Daisuke began testing this new world. He thought it could be an imaginary world like the place Dark got pulled into after stealing the 'Sage of Sleep'. It seemed similar to that world only this time, it was Dark who did not exist…at least not the way he knew him. In the other world, Dark had taken his place as Daisuke Niwa. He wondered if he could find another Dark. It seemed possible, after all, Krad was able to appear as a normal person in order to talk to him. If all that were true, Dark probably wouldn't know him, just like in the other world. In order to find him, he'd have to search the entire city. The task seemed nearly impossible and Daisuke felt overwhelmed.
He felt a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, Daisuke!"
Daisuke spun around to face a boy with most of his hair slicked back in a fashionable style. "Y-you remember me!"
"Well, yeah," Dark said with a scoff, "you didn't come home after school. Mom's been wondering where you've been. She had to send me out to find you, you little jerk." He looked different, just like Krad had before, but his voice was the same.
Daisuke stared at him dumbly.
"You may be fourteen now, but I'm still your older brother, so you better listen to me," Dark warned.
Daisuke gasped. "Older…brother?"
Dark groaned impatiently and grabbed Daisuke's arm. "I don't have time for this crap," he said as he pulled him along.
"You found him, Hideyoshi?" a voice with that same strange accent stated from behind. Daisuke looked back to see Krad once again.
"Krad's still here!" he exclaimed.
Dark (Hideyoshi) stopped and looked at him, "what?"
"Do you think he's gone loony?" Krad asked with a laugh as he walked with Dark.
"Far as I'm concerned, he's always been 'loony'."
"You're not going to do anything!?" Daisuke asked incredulously.
"You better stop talking like that, Daisuke. If you keep it up, you're going to freak mom out again." Dark and Krad both laughed quietly at Daisuke's expense. They seemed to be acting like friends.
Daisuke pulled his arm out of Dark's hand. "I can walk by myself," he stated. Dark shrugged and walked ahead. Daisuke stayed a few steps behind with Krad. "Why are you still here, Krad?" Daisuke asked quietly.
"What?"
Daisuke wasn't in the mood to play little games. "Stop it, I know you remember!" he begged.
"Remember what?" Krad asked. His expression was innocent. Daisuke was alone again, just not in the literal sense.
"Never mind," he whispered, lowering his gaze to the ground.
"Hey, Engel, check it out," Dark called from up ahead. Krad, who must have been 'Engel', came to stand beside him. Dark used his head to indicate someone in the crowd. Krad looked in the general direction he motioned. Daisuke took the opportunity to utilize his skills. He lifted Krad's wallet from his coat pocket and looked inside without completely removing it.
'Engel Fuchs,' he read to himself. It was a German name. This new Krad must have been an immigrant…and a friend of Hideyoshi Niwa's. He quickly placed the wallet back where it belonged and looked to see what Dark found so interesting.
A group of young girls giggled to themselves, occasionally looking at Dark and blushing. Daisuke sighed. 'Some things never change', he thought to himself.