Dark Wings of Change
Koway: ok, I want all of you readers to know that I am really, really, REALLY sorry fer not updating…school has been killing me. Essays almost all the time! And the after-school clubs don't help either. Good news is that from time to time I get studies meaning I can write new chapters! Okay, this is the chapter with the play….though many people thought the last chapter was the ending, this will be the last…I think…enjoy!
Disclaimer: do not own D. N. Angel, nor the play….most of it anyway..
Warning: this is a story of a shonen-ai relationship. Read at your own risk. Thank you
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
Chapter 25: In the End
Dark awoke to finding a certain redhead sleeping within his arms. He gave a shy smile as he studied his sleeping form. 'I'm glad that's over...now I know that Daisuke loves me, he's my Dai-chan...' Dark played around with a strand of red hair as the small boy stirred awake.
"Dark…" Daisuke smiled as his other self before looking around for Krad and Satoshi. "Did they go home?"
"Krad took Satoshi home when we left. That alright?"
"Yeah…" Daisuke rested his head on the thief's chest. He liked the sound of Dark's heartbeat, soft and reassuring. 'I'll never do that again, you're the most important person in my life...'
"Hey Daisuke," Dark begun. The boy looked up into deep violet eyes. Dark pointed to the clock. "Um, I think we're late for the play…"
"What!"
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The warm rays of sunlight floated onto a certain blunette's face. He squinted a bit before realizing that the sunlight was there, and it was not going to move for a very long time. 'Leave it to the sun to wake me up...' the detective thought, annoyed as he moved his hand to block his eyes. He then noticed the sunlight was all over him. "What? How is—" he paused as he saw what the 'sunlight' was.
Krad had fallen asleep beside the boy and his hair had spread itself across Satoshi's body. The golden strands were everywhere and the blunette gave a chuckle as he saw the blonde twitch his nose.
"Hey, wake up, sunshine," Satoshi whispered to the dozing form. Krad replied by opening one of his feline eyes and closing it again. "Krad…I know you're awake."
"Nomimot," he replied sleepily. Satoshi rolled his eyes and gave a grin.
"Well, I guess I can give my morning kiss to someone else, ne?" Satoshi waited a bit before he saw the angel sit up behind him and wrap him in a warm embrace.
"Since when do you have a morning kiss, Satoshi-kun?" he asked in a purr. The detective only smiled at the angel before giving him a quick peck on his cheek.
"Since you wouldn't wake up." He stated, leaning into Krad's gentle hold. "Ahh…I wish we could stay like this all morning…"
"Why can't we, Satoshi-kun?" the golden eyes of the hunter blinked and Satoshi mumbled something. "What?"
"Play…"
"You want to play? Hmm, if you really want to…" Krad held him tighter and then let out a soft 'o'. "You mean the play we should be doing now?"
"Uh-huh…what? Now?" Satoshi snapped out of his dazed state to glance at his wristwatch. "Ah! It's already 7:30! Krad! We slept all day!"
"Well…all night really…but because of the season, the sun will set in about an hour so yes, I believe that we have slept all day." The angel nodded at his explanation and watched as his tamer jumped up and upstairs.
"We have to get going!" he called down. Krad gave a nod and walked to gather his clothes for the part.
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"Man! Where can they be?" Takashi yelled as he walked backstage. "The show's starting in a few minutes and the four main characters aren't even here yet? What is this!"
"Calm down, Takashi! You can't yell at them yet…I mean they aren't even really late. The play hasn't even started yet…" Maui whispered as the reporter twitched in an annoyed way.
"That doesn't matter! THEY'RE PLAYING THE MAIN CAST AND THEY'RE NOT HERE!" the reporter caused the class to flinch at his booming voice. He was about to say more when the door burst open and Keiji walked in. "Oh man…not him…"
"Hello everyone!" He said in a very happy voice. The class gave a weak smile. "Hey now, I heard the school was doing another play and decided to help out, after all, the Ice and Dark one last year was awesome! We won first place even though Dai-chan slipped up. Speaking of, where is the little redhead?"
"Not here yet, why?" Riku answered for the man. 'He's probably doing something more important with that pervert...'Riku couldn't forget what Daisuke had said, just the other day…
"I'm sorry, Riku, but my heart is already taken."
"But Daisuke, I made a mistake! I think that I really do love you!"
"No, you only said that to get rid of my other half…to get rid of Dark." Daisuke said in a cold tone. "I love someone who actually loves me and who won't break my heart, like you and Risa did before. But, since it was because of those heartbreaks that I found him, I give you my thanks."
"Wait, Daisuke!" the redhead was already gone and left a sad Riku in his wake. "I-I…"
'I can't believe he would just say that...could it be that I've lost him to Dark?'
"Hey Harada! Get with the program!" Takeshi's voice snapped her from her daydream and she went back to get ready. She was in charge of running the lights as well as the curtains. 'I'll have to find out...'
"Awe, I was really hoping to run into him…" The blond sighed. "He always makes me feel so happy!" The class sweat dropped as Keiij was hit by his assistant…
"Okaaay, since the cast isn't here, we'll just have to start without them!" Takashi hoped into a dress and ran upon the stage just as the clock struck eight. The audience went silent as Riku hit the lights and the others started the set change.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, A Midsummer Night's Dream!" One of the students announced.
"Um, there seems to be a—"
"Relent, sweet Hermia—And, Lysander, yield thy crazed title to my certain right." Satoshi's voice cut the reporter off as he, Dark, Daisuke, and another classmate stepped onto the stage. Takashi ran off as they entered. 'Just made it...great...and Krad should be ready soon...'
"You have her father's love, Demetrius. So why don't you marry him and let me have Hermia?" Daisuke was the next to speak and the crowd gave a slight chuckle as the blunette blinked.
"Scornful Lysander, true, he hath my love. That's why I'm giving him my daughter." The student, who was Keiji, smirked. "She's mine and I'm giving her to him."
Daisuke frowned a bit at the words, though it was only a play, to have someone 'own' another, especially his Dark…, "I am, my lord, as noble and rich as he is." He pointed to Satoshi, "I love Hermia more than he does and my prospects are as good as his, if not better."
"Ha." Satoshi scoffed as he left the stage. Keiji soon after and Daisuke turned as Dark walked upon the stage. True, Dark looked good in just about anything but to see him now was unlike anything Daisuke had ever seen.
Dark had a long beautiful dress that was deep in color. His eyes sparkled under the lights and his untamed purple hair was in a fashion that made him look so vulnerable and childish. He glanced at Daisuke and then noticed Riku glaring at him. He turned away and Daisuke then remembered his lines.
"What's going on, my love? Why are you so pale? How chance the roses fade so fast?" Daisuke said in a concerned voice.
"Belike for want of rain, which I could well beteem them from the tempest of my eyes." Dark said sadly. Daisuke went over to him and touched his cheek.
"Ay me! In the books they say that true love always faces obstacles. But either it was different in blood—"
"O cross! Too high to be enthralled to low." Dark cut in, causing the redhead to step back. 'Wow, Dark really got into it fast...'
"Or else different by age of years—"
"Too old to be engaged to young." Dark said.
"Or else their guardians and advisors said no—" Daisuke named and Dark said his lines until they noticed another character was coming in…
"Therefore, hear me, Hermia. I have a widow aunt who is rich and has no children. From Athens is her house remote seven leagues, and thinks of me as her son." Daisuke tilted Dark's head up as he spoke and the thief unknowingly blushed. "There, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee. And to that place the law not apply, not stop us. If thou lovest me then, steal forth thy father's house tomorrow night. In the forest we shall meet, remember the place? I'll wait for you there."
"Oh, Lysander, I swear that I'll be there. I swear by Cupid's strongest bow and his best gold-tipped arrow, by the simplicity of Venus' doves, I give you my word, I will meet you at that spot tomorrow." The girls sighed a bit at the words and Daisuke smiled.
"Keep your promise, my love. Look, her comes Helena." Daisuke and Dark turned to see a very, very red Krad standing at the edge of the stage.
His golden hair in a long braid along the back and his dress was a pale shade of blue. His dress, in contrast to Dark's, was more common but no less beautiful on the blonde. His dress was long as well, and the mini sequences that the girls had sewn in glimmered in the light. Because he had refused to remove his cross, the girls placed it right where the ponytail was, acting as a pin.
"Hello, beautiful Helena! Where are you going?" Dark asked.
"Oh, you're so lucky! If the world were mine, I'd give it up—everything except Demetrius—to be you. O, teach me how to look and with what art you used to make Demetrius fall in love with you?" both Dark and Daisuke had to pause a bit as Krad's voice was so kind and pleading.
"I curse at him, but he loves me." Dark said with a shrug.
"If only my prayers could inspire that affection!" Krad said and Satoshi gave a smile as he watched his lover perform.
"The more I hate him, the more he follows me around." Dark said. Daisuke's eyes went back and forth between the two until it ended.
"Don't worry, Lysander and I are running away from here."
"Yes, tomorrow night, when the moon shines on the water and decorates the grass with tiny beads of pearly light, we plan to leave Athens." Daisuke was able to say and noticed that both Dark and Krad were very good actors.
Dark walked over to Krad and whispered, "In the woods where you and I use to lounge around on the pale primroses, telling secrets, that is where Lysander and I shall meet." He turns back to Daisuke. "I shall meet you tomorrow."
Dark walked off stage as Daisuke speaks, "I will, my Hermia." He turns to Krad, "Goodbye, Helena. I hope Demetrius comes to love you as much as you love him!" Daisuke walks offstage as Krad does his lines and also leaves the stage.
(Skipping ahead within the play! Sorry but it is rather long…I'll write the full version later as another story)
(this is where the fairies play a few tricks on the four main characters)
"Look, I don't love you. So stop following me around!" Satoshi yelled at Krad as he walked into the forest set stage. "Where are the two that you said were here? Here I am, in the middle of the woods and there is no Hermia! Go away, get out of here and stop following me."
"You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant. If you release your hold on my heart, then I won't have the power to follow you." Krad said in a whisper. Satoshi gasped at how serious his angel was being and gave him a wink that was missed by the crowd.
"Do I ask you to follow me? Do I speak to you kindly?" Satoshi noticed that what he was saying was almost like what he had said to Krad before, when he was his curse. "Don't I tell you, in the clearest terms, that I do not and cannot love you?"
"Yes…" Krad realized it as well and continued. "But that makes me love you even more. I'm your little dog, Demetrius. Treat me as you would a dog; just let me follow behind you…even though I'm not good enough for you."
"I'll run and hide in the bushes and leave you to the animals." Satoshi said in a cold voice.
"The wildest animal isn't as cruel as you are. Run wherever you want to, I shall follow." Krad moves closer and Satoshi moves away. Krad follows as Satoshi runs and the fairies decide to play a trick as the two run off into the woods.
In another part of the forest are Dark and Daisuke…
Daisuke walks beside Dark. "My love, you look like you are about to faint from wandering in the woods for so long. Let's take a rest; it appears that I have gotten us lost. Let us wait till daylight."
"Yes," Dark lays on the stage and Daisuke a few feet away. "Good night, my sweet friend. I hope you love me forever."
"Yes, I hope that my life ends before my loyalty to you does." Daisuke said as the two drift asleep.
Keiji is the fairy who places the flower on Daisuke's eyes, thinking it is Satoshi so that he will fall in love with Krad. But he made a mistake. Just as he finishes, Krad and Satoshi run into the scene, Satoshi leaves, and Daisuke wakes up and sees Krad. The flower makes him fall in love with the first thing the seer sees. And Daisuke saw Krad…
"But who's this here? Lysander, on the ground? Is he dead or sleeping? I see no blood nor wound, Lysander, if you live, good sir, wake." Krad said, in an acted way.
Daisuke stirs awake and sees Krad, "I'd even run through fire if you told me to. Beautiful Helena! Nature shows art that has allowed me to see your heart, as if by magic." Daisuke said. 'Man, this stuff is sooo pathetic...'"Where's Demetrius? I'd kill that name, with my sword if I could!"
'Whoa, Daisuke can really act.' Dark thought happily as the play continued. 'And, if I'm right, then I get to end up with him...'
"Don't say that, Lysander. What do you care if he loves Hermia, It doesn't matter. Hermia still loves you, so be happy." Krad was trying his best not to twitch as one of the lights went in his eye.
"Shoot!" Riku fixed it and saw the teen sigh with content.
"Hmmm, this is getting a bit dragged…" Keiji said to Takeshi. "Let's…tweak it a bit…" Keiji smiled as he ran backstage and whispered something to Risa. "Got it? We'll just change the play a bit to keep the audience…awake…"
"Yea, so I'll tell the others!" The brunette ran over to the girls and they all nodded and got into costumes…
"We'll be back after this break!" Takashi said over the speaker, startling the four on stage as well as the audience. The lights went off and the four ran over to Takeshi.
"What's wrong?" Daisuke asked the brown-eyed teen. "Were we not doing well?"
"We have to liven it up! Geez! I mean, come on! Just listening to you say the lines! BOOOORRRRIIINNNG!"
"Well…um, " Daisuke scratched his head.
"Alright, then what do you propose?" Dark asked in an annoyed voice. It was bad enough he was in a dress, acting as the girl, but to say that his acting was boring? No way!
"Okay, here's the new, 'tweaks' that Keiji added!" He shoved the scripts in their faces.
"What! We have to-to—" Krad and Dark twitched.
"Yep, you guys will make the best actors so that means you two will get to have a bit of fun when acting! It'll be great! You'll see! And even the girls are playing!" Keiji said happily. "Oh, that goes for all the main charries, Satoshi, Daisuke. You two will remain your 'girl's' partners!"
"Keiji…" The blond turned to his assistant and gave a nervous laugh as he received a glare.
"Ahhhh, let's just get everything into place!" he ran off just as Daisuke was about to speak.
"Well, this will be interesting…" Satoshi said, looking over the script. "It says that Dark is to be taken to the Fairy King…who just happens to be…oh…my…"
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Keji walked upon the stage and the lights were hit. "Welcome back, everyone. We've changed some of the play and decided to let the girls participate as well! Enjoy the new version of A Midsummer Night's Dream! And, we shall start when the four characters are all lost looking for their lovers!"
He ran off the stage as the curtain rose for the second time and revealed Dark walking alone on stage. 'I hate Keiji soooo much for making...'
"What is this? A beautiful Athenian wandering around in my woods?" Dark flinched as he slowly turned to see the speaker. There, in an exquisite robe, was the one and only Risa Harada…King of the Fairies…
"W-who are you?" Dark asked as she walked closer. She adjusted her crown as she gave a smile.
"Why, I am Oberon, the King of the Fairies and you, my dear lass, who might you be?" Risa sat beside the thief and wrapped am arm around him. 'I can't believe I get to have Dark! This is the best!'
"Hermia, from Athens, looking for my lover oh great fairy." Dark tried to pull away but was stopped by Keiji and Takeshi as they came dressed as two fairies.
"Your wish, my lord?" Takeshi asked.
"Take her to my palace and wait for my order." Risa commanded. "If this does not win my wife's affections for if she sees you, then she will become jealous and want my attention!"
"Hey! Let go! Help! Daisuke!" Dark pushed Risa down and froze as he saw what he had done. Risa looked at him with teary eyes before he ran off the stage and out of the school as the audience laughed at the scene. "I can't believe I just…I screwed everything up…darn it."
A few footsteps echoed behind him and he didn't need to turn to see who it was. "Hey, Daisuke…" The redhead went beside him.
"Dark, are you alright?" he asked. "Hey, everyone makes mistakes…look at what happened last year. I tore my skirt and everyone found out that I was wearing sweatpants."
"But, I should've known…and I even pushed Risa…and said your name…an-and messed everything up!"
"Dark," the red eyed boy brought him into a warm embrace. "I know that you were only overreacting…it's alright, really. Let's go and finish the play, alright?"
"But…"
"No buts, who knows, I might give you something after if you go back…" Daisuke was smiling at the confused look of his counterpart and pecked him lightly on the cheek. "C'mon."
"Alright." Dark took Daisuke's extended hand and the two went inside. Needless to say, Risa was furious at being laughed at as well as being pushed down. Satoshi asked if they wanted to stop the play. "No, this is a comedy, let's give them one."
"Hai!" came the answer of the students as they went upon stage.
"Oh my, did I offend you, great king?" Dark asked in a smirking kind of way. Risa glared in seeing that he wasn't going to follow the script.
"Why, yes. You had no right to harm a king!" she snapped. Keiji and Takeshi stood behind her as she got up. "Puck! Take her away to my kingdom!" Keiji dragged Dark off the stage as he once again struggled.
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Krad sat on the grass after running away from Daisuke. He looked around as he heard the voices of Satoshi. "Ah! There you are!"
Satoshi looked at Krad. "Great, I thought I lost you…"
"Nope! You'll never get rid of me!"
"Never?" Satoshi raised a brow before walking over to him. Krad shook his head in saying, "Never!"
"Hmmm," He pondered. "Interesting."
"Who goes there?" the two turned to see Riku, dressed as a fairy.
"Satoshi and Krad, you're classmates, why?" Satoshi said, rather annoyed.
"Say your lines right!" he heard Keiji whisper from off stage.
"Why? If you can change the script, then I can change the lines." He answered in a whisper.
"Umm, okay, what are thou doing inest my forest, humans?" Riku asked as she raised her magic wand. (yes, a fairy can have a wand)
"We were searching for the two that were by here some time ago. A guy and a gal, both of the royal family, fairy." The blunette said. "But, because I no longer care for them, I will leave."
"HEY!" the two froze and turned to Riku. "If you are in my forest then you cannot leave until I say!"
"Then say we can leave and we'll be on our way." Krad said and the fairy almost fell with the statement.
'Why me?' she thought as she shook her head. "No, for you have trespassed onto my home and shall be punished. Fairilings! Take them away!"
And Satoshi and Krad were dragged away…to the fairy palace…now fer Daisuke…
"Awww, where can she be? Ah, my love has run away…" He sat on a rock and sighed as he looked around. "The forest is a dangerous place…"
"Traveler…" Daisuke looked up at the voice who had called him. "Art thou lost?"
"Yes, I am seeking my lover, Hermia, do you know where she might be?" The figure shook their head.
"No one by that name is here, only two others by the names of," the person rolled their eyes, "Krad and Satoshi. The two are staying at the Queen's palace, come, I shall take you there."
Daisuke sighed. 'I guess that Satoshi and Krad aren't playing by the script any longer. Hmm, then I won't either.' "Alright, good sire, lead the way."
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The set changed to the palace of the fairies…
"Great, now I'm all alone without my love and away from my friends. Kidnapped by some stupid fairy! Argh! What's a guy to do?" Dark twirled one of his bangs around his fingers. His dress had become a bit dirty from the struggle and he sighed, trying to remember the script.
"Fear not, gentle lass, for I will protect you." Risa walked in and sat beside him. "Aye, what a catch. A beautiful girl in place of my wife."
"Lay off!" Dark jumped up and ran to the edge of the set. Satoshi and Krad ran on stage as they were chased by Riku's servants. "Ah! So you two are here as well? Where is Daisuke?"
"Here, Dark! My fair Hermia!" They turn to see Daisuke and the cloaked man. Daisuke grabs Dark's hand and pulls him away from Risa. "Let us leave."
"Hai!" Dark kissed the redhead before Daisuke drew his sword and slashed through the fairies as he walked off the set. Satoshi followed his lead and was able to pull Krad away as well.
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"Whoa! We got first place!" Dark exclaimed happily as they walked out of school. Yes, the play was waaay out of sync with the original, but it was still funny so it won…imagine that…
"I know, and we even called everyone by their own names." Daisuke said after a moment. He interlaced his hand with Dark's as they walked home. Dark, from Daisuke's request, was still wearing his outfit but was happy to do so.
"Yeah, Satoshi was great! Krad as well! And you got to kill the fairies!" Dark chuckled at the thought of 'fairy' Risa…
"Yea, that was fun!"
"Care if we join you?" The two turned to see Satoshi and Krad in their regular attire. "Dark, are you still wearing that? The play is over, you can take it off."
"Dai-chan asked me to wear it home." The thief stated proudly. The two sweat dropped.
"Well, Krad and I wanted to go out an eat something. You can come if you want." Satoshi said.
"A double date." Krad said with a smirk. "Only, Dark would have to change…"
"What's wrong with me wearing this?" The thief pouted and boy did he look cute.
"You are in a dress."
"Ahhhh…y-yeah…"
"Dark, you can change, I mean, we are going with our friends and we don't want to make others stare." Daisuke said and Dark ran back into the building and came out three minutes later in a new outfit. "Whoa."
Dark was wearing a low cut shirt, with short sleeves that was a deep blue color. He wore a light violet choker and black pants. In other words, he was gorgeous. "All done Dai-chan!" He gave the blushing boy a wink and a peck on the cheek.
"Nice Dark, if he doesn't faint, we can leave." Satoshi stated calmly walking down the street.
"Hai, wait up Satoshi-kun!" Krad ran after his lover as the other two followed. "So, where are we eating?"
"At this restaurant." The detective answered. "Daisuke, any special requests?"
"Huh? No, none. Anywhere really." The blunette nodded and they walked to a nice restaurant.
"It looks good. All the food you can eat for a good price." Daisuke watched as Dark filled a plate and dug in. "Good thing we paid before we ate…"
"Yeah, or Satoshi-kun would have to pay more." Krad seconded as he grabbed a plate as well. Dark sat at the table and munched down. Satoshi grabbed a few pieces of bread and was going to eat when the angel placed a large helping of rice and sushi in front of him.
"Huh?" The blunette blinked up at the angel who, in turn, was looking at him with pleading golden eyes.
"You need to eat more, Satoshi-kun. Please?" He sat beside his tamer, nuzzling against his shoulder. "I don't want you to get sick."
Satoshi sighed. "Don't worry; I'll eat, though I wish Dark would slow down."
"Hmm, yes…" Krad pecked his tamer's cheek and watched as Daisuke got Dark to slow down.
"Ah! That was great!" The thief announced as they walked out of the restaurant. He was happily humming a tune when he noticed his little redhead wasn't beside him. "Dai-chan?"
Daisuke was staring at the stars that had appeared in the dark night sky. "It's beautiful…"
"Yeah," Dark went beside him and placed a hand around his tamer. "But I like you better than the stars. Ah, a shooting star."
"Huh? Wow!" The four looked as the stars fell from the heavens around them.
"Make a wish, Dai-chan." Dark said softly as he spread his wings. Daisuke closed his eyes and nodded. "Well?"
"If I told you, it might not come true." The boy winked at his lover and wrapped his arms around Dark's neck, giving him a sweet kiss as he felt himself being held in the thief's arms.
"True, but I also made a wish…" Dark flew softly in the air and saw Krad walk home with Satoshi. 'A wish that has already come true, for now I have the piece of my heart that was missing until now...and I know, that I needed only you to fill it, Daisuke, my counterpart, my friend, and my lover...' "Ashiteru, Daisuke."
"Ashiteru, Dark."
Koway: well, that's the end of Dark Wings of Change! I hope you all like it! If you want a sequel, please review and ask fer one. Again, I'm sorry that it took so long but I am happy that I got it done. Yes, the play was really bad but I think that the ending was nice. I would like to thank everyone who reviewed especially venom syringe fer asking me to make a dark/daisuke flic! Thank you! I also thank everyone who reviewed! That is, koneko-chan, Kat-Tochi, DNAngelfan, no name, LupineLightning-IllusionDragon, Everto Angelus, darkest moon, negolataknofelet, and hittocerebattosai! Oh, and thank you to all the others who at least read my flic and left reviews on some of the chapters! Thank you! Arigato! Now, all I have to do is finish my other story so if you have any ideas on what the next pairing should be, please say so in your review! Thank you and I'll see you next time! Ja ne!