"Hikari-sama..." Icy blue eyes searched the dark room, a glint of unease flickering in them, finally landing on a figure sitting in a throne, legs resting over the legs of the throne.
"Nanda, Rei-kun?" Golden orbs stared back, a curious glint flickering back at him relentlessly.
"You have not explained why you changed your appearance, and why you did it." The figure, now known as Rei, asked.
"If someone were to see me before, they would have realized that something was wrong," She started, her voice low, "I still live in the same city I staged my death in, someone would have noticed that I was the girl that had been killed." She closed her eyes, "And as for whyI staged my death..." Her eyes opened, golden orbs emotionless, staring directly at Rei, "It was necessary to keep the balance between the two angels. As well as to keep my current family safe from harm, if he knew I was reborn into the same family as him, he would most likely be devastated, because his control over me would be broken. And it is."
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"Niwa-kun, is something wrong?" Risa Harada asked, walking up to the saddened Daisuke Niwa.
"No..." Daisuke lied, but his voice cracked.
"Niwa-kun, something is wrong, you can tell us." Risa's older twin sister, Riku Harada spoke, sitting next to him, watching him quietly.
"Today's the day my cousin Hikari died...she was murdered in Osaka," Daisuke shut his eyes tightly, fighting off tears, "She was such a good person, she didn't deserve to die! Not like that..."
"Was your cousin Hikari Niwa?" Satoshi Hiwatari asked, breaking the silence following Daisuke's confession.
"Yeah..." Daisuke replied.
"..." Satoshi winced, his pain unnoticed.
"Hn, so my Hikari is dead...?" Krad murmured within Satoshi's mind, his eyes narrowed, "Hmph. I hardly find that believable. She isn't that easy to kill. If anything, she's stronger than both Mousy and I combined, when necessary of course."
"Why are you telling me this?" Satoshi demanded within his mind, thoroughly annoyed with his alter-ego speaking.
"Would you prefer I didn't, Satoshi-sama?" Krad asked, amused at his tamer.
"Yes."Satoshi replied bluntly and harshly.
"Hmm, as you desire then, Satoshi-sama." Krad chuckled, making his tamer even more angry.
Satoshi refused to give a reply to Krad, remaining silent, his lips in a grim line. "I believe I know what happened. I had to...investigate the murder a bit...she was hit in the back of the head with an iron pipe, killing her on the spot." Satoshi said, still ignoring his chuckling alter-ego.
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"Do you ever plan on going to see them? It's been...two years, I believe?" Rei asked cautiously. "Don't you...miss them, Hikari-sama?"
Hikari paused, speechless for a moment. She glanced down to the floor; eyes shadowed her by onyx locks, silent. "Ready the car." She said softly, sadly.
"Pardon me?" Rei questioned; he had missed what she had said.
"Ready the car." She repeated, raising her head, gold eyes narrowed dangerously.
"As you wish, Hikari-sama." The male responded after a moment, bowing before leaving the room, shutting the door quietly behind him.
Hikari stared after him, even after the door closed softly. She sighed, closing her eyes, leaning back slightly, relaxing. "Am I doing the right thing by going back?" She asked herself, the only answer was the echo of her own voice. "I shouldn't even exist," She continued, her voice lower, "The only reason I truly existed was to serve the Niwa family...but now that I ama Niwa, the curse canceled itself and I serve no one. But I still feel like something is missing from my existence..." She sighed, letting her head fall back, staring up at the dark ceiling.
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A/N: This is the end of Chapter Two. Once more, I don't own DNAngel, nor did I ever claim to. Please, enjoy this short backstage scene for this chapter brought to you by Nikster Productions.
Flipping through the book, Hikari snorted. "I get a throne? And it's silver, and...medieval? What the hell...?" She turned towards the boy next to her, who was sulking.
"I have to be upset because Hikari-chan's been dead for two years now?" Daisuke mumbled, "I mean, I already knew she was still alive!"
"That's cause you read the entire script for the next chapter, stupid." Hikari replied, smirking. "If you hadn't, and only read chapter by chapter like the rest of us, you wouldn't be so worried." She turned to the blue-haired boy on her other side, "And you!" She pointed at him accusingly, "You made that up about my death, didn't you? That's not how it happened-"
"Read the first chapter again, stupid. The narrator said that you got hit in the head with an iron pipe and died instantly." Satoshi shrugged.
"Well, all I had to do was lie there, I didn't hear shit thank you very much." Hikari replied smugly, "It's not like they record everything in the same room. They have the action in one room, recording in another."
Satoshi shok his head at her, "She was talking in the same room as you. But you were listening to your iPod, weren't you?"
"And how the hell could I do that? They saw everything I did. And besides, they had the rain going, and the storm, I didn't want anything to happen to Jimmy." She shrugged back at him, crossing her arms.
"Who names their iPod?" Dark popped up, smirking as Hikari glared daggers at him.
"We do." Krad and Hikari 'hmph'ed at him, crossing their arms before grinning at eachother.