Chapter 3

"Dark!" the brunette screeched when she saw the older man.

"Ah." he froze. "Dammit." he scoffed, turning and smiling. "Hi there ladies...How have you been?"

"Oh Dark!" the brunette cheered again. Her hair was shoulder length and looked like a weird form of melted chocolate. "I've missed you sooo much...Why do you stay away so long?"

'To stay away from you?' he mused silently.

"I have to help my mother. She constantly wants my attention." he smiled unconvincingly. 'More so than even you.' he cringed inwardly.

"Dark! What's with that fake laugh, huh?" Riku asked angrily. "You're lying, aren't you?"

"No no. Why would I do that?" he waved his hands around in defense. The Harada twins scared him.

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Daisuke sighed in content, looking up at the sky and laying on soft green grass. The garden was his favorite place in the entire palace. It reminded him of a long time ago that would never be spoken of ever again...

"Daisuke..."

He blinked and turned to look at a girl with small pink wings.

"Towa?" he asked confusedly.

"Daisuke...Are you sure you want to do this?" she asked worriedly.

"What do you mean, Towa?" he asked.

"Listen to me Daisuke! You can't leave us!" she seemed to be begging him. "Dai!"

Daisuke shot up to a sitting position. He looked around and took a deep breath. A dream?

"I'm sorry Towa..." he said softly, looking at the sky.

He gasped, hearing a yell and his head snapped to the window above him in the wall of the castle floors up. Krad's room. Daisuke was up and running inside before it had finished echoing in his mind.

-

"Maybe now you'll understand just how stupid you are!" a blonde yelled angrily, hatefully. "I don't understand why mother even puts up with you! The only reason anyone listens to you is because you have wings."

A smaller, blue haired boy was on the ground, holding his right wing carefully. It was bent oddly. (He's jealous of his younger brother. So trivial you are Krad.)

"I'm going to meet with Dark. I want you gone before I get back."

With that, he went to his door and opened it. He was walking down the hall when a red head ran past him. He glared, watching as Daisuke ran into his room through the open door. Krad then continued down the hall.

Daisuke knelt down next to Satoshi and made a small noise of surprise at the bent wing. Satoshi looked up at him.

"Guess I'm really useless if I can't even stand up to...my own brother...huh?" he asked, pain lacing his words.

"The worst thing to do is to hurt an angel's wings..." Daisuke whispered, tears coming to his eyes.

"D-don't worry so much." Satoshi gave a weak smile. "It'll heal. I just can't fly...for awhile...heh."

Daisuke nodded numbly before helping Satoshi up off the floor and supporting him all the way back to his room. Daisuke rushed to the bathroom and got the first aid kit, bandaging Satoshi's wing up and making Satoshi lay down on his left side.

"How long...do you suppose?" Satoshi asked. Daisuke was always able to give pretty accurate guesses at how long it would take for something to heal.

"Two weeks..." Daisuke whispered and Satoshi cringed. "I wish I could do more to help..."

"No...It's fine...I'll see you later then, ok?" Satoshi glanced over his right shoulder at Daisuke before turning back to stare at the wall and the window again.

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"Dark."

"Krad."

"I'd like to discuss with you the Angels."

"You want to discuss us?" Dark asked in confusion.

"No. Real angels." Krad clarified. "Angel's that are not born on Earth, but in Heaven."

"What are you talking about? There are no-" Dark was cut off by a glare from Krad.

"I believe there are, Dark. Angel's who have multiple abilities and can hide their wings." Krad walked around the room, and Dark avoided his large white wings. "I think they may be hidden among us everyday, posing as humans."

"Well, it'd be very amazing if you could prove that." Dark said cooly.

"You know Dark...You're right." Krad looked like he had just had an epiphany. "I'll expose an angel."

As Krad began to laugh, Dark wondered what he had just started.

Out : I'm amazed at how short this story came out to be and how...anti-climactic it is. Well, it's anti-climactic to me at least.