Author note: I don't know where the heck this came from. I wasn't even listening to Metallica when this idea came to my mind. I was listening to Chumbawamba.

Disclaimer: No, you sillies, I don't own Dnangel. Or Metallica. Or even Chumbawamba. I don't even own the polar bear plushie sitting on my head. I think it's my brother's.

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Satoshi gasped and fell to his knees. He clutched at his chest and tried to hold the darkness inside of him back. "I won't let you out!"

Laughter sounded inside of his head, reverberating off the walls of his mind.

"My lord Satoshi," Krad smiled, "Why do you fight back? You just make things more painful for yourself."

Hey, I'm your life. I'm the one who takes you there. Hey, I'm your life, I'm the one who takes you there.

"Do you really think anyone cares what happens to you, my Satoshi?" Krad continued. "If anyone really cared about you, they would be here now. But no, no one is here."

Hey, I'm your life, I'm the one who cares.

"No one that is…but me."

They, they betray. I'm your only true friend now. They, they'll betray. I'm forever there.

I'm your dream, make you real. I'm your eyes when you must steal. I'm your pain when you can't feel. Sad but true

Satoshi's eyes teared as Krad's white wings pushed against his skin. "I won't!!!"

"Such brave words, my lord Satoshi," in his mind, Krad leaned against Satoshi's shoulder so that he could whisper into his ear, "But you know…the only reason I'm able to come out at all is because you want it."

I'm your dream, mind astray. I'm your eyes while you're away. I'm you're pain while you repay. You know it's sad but true.

"Why would I want that?! What I want? To be free of you!"

"Oh you don't want that…" Krad gently bit into his shoulder.

Satoshi swung his arm back to hit Krad, but the winged demon easily caught his hand and began massaging it.

"I wonder," Krad said to himself, peering at Satoshi's white skin, "If I were to slit your wrist, who's blood would flow? Yours…or mine?"

You, you're my mask. You're my cover my shelter. You, you're my mask. You're the one who's blamed. Do, do my work. Do my dirty work, scapegoat. Do, do my deeds. For you're the one who's shamed.

"Maybe…it wouldn't matter."

"It would matter! I'm not you!" Satoshi yelled as the tips of Krad's wings broke through his skin. He could feel blood dripping down his back as his flesh was torn.

I'm your dream, make you real. I'm your eyes when you must steal. I'm your pain when you can't feel. Sad but true .I'm your dream, mind astray. I'm your eyes while you're away. I'm you're pain while you repay. You know it's sad but true.

"Why won't you leave me be?" Satoshi could feel himself weakening. Golden shimmers tried to dominate over his blue hair.

Krad circled his arms around Satoshi's waist. "I couldn't leave you. What would you do without me? Who would care for you, my Satoshi?"

Hate, I'm your hate. I'm your hate when you want love. Pay, pay the price. Pay, for nothing's fair.

"Stop saying that! I don't belong to you!"

"Of course you do," Krad ran his fingers over Satoshi's frame. "You are mine. You belong to me. You must realize it. You must realize that the only emotion you feel, truly feel, is caused by me."

I'm your dream, make you real. I'm your eyes when you must steal. I'm your pain when you can't feel. Sad but true.

"No!" Satoshi denied it, even though he realized the truth in his words. "I'm not yours! I'm not your possession!"

I'm your truth, telling lies. I'm your reasoned alibis.

"No," Krad agreed, "Not my possession. Our bond goes deeper than that."

I'm inside, open your eyes.

"I'm you, my dear Satoshi."

I'm you.

Satoshi screamed in pain as Krad forced his way out into the open. He smiled and made a slice on the palm of his hand.

"Mmm, Satoshi," Krad said, licking up the blood, "You taste so good."

Sad but true