Author: Chapter ten is finally up! Yay! Okay. Warning. This may be extremely weird, but I can't help that because I'm extremely weird. Heh. Heh. Well, these are all really short parts where it keeps going back and forth. Like first it's with Hajime then Momoko then Satsuki then back to Hajime. Make sense? Hope it does. Well, read and review!

Chapter Ten

At Hajime's house.

"Hajime!"

"What?"

"Momoko called! She wants to talk to you! I said that I'd send you over when you got home. So scram, kid!"

The boy rolled his eyes. Oh great! What could she want? His eyes widened. Maybe she found out about me and Satsuki breaking up! No. No one else knows. Only me…and Satsuki, but would she really tell? No.

Hajime headed back out the door his mouth set into one firm line. The sun was beginning to set as he neared Momoko's house. He climbed up to the front door and rang the doorbell. When there was no answer, he knocked. Still nothing. Hajime tested the doorknob. It was unlocked. He pushed the door open.

Momoko was in the kitchen oblivious to the screams coming from the room next to her. Her gaze was focused on the blood filled sink. She reached her hand out and touched the liquid.

"Ahhhhh!" she cried as the blood burned her pointer finger.

The hand was still tight around my neck, and I was surprised that the screams even slipped out of my throat. But of course it was only a dream. Or at least that's what I kept telling myself.

Rene laughed at my helplessness.

"Please!" I cried out. "Stop! Wake up, Satsuki! Wake up! This dream has gone on far too long! Open your eyes!"

Rene only laughed harder.

He could hear someone screaming in the living room, but as he got closer the voice only seemed to get farther away. He stepped through the door and saw Satsuki lying on the couch her mouth opened wide in a scream, blood dripping out of the corner of her lips. Hajime rushed to her side.

She was strangely drawn to it. The scarlet red liquid seemed to call out her name. Momoko stretched her hand out and dipped it into the sink, but this time it did not burn her skin. She closed her eyes a smile playing along her lips.

"Yes." She purred then let her eyes slide open.

She scooped up a handful of the blood and brought it to her lips.

I could hear a soft gentle voice all around me, but I dared not believe that it was real. I was having trouble breathing and red lights flashed in front of my eyes.

I looked straight into Rene's eyes, but instead of seeing the mocking laughter that I had anticipated, I saw fear. Fear? But what could he be afraid of?

His hand released me, sending me plummeting through the blackness.

Hajime wiped the blood off the girl's face. He lifted his hand up and brought it straight down on Satsuki's stomach. Her eyes flew open and she let out a startled gasp.

The blood stained her lips and her teeth, but she didn't care. It gave her power. It gave her energy. It gave her life! She could hear a voice in her head, telling her to drink more, but it wasn't hers.

"Ahh!" I cried out in surprise. "Hajime! Wha—"

He placed his fingers on my lips. "That's for hitting me. Twice, I might add. Now, tell me what's going on here."

I opened my mouth to speak, but stopped when I heard a thump coming from the kitchen. I jumped to my feet ignoring the dizzy wave that washed over me.

"Momoko!" I screamed when I found her body lying in a heap on the tiled floor. Hajime rushed to her side and pressed his hand against her wrist, checking for a pulse.

"Satsuki!" He yelled startling me. "Where are her parents?"

"They're not here. They went out before I even arrived."

He jumped to his feet and grabbed the phone off the counter. He dialed 911 and talked briefly with the person on the other end. He set the phone down and rushed back over to Momoko's still body. He pulled her up into his arms before climbing back to his feet.

"Satsuki." he said. "You wait here until Momoko's parents get back and tell them that she fainted and I took her to the hospital."

"NO!" I screamed and grabbed his arm. "She didn't faint!"

"Then what happened?"

"It had something to do with Rene!"

He groaned and let his head roll backwards. "Not him again."

I must have looked very confused because he said. "What?"

"I thought—" Then I stopped and my eyes flooded with tears when I remembered it had only been Rene posing as Hajime who I had told about my dream, but I persisted.

"No, really! There—"

"Please, Satsuki, I do not want to hear about this."

I turned away, furious that he wouldn't believe me, but then again why was I so surprised. He hated Rene, but what he didn't know was that I did too. Or at least the demon Rene in my nightmares.

"Hajime." I tried again. "Can you please just listen to me?"

"I have to get Momoko to the hospital."

"There's a reason that I couldn't wake myself up!"

He looked at me quizzically. "You were just dreaming, Satsuki. Nothing more. Nothing less."

"You were in it!"

That caught his attention. "Okay, fine. We'll talk about it later."

Well, at least it was better than nothing. "Fine."

We could hear sirens approaching as we walked out of the house and as the ambulance pulled up next to us Hajime said. "What about her parents? They need to know what happened to their daughter."

"We'll give them a call later." And at that Momoko was placed into the back of the vehicle and we climbed in after her. A lady placed an oxygen mask on Momoko's pale blood stained face then began asking us questions.

"Are you two related to the victim?" She asked.

Hajime blinked. "Victim? You think someone did this to her?"

"Of course!" I cried. "I've been trying to tell you that, Hajime! She didn't just faint!"

The nurse turned to me. "You know what happened?"

"Well…not…exactly."

She raised an eyebrow at me.

"Well, let's get back to the first question!" Hajime chirped up when he saw how uncomfortable I was. The lady nodded then asked the first question again.

Hajime shook his head. "No. We're not related, but Satsuki's her best friend and I'm…her, uh…ex-boyfriend."

"Is it possible that you might have done something?"

"What are you? A cop?"

"I quit a month ago. Couldn't stand the pressure, or the responsibility. But this isn't about me. So…were you mad at her?"

The boy just stared at her, his mouth agape, so I joined in. "It was Rene."

Both people turned to look at me, Hajime's eyes narrowed into thin slits, and the nurse's eyes shining with curiosity. "Who?" she asked.

"Rene. He's a demon." I whispered in an eerie voice.

Her eyes dimmed and she snorted. "I thought you actually knew who had done this, but I guess that you're just a girl playing games."

"We're not playing." I was surprised that I was now quoting Rene. When had I sunk so low? I turned to Hajime my eyes filled with an unquenchable flame. "You'll let me tell you now, right?"

"Uh…Satsuki—"

"I'm not a child! Quit treating me like one! You think that I was only having a nightmare, gut I know better! You remember when you were still dating Momoko? And how you sent me away crying, but then we found out that it wasn't Momoko at all, but Rene!"

"Satsuki—"

"He was in her! He possessed her! Remember!"

"Yeah, but—"

"He can change forms, too. He did it three times in—" I cut myself off as something Rene had said came back to me. I know that you're a fool, but to fall for it twice in the span of an hour? My eyes widened in shock at what I had just realized. "No!" I cried out. "It wasn't Rene! It was…I don't know."

Hajime groaned, but the nurse looked interested again. "So what makes you think this?" She asked me.

"Well…" I began, but was cut off as Momoko let out a gasp of pain. Hajime went to her side instantly. He grabbed her hand, tears slipping down his cheeks. "Hey." he said softly. "How are you feeling?"

She glanced at him. "My chest hurts." Her words were muffled by the oxygen mask.

"Huh?"

She reached her hand up and yanked the mask off and took lungfuls of air before answering. "It feels like something's inside my chest trying to get out. It hurts."

I was about to go over and comfort her but froze as my gaze landed on my best friend's face, or more specifically her eyes. Her pitch black eyes.

At the old school house…

Zoë's head was thumping, blood pouring out of the gash on her head. She climbed dizzily to her feet. The whole room seemed to be spinning like a merry-go-round only a whole lot faster.

"Satsuki!" She yelled into the darkness.

No answer.

"Keiichirou!"

Still no answer.

"R-Rene?"

Nothing.

The girl left the classroom and hurried out of the building.

Momoko was whispering to Hajime, but I could not hear the words. I saw Hajime's eyes widen and he shot a quick glance in my direction before turning back to his ex-girlfriend. The ambulance finally pulled up in front of the hospital, and Momoko — who was lying on a stretcher — was rushed inside, Hajime following close behind. I began to go with them, but Hajime stopped me.

"No, Satsuki." He said. "You've hurt her enough." Then he left.

Her stomach was flip-flopping as she walked down the street and her head was still splitting. Her knees buckled and she fell to the ground in a heap.

Momoko was brought to a room where she was told to get a lot of rest. When everyone else left, Hajime went and knelt beside the girl.

"Hey, feeling' better?" he asked.

She nodded her head. "Much."

The boy could hear voices coming from the hall.

"No, she just collapsed on the street. I didn't know what to do."

"Okay. We'll get her a room."

Then there were footsteps and someone was put into the next room. As Hajime left to go home he glanced in to see who the new patient was. His eyes widened and he ran inside.

"Zoë! What happened to you?"

But she wasn't paying any attention to him; her gaze focused on the plain white wall. Her eyes held a mixture of fear and hate. She finally turned to face Hajime and said in a quiet voice. "Who's next to me?"

"Momoko. You remember her, right?"

She seemed to flinch slightly then let her eyes lower to the floor. "Sorry to hurt you so many times."

"Huh? What did you do?"

"It's all my fault that he's here." She looked back up at Hajime, her black eyes shining. "He's here to kill me. No other reason."

"Who?"

"Shin."

Author: Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Shin's scary! So do you guys like it? Was it too confusing? Too weird? Do I need to explain anything? Or did I do a good job? I will be adding Leo into this if any of you were wondering! But not till later. And you'll find out why he hasn't really been in it. It's kinda sad. sniff, sniff Well, I should get Chapter Eleven up sooner if I can get on the internet! Well, bye!