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Satoshi stood outside, pressing his warm ears against the cool glass of Yoshiki's door. He could hear the buzzing from the television inside, which ensured that he was in and wasn't still at work. Satoshi actually doubted Yoshiki had really gone to work these past few days, since he hadn't turned up at school at all. Glancing at the time on his pale grey smart phone, he knocked sharply at the door, hoping it would get Yoshiki's attention. After a few moments of waiting, Satoshi presumed he didn't want visitors, so decided to let himself in using Yoshiki's hidden spare key. It was hidden in a small box in the number plaque beside the doorframe, accessible by flicking the switch at the bottom of it. Often when he came round, Yoshiki went out to the corner shop, or occasionally even to an emergency shift, and trusted Satoshi with the spare key in case of an emergency. Quickly pushing on the switch, Satoshi managed to open the small box, and the small silver key fell out into his open palms. Turning it in the lock, he walked through the door. Yoshiki was sat on the couch as always, eating a packet of crisps and presumably playing video games. Of course he had noticed Satoshi, but chose to ignore him, hoping that he would go away and not talk to him. However, Satoshi was determined to fix things and put the misunderstanding behind them and Ayumi. Eventually Yoshiki addressed him, in a slightly irritated tone.

"What d'ya wants?"

Satoshi flinched at his harsh voice. Quite frankly, he needed to be sensitive and quick with his explanation if Yoshiki was to believe him.

"I just wanted to let you know what really happened, before you jumped to that stupid conclusion."

Yoshiki didn't look particularly interested, but didn't object to him talking. After all, he didn't know much about the incident, only that he had walked in on his best mate and girlfriend, practically moments away from kissing.

"All I was doing was talking to Hinoe about the situation in Heavenly Host. Ayumi wasn't even part of it, she-"

"What situation in Heavenly Host?" Yoshiki interrupted.

"Wait, you don't know?" queried Satoshi, thinking that Ayumi would have definitely told him.

"No…" he replied, feeling hurt that Ayumi had chosen to tell Satoshi instead of him, her boyfriend.

"Anyway, now that there's no Sachiko, and the spirits have been appeased, and no one is holding up the space," explained Satoshi, recalling most of Hinoe's wise words. "So now the spirits are gradually letting their memories into our world, and people who were close to them but didn't go with them are now recalling memories with them, making them feel crazy like they've invented them up."

"Isn't that a good thing? That means Heavenly Host will disappear, and the spirits can rest in peace!"

"There's more to it than that." Satoshi sighed, shaking his head "Hinoe didn't really explain it in much detail, but I think there has to be some sort of new Sachiko."

"That's stupid! Why not let the spirits escape? Easy, done."

"They can't escape ever! People out here are going to go crazy, since their just experiencing their memories! The only way to stop it is to take the memories back and create a new Heavenly Host, I think. Then the people will have their minds saved!"

"How do you come up with these theories?" pouted Yoshiki, still annoyed that he hadn't known sooner. That was probably what Ayumi and Satoshi were talking about when he had spaced out in the hospital! He really needed to learn to listen more.

"I don't want to talk about this anymore. What were you doing when I walked in on you and Ayumi?" put in Yoshiki, briskly changing the subject. Satoshi accepted this change, knowing he couldn't avert from this sensitive subject much longer.

"I dropped my drink. We both went to catch it, and just happened to fall on the floor like that. Hinoe caught the drink after all."

Yoshiki mulled over his statement. It was true that Satoshi could be terribly clumsy at times, but was it really that easy to land in that particular position? It wasn't.

"How come you were both bright red, and your faces were right next to each others?" Yoshiki asked, a slightly colder air to his voice, remembering that moment.

"Oh," Satoshi blushed with obvious embarrassment "It was just really awkward. Plus I already told you, we just happened to land that way."

Yoshiki stared at his friend, trying to decide whether to trust him or not. Since his parents had disowned him, he had had quite a few trust issues, but he would usually confide in Satoshi with out worry that he'd spread it around. He wasn't exactly the gossip type. Satoshi was clumsy, and it was possible that it was merely an accident like he had so adamantly said so, however, a small, stubborn part of him still thought he could of done it one purpose.

"Yoshiki!" Satoshi called, a determined looked fixed upon his face "I know it's hard to trust me, but this is Ayumi were talking about. You love her don't you? And she really, really loves you too! And I love Naomi, so it wasn't intentional. Please try and reason with me, this is all a big misunderstanding!"

Yoshiki sighed deeply. Maybe he had overreacted a bit, but he was just being protective of Ayumi. Well, thinking about Ayumi, he hadn't been very nice recently, she had sent him several texts and calls, and he had responded to next to none of them. What if Ayumi was going off him? If she was, he felt there was no point in living anymore, Ayumi was practically now his whole world since he had no one else, but was he about to lose her? Satoshi was right, and he needed to make it up with Ayumi before it was too late. His mind was so conflicted, and he had no idea what to say. He was like a crab scuttling between two options...

"Satoshi, I guess i can forgive you. But this isn't the first time recently that we've fallen out you know."

"I know," Satoshi admitted, a tinge of regret in his voice. "I think we're all still stressing out still about... well, you know."

"Yeah. Im still having those creepy visions, and Ayumi..." his voice trailed off at the mention of his girlfriends name. He hit his fist against the wall in frustration, wishing he wasn't so reckless and impulsive.

"Don't be so hard on yourself, mate!" urged Satoshi, patting his friend on the back. "But you should talk to her."

Yoshiki nodded, grateful for his advice. He didn't realise how much he had missed his best friends company, and was secretly glad they seemed to be on good terms again. They walked back towards the front door, chatting just like the good old days. Satoshi put his hands on Yoshiki' shoulders steadily just before he left.

"Do something to wow here," he whispered, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively with a smirk. "It will work, trust me!" Yoshiki broke from his grip with a tut, knowing exactly what he meant. He wasn't sure if they had a strong enough relationship, but accepted Satoshi's jokey pep talk nonetheless.

"Good luck!" cheered Satoshi, leaving the flat, feeling much better then he did before they had talked.

"I think i'll need it..."

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Ayumi shut the door of her room, breezing through to the back where her desk was placed. Quickly turing on her laptop, she flopped on her desk chair, bringing out her history book and opening it up on the page she had worked on earlier in class. Before she asked her sister or parents, she wanted to do a little research herself, maybe just for fun, but it might still help her anyway. The search bar was up, and her agile fingers tapped on the jet black keys as she typed in 'Shinozaki'. Within seconds, a load of results popped up on her screen, making her wonder which to choose. There was stuff like, 'The Shinozaki Fortune Tellers Co." and "Shinozaki Curiousity Shop'' and other various spirit related buisnesses. They were among old articles posted by figures such as Kou Kibiki about the kidnapping of the four children, Yuki, Tokiko, Ryou and Sachiko, which Ayumi scrolled down past almost instantly to avoid reliving the hell she had gone through. But one particular line caught her eyes. It read 'The Shinozaki estate and other paranormal spaces' with a small description underneath it like all the other links. Curious, she clicked on it without thinking, and quickly scanned through the introduction, thirsty for information.

"Welcome to .jp, where we give you all the info on paranormal spaces in japan. Some have to do with black magic and the witches, and some have entire different origins. Some you can only acsess by charm, and some are exclusive to the gifted. Only read on if you have a high sense of the spirits, because otherwise you can not enter most of these spaces. Also you may have to be gifted or in a certain blood line as well. We accept no responsibility for injury, death or possesion, so enter these places at own risk. Thank you for reading this."

What kind of website was this? What on earth was the 'Shinozaki estate' She was desperate to find out. Ayumi clicked on the link for the 'Shinozaki Estate', and started reading through the well typed text. It described an old house with a eeire glow around it, it's previous owners no one else but Yoshie and Sachiko. It was known for having hordes of paranormal items, but almost everyone who had gone never returned. Except Ayumi knew one person who had. Naho had mentioned the Shinozaki Estate in her notebook,and had most likely been there for herself. What had she found there, she wondered, was it something that had made her go to Heavenly Host? She needed to know, so badly...But last time she had gotten curious...No, she better just stick to her original plan of researching her family tree. Ayumi was about to click off the website, when something caught her eye.

'...as well as the gifted Shinozaki bloodline family tree, enclosed in a scroll inside the house..."

Maybe it wouldn't be too hard to get there, since she was gifted with the spirits. And plus, if she could find it, she would of done the whole prodject independantly! Yes, maybe it was a good idea in the end...

She was about to research more when Hinoe called from downstairs.

"Ayumi, Yoshiki's at the door again!"

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