Kokoro no Hantai

Contradictions of the Heart

Disclaimer:Chrnoskitty does not own D.N.Angel,she does however own the paper this was written on.

"A world ravaged by war. A land forsaken by God. A world that used to belong to dreams. Now reality. Wars are raged by those of conflicting elements. Magic elements. Those that possesed the restorative magic, perished after the first great war..."

This was the thousandth time the sensei had repeated this lecture, and it always ended with some sort of prophecy that made all the girls look at him, and Krad. So what if it said something about two individuals holding the keys to all the kingdoms, yet not being able to control them. So what if he and Krad possesed this so-called "lost magic"? It didn't really matter now, seeing as they were prepared to die in the upcoming war. Ah, yes, the lovely war, the war that had gotten them into this academy.

"...sy, Dark Mousy, Are you paying attention? This lecture is very important!", The sensei's voice broke his thoughts. Dark slowly turned his head and lifted it, coming face-to-face with the wheat coloured eyes of his sensei. "Ane...Nani...?", Dark asked and then upon realizing his location he hastily replied, "Sumimasen, Kisei Sensei...",His eyes trailed to where he was sitting,on the ground, the remains of his desk strewn about the place, "Oh,crap. Sumimasen Kisei Sensei,Sumimasen, Sumimasen.", Dark appologized.

"And you were doing so much better,so much better."A familiar voice chided Dark. He looked up to see Krad walking into the room, an amused smile upon his face.

"ANIKI!",Dark shouted as he hastily got up off the floor and hugged Krad tightly. "Ototo, I get called out of my ever-so-important 'Restorative Potions' class, to clean up your mess, Don't you ever think I might actually need that class?", Krad joked lightly, hugging Dark back. "Sumimasen, sumimasen,but, aniki, could you clean this up for me?", Dark jokingly begged, putting on the daily show for their classmates, seeing as Krad's class had followed to see what sort of drama they would do today. A dramatic exasperated sigh from Krad, "We're both going to die an early death if you keep this up, ototo."
"Hai,hai, well then, need a hand?"
"Ie,Ie, you help and we'll have no one to repair the damages."
Dark put on a practiced pout and 'I'm gonna cry' act, "That's so mean aniki, it's not like I can help that I major in destructive magic."
"All the magics destructive."
"Not restorative magic."
"Restorative magic destroys what the destructive magic destroyed."
"Oi...you're confusing.",Dark complained before falling into a mock faint. The classes cheered and clapped loudly, causing other classes to come out of their rooms and be dissapointed that the routine was over,but sticking around to watch the lost arts in action.
"Oi...Aniki?"
"Hai?"
"May I try again?"
"Sure, go all out."

Somehow the news that Dark was going to try to restore the desk he had unconciously destroyed spread through the school like wildfire,and the thunder of footsteps from the top floors and the bottom floors were heard.

"So, aniki, I just concentrate on what it looked like before and summon the magic,hai?"
"Hai,just like that.", Krad replied to Dark and then turned to the crowd and shouted an order, "ALL RIGHT! ALL OF YOU BE SILENT OR WE MIGHT FIND OURSELVES MISSING HALF A BUILDING!"
"Thanks for the vote of confidance, aniki.", Dark muttered under his breath,audible to the entire crowd who had fallen graveyard silent,"You're welcome,now concentrate."

Dark closed his eyes and breathed slowly and deeply. He walked towards the remains of the desk and kneeled down beside it. He once again closed his eyes, outstretched his palms towards the remnants and concentrated on what it had previously looked like. When he felt the magic rushing to the surface he filtered the restorative from all the rest and when he had enough, he vented it through his palms. A blinding white light and a faint wind that moved his deep violet tendrils slightly, and then it died down, leaving in its wake an almost perfect yet rickety looking desk.

A cheer shot up from the gathered crowd,who had almost began to depart but were stopped by a call from Krad, "HEY YOU CAN'T LEAVE YET! WE HAVE TO SEE IF IT'LL SUPPORT HIM!", Krad tehn turned to Dark,"Last time you it lasted two seconds, how long will it last this time?", Dark turned his face to Krads' his amethyst eyes clearly saying he was sure he improved and didn't need to be reminded of his past failures,in a word he looked annoyed. Dark walked back over to the desk, gave it a fleeting glance,and promply sat down. The crowd waited in a hushed silence,and waited,and waited,and waited, until they heard the groan of the chair as it finally gave way. "Five minutes and thirty-two seconds.", A blue-haired boy drawled. " A NEW RECORD! FIVE MINUTES AND THIRTY-TWO SECONDS!That's all for today,but please, thank Satoshi-kun for his excellent time keeping! Please come for the next show!"Krad yelled as the crowd departed to get their bags,it was almost time to leave. He quickly restored the desk to the state that it had been and they left the room to go get their bags. As they were about to depart the intercom blared:"Dark Mousy and Krad Hikari if you are sill in the building report to the main office immediatley."

Translations for the Japanese

Ane-elder sister

Aniki-elder brother

Hai-yes

Ie-no

Nani-what

Ototo-younger brother

Sumimasen-sorry

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