Rustling sounded from the door on the opposite side of the room.
"Wow, Dark," A male voice said, "I thought I'd be the first one to be set free, but I guess you beat me to it."
"Krad?" Dark questioned.
"Oh no, silly!" It laughed, "That meanie, Krad is being forced down by that poor kid. I think his names Satoshi – Do you know him?" He mocked.
Dark nodded, unable to speak.
"Good, good. Now – First things first: Thank you."
"What have I ever done for you?" Dark squinted, trying to catch a glimpse of who was speaking.
"Not much. Until now. I wanna be set free to, Dark. But I wasn't sure if it would effect me, too. Killing my tamer might damage me, too, and I wouldn't want that now, would I? But you showed me that you could live, even with your tamer dead, your still standing here, aren't you?…" It laughed again.
"Who are you?" Dark said, louder this time, getting his confidence back.
"Me?" He asked.
"Yeah, you."
"I'm just some one who wants to be helped. Would you help me, Phantom Thief Dark?" He said in a child like manner.
"Why?"
"Just do it." The hidden voice said, sounding impatient, "Then no one will get hurt. Being hurt really stinks, and none of us wants to stink, do they?"
"Show me who you are first, then I might consider it," Dark said, trying not to sound to worried.
"You really did like Dai, didn't you?" The voice said in a high tone.
"What!" Dark said, too quickly.
"Aha!" It laughed again, "I've touched a nerve, haven't I! I know that you wouldn't be standing there, over Dai, if you really didn't care, you'd have left him back at school, and then we'd probably be fighting now. I hate fighting, so I'm glad your feeling bad."
"I'm glad some ones happy." Dark said coldly.
The person sounded offended, "Now, now Dark, no need to be mean! I said I hated fighting, but I never said I wasn't good at it."
Dark stepped forward, tired of this pointless conversation, and he heard some one take a step back. The shadow laughed again.
"You're so funny, Dark!"
"What? – Never mind, just show yourself!" He replied.
"No." It said stubbornly.
"Look," Dark said, taking another step forward, hardly noticeable, "If it makes you feel any better, I don't want to fight to."
"I'm not a kid, you know!" It yelled, "I know when I'm being played!"
"Funny, you sound like one."
"Oh yeah!" The person paused, thinking of an insult, then stopped, "Well…I wanna be friends. So there. Now please help me." It sounded more like an order.
Dark ignored him, and ran forward, lashing out. He felt some thing very much like wind pass in the opposite direction. Back to Daisuke.
"Stop!" Dark yelled, whipping round, and seeing Daisuke laying on the floor, and a figure, slightly shorter than himself, bending down next to him. The golden sunlight shone through the open window, so the figure was a silhouette, no features visible.
"No fair!" It whined, "You're being mean again!"
"Get away from Daisuke." Dark managed to say in a threatening voice.
"Just help me!" It shouted, "I wanna be set free! Its so unfair that you get to be free when I'm stuck with a meanie!" It said in a childish tone.
"You're just like a little baby, having a tantrum," Dark commented, hoping on luring the person away from Daisuke.
"Shut up!" He screamed, "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
Dark took a step forward, slightly surprised at the reaction. This guy really was like a little kid.
"Just help me!"
"Look," Dark said more calmly than he felt, "Just step away from Daisuke, and I'll help you."
"You liar!"
"No," He said softly, in an attempt of calming him down, "I promise…"
"You do? You mean it?"
"Yup."
The person stepped away from the fallen Daisuke, away from the sunlight, Dark could see him.
He had Dark green hair that was cut short, so it fell across his face. He was slimmer than most, his cloths were black and purple, patched together to that they resembled a tight fitting t shirt and baggy trousers. He had his arms folded across his chest, and wore a pout on his face.
"Now, my turn. Kill my tamer."
"What!"
"You promised!" He yelled in rage, like a kid.
"Sorry, I just…" Dark fumbled for an answer, "I'm not going to kill your Tamer."
"You're so mean! Krad's not gunna help, your not gunna help and every one else isn't helping either! I need an angel to do it!"
Dark fell silent.
"Just…Just go away. Go away if your not going to help!" He yelled.
Dark nodded, and walked towards Daisuke.
"NO! You're not taking him! I'm breaking my end of the deal too!"
Dark made a grab for Daisuke, but suddenly the kid was there, punching him out of the way. Dark rubbed his check, that was red with blood.
All other things seemed to flood out of Dark's mind. He had to get Daisuke.
"No one is mean to Hotaka!" The guy screamed.
Hotaka? That was his name? Is sounded familiar.
Dark ran at him again, dodging the punch, swerving to the side, making a grab at Daisuke. But then Hotaka was in front of him again, Dark hadn't even seen him move. He took a blow to the stomach this time. It hurt, but the pain seemed to vanish as soon as he thought of Daisuke.
The fight went on, each time Dark was even close to Daisuke, Hotaka was there, punching Dark back. A grim expression on each of their faces.
Dark was bleeding all over now, it had been an hour now, but he was no closer to getting his tamer back.
"You can't beat me." Hotaka grinned.
