Draco: *grins and laughs* Alright! The beginning of this is especially for those who were wondering what happened to cause all this. Gomen, minna, for any OOCness in Satoshi or Krad. I tried to make them as IC as possible, while "properly advancing the plot."

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Satoshi sighed, staring out his bedroom window into the darkness of the sky, the reflection of stars glittering off of his glasses. Suddenly he heard something in his head, a slightly hysterical burst of laughter echoing through his skull. Frowning, he looked back into his mind and narrowed his astral eyes at the blonde who was currently rolling on the floor. When Krad was happy, Satoshi was worried.

"What, may I ask, is so funny?"

Krad grinned. ~Oh nothing that would interest you.~

"Then bore me."

~I made a little agreement with an old friend.~

"What sort of agreement and with who?"

~You're just full of questions today, aren't you?~

"Just give me an answer."

~I asked an old aquaintence, a nameless seishin no kyuketsuki actually, to "multiply the power of the Phantom Thief's greatest weakness."~

"You what?" Satoshi stared at the blonde incredulously.

Krad began cackling again.

"And what was your side of the agreement?"

But he received no response besides the hysterical laughter as the sun rose outside his window.

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Daisuke and Dark sat on opposite ends of the bed, staring at each other. They had been doing that for a few hours so far, and it didn't seem like either was quite able to change the position. Much to Dark's dismay, the kid looked slightly terrified to move, but Dark himself couldn't break the eye contact either. After all, sitting in the back of someone's head doesn't provide for much time to get a good look at them.

Currently, he was staring past the obvious fear and into the eyes he had spent so long wandering behind. The soft, watery brown of the irises seemed so expansive. Dark figured that, if he let himself go, he might be able to swim through them and back to where he had been only hours before, if he didn't drown on the way. Of course, such an act would also mean leaving his perch at the foot of the bed, leaving the chance to see the boy as he had only seen in dreams. That image he had seen in his sleep so many times was already beginning to form before his eyes, the delicately colored light of the sunrise brushing lovingly over Daisuke's beautifully pale features and playing gracefully in the silky strands of brown hair. If only the rest of the image were more like Dark's visions. If only he could feel the boy in his arms, feel that smooth flesh, those warm lips, and know that it was real and not just his imagination.

But that in itself was just a dream. Before him sat the most frightened looking kid he'd ever seen. There was no chance of anything coming of this but maybe, if he was at all lucky, a better friendship than they had had while Dark sat as a nagging reminder of differences in the back of Daisuke's mind.

Sighing, he broke off his thoughts. "Are you okay?"

Daisuke swallowed hard, looking as if he was trying desperately to comprehend the question.

"Dai-chan?" he asked quietly. "Are you okay?"

The boy opened his mouth, but nothing came out other than a little squeak.

"Uh…Dai-chan?"

After another moment, Daisuke shook his head and let it fall into his hands. "S-sorry. I just…it's so…quiet…"

Dark raised a brow. "That happens when people don't talk."

"No," Daisuke sighed. "I mean…it's quiet…in my head…"

"Oh."

"I'm so confused."

"You're definitely not alone there."

So the silence ensued once more, until Daisuke sighed again. "I…think I should go to sleep."

"Yeah…" Dark nodded.

"Um… Would you mind…?"

Dark forced a smile and got to his feet so the kid could actually get to his blankets. Leaning against the wall, he watched as Daisuke curled up on his side, trying to become as small a ball as possible it seemed. In that way, Dark watched his former host fall asleep, wishing he could hold the boy, just for a moment, but knowing it was useless to waste his thoughts on things that would never happen.

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Draco: *shiver* Ye gods I can make things pretty damn angsty…