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Daiki's foot hit something incredibly solid, and he groaned and cursed.

"Hehe... it would help if you would stop running into walls, kid." Dark laughed unmercifully as he watched Daiki struggle down the pitch black hallway.

"If it's so easy, why don't you do it?"

Dark laughed again. Boy was that laugh getting on Daiki's ever shortening nerves. "'Cause. What would you gain from that?"

Daiki stumbled again. "A few less bruises and a some what sane mind. But those aren't important now, are they?"

"At least you know your priorities."

Daiki would have slugged him hard in the gut, but that was impossible unless he injured himself, and it was already proven Dark didn't feel pain. And that would accomplish nothing.

"So where are we headed again? To the right... straight... to the right again... and then to the left and up?" Daiki tried reciting the directions Dark kept repeating by memory, but had a feeling he had once again managed to turn an up into a down or a right into a left.

"Nooo... I said right, straight, right, left, up, then right again." Dark sighed mockingly as he felt the boy twitch out of anger.

"So when are you actually going to tell me what we're stealing? Soon? Or once Kio actually figures out how to use a camera?"

"Oooh. Burn. You sure speak of your friends fondly."

Daiki sighed as he continued stumbling along the dark passageway, making a lot less noise than he knew he should be. (Training does pay off.)

It's not that he didn't like his best friend... but the bad puns were inevitable, considering how the wanna-be news reporter was always stumbling around, poking his nose into buisness that was better left alone, taking photos of things people would rather forget or just never see. Daiki was actually really fond of Kio, and the information he gathered did come in handy... once in a blue moon, but it was still useful. It was other people who didn't enjoy the nosy high schooler's company. He had already got half the school staff plus some random conveniance store workers fired for various reasons... though no one had complained when the lunch lady who always served moldy bread was let go.

All this reminded him, once of the many people still searching outside for the long-gone phantom thief was probably Kio's father, a famous Detective and ex-news reporter. Daiki groaned, realizing that there were people here that could probably recgonize him on the spot.

"Wake up and listen kid! Stay alive!" Dark's voice snapped him out of his trail of thought, and was about to say to leave him the hell alone when he heared footsteps. Daiki froze, instinctively pushing himself against the cold wall next to him. His training kicked in and he strained his ears and singled out the footsteps.

There's only one person... wearing school shoes by the sound of it. There's not very many people who would be wearing school shoes this long after school had ended... and that would also make them under 18... by the weight of the footsteps...

"Oh come on! How can there be that many things to analyze about footsteps. Just run already! Leap, fly, we've just come to far to come to this now!"

Dark sounded desperate, it didn't seem to suit him. Daiki frowned, he was curious. Dark seemed to knwo something about the person approaching he didn't.

By the weight being put into the footsteps... some one light... maybe... a girl! It's always possible... but Kio doesn't weigh that much either... it could still be a guy... they seem to be coming directly towards me... could they be able to tell where I...

"Where you are? Don't act so surprised. Anyone could hear you stumbling around in the dark like a fool."

Daiki's heart skipped a beat as he heard the silky cold voice break the silence.

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