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Wings of Darkness
Chapter Four: First Day
"Are you nervous Kyari?" Daisuke asked. He and Kyari were sitting in the back seat of the Niwa family car, Dark and Ms. Niwa in front. Dark was gazing lazily out the window, obviously exhausted from the night before.
Kyari shrugged, playing with her fingers in her lap. She was wearing her school uniform, a black and white dress much like the younger grades, but not the same color. The dress fell in a school-girl skirt a few inches above her knees and hugged her body, causing Dark to watch her from the rearview mirror.
"I guess I am…a little." Kyari said softly.
"Don't worry about it." Dark said. "Just, whatever you do, stick with me. And if a guy or a creepy girl offers to help you clean erasers, don't accept."
"Why?" Kyari asked, confused.
"Same goes for Dark." Daisuke smirked. "If he offers, just slap him and run away as fast as you can."
Dark looked at Daisuke through one open eye. "Are you sure you don't want to take that back?"
"Yes." Daisuke retorted.
Kyari didn't know how Dark did it, but he somehow managed to twist around in his seat and backhand his brother.
They pulled up in front of the school, the three teenagers getting out of the car quickly.
"See you later mom." Daisuke waved.
"Have a good time kids! And watch out for Kyari will you?" Emiko shouted after them.
"Sure thing." Dark said back, grabbing Kyari's elbow and leading her through the many crowds of teenagers.
The grades were split up according to their uniforms. The grade nines and tens had the reddish white uniforms where as the grade eleven and twelve's had black and white.
"Why is it like that? The uniforms I mean." Kyari asked.
Dark shrugged. "I don't know."
"And why," Kyari said, looking down at her own skirt, which was almost as short as her black dress. "Are school uniforms, this short?"
Dark laughed, "We think that the guy who made them was perverted."
Kyari's cheeks flared as she gazed around her.
"Don't worry, he's locked up somewhere." Dark smirked.
Kyari sighed and fell back into step with him.
The real reason Dark wanted Kyari to stick with him, other than her getting lost and kidnapped or something, was that since she was so stunning, he knew that many of the guys would have an eye for her.
And Dark didn't want that.
He and Kyari pushed through the crowds towards where Dark's locker was.
"You can keep your things in my locker for now." Dark said, "Until you get your own. Can I see your schedule?"
Kyari nodded and handed him the slip of paper she'd gotten the day before.
Dark scanned it, a smile creeping on his face. "We have first, third and homeroom together."
"Great!" Kyari smiled. "What are they again?"
Dark laughed, "First period Chemistry. Second is Physical Education, then it's homeroom, and Third with Mrs. Taylor, History, my personal least favorite. The it's lunch, and then fourth is Physics, and your fifth is Science."
"Hard enough classes." Kyari groaned, taking her paper back. "First floor, second floor, second floor, first floor, second floor. There are two floors in this school?"
Dark nodded, scanning his own paper. "And we're on the same floor if not in the same class, so if you need me just scream bloody murder and I'll be there."
Kyari laughed. "Thanks. But I think I'll be fine."
"Sure." Dark said, a frown crossing his lips as they approached his locker. "Joy, look whose here."
Krad looked up when he heard Dark's voice, a frown was on his face, but it quickly turned to a smirk when he saw who Dark was with.
"Ah, I remember you. Kyari was it? Wow Dark, you bring your girls to school too?"
"Shut up Krad." Dark said acidly, spinning the combination for his locker and opening I, almost whacking Krad in the face. "Not here okay?"
"I wasn't trying to start anything." Krad smirked, turning to Kyari. "You know, all new students are supposed to report to the office before going to first period, I'll take you there."
"I think I can find it on my own." Kyari said, stuffing her backpack into Dark's locker. Dark did the same and closed it.
Krad shook his head sadly, a smile crossing his face. Kyari hated to admit it, but Krad did have some good looks, though he was nothing compared to Dark.
"Sad." Krad mumbled. "I wouldn't have hurt you last night."
"Sure." Kyari hissed.
"Hey Dark!" A voice shouted over the crow of students.
Dark sighed with relief and turned to Krad. "I suggest you leave now Krad. Unless, of course, you want your ass kicked." Krad lifted his hand in surrender. "Fine, fine. But," He eye Kyari and Dark wickedly. "I'll see you tonight. This time Dark, don't let your guard down, or you may just loose your pretty girl."
Dark moved to punch Krad but Kyari grabbed his arm, preventing him from doing so. "Don't Dark."
"Bastard." Dark mumbled, turning to the boy who'd said his name.
"Hey Mik." Mik smiled, he was rather tall, a little taller than Dark, with spiky blonde and brown hair. His eyes were a brilliant jade color. "Hey Dark, who's this?"
"Oh, this is Kyari." Dark said. "Kyari this is Mik. Don't let his eyes fool you, they're contacts."
Mik shrugged. "Brown eyes are so boring. I like your eyes."
Kyari smirked.
"He has an obsession with eyes, don't mind him." Dark sighed. "Come on, I'll take you to the office."
Kyari sat, nervous and waiting, for the principal to come into the office to "welcome" the new students.
Krad had arrived shortly after Kyari and had taken a seat across from her. His eyes hadn't left her since, and she was growing uncomfortable under his gaze.
"Do you have a problem?" Kyari snapped, startling the other new students in the office. There were no other grade twelve, just three grade nine and one grade ten.
Krad smirked, shrugging gently. The three grade nines next to him were chatting away about Dark Mousy's newest steal.
"Did you hear? There's another one, a girl." One, a girl, said excitedly. "Do you think they're lovers?"
"Maybe." The other girl giggled.
The boy rolled his eyes. "No way! They're probably just partners in crime!"
Kyari felt her cheeks heat up and she quickly looked away from the fourteen-year-olds.
It was only then that she noticed Krad had moved to the seat next to her.
"Get, away from me." Kyari hissed.
"They have no idea, do they?" Krad nodded at the three teens. "About you and Dark I mean."
Kyari glared at him. "So what?"
"Maybe I should tell them," Krad said, moving to cross to the teens.
Kyari quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him back into his seat. "Don't you dare!"
Krad shrugged, "I was just going to inform them."
"Well don't." Kyari hissed, releasing his arm.
"So how did you meet my other half anyway?" Krad asked, changing the subject.
Kyari folded her arms across her chest and sunk back into her seat. "We just did."
"Oh really? That sounds interesting." Krad smirked.
Kyari wanted to slap that smirk right off his face.
She was about to say something rather rude to him when the principal suddenly walked in. "Sorry I'm late! Welcome to the school-uh-have fun don't screw up. Now get to class!"
Kyari sighed and got up from her seat, leaving the office, Krad following after her.
"Stop following me." Kyari growled.
"Hey, I go to this school too you know." Krad said, falling into step beside her.
"Well stay away from me." Kyari snapped, turning a corner, trying ot find her first class, the main floor room 114.
Dark would be there, she'd be safe.
Krad followed her.
"You're going to be late for class." Kyari said.
"How do you know I'm not in your class?"
"What room?"
"114."
Kyari groaned. "Fuck."
Krad grinned, snaking his arm around her shoulders. "I guess we're stuck together then."
"Ugh don't touch me!" Kyari all but screamed, ducking under his arm. "Don't ever touch me!"
Krad glared at her, lashing out and grabbing her wrist painfully. "I suggest you're a little nicer to me girl."
"Oh yeah, why?" She growled.
"Next time I won't go so easy on you." Krad hissed. "But I won't turn you into the police, oh no, I'll bring you back to the place you ran away from."
Kyari couldn't help it, a gasp escaped her lips. "H-How do you know?"
Krad laughed. "You see Kyari, I met one of them in England, you might recognize the name…Dimitri?"
Kyari felt as if her heart would stop beating. Dimitri. She knew the name. He was the youngest of the group, only twenty, and he'd been the one to inject her with the poisons every day, beat her when she wouldn't cooperate. He was the leader.
"Fuck you." Kyari growled.
Krad's gaze was deadly as he leaned forward and whispered in her hear. "Be nice. Because I would like nothing better than to see Dark just disappear."
Kyari gasped and pushed away from Krad, he let go of her wrist. "You don't know what your getting yourself into." She warned. "They want us, all of us, dead. They'll kill you too."
"I don't think so." Krad laughed. "Because they need Wings to help them, they already have quite a few. It's amazing what some people will do to survive."
Kyari couldn't take it anymore, she turned and ran. Not to class, not to Dark, but out of the school.
Once in the sunlight, Kyari crumpled to the ground under a tree, tears streaming down her cheeks.
What could she do? Krad wanted Dark dead, and Kyari feared that even if she was good he'd still kill him. And the organization was after her…she couldn't run and leave Dark alone, but if she stayed…
"Dimitri." Kyari said darkly. "If I can kill him…" But even if she did succeed in killing the leader of the organization, what would happen with the followers? They wouldn't just give up.
Kyari sighed. She was free from them, for now. If she kept Dark in close watch and on alert, everything would maybe be okay.
"Kyari!" Dark shouted over the crowds of people, spotting the raven-haired girl sitting under a tree, staring off at nothing.
Dark had been worried when she didn't show up for first period, or homeroom, or third. He wanted to go look for her, but each time he tried to sneak out of class a teacher would stop him. Already he had detention after school.
Kyari's blue eyes met his as he sat down beside her, taking a breath. "Where were you this morning?"
Kyari didn't answer him, she turned her gaze away and started at the ground, there was a small patch of grass that had been pulled out beside her. How long had she been there?
"Kyari what's wrong?" Dark asked.
She didn't answer him, her hand was slowly stroking her necklace. She looked to be in a trance.
Dark was growing more worried, and angry. He was about to ask again when she spoke.
"He knows."
This caught Dark off guard. "Who? Who knows?"
"Krad." Kyari said, her voice was calm, as if she was thinking deeply.
Dark's anger only rose at that name. He just about snapped as Krad walked by, smirking at Kyari.
"What did he do?" Dark growled, turning back to Kyari.
"He knows about Dimitri." Kyari sighed.
"Who's Dimitri?"
"He's the youngest member, and the leader, of the organization." Kyari said. "He's the one who would…he would inject the poisons every day, and beat me if I struggled."
Something stung in Dark as she spoke, he didn't know what, but it hurt. How could someone do that to someone? And a girl no doubt. Kyari and he, other than their abilities, were no different from any other human.
Kyari continued, her blue eyes glazing over with unshed tears. "Krad wants you dead Dark. He said that if I wasn't good…he'd make Dimitri make you disappear. He's with the organization."
"But that's impossible." Dark said, his heart pulsing. "Krad is a Wing like us, he'll be killed too."
"I tried to tell him that." Kyari whispered. "But he wouldn't believe me, he didn't care. I'm so sorry Dark…for ever dragging you into this." She started to cry then, tears streaming down her cheeks like tiny rivers. "I have to go back Dark."
"What? Go back where?"
"To Dimitri." Kyari said, not bothering to wipe the tears from her cheeks. "I have to kill him. But I can't unless I'm there with him. The only reason he knows about you is because of me…if I go back, he might leave you alone. After all, you're the great Dark Mousy…he can't get rid of a legend."
Dark grabbed her shoulders, turning him so she was looking at him. He was tired of her crying. "Stop it!" He snapped. "You aren't leaving!"
"I have to!" Kyari cried, closing her eyes, trying to stop the tears. "I don't want you to end up like I did…I don't want to hurt your family."
Dark held her against him tightly, breathing in the scent of her hair. "Don't say that Kyari. It's not your fault. This guy, Dimitri, probably doesn't care who I am. If you go back to him he'll kill you, it wouldn't help anything." He pulled away from her and cupped her face in his hands, wiping away her tears with his thumbs. "If anything, by you going back, it'll make things worse. With you gone…others will die."
"But he has to be stopped, and I wont stick around and watch Krad stab you in the back."
"Krad was never a friend." Dark said, his eyes boring into Kyari's. "Years ago, many years ago, we were in a battle against each other. At that time we were still connected. I bound him in a church tower and I broke free from him, light and dark. I was the dark, thus my name. Ever since then he's wanted me dead, hated me. He will always hate me Kyari, you can't stop that."
"I wish I could." Kyari sniffed. "I just don't want to see anymore Wings die. There's been so many deaths."
Dark hugged her tightly once again, he didn't know what to say. No one had ever cared enough for him that they were willing to risk their live for him. Except Daisuke, but that was before when he was tied with Dark, so it didn't count.
"Please Kyari," Dark said finally. "Don't leave."
She didn't answer him, she just sat there, relaxing in his embrace. What could she say? She'd stay for a while longer, but if anything else went wrong…she'd have to leave.
It was only then that Dark saw the bruise around Kyari's wrist. Only one name came to mind.
Krad.
Okay! R&R
Next chappie: Dark is PISSED. Royally. He goes after Krad, along with Daisuke. He and Daisuke wait for Krad and Satoshi to come, and when they do...things go wrong.
Next Chapter: Revenge and Injuries