I'm sorry it took so long to update this, school and choir have been hectic! I was also busy with a short story for a writing contest I'm going to for school; hopefully, what I'm entering is better than this story is turning out. Haha. I also wrote a Harry Potter fanfic for an online contest, which I will most likely post on here sometime. This chapter is pretty short, feel free to throw tomatoes of something at me. I deserve it.

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Although it had been an hour since Risa had arrived home from school, her sister was still locked in her room. She didn't even ask what she missed at school. Something must have happened. She's never acted this way before. Because of the negative attitude her sister was displaying, Risa decided that it was time for an interrogation. She knew Riku would be angry with her, but she couldn't get the thought out of her mind that something bad had happened.

She stood in front of the door, and while breathing slowly, she began to knock. "What?" Riku asked, annoyed.

"Can I come in?" the younger sister questioned.

"Fine."

Upon entering, Risa saw the mess of clothes that littered her sister's usually clean room. "Riku." She paused, unsure of what to say, "Something happened to you and I'm not leaving this room until you tell me what it is." The older twin said nothing. "Did something happen between you and Niwa-kun? You haven't been the same since that night you went to his house."

"This has nothing to do with Niwa-kun." Riku answered, just as a dirty shirt on the floor became very interesting to her.

"Well, what is it? Riku, you can tell me. We're twins, we're the same."

"No, we're not the same. Not anymore," her eyes were still focused to the floor. Risa couldn't tell, but she had a vague thought that her sister was crying.

"Please tell me what happened."

"Don't you understand? I can't." Risa could now see the tears dripping down her sister's face as the redhead lifted her gaze from the carpet. "He'll hurt me again."

"Who hurt you, Riku? They won't be able to hurt you again. We could tell the police and--"

"No!" she screamed, interrupting Risa. "He didn't know what he was doing. I could tell."

"What happened, Riku? Was it Niwa-kun?"

"NO!" Riku yelled, paining her younger sister's ears. "This has nothing to do with Niwa-kun!! It was…" The next word was spoken inaudibly.

"Who?"

"Takeshi." Riku whispered, "But it wasn't him. He didn't even sound like Takeshi."

"Riku, what did he do to you?"

"He didn't do it."

"Didn't do what?"

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Daisuke went to sleep early that night, in hopes of having more time for a conversation with Dark. Soon after falling asleep, he found himself in the middle of the familiar abyss, staring into an unexpected face. It was Krad. Not him! Where's Dark? He thought of yelling for his other self, but could not find the voice. It was as if the air had been sucked clean of oxygen.

"She won't last."

"What?" Daisuke choked.

"Your girlfriend is weak. She's going to kill herself. She's going to make it bloody." He smirked.

"Riku-san is not weak and she's not one to give up," he replied, evidence of his phony calm arising with the shakiness of his voice. Daisuke looked down at his hands and imagined Riku once again holding the knife. It is possible. She almost did it in front of me. Now that I'm not there to stop her…what if she…?

"She won't live through the night."

"You lying. She couldn't hurt herself and she promised me. I trust her."

"No you don't. You doubted her before, within reason of course." Daisuke turned away from Krad. He's right, but how does he know? "You were correct to question Takeshi's involvement, like a simple boy as he is would be able to create a masterpiece from a body like hers. Impossible. He didn't have a mind for beauty of that magnitude.

"Using his body was an ingenious idea on my part. No one would ever believe that Takeshi Saehara was capable of rape and mutilation. And, no one would ever believe that I did it either. The world isn't even aware of my existence." If I could just get out of here, or find Dark. If Krad is right, I need to hurry before Riku-san hurts herself. I need to be able to stop her. "You won't find Dark and you won't get out of here until it is too late. She'll be gone." Is he reading my mind?

"She wouldn't do it!" He yelled after finding his voice.

"Even you cannot say that for sure, Daisuke. Dark warned you, but I was right that you wouldn't know what to do. That's why I let him see you. You're too naïve to think that she wouldn't lie to you."

With one swift movement, Krad yanked Daisuke's arm, dragging the boy further into the abyss. "Where are you taking me?"

"To watch." He said simply.