A/N: Yea Next chapter. I hope you all liked the last chapter.

Chapter 17: I Promise

Daisuke reappeared in front of the well. He starched his wings and ran his fingers threw his blue hair.

"Alright I should go see if that moron got out of that wonderful trip wire." He sighed spreading his wings and took off.

"Of course he's still stuck. I think he couldn't even fight his way out of o paper bag." Dai sighed gliding down to Zen.

"What took you so long?" Zen snapped.

"Don't get you bat wings tied in a knot; I was doing something else." He answered unraveling the wire.

"Yea talking to Hikari. I wonder what Lord Naraku will do to you when he finds out that you can transform your self." Zen smirked.

"Well guess what he's not going to find out." Dai stated sticking a feather in Zen's face. "Forget."

Zen's eyes hazed over and before Zen could come back to his scenes Daisuke left.

"That was a close one." Daisuke muttered to himself.

He leaned against a tree. 'Now what should I do. I really don't feel like reporting to Naraku. He can be such a drag to hang around also he'll probably ask me what I've been up to.' He ran his fingers threw his hair again. 'I wonder if it was a good idea to just leave Hikari all alone like that. But Rokuro and Hiroshi were in the room with her so she should be fine.' He sighed and looked up at the sky it was noon already he'd been standing in that same spot for hours.

So he decided to take a walk. He walk to the field with the well. He caught a scent.

'That's Hikari's scent. Did she come back here to find me? That's not good. I should have waited for her to wake up then told her to stay there. Damn I'm such an idiot.' He flew off towards the well.

~With Hikari~

"Rokuro and Hiroshi should be alright there by them selves. Rokuro knows where everything is in the house." She reassured her self as she jumped out of the well.

She jumped out of the way of an attack.

'What the hell; I just get back and I'm already getting attacked.' She thought gently landing on the ground.

"I see your dodging skills have improved." Zen said as the dust cleared.

Hikari tackled him and brought the tip of her sword an inch away from his throat.

"Go ahead; kill me Hikari. But you can't kill me can you." Zen smirked. And his blade flicked out of his wrist protector.

"You might not have the gust to kill me, but I have the heart to kill you." He laughed going to stab her in the waist.

Something deflected the blade then it exploded sending Hikari skidding across the ground. Zen came flying towards her with intent to kill her with one blow.

'I can't dodge it.' She thought. A teen around 17 with black hair and wearing a black jacket slammed down onto Zen causing him to hit the ground and become unconscious. He picked Hikari up and started to run towards the woods.

"What are you doing? Let go of me." She shouted.

"We have to get out of here before he wakes up." He stated.

"D-Daisuke?!" Hikari whispered.

The stopped after he got a ways into the woods. And he set her down.

"Are you alright? I didn't think that explosion would toss you that far. But then again you are quite light." He pondered.

"A-are you really Daisuke?" She asked.

"Of course I had to do something to get you out of there. You were in no position to fight him. No offence but you're still not strong enough to take the life of your best friend." Dai sighed taking off his jacket. "Here put this on." He threw the jacket at Hikari. "Then hang on to me I'm going to teleport us out of here."

Hikari did what she was told. Dai teleported them to a cave that had a barrier that he already set up incase of an emergency.

"We should be safe now." Daisuke sighed.

"But why?" She asked.

"Why, what?" He groaned.

"Why do you keep saving me?" Hikari whispered.

"I made to many mistakes in my life already. I wasn't going to make another one. Not when I know I can protect you." He replied.

"What if I don't want to be protected?" She shouted.

"You don't get that choice Hikari! I can't let that person I love fall into the darkness. I-I don't want that fate for you." He back Hikari up against a wall. "I know that this tattoo binds me to Naraku, but I won't let him have you. My heart his stronger than his control. I just want to break this damn contract. Because having this tattoo means I can never be with you."

Hikari stared at him in shock.

~Flashback~

"Zen why did you pick me?" Hikari asked as they walked down the hall.

"Because you're different from everyone else. That's what I like about you."

"Hikari."

~End of Flashback~

Hikari looked away tears started streaming down her face.

"Hikari please do cry." Daisuke pleaded grabbing her shoulders.

"Every time someone tries to protect me something happens to them. That's why I don't what to be protected." Hikari cried.

Daisuke hugged her and she cried into his shirt.

"Don't worry Hikari I won't let anything happen to make you cry I promise…" He whispered.

Dai changed back into his normal form.

"Doesn't that hurt?" Hikari asked.

"Does what hurt?" Daisuke said in confusion.

"When your wings come back." She stated.

"No." He replied simply.

"Oh." She muttered.

An awkward silence fell between them.

"Would you feel better if I transformed into a human again?" Daisuke asked right out of the blue.

"What?!"

"Last night you seemed more comfortable around me when I was a human." Daisuke explained.

"N-no you don't have to do that!" She said surprised.

He put his pointer finger and middle finger on his forehead.

"Dai don't."

"I want to see I smile on your face and if it takes me to turn into a human to do it then I'm fine with it."

Hikari grabbed his hand. "Please don't."

"Alright."

It started thundering and lightning Hikari jumped.

"It's just thunder and lightning." He laughed. "Not that I mind or anything."

Hikari quickly got off of Daisuke.

"By the way I wanted to say thank you for what you did for me last night."

"What are you talking about?"

"You let me into your house and gave me a place to sleep even though I had been trying to kill you until that one night your end of the year dance do you remember that night when I kissed you."

"Yes." She answered in a cold voice.

"The night that I kissed you. You were the one that broke Naraku's control on me."

"Why are you telling me all this?"

"Because I want you to know the truth. You know your brother and I use to be friends. And what I did to Zen. I can understand if you hate me for all that I've done."

"I'm glad that you told me the truth."

Silence fell between them again. Hikari started shivering. Daisuke placed his fingers on his forehead again.

"Daisuke I told you that I don't want you to turn into a human."

His body was engulfed in the bright light again. When it faded he was in the form from earlier today. He took off his jacket again and draped it over Hikari's shoulders.

"That should keep you warm." He sighed sitting back down.

"You want to know why I didn't want you to turn into a human." She asked

"Sure why not."

"It's because your human form reminds me of Zen."

"It looks like we're stuck here for the night. Sorry about that. I didn't mean to trap you hear." He apologized again.

"Shouldn't you go back to Naraku or something?" Hikari stated.

"Not in this form I'm not. Also I don't want to leave you here all alone." He answered. "Now get some sleep I promise I'll watch over you."

…to be continued…

A/N: Haha another chapter finished. I told you I was on a roll. Tell me what you think about this chapter. I'll get chapter 18 up as soon as I can.

-DTW-