Jade-san: You know this fun thing I can do with Microsoft Word? At the end of my spell checking I get this funny little popup that tells me my Readability Statistics. For Chapters 1-4, I have: an average Flesch-Kincaid Grade level of 5.6, Flesch Reading Ease of 74.6, Passive Sentences of 2 (I think that's supposed to be good), I have 5,782 words, 26,915 characters, and 206 Paragraphs. The highest Flesch-Kincaid Grade level I have had for any part of my story was a 12.0! See? Fun. I like the picture I have behind my text too, it's a picture I call "Ribbons", it has Dark and Daisuke. (I'm just babbling on right now, no worries though, this will not affect the length of the chapter, I go for at least 1,700 words per chapter each chapter, or at least I try.)
Jin: Why do they need to know this?
Jade: They don't, I'm just bored.
Jin: Okay… -grins and waves at reviewers- Well anyway, DNAngel no belong to my creator Jade-sama, -glomps Jade, thus knocking her off her Cross-perch- no matter how much she wishes! –Gets distracted by Jade waving around a pixie-stick-
Jade: NOW ON WITH THE STORY! -wide smile-
IMPORTANT QUESTION: How many Keys should I have? 7, 12, or 13? I need to know, which number you choose will tell me how long to be expecting this story to be… I you to tell me when you review. Anonymous reviews are accepted.
Chapter Five: Maps How many Keys should I have? 7, 12, or 13? I need to know, which number you choose will tell me how long to be expecting this story to be… I you to tell me when you review. Anonymous reviews are accepted.
Dark, Krad, and Daisuke saw just a glimpse of the boy as he faded away immediately after the shadows.
"Hikari-kun?" Daisuke darted forward to see what had happened; he hadn't known that someone actually gave Satoshi the Keys.
Satoshi glared at the remaining living Demons, is if daring them to attack now that this particular mission was done.
A few actually did attack again; thinking that if they retrieved the key Master Hikari (Satoshi's father was one of the ones who sealed the Gates of Heaven in the first place) would reward them, the rest retreated.
Readying his katana to be pulled out he never got the chance to swing it, a flood of scarlet light washed over the Demons killing them instantly and painlessly, sending more to be weighed against the feather. He let go of the hilt and Daisuke skidded to a stop in front of him.
A flash of irritation crossed his face as he realized that he had forgotten to ask the Guardian of the Second Key how many Keys there were. Daisuke, thinking the glare was about him stepped back.
"Ar-ar-are you angry at me? B-b-because I killed them? Did you want to do it?" he was stuttering; afraid Satoshi was angry at him.
"Nani? Iie. Why would I be angry? Your way is much more humane." He tried to smile, somewhat pulling it off, Daisuke blushed, once again getting Satoshi to think 'cute!' "And I believe this belongs to you now?" he dangled the Key from his fingers and put an arm around Daisuke's shoulders and dropping it into Daisuke's hands.
"Satoshi-sama is bolder than he was when he was human," Krad noted out loud feeling Darks arms slip around his waist. "Do you think he still likes him?"
"Obviously!" Dark exclaimed, "You're not in his head threatening to kill him now," Dark smirked and put his head down next to Krad's ear, no longer holding any anger towards Krad for his previous actions toward Daisuke, Dark felt it was a good thing that Daisuke no longer remembered Krad. Daisuke would ask a lot of questions on how they came to be together if he had and he would probably be terrified of him.
"Satoshi-sama? I never threatened to kill him! He threatened to kill himself!"
"Iie, not Creepy Boy! I'm talking about you going after Daisuke, remember? I still remember you trying to strangle him on top of a Lighthouse."
"Oh, with the Towa no Shirube? Is Towa-chan still around?"
"She's in America currently." He opened his Midnight black wings as he noticed both Daisuke and Satoshi take to the air. He lifted into the air still holding Krad.
"I can fly on my own remember?"
"I know!" he chimed, watching Daisuke chatting and laughing as he flew ahead with Satoshi. He hoped that this time the two would get to stay together, no matter how much Satoshi annoyed him.
"Aisurei-sama…" Don Hikari bowed low before his Master. "They have the Second Key. We were unprepared for Satoshi to be helping the Angel. I beg your forgiveness!"
"You are forgiven, this time. Don't fail me again." Aisurei's face was hidden in the darkness, but his cat-like ice blue eyes glowed brightly. He was hidden even from Don's view. It would just not do to have the Gates of Heaven open again, that would ruin all of his plans! He would not allow it! A small pale long fingered hand emerged from the darkness to dismiss Don, he needed a better plan. Defeating a Demon who shouldn't be, would be hard, yet, all the more so worth his time.
(AN: both of their first names actually mean something. Aisurei's name is made up of two Japanese words can anyone figure it out? And can anyone guess what Don means? I like Satoshi's name, it means "guidance" and "admonition", which means caution. Guidance and caution, suit him don't they? If anyone can guess Don's and Aisurei's names correctly I will draw and Email a picture of Dark, Krad, Daisuke, and Satoshi from my story!)
Daisuke was smiling to himself as he fitted the second Key to the necklace around his neck, and Satoshi had fallen asleep to keep himself from trying to bite someone. He really wanted to bite someone but it was broad daylight outside! What a time for him to start acting like a Vampire!
He growled in his sleep and rolled over in his seat to shove his head against the cushions of the couch to block out the light, it was hurting his eyes. (He was sitting in the love seat, not Dark's Couch of Doom) Sure, his necklace may protect him from the sun but it made it no less irritating, especially when one was trying to go to sleep! A herd of Elephants could have gone through the room and he wouldn't have noticed he was so focused on trying to sleep.
"Dark?" Daisuke asked only to be shushed by the man in question; he had a truly mischievous look on his face and was creeping towards Satoshi like the Grinch from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
"I pity Satoshi when he wakes up and I truly hope Dark can run fast enough too." Krad leaned in the doorway and sent a pitying glance at Satoshi but made no move to stop whatever Dark was doing that contained Satoshi, pink ribbons, and hair-clips. "He's done that to me before… I don't know what it is with his fascination with hair."
Daisuke sat trying to smother his laughter but, as I have said before, a herd of elephants could have gone through and he wouldn't have woken up, sure, Daisuke screaming, the threat of Demons, stuff like that could have woken him up but not this.
"I'm getting a camera, want a picture?" Daisuke was doubled over laughing silently but managed to nod. (AN: Yes, I am deciding to ignore that little fact that Vampires cannot be caught on film, I am keeping the fact that they do not have a reflection though. It's something I feel like catching on film.)
"Shiage!" Dark exclaimed in a whisper, sneaking away from the scene of his "crime", "If Creepy Boy were still Special Commander of the Azumo Police Force he would try to arrest me!" he whispered, snickering. He dropped onto the couch and yelped in pain. Damn that broken spring!
"Ahh! Breathe Daisuke, breathe!"
Dark was sending dirty looks Satoshi's way as he picked the ribbons and clips out of his hair, a calm look on his face, "Niwa-chan?"
The "Niwa-chan" in question twitched, "Daisuke, call me Daisuke."
"Daisuke-chan?" Satoshi questioned, in a streak of stubbornness refusing to drop the –chan, "Do you have any idea in which direction we should go now?"
"Better," he decided, "Hai, in that direction is all I can say," he pointed to the North, "other than that I'm not sure. I had a vague idea for this one but we will have to do more searching for the next, Krad? Do you have a map?" he asked hopefully, tuning his wide innocent eyes on Krad, not a speck of fear in their midst.
"Thanks," he said when Krad set it down before him, "Do you mind if I write on it?" a nod of conformation, "Thanks, Well, because I don't know how many keys there are, I'm not exactly sure how big the ring in which they were placed is but, I know that the First Key was here," he made a mark on the map, "And the Second Key is here," he made another mark, "and the Third Key is off in that general direction…" he made a soft mark on the paper, "So, if I am correct, the Third Key should be right about here." He made a dot over a town, "We won't know for sure till we know how many Keys there are…"
Setting the pencil down with a click he spoke again, "If I am correct then that town there should have a cemetery somewhere, or at the very least a private tomb, we'll have to ask around."
The other three stared. "Someone told you it would be in a circle?" Satoshi asked breaking the silence.
"Hai, the one who sent me on this mission did. I was the only Angel who could to the job he said."
"Okay, we'll head off in the morning, oh and Dark, you're off probation, lets go to bed." He paused at the doorway, "Oh, and Satoshi? I hope you don't mind, but you are bunking with the Angel. Sleep tight and be nice!" He headed upstairs with Dark following behind.
Daisuke turned red but smiled shyly at Satoshi, "Uh… I agree, be nice. No funny stuff."
Satoshi watched him strip down to his boxers, noticing the little red wings on his shoulder blades that looked like a tattoo. Still slightly self conscious he pulled on his light blue pajamas, had Satoshi not been there he would have slept just in his boxers. Climbing into the bed he fell asleep almost as soon as he felt Satoshi climb in beside him. "Night Hikari-kun…"
"Satoshi."
"Satoshi…" he trailed off sleepily pulling him close.
"So cute…" He knew the smaller one was already asleep. He played with Daisuke's soft hair for a minute before placing an innocent kiss on top of the smaller boys head and falling asleep himself.
Jade: That's it for this chapter! I hope its okay, I always write chapters in one sitting with no pre-plans.
Jin: You should really plan ahead!
Jade: I'm planning on writing up an outline of what should happen as soon as I know how many Keys there are! This means you reviewers have to tell me how many you want. Oh, and seriously, who can guess what Aisurei and Don mean? On another subject, I was actually thinking about Kurama when I created Jin and how a friend of mine acts when she's on a sugar high.
Ja ne, Please review! Thanks for reading and reviewing! You all make me so happy! Thanks a lot! I hope I did okay!