I choose...

"She said she was hearing voices." said Yasuhara. Everyone had been called back to base as soon as Yasuhara had returned from the hospital. He was now informing everyone on what he had learned.

"Hearing voices?" asked Ayako looking concerned.
"Yea she said as soon as she walked out of base someone bumped into her. She said it was a girl she had never seen before and as soon as the girl disappeared the voices started. According to Suki they were saying 'Turn around. Tell them that all you said was a lie, that nothing was going on and that you was the cause of all of this.' She tried to ignore them and when she did she blacked out and the next think she knew she was in the hospital."

"I wonder if that girl she bumped into was a student here." said John, thinking about the girl he had meet earlier.

"Well maybe it was the ghost." Bou-san said.

"It couldn't have been the ghost! Remember they are dead they can't walk into people, they can only walk through them." Ayako said.

"Well you never know!"

"Matsuzaki is right." Naru said thinking. "It couldn't have been the ghost, so it must be a student. Does she remember what the girl looked like?" Yasuhara looked down at the note book in his hand and flipped through some pages before saying. "Yea she described her as 'A graceful god who had long flowing black hair that reached her lower back. Her skin was pale white and her eyes reminded her of the summer sky.' She also said she wore a black skirt with a dark blue short sleeve shirt. " Yasuhara finished. Naru leaned back in the chair and placed his chin in his hands.

"Naru?" Mai asked seeing him in deep thought. He turned to look at her, but something else caught his eye.

"Masako?" Mai turned to see Masako staring off into space looking absolutely terrified. All of a sudden, she stood up and ran out of the room, leaving no time for anyone to say anything.

"Masako!" John called after her, before chasing her out of the room. Everyone looked around at each other confused at what to do.

Masako ran down the hall not caring where she was going. All she cared about right now was getting away from everyone. She needed to be alone. Masako stopped and tried to catch her breath. She looked out the window in the hallway to see the moon shining down on her, full in all its glory.

"Masako!" called a voice behind her. She turned around to see John running over to her. No, no he can be here. She thought to herself before turning around and continued to run down the hallway. She didn't want to be by him. She couldn't be by him.

"Masako!" John called after her as she tried to run faster, but her legs wouldn't listen to her. John reached out his hand and grabbed onto Masako's wrist. Masako stopped running and turned around, fighting to get free.

"Let go of me!" Masako yelled.

"No" John said. Masako stopped trying to get free for a minute as she started at John.

"John" she whispered unconsciously. He looked up at her, surprised to see tears in her eyes.

"Masako." He whispered before letting go of her hand and letting it fall to her side. They both stood there in silence, staring at each other, not sure what to do next. "What's going on?" John asked. "You have been acting weird lately, and I'm worried." John watched as a tear fell down her pale cheek. "You know you can tell me anything." John took a step closer to her, hoping she wouldn't run away again as more tears fell down her face. "No matter what it is."

Those very words broke her. "Hitoshi and Shizu are the ones doing this." She yelled unconsciously as she closed her eyes.

"What?" John asked stunned. He had met Hitoshi once when he had helped Mai back to base, but he didn't seem all that bad, even Mai seemed to like him. As for Shizu he had never even met her before.

More tears feel from Masako's face as she started to cry. John moved closer to her and reached a hand out, but she flinched away. He stopped shocked. Masako slowly looked up at him. "I'm sorry, but please, just stay away from me." Masako whispered. As she said the word, John thought he felt something inside of him start to ach. He tried to reach out again, but something stopped him. His eyes widened when he realized he had stopped himself and the aching in his chest started to grow.

"Well, well, well." said a voice. Masako spun around to come face to face with a pale face girl. Masako stumbled back, trying to get away. "I knew you wouldn't be able to keep quiet." said Shizu as she slowly made her way over, spinning a sharp knife in her hand. "Oh well it doesn't matter now."

Masako backed up into John, who was standing there frozen for a moment. He looked at Masako's face and saw that she was terrified. No longer caring if she was mad at him or not, John stepped in front of Masako, putting himself between her and Shizu. Shizu froze for a moment, but as she thought nothing of it, continued forward.

Masako stared at John, not sure what to do. She had, flinched away from him, yelled for him to get away from her and even tried to run from him, but for some reason he was still here protecting her.

"What's ever going on I'm not going to let you hurt Masako." John said as he slowly started to back up, pushing Masako with him. Masako's eyes widen as she heard him say this. She placed her hand to her chest as she felt her heart start to pound against her chest.

Shizu stopped for a second. "You've got it all wrong. I'm not here to hurt Masako." She said as she lowered the knife. "I'm here to kill you."

John froze. She is here to kill me, but why? John thought to himself as he watched Shizu move closer. He tried to get his legs to move, but for some reason they won't. He was starting to panic now, even though he kept a cool face. What was he suppose to do? He could try exercising her, but she was just a student and if she was possessed then the ghost was hiding within her very well.

Masako grabbed onto John shirt, scared out of her mind. John was going to be killed because she couldn't keep her mouth shut. What was she suppose to do? She couldn't just stand here and do nothing as she watched John die, but she also didn't know if she had the strength to do anything.

Shizu looked over the two of them standing there, and a thought dawned on her. "I have an idea. Because im so nice, I'll give you thirty seconds to say your good-byes or what ever you two want to do before I kill you. Okay?" she said with a smirk on her face. She watched the two of them for a moment before saying. "You know if you guys aren't going to say anything then there really is no point for me to allow you to have the time, so I shall just kill you now." She said as she raised her arm and tossed it to the side. All of a sudden John felt something wrap around him and pull him away from Masako.

"John!" she screamed as she watched hi hit the wall and fall to the ground.

"And where do you think you are going?" asked Shizu as she watched Masako trying to run over to John. An invisible force hit Masako, causing her to fly backwards. Masako let out a scream as she hit the floor. Looking up she saw Shizu standing above her. She bent down, so she was now eye level with Masako. "I think im going to let you live a little longer." She said before standing up and walking over to John.

"No!" Masako tried to scream, but it came out nothing more then a whisper.

Shizu stood over John, her hand raised above her head. As she was about to let go of the knife something grabbed her wrist, making her stop. She turned to see who was holding her hand, when her eyes widened.

"Brother?" she asked confused. Hitoshi stood behind her staring at her. "Forget about him, we have more important issues to be concerned about at the time." Hitoshi said letting go of his sister's wrist. "It is almost midnight on the third night. We have to go prepare." He said before turning around and disappearing.

"Oh right." Shizu said as she let her hand fall to her side. Out of nowhere Masako felt something change, no, not something, someone. Shizu seemed to have changed into a totally different person. Her bright blue eyes that were once, blank and emotionless were now filled with sadness and confusion. Her once strong stance seemed to crumble into a ridged unsteady one. Looking up at Masako Shizu seemed to notice something. She opened her mouth before closing it again as she struggled to find the right words. "I'm so sorry." was all she was able to say before she disappeared.

Masako sat on the ground frozen in fear as the knife fell to the ground. She had no idea what had just happened, or even if she wanted to. Slowly standing up Masako made sure that no one else was going to pop out before running over to John to make sure he was okay.

"John!" Masako called as she kneed down beside him. She checked his head for injuries, and saw he had a slight bump on the back of his head. She also noticed that he was bleeding. "John." She called as she gently started to shake him. "Please wake up." She whispered.

"Mmm." John said as he slowly started to open his eyes. He felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, causing his thoughts to get scrabbled. "Masako?" he called as he felt something touch his shoulder.

"Yes?" he heard a voice say to his right. He looked up to see two violet eyes staring down at him looking worried. John tried to sit up but the pain in his head started to grow. "Please don't move." Masako said as she placed her hand on his shoulder and made him lean back against the wall. John looked up at her in confusion. "You hit you head really bad."

"Oh." was all John could say as he looked up at Masako. She was staring at the ground down by is his feet, trying not to look at him. Then John remembered something and started to look around. "What happened to that girl?" he asked, looking back up at Masako.

"She left." Masako said as she continued to look away.

"Why?"

"I don't know." Masako said as she finally looked into John's bright blue eyes. Her heart seemed to skip a beat when she looked at him. "She said something about midnight on the third night."


Mai moved closer to Naru as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "Do you think Masako will be okay?" she asked as she placed her head on Naru's chest. Naru placed his head on Mai's as he stared at the wall.

"I'm sure she will." Naru said quietly. After Masako and John had run out of the room, Naru had dismissed everyone. He and Mai decided it was getting late and headed back to their room. Now Mai was curled up in Naru's arms as they laid there talking. Naru inhaled the familiar scent of strawberry shampoo Mai uses, before closing his eyes. It was his last night to be so close to her without feeling regret. How was he supposes to choice between her and Gene?

Mai pulled herself up so she could look Naru in the eyes. "But what if she's not." Naru leaned forward and kissed Mai softly before saying "She will be fine. I trust John and I know he wouldn't let anything happen to her." Naru whispered as he stared down at her light brown eyes. Mai smiled at him before she leaned forward and kissed him, her eye lids sliding closed as he returned the pressure. Before she knew it Mai was on her back and Naru had climbed on top of her, kissing her deeply.

Out of nowhere Mai felt pain shoot threw her leg causing her to wince.

"Shit." She said as the pain started to grow.

"Sorry." Naru said as he stared down at her. Mai looked up at him at him in surprise.

"O-Oh its nothing. I'm fine." She said as Naru climbed off of her and moved to her side. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. Mai rested her head on his chest as she curled up in a ball again. There was a moment of silence.

"Naru?" Mai asked. Naru looked down at her. "If something was wrong would you tell me?"

"Of course." Naru said as he started to grow slightly confused. "Why?"

"Because I want to know if something is wrong." Mai said not looking up at him. "You have been acting strange ever since we've got here, and I want to know if something was wrong."

Naru stared down at her shocked. For once he seemed lost for words. He couldn't possible tell her about the decision he had to make, let alone about the fact that he had to choice between her and his dead brother. What am I suppose to do? I can't possible tell her about this, but I also can't keep lying to her. What if she finds out, will she ever be able to trust me again? Will she be able to forgive me? Naru thought back to a few nights ago when everything was explained to him. According to the rules, I can't tell anyone about this, so even if I wanted to tell Mai, I wouldn't be able to. Also I couldn't have contact with Gene, which would probably explain why Gene wasn't around when Mai had the dream, or why she isn't having any about this case. And lastly I can't take Mai away from here without getting us both killed. Then out of nowhere another thought dawned on him. I only have two hours left before midnight, which means I only have two more hours before I have to decide.

Mai started to get worried so she looked up at him before asking. "Naru?"

Hearing his name, Naru snapped out of his inner thoughts to see Mai staring up at him.

"I love you Mai." Naru said as he stared down into her light brown eyes. "Not matter what."

"I love you too Naru." Mai said as she smiled up at him. Naru felt a twinge of guilt spread through him when he heard her say it. Mai placed her head back on his chest before closing her eyes and falling asleep.

As soon as Naru felt her breathing slow down he whispered. "Always remember, that no matter what I will always love you." Closing his eyes he fell asleep with Mai in his arms.

Naru's eyes snapped open. He looked around until he found the cloak on the wall. It read:

11:55 (23:55)

He quietly looked down to see that Mai was still asleep in his arms. He stared at her for a moment before placing his lips on her forehead. He whispered something to her before quietly getting up and pulling the covers over her. He reluctantly turned away from her and walked out of the room.

"Mmmm." Mai said trying to open her eyes. When she did she felt the warm embrace that was around her when she had fallen asleep was now gone. She sat up and looked around. "Naru?" she asked to the empty dark room.

Naru walked down the hall until he felt the presence of someone else.

"So you came." said the voice. Naru turned around to see a high school student walking over to him.

"The school is closed. Go home." He said flatly. The boy just smiled at him.

"Oh you've got it all wrong." He said. The suddenly he started to change and before Naru knew it he was standing in front of the little boy from earlier.

"So you posed as a High school student to keep watch over everything." Naru said as he turned to face him completely.

"Yes but it really was a shame that that girl had to get involved." said a girl as she walked into the moon light, and just like before Naru watched as she turned from a high school student into the little girl.

"So you were the girl that caused Tsukiyomito try to commit suicide."

"Not really. I just put the voices in her head, she was the one that tried to get rid of them." Shizu said as she smiled. Hitoshi looked at his sister for a moment before turning to Naru and saying "it was her own decision; it had nothing to do with us." Hitoshi said before sighing. "We are getting off track, so why don't we do what we came here to do."

"So who do you choose?" Shizu asked.

Naru took a deep breath before whispering "Gene."


HI! omg i am so sorry! but this is the last time i wil be updating for week! i am getting my report card today n unless my grades are good i am grounded from the computer. Actually as of last night i was grounded from the computer so i am like risking alot just to get this chapter up for you guys so i hope you like it and i hope i can up date ASAP but who knows.

as really sorry about the cliff hanger but i wanted to get that little scene in for you guys and it kinda made the chapter long so i hope you guys are happy about it! Anyway i hope you enjoyed and please let me know if you like it or not though im sure most of you wont...BYE!

P.S. Thanks Fairy of Music and Literature for the help! i forgot it then talking with you and getting grounded made me rememeber though your not the reason i got grounded just so you know.

anyway comment/review or criticize (maybe) i wont yell!

sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes.