Rise of the Dark Angel
DG32173
Here's chapter 1. I hope you enjoy. This is going to be a fun series to write.
Kurama: DG doesn't own YYH. She does own Shadow and the events that take place in this series.
NOTE
(Author notes)
"Singing" (minus when in memories)
'Telepathy' (minus when in memories)
Memories POV change Scene change Scene change in memories'Thinking'
"Talking"
REVIEW REPLIES
MystiKoorime: YAYS! I'm glad you like! I'm glad you liked it. I'm considering making a one-shot for a off-shoot of this story. But I'm still in the process of writing it. I'm good at OCs? Wow! I didn't think I was that good. Thanks!
Sue-Killer from Live Journal: I'll take that as a compliment.
Kitiana: Shadow was ten, Hiei was fifteen in the prologue. Hiei's five years older than Shadow a.k.a. Princess Lunetta. The prologue was showing how Hiei had helped the princess escape from royalty. But she hasn't escaped forever. You'll find out what I mean in a few chapters. Glad you like it!
Hiei lover-nikki: I'm always grumpy when I'm up too late or I wake up too early, so I understand the feelings. I'm glad you like this fic!
HieiFan666: yes, I know he's OOC. He'll be somewhat OOC throughout this fic, so be warned. Next fic in the Dark Angel series (Fall of the Dark Angel) will be when he'll go back to normal, grumpy old Hiei. But not until the end.
WARNING:
AT THE END OF THE NEXT FIC IN THE SERIES (Fall of the Dark Angel) THERE WILL BE CHARACTER DEATH! SO BE WARNED! IF YOU DON'T LIKE CHARACTER DEATH, THEN QUIT READING THIS SERIES RIGHT NOW!
Thank you. Now here's the chapter.
Chapter 1
Feelings Grow Stronger
Hiei watches silently as his partner and best friend scans the crowded marketplace for an easy steal. It's been a little more than fifteen years since she had ran from her position as Princess Lunetta Avian, Second in Line to the Throne of Makai. She had taken the name Shadow Silversong and had become a thief and a close friend to himself.
Her long ebony hair sways slightly in the gentle breeze. "There," she says softly, pointing from their perch on top of a tall building near the marketplace. In the fifteen years since they met and have been friends, her voice has become softer, subtler, and more feminine. Her appearance had also changed from a young, innocent ten-year-old princess to that of a beautiful, but dangerous, thief who appears to be only eighteen but is actually twenty-five.
He looks to where her finger is pointing and sees a jewelry stall on the very edge of the marketplace. Though one of the farthest from the larger lower-class crowds and the easiest for thieves to steal from easily, it's also one of the easiest to leave from when the marketplace closes and also attracts the smaller upper-class crowds that dislike large crowds. He smirks when he sees the expensive jewels, gold, and silver. "Fifteen minutes?" he asks, knowing she'd understand that he means how long before the crowds become few and far between in the quickly approach sunset.
"Eighteen," she replies. "If you want to risk getting caught, then thirteen."
"Start in fifteen," he says, meaning that they should get ready to grab some of the jewelry in fifteen minutes.
"Agreed," she says, saying that she agrees to the time.
They wait in silence as the darkness quickly grows from the east. Soon, it's time to begin the theft. Shadow glances around to make sure the crowds won't approach until it's too late. "Now or never," she says.
Together, they jump quickly from the rooftop to a rooftop closer to the ground. Then they jump to the ground and move silently towards the stall. Hiei stays in the shadows, as he'd been a thief for nearly twenty years now, since he was ten himself, so his face is very well known among the general public. Shadow moves forward to pretend to look at the different jewels and jewelry. The vendor smiles at the beautiful young lady who is supposedly looking at the jewels and jewelry to perhaps purchase a few or let her suitor know what she'd like and let him come and purchase trinkets for her.
She looks at the different jewels and jewelry, hiding some in her coat when the vendor didn't notice. She smiles at the vendor and asks how much a couple of the beautiful bracelets cost. He tells her, and she pulls out some of the pick-pocketed demon money she has with her and pays for them, so the keeper wouldn't be suspicious. She thanks him and walks away slowly, so that he isn't suspicious as to why she'd be moving quickly.
She walks up to Hiei, who's hiding on the outside of the east gate of the marketplace. "Got some," she says.
He raises an eyebrow at the two bracelets she's holding in her hand. "And you bought those with what money?" he asks.
"Why do you think I asked you how to pickpocket without being noticed until it's long gone?" she asks, smiling innocently.
He rolls his eyes. "Figures," he mutters.
Shadow smiles as she puts the appropriated jewels and jewelry in one of the two large sacks that Hiei had held for her. She stands up when she's done and looks at the sky. "Come on, we have to find a place to stay for the night; it's going to rain tonight and I don't want to get wet," she says, grinning at him. He nods and they go to the nearby forest to find an abandoned building to stay in for the night.
After about an hour, they find a halfway decent forsaken dojo and run inside seconds before the downpour starts. Shadow goes in search of a decent room where they can sleep for the night. Hiei follows silently, having nothing better to do. Finally she finds one with a decent bed and even a bookcase with some forgotten books. She almost glides over the floor to the bookcase and looks at the different books. She smiles as she sees some that they don't have but should be interesting.
Hiei sits on the bed as she looks through the books. He gets lost in thought as she tries to decide which books they should take and which they should leave.
Hiei's POV
I watch in silence as she looks at the different books on the bookcase. I watch as the skirt of the dress she had made for herself out of "borrowed" fabrics swirls around her legs when she moves. She loves books and has "borrowed" several over the years. She's very beautiful and even smarter than she is beautiful, though that would be hard for any other woman to accomplish.
I love how she smiles and laughs at my rare jokes. I'm amazed even now how much she cares for young children on the streets and gives them some of what little food we have, even if that means we have to filch some more. She'd rather go hungry for a bit than to see any of the young children starve. Then I realize something. I'm falling in love with my best friend.
Well, that's it for chapter 1. Short, but I like it. Chapter 2 will be coming soon. Bye for now!