As I think, everybody probably likes shonen-ai pairings and won't read this…that makes me sad…

Chapter 16: Battle of the Angels

Noon was set. The sun shone high in the sky as Dark stood on the battlefield: a large amount of soil with grasses at its edge. Krad stood smirking at him, his white robes not even touching the ground lest they got tainted. A blade was held at Kimi's neck, threatening her life with its edge.

"Krad, no tricks, okay?!" Dark told him. Krad simply just grinned broadly.

"I know, Kokuyoku. Now, let's begin this!" Krad got out two white feathers and threw them at Dark like bullets. The thief jumped back and set to the air with his raven wings, having the homicidal angel follow him. "Dammit, Kimi, wake up! You need to forget my past!" Dark yelled at her. Still, Kimi's comatose state slowed him down. He was struck in the left shoulder by a blade feather and was sent whirling to the ground. Dirt flew everywhere as he skidded onto the soil, his left shoulder open and bleeding. Krad laughed triumphantly.

"Hah! Is that the best the other half of Kokuyoku can do? Might as well kill her anyway!"

"Shut up, dammit!" Dark shot back up into the air and slammed Krad backwards. The "angel" whirled around, amused. He guessed that if he prolonged Dark's tedious fight against him then his other side would be released. Dark whipped out ten black feathers, five for each hand, and whirled them at Krad. Krad dodged a few, but managed to get hit by some of them, staining his white clothes with a tiny bit of blood in places. Krad smiled as he wiped a trail of blood from his mouth. He maneuvered around the air, dodging and taunting, sometimes getting hit by the ever enraged Dark. Finally, he landed elegantly on the ground in a spot and smiled. Dark came down to punch him, but Krad jumped back, kicking him instead. The thief landed on the ground and jumped back up to hit him but something prevented him from doing so.

Dark was standing in the middle of a magic barrier, locking him in! He kept trying to break through, but to no avail. Krad smiled wickedly.

"So you're trapped, Dark. I guess this means the girl dies. Unless you can somehow break this barrier I placed up." Dark frantically tried to find another way out, but looking at the blade edging nearer towards her neck he decided the choice he had to make. The only choice that was left.

Kimi's mind was vacant as her thoughts swirled in it. Everything was so mysterious. Her heart was lost in the ever-changing seas of thought and doubt. She didn't know who, or what, to love anymore. Seeing the Phantom Thief captured in a barrier trying to break free, it reminded her of his other side and such. Yet, seeing as he was trying to get out to save her, maybe it was the opposite? It was hard to make out the vague paths the information was trying to weave. Hearing the click of a gloved hand, the hand of Krad, Kimi's head was pulled upright by her dark brown hair, and the blade was held closer to her neck.

"Please…help us…," somebody whispered in her ear, and Kimi was shocked to find that it was the person about to slice her throat! "Save us…" The hand holding the blade trembled for a moment, as if the person inside the owner of the body was resisting something. A snap was heard and the blade was placed away from her throat. Then, a large sound, which sounded like an explosion, sent shockwaves everywhere, knocking everyone except Krad, off their feet and knees.

A cry of pain was heard, and out of the epicenter of the blast rose Dark, his black wings closed but ready to fly. Yet, as Kimi gazed upon Dark, something wasn't right. Was this the Dark she knew? No, something was different about him…Then, she spotted it.

Krad smiled victoriously as he stared at the new Dark emerging from the barrier he had created. This Dark now had cat-like eyes of crimson, the color as pure as blood. His expression was not that of the normal rage, it was now that of uncontrollable rage, that which may have scared the best of the best out there. On the right half of his face he had strange deep violet markings. Kimi watched in awe at the new Dark, wondering what had changed him.

"Girl!" Krad ordered, not taking his eyes of the enraged Dark. "Say hello to Dark's true form."

"Dark's…true form?" Kimi stuttered. Her mind was racing as she gazed on his true form.

Dark's eyes saw nothing but red , and it wasn't because his eye color changed to crimson. It was because he saw rage and blood.

"Now, Dark…Die!" Krad sent another one of his bomb feathers, but this one never made it to its mark. It was shot off into another direction by Dark's arm. Krad came in with an attack, though he knew that it might by bad. Meanwhile, Kimi cut herself free from the binds she was tied with and looked upon the battle.

Dark shot a blast of black pure energy and it hit Krad backwards. Dark's eyes saw him flying back, then he spotted something else that caught his attention. The form of Kimi. Racing towards her with enhanced speed he whipped out another feather aiming it for Kimi's head. Something flashed in his head though, something preventing him from striking the last few inches. It was the image of a girl who looked much like Kimi. She smiled.

"No, Dark, don't do that…," she told him, clasping onto his right hand, the hand holding the feather. As he reverted back to reality hands also grasped his right hand. Kimi stared at him with her green eyes, welled up with tears. A stream of tears trickled dopwn her face.

"Dark, stop, please…" Then Dark clutched his head and screamed in agony, pushing the girl backwards and into a nearby hill. She moaned as she felt the pain echo throughout her body. Something struck her hand though, like a rock, and when she turned her attention to it, it was indeed a rock, but something more powerful. A gem that looked oddly mystical. She quickly grabbed it, seeing as time was valuable.

"Is this…one of those gems?"

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