The boy's sapphire eyes darted nervously from display to display in the window. His hand played uncomfortably with with his shirt collar.

No... not that. Definetly not that... I just don't know...

He sighed and shoved his hands back in his coat pockets, drudgingly moving away from the store's window display. He just couldn't seem to find what he wanted.

... A pet rock. Get him a pet rock. Everyone loves pet rocks.

The blue-haired boy stopped in his tracks. "Exscuse me?"

I said. Get. Him. A. Pet. Rock.

Satoshi felt his short temper rise and he pushed his glasses roughly back up his nose in frustration. "I think he's worth a little more then a pet rock you imecile!" The boy wasn't aware of his voice's volume, or even that he was speaking aloud, until an elderly passerby stopped to stare crossly at him, and a mother quickly pulled her staring child passed him.

His face now red from both anger and embarrassment, he replaced his now cold hands into his pockets and started once again trudging through the light snow.

Hehe... what's wrong? Some one didn't get the pony he wanted as a child?

Satoshi huffed loudly into the cold air. One day... he would figure out how to get rid of Krad... and he would enjoy it. Especially if it involved pain. For Krad, is.

Now that's not nice... wishing my impending doom, that is.

"What has been up with you lately? Usually you're to busy plotting my impending doom to think of witty comebacks." The boy made sure to say this under his breathe. His sapphire eyes were glued on the sidewalk in front of him, making sure to carefully and quickly make his way around other pedestrians. It was out of habit he avoided eye contact.

His forehead slowly drew slowly into a frown. For the first time in weeks, Krad was silent. Satoshi sighed thankfully, his body becoming less tense, his hands loosening from fists in his pockets. Maybe he could actually focus on the task at hand now, without the constant commentary. Assuming Krad stayed silent, that is.

Satoshi raised his head and looked around. It just seemed like no matter where he went, nothing was right. He just had to find the perfect gift... and it just didn't seem to want to be found. Sighing, the blue-haired boy lowered his head once more and continued plowing through the light snow. He found the current silence in his mind unnerving. Like the calm before the storm. He had become some what used to the constantly bickering Krad... it was much more preffered then the constant attempts on his life. Krad wanted him gone. He wanted Krad gone. And so the one question was always eating away constantly at his mind... who would end up gone first? Krad wasn't like Dark... he wasn't about to settle for sharing a body. He wanted it... and he was determined to win this battle, no matter what.

But then again... The boy reminded himself. So am I.

As Satoshi turned a sharp corner, he remembered somethign else, and a new flame sparked behind his sapphire eyes. And now, I have the motivation I didn't before. I will do anything...