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"Dark! What's going on? Why is he here?" Emiko prepared a cold compress for Dark and looked restlessly at him as they lay him on the sofa.

"He just fell out of the sky. Jii-chan, do you know how this happened?" Riku and Daisuke watched and waited for his response.

"I don't know, this has never happened before...its best if we heal Dark first, and then get all the answers from him."

After a half an hour, Dark began to stir and everyone crowded around him.

"Dark...Dark!" Dark's eyes opened and he saw all of them, Daisuke, Riku, Emiko, Kosuke, Towa-chan and Daiki.

"Where...am I?" Dark sat up and felt a pain surge through his head.

"You're home silly." Emiko was relieved and gave Dark some water and tablets.

"Thank you."

"Dark, are you ok? You were falling from the sky and you have bruises all over you, what happened? What's going on?" Daisuke was shocked, he didn't expect to see Dark, but here he was right in front of him this time. Dark had control of a body of his own.

"Krad..."

"Krad?! Why?"

"Krad and I were trapped in an abyss. He found a way out, I don't know how he did it, but he did. We fought almost endlessly and in the end, I hung onto him as he escaped, but he kicked me away."

"Why did he want to escape?"

"He's gone crazy, he wants to create havoc, destroy this town. I couldn't stop him, for some reason my powers are only half as affective, his were too but he managed to defeat me. Something must have gone wrong."

"Do you know where he is now?"

"No..."

"Hmm...He's going to be a problem..." Kosuke worried.

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The next day at school Daisuke was worried and kept thinking about Dark, how he got out, and what they were going to do about Krad.

'Wait, does Hiwatari-kun know about this? Has Krad contacted him? Mo! Why don't I know anything?!'

Satoshi placed his hand on Daisuke's desk and interrupted his chain of thoughts.

"Hi-...Hiwatari-kun..."

"Niwa, what are you keeping from me?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"You're hiding something Niwa...tell me!"

Satoshi slammed his other hand onto the table, attracting attention and causing the whole class to whisper. Riku noticed this and knew what the commotion between Satoshi and Daisuke was about, she stood and grabbed both their arms and dragged them outside.

"Riku..."

Risa felt lonely after that day, Dark never showed up again and Daisuke and Satoshi kept her unknown about what had happened. Risa and Satoshi eyed each other and tried to date for a while, but then it didn't work because they were both too different.

"What's the matter with them, Harada-san?" Said Saehara.

"I don't know."

"Hmm...Dark hasn't made any moves lately; I have nothing exciting to report on. Something's up with Daisuke and he isn't telling me anything..."

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"What's the matter with you two?! You warn me not to talk about these things in school, but here you are doing it yourselves!" Riku let go of their arms and Satoshi stood, looking at Daisuke.

"Niwa! Is it about this?! It can't be!"

"Woi Daisuke! What are you doing out here?"

"Saehara-kun!"

"Come on Daisuke, the teacher's coming, we better get inside..."

Riku and Saehara walked back in, but the door was half open and Saehara could see Daisuke and Satoshi facing each other outside.

"Niwa...you better tell me everything. If it involves what I think it does then I have the right to know." Daisuke nodded and Saehara had heard everything.

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"Riku, ready to go for ice-cream?"

"Ah! Gomen ne Risa...I forgot..."

"You made...other plans?"

"Mm, sort of..." Riku looked away and then ran off.

"Riku..."

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Daisuke opened the door to his house with Satoshi and Riku behind him, Daisuke took one step in and began to take off his shoes when the floor collapsed.

"Aaaahhhh!!!" Daisuke almost fell into the hole, but then hung onto the edge. "Why?!" Satoshi smiled and shook his head, seeing how Daisuke will always be Daisuke.

"Wha-...what's going on?" Riku jumped to the other side of the hole and helped Daisuke up.

"Arigatou Riku-san. OKA-SAN!"

"Hai?!"

"I have guests! Why do you have the switch on?!"

"Ah! Gomen ne Dai-chan! OK! It's off! Come into the kitchen!"

"Ah...oka-san...why did you have the switch on? I don't need it anymore..."

"Gomen, gomen, since Dark came back it felt like the good ol' days."

"Dark?!" Satoshi came up from behind Daisuke, shocked. "He's back?!" He looked back at Daisuke who didn't know how to respond.

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Everyone sat down on the sofas around the coffee table, but Satoshi preferred to stand, he was too restless.

Emiko went to the foot of the stairs and called for Dark to come down, Satoshi looked at Daisuke confused and then his eyes widened when he saw Dark walking beside Emiko towards the sofa.

"Yo!"

"Dark?!"

"Why? How? I don't know, but there is something that I am sure of." Dark began.

Emiko sat down and Dark stood facing everyone.

"All I know is that Krad's doing this, he's planning something and we need to stop him no matter what."

Satoshi's body tensed at the mention of Krad's name.

"Krad's back too? Why didn't you stop him?"

"I couldn't...some of my powers is gone."

"This can't be happening...Krad...is back...just when I thought I was rid of him."

"Hiwatari-kun..."

"Is he in his own body too? Or is he...in me?"

"No, he has his own body, like me."

"I don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing..." Satoshi laughed a little and buried his face in his hands.

"Oh look at the time! Would you like to stay for dinner Satoshi-san? Riku-chan?" Emiko stood up and made her way to the kitchen.

"Ah, gomen...I think I should be making my way home. Risa might get worried."

"Oh...that's too bad."

Daisuke walked Riku to the front door and began their farewells.

"Riku-san, are you sure you don't want me to walk you home?"

"No, it's alright. I'll be fine." Riku then moved closer to Daisuke and gave him a short, sweet kiss. "Daisuke, lighten up. We'll figure this out and stop Krad, don't worry ok?"

"Mm..." Daisuke nodded and hugged Riku. "Thank you Riku-san. Bye."

"Bye."

Daisuke turned around and Dark was there watching him.

"Oh? It seems that things between you two are going smoothly."

"Mm, but...Harada-san isn't doing well. We didn't tell her about what happened, Riku-san told me that she's been really depressed nowadays."

Daisuke felt uneasy about this, but for the sake of Harada-san he had to ask.

"Dark..."

"Hmm?"

"Could you like visit her...or something?"

"Daisuke..."

"Would you?"

"I don't think I should, it'll make things worse. I think I should keep it low right now."


TBC

Next Chapter: Krad will initiate his first attack, and Daisuke discovers something at the wrong place and the wrong time.

I don't want to rush things so the next chapter might take a while...-.-....