She titled her head as Ryou passed out. Aichi cursed under her breath and picked him up, wrapping her arms around his waist. She began to drag him out of the attic and into the living room. She picked him up and put him on the couch. She pressed her lips to his and walked out of the room.

A few minutes later, the door open and in walked everyone else.

"I have to talk to you," Rika's voice was cold and hard. Aichi let her eyes widen.

"Bernkastel-sama, what are you doing?" Aichi asked.

"Bernkastel?" Everyone asked and Shion, Mion, Satoko, Rena, and Keiichi left.

"Yes, my name is Bernkastel Frederica; I'm the Witch of Miracles."

"We need to tell them the whole thing, Onee-Sama." Aichi whispered. Frederica nodded and turned, taking a cup of black tea and sitting on the large plush chair.

"We live in the Witches' Realm, a realm that controls human life and is much more powerful than the Shadow Realm. I am Furude Rika's alter ego, her would-be-self. I was born from her despair and loneliness of being killed over and over again. This is just a game. This world is just a game between five witches. The others being women named Lambdadelta, Shadi, Suki-Chi, and an unknown woman in a purple cloak with an eye on it. Rika is where I have sealed part of my soul inside her body, she being my favorite piece. But, Shadi came to me and she whispered to me that I may use her pieces. Her pieces being Atemu, Yuugi, Marik, Malik, Bakura, and Ryou. The rest of you are either pawn pieces in my chess game or you are just empty lives that are unimportant in this game."

"Yes, and as Bernkastel has explained, this is a game but a game where if you all die, you all die forever."

"And we feel the pain of dying, even though we may not die. Our game is something to ease our boredom, but when I took Atemu and Bakura's souls into a group of these cards, the game completely changed."

"But, if this is true, sister, then why did they die in the other game?" Frederica raised her hand, signaling for Aichi to stop.

"Ai-Chan, release Suki Chi's soul for the moment. I wish to speak to her directly." Frederica said sternly and Aichi nodded. She fell to her knees and then stood up, opening her eyes, but they were black.

"You wished to speak to me, Bernkastel." Her voice was hard and cold.

"Yes, now. You must help me explain our matters to… them… mortals do not understand our way of speaking." Frederica said. Suki Chi nodded and sat nearest Bernkastel.

"Anyways, our game is like chess, except with people as chess pieces. Lambda's is a woman named Miyo Takano and mine is, well, right here, Aichi. Bern's piece is Rika and Beatrice, the last and unknown witch, well, I don't know her piece. But we play these games when we are bored and this is just another world that only Rika and Aichi can remember. Now, Rika does not know of Bernkastel, Beatrice, or any other witches or sorcerers. She believe that the never ending June Showa of 83 is all because of Furude Hanyuu, the sacrifice that has lived years and years. But literally, every year here, is another world, another dimension. Do you understand me, minna?" Suki Chi spoke while interlocking her fingers together. Everyone nodded solemnly.

"Now, you must answer me this, Suki Chi. What does this have to do with us and are you like Yami No Rika?" Atemu asked.

"Ra, Pharaoh, don't start askin' questions!" Bakura cried as Ryou shook his head awake.

Bernkastel chuckled. That was the weirdest thing she had ever been called, aside from 'Rika Odd Voice Change.' "No, let me explain. You all are important because something unknown has happened. Those who have anything, or are in terms, with the Millennium Items, are immune to certain Witches' Magic. So, Bakura, since you and Ryou are in a bond of the Millennium Ring, so you both can't be attacked by The Lust Magic of Suki Chi. I mean that you two can't be attacked into loving someone until you die by their paranoia. The same is for Malik and Marik, and Yuugi and Atemu. You all can be attacked by my Magic of Miracles and Lambda's Magic of Absolute. Do you understand what I'm telling you?" Bernkastel asked. Everyone shook their heads in a negative motion. She sighed. "You all are important to me because until this time, no one has been able to deflect our magic before. No one, not a soul."

"Oh, I get it." Ryou said. Just then, Bernkastel fell out of the chair and slammed her head against the table.

"BERN!" Everyone yelled and Suki Chi collapsed onto the ground, her leg twisted in an unusual position.

"Mii~ Nipah," Rika said up and smiled. "Huh? What happened? Where did Rena-Chan and Satoko-Chan and Kei-kun and-"

"They all left to go home." Ryou assured her. Rika tilted her head.

"Mii~ I guess that I'll stay here tonight. Chi-Chan, wake up!" She shook Aichi and Aichi opened her bright purple eyes. Then she bit her lips as tears poured out her eyes.

"Ow, my leg. I think… I think I broke it." Aichi groaned and sat up, twisting over to look at her leg. Ryou bent down and Aichi bit her lip before twisting her leg back. Everyone cringed as the cracking and snapping of her bones as she put her leg in a correct position. Everyone backed up and Aichi shakily stood up before sitting back into the plush chair. She closed her eyes.

"Rika, in three days, someone is going to die and someone else is going to disappear. In three days, the Watanagashi Matsuri will mark another year of more deaths. Are we ready to move to another world yet?" Aichi asked, her voice soft and barely above a whispered.

"No, not yet. I have a feeling… something is going to let us and them live this year." Rika smiled and sat in her sister's lap before falling into sleep. Aichi turned her head towards the duelists and her eyes quickly changed to black orbs of darkness.

"Good night and sleep tight. Maybe tomorrow, you all will live a while longer." Suki Chi said and fell asleep.

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Translation Notes:

Chi-Chan- Blood-Chan; Rika's way of addressing her older sister, Aichi

Suki Chi- Love Blood

Aichi- Love Blood

Watanagashi- Cotton Drifting (According to the English Dub)

Matsuri- Festival

Mii~- A nonsense of a term that Rika uses.

Nipah~- a term that Rika uses when she smiles.

Yami- Darkness

Authoress Note: This includes people from Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni and Umineko No Naku Koro Ni both. I'm not sure if this is the actual story or not, so if there are any potholes in the story, please correct me.