The false angel appears

It had started like every other day. Kurapika woke up and got ready for the new day, Satoshi struggled to wake up, and his mother was downstairs preparing breakfast. But Kurapika was suddenly hit with a feeling that something horrible was about to happen. He stood there at the top of the stairs dumbfounded. That is, until Satoshi popped out of nowhere and snapped him out of his stupor!

"Morning nii-san! Hey, is something wrong? You don't look so good…" said Satoshi worried.

"I'm fine. Guess I was starting to get lonely without the 'blue disaster' around to bug!" Kurapika laughed. He ruffled Satoshi's blue hair before they went to breakfast. The mother smiled as she placed the food on the table. Kurapika noticed that she was acting…well strangely. He ignores this and eats his breakfast in silence.

It wasn't until dinner that Kurapika knew that something was terribly wrong. Satoshi had been acting oddly since lunch and it was starting to worry him. Finally, he couldn't take it any longer so he confronts Satoshi's mother for some answers.

"Ms. Hikari, what is going on?!" asked Kurapika.

"So you noticed…very well. I'm afraid that he is coming out tonight…" she said finally.

"He? What do you…oh no! You can't be talking about the blond moron known as Krad!" said Kurapika in horror.

"YOU KNOW ABOUT KRAD?!" she says in surprise.

"And about Dark."

"How?! I thought Krad destroyed all the records of himself years ago!" said the mother in shock.

"I didn't learn about those two through records. I met them firsthand," replied Kurapika.

"This changes a lot…"

"So Krad might be coming out tonight. Do you know around what time he'll finally decide to grace us with his deadly presence?" said Kurapika with a sigh.

"Probably while Satoshi sleeps. Knowing that thing, he'll want Satoshi to believe that our deaths were a terrible dream until he awakens…"

"Sounds like something the Homicidal Blond would pull…" muttered Kurapika.

"So what do you plan to do? Will you stay with Satoshi until the end or will you leave?" she asked, her eyes close to tears.

"I'm staying. There's no way that I'm leaving the blue disaster alone with him." Kurapika said, his mind set.

After supper, Satoshi went to bed early…he had been feeling sleepy all day. The two looked at each other and knew that he would indeed appear that night.

Kurapika went with Satoshi and read him a story, so that the boy would at least sleep peacefully. When the boy's eyes closed and he fell deep asleep, five minutes later the feathers began to shower the room in a storm of white!

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"He's here…" murmured Kurapika quietly. And sure enough Krad, the false angel of the Hikari clan, emerged from within the storm of feathers.

"It feels good to once again breathe the air of freedom…" Krad smirks.

Kurapika scowls at the 'angel'. Krad finally notices the blond who shows his open anger toward him.

"Well, well. I didn't think that my arrival would include a welcoming committee…" commented Krad dryly.

"Do you even know his name?!" snarled Kurapika.

"What are you blathering about? Know whose name?"

"The name of the child whose life you are about to ruin."

"Why should I care what their name is?! I'd only use it when I want something," retorted Krad, annoyed.

And here I thought Hisoka was arrogant, obnoxious and selfish…

"I won't let you hurt Satoshi," snarled Kurapika.

"How are YOU going to stop me?" Krad snorted.

"Easy…SATOSHI WAKE UP!!!!!" he shouted.

Deep within the mind of the young Satoshi, the blue-haired child stirred; his eyes opened wearily and then fully opened when he realized something was going on! He was confused and scared, but when he saw the determined look on his 'older brother's' face, he calmed down and tried to figure out what he could do to stop this. His eyes got even wider as his mother burst into the room; he was upset due to the fact that she had an expression of pure fear and hatred on her face as she looked at him. He didn't know what to think, and his mind was getting weaker by the minute.

Kurapika realized that Satoshi was probably confused, but he had to help the boy save his sanity before Krad took complete control! He thought of several ways to do this, few of them didn't involve not hurting him. Then the answer came to him. Kurapika slowly let his eyes turn scarlet-red as he projected a mental image of himself to Satoshi.

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Satoshi, you have to listen to me!

Nii-san?! What's going on?!

Your clan's curse has finally awakened inside you! You have to barricade your mind from the false angel, Krad!

How do I do that?

You should visualize a barrier between your mind and his. The stronger the barrier, the weaker his control becomes.

What kind of barrier should I make?

Imagine the strongest thing that protects you and it should materialize before you. You have to hurry, Krad's about to attack!