A/N: Another chapter already up! I'm on a roll this week!

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The light left and they saw Rika running the forest, looking for something on the path. Suddenly, Tomitake came from the other direction and she nearly crashed into him. He jumped, but calmed when he saw who it was. Rika then grabbed his arm near the elbow, stepped towards him, and asked if he already went inside. He rubbed the back of his head in confusion, but smiled as he told her he didn't understand the question. Rika pushed harder into his arm with her thumbs and yelled for him to stop trying to fool her. He turned away, stopped smiling, and coughed lightly into his hand, causing Rika to release his arm. He told her he was going to leave and when he walked a few paces behind her, she told him to be careful. She said that he and Takano would be killed that night. He gasped in shock and nervously laughed. He laughed and she yelled that it wasn't a laughing matter. He showed less fear and more amusement as he jokingly asked if she was going to curse them. Rika clenched her jaw as she tried to hold in the teats, but he just said that he hoped she didn't curse them. He turned back around, gave a chuckle, and walked away.

As soon as he was out of earshot, she collapsed to her knees and tears fell onto the ground. Her body shook with sobs s she said how useless it all was. She closed her eyes and dug her nails into the soil. Suddenly Satoko partially appeared from her hiding spot behind a tree next to Rika, but didn't reveal herself. In the background, you could hear Tomitake's screams pierce the night.

They were near the Furude Shrine and about five men in gray uniforms were carrying a brown sack. They carry it up the step and place it behind the well covered by a grate. They surrounded it with knives in hand. When they opened the sack, it was revealed to the teens that Rika had been inside. Hanyuu took pity on them and the skipped to the part when Satoko finds her. Satoko walked up the steps, calling Rika's name, trying to find her. She saw crows pecking something and when they dispersed, she saw Rika's bloody body. The blood was surrounding Rika and slightly covered her naked body, but leaked down the stairs. Satoko screamed in horror. The scene shifts to Satoko walking up to the school window, covered in blood. Men in gas masks were inside, going through everything. Piled everywhere were all the members of the village with the exceptions of Satoko and Rika. Satoko screams out and the men who are inspecting outside start coming over to make sure the sole survivor is ok.

The next place was somewhere no one, but Rika and Hanyuu, recognized. The whole place was purple and triangular crystals were floating everywhere with moving pictures of the group inside. There was only one light, and it reflected slightly on each crystal. The only other person they could see was Rika, but she was purple like everything else.

"Where are we?" asked Mion

"We're in my world. It's a place that only Rika and I can enter. It holds every world we've been into and the ones we can try next," explained Hanyuu.

"Then how are we here?" asked Satoko.

"You're not," said Rika. "We're only here in mind. Those with Hanyuu's permission can be brought here that way."

"I've brought you to a time between our last world and the one before," said Hanyuu before the other Rika began to talk.

"I am born repeatedly into the Hinamizawa of June 1983, experiencing the same timeline. Each time, the world changes, as shown by its inhabitants' actions and the cause of my death. As you have seen these worlds along with me, I believe you already know this, but these worlds have several Rules they must obey."

Suddenly the world shifts to show Keiichi murdering Mion and Rena.

"For example, in this world, Maebara Keiichi was possessed by his bizarre persecution complex…"

Then it shifts to Shion murdering Satoko.

"In this world, Sonozaki Shion committed atrocious murder after murder…"

Then it turned to Rena overpowering the school and fighting Keiichi.

"In this world, Ryuuguu Rena believed that the Sonozaki Family were involved with an invading alien species…"

Then the world returns to its previous state.

"Everyone, each and every one of them, is genuinely caring and kind. But even so, when the gears of Fate turn, they become controlled by their delusional thoughts, and begin to engage in destructive violence. However, the perpetrator of such actions changes each time, depending on coincidental circumstances. Another Rule. The three deaths that are believed to be connected to the Hinamizawa Chain of Bizarre Deaths. On the night of the Watanagashi, Tomitake and Takano are killed by someone, and not too long after, I will also be killed."

"Hold on, neither of them died," said Keiichi, confused.

"This is the only world when he didn't. Takano's was always a fake," said Rika, now talking in her adult voice.

"These are not accidental, as they inevitably occur in every world. To say this in another way, a powerful will wanted this to occur. I have experienced countless worlds, and have knowledge that no one else could. But, I still do not know who killed me, nor for what reason. As for these Bizarre Deaths, there is a rumor that the Sonozaki Family is involved."

The world flashes to Shion and Rika's fight.

"In truth, in this world, Sonozaki Shion did try to kill me."

It transforms into scenes of Satoko being with her uncle and being in school.

"This too is another dead-end world. Satoko's uncle returned to Hinamizawa, and began abusing her. There was nothing we could do."

The purple backdrop returned.

"I want to protect everyone precious to me…to break through Fate's Maze and reach that happy future. Here, another new Hinamizawa will be born. This time, will I be able to save everyone? Or… will I, once again, not be able to do anything but watch the world's end?"

The other Rika reaches her hand out.

"Let's go, Hanyuu… To the new Hinamizawa…"

A/N: Alright! Three to four more chapters left! The story may even be done before the end of the month at this rate!