A/N: Sorry for the long wait, but I've been having a hard time with school (especially Chemistry!) I'm going to try and post at the very least once a month, but I will try to do it more often.

Thanks for reviews: Annoymas and Berserker Luke (Besides you two and Austin, no one else has reviewed…)

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'Text within these are thoughts'

If an entire chapter is basically an episode then I will just indicate which speech is outside of what they're seeing

Suddenly, the original person appeared on the screen. "You have peered into the lives of three. Now comes the hard part. You will be given true proof of acts done by these three and you must accept them, along with the one you all wrongly blamed."

A cage appeared next to the T.V. It was covered in shadows so no one could see what was inside.

"If you wish to know who the true victim is, your life overseer if you will, accept your sins." The head disappeared and was replaced by "yes" and "no" in white letters.

"The one we blame?" asked Keiichi, confused.

"Oyashiro-sama." said Rena immediately.

"What? How- I mean how- why would we need to him? How could we even do that?" asked Shion.

"If you had the syndrome, you would think Oyashiro-sama was causing it, so you would blame him. Since you three most likely had it at one point, you apparently need to tell him you're sorry." explained Rena.

They all looked hesitant, not willing to accept Rena's explanation. Rika picked up her remote and selected "yes", wanting to get the person out of the cage.

The scene that appeared was of Takano and Shion talking in what was likely to be the library.

"The consecutive series of mysterious deaths known as Oyashiro-sama's curse." Takano was saying. "Looking at each event individually, they're clearly based upon one train of thought. Every year, one person has a run in with Oyashiro-sama's curse and dies, while another is offered up as a sacrifice and disappears."

"O-one person dies due to the curse…And what happens to the other person?" asked Shion.

"In other words, the number of people who die due to the curse must match the number of people sacrificed."

"Sac…rificed?" said Shion, shocked.

The scene changed to Shion and Takano sitting a=outside the building.

"Onigafuchi is what Hinamizawa used to be called before the Meiji era." Takano said to Shion. "I'm sure you have a vague awareness of its "history of darkness", right? The history of the human eating demons, that is."

"Oh yeah, the legend about the human eating demons…" said Shion in slight remembrance.

"In that case, do you know the story about the mountain-dwelling half-human, half-demon hermits, who would sometimes come down from the mountain and capture humans for a feast?" asked Takano.

"Wh-what story is that?" asked Shion, surprised.

"With the use of a belt, they would restrain their victims by tying them up. Then, similar to fish filleting, they would tug out the guts, and throw them into the river to float downstream. See? That's the etymology behind it. Watanagashi, that is." explained Takano, close to Shion's face as if gauging her reactions.

Shion looked up in shock. 'The Watanagashi Festival?'

"These are my research notes. I don't mind sharing them, especially with you. Part of Oyashiro-sama's sacrifice ritual would involve making the victim sink to the bottom of the Onigafuchi marsh. The marsh with no bottom."

Shion looked at Takano, frozen with shock. "So, you're telling me that every year, the "other" victim sinks to the bottom of the marsh?"

Then Shion thought, 'Don't tell me…Satoshi-kun to has…'

Satoko cried out, "Not my Nii-nii!" Shion gathered her within her arms and calmed her down, reassuring her that Satoshi wasn't there and Takano always lied.

A/N: Sorry it's so short. I managed to get sick while writing this, but I will try to update within the next few weeks.

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