Insanity of the Art

Chapter V:

"What do you want?" He hissed in a low voice.

"I have another job for you, the thief stole the art right?"

Krad blinked, "He wouldn't have if you hadn't called!"

"You're in no position to talk back." The hunter's head pounded, he collapsed onto his knees and clutched his head, "You see Krad? This is what happens when you question my ownership. Now, I have a job for you, come on."

The blonde got up onto shaky knees after his tamer's father.

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Dark returned back to the Niwa household, painting in hand. Emiko was the first to greet him, she accepted the painting and headed downstairs. But not before instructing the thief to get some sleep. The kaitou nodded and switched back into the redhead who changed and crawled into bed.

In the middle of the night, Emiko called to the redhead, "Dark, Dark get up."

Immediately the sleeping redhead morphed into the thief, "What?"

"There's something wrong…"

Dark got up and out of bed in shrunken pajamas and followed the redhead's mother down the stairs, there laid the piece of art, "What's wrong with it? It's the right one…"

"It won't seal."

"What?"

"You know how the sealing process goes, we balance out the light and darkness in it and seal it permanently so it won't get unbalanced and come loose again…"

"Yea, why won't it seal?"

Emiko bit her lip, "We can't get the light to balance out…the painting's gone insane, the light's been drained away."

The first thing that popped into the kaitou's head was the blonde, "What's going on?"

"We were hoping you'd know…what do we do now?"

She turned to her father for guidance, Daiki shook his head, "If they won't seal themselves we'll have to store it away until we figure out the problem."

Emiko nodded slowly, she looked at Dark, "You can go back to sleep…"

The thief followed the instructions and headed back up the stairs and plopped down on the bunk bed, taking advantage of the redhead's unconsciousness to think and reminisce. Slowly he let his weariness take over. That night, all he dreamt about was the blonde.

-

Daisuke got up, headed downstairs, same old, same old. No one looked cheerful that morning, Emiko was biting her lower lip and Daiki was reading the same page on the newspaper for half an hour straight. The redhead blinked before finally asking the question that invaded his mind, "Is something wrong?"

Emiko looked up from her thoughts, "Huh? No, not really. You should get going to school now or you'll be late."

The redhead perked up and looked at the clock, he was going to be late. Yelping he ran outside and down the street. Dark was asleep so there was no one laughing at him for his tardiness. The silence was almost unnatural to him. When he got to school everything seemed normal enough, except for the lack of blue…

That day, Hiwatari Satoshi didn't show up to school. He had volunteered to bring the blue haired boy his homework. Outside the Hiwatari household Daisuke raised a hand up to knock on the door when there was a crash inside. "Hiwatari-kun!"

The door was locked, the redhead started pounding his fist to the door, Dark was awoken immediately, the sight of the redhead pounding at a barrier that separated him and the one he loved brought back horrid memories. The thief took charge, ((Daisuke!))

The redhead blinked, (Dark?)

((The window up there, it's opened.))

Daisuke looked up, there was a window on the second floor, curtains flapping wildly. Frowning with determination he started climbing, when he reached the ledge of the windowsill he managed to swing himself into the house. The residence was in shambles, objects thrown everywhere, walls were ripped. There was another crash from downstairs and a scream. The redhead ran out the room and to the railing, it looked like a lonely house, to live in and to be in. he stood beside a bed and looked down the railing.

Satoshi was clutching his head in pain, screaming, trying to get rid of it. He was doubled over, pain rushing through him, he wrapped his arms around himself as white wings sprouted from this back and flapped wildly. The screaming boy was soon replaced by the blonde, golden eyes wide with pain, Krad's screams replaced the Satoshi's.

(Dark! What's going on?)

((I don't know!))

The two watched in horror as the hunter slammed himself into a shelf knocking everything off it, his screams didn't cease. Dark winced at the yells of pain. Krad was in the same predicament that Satoshi was, endless pain flooding through him like bullets. He tried to block it out with other pains but it didn't work, he screamed and clutched his head which felt ready to explode. His tamer's desperate voice came out-M-make it stop…-

Krad would've answered but the pain was too much. He collapsed on his knees wishing that he'd just pass out. A sudden surge of pain swept across making him jerk back onto his shaky feet, his wings flapped wildly as he blasted a hole through the ceiling but he didn't get to fly away that far before the pain paralyzed him and caused him to plummet down. Dark's eyes widened as he took over, calling his wings he flew up and caught the blonde who was panting and semi-unconscious. The only thing that kept him awake was the pain that wouldn't stop.

"Krad!"

The blonde weakly tried to push him away but the pain made him shrink his arm back. He laid there helplessly in the thief's arms.

(Dark?)

((There's too much magic surging through him.)) He tried to intake some but he maxed out in no time, ((There's too much!))

Krad was no longer struggling, the hurting had lessened a bit. Too exhausted to do anything, he laid in Dark's arms. It felt right somehow and familiar. /S-Satoshi-sama.../

The boy had slipped off into oblivion, Krad sighed in relief. The pain was somewhat bearable now, he opened an eye to see the person who saved his life, "Dark?"

The thief had a headache from taking in too much energy, much to his surprise the only type of energy he took in was light. In a way it made sense, he was dark and Krad was light. His headache must've been nothing compared to what Krad suffered. He held Krad a bit closer. Golden eyes opened and watched him before coming to a realization, "Dark!"

Dark blinked, "Hey, you were screaming in pain and I was nice enough to help you out."

Krad groaned and closed his eyes trying to will himself to fight the thief. Dark blinked again, Krad had passed out in his arms…he set the blonde down on the little bed by the railing and sat down on the edge of the bed. It must've been depressing to live in such a dreary place, (Dark?)

((Yea?))

(Can we stay? Only until they wake up.)

((Yea sure…get some sleep.))

(Thanks.)

With the redhead sleeping, Dark brushed golden strands out of the blonde's face, "It's been awhile since we met without fighting…I missed you Krad…" He leaned in for a kiss. He looked around, the place was a mess, holes in the wall, nothing gave it the "home" description. Soon enough he fell asleep on the blonde's chest.

Golden eyes opened, something was resting on him, his eyes widened, Dark? Then he remembered the pain and groaned, stupid headache, fucking Hiwatari. /I could kill him right now…/ He looked at the sleeping thief and shook his head, no matter what happened, he had his pride. Killing people in their sleep was an empty victory. Frowning to himself, he patted the thief's hair, but his arm shrunk back/No, he's the enemy…isn't he?./

-

After a long night's job of thieving, the kaitou laid in his lover's arms, sleeping soundly. There were only three different ways the two slept on nights like this, it was either his head resting on the blonde's chest, stuck in an embrace or cuddled up. Sometimes he wouldn't even make it to the bed and simply fell asleep with his head resting on Krad's lap while the blonde smiled softly to himself and ran his hand through the amethyst strands…

-

Krad hook his head and frowned, he turned back to his tamer and continued resting, missing the warmth that the thief was radiating. /He's the enemy…Dark…/

-

Satoshi woke up, he looked around and saw red, it was Niwa Daisuke…gently he shook the redhead, "Niwa, wake up."

Daisuke stirred, "Hiwatari-kun? You're awake…"

"What happened?"

"I'm not sure, you were going crazy, then you turned into Krad and he was in pain. Dark steeped in and then he passed out and I guess we fell asleep."

"Oh…thank you…"

The redhead smiled, "No problem, oh, I better get going home…here's your homework."

"Aa…thanks…"

"Well bye."

Satoshi nodded his goodbye/Satoshi-sama…/

-What?.-

/Your father's calling again…/

-What's he up to this time?.-

/I don't know…/

The boy made his way to is stepfather's office, "Yes?"

The man turned around and beamed, "Satoshi! You're here!"

"What do you want?"

"Do be a good boy and bring Krad out."

"Why?"

His eyes hardened, "Because I said so." Satoshi hesitated, "Hurry up boy it's for your own good."

When the boy didn't respond, Hiwatari took out the golden ring and knife, he used the knife and gave the already scratched up ring a long slow scratch. Krad appeared immediately, clutching his now bloodied chest. He smirked and put the scarred ring away, "Hello Krad, so glad you decided to show up."

Krad clutched his wound and hissed, "What do you want?"

"It seems like you put my Satoshi in danger awhile ago."

Golden eyes widened with anger, "What? That was your own fault!"

The Hiwatari gave the ring in his pocket a tight squeeze almost to the point of breaking, Krad doubled over, "Have you by any chance seen this?" He held up a little deep blue teardrop shaped jewel.

Krad's eyes widened, "The Tear of Adriadne…"

"That's right." The man started chanting an incantation and there was a bright light that momentarily blinded them all. Suddenly, Satoshi was there standing beside him. The two blinked and looked at each other, the man merely smirked and dismissed the boy, "You may leave now Satoshi. Krad, it's time for your punishment."

Satoshi left without questioning the separation, at least he was finally rid of his curse, he knew how gruesome it was going to get for the blonde.

The man took out the knife again, next was the ring, Krad mentally braced himself for the pain he was about to receive. The once pure golden ring was now covered in scratches both big and small, long and short. With a flick of a wrist, another scar was added to the ring. Krad hugged himself as he felt the impact of the damage as the ring was damaged.

After a night's punishment, the blonde laid on the flood, a puddle of blood oozing around him. He laid there injured and unconscious waiting for the sun to rise.

-

Daisuke woke up, there was something beside him, at first he thought it was the rabbit, only less…furry. Opening his eyes he looked over to his right, it was a person, must be Towa. Only too tall for Towa…his vision focused and widened. "EHHHHHH? DARK?"

The thief groaned, "Shut up…let me sleep…"

The redhead started shaking the thief, "Wake up! Dark!"

Dark sighed, "I'm awake…I'm awake…what?"

"You-you're you-and…I'm me!"

"Weren't we always different?"

Daisuke continued to stutter, "N-no but we have…different bodies now!"

Dark sat up, "Wha? ...hey you're right…" He stared at his hands in amazement, "Whoa…what happened?"

"Why are you asking me?"

"Because-you're the only one around…"

Daisuke got out of bed, "Come on, let's go see if Kaa-chan knows anything about this."

Dark hopped out of bed along with the redhead, "Whoa…I even got separate clothes…"

The redhead rolled his eyes and proceeded downstairs, "Kaa-chan!"

Emiko looked up from breakfast, "Hm? Dai-chan! You're up early!"

"Me and Dark…we separated."

His mother simply blinked, "Really? How wonderful!"

"I'm serious!"

"Kosuke-san! Dark and Dai-chan separated! You can stop researching now!"

Daisuke blinked, Dark who was standing by the stairs stared at them as the redhead's father emerged from the basement. "The only thing I could find was the Tear of Ariadne…"

The thief's mind started working, that's used to separate things…and it was on display in that museum the other day…shit, Krad! The two listened to Kosuke explain everything soon enough everything made sense to Dark, stupid chain reaction. "It was in the museum the other day!"

"Not anymore, they handed it over to the chief commander for safe keeping..."

That day, Daisuke proceeded going to school like any normal kid and Dark flew around mindlessly hoping to miraculously run into the blonde. When he didn't bump into him, he decided to go look for the blonde instead. It didn't take him very long, there was a figure in white and red limping towards the Hiwatari household, Dark swooped down.

He tried to keep his cool, "Whoa…what happened to you?"

Krad looked up wearily, and continued limping, "Go away kaitou."

The thief landed and walked beside him quite casually, "Looks like someone's in a bad mood."

"Leave."

"Is this how you thank someone who saved your ass?"

"What?"

Dark mock pouted, "What? You don't even remember when I saved you from going insane yesterday? How mean can you get? Not to mention forgetful!"

The blonde took another step and exhaled with a sigh, "Oh that…what do you want? Me to thank you? Then would you leave?"

"I suppose some gratitude would be nice, but even then I won't be leaving you alone."

Krad frowned, he was neither mood nor shape to fight, but the thief didn't have to know, he charged up energy in his hand, "Leave now."

Too bad for him, Dark called his bluff, "Oh really now? Fifty bucks say that the second you shoot that at me you'll not only miss but you'll faint again."

The blonde frowned, "Oh really now?"

With that much said, he shot the little energy gathered straight at the thief, Dark smirked and moved to the side evading the poorly aimed blast without breaking a sweat. "That's twenty five bucks…" A moment later the blonde collapsed, Dark caught him and gave a little rueful smile, "And that's fifty…"

The thief carried the battered angel the rest of the way to he blue haired boy's house, "You're a real burden aren't you?"

When Dark opened the door he spotted Satoshi sitting around," Aren't you supposed to be at school?"

"Aren't you supposed to be dead?"

"Ouch…that's mean, I just came to deliver something or someone."

Satoshi glared at him immediately after seeing his curse unconscious in the thief's arms, "Why'd you bring him back?"

Dark blinked, "Wha?"

"Why'd you bring him back," he repeated, "I was hoping that that was the last I'd have to see of him last night."

"Which leads me to this question, why didyour dadhave the Tear of Adiadne?"

"Is it strange?"

"Yes."

"He held it for safe keeping."

"Then used it on you."

The two stared at each other in silence, after awhile Dark got bored of it and plopped the blonde onto the bed, red staining the sheets immediately. Satoshi merely snorted and went away somewhere. Once again Dark was left alone with an unconscious Krad, "You really have to stop getting killed like that…"

Dark stared at his hand then at the blonde, then at his hand again. He rolled Krad onto his side and took off the blonde's shirt, sure enough, there was a scar of a hole that had been drilled in the middle of Krad's back. The thief felt his chest tighten as he stared at the injury. "So that's what he did…he shot you…the bloody bastard…"

The thief shook his head, trying to stop his disgust from overwhelming him to a point of running out of the house and concentrated on healing the angel instead. Krad winced and groaned, golden eyes flickered open, "D-Dark…why?"

"If you were to die, I'd get dragged along." Krad let his breath out, Dark couldn't tell whether it was from disappointment or relief, "You're too loyal for your own good."

The blonde glared at him and hissed, "What do you know about loyalty?" Dark gulped, wondering if Krad remembered something, "And what would a thief know of loyalty?"

Dark blinked, "More than you expect I suppose…" It was Krad's turn to be speechless, the thief's serious tone was something new to him, but then Dark flashed him a grin, "I'm guessing that you'd rather be disloyal, but you can't can you? Not while he has that ring…you'd be dead before you get the chance to try anything…"

Krad's eyes widened as he stared at the thief in disbelief, "…how do you know about it?"

The kaitou stared at him, "I know all the artwork that the Hikari have created."

"…not all…"

"What?" Krad shook his head, Dark cocked his head, "You're a difficult one."

"You speak of me as though you know me."

The thief smirked, "Maybe I know more about you than you thought."

The blonde blinked, "You know nothing…"

Dark looked thoughtful for a moment, "No, maybe I don't. For example, the painting I stole, it wouldn't seal. Would you by any chance know about it?" Krad bit his lip, the thief studied him, "Well?"

"I-"

"Hiwatari-kun! Are you there?"

The thief, momentarily distracted, looked away from the blonde, when he looked back Krad was on his feet and moving away.

-

Nya

Next chapter :) Let's all pity Krad...for a moment...and then rejoice that I updated :D that took awhile didn't it? From now on Satoshi's dad can be Hiwatari while Satoshi's Hiwatari-KUN XD confusing isn't it? Well too bad since I...actually...yea...why don't I just make up a name for him? Stupid me :P In your heads I know you're all agreeing to that statement XP

SpinningAvia- I know :( it's horrible! That's why when I get home, one of the first things I do is turn on the computer :) it makes me feel better. I better start thinking up names for the bloody stepdad, me and my amazing naming skills :P No actually my skills suck beyond words XD Krad-angst :) I love writing it, and reading it...I can't help it...it's like an obsession XP

Hakudoshi-chan- This is a tragic fic no? Believe or not, sadistic little me is having a lot of fun making their lives miserable :D Horrid habit of mine, but still...fluff fics are fun too...hell all fics are fun to write XP This one's just one of my yay-it's-torture-time fics :D

Phantom Thief Tsbubasa Yasashii/Li Caharan- Yay! Thankies:D There's always room for more DarkxKrad or DaixSat XD I'm already obsessed with it so why not spread it around? XD I'm such a bad influence :P And this all started with...with...my poster and dvds and manga XD

Ivin Artemis Draconis- I didn't end at a cliffhanger for this chapter :O That's a change, oh well...there'll be one...eventually...there has to be or else I'll go insane XD Daisuke and Satoshi were made for one another :D I'm just here to...type it out :)

Shado-Fyre- Here's more more more! Hope I'll get the next chapter done soon XD I'm hating this tight schedule...but still...ermmm...yea... :) I'm going insane from the fic :P

Lord Scribbles- Hiwatari does seem kind of confusing though...I mean Satoshi and his "dad" are called the same way...I guess I'll have to do something about that won't I XD Yup, Dark's still Dark...sorry, umm...this will explain the body part. Me dislike Hiwatari senior? Nah...I just needed a...villain...oh my god I'm suffering from vacabulary shortage...it took me like ten minutes just to think of the word :( otherwise he's netural...like Riku XP

Babymar-mar- XD More or less, yea he should die, Rika's dead so that's been taken care of :P They both caused Krad pain :( People who cause Krad pain should die...with the exclusion of myself :P although I'm pretty sure there are those who want to drop dead on the spot...I'm too young to die! XD

Mysterious Kaitou- Me? Stop hurting Krad? o.O That'd be the end of the world :P What did he do to me...hmm...nothing, but still, do you really really want me to stop? o.O think very carefully...XP I doubt I'd stop even if you told me to XD It's just too much fun...for me :D

Seena58- I can't tell whether it'sa curse or a gift, being sadistic to the characters (espeically Krad) hmmm...what indeed o.O I'll just have to find more time to type :) knowing me that'll be awhile...you can't really be too sure what's going to happen to them XD after all...I might just change my mind XP

InsaneBlackHeart- Slashy XD Glad you like the story, even though I'm being completely inhumane to Krad all and...-looks away- nevermind...you didn't read that... -whistles:)

silvertears- I blame my insanity for my fics :) it's never ending, strange ideas just pop into my head and if it's long enough to turn into a fic I go along and write it just to satisfy my head before it blows up on me :D you flatter me, it's fun talking/emailing/msn-ing with readers and maybe other authors XD I get to meet new people that way :D not to mention get to know people from all over XD Satoshi's 'dad' is filled with evil, like my insanity, it's endless XD

Nowplz- I updated:D Sorry for the wait! There's no need to pull your hair out or else you'll end up like some of my teachers o.O bald...-shivers- I'd hate to lose my hair :( -my precious...- o.o errm...-cough- I don't mind the chibi Krads :D they're chibi and cute and pretty all in one XP