Demons. N. Angels
Leon: yep, it's chapter nine! I'm happy that I get ta do two chapters! It's so exciting! Koway will do the next one and make sure I stick with the original storyline. Okay then, last chapter recap! Kuraku almost killed Hiei; Krad gave up his chance to save Dark from his fate and, in an effort to revive him, gave him a kiss. I love shonen-ai…Anyway, getting back to the story; will Kuraku be able to escape? And what shall happen with the other potion Krad brought? Here's chapter nine! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own dnangel or yuyu hakusho…
"…." Speaking
'…..' thinking
((….)) Krad's thoughts
(…) Satoshi's thoughts
/…. / Daisuke's thoughts
/ …. / Dark's thoughts
Chapter 9: Out of Darkness, Into Light
Kuraku laughed as the portal opened, the force blowing the detectives back. Krad shielded himself with his wings and winced. 'I've used up too much energy...kuso, this is not good.'
Yusuke watched as Renoki and Luki went through the portal, vanishing. Seri left after and Kuraku looked down at them with glinting eyes. "Well, I must say that's it's been fun, really. But I must leave you now, however,"
The detectives watched as he went behind the fallen angel. "Angel Dude, watch out!" Kuwabara yelled as a warning.
"What!" Krad turned a little too late and received a fist in the face. He tumbled to the ground, his long golden hair fell over his face and he couldn't move.
"Sorry, angel; but I believe you have something I want." Kuraku smirked as he picked up Dark. "For you see, I've always wanted an angel as a pet. Whahahaha!"
"No, Dark!" Krad forced himself to his knees and watched them vanish into the portal. Another figure jumped in afterward and the portal closed.
"Aww Damn it all!" Yusuke yelled at the ceiling. "I swear I'm going to kill that Renoki as soon as I get my hands on him!"
"Sure thing, detective; but that leaves one question, how are we going to get out of this?" Hiei shouted to the brown-eyed boy.
Botan hugged onto Kurama for support. "What's the matter, Botan? We'll figure out how to get out of here so don't worry." Kurama's soft green eyes looked down upon the sobbing girl.
"But…because of me…" She turned to where Yusuke was talking to Krad. "Because I wasn't fast enough…Dark…h-he f-f-fell."
She cried into Kurama's shirt and he gently patted her head. He knew that she blamed herself and then he noticed something. "Where is Kuwabara?" The fox asked and everyone paused to look around.
"The idiot must've jumped through and left us here. Cha, good for nothing fool." Hiei stated as he picked up a discarded sword. He started to polish the tip as Yusuke spoke.
"Maybe he has a plan?"
Hiei gave him a when-does-he-ever-have-a-plan look and returned to his new found toy. "You never know." Yusuke said, turning his attention to the depressed ice angel. "He may just be the one to save us."
Krad looked up; his eyes were no longer filled with ice. Instead, they were filled with disappointment, longing, and sadness. He had lost his light, his reason for being, Dark. "I…am a failure." He whispered and Yusuke snapped.
"Listen! Do you think that just because he's gone you can give up?" Yusuke gave him a hard slap and everyone gasped. "I don't know about you but I'm not giving up! Do you think that Dark gave up! No, he waited until you were there so that he could tell you how he felt! Now snap out of it!"
Golden eyes widened with remembrance…'Angel, I love you.' Those were the words that the purple haired thief had said before he died. Krad felt his cheek. It was warm, not from Yusuke's hit, but by Dark's soft touch.
"Well? What are we going to do?" Yusuke asked.
Krad looked up and smiled. "Leave…thank you Yusuke, for without you I would have been lost in the darkness of regret."
"Anytime, pal!" He gave a smile and looked to the ceiling. "Now to plan an escape…"
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A black portal appeared where they had first entered, above the forest. Four figures fell gracefully to the ground and a fifth landed in a nearby tree. Leathery wings flapped in the cool night air and looked to find his angel's soul missing.
'Dark's soul has returned to his body. Good...but how to rid myself of Daisuke, his tamer.' Kuraku watched as a redheaded boy rose from where Dark's body was lying and he smirked.
"Huka judai kuri mono gekai feri cex…" Kuraku chanted and instantly Daisuke froze.
"What's happening?" the red-eyed boy asked.
/Dark? Dark what's wrong? Answer me/
No answer and a pain swept through him as he was ripped away from his other self. Daisuke faintly opened his eyes and saw some guy take the thief. He flew away and Daisuke fainted…
"Hey…ki…hey kid. You okay?" Daisuke slowly opened his eyes to the sound of a voice. When his vision cleared, he saw that a man with carrot-shaped hair was standing above him.
"Ahhh! Help! What do you want? Leave me alone!"
"Sheesh! And I thought being with Krad was bad! At least he don't scream when he's rescued…" Kuwabara said, crossing his arms and Daisuke looked up.
"K-Krad? Where is he!" The boy nearly tackled Kuwabara to the ground as he thought of the angel. 'If he knows where Krad is, then Satoshi is there and they can find Dark.'
"He, and my buds, are stuck in that piece of kingy thing over there." The man pointed to the artifact and the drawn symbols around it.
"C'mon, we have to get them out of there before the artwork destroys them!"
"And how do we do that?" Kuwabara asked with a matter-of-factly look as the boy hovered around the artwork.
Daisuke picked up the artifact. "By taking them to Daiki and my mom!"
"Wait? Your parents are going to help?"
"Yeah. They handle this kind of stuff all the time…but, it has to be done before midnight tonight and we'll need to get Dark back in order for it to work!" Daisuke looked at the man. "Grab them and let's hurry!"
'How the heck do I end up meeting these insane people?'
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"Will you hurry up? We have no time to waste!"
"Man, I had no idea Krad would change this much…" Yusuke whined as they climbed the halls of the castle. "He's like an entirely different person! All I said was 'Lead the way Krad!' Man was that dumb!"
"Quit whining! At least he knows where he's going!" Hiei snapped at the detective.
"Sheesh, I just love a tag team…" he sighed.
"Well, he's right, we should hurry." The fox asked and received a friendly glare from Yusuke. "We don't even know if we'll last."
"Maybe we should take a break…we've been walking for what feels like hours." The pink eyed ferry girl asked and Krad stopped.
"We've been walking for exactly two hours and thirty-seven minutes." He announced to them. "And, we have to reach a certain place before a certain time or our souls will become attached to this world, making them thirst for the lives of innocents to remain alive."
All were speechless, they couldn't argue with that. Krad let his wings spread and flew through the center of the staircase. Hiei followed after while the others waited for a signal that meant to follow.
Krad landed with ease and motioned for the others to follow as he stepped into a room. It was at least ten times as big as the room they left. The floors were of white marble and they matched the creamy colored walls. The red drapes covered the windows and Krad sighed as he took as seat on one of the many chairs in the room.
Yusuke and Botan were in awe at how massive the room was. "Why do the evil dudes always have the big rooms?" Yusuke asked as he stared at a few beds near the corner and grabbed a seat.
Kurama shrugged and looked out the window. He couldn't see the bottom of the mountain. "Why are we so high up, Krad?" He asked the resting angel.
"Because it's safer." He sighed, that wasn't the answer he was looking for and knowing Krad, he wouldn't give him another answer if he asked so he let it go.
"So, what do we need to be safe from?" Botan asked seeing as how Yusuke had fallen asleep.
"From the evil that wishes to devour our souls, what else?" Krad replied sarcastically. 'Glad to know he's back.' Kurama thought with a grin.
"How does we being trapped in a room help us?" Hiei asked as he tossed his sword into the wall.
"They will come as shadows and slowly begin to take over the castle, starting from the bottom. By this time tomorrow, if no one rescues us, we will fall into hatred and become full with bloodlust." Krad saw Hiei's expression change and continued. "This room is filled with light energy, therefore, it is the safest."
"So what do we do?" Botan asked. "I mean we can't just relax, can we?"
Then it happened, Krad laughed and Hiei flinched as he did. "What's so funny?"
"You, we are unable to do anything in our current position, however, if one of us becomes infected by the shadows, they must be taken care of immediately. To do this you must remind them of the light…not that hard."
Krad gave a stretch and went over to one of the windows. He folded his wings peacefully on his back and watched the clouds pass.
"He reminds me of you, only more social." Kurama joked with his friend and received a fine glare which only cause him to laugh.
Botan sorted out her thoughts when she heard a loud screech. Yusuke jerked up and Kurama and Hiei stood ready to fight. Krad just watched them examine the room before he asked. "What are you doing? It's only the shadows. If you wish to fight them, go down twelve flights of stairs."
Everyone sweat dropped and went back to doing nothing. Kurama glanced at Krad. 'After this is over, I still need to settle some issues with him...but, I want to know him better. He truly is a mystery...interesting.'
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"Mom! Grandpa! Dark and I were separated and now Satoshi, Krad, and others are stuck in this!" Daisuke had pushed open the door and put the Crown of the Kings on the table. Kuwabara followed him in.
"What?" A brown-eyed woman asked. "What about the four souls?"
"They got out, Mrs. Niwa." Kuwabara said, catching the girl's attention. Her short brown hair had a headband in it and she stared at the carrot-top.
"Then we must find them." An elderly man with a grey bead and brown eyes said to them.
"But where would they be?" Emiko asked.
"Towa will find them. She's great at finding things." Another man with dark brown hair and brown eyes said. A grey haired, green eyed maid followed behind him.
"Yeah! But who is this?" Daiki asked, pointing at Kuwabara.
"Oh, he's a friend who escaped the artifact's magic." Daisuke said. The others nodded.
"Dai, can you communicate with Dark?" Emiko asked.
/Dark? Can you hear me?)
/Daisuke?)
/You heard me! Where are you?)
/I'm not sure...I don't feel well...where is Krad?)
/In the artifact. See if you can tell me where you are./
Dark looked around, slowly the surroundings came into place. Again he was in a helpless position with his hands above his head and he silently cursed. It was a temple room of some sort...
/Daisuke, I'm where the Second Hand of Time was. Remember?)
/Yeah. Are you alright?)
/My back hurts the most...and my wings are gone, but other than that I'm fine./
/Just be strong, I'm coming to get you./
/Heh, thank you, Daisuke./
Dark's connection faded and he watched as four figures talked of various plans. 'Please hurry Daisuke...and please help my angel...'
"Well? Anything?" Kosuke asked.
"He's where the Second Hand of Time is. He says he's alright but his wings are gone." The redhead answered his father.
"Towa, prepare a retrieval spell. Dad, prepare a capturing spell. Daisuke, focus on getting Dark with your friend." Emiko ordered. "Now, we're a family of talented art thieves so let's get to it."
"Yeah!" Everyone but Kuwabara yelled and ran off.
'I knew it...I'm with a family of crackpots...why me?'
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'Now to get outta here!' The thief skillfully undid the restraints on his hands and began to work on the ones on his legs when a hand grabbed him.
"Now, now…I can't have my pets running about." It was Kuraku, he took Dark's wrists and placed them above his head. He said something in a different language and the thief was pinned back with cuffs of magic.
"Don't look so unhappy. Would you like your wings back?" The thief narrowed his eyes. He didn't trust him, something about him was warning him about the red-violet eyed man kneeling before him.
"I guess that's a no?" He moved closer and Dark panicked a bit. "I like you with the wings, however, you're much easier to handle this way."
Dark's heart beat faster and Kuraku smiled as he stood up. The thief spit at him. "Still rebellious? I'll have to fix that later. Bye for now, little mouse." With that, the demon left and Dark was alone once again.
Leon: well, that's it for chapter nine. Please don't kill me! Anyway, Koway's got the next chapter and I'll see you all some other time. Thank you for the reviews and goodbye!