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 VIII:
"KRAD!"
His cries were unheard, everything remained as he last saw them, only smaller as he was pulled up. His injuries were tingling, it didn't hurt, it was almost as though they were healing, but he didn't care as he struggled to get out of his captor's hold. "Let me go! Krad's…Krad's…"
"He's going to be going up pretty soon."
Dark's eyes widened, "No…no!"
"You're going back up little one."
The slave blinked, he hadn't been called that for years, he looked up at the person who had his arm, "You-you're!"
"I'm taking you back to Michael-sama."
Dark's eyes widened at the name, "Are we really? We're really going to heaven aren't we?"
"Yes, you're finally going back to where you belong. We've been looking for you for quite some time now. Michael-sama was very worried, especially with Lucifer looking for you and all."
"Lucifer was looking for me? …why?"
The angel flapped his arms and sped up, "If he had you in his hold, he'd be able to break out of hell, that's why. He wanted to start another revolt against Kami-sama."
Dark's thoughts began to drift away from the blond, "Can…I see him? Can I see Michael-sama?"
The seraph laughed, "But of course! I'm positive he'll be just as eager to see you, little one."
Now he remembered, up there, he's always been known as "little one" there was no identity, no name, just two or three words. It had never bothered him before, but now, now it was different. It was unsettling, they didn't know his name, they didn't even know he had a name. Then the slave found himself thinking back to Earth once more… "Dark…"
The angel looked surprised, "Hm?"
"My name is Dark…"
Blue eyes softened, "But if serves you well, little Dark."
I named you therefore you are mine. The seraph at the gate gave them a short curt bow, "Michael-sama is busy at the moment." The other angel that had taken him there nodded and flew off leaving Dark behind.
Dark bit his lower lip, "What's he doing?"
The guard smiled at him, "I see you curiosity hasn't failed you, it's good to have you back little one."
The slave couldn't help but feel a little pouty, he wondered how often he would have to tell people his name, "What is Michael-sama doing?"
It's Krad, can you say that? Without the 'sama', please, just call me Krad.
"Hmm…he's seeing who'd been involved in this incident and sending the bad ones down."
"Bad ones?" Surely it couldn't be…
The gate guardian clicked his tongue, "As far as I'm concerned, it's the men who were with you first, the men who ended up kidnapping you but awhile ago and…the last one on the list is, Hikari Krad."
Emiko cried against the bed cursing the blonde's fate. The room smelt of sickness, blood, and medicine. Everything Kosuke said to try to get her less depressed failed miserably. No words could soothe the hurt that came when a person left, forever. Then there was a scream heard, Emiko's eyes widened as she rushed to the window. There was no one there. Teary eyes trailed down towards the edge and blinked in confusion. Sitting there was a single black feather, lying on top of the pure white snow.
Time stopped for a moment for Dark, then he exploded, "What!.? Why!.? Krad didn't do anything wrong! He's the one who saved me!"
"This was Michael-sama's choice."
Before the angel could say another word, the slave had ran through the gates, his mind racing, surely they had made a mistake. "Michael-sama!"
The brown haired seraph looked up from his counseling, he dismissed the angel he was talking to and headed over to Dark, "You're back! How worried we've been for you!"
Amethyst eyes blinked, his mind went blank for a minute but then all the doubt and worry rushed back into him, "There's been a mistake!"
"A mistake?"
"Krad, Krad did nothing wrong! Why's he going to hell!.?"
"He was involved with your disappearance, everyone involved are being sent down."
Dark shook his head wildly, "No! That'd mean everyone would be suffering for me! Even when all they've done is help me! Like the Niwa! Are you sending them to hell too!.?"
The angel looked down at his papers and shook his head, "There is no such name written down here."
He balled up his fists, "Then why? Why is Krad going down!.?"
There was a sigh then the saint gestured for the slave to follow, they headed to an edge and he pointed down, "Look, look down there. Little one."
Dark did. And when he saw what he saw, his mind went blank. It was Krad, "Krad!" The blonde's breaths were coming out short and raspy, desperate for air. Emiko was beside him crying and begging for him to be alright.
"He has very little time left, he will probably leave today or tomorrow the latest."
"No! I refuse! Krad deserves to live! He doesn't deserve to live with a disease! Or get sent to hell! It's not fair!"
"Little one…"
"My name is Dark!"
"Dark…this is the way things work…"
The slave shook his head, "But…why is it so unfair? I thought it was the bad people who got punished while the good would get rewarded…why? Why is it that the hero is being punished right now? Where is the justice in that?"
"There is nothing I can do about it."
"There has to be something!"
"They wanted a specific amount of people."
Dark thought for a moment then looked up solemnly, "I've broken a law."
The saint pondered what the slave was doing, "What?"
"I've been told that there is a law against showing your wings on Earth."
"I've been told what you've done and the council decided that it was your last resort and will be forgiven."
"Last resort?"
"To get away from the humans."
"But-"
The archangel rubbed his temples, "Please don't question the decision of the council, are you not happy to be back up here?"
The slave paused, "Yes…but Krad's…he may die but he'll never even get up here!"
"Why do you wish to be with the human so much?"
"…"
"Do you truly love the human that much?"
The black angel remained silent.
When the two got back, Daisuke had a pang of dread over come him. He shuddered, not wanting to know what happened. A hand gently landed on his shoulder, he looked over, "Satoshi-kun?"
"You look kind of pale…"
The redhead looked down, "I guess I'm worried…do you think Dark made it?"
"I don't know…I wish I could tell you with confidence that he made it but I can't…"
"Then…let's find out shall we?"
The blue haired boy nodded and headed inside. The house was horribly quiet, they headed for the room only to be stopped by a scream, "Don't come in here right now!"
Ruby eyes widened as he shakily turned to his friend who looked just as shocked as he did. "Did he…" Satoshi simply looked down, Daisuke shook his head slowly, "No…he had to…"
"Daisuke..." The blue haired boy, not knowing what to do, pulled the redhead into a tight embrace as he cried bitter tears.
Do I love him? …I don't know…Amethyst eyes clouded over with turmoil as the saint watched him. "What is love?"
"An indescribable feeling you get when you find someone special."
His brows furrowed, "But…how do you know when that love is true?"
"When you're willing to sacrifice everything you have for that person, you'll know then, that your love is true."
Sacrifice…everything?
"I…I don't understand Michael-sama…"
"How much are you willing to give up for this, "Krad"?"
Dark looked down again, everyone was panicking, Dark frowned, playing the scenes over and over again of when he was still down on Earth. It didn't seem right, wasn't it supposed to be a time of cheer and celebration? Not deaths…anything but deaths… Violet eyes saddened at the sight of the blonde fighting desperately for air, this isn't right… He looked up and eyed the saint solemnly, "I'll take his place."
"What?"
The salve stood rigidly, eyes glowing with determination, "I'll take Krad's place, I'll go to hell instead of him."
The angel took a step forward in protest, "But then Lucifer will get what he wants and start another revolution!'
"Then go ahead. Strip me of my powers and send me down as a human or a lost soul."
You're willing to go this far for a human? Do you love him this much?
"…are you sure about this?"
The slave nodded, "Out of all the people in the world…I think Krad is the least deserving for all of this, getting sick and going to hell for no reason. I'll take his place."
"You won't be able to turn back if you change your mind."
"I won't…would you call this love, Michael-sama? Because I really don't know what love is…"
The purest love in the world…
"Aa…so you're sure about this?" He asked for the last time.
Dark nodded then hesitantly added, "Although…I should very much like to hug you one more time…it's been so long…Michael-sama…" He looked up with sad eyes.
"Of course little one…" The saint wrapped his arms around the back angel, "We've missed you and will miss you dearly again…"
Dark stepped back from the embrace, resolve lit his eyes, "I'm ready."
The seraph sighed dejectedly, "Very well then…farewell…little Dark…"
A strange light surrounded him, he looked back one last time at the suffering blonde, hold on and goodbye Krad…
Nya
Woots! I finally updated! School's finally ending! No more homework or tests! ahahahhahaha (very happy) Anyways, this beats the old record of three months...this has been like what? -goes check- oh...nevermind it's been a bit over three months...alrighty then...my questions to myself and anyone who reads this :P why won't allow people to type exclaimation marks and question marks together? Why can't you do the squiggly thing? Is Krad going to die? And did Dark go to hell? o.O oh nos...
Les Scribbles- Gotta love angst, I'm not sure how many times I've said it but I can't seem to say it enough XP Everyone's going insane worrying about Krad! Yup, Dai-chan's a Niwa and as a reward, he gets a Satoshi-hug :) Yea...I suppose these chapters aren't very or going to be very happy...with the whole Dark taking Krad's spot in hell thing and all... :P
Mysterious Kaitou- It's okay, people cry all the time, that's what tear glands are for :) An angel took Dark away :O Yes it's a sad fic...to most people I guess, unless you're like me then yea...lol, you bet right it's been around three months again XD For shame Ayame, for shame :P instead of carrot shavings I'm wet and covered in mud or was covered in mud and dog fur XP
Seylin- I'll try updating that soon :) Dark's injuries were healed by the magical angels who have super magical powers since they're angels and all! XD Of course this is only my way of thinking...and thank you :) if you didn't mention it, I think I would've forgotten about his injuries XP actually I would've since I'm very forgetful and stupid most of the time :)
trapt-t- Eeto...I'm not sure about the first word but danke! I understood the rest of it! XD Yea, I can only comprehend simple, very simple German XD otherwise I'm dead...on the other hand, wow...I admire your ability to write German o.o yea...I doubt I'll get German lessons anytime soon :S But hopefully someday I will XD
White Phoenix Eternal- Awww thankies :) That made me smile (calmly despite I'm going sugarhigh from ice cream) I guess I write all those different genres since sometimes I go into a mood where I feel like writing humour so I go for it XD Not to mention I rather like trying out different genres to see which ones I'm good at or which ones I like :) I have a very simple way of thinking apparently :P
Socks-The-Kitsune- Yupyup :D Dark-angst! And Krad-angst! And angst! XD Apparently everyone's in a bad situation right now...or a fairly bad situation (Daisuke and Satoshi hugging isn't a bad situation, them worrying about Kraddy-kins dying is) But yea...now Dark's in another bad situation where he's going to hell:O
Hakudoshi-chan- Hmm...you'll just have to wait and see :D Something good? What do you have in mind? o.O I'm curious :) Of course...curiosity killed a cat, but I'm willing to take that risk XD Poor poor Dark going to hell...ladeeda... -unsure of what to say about that-
Akako- Tuberculosis? I guess his disease is something like that with all the coughing blood out thing and all, I pretty much just combined symptoms that I thought of that was considered very uhhh..."sick" and created this Krad disease, coughing out blood seemed to send the message "I'm sick and dying" so yea...eheh-heh... XP
Doveoflight- Eeto...ummm...how do I say this? This is a...shounen-ai or yaoi fic? And ummm...Dark's kinda in love with Krad so yea...hope you're not offended or anything nya Sorry if you were expecting something else nya... :S
Silver-Star677- Wow...did anyone look at you funny? o.O I know they would stare at me if I cried in class...not that we're allowed on the internet during class...but yea...my teachers think I'm insane already in a humorous sort of way XP Cookies and milk! -eats and drinks- :D No road is without speedbumps, rocks and loose gravel -nods-
Katsumi Sagara- Thankies! XD more cookies! Gotta love cookies :) Can never get enough X3 Yea, this is one of the few times where everyone's feeling bad for Krad instead of all the other characters XP (like Daisuke when he gets dumped or Satoshi in the wreck which we call a "house") I rather like that XP
Dark Mousy 0- Whoa! A zombie! Awesome! XD Yea, angels are actually good guys despite the fact that they're take Dark away :P The problem is, when people leave things up to me to decide what to do, I do things the more or less interesting/sadistic way. Poor Krad, my next story? Torture? Absolutely! XD Read the bottom for the next story info thing :) Krad's going to hate me :)
dimonyo-anghel- Yea! Let go! XD Christmas just isn't the same if someone important dies :( It also isn't the same without turkey...wait...that's thanksgiving day...oh well, same thing :P You need everyone and a feast for Christmas :S and of course it isn't the same without presents! XD Daisuke and Satoshi got a hug from each other X3
Mujyakina-Hitokoroshiya- Hmmm...I'll have a lemon fic up soon, read bottom for details XP But no I doubt I'm going to have a lemon in this fic especially with Krad half-dead and still dying and all o.O Why I nearly sent Krad to hell? I don't know XP
IcePrincezz- Well so far...I have Dark going to hell and Krad dying (still) :P I finally updated! After three months of doing I-forgot-what I finally updated! XD Yea...sorry for the slow update! But haha! Summer's here and school's ending! I'm free (sorta):D
Ichigo12- Hey! That's what I do:D When I get impatient about reading something, I skip ahead and read random words or words that stick out to get the basic idea of what's going to happen XD Then I go back to read the whole thing :P I hate crying too, your eyes get all itchy and your nose gets runny or stuffy :S So yea, I'd rather not cry if possible :P
KandKL- Sorry got the slow update! I had school stuff to worry about for three months and I swear, I have millions of ideas stuck in my head that I have to type out, I'll be busy this summer XD I find the idea of typign up a Christmas-fic in the middle of summer fairly humorous XP
darksaphire- Yay! Favourite DN Angel author? XD Do I get the other half of the sandwich? -puppy eyes- wow...o.o a year? my longest no-updating time for a fic is a couple months :P My english really isn't that good, but it's the language I know the best, my jap sucks, german is at novice level, chinese is just as bad and french I suck XP
The Rogue Prince- Yup, us and our yaoi-crazed mind XP Actually, mine's yaoi-driven, sorta. Poor Dark, free, captured, free-sorta, captured, free, captured and now being sent to hell o.O How bizzarre is that?
Chibi-Kagome-456- Thankies! Yea, poor poor Krad...I'd hate to be in his place XP Sorry for the slow slow slow slow update!
Kuuu- Glad you like it! Hope you like this chapter too! Thankeis for the review XD Sorry for the slow update!
Bruja-Boricua- Eeto...I don't really know what Sailor Moon's about or the characters or anything since I haven't really seen the anime or manga so yea...sorry! And sorry for the cliffhanger and the one that I ended this chapter with XP
Mikon- I think everyone wants the men dead, but fear not! They're all condemned to a while afterlife of hell :) See? I'm not completely insane! I make the bad guys (that I don't like) suffer! And no, the angels aren't villains, even though they end up sending Krad then Dark to hell and stuff...
Noroi-Inu- I'm sorry for the slow update! If that last chapter had a cliffie (which it had) then so does this one :D Since Dark's going to hell...-looks away- Welcome to Even though that's a bit late...yea...it's really late isn't it? But yea, welcome:D
boeboebi- Ooers, that sounds good, mysterious and alluring XD Yea I really like the sound of that being compared to my fic XP And that's just how immature I am :P
chrnoskitty- Yay! You make me sound like an artist XD You're one of the few peopel who actually like my insane sadistic...ness :) Although I have to admit, I'm awfully mean to Dark and Krad aren't I? It can't be helped :P They're my favourites therefore I like picking on them XP
Laungisae- I rather like having them sick or near dying and things like that :) I actually thought of that too but that seems to easy, I'm one of those weird challenge-crazed people who like finding the harder way out XP Therefore I'm sending Dark to hell, just to see what I'll get :D
Krith- I'm going to download a couple songs by nightwish XD I like their name...and I've been dying for new songs :D Here's the next chapter! Enjoy!
Katherine Daystar- Here's another cliffie XP I finally found time to update since it's near summer and school can burn down for all I care :D I'm finally sorta free! XD Ahahahaha, school's over and I can wait for next year, I wish winter break was longer than summer break...but that's okay since it's summer here :)
ginny brenn- Are you still unconscious? If you are, you can wake up now :) I finally updated, and if you're awake, I updated :P And if you were unconscious, you might want to know that you've been unconscious for a couple months now XD Wow...I wish I could sleep that long...
WhyLive- Woots! I caused the end of the world! -can't help but feel proud- Those over dramatic stories are kinda weird, unless it's a play then I just laugh and poke fun at the characters for being so dramatic XP You really like DarkxKrad don't you? not that I can blame you :P
mad hatter- Uhhh...there's a perfectly good reason why Dark didn't use his wings...-thinking- well...he's a good little angel who obeys the laws under most circumstances...and here's another cliffie just for you XP
UnIQuE Not Weird- Nooooo don't die yet! I updated! Boy...that'd be awfully sucky timing if you were to go and kill yourself just when I update :P But assuming that you're not dead yet I updated with another cliffhanger :) Which is my new hobby, driving people insane with cliffies XD
Tempest Wind Hollow- It sucks not to have time to...not have time to do anything :P But wow, you're worse off than me, not having enough time to even read stories that you like, I feel bad for you :( But I'm kinda glad that this is the first DarkxKrad fic you've read, if not in awhile :)
Nya! Notice! New fic!
I think I might've mentioned it, but yea, I'm writing a new fic soon, yes it's another slavery-thing-fic and since I'm so immature, too immature that I don't write lemons, I'm co-writing this new one with anonym00se who's going to handle the rated R-ness parts, yea...stay tune! It should be up in a couple weeks or something like that...ermmm...it'll be up soon! XD thankies everyone! for reviewing and all that other stuff I'd type out but my fingers are sore nya x.x
