"Wh-What? What kind of hanyou? And h-how?" Krista replied, shocked.

"What did I tell you? You aren't who you think you are! You are an ogarasu."

Krista shook herself. "I don't have time for this. Izuku, your transformation will be complete in about an hour. There's nothing we can do, I'm sorry."

Krista turned to the stairs.

"Krista-" Rachel began.

"Save it, Rachel. You lied to me. And I didn't sign up for this. I don't want to remember!"

"Is she always like that?" Izuku asked.

"Ice cold?" Rachel replied. "Yeah, pretty much. Well, I remember a time when she was softer, kinder. A long time ago the man she loved betrayed her and tried to kill her. Then she had to kill him to save everyone. Ever since then she's been afraid to get close to anyone, afraid she'll lose them if she cares about them at all. She spends all her time pushing people away. Now it's my turn to be pushed away, I guess."

"That's really sad," Izuku said softly.

Rachel raised an eyebrow. "You're pretty strong, you know. Most people would die from their DNA being altered like that."

Izuku started. He had been thinking. "Huh? Oh, yeah, well I have experience with that sort of thing."

"Well anyway, all you need to know is that you'll probably start to have cravings for meat, and you'll have keener instincts, sharper teeth and nails, and your senses will be sharpened."

"So she wasn't lying…" Izuku said to himself.

"Who? Have you met Sadako?"

"Does it matter?" He looked away.

"Good afternoon!" yelled Mana. "Where are you guys?"

"Downstairs, Mana!" Rachel yelled back.

"I'm coming down!" Mana called, then headed downstairs. "What's this? Another Hanyou?"

She immediately went into her battle stance.

"Stop, Mana!" Rachel jumped in front of Izuku, who was now unconscious. "He's just a kid who was injected with Hanyou DNA."

Mana glared at Rachel, but came out of her battle stance. "He's still Hanyou. I'm not taking any chances. Where's Krista-san?"

"Gone. I told her."

Mana's eyes softened. "She knows about it?"

"Yes. She may not come back."

Mana was pissed off now. "No. No, dang it! You are not, I repeat, not, going to let that girl leave you! She's my sister! At least…she was."

Izuku's eyes opened. "Wh-what's going on?"

"Hi, Hanyou. Rachel's just about to let Krista go off on her own and she'll probably die out there!"

Izuku got up. "Well then let's go get her!"

Krista sat down on a parkbench, and that's when she saw her. Sadako was back.

Her eyes narrowed. An electronic voice came inside her head. Emergency telepathy, Priestess! You must use your demonic powers!

Krista gulped, but stood, her body forced into immense, terrible pain as she transformed the first time.