Something strange happened last night. Daisuke has this friend. His name is Dark. They go out together at night, and I'm never invited, kind of a guy thing. Well, this guy…he was in my dreams.
I was on a street corner, looking for something. My brother was talking to me, but I couldn't hear him.
Rob put a hand on my shoulder. He looked concerned. "Dark is coming. Don't stay out too late, little sister."
I was confused. "Robby wait!"
He was gone.
I looked around. Dark stepped out of the shadows. "I thought I'd find you here, Kuri-san."
"What are you doing here?" I said.
"I thought I'd find you in your dreams," he replied.
I fell back a step. "A-Are you really here? In my dreams?"
"It doesn't matter. This is the only place I can find out the truth." He took my hand, and removed my glove. "I know how this works. You can't read me here…but you won't be able to lie to me either."
"Who told you this stuff?" I asked.
"Your brother."
"Traitor," I muttered.
Dark grabbed my hand. There were sparks, and I felt our minds connect.
"Now tell me," he said. "Did you try to kill someone with your powers? Are you trying to kill Daisuke?"
"What? N-No! I could never try to kill Daisuke! I did try to kill someone one time. But it was to protect someone I care about!"
He dropped my hand. "I saw your memory…who was that little boy?"
"I'm not telling you, Dark. You shouldn't have seen that. I didn't want you or anyone to know."
"I'm…sorry," he said. He put one hand on my cheek and pulled my face toward his, and he…he kissed me.
I woke up then.
Unfortunately, there was no time to figure this out, because this morning I had school as usual.
Daisuke and I made it to school as usual, but I couldn't make myself speak to him. It was his friend that kissed me last me night. But how could he have a mind connection with me? I thought that was only Daisuke.
Daisuke looked at her. "Is something wrong?"
"It's…about your friend, Dark."
Daisuke was a little mad. "What did he do?"
"Um…can he enter people's dreams? I mean…you and I can feel each other's pain? So I thought maybe he was in my dream last night."
Daisuke knew she would ask questions about Dark, eventually, now that he was back to his old job of being Phantom Thief at night. And of course, Dark was also up to his old tricks—namely going after girls. And he'd picked Krista as a target.
Daisuke had told Rob about his secret, and Rob had told them about the fact that Kuri-san, when her gloves touched you and she was asleep, would pull you into her dreams. Dark had used the opportunity to go there and talk to her.
"In your dream? Are you crazy? He wasn't in your dream! Th-That's impossible!"
"Sure, Daisuke. So are my hands. But you've seen what they can do. So I think Dark—"
Tiffany tapped on the glass. "Hey you two! I have a foreign exchange student staying at my house too!"
"What? Huh?" They both got out of the car.
"This is Satoshi," replied Tiffany.
Satoshi acknowledged them with a nod.
Daisuke was shocked. "Satoshi? Is that you?"
"Wait, how do you two know each other?" Kuri-san asked.
"We're friends," Daisuke replied. "But I thought he wasn't coming to America…"
"I wasn't going to, but my father sent me," Satoshi said.
It was awkward.
"Okay, well, let's go in; it's cold out here," Kuri-san said.