I don't own D.N.Angel, but if I did Daisuke and Riku would have gotten together a lot sooner, but oh well.
How they got back to Ness's home without drawing attention, they'd never know. It was decided that they should stay at Ness's home until this whole thing was sorted out.
Ness owned a home far outside the city in the countryside. It was a nice, and semi-large, cottage house, but for four people it would get quite crowded very quick, especially since two of them didn't get along very well.
It wasn't very extravagant, but it was still a nice place to live. The front had a large porch with a swing and a couple of deck chairs. The house was painted blue with white trim. It looked like it was kept in good condition and was quite breathtaking in itself. The neighbor's house was so far away that you couldn't really see it for all the land that Ness owned.
"It's beautiful," Sen said looking around at everything.
"And secluded," Dark said also pointing out the obvious. Ness nodded as she walked up the steps and onto the porch.
"I apologize for the mess," Ness said as she opened the door and let the two "angels" and Sen in.
The first room they saw was obviously supposed to be the living room, but it wasn't being used that way.
The floor was covered with cloth, obviously used to keep paint off the floors. There were several easels around each with a different artwork on it. Each one seemed more beautiful than the last. There were more cloths on the walls, but it seems that these were there for a different reason. There were splatters of paint on them too, but it seemed more organized and distinct. The only place that didn't have any cloth on it was the door at the far right hand corner of the room and the one on the far left hand corner of the room. The back wall between the two doors was just glass with French doors opening up onto a large porch with an endless landscape beyond that. The only thing marring the view was the built-in pool next to the porch on the right.
"Please be careful where you're walking," Ness said walking toward the left door. "I don't want any of my works-in-progress to be tainted."
Krad and Dark glanced at each artwork as they walked. Neither could deny the fact that they were well done and that Ness was obviously a well-accomplished artist.
"So this is what the Hikari bloodline has come to," Krad said admiring the last artwork closest to the back. In it there was a girl smiling as her true love held her close as they rode off into the sunset on a white horse. The strangest thing about the picture was the man had white wings, like an angel, and was dressed in only a pair of white pants and his face looked familiar. The girl was dressed in modern day clothing, a pink sundress, and looked familiar to him as well.
"You like that one?" Ness said from behind him. Krad turned slightly and glared at the girl. He didn't like her, but he would tolerate her till it suited him.
"Yes," he said. "Where did you get the idea for this painting?"
"My grandparents actually," Ness said standing next to Krad. The light was there again, but as long as they weren't feeling any pain they assumed that it would be okay.
"The man on the horse is my grandfather when he was around seventeen, my grandmother is too. I remember a story told me about my grandfather and how he was like an angel to her all these years and I decided to make this for their anniversary. It describes how my mother felt about my grandfather after all these years."
Krad looked at the painting in a new light now. The man did look like Master Satoshi, but the girl also looked familiar, but from where?
"What is your grandmother's name, her maiden name?" Krad asked suddenly and quite politely.
For a few seconds Ness was in shock. He was being polite? This arrogant jerk?
"Her name was Harada, Risa Harada."
Krad shut his eyes for a moment and allowed the name to sink in. She was one of those twins all those years ago. She was the one who called for Master Satoshi all that time ago and brought him back out, the one who stopped him from going after Dark.
Ness smiled at the painting. It was one of her favorites and she hoped that her grandparents liked it. They were the only ones who really supported her when she started out in this business, her parents didn't like art that much.
After spending way too much time for Ness's taste in her "art room," she decided it was time to move on and reached out to tap Krad on the shoulder. The pain returned before she touched Krad though both reminding her that she what she was doing and getting Krad's attention.
"Sorry," she said blushing slightly, embarrassed that she had forgotten. Krad however was in slight shock. She was very pretty when she blushed, and Krad reminded himself to make her do that more in the future.
Ness moved away from Krad and to the left door again. "If you guys will follow me I'll show you where you can sleep," she said before walking through the door.
Dark and Sen, who were each looking at other art works in the room, quickly followed. Krad cast one last look at the couple in the painting before following the others to the other rooms in the house.
