed Yuri as well. "Yuri!" she cried and rushed over.

Riku came over as well, and kneeled down with her friend and sister. "What happened?"

In answer, Miki turned her head to the living room. Riku's and Risa's heads moved in that direction at the same time.

And saw Tash.


There we are. That was a little short compared to last chapter, but that was the best place to stop. Trust me.

And I really needed to get back on the Saturday weekly thing. I won't back you wait as long as two weeks again! Or I'll try my hardest not to!

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