Author's Note: Hello, everyone~! How's your day been so far? I have to warn you, I'm about to ruin it. :)

Alba: What have you done...?

Shima: You'll see...anyway, thanks to all of my wonderful reviewers! I thought you'd forgotten about me! I was happy to see you all leave comments! Thank you ;w; Now to respond!

Ali-chan: Haha, thank you! Sorry, but cliffhangers are a must! And I have a lot of them! Please enjoy this chapter as well!

kotoko-kurosaki: Ahhh! I thought you'd forgotten about me! Glad to see you've been keeping up! :D That's alright, as long as I know you're still reading ^_^ You'll have to read this chapter to find out...I hope to hear from you again!

loverofallanime: That's alright! Merry Christmas to you, too! This chapter will decide everything!

-cackles evilly- MWAHAHAHAHA! You guys will hate me soooo much by the end of this chapter!

Alba: Don't sound so proud of yourself!

Shima: Now, this is important.

WARNING WARNING WARNING: This chapter contains harsh language. SO, if you can't stand that, then turn back now. What are you still doing here if you can't even tolerate bad words? The language isn't even the worst part! Yeesh!

This is where everything goes sour. Like, really, really bad. Just warning you. Get tissues. Or maybe a piece of wood to smash into bits. You'll either be really pissed or really depressed. Or both.

Alba: Oh my god...what the hell did you do to me?!

Shima: Alba, sweetheart, I want you to know that I love and cherish you with all of my heart. I am truly sorry.

Alba: If you're sorry then why did you do it?!

Ros: Shima doesn't own Senyuu.

Alba: Where did you come from?!

Shima: Roll the chappy!

Alba: Wait, no! I'm scared!

Ros: Don't worry, Hero. I'll hold you.

Alba: G-GYAAAAH!

Chapter 6

Demon Behind the Mask

What...?

"Heya, Alba-kun," the figure standing in front of him said, smiling. "Good to see ya again!"

Alba stared, unresponsive, unable to believe what was going on.

Just what the hell was happening here?

"Oh?" The teen said, tilting his head to the side. "Ya seem so surprised. I guess I did too good of a job impersonating Ros-san, then! Eheheheh!"

Alba opened and closed his mouth a few times before he managed to gather the courage to speak. "Wh...E-Elf-san? B-but I thought...didn't you graduate last year?"

Elf November was a tall, lanky teen with tan skin and spiky black hair, completely different to Ros' own style. He was dressed in his usual clothing: a tanktop and shorts. He'd been a troublesome senior at Alba's school, but luckily Alba only had to deal with him for a year before he went off to college.

Elf looked about lazily, but his black eyes somehow managed to pierce Alba straight through to his core. What Alba didn't understand, though, was why Elf was there and Ros wasn't. Wait, did he just say something about impersonating...?

Before Alba could make the connection, Elf chuckled. "I sure did! But, eh, I was feeling mighty bored, so when I heard that Ros-san moved away and deleted his number, I hacked into the cellphone database and stole it, see?" He held up his cellphone, which had a bright green case. "So now Ros-san's old number is my new number! I figured I'd text ya and tease ya a bit, but ya took everything so seriously! It was kinda cute, actually. So then I figured I'd play along for a bit. I'm surprised ya fell for it so easily! I've only talked to Ros-san a few times, but I guess it's not that hard to act like him, hmm?"

Alba began to tremble violently. So...it was all a lie? It had actually been Elf texting him all this time...?

It had been Elf who had gotten his hopes up, brought back what little joy he used to have, made him feel like the happiest person in the world, and not Ros...?

"You...you..." Alba's entire body shook as a hot, red rage washed over him. "You bastard!"

Elf giggled quietly. "Whoa, no need to get so angry, yeah? I was only playin', yer the one to blame for falling for it so easily." His eyes narrowed to slits. "Ya shouldn't take it out on me, because, in reality, it's yer fault."

"How dare you?!" Alba shouted, voice cracking. "How could you do something like this?! Playing around with people's emotions?! You're...you're absolutely sick!"

Elf's eyes lit up. "Oooh, I didn't know ya could be so intimidating, Alba-kun! I have to say, ya look really charming like that..."

"Shut the hell up! What is wrong with you?! I can't believe you'd do something like this!" He was being really loud, but he didn't care. All he was seeing was red. Irritation. Anger. Hostility. Wrath. Outrage. Fury. These emotions were his core, his very being.

"Oh, yes...how wonderful...yer face..." Elf licked is lips. "I quite like it."

"You bastard!" Alba screamed. "I'll kill you!"

He charged forward in a blind rage, another ferocious scream tearing out from his throat. He couldn't describe what he wanted to do to this guy. No matter what, he just wanted it to end in a broken, crying, beaten Elf, bloody and bruised—

No!

Alba stopped short, gasping. Elf caught him before he could topple over.

Tears began to slide down his cheeks. No...what was wrong with him? Why would he ever think such horrible things? He wasn't the type of person to wish death, not even pain, upon another!

How...how could I...?

"It's gone," Elf whispered into his ear. "Yer rage. It's all gone now...it was so beautiful..."

Alba began to tremble as another wave of fresh new emotions washed over him.

Terror. Horror. Fright. Dread. Panic.

Fear.

"Ah, but...look at ya now...yer expression...it's...it's..." Elf's eyes widened, and he almost looked insane. "P-perfect...absolutely..."

Alba squealed as the older teen suddenly grabbed his face and crushed their lips together.

He cried out in surprise, trying to break free, but Elf was too strong.

No, no! This wasn't what he wanted! He didn't want his first kiss to be stolen from some freak!

He started crying again, desperately struggling to get away.

Somebody, help me!

Elf finally released him, and he stumbled back, gasping. He opened his mouth to scream, to cry out for help, but Elf was already upon him, clamping his hand over Alba's mouth before he could let out a sound.

"Now, now," Elf soothed, stroking his cheek with his other hand, "let's not do somethin' rash, okay?"

Alba's entire body was shaking now, and he honestly wasn't sure how he was still standing up.

Elf's eyes softened. "Be a good boy and take a nap. When ya wake up, everything will be aaaallll better, I promise."

Alba yelped when something connected with the back of his skull, and then everything went black.

Elf scooped up the limp boy into his arms, gazing down at his young face.

"I sure didn't expect to find such a perfect little morsel just by textin' a couple people to mess around." He hummed cheerfully to himself as he began to walk away from the apple tree. "How I didn't notice ya sooner is beyond me, Alba-kun. But now yer all mine, and I'm never, ever gonna let you go again~! Who needs Ros when you have me, right?"

He walked out of the school grounds, formulating plans in his head.

Teuffel emerged from behind the apple tree, legs quaking with fear.

Oh, no...he thought, unsure of what to do. A-Alba's in trouble...!

Shima: Shit just got real. Again.

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Oh, yeah, I had to escape to another dimension so I wouldn't have to face Alba and Ros' wrath. They'll be calmer by the next chapter, I'm sure. But for now, I'd rather not have my head chopped off, eehee 0w0

So, what a turn of events! You guys didn't expect THAT, huh? Elf's an evil little sonnuva bitch, isn't he?

You know what I'm gonna say, though. It only gets worse from here! But, hey, Teuffel noticed what was going on. Maybe he'll figure somethin' out? I don't know~

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Alright, awesome, love you all.

Next chapter's even worse than this one.

Do you want to stop reading it yet?

See you all next time!