Hearing someone at the door, I looked at Yuka as she got up to go check it out. Looking over at Nyu, she watched as she walked away, getting ready to get up and follow her. Reaching a handout, I grabbed her head, with her stiffening up and then falling limp. Removing my hand, Lucy gasped as she looked around, then dead at me. "You're there... aren't you?" She questioned, even though she couldn't see me.

Snapping my hand, time froze, with it being clear by the fly being frozen in the air. "You have freed me." I said, where she lowered her head down as I spoke. "You were wrong earlier." I said, confusing her. "Hope. Despair. Help." I said as I pointed towards her. "While you were the one to help me, I helped you see clearly. Not all is black and white, as you first saw." I said, then pointed towards me. "While you felt despair at first, it did not last. The true despair, was my eternal torment of never dying." I said, then pointed towards the door. "I was not the one who needed Hope, even though it was given. The hope, is out there." I said, looking towards her as she followed my gestures.

"What now? Are you going to fight that demon, the one who stole your name, your life?" Lucy questioned as she looked towards me, with me nodding. "Then let me help you. I don't know what I can do against it... But, what it did to you... to us... is wrong on so many levels." She said, looking down towards my chest. "No one deserves your kind of torment." She said, with me nodding as she was right. "You and him... you're one in the same in a way. Can you find him, can you tell what he plans on doing?" She asked, with me nodding once more.

"He plans to find another to take my place, a toy to play with just like you. And he has chosen long before we were ever involved, before I ever met you." I said, shocking her at this news. "One of your own, one so powerful that it can bring you down if left unchecked. Mariko." I informed, with her frowning at this. "I cannot get involved in your affairs for now, I can only observe. Any further and I risk losing the fight to come. While he uses more and more of his powers, I will store mine. Even then, I will have enough power for one last act that will change the world for the better." I said, with her lowering her head.

"You plan to sacrifice yourself... don't you?" She asked, where I turned my gaze towards her hands, seeing that she had balled them up. "Will I ever see you again?" She asked, with me looking up at her as she was glancing at me through her hair.

Lifting a hand up, she lifted her head as I moved it over to her face. "Yes." I answered, poking her in the forehead, with her going limp as time resumed once more. Nyu got up and rushed towards the door, with me watching as she ran away. "Farwell for now, Kanede." I said just before vanishing.

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Stepping through the house, I hummed to myself as I slid open a door, revealing a man standing in a girl's room. He turned to face me, only he couldn't see me. Skipping around him, I stopped behind him as I opened a portal in front of him. Kicking his knee, he fell forward, where I grabbed his head and leaned him back towards me.

"Hiedo-San, I have a proposition for you!" I whispered, sending chills down his spine. "Your... Plaything, has gotten in the way of my game. Deal with her, and I will let you live." I said, grabbing the photo in his hand and tossed it at the portal, tearing it to shreds. "If you fail me, You and your wife will be sent to the great beyond. Do I make myself clear?" I questioned, growing large claws and holding them to his throat.

He calmed down, gaining my interest at how quickly he did so. "Tell me where she is, and I will have her home before her mother can argue of her return." He said, making me giggle as I closed the portal and vanished.

"I'll be watching."

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Skipping past a woman as she exited the office, I entered the same office and watched as a man sat at his desk. "Where are you Lucy, you're mine!" He muttered, where I cut the lights off. "Hello?" He asked, turning towards the light switch. "Is anyone there?" He asked, getting up to turn the light back on. As soon as he got to the middle of the room, I opened a portal above him, a red and black portal. He looked up with wide eyes as chains rained down, wrapping around his arms and strung him up. "No, you can't kill me!?" He yelled as another portal opened up below him, with one being blue and black, where a zombie like shark made its appearance, almost biting his legs off. "Come on, I helped you break her free!?" He yelled, with me appearing in front of him, floating before him.

"Yes, you did. But I didn't want her free, I wanted her locked UP?!" I yelled, fire spewing from the chains, up until they reached him. "So, you better make up for your mistake, and KILL HER!?" I ordered, making everything vanish, watching as he fell to the ground with a thud. "Because next time, if she isn't dead, you will be!" I told him as I pointed down at him before vanishing.