Disclaimer: See disclaimer of chapter 1.

Chapter 3: Kaorin?

Chiyo nearly jumped out of her seat when she heard the doorbell ring. She ran down the stairs and opened the door in sheer happiness and excitement. Tomo stood at the door and screamed, "GOOOOOD MORNING, CHIYO-CHAN!" But this time, Chiyo was prepared. She had placed her fingers in her ears as soon as she saw it was Tomo. "Hi, Tomo-chan," she said.

Chiyo got out her phone. "I'll be right back," she said. "I've got to call Yomi-san."

Yomi-san. Yomi-san. Yomi-san. The name echoed in Tomo's head. It was the name of her old friend. "Can I tell her?" she asked. She wasn't going to miss another opportunity to tease Yomi.

"Umm," replied Chiyo, unsure of what to say. "Okay..." Chiyo reluctantly handed the phone over to her. Tomo began to dial Yomi's number.

"YOMI!" she said when she heard the line open. "I'm at Chiyo's house and we're gonna have a party! Get your fat (profanity) over here! Okay? KayI'mjustkiddinganywaycomeoverassoonasyoucanbye." Chiyo yelped in emotional pain and surprise. "Please don't use profanity around me," she said, rubbing her ears.

Fifteen seconds later, a knock came on the door. Tomo opened it, still on the phone and saying teasing things, and saw Yomi standing on the porch with her phone in her hand. "Shut up, Tomo-chan," she said. Tomo's mouth dropped open. "YAAAAAAAAH!!" she screamed in surprise. "How did you get over here so quick? I mean, you of all people!" Tomo began to pinch her. "Has the queen of slow finally-" Tomo's beginning of what was probably going to be a rant on how Yomi was really, really slow and fat was interrupted by a double-chop from Yomi. Tomo fell to the floor.

Yomi was, in short, a misunderstood intellectual. Like Sakaki, she was tall, athletic, and quiet. However, unlike Sakaki, she had no cuteness obsession and bore a very short temper, especially around Tomo, who had been her "friend" since grade school, much to her dismay. She tended to be the voice of compassion and reason, but sometimes tended to be, in her own way, just as immature as Osaka, Chiyo, and maybe even Tomo.

The doorbell rang. Chiyo answered and found Sakaki on the porch. "Sakaki-san! Hi!" she shouted. Sakaki smiled and walked in. She saw Tomo, Yomi, Tadakichi, and... Who was that girl in the corner? Someone was sitting in the corner of Chiyo's house. She was crying. Sakaki began to walk over to her, but she vanished! Sakaki gasped and stared into the corner for a few more moments. "Is something wrong, Sakaki-san?" Chiyo asked. "Well," said Sakaki, "I thought I saw someone in that corner..." Chiyo walked over to her and looked into the corner. "I don' see anything," she said. "She vanished when I approached her," replied Sakaki. Chiyo shivered at the idea that her house may be haunted. "Did she look like anyone we know?" asked Chiyo, hopefully. "Well..." Sakaki pondered. "Come to think of it... It looked sort of like... Kaorin."

Kaorin? Chiyo hadn't invited Kaorin yet... She wondered how she would have known, but figured that someone else must have called her. "Hmm," said Chiyo. "What was she doing?" Chiyo was afraid that maybe she was robbing the house or loading a gun or something of the sort. She didn't think Kaorin would do that, but she was already really scared. "She was crying," replied Sakaki.

Crying? "I wonder why..." said Chiyo. "Dunno," said Sakaki.

The doorbell rang again. And again. And again, and again, and-

"Excuse me!!" yelled Chiyo. "If whoever's doing that would-" The doorbell rang again. Chiyo answered it and saw Osaka on the front porch. She looked like her mind was somewhere else. The doorbell rang again. "Hi, Osa-" The doorbell rang again. "Osaka-san?" The doorbell rang again. "Osaka-saaaaaaaan..." Chiyo said in a wake-up voice. The door bell began to ring again, but Osaka's finger stopped and was pulled back by Osaka's arm. "Oh," said Osaka. She turned her head to Chiyo. "Heya, Chiyo-chan." She walked into the house. "Hey. How y'all doing?" "Good," everyone replied in sychronized tone and tempo.

Osaka was a girl of great imagination and awkward mentality. She tended to drift off into her own world in seemingly every situation, often going so far as to accidentally fall asleep. She had a strong will and a sad lack of the energy or attention span to pursue it. Osaka sat down to talk to everyone, but soon fell asleep unintentionally (as she so often does) and had a frightening dream.

Osaka's dream:

"Osaka..." Osaka was in a dark room. That is, if Osaka was still Osaka, it was Osaka who was in a dark room. However, said condition being met did not seem to be the case. Osaka didn't feel like she was Osaka. She didn't even feel like she was Kasuga Ayumu. Instead, she felt like she was someone else... And she really, really wanted to kill something... Or better yet, everything... She heard a voice echo in her head. "Osaka... Your soul..." The voice stopped. "Is mine..." Osaka shuddered. "No! My soul's mine! You can't 'ave it!" The voice chuckled. "Ah, but I already do..." Osaka gasped. "Wh-who are you?" The voice began to chuckle again. "Keep asking, Osaka... Real intensely, now... I'm everything, everyone, anHEY, OSAKA-SAAAAAANNN!!!" Osaka saw a flash of light.

Osaka woke up and rubbed her eyes, which then opened to reveal Tomo standing in front of her. "Finally awake, huh, sleepy-head?" she said teasingly. Osaka got up. "Hey, Tomo-chan, who do you suppose that was?" Tomo blinked unknowingly. "What are you talking about, Osaka-san?" Her eyes narrowed. "Is this another one of your really spaced-out times?" Osaka looked about herself and found that she was unusually flat on one side, and that her hair was messed up. "Was I just asleep?" Tomo sighed. "Great work, captain Obvious..." said Tomo. Osaka forgot what was going on and wandered off, leaving Tomo wondering what she was going to do for an entire hour before she gave up and went back to running around the house aimlessly and carelessly. Osaka heard a crashing noise coming from the living room. "Tomo-chan!" yelled Yomi. Tomo blushed and said, "Oops..." "Tomo-chan, you idiot! You meant to do that, didn't you?" Yomi accused. "You'd better be able to replace that vase for Chiyo-chan..." Chiyo butted in. "It's okay, guys, really... I can replace it... And that's not a very expensive or particularly pleasing vase, either..."

Upstairs somewhere, Osaka thought about her dream. All she remembered about it was the answer to her question of, "Who are you?" which was, "Keep asking, Osaka... Real intensely, now..." She wrote it down and went downstairs to ask the master of pretty much everything what it might mean...

Okay, so that be the end of Chapter 3 so r&r&bh&idk&YOTSUBA&wtf&stoof.