Once again, the school day ended and as planned the day before Shion and Mion packed up their things quickly and hurried out of the school towards their estate.

Keiichi watched as the green haired twins hurried out. He sighed a bit, but got up and stretched to try and take the stress away. "The hell am I gonna do for two hours? I should just here and get some work done" he muttered to himself. As always as well when there was no Game Club going on, the group left and proceeded with their own agendas. The brown haired male walked over to a window and opened it, allowing a gentle breeze inside. He sat down at his desk and took out his books to begin doing work.

It seemed like doing some sort of work was the only thing that would keep him calm, as the constant thought of what could happen wracked his mind. "What could happened...I bet it's just a stern talking to from their mother...or grandmother..it is a matriarchal family. Can't be that bad if they see I am truly sorry." Keiichi told himself amidst the buzz of cicadas. "I know I'm gonna get a very..very...very long and stern talking to, so I'm ready for that...but I might have to make it up to them in other ways." he said aloud still. "Be a butler to them or something? Work for the family? Gah..it can;t be that bad Keiichi..just keep your cool." he chuckled as he continued his work for the remainder of the time he was there. He waited for the hour, finishing his work long before that, his panicked mind made him try and finish what he was doing as quickly as he could in the attempt to calm down. It helped...until he burned through everything he was doing.

The Maebara got up slowly and packed his things, throwing the strap to his bag over his shoulder. "Well...time for a punishment game." he joked as he walked out of the school. The sun was hanging in the sky, still enough light for day, yet it was slowly sinking in the sky. The male hurried towards the Sonozaki estate as fast as he could despite the time he had left over. He'd rather not risk being late for something like this.


The sun was slowly setting as Keiichi made his way down the road towards the Sonozaki estate. He looked around to try and spot the girls, but as he drew closer, he seen them simply standing front of the gates.

"Mion! Shion!" he yelled out as he drew near, coming to a skidding halt. He slumped over a bit, hands on his knees, panting. He lifted his head to look at them, seeing both girls in clean, white robes, there eyes locked on him. A shiver ran up his spine at the sight.

"Greetings, Keiichi Maebara." Mion simply said, her arms behind her back.

"I see you are early. We have to say, we're impressed you came early." Shion said.

Keiichi slowly straightened his body. "I didn't want to keep you two waiting." He said, simply saying the first polite thing off the top of his mind in hopes his punishment would be lessened.

"Very well..."Mion said, knowing fully well Keiichi's motives. "Please, just follow us." The older twin said, walking with her sister and Keiichi towards the back of the manor, following a dirt road along the side of the road.

Keiichi looked around, nervous. "This...seems familiar..." he muttered, looking at the land and small ponds around the path. He blinked a bit, keeping pace with the twins as he rubs his temples, a memory coming back into his mind. Keiichi groaned faintly as he relived the memory, Mion clinging to his arm tightly, blushing madly as the two walked down the dirt path, The two were talking, but the words were muffled, but he knew that Mion was acting differently.

"Keiichi!" Shion yelled, snapping Keiichi out of his trance. "We let you make amends, and you ignore us." She growled.

"N-no! I..I wasn't!" Keiichi retorted, trying not to screw up any more than he did. "My head just hurt..and I guess I was focusing a bit on the pain...s-sorry!"

"Right..." Shion sighed. "Just please follow us..." She said, walking with her sister through a door build in the side of a hill. The male blinked, swallowing as the memory flooded his mind again as he followed the two. He knew something bad would happen. As soon as he was passed the door, it flung closed from behind, locking itself tight.

Keiichi spun around. "W-what the?" he managed to say before a brown sack was thrown over his head. Struggling to get it off, he felt two small stud of cold metal prod his neck. Hearing a faint click, he dropping his arms and kept them at his side.

"Good...we're sorry to do this Keiichi..but this is required by our family." Mion said, keeping the sack over the panicking male's head. She looked over to Shion as she put her taser away in her robe.

"Y-you could have j-just told me to close my eyes!" Keiichi voiced.

"Sorry...this is the only way we could be sure that you'd keep this a secret." Mion said, leading Keiichi down the path in the cave, holding the bottom of the sack to lead him. Shion kept behind them and kept Keiichi on the right path.

"I'm so dead..." Keiichi muttered, trying as hard as he can to calm down. It wasn't working, his heart racing and his breathing panicked.


He was brought through the cave system, through many twists and turns before he was pushed onto a seat and the sack taken off. The male took a deep, loud breath before he looked around, his eyes adjusting to the faint candle light that lit the room. "W-what?" he asked, seeing simply Mion and Shion in front of him.

"Keiichi Maebara." Mion said, a stern force behind her voice.

Keiichi swallowed the lump in his throat, seeing the slits in both Mion's and Shion's eyes.

"You have been brought here due to your crimes against the Sonozaki name and the future heir." Shion informed Keiichi, the same sternness in her voice.

"As said yesterday, you shall do whatever it takes to make amends, correct?" Mion asked, seeing Keiichi nod. "Very well..." the older twin said, walking over to Keiichi. She grabbed the sheet of the table in front of him and ripping it off. In his panic, Keiichi didn't look down, just rotated his head. He slowly looked down, a nail ripping device strapped to the table he was sitting in front of.

His eyes opened as Shion made her way over and grabbed Keiichi's right arm and strapping it onto the table, shoving his hand into the device. "T-there has to be a different way to d-do this, right?" He asked in a massive panic.

"I'm afraid not Keiichi..if you do not do this, we shall not accept your apology. And as such, your life in Hinamizawa will be utter torture due to the power the Sonozaki name has." Mion informed Keiichi.

The male swallowed the lump in his throat yet again, looking at his hand on the machine. "...f-fine..do it." he said, bracing himself for the pain.

"No no no." Mion chuckled grimly. "You must do it to yourself to show true repentance."

"E-excuse me?!" Keiichi yelled in sheer shock.

"And..you must rip off...four nails." Shion smirked.

"W-wait! F-four?!" Keiichi yelled once more. "W-why?!"

"For bringing shame on Mion! For Bringing shame on the Sonozaki name! For Disgracing the sacred Watanagashi Festival! And for your own safety!" Shion growled at Keiichi, the male recoiling in response to each of Shion's growling remarks.

The Maebara slowly looked at his hand. "If I do this...will what happened that day and what happens here be brought up ever again?" he asked.

"Once you make your amends, that day's events and these events will never be brought up again." Mion told the male.

"Things will go back to the way they were?" Keiichi asked as he set his nail in the device.

"Everything will be forgotten Keiichi..." Shion said, her voice more stern than Mion's.

"Very well..." Keiichi sighed. He chuckled a bit. "The things I do never work out well." He said before taking in a deep breath, driving his hand down on the lever to rip his nail off.


The next day at school, it was obvious Keiichi was in pain, and up all night due to nightmares. With his face planted firmly on the table and his bandaged hand hanging at his side. "Uuuggghhhh..." he groaned out as he felt Rika poke his side to wake him up.

"Keiichi! Wake up! The teacher's coming!" She warned him.

"Let me sleep Rika..." He groaned.

"Let the boy sleep, Rika. He had a rough night last night." Mion laughed, slapping her hand on his back.

"Aiy!" He yelled, jumping up. "Ow!" he growled as he bit his lip. "Must you hit me so hard?!" he glared at her, only see Mion laugh and walk back to her seat. The male groaned as he slouched in his seat. He looked over to Mion slowly, seeing the green haired girl flash him a friendly smile. He returned the smile and closed his eyes as he turned his head to look out the window. "Well..glad that's over." he sighed.

"Or is it?" He heard from behind him, the male jumping to the twin's grim, whispered voices in his ears.