A/N: Jeez! Three uploads today, huh? This is all I got for today, tomorrow might have a little less chapters (I mean, but you guys are used to daily uploads. Today was insanity xD) Thank you to sparklydam200 for reviewing~ Enjoy!

...says?", she says, staring daggers over at Ryou, who was slightly red at the cheeks. She mutters something to herself, and then steps forward. "There is no second floor. There are no friends, except the one under the desk and your teacher that's most likely lost and most likely dead", Naho says simply. "And how would you know that? If we're the only ones here, then why are you here?", Ayumi retorts, getting closer towards her face. "I'm a spirit who died here", she began, and pushed her away slightly. "And that… child already told you that. I'm simply rephrasing in an attempt to get it through that thick skull of yours." I simply stay quiet and kneel down towards Ryou in a whisper, not wanting to bother with their girl fights. "Is all that true?", I ask, and he nods. I give a loud sigh, and continue listening to what they're saying. "Is there really any problem in bringing a harmless child with us?", Ayumi asks, obviously now more flustered than she originally was. "There is if it was a child spirit, in which not only murders people but forms this dreadful school", she barks back, tapping her foot in an impatient manner. Ayumi is then the one to stare at Ryou, and slowly creeps up towards him. "You mean… that he's the reason we're here in the first place?", she says angrily, grabbing his shoulders rather violently. He starts to cry. "Not my fault! Not my fault!", he says, and I can hear Naho cackling in the background. "Look, what's your point bothering us, lady?", I ask, and she does her usual scoff. "To give this to you imbeciles. Seems like you could use some help with those other ghost kid", she says, tossing a amethyst-looking crystal towards me. I catch it as though it's a flaming coal. She then disappears, despite Ayumi's attempts to make her stay. She falls to the ground in sobs. Ryou comes up behind her and pats her back in an attempt to comfort her. "I'm sorry. No more", he says, sticking out his pinkie finger. She sniffs and looks at him accusingly, batting away his finger. "You tell us how we go to different spaces, got it? That's the only reason we're keeping you here." Ryou nods slowly and hides behind my arm. I sigh, putting the amethyst in my pocket. "The other ones… need to be like me.", he says, tugging at my jacket. We all leave the room and practically corner him into the wall. "Appeased?", Ayumi asks strictly. "Eye and tongues", he says, pointing towards each body part as he did so. Her face drifted, almost as though she was smelling something dreadful. Her head drooped down and she began crying again, and I couldn't resist the urge to comfort her. "We can't find Mochida-kun…", she cooed. "They'll all end up like Mayu", she continued, and she even allowed Ryou to pat her head. I had a strange surge of emotions then, her constant whining of Mochida and crying… but it was hard to be mad at her. Almost as if planned out, she went on. "I wish Mochida was here…", she said, blowing her nose into my jacket. "Well, he's not", I say, a bit annoyed. Ryou giggled a bit and scooted backwards as Ayumi swatted him away. "I'm here, Shinozaki", I say rather meanly. She starts to cry a bit again, and as I stand up she almost falls to the floor. I grab her hand and help her up, deciding on a 'punishment' (Funny how she needs one and Ryou doesn't) She thanks me, but I say nothing and grab Ryou's hand. As we decide to head back to the Infirmary, I notice the drawing on the staircase is changed. Ryou is no longer drawn and is erased, leaving him a colored blur. I feel him shiver a bit.

We decide to take another rest in the Infirmary this time around, as a lot has happened since our last stop. Ayumi once again takes the wall side of the bed, and my and Ryou squeeze into the other one. The candle I had placed was out, so I relit it. He snuggled into me and slept like a baby (Ha), but I could still hear Shinozaki mumblings and randomly sighing. It had been around an hour, at least, that I could tell. I still had yet to say a word to her. "Kishinuma, pleaasssseee", she said, finally turning to her side and acknowledging me being awake. I shake my head and grin deviously at her. She swats her head back away from me. "I still want Mochida here… he wouldn't ignore me…", I hear her whisper, and I ball up my fists. "He wouldn't make me go by evil little spirits or deal with little boys… or be rude about bodily functions…", she continued dreamily, and thats when I sat up on my bed. "Could you, perhaps, shut up about Satoshi?!", I say in a whisper scream. She looks at me innocently. "See. Right there, Mochida-kun wouldn't be mean to me." By then I can feel the anger in my face. Was she doing this on purpose? I covered Ryou's ears and turned back to her. "Your stupid 'Mochida-kun' isn't here right now. You know what he's doing? Searching for Naomi, Shinozaki! Naomi!", I yell, and I feel Ryou huddle up under me. Wonderful. I can see the tears forming in her eyes, but honestly I wasn't ready to step down just when I got the courage to step up. "I am here right now. But how about you go search for your 'Mochida-kun'. Who you can't see, Ayumi. Ever." She's sobbing by now, her knees scrunched up to her face, and I scoop up Ryou. "You won't have to deal with little boys or little spirits, or little old me. Have. Fun.", and it almost breaks me to say it. Something had come over me,