Well I'm back in action again after a long time! This is a sequel to Krad's Revenge so if you haven't read that, go read that first. (grins) This story takes place two years after the aforementioned story by the way. I actually started this story shortly after Krad's Revenge but only wrote bits and pieces here and there when my muses gave me ideas. And I will not take seven years to finish this like the other one. Promise! (big smile) Anyways, I'm putting both the prologue and chapter one together because it was so short to start off with. (The prologue is just the last little section of Krad's Revenge by the way.) Anyways, enjoy!

-Prologue-

Dark looked down at the water below where several white feathers still floated towards the water's surface where the blonde had slammed into the ocean and the surface was already starting to go back to being calm. There was no sign of Krad coming back up after several moments; the remaining white feathers of Krad's lingering on the surface of the water that had fallen.

Floating back over to the yard as Towa took the barrier down, Dark held onto his side that was sore from getting punched by the blonde with an energy blast. He landed a bit unsteady and collapsed to his knees, wings disappearing, as the others went over to him.

"Dark? Are you alright?" Emiko asked a little hesitantly at first unsure what he was going to do.

"Yeah I'm fine Emiko," the thief replied looking up at them all then looked down towards the ground ashamed. "I'm sorry for worrying all you with all that I've done. Will you forgive me?"

"Of course we do," Daisuke spoke up looking down at him and held out a hand to the thief. Satoshi also held out a hand. Dark looked at them a moment before giving a soft smile and took one in each hand, letting the two of them pull him up.

"I'll go get the bandages for you three," Emiko spoke up as she turned to head into the house. The others nodded and started to head inside as well, but Dark went to the wall and looked down again at the ocean below where the water had gone back to being calm once more.

Dark thought to himself that for once maybe Krad would finally be gone for good and would no longer bother any of them anymore. He couldn't feel Krad's presence anymore anyways and sighed slightly in silent, but somewhat sad, relief.

"Dark are you coming in or are you going to stand out there all day?" Daisuke asked from the doorway and Dark turned towards him.

"Oh I'm sure he'll be fine sleeping outside all night," Satoshi replied holding Daisuke up gently by the redhead's arm around his shoulder from the fight. He looked at Dark and gave the thief his usual smirk and then a small wink as he chuckled slightly.

"You want to settle this here and now?" Dark asked playfully to the blue haired boy as Daisuke started chuckling slightly as well despite being hurt by Krad's attacks from earlier.

"I don't think you could even land a punch with the state you're in Dark," Satoshi replied with a smirk.

"I don't think any of us are going to be doing much for a little bit from this fight," Daisuke spoke up with a small smile. "Come on Satoshi let's go inside." The blue haired boy nodded and turned slowly and headed inside and the thief started to follow.

Suddenly from behind the wind shifted his now normally shorter hair and he turned back towards the ocean. Something in him told him that even though Krad seemed to be gone for now that he would never be truly gone. After all, if Satoshi and Daisuke had their powers still from the length of time he and Krad had been in their DNA, then what was there stopping Krad from possibly coming back yet again?

"Dark sweetie," Emiko called from the doorway.

"Coming," Dark replied and slowly walked across the yard to the doorway holding his side that was still sore from the fight and went inside to finally relax forgetting what he had been thinking about a moment earlier.

-Chapter One-
(Two years later)

'This is another boring day,' Dark thought with his chin resting in his hand and suppressed a yawn as he sat in his desk looking to the teacher up front rambling on about math problems. He glanced over to Daisuke off to his right a couple seats up that was writing down notes from what the teacher was talking about then to Satoshi off to his left a couple of rows over looking just as bored as he was.

"Psst Daisuke," Dark whispered trying to get the redhead's attention but he didn't look back. Dark sighed silently then used their connection they still had between them that allowed communicating through thought. 'Daisuke.'

Startled slightly by Dark's voice in his mind, Daisuke looked up from the notes he was taking and glanced back towards the thief who gave a small smirk. 'What is it Dark?' he replied through their connection.

'Nothing. I'm just bored to death,' Dark replied with a silent smirk still. 'I think the Commander is just as bored as I am.' He glanced towards Satoshi again who was still sitting there looking just as bored.

'Well it was your choice to enroll in school you know,' Daisuke replied glancing over towards Satoshi then to the teacher and back to Dark. 'You could've just said no instead of coming.'

'But then I wouldn't have gotten as much attention as I do now if I hadn't come would I?' Dark said amused with his smirk turning into his usual grin. 'Don't you remember how everyone reacted when they knew that the famous Phantom Thief Dark Mousy was going to their school?'

'Oh please don't get me started on that Dark,' Daisuke begged with a silent sigh thinking back on that time two years ago when all the girls had been talking about Dark coming to school and squealing and giggling every time Dark was around or did something. He had sure become quite popular amongst the others.

Dark gave a mental laugh at Daisuke's quick thoughts coming to him from their link. It was so much fun to get after Daisuke and Satoshi both. But he was actually glad he had come to school when he did because he had gotten to feel more normal like he had always wished he could do. He had especially loved the way some others had reacted to him trying to get a normal life.

Letting his connection fade from Daisuke, Dark stared back towards the teacher thinking back on the past two years of him getting into a normal enough life and how everyone had reacted.

Well that's it for now. Dark is up to his usual mischief as always. (chuckles) Anyways, I hope you enjoyed despite it being so short. Next chapter will be a flashback of just after the fight with Krad two years prior. I shall try to get that up as soon as I can. Maybe by next weekend to give everyone a chance to read this. (grins) Reviews are greatly appreciated!