A/N: Hello! I am BACK! I has been such a long time now, hasn't it? I'm sorry, I had an evil exam (or two or three or nine), so I was very busy. But now I updated, so be happy again!

Dark: It's been a month.

Yuri: Months are long.

A/N: Nyah, well there wasn't much I could do. I had lots of work to do!

Disclaimer: The characters of DNAngel do not belong to me, they belong to Yukiru Sugisaki. Otherwise I'd be rich, famous… and Japanese.


Forgotten

Chapter 12

Unexpected

The wind ruffled Yuri's long hair as she stood behind the huge crowd that had assembled to watch Dark. She shivered in the night air. Dark hadn't even appeared yet. Why had she done this again?

To see Dark.

Why?

She wasn't really sure, so she had made up a reason – to see Dark and Daisuke in action.

She had managed to sneak out through the front door while Emiko had been seeing Dark off from Daisuke's room, and she had then run to the museum. She'd had to ask for directions along the way, but the kind townsfolk pointed her in the right direction, probably thinking she was another Dark fangirl.

It was no use. She wasn't going to see anything from back there. Perhaps the museum had a side door, or something. Or maybe she could reach it from the nearby building.

She smiled. Yes, she could get to the second floor from the restaurant's fire escape. She could see it from here. She made her way over confidently, walking through the bustling crowd.


A man cursed under his breath. How could that stupid girl be so hard to follow? He pulled his hat over his dark hair and pushed between the girls who were anxious to see Dark.

One noticed him.

"Hey." She nudged her friend. "What do you think of him?"

Her friend squealed. "Oh! He's almost as hot as Dark!"

He stopped. Were they talking about him? He looked behind him to see.

"Wow, he's gorgeous!" a different girl cried. The surrounding girls were all turning their gaze from the rooftop, wondering what was going on. There were more squeals, and a few sighs.

"He's so dreamy!" … "Do you think he's single?" … "Hey, Dark is way better than that!" … "Do you think he's a thief too?"

The man rolled his eyes, causing the girls to whisper. He was used to this. Unfortunately, he had been distracted, and no longer knew where the girl was. He frowned, and walked away from the museum.


It was a long jump. Yuri looked at the stair she was on to the window on the other side, then looked back again. A very long jump.

She swallowed, but took a few steps back. She had to make it. She paused for a while, but then dashed forward and leaped.

She flew across the gap, her skirt billowing under her coat. Her hands reached for the windowsill – and missed.

Yuri fell, and couldn't help but scream. It wasn't too far, but something told her that she wasn't going to escape with just a few bruises. The ground came nearer and nearer. Why had she just jumped off like that? She was going to fall into an alley where no-one would see her. No-one would know she was dead.

Her outstretched hands caught hold of something on the wall. She gripped it tight, and, noticing a window below, swung in. Despite herself, she laughed. At that point in time, she felt so much like Dark.


It was an easy job. Dark ran up through a set of stairs, having already stolen the Ruby Cross. He just needed to get on the roof and then fly home.

But it was never easy.

He kicked the roof door down, and stood close to the door so that the guards couldn't see him. "Wiz!" he called.

"Ah, you're using your usual means of escape?" a bored voice said.

Dark turned and gave the commander a lop-sided smile. "Of course. Expect anything less?"

Satoshi was leaning against the entrance to the air conditioning. His expression didn't change as he answered, "It's getting old, Dark."

Dark snorted. "Its never old when I'm around." He looked away, and, without warning, ran forward and jumped off the roof right in front of the amazed crowd. Wiz came from nowhere and became his wings, and Dark grinned at Satoshi. "Now its time for me to go, commander!"

He was about to leave, when he froze. At the doorway that he had exited the museum was…

Yuri!

Yuri was gasping from running up the stairs. Now she could finally see Dark getting away with stealing! She gave him a small smile and walked onto the roof.

"Yuri, what are you doing here?" Dark shouted at her.

Yuri blinked. "To see you," she replied, deciding it was a good enough answer.

Satoshi raised his eyebrows. "I see," he said quietly.

Yuri noticed him. "Satoshi? What are you doing-?"

"It doesn't matter," Dark interrupted her. "You have to go home. Now."

Yuri walked forward, the wind stronger then before and pulling at her long skirt and ponytail. "But why?" she asked, her eyes large in curiosity.

Dark landed on the roof again, deciding that he would have to take her home by force. "Because—"

He didn't get any further, because a flash of light behind Yuri had stopped him in his tracks. He managed to see a mass of messy black-blue hair and a glinting smile before there was another flash.

And the mystery man and Yuri had vanished.


A/N: Cliffhanger! Terrible cliffhanger! Well, terrible for you, that is. The writers love them! That's me, of course.

I've read volume 8 now! So I'm further in the story then I was. Isn't that great? Heh, you don't need to answer that.

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