A/N: Well I know it's been a while so I figured that you might want to know what's going to happen now. So on with the chapter.

Chapter 16: Heading Home…Well Close.

Akio was sitting on the railing of the balcony that was connected to the room he was staying in.

"Hikari is so reckless. She just does things with out thinking first." He muttered looking up at the full moon.

"Sounds like you have a thing for Hikari Akio."

"Daisuke!!" Akio grabbed his swords.

"Put them away I'm not here to fight."

"For the record I don't have a "thing" for Hikari. She's not my type."

"Good; that's just what I wanted to here."

"What is it you came here for?"

"Send Hikari home. Back to her own time."

"Why?"

"She's not safe here. So I'll say it again send her back home."

"No. Hikari has a choice if she wants to go home then she will go home by her own free will."

"Why did I even bother asking you?" Daisuke sighed in frustration flying away.

"That guy really annoys me." Akio stated looking back up at the stars.

~At Hikari's room~

Hiroshi fell asleep in Hikari's room. And she fell asleep soon after. Daisuke quietly slipped into Hikari's room.

'Good thing Sesshomaru is out tonight.' He thought creeping across the room.

He pulled out a feather and held it above Hiroshi.

"Take this form every night until the new moon shows its face in the darkest of night." He whispered dropping the feather.

It absorbed into Hiroshi's body. Then he flew out the window.

~The next morning~

"Ow." Hikari groaned turning over.

"Good Morning you two!!" Rokuro greeted opening Hikari's door.

"Shut up." Hiroshi grumbled turning away from the door.

"Well I see someone's in a chipper mood today." Rokuro sighed walking into the room.

"Good morning how are you feeling today?"

She sat up. "I'm fine; just a little sore is all." She smiled.

"No your not just lay back down and tell him to go away. That's what I always do." Hiroshi stated sitting up and glaring at his friend.

"No; that's rude." Hikari stood up and walked over to the door.

Akio walked in as well.

"Morning Akio." Hikari greeted.

"We should start heading back to Rokuro's house today if you're up to it." Akio stated.

"Alright." She replied.

~A little later~

"You're leaving so soon?" Mizuki pouted as the five teens stood out side the door to the castle.

"I'll come and visit as much as I can." Hikari offered grabbing her cousin's hands.

"You promise?" She questioned.

"I promise." Hikari replied giving Mizuki a farewell hug.

"Keep your brother out of trouble." Rin said giving Hikari a hug as well.

"I will." Hikari laughed.

Then the group set out on there way. They took a straighter path then when the boys were looking for Hikari. The group became silent once they entered the woods. Not much happened with them threw the two days it took to reach the end of the woods where Rokuro's house was.

"I didn't think that we would be seeing this place again so soon." Rokuro sighed in depression.

"You're right now that we're this close it's depressing." Hikari agreed.

Even though they protested they reluctantly kept going towards the house. Kagome and Sango ran to them when the group was about 100 meters away from the house.

"I'm so happy you guys are safe." Kagome sighed in relief hugging her daughter and son.

"Rokuro, Hikari you two are both grounded in the house now." Sango pointed towards the house.

"But mom?" Hikari complained.

"No buts to the house now." Kagome ordered.

They both sighed and walked into the house.

"You had to figure something like this was going to happen. We did just leave with out even saying where we were going." Rokuro sighed leaning against the wall opposite of the door.

"I know." Hikari whispered closing the door.

"Hikari what's wrong? You've been quite for the whole trip here." Rokuro asked.

"I'm fine, don't worry about it." Hikari replied not looking at her friend.

"Does it have to do with Zen." He asked.

Hikari's heart pounded when Rokuro said his name. "No… now that we found my father and brother we have to leave that means I might never see you again." She stated.

"That's right. I forgot about that detail." He sighed in depression.

"WHAT THE HELL!!!"

"What was that?" Hikari asked.

"It sounded like Hiroshi." Rokuro stated as they ran to the door.

They saw Hiro kneeling down on the floor clutching his head in pain.

"Hiro what's wrong?" Hikari questioned.

"I don't know. My head is in pain." He glanced up Hikari stop moving I can't keep track of you." He groaned.

"I haven't moved form this spot since we got to you." Hikari replied.

"Where is everyone else?" Rokuro pondered.

"They all went some where. I wasn't paying attention when they told me where they were going." Hiro huffed.

The sun finally finished setting.

"AHHHHHHH!" Hiro screamed.

"That's a nifty little spell isn't it?" Daisuke smirked appearing in front of the three.

"You bastard." Hiro said standing up. He grabbed Daisuke's shirt and pulled him towards himself. "What did you do to me?" Hiro growled.

"You'll just turn into your human form every night until the new moon. I figured that seeing as how you are now around it was that only way to talk to Hikari. I have just one more thing to take care of though." Daisuke snapped his fingers and a rope tied around Rokuro's hand and feet.

"Damn it." He snapped trying to get his hands unbound.

"Now good luck trying to kill me in that form Hiro." Daisuke stated pushing Hiro away and bounding his hands together too.

"How do you know about my brother's human form?" She asked.

"It's such a simple answer." Daisuke laughed.

"Daisuke, don't say anything." Hiro shouted running towards him.

"Your brother and I were once friends." He smirked.

Hiro grabbed a kunai out of his pouch. Daisuke stopped him with little effort.

"You're out of practice in your human form." Daisuke sighed throwing Hiro to the ground and bounding his feet. "Now stay put while I talk to your sister."

Hikari started pulling out her sword.

"Now, now Hikari let's not get into an altercation shall we." Daisuke sighed grabbing her wrist.

"I didn't come here to fight you. But I knew that you're Hiroshi and Rokuro wouldn't allow it. So I had to tie them up and place that spell on your brother." He stated placing his pointer finger and middle finger in his fore head.

"What are you doing?" Hikari asked.

"This is to make you believe that I'm serious that I just want to talk." He said as a bright light covered him. Hikari closed her eyes because of the intense light.

Hikari opened her eyes. Daisuke had brown hair and ice blue eyes. Daisuke grabbed her sword.

"What aren't you getting shocked?" She asked shocked.

"Because, made myself human. At least for a while. This spell doesn't last long when it's cast on my self." He laughed setting her sword down. "Now do you believe me that I just want to talk?" He sighed stretching.

Hikari nodded.

"Good because now if something happens you're that only one that can really have a fighting chance, because I can't untie them until I become a demon again." He laughed sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.

"Great you didn't think this plan out completely through did you?" Hiro sighed.

"Right well we should be fine anyways considering I changed my appearance so no one would recognize me." He said.

"Yes because everything is just peachy considering that you have two people with there hands and feet bound lying on the porch. What if Rokuro's and our parents get home before your spell wears off? Did you ever think of that possibility?" Hiro shouted.

Daisuke walked over to Hiro and squatted down. "Last time I checked I wasn't here to talk to you." He sighed. "Maybe I should have put something in your mouth before I turned myself into a human. Oh well I guess it can't be helped."

"Anyways, Hikari I came here to tell you the truth. But before I do you promise you won't kill me when I do?" he demanded.

"Fine." She responded quickly.

He breathed in slowly, and then exhaled. "I was the one that changed Zen. I was the one that locked away his heart." He said with a strait face.

"B-but why?" She shuddered.

"Because the only way I could have you to myself is if I offered him Naraku's deal for protecting you. But I underestimated Naraku's curse. When I freed Zen's heart the same day he helped you escape from Naraku's castle. Naraku took control of him. Now I can no longer help him. Zen's kindness and love for you is locked away. Deep in his heart."

"No…" Hikari whispered dropping to her knees.

"Hikari I'm sorry." Daisuke muttered looking down at the ground.

"How touching."

Everyone looked to where the voice was coming from.

"Zen." Hikari Stated.

"That's right you finally understand now don't you Hikari?" Zen smirked.

Daisuke grabbed the kunai that Hiro tried to kill him with earlier and threw it at Zen. "Hikari we have to get out of here now!" Daisuke shouted grabbing Hiro.

Hikari sat there. Daisuke smacked her across the face.

"SNAP OUT OF IT AND LET'S GO!" He screamed.

Hikari grabbed her sword and Rokuro and they started running.

"Wait about my brother and sister?" Rokuro asked in a panic.

"Your father put a barrier around their room and if someone gets threw that there's still Kyo they have to deal with." Hiro replied.

"How far away is the well?" Daisuke shouted.

"We only have half a mile left to go." She stated.

"Really the well is only a mile away from Rokuro's house? I never knew that." He laughed catching up with Hikari.

"You guys he's catching up." Hiro said.

A dagger flew between them.

"Damn it, what are we going to do?" Dai growled.

"I got it! Hikari reach into my pocket; some of my shuriken are still attached to my trip wire." Rokuro ordered.

Hikari did what she was told and grabbed the shuriken. Her feet skid across the ground as she turned around. And threw the shuriken at Zen. They missed.

"I thought you were a better at aiming then that Hikari." He laughed. Then he felt the wire hit his body and it wrapped around him sending him skidding across the ground. Once the dust cleared they were gone.

Hikari grabbed Daisuke's wrist "Get ready to jump." She ordered.

Hiroshi looked to see what was going on. "WHAT?! ARE YOU TWO CRAZY? DP YOU KNOW HOW DEEP THAT WELL IS? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US?"

But it was too late they jumped in and were engulfed into a blue light. They landed gently on the ground.

"Now what was that about killing us?" Dai smirked.

"Where are we?" He asked out of curiosity.

"Back home." Hikari whispered as she started climbing up the ladder.

Daisuke followed Hikari up to her room and they set Rokuro and Hiro on the bed.

Dai laid down on the floor and Hikari sat in her desk chair.

"It feels nice to be able to lay on my back again." He sighed.

"You haven't always had your wings?" Hikari questioned.

"No; actually I just got them. I've always been a demon, but when Naraku found me just wondering around an abandoned house he offered me a deal. If I work for him then he would give me something that would aid me in the tasks that he wanted me to complete. I was a fool and agreed to it. That's when I was knocked unconscious. When I woke up." He stood up and took his shirt off then turned around. "This tattoo was on my back and then the next second I had wings."

"That's why you never came over the next day." Hiro stated.

"This tattoo is a binding contract. I can only work for him as long as I have his. I didn't want you to see me like this Hiro, because I knew that you would have told me I mad the wrong choice." Dai explained.

"Well you did make the wrong choice Daisuke. For once why can't you just listen to me?" Hiro questioned.

"I had to do things on my own I couldn't always keep relying on you. Beside good thing came out of this. I met you Hikari." Daisuke stated putting his shirt back on.

Hikari blushed.

"Hey no hitting on my sister." Hiro ordered.

"What can you do about it you're all tied up." Daisuke smirked.

"Guys, guys stop it. Obviously we're all tired why don't we try and get some sleep." Hikari stated walking over to the light switch.

She turned off the light and soon after Daisuke, Hiroshi, and Rokuro were asleep. She threw a blanket over each of them then sat down in her desk chair again and stared out the window. And soon fell asleep. Hikari, Hiro, and Rokuro were still asleep Daisuke woke up the same time the sun rose. Hiroshi changed back to his normal self and Daisuke got his demon powers back. He walked over to Hikari and set a black feather by her hand. "I'll be back soon; I promise." He whispered brushings her cheek then walked out of the room and to the back door. He put on his shoes and then disappeared.

…to be continued…

A/N: So what do you think? Sorry it took so long to get this up I had writers block on this chapter for the longest time. But now I'm on a roll. So hopefully I'll have the next chapter up soon.

-DTW-