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Separated Wings

Chapter 12

Jealousy Is When You Suddenly Have the Urge to Kill someone XD

Written by Itchan

From the previous chapter…

"COME BACK HERE AND SAY THAT TO ME!" Nana chased after Riles, leaving Daisuke and Merissa alone.

"They sure are close aren't they?" Merissa said.

"Yeah," Daisuke said, remembering the fact that they were under the same plan to destroy him!

"Okay, I've gotta go now, see ya tomorrow," Merissa waved."Okay," Daisuke waved back and they took their separate direction.

Chapter 12…

"Daisuke, how was school today?" Emiko asked as Daisuke stepped into the apartment.

"Yeah, it was okay," Daisuke smiled.

"I'm happy to hear that. By the way, I have sent an advance notice that you are going to steal the painting of 'Midnight Kiss' tonight," Emiko said quickly.

"WHAT!" Daisuke yelled out.

"Err… yes… At 10pm," Emiko explained.

"I guess that's okay…" Daisuke grumbled, he could never refuse his mother.

"Okay, so you should start eating dinner and get ready!" Emiko smiled.

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Dark slowly entered the museum territory and climbed up into some trees. He looked around just in case.

"I wonder if the two bastard's are here again…" Dark looked around.

: I think you prefer them to be here rather then them not here : Daisuke laughed.

"Well, I admit part of me likes it because without them, maybe it will get a tad boring," Dark admitted sheepishly.

Dark brought his arm up and looked at the time. 2 more minutes. He moved from tree to tree, trying to make out his way to the painting.

"Dark. I found you," Crème's voice echoed behind Dark.

"Eh?" Dark looked behind. Nobody in sight. He glanced about.

"It's no use. I'm using ventriloquism. I'm somewhere else. Today's game is quite simple," Crème continued torturing Dark.

"Just spill it out," Dark grumbled.

"The game goes like this. I've hidden bells at specific places. It's quite easy to find actually. As long as you find all the bells, the painting is yours. There are a total of 5 bells. The time limit given is 15 minutes. Meaning you have an average of 3 minutes for each bell. Fail to get the bells means I'm going to keep the painting. By the way, once you reach the place where the bell is hidden, I'll supervise you. The rules of course is you are not allowed to use your powers." Crème's voice had slight excitement in it.

"I'm game!" Dark replied, smirking happily.

"Okay then. A few minutes before 10. Get ready," Crème said and soon, it was as quiet as before.

: Do you think the task will be easy: Daisuke asked.

"Nope. Not one bit easy." Dark wore his gloves. "I'm very sure there are traps. But let's just hope we don't go into any traps."

: uhm… : Daisuke replied, deep in thought.

"3… 2… 1…" Dark whispered to himself and got ready for his entrance.

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"Yo, minna-san," Dark happily talked in Japanese as he stood on top of the building.

"It's DARK! And he's talking crap!" He heard the voices downstairs screaming.

Dark smiled happily hearing that and he disappeared to the darkness.

"QUICKLY EVERYONE! Remember what the kid says! Stay away from the specific places."

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Dark stepped into the museum and saw a shadow near the counter.

"Crème…" Dark grinned.

"First stop, the counter," Crème replied, smiling happily, " your first task is to find the bell among all the shelves here," Crème showed his a large storage cupboard, which had square shelves. It had 6 shelves right to left and 4 shelves up to down.

"So I'm just supposed to look for the bell in these shelves?" Dark asked.

"It's not as simple as that," Nana threw something at Dark. A jumble of keys. There must be about 30 keys on it. He jingled it in his hand.

"Your first task is to find the bell among all the LOCKED shelves here," Crème said, smirking happily. " Remember, your average time is 3 minutes and you are not allowed to use your powers," Crème reminded.

"Yeah yeah," Dark said and started on one of the shelves. He took out a pin and started unlocking the shelves.

"Smart. Since I said you couldn't use your posers, you use your specialty instead," Crème frowned a bit, a little disappointment in her voice.

"I'm not dumb like you," Dark said, browsing through files.

Dark checked the shelves randomly, picking it following his instinct. One he got to his 7th shelve, he heard a little jingle and knew it was the correct one. He looked through and found a silver bell. He turned and jingled it happily in front of Crème.

"In 1 minute. Fast, but the remaining time might be sued by you in the other tasks. Good luck," Crème disappeared.

"Second bell now," Dark mumbled to himself, attaching the string of the bell on his belt. He ran to find the other bells.

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"Your second task is to find the bell inside one of the food in the cafeteria," Crème explained.

Dark had gone to check in the cafeteria just incase the bell was there. And it was.

"What? The food? As in IN the food?" Dark asked for conformation.

"Yeah, don't eat the bell okay?" Crème teased.

"But…" Dark looked at all the frozen food.

"It's frozen food. And some leftovers…" Dark grumbled, looking at the cold fried chicken.

"The food is free complimentary from me and Riles. Enjoy your food," Crème sat on one of the chairs.

Dark looked for the meat cutting scissors and a sharp knife. He walked to the refrigerator and chopped the meat into pieces inexpertly. While cutting, his mouth worked through some cold tarts. He grabbed for a can of coke nearby and gulped down the water while chewing the tart and noticed something and quickly spat the coke out. A jingle of a bell was heard as the water splashed onto the floor.

"THE BELL!" Dark yelled out in between of coughing.

"I told you to be careful not to eat it and you drink it…" Crème complained but smiled.

Task done. You took an unbelievable short time to finish it though." Crème disappeared.

: Dark! Are you okay: Daisuke yelled out from inside Darks mind.

"Yeah, fine," Dark said, recovering from his choking's. "3 more bells in…" Dark checked his watch, "11 more minutes," Dark started to run after grabbing the bell and tying it to his belt right beside the first one.

Dark ran swiftly through the hallways. Then he saw it. The bell gleaming beneath the moonlight, hung on the ceiling. Crème was leaning on the wall a little further from the bell. He came to a halt a few meters from Crème.

"What the next task?" Dark asked impatiently.

"Just get this bell. Of course, there's an obstacle and the obstacle is," Crème stamped on the floor a little in front of her and the floor sank, tearing apart into two. Underneath was… the basement.

"Your second task is to jump and get the bell in the middle of this trap. Failure to do so, will get a painful butt for a week and you will have to re-do this task." Crème explained.

"Sounds painful…" Dark looked across the 2m long trap.

"Good luck then!" Crème cheered.

Dark sighed. "Here goes nothing," Dark stepped behind and sprinted. He jumped up high and grabbed the bell. Success! But, he fell into the junkyard beneath with a crash as a welcome.

"You finished the task but fell into the trap," Crème laughed and jumped into the basement.

"Your next task is…" Crème started.

"Wait! There's even a task here?" Dark asked.

"Yeah…" Crème nodded.

"Then… If I didn't fall into the trap I would have never obtained the 4th bell," Dark asked.

"Yeah. Now onto the next task. The bell is hidden among the trash here. The average time you have, including the time you had from the last tasks, 7 minutes," Crème explained.

"Can't you give extra time? My back and butt hurts," Dark got up and rubbed his butt.

"Stop groping yourself and start looking for the bell," Crème ordered.

Dark sighed and looked for the item. Dark took 6 minutes for this task. He found it in an antique jewelry box, which he decided to steal as a bonus.

"The last bell is on your way to the place where the painting is. By the time you get the last bell, Riles will leave the painting alone and you are free to take it.

"At last…" Dark sighed heavily. He made his way to the door and ran out.

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"This are… Lasers…" Dark pokedon of the lasers, only to get shocked painfully. Luckily, he was wearing his gloves, which doesn't conduct electricity.

"Your next task, is to get the bell on the ceiling while evading all these lasers," Crème explained from the other end of the room.

"How long do I have?" Dark asked.

"3 minutes." Crème said.

"Okay then…" Dark started crawling.

Dark bent up down, sideways and using a lot of gymnastic. He finally reached the middle of the laser population and moved his arm ever so slowly around to grab the bell. He got it with a jingle.

"GOT IT! How much time did I use?" Dark asked excitedly.

"2 minutes. You can go claim your prize now," Crème disappeared.

"YAY!" Dark cheered in excitement till he noticed he needed to get out of the laser infested place.

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"So in the end, he gets the painting," Riles sighed.

"I'm a bit disappointed. If he had taken a longer time in the cafeteria, he would have lost." Crème cursed.

"The next time, it's my plan. I'm sure he won't be able to complete my obstacles," Riles smiled happily. His smile was obvious under the moonlight.

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"MUM! I'm home!" Daisuke emerged from his room.

"DAI-chan! OKAIRI! Where's the painting?" Emiko glanced around.

"Here," Daisuke carried the painting.

"Ahhhhhhnnnn… It's so beautiful," Emiko hugged the painting.

Daisuke glanced at the painting. A big gleaming full moon was reflected in a beautiful lake, together with the silhouettes of the trees. Daisuke smiled softly looking at the painting. He entered his room and looked out of the balcony. Sure enough, there was a bright full moon. He rested his head on his arm which was folded on the banister. He smiled and closed his eyes.

"Riku-san, I'm fine. How about you? I hope you aren't still mourning over me. I'm sure I'll comeback soon. Trust me…" Daisuke whispered.

The cool breeze lulled him and lay under the shine of the moonlight for sometime till he entered his room and started packing his school bag.

xxxx TO BE CONTINUED xxxx

CHAPTER 25! Hinthint, Daisuke said he would comeback soon X3.
Anyway, for this chapter, it's more of Dark completing the obstacles and getting the bells. Actually, instead of bells, I could have used something else but… bells remind me of Kakashi and right now, a bell is dangling on my wallet : Jingle Jingle :
So, which obstacle do you like best? I like the obstacle at the cafeteria XD Choking! LOL! XDXD
Next thing to say, HAPPY BURTHDAY TO MOI! XD I'M FINALLY 14! Wait a minute… I don't remember my birthday last year… oh well, I'm 14! And this story has been following me around since I was 12 years old… MY GOD! I should finish it soon! Anyway, I received a new handphone for my burthday present! W00t!
As for what I'm gonna do to this fic, check what I commented on the review from tyan nn
Anyway, I'm gonna type the next chapter! Enjoy! X3

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Doublelynn – Please don't say I ate your hard working-ness XD Neways, I still prefer Dimhim don't you think so?

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Animefreaktyan – I dun wanna be a clone to Krad! Not that I don't like him (I admit he is kinda on the good looking side) except… he acts gay… NO OFFENSE ANTI-KRAD YAOI LOVERS!

Animefreaktyan – Ahhh… Daisuke's relationship with Riles. They are cousins! Joking! I'm still not sure what to make of him except my underling of shounen-ai :P Thanks for reviewing anyway XD

Sharingan - :pokes sharingan: Chapter 17 is not yet released and you want chapter 28… and yes… WILL get busy… sigh…

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Animefreaktyan – hehe… 3:09 AM. Reminds me of the time I usually write my fics XD And yes, I think I've gotten more up to it in the holidays and at least did something to my spontaneous way of story and yeah, did check a little unlike my usual, finish, post! And erm…a obut finishing the story… Have to go whole world first… so might take a longer time but after my exams… there will be a marathon! XD hopefully. Each day, one chapter to pay up for all the slowness last time so KEEP HOPING!