A/N: Hey there! Sorry for the late update! My beta-reader has been very busy this pass view days so this chapter had to wait for her to be free enough to edit it! There may be OCC-ness especially with the two Sadakos--please bear with me, ne? Thanks for checking out this fiction of mine! And don't forget to leave me a review, ne? Don't be harsh, this is just my first fiction. Ja!

To the people who have reviewed the previous chapter, I couldn't thank you enough! Hope you enjoy this one as well.

CHAPTER THREE: THE EVIL TWIN

I woke up in the ladies' dressing room, behind the closet.

"I saw a shadow following her and a well. I've been dreaming of a well every time I sleep," I heard a woman say.

"So am I," another woman stated.

I peeked from behind the closet and saw two women sitting in front of the mirror, applying some make-up on their faces -- a scene very similar to that in the "Ring Zero" movie although the faces were rather different. After that they exited the room and another girl who looked a little anxious stepped out from behind the thing that looked to me like a divider. She didn't do anything but only exited the room with that rather blank expression on her face.

"Nobody must see me," I said using IN to conceal myself before leaving the room.

And whilst outside, I pondered over where I should begin searching for the girl that was the reason I was sent here. Did I hear Dancho right? Was I really supposed to take care of that girl?

As I leaned on the wall in quiet musing, a timid looking young lady with long, black hair walked pass me. Her steps were slow and rather cautious as she made her way to a door in oblique alignment to the one I was standing beside of. I watched her in silence until she entered the room and discreetly closed the door behind her.

"Maybe that's Sadako," I said while walking towards the room. And as I was doing so, a girl --one just about my height-- with long hair covering her face suddenly appeared out of nowhere and entered the room as well. And, no, she didn't even bother turning the knob. She just went and walked through… like a ghost.

I was astounded but only for a while. After all, I was capable of doing that as well, right? Still, I couldn't help but wonder, "How does the director do that?" I mean, was it possible for a whole troupe of actors to be nen-experts during this time? Was nen that easy to learn, to acquire, that it is used merely as a tool for special effects? Wasn't I supposed to be inside the movie? The Ring Zero Movie? Yup, from the moment I opened my eyes to this dimension, that's the first notion that came to my mind. What did Dancho have in his nut when he thought of sending me here?

I just sighed and pushed the matter from off my head. That wasn't what I came here for, right? Dancho told me to watch over Sadako, not write a report on the utilization of nen in this movie.

So I followed her and soon discovered that the door was actually the entrance to a stage. I saw the shorter dark-haired lady walking around the stage, pass the practicing actors with not one of them ever noticing her presence. Or so, that's what it seemed. Perhaps… Perhaps they're just acting their part in the movie. They're not really supposed to see her right? No. No, this couldn't be real, of course. I couldn't possibly be back in time and witness all these things as they happened in the movie I had just watched. Sadako never existed in real life, right? RIGHT?

I watched on as the girl shambled towards a woman who was sitting alone in a corner. The woman, sensing someone was approaching her slowly raised her head and stared. She… just… stared. Just like in the movie. Oh, I knew what was about to happen. I couldn't help but let a small wry smile touch my lips as I watched the woman's face lose its color and her head languidly bend until it was hanging awkwardly on her slouched, lifeless body. This actress sure is a good one, I thought to myself.

After that, the girl walked toward the woman with long black hair and stayed beside her for the whole duration of the practice session. I watched on as silently as I could from my post, scrutinizing them both carefully. And when the director called for a break, I started walking toward them, but as I was doing so, a loud, bloodcurdling scream echoed through the room. My head instinctively snapped to the direction of the scream and saw the actress on the chair fall face down on the floor, her eyes staring blankly into space. Lifeless…

No, this couldn't be… I was starting to panic. Imagine me, Coltopi, a proud member of the notorious Genei Ryodan, getting agitated by this-- I didn't know what I should call it. All I knew was that things were beginning to get a little too spooky for a mere movie.

That woman's not acting. She's really DEAD. After years of fooling and messing around with the rest of the Spiders, I should know. Even at my distance, I could tell that woman was not breathing anymore… I turned to the shorter girl standing beside the wide-eyed Sadako who was not moving an inch from her position.

"This is not a movie," I muttered under my breath. "It's really happening, this is for REAL," I said to myself as I fought off the chill that was struggling to fill my spine.

Then suddenly the girl moved, she moved towards me. I became more terrified and my reflexes instantly responded by making me step backward with each approaching step she took.

"Why are you walking away?" the girl asked in a tiny voice which was oozing with the innocence of a child, and yet had about it an aura of unspoken evil. My legs froze and I couldn't take a step anymore. I just knew I was done for. "Are you terrified?" the girl added before she stopped right in front of me.

But like I said I was so terrified to answer her question.

"Why do you look like me?" she asked rather curiously.

Why are you freakin' scared? I asked myself reprimandingly.

"What's your name?" the girl asked through the curtain of black locks still covering her face.

"Co… Coltopi" I stammered in response.

"Hello Coltopi, I'm Sadako," she said a little too casually, she scared me more! "And that is Sadako too," she added, pointing to the young lady in a corner who was still silently looking at the scene -- the other actors and actresses fussing around the lifeless body of that woman.

"I saw you looking at me. What are you? Why did you see me?" she demanded.

"I think that's my power," I said.

"They can't see you either, are you psychic?" she said, her voice toning back to curious and casual.

"Maybe," I said.

"Can you show me your power?" she implored.

I was now so afraid of her that I didn't even think twice before condescending to her request. Who knew what she could do to me once I've disappointed her? So, I showed her what I could do by using the chair near us. I raised my hands to it, palms facing out, and by my powerful nen, an exact duplicate soon appeared beside the original.

"Aaaaaahhhh!" the young lady --the taller Sadako-- screamed when the copy appeared out of nowhere beside the chair. I watched her ran off and was just about to go after her had not the smaller Sadako reminded me of her presence.

"You can make copies?" she said in childish awe.

"Yes, but it will vanish after 24 hours," I explained, as calm and patiently as I could.

"Can we be friends? I don't have a single friend," Little Sadako asked, rather hopefully [if not threateningly!].

"Sure," I replied. Like I had any other choice, anyway! =P

tbc