Well, Im back with another chapter, not an official chapter, today its a sub-chapter. We now take the roll through Itsukis eyes as we...well...you know what happens...

"Stop!" I shouted to Sae, running towards her and getting into a fighting stance, Mayu standing behind me with an obvious expression of pain for her sister on her face.

Sae removed her hands from Mios throat and looked me in the eye. "Why, Itsuki?"

"She only wants to help, Sae. She wants us all to be free and live together." I explained.

"What if I do not want to leave?" Sae asked. She showed no expression on her face or anywhere else, her voice only spoke her words, no sort of drive behind them. I knew what she meant. She seemed emotionless...but that was not Sae...that was...something else...the Malice inside of her controlling her as it did long ago, when Mio and Mayu wandered into the village and even before that.

"What! You want to stay here forever!" I shouted. Maybe...maybe I would be able to reach Sae. My Sae.

"Of course. Its where I grew up. Why wouldnt I?"

"I cant believe it!" Mayu began shouting. I tuned her out. I had to get to Sae, I had to convince her that leaving the village would be the right thing to do for us all.

During my thoughts, Mayu had picked up the Camera and aimed a shot at Sae.

Mayu has...gotten so much stronger...I hope Mio realizes this...

Sae began moving her hands in strange motion. She was summoning the Kusabi! As the Kusabi slowly lurched out of her body, she walked away as if nothing had happened.

"Get back here!" I shouted, running down the dirt road to catch up with her. I stopped, grabbed her arm. I spun her around and looked at her. Her face was covered in fresh tears, more streaking down her cheeks. "Sae..."

She freed herself from my grip and ran further. She was heading to her house. She opened the large doors toward the bridge, I grabbed her by her shoulders, almost immediately and unexpectedly thrown onto the ground. I looked up at her. Saes face was no longer the sad face of the Sae I knew, but one baring an excited, happy grin. Like a child who had gotten exactly what they wanted for Christmas. Though her face was not of joy, but of insanity and malice.

I tried running past her, she grabbed my kimono sleeve, shoving me into one of the trees. I pushed off the tree, shoving her down before running across the bridge. One of my kimono sleeves was missing. I quickly brushed it off and kept running, pushing open the door and coming to a stop. She was right in front of me, that same smirk on her face. She grabbed hold of me and pushed me into a lantern. I slid down the pole of it, my breathing had grown shallow.

In an instant, like a cat reaching for a mouse, her hands were at my face, clawing. I screamed and got up, holding my face. I could feel large claw-like marks going down my face, passing just over my eyes. She grabbed me by the arm with a kimono sleeve, shoving two of her fingers into my eye sockets. I let out a loud screaming, the pain circulating through my head unbearable. I felt a blow to my stomach, then to my chin. I collapsed onto the ground, unmoving.

"Sae...why...why did you..."

I heard her scream. Then I felt her at the ground beside me. "Itsuki! Itsuki Im so sorry! I-I...I didnt mean to!" She buried her head into my kimono, her tears seeping through onto my skin.

"Sae...dont...cry..." I stopped talking, my head hit the gravel with a smack. I heard her screaming and crying as I lost consciousness.

"Mayu...save Sae from the Malice...Only you can save her."

"Why me?"

"You have a special bond with Sae. If you can completely contact her, youll be able to eliminate the Malice inside of her."

"I understand. I promise, Itsuki. I will save Sae from the Malice, and free the village."

Please...make sure that comes true...