Daisuke reappeared and looked around. He was in a new place, but his hands were still bloody…and Dark was standing in front of him just like he was before. The area around them was hazy, but he couldn't see anything besides himself and Dark.
"What just happened?" he asked Dark.
"Hell if I know," Dark answered with some understandable annoyance in his voice, "it should have worked. But I can feel my magic is back again…and my leg is fine." He groaned when Krad appeared before them. His appearance was normal now. "Don't you know when to give up, Krad?"
"You accuse me of being selfish," Krad stated, "but all those years ago…you forced me to stay here simply because you thought it would be fun."
"Here? I had nothing to do with this."
"Not this place, Dark! You're almost back in the real world now, but you aren't listening to me." Krad relaxed his voice, but he continued to glare at him. "Unless you've forgotten. That sounds like you. Why think about the troubles you've inflicted on others when there's FUN to be had!"
"I have no idea what you're talking about, Krad," Dark muttered, "just let us go. You lost."
"Not until you realize what you've done," Krad insisted.
"Oh, I see," Dark replied, "you lost and now you want to act like you're the victim here? That's new…pathetic, but new."
"I wanted to go home, Dark. Centuries ago, you could have helped me and we would both be happy now. I would no longer be in this puny world and you…you would. But that's what you wanted, isn't it? It's too late now…we've been separate for too long. Now, we both have to go."
"I'm not going anywhere…especially not with you."
"So you've demonstrated! And you wonder why I'm so determined."
"Can't you just accept that you're here now and stop being such a prick about it?"
"Oh, please, Dark. It is easy for you to say that. You were always such a blessing here. No one has ever referred to you as their family's curse."
"Again, don't be such a PRICK. That's why everyone hates you."
"It was never that simple. You were brought into a family of thieves. Of course you were useful to them. I cannot create…how could a family of artists ever consider me a gift? It is a fact: I don't belong here and the only way for me to leave is you."
"Like I said, it's not gonna happen."
Krad sighed, "it was your selfishness back when we first stepped into this world that brought us to this point."
"None of that matters now. Let me go or we'll have to kill you again."
"I'm not doing it this time," Daisuke stated. The angels had almost forgotten he was there.
"You'll be freed eventually…I can't keep you here," Krad admitted.
Dark groaned, "Then why are you still holding us?"
"I thought about it…why should you be happy when you started all this? You can't return to Daisuke's world if you die here."
"Now we're getting somewhere." Dark didn't wait for Krad to make the first move. He shot at his other half with the magic that managed to return to him. Krad avoided being hit in the chest. Still, his arm was caught by the blast. He stumbled backward and held his wound. Dark smiled, "I can sense you're a little weak right now. You're not so big when you're no longer controlling everything, huh?"
Krad defended himself, "you fatigued me when you destroyed my reality…but I won't back down. I'm sure you've noticed you can fly away now. Of course, now that I'm tired, you've suddenly become brave enough to face me."
"Sure, I'm the coward," Dark replied sarcastically. Again, he shot at Krad, who was more prepared this time and dodged successfully. Dark blocked Krad's counterattack and decided they wouldn't make enough progress fighting like this. He knew Krad was pretty good with his magic, but physically, he wasn't as strong. He tackled Krad to the ground and proceeded to hit him mercilessly. "Tell me when you've had enough!"
Krad tried to roll free, but Dark used one hand to hold his head down while he continued to strike it with the other. His knuckles were coated in a mixture of his own blood and Krad's. For his victim, fighting back was getting increasingly difficult. Dark stopped when he noticed Krad could barely keep his grip on the hand that held him down.
"I think I should end this here, Krad," he stated, "this way, I won't hurt Hiwatari. Daisuke has no reason to save you." He glanced and Daisuke. The boy was shocked by Dark's brutality, but he did nothing to object. "Think of it this way: you don't have to stick around in this 'puny world' anymore." Dark had no weapon so he put both hands on Krad's neck to strangle him. At first, Krad tried to free himself, but he soon realized he didn't have the strength. He closed his eyes.