A/N: For those of you longing for some Satoshi x Naomi, don't worry it will come at the right time. I'm just waiting for the right moment, since i don't really want to rush into it without any real reason. Im just trying to make the story realistic if you know what i mean. But there will be! PROMISE!

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Yoshiki awoke, feeling surprisingly regenerised by his good nights sleep. He barely slept more than 5 hours a night, since he still had the awful dreams, though he didn't like to admit it. He'd usually wake up, cold and still tired, and moaned as the morning wore on making each day seem like a chore. That had been before Ayumi had excepted his feelings for her...now it was different. Yoshiki had had a fair few changes in his life, good and bad, but this was possibly the best. He smiled looking down at her fair sleeping face; she really was beautiful even when she slept. Wait a sec, he though, realizing his arms were around her, she had slept on the couch, hadn't she? Why had she come to him? There were more than a few possibilities why she had come, one being that she had had another vision or nightmare. But surely if she had, she would of woken him up, however, he didn't remember waking up at all last night, so she most likely just wanted his company. In the first time in his life, the bleach blonde boy actually felt like he was wanted.

Suddenly, he felt her petite frame stir beside him, and sure enough she was starting to waken. The warm heat of the rising sun beat down on her forehead, making her squirm uncomfortably. Seeing this, Yoshiki gingerly pulled her chin towards his, thus moving her eyes out of the direct sunlight. Ugh, he really need new blinds...

"Yoshiki..?" came her faint voice, her bright eyes slowly opening, adjusting to the bright light around. Her focusing gaze met his, and her heart stared to beat what seemed like a thousand times faster, and it showed by the red flush rushing into her face. Still with a hand near her face, he pushed the stray parts of hair away from her face, smiling lovingly at her. Ayumi sat up abruptly, turning away momentarily away so he wouldn't see her shy face. Yoshiki frowned, concerned.

"You don't have to hide anything from me, ya know," assured Yoshiki comfortingly, "Whats on your mind?"

Ayumi laughed, turning back to him, trying her upmost not to make him worry.

"Nothing...its..just..Never mind!" She hugged him impulsively, breathing in his masculine scent like it was an exotic flower. Slightly taken aback, he returned her embrace, pretending he wasn't worried, but he knew something was up. Deciding not to mention it, he broke away, his mind drifting to Satoshi.

"Damn it, we should visit Satoshi shouldn't we?" he suggested, reaching for his cell phone. Ayumi nodded. Although she no longer had a crush on the boy, she still had a soft spot for him and looked up to him as a friend. She didn't think Satoshi actually ever found out about that phase, however, he did. Yoshiki had complained about it many times when they talked about that stuff, and Satoshi comforted him by telling him how he'd never consider Ayumi as a potential girlfriend. Yoshiki had not mentioned it to Ayumi, since he was worried it would break her heart, even though she used to break his a little every time she mentioned Satoshi's name.

"I hope he isn't too mad at us!"

-To: Satoshi-From: Me

Hey mate, can i come to visit u 10?

Hang in there lol

Satoshi was naturally quite quick to reply, he had nothing better to to.

-To: Me-From:Satoshi

Yh u better.

Yoshiki was quite surprised at the short length of Satoshi's text. He usually wrote at least two line, but he was sick. He was probably feeling down, so he wasn't acting like is cheerful self. Hopefully later when he visited, him and Ayumi could put a smile on his face.

The blinds were drawn open, sending a shaft of golden light over the small hospital room. Satoshi looked up, hoping wistfully that some one had come to visit him, but much to his disappointment, it was just the quiet nurse from yesterday, shuffling around in his room.

Sighing, he turned back to face the wall, studying the floral wallpaper pasted on what seemed like recently. Suddenly, he felt an urge to find out what was actually wrong with him, since no one had actually told him.

"Excuse me!" called Satoshi to the nurse who was about to leave, "Is Dr Tsu here?"

The nurse looked at him pitifully from the door, her arms full of case notes.

"Im afraid Dr Mikuni has been assigned to another patient. I can get him if you really want..."

"Yes please," nodded Satoshi, leaning back in his chair, waiting as the nurse left the room in search of Tsu. Suddenly, the nurse was back again, but she didn't have anyone in tow. She looked slightly curious.

"There is a young woman outside, calling herself Shinozaki. Would you like to see her?"

Shinozaki? Out of all people, she was the person he least expected to come and visit, since didn't Yoshiki mention that she was staying over his? But he didn't want to be anymore lonely, so he gave his permission and the busy nurse popped back to the waiting room to collect her. However, the person who entered the room was definitely not Ayumi! For starters, she was much taller in stance, with a larger chest and hips, conforming that she must be older then the class rep. Her mousey brown hair was long, and fell right down to her waist ending in a red hair tie, similar to Ayumi's. She sat beside his bed, clutching a notebook and strangely symbolic pen in her pale hands.

"Shinozaki...?" he said, now really confused. The woman let out a slight chuckle at the mention of her sure name.

"That's right; Hinoe Shinozaki. Ayumi is my younger sister!"

Yes, thinking about it, Ayumi often talked about her wonderful occult sister, and often boasted how she had an even higher sense of the spirits then she had. Personally, Satoshi didn't find that stuff very interesting, but he was curiously wondering what on earth she was visiting for.

"Soo...what did you want exactly?" he asked.

"Oh, i just wanted to mention that i've actually sensed a high spirit count around you recently!"

Satoshi looked up at her as if she was crazy.

"Um..i'm not sure what that means..."

"Right. I just want to warn you of something."

"Uh, go ahead..?"

"Be wary of the spirits. Heavenly host still exists, and you, Ayumi and the others may be living the life right now, but its not all it seems. The walls of the closed spaces are deteriorating rapidly, and people close to every victims are going through a tough faze. Remembering someone that never existed is tough. It shows especially in YOU. And I bet you've met someone already experiencing this."

Satoshi wasn't overly taken aback by Hinoe's wisdom, since what she was saying. for once made perfect sense. And that one person was...

"Dr Mikuni is here to see you, Satoshi!" called the nurse, leaving hurriedly. Hinoe stood up, a strange look in her glassy eyes.

"Be strong." she said, before leaving Satoshi's bedside. Satoshi was so wrapped up in his own thoughts, that he didn't notice the solemn whisper Hinoe let out whilst passing the younger doctor.

"You remember Yui clearly now. Stay strong."

He flinched, shocked that she knew Yui's name. Hinoe chuckled, before waving to Satoshi and leaving the room. Tsu recovered quickly, before cautiously approaching Satoshi.

"What did you call me for?" he muttered, a hurt look in his amethyst purple eyes. Remembering Yui had made him feel as if he were crazy, since it seemed to him that he was making up a life, but it felt so real! It was such a change.. He could find no evidence of her existence, apart from a few old photos of a young school girl with her face blacked out. There was even one of him and her, but sadly he had no memory of it whatsoever. It had taken a huge toll on his mind, and though good with medicine, it made him feel metal or insane inside.

"Now that Hinoe has told me the truth, I want you to tell me everything you remember about Yui."

Easier said then done, Tsu thought with a sigh, sitting down on the chair previously occupied by Hinoe.

"Her name was Yui. She was 17, and we were in school together."

"Thats a good start. Only Ms Yui was 23, not 17."

"Oh. I seem to remember her that way."

"Do you remember her favorite animal?"

"Ummm...Huh! I got it, it was cats right?"

"Yes!" encouraged Satoshi, impressed. Even though Tsu was remembering small details, each step was closer to proving that his dead friends had actually existed! And with all his friends seemingly drifting away from him, this was the one thing he wanted to focus on. After he had asked Tsu a few more questions, getting mixed responses, he went one to ask one final one.

"So, Tsu, whats actually wrong with me?"

Tsu looked slightly embarrassed, as if he didn't actually know. But sure enough, he knew something.

"Well...we're not sure. You passed out with no scientifically explainable reasons, but they blame it mostly on stress."

Satoshi nodded, accepting their theory. It wasn't exactly like these past few weeks had been very easy, in fact he may of looked relaxed, but that was all a mask. Suddenly his cell phone went off. It was the text Yoshiki had sent earlier. Frustrated after reading it, he tapped out the reply. Oh ho, he had ALOT to say to him...

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