A/N: Muahahahaha! I'm so EVIL! Oh wait, you knew that already. But still…NBB-chan, please don't kill me! Akky-chan, you reviewed! Yuki-chan, don't worry! Just read the chap…

Everyone else, please don't kill me! And if you must, at least review before you do that! (think about it! If you kill me now, you won't get to see if Ren lives because you killed me, and I can't type from beyond the grave…can I?)

"Shay, I swear to effing GOD, if you do not give what's-his-face the meds, I am not moving." Tally glared at her friend and stood perfectly still, arms crossed defiantly.

"Uh, his name is Ren," Yuki said.

"Why waste them on what's-his-face?" Shay growled.

"His name is Ren," Yuki repeated.

"Because what's-his-face is-" Tally started to say.

"REN!" Yuki screamed.

"Yeah, yeah, we know you're worried about your little boyfriend," Shay said crossly, waving away Yuki dismissively.

Tally kept talking as though they'd never interrupted her in the first place. "-still alive, and breathing, and I think we need to avoid unnecessary death, not to mention unnecessary emo-ness." She glanced at Yuki, rolling her eyes.

I laughed quietly as Yuki turned red.

"Hey, I hate to interrupt here, but Ren is almost not still breathing!" Chiho shouted at us, waving her arms desperately. Her keyblade nearly whacked Cloud in the head.

"Hey! Easy there!" Kaede shouted, bending over backwards to avoid Chiho's long, pointed nails. "And Chi, that made no sense!"

"REN IS DYING!!!" Chiho screamed at us. "DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU IDIOTS?"

"No need to be snippy," Tally said, smoothing her hair.

"EX-CUSE ME? YES, THERE IS! MY BROTHER'S FRIEND IS DYING!!! SHAY GIVE HIM THE STUPID MEDS OR I SWEAR TO GOD…!" Chiho stopped flailing her arms, as it was making our bubble bounce around and we didn't want to hit the wall.

Shay actually looked afraid. Chiho, tiny chibi that she was, had the three Specials cowering against the wall.

"SHAY! GIVE REN THE MEDS!"

"But-" Shay started.

"NO BUTS! MOVE IT!!!"

"But he's almost dead, and…"

"NOW!!!" Chiho roared, eyes blazing, hair flying wildly in some unseen wind.

"Fine," Shay sniffed and flipped her hair, almost like an angry Pretty would. It was all very un-Special, until Shay pulled out a four-inch needle and said, "Here ya go. One death cure."

I grabbed the tube, making sure whatever was in it wasn't lethal. The tube read, "EMERGENCY CURE" in big, bold, red letters. I smiled and handed the tube to Yuki.

"You get to stick that in his arm," I said. "Because there is no way I'm gonna do that."

"What? Why me? I mean, I-" Yuki started to complain.

"Yuki," Chiho's voice was scarily soft. She sounded like she could start screaming again at any moment. "If you do not do it right now, I swear to GOD…well, let's just say I won't be responsible for my actions."

Yuki flinched at Chiho's threat and sighed. She took the needle from me.

I squished my eyes shut, sighing. I'd never liked blood, or needles, or anything like that.

Akako looked at me and laughed. "Wimp," she said.

"I don't like needles," I said, my eyes squished shut even harder.

"Oh, sure," Kaede piped up. "There's some freak who wants to kill you and your friends? No problem! You run to meet him. But a needle? Oh, no! You can't even look at it!"

"Pretty much," I said.

"Ariana?" Chiho's tone had changed. She sounded normal again, her voice tinged with worry.

"What?" I asked. "Are they done yet?"

"No," Akako said. "Yuki is arguing with Aya over if she really has to do it."

"Wimp," I said, laughing.

"Ariana!" Chiho said, a little more loudly.

"What?" I asked, opening my eyes.

"Look out!" Kaede screamed.

I whirled around and saw the arm sweeping towards us, the ghostly eyes locked on me. They jumped in time.

I didn't.

The mouth opened and laughed wickedly, the arms moving faster now, coming towards our small group…

Tally cussed loudly and pulled Ren onto her shoulders, preparing for the jump.

That was the last thing I saw, before I blacked out.

A/N: Well, I meant for that chappy to be the one where everything gets all better, but it looks like that'll be next chappy. (don't worry, NBB! It'll be up in like 5 minutes.)