Notes: Thanks for the reviews evry1! Chapter six is now here, and as the title says, the Ju-On (The curse/grudge in Japanese) is about to begin!- Xtreme Slayer

Tokyo

Karen could not believe her eyes as she scanned every area of the foyer of the godforsaken Saeki home. Just some time ago, this house had been burning to a crisp with the embers high as the sky. Now by some means of Kayako's and the house's dark mysticism, the house was intact, and everything in the living room as well as other domiciles were immaculate. Also, Karen began to smell the same scent as she did before; the upstairs smelled like dampness, but the atmosphere was seriously chilly. Not to mention, Karen felt a serious passion for Doug and could really use his support right now. It was not like the Halliwells didn't give her a sense of stability, but its different when you need it from your lover. But, Doug is dead, and Karen had to get used to it.

"He's gone. Deal with it." Karen told herself as she made small footsteps toward the dining rooms.

'And why the hell did I volunteer to sweep the downstairs? You'd think I would learn my lesson after my last adventure down here.' Karen began to ask herself as she continued her pace toward the rooms. The Charmed Ones had decided that it was best they all covered different areas of the house. As they scanned the upstairs quarters, Karen held down the downstairs ones. Throughout this whole ordeal, Karen had to admit, her bravery was slowly diminishing and she began to sweat though it was quite cool within the house.

Armed with only the flashlight, the small bit of light from the item began to flicker until the battery went dead and the light vanished. It was just Karen and the shadows.

"Dammit!" Karen cursed herself as she threw the flashlight away. Angry, Karen sharply turned around and saw the sight of someone she did not even expect to see. "Doug…?" Karen asked wide-eyed as she stared at him. He was wearing the same clothes as he did just a few hours ago, and he looked realistic and his cologne began to fill the room they were in. Before Karen knew it, she was pulled into a passionate kiss and began to become re-acquainted with her lover.

Shortly after their nice, soft kiss, Doug had a wide smile on his face. "Karen, where did you go? I was waiting for you here, and then there was…this strange lady. What's going on?" Doug asked in his gruff though regular tones.

Karen began to think for a minute, and did not answer the question that was dished out to her. This guy resembled Doug in every way and mannerism, and even had the same fragrance that she bought him for his birthday last year. All she wanted to do was run up and meet his red lips again, but for some reason, Karen knew it couldn't be that easy; being in this house finding Doug like this; it wasn't real.

Smirking but still looking very upset, Karen gathered up all of the force she could muster and punched the image of Doug right in its face. Coming back after her strong punch, the thing resembling Doug had blood running from its nose and a streak of silver coming from an upper lock of hair.

"You bastard! You're not Doug, you're just an impostor! Who or what the hell are you!" Karen demanded with strong bass in her voice. She was not going to cry now and she was ready to get to the source of this problem. However, the last thing Karen knew was that she was backhanded by Doug's impostor and she flew right into the wall of the dining room. Capitalizing on its attack, the bogus Doug grabbed her throat and put force into it. Karen began to choke and sweat profusely as she desperately tried to catch her breath. Karen could do nothing but watch Doug's imposter smile at her sinisterly, and laughing at her attempts to break free.

"This is you're worst fear isn't it? Losing your loved one, and having them turn against you, eh?" a strange voice said coming from Doug's mouth. This as Karen noticed was not Doug's voice, but it was high-pitched and sounded like horror movie narrator Vincent Price. She didn't no whether to be spooked or to fight back, she just had to break free. But little did she know that help was on the way.

Coming inside the dining room in a swirl of brilliant white lights, was the sister team of Paige Matthews and Phoebe Halliwell. Quickly, Phoebe chopped impostor Doug on his back, and heard him give an inhuman wail. Not letting him get the upper-hand, Phoebe continued after she gave Doug's imposter an elbow smash and a sharp uppercut. Wanting to help out as well, Paige looked around for something she could use on the guy Phoebe was fighting, and she did.

"Lamp!" Paige called for the silver lamp as it orbed toward the Doug impostor and right across his head. Knocking him over, blood started pouring over from atop his head, and he came to the floor. Hurrying, Paige, Phoebe and Karen assembled together and stared at the fallen impostor.

"Who the hell is that?" Paige asked as she took a glance at the impostor getting up, as he started to shake off the attack.

"I don't know, but it is taking the resemblance of my dead boyfriend, Doug." Karen briefly explained as she continued to look at the impostor, all with a ferocious and at the same time distraught expression on her face. Phoebe and Paige rolled their eyes as they looked at each other they had to find Kayako, but now are dealing with another restless spirit.

"Dammit, I thought I had you in my midst, Karen. You're friend Kayako will be most unhappy. By the way, it's very good to see you two again Phoebe and Paige." The impostor said with a gleeful look as it smiled a devious smile at both Paige and Phoebe as well as Karen. Suddenly, Phoebe had an inkling to who this was, as did Paige for some reason.

"I don't know how you did it Barbus. We vanquished you, but you just keep coming back to screw with us. But, this'll be the last time you ever see us again, I can promise you and Kayako that." Phoebe said as she pointed her finger at him. However, that did nothing but make Barbus laugh even more. Karen was confused by all of this so she asked Paige, "He's an old friend of yours?"

"Yeah, but he visits way too often. He specializes in making you're fears a reality." Paige gave her a little synopsis of Barbus' purpose. "That would explain a lot about why he would choose my boyfriend. My worse fear is being apart from the one that I love." Karen told Paige as she looked at her. Paige did nothing but place a hand on Karen's back and stroked it lightly as a sign of consoling. All the while, Barbus was shapeshifting into Phoebe's worse fear.

He donned a long leather trench-coat, black leather pants and a black muscle shirt. His skin was fairly tanned and his hair was spiky and black, Barbus also gained much sex appeal, but only hatred in Phoebe's eyes. He was now Phoebe's ex-husband Cole Turner, a demonic force that at a time became the Source of all Evil, as well as being the previous Source's right-hand demon Belthazor. Phoebe closed her eyes, but regained energy within herself.

"You're not real, and you'll never be." Phoebe said as Barbus/Cole began to walk up to her gingerly.

"Don't be so sure Phoebe. I know deep down you still love and care about me." Barbus/Cole said as he began to put a hand through Phoebe's shimmering, short, brown hair. Phoebe quickly smacked his hand away and elbowed him in the face. Barbus/Cole stepped back a few paces and began to shapeshift right back into Barbus. Barbus swiftly landed an energy ball toward Phoebe, Paige and Karen, but both three girls evaded the attack and watched as Barbus vanished into thin air.

Once again, the three girls began to walk briskly through the back of the house right back to where they started in the front. They needed to pass by three to four more rooms before they could go to the entrance of the house.

"What the hell would Barbus and Kayako want with each other?" Paige asked first. "Who the hell would know? This is all getting so twisted." Phoebe said to her sister. "This is going to be one rough day isn't it?" Karen asked to the two sisters. "Hasn't it all ready been?" Phoebe answered as they reached the living room and foyer. As they prepared to go back upstairs though, they stopped right into their tracks as they had seen another sick sight. A familiar clicking and moaning sound had begun to attract Karen, Phoebe and Paige's ears as they looked at who was at the top of the stairs. The demonic Kayako Saeki began to crawl down the stairs similar to a serpent and did so with blood stemming from out her eyes, and into her deathly pale skin.

Without even thinking, Phoebe got into fighting stance and looked at Kayako as she continued her sport. "Hey Karen, get ready! This day is about to get rougher."