A/N: OMG, guys, I am so sorry I took so long to get this chapter out. D I got stuck and only last night was able to get past it. I'll try getting out the next chapter sooner, I swear.

Up in their room, Shi and Hito were relaxing by the large bay window. They had been out near the back of the house, in a long forgotten room, sparring. When they had returned, their blond guest was laying, unceremoniously and face down, on the floor in the middle of the room. Shi had immediately picked the boy up and placed him on the nearest bed. Hito had tried lightly smacking his cheeks to try to revive him, but he didn't get a response. After trying to shake him and getting the same results, Shi suggested just waiting for the guy to wake up on his own. Hito was a bit disappointed about having to wait who knew how long, but eventually agreed.

About an hour later, a soft groan tugged the twins' attention away from their current activity to the bed. The blond boy sat up slowly, a hand coming up to rub at his forehead. It was apparent to them that he hadn't expected whatever it was that happened to him. Hito walked up to the boy's right and knelt down slightly.

"Hey. You feeling a bit better now?"

Sage blinked at him, then nodded. "Yes, I think so. What happened, anyway?"

"We were hoping you could answer that, actually." Shi approached the other side of him and presented the blond with a teacup. "Here, have some tea."

Sage took the cup and sipped. "Thank you." He took a few more sips, then said, "I don't recognize this room. Which floor am I on?"

"Third."

"… You mean the attic?"

"No, that's another floor up."

"Then where am I?"

"In our room."

That should have been obvious, but Sage decided to just chalk it up to the surprise of finding himself in a very unfamiliar room, and a headache. While finishing the rest of his tea, he casually looked around and noted that there didn't seem to be more than one door in the room. This struck him as odd, until he caught sight of the two large wardrobes sitting near the beds.

After he had taken in the room, he asked, "By the way, how did I get here?"

"We were hoping you could answer that for us."

Sage looked between the two brothers a moment, vaguely wondering which one it was who had spoken, as he thought about how he may have ended up in a room on a floor he had no knowledge. Another thoughtful moment later, he shook his head.

"Well," One of the twins started, "What's the last thing you remember? Perhaps that will help us figure out what happened."

"We were all in the library and I though I saw some movement out in the hall. When I went out to investigate, I saw a man step out of a room and stare at me."

"Did he do anythin'?

"Yes, actually. He came towards me and yanked me into his chest." He frowned slightly. "The last thing I remember was feeling like I was engulfed in ice. Then the next thing I know, I wake up in here."

Hito glanced at Shi, who nodded, before addressing the blond. "I believe," he said dryly. "that you have been possessed."

Sage's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "I've been what?"

"Possessed."

"How can you be so sure that's what happened?"

"From the way you described it."

"Besides," Shi added, "If he didn't try to hurt you, there's really no other point to his actions than possession."

"Oh, I see." After a slight pause, he asked, "Will one or both of you direct me back to the second floor staircase, please? I don't want the others to worry about me."

"Sure!" Hito said, turning and gesturing toward the door.

Sage nodded and headed in that direction, while Shi went to put away the teacups.

--

Downstairs, in the kitchen, Kento, Ryo, and Rowen were gathered at the table after searching for Cye.

"Man," Kento started, "We've looked everywhere we possibly could and still no Cye!"

"Hopefully he hasn't run into Sage."

Rowen shuddered slightly at the mention of their blond friend. Normally, running into Sage wasn't a bad thing. But he seemed to have lost it and Rowen really didn't want to think about what could be happening to Cye right now. He shook his head to get his focus back to the conversation at hand.

"And that's another thing," Kento was saying, "We haven't seen Sage since he last chased Rowen. You'd think he'd have made another move by now."

"Not necessarily." Ryo said. "Maybe he's waiting for us to do something stupid so he can make his move."

"Well…that does seem like something Sage would do. Except, he seems to have gone crazy."

"Of course he has. It's the only explanation for his behavior."

"Whose behavior, Rowen?"

Ryo, Rowen and Kento turned their heads, quickly, towards the door, startled by the sudden new voice. Rowen, after registering just who the voice belonged to, scrambled out of his seat, knocking the chair over in the process. He positioned himself in a spot which would give him access to a quick exit if need be.

"Hi, Sage." Ryo said, trying to sound nonchalant enough to hide his wariness.

Sage, however, wasn't paying attention to Ryo. He was currently frowning slightly at Rowen, trying to figure out why the archer had reacted to him like that.

"Sage. Yoohoo, Earth to Sage. Sage!"

Sage snapped out of it. "What is it, Kento? And stop waving your hand in my face."

"Where've ya been, dude? We haven't seen you for a while."

"Did you happen to run into Cye?" Ryo asked when Sage didn't answer Kento.

"No, I haven't." He frowned. "I've only just returned from the third floor."

"Damn. Well he's gotta be around here somewhere."

"Rowen, why are you inching towards the door?"

Rowen stopped in his tracks and gave Sage a 'deer caught in the headlights' look. "Uh… Just thought I'd, y'know, take a walk." He laughed nervously.

"You expect me to believe that?"

"No, no I guess not." His shoulders slumped a little, defeated.

"I didn't think so." Sage crossed his arms and gazed sternly at Rowen. "Now then, would you please tell me why you're being so jumpy around me?" The other three just stared at him, making him blink in confusion. "What?"

Kento glanced quickly at Ryo and Rowen before answering. "You're trying to kill him."

"Oh." Blink. "Wait, what? Why would I do that? I don't have a reason to."

"You don't remember?" Rowen said, disbelief in his voice.

"Rowen, if I remembered, I wouldn't have asked."

"To be fair, Sage," Ryo said, "You could be bluffing about it just to lull us into a false sense of security."

He had a point and Sage couldn't argue with it. Especially since he had no recollection of what he had done between meeting up with that man and waking up in the twins' room. His best course of action at this point in time was to tell them what the twins had told him. First things first, however. "Rowen, I'm sorry. I would never, of my own volition, try and hurt you like that."

"… Except that, you did. How do you get off saying that you didn't?"

Sage sighed, shaking his head to move his hair out of his eye. "Well, according to the twins, I had been possessed."

Rowen, Ryo and Kento all exchanged looks, neither of them all that sure they believe him. However, this was Sage, and they all knew that he had never pulled the 'I've been possessed' thing on them before, nor had he dropped a few screws as he apparently had today. Ryo gave his friend a long level look, thinking back to right before and then during the attacks on Rowen and himself. He was perfectly normal and calm, like now. But, if I remember right…

"I think…" Ryo started, making his friends turn their attention to him. "Sage is telling the truth."

"But Ryo, he attacked us."

"Wait, I supposedly attacked more than one person?" He sounded faintly horrified.

"Yeah, Ryo. Made it seem like you had killed him."

Sage ran a hand through his bangs in a motion that, for him, could have been described as 'distraught'. "Ryo, I'm so sorry. I--"

"It's okay, Sage." He smiled. "I don't blame you for acting like a nut with an ax." One of Sage's eyebrows shot up. "Yeah, you threatened me with an ax, then only whupped me with the handle." He shrugged. "I'm perfectly fine."

"So, why is it you believe him, Ryo?" Kento finally spoke up.

"Think about it. Before Sage left the library, he was acting like he is now, but during the attacks, even though his voice was the same, he didn't sound the same." He was met with one or two blank stares. "Look, he has a certain way of talking, right?"

That's true. Rowen thought, bringing up a hand to rest on his chin. "Now that you mention it… his voice was a lot more gruff."

"Right."

"And," Kento, added, "He was really possessive over that necklace you found."

Rowen sighed. "Alright, I believe and forgive you, Sage. It's like you said. You wouldn't do that to me on your own free will."

Sage smiled and held out a hand. "Still friends?"

"Still friends." He smiled back and clasped the blond's hand.

"Aww, warm and fuzzy feelings" Kento said, grinning, and hugging the two tightly.

"Kento…" Ryo shook his head, amused at his friends actions. "Come on, we still have to find Cye."

Kento disengaged himself from the others rubbed his hands together. "Right, right. Let's get going!"

"Hold on, Kento." Sage, the voice of reason, said. "We need to, at least, have an idea of where to look."

"We've looked everywhere, already, though, Sage."

Rowen nodded. "We did. It was after we had found Ryo in casket that," He did air quotes for the next word. "You put him in. The guys and I were talking and then suddenly Cye was just gone."

Sage frowned. "Odd…"

"Oh crap!" They all turned to Kento, who had his mouth open, horrified. "What if now it's Cye who's possessed?"

The other three took a moment to process that. Cye would usually tell them if he were going somewhere, and that, coupled with the days events and what had happened to Sage, made the possibility of Cye being possessed highly likely. It didn't take much longer after that revelation for the four of them to scramble out of the kitchen and off to do a major search of the house.

--

In a hidden room, an auburn haired teen watched with amusement as the trapped rats ran about his house. They're probably looking for me. He grinned, evilly. And once they find me… I will get that necklace back. One way or another it will be mine again. But first, he had to come up with a plan that would not make them suspect anything other than innocence.He had watched this group closely and the body he was borrowing at the moment seemed to be regarded as the sweet one. Therefore, his previous attempts with the first body could not be used, as they would figure it out too quickly. Turning away from his perch, the teen headed for the hidden room's entrance, formulating a plan as he went to let his "friends" find him.