Chapter 1.

Watanuki scowled at Doumeki's expressionless face in annoyance. ' Dame that Yuuko. Because of her, I have to share a hotel room with stupid Doumeki on this stupid mission.' Glaring silently for a moment, he threw himself into one of the chairs and started mumbling to himself.

"…" Doumeki just ignored him. Watanuki, after hearing from Yuuko that they were sharing a hotel room, had already exploded and screamed at Doumeki for about 10 minutes before he stormed off into the room. Pulling the finger out of the ear closest to the ranting boy he followed after and sat on the other chair.

The room was about medium sized with a queen size bed in the center, a table with two chairs and a small bathroom. Watanuki jumped up and turned to Doumeki with a glare and stated, " I'm going to take a shower, don't even think about coming near the bathroom until I get out." Storming over to the bed, he grabbed his bag with a change of clothes in it and he stomped into the bathroom and shut the door with a loud thump.

Doumeki, having already taken a shower earlier that day, decided to get ready for bed. Changing into his robe he walked over to the bed and lay down to sleep while listening to the sound of the water in the shower.

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Watanuki leaned his forehead on the shower wall lost in thought. His thoughts went to another mission they had had a few days earlier. It had started out pretty smoothly, but they had failed to complete it. But he could still remember what had happened, up to a point:

" I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO GO ON A MISSION WITH YOU AGAIN!" Watanuki screamed at Doumeki as they walked down the road toward they're destination. They had been asked to exorcist a spirit for one of Yuuko's customers. It apparently was destroying they're property and scaring away customers with all the racket it was making.

As they arrived at the store, but it actually looked more like a mansion than a store, Watanuki stopped as he felt something inside.

" What is it?" Doumeki asked looking at the seer next to him.

" I don't know, but it's powerful. I can feel it all the way out here. Well, we better get this over with." he said and walked toward the front door. The storeowner who asked, "Are you Watanuki-kun and Doumeki-kun", greeted him?

" Yea, can you show us where the spirit is?" he asked as he took his shoes off at the front door and walked in. Inside, the force he felt was even stronger than outside.

" It is in the main room that everything has been happening. Come with me." He motioned them to follow him deeper into the store. The closer to the room he got the stronger the force got, but it didn't feel bad, just… strong.

As they entered the room, he stopped in his tracks as he felt a dizziness wash over him and he swayed there for a moment. Shacking his head, he walked to the center of the room and stood there frowning. He heard the shop owner leave and Doumeki's breathing as he stood there waiting for Watanuki to react to the spirit.

All of a sudden they heard laughing as someone appeared out of thin air. Watanuki turned to see if Domeki noticed any thing and saw him staring at the person. It wasn't a spirit. They had walked into a demon's trap.

The demon was a tall woman with long black hair that fell to her waist, but it was in a braid. From here, he could see that her eyes were white, she had no pupils or irises: Was she blind? She wore a kimono with a black and white checkered pattern on it.

Smiling, she waved her arm and the room changed. Now it was made of marble instead of wood and cement. With tall flowing columns around the edges of the room. The floor was the same-checkered pattern as her kimono. The ceiling was black and the walls white.

"Ah, so you have finally come at last, Kimihiro Watanuki. And I see you have brought Doumeki- kun, too. I guess I'll have to keep him busy for a little while." Smiling, they saw all her teeth were sharp and pointed.

'She waved her arm again, and Domeki flew threw the air and landed against the wall. Marble flowed out and surrounded him, pinning him to the wall.'

Watanuki watched, as Domeki just stood there frozen, his eyes closed as he grimaced in pain. Nothing had happened, an illusion had been placed on him, but Watanuki could see nothing.

Turning back to her, he asked," What is it you want? My soul? Blood?"

"No, my dear, I actually have something to give. Though, I don't know how much you will like it." Disappearing, she appeared right in front of him, grabbing him by the throat. " Look into my eyes, Kimihiro Watanuki, and see what will happen if you don't figure out what you truly desire." His eyes opened of no accord and he saw her eyes, bottomless pits of white and then he blacked out. " Sleep Watanuki, and dream." a voice murmured above him as he drifted into darkness.

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Domeki knew it was just an illusion, but he couldn't break it, no matter how he struggled against it. He stopped for a moment to catch his breath and opened his eyes. He saw Watanuki with the demons hands around his throat and watched as he blacked out and collapsed onto the floor. He started to struggle anew and saw her look up at him. Smiling, she disappeared and the illusion disappeared too. Running over to Watanuki, he felt his pulse. It was faster than normal, but it was slowing. Picking him up, he ran for the door and Yuuko's shop.

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The next thing he remembered was waking up in Yuuko's shop and Doumeki asleep on the other side of the room against the walls. Yuuko had told him what had happened and that because he failed the mission, he had to make her a late night snack.

He knew he had to get out of the shower soon so he washed his hair and rinsed it. He got out and changed into his pajama and dried his hair. Walking out of the bathroom, he saw Doumeki was asleep on his side on the bed.

Growling, he glared at him and was about to yell at him, but a wave of exhaustion swept off him. He glowered for a second longer and than climbed into the bed and scooted to the edge and fell asleep.

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Yay, first chapter done. It took a little bit of time, but here it is. Hope you enjoy it. I'll update as fast as I can, but I'm busy so it may take me sometime to finish this story. Please be patient with me and don't bite my head off. Please comment on my story and give any helpful advice if you have any to improve my story.