Lost Stage: Soul Ignorance
By Jyoohan
Phase 002 – A Ghost of the Ancients
2241 Hours – March 28, 2011
Harada Residence – Too bad... tonight is not your night cause...
Where am I? It's so cold.' Riku tried to sit up but fell when she felt her stomach jump almost making her vomit. "Oh... my head." Riku massaged her head. She felt like the room was tipping every which direction.
"Why am I feeling like this?" Riku moaned in half-pain and half-despair.
"Because you have caught the Flu, young mistress." Riku turned slowly to her bedroom door and saw the butler there.
"I have the Flu? That can't be possible, I was feeling just fine at school." Riku barely sat up with the butler's help. Riku suddenly remembered. "Wasn't I at the park? How did I get here?"
"You can thank Niwa-sama for your safe return home." The butler motioned a maid to bring some soup.
"Niwa-kun? What happened?" Riku asked while the maid set a tray on Riku's lap.
"Well from what I've heard..." The butler thought carefully to remember.
1822 Hours – March 28, 2011
Windmill Fountain – Guess what, this is a flash back!
Daisuke watched in brief second as Riku was falling headfirst towards the staircase heading down to the beach.
Daisuke dived towards her.
In a flash, Daisuke caught Riku and twisted his body so that one of his arms caught Riku securely while the other kept both of them from tumbling down the long flight of steps. Daisuke barely caught her without a scratch on either of them. Once again, he thanked his agility that was trained over the years.
Daisuke sighed in relief. "Harada-san? Harada-san?"
Daisuke sat up, and trying to get Riku back on her feet. "Are you alright?"
Riku could barely stand up and holding Daisuke as leverage. "I-I'm okay... I just..." Riku almost fell again, but Daisuke caught her.
Daisuke sat her down again and touched her forehead with the back of his hand. "You're burning, I better get you home." Daisuke grabbed his sketches and began walking up the steps.
"Home...?" Riku moaned feeling dizzier by the second.
Daisuke got his portfolio but noticed Riku's bike.
'I'll just leave both stuff here and return the bike later.' Daisuke thought to himself.
"Let's get you home Harada-san." Daisuke got her on his back and began jogging to the Harada Residence, but as he jogged he made a mental note... try to be more careful.
1831 Hours – March 28, 2011
Harada Residence – Still Flashback... so buckle-up for a while longer.
"Excuse me, Harada-san? Anyone? Is someone there?" Daisuke was trying to get someone through the intercom. "Please! Someone open the door!"
"This is the Harada Residence, may I ask your business?" A calm voice said with slight annoyance.
"Please open the gate, I have Harada-san with me. She's not feeling well." The moment the last word escaped his mouth. The gates opened and Daisuke made a dash for the door. The doors opened and Daisuke rushed in.
"Follow me to her room, sir." The butler led Daisuke to Riku's room... that took them a minute or two and on the way; Daisuke told him what had happened at the Windmill Fountain.
"Mhm... where am I?" Riku seemed to have fallen asleep on the way.
"You are home young mistress." The butler answered before Daisuke could.
"I'm home? ... Why?" Riku wondered why she felt like she was being carried... and also felt incredibly comfortable that made her feel like falling asleep again right there.
"Please, set her on the bed. The maids will attend to her." The butler opened the door to Riku's room.
Riku could only feel what was happening, someone now cradling her and setting her down gently onto a soft bed. She suddenly felt the warmth moving away and involuntarily grabbed whatever warmth she could, and the warmth was Daisuke's arm.
"Cold..." Riku whimpered as she tried to hold onto Daisuke's arm.
Daisuke's half smiled, seeing her like this was something totally new to him. "You'll be fine Harada-san, get well soon." Daisuke gently loosened her grip. "I'm sorry, but I have to return home soon." Daisuke bowed to the butler.
"Yes, I'll lead you to the door." The butler led Daisuke out of the room, and two maids entered Riku's room to help her get settled in.
"Riku! Riku, are you alright?" Risa rushed in through the door and saw Daisuke. "Niwa-kun? What are you doing here?"
"Oh, this young man brought your sister home young mistress." The butler answered promptly.
"Thank you Niwa-kun!" Risa hugged him out of impulse.
Daisuke felt like his transformation bar was about to break through the roof. 'Must control, if I transform here... I don't even want to think what'll happen.' Daisuke slowly pried off Risa's grip. "Sorry, but I have to go home now."
"Oh, right. And don't forget, we're going to see Dark!" Risa said goodbye.
Daisuke only nodded.
Before, Daisuke didn't have the chance to see the Harada sister's house, but now seeing it. "Wow, Harada-san has a wonderful home." Daisuke turned left and right seeing the many pieces of decorations around the fine furnished home.
"Yes, the Master and Mistress have a taste in Old English and a bit of Renaissance art and furniture." The butler waved to some furniture, vases, and paintings.
Daisuke wondered what else was in this large abode but, "Here we are Niwa-sama, I thank you again for bringing the young mistress safely home tonight." The butler bowed humbly in deep gratitude.
"It was nothing, I'll be leaving then." Daisuke waved as he now ran back home seeing it was almost time to do his night job.
'Aaaah... hmm. Hey, Daisuke. Did I miss anything?' Dark's voice suddenly rang in his head.
"Dark? What have you been doing this entire time?" Daisuke completely forgot about him.
'Well since you were so busy working with your lady friend, I decided to take a recharging nap.' Daisuke could feel that Dark was reclining comfortably in the back of his mind. 'So I miss anything?' Dark asked again.
'No, you didn't miss anything at all.' Daisuke answered a little too hastily.
'Oh... you're hiding something. Hurry up and tell me.' Dark grinned evilly.
'I'm serious, nothing happened. I finished my drawing and Harada-san went home.' Daisuke finally reached the Windmill Fountain to retrieve his stuff.
'Really? Then why is that red-head's bike there with your stuff?' Dark evil grin turned sadistic now catching Daisuke in a corner.
Daisuke began to sweat in nervousness.
'Oh well, if you won't tell me... I guess I'll just have to dig around in your memory.' Dark was disappearing to the back of Daisuke's mind.
"Wait! I didn't know you could do that! Dark! Don't!" Daisuke sighed in defeat.
'You better hurry up... and return that bike, too.' Daisuke could feel Dark working in his head. Dark already was getting few flashes of what happened. 'Don't worry, you'll learn how to do this too after some more experience.'
Daisuke picked up his belongings and decided to stop by his home to get ready and then return the bike.
2257 Hours – March 28, 2011
Harada Residence – So nothing else happened? Are you sure?
"So I fainted and Niwa-kun brought me home?" Riku set the spoon down in the empty bowl.
"Yes, Niwa-sama also returned recently." The butler added.
"What?! Niwa-kun came back?" Riku shouted.
"Yes." The butler wondered why she suddenly shouted. "He came to drop off your bike young mistress, and escort your sister to the Lagoon University's Museum."
Riku nodded and handing the butler the tray that once had a hot bowl of soup. 'Lagoon... Museum? That... man's going to rob the place.' Riku didn't want to say the name of a particular person.
"Oh, and Niwa-sama wished you to get well again on his second visit." The butler left curtly to the kitchen.
Riku just sat still... frozen still. 'Why am I acting like this?' Riku shook her head trying to break her little self-induced trance.
She sighed and reached for the remote.
Click. "-And police forces are waiting currently with full security around the perimeter of the Lagoon University Museum, but the Commander of the Police forces has asked that the inside of the building to be abandoned for undisclosed reasons." The reporter reported the up to the minute information.
Riku sighed watching the situation of another "Dark" meeting.
"Ah! Niwa-kun?" Riku could see Risa and Daisuke captured in the camera angle.
"As you can see, it is seconds before the Phantom thief arrives, will he descend from the skies?" The reporter tried to make the situation dramatic.
Ding... Ding... Ding...Ding... Ding... Ding...
Riku could hear the grandfather clock announcing that it is eleven o'clock.
"No... it can't be." Riku could see Daisuke slowly sneaking away from Risa and out of the camera's angle.
Ding... Ding... Ding... Ding... Ding...
2300 Hours – March 28, 2011
Lagoon University Museum – Night of Midnight Shopping... I know, bad pun.
Sirens blared and police officers shouted to each other. "Get that spot light on him! Are the net launchers in place?" Saehara's father, Second-in-command Inspector, barked orders.
"If we don't catch him this time, our honor is gone! Your hear me? GONE!" The Inspector grabbed his own net launcher to have a piece of Phantom Thief Dark himself.
"Inspector! He's coming from the north end!" Everyone turned and Dark was in the air with Wizu as his black wings.
"They're really trying hard today aren't they?" Dark chuckled seeing all of the police force now massing towards the north end. Dark was clad in a dark pants and a leather jacket finished with black gloves.
'Should we swing around and head in through the south gate?' Daisuke suggested.
"But they prepared so hard to welcome me, best not to disappoint them." Dark smiled with confidence and a predictable smile.
'Be careful Dark.' Daisuke felt Dark getting ready.
"You just try to learn how to use Wizu to his potential." Dark dived towards the police barricade.
"Dark is coming! Phantom Thief Dark is diving towards the police's security!" The reporter shouted in surprise.
"Fire! Fire!" The Inspector ordered his men.
Volleys of nets were launched towards the phantom thief, but he would simply glide one side to the other dodging their pointless fire.
"Inspector! Is this all you got?" Dark shouted with a challenging voice.
"I'll get you tonight Phantom Thief Dark!" The Inspector fired his weapon.
"You're too easy!" Dark grabbed one of the metal balls laced onto the net and dragged the large net back towards the Inspector.
"No! Impossible!" The net Dark caught was dropped on the Inspector and also catching a few police officers with him.
"Better luck next time!" Dark charged through the wooden doors.
"Inspector! What do we do now?" The officers were clearing the field of their nets and getting ready for a second attack.
"We wait..." The Inspector stared into the darkness of the Museum. 'What could the Commander be doing in there?'
'Dark... there's something wrong. I don't see any security or anything.' Daisuke felt uneasy.
"You're right, I bet the Commander is waiting for us." Dark grimaced.
'Hiwatari-kun? If he's here... then.' Daisuke remembered the Man in White.
"Look, there it is." Dark could see the Ogre's Gauntlet in a display case.
'Let's just take the thing and get back home.' Daisuke said eagerly.
Dark walked past various pieces of old art from Ancient to the Modern ages. The moon that was the only source of light illuminating the museum's interior objects that were casting shadows. Dark walked up to the case and began debugging the lock code.
"Now we'll just get you opened up and be on our way." Dark said to himself.
"Oh Dark... why don't you stay a while longer?" A voice echoed from the terrace doors. "Because it has been too long!"
Dark ducked when a trail of white feathers darted across the room.
"Hey! Don't you have any respect for art?" Dark taunted the white devil.
"As you may see I don't, Dark Mousy. I'm more focused on YOU!!" Krad sent another volley of his hexed feathers across the room.
"You use that trick to many times!" Dark easily lifted a shield and blocking Krad's attack.
"If you think that's my best, why don't I give you all I got!?" Krad focused his energy into his hands then launching towards Dark.
"You're too predictable Krad!" Dark sidestepped quickly, but saw where the blast was heading. "No! The Ogre's Gauntlet!" The blast shattered the casing and blew the artifact halfway across the room.
"Are you an idiot? Do you have any idea what you have done?" Dark shouted very loudly.
"What? I just almost destroyed another fragile piece of art, what of it?" Krad said so ignorantly. "Now why don't we continue?" He charged another energy ball.
"You fool!" As Dark was saying this, a loud deep groan raged in the dark den.
"What the hell was that?" Krad said stupidly.
"It's a being that has hunted demons since the dawn of time, and you just woke its spirit." Through the smoke, you can see the gauntlet's center gem glowing a baleful purple-blue.
"So? It is of no trouble to u-." Krad now felt something threatening beginning to rise. The Ogre's Gauntlet rose from the ground and now two gleaming red slits were opening where a head would be. "You must be joking." Krad stepped back now seeing a blade like weapon protruding out of the gauntlet what looks to be made of pure energy radiating a purple shade that strike a sense of void.
'Dark? Is that the spirit of the Ogre?' Daisuke finally spoke after the shock of this new... thing.
"The spirit of the Ogre was latent in that gauntlet, and you had to wake it up!" Dark shouted at Krad, but his voice caught the spirit's attention.
'Dark! Watch out!' Daisuke shouted just in time.
"Ugh... this guy is strong even after sleeping for a few centuries." Dark's shield is barely holding the sword from being pierced into him. "Impossible." Dark watched as another Gauntlet appeared and looked wispy but the energy of the sword was real as it can be.
"Argh!" Vases, Urns, and other fragile pieces of art shattered on the cold tiled floor with Dark flying through stone blocks and glass cases.
"No wonder those things don't exist anymore." Dark could barely sit up, but oddly he wasn't bleeding or none of his clothes were torn from the attack. "I hope Kosuke isn't hurting more than I am."
Back at the Niwa residence...
"Kosuke!" Emiko, Daisuke's mother, shouted in surprise and fear.
"Hey! What's wrong?" Daisuke's grandfather, Daiki, dragged Kosuke onto the couch.
"They must be fighting... there." Kosuke, Daisuke's father, barely gasped the words out.
"Currently, flashes of light and small explosion could be heard inside the Museum. It might be quite possible that the Commander is battling Dark." The reporter ducked hearing another explosion.
"Dark! Daisuke!" Emiko hands covered her mouth as if trying to stop a scream.
"I brought the First Aid Kit!" Towa entered the living room.
"C'mon Kosuke, lets get that shirt off." Daiju slowly peeled the clothing off and what he saw made him have cold sweat.
A bruise 3 inches wide was across Kosuke's chest.
Before Dark could even get back on his feet, the Ogre's spirit charged towards him and grabbed him by the throat, suspending him in the air. "Damn... spirit... Agh!" Dark choked in the merciless grasp.
Krad watched as this new monstrosity took down the phantom thief in one roll. The phantom thief may not be suited for combat, but a phantom thief always found a way to escape any enemy's attack or strategy. But this... this ominous being is too powerful, a match for an angel of God.
"Mck! Ack! Auugh!" The Ogre's spirit was about the skewer Dark, but it stopped. It's grip slowly loosening. Dark gasped for breath while uselessly trying pry out of the monster's grip.
"Let go of me!" Dark charged an attack and blasted the spirit square between the eyes.
Krad watched with fear in his eyes.
The smoke slowly broke and Dark eyes widened in disbelief seeing that his attack did nothing except maybe making the spirit more annoyed or even angrier.
Sniff... Sniff...
"What?" Dark heard sniffing noises.
'Dark? What is it doing?' Daisuke was afraid not knowing what this thing might do to both of them.
Where a nose might be, the spirit sniffed as if smelling Dark... for what only the Ogre's spirit knows. The spirit let out a low grumble. It's wispy hands opened letting Dark drop to the ground.
'Is it letting us go?' Daisuke watched through Dark's eyes watching the spirit's fiery eyes calming down.
Sniff... Sniff...
It began to smell the air again... slowly turning to a figure in white.
Krad stepped back involuntarily and the moment he did, the Ogre's eyes locked onto Krad, and its eyes had burst with blazes again.
"Stay back!" Krad launched a barrage of white feathers at the Ogre.
The spirit dashed through Krad's attack as if leaves were only blown in the wind. The Ogre's spirit roared in a frenzied state. Krad amassed another ball of energy but for once being smart...
"Get away beast!" Krad formed a shield with the energy he gathered that fully blocked both the spirit's attack.
'Dark! Now!' Daisuke could see the opening.
"Right... I see it." Dark pulled one of his enchanted feathers out and began a sealing chant. "This is it." Dark ran at the beast only weakness, the centerpiece of the gauntlet. "Go back to sleep!" Dark smashed the black feather into the glowing jewel.
"Get rid of this monster!" Krad shouted trying ward off the Ogre's relentless assault before Dark interfered.
"No!" Dark shouted before the Ogre threw Dark across the chamber and his left arm smashed another display case, but an unusual pair of rings fell to the floor. "I'm actually too weak to stay around. That guy is a piece of work to force me to tag you in, Daisuke... good luck." Dark closed his eyes and his body slowly changed and now Daisuke returning.
"Ugh! ...Dark, how could you even move feeling this much pain?" Daisuke groaned as he struggled just by turning over.
'Forget about the pain for the moment!' Dark shouted in Daisuke's mind. 'Daisuke, listen very carefully. You see the sealing feather still imbedded on the jewel right?' Daisuke picked himself up to his knees and could now see the Ogre holding Krad in the air.
"Yeah." Daisuke didn't feel something slipping onto his left ring finger. "So what do I do?" The shiny object slid itself perfectly and began glowing red.
'Smash it into the gauntlet, whatever way you have to.' Dark's presence was now drifting away to rest in Daisuke's mind. The small object began to dim and now set in place.
"Aah!" Daisuke charged at the spirit. "Go back to where you came from!" Daisuke jumped and kicked the sealing feather into the Ogre's Gauntlet. Daisuke quickly jumped away as the Ogre threw Krad to a nearby wall and began flailing madly.
"It worked." The wispy body now disappearing and the gauntlet slowly levitated to the floor. "Wizu!" Black wings materialized on Daisuke's back. "I'm taking the Ogre's Gauntlet." Daisuke grabbed the gauntlet; he put the gauntlet in a black bag tied around his body and flew to the nearest window.
"It was been quiet for a long time now... almost 30 minutes have passed and Dark still hasn't come out of the building." The reporter and all the occupants of the area were waiting in great anticipation and frustration, especially a familiar longhaired girl.
"Dark... please be fine." Risa prayed and sadly didn't even notice Daisuke was nowhere in sight.
Crash!
"It's Dark! He smashed through a window!" The cameraman tried to focus on the figure now trying to take to the skies.
"Catch him! Fire! Fire!" The police forces were getting flinchy from all the waiting, but now having the opportunity to blow it all out came. "Can't you fire right?! Bring him down now!!" The Inspector grabbed net launchers off of three officers to fire himself.
"This is amazing, Dark has the prized artifact in his possessions... wait... what's this?" The camera couldn't capture the face, but definitely capture the figure's hair color. "It is defiantly Dark by the black wings, but Dark has red hair?" The reporter was dumbfounded at this new discovery.
'Daisuke!' Dark barely spoke.
'I'm almost out!' Daisuke barrel rolled out of another net that almost caught him.
'No, it's the camera crew at the bottom.' Dark formed a black feather in Daisuke's left hand. 'Hit the camera and get out of here.'
"How do I use it?" Daisuke panicked with the object.
"Guide it with your mind and heart." Dark spoke like a teacher, amazing...
Daisuke didn't wait another second.
"Hey, he's coming this way!" The Camera guy shouted as Daisuke swooped towards them. "Well don't just stand there stupid! Get a good shot of him!" but before the man could even lift his camera a black feather was imbedded onto the side of the camera. "Oh no..." The feather flashed blindingly.
At a Live Feed TV Studio. "What happened?" All of their screens blanked out.
Sizzle, Crack-Crackle, Crash
"Crap! Get a fire extinguisher in here!" Someone shouted in the recording room. Few people rushed in. "What the hell happened?" The boss of the company walked in.
"I don't know! We were getting all the live feeds in and suddenly everything went haywire! All the tapes are fried!" The worker pointed to all the recording instruments that were in small flames and billowing smoke in the room.
The boss sighed in remorse for loosing one of the most spectacular events that could have been recorded in this town.
Ambulances blared as paramedics ushered an injured Hiwatari into the medical vehicle. "Sir, what happened? Dark attacked you didn't he?" The Inspector made hasty conclusion.
"No, some of the traps I set back fired. I guess I should have been more careful." Hiwatari grinned stupidly at the lie, but the Inspector thought he was grinning at his own folly.
"Don't worry Commander, I'll make sure everybody stays vigilant and catch that Phantom Thief Dark." Hiwatari nodded as the medics closed the rear double doors. The Inspector closed his fist tightly now seeing the Head Commander of the Police out of commission.
'But I can't believe that arrogant brat would get beaten so easily.' Inspector Saehara thought scrupulously. 'Something is fishy here or I'm a monkey's father.'
Little bit away from the scene. "Achoo!" Saehara, the news-reporter-slash-Daisuke's-friend, fell out of a tree. "Crap! I couldn't get a good shot!!! So much for tonight's 'Big Scoop'." The boy went over his digital camera. "Blur-blur-and some more-blurs! He was moving too fast today! But that is odd, he has red hair."
But sadly he never made the suspicious and sensible connection. Beep-beep. "Aaaah! Deleted?!?! Nooooo!"
Oblivious to all sight, a small shining object slithered across the concrete sidewalk. Moving farther and farther away from the crime scene to an unknown destination.
2338 Hours – March 28, 2011
Harada Residence – The chances are impossible... isn't it?
Riku stood at her balcony trying to ease her thoughts, but he kept coming back to her. "He just needed to go use the restroom, or maybe he was looking for a better view. No, he can't be him. It's impossible... isn't? Why am I even thinking about him?" Riku suddenly remembered the... kiss. She blushed deeply touching her lips wondering still if that actually happened or if it was all a dream or his lips actually...
Riku face was red as a rose. "But why did Niwa-kun's face." Riku bit her lip as her nervousness grew by the minute. She suddenly remembered something; 'I could see his house from here.' She looked far off into the landscape and looked for a house among the Cliffside neighborhood.
"There." She could see the quaint little home with its light having a welcoming ray. Riku tried to tear her gaze away, but something unimaginable caught her eyes.
Daisuke could see his home... it's just right there calling for him. "I can make it." Daisuke could barely see with his vision now getting blurry. 'Come on Daisuke... we didn't... make it this... far... to drop into the ocean.' Dark spoke with great difficulty.
Both of them had not foreseen a battle with a demon hunting spirit or let alone a member of the demon hunting clan of Ogres. The skirmish drained Dark thoroughly of his energies, if only Krad hadn't woken up the ghost, but the past is the past. The amount of energy used for the sealing was painstaking.
"Dark... I... ... I... ... ..." Daisuke reached his hand out as if to catch a his home in the palm of his hand, but felt his strength failing. 'Huh?' Daisuke saw a ring on his left ring finger. 'When did... When did I get this?' The little thing was pleasing to look at...
While Daisuke was looking at his new discovery, Riku gasped seeing Daisuke falling from the sky. 'It can't be... I must be dreaming.' Riku stood dumbfounded.
"Niwa-kun..." She whispered. Daisuke was plummeting faster.
"Niwa-kun!!" Riku shouted, even though half of her is saying this is only a dream, she couldn't help herself. "Niwa-kun!!!" Daisuke continued to fall and probably sleep in the cold waters.
Daisuke could barely see the glimmering ring on his finger. He couldn't hear Riku's repeated cries, but the ring began to glow a warm red as if reacting towards her voice. Daisuke's eyes were closing, about to lose conscious.
"Daisuke!!!"
To Be Continued...
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Author's useless cries for help:
Finally... done with this installment. Phew! I hope you people enjoy this one, cause I had to sit down and think for a while to get all this in order. Hope the action scene I threw in didn't go down the drain in ratings, I hope... again. Anywho, I would like to thank my first three reviewers who had such praises for me and brought such warm nice good feeling in my heart... well... it felt nice to be complimented... anyways!
Sage of Angst: I thank you for agreeing with me, or concurring. I like to stick with the anime's original pairing and the two starting to get closer was becoming cuter I suppose. I better make sure I don't trash the whole thing by putting senseless events... ugh. So every event I put in this story has a purpose to push the story forward.
Cosmik: I welcome the suggestions, but I didn't want to cut the story too short so yeah. Glad you liked my little cute flash back events in Phase 001. Oh, and about the relationship issue. I have nothing against the author about making boy/boy or girl/girl stories but... let's stick with nature and be like magnets... polar opposites, eh? So boy/girl... or girl/boy is the way to go.
Miyou-chan: I bow humbly at your gratifying and eager request to continue my little hobby to write stories. Oh yeah... on your last review... did you call me son? Or meant to say "soon"? With that said, your request for Phase 002 is completed! Now I have to take a while to think up Phase 003...
That's my little letters to their respective... named... persons U
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