Insanity of the Art
Chapter VI:
The redhead blinked, "Dark…what are you doing here?"
"Me? I came to drop off creepy boy's other half."
"Krad? What happened?"
Dark gave the boy a funny look, "You know, me flying by, sees him, he faints at the heavenly sight of me and I bring him back here."
In the back Satoshi snorted and rolled his eyes, Daisuke turned his attention the blue haired boy, "Hiwatari-kun! You didn't show up to school today…eeto…I have your homework…"
The blue haired boy nodded his thanks, and with that, the two left. "I swear Dai-chan, I don't see what you see in him…"
The redhead blushed, "W-what are you talking about?"
"To me it's obvious that you like him. To him, I'm not sure, he's pretty stupid for a guy who pasted university..."
"B-but the Harada-"
The thief cut him off, "Don't even try to bring those two into the picture, you know you like that creepy bastard more than those girls."
Daisuke looked at his feet, "…"
"So why do you like him?"
The redhead thought for a moment, "Well…he's really nice and even though he's passed university already he still came back here. Because he wanted a normal life…it's like starting from the beginning…I admire him for that. And he looked really good when he smiles…basically…I like him because he is Hiwatari-kun…did I mention that he's really nice?"
"Yea, wow…I never knew there were so many reasons why you liked him…"
I always thought it just came naturally…
Dark watched the younger pair cuddle up, he felt the blonde lean into his embrace, "Hey Krad."
"Hm?"
"They look cute together don't they?"
"Does it matter?"
He laughed, long golden hair splayed all over, it smelled of Krad, the scent was intoxicating, "I was just wondering what they saw in each other. I mean why does Dai-chan love him?"
Krad looked up, golden eyes blinked, "I never thought you'd be one to contemplate such things."
Dark couldn't help but grin as he kissed the blonde, "I was just wondering."
"Then let me ask you, why me?"
"What?"
"Out of all the people out there why me? I mean you could've gotten anyone you liked."
"Why you indeed…"
The blonde pouted, "Don't mock me."
"I'm not mocking you."
"Then tell me."
"You're not only the most beautiful and talented person I've met, but there's something about you that other people just don't have."
Krad closed his eyes contently, beautiful, he liked being called that by Dark, it sounded so…glamorous. "And?"
"More? You want more?" The blonde smiled and nodded, the thief couldn't deny the smile so he went on, "There's this golden light around you, like an angel. Overall I love every single little thing about you. I love…Krad."
The blonde sighed, "What about my blood? I am a Hikari, your sworn enemy…"
Dark blinked for a moment, "I love even that about you, I'd love you even if you were an elephant." Krad jabbed his playfully, the thief smirked, "Well I would still love you. This is kind of like Romeo and Juliet isn't it?"
"I think you just answered your own question."
The thief blinked, "What?"
"You asked what Daisuke saw in Satoshi, you just answered it."
"What's the answer?"
Krad couldn't hold back a smile, "You really are an idiot. He loves Satoshi for the same reason I love you, simply because you're you and many other reasons."
Dark looked at his lover, "Oh? You and your endless reasons? I'd like to hear some."
"Some?"
"Actually no, I want to hear all of them."
"That'd take all night."
"And all night we have." The blonde laughed, Dark smiled gently, "I love your laugh."
"Is that all?"
"I love you."
"I love you too…"
On cold nights like this, it was nice to have a warm companion to snuggle up to…
Not anymore…cold nights were endured alone. "Dark?" The thief didn't answer him and kept on walking, mind lost in his memories, "Dark!"
He blinked and looked at the redhead, the past faded away, "Yea?"
"Are you okay? I've never seen you zone out like that before…"
He had forgotten, Daisuke had always thought of him as asleep when that happened, "I'm okay…" The crimson eyed boy didn't look convinced. Dark grinned and ruffled the boy's hair, "What's with you? Suddenly you're all worried about me. You have bigger fish to fry, fish such as…the fish of love perhaps?"
The redhead blushed, "We better get home, Kaa-san says there's something to steal tonight."
"That'd be my job."
"Let's go."
That night Satoshi showed up but the blonde didn't. Dark vaguely wondered if anything happened to Krad. While inwardly panicking, he smirked, "So where's the other creepy half of this creepy pair?"
As long as I can keep a smirk on, no one will have to know…
"Urusai!"
The answer relieved Dark a bit, if Satoshi was getting all worked up about it, it probably meant he was alive. If Krad had died, he would've died and Satoshi would've been jumping for joy. He grabbed the painting and ran. While flying back, he felt the light drain from the painting. What? What's going on?
The painting became wild, its spirit thrashed about, the thief desperately tried to seal it but it simply wouldn't. The light was diminishing fast, then, suddenly, it disappeared. The thief blinked and flew back home empty handed.
Krad stumbled around, new energy surging through him, so much, it was painful. He collapsed against a wall, his vision was fuzzy. He raised his hand and stared at it. Half surprised, he looked again, willing his vision to focus. At his finger tips, little jolts of magic jumped around, he looked up and wondered why me? Then unconsciousness took him.
Red blood splayed everywhere and the blonde slumped, dead.
Golden eyes snapped open, his breathing was unsteady. What was that? That boy that died…it was him…Krad got up onto shaky legs and walked out of the house. He ventured down the streets and to the blue haired boy's house. Outside the window he heard the boy speaking, probably on the phone.
"Yes, he's supposed to be stealing something at the museum tonight. Krad? No I haven't seen him since yesterday." The blonde continued listening, "Yesterday? No, my father has the painting, Dark didn't get it, yes, alright, goodbye." There was a click, Krad shook his head and let his wings unfurl, then he flew off. He flew and flew, suddenly he ran into someone who hadn't been expecting to see, "Dark…"
The thief turned around, his surprised frown turned into a grin, caught off guard for a moment, "Why hello there, hadn't expected to see you here…" He could feel immense light radiating off the angel, he reached a hand out only to get zapped by electricity-like magic. He looked at the jolts jumping around on his hand, he looked up, grin gone, "What's going on Krad?"
The blonde shrunk back, half from horror and half from the thief's distance from him. The touch triggered something of his, a memory of some sort. Two figures sleeping under the moonlight, everything was peaceful…he shook his head and flew away, head filled with thoughts of the thief. Dark just stayed there, dumbstruck. Krad growled, the image of the grinning thief had imprinted itself into his mind.
That night Dark showed up with a grin on his face, stealing, the one true hobby that he still enjoyed, something that time hadn't ruined…yet. He flew towards the museum until a blast of magic was shot at him, he dodged. Soon enough, another was headed towards him, he dodged again, suddenly Krad appeared. Dark was half zoned out while dodging, one of the blasts grazed his arm, he winced, but when he turned back, the blonde was clutching his head, screaming, "Why? Why can't I stop thinking about you?"
The thief's eyes widened, "What?"
Krad continued clutching his head, denying his thoughts. Then golden eyes snapped open as glimpses of the past shoved their way through his head. The room, the man, the painting, the thief, the bar, the team, the end, the girl…and the pain. Blackness swept over him, and he let it, he closed his eyes and felt himself fall. A voice called out to him, "Krad!" That voice…I've heard it before…it's just like…before…Dark…
"Krad!" Dark's eyes widened as the blonde plunged down, his wings flapped as he flew after the falling angel. By the time he caught up with the blonde they were too near the ground for the thief's comfort. With an angel unconscious in his arms again, he flew towards the forest which was nearby to wait out the police. There was no way in hell he would be able to carry Krad and fly without being noticed. He sighed, "What's going on? What's wrong with you Krad?"
The thief kissed the blonde on the head, "Why can't everything be the way it was back then?"
Pale blue eyes watched him, lifeless, hollow, then they blinked and became their regular shade of golden. "Dark?"
Why can't everything be the way it was back then?
Back then? When was back then? Why did it sound so much better than right now? Why did he have this feeling that something's missing? He opened his eyes slowly seeing nothing at first, then a blur, then a person in black. "Dark?"
Dark bit back his sigh of relief, "Welcome back."
"Why?" That question again… "Why do you insist on saving me?"
"Because if one of us were to die the other would get dragged along."
Krad looked down from bright violet eyes, unsure of himself he asked softly, "Is that the only reason…?"
Dark was honestly taken aback a bit with the question, "What?"
The blonde looked away and shook his head, "I-it's nothing."
The thief let out a sigh and sat on the forest ground, "Why I keep saving you…" Krad looked up at him, "It's got something to do with the past," the past…no it was both past and present; he still loved the blonde…
Krad's eyes flickered, "Oh…" it probably didn't apply anymore, just because of something of the past, "What happened? Back then," he sighed, the truth had to come out eventually… "I…don't remember anything…at least not of the past." Dark looked at the blonde in surprise, he hadn't anticipated that he would talk, he nodded his encouragements. Krad swallowed hard, "The only thing I remember when I woke up was pain, I hadn't the slightest clue where I was."
Dark nodded again, the blonde continued softly, "All I could really feel was anger and sadness…and betrayal bottled up, I couldn't get rid of it." The thief's eyes widened, he was going through a major guilt trip, Krad frowned, "Then there was that man…Hikari…he was smiling…"
The blonde clutched his head, confusion swept over him, he looked around and spotted a man, he stood there admiring him, "Who are you?"
"I am a Hikari, your master."
"Master?" He asked in disgust.
"That's right, if you were to disobey my orders, I'd have no choice but to punish you like a master would." He took out a ring, and almost immediately, a golden cross that was tied to his hair began to glow, he didn't remember having a cross…it grew harder to breath.
"Where am I?"
"You're in my house, Krad."
The blonde blinked, "Krad?"
"Yes, that's your name."
Krad blinked, waves of sorrow and anger crashed against him, he felt like crying and maiming someone at the same time. "Why does it hurt?"
"Would you like to know how to make it stop?"
The blonde looked up, eyes brimming with tears, "How?"
"Destroy your enemy, it'll make the pain go away."
"Who is the enemy?"
"Come, I'll show you."
"…" Krad stared at his feet, Dark was gaping. The thief raised a hand and Krad shut his eyes waiting for the impact. It never happened. Golden eyes opened uneasily, the thief had wrapped his arms around the white cloaked figure, Krad's eyes opened, "W-what-"
"What will make the pain go away?"
The blonde shook his head, "Why…"
"Krad…"
The hunter looked up at him, golden eyes dancing in the dark, "Yes?"
"Meet me back here the day after tomorrow, sometime around midnight."
Krad narrowed his eyes, "And why should I trust you?"
Dark was stunned beyond words, "I…"
"You what?"
"I don't know what to say…"
"No, I doubt you do…"
"…" then an idea struck him, "What if I were to steal the ring?"
"What?"
"You'd be free then wouldn't you?"
Freedom was a foreign word to him, "I don't know."
"Well alright then, does it have a name?"
"Hikari no Enjin…but…"
"Hey, I'm Kaitou Dark, there's nothing in this world that I can't steal."
"Why are you doing this for me?"
Dark shrugged, "Just because." Because you're Krad and I love you.
Krad blinked and got onto his feet, stumbling a bit to regain balance, "What will I do when I'm free?"
The thief gave him a weird look and smiled, "Anything you want." The blonde frowned, Dark sighed, "How about this? We meet back here tomorrow night and then you can decide whether you want to trust me or not."
The blonde narrowed his eyes again, "What if I don't show up?"
Dark gave him a lazy smile, "I guess I'll just have to trust you then." He winked.
Krad blushed and turned around, "What happened in the past anyways? No one seems to be willing to tell me anything. It's irritating."
The thief smiled thoughtfully, "Hm? What if I told you that we were…friends once?"
The hunter nodded and looked back, he started to flap his wings, "I'd tell you that that was the closest thing to the truth that anyone's ever told me…"
Dark watched the blonde fly off. Only when he got up later he noticed the trail of blood that the angel left behind. Biting his lip as he flew, he wondered when Krad got hurt, it couldn't be while they were fighting, he didn't land a single punch on him…he shook his head and sighed, "Well first step accomplished…I wonder how creepy boy's reacting to me not showing up…" He chuckled at the thought.
Krad clutched his wounds as he flew, damn that Hiwatari, no, Kei, that bastard. He started calling the blonde in the middle of him and the thief's conversation. The blonde looked down at his bloodied hand, so he and the thief used to be friends…how did he end up the enemy? …it seems like we're all prisoners of the past…
He winced, another call was made, the wounds that had started to heal opened up again, white wings flapped and pushed him towards the chief commander's office.
"You're late."
The blonde looked at his feet, "My apologies."
"Kaitou Dark didn't show up, do you know anything of it?"
Krad shook his head, why was he covering for the thief? "No Kei-sama, I don't have the slightest clue why the thief didn't appear."
The chief commander studied the blonde carefully, he wasn't convinced. The hunter was hiding something from him, he took out the ring. Golden eyes widened, his heart skipped a beat and before he knew what he was doing, he was running out of the building, his tamer's father chasing after him. Krad ran as fast as he could like a dog fleeing from an abusive owner, he unfurled his wings and took off. Why? Why did I do that?
"Krad! Get back here!"
The blonde's airway was blocked, he started choking, but kept on going nonetheless. Finally, he couldn't bare it and landed by a forest by a playground. Sitting against a tree, he tried to regain his breath, he clutched his bleeding chest. Krad sighed, he was going to have to wait this out, until tomorrow night, he wanted answers. He looked at the blood dripping off his hand, he gave a little laugh, "Why? Why did I do that?"
"Hiwatari-san?"
"Go send your troops out immediately, find him and bring him back immediately. His work isn't finished." The blonde must've fallen unconscious, he gave the ring a long sharp scratch.
Around the park, the silence was intruded with a loud painful scream.
Nya
Hikari no Enjin is the ring of light, creative, no? Like I said, I'm horrile at coming up with names...and special thanks to Angsty Freedom Fighter for telling me Satoshi's dad-ish person's name! -hands out chocolate-
Hakudoshi-chan- wow...I haven't watched pokemon in...years and years...but yea...I never noticed that o.o but still, the prince charmings are guys, and they look different, I love the little flashbacks too :)
golden-flame4- I can't stand sticking to a single project so it seems, I'm pretty sure that if I didn't start writing fics my brain would've overloaded :) god bless (yes even the stupid quick edit thing) Poor Krad, always suffering one way or another in my fics :P
Lord Scribbles- Yup! Riku could end up a villain in my fics o.O Satoshi's smart, if he stayed around he would've been punished as well, but he's really stupid too, he's oblivious...XD lord of the rings and DN Angel can relate :D
Lillith- Wow...what can I say? I'mvery flattered o.o Who knows? I might end up becoming a writer :) I doubt anyone would read my books but it'd still be fun :D I love your reviews XD they make me feel so...professional-ish XD thankies!
dimonyo-anghel- Yup! Who else uses Hiwatari-kun? Wait...that's just about everyone isn't it? o.o opps...but yea it's Daisuke :) Krad is Satoshi's ancestor XD But yea...he really should care more about a curse that's been with him for just about his whole life :P
Kiri-chan the neko-girl- Thankies! Glad you like it :D Here's another chapter up! Hope you like it nya!
Seena58- Well, just about everyone's involved now :) I have a cursed gift XD Awesome, hmmm...real answers...soon :) or not, it's either one :P one time or another they'll have to be answered...I think, weeeee...I'm pathetic XP
Gabriel of Dreams-Yume-Chan- Meep...if I were to die...how would this get updated? o.O that doesn't really mix right? -trying to save my neck or life or whatever you're going to kill- spare my life! Here's a chapter in exchange for my to-be-killed-life :D
Angsty Freedom Fighter- Thankies again for giving me the name! XD Glad I got you to join the DarkxKrad side -evil laugh- Hopefully you'll become as insane as me and start typing since I'm officially deprived of Dark and Krad pairings -sniffle- but on the other hand, this chapter wouldn't be able to be posted without your help! Thank you soooo much! -gives you chocolate- :