A New Thief in Azumano

By: Bishonen’sFoxyMiko

Co-Authored By: DeathNoteMaker

Disclaimer: We do not own D.N. Angel, Inuyasha, or any of its characters. They belong to their rightful creators and distributors. The same goes for any songs that I may add. But we do own the plot and events in this story and such.

AN: LOL Shi-chan did a freakin’ awesome job on Chapter 4 of this fic! XD. I enjoyed it greatly with all of it. Now I can only hope that make this chapter just as good.

And I’m soooo HAPPY! I’ve got the 3rd volume of the Vampire Hunter D manga series! It was one of the LAST 2 volumes on the shelves XD. With this, I might be able to update my VHD xover, “Alone, No Longer”!

Anyways, Hope you guys enjoy the chapter.

Chapter Five:
The Declared Prince of Azumano, and the Second Heist; Part II

Risa was panting heavily as she and few of the other girls were coming close to the end of their final lap around the track. So far, Risa hadn’t tripped or anything yet and she was almost coming in 12th place; much better than her previous 15th place or lower. Her sister, Riku came in 2nd place, being the better twin at physical activities.

But that didn’t matter to Risa. She knew that her sister wasn’t interested in Taisho-kun and knew there was no way that Taisho-kun was going to be interested in a tomboy like Riku. Risa was pushing herself much further than she ever did before but it was for the good of trying to impress her future boyfriend.

She quickly looked to where the boys were sitting to see if Kagome was watching her.

Even though it looked like Kagome was looking at her, Kagome was actually watching the rest of the girls try finishing but noticed that Risa was pushing herself way too much.

“Whoa… if this keeps up, Harada Risa could get close to coming in 10th.” She heard Takeshi say as he too noticed how much Risa is trying to get past most of the girls in front of her.

“Why do you say that, Takeshi-san?” Kagome asked, wondering if it was really a feat for Risa to come in 10th in running the track.

“Well, Harada Risa is not that good when it comes to Phys. Ed., except for swimming. And when running the track, she usually ends up being in 15th place, at best. This is the first time she’s ever pushed herself to come this far…” Satoshi pointed out, sitting diagonally behind Kagome.

Daisuke nodded in agreement as he heard Dark say, “She’s most likely trying to impress Kagome by pushing herself beyond her limits even though her body’s not used to working like this so much.”

Riku could be heard cheering Risa on about her almost reaching the end, same with a few other girls who were close friends with Risa.

Said girl they were cheering for was almost grinning in happy relief that she was almost finished, thinking she was almost there- just a little farther… but sadly, her Harada clumsiness kicked in and she ended up tripping just a foot away from the finish line, falling flat on her face.

Kagome winced at Risa’s fall, almost feeling sorry for the girl but not knowing that the girl on the ground was internally sobbing, wishing she could just crawl under a rock and die from the embarrassment of falling while so close to finishing her laps.

Once all the girls were done running and catching their breath, Kagome stood from her seat with the guys and made her way to Risa. Stopping in front of her, Kagome leaned forward with her hand held out to help the girl up before speaking, “Risa-san… come on, class is almost over.”

Risa lifted her head, the bridge of her nose dirty when she had fallen. She looked to her hopeful and definite future husband with all, like ‘he’ was a godsend before taking his hand. Once Risa was on her feet again, she wrapped her arms around Taisho-kun, almost keeping the ‘boy’ in a death grip asking, “Taisho-kun! Did you see me? I almost made it in 12th place!” And she kept gushing out all these things just to get attention.

Most of the boys, especially Daisuke and Takeshi looked to Kagome, feeling sorry for the new boy who caught the girl’s attention as ‘he’ tried to get out of the girl’s grasp.

“Gods, this girl is not going to give up! Can’t she take a hint that he doesn’t want her holding him?!” Daisuke heard Dark say in exasperation while appalled at Risa’s idiocy.

Daisuke couldn’t help but silently agree. Risa just sometimes tries way too hard to get a guy’s attention to the point of embarrassing herself. He couldn’t really believe that he used to have a crush on her when they were in middle school.

Giving a slightly annoyed sigh, Riku decided to intervene in her sister trying to ‘attract’ Taisho-kun. There was just no use in having her sister embarrass herself more than she already had today. Walking up behind Risa as the coach called for everyone to head for the lockers to change, Riku pulled Risa away from Taisho-kun and said, “Come one, Risa. Let’s go change so we can go home.” She then dragged a complaining sister who was whining about how close she was to making Taisho-kun fall for her.

Kagome sweatdropped at the sight before going with the guys to the locker-room with Takeshi saying that everything will turn out better with every girl calming down by midterm. “Trust me, Taisho. That’s how it was when we all started High School with Satoshi.”

After taking a glance at Satoshi’s way, the new female thief in boys clothes sighed before muttering, “I hope so… Because Risa-san looks like she’s going to be really stubborn and not lay off until I agree to go out with her.” At that last part, Kagome internally shivered at the thought of going out with a girl like Risa, even though she wasn’t into girls.

Daisuke then rested a hand on Kagome’s shoulder, reassuring, “its okay, Kagome-san. Risa-san usually looks for her next target within a month…”

“Yeah… within a month while still trying to chase after me, even AFTER telling her that there can’t be anything between us!” Dark pointed out with an almost deadly look in Daisuke’s mind.

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After everyone dressed out of their gym clothes, the bell soon rang for dismissal for the day. Once Kagome had gathered all of her things and made her way out the school building with Daisuke, Satoshi, and Takeshi.

They were asking Kagome if they would like to show ‘him’ around the town since it was a bit obvious that h was new in town and hadn’t looked at the sights since ‘he’ had first come to Azumano the month before ‘he’ was enrolled in Azumano High.

Kagome thought it was a good idea but had to see if she’ll be free for their plans. Once in agreement, Satoshi left with Takeshi and Daisuke offering to stay with Kagome until Han came to pick her up.

“Hey, Taisho… you heard about our local thief, Dark, right?” Takeshi asked as they waited for Kagome’s ride.

“Yeah, the Phantom Thief, Dark… his name even reached Tokyo. And last night I heard about the new thief who appeared last night…” Kagome answered, acting normal with the conversation.

This soon led to Takeshi’s fanboy mode about how Tsukiyo was gorgeous and everything, making Kagome and Daisuke look at him like he was in relation to Dark’s fangirls.

‘What the heck?! He’ll support Tsukiyo but not Dark?’

“It has a lot to do with gender and good looks, Daisuke. I draw a lot of attention with the female population while Tsukiyo draws the attention of men. It’s not that uncommon.” Dark explained calmly with a deadpanned expression.

Kagome did her best to keep from blushing in modesty at Takeshi’s compliments about Tsukiyo before seeing Han coming to pick her up by limousine. Standing up from the school’s front steps, she turned to the two boys, “See ya tomorrow, guys. I’ll see with my brother and grandmother if I’m free this weekend.” And with that, Kagome made her way to the limo as Han opened the door for her.

While they watched their new friend drive off, Daisuke felt happy to be able to make a new friend like Kagome. Beside him, Takeshi was grinning like an idiot while Dark was trying to get under Daisuke’s skin about liking boys more than girls.

‘DARK! SHUT UP!’ The red head yelled in his head over Dark’s laughing.

Takeshi then felt it was time to leave, bidding Daisuke goodbye until tomorrow while Daisuke made his way to the train cart. Just as Daisuke was out the gate, he heard Risa call out to him. Raising a curious brow, he asked, “What is it, Risa?”

As Risa was catching her breath, Daisuke could hear Dark mutter, “Probably wanting to know if ‘her Taisho-kun’ had left for home, yet. And if he had, ask you if you know where he lives.”

Once Risa’s breathing calmed with Riku walking calmly up to them with her bike, the long haired twin asked, “Had Taisho-kun already leave for home?”

“I knew it!”

“Um… yeah, his chauffeur just came to pick him up not too long before Takeshi left.”

“Right again! Now that makes two points for me!” Dark said sarcastically while lazing about.

‘Quit it, Dark.’ Daisuke told him before answering Risa, “Sorry, Risa. I just barely met him on the way to school this morning after missing the train cart…”

“When you didn’t move aside fast enough...”

Risa pouted before Riku said that she’d see him again tomorrow, immediately lifting the younger twin’s spirits, “Ahh, Taisho-kun! I’ll most definitely win your heart and become your girlfriend!” Riku then dragged her off leaving for home, leaving Daisuke alone.

Daisuke sighed at Risa’s persistence to get his new friend as a boyfriend before heading home.

Tonight, his mother said that they needed to prepare for tonight’s heist after she had left a warning letter with the police.

‘So what is it we’re stealing tonight?’ he asked Dark.

Himiko had already sent the warning letter with the appointed time of 9pm, tonight but she never got the chance to hear what she said that they were going to steal.

He could feel his other half grin before he answered, “We are going to steal “The Blood Goddess’s Tear’, Daisuke…”

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“It’s an art of the Hikari clan but like the “Jewel of The Dragon’s Neck”, it is a harmless piece of art but holds great significance to the Hakari’s start of making Gothic art.” Kagome’s grandmother, Mei-lien explained while she showed Kagome the pictures of the piece of art that Tsukiyo would steal tonight.

“The Blood Goddess’s Tear” was a large Garnet; the size of an average woman’s palm that had intricate vines of black platinum over the gem, encasing it. It was a small piece of Jewelry art but it was VERY precious and priceless.

Taking up a photo, Kagome heard her grandmother say. “Sesshoumaru had already sent the riddle with the rose… and it seems that Dark will be after the same thing…”

“It’s best to be careful with this heist, Miko. You might be on par with him in abilities of stealing.” Sesshoumaru added, walking in after watching the news for the latest scoop on The Phantom Thief and the New Thief of Azumano.

“Okay, I’ll be more careful with this since he’s going to be there… there’s even a chance of us fighting over it.” Kagome replied after putting the photos back on the table and letting her Tsukiyo form surface; her school boy uniform changing into the clothes she wore last night and her fox tail and ears appearing.

Tonight was going to be quite the challenge on both Thieves…

OKAY! FINISHED! Took me quite a bit of time, especially when I kept getting distracted. Now, it’s Shi-chan’s turn to write the next chapter and please be patient with her. She also has her own fics to tend to.

Well, hope you guys enjoyed this and please leave some nice reviews.