The hunt begins

The night was clear, and full of bright stars. They lit up the beautiful evening. A smile grew on the Phantom thief's face as his adoring fans, and the police, both came into view. Several cop cars were lined up outside of the museum, as if he was going in through the front. What do they take me for? An idiot? Dark thought. Of course he wouldn't go through the front, he knew much better than that.

But a certain little horned girl didn't know that. Nyuu made it over to the museum and the crowd after Dark's arrival. For some reason, all of the girls surrounding her began to squeal as they gazed up into the night sky. "Nyuu?" She looked up curiously, and saw Dark herself. A smile appeared on her face. "Nyuu!" She waved to him, but he couldn't see her.

Dark flew to the back of the building after making his grand appearance. He landed on a window's edge. The window was locked up tight, but that wouldn't stop the Phantom thief, it would ruin his reputation if it did. He pulled out a black feather from his pocket. Using it as a knife, he cut a hole in the glass, only big enough for his hand to fit through. He smirked as he slipped his hand though. This is too easy. He thought as he unlocked the window.

Nyuu began to worry, Dark was out of sight now. What if something bad happened? What if he got hurt? "Nyuu!" She ran towards the back of the museum in hopes of finding him. But all the horned girl found was more cops. "Nyuu…" She looked around, there had to be an entrance somewhere. After a few moments of wandering, a door with a sign saying "EMERGANCY EXIT ONLY" came into view. She smiled and flung the door open. He had to be in here, where else could he be?

Dark slipped into the museum undetected. They seriously have to try harder; it's boring this way. He sighed; the cops didn't meet his standards. The museum had an eerie, dark atmosphere. The security cameras were still on. At least they did that right. Dark smirked He slipped a pair of scissors out of his pocket, just for this occasion.

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Elsewhere

The special assault unit began their search for Lucy only a few minutes ago, but Banto was already getting bored with the whole mission. He wanted this to be the chance to fight someone who would last longer than three minutes in a fight against him. But so far, the Queen was nowhere to be found. He sighed out of frustration.

Just then, a fellow solider walked up to Banto. "We have sightings of Lucy." He said.

"Where is she damn it!" Banto snapped at the solider.

"She was seen with three middle school students today a few hours ago."

Banto rolled his eyes. "So, she must have killed those kids by now. Which way did they go?"

"They said that they didn't know where they were taking her. But she's also been spotted about fifteen minutes ago."

This caught his interest immediately. "Where!?" He demanded.

"She was heading towards the museum."

A smirk grew on Banto's face. "Now where getting somewhere."

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Back at the Museum

Nyuu looked around in the museum with big eyes. So many interesting things surrounded her! "Nyuu!" She shouted, her voice echoed in the large room. She smiled at the sound of her echo. She walked slowly, so she could get a good look at everything surrounding her.

Dark made his way to the east wing of the museum; his goal was almost achieved. Down only a few feet from him, sat the heart of Juliet in a display case. He smiled as he approached it. The necklace was on a gold chain, with a large ruby in the shape of a heart on the golden chain. Diamonds lined the heart it's self. Dark stood in front of the case now. The heart was within his reach. He took out his feather, and cut the case in a similar manner with the window. Slowly, he removed the glass circle. It was his for the taking; he reached his hand in ready to-

"NYUU!" A voice shouted from across the room.

Dark jumped with surprise. He whirled around to see Nyuu standing at the opposite end of the room. His eyes widened to see the horned girl; she stared at him with a big smile on her face.

"Nyuu!" She cheered again, as she ran up to him.

"Why is Nyuu here?" Daisuke asked within Dark's head.

"I think she might have followed me…" Dark answered. "This is bad, she could get into a lot of trouble if she's caught here…"

"You have to take her home right now, before someone else catches her here."

"I know." Dark quickly snatched up the necklace as Nyuu reached him. "Why are you here?" He asked her.

"Nyuu!" She said, with a worried look on her face.

"I think she was worried about you, and that's why she followed us." Daisuke said.

"What is this girl, five?" Dark shouted mentally with frustration. "Worried or not, she shouldn't be breaking into a museum! She just lucky that we found her."

"Nyuu." She smiled at Dark; happy to see he was okay.

Dark grabbed Nyuu's hand. "Time for you to go home." He began to walk away with Nyuu, but another voice stopped him.

"Leaving already?"

Dark turned to see the blue haired boy standing in the shadows, now reveling himself. His deep blue eyes where hidden behind his glasses.

"Hiwatari!" Daisuke shouted.

"Satoshi." Dark grunted. This is just perfect!

Nyuu looked over to Satoshi, and smiled. "Nyuu!" She wanted to become friends with this boy as well.

Satoshi looked over to the horned girl with confusion. Usually, the only girl with Dark was Risa, but she was nowhere to be found. "Who is she?" He asked out of curiosity.

"Nobody, she's not evolved with this at all!" Dark shouted.

"I'm not so sure about that, she had to break in to get here. She can be persecuted for that."

"Just leave her alone." Dark growled. "Does she look like a thief to you?"

Satoshi looked over to the girl, she was looking over to him with big, sparkly eyes. "No, she doesn't look like a thief at all. Now then," He began to walk towards the two of them. "I'll be taking the-" He fell to his knees, gripping his chest. "No…I can handle this…"

"Nyuu!" She broke free from Dark's hand to run to Satoshi's side. The horned girl sat in front of him; her eyes were full of worry. "Nyuu Nyuu Nyuu!"

"No…I can handle this Krad!" Satoshi shouted to the heavens.

"Nyuu, get away from there! He's not safe!" Dark shouted, be she didn't understand him.

Satoshi's hair turned to a lovely shade of gold; his eyes turned the same color as his glasses fell off. The boy's hair grew longer as big white wings bursted from his back. He stood up now, fully dressed in white, and as tall as Dark.

Krad looked down at Nyuu with a smirk. She looked up at him, even more worried than before. "Aw, you were really worried, weren't you?" He said in a menacing voice.

"DON'T HURT HER KRAD!" Dark shouted, running towards the two.

"Nyuu?" She asked with a worried voice.

"Is that all you can say? I might as well get rid of you." Krad smiled darkly as he pulled a pure white feather out.

"DON'T!" Just before Krad could hurt Nyuu, Dark tackled the homicidal blonde. "NYUU RUN!" He shouted to her.

She scrambled to her feet, now afraid. Nyuu began to back away from the two angels.

"RUN FOR IT!" Dark shouted again.

Nyuu turned away from the two and began to run. Behind her, she could her the clashing of fighting as both angels attacked each other. Half of her wanted to turn around to make sure they were both okay. Even though the blonde one wanted to hurt her, she was worried for his safety. But the other half was afraid of turning back. She didn't want to get caught up in such a battle. So her legs pushed on away from the two angels. She ran past all of the interesting things she saw when she first entered the museum. She wanted to stop to look at them again, but kept going. The horned girl bursted through the same fire doors as before, and kept going.

She finally stopped to catch her breath, her legs felt like rubber from running for so long. But Nyuu was safe now; she had escaped the homicidal blonde. Now she didn't have to worry about getting hurt.

"You must be Lucy." A smug voice said from her left.

Nyuu turned her head to see a man with tan skin, and burnet hair, holding a gun that was aimed at her head. Behind him stood another man with his gun aimed at her as well.

"You we're a pain in the ass to find, you'd better not disappoint me." The man said with a smirk.

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Within the museum

"Why bother protecting that girl? She doesn't seem very bright." Krad smirked as he kicked Dark in the stomach.

Dark fell back from the kick's impact. He gritted is teeth. "Because she innocent, and doesn't deserve to be killed by you!" The black wings appeared on his back, and Dark became air born.

"You're not getting away that easily!" Krad's white wings carried him up after Dark. "I will capture you Dark Mousy!" The hunter shouted to the thief. He pulled out one of his white feathers, and threw it at Dark.

Dark narrowly dogged the attack; the feather stuck the ceiling of the museum. "You can't use magic in here, you'll kill us both!" He shouted to Krad.

An insane grin grew in the homicidal blonde's face. "As long as you die with me, that doesn't bother me one bit!" Krad flew fast and faster after Dark.

Dark knew if they fought in here, the ceiling would collapse on the two of them. He flew through out the museum, looking for a big enough exit. I don't have time to find an exit! He decided. The thief flew straight through the same window that he broke into; little glass shards cut his skin. "Sorry for this Daisuke." He said to his partner as he crashed though the window.

"Don't worry, it's just a little glass." Daisuke said, hoping that Dark wouldn't have worry about him.

Krad was close behind Dark; he threw another one of his feathers as he flew through the window. The insane smile was still present. "This day will be your last Dark Mousy!" He shouted.

Dark flew out of the feathers way in time, barely.

As Dark was dogging, Krad was speeding towards him. Krad tackled Dark in the air. "I've got you now!" He smirked.

"You'll have to try harder than that!" Dark shouted back right before head butting Krad. The homicidal blonde released his grasp on the Phantom thief. Dark put some distance between himself and Krad.

Krad growled with anger. "You'll pay for-"

"Stop it Krad!" Satoshi screamed within Krad's head.

"No, master Satoshi, I almost have him!" Krad shouted out loud.

"Enough is enough!" Satoshi shouted back.

Krad cringed as he began to change back into his tamer. The wings disappeared as the blue haired boy reappeared. Without his wings, Satoshi began to fall to the ground.

"Dark! Please save Hiwatari!" Daisuke pleaded.

"Well, he's not Krad anymore." Dark dived for Satoshi.

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Meanwhile

"Nyuu!" The girl cried as the men dragged her away from any potential witnesses.

"I don't know, are you sure this is the right girl? I think she might be a foreigner or something." The man said to Banto.

"Are freak'n kidding? Nobody has horns like that!" Banto snapped at the man. Once they were at a place far enough from the crowd, Banto threw her to the ground. "Alright, now nobody can hear the gunshots." He smirked. "So where's those weapons that everyone's so scared about?" He demanded of Nyuu.

"Nyuu?" She looked up at him with confusion, and fear. Nyuu began to stand up, and back away from him. "Nyuu…"

Banto gritted his teeth. "Quit playing innocent!" He yelled.

"Nyuu!" She cried.

"This is disappointing! Your not nearly as strong as they made you out to be!" He shouted, and pistol-whipped Nyuu in the head. She fell backwards onto the ground. "Get rid of her." He said to his partner.

"But she's just a kid!" The man protested.

"Just get rid of her!" Banto shouted with fury.

The man sighed. He walked over to the girl; his gun was aimed at her head. "I'm sorry." He said solemnly, his finger lingered on the trigger.

Slash, a gaping hole was carved into his body. "Ban…to!" He crocked. The man's arm was cut off his body. He screamed with agony; the blood sprayed from the wound. And lastly, his head was severed from his body.

Banto turned around to see the girl rise from the floor, and to see his partner to be torn apart by the torso. A smirk grew on his face. "You're finally going to cut the innocent act." He drew his gun, and began to fire at her.

But the bullets didn't even touch her. She walked towards him slowly; her long hair masked her cold expression. But her ruby eyes would say it all; she wasn't innocent little Nyuu any more. The cold hearted Lucy was in control now. A vector smacked into the helmet of his partner, creating the shape of a hand.

Hands? Banto thought.

The invisible arms, vectors, slithered from her back, they picked up anything that could be used a projectile. They picked up any trash that littered the streets, and threw them at Banto with high speeds.

"Holy shit!" Banto shouted as narrowly dogged the attack. He ducked behind the nearest car. "She's just attacking me blindly…" He said to himself. "Hoping I get hit…" He smirked. "So her secret weapon is invisible hands with a 2 meter range…this is going to be fun."

She began to throw larger objects at him; she even though a car at Banto. He watched in amazement as it smacked into the building in front of him. "She's starting to get serious." He thought aloud. With a bloody smack, his partner crashed into the building next to the car. Banto climbed to his feet and ran towards the street corner for a new hiding spot. He waited to make his move, with his eyes closed; he listened for Lucy's footsteps.

There was a splat sound from stepping in his partner's blood.

He smirked. "I got you now! Prepare to die you freak of nature!" Banto reveled himself; his gun was ready. But wasn't ready for what she was about to do.

Lucy held his partner's gun, and aimed it at Banto.

"What? That's not fair!" He shouted in disbelief.

Lucy fired the gun, and the bullets knocked Banto off his feet.

Banto laid on the ground in shock. But before he could move, Lucy was standing over him. "Are you enjoying this?" She asked in a cold voice.

"Bitch!" He shouted, and raised his gun to fire.

Slash, His arm was severed. Banto cried out in pain.

"You bitch! How dare you cut of my arm!" He began to raise his other arm. Snap, a vector grabbed the arm, and broke it. "AHHHHHGGG!!!" He screamed. "You bitch! I'll come find you! I'll kill you damn it!"

A vector came to his face, and stabbed out his eyes. He screamed a third time.

"Games over." Lucy said in a chilling voice. Two vectors wrapped around his neck, and choked him.

He gagged, and began to thrash around. His broken hand bumped into Lucy's.

She raised her hand, as looked at it for a moment. Then, an aching pain came to Lucy's head. "Ahhh!" She gripped her hand, and stumbled a few steps away from Banto. Lucy fell to her knees as she lost control.

"Nyuu?"

"WHERE ARE YOU, YOU BITCH? WHY DON'T YOU FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED!" Banto shouted.

Nyuu looked over to him in horror. Tears built up in her eyes. She scrambled to her feet, and ran far away from the bleeding man. "Nyuu!"

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Back to the thief

Dark had caught Satoshi just in time. Any second later, and he would have made a mess on the ground below. Daisuke was glad that Satoshi was fine, but he was worried about someone else right now.

"Any sign of Nyuu?" The red haired boy asked.

"Not yet." Dark answered. "She couldn't have gotten to far." His black wings carried him high above in the sky as he searched for the horned girl.

"Do you think she went back home?"

"I don't think she knows the way." Dark sighed. "Where is she…"

"We'd find her faster if we asked mom and grandpa to help." Daisuke suggested.

"Your right. We're getting nowhere by trying to find her this way." Dark sighed, and flew back to the Niwa house.

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Banto

"Damn it to hell!" He shouted. The solider laid on the cold ground, bathed in his own blood. I'll kill her…I'll kill her!

"Excuse me!" A young girl's voice called. But he couldn't see who it was; he couldn't see anything at all. "Stop moving around to much!" She ordered.

Banto settled down a bit. "Who's there?!" He said in a frantic, but demanding voice.

"Now is not the time for questions." The girl was next to him now. He felt her tying something around what was left of his arm to stop the bleeding. "Now don't move, I'm going to call for help!" Just as she was suddenly there, she was gone. Banto herd the girl running of for help.

He laid perfectly still now; waiting for her to return.

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At the Niwa house

Dark was going to land in Daisuke's window like usual, but a girl with dark pink hair in the back yard caught his eye. "It's Nyuu!"

"Is she alright?" Daisuke asked.

"I don't know, but I'll find out." Dark landed in front of the horned girl. "Hey, are you hurt?"

"Nyuu?" She looked up at him, the scared expression was stuck to her face.

"Hey, it's alright, don't be scared." Dark smiled at her as an attempt to calm her down. "Lets go inside, okay?"

Nyuu smiled at him. "Nyuu!

Dark helped Nyuu up to her feet, and they both went inside of the Niwa household.