"A doppelgänger or doppelga(e)nger (/ˈdɒpəlˌɡɛŋə/ or /-ˌɡæŋə/; German: [ˈdɔpəlˌɡɛŋɐ], literally "double-goer") is a look-alike or double of a living person, sometimes portrayed as a paranormal phenomenon, and is usually seen as a harbinger of bad luck. In other traditions and stories, they recognize one's 'double-goer' as an evil twin. Doppelgänger is a German word.

The word 'doppelgänger' is often used in a more general sense to describe any person who physically or behaviorally resembles another person." _ Wikipedia's article on Doppelgangers.

Yuno was in her bed. She looked to her left. Yuki was sleeping next to her. She looked to her right. A small nightstand with two drawers was beside their bed, illuminated by a lamp. She opened the top drawer. Yuno reached inside and pulled out her gun. It had been a few months since Yuki had given it to her.

She remembered everything about that day. The love she felt towards this boy she only barely knew at the time. The feeling of being loved by him. The fear in his eyes when he had given her the gun. She remembered how the fear turned to pure rage when he saw her father. Her father was also angry, but his was nothing compared to Yuki's.

She remembered how uncertain her father seemed when Yuki left and he came back in the house. Yuno could only speculate that he was internally debating whether or not to call the police. She was amazed by Yuki. It had only been a few hours ago when he revealed his insecurities to her, and now he was courageous enough to try to protect her.

Yuno sighed. She also remembered the things about that day she'd rather forget, like when her mother pushed her into the cage and locked it. Yuno had screamed and cried for hours. She was so hungry. She wasn't even let out to go to the bathroom.

She remembered being let out of the cage by her father. Not out of any sort of parental love, of course. He had simply grown tired of hearing her cries for help. Yuno had gone to her room, and then sneaked out behind their backs. She ran to Yuki's house, where she told him what had happened. Yuno saw something in Yuki's eyes greater than rage-hatred. She talked to his mother for a bit while he went outside. She was such a nice woman. Yuno was surprised at how kind she was. Rea Amano was completely different than Saika Gasai. Much to her surprise, Kurou Amano later turned out to be as awful as Ushio Gasai.

Yuno never knew her birth parents. She still had a little piece of her umbilical cord in a box in the other drawer, the only thing she had to remember them by. She wondered what they were like, if they had any other children, and if they were even still alive. Her thoughts wandered back to that night.

She had gotten a text from Deus saying that Yuki was going to kill her parents. It was the first time she used her Diary. She ran to her house and stopped him, only to shoot her parents herself. They were so scared of the two young lovers. Scared of punishment for their crimes.

She looked at the gun. She had thought this gun would have been the one to kill them, but she was wrong. Yuki had gotten her gun from Hinata, who got it from Karyuudo, who got it from some drug dealer. The dealer had given his kids to Kamado's orphanage, the same one where Yuno was adopted from, where he met Orin, Taro, Ai, and Marco. He had once robbed a bank owned by John, which was next to one Yuno's parents used to own. Yomotsu attempted to stop him, but failed. He stumbled onto one of Takao's murders. This was the only time he had a witness (besides Murmur). The dealer managed to briefly hide from Takao by running into Mao's house. He ran into several houses to avoid Takao, including Ouja's, Moe's, and Rei's. He ran past the Omekata Temple; by that time, Takao had given up the chase, reasoning that since he wore a mask, he was in no danger of being caught. The dealer then ran into Keigo and Nishijima. He was almost arrested, but the two cops were distracted by a church that just been blown up by Minene. The dealer fled back to his house and continued his criminal ways, until he was finally killed by the Observer during his rampage. Before his death, the dealer had prayed, which only angered the Observer even more; he believed that the dealer was not worthy of being saved, and he turned out to be right, as Murmur dragged his soul to Hell.

Yuno had been told of the dealer's story by Murmur a few weeks ago, during one of his random visits. She thought about how the gang was connected before it even existed. She thought about the gun again. She put it to her head. Maybe it would kill someone after all.

Yuno paused. She sighed. No. She couldn't do that to Yuki. She put the gun back in the drawer and closed. She cried herself to sleep.

In the room next to her, Aru was having a nightmare. He was in a dark room, sitting in a chair. Next to him was a radio, playing music:

"He's observing the chaos, taking in the lack of raw humanity

It's as if the entire world's fallen in love with their insanity!

Hear the innocent voices scream
As their tormentors laugh through all of it
No forgiveness from all I've seen
The degradation I cannot forget

So sleep soundly in your beds tonight

For judgement falls upon you at first light!"

Ganger materialized in front of him.

"Hello, Aru~"

"You must be the thing that Yuno's been dreaming about."

"That's right. I'm Ganger."

"Why do you look like Yuki? Murmur said that he was never revived in that alternate universe."

"Oh, trust me. He was. But...not completely. Bringing back a body is easy. The soul...is a bit harder. This is what I looked like originally."

"What do you like now?"

Ganger smirked. "Your human mind wouldn't be able to handle it."

"But I'm not-"

"No, you're not. But you're close enough. Humans, being the unfortunately weak things they are, can't handle my true self. A pity, really. I quite like them."

"I'M NOT WEAK!"

"Ah, there we go. Always the egotist. You think yourself above humanity, even the ones you love. Still, you are weak. Mentally, anyway." Ganger smiled, revealing his sharp, needle-like teeth. "And we both know what I'm talking about."

"That wasn't my fault! I-I was insane! I was being controlled by that monster!"

"Yes, Traum. I know of him. I was just talking with his superior, the Song And Dance Man. A very strange guy, and rather annoying. He's too proud, in my opinion. He thinks himself as being so superior to humans, when the irony is...well, I can't quite tell you." Ganger laughed. "That would spoil the surprise for those who don't already know!" Ganger stopped laughing and simply looked down at Aru. "The Song And Dance Man reminds me of you, Aru. You're both bisexual, arrogant assholes. Of course...I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't include myself in that category."

Aru was surprised. "You mean you...?"

"Oh, yes. After I was revived, I found myself a bit more...open-minded, let's say. As long it feels good, why I should care what I do? You and your little girlfriend think the same way-"

"YOU LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS!"

"You're adorable when you're angry~" Ganger stroked Aru's cheek lovingly. Aru blushed. "You know, whatever else I might be, I still look like the object of your affection." Ganger leaned down and kissed Aru passionately. He stood up straight and smiled down at him. "Did you enjoy that?"

"W-well, I...yes."

"Do you know why you lusted after Yuki for so long, Aru?" Ganger laughed again. "It's because you're a selfish little brat."

"What?!"

"You think that because you're superior to humanity, their feelings don't matter. Never once did you consider how Yuki might have felt about you, or how your advances would affect Yuno and Tsubaki. You hated Yuno because she was dating Yuki, so you couldn't have your own way. Just because you have powers doesn't mean they exclude you from human morality. But I think there's another side to all this."

"And what's that?"

"You feel superior because you feel inferior."

"That doesn't make any sense."

"You keep trying to make things stand out about yourself. Your inhumanity, your bisexuality, you keep bringing it up to those around you. I think you're trying to make yourself interesting, because, let's face it, you're rather boring in terms of personality. You're one of the good guys in a house of criminals and lunatics. That's it. You're basically just a glorified babysitter, there's nothing important about you. You don't even have a Diary." Ganger paused. "Well, not yet, anyway. You also feel powerless with Tsubaki."

"I told you to-"

"Let me finish. She's hopelessly addicted to several things, and you can't do anything about it. You're not supposed to feel like that. Humans are supposed to be powerless, not you." He began absentmindedly humming Rainbow Connection. "Well, I think that's all I wanted to say to you. Now, I'll go meet the others."

Ganger disappeared, leaving Aru with the music:

"I'm the hand of God!

I'm the dark messiah!
I'm the vengeful one!
Look inside and see what you're becoming!
In the blackest moment of a dying world
What have you become?
Look inside and see what you're becoming!"

Note: Next chapter will hopefully be the end of the Ganger storyline!"