A/N: Thanks Anonymas and James Birdsong for reviews. Guys, no offense, but since I know Higurashi is not a very often read fanfiction topic, I want some more of you to try and review. I want to know that more than two or three people are reading and enjoying my chapters. Please! (Ｔ▽Ｔ)

By the way, this chapter is basically a summary of the entire series and background, so it will be length explanation wise.

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(Recap)

"Alright, Ms. Know-It-All, start talking! What's really going on? How's Hanyuu involved? What did Rena mean by Oyashiro-sama being a doctor if you say Hanyuu is? Why didn't you tell us earlier?" Mion was screaming at Rika, confused and angry at the situation.

Keiichi put his hand on her shoulder. "Calm down, Mion. I want answers too, but screaming won't solve anything."

Mion looked at Rika, then Keiichi and took a deep breath. "Alright, I'm calm, now start talking."

(Recap end)

Rika jumped a bit when she felt Hanyuu's comforting hand on her shoulder. Rika, looked at her, nodded and then faced her other friends once more.

"What Rena had said about the syndrome was only partially true. The parasite will not only attack its host when they leave the village, but if their queen dies as well. My family was originally descended from a long line of shrine protectors, but when Hanyuu came to the village, she fell in love with my ancestor and had a female child. The village shunned Hanyuu and ordered her extermination. Hanyuu's daughter was made to do it and she succeeded. After that, her daughter started to spread the legend of Oyashiro-sama to keep people within the village. The only reason Hanyuu is here today is because when our line produced eight generations of first born females, her spirit would return and be seen by that girl, essentially making her Oyashiro-sama.

"Since Hanyuu's blood is in our veins, the queen parasite is always this first born girl. Since I am the eighth girl, I could see Hanyuu since birth, always watching me and helping me. When the first June of Showa 58 came around, Takano and her group kidnapped me in the middle of the night and killed me. Hanyuu brought my spirit to a dimension filled crystals, each representing another world. She explained that she was the true Oyashiro-sama and that my friends would be killed because of my death. She brought me there to give me another chance at life and stop those who killed me. I went through hundreds of worlds with little or no success.

"I was about to give up and accept fate, but in the last world, we all banded together and almost won, but Takano came onto the scene and shot Keiichi. She killed us all. It was the first time I actually met the mastermind of this scheme. When I entered my next world, this world, Hanyuu was somehow seen by all, an occurrence that had never happened before. I realized that the reason we never won was because we never worked together, all of us, to bat Takano. Since I arrived in this world in the beginning of June, you all can figure out how the story goes from there."

There was shocked silence. Each face showed disbelief and sadness.

"Rika," said Hanyuu, the sound of her holding back tears mixing with her speech, "even if they don't believe you, know that you tried your best and had gotten the farthest in this world than any other. I know you've never told them, out of fear of affecting them, but you were brave and told them."

"Hold on a minute!" said Shion. "Just because we know all this, it doesn't mean we are going treat her different!"

"R-right! She may act differently, but she'll still be our friend," said Keiichi.

Satoko came up to Rika and slung an arm around her shoulders. "Even if you and Hanyuu are Goddesses, demons, or murderers, you'll still be our friends.

The head appeared on the screen again. "You have done half of what's needed. You accept Rika and Hanyuu, but can you accept yourselves?"

Rika's face turned pale. "You can't mean…" She ran up to the screen and pounded on it. "I accept telling them about me, but you can't show them their lives! They'll go insane! I found the perfect world, why must you ruin it?"

The others, besides Hanyuu, looked scared. Rika was making the other worlds seem like Hell.

Hanyuu took charge. "Everyone take a seat." While everyone got into their original seats, Rika was lead to a newly appeared couch.