Crimson Wings

Genres – Angst/Romance
Warnings – Character Death, Angst, Language, OC, WAFF, WIP, Yaoi, M/M, Shonen-Ai, Anal, Lemon, Oral
Pairings – Daisuke/OC, Risa/Satoshi
Summary – Dark is gone but Daisuke’s still here. When artworks continue to become tainted, the Niwa family knows that they need to continue the work that Dark started. And hence Crimson Wings is born…
Disclaimer – We own NOTHING! We’re poor pathetic people… So don’t sue us… Thank you
Note – This is a combined effort by me and my friend Ryoko. I play Daisuke and she plays Justin… Also, we do not appreciate flames… if you do with to flame us however… give us a good reason why you don’t like the story. Constructive criticism is always welcomed

PS: This fanfic now has a site and a forum dedicated to it… This includes fanart, music videos, webrings and a few other upcoming pages… you can check it out here… http://crimsonwings.xsemulator.net/

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Crimson Wings
Chapter 4 – Pains & Pleasures

A loud roar was heard startling the youth and causing him to back up, \"Ahh Shit!\" The crimson haired boy groaned out, getting into a defensive stance as he narrowed his eyes at the statue, “This is just great… Be careful Justin…”

Justin rested his hand on his gun as he ran passed With before pulling out the gun and pointing it at the statue, waiting for it to actually do something but saying as he tensed in waiting, \"Want me to peg this thing Dai-san?\"

\"Don\'t, you’ll break it! It\'s a priceless work of art!\" Daisuke shouted before Justin could get the chance to fire. A second or so later, something like a clear blue aura seeped out of the statue and lunged on the boy before leaping at Justin, \"Ahh!\"

Justin’s eyes went wide as the aura formed into the shape of a large crystal clear tiger and forgot completely about his gun as he opted, instead, to try and just keep himself alive as he struggled against the tiger and it’s overwhelming weight…

Daisuke was quick to get to his feet shouting at the creature in anger, \"Oh no you don\'t! He\'s not dinner you two ton tainted menace! You\'re going down!\" He then sent several feathers at the large tiger with amazing accuracy...

The feathers hit the tiger and the creature howled in pain as he slapped Justin out of the way, leaving a good scratch mark on his arm. He growled next to Daisuke, \"Those claws are razor sharp Dai-san. Be careful.\"

\"Get out of here... it\'s too dangerous... tell them that Crimson Wings brought some kind of vicious creature with him and it attacked you... now go,\" Daisuke said in a calm voice as he brought out several more feathers and prepared to throw them as they began to glow slightly with power.

Justin’s eyes went wide at the other’s request and he immediately shook his head in protest, \"There is no way in hell that I am gonna leave and let that thing maul you. I don\'t do that to people. Let me help Daisuke…\"

Daisuke rolled his eyes, \"Your funeral...\" he said before turning and running off making himself a perfect moving target for the creature who turned and dashed towards him. Daisuke grinned slightly before stopping and twisting around and sending the feathers at the creature...

Justin ran to the other end of the room and grabbed the sword he had hidden. He then dashed towards the creature and slashed at it, hoping to distract it from harming the other, \"C\'mon you crystal cat. Come and get me!\"

The tiger turned to lunge at Justin but some more feathers from Daisuke got its attention again, \"Come on!\" Daisuke shouted before taking to the air, \"Come and get me!\" he smirked as the tiger began to jump up and slash at the air in an attempt to get him...

While the tiger was busy going after Daisuke, Justin began to attack it with his sword from behind, hoping to catch it off guard. Of course, he still wasn’t very good with a sword but he did seem to get the creatures attention, which was proved as the tiger growled and turned to Justin lunging at him and swiping...

The Crystal Tiger’s claws left a large gash on Justin’s chest as its teeth settled deep into his shoulder causing Justin’s eyes to go wide as he screamed. The tiger, however, didn’t let go as it continued to claw his chest.

Daisuke\'s eyes went wide as well as he ran up and angrily jabbed the feather in the creature\'s forehead causing the creature to yelp in pain before it began to shift back into the crystal statue, subdued for the moment...

Justin was sweating and groaning in pain, barely conscious and unable to move. He only mumbled, clenching his eyes shut, \"D...Dai-san...\" As sore as he was, he was glad the other was ok and that the threat was taken care of.

Daisuke was by his side in seconds, \"I told you to run!\" he growled before ripping a piece of his shirt from the bottom and folding it and pressing it to the wound, \"You should have listened... I could have handled it on my own... It\'s what I do... it\'s my job...\"

Justin shook his head slowly, groaning slightly just a bit dazed from the pain before he mumbled, \"I c...couldn\'t leave you to f...fight it,\" He knew well enough that if it hadn’t been him, it right well could have been the boy.

\"Moron,\" Daisuke mumbled shaking his head at the other, \"well... at least this might get you a vote of sympathy from your boss... I better get going though... I can hear them coming. They must have heard all the commotion.\"

Justin nodded to the redhead as his vision began to go blurry. The pain was pretty bad and he couldn’t focus his mind, eyes or ears… everything seemed to be shutting down due to the injuries. He grabbed the other’s hand for a moment and gave it a quick squeeze and gave him a nod before letting go and finally passing out.

It was hours later when he finally awoke in the hospital, wrapped in bandages and pumped full of painkillers. He glanced around and saw Saehara and quickly explained how Crimson Wing had a tiger with him, in order to cover both their asses.

Chief Saehara groaned and shook his head at the other’s story as the doctor walked in. He couldn’t believe that Crimson Wing would have done this. As far as he knew the thief was just that… a thief… Not some kind of monster who brought along dangerous creatures to hurt people.

Saehara turned to the doctor after a moment and he and the doctor stepped out into the hall to talk quietly for a moment or two before they came back in and the doctor told Justin go home on sick leave for a week to heal up…

Daisuke stood on the basement of his house as his mother and grandfather began the sealing ritual on the Crystal Tiger. He was slightly worried about Justin but wasn\'t sure if going to check up on him at the hospital was such a good idea...

As Justin laid on his own bed that night, he thought to himself calmly, ‘Man Dai-san has it tough...’ The boy was amazing, doing this almost every day and keeping it secret from everyone. He sighed after a while then closed his eyes and went to sleep.

The rest of the week was uneventful and as expected, Justin returned to work after that one week. He was still sore but didn’t let it show, but either way, on doctors orders, he was put on lighter duty till the wounds healed completely.

Daisuke, meanwhile, had begun to avoid Riku-san and Risa-san quite a bit to the elder twins dismay. She felt terrible and was sure it was her fault he\'d become so distant. Risa continuously told her it wasn\'t but she wouldn\'t believe her...

Daisuke was, in truth, avoiding them but not because he was angry at Riku but because he no longer felt comfortable or welcome around the elder Harada sister... He knew his actions were probably hurting her but he didn’t know what else to do.

Also, he found he was thinking of Justin quite a bit, worried about the injuries he\'d sustained in the last battle. Unfortunately for him, he had no idea where Justin lived and he wasn\'t about to go to the police station, as he was worried someone might recognise him as Crimson...

Justin had wondered what had happened to Daisuke as well. He hadn\'t heard of any thefts recently so he didn\'t know if the boy was alright or not. A secretary waved her hand in front of his face, \"Justin! Yoo hoo! Earth to the space cadet?\"

Justin blinked slightly, shaking his head and coming out of his daze before he looked at her and replied dumbly, \"Wha...?\" He half wondered how long she’d been standing there but didn’t think it to be a good idea to ask.

The secretary just shook her head and laughed, \"What in the world has gotten into you today? You\'ve been in a daze for nearly half an hour, and you’ve only been here for half an hour. Got a new girlfriend or something?\"

The brown haired detective felt his face heat up just slightly at the comment. Did he really look like he was in love or something? He looked down into the secretaries eyes and blinked before he shook his head, \"Ahh n..no...\"

The secretary smiled warmly as she continued, \"Oh, thank god… that\'s good then because I was wondering if you wanted to go out to dinner after shift is over? You know… we could get to know one another.\"

Justin bit his tongue for a moment, thinking before shaking his head as he sighed calmly, \"No offence to you Yui, but I just don\'t really feel like it. I’m really sorry...\" The secretary, Yui, just nodded calmly and turned to leave.

Justin left his office at four that afternoon and began to walk towards home. He winced in pain from his injury but he didn\'t have a car so he had to just hoof it and deal with the pain. He reminded himself that he’d injured Daisuke once upon a time and the redhead had to deal with it…

\"Yo! Daisuke-kun!\" came a voice from behind the redhead as he headed home. He turned and sighed with relief realizing that it was only Saehara and not one of the Harada\'s, \"Oy... you\'re hard to keep up with...\" he murmured with a smile.

\"Uhh…. I’m sorry Saehara-kun... did you need something?\" Daisuke asked calmly with a slight sigh. He felt bad since he’d also been unintentionally avoiding his best friend as well because he hung around the Harada’s so much.

\"I just... wanted to see if you were ok... Riku-san and Risa-san are both worried about you and asked me to check up on you,\" he said calmly lifting an eyebrow, he didn’t yet know what had happened, \"Did you two get into a fight?\"

\"No... Riku and I... broke-up Saehara,\" he said calmly with a sigh, closing his eyes. He didn’t much feel like talking about the loss. He and Riku had been together for quite a while and it hurt to know she wouldn’t be there by his side anymore.

\"Is that the only reason why you\'re trying to avoid them?\" The brown haired reporter asked as he lifted an eyebrow, questioning the other. He’d never thought of Daisuke as the type to run from his problems, “That’s silly Daisuke…”

Daisuke just shrugged slightly, not looking at the other teen, unsure of how to answer the question... He knew he was being mean by avoiding her but he just couldn’t deal with the emotions right now. He was mentally and physically exhausted.

\"Daisuke... you\'ve been acting weird for a while... Even before Riku-san decided to end things. Is there something wrong?\" he asked being serious for once in his life as he placed a hand on the others shoulder, seeing the slight wince from the other but thinking he just wasn\'t expecting the gesture and removed his hand calmly, \"We\'re all worried about you...\"

\"I\'m fine... why wouldn\'t I be?\" he asked glancing at the other with as close a look to curiosity as he could muster at the moment. He didn’t want the others to worry. He knew they would either way but the less reason they had to be worried the less they would.

\"I don\'t know... I just... ahh forget about it... I don’t think I’m really helping things anyway… I’m gonna head home,\" Saehara said shaking his head for a moment with a sigh, \"I\'ll see you at school on monday... Take care of yourself ok?\"

\"Right, ok. I will... Bye Saehara-san,\" Daisuke said as the other turned and headed in the other direction... The redhead clenched his fists for a moment in frustration, closing his eyes and taking a few deep breaths.

\"I hate my life...\" The teen murmured quietly as he walked, kicking a rock around as he went. He was tired... tired of everything... tired of being a thief, of being the hero, tired of watching people get hurt, tired of being hurt himself both physically and mentally... he was tired of being a literal and proverbial punching bag...

Justin blinked as he saw a rock roll past him and looked in the direction it had come from. There he saw a sulking Daisuke. He looked at the boy sadly and calmly walked up to him and asked, \"What\'s the matter Dai-san?\"

\"Uhh... nn... nothing...\" he said a little shocked that he hadn\'t noticed the other walking ahead of him. He supposed he’d been too preoccupied with his inner struggle and self-berating to notice. He sighed and bit his lip.

The detective nodded. He had hoped that he could break through the shell the boy had around him, \"Would you mind walking with me to my house? This injury is still acting up so if I move wrong, I might injure myself further. I\'ll call your mom and tell her what\'s up if your late.\"

\"Uhh, sure... I guess I could... It is my fault that you got hurt after all,\" he said calmly looking up at the other finally. He gave the other a weak smile, almost feeling like some of the pressure had been lifted off him. He found he enjoyed spending time with Justin, though he wasn’t sure why.

The brunette shook his head calmly, \"No, no, you were right the first time. It was my own stupid fault but I wasn\'t going to leave you like that Dai-san… Leaving you to fight that thing all alone is not in my nature. I would have hated myself had you gotten hurt…\"

\"But it\'s my job Justin... I was supposed to protect you...\" he said quietly, his eyes lowering to gaze at the cement sidewalk as they continued on towards other’s house. The redhead still felt bad about not being able to stop the creature before it hurt Justin.

Justin\'s eyes became caring as he put his hand on Daisuke\'s shoulder and shook his head, \"Please don\'t worry about that Dai-san. I would\'ve rather been injured than you. I couldn\'t leave my new friend to fight alone anyway.\"

Daisuke smiled slightly, feeling genuinely happy to have the other there with him, \"Thanks... we better get you home though... So, is your house very far or are we almost there?\" Daisuke asked calmly as they walked...

The detective nodded calmly, \"Thank you. You saved my life after all… hnn… My house isn’t actually that far from here,\" Justin said then gave him a smile as he said, \"My neighbour brought a roast over. She doesn’t seem to think I can cook for myself. Want to help me eat it?\"

\"Umm... sure if you\'re willing to put up with me for that long,\" Daisuke said with a slight smirk actually very eager and happy to have been invited to spend time with the brown haired detective. He didn’t know much about the other and this would give them time to get to know one another.

Justin just smiled back, \"I\'d love to have some company, just don\'t fall from shock at the mess I make. Like I told you before, I’m not the cleanest person around… Hahaha.... Owww...\" He held his chest from the pain laughing caused.

Daisuke cringed slightly before his eyes went wide and he put his hand on the other’s shoulder asking softly, \"Are... are you alright Justin? Please be careful... you’ll hurt yourself even more if you aren\'t... We don’t need you ending up in the hospital again.\"

The brunette smiled gently, \"I\'ll be alright. I just need to refrain laugh so hard,\" He said calmly a bit surprised at just how kind the boy actually was, despite having so much burden. He certainly was a rare one…

The red-eyed boy smiled a genuine smile, bringing his hand from the other’s shoulder and up through the other’s arm. This way if the other did end up falling he could catch him. He also found he kinda liked being this close to the brunette.

Justin tensed for a moment as the Daisuke did this but calmed down quickly, smiling back at the other. This kid really was a rare one. He couldn’t help but wonder what kind of lunatic would let a guy like him go. If he’d been her… he wouldn’t have.

Daisuke looked up at the other and blushed slightly at the other’s piercing gaze. He felt his heart beat slightly faster and murmured in a quiet and slightly nervous voice, “what? Is… is something wrong? Are you alright? Does it hurt?”

The detective just chuckled softly, shaking his head, his smile getting even bigger if that was even possible, “Nah… everything’s just fine… Perfect even… now… lets get to my house and get some food… I’m starving…”

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