A/N: Jeez. This chapter took me a bit longer than I would've liked it. Not sure about the chapter name, though. Ugh. Anyway, enjoy this a-little-too-action-packed and sorta-emotional chapter!

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...and I had the feeling maybe this was for the best. Maybe. I toss the crystal over to her side of the bed and head out the door, not sure what to do with myself.

"Where we going?", Ryou asks tiredly, only just now waking up. I had been walking for around a half hour, looping back and forth from 1-A to the Infirmary in hopes of finding Shinozaki. Of course, it was hard to look in depth with a guilty conscious. "Still looking for her", I say, patting his small little head. He sighs and pulls out a small keychain from his pocket. "We could check the Lab", he says, handing me the keys proudly. "We're not supposed to go past the Infirmary, Ryou…" The little one shakes his head. "That's why we can't find her! She must have went past!", he says excitedly, hopping out of my arms. At the time we were at 3-A, so he bolted towards the stairs as quickly as he could. His fancy little school shoes made a clink-clank against the wood, making it easy to follow him. "C'mon!", I yell, and he giggles. Eventually we pass the Infirmary, and we're standing outside a door reading 'Science Lab'. The smell of the nearby corpse was excruciating, and underneath it you could hear a slight moan, then a choking sound. I flinch, looking towards Ryou who nodded slowly, and as though it was some sort of movie, I lifted the corpse, revealing… revealing… re… I place my hands on my head and drop towards my knees, lifting up the limp body of Shinozaki. I can almost hear Ryou's teeth chattering. "She…. she's fine, onii! Leave her be!", he yells, surprising me a bit. I still continue to lift her up, though, and she's cold and not breathing. "Just Yuki! Leave… leave her be!", he continues, now with tears brimming out of his eyes. Despite his protest, I take us all towards the Infirmary and lock the door once entered.

I set her down on the Infirmary bed and face towards Ryou, trying to whip up a fierce look. "Hey. Who's Yuki, and what's she doing with Shinozaki?", I say, and he shrinks up in the small desk chair, shaking his head. "No… Yuki's not doing anything. Yuki's a little okay now. Sacchan got Yuki to. It's Sacchan!", he says, his small fingers balled up in a fist. "What is this 'Sacchan' doing to her then?! Why is she practically dead, Ryou?!", I yell, and he buries his head in his knees. "Sacchan needed someone. She knows I'm okay, and… that's not good. She knows I'm with you guys. Sacchi knows everything", he continues, shivering. I take a few hesitant steps forward and lean down. "So… you're saying, that this", I point towards to Ayumi. "Is your fault?", I finish, sighing exhaustedly. He was crying now and wasn't making eye contact, though you could see him nod. "Fix it… I can fix it.", he says between hiccups, and he slowly hops off the chair. "She comes out to go to Science Lab. We gotta go there", Ryou coughs and cautiously takes hold of my arm. I grumble, but I couldn't help but feel, or know, that it was my fault. I take a few steps forward, getting a last glance at her (I had thought she was pretty when she slept, though when covered in blood from a corpse and… other things, Ayumi looked like a mess), before closing the door behind me and Ryou.

"Ane'll be fine", he said dully in almost a whisper. The articles on the wall were no longer there, as though they had been scrubbed off. It only takes a few minutes to reach the Science Lab, and when we do, Ryou pinches my arm and looks up at me. "We go in, Sacchan goes in the model. Don't look at it", he says pleadingly. I nod, take out the key in which he gave me, and unlock the door. It's matching the rest of the school nicely, with wood walls crumbling down, fake windows, shattered glass, but the science tables are a neat metallic black. "The right. Don't", he whispers, as though it's a secret that the world depends on. I look towards my left and notice all the faucets, covered either liberally with blood or being clogged by what looks like black hair. I choke a bit, and look towards my right in which to throw up, until I see I'm face to face with an autonomic model. Or, at least I hope it was a model. Half of it is a regular human, and the other is one without any skin, exposing literally, the muscles. It leans it head towards me, and I look towards Ryou, who had ran out of the room. I run away from the model's gaze, hiding under a science desk, though it's like he can sense me; he has his hands around mine in a matter of seconds. "P...lea…", I choke out, and notice a young and black haired girl cackling behind him. She, in fact, didn't look dead, but rather, alive and looking a bit younger than all the rest of the children. His hands clasped tighter around my neck, blocking my airway, until suddenly the girl behind me (I assume she's Sacchan) screams with her hands over her ears before the model stops moving and she disappears. I turn my head, panting heavily as I tear the hands off my neck, and notice Ayumi and Ryou staring at me. The little one holds out his hand and shows me the shattered crystal, before tossing the pieces onto the ground and running towards me. "'Shiki!", he yells, tears streaming down his face. Ayumi takes a few steps closer, her eyes watering slightly, but she's smiling. I wrap my arms around Ryou and mumble a thank you, before lifting him up and supporting him on my side. He was like a...