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The Door Opens

It was dark in the city as wispy clouds rolled across the sky. Everyone was asleep, a reasonable action, as it was three in the morning. Everyone that is, except for a young boy sitting up in his room. Bright red hair shifted slightly as he turned to look in the mirror across from him, a grin on his sleepy face. "Dark, I know you're excited about tomorrow, but can you please let me sleep?" he asked.

The mirror didn't show his reflection. Instead, it showed another man who was taller than him and had longer, spiky purplish-blue hair. "I keep telling you Daisuke, I can't help it!" the man exclaimed, dark red-purple eyes puzzled. "I've got a feeling about tomorrow, and I can't really shake it!"

Daisuke shook his head as he moved to his desk, staring out at the night sky. He could see the stars through the wisps of clouds, but for some reason, there seemed to be less of them. "Are we talking about a good feeling, or a bad one?" he asked, looking back over his shoulder. The depleted star light shined in his reddish-brown eyes.

Dark shrugged in the mirror. "Both, I think. It's as if something's going to happen to us," he answered slowly. Groaning, the thief scratched the back of his head in annoyance, hating being out of the loop in anything. "I just don't know!" he muttered.

Yawning, Daisuke stretched before tramping back to bed, flopping down on the pillow. "Whatever you say Dark," he muttered, snuggling into the covers. He pulled the covers over his he as he grumbled at the spirit, "If you wake me up, so help me, I'll make sure we never pull another heist."
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Four hours later found the teenager awake and stumbling towards the school, trying to suppress massive yawns. Three and a half hours of sleep were not enough for the fifteen-year old, and he already knew that school was going to be horrible today.

It was a few blocks away from the school when he ran into his two friends, Riku Harada, and Satoshi Hiwatari. The girl grinned and waved at Daisuke as he stumbled up to them, then grabbed his arm in concern. "Daisuke-kun, are you ok?" she asked.

Yawning, Daisuke nodded. "Y-yeah, I just couldn't get any sleep last night," he confessed. Satoshi looked at him knowingly, shifting his books in his arms.

"I had the same problem," the silver admitted softly. "A tiny voice that wouldn't stop, neh?" he asked, knowing Daisuke would get the reference. The boy had the same problem as the young thief in the form of a white-winged spirit. The main difference between Dark and Krad though, was the fact that Krad was more than a little insane.

Grinning, Daisuke nodded. Inwardly though, he was troubled as they continued on towards the school. 'If Krad senses something too, then maybe something IS going to happen…' he thought darkly.

Suddenly, time seemed to stop around the red-head. Surprised, he nearly ran into the frozen Satoshi before pulling up. Everything was an off-color of grays as he looked around, trying to figure out what had happened.

"This world has been connected," a deep voice rumbled. Hearing it, Daisuke twirled around, backing up into a defensive position. What he saw was a tall figure in a long, black cloak. The hood was up, shrouding the man's face in darkness. Ignoring Daisuke's reaction, the man purred, "Tied, to the Darkness. And soon to be completely eclipsed."

"Who are you?" Daisuke barked, all trace of weariness gone. Mentally, he tried to call Dark, only to start to panic when he couldn't even sense the now-comforting spirit.

The figure seemed to smirk at the teen as it turned away. "There is so much to learn," he purred, turning to look back at him momentarily. "And you understand so little."

"What are you talking about?!" Daisuke snapped, getting worried and a little scared of the figure.

The figure turned back in order to walk away. "You who know so little, would not understand even if I told you," he said mockingly. Pissed, Daisuke scowled at the person, only to be distracted by the sudden appearance of a strange door, one that had never been in the square before. Turning back, he blinked to see that the man was gone.

A few seconds later, color returned to the world. Staggering, Daisuke looked around, trying to find the door again, but it had disappeared with the stranger in the black cloak. Puzzled and confused, Daisuke hoisted his backpack higher on his shoulder before trotting after his friends.

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Later that night, during the robbery of a painting, Dark found himself on the roof of the museum, his faithful companion Wiz on his shoulders and ready to fly. As he crouched on the edge of the wall, he was surprised to see Satoshi standing at the edge of the roof as well. Grinning cheekily, the thief threw a mocking salute at the young man. "Evenin' Commander!" he chirped. When he didn't get a normal reaction out of the teen, the spirit frowned as he crept closer to the boy.

"The Door has opened," Satoshi gasped, his normally blue eyes wide and tinted gold. The gold of Krad's eyes. Turning, the boy grinned maniacally, making Dark back up a little in case Krad lunged at him. "Don't you see Dark? The Door is open! We don't need to stay in this world anymore, live this lie! We can go and see other places, other worlds!" he exclaimed, his voice deepening as he reached out to the thief.

Dark shook his head. As a spirit, he knew of the existence of other planes, but he never thought that his other half would be crazy enough to try and travel among them. "Are you completely out of your mind Krad?" he asked sarcastically. Unknown to both boys, Riku had snuck up onto the roof as well, wanting to see what was going on herself.

Mockingly, Krad shook his head as his hair began to lengthen and lighten, his shirt ripping as long white wings formed. "Not this time Dark. I'm of sound mind tonight. The darkness has connected the worlds together for the first time in history. Come with me Dark Mousy!"

As Krad spoke, the shadows on the ground started to writhe and grow, taking the shape of humanoid creatures. Startled, Dark recoiled from the things, eyes wide as he stared at them. On his back, Wiz growled angrily at the creatures as they approached, and Dark suddenly found himself itching for a weapon of any kind. Above them, the sky started to swirl violently, blotting out all light but for the dark purple lightning that flashed though the clouds. Forgetting about the monsters for the moment, Dark stared up at the sky in amazement and fear as the clouds condensed into a ball of dark energy.

Krad's lips curved up in sadistic amusement, his transformation into his own form almost finished, as the ground beneath their feet started to liquefy into shadows. Tendrils of darkness snaked their way up his body, pulling him down into their dark embrace. Willingly, he let the shadows take him, closing his eyes as they pulled him further down.

'Satoshi!' Daisuke screamed mentally as he watched his friend. 'Dark, you gotta help him!' he begged, worried for his friend. Agreeing, Dark tried to grab the homicidal angel, only to stop as he noticed that the same shadows were trying to envelop him! Panicking, he tried to pull them off, mentally screaming for them to let go, but his hands went right through the tendrils.

Suddenly, the darkness disappeared, along with the monsters and Satoshi, leaving Dark and Wiz alone. Panting, Dark made to press his hand against his heart, only to be surprised by the appearance of a strange weapon in his hand. It appeared to be an over-sized key with a keychain hanging from the hilt.

Suddenly, the ball of darkness hanging in the sky exploded, creating a hole in the heavens. Startled, Dark flinched away from the thing, only to have to take flight as it started to pull at him, trying to suck him into its' depths.

"Come on Wiz!" Dark shouted as his familiar struggled to get them back on the roof. Preoccupied with trying to escape, they didn't notice Riku until she screamed, losing her grip on the door to the stairwell. "RIKU!!!!" Dark bellowed, reaching for the girl as she flew up straight at him.

Right as he thought he had her, she seemed to pass right through his arms, going straight into the vortex above. Terrified for her, Dark looked back over his shoulder in order to try and see her. In doing so though, the wind forced his body around so he was aimed into the black hole, and the last thing the thief remembered, was the sound of Daisuke screaming for help.

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