Why hello, there readers! It seems that I've reached my goal of 100 reviews - I've gone OVER 100! Now, obviously my new goal would be 200, but I doubt thats going to happen, I'm a pretty slack updater! So... My new goal for reviews will be 150! I've nearly got 130, so hopefully it won't take long XD

Ok, this is an honest list of things that I was distracted with before updating- Assassins Creed (Yet again) Halo (BAJHASIR) Mafia 2 (WOO) xxxHolic (Both the anime AND manga) and homeworks D': Working on other projects, and lastly, Invader Zim :D

And And... I've got a new fave yaoi couple... DoumekixWatanuki of xxxHolic! :D

Disclaimer:
Beyond, that sexy psychopath: Yes, it is I! MWAHAHA! Well, I have one thing to say to your new fave yaoi couple- it sucks! Both of those guys are not as hot as I am!

Me: ... Meh. ;) Nothing can beat you, can they, B? Ok, the real disclaimer- I own all 'yo asses!

Song that I'm listening to: In the end- Linkin Park

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Chapter 19:

With sweat masking her entire body, Hood jolted herself awake to find herself cold, and in the dark. She hadn't thought much of why she was sweating despite the cool air- her mind was too distracted by trying to make out the shapes around her. She knew that she was in a bed, because she could feel the soft mattress underneath her palms, and her bare feet were right at the edge of a strewn away duvet. Her breathing was quick, causing her heartbeat to speed up in the slightest. The large organ centred in her chest was aching sharply. Hood threw herself forward; burying her face in her knees and began to cough dryly. Upon finishing, she looked around yet again- noticing how her eyes were becoming more accustomed to the dark.
The few shapes she could make out, were large and solid ones- obviously one of them was a table; a desk, maybe. The other one was large and was placed right on the opposite side of the room; closer to the door... Perhaps that was a wardrobe...

The blonde shivered at memories of what was hidden in Beyond's wardrobe.

Who's room was she in? And who put her in here? The last thing she could remember, was that it wasn't this dark, and... The book; the disgusting creatures drawn in specific details... The red ink... The screaming... She was thrown into his desk... Suddenly remembering how the desk had torn at her belly- making her bleed, she placed her hand over where she remembered the wound was supposed to be. She was expecting it to hurt, to be still in pain, but, she felt nothing.

She shifted so she could step out of bed, but just before her feet met the cold wooden floorboards, a heavy and easily recognisable voice spoke up- filling her entire body with ice water.

"I don't suggest moving, in your condition... Haylee." He said. The blonde's eyes widened immensely as that ice water only seemed colder. She could feel her skin begin to prickle sharply, and her jaw began to tremble. She could see his silhouette standing by the window (perhaps leaning against it).

His shadow swiftly swam across the walls of the room- making her feel like he's closed her in, as if he'd trapped her into his game, yet again. Hood threw herself back on the bed, trying to crawl as far away from the window as possible and trying to refrain herself from shaking.

"Haylee... Haylee... Haylee..." He repeated chidingly, with a click of a tongue. "I can't exactly feel sorry for you, can I? You got what was coming to you, when I found you in that condition. What do you think you were doing?"

Hood's heart was pounding harshly against her chest- what exactly had happened to her, to be enough to class it as a 'condition'? She dug her fingers deeply into the bed sheets underneath her hands. She said nothing in reply- keeping her eyes locked on his form at all times.

"You're lucky I was nice enough to give you painkillers." Hood blinked- he'd disappeared right before her eyes, his rough chuckles were echoing hauntingly around the room, leaving his position untraceable.

"Beyond-"

"Hush, my little pet."

Hood's heart stopped right on place as she felt a deathly cold hand reach around from behind her and be placed across her mouth, holding it closed for ultimate silence from her. Cold beads of sweat began to form across her forehead as she stared at the uncomfortably cold, yet blazing limb over her mouth with sharp, wide eyes.

/"Shh, shh... You don't want anybody to hear this, do you?" He whispered- his coffee stained breath managed to make it's way thickly down her throat, chortling her damply. "Because if you get caught like this, you're parents will hate you." She forcefully nodded, giving up on trying to hold her tears back and letting them roll down her reddened, sweaty cheeks./

Beyond leaned his head over her opposite shoulder with a smirk. His spiked black hair brushed against her cheek softly. More uncomfortable than ever, she drew her muscles in tightly.

"You're tense." He commented, as his other hand weaved under her shoulder to hold her in place, partly an attempt to relax her and partly to stop her from shaking.

Beyond pulled her back into his chest to gain more control of her- as if she were his puppet. His free hand shifted upwards and he drew his ice cold finger across her throat. Hood threw her head back onto his shoulder as he began to dig his fingernail into the centre of her jugular vein. The amount of sweat drops on her forehead had grown and multiplied by three. She could feel the capacity of her heartbeat somehow raise largely- to the point where it was beginning to hurt her.- at this rate, she'd began to think that it would not at all be ludicrous for somebody of her age to suddenly die of a heart attack.

"Why did I find a skull on your pillow?" He growled- his voice was growing to a deep, husky sound which raised the hair on the back of her neck on end. Beyond didn't seem to mind that she was digging her head into the crook of his shoulder as she began to wince.

"You put it there!" She managed weakly, from behind his hand. The tone of voice she was aiming at did not reach. Instead, it came out as barely a muffled whisper. Beyond's finger eased - only for him to wrap his entire hand around her throat, tightly- but not tight enough to choke her.

"No. I. Didn't."

Those three words dripped more venom than what Beyond's tone held. The words made the cold water inside of her body freeze and turn into snow. She felt herself begin to chill and goosebumps raised all over her pale skin. She felt her eyes open widely and even began to shake... From what? Was it fear?

Obviously there was something more than just a stalker that's been following her around; even A mentioned that she had a 'friend' living in there with her... A ghost... As much as Hood had experienced all too recently, it was beginning to feel as though this whole... idea, this ridiculous theory- was not all together as 'ridiculous' as it seemed.

Hood's jaw began to tremble just as Beyond removed his hand from her mouth.

"I- I- we buried them all!" She stuttered. "I don't understand!" Yelling now, she was finding it hard to collect her thoughts as her mind was racing wildly- too wildly. On top of shaking, she was dizzy.

Beyond stayed silent- brooding, maybe. He kept his eyes on the base of her fast pulsing, pale skinned neck.

"Beyond!" Hood continued, soon after realising that he was ignoring her.

He seemed far too placid for her liking, but he didn't know or would believe her or would even understand her if she told him what had happened just before- it was absolutely unbelievable! He would only taunt her, if she told him she was thrown across the room by nothing! Or that his windows latch was busted because of an airless wind! Or even half the stuff that she'd have to say. He'd only chide her, like he normally did.

"Beyond..." This time, she was only murmuring his name.

Echoing from deep inside his belly was a low rumbling, which soon evolved into him snorting, until he full on threw his head and laughed out loud- a deep, rough yet sharp laugh, one that could make the toughest of the tough nearly jump out of their skins- so imagine having it right in your ear, while the person making it had his arms wrapped around you.

Hood had curled her toes together tightly as her fists eyes and teeth clenched shut. The shaking of her limbs had not decreased, which only made her feel more discomforted.

When he'd ceased with a breath of relief which had blown right into the base of her neck, he finally responded to her.

"You're full of shit." He spat. His statement only sent her mind into yet another frenzy.

"I didn't take the skull!" She screamed at him. "I did not take it!"

"Shh, shh... Calm yourself down..." He hushed her, as his hand that was earlier spread across her mouth began to stoke her hair- the effects were not calming at all. They only made her edgier.

"Beyond, I-"

"I believe you"

If Beyond could do anything- he was great at confusing her, and did it successfully, yet again.

"I don't understand, before you-"

"I was testing you, like a good master should." The emphasis on the 'm' word made her shiver. "I believed you all along."

.-.

The shower taps were turned on with a loud squeak from the knob, which echoed loudly into the empty bathroom. The water began to drum against the porcelain tiles like the rain falling against the ground, outdoors.

Barely acknowledging his surroundings- not even checking to see if anybody else was in there- A began to peel his clothes off, throwing them to the floor in a crumpled heap and stepped into the shower of boiling hot water.

He stood inside the dimly lit cavity behind the thin, white plastic curtain, with his head bent low, and letting the best of the water mat his thick, brown hair down against his forehead, and let the soothing hot water flow down the arch of his back, sorting out the knots and kinks in his muscles.

His eyes were hooded, and he concentrated on his feet. His bruised lips were pulled into a straight line across his features, and his hands remained limp. It could have been safe to say that he had absolutely nothing on his mind, but that indeed was not the case.

His mindset had remained on earlier in the day- or, the day before to be exact, as the time at this moment was 2:35am. Beyond's words to him had been echoing back and forth through his brain all night:

"How about you go die-" "-They only feel sorry for you because-" "-Your remaining family want nothing to do with you, because-"

These words tainted his mind with its poison, dripping into every crack and crevice, burning through him like acid to silk, and ripping through him as easily as paper can be torn with a simple flick.

"You. Are. Nothing."

A's heart wrenched tightly- cutting his breath off immediately. He could feel fingers lacing behind each valve of the muscle, pulling them apart easily, stripping them away one by one, and squeezing the remaining life out of what was left of it.

He leant his aching head against the cold porcelain tiles, trying to focus his mind on something else, and attempting to avoid his tears which were right on the verge of rolling down his wet cheeks- but came most unsuccessful.

His jaw trembled, and he dug his fingers into the crevices of each tile.

"You. Are. Nothing." He repeated breathily, words barely formed, and then he began to sob.

His breath came to a hitch, and he tried to chortle himself from crying as he heard the bathroom door slam shut with a heavy echo, and footsteps coming inside the room. He could feel his chest heaving and his eyes stinging. His tears were continuing to fall , but he tried his hardest to ignore them and concentrate on not making a sound.
He didn't want this person, whether it be L, or Zero... Or Beyond... to know that he was in here- he wanted this other person to believe it was anybody but him.

He slid to the floor, and wrapped himself into a ball. His arms were cradling his knees, which his head was hidden in and his hands were tightly gripping onto his forearms. He let the boiling hot water shower over him like rain on his outer shell and stayed as silent as he could.

He still couldn't help the fact that his tears just would not cease from falling, or the fact that he felt like his heart was ripped apart one by one.

:D Very much an extremely late update! *Bows down in apology*

Well, writing emotions such as what A is experiencing is actually quite difficult D: Soooo... Yah. Pathetic excuse 3x

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