Disclaimer: I wish.

Notes: This arc is taking longer then I expected. And I randomly added stuff to it too. Surprise! [Yes, it surprised me too]

Had I mentioned before how annoying Yako's friend was? Not only had she blatantly touched me, [a disgusting act for a human] she hit on me. I felt my equivalent to a human holding back nausea. I was sure to let her know such advances were not appreciated of course, but that didn't stop her.

I shut my eyes and leaned against the wall in the dead human's room. I had no energy to deal with this. My Evil Fridays discreetly swarmed both this room and the room next door, which was the friend of the dead human's room.

How very interesting. The end was close.

My stomach cheerfully chortled, and my brain kept repeating 'food, food, food.' I actually forgot all my previous annoyed thoughts as I left the room.

Until Yako left.

And her friends started to talk to me.

I tried to leave as dictated polite by humans, but she quickly cut off my escape roots, babbling about something or another.

I definitely heard her next sentence though.

"Nogami-san is so formal! How about I call you Neuro like Yako-chan?"

The nausea feeling was back, but this time threatened to leave my mouth as word vomit. How dare this low and worm like human suggest such a thing. I gritted my teeth.

Yes, I could care less that Yako called me Neuro, but she was my meal ticket, not to mention that she had earned that right long ago by standing by my side even when it almost killed her.

I fumed with both disgust and wounded pride, and I'm pretty sure I would have said things both very impolite, and even inhuman, had not a scream interrupted me.

I had been using as little of my resources as possible, so I didn't notice until I gave my senses free rein, that there was the smell of blood.

Yako's blood.

Everything else forgotten, I instantly located Yako and upon arriving, analyzing her condition.

Alive.

She had been hit on the back of the head with a blunt object, and knocked unconscious, but other than a little blood loss, she appeared to be ok.

I sighed in relief that I would still be able to eat, as Yako's friend came through the door.

"Ya-Yako-chan? Is she…?"

"Unconscious. But otherwise fine." I picked her up and headed for the door. I should probably take her to first aid to stop the bleeding. Apparently humans can die from that.

The resident nurse bandaged her head as she chatted away. I made the appropriate responses while all together ignoring her.

The manager came in with the announcement the police and ambulance from previous accident would be here in fifteen minutes.

How slow humans were. But all the better for me to work.

I sent a few Evil Fridays around to check a couple things out for me, and sat down next to Yako.

Her purse was missing. My eyes narrowed.

Perhaps Yako was more observant then I thought.