­Okay I had just had a brain blast for the next chapter. Please tell me what you think and don't hold back.

Oh and I am going to three haunted houses at Terror Town. So wish me luck.

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The 4th. Task

(Part One)

"MONSTER! MONSTER! MONSTER!"

"I am not a Monster!" Tsuzuki yelled as he was running from a group of kids. All who were throwing stones at him and yelling calling him a monster.

"MONSTER! MONSTER! MONSTER!"

"STOP IT!" Tsuzuki yelled as he was now laying on the floor all curled up like a hurt scared animal. All went dark around him, but he could still hear the name calling.

"MONSTER! MONSTER! MONSTER!"

It surrounded him and it did no good to plug his ears. The voices were inside his head. He had his eyes shut tight and his ears covered by his hands. "STOP!" He yelled out. "STOP! STOP! STOP!" He kept yelling that over and over again.

Suddenly the voices stopped and there was a shadowy blurred figure standing in front of him. Tsuzuki gazed up at the figure. "W-who are you?" Tsuzuki asked. The figure said nothing but put a hand out to him. Tsuzuki started reaching for the hand. His heart was racing and his hand trembled as he reached out.

Just then Tsuzuki shot straight up in his bed. He was breathing hard and had tears in his eyes. Looking over at his clock it showed that it was still night time. "Two thirty in the morning?" HE said. "The bakery doesn't even open until at least six." He said.

Tsuzuki then got up and went to the bathroom. Upon returning to his bed he remembered his dream and the blurred shadowy figure that was reaching out to him. Tsuzuki couldn't help but to wonder about that figure. 'Who is it that was reaching out to me?' Tsuzuki thought to himself.

He lay back down in his bed and closed his eyes. His mind was now picturing that blurred shadowy figure. He didn't have a clue as to who would actually care enough about him to look past the fact that he was a monster.

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"So where is our next task?" Hisoka asked as he gave a sigh. It was apparent that he wanted to hurry up and get back to work.

"It is right up your guys' alley." Chief Konoe said.

"Huh?' What is?" Tsuzuki asked as it was clear his mind had been on other things.

"Try to keep the attention on your job." Chief Konoe said to Tsuzuki. "This mission is in Kyushu. There seems to be a lot of miss placed souls that seem to leave a person's body and yet doesn't kill them just puts them in comas." Chief Konoe added.

"We have reason to believe it is because of a strange amulet." Watari said.

"Amulet?" Tsuzuki and Hisoka both said as they both were very curious.

"The Amulet was made from bad magic long ago but had been missing for a long time." Watari said. "It has the power to seduce men and is only active if a woman wears it around her neck." He added.

"Here is what it looks like." Tatsumi said as he handed out the papers to Hisoka and Tsuzuki. Looking at the photo it was of a necklace with what appeared to be a heart shaped amulet that had the Japanese symbol in the center that meant love.

"Well, let's go then." Hisoka said. He and Tsuzuki stood up and walked out.

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The first place they went was the hospital. "Why are we here?" Tsuzuki asked as he had just past by a room where someone was vomiting into a garbage can.

"We need to see the families of the men that are in comas to find out what exactly happen." Hisoka said. Hisoka wasn't bothered by what he saw in each room he passed since he saw it for three years of his life while in the hospital. Tsuzuki however looked a little green. "I think the doctor said this was the latest patient to show up." Hisoka said.

They knocked on the door that had the number six zero four on it. "Come in." A girl's voice said. Hisoka and Tsuzuki both entered the room. It was completely white and the only thing that showed a bit of color was the purple vase that sat on the table next to the patient.

The young woman was the only guys' visitor. She was rearranging the red and oink carnations that were in the purple vase. "Richard loved Carnations." The girl said. While she was not crying her voice told that she had been crying. The woman had light brown shoulder length hair and hazel colored eyes. She had on a nice blue dress with ruffles in the sleeve and a blue ribbon on the front of the top of her dress. The Male in the bed had light brown hair that was short and rested a bit unevenly over his ears.

"We are really sorry." Tsuzuki said as he looked at the young male who seemed to be in his teens.

"How old his he?" Hisoka asked.

"Oh, Richard is just sixteen years old." The woman replied. Something changed in Hisoka when he heard that. His expression changed.

"Can you please tell us what happened? Miss …?" Tsuzuki said.

"Mitsukai and yes I can." Mitsukai said. "I don't know how he ended up like this but for nearly a week he had been seeing this girl and I was happy for my brother. Since our parents had passed on he had been looking after me and little Mike for a couple of years now and hadn't had a chance to be happy with Mike being sick on and off for a while now." Mitsukai added.

Flashback

"Mitsukai, I tell you she is wonderful." Richard said as the three of them were sitting down to eat diner. "She has such a sweet voice and is a very nice person. You should really meet her sometime." Richard added.

"Well, dear brother you should bring her over to have diner sometime." Mitsukai replied.

"Hai bring her Bro-Bro." Mike said before putting another bit in his mouth.

Later after diner Richard helped clean off the table and helped his little brother with his homework when he had gotten a phone call. "Yeah? Okay I'll be right over." Richard said and he then hung up the phone. "I need to go. But I will come back soon." He said and he kissed his younger brother and sister on the cheek.

"Okay but don't forget I have little league baseball practice tomorrow and next week is the game." Mike said as he hugged his big brother.

"Hai and I got Ballet after school on Friday." Mitsukai said as she hugged Richard.

"Don't worry I won't forget." Richard said and he left the house.

End of flashback

"What happen? Did he forget?" Tsuzuki asked.

Mitsukai shook her head. "No but as the days went on he changed. It wasn't until the second week that he started forgetting and would yell at us." Mitsukai said.

Flashback

"Bro-Bro!" Mike said

"Richard!" Mitsukai said as they both entered in the house. "Your little brother's team won!" Mitsukai called out. "Hey! There you are." She said as she found Richard sitting in a dark living room.

"Hey did you hear?" Mike asked as he went over to Richard. "We won!" Mike said. Mike was tugging happily on his brother's arm.

"Did you hear him?" Mitsukai asked when Richard did not respond. "And where were you? You missed it." Mitsukai asked.

"I was busy." Richard responded in a slightly cold tone.

"Busy doing what?" She asked while Mike was still tugging on Richard's arm.

"Will you stop that!" He yelled at Mike. "Gees that does get annoying!" Richard added as he stood up. He saw the hurt full looks in his siblings' eyes and gave a sigh. "I'm sorry I just had a long day." Richard said.

"It is okay I forgive you." Mike said as he hugged his brother.

"Me to." Mitsukai said as she hugged Richard as well.

"So how badly did you beat them?" Richard asked.

"Twelve to eight." Mike said excitedly.

They spent all day talking about the game. Then the phone rang again and like before Richard would leave after he hung up.

End of flashback

"It went on like that everyday." Mitsukai said. "And slowly the yelling got worse and he became more violent." Mitsukai added.

Flashback

CRASH!

"God dang it!" Richard yelled out. "Mike! Get in here!" Richard said. Mike had just finished setting the table when he went in up stairs to go see what his brother wanted.

"What is it Bro-Bro?" Mike asked.

"Didn't I tell you to not leave your toys in the hallway!" Richard yelled.

"H-Hai." Mike said.

"Then why don't you listen huh!" Richard yelled as he took hold of his little brother by the shoulders. "WHY! Why can't you get that through your head!" He yelled as he very lightly shook Mike. Mike was now crying.

"Richard?" Mitsukai said as she had the phone in her hand. She could hear Mike crying and Richard yelling so she started making her way up the steps.

"If you don't start listening I will throw away all your toys you here me!" Richard yelled. Mike cried and nodded.

"Richard." She said more firmly when she reached the hallway and saw what was going on.

"Answer me right!" Richard yelled again.

"Richard!" Mitsukai said in a more firm slightly louder tone.

"ANSWER!" Richard yelled louder.

"H-Hai I understand." Mike said as he was crying more then ever.

"RICHARD!" Mitsukai yelled at the top of her lungs. This seemed to snap Richard out of it and he looked really scared. Like he could not believe what just happened.

"I'm sorry little buddy." Richard said as he hugged his crying brother. He looked over at his sister and saw the phone in her hand. "Is it for me?" He asked. Mitsukai nodded and was actually frozen with fear. She handed Richard the phone and then went over to Mike and tried to calm him down before he would go into a coughing fit.

"I've got to go." Richard said as he was holding the phone in his hand still. "When I get back I will help you clean up alright?" Richard said as he hugged Mike who was now sobbing into his brother's shoulder. "There, there calm down or you might start coughing again. Then we will be forced to give you cough medicine. I know how much you hate that." Richard said. Mike nodded and gave his brother a hug.

End of flashback

"Did he come back?" Hisoka asked.

"Hai but it was very late and he looked really tired. I was glad that I helped Mike pick up his toys otherwise he might have started yelling and maybe done something horrible." Mitsukai said and tears started to form in her eyes.

"Is it possible for us to speak to Mike and ask him about it?" Tsuzuki asked as he got the girl a tissue.

"Thank you." Mitsukai said. "But you can't talk to Mike because do to him crying even more and more he went into another coughing fit and at the exact same time he went into a coma." Mitsukai said. "He decided to sneak out and follow Richard because I guess he wanted to see this girl but when they found Richard's body they found Mike's body just right on top of him was Mike's body." Mitsukai said and it was then she burst into a full blown crying. "Why was it Mike to? He is just a ten year old boy." She cried out.

Tsuzuki tried to comfort her. "Where is your house at? Hisoka asked.