Alright so apparently you guys didn't hate the first chapter. Congratulations on making it this far. I really hope you like this chapter.

Enjoy:

Kagekao POV

I awoke early the next morning, and this time I was ready to mess with the girl who tried to get the best of me. Sitting up, I looked out the broken window to see that it was still dark out.

"Oh, you're up! Good morning, Kagekao." I heard a woman's voice from behind me, along with the smell of food being cooked. Turning, I could see the odd woman from before standing over a frying pan. The girl wasn't even looking at me! On her was a sweatshirt and a pair of sweatpants.

"You're up?" I asked. 'How is she up before me?' I thought in disbelief.

"Of course, it's five thirty," she said, a tone of nonchalance filling her voice.

'Does she not know I'm trying to kill her?' I wondered.

"Most people are asleep. You should be asleep," I said, getting up from the couch and walking over to her place in the kitchen.

"What, and let you just kill me? No sir, if I'm going to die I'm going to make it at least a bit amusing. For me, of course." She said with a grin.

"You know that I want to kill you?" I asked. She just nodded.

"Now that we have that cleared up, Kagekao, would you like to play a game?" she asked.

"You really have a death wish, don't you?"

"I just don't think about it too much, I guess." She shrugged. From where I was now standing, I could see the omelet being cooked in the pan.

"Hungry?" she asked, and I planned on not saying anything, but my stomach had other ideas.

'Growl…'

"I'll take that as a yes then," she laughed. Her laughing at me made me feel odd, as if I had a mouse scurrying around in my gut. Soon my face felt hot behind my mask. 'Get it together, Kagekao! You are not a child anymore!' I yelled inwardly. Through all of my thinking, I didn't even notice her move around me and place the two halves of the omelet onto the table.

"So, Kage, are you just going to stand there or are you going to listen to your stomach?" she asked.

"I-I'm coming… Ummm… What's your name?" I asked as I went to join her at the table.

"I'm Alicia Jones," she replied before digging into her food. Remembering this time to use the silverware, I began to eat. 'What are you doing? You're supposed to be trying to kill her!' I thought.

Steeling my resolve, I picked up my dish and went to put them in the sink; then, I let the madness take over. Silently, I climbed to the ceiling and began my work.

Alicia's POV

"Hehehehehehehe." I heard Kagekao's demonic cackle through my tired morning haze.

"What's so funny?" I asked, but the laughing simply continued. As much as I hated to admit it, his cackle turned my blood to ice and made my head pound more than it already was. Taking a deep breath, I reminded myself what true terror was. This tiny anxiety was nothing compared to it. Standing up, I carefully put my plate in the sink to wash later.

"Well, I guess I won't be getting much out of you today." I sighed and the giggling stopped. No, this man did not compare at all to the most frightening thing I had encountered. Grabbing my car keys I called out:

"I'm going to get a new window." I said before driving to the hardware store. After a painful hour of searching for the right glass, I finally made my way home. Once I had returned, I got straight to work, and soon the window was as good as new. Finally I sat down. 'Why is it so cold?' I wondered as I wrapped myself in blankets and turned on the TV. Not five minutes later a familiar cackle filled the house.

"The effect kind of lessens the second time." I said and the house grew eerily silent.

"Boo!" I heard his voice close to my ear. With a yelp and a jump, my elbow shot backward only to be caught in Kagekao's hand.

"It seems you do get scared," he said, his face close to my ear.

"Of course I get startled when people sneak up on me," I said flatly.

"And your sorry attempt to protect yourself, Alicia? What was that?"

"Reflex," I replied, yanking my arm out of his grip and turning around. By the time I had whipped my head around, however, he was gone and the throbbing in my head grew worse. Sighing, I went into my room to change into my sweats before grabbing my laptop.

For a college dropout, I did well for myself. Soon after leaving, I wrote several poems, submitted them to different contests, and ended up winning several thousand dollars. That was a while ago, now the money is running low, and I have yet to submit anything more. Opening the laptop, I stared at the blank screen and tried to pull words out from my currently useless brain. After an hour of concentration, I found the little ember of madness that lived inside me and kindled it to a small flame. As my madness grew, my pain faded and finally I began to write.

Still little heart
cease your thrum
you've worked hard
now silence your drum

Come little soul
release the flesh
follow me down
to a new land, fresh.

Enter dear rot
into this form
I know you are hungry
and this body is warm.

When I finished, I looked at my work. The pain and pounding in my head returned as the madness was quenched and reduced to a mere spark once more. Suddenly, I felt myself being side-tackled off of my chair.

"Kagekao! I swear I'm going to hit you with that spoon again!" I groaned as he pinned me down.

"You can't, I hid them all while you were out." He giggled. I, however, was far from being in the mood for his games.

"You realize that's how I cook right?" I growled, wriggling my arms loose. Kage's mask smiled even wider. Bringing a claw to my cheek, he began to drag it down and across my neck.

"You have such nice pale skin. It would look even more beautiful with red dripping down." When he raised his hand to strike, I closed my eyes and waited for the blow, but thankfully the doorbell interrupted his attempted murder. In an instant, Kagekao was off of me and decided to hide away. 'I swear, I will never understand that guy,' I thought walking out to the door. When I opened the door, however, I wished that Kagekao had finished the job.

"Hey, babe." The man outside smiled creepily.

"What do you want, Spencer?" I said icily.

Okay, as always please leave R&R I love constructive criticism.

The first part of the next chapter is a little more adult-y and is very dark. I haven't decided wether or not to put it into a different story altogether so that this one can keep its T rating. Even if I do though, the second part of the chapter is from Kagekao's point of view and is much less graphic so you can still understand what is going on even if you don't read it in Alicia's point of view.

Cheers!