After falling asleep, Keiichi found himself, as was now usual, in the alternate Hinamizawa. This time however, rather than fighting, running, or hiding, Keiichi merely sat and waited. He waited, in his bedroom, for the arrival of his enemies, those monstrous doppelgangers of his friends. There was a loud slamming noise as the door to the room slammed open, and "Rena" entered.

"Well, well, Keiichi-kun. Nice to see you finally realize how futile resistance is!"Exclaimed Rena, grinning maniacally all the while.

The doppelgangers advanced swiftly, pinning Keiichi to the ground, Rena producing a hunting knife while the others restrained him.

"Keiichi-kun, I bet you think we'll kill you now right? That you'll die, and then the worlds merging will stop, and your friends will be safe right?"Said Rena.

What? How does she know about that? There's no way! Thought Keiichi, panicking, too shocked by this knowledge to think clearly, or even hear Rena, until she began to carve into his flesh with the knife.

"-on't kill you now, no, we'll wait until the worlds merge, then we can make you suffer even more, when we kill your beloved friends!" Rena cackled carving letters into Keiichi's flesh all the while.

The letters carved in painfully...R...E...N...A...

Mion's house the "real world"

It was Rena's turn to watch Keiichi, and so she stayed in the room despite her fears of what Hanyuu had said would happen. She had almost fallen asleep when she heard a strange sound coming from Keiichi, a sort of whimpering. She got up and began to shake him, gently, when her hand happened to make contact with a wet spot on his shirt. She turned on the light, and saw the bloody shirt. She pulled the shirt up to get a better look. She saw her first name carved into Keiichi's and her second name being carved into his chest, as if by an invisible knife. She screamed, and began to shake Keiichi in an attempt to wake him up. Keiichi's eyes snapped open and he pushed Rena away sharply. As Rena hit the floor Mion came charging in the room, slamming the door open. She saw Keiichi lying there bleeding and ran to see if he was okay. She saw Rena's name carved into his chest, and turned to Rena, a furious expression on her face.

"What the HELL did you DO?!?!" screamed Mion.

"I-it wasn't me!" whimpered Rena, "I woke up and he was like that!"

"Don't lie! How else do you explain it!?" shouted Mion, forgetting everything Hanyuu had said to them in her panic and anger.

"It was from the nightmare" said Keiichi hoping to get them to stop fighting amongst themselves. "Don't forget what Hanyuu said!" Shouted Keiichi.

"S-sorry Kei-chan, but I just don't trust that Hanyuu...And I don't believe what she says either!" shouted Mion.

"I know, but she is. The other Rena did this. I thought if I Just sat there and waited, they'd kill me, and you'd all be safe..." Keiichi's words trailed off as he realized what he had just admitted.

"WHAT?!" shouted Mion, "I thought I told you not to give up like that! I said we'd be all right! Why do you keep ignoring me!? Why don't you listen to what I say!?"

"It's for your own good" replied Keiichi "You don't know them like I do. They're stronger, and faster than you guys are in real life. I can only fight them off because I'm used to it. They're vicious too, unbelievably, monstrously, inhumanly vicious. If they get here, then you'll all die."

Keiichi's tone of voice said that he believed this would happen no matter what. It said that these monsters would annihilate them, Keiichi, and Everyone in Hinamizawa, and love every bloody, violent minute of it. That there was no doubt that the real club members, though they outnumbered the enemy by two, would be easily, and brutally killed. And at this Mion could not help feeling angry, as if she and the others could not hold their own in a fight to the death, a fight for their very lives. She said so, and in sarcastic tone of voice asked:

"Well what makes you so special, Kei-chan? Why is it you can fight them, but we can't? Huh? Why?"

"It's nothing special, I've just been fighting them for so long I can sort of predict what they'll do, you know? I've Fought them and died at their hands more times than I care to count, so of course I know what they'll do...I know them better than I've ever known anyone, is what I'm saying, and I know they can crush people like bugs if they so choose." Was Keiichi's quiet reply.

At this, Mion's anger dissipated. She felt pity for Keiichi, who had been stuck fighting monstrous people so long that he, by his own admission knew them better than his friends, his family, or anyone else in this world, or any other, but also felt a renewed desire to protect Keiichi from these things that had hurt him so much, and so often.

"Don't worry. We outnumber them by two, remember? And if you know them as well as you say, then you should be able to teach us How to fight them well, Right?" asked Mion, hoping to get Keiichi to focus on the positive side of things, of their advantages, as opposed to their disadvantages.

"I guess..." muttered Keiichi "If that's your plan, we should get the others and start right away. We don't know how long we've got. Or how many times I can sleep, before the worlds finally converge."

After waking everyone up, including Hanyuu, they began to speak. Keiichi's first act was to ask Hanyuu how many times he could sleep before the worlds finally converged, and the fight for his friends lives began (Keiichi had lost interest in his own safety, and was surprised to find that he cared only for his friends safety. While he wanted to live, he was primarily concerned with seeing that his friends didn't suffer as he had in his dreams.)

Hanyuu's reply startled him a little. "you can probably only sleep one more time, before you converge the worlds..." she muttered, all the while wearing the saddest, most sorry expression anyone in the room had ever seen.

"I see..."said Keiichi, "I had hoped for more time but let's start now. We won't stop until I pass out."

Though the others worried about Keiichi, things like" I hope Keiichi doesn't suffer after this battle. He's suffered more than anyone should." And "will things go back to normal after this?" as well as, perhaps, most worrying of all, thought of by everyone in the room, "What if we defeat them, and Keiichi stops going to that Hinamizawa when he dreams, He just goes to a different world? Maybe one even worse!"

But all those thoughts, worries, and fears were quickly put aside, as Keiichi outlined their other selves weaknesses, while drinking cup after cup of coffee to maximize the time he could stay awake. IT was in the middle of describing all of the other Rena's favourite places to slash, and how to survive them with minimum of damage to their own bodies when Keiichi began to fall asleep. He tried to resist, but his body would not be denied. As he began to fall from the chair, Keiichi heard cries of his name from all the members of the club, as well as a horrified cry by Mion to "Stay Awake!!" . But their cries were as useless as Keiichi's attempts to resist the darkness. Finally Keiichi was consumed by the darkness, and transported to the other Hinamizawa.

Hey guys! I'm back with a New chapter! Sorry it took so long. I lost internet connection for a while there, and when I got it back, it was summer. In summer my energy levels, never the best, drop significantly, and I can't get up before noon, much less write. But now that summer's over, I can find the energy to write again! Since we're here anyway, what did you all think of the Rei OVA? I was personally disappointed, just a little. Anyway I assume you know my rule by now right? But it's been a while, so in case you forgot. Positive reviews fic lives, Negative, it dies. By the way Shashuko The Paisley Maiden, what Exactly about my summary made you think it was KeiichixRika anyway? Just curious. See you all Soon!

-Shin Taylo