I'd never thought I would end up writing a story again (it's been oh so long since I wrote a fanfic…). In my other stories, I usually just type up a few chapters with no exact plot but heyyy, I got a plot for this story! Plus, my writing skills have definitely sharpened over the past few years. Ok, onto the story (well, introduction goes first)!

Disclaimer: I do not own DN Angel. I own With!!! Haha, I'm kidding.

Summary: This story revolves around a world with some of the most powerful people who wield magic as their power. Magic could either save or destroy a life. With that being said, the story is focused on the life of two brothers, Daisuke and Dark, who came from a family of thieves. As a child, Daisuke has been seriously ill and is barely struggling to survive. Dark, who is the older brother, wants to find a cure for his younger brother. As the story progresses, both of them will meet new people in which some might be able to find a cure to Daisuke's disease.

(I'm such a bad summarizer!)

Chapter One: I want to fly

"Dark, you want to meet up in the park later?"

"Sure, what time?"

"I guess…around 6 in the evening? Is that fine with you? There's going to be a few others there too."

"That's fine."

As the two figures began to go their separate ways, the figure named Dark stretched his arms in the air and then crossed them behind his head with a book bag in one of the hands. He was a tall, skinny boy with dark violet eyes and hair. Today is his "special" day; he's finally turning 18 years of age.

Dark continued to walk home, past the stores when he got a call on his cell. He reached into his pockets and pulled out a black cell. He took a look at the number…Crap. Nothing happened right?

"…Hello, Mom?"

"…"

"Mom?! Is everything okay?"

"Hurry and come home…" and after that phrase, there was a click that could be heard on the cell. Dark's face began to turn pale and he immediately ran home. Ughh…why does he have to get sick now?!

After running for 5 minutes, Dark finally reached to his house's doorsteps. He took out the key and frantically stuck it into the keyhole. He twisted the doorknob as quick as he could and slammed the door open. Taking a big leap, he jumped and ran into the house not realizing he just ran over a string attached between two walls on the floor. As soon as he crossed the string, two nets came out from the wall and caught Dark in it.

"What the heck?! Mom!"

A poof sound came out of nowhere and a banner was released from the ceiling. On the banner, it said, "Happy 18th Birthday, Dark!!!" Dark's eyes opened widely and he's realized, this was one of his mom's lousy tricks for getting him home as soon as possible. He squirmed and tried to get out of the nets but to no prevail. "O M G! MOM!!!"

A young-looking lady ran from behind the corner of the wall and ran to where Dark was. She gave Dark a big great hug. "Dark! Happy Birthday!!!" Her face was full of smiles and laughers causing Dark to blush with embarrassment. "Mom…" The mom's name was Emiko; she had short blond hair and could past for a high school student. Emiko help lifted the nets from Dark and held Dark by his shoulders with a stern face. "After all that training! How did you fell for this one!? We must train you even harder!" Dark gave a nervous face. Harder…? For what?? I don't even see the point of this training.

"Eh heh heh…I see we're all having fun aren't we?" An old man walked out from the corner of the wall with a cup of tea in his hands. His hair was quite fuzzy for an old man. "Dark, you are now 18 years. You are free to do..", and he came closer to Dark's face and gave him a nudge in the arm, "you know what". Dark completely turned red and stood up with a nervous laugh. "Grandpa…you need to stop thinking like that." The grandpa, whose name is Daiki, gave a small stare at Dark. "You know you think like me." Dark, completely try to ignore Daiki and laughed. My family is so odd…

Dark suddenly remember the reason why he'd panic and ran home. He turned to his mom with a panicked face. "Mom, where's Daisuke?!" The mom looked down to the floor. She gave some small sniffles and crossed her arms. "He…He…" Dark quickly made a dash to his younger brother's room. Please Daisuke…He climbed up the stairs and burst into Daisuke's room. He looked to the right and there was a bunk bed. He saw a body on the bed and his heart began to pound harder. "D-Daisuke…?" He took several steps closer to the bed until he had the few steps of the ladder to see his brother. With one hand holding the rail of the ladder, he used his other hand to touch the blanket that was covering the body of his brother. "D-Daisuke..? Y-You're--"

"Surprise!" A red-head boy popped out from underneath the blankets and jumped right onto the taller brother. That caused Dark to lose control on the ladder and they both ended up on the floor with a loud thump. "Ack…Daisuke!" As both of them got into a normal sitting position, they burst out laughing.

"You should have seen your face!" The red-headed boy placed his hands over his mouth trying not to laugh too hard.

Dark placed his hand against his forehead. "Daisuke…that was just cruel."

Emiko and Daiki came up into the room at this moment laughing as well.

"Did you guys plan this? That was seriously cruel. You know I get worried when it's about Daisuke!" Dark crossed his arms and turned his head away from the rest of the family.

"But you would have taken your time walking!" Daisuke stood up and grabbed his older brother's arm so that he would follow him. "It's time for your cake!"

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It was now almost 6:00 PM. Dark was at the door now getting ready to leave the house to meet up at the park with his friends. He was about to leave when he heard a small whisper. "D-Dark?" Dark turned around and saw that it was his little brother who was calling him. "Yea?"

Daisuke looked at Dark with his fairly large ruby eyes. "I-I know that you want to hang out with your friends only later…but--" Dark could see the short red-headed shaking from anxiety, and he knew where this conversation was going to lead. Even though Daisuke was already 14-years old, he hasn't really stepped outside of the house that much because of his fatigue conditions. "Daisuke…"

Daisuke turned around with a feeling of sadness. He knew Dark wasn't going to take him outside. If anything were to happen, Dark would feel guilty about not being able to protect him. "I-It's okay, Dark. Forget I said anything."

Dark gave a small grin and walked over to Daisuke, placing his hand on top of Daisuke's head. "Hold up there. I thought you wanted to go outside…unless you don't want to anymore?" Daisuke turned around quickly and gave a big smile. "Thank you Dark!" Daisuke hurriedly put his shoes on while Dark stood there to watch him.

"Did mom say you could go?"

"Yes. She told me to watch myself and if I feel tired, I have to tell you. And blah blah…there! I'm done! Lets go!"

Dark and Daisuke walked out of the door leaving the house behind them. They haven't walked for more than 5 minutes when Daisuke was giving awe-aspiring expressions by the sceneries that were surrounding him. "Geez…it's only the sky and the birds. Big deal." Dark rolled his eyes and waited to see what his brother would say. He expected Daisuke to pout and complain that he never got to see the sky that much and the birds were something new to him.

Daisuke placed his hands together behind his back. "Ne…Dark?"

"Hm?"

"I was wondering something…would the family be better off without me?"

This threw Dark off his track. He never heard Daisuke ask such a serious question nor was he even expecting such a response. Maybe kidding with him was a bit too much…"No! You're an important part of the family! This family won't be the same without you!" Dark grabbed Daisuke around the neck with his arms. "Don't ruin the happy atmosphere! It's my birthday!"

Daisuke gave a wide grin. "You better hurry up before you are late and your friends will punish you!"

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When they arrived at the park, there were several people there already. The same girl who was talking to Dark earlier this afternoon walked toward Dark and embraced Dark with open arms. "You're late."

"Sorry, my younger brother wanted to go out today."

The girl's eyes were taken off Dark and onto the younger red-head. "So, you're the cute little brother that Dark always mentions?" She brushes her hair to one side and patted Daisuke on the head. "Hi! My name is Risa! It's nice to meet you!" Daisuke gave a small nod to acknowledge her words. "H-Hi…I'm Daisuke." Risa, noticing that the boy was a bit shy, laughed, grabbed one of Daisuke's hands, and led him to the table with food. "You look hungry! Why don't you eat?"

Daisuke gave a small blush. He'd never met anyone else besides his family that was so nice to him before. "Thanks…" It's so beautiful outside…

Daisuke grabbed a piece of cookie from the table and began chewing on it. Dark found this to be extremely cute and couldn't help but show a smile on his face. Another tall figure standing by Dark grabbed Dark with one arm and knuckled him in the head. "Aww…Dark, you look so adorable with that pose!" This caused the rest of the gang to stare at the two boys and laughed.

"Get off of me Takeshi!" Dark pushed away the arm that was on him and got back into a normal standing pose. "You're so annoying, you know that?"

Takeshi pressed one finger at his forehead. "I can't even share the love man!"

"Nobody wants your love." Dark crossed his arms and continued to watch over Daisuke. Takeshi couldn't help but grabbed Dark again with his arm and knuckled him down one more time. "You are doing it again!"

Daisuke found a bench nearby and sat there while watching Dark have fun with his friends. The boy Takeshi is now throwing a water balloon at the rest of the gang only to have the rest of the gang chased him down. A small smile crossed Daisuke's face. Daisuke looked up at the clouds at the sky with his hands placed on the bench. I wonder if I'm going to be up there soon…He closed his eyes and a small wind picked up making his hair sway a little to the left. Dark…

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Daisuke opened his eyes again…except he was no longer in the park. Instead, he was in a place with no light and only darkness. Nothing but complete darkness…Daisuke tried to move around but his entire body felt paralyzed.

"…D-Dark? W-Where are you…?" Daisuke felt his voice was choking and soon, nothing could come out of his mouth. The usual bright red eyes were slowly turning into a dim red color. Slowly, two arms wrapped around Daisuke's body and a head was close to Daisuke's ear. Nothing else could be seen…the dark body that was holding onto Daisuke's whispered something into Daisuke's ears.

I will have you…

You are preventing him to be at the greatest power…

You will not live for long

Your soul will belong to mine…

And to no one else

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"Daisuke! Wake up!" The sky was near pitched black, and Dark was trying to wake up the little red-head. Dark gently pushed Daisuke's shoulder back and forth to see if that would wake him up. "Daisuke. It's time to go home." The little red-head slowly opened his eyes and stared at Dark for a few moments. "H-hm?"

"It's time to go home, dork." Dark gave a hand to Daisuke to help him get off the bench. "I seriously cannot believe you slept through the entire thing."

Daisuke, realizing what he just did, grabbed Dark's hand quickly and blushed with embarrassment. "S-Sorry! I didn't know I went to sleep!" Daisuke grabbed the bottom with both his hands of his shirt and looked down with an embarrassment face. "You could have woke me up…" Dark placed his left arm on Daisuke's shoulder. "Nah…you looked like you slept peacefully. Lets go home."

Daisuke looked up at Dark and made a big smile. "Okay! Erm…but before we go home, can we go to the big fountain? It's just right around the corner!"

Dark rubbed his head with his hand and gave a small sigh. "Fine…If mom asks why we came home late, it's your fault!"

Daisuke made a small pout and stuck out his tongue at Daisuke. "Fine!"

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It was a few moments later that both of the boys made it to the big fountain around the corner. There were several bird statues sticking out of the fountain with water coming out of them. In front of the fountain was a round black gate so that if the people wanted to stare at the ocean, they could do so without having to fall off the hill. Daisuke jumped onto the round wall of the fountain that was preventing the water to break loose. He spread his arms out and began walking on it like it was a balance beam. "Look Dark! Look what I can do!"

Dark stood his back against the gates and stared at his brother. "Anyone could do that you know?"

Daisuke pouted one more time and this time, he put his arms by his side. "Yeah I know! But I like spreading my arms over the water!"

A confused look crossed Dark's face. "And why is that?"

Daisuke spread his arms once again and lifted his head high into the air. "Because…because I want to fly! I want to fly over the ocean! I want to fly over this town!"

Dark, chuckling, slowly turned his back toward Daisuke so his frontal side would be toward the ocean. "No one can do that. Not even me." There was a short pause before Dark turned around again to see Daisuke's crutching down with one of his hands holding onto his chest. "Daisuke!" Dark ran quickly toward Daisuke and held onto Daisuke's body. "What's wrong?!"

Sweats were pouring down on Daisuke's face and a fever was crossing his body. "I-I'm sorry D-Dark. I didn't think--" Dark refused to let Daisuke continue talking and grabbed the boy and placed him on his back. "I'll get you home in no time."

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The house was quiet. Not a single sound.

Daisuke was back in his bed sleeping soundly. The rest of the family members were sitting on the green couch in the living room. No one spoke. It was silent. The grandpa was sipping his tea; the mom was folding clothes; Dark stared at the TV with dull eyes. After a long moment of silence, Dark was the first to break the silence.

"Isn't there any way we can cure Daisuke's illness?"

Emiko stopped what she was doing and looked right into Dark's dark purple eyes. Tears were filling up within her eyes but she was trying to prevent them from falling down. "Dark…all the doctors say they haven't seen this disease. They told us that it was incurable."

Dark shut his eyes quickly and opened them back up. Anger was getting aroused within him. "Mom! If we don't do anything, he will not be able to take it anymore!"

Daiki slammed his teacup onto the table. "Don't you think we know that!? We'd researched and researched but we just can't find a cure to Daisuke's disease." Dark turned his head away from the family members. "But you still need to do your duties." Dark turned his head back at his grandpa. "And what does that mean…?"

"You are finally 18. It is now your duties to continue the traditions that the Niwa's have passed down."

"And what the heck am I supposed to do? Put on some robe and do some funny traditions!?" Dark was getting upset with this conversation. Here he was, worrying about his younger brother while the rest of the family seems to care about some stupid traditions.

"No. You are going to steal some very precious artifacts."

This totally threw Dark off course. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You want me to…steal? Are you kidding me?!" Dark placed his hand on his forehead like a sign of frustration.

"You are granted with the power of the Niwa's. You will understand what that will mean later. When it is the right time, the power within you will be awaken." Dark continued to be in frustration. "I don't care about that! I want to find out how to cure Daisuke!"

Daiki's eyes began to grow stern. "Dark. As a thief, you will have more knowledge to unlimited information. Take this chance to find out a cure for Daisuke. Our research stopped at our limited resources. But you, you have the chance to obtain more information and perhaps, maybe something can tell you about the disease."

This gave Dark hope. And this was the only reason why Dark decided to become a thief.

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Ahh, finally the end of the chapter! I know this chapter was probably very similar to the original storyline but it's going to change later. Just had to set up and introduce everyone you know? Hmm…I'm going to be cruel to my characters. Hahahahaha!

Next Chapter: As Dark began to steal artifacts, Daisuke becomes more fatigue in which one day, he could not wake up without the aid of someone else. Strange markings begin to appear on his body. What could that possibly mean? They meet a powerful boy who could aid them in finding the cure but this could also be a trap to capture them. Daisuke likes him but Dark certainly doesn't. And who is that mysterious figure that keeps appearing in Daisuke's dreams?

Until then!

P.S. My grammar might be slightly off…

Dark: She meant to say a lot.

Me: throws a pan at him