DN Angel
© Hibiki Sakura 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 within their own bodies. Something was bound to happen after the whole Kikyo Temple was completely demolished. The new park was haunted after weeks 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

Firstly I would love to thank:

Bashima Isuhaqu - Beta Reader
NekoGuyFan
Raining Heart

Episode 09: Sunflower Palm

Heavy tears slid down Aino's reddened cheeks unto Krad's pale face. She was shaking Krad hard and Himeno could only stare at them. She doesn't have the power to bring back the dead or heal anyone. "Krad, don't die!" A few minutes ago, Himeno brought both Krad and Aino down to the ground while Dark was still battling against the bats that kept being released from the body of the unknown being. It was the first time Aino had someone who can always be there for her, unlike her current parents who didn't even realize that Shirono Aino existed. Aino's parents were deeply in love with each other and when she was born they showered her with love as well but ever since a huge shot of money came into their hands they have become greedy. Krad was the only one she wanted to be with. "Please, don't leave me alone!" She shut her eyes. Since the day her parents had forgotten about her, she had not cried. She had learned to be strong. The calm and pleased face on Krad gave Aino a guilty and uneasy feeling. "I want to know you better!" The white wings behind him were disappearing, "Krad… don't leave me alone…"

Satoshi and Daisuke arrived at the scene as soon as they could. Their eyes grew wide when they saw Krad lying on the ground gathered in Aino's arms. "W-w-what happened?" Satoshi was shocked; Krad was like a brother to him and there his lifeless body lied. "Aino-san, what happened?" He screamed and Himeno stopped him, shaking her head. Screaming at Aino will not solve anything.

Himeno held out her right arm and her old magical staff appeared which slowly floated to the ground. "Dai-chan, you take over." She looked up at Dark who was trying his best to fight their enemy, "I need to help Dark, I am sure none of us want to lose another Mousy." Daisuke nodded and Himeno grabbed her staff as she flew towards where the action was.

"Fire Arrow!" Himeno slashed her staff in mid air and arrows made of fire sprayed at the bats. "I will never forgive you!" Himeno's eyes were in sharp narrowed slits. She had watched Krad give up all his power to help Aino and now she was determined that she would never let Dark die nor let him repeat what Krad did.

"Himeno-san…" The backed off and the small winged critters stopped coming. One of the being's eyes rolled around crazily, stopped and then stared straight at Himeno. 'Ichitoki Himeno…' The word burst out with a powerful physical burst that the air around the voice rippled, '… is mine!' No one expected him to lunge towards her but he did. "STOP!"

Himeno gasped in surprise. A few meters away was the being and now she can clearly see that he had one arm that was made up of bones with its veins tangled around it, blood flowing through it freely. Her eyes trembled when she saw the creature. What is it? Human or a devil? Dark was as surprised as she was. "Don't hurt Himeno-san!" A line of tears streamed down from the other eye that looked human and both Himeno and Dark were surprised.

The voice sounded both scared and pleading but what made Himeno confused was the fact that it sounded familiar. Suddenly Himeno's pupils dilated. The pale white cheek on one side of the almost human face was so recognizable that she was sure she always punched it. Dark and Himeno were beyond being shocked, "Ryouma-kun?" He was still crying; pleading for the body not to hurt Himeno.

Satoshi and Daisuke looked up as surprised as them while Aino paused crying, feeling shaky. "Ryouma…" They whispered.

"That can not be possible!" Daisuke rose immediately, "I am sure Ryouma-san is not… a devil…" He hesitated. To him, Ryouma was like an idol. He was intelligent, nice and Daisuke was envious of him. After Dark, he would choose Ryouma.

"W-why?" Himeno's eyes closed, no one could ever imagine Ryouma to be the devil. The persistent and prefect person who was obsessed with Niwa Himeno all the time... This was not him! Yes, the arrival of Dark made Ryouma distant and less comfortable to be around with but this?

"Surprised?" The devil laughed hysterically, half of the other face still wet with overflowing tears, "Half of me is still in love with you, while the other half hates you to the bottomless pit of death." He wicked smile broke on the face and Himeno looked away when she saw a familiar face smiling at her as a flash of blue lightning struck.

Himeno gasped suddenly remembering something. A gust of wind forced her to cross her arms in front of her in a futile attempt at defense, "You can't be that Ryouma…? That I sealed?" She remembered; that night a long time ago, she had sold her human blood to transform into a Guardian. Before being sealed to wait for Dark to reappear she had to defeat the huge devil that killed Rika and Toriko. The memory of that night appeared in her mind. The temple damaged and unholy because of the blood that have been spilt. The devils surrounded the temple and she was the only one left to seal them, all by her self.

"Yes, that Ryouma," He looked disappointed, "I was in love with you with all of my heart but you refused me every time and chose Dark over me!" He screamed loudly as he clutched hard at his chest, "What do you see in the robber that you don't see in me?" They were all silent. The wind was raging now.

"Because of you, I sold my human blood into something hideous so I'd be better than Dark," He continued as he looked at his palms, one of it was just made up of bones and veins, "The feeling of wanting to kill Dark was beyond anything that I have ever felt before! If Dark didn't exist, I would have been the only one in your heart!" The image of Himeno 40 years ago in a priestess' dress was conjured in his mind. A devilish smile replaced his deeply down-turned lips, "To keep me alive, I had to devour on human souls. Lucky for that golden winged thing," He pointed at Krad, " I would be a bit stronger tonight."

"You're MINE, Ichitoki Himeno!" He was laughing hysterically as he came for her and the other him couldn't do a thing while Himeno stood there immobile at the fact. "Himeno-san, run, please!" Dark suddenly appeared in front of his guardian, deflecting an attack resulting in a wound from the devil's sharp bony arm, which had went straight through Dark's muscled flesh.

"What are you standing there for?" Dark screamed at her but she was paralyzed with truth, her face was numb and her eyes wide opened, "Himeno, are you listening, you idiot?" Ryouma began to smirk, his prediction with Dark wanting to protect the Guardian whatever the cost was precise. The devil's bony arm splintered and re-grew in Dark's arm, shredding the tense flesh up to his shoulder. Blood began to burst out from Dark's mouth when the devil's splintering and growing bones went deep inside his chest. Dark's left arm couldn't move anymore and his left lung was now useless as it filled with his own blood.

"Dark…" Himeno's voice tried to reach him but she felt distant. Even though deeply wounded, Dark didn't move from where he was floating. He was protecting her! Dark began to curse, because of Ryouma's words, for sure Himeno would never move. Ryouma was the one who killed Rika and Toriko and made Himeno recall those ghastly memories she left behind in her past.

Dark pulled out the arm killing the bones inside him. Ryouma grinned widely and his bones regenerated but this time his arm had more sharp jutting spikes. Dark and Ryouma began to fight in the air. Himeno slowly fell into her own oblivion. She was the cause of all this. 40 years ago, she fell in love with Dark Mousy and made a binding contract to him to become his Guardian by selling her blood. If it wasn't for that, Ryouma wouldn't be a psycho demon and neither would Krad be down there lying in his lifeless body in Aino's arms.

"Wake up, you idiot!" Himeno snapped and looked down. A huge fox that looked like the bigger version of Kitsune waved its paws around angrily. "You said that you are here to protect Dark and only him! Didn't you sell your useless human soul to protect Dark with your life? Didn't you swear to Toriko and Rika to be alive?"

"Kitsune?" She sobbed, "But Kitsune, I can't do anything. I did say that and I swore but what's it worth if it's my fault to begin with?" She screamed and began to cry, "I am pathetic like Mio said. I was wrong to lo-"

"It is not wrong to love Dark, Himeno…" She snapped and heard Rika's sweet voice in the wind, "Dark is special to you as he was to me. Both you and I fell in love with the same man. It's not your fault, Himeno." She saw Rika floating down slowly from above her and when she faced her Rika's hands slid onto her cheeks, "Loving someone is not a sin. But forcing someone to love is wrong. You didn't love Ryouma, the way you love Dark because it's fate… so please Himeno, my best friend, do not blame yourself…"

"Rika…" Tears streamed down her cheeks, "I am sorry…" The breeze lifted her hair up and she looked at Ryouma and Dark. "I still love this man…" She looked deeply at Dark, fighting with only one arm.

Kistune smiled from below and skittered on her little paws towards Aino, who had not moved from Krad's side since she held him. She did not want to lose Krad, not now. Not after all that had happened between them. "Krad… please… open your eyes…" The dead sunflower garden that surrounded the park began to shine unexpectedly. Daisuke and Satoshi turned around and around repeatedly as one by one the sunflowers brightened in their yellow glory, "I want to say something that I thought I would never say… Krad…" Aino's face was close to Krad's as she whispered her words. "Krad…" She whispered harshly and her palms were resting on his non-beating chest, "I love you…" Her lips were getting closer to his. Suddenly all the sunflowers rose above them as the sun's rays broke into the dark sky in a moment of miracle. The sky was a bright blue as the golden fingers sliced through the dark clouds.

Daisuke and Satoshi couldn't believe their eyes, the sunflower garden around them grew in a matter of minutes, its' golden petals beautifully decorated with pearls of morning dews and there was a strange presence and power emitting from Aino. To the boys' surprise, there was a glow of calming light coming from Aino's palms and it seeped through Krad's lifeless body.

"So her powers are now released…" Kitsune said calmly and the people floating in the air stopped in curious surprise. "The Guardian of Healing had appeared finally…" Kitsune sat down and turned back into a very small fox, pleased and proud.

Aino stopped crying when she heard Krad's heart beating. "Krad!" She lifted her head and she saw Krad's arm rise and his hand reaching out to touch the side of her face. She looked at Krad's smiling face and her eyes shone with her shedding tears of joy. "Krad…" He wiped the tears on her cheeks.

"What are you crying for, you Golden Slacker?" He whispered lovingly. Aino grabbed his wrist and rubbed her face on his palm. He cupped onto Aino's cheek with his other hand and her eyes sparkled with a new light. Krad was alive! Krad was still alive! Aino screamed inside her mind and saw him lifting himself up. She was in love with him and he was alive! Satoshi sighed, in relief.

"Krad!" She jumped at him and embraced him tightly, sobbing, "Don't scare me like that! Don't leave me again, please!" Krad was a bit surprised and smiled, holding her back, promising and nodding to her.

Himeno was beside Dark, trying to give him assistance with his broken left arm, surprised to see the resurrected Krad. Guardian of Healing? Is that what Shirono Aino was? But she didn't sell her human soul like she did. What's the meaning of this? Is transforming into a Guardian 'that' easy?

"Ryouma-kun…" Dark had his eyes sharp and dead serious, staring at a now more human-looking creature. Ryouma looked at his hands and the rest of his body. His devil form will soon vanish once the sun rises but when the sun is gone, he can never control his body anymore.

"Dark-san, please kill me!" Ryouma pleaded with tears and Himeno and Dark's eyes grew wide with confusion. "Once the sun sets, the devil inside will reappear and kill you to replace 'Black Wings'!" He shook his head, crying, "Because you will be the 100th soul that he would have eaten for the past year!" His eyes set on the purple-headed winged man, "If you die, then I will give misery towards Himeno-san again." He closed his eyes with a smile. He looked at Dark again, "Everything will end if you kill me, Dark-san. Please!"

"What are you waiting for, Dark?" Kitsune screamed, "He's right! If you don't do it now, tonight will be a disastrous repetition!" Kitsune's loud command from below made Dark pull out shiny black feather, the power it contained overflowing. He hesitated and Ryouma closed his eyes reluctantly, still with tears streaming down his cheeks. There was a smile! He had suffered; trapped under the Kikyo Temple for far too long and he wished to be free of the devil that controlled him. Seeing her and being with her again for one whole year was happiness that he had never encountered. However he never blamed Himeno for what had happened. If she loved Dark more than anything, there was nothing he could do. All he wanted was that devil in him vanished and destroyed.

Dark was ready, even though he had not known Ryouma for long, he wanted to know more about him. The only way to destroy the being was to destroy Ryouma. Even if he didn't want to kill Ryouma, the only way to release and free the 99 souls that the devil had in him, was to eliminate Ryouma, the host. There was a 'no' and 'yes' question in his mind. He calmed down, thinking about the lost souls of the children, and also Ryouma. He lifted up the feather and began chanting.

Himeno's head was dizzy, she can read what was written in Ryouma's mind and she was shocked. Ryouma didn't blame her! She took a deep breath and screamed, "No! Stop!" Everyone was surprised, a second later, they saw her in front of Ryouma, blocking and protecting him. Dark stopped. There were heavy tears in Himeno's sad narrowed eyes. "I will not allow you to destroy Ryouma!" She was determined but who was she supposed to protect? Dark or Ryouma?

"What are you talking about?" Kitsune stood up on her hind legs violently and angrily, "If Dark doesn't, there will be another fight! Are you willing to lose Dark like you lost Rika and Toriko before?" The fox seemed to know everything that had happened in the past, what is it anyway? "You know it well that Dark can not handle him alone!"

"I know that!" Himeno shot back shaking her head, "I don't want to lose Dark either!" Dark was surprised; Himeno still cared for him, more than anything. "There must be another way! Other than destroying Ryouma-kun!" She was looking down and the tears didn't stop. Ryouma closed his eyes allowing Himeno's words top sink into him.

"An-another way?" Kitsune's eyes were wide. Himeno was still protecting Ryouma. Out of the blue, Ryouma held Himeno's neck from behind, tightly and warmly unwilling to let her go. "Himeno!" Kitsune began to worry, only God knows what Ryouma might do to Himeno.

"Himeno-san, I love you…" Himeno heard him whisper from behind and unexpectedly he pushed her away, "So let me rest in peace!" He screamed and didn't dare to look into her eyes, "Dark, now!" Himeno was falling slowly to the ground, unmoving. "Ryouma-kun, why? Look at me, Ryouma-kun… Look at me…" Her mind was away and the sword-like feather plunged through Ryouma's body. Her mind just registered what had happened and she screamed. "RYOUMA!" She wailing echoed in the park as she reached out her hand to him. Ryouma gave a smile towards his first love as he coughed out blood, 'Thank you, Himeno-san…" He looked up at Dark, "Dark-san…" He fell backwards and looked up at the skies feeling free and uncontrolled by the devil inside as he dropped towards the ground, "Good-bye world…" Suddenly his body became dust and the wind carried him away.

Meanwhile, Kitsune grew large and caught Himeno in the air. She was crying and watching Ryouma vanished into thin air. The breeze slowly calmed and everyone was silent. "RYOUMAA!" Himeno screamed on top of her lungs, she lost another one... Dark looked at her from a distance while Aino was crying on Krad's chest.

'Oi, you stupid robber!' Dark snapped, Ryouma was the only one who could call him that, 'Stop your childishness and confess your love to Himeno-san.' Dark transformed into chibi, pissed and embarrassed. He then heard Rika and Toriko's giggle.

'Ryouma-kun's right you know,' He saw Rika and the older version of Toriko in the sky, 'We will be rooting for you!' Dark smirked, they wouldn't stop watching them.

Himeno was sitting silently still. She was leaning her forehead on her knees. Dark watched her. Aino was trying to heal him, the word 'trying' repeated in her mind. In reality, she doesn't even 'know' how. She began to whine like an 8 year old. The word 'stupid' banner was pointed to her and she began scolding Krad. Satoshi and Daisuke had irritated slits, Aino had confessed and he was still lying himself.

Himeno stood up slowly and Dark called to her. "Himeno?" She didn't reply and continued to walk away. "Himeno!" He ran to her and grabbed onto her shoulder. The others watched. Aino was actually pulled Krad's flesh in her fists whom had crossed eyes from the pain. Himeno pushed his hand away from her, savagely and furiously. Dark was surprised and felt his heart being ripped apart.

"Leave me alone!" Himeno's eyes were sharp and evil, and she was actually biting the skin inside her mouth. She was enraged about what happened a moment ago. "You killed Ryouma when I did not ask you to!" Dark stepped back as she shoved him hard repeatedly.

"I-I was doin-," Dark tried to correct her and she screamed back.

"What you were trying to do was destroy him that's all!"

Dark's chest tightened and screamed back, "Then why don't you go and get killed, so you can be with him for all eternity!" Dark was as angry as she was and everyone snapped. Dark didn't know that Himeno was in grief mode and still he made her feel more pain, especially from someone she only loved since what happened to her.

Himeno looked at him, "Is that what you want?"

To be continued

Episode 10: Hearts!

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A/u: … no comments, they HAVE no fight though hehehe, starts with fight and of course end with fight too! … Don't understand?

B. Isuhaqu: That was daymn hard...