The day that I'm writing this is Sunday. I know it's more than a week then before, but at least it's up, right? Right?

I noticed that on Chapter 8, at the bottom, I wrote 'back' instead of 'make'.

Dark: What kind of mistake is that? They sound completely different!

KK: Eh. Easily done. Spell check doesn't affect it, since 'back' is a real word. And they are similar! Kind of…

Dark: (sweatdrop)

So anyway, thanks to my reviewers:

Dragon and Sword Master: Thank you very much.

Kyo's little koneko: Yeah… something like that is gonna happen. You think too much too.

Vorpal Dragon: Thanks, here's the update.

BrklynRox: Ta. Next story? Oo I might write another story… but I'll finish this one first!

Thank you so much! You're all so kind. Cookies for everyone!


Forgotten

Chapter 9

Fight

Dark closed the door behind him, Wiz jumping onto his shoulder, and walked over to the group of girls. As he stood behind Riku and Risa he saw Yuri, and clenched his fists.

"Oh, you must be the guy that Breez kept talking about," a woman's voice said. "The one who survived the attacks." Dark turned to look. Tash stood watching him, a smile on her face.

Dark smiled back. "I could be."

The girls looked up. Miki's face brightened. "It's you!" Risa sighed happily, while Riku rolled her eyes.

Tash didn't move. "I'm Tash. You won't forget that name," she told him, frowning. "No wait, I'm wrong. I can't let anyone survive our attacks. And the rest of you have seen too much." She raised her blade and smiled sweetly. "I was getting bored anyway."


As Krad flew closer to the figure, he powered up an energy ball in his hands. "I'll get you this time, Dark," he told himself.

But when he was only a few meters away, the figure flashed around without a sound, and something blue hit him in the stomach. His eyes automatically shut as he was forced backwards in the sky, but he managed to open one eye in time to see the figure jump to another building. He scowled and murmured, "You're not getting away this time."

The blue magic had now gone, and Krad was still able to fly. With a flap of his wings, he was away and chasing the black figure.


The slash flew at Dark with full force, but he sidestepped and let it go past him. Dust clouded the small hall, but Wiz transformed and, with a flap of his wings, blew it all into what was left of the living room. "What the… Hey! You son of a-!" cried Tash, but then she started to cough, loud and clear.

"Get out of here!" Dark hissed at Miki and the Harada twins. "Now! Quickly!"

Risa snapped out of her trance and nodded. Miki and Riku looked at each other. "But what about Yuri?" Riku asked anxiously.

"I'll take care of her. Now get going!" Riku still looked doubtful, but she stood up with the other two and ran out of Miki's front door.

Dark shut the living room's door as quietly as he could and picked up Yuri bridal style. With one last look at the door, he left the apartment.

On the staircase, Yuri began to open her eyes. "What's… going… on…?"

Dark sighed in relief, despite himself. "You're alive…"

Yuri managed a smile. "Well yeah."


Riku, Risa and Miki were silent as they walked out of the front door of the block of flats. None of them had felt good about leaving Yuri, especially Riku, who hated the fact that Dark was with her. Then Risa spoke up. "Um… Miki, who was that lady?"

Miki laughed nervously. "Oh her… she's… ah… a woman from the town I came from. A General. The Flower General, in fact. She's the weakest one, but that doesn't mean she's not strong."

They were on the pavement outside Miki's house now, where they had stopped and waited for the other two. Riku raised her eyebrow. "And she wanted to kill you guys because…?"

"They violated the law."

The three friends turned around to the source of the voice. A man stood there, his hair short and a dark blue, almost black colour and his eyes a sea green. His black cloak billowed in a sudden breeze, and his face was expressionless. Now it was almost night time, and the man was nearly invisible.

Miki looked scared. "No…" she muttered under her breath. "Not him… not Seth… please no… it can't be him… the Sea General… the most powerful…"

Riku caught her words and blinked. What is she on about? she wondered. The most powerful one? He doesn't look that strong…

Dark burst from the door of the building, Yuri right behind him. Riku and Risa turned to look, and they smiled and cried out "Yuri!" But Miki kept her eyes on the man.

The man named Seth glanced at Dark and Yuri for a few seconds, and then, without warning, there was a blue and white flash. The group shaded they're eyes or turned away from the brightness.

Dark looked back at Seth, and terror flickered across his face. The man was now lying on the floor as if in defeat, but that wasn't what he had seen. Because standing above him was a very recognisable blonde angel.

"Krad," Miki said faintly.

Krad was staring down at the fallen man. He frowned and looked up, seeing the staring group of people. Then he caught sight of Dark.

"You!" he said. A ball of white energy appeared in his right hand. A similar one appeared in Dark's, but it was black. Without another word, Krad threw the energy straight at the thief.

Dark dodged it, flying up in the sky. He tried to blast the angel, but missed when Krad flew up also.

The four girls were watching in amazement, as none of them had actually seen Krad before. Miki was the first to recover. She shook her friends' shoulders to gain their attention. "Listen. Those two are gonna fight all night, so we need to get out of here. Riku, Risa, where's your house?"

Risa looked more panic-stricken then the other two. "What's going to happen to Dark?" she asked weakly, her mind too preoccupied to hear Miki's question.

Riku answered her instead. "Around the corner. What's going on, Miki?"

"I'll explain later," Miki told her hurriedly. A beam of energy shot down from the battle above their heads, and they split up to get out the way. Risa yelped and jumped to the floor. "See what I mean?" Miki was forced to shout.

Yuri was watching Dark and Krad battle. Dark was so nice when he saved me, she thought sadly. Why must he fight like this? Why?

A little further away, someone began to stir.

"Yuri! Look out!"

Riku and Miki's shouts cut her thoughts short. "Huh?" she said, but she didn't get any further. A blue light flashed behind her, and she fell forward, tears cascading down her face from her wide, surprised eyes.

Time passed slowly for the watchers. Her friends stared in horror, and even the two winged warriors above stopped their fight to see.

As her cheek hit the ground, the man that was supposed to have fallen smirked evilly. In his hand was a dagger with a blade that would and should have been silver, but an aura shimmered instead and made it seem blue.

Seth turned his gaze to the three other girls, each in turn, until he stopped at Miki. But before he could do anything, a beam of white energy streaked at him and he stumbled backwards. He bared his teeth. "What are you doing? This is none of your concern!" he snapped, glaring upwards.

Riku looked up with her sister and friend, expecting to see Dark and hear one of his comments. But to her surprise, Dark was looking at someone else. Because the one who had attacked Seth hadn't been Dark. It had been Krad.


Voila! I'm done, Chapter 9 is done! Please say it wasn't too confusing. If it is, I'm really sorry! One day I'll rewrite it, and then it will be better than ever!

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