The dark secret of the Niri clan revealed!
"Go away Shadow! I'm taking Night with me, so get lost!" growled Dark.
Shadow cackled and said, "Name one time that I've ever listened to you…"
Then they flew in to the rescue! Krad and a second figure that Dark vaguely recognized landed next to him.
"Krad, how did you…?!"
"Night! Are you okay? Dark what's wrong with Night?!" cried the other figure.
"It's okay. I managed to find him before that monstrosity showed up."
"Thank you for the compliment, Dark! I love it when someone acknowledges my cold heart," cackled Shadow.
Night heard Star's voice through the fog of pain. She came back to him, just like she promised! He had to know what was going on. Enter Argentine, Night's alter ego!
Damn that Shadow! Night, I'll do my best to protect you…
Arigato, Argentine. But I only want to know what's going on!
Night, I can't see through your eyes yet. It's too soon! You have to let me take over your body for me to see!
Just don't mess up my good looks, okay? Night joked.
When have you ever been good looking? Argentine retorted.
"Night? Night, you shouldn't move right now. You're in bad enough shape as is…" said Dark concerned.
"What's happening Dark? What's been going on since I passed out?!"
"Wait a minute…who are you and what have you done to Night?!" growled Dark, even more worried than before.
"Don't be so concerned Dark. Night is probably the only Niri in history to have me as an alter ego and not Shadow…"
"Argentine. Is Night okay?"
"So long as his wings don't kick in, I'm sure he'll recover. But I'm not so certain about how long it'll be before we switch back again…"
"So why did you come out now?! Isn't it a tad early for that?"
"The boy wanted to know what was going on. I told him that it was too early for me to see through his eyes, so he let me switch places with him. Right now, he's probably still feeling the pain from his ankle."
"How'd he manage to hurt his ankle?"
"He went down too quickly when Shadow's car showed up and he twisted it. I can't hang on to consciousness for any longer. You have to keep Shadow away from Night until the ceremony is stopped!"
"So he ran away because of the ceremony? What's so bad about it that he'd run away?"
"If the ceremony is fulfilled, Satoshi Hikari will be dead. He didn't want that to happen so he fled!"
"What?! Why on earth would Satoshi die?"
"Because the ceremony requires the death of someone with Hikari blood. Dark, Krad and I will hold him off while you take Night back to the Niwa house. He'll be a lot safer there!"
"How come?"
"Because of those damn wards that the former head of the Niwa clan put into place. The Hikari and Hikawa fools didn't know and by the time they realized the truth it was too late," Shadow laughed coldly.