Engel an der Leine

What if I told you that I'm not who I seem I am?

What if…I told you I was something else?

Something not of this world…

Would you hate me?

Would you pity me?

Would it make me important to you?

Would you throw me away if you found out?

For you…I'd live a lie.

I'd live in the darkness for you…

Since my heart is already…dark…

Chapter VII:

"What news do you have?"

"Ehh…he's got him sir."

"What?"

"Lucifer's controlling this human to get him."

"And?"

"He got him."

"I see…"

"What do we do now Michael-sama?"

"Send your fastest, we have to get him back."

"H-hai!"

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Dark awoke on a nice soft bed, opening an eye only to be momentarily blinded by the sunlight that shone through the window, it felt like a nightmare, he muttered, "Krad?"

Some one was sitting on the edge of the bed, "No, not quite."

He looked up quickly, it was the man who had taken him away from the blond, he snarled, "You-"

The man looked amused, "Does it surprise you to see me? Were you expecting to see someone else like…hmm…Krad?"

"Otou-san…"

The man whirled around angrily to see who was interrupting him, "Satoshi, what are you going here?"

The blue haired boy nodded his apology, "I came to tell you that I'm going out," he looked over at Dark, eyes widening, "Isn't that Krad-san's-"

"Alright, now go and don't interrupt us again!"

The boy nodded and stepped out of the room, taking one last glance at the slave before closing the door. Dark hissed, "Let me go."

The man smirked, "It seems like Krad's been soft on you, too soft. I always knew he didn't have the aptitude to own a slave. He goes too easy on his property."

The very thought of this man being better than Krad angered Dark beyond words and his captor was pushing all the right buttons, "Krad's better than you'll ever be!"

A slap was received, "Look, what's this? You don't even have a collar on. If he wasn't careful, you might've actually thought of yourself as human." He laughed, "I can't imagine a slave being his own master." He cupped the slave's face with a smile.

He was no human, that much was clear, he snarled, "Get away from me you filthy bastard."

"Tsk, such language. I wonder where you learned that from. Surely it can't be from Krad, he always has perfect manners. Too bad that didn't rub off on you." More laughter.

Every time he used the blonde's name, Dark felt his fist clench, he kept on seeing his master deathly sick, and unconscious in the snow. The same snow he had both feared and loved so much, he glared at the laughing man, "You'll never be my master."

"And who will you go back to? Krad? I'm sorry, but he's not there anymore, and even if he is, he wont be there for long."

The words sank in slowly and painfully, even thought he had already known that, he'd known for quite awhile now that there wasn't much time left for the blond. Suddenly he felt something shackle onto his neck, "What?"

Iron, ice cold, rock hard iron was attached to his throat, "There, your new collar, suits you well don't you think?"

Dark spat, "You filthy son of a bitch, you won't get away with this."

"Who's going to stop me? Your loving master? The police?" He snickered, Dark really hated that laugh, it wasn't anywhere near Krad's laugh. The blonde's had been light and feathery while this man's was hard, bitter and cold. "And besides, who would listen to a little slave like you? Let me tell you now, there are only a couple people in this world who are like Krad, pitifully weak. And in this world, the weak are the first to go. Unfair? Well there's no such thing as fair in this world." He grinned, "No such thing at all."

Dark knew he wasn't talking about Krad's sickness when hetalked about weakness. It's not true, he thought, it was far from the truth. There were good people in the human world, the Niwa were nice people who didn't treat their slaves like dirt. And of course there was Krad, the image of the blond smiling had imprinted itself into Dark's mind, the slave thought back on his master's kindness, desperately hoping for Krad to be alive.

The Hiwatari saw the necklace hanging off of Dark's neck, he smiled, "That feather is worth a lot you know? The Hikari have always been good at art, it's too bad they'll soon cease to exist." He reached for the neck lace.

Dark snarled, "Don't you dare! If you so much as touch it, I'll kill you with my teeth if I have to!"

The main arched a brow, "How interesting, I'd like to see you try, but then again…I won't take it away from you…yet." So he left it, as a laughing reminder of the master he once had and a mocking statement to tell the slave that all the choices were his to make. And Dark had no say in it. He gestured to the men at the door, the same men who had went into the Hikari household and left Krad in the snow, "Bring him to the chamber, do as you wish to him, I'll be there in awhile."

"Hai!" The large men seized the boy and dragged him down, down, down to what Dark thought of as living hell.

The man called after them, "Have fun!"

The large bulky men laughed and looked at the slave, "Don't worry slave boy, we're going to have a lot of fun with you. We're going to have to teach you a couple lessons on manners now won't we?"

Dark gaped in horror and started struggling, "Let me go you thugs!"

"Oh no, boss would never let us live if we do." One started groping him, tracing patterns on his lips, Dark growled and bit him so hard that blood came out. The man yelped and pulled his hand away. He stared at his hand and then he slapped the slave, "You little bitch! I'll make sure you learn a lesson or two!"

The boy snapped back, "I'd like to see you try!"

"You'll see, you'll see." The threw him against the wall, cuffed his arms, and started undoing their belts, "You'll see alright little slave."

Dark clenched his eyes shut wishing that it was all a bad dream, "N-no…"

The men moved closer, starting to undo his buttons, "This will be fun…"

"NO!" All his screaming didn't help, the men didn't care for it, soon enough the head of the Hiwatari came down to teach the slave a lesson of his own. Dark bit his lower lip to not scream when the whips came down, the pain was overwhelming, his last thought before losing consciousness was, Krad...

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Emiko paced around frantically, her husband placed a hand on her shoulder, she took it and hugged him, "He's going to be alright isn't he?"

"I don't know Emiko-san, but the doctor's with him in there doing all he can."

Daisuke was sitting around on the couch and crying while his grandfather watched everyone worriedly. They were heading to the blonde's house to check on the two, but when they arrived, they saw the blond in the snow unconscious and Dark nowhere to be seen. To make matters worse, Krad had an outrageous fever, they had sent for a doctor immediately. The doctor arrived shortly and told them that if they had called him but a second later it might've been too late. Krad's disease had come back, and this time, with reinforcement. It was almost certain that it would take his life this time.

Inside the room, the doctor was bustling about, fetching one equipment after another, desperately trying to stabilize the blond. Krad was having trouble breathing, his breath came out short and raspy. He struggled in his sleep as though trapped in a nightmare, there was sweat dripping down his forehead, and his fever achingly high. He opened his eyes, vision blurry, there was instant pain filling his lungs and head, he started coughing. He couldn't stop, soon enough there was blood on the blanket, still he couldn't stop. Krad felt the doctor hysterically trying to calm the coughing to little avail. The scene of Dark being taken away and his parents dying kept replaying in his mind over and over again. The worst part was not being able to do anything about it, he was helpless…to everything past, present, and future.

"D-Dark…" He managed to rasp out between his coughing. He couldn't do anything about his parents' death, always angry at them for leaving him behind. Now Dark, but the slave was still there, there was still hope for the boy. The doctor finally stabilized his coughing a bit.

He adjusted his glasses, "Oh my…I think you'd better ask the Niwa instead of me."

A second later Emiko ran in, she clamped a hand over her mouth when she saw the blood and the frail figure, "Krad!?"

He coughed and shuddered, the fever didn't help, "D-Dark…" He inhaled and coughed, "Get him…b-back…" Emiko looked surprised, Krad inwardly groaned, this was hardly the time for her to be gawking at him, he whispered harshly, "Please?"

The blond couldn't see anything but a blur of brown, the voices hurt his head, they echoed and vibrated giving him migraines. He shut his eyes tightly, Emiko held his fisted hand, she nodded, "I'll do what I can."

All Krad could do was nod weakly, he knew he couldn't ask anymore of the Niwa, he was already a burden to them. He relaxed a bit, but then his lungs clogged up cutting off his air supply, golden eyes opened as he fought for breath. Emiko watched him, panicked, she ran back out to fetch the doctor. Moments later the doctor came back and went back to work.

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Daisuke watched his mother cry in the arms of his dad, Kosuke asked her quietly, "What did he want?"

"He wanted," She paused, for awhile the redhead thought that his mother wouldn't be able to continue, "He wanted to get Dark back. Something bad's happened to him, I just know it."

The redhead stood up, he was about to volunteer to go look for the slave since they've become close friends, then the doorbell rang. He looked around, no one looked like they were even thinking about answering the door so he did it. Surprisingly, it was Satoshi, "Hiwatari-kun! What are you doing here?"

Satoshi looked up from the ground, "Niwa? I should ask you the same thing. Where's Krad-san?"

Daisuke looked at his feet, "He's…sick…"

"Is that why his slave is at our place?"

The redhead's eyes widened, "What!? Dark's over there!?"

Satoshi nodded slowly, "Didn't you know?"

Daisuke shook his head, "When we got here Krad was in the snow and Dark was gone…"

Blue eyes widened, "Then Otou-san took Dark by force…he left Krad in the snow!?"

It was Daisuke's turn to nod, "We have to get him back…"

"I'll think of something…gods Niwa, I'm so sorry…"

The redhead cocked his head, "Why are you sorry? It wasn't you who took Dark away and nearly killed Krad."

What the youngest Niwa had said added to the guilt that had started to pile up, his shoulders sagged, "I know but it was my Otou-san-"

The crimson eyed boy placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder, "But it wasn't you. That's what matters right now, you're not your father."

Surprisingly enough what Daisuke said made sense, Satoshi looked up, "Niwa…"

Daisuke smiled, "You want to come inside?"

"You're inviting me in even though it's not your house?"

"I'm sure Krad wouldn't mind." Satoshi hesitated, the redhead added hastily, "He'd understand, he knows it's not your fault."

The blue haired boy nodded and stepped inside, he had never been in the Hikari household before, it was decorated with paintings, "So it's true…the Hikari were artists…"

Daisuke smiled sadly, "They all had a natural gift, they'd often give us their paintings as a gift." Then he looked up, "Oh, come in."

Emiko looked up at the blue eyed boy, "Daisuke, why's your friend here?"

Satoshi bowed formally, "I'm sorry, my father's the one who took Dark." There was a gasp then silence, Satoshi frowned, "I'm really sorry."

Daiki was first to recover from his shock, "There now, stand up, it's not your fault, what your father did."

It was amazing how all the Niwa seemed to think alike, the blue haired boy stood up, "If you'll allow me, I'd like to help you get him back."

Emiko gave him a small smile, "That'd be greatly appreciated, thank you."

Satoshi found it astonishing how the simplest words could lift his guilt, or at least most of it, then the doctor stepped back out, they all turned to look at him, "He's awake, not for much longer, he's awfully tired from coughing so much and he's been through a lot. So if you wanted to ask him something you'd better go in and ask him now."

Emiko pushed the younger boys into the room, she nodded her encouragements, Satoshi gulped, unsure of how the blond might react to the news. Inside the room there was Krad in the bed looking deathly pale, breathing unsteady and blood on the covers. Daisuke ran up to him, "Krad?"

Krad stirred, he looked over at the two seeing blurs of red and blue, "…Niwa?"

"Krad…we found Dark."

The blond looked at them, eyes opened, more aware, but his voice still came out as a whisper, "What?"

"We found out where Dark is."

Krad watched them wearily, "Where?"

The blond broke out into a coughing fit, finally when he calmed down and continued watching them, waiting for an answer. Satoshi stepped up and responded to his question, "He's at my house, I'm sorry my father did this to you."

Daisuke almost knew exactly what Krad was going to do, he shook his head weakly and sighed, "Not…you're fault…"

Satoshi inwardly sighed in relief, "We'll get him back."

Krad nodded, "I trust you…"

Then he broke out into another coughing fit, this time he couldn't stop, Daisuke ran to the blond, "Krad!"

He winced at the voices, Satoshi ran out of the room to fetch the doctor who immediately came back in, the doctor shouted, "His fever's burning up again!"

Krad cringed at the voice, he wanted to tell the damn doctor to shut the hell up but coughs came out instead of words. He cursed his weak body, the pain was too much for him to bear. His head felt heavy, too heavy to lift, and even if he could, his vision was fuzzy. The blond felt his exhaustion starting to take over, soon sleep overcame him, Dark…

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"How do we get him back?"

Emiko looked over at Satoshi, "You're going to have to be the one to free him since you know the house the best."

Satoshi nodded, "I think Otou-san brought him into the basement, we have cells there…"

"Do you think you can get Dark out?"

"I'll do my best."

"Dai-chan, you'll call the authorities when you see Satoshi running up the stairs."

The redhead nodded, "What about Hiwatari-kun's father?"

"We'll let the police deal with him."

Daiki stepped in with a word of advice, "To avoid trouble, let Dark run ahead of you, that way it'll look like you're chasing him."

Satoshi nodded again, "When is this?"

"Tomorrow night. Dai-chan will be at your house waiting for you to pack for a sleepover."

"Alright then, tomorrow night."

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Nya

I finally updated! Err...I don't want to get too detailed with what they're doing to Dark o.O;; But if you want I'll add more in the next chapter,if no one says anything I'll stick with the no-mental-image-scenery-stuff-thingy-yea...:P have to go soon so quick comments! XD Hopy you all like this chapter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -coughyoubettercough- XP

Cherry- Krad's human in this fic...I'm pretty sure about that :P

Hakudoshi-chan- Dark's being treated like a slave...you get the picture...it's not that pretty unless you really like that stuff XP Wonder how long this fic will go for...

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babymar-mar- Lol, yea, if Dark had let Krad make the decision he wouldn't be cuffed and leashed in the Hiwatari's basement being -cough- and stuff...but Krad would be dead if he made the decision o.O choices...choices...

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Call me mad- o.o don't kill me! I updated as soon as possible...sorta...I'll try to update again sooner!

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