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Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your encouragement! Although, I would really appreciate more reviews so I can get some more ideas flowing so here comes chapter 2! You ready?! (And I'm going to try and get this done as fast as possible before my ride gets here to take me to school, its 8:20 AM! AAGGGHHHH)… AAAAANNNNDDDD now it is like, 3 days after I previously wrote that.

~2nd Till Last~

Naomi's POV…

"Satoshi! Hey!" I yelped as I dashed down the school hall. He turned his head knowing that it was my voice who called.

"Naomi, where have you been? I was just about to head to class without you." He looked down at me in curiosity.

"Are you feeling okay?" I hugged my shoulders and nodded,

"Yeah… I just had a bizarre dream last night… and I couldn't get up as early as I would have liked." Satoshi straightened his back and looked back at me with a puzzled face.

"What… was it about?" He asked kind of awkwardly. I laughed,

"Ah, it was about… Seiko…" We both stood in silence for a few moments before Satoshi urged to go to class. I obeyed his 'orders' and followed him into first period.

He sat down in the desk in front of me, while I sat behind him. Ayumi was already in class, of course, and Yoshiki wasn't, which was also expected.

'Goodness, how can she put up with him like that?!' I thought rather harshly.

'I would be worried sick if that were Satoshi!' I caught myself.

'No, Naomi. You will not think like that. You are not involved with him. He likes someone else after all, remember?' I shook my head not wanting to think about that unwanted scenario. As the teacher chatted throughout the class, my mind zoomed out and I unintentionally thought back about 5 months.

"Hey… if we ever meet up with Satoshi and the others, promise me that you'll tell him how you feel?"

"Hehe, Seiko… I don't know…"

"C'mon! You know what happens when two people who have a small liking of each other and are stuck in such a scary place!"

"Huh? Seiko, you're talking gibberish!"

"Sweet, sweet love happens!"

I felt as though I was floating, and then I heard a voice that was so loud and demanding, it was as if someone were screaming in my face.

'It's Sachiko, Naomi. She's causing more trouble than before. And I think… that she's planning something… Something very bad and I know for a fact that she wants out of this school just as much as everyone else does… but she can't leave, no one can… right? Naomi… I'm worried…'

In a very instant I was snapped back to reality by Satoshi who was grasping my shoulders and shaking them wildly. I blinked and looked around suddenly aware of my surroundings- I was laying on the ground, but still in the classroom with everyone watching intently.

"S-satoshi?" He gasped and embraced me strongly.

"Thank god! I thought you were dead!" It struck me hard when I realized were I was in that past hour.

"What happened?" I asked worriedly, Ayumi got up from her seat hurriedly and knelt down next to me.

"It was like you were in a different world… your eyes, they were completely clouded. Naomi… what DID happen?" Satoshi released himself from me and sat back, but still watching my every move and consuming every word that slipped from my mouth as though his life depended on it.

"W-well-" the teacher suddenly cut me off and demanded that everyone was to leave the classroom and ordered that Ayumi and Satoshi was to bring me to the infirmary. I had said that I was fine, but she insisted that I needed to rest. Ayumi and Satoshi were on both sides of me and I put my arms around their necks and we were off.

They laid me down on one of the beds and pulled up a seat next to me. Ayumi sat while her hand was wedged under her chin supporting her head up.

"Well?" she said forcefully. I took a deep breath.

"I saw Seiko." Satoshi's eyes widened.

"Y-you what?!" Ayumi, also shocked tried to get more information on the topic,

"Did she say anything?" I nodded, and recited what I had heard Seiko say in my dream-like state.

"She's planning something?" Satoshi said, pondering what it might be.

"Yeah… and I also think that… my dream last night might have also been apart of Seiko's message." I said regretfully.

"She said that Sachiko is using possessions to her advantage… or something like that. I can't really remember now that I think about it…" Satoshi and Ayumi both looked down to their feet.

"I'm sorry I hadn't told you beforehand." I apologized, and they both nodded.

"No, it's fine. It wasn't your fault-" Running steps were suddenly heard outside the infirmary and Yoshiki came barging in.

"Kishinuma! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Ayumi screamed at him. Yoshiki jumped back at the intensity of her voice and continued to insist that his car had broken down and he had to walk to school.

"Honestly…" Ayumi got up from her seat and charged over to the blond headed boy. She socked him hard in the shoulder and watched as he winced in pain.

"What the hell Ayumi?! I'm sorry I'm late, okay?!" Ayumi smiled in satisfaction and skipped back over to her seat.

"So, what's going on?" Yoshiki said holding his bruised shoulder.

"Sachiko's at it again. But this time, its worse." Satoshi explained,

"Something about possessions." He added. Yoshiki threw his head back,

"Ugh! Not this again, can't we just carry on with our merry lives for once?!" Ayumi tossed a death defying glare his way.

"ehem… H-how exactly do we know this?" he choked. I glance up at the ceiling.

"Seiko told me…" I said quietly. Yoshiki's face drooped.

"A-and I think… that were going to have to perform the "Sachiko Ever After" charm again…"

HHHOOOLLLYYY MMOOOLLLLYYY my fingers hurt. :P I made this one extra long for those of you who like longer chapters tell me what you think! REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW! :D