Moonlight Disaster

About time I got around to writing this chapter! Bet you I've been killing you in that period of waiting. Killing, I tell you, KILLING! Erhem, shall we continue? Well, no-one ever really answered my question about Kotatsu's name but I'll appreciate it if you do. SO PLEASE ANSWER QUESTION IN PREVIOUS CHAPTER! And if you do that I'll give you a personal cyber thumbs up! Yeah well, back to the story.

Chapter 8: The Child of the Dragon

"Hmmmmm, she sure got far in such a short time." Mused Dark. His shoulder blades were starting to get sore from all that wing flapping. Daisuke wasn't enjoying it either, because many times, the blue spell ball had decided to swoop unnecessarily low, into the streets where many people gathered. And, as Dark pointed out, the catch of that spell was that you had to follow wherever it went, high or low, otherwise it wouldn't keep going. Not that Dark had minded it much; he managed to flirt with some girls briefly on the way.

Daisuke could almost imagine his mom's reaction when she found out about this, and he wasn't looking forward to it either.

"Hey, what the-?" Dark nearly collided with the spell as it stopped abruptly in its tracks. As Dark glared at it, it in turn changed into the shape of a flying dog, and would have been very cute if it didn't bare its teeth and claws and glare straight back. It turned back into the formless blue spell and whizzed around in confused circles for a good few minutes.

As Dark began to get extremely annoyed, it suddenly froze in its track, and flew up…then promptly exploded, showering the Thief with sizzling blue fragments.

"What the HELL!"

-What happened?-

--The freaking thing got lost, that's what happened! Stupid ball couldn't find her trail anymore! And now we're lost because in all my 300 years, I have never needed to go here before.--

-Eeeep.-

--Precisely.--

Seeing as his shoulder blades were beginning to get sore, Dark landed on the nearest structure which could support his weight, namely a tall apartment building. As he contemplated what to do, he did not notice a slight figure move from out of the shadows behind him until it tapped him on the shoulder.

"Dark Mousy, I presume?" asked a familiar voice. Dark swivelled around, eyes widening when he noticed its speaker.

"You! Where is necklace, eh?"

A smile appeared, showing glowing fangs, and emerald green eyes twinkled amusingly.

"Right where it belongs. On me." Kotatsu replied smugly, tapping the art piece with a slim finger.

"Well, I suggest you give it to me, so I can take it where it belongs more. Where all targeted art pieces go." Smirked Dark, holding a hand out for the necklace cockily.

"And I suggest you give up because this artefact is going home."

She lifted the heavy necklace and held it before her. It glowed a bright white before shimmering, then disappearing with a resolute 'ping'.

Dark frowned, annoyed. "You waited for me to come just so you could tease me with that display, didn't you?

"Nope. It needed a proper send off, that's why."

Dark crossed his arms, frown turning into a smirk.

"Since I can't seem to retrieve the Moondust Jewel anymore, why don't you enlighten us all with a bit of history? You do seem to have a lot of time." He enquired, eyes narrowing suspiciously.

"Surely you should be getting home?" she replied, avoiding the question. "After all, you can't really do anything here."

"But I don't want to. I want to hear more about you." He winked slyly.

"Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you then." She replied matter-of-factly. Leathery wings folded out of her back and she took off with a bright scattering of green powder. Kotatsu hovered in the air for a minute, facing Dark.

"Don't worry; you're not as lost as you think. This area is all a magical illusion, that's why your spell failed. But it did a good enough job, that's how you found me. Oh and," she added as Dark flew up to the air after her. "I suggest you don't follow me. Dragons are faster than birds, after all." Sure enough, she was gone in a blink of an eye.

Dark eyed the ground where the powder had fallen. There now lay bright dragon scales, twinkling in the night. He swooped down and gathered a few up. They would do well for research purposes, and, she was pretty hot.

-Dark!-

He laughed. "Chill! It's not like I'm hitting on her or anything."

-Not likely…- Daisuke muttered, a frown lingering on his face. -What did she mean by magical illusion anyway?-

"It means…" Dark muttered. "You're going to have be in a slight bit more pain so that we can go home."

-Ok.-

Dark mumbled another incantation, and the air around them shimmered, before revealing them atop a specific building. A large building.

Dark grinned cheekily. "Say, Daisuke, what do you say to saying hello to the Harada twins?"

-Dark!-

One flustered redhead, one irritated and one overjoyed set of twins and one smirking Thief later, they were back home. Dark generously graced Daisuke with the pleasure of entering the house in his own body.

Daisuke gulped and opened the door, where he was immediately smothered by an eccentric mother.

"Dai-chan what happened! Why are you so late?" Emiko cried, still madly hugging her beloved son.

"Mnngm I cngt brihth!" Daisuke attempted to say, but being muffled didn't help. He was relieved when Kosuke stepped in and gently reasoned with Emiko that a late son was better than a suffocated one, while Emiko blinked, and removed herself from Daisuke instantly. She regarded him carefully, as if trying to find out what happened by simply staring at his face. Which, unfortunately, worked most of the time.

"M-m-mum, I c-can explain!" he stuttered frantically, face turning a beet red.

Silently, Emiko reached inside her pocket and pulled out a picture of Riku in Daisuke's face. His heart immediately began pounding, and his DNA reacting. Before Dark knew it, he was grabbed out of his peaceful sleep and into the presence of a very irritated Emiko.

She frowned scarily. "Explain, Dark."

Dark was slightly freaked out by Emiko. "Uh...someone took it before us, and I couldn't follow immediately because Krad interrupted, and when I got away to find the other thief, she just did a spell of sorts to make the necklace 'go home.' Then she just left." He finished, not bothering with any small details.

Emiko was on the verge of raging at Dark when he pulled out some green objects from his pocket.

"Hey, I got these from her. They might help."

Daiki reached over and took them, and he and Kosuke immediately went to their little library/study area to examine it, leaving Dark and Daisuke at the hands of Emiko.

"Her name's Kotatsu!" he yelled at the retreating figures' backs. Emiko sent another look in Dark's direction, one that read 'If Daisuke was hurt in any way at all, you'll pay hell' and followed the other men.

--Daisuke.--

-Yeah?-

--One: Your mum is freaky.--

-Yeah…-

--Two: Remind me to make sure no-one else is there the next time I steal something.--

-Yeah…-

--And three: If anyone asks, I didn't use any magic at all.--

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Ehehehehe, sorry it's so short! Today's really hot and I'm very lazy! Also, I'm updating my other stories too so I don't get so much time. Awwwww, school holidays nearly ending…. Anyway, hoped you enjoyd the freakiness of Emiko, the mysteriousness of Kotatsu, the scaredness of Dark, and the whole story overall. Please R&R with comments and suggestions, and most importantly, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION I'VE BEEN ASKING!

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