Dark Wings of Change
Koway: okay, this story is coming to a close soon. Anyway, I'm going to pick certain scenes from the play cause it is really long! The character roles are announced in this chapter as well as who shall go with whom to the dance. School fer me will start in one week so I'll update as soon as possible. With all that said, onto the flic! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: do not own D. N. Angel
Warning: this is a story of a shonen-ai relationship. Read at your own risk. Thank you
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
Chapter 23: Two Problems, One Daisuke
'Finished...' Satoshi smiled to himself as he carefully picked up the new painting. The paint was still drying so he decided to place it in his room. He got up from his seat and slowly left the room. 'Now all I need to do is name it...I know nowwhy my ancestors loved to create art.'
The detective put the artwork on an easel and sighed. The painting took all night. He glanced at the time, three am. "It took me six hours to do…oh well, I don't need school anyway. But I wonder…"
Satoshi went back downstairs and once again found himself beside the angel. He crouched down and blushed a few lose strands of golden hair back. "Master Satoshi…" He withdrew his hand and noticed that he was just waking up. "Master…Satoshi…"
"No, I am no longer your master…I am your friend, Satoshi." Krad's golden eyes looked at him and the boy wrapped his arms around the angel's neck. "Call me Satoshi…"
"Yes, Satoshi." Krad returned the gesture and brought the blunette beside him. He pulled him closer for a light kiss and wrapped one of his wings around him. 'Anything for you, Master Satoshi.'
The two slept until the alarm clock rung and disturbed them, some four hours later. Before it rung for the third time, an annoyed Krad threw it against a wall.
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"Dark we have to go! You can't just sleep all day anymore."
"But Dai-chan…" The purple-haired thief whined as the boy pulled off the blankets. "Too tired…"
"That's because we worked on the report now we need to go!" the boy sighed as the teen curled into a ball. Then a thought struck him. Smirking a bit, he leaned over and kissed the thief's neck.
"Dai-chaaan…"
"If you get up, I'll give you another one." Dark sat up and smiled. "At least that works, now get dressed. I'm not waiting for you so be quick."
"What about the other kiss?" Dark pouted. The redhead rolled his eyes and gave him a light one on the cheek before leaving. "Now get going."
"Don't worry, Dai-chan, I'll be right down!"
Daisuke packed his bag and grabbed the lunches Emiko had made for them. Dark came down just as the boy finished. "See, Dai-chan, I'm ready!" Dark waved goodbye and ran to follow the boy who had left. "Hey, Daisuke! Up for a little flying?"
"No, we can't let you cause a scene." Daisuke answered the thief. "Besides, I don't feel up to flying when we can walk."
"Yeah but if we flew we could get there with time to spare." Dark paused. "Hey, shouldn't we be able to see Satoshi and Krad by now?"
"Yeah, I wonder if he's already there." The redhead put his hand on his chin. He turned to the thief. "Let's see if they're still home. We have twenty minutes so if we fly there, we can still walk and be on time."
"Oh, so now you want to fly."
"C'mon, let's get going." Dark answered by bringing out his wings. Just as they took off, two pairs of eyes watched them before heading towards the station. Daisuke was having a nice time. "Hey, Dai-chan, isn't the city beautiful?"
"Yeah…there's Satoshi's house." The two came down and Daisuke ran to knock on the door. "Satoshi?"
"Maybe they left already?" Dark looked over the door and started to walk around. He looked in the windows and saw nothing. "Do you have a cell phone or something to check?"
Daisuke shook his head. "No…if only we could get in—Dark! What are you doing!" The teen paused as he unlocked the window.
"Getting inside to see if anyone's home."
"You can't just break into houses! It's not right!" Daisuke yelled in a hushed tone as he made sure no one was watching them. He glanced back at Dark and saw that he was already inside.
"C'mon, Dai-chan. If they are here then we can walk with them. If they're not then we can just leave and meet them there, kay?" Dark helped the boy inside and shut the window. "I'll check downstairs and you check upstairs. Kay?"
Daisuke nodded and went upstairs. He went into Satoshi's room first and saw no one. Before he left, he noticed the painting. "Wow! This is beautiful." He stepped closer and examined the fine strokes that defined every feature.
"I guess Satoshi lives up to his family name." Daisuke turned to see Dark in the doorway. He looked at the painting before giving a smile. "I found them and they're still asleep."
"Asleep!" Daisuke followed him downstairs and looked at where Dark was pointing. Satoshi rested his head on the angel's chest with his hands around Krad's arm. Krad has his arms resting on the blunette's back. Dark put his arm around Daisuke.
"Should we wake them?" Dark asked, glancing at his tamer. Daisuke shook his head. Dark gave a confused look. "But they'll be late."
"We're going to be late!" Daisuke whispered and noticed the clock in pieces against the wall. "Besides, I don't want an upset Krad…"
Dark gave a light chuckle and the two walked out of the room and through the window. "Now we have ten minutes to get there…" Dark trailed off with a smirk. The redhead sighed.
"I know where this is going…you can fly." Dark gently picked his tamer up and flew to school. They landed and went to class. "I wonder if Satoshi will—"
"Alright! Now for the main subject of the day!" Takashi's voice startled the boy's thoughts as he yelled. "We shall no decide the parts for each person!"
A series of moans and groans was heard as the reporter opened the script. "There are only twenty-one parts, four or five are main parts, and the rest are all minor parts! Let's—hey, where are Hikari and Hiwatari?"
"They may be a bit late…" Daisuke stated, remembering the two. Dark nodded in agreement and Takashi gave a sigh.
"Alright then, we'll just have to assign the parts like we did when we did 'Ice and Snow Dark Version." The boy rustled a hand through his short brown hair. "Any objections?"
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Satoshi blinked his eyes awake and tried to move to realize he was being held by something. His blue eyes met a sleeping golden and he smiled before looking for the clock that he had placed on the table. He found it, in pieces. "Krad!"
"Satoshi?" The detective jumped up and ran over to the broken clock.
"What did you do to the clock! What time is it!" He picked up the pieces and placed them in his shirt.
"It was ringing, I was tired, it wouldn't stop, so I through it against the wall." The boy rolled his eyes before checking the watch on his arm. Seven-thirty…
"Great…we're late!" Krad grabbed their bags and Satoshi ran upstairs where he found a note:
Hey Satoshi, Krad,
Dark and I are sorry for sneaking inside your house and not waking you but we were worried about you two. I'll see you at school, oh, nice painting!
Daisuke and Dark
'Well...that would explain why there was a slight breeze this morning...' The blunette expertly wrapped the painting and took a quick shower. He changed and waited for Krad at the door. A few minutes later, the two were flying towards the school. Krad landed lightly and the two rushed inside.
"Hiwatari! Hikari! I'm glad that you're here! We have great news!" Takashi put an arm around the two. "You both get major parts in the up coming play!"
"Yeah! You two are perfect for the roles!" A girl said. "I want to work on Hiwatari's costume!"
"I can't wait!" Another said. "This will be better than last year's play!"
Satoshi's eyes scanned the room until they landed on a certain redhead beside a whimpering thief. "Umm, what's wrong with him?" The two ignored the reporter and went over to them.
"Dark's upset because he has to play the part of Hermia in the play." Daisuke informed them. Satoshi's eyes widened as he realized what had happened.
"So he's playing a girl in the play?" the blunette chuckled a bit and Krad couldn't help but smile at the thief's predicament. Daisuke nodded. "Yep."
"Don't remind me…" the purple haired teen said. He wrapped his hands around his head and Daisuke sweat dropped. "Why me…?"
"Hey, it might not be that bad, I mean, it could be worse. At least you're not playing the role of a fairy or something." Daisuke tried to cheer him up then looked at the two who were still amused at the scene. "Did you get your parts from Takashi?"
"That's what I was going to tell you two when you came in! Hikari, you are doing the part of Helena, Hiwatari, the part of Demetrius, and Daisuke is Lysander! You four are the main characters!" The girls all cheered as they dreamt of the costumes they would be making.
"That's great, wait, did you say that Krad was to play Helena!" The blonde was glancing at the brown-eyed reporter as the detective spoke.
"Yeah, it was all decided when the two of you were out!" Satoshi grabbed the angel's arm before he could kill the poor kid and gave him a slight nod.
"At least we're not fairies…" he whispered to him. Krad nodded and turned to see a giggling Dark and Daisuke. Satoshi rolled his eyes. "Well, this will be quite interesting now won't it?"
"Yes, this will be very interesting."
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"Daisuke!" The boy turned to face Riku. School was just about over and the teacher gave them free time for the last five minutes or so.
"Yes, Miss Riku?" Daisuke looked at her before the bell rang. "Is there something that you need?"
"Umm, yeah…I was wondering if you would…um, like to go to the dance with me…this Friday." She asked in a small voice. Daisuke looked at her for a moment. "Well?"
"Umm, ah…I-I'm n-not sure who I'm going with yet…" he stammered as he avoided her eyes. 'Why does she want to go with me? Does she really like me? Argh! No, no no no! I love Dark...don't I?'
"Dai-chan?" Daisuke's ruby eyes met with concerned amethyst and he gave a slight blush. "Are you alright?"
"Huh? Oh, umm…y-yeah. I was only thinking!" He turned to Riku. "I'll get back to you with that. Bye!"
"Ah! Daisuke!" Daisuke grabbed Dark's arm and ran outside. Riku waited a moment before she grabbed her bag and left with her sister. "Daisuke…"
"Hey, hey Riku!"
"Wha?" She turned to her sister. "Yeah, what is it, Risa?"
"You were zoning out. Are you alright?" Risa asked. She looked her straight in the eyes as she spoke. "Is it between you and Daisuke?"
"What? No, it's just…never mind we should get going. Did you ask Dark to the dance?" Riku tried to change the subject and it worked.
"Oh! I forgot! I'll have to ask Dark-kun tomorrow. I hope he wasn't asked already." The two walked home. Risa talking of Dark and Riku sighing here and there.
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"So, this is the piece that you want to enter, Satoshi?" The teacher took the carefully wrapped painting from the boy. He nodded and the teacher slowly removed the covering. "Ah! This is breath-taking! You truly are a magnificent artist."
"Thank you." The blunette gave a light bow and watched as the teacher looked it up and down. "I wanted to call it Heaven's Light."
"That's a very fitting name. Wow…where did you ever get the imagination to do this?" The hazel eyes of the man looked at the boy with a smile.
"I—"
"Satoshi? Are you around here? Oh." Krad paused in the doorway and the two turned to him. "Should I meet you outside?"
"Yea, I'll only be a minute." The blonde smiled and walked away. Satoshi turned back to the man. "Thank you for the extra day." The teacher nodded and he left after his angel.
Krad was leaning against the gate with Daisuke and Dark. Satoshi walked over and joined them. "Hey." Krad went beside him and handed him his bag. "What are you two up to?"
"We're going to grab a snack!" Dark said happily. "Wanna come?"
"I guess we could. What kind of snack?" Krad asked, waiting for the answer. Daisuke smiled. "Ice cream!"
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"I want strawberry, and vanilla, and whipped cream, and jimmies, and—"
"Not too much, Dark!" The redhead said, grabbing away the menu. "We still have to eat dinner."
"Alright…hmmm, then I'll have strawberry…with a cherry!" The teen decided. Daisuke gave a nod and looked over to Satoshi and Krad. "What are you having?"
"Vanilla." Krad said. "Satoshi?"
"Same, but with chocolate syrup." The blunette said, looking around at the place. Since the weather was good, they were outside. The sun would set in a few hours and the weather was warm. Daisuke got up and walked over to get the food. "So, Dark, who are you going to ask to the dance on Friday?"
"Dai-chan of course!" the thief replied. "Unless he's going with someone else…"
"I'm sure he's waiting for the right time to ask, Dark. You shouldn't worry too much about it." The golden-eyed teen rested his chin on his hand. Satoshi gave a confirming nod. "Who else would he want to go with?"
'Riku.' "Yea—"
"I'm back! Vanilla for Krad, strawberry for Dark, vanilla and chocolate for Satoshi, and cookie dough for me." The red-eyed boy passed them their orders and Dark stared at his. "Something wrong?"
"Yea, where's the cherry?" Daisuke smiled and held the fruit in front of the thief. Dark's eyes followed the red orb as the boy waved it from side to side.
"Right here." Dark smirked as the boy placed it on his nose. "Want it?" Dark bit the cherry and placed on kiss on his tamer's lips.
"Tasty…my little Dai-chan." Daisuke let out a small blush and Dark wrapped his arm around him. "Can we get some more cherries?"
"No, only one." Dark gave a pout and the blunette sighed.
"They seem to have a lot of fun together." Krad said with a light chuckle.
"Yeah," Satoshi looked at the time, then at the angel. 'Maybe I should do more with Krad...' "I think it's time we left, Daisuke. We have a lot of work to finish and we have to work on the play as well."
"Oh, then we'll see you tomorrow!"
"Yeah, maybe we could practice our lines together?" The blunette nodded and turned to leave. Dark and Daisuke waved goodbye and then finished their ice cream.
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The blonde walked beside the boy. The sun was just setting and the first few stars could be seen overhead. 'Now I can ask.' "Satoshi…"
"Yes, Krad?" The two stopped and the boy turned to the angel. "What did you want?"
"Would you go to the dance with me, Satoshi? You don't have to…" Satoshi smirked at how nervous he was.
"Of course I'll go with you," Krad gave a small smile. "Anything else?"
"Yes, I love you, Satoshi-kun." The detective lightly touched the blonde's cheek and saw a light red appear on his face. Krad leaned forward and placed a deep kiss onto the blunette.
"I love you too, Krad." Satoshi said when they parted. 'I always will.' "Satoshi-kun…I like that." Krad smiled as Satoshi grabbed the angel's hand and they walked back home.
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"Daisuke," the redhead turned to look at the thief.
"Yes? Is something wrong?" The boy gave him a confused look as Dark shook his head. "Are you sure?"
"Y-yeah…it was nothing, really. Hey, we're almost home!" The purple haired teen ran into the house and Daisuke followed soon after. 'Why are you acting so strange? Are you upset with me?'
Daisuke walked inside and heard his mother talking. "Hmm?" He looked over to see her with a new thieving costume. "What's going on?"
"Oh there you are Dai! I was explaining the next mission to Dark. He's to steal the 'The Goddess's Gift' tonight at eight. Now the—"
"No!" Everyone turned to the red eyed boy. 'Daisuke...' "I don't want Dark to steal anymore…I-I don't want him to get hurt…"
"Dai-chan…" Dark was the first to move and bring him into a protective embrace. "Dai-chan, please don't cry. I want you to be happy, not sad. If it makes you happy then I won't steal anymore, alright?"
He felt Daisuke nod against his shirt and pulled away. "But, Dai…I already sent the warning notice." The redhead looked to the ground.
"Hey, I have an idea." The three turned to Kosuke. He gave a warm smile. "Why doesn't Dai go with Dark? That way they can watch over each other. Would that be alright?"
"What do you think, Daisuke? Come with?" Dark's eyes sparkled as they met fiery red ones. The boy nodded.
"Yeah…that would be alright." He pulled away and went upstairs as Emiko briefed the situation. Dark came up a bit later and smiled at his tamer.
"Daisuke, are you alright?" He asked in a concerned voice.
"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine." The redhead dropped his schoolbag down. "I was—"
"Riiiiinnng! Rrrrrriiiiinnng!" The phone caught the boy's attention and he quickly answered it. "I'll tell you downstairs, Dark."
"Sure thing, Dai-chan." Dark left and Daisuke was left alone.
"Hello?"
"Daisuke? It's Riku, are you still up for the dance?"
"Miss Riku? Um, dance…oh! I almost forgot about that!"
"Well, will you go with me?" Her voice was almost pleading for a yes and Daisuke hesitated. "Daisuke?"
"Huh? Oh, sure." The words came out faster than he had to think.
"Thanks! I'll see you on tomorrow then! Bye Daisuke!" There was a click then the line went dead. Daisuke put the phone on the receiver and heard his mother call from downstairs.
"What have I done?"
koway: kay, that's the end of chapter 23! I am really sorry that it took soooo long…please forgive me! School is starting in a week and I just found out that we have a big history project due…evil school. What will Daisuke do now that he is going with Riku? Or is he? Dark gets to be the one in drag, how fun! The next chapter should have the dance and maybe the start of the play. I'll try to update as fast as I can. Thank you to everyone who reviewed: Crystal-lie, venom syringe, dragonfyre (), LupineLightning-IllusionDragon, negolataknofelet, shadow307 (), darkest moon, hittocerebattosai, Lady Elbereth Tealrose, and Everto Angelus ()! Thank you soooo much and I'll see you in the next chapter!