It's been almost eight years since we felt, seen, or heard a spirit. And I Satsuki Miyanoshita, am perfectly fine with that.

After my brother and I left my mothers memorial service after Amanojaku returned to his tree, nothing much happened after that. Everything was actually…. Normal! And Oh my God was it bring sometimes! Momoko and the rest of us had a falling out for a while, until we started going to the same High School. Even then it was hard to get the gang back together.

So yeah there was a time when the six of us didn't talk to each other. And… well I hate to sound sappy but it felt wrong. Kinda like in the year that we hunted ghosts together we actually became our own twisted family of sorts. What really brought us back together was when we found out that Leo was being bullied for being a fag. It was alright when we called him that, because we were just kidding around, but this was going too far!

I remember Hajime running to me telling me about how we needed to stop these guys from beating the shit outta Leo, and I didn't think twice about saying yes. It was later on when Momoko came along wanting to help as well. Surprising really.

But that whole ordeal aside lets get on with the Present. I know look a lot better then when I was in grade school. Some guys have actually asked me out and I've said yes to a few of them! But nothing seemed to last long. Hajime and I even went out for a while, but we could see it wasn't going to work out. That jerk and I are still good friends though.

I'm working towards being a detective. I need more suspense in my life. You would think that after that whole ordeal with the ghosts would be enough but nope. Life is just boring now.

Hajime wants to be a stunt devil, I told him to break a leg.

Leo wants to be an author, I told him go read fanfiction.

Momoko (surprise surprise) wants to be a Nun.

My little brother Keiicherou is still having problems with his dyslexia and mental retardation and had to be pulled back a grade. After going to speech classes he's almost stopped making all those retarded babbling noises though. I hope the little brat makes it.

As for school, well it's a bitch. I don't want to talk about it.

And Amanojaku… I miss the guy. Still he was the most sarcastic, sassiest cat demon I would ever know! But he really pulled together for us in the end. And he was actually kinda funny once you get past the sarcasm.

Why does life have to be so complicated?

Well, onto the story I guess.

I was in the middle of Composition and Literature when I got the call.

"Hello? Is this Satsuki Miyonoshita? Your little brother Keiichero just had a stroke and is in the County hospital!"

I remember going numb then running like my life depended on it! I didn't have a car so I took the bus. For what felt like forever I was stuck between some smelly fat guy and a lady bitching on her phone. As I fidgeted there all I wanted was to be near my little brother.

When I finally reached the hospital room with my brother I hesitated opening the door. Would it be like mother? Will I walk in there and his heart will flat line? Oh God where art though?

I finally gathered my courage and walked into the room. And there he was, my little brother was in a bed hooked up to a billion machines and a bandage around his head. He seemed to be asleep.

"Keiichero? Can you here me? Wake up!" I walked over to him and starting shaking his shoulders, "Come on! WAKE UP YOU LITTLE SHIT!"

The doctor walked into the room, "Calm down, he can't hear you."

I felt my eyes grow wet when I asked, "What happened?"

"Your brother had a stroke and fell on his head. Quiet strange really. We can't find a reason that your brother would have a stroke like that in the first place. There wasn't any flashing lights or load and crowded atmosphere…" He trailed off as he glanced at his clipboard, "Oh! And-he-also-has-a-concussion-and-might-never-wake-up. See you later!"

"Wai-!" But he was gone.

I sat there and stared at my brother before calling Hajime and the gang.

About fifteen minutes later Leo and Momoko arrived.

"Woah! What happened?" asked Leo.

"He had a stroke and hit his head." I said in an almost dead voice, "The doctor says he might never wake up…."

Just then Momoko gasped, "Oh sweet Jesus…"

"Wha - ?"

Just then Hajime burst through the door, "Hey guys what I miss?"

Then Momoko took me by the shoulders, "Your brother – he did not have a normal stroke!"

"Y-Yeah the doc told me…"

"I feel an awful presence! An horrible – evil presence that is as unholy as Leo!"

"Hey-!"

"It is there! Inside your brother! Sucking at his life like a tape – worm!"

"B- But – " Leo gasped.

"I thought we put all the spirits to rest!" I gasped.

"Hey is everyone just going to ignore me or –"

"No! Hajime take me home!"

"What?"

"I need to get something from my house!"

"I was about to say…"

"NOW JERK! WE HAVE NO TIME FOR YOUR PERVERT ANTICS NOW TAKE ME HOME!"

The majority of the ride was silent. Except for a comment here and there. I wrung my hands to try to keep myself calm.

Once we finally got to my home I reached under my bed and grabbed the shoe - box that contains my mothers book. I gulped as I gingerly opened it.

"Motherfucker."

The pages were full. All of them. None of them were left blank.

I shook as I put it into my jacket pocket and rushed back to Hajime's car.

Hajime kept giving me side glances, so I tried to make my face unreadable. I thought about giving him a snarky remark, but I couldn't find the spirit to say anything.

"You have returned!" Momoko gasped.

"What did you need to get?" asked Leo.

"Yeah, what the hell was so important that you had to drag me through Goddamn traffic to get?" Hajime asked crossing his arms.

I slowly pulled out my mother's book and flipped to a random page. Everyone gasped and stepped back in surprise.

"The pages…" stutterd Leo.

"There full…" Hajime whispered.

I nodded, "So you know what that means right?"

It was Momoko's turn to speak now, "Your brother has been possessed by an evil demon of Satan. But do not worry, God shall give us the knowledge to overcome this foul beast."

"Yeah, or we could just use the book." Leo grumbled.

Even before we flipped through the pages of the my mom's book we would have no chance of beating it. We didn't even know its name! But I knew one thing that would.

We needed Amanojaku.