So, since Halloween is closing in and I found some free time during a day I'm not taking a class at Germanna I found it in me to finish this one chapter. I have finally come to the conclusion I'm going to make this story closely linked the the actual manga, so many murders will be versions of murders from the manga.

I give all credit to the crimes and Character to Yusei Matsui. I hope to be able to carry a plot like you do one day!

It never once crossed Katsuragi Yako's mind that the person behind her fathers' death could be right under her nose. It had been so obvious whom the killer was for so long, yet something kept her from speaking the truth. It was all there, the night of the murder her father's study was locked from the inside, as he always did when working on something big for the company. No one could have gotten in the window since both it was always locked tight during the cold season and the only way to open it was if you were inside the room. Then Neuro, the violent creature that came out of her head the day of the funeral, he confessed that he knew the killer. Yet, how? He had only been alive for seconds, but he did tell her he became visible only once before he met her. There was only one plausible explanation then…Neuro killed her father, that was the conclusion she came to after over hearing the detective speak with her Imaginary Friend.

At first she was silently shock Sasazuka-sensei could see Neuro at all. She remembered Neuro once saying only those with their own 'Friend' could see others. So did that mean he is one of those humans? How? She had never seen another person with Sasazuka-sensei when she spoke to him during and after her fathers murder. The student shook her head of such thoughts, just because he could possibly have one doesn't mean it would stick to him like glue. Unlike Neuro.

But how, could her 'Friend' have done the deed in the first place when he was invisible to all but she. The conversation those two had entered her mind again.

"Did you kill Katsuragi-san?"

Yako held her breath behind her bedroom door. She had walked back down the hall to grab some clothes when she had heard the detectives voice. She would have walked in to answer whatever it was he was talking about until Neuro had spoken up. Sasazuka-sensei could see Neuro, it confused her. However, that fact was the least of her worries as she continued to eavesdrop on the two. Neuro seemed to be contemplating an answer, the was silence for many seconds.

"...And what if I did?" was the come back. The girls blood ran cold, what kind of answer is that, why didn't he deny it?

"Then you shouldn't have come into exsistence. Your Yako-chans creation so I can't do anything without her consent, but if it comes to light that you were the cause of this...I will kill you." A dark voice threatened.

"I know I am only human...but even humans can effect your kind."

There was a chuckled, somehow Yako just knew by instinct that Neuro was grinning.

"Threaten me all you want human, but you won't get a confession out of me that way. You should instead like through your agency once more."

"What's that mean?" Sasazuka asked tensely.

"Yako's observation skill are by far the more advanced between the two of you. As I scan that worms memories of the investigation a keep seeing the Image of a certain thing." he hinted at without really helping.

"Quite cryptic don't you think?"

Yako furrowed her brow, there was something she had seen that was vital to the case? She couldn't remember if there was anything odd during the time she was involved with the investigations, not even when she discovered the body.

"There's an invisible mole in your agency, you have the ability to sniff the cockroach out so don't accuse me so easily because I appeared in such a shady photo." Neuro huffed.

"A Mole?" the Detective questioned.

"Yako saw him...so can you."

It was well after Detective Sasazuka's visit, Yako sat with her legs folded close to her chest on the living room coutch. She did not want to go back to her room for fear the thing taking refuge in there figured out what she was thinking of him. She sighed and crumbled into the plush furniture, the blue light of the TV reflected off her dazed eyes. She wanted so bad to run up stairs and question the uninvited guest, to yell and scream at him until he caved. But that wasn't how she would get the information she wanted from Neuro, he is a sly, manipulative creature.

She would have to wait until she had proof of his treachery.

School was closed down after the body of the 3rd years English teacher was discovered that day before class. The police would be scoring the halls and rooms for any clues that could have lead to the innocent woman's demise. So that Monday Yako and her friends decided to take the day to meet up and buy the new Aya Asia CD that had recently come out.

Yako didn't particularly listen to music, she found that it gave her head aches, and lots of songs just never really appealed to her.

Before heading to the music store to meet up with Kanade and the rest though she wanted to eat a quick snack at the café on the way. She was very familiar with it. The cafe had been the one her and her father visited almost daily during the weekends they would spend together. It brought happy, as well as sad memories. She would never be able to visit with her father again and share those Super Deluxe Parfaits they loved so much. The bell on the top of the door jingled when Yako opened it and a uniformed waitress greeted her as she walked by. She waved her hand in hello as well and took her seat at a booth by the window where she and her father would sit. Waiting for her order to be taken the warmly dressed woman looked around the teahouse; it was early in the weekday so not many people were here. A few house wives, some men, nothing more.

After Yako ordered a few small pastries and a cup of tea, she notice the customer sitting in the booth in front of her. She didn't see his face, but there was something odd in the way he suited man sat hunched back and fidgety. With a tilt of her head she couldn't help but wonder why the well dressed man wasn't at a nicer joint, or even at work, it was hardly lunch time for the working class at the moment.

"Are you trying to run from me you flea?" a sudden voice growled close to Yako's ear. In shock, she let out a loud yelp and turned to see the man of her nightmares. Neuro stood, unnoticed by the general public, with crossed arms and a toothy grin of amusement at her horror.

"Neuro, what are you—" In awkward realization, Yako clamped her hands over her mouth as she looked to the few guests and employees looking at her. Laughing to herself she turned around to sit properly again and took a bit of the first tart a waitress dropped off.

"What are you doing here?" Yako muttered under her breath to her Imaginary Friend, who sauntered over to the booth facing her.

"You think you can escape from me so easily worm, but you can't." he reminded her with a blank stare. His vivid green eyes never strayed from her figure as he watch his creators slim hand holding the fork.

"Not only am I asserting my superiority over you…something interesting is going to happen and you will fix it for me."

"Excuse me?"

"Must I explain." The annoyed creature groaned.

"I would be a whole lot easier if you would." Yako muttered with a mouth full of the second desert.

"As I told you, I feast upon the blood of humans much like what you stupid mongrels would call a Vampire. However I do not go about frolicking in the night and breaking into houses like an idiot." Neuro explained.

"I like the blood of depressed people the most. It has such a…intriguing flavor and is vital for my survival so I don't kick the bucket before my goal here is finished."

This was a first she had heard of Neuro and any goal. She thought he was created just to belittle and torture her like he had been the past couple weeks he had been in existence.

"Wait…You have a goal?" she asked him.

"That is why every Imaginary Friend is created." The man stated simply.

Out of curiosity the young woman wanted to ask about his goal, was it linked to her suspicions about his involvement with her fathers' death? On the other hand, maybe it was to help her solve who killed her beloved father. However, thoughts about her question blew up in smoke when the man that had been sitting behind Neuro's booth suddenly gagged. It was a wet sort of sound as blood splattered the window to the right of the man and his table. The patrons all gasped, some screamed in horror, then as soon as it happened, the man that vomited blood collapsed onto the table. His head made a grotesque sound as it fell into its owner's blood.

The teahouse fell into an almost peaceful silence as all eyes were set upon the scene before them. Yako herself had wide caramel eyes on the back of the man she was looking at just moments ago.

"N-No way…" she whispered and turned to her companion. Another shock, Neuro sat across from her completely calm as he lifted his hand to his jaw, tissue in hand and droll dripping from carnivorous fangs. He chuckled and lifted his gaze to the human in front of him with a devious grin. It was then Yako realized this would not be the last time she would deal with a dead body, in fact…

This was where everything begins.