Hi everyone, it's been a while. I was buried alive from school. But I'm back now. First I would like to thank everyone who reviewed. You guys are epic. Second I would like to thank my beta reader OraueTwins.

Ok then because I haven't updated in a while I am going to recap everything that happened in the last few chapters. If you remember then just skip this part.

Sasada, Nishimura, and Kitamoto went into an abandoned house and ended up getting cursed by a youkai who told them that it would eat them if they did not find the Book of Friends and bring it back to it.

They talk about where the Book of Friends might be and decided to look for information on Reiko because the youkai brought her up.

They looked up information on Reiko and found a picture of her which led them to believe that she was a youkai or being possessed by a youkai.

Meanwhile, Natsume hears from a youkai that some humans are after the Book of Friends so Sensei turns into Reiko question humans about the book of friends.

He runs into • Sasada, Nishimura, and Kitamoto who recognize him as Reiko. He tried questioning them but they run away….

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"Did… we… lose her?" Nishimura gasped as he slowed down to catch his breath.

"Yeah… I think so." Kitamoto panted as he came to a stop and slid down to the ground.

"That was scary." Sasada said as she sat down. "Though I don't know what we'd expect from a youkai. I'm just glad we got away."

"That was a bad idea." Kitamoto groaned, "now she knows that we're looking for her."

"Looking for who?" a voice said from behind them. They turned to see Natsume walking over to them.

"Natsume!" Sasada exclaimed, shocked. "What are you doing here?"

"Just shopping," he said calmly, "what were you guys talking about?"

"Do you know that girl you're friends with?" Sasada asked. "The one that was in the abandoned school?" Nishimura gave her a sharp look.

"What are you doing?" he hissed, "I thought we agreed that we weren't going to tell him anything."

"Yeah, I know her. Why?" Natsume asked, his eyes narrowing.

"Ok, um this is going to sound crazy but… I don't think she's human." Sasada said, ignoring Nishimura. Nishimura gave a frustrated sigh.

"Oh?" Natsume said coldly. Kitamoto, who was watching the conversation, frowned. There was something off about Natsume. He wasn't acting himself. There was also something wrong with the look in his eyes. It was so… cold. Natsume didn't get that look. Natsume always smiled in that fake way.

"It started when we went looking through a haunted house." Sasada started, "It was my idea but I dragged these two along with me. While we were there-" Kitamoto stepped forward interrupting her.

"There's something not right here." he said. "Are you alright, Natsume?"

"That's a stupid question." Natsume snorted. "I'm fine."

"You're not acting like yourself." Kitamoto said.

"Oh?" Natsume said coldly. "What do you mean by that?!

"I just mean…" Kitamoto said trying to find the right words. "You're acting like another person."

"How did you jump to that conclusion?" Nishimura hissed. "He's going to think you're insane."

"But look at the way he's acting!" Kitamoto said, gesturing at Natsume. "He's clearly not himself."

"You caught on quick." Natsume smirked, looking evil. "I guess humans aren't as stupid as I give them credit for. You're right. I'm not Natsume." He took a step forward. Nishimura felt dread enter him.

"You're not… that means…" he shuddered as his eyes grew wide. "Give him back. Leave him out of this! Natsume has nothing to do with any of this so there was no reason to possess him!" Natsume stopped moving, a look of surprised crossing his face followed by annoyance.

"Possessed? Is that what… humans are so stupid." Natsume groaned, shaking his head. The look didn't suit Natsume at all. It felt unnatural coming from him.

"Please let him go." Sasada cried out. "He has nothing to do with the Book of Friends!" Natsume turned to look at her.

"What did you say?" he growled, eyes narrowing. "How do you know about that?!" He lunged forward and grabbed Sasada.

"Let go," she yelled, "Natsume, fight it! You're being possessed!"

"Let her go!" Nishimura yelled as he reached down and picked up a stick. He raised it over his head to hit Natsume.

"What are you doing?!" Kitamoto exclaimed, grabbing Nishimura's arm. "Don't hit him!"

"He's going to hurt Sasada!" Nishimura snapped.

"But he's possessing Natsume." Kitamoto exclaimed. "If you hit him you could hurt Natsume! He's already kind of weak."

"Then what are we going to do?" Nishimura asked.

"This is getting tiresome. How about I make a deal with you humans?" Natsume said, "you tell me everything that's going on and I'll give you Natsume back." He put Sasada down and crossed his arms.

"Really?" Kitamoto said distrustfully.

"You don't believe me?" Natsume said sweetly. The three of them glanced at each other.

"Ok, look at it this way." Natsume said after a few seconds. "What choice do you have? If you want him back then you have to tell me everything."

"We don't have much of a choice." Nishimura said slowly. Natsume smiled amusingly as they began their story.

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A couple minutes later.

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"Humans are morons." Natsume groaned, shaking his head. "So stupid." He shook his head one more time and then disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Hey!" Sasada yelled.

"Where'd he go?" Kitamoto asked, alarmed.

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Meanwhile.

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"Humans are morons." Sensei groaned shaking his head. "So stupid." He shook his head one more time and then turned into his true form.

"Hey!" Natsume's female human friend yelled.

"Where'd he go?" One of the guys said stupidly. Sensei rolled his eyes and took off into the sky.

"Humans are such a bother." he grumbled. It was a good idea to change his identity into Natsume's, though he didn't expect them to notice so quickly.

"I guess it makes sense for them to be on edge." he muttered to himself. "Even so, I have no clue where they got the idea that I'd possessed him. Oh well, at least it made it easier to get information out of them. Now to go check out this 'haunted house.'"