Yuri, Astral, Dark and Shing are once again in the room, but this time all of Yuma's friends have joined them. Cathay, Tori and Anna are all horrified, while the boys are trying not to cry (aside from Shark of course).

"How did this happen?" Shark asks calmly even though on the inside he's mourning.

Yuri starts to explain. He doesn't leave a single detail out, even when Cathy starts wailing in despair and Shing starts crying. They are lucky that both Kari and Haru are out for the morning. When he is done Shark nods.

"So this is because of her?" Tori asks, pointing to Shing while comforting Cat. She herself tries to be strong.

"I didn't want to do it!" Shing wails into her hands. "H-he did it him-himself…!"

Tori doesn't blame her, but it still doesn't quell the flame of anger that rises in her chest. Her anger is directed towards Shing, who allowed herself to become cursed in the first place, and towards Yuma, who decided to do this without telling anyone. Why would he do such a thing? Still, what's done is done. There isn't anything anyone can do about it, and pointing blame at someone will only make things worse.

"We need to tell his family," Shark says despite the protests from Shing. "Then we have to call the funeral home for the preparations." He points to Yuri. "Take care of everyone here while I call his sister and the funeral home. You look the most cool-headed." With this he turns backs and goes downstairs to the living room to wait.

Everyone sits in silence aside from a few sniffles. Shing looks around at all of Yuma's friends. How is she suppose to get along with them? More than likely, they blame her for everything that's happened up to this point. Is there any point to even try befriending them? She remembers Yuma's last wish. He wanted her to make some friends, but that is easier said than done, especially with her mentality that no one even wants to be friends with her.

Something shiny catches her eye. The Emperor's Key is lying on the ground, exactly where Yuma left it before he left. Shing stands up to grab it.

Astral looks up and catches the moment. He sees her trying to grab what once belonged to Yuma and immediately snatches it out of her reach. Holding it close to his chest, he glares at the girl. "This is mine."

"Is it? Was it ever yours?" Shing replies blankly.

"Of course it was. It was made for…" He trailers off. It was made for the right person to hold. Yuma was that right person, and now, he is gone. Truly gone, never to come back. He would never give him a smile and tell him that he is feeling the flow.

He would feel nothing anymore.

"I will not let you taint the one thing Yuma and I shared," the Astral Being hisses. "I will never let you touch it!"

Before they could get into another argument, everyone hears Kari running up to the room. The moment she enters, her face is twisted into an expression of pure horror and despair.

"Yuma!" she calls, rushing to her brother's side. "Yuma, wake up! This isn't a game!"

The others around her solemnly watch her vain attempts to wake her dead brother up. Eventually, Kari stops trying and hugs him close, trying to fight back tears. The others gather around to comfort the young woman. Shing however, stays outside the tight circle, as did Astral. They both share a glance, a glare at each other, and leave the room to go to separate rooms.

Dark watches this and face palms. His brother usually never acts like this. He is calm and collected. The other half glares at the dead boy, but he can't bring himself to blame the boy anymore. He is dead; therefore he doesn't need anymore acknowledgement. No matter how many times he tries to forget Yuma, the boy always seems to pop back into his mind. That is probably because of Astral, who is still thinking about him and his free spirit that the Astral Being loved so much.

That brings up the question of what Yuma told Shing when he died. For once Dark sits down, deep in thought (that probably has something to do with Astral being in emotional distress though). What did Yuma tell her? While he doesn't know why this is important, he just believes that this small fact is worth thinking over.

More than likely, Yuma told her to befriend everyone. That seems a lot like him. So why isn't she doing it? I mean, she loved him right? Shouldn't she be doing everything in her power to make sure his last wish is done?

He gets up to confront the girl, suddenly feeling the need to cry. With a groan, Dark severs the connection between himself and Astral so he wouldn't do everything his brother does for the moment. Sure, he would join Astral later, but right now he has something to do, and he doesn't need his twin's emotional instability to hinder him.

Following the energy left by Shing, Dark makes his way around the house until he arrives at the bathroom. The door is locked, but the sniffles are clear, as is the soft crying. Dark has no trouble passing through the locked door and confronting the crying girl, who is sitting on the ground with her knees up and her head in her arms.

"I need to talk to you," Dark says calmly, sounding eerily identical to his twin.

Shing jumps at the sound of who she thinks is Astral, but she's secretly relieved to see that it's just Dark, "Go away…" she mumbles, burying her face again. "I want to be left alone."

"What did Yuma tell you?" Dark immediately asks, ignoring her comment.

The girl flicks her tail and looks up at the Astral Being. She says nothing.

"Did he tell you to befriend his friends? Because if he did, that's a lot like him. Also, you're not doing right by him if you're yelling at everyone all the time."

"Just leave me alone."

"Just remember that if he said what I think he said, you're not respecting his wishes."

"I find it hard to hate someone who's dead." With that, Dark floats through the door again only to see two men walking through the halls to Yuma's room.

Almost immediately, Astral is by Dark's side. His eyes are red from crying, but he seems fine now. They reconnect their minds, finding comfort in each other. After a while, Shing peeks out of the bathroom only to see the men walking towards Yuma's room. It takes a while for her to recognize their uniforms, but the moment she realizes who they are, she starts screaming.

"DON'T TAKE HIM!" Shing shrieks, causing both Astral and Dark to cover their ears and wince.

The two men ignore her and take the body, "It's still limp?" one man asks. "That's strange."

"We'll call you about the details of the funeral later," the second man says, patting Kari on the shoulder comfortingly. "We understand that losing a family member is tough."

As they are taking the body, they hear screaming coming from down the hall. They pass by Shing, who to them is seemingly being held back by nothing. She is screaming at them not to take the body, that he belongs to her, but they pay her no mind. She is just a distressed soul, and her friends would be there to comfort her.

"Calm down!" Dark hisses at Shing. "You look like a psycho!"

"I won't let them take him!" Shing shrieks.

Astral glares at her. "Are you trying to make a fool of yourself? And stop claiming that Yuma is yours; he never belonged to anyone!"

The girl frees herself by the time the men leave and glares at Astral. "He was the only one who understood me! He was the only one who cared!"

"And you did a great job of showing that you appreciated his help!"

"You wouldn't understand! He was my only friend, and he was the only one to make a difference!"

"Do not tell me that I don't understand! You are not the only one changed by him! Astral crosses his arms with a glare. "Of course, you wouldn't think of anyone but yourself. I would expect nothing less of you!"

The two storm off to different rooms again to cool down. Dark gives a sigh and face plans. There is no way he would be able to break things up if every time Astral gets mad, he becomes paralyzingly calm. He goes back to the room and consults with Yuri just as everyone excites the room.

"Things might get physical next time they fight," he says. "And I won't be able to stop them."

"Neither will I," Yuri sighs, "Shing is overwhelmingly powerful. We need to help calm down enough to be able to stay in the same room together without breaking out into a fight every time."

"I just hope Eliphas comes to pick us up in time. I want to forget any of this ever happened." Dark plops down into the hammock and feels more tears come to his eyes. With a loud and annoyed groan, he once again cuts the connection between himself and his twin. "I want Astral to forget too. All these emotions aren't good for him. He wasn't designed for all these emotions; he'll eventually have an emotional breakdown. That's why I was made with him."

"Until then though, we need to get them on at least tolerating terms. You find Astral and I'll get Shing. Maybe if we're there, they won't get into a fight."

"Something tells me that won't work." Even so, Dark gets up and floats around the house to find Astral.