Author : Fumi Ayakoganei.

E-Mail : [email protected] / [email protected]

Disclaimer : I'm hungry and sleepy.

Note : Nani kore?! Fanfiction.net took out NC-17 ficcies?! *pouts* Mou...Do-shite? How am I supposed to write yaoi now? *smiles innocently* Oh, what a pity. Looks like there won't be any yaoi, nee? *snickers* I'm only up to D.N.Angel book 6, so I'm not that intimate with the flow of the story. Just portraying the imagination that's floating in my mind. ^___^;;; Enjoy though!

\ Daisuke's thoughts \

\\ Dark's thoughts \\

/ Satoshi's thoughts /

// Krad's thoughts //

Special thanks to Sley for being my beta-reader! *glomps Sley-chan* =^-^=

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"It's about time the handsome, charming and talented Dark Mousy gets into the picture.", a cocky and arrogant, but sexy voice came into prefecture along with its owner, a fairly tall and slim figure who constantly leaned his stiff back against a tree trunk which was located quite apart from the crowded area of the Love Funfair. His mischievous dark lavender eyes gazed upon the sky above him, wandering among the carefully placed stars of the innocent night as well as the mysterious full moon that hovered high above with proud. The large tree he was hiding in seemed too calm to be suspected, so he rested on one of its steady branches for the time being. Besides, it blended the colour of his smooth black leather outfit in the dark, which makes it a perfect waiting spot before he'd decided to make a move. Dark Mousy smirked to himself as he ran a delicate hand along his soft hair in an expert manner, amused on the outcome.

\ You're flattering yourself, Dark... \

\\ What can I say? I am good looking. \\

\ Aa... \

\\ Why the sour mood, Daisuke? You aren’t thinking about Riku, are you? \\

\ I--Iya! I'm...Not... \

\\ Can't blame ya. When you bumped into her earlier, it's like something in her eyes that shows she knows who you were. \\

Daisuke cringed mentally in Dark's head at that comment he presented to the fourteen-year-old host of his. An intimate flashback clouded his empty mind, which repeated the incident that took place after the redhead separated with Satoshi somewhere in the funfair.

"Ah! Sumimasen! I didn't notice--"

"--you...", Daisuke's voice trailed off the minute he caught sight on the person who he'd bumped into accidentally. She had a hand on the side of her head and the expression on her face looked quite exhausted and even weary from the other boy's point of view. Riku's delicate brown locks blew slightly against the soft breeze, which danced in her beauty. It took quite a while before Daisuke realized that he was still in a drag and he was in a hurry. He apologized again and offered a hand in front of Riku to help her up.

"Daijyoubu desu. I wasn't looking where I was going as well.", Riku's tender voice echoed through Daisuke's ear as if it were the sound of heavenly bells ringing with solitude that made the redhead's heart melt. He felt different whenever he's with Riku, but when around Satoshi, it's a totally different feeling beating within him. He wasn't sure whether it was calmness and protectiveness, which overwhelmed him or even the tender shred of love. He shook his thoughts aside and helped the girl back to her feet before she'd suspected anything further.

"Aa...Un, jya.", the boy who was currently using his girlish appearance resumed running past his classmate without stopping to turn back for he hadn't much time himself before the big event that was about to take place illegally. Riku remained silent in her position as she slowly turned back to the hurried person with a slight bit tad of curiosity building up within her. It was mostly rare to witness someone who possessed original ruby red eyes and in this case, she only knew one person who does.

"Niwa-kun...?", she whispered to herself, much to Daisuke's knowledge, but luckily for the fact that her head started to throb a little, Riku considered it as a coincidence or even a false interpretion before she continued down her path.

He could hear Dark clearing his throat, which interrupted the flashback Daisuke was imagining at the moment. With made a light squeal as it ruffled out of the teenager's backpack, popped its cute head out with an adorable cat-like grin and bounced onto the violet-eyed thief's head in glee. It proceeded to nibble on one of Dark's dark lavender strand of hair playfully to get the legendary phantom's attention.

"Well, let's get moving, shall we?", Dark understood With's message and stood up abruptly from the supporting tree branch, seeing that the large clock tower not too far from his position was about to strike the promised time as well as fewer people started to be seen in the Love Funfair due to the fact that many had already went home since it was late. The mysterious man smirked once more on the outcome for it would make the job easier for him though.

"Kyu!", With squealed before it magically transformed into a creature with striking black wings and latched itself behind Dark's back to lift him in mid air. The night's black horizon was dark enough to camouflage the presence of the violet-eyed thief as he made his way towards the auditorium, which laid his ultimate goal for the night.

\ Do you think Hiwatari-kun is ready this time, Dark...? \

"As far as I'm concerned, he's always ready, but I'm much better than that.", the legendary phantom replied his paranoid host in a casual state, brushing his hair out of his eyes at the same time. Something surprised him a little for the whole place was dark as well and very silent. Usually, it'll be Takeshi's father's voice booming around in patrol with a bunch of low-graded guards. He shrugged and slipped his slim figure inside the tensed area without making a sound himself.

\ But, something tells me that he's not usually himself tonight. I can even sense Krad's presence. \

"You worry too much, Daisuke. For all you know it, you're gonna grow white hair like your grandfather before you could even have kids.", Dark's comment left Daisuke hanging his head with an inward sigh. With leaped off the man's back and darted towards one of the hidden corners to prepare itself for its master's emergency escape.

\ Geh...Some compliment... \

"Okay, maybe I do sound a little picky on this, but what's so special about this 'Love Ring' anyway?", after a round of silence, the violet-eyed thief decided to ask his host about the rumor behind the treasure he was about to steal. At the same time, he kept his eyes and senses alert on any sudden unfamiliar movement around him as he made his way silently towards the very end of the hallway.

\ According to my history teacher, the 'Love Ring' was a legend far behind a maiden by the name of Aileen who possesses it since she was young. It's a somewhat mystery that relates between her, the ring and her long-lost lover. You sure you have the time to listen on this? \

"Spill it. It's the only form of entertainment I have at the moment.", Dark replied. Daisuke nodded slightly in his head and continued the story according to his alter ego's suggestion.

\ Okay. Aileen was a lonely maiden who pledges her heart, love and soul, everything she could to a brave warrior by the name of Masaki. \

"They have gaudy names. Haven't their parents got any nicer ones?", the man in his late teens interrupted as he raised an eyebrow in response. He could hear Daisuke sigh inwardly before answering his useless question.

\ How should I know? Back to the story. She had longed to hear her lover's confession of love for her, but the next thing Aileen knew it, Masaki was assigned to attend a war across the straits. She waited and waited for his return, but he never did. Aileen eventually passed away and surpasses her soul within the ring with a curse. Whoever possesses the Love Ring will forever be pledged to the one who slides the ring onto his/her finger in the first place. \

"This sounds familiar...", the violet-eyed thief muttered underneath his breath with a reluctant groan. His silent mind raced back to when he and Daisuke were purposely separated physically and mentally, which left the redhead lost in a different world before. He shook his head lightly in order to shove away the thought and concentrate on the outcome instead.

\ Kind of frightening...For what if it falls into the wrong hands? \

The minute Daisuke said those few words, Dark immediately halted in his footsteps, a void of silence greeted them and a strange feeling started to engulf the fourteen-year-old as he blinked upon his alter ego's reaction. A few strands of dark lavender hair fell upon Dark's handsome face as he stared hard into the empty darkness with serious and focused violet orbs. Daisuke could feel the man clenched a hand in the dark and decided to ask the cause of his strange actions.

\ Dark...You stopped... \

\\ ...Are you scared, Daisuke? \\

\ Why are you saying that? \

\\ We've got company...And it ain't no ordinary creepy bastard. \\

\ Wha...? You don't mean... \

"Krad.", Dark's voice was low and husky as his hungry eyes pressed on a certain white winged angel standing at a corner, beside a huge glass window which reflected the full moonlight's ray onto his solitude figure not too far from Dark. The violet-eyed thief darted his gaze towards where the Love Ring was originally held, but all he saw was nothing and nothing, which he was targeting for. As he turned back to Krad, his gaze met the particular ring in the other man's hold, taunting the legendary thief to a mild game before he could reclaim the prize he craved for in the first place.

\ He must've ordered the guards to give way for his transformation. \

\\ Ch...Brace yourself, Daisuke. It's gonna be a bumpy ride. \\

A light explosion broke the silence causing every glass within the auditorium to shatter into bits of pieces. The funfair's residence noticed the unusual explosion and confused eyes were all currently fixed onto the particular area as whispers and mumbles were starting to fill through the crowd. Two figures were seen in mid air facing each other, but a few meters apart as the cold nigh air blew their hair lightly against the wind in suspense. With had managed to cling back onto its master's back in time before serving its duty as a pair of strong black wings for support.

"What's the matter, Dark Mousy? Did I catch you in a bad time?", Krad asked in a taunting manner. His smooth golden hair and delicate white wings reflected the moon's surpassing ray. Not quite an angel, but apparently not quite a devil himself; a fallen angel.

"Shut up, Krad!", Dark yelled back in response, his violet eyes now burning in anger. He wasn't expecting a blow-up all of a sudden, furthermore in public. He was totally in a deep crisis at the moment. Daisuke's alter ego took a quick glance around him and all he saw was more and more people crowding the particular area and if this keeps up, some might even die due to Krad's merciless attack. Even though Dark was a thief, stealing whatever he needed in order to resume the legacy the Niwa family hold, but he wasn't a heartless person to witness innocent lives taken away just because of him.

"Damnit, that bastard! He's got all this planned from scrap! If I taunt him, those people are gonna die!", his sensitive thoughts raced through his mind as he scanned his brain for a reasonable solution. The homicidal blonde was still eyeing his nemesis with a sadistic smile playing upon his lips, obviously amused by Dark's actions. The legendary thief's wandering eyes caught sight of his classmate, Takeshi who seemed busy recording the rare moment anxiously which made Dark rage with anger.

"Everyone out! Out at once!", he yelled as loud as he could manage. Some of the people were seen talking nonsense among themselves while a few didn't even bother to take that as a strong warning.

"Demo, Dark-san!", Risa was seen somewhere in the middle of the crowd with an almost concerned expression on her sweet face, but Dark clenched his hands once again and swallowed his anger before producing a large blast towards an empty stall not far from the intimate crowd as a warning. It wasn't him to destroy useless things unnecessarily, but he didn't want the public to get involved. The white winged angel was still observing every single move the other man made before the right time to begin the fight.

"Get the bloody hell out of here, damnit! It's not safe here!", those last words from Dark made the brown-haired girl gaze at the man in his late teens with soulful eyes as the rest of the people were trying their best to exit the funfair in a hurry. A silent tear trickled down her cheek before Risa turned around and darted towards the exit without turning back.

\ Dark... \

"Abunai! Riku!", the presence of the brown-haired girl quite near their battlefield caused Dark to let down his guard and dashed towards Riku, shielding her from an energy blast by counter-attacking it with his own dark magic. Daisuke managed to conceive the image of another energy blast of white magic came whirling from around the corner and darted towards the legendary phantom in high speed.

"Aa! Look out!", Riku yelled in alert to warn Dark.

"ERK!", before Dark could even attempt to avoid, the energy blast hit him square in the chest and sent the violet-eyed thief flying a few meter's back until he mercilessly hit a huge tree nearby. Krad landed gracefully on the ground a few paces in front of his nemesis and dramatically stepped up to the other man with a successful smirk on what he was looking upon on. The legendary phantom had gradually re-transformed back into his host due to the divine injury he suffered and for the fact that Riku was barely in his mind after her presence.

/ Krad! You've gone way too far! /

// Not until I'm satisfied with what I crave for. Be patient, my pet. //

/ Stop it this instant! Niwa has nothing against you! /

// I wouldn't want to let something so fragile, so precious away just like that. //

/ Damnit, Krad! /

"Riku! Get out of there now!", Takeshi, who saw his classmate standing in shock upon the outcome yelled at her in order to snap her back to reality. Reluctantly, she muttered a soft gratitude of thanks, turned towards the exit as well and ran towards it, which now leaves only the both of them behind to settle their head-to-head battle.

"Oh dear, was it that painful? I didn't mean to hurt you, oh winged master.", Krad bellowed as he approached the redhead who was using one hand to clutch his stinging chest while the other forced himself to stand up even though he could barely do so.

"Itai...Hiwatari-kun...", Daisuke muttered silently, but unfortunately, not soft enough for Krad to ignore. His soulless eyes glared levelly upon the fourteen-year-old teenager before he raised a strong hand in the air and swiftly slapped the boy hard across the face. The redhead winced in pain and stumbled onto the ground beneath him a few paces away from the homicidal blonde.

"Are you interested in toying with a fixed legend, oh winged master?", the white winged angel asked as he stood before Daisuke, his dark heartless shadow hovering Daisuke's small limp figure as the boy could only stare back with wide ruby red eyes. The pain swept across his fragile body as fear condemned him.

\ Dark! Dark! Where are you, Dark?! \

\\ I'm sorry...Daisuke... \\

\ Dark! Daijyoubu ka, Dark?! \

\\ Just go...Run... \\

"No...You demon...", the child managed as he shook a little as he tried to edge away from the sadistic person who couldn't help but chuckle slightly in amusement, seeing that he was in control for once.

"Since you love your beloved Hiwatari Satoshi that much, why don't try experiencing what maiden Aileen did two hundred years ago?", Krad suggested with an evil smirk as he grabbed Daisuke by his leather vest and forced him against a wall nearby with ignite force. The redhead attempted a struggle, but Krad was much faster than that. He forcefully grabbed Daisuke's left wrist and purposely slid the Love Ring into the child's forth finger, much to Daisuke and Satoshi's shock.

"IIIIIYYYYYAAAAA!!!!!", Daisuke's frantic scream could be heard before the whole area was engulfed in a bright light, followed by a huge explosion once again. Stalls were crushed into pieces of useless planks and trees were destroyed to their root. When the light decreased, the whole place seemed abandoned and totally wrecked. Krad was seen standing silently on a nearby mountain edge, eyeing the dead-like view without a word. Neither Daisuke nor Dark was seen anywhere in sight as well as the moonlight shone over the now ruin-like area.

/ Damnit, Krad...What the hell did you do? /

As the confided moonlight ray shone with disappointment and regret onto the solemn homicidal blonde, he closed his eyes without any expression and slowly, a bright light surrounded him and when it subsided, an almost weary figure slumped onto the cold bare ground, his pair of glasses landed with a light tap beside him. He was breathing hard, desperately trying to catch his breath and reclaiming the remaining strength he had within him in order to at least drag himself home.

// I did what you wanted me to do, Hiwatari Satoshi...What you wanted me to... //

~End of Chapter 7~

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Personal Notice : Why was there a little Daisuke + Riku? *laughs nervously* Saa, this is a Love Triangle fic after all, nee? Daijyoubu, the pairing remains Satoshi X Daisuke + Riku, but it's mostly concentrated on Satoshi X Daisuke. Also, I didn't have time to surf the Japanese dictionary or any other dictionary for that matter in search of a perfect name for the legend thingy, so it just came out like that. Ah! Sugoi yo! *heart heart* Bizzle-chyan gimme a SatoNeko-chyan plushie! *glomps Bizzle* =^-^= Sankyuu for the nice and cool reviews! The more reviews, the more nicer the story gets! *smiles innocently* If I get the supports I needed, maybe I'll provide a yummy ending, nee? Cross your fingers! *bows politely* Sankyuu!

Sumimasen = Excuse me

Abunai = Dangerous

Itai = It hurts

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The original characters in this story example Niwa Daisuke, Dark Mousy, Hiwatari (Hikari) Satoshi, Harada Riku, Harada Risa, Saehara Takeshi, etc etc... are entirely copyrights of their honorable creators. For the record, I do NOT own D.N.Angel. All rights reserved. Thank you.

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