Freak: Yes! Finally, Chapter 4 is FINISHED! Huzza! Bet you all can't wait to find out what they saw, huh? Well, your wait is at an end!

Dark:Alright already! Quit stalling and tell us what happens!

Sora:I'd almost rather she didn't . . .

Freak: Yes, that's right! Sora knows!

Dai:What? And you excluded the rest of us? You're mean!

Freak:Whatever! Here's your chapter, you pushy, two-bit thimble riggers of characters!

Riku:Whatever that means.

Freak:BTW, I've put a flashback in here. When you see writing like .:this:. Then Dai's talking with Dark. When there's writing like this then Dark's talking with Dai. The same applies with Satoshi and Krad in later chapters.

Disclaimer: Why do I even bother? You should know this by now!

Chapter 4: Krad's Return

((Daisuke's POV))

When we all stepped through the portal we saw –

No, it's not Dark. ((Freak: As I KNOW some of you were hoping))

We saw Krad. He was standing before a graveyard full of unmarked gravestones.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't my favorite little red-haired monkey. And Satoshi-sama! It's been such a long time! To what do I owe this unpleasant surprise?"

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" shouted Satoshi.

"Aw . . . Satoshi-sama, you wound me!" exclaimed Krad with a pout, "I missed you so much!"

"I didn't." retorted Satoshi. Krad chose to ignore this and said:

"Frankly, I have no idea why, when, or how I came to be here. Perhaps – to see you?" finished Krad seductively. ((?)) Krad can be annoying, but at this, I really had to struggle not to laugh.

"YOU LITTLE A&(! () &&$ & --" I didn't know Satoshi had such a colorful vocabulary. He's sort of just going into a rant now. I heard Sora snort, which turned out to be a fatal error as he attracted Krad's attention. ((Freak: Duh Duhn duuuuh!))

"Oh? And who's this fine young man?"

"This?" asked Sora, pointing at Riku, "This is Riku." Krad sighed, exasperated.

"I didn't mean him." Krad said. Crap! I feel bad for Sora . . . Krad's got this creepy smirk on his face. "I was talking about you."

"Me?" said Sora, warily, "I'm Sora. Um . . . who are you?"

"I? I! Why I should think it fairly obvious!" What's obvious? I have about as much of a clue as of what Sora does right about now . . . "I'm just a very lonely angel –"

"Shut it, Krad." I've had enough of his little "flirtatious ways". "This really isn't a good time for hitting on guys you've never met." Riku laughed! Yay! I think he's on my side with this!

"Yeah. Leave Sora alone." said Riku. Riku's so cool . . . he sorta reminds me of Dark . . .

/Flashback/

.:Dark:.

Yeah? 'Sup Dai?

.:What happens when you leave:.

Uh . . . I just leave. Sorta. Okay, not really. I get yanked out of you and stuck in this really . . . ah . . . strange place.

.:So, even if I don't want you to, you still have to go:.

Yup. Why? Gonna miss me?

Krad popped up out of nowhere and started to attack me. I ducked and dived as best I could, but he still managed to land a hit on my arm in the same place as the first time I met him. ((Freak: See volume 5 of the mangas if you don't know where that is.))

Dai! Let me take over and get you out of there

.:Okay:.

Dark took over.

"Leave Daisuke alone, Krad!"

"Ah. Dark. I was wondering when you'd show up."

/End Flashback/

Riku's statement made me remember that. I was just beginning to realize that I really didn't want Dark to leave. I wonder . . . if Krad's here, then is Dark here somewhere as well? Is this the 'strange place' Dark told me about?

"Hey, Krad." I turned to Krad.

"Yeah?" said Krad. He looked relieved to have a change in topics.

"I-Is Dark here, too?" Krad's face grew serious.

"He should be, but I don't know where he is." Krad smiled at my crestfallen face. "But, if you're planning to go out and find him, I'll go with you, if only to spend some time with Satoshi-sama and cute little Sora."

"That sounded downright perverted, Krad." snarled Riku. "You leave Sora alone!"

"Hey –" Krad was cut off when the ground beneath us shook. Out of the graves before us, sprang these strange, very colorful creatures.

"SH&T!" shouted Sora, "HEARTLESS!"

"We must be close to the key hole, then." murmured Riku, "Miss Towa, have you found it?"

"Yes. I couldn't find it 'til now. Maybe it's because of all these heartless creatures."

"Enough talk!" snapped Sora. Boy, he sure got serious all of a sudden. "Heartless aren't friendly!" He, Riku, Donald and Goofy attacked the Heartless closest to them.

TBC

Freak:Well, there you go. I haven't quite decided what to do with Krad yet – I'm doing the unthinkable and making Satoshi straight. I do know that Krad definitely isn't.

Sato:You make it sound like such a bad thing to be straight.

Krad:Don't worry! I'll work to fix that! evil grin

Dai:Come on, Krad, leave him alone.

Dark:WHEN DO I GET TO COME BACK!

Sora:Haven't you figured it out yet? You come back when she feels like letting you come back.

Riku:I thought that was perfectly obvious.

Dark:Shut up.

Freak:Anyways, review. I'm going to try and keep this story under 10 chapters. I have a request to write a story after this one – a SoraxSatoshi one! It'll probably have nothing to do with this story whatsoever, so bear with me.