I OWN NOTHIG BUT MY CHARACTERS.

I have the feeling B gets a bit OOC in this chappy. -.-" I try. Oh and ideas for the next chap would be nice! I'm running low. The insanity has left me :'( Lol. R&R plz!

And please read my other story Howl of the Wolfhound. It's a Batman fic, I don't own Batman BTW. If I did... it wouldn't end well. But it has to do with Scarecrow and I think it's good.

Anyway. Read & Review!

Three weeks later

The asylum grounds were beautiful, the halls were white and sterile, and the people that worked there were nice. I knew I would hate it here but it was the only way I could get over what Beyond had put me through. I approached the main desk and looked at the smiling nurse that stood behind it.

"How can I help you?" She asked me.

"My name is Michi Yukimura, I'm here to sign in." I told her, slightly embarrassed that I was signing into a mental hospital.

She looked down at a book on her desk and ran a finger along one of the pages. "Your name isn't in the guest book."

"I'm a... Patient." I told her shyly.

She looked at me, alarmed then down at a different book. "Oh! Here you are. I'm sorry."

I noticed the way she looked at me change and bowed my head. This was not going to be good.

"Anyway," she smiled at me and handed over a piece of paper, "here is the schedule. Group sessions are right after lunch and you'll be called down for you're one on one with your doctor. Lights out is at 9."

I nodded and looked at the room number, 252, and started for the second floor. I passed quite a few real crazies and avoided them as best I could until I got to my small room and flopped down on the thin mattress. This would be home for the next little while and it was actually kind of nice. I had a great view of a forest and some mountains and I could tell from the way the window faced I would have the moon shining in my room every night. All in all, not bad. Except for the ugly white clothes I had to wear.

I looked at the clock on the wall and smiled, lunch was in an hour so I could go check out the common area for a bit. The common area was just as white as the rest of the building but it was still nice. There were puzzles and paints and all sorts of games set up all around the room, as well as a few TV's set up on the wall. I started wandering towards the art supplies when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned, half expecting one of the patients to start some wild conversation with me, and almost died of fright. Before me stood the reason for my being here. Beyond smirked at my alarmed expression and I felt the urge to slap it right off his face.

"I told you I would find you again." He told me smugly.

I felt my breathing pick up and my heart start to pound. Sweat dampened my palms as I dug my nails into them to keep myself under control. I went to wipe my hands on my pants but froze when B grabbed them and turned my palms up. I stared dumbly at the blood on my hands until B licked one of my palms. I let out a loud scream and tried to jerk away but B held on. I saw the guards look at us and I tried to pull away again.

"Let me go!" I shouted at him. "Now! Let go! B let me go now!"

My heart pounded and I felt adrenaline pump through me as I tried to pull my hands away from his long, pale fingers. A guard walked up to us and put a hand on my shoulder.

"Is everything okay?" He asked me, eying the blood on my hands.

"No!" I shouted, "get him away from me! He's the one that kidnapped me last year!"

B had the nerve to look innocent and smiled slightly at the guard. "Sorry, she's new. You see I think she is mistaking me for someone else that scarred her last year. The only reason I'm involved at the moment is because I saw her hands bleeding and I was concerned."

"Liar." I hissed, "you tried to kill me Beyond. I know it was you because the only other person that looks like you is a detective. Unless it was a really good cosplayer that took his character a little too seriously. Which I doubt."

Beyond shot me a angry look the guard didn't quite catch and grabbed my wrist. "I'll take her to get her hands looked after."

I tried to pull away again but he kept a tight hold and dragged me out of sight of the guards. Relaxing he pushed me against the wall and pinned me against it. His eyes glinted red in the sunlight as he glanced up above my head to where I guessed he could see my life span.

"I really don't need you ruining what I have here Michi. So you can behave yourself? Or will I need to cut your life short? Because I really don't want to go back to jail." He told me sternly.

I felt my head start to spin from his nearness as the adrenaline drained from my blood stream. My breathing quickened and my head felt light as he grinned at me and led me down the hall again. He stopped in front of the front desk and the nurse I had met before frowned slightly at the sight of me.

"Back so soon?" She half laughed.

I glanced at B then nodded. "Had a bit of a panic attack in the common room. Unfamiliar surroundings and all. I kinda hurt my hands."

She looked at my hands and grabbed a first aid kit from under her desk. "Understandable. You may not be a serious case but you did come here for a reason."

After my hands were looked after I headed for the group session room, Beyond following close behind.

"Are you going to follow me everywhere?" I demanded.

B shrugged. "Maybe. Our schedules are identical after all."

I glared at him. "You looked at my schedule?"

He shrugged again and opened the door for me. I rolled my eyes at him and sat on a chair in the small circle in the center of the room. I glanced around for a bit and almost laughed. It looked like the music room at my old school. Walls covered in orange with a white board at the front, a sink at the back surrounded by cupboards, doors along one wall that reminded me of lockers and a small window with tempered glass you couldn't see through on the opposite wall.

I saw more patients filing in and sitting around the circle as well. I looked up as B moved the chairs around me a few feet away then sat directly beside me.

"Don't want them too close on your first day. It can be quite the shock." He told me simply.

I was about to answer when a tall man, in about his late forties with slightly graying black hair and a goatee, walked in. He smiled at everyone in the room until he notice Beyond and I sitting separate from the others.

"Beyond, who is your friend?" He asked kindly.

Before he answered for me I stood and offered my hand. "Michi Yukimura."

He smiled at my politeness and shook my hand. "Nice to meet you Miss Yukimura. I'm Doctor Saunders."

I smiled at the kind doctor and sat back down and Dr. Saunders began the session by having me introduce myself.

"Everyone I would like you to meet our newest addition. Miss Yukimura please tell us about yourself."

I stood and smiled at everyone. "My name is Michi Yukimura, I'm turning 17 this September, I like anime and manga and Japanese culture. I also enjoy fiction novels, drawing, singing, and riding horses."

I looked to Dr. Saunders. "And why are you here Miss Yukimura?"

"Just call me Michi please." He nodded, "I'm here because a certain murderer tried to kidnap and kill me and it scarred me. I came here to get away from everyday life and get help after some boys at my high school played a prank on me for April Fools Day. They pretended to kidnap me and I didn't realize they were just guys from my school at the time. I got scared because I thought it was the killer coming back for me and I attacked one of them. After I was pulled off I started to panic and couldn't breathe and passed out. After I came to I decided it was best for me to come here and get help getting over what had happened to me a year ago."

I got sympathetic looks from everyone in the group and I realized they were what I decided to call Normals. Well they were normal considering where we were. I looked quickly back at B and saw him smile and nod, he was happy I didn't mention who the killer was. Dr. Saunders stood and smiled at me as I sat back down beside B.

"Thank you Miss Yuki- I mean Michi." He caught himself. "Now back to what we had started yesterday. I want you all to find a spot in the room to sit and close your eyes while I play some music. I want you to draw what comes to your mind."

I settled down on the floor and crossed my legs. I saw something move in the corner of my vision and looked up to see B positioning himself between me and the others. I rolled my eyes and ignored him.

After everyone was settled Dr. Saunders hit play and I song I recognized, My Immortal, started to play.I smiled when Whammy Boy's pictures from a video I liked to watch flashed through my mind. I grabbed my pencil loosely and started to sketch on the large paper I had been given. I started with the outline of a person's face then added hair over where the eyes should have gone. I drew in the body carefully so it was proportionate then added tears running down the person's face and a slightly open mouth with gritted teeth. After a moments hesitation I added the words We had always been together. Until fate tore us apart. I was happy with the picture and penciled my name on it in the right corner and handed it over to Dr. Sunders.

After everyone had handed their pictures in he found a new song and handed out another paper. It was Cracks in the Crystal Ball by Pink, another song I knew well, and I put pencil to paper to draw a shaded circle, filled with cracks and white parts in the shading, sitting on a stand, on top of a table covered in a cloth. There were three candles to the left of the ball. I glanced around quickly and realized everyone was doing cracked crystal balls, but where mine was elaborate theirs was simply a floating circle with lines running across it.

I smiled at Dr. Saunders as I handed him my final piece after everyone else. Before he had been saying a kind, "good job" or "I like it", but to me he said, "Michi you're really good. You must have been an Art student before you came here."

I blushed at the compliment and returned to my spot beside B. I was ready to start another drawing and about to sit down, when the door opened to reveal a young man in white clothes, another patient. His eyes moved across the room quickly and he seemed pleased until he saw me sitting on the ground, half hidden by B's body sitting a few feet away from me. As soon as our eyes met he seemed angry.

"W-who is she?" He demanded of Dr. Saunders, "W-why is she here?"

"Lyle calm down. Michi is a new patient here." The doctor soothed.

Lyle glared at me and his face turned red then ghastly white. "Sh-she l-looks like the girl. Th-the g-girl from my room! You little bitch! Y-you've h-haunted me long enough! I-I'll kill you a-and rid myself of your t-t-torment!"

I was shocked, to say the least, and stood unmoving as Lyle ran at me and tackled me to the ground. I cried out as he wrapped his hands around my neck and started to strangle me. I panicked and tried to throw him off but he was twice my size and twice as strong. Dr. Saunders ran up and tried to pull him off but couldn't get his hands free of my neck without hurting me. I looked up at B, knowing he wouldn't let me be killed by Lyle, he said himself he was the one who would kill me when the time came.

I saw B's eyes flash to where I guessed my life span was and saw anger flash in his serious red eyes. I knew he had seen my lifespan was going to be cut short and I watched as he threw himself at Lyle and knocked him off of me. I coughed violently and I felt hands wrap protectively around my shoulders, I could tell right away it was B who was holding me but I didn't care as I turned and pressed my face to his chest. B may have tried to kill me a year ago but at that moment I was glad he was there as I sobbed into his large, warm chest. I heard more people come into the room and heard the sound of Lyle being dragged away, to his protest, then I felt B's arms tighten around me and peeked from where my face was buried in his chest to see a guard trying to grab me and lead me away.

"No." I heard B's voice rumble in my ear, "I'm not letting her out of my sight."

"Be reasonable, Beyond. They only want to take her to get her neck looked after." Dr. Saunders told him softly.

I shook my head and looked at the doctor. "I want B to come with me."

The doctor saw the scared expression on my face and relented. "Alright, but you both are to come right back here after."

We nodded and followed the guard to a nurses office where the nurse looked me over and gave me the all clear. As we were walking back I heard Lyle shouting that he "had to rid himself of my curse" and slid closer to B. He may be the one who would kill me in the end, but somehow knowing that made me feel safe around him, protected even. But what had changed? He was still a killer. So why did I feel safe around him? And why did he suddenly decide to be kind to me?

I shook my head, this was a train of thought best left for later when I was alone.

So? It was LONG! Worth it? Needs work? What do you think?