Satoshi knocked on the wood of Daisuke's front door. He waited a few seconds before hearing footsteps on the other side. A white-haired, but young-looking girl pulled the door open a crack to see who was there before opening it. She gasped and slammed the door in his face. Satoshi blinked. He heard her calling for Dark as she ran deeper into the house. There was a 'sshh!' before her voice and a male voice (Satoshi supposed it was Dark's voice) conversed in hushed tones. He could not hear what they were saying. The voices stopped and he heard more footsteps. Satoshi wondered what he could expect to be greeted with first; surprise or anger.
"What the hell are you doing here!?"
Anger. "Please listen."
Dark did not wait for him to continue, "you think you can just show up here after that bastard--"
"Dark, I have something important to tell you," Satoshi interrupted calmly. Dark allowed him to continue. "I do not expect you to trust me, but you should at least consider what I have to say."
Dark's eyes narrowed slightly as if he were trying to see Satoshi's thoughts and motives. He folded his arms, "well, what is it?"
"I have reason to believe Krad wants you to find Daisuke. I don't know why, but I suspect a trap." He waited for or surge of pain, expecting Krad to stop him…nothing happened. In fact, he could barely feel the angel's presence.
Dark was rightly suspicious. "Why should you care if Krad planned to trap me?" he demanded, "you've been trying to catch me since we met."
"I care," Satoshi hesitated. He did not want to reveal his feelings, but he knew Dark would never believe him otherwise, "I care because I don't think Daisuke deserves to be harmed and I know you can save him."
"So, you're saying you want to find him too?" Dark muttered.
Satoshi nodded.
The theif scoffed, "I don't suppose you can prove that?"
"I can't."
"Then it isn't good enough," he stated, starting to close the door.
Satoshi caught it. "Just remember I tried to help," he said before releasing the door. He turned and walked away. Dark watched him leave before shutting the door.
"Do you think he's telling the truth?" Towa asked quietly. Dark glanced over and noticed she was listening to the entire conversation. Instead of giving her an answer, Dark walked past her into the next room as he thought.
'He tried to free me before,' he reminded himself, 'but that could have been part of his plan. He wants me to trust him…'
He interrupted his thoughts when he heard someone open the door and Emiko's voice apologize to Towa for being late.
She came in the room and saw Daisuke on the sofa. "Such a lazy boy," she stated, "taking naps in the middle of the day!" She turned around and spotted Dark leaning against the wall. She gasped and dropped her bag of groceries. "What!? How…?" she looked at Dark, then at Daisuke, and back at Dark. Dark sighed. It was time to break the news.