Saturday came, the school being closed for the Watanagashi Festival. Keiichi walked his usual path towards the Village, usual time, usual day. The only unusual part was the lack of girls around him and one other boy taking some of the brunt of the jokes. Keiichi's plan was set to happen today, before the Festival, before everyone would get there.


"Aahh..poor Mii-chan." Keiichi chuckled as he walked to the village, carrying a small duffel bag filled with the tools he'd need to get back at Mion. He had a dark, sadistic grin on his face. "It's early as well...she better be glad I'm doing it this way for her."

The male arrived at the Festival Grounds, Mion standing at the entrance. She slowly glanced over to Keiichi.

"...hey..." She simply said as Keiichi walked over, tossing the bag at her feet.

"Change." He simply said. The males personality seemed changed.

Mion slowly and timidly grabbed the bag and opened it, fearful of what was inside. Her eyes flew open when the bag was barely even halfway open. "K-KEIICHI!"

"Put it on...c'mon Mion." Keiichi sternly ordered her, crossing his arms.

The green haired girl gripped the duffel bag, slowly walking behind one of the booths, only to be stopped by an order from Keiichi.

"No...in front of me."

Mion looked over at him, shaking where she stood. She never seen Keiichi like this before, and she was honestly afraid of him at this point. "I...I...d-do I have to?" She simply asked, tears welling in her eyes. A single tear rolled down her cheek as she seen Keiichi simply nod in response. Keiichi watched, highly content, the smirk on his face showing it, as Mion timidly and fearfully undressed to Keiichi's command and slipping on the outfit what was inside. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she followed his orders. She would stop and go against Keiichi, but she felt her pride as the head of the Sonozaki family would be on the line.

Keiichi clapped a bit as he eyed Mion's body. What clothing she had on...whatever those kinds of clothing could be called...didn't cover much. Just as he planned.

"C-Can I t-take these off now...?" Mion asked, her voice low. She kept her hands at her sides, though she was still shaking, tears still falling.

"Nope...not at all." Keiichi chuckled as he walked over to the bag and digging through it. "Hhmm...ah! Here it is!" he said happily, pulling out a camera.

"N-no!" Mion immediately said once her eyes spotted the camera. "Y-you can't do that Keiichi! Please!"

"Anything...the winner...wants." Keiichi told Mion, harsh and stern tone.

Mion didn't reply, verbally nor physically. She simply turned her head, hiding her face in shame as Keiichi readied himself to take a few pictures. She heard him chuckle through the clicks of the camera.

This went on for quiet some time before the sounds of footsteps started to drown out the sounds of the camera. Mion's eyes flew open and her shaking grew worse. Keiichi, on the other hand, didn't care. He simply kept taking as many pictures as he pleased.

"Hey! Keiichi!" A male said, him and his friends walking over.

Keiichi slowly turned, Satoshi and the rest of the group walking up to them. "Oh hey!" Keiichi simply replied.

"W-who is it Keiichi...?" Mion asked, swallowing to keep herself from sobbing.

"Oh..just no one." Keiichi said to her, waving as the group walked over.

Rena hurried over to Keiichi, seeing the camera. "We heard a camera being used, we thought Tomitake was here." She said. "Why do you have that anyway?"

Keiichi moved out of the way to show the group Mion, who, in the distraction, grabbed her clothes and hurried behind one of the booths.

"...there's no one here..." Satoshi said.

"Mion's here." Keiichi said. "Just getting back at her for the game before. When she slaps you and yells at you for doing what your club says to do..." The brown haired male trailed off.

"...well...where is my sister?" Shion asked, her hand twitching a bit. She seen Keiichi point to the booth, the younger twin hurrying over to check on her older sister. Keiichi counted down from three, as soon as he hit one, both of the Sonozaki girls screamed.

The rest of the group hurried over to check on them, Keiichi putting his camera away. He didn't care what would happen, in fact, he wanted this to happen. He was tired of being the whipping boy for the group, and anything the group could do to him now would be well worth what was happening to Mion. The male slowly turned around to listen in to Mion's sobs, and the rest of the group's shocked mumbles and calming words to Mion, though the words didn't work.

The crunching sound of dried dirt was heard as Shion slowly walked around the corner and towards Keiichi. "Keiichi..." she growled, gritting her teeth. She clenched her fists.

"Yes Shion?" the Maebara said, keeping his cool.

The younger twin kept her pace as she drew near. "You...little...how...DARE...you!" She yelled, grabbing his neck. Keiichi coughed, his instincts making him grabbing her hand to try and pry her off. "How DARE you make my sister do that! You sick, vile, worthless bag of flesh!" She growled, gripping his neck tighter and tighter. Keiichi coughed more, still trying to get Shion's vice-like grip off his neck. He managed to get one of her fingers off, catching the slits in her eyes.

"Shion! Let him go!" Satoshi said, rubbing over to him.

Shion turned her head, keeping her grip on Keiichi's neck. "He...did THAT...to Mi-"

"I know he did Shion! Just let him go! I can handle this, alright?" Satoshi said, watching Shion slowly let go of the other male's neck. Keiichi fell to his knees, rubbing his throat as he caught his breath. Despite Shion's normally calm and caring personality, her inner demon was still dwelling, and Satoshi was the only one who could snap her out of the demonic trance with little problem.

Shion glared at Keiichi before she turned away, hurrying over to care for her sister.

Keiichi panted, slowly getting up. He met Satoshi's gaze. "...thanks."


The Festival went on, day turned to night, and Keiichi was by himself most of the time, the only one to keep him company was Satoshi. The two sat by the river after they were through with the cotton drifting ceremony.

"What was so wrong with what I did?" Keiichi asked, watching the cotton slowly float down the river.

"Oh I don't know..." Satoshi said as sarcastically as he could. "You made Mion Sonozaki..the future head of the Sonozaki family dress up in THAT outfit. You know when she screamed other people came to see if she was alright, you do know that, right?"

Keiichi shrugged and lied on the river back, hands behind his head, eyes closed. "That's the worse that could happen to me anyway..she gonna kill me?"

"Not her...Oyashiro-sama's curse." Satoshi replied, the cicadas quickly chiming in.

"That curse?" Keiichi scoffed. "Oh c'mon..who believes in that?"

"I do." Satoshi said. "Every year on this day, someone dies...and someone vanishes."

"It just HAS to be coincidence." The Maebara said. "Lemme guess...you believe it because it happened to someone close to you." Satoshi didn't reply, he just looked at Keiichi. The Maebara opened his eyes and looked at the Houjou. "Satoshi...?" he asked, a bit worried.

The blond male got up from the ground slowly, dusting the dirt off him. "Keiichi...I am your friend, but..." he said, looking Keiichi dead in the eyes. "You know the two people who you shouldn't hurt in anyway, right? Satoko and Shion." He said, seeing Keiichi nod slowly. "Hurt Satoko...I'll hurt you...hurt Shion...I'll hurt you...hurt Mion once more time...I'll make sure her pain is doubled on you."

Keiichi chuckled a bit. "You can't be serious." He asked, seeing the stern look in Satoshi's eyes. Keiichi knew he wasn't joking.

"Hurt those three girls...and see what happens." The Houjou said, walking away from the river bank, and from Keiichi.

Keiichi sat up as his possibly last friend left. "Gah..he's just trying to bluff me." the brown haired male said, getting up. The festival was over, so with nothing left to do, he made his way out of the festival grounds and back to his house, the only sound to accompany him was the dull hum of cicadas.