DN Angel
© Hibiki Sakura
Disclaimer: I do not own Dn Angel. If I did, would I be here? Or making and adding more characters? Oo
Notes: I watched the starting and the ending of the anime but did not watch the middle part. So I might have changed some places i.e.: the school building or so. To be able to understand this sequel, you have to read the first story: Tenshi No Kookennin.

Title: Tenshi No Kookennin: The UnderGround
Summary: sequel to Tenshi No Kookennin Life was simple after 2 years until Dark and Krad were awoken again but this time they appeared with their own bodies. Something was bound to happen after the whole Kikyo Temple was completely demolished. The new park was haunted weeks after it was built. What was under that park? Time for Dark to confess his feelings! But when?
Category: Mystery/Romance/Action/Adventure

New Characters: Shirono Aino, Yutaro Ryouma, Kitsune

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Episode 04: Castle over the sky?

Himeno tired to stand up again. She could barely stand and minutes later they heard bats' flapping wings. Himeno could sense they were flying towards them from behind. She turned and saw them coming towards her. She screamed and a loud crunching was heard when she was bitten.

Dark's dark black wings covered them both and the bats were swished away. "Darn it!" Dark began to curse, "Where did these annoying flying pests come from?" He pulled out one black feather and positioned it in between his face and hand. He started chanting and lightening attacked all the bats but it was helpless. It didn't give any effect. Dark tsked and spitted.

Himeno pondered alone and watched closely at the strange bats. Bats don't attack humans unless they were attacked, they don't even come out in the day. They are usually in dark caves but why are they attacking them? Dark's appearance? Was that the reason? She blinked when she saw Dark was actually protecting her instead of himself. She calmed down and smiled whispering thank you.

An image of an angry being entered her mind and her eyes grew wide, surprised. What was that? The bats were getting fiercer and Dark couldn't handle them anymore. "We have to run!" Dark grabbed Himeno's right arm and dashed off under the heavy rain. However because Himeno's right leg wasn't moving well, they weren't as fast as they should be. Himeno screamed a little when she fell down again, this time, she was soaked. She started to cough with her hair wet, flat down on her shoulders. "Himeno!" Dark was much more worried now and tried to lift her up.

Thinking twice of the position of a Guardian, she immediately stood up violently and pushed Dark away after the bats squealed louder, assaulting Himeno's back. She gasped in reaction with her eyes wide and Dark looked surprised. Her back T.shirt tore off and her skin started to bleed under the open scratches. The bats immediately paused and they heard an order of retreat.

Himeno's eyes closed and she fell on top of Dark, as he hit the wet ground. "Himeno!" Dark's eyes were wide and he began to shake her shoulders but she didn't move. "Himeno!" Dark lifted her up in his arms and spread his wings wide, ready to take off.

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Meanwhile, at the direction where the bats were heading, a figure under the shadows entwined his fingers together. "I told you not to hurt the Guardian!" His voice was deep and his tone indicated that he was angry. Just by waving his arm down in a blink of an eye, a quarter of the bats vanished into dusts. The white teeth were seen and it was clenched together and blood started to stream down on the chin. "I want you to destroy only Dark Mousy! Not Ichitoki Himeno!"

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The rain streamed onto Himeno's cheeks and even though she was unconscious, it looked like as if she was crying. Dark could only fly as fast as he could under the rain to reach the Niwa Residence.

He landed on Daisuke's balcony and opened the window wide after a strong thunder strike. Wiz faced Dark and qyued. "Dark? What happened?" Daisuke was surprised and saw blood dripping from Himeno's back. He immediately gasped, "Himeno-san?" He ran over to them and stared at the soaked Himeno. "Himeno-san…"

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The family waited outside Himeno's single room on the ground floor. The baby was silently asleep in the nearby cradle. Dark was leaning on the wall with crossed arms and a towel on top of his head. He looked serious and seemed to be the most worried. He clenched his teeth, the reason why Himeno was wounded was because of him. He began to curse.

"Dark, calm down," Koosuke advised with his palms under his chin while his elbows rested on his knees, "She knew the consequences… She's your Guardian, protecting you is the main thing for her." Dark paused and everyone spun around to the front door when puffing worried Aino opened the door.

"Is it true?" Sweat drops slid down her forehead and she was soaking wet. Satoshi and Risa entered with Krad behind them. Krad was the one who told them that Himeno was hurt. Aino headed towards Himeno's door hesitating and worried. Himeno was her only friend, the only one who could understand her. She tried to reach out a hand, unconfident that Himeno was alright. She gasped when Emiko's calm face opened the door. "Emiko-san, how's Himeno-san?" She immediately inquired.

Emiko's eyes trembled and she smiled widely. She patted Aino's right shoulder, "Don't worry, Aino-chan. Himeno is just fine." She walked passed her and Aino's smile grew wide momentarily. She entered Himeno's room. Emiko looked down with a different look. "I wish it was true…"

"Is her wound that bad?" Satoshi asked with his eyes wide and curious. He had taken Himeno as his sister too, similar to Daisuke. Himeno had been treating them both as brothers and like kids, even if they didn't like it. "If Dark's still alive, I am sure Himeno would be fine."

"She's fine…" Everyone looked relief, "physically but mentally she's still hurt." Everyone was confused. If she was fine physically, her mental state must be okay too unless she has problems with her own feelings however Himeno's feelings doesn't get carried that far. Even Dark's insults don't offend her that deeply. Himeno was type that was cool with everything, at least.

"Okaa-chan, honestly is Himeno okay?" Daisuke was desperate to know and he snapped when he heard Aino screaming from Himeno's room. Himeno walked out from her room coolly and walked over to the refrigerator. Everyone looked lost, isn't she supposed to be in bed? All eyebrows rose.

"Ni-wa Hi-me-no!" Aino's march and whines were heard and she was behind Himeno a few seconds later, "You are NOT supposed to be off bed! You're wounded!" She started to preach about patients' results of being away from their rest. Himeno's milk slurping could be heard clearly and everyone in the house shared the same huge sweat drop. Himeno stopped drinking with her eyes narrowed. She looked behind and everyone saw a quarter of her face.

"Don't worry about me, Aino!" Himeno retorted immediately and threw the box of milk in the rubbish bin, "Look at me? Don't I look the same to you?" Everyone began to stare her and her eyes immediately transformed into irritated. "Stop staring at me!" Everyone looked innocent, in chibi form. She started complaining on her own.

"Idiot…" Dark's insult word was heard by everyone in the room. They looked at Dark leaning against the wall. He looked quite 'cold' towards Himeno, "You shouldn't have blocked those pests!" His eyes were sharp, similar to before Dark accepted her. She felt wounded inside, even though she was surprised, she didn't show it. A smile crossed her face and began giggling. Dark was provoked, "What are you laughing at?" He stepped forward.

"I guess you have forgotten what my purpose of living here is for…" Her voice rose a notch and her eyes were blocked by her bangs, her smile was wicked, "I don't have to repeat it a thousand times, Dark Mousy. If you are 'there', I am supposed to protect you," She landed her right palm on the left side of her chest with serious, unusual and determined eyes, "until the last breath!" She looked devoted and made a vow. Her eyes showed it clearly and Dark's eyes were wide. Her stubborn attitude never changed. Yes it was true that Dark almost took Himeno for granted, giving orders he wanted but that time, he wanted him to protect her instead of the other way.

"Either way, I wonder," The ends of her hair flung behind her with her eyes closed, "If you don't die, I won't either! That's the fact given after I transformed into a Guardian." Aino looked worried, her arms over her chest and she felt speechless and lost. She hasn't understood anything about the 'curse' nor the 'transformation' Himeno experienced. Himeno must have a hard time 'transforming'. Exchanging her human blood to something extraordinary; Guardian, it might feel like her soul being taken.

"Anyhow!" Himeno transformed into chibi and hopped back towards her room happily, "I am gonna write those bats in my story!" One sweat drop formed in the house and they saw Himeno shut the door and a spirited scream was heard. Everyone crashed down.

"Story?" Krad's eyebrow shot up curiously, "What story?" He looked at everyone. He felt like an idiot when everyone didn't want to answer. "Why isn't anyone answering my question?" His cold narrowed eyes passed the room. Daisuke sighed.

"Himeno has this habit of writing 'nonsense' fantasy story after she sees something unordinary or unexpected." Dark vertical lines appeared down on the men's head, "And at the end, she will start bragging about it." Dark looked different and confused. The strong, rebellious, unfeminine Himeno 'make' stories? That was unpredictable and Himeno's door was opened wide and every eyes set on the door. Her eyes were directly set on Dark; her forehead was black. There was a scary shining star in her right eye and she threw her study chair towards Dark with layers of veins on her temple.

"Who you calling unfeminine, you inconsiderate perverted old man?" She screamed and Dark's eyes grew immensely wide and the chair hit straight on his nose. He crashed down and everyone was looking at him. A sweat drop began to form and there was a slight smile on Daisuke. He missed this 'personality' where Himeno is acting the way she was, being herself and honest. He began to giggle and everyone had dots.

"What are you laughing at?" Himeno had crossed arms looking at her 'beloved' younger brother, "Do you want me to hit you?" She could listen to what he was thinking and Daisuke could only show an innocent smile. He appreciated what God had done for the family, returning Dark Mousy was a wish from him and Himeno herself. If it was a dream, for sure he doesn't to wake up.

Dark had this feeling to apologize for what he had said to Himeno that afternoon. He knew he shouldn't have said that to her, after all protecting him is the real reason why she was alive until then. He looked intently at the label name on Himeno's room on the ground floor, just opposite to Koosuke and Emiko's room. He took a deep breath and reached on the handle to open the door. "Excuse-!" No one was around and he was amazed that the room was almost clean even though the studying table was a bit full with school books, overall, everything looked… neat. He walked in and examined the whole room. The room was small but it was normal. There was a rack of books to the right of the door while the other side was a wardrobe to keep her clothes, he guessed. Next to the wardrobe was her single bed covered with violet tiger bed sheets. On the right of the bed was her studying desk where on the left part of the fairly huge table was a small old desktop, maybe once owned by Koosuke or Emiko years back when they were in college. Dark looked left and heard showers from another door, it was Himeno's private bathroom. He wasn't aware she was actually taking a night bath. Well, he wasn't paying attention to anything concerning other people. He turned and faced the rack of books. He felt the familiar aura. He was curious about the stuff in her bag, could those books she wrote be inside that bag? Why did she have to keep them? They were old, torn and eventually useless. He reached out one book and his eyes grew wide.

Slashes of memories flashed out like lightning in his mind and sweats began to stream down his forehead. He could feel and see what happened to Himeno with her pervious family. He never had understood anything about distrust because he had never done anything like it. This was why Himeno didn't accept anyone from the start, she was scared of the word 'trust', she forgot what family means and was. Dark's eyes were narrowed; he had hurt her feelings since the start labeling her as a liar. He was such a jerk!

He pulled the book and opened it. He began to read, he was actually reading Himeno's private confession book, not really a 'diary' you would say but it seemed like poetries of her own feelings. Dark read all the pages and understood more about Himeno. Castle in the sky… fantasy world… those were what Himeno wished for. Free and uncontrolled by anyone who used you just for themselves; taking you like an item instead of Human. Reading all these written by Himeno herself made Dark feel that he should comfort Himeno more and stop fooling around with her. He clenched his hands; he wanted to say something very important!

"Dark, what are you doing in my room?" Dark turned right and saw Himeno in her pajamas with wet silky violet silver strips of hair on her shoulders. Her eyes were wide; a bit confused why a guy like him would be around in a woman's room. Her eyes transformed into irritated eyes, "You're not trying to peek at me when I was bathing, are you?"

Dark transformed into chibi, "Why should I peek at an unfeminine one like you when I can go and peek at either Riku-chan or Risa-chan?" Dark can't resist the teasing. Dark wasn't the type of guy who gave up in any fights or even quarrels. Himeno had irritated slits and pouted.

"Fine I am unfeminine so what?" She turned a bit disappointed, "Why don't you just go to their house? I know I am not feminine enough for you!" Her words meant something and Dark wanted to apologize and tried to reach out a hand to her shoulder. "SO GO!" She screamed and Dark retorted.

"Fine!" He walked out and slammed the door. Does Himeno still love him like she said two years? What if that love had faded inside her? If he confessed his feelings will Himeno accept him? Himeno's eyes slowly closed and looked disappointed. 'Baka…'

Aino had red bolded outline veins on her temple in the huge Hiwatari residence. She was wearing her ordinary white night gown that reached to her knees, facing the cold, expressionless Krad. "And what on earth are you doing here?" Lucky she could control her 'current' temper. She was usually cool with everything but for no apparent reason, she hated this Krad as much as she like Dark. Her eyes were narrowed and impatient for an answer.

Satoshi, with his blue pajamas walked on the wide corridor standing still with his glasses, "Since there's no room left at Niwa's house, I recommended Krad to stay here." He showed a small smile, "Krad was after all a part me." Krad 'heh' was heard, cold as always.

Aino looked at her close cousin, "Didn't you even consider my 'appearance' in this house? Or asking my 'permission'?" She screamed while Satoshi could only shut his eyes in chibi. She started talking so much that he could only have irritated eyes.

"Why does he need your 'permission' anyway?" Krad sharp tongue echoed in the corridor, "Satoshi is in fact the 'master' of the Hiwatari residence and you are just a 'freeloader'." Krad wasn't really different from Dark mentally; they were both sharp tongued and love to tease these girls. The only differences were that Dark was bit friendly and perverted while Krad was quiet and wiser. Aino's eyes began to shine dangerously and spun around with long vertical lines on her head, as if she came from the dead. A sweat drop formed behind Satoshi's head.

"I am not a freeloader!" Aino retorted back angrily and her expression was serious, "If it wasn't because of those people who love 'work' and 'money', I would have stayed at the Shirono Mansion. I feel like a wall living in that huge deserted house." Shirono Aino came originally from a very wealthy but since her parents are usually away from the house and always leave Aino alone since she was young, she felt isolated. She never had any friends before she met Himeno. The maids in the mansion looked at her like a 'queen' and didn't talk much with her. She recalled the time when she was inside her room all month without her parents visiting home. She clenched her hands tightly and her eyes shut firmly. She took a deep breath, she won't cry, not ever! She changed after she met the 'strong' Himeno.

"You can stay here for all I care," She made a decision, "I respect Satoshi-kun's choice. He's the only family I got now!" She entered her room and shut the door, and locked it. Her hands were actually shivering and felt empty. She appreciated that Satoshi accepted her 2 years ago for letting her stay inside the house. She looked up and showed a smile, "What am I thinking?"

Krad was still with narrowed eyes, he could somehow understand Aino's feeling, it was in fact exactly the same as Satoshi when he was a part of him. Satoshi was the only son and his father used to make him do his work and took him as granted after he found out about the 'Black Wings'. Satoshi was deserted!

"You can't blame her, Krad," Satoshi pushed his glasses and Krad looked at him, "Even though not through pure blood relationship, I think of her as my older sister. She is similar to me." He walked away with an adult aura about him. He may still be young but since the beginning he had acted like an elder in the house.

Everyone could see a young man in his balcony shining like a sun in the middle of the night. They had sweat drops when they passed by and assumed he was crazy or something. His eyes were sparkling and gleaming looking forward to something, "Aaah… Hot spring… time for me to confess my love to Himeno-san before it's too late!" He was too thrilled that he kept screaming excitedly. His neighbor began to complain.

"Shut up! Go to sleep, you crazy noisy love struck fool!" He transformed into chibi avoiding all the things that his neighbor threw. Finally he was exactly hit and he immediately fell into a deep sleep with bumps, well actually he fainted with red flushes on his cheeks.

To be continued

Episode 05: Hot Spring!
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A/u: Woeh Ryouma is so excited hehehe… Wait till you read the next chapter, jealousy comes clearly… hehehee…