Wanna Trade Wings?
Chapter 9: Drive Me, Craze Me, Hurt Me

~I Don't Care What You do, I'll Always Love You~

A Cavern in Earth... Three Days Later...

Hibari leaned in, and took the feathers that had fallen from Dino's wings. They didn't even tint silver any more, just remained the pure white color that they were when still attached. "Beautiful," the demon cooed as he gazed at the feathers. He passed one to his angelmate, and it turned gray. The angel teared up.

"Oh, Kyoya," he whimpered. The demon smiled.

"It's shadier over there, silly," he teased, leaning over and capturing the angel's lips. Dino returned the kiss with no hesitation, and as he entagled his fingers in the demon's silky hair, the two of them exchanged silent 'I love you's. "You're so nice," Kyoya sighed, hugging the angel tightly. "You and I... I think we belong together."

"I feel the same way," Dino replied, leaning in and kissing the demon with lips that just barely warmed his own. The two embraced for a brief moment, when Dino said, "Uh, Kyoya, there's something I want to do, since you might rise," he said. Hibari allowed the angel to pull him up, and he gasped as the angel suddenly locked strong arms around his body. "Easy, now," Dino grunted, starting to fly. Hibari sighed, stretching his own wings far, and beating them against Dino's. The two beings weakly flied together from the gashes in their cavern, and Dino pushed them higher in the sky, closer to Heaven.

"Dino...," Hibari breathed. "Where are we going?"

"There's someone I want you to meet," Dino replied. The demon's pale face grew redder and redder as they came closer, before he gasped as a euphoric feeling took over his corrupted body. It felt as though every evil intent was being purged, like his entire soul was being cleansed. The tiny nubs on his head left no trace as the demon shuddered. They had made contact with the portal to Heaven.

At last, they managed to enter, and the two lovers stumbled along a white path, going deeper into the heart of Heaven until they came upon a bright, kind being. Hibari fell to his knees, and stared at the man, whispering, "It's God..."

"Hello there, young ones," Byakuran said, standing. "Dino! Goodness, you look so different. I was so worried for you!"

"I'm sorry, Lord Byakuran," Dino sighed, holding open his arms. "I'm in love with him." God swept in, and embraced the falling angel, and Hibari watched, his eyes flickering with jealousy for a moment before Byakuran turned to him.

"And this is the lucky one, I imagine?" That was the demon's only warning before he was taken into the same embrace, and he melted into the hot body, stunned by how warm Byakuran truly was. He could feel all of his temporarily ego vanishing, and his torn wings gave a tiny flutter as the demon began to return the embrace. "What a dark path you've walked, young one," Byakuran breathed, his voice making the demon resort to panting with its heat. "Filled with that cold, cold hate that you demons show. You've been whipped, your wings constantly twisted, your body ravaged by gashes, and your entire essence swallowed by that torment. You're safe now, young one." The demon's tongue lolled out of his mouth as he absorbed more of the overpoweringly pleasant love, and he nuzzled against the body.

"I was such a fool," he rasped, "to ever follow Satan."

Dino smiled. "That's enough, Kyoya, c'mon." Hibari slowly, reluctantly, backed off of the higher entity, his cheeks dyed crimson, and he sighed in an exalted manner.

"I want to rise," he whispered. Byakuran gave a gentle smile, seemingly about to say something pleasant, when his attitude changed.

"Oh, you are simply adorable, Kyo-chan, and I would love to help you rise, but you aren't going to!"

"... Huh?"

"See hun, demons don't rise. Especially when they want to. Just like angels don't fall if they're scared to." The bright being giggled for a moment, and said, "See, if you were going to rise, you'd already be developing a halo. And if Dino-chan was gonna fall, he'd already track in some corruption in this pure place. But both of you leave normal footprints." Hibari and Dino glanced at each other, both of them not knowing what Byakuran was trying to tell them, and God laughed. "It's okay. Seeing is believing, isn't it?"

"Lord Byakuran," Dino cut in, "If we're not going to switch species, what's going to happen to us?"

"Well, first, Dino-chan, let me ask this. Since you were always into the humans' idea of painting, what happens when you mix black with white?" Dino paused, confused, so Byakuran continued, "Does the black change to white? Does the white change to black?"

"No... they both turn gray," the angel replied.

"Exactly."

The two subspecies looked at each other, starting to understand. There was no happy end for some forbidden romance like this. They were going to spiral and splash about in their insanity, untouched by the outside world, and they would die together in that retrogression, unable to go further past their own species, unable to escape the whirlwind of fate. Endless torment lied in front of them, obstructing the distant jewel buried within its waves. The jewel... the embodiement of happiness, was already out of their reach. If they wanted to love, they should have never touched each other.

The thought of being caught in relentless torment wasn't foreign to Hibari. He'd been living it all his life. Living it alone. But now, with Dino beside him, he could go through it all again. The twisted wings, the scarred face, the whippings and constant ridicule, he would go through it all if Dino could just be there to comfort him.

Dino, on the other hand, was horrified by that idea. Torture that blinded them both from happiness wasn't a familiar feeling to him at all. He didn't want to be tormented. He wasn't used to any of that- his entire life had been filled with love and joy. Why did Hibari have to come into his life and wreck it all? Dino stopped then, ashamed of himself. He loved Hibari, so he had no room to judge the demon for liking him as well. Dino looked over at the demon with sad eyes, knowing that he could withstand torture with the ravenette for as long as life would allow.

"Anyway, you two need to get out of here," Byakuran said, frowning. "Who knows how long those fragile wings of yours will be able to carry you back down to Earth safely? Plus, Zakuro should be here any moment to give me a report. Hell forbid he should see you two here!"

Although he could see that Hibari was feeling offended again, Dino ushered the demon out of Heaven with him, and the two quickly returned to Earth, both of them being pulled down as though they were actually being affected by gravity. They glided towards their cave, and soon entered it, before slipping through the small opening into their cavern. Hibari walked over to their small pond, then sighed.

"Dino, I'm going to do something crazy."

"Be my guest," Dino replied. The demon glanced at him, before sitting down, placing his legs in the water, and easing himself deep into the pond. He sighed, leaning against the edge, and he gazed at his lover, before gesturing the angel over. Dino hesitantly sank himself into the pond, and he gazed at the demon, his eyes filled with curiosity. "Humans never submerged themselves in water with all of their clothes on," he mumbled, holding up his arm. "Now I see why." His demon-mate laughed, and lifted his ripped wings out of the water, before plunging them back in when they became cold.

"Uff... I've never felt temperature quite like this," he shuddered, leaning against his angelmate. "This really does feel like I'm spiraling into insanity..."

"I guess so," Dino sighed. The two embraced, both ready to take on the pain they knew they were going to share.

Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Hell...

"My Lord," said Mukuro, landing. "The traitor and his alleged angelmate have visited Byakuran. It is likely that they will not return, let alone fall together."

"I don't care about those half-wits any more," Satan replied in a silky, venomous tone. "They mean nothing to me."

"Very well, sir," Mukuro said with a bow. "Then, are we to let them alone?"

"No. If you see them, do your best to eliminate them. We have no need for any extra angel warriors."

"Yes, sir. If I see them... I will destroy their souls."

-End Chapter

So sorry for last week's skipped upload. I'm having a lot of trouble turning up in my life at the moment, and you'll soon see what that trouble is in a fanfiction called 'Family Friendly.'

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