Keiichi's eyes bolted open and instantly squeezed them shut in pain. The bright white of the room he was in made his head throb with pain, he lifted his arm to shade himself from the brightness only to feel a sharp pain in his stomach and side.

"Don't move quickly sir you might open up your stitches." A womans voice said confusing the young man.

"Where am I?" Keiichi asked his ears ringing only caught part of the answer.

"So you are awake Maebara-san." A elder man said walking into the room. Keiichi recognized him from a few days ago. "You remember me?"

"Yes... detective Oishi correct." Keiichi said wincing slightly.

"Yes. I have a grim task of asking your side of the story of the events that transpired last night." Oishi said pulling up a chair beside a large window.

Keiichi eyed the old man darkly. "I just woke up from what I can guess was a surgery. After being stabbed by someone I thought was my friend."

"Yes I know. I said this was a grim task not a merry one." Oishi chuckled looking out the window. "What do you remember after you were attacked."

"I passed out after the stabbing. I guess it was shock." Keiichi said lifting his shirt slightly revealing a long gash laced with stitches.

"Well I will explain the best I can." Oishi said his voice growing dark. "When my officers arrived on the scene after Miss Sonozaki's call we found you and a severed head of Shion Sonozaki. The suspect Reina Ryuugu had fled from the scene but we could not find her. By the way Mion Sonozaki had described her she was in bad shape before she fought you and is either dead or on the edge."

Oishi cracked open the window slightly letting the information sink in for the young man. Keiichi lowered his head grimly realizing he had lost two friends that night.

"Thankfully we were able to save miss Sonozaki after she made the call she was administered here a few rooms away." Oishi continued causing Keiichi to perk up. "Although there seems be some oddities in her recalling of the events so I need you to clarify."

Keiichi sighed loudly before speaking. "Shion came to my house, she was worried about her sister that never came home. I accompanied her to the junkyard. Rena attacked us Shion made me go find her sister while she fought Rena. I found Mion in a trailer after I heard some banging, she was bound to a chair inside. We escaped but was caught by Rena I told her to run while I stopped Rena and I ended up here." Keiichi said getting nods from the older man.

Oishi seemed content with Keiichi's explanation calming the young boys nerves. The old man stood with a slight groan earning a confused look from Keiichi.

"I guess I will let you rest. That is all I needed to know." Said moving towards the door. "It is a shame that we have to bury four bodies in three days."

Keiichi eyed him curiously stopping the old man in his tracks.

"We found the body of Tomitake and Takano after the night of Watanagashi. While looking for Reina Ryuugu we discovered two more bodies, they were local scam artists no need to worry about." Oishi said making Keiichi's eyes go wide.

Suddenly the door swung open almost hitting the old detective. A woman dressed elegantly in a floral kimono stood in the doorway her hand on the knob as she scanned the room curiously, earning confused looks from the two males in the room.

"Hello Mrs. Sonozaki." Oishi said with a small smirk.

"Hello detective." The woman said pulling her hands into the sleeves of the kimono. "Is this a Mr. Maebara's room?"

"I'm Keiichi Maebara." Keiichi answered lifting his hand slightly.

"Oh good I will be right back." The woman bowed slightly left leaving Keiichi confused Oishi with a knowing smile on his face.

"I will leave you before your next guest arrives. Get well soon Maebara-san." Oishi said nodding his head slightly before leaving.

The woman returned a few minutes later pushing a wheelchair with someone in it. Keiichi instantly smiled as a bright crimson blush spread on the chairs occupant's cheeks. Mion had a small sling holding her right arm across her chest and crisp white bandage wrapped around her head.

"Don't smile too much this is just a small set back for this old man." Mion said causing Keiichi's smile to broaden.

"I'm glad you are safe, and haven't lost your fighting spirit." Keiichi said getting a smirk from Mion.

"Oh Keiichi this is my mom." Mion pointing over her shoulder to the elegantly dressed woman.

"Hello Maebara-san." Mion's mother bowed slightly causing the two teens to blush.

"Nice to meet you." Keiichi said sheepishly scratching the back of his head trying to ignore the red color on his friends face.

"Mom..um... can Keiichi and...um.." Mion struggled to find her words but her mother gave her daughter a knowing smile.

"I will leave you two, I need to get some coffee." She said giving them a small bow before turning to leave the room.

Mion groaned as her mother shut the door behind her earning a chuckle from Keiichi.

"Your mom isn't that embarrassing. At least you don't have my dad." Keiichi smiled getting a smile from Mion, the smile disappeared quickly as Keiichi lowered his head. "I'm sorry about Shion."

"It wasn't your fault." Mion said reaching out with her good hand and placed it on his leg. "Shion knew what she was doing and even though I feel like something is missing...."

Mion trailed off as tears began to form in the corners of her eyes. She looked away from her friend ashamed of her weakness. A sudden warmth on her hand forced her to look up to see his hand draped over hers comforting her.

Keiichi smiled weakly at his friend. Mion wiped her tears away looking up him a small smile on her lips.

"You know that shouldn't help me through this... but it does... thank you." Mion said earning a broader smile from Keiichi.

Both laughed hard ignoring the pain in their side and arm respectively. Keiichi slid his legs out from under the sheets and stepped onto the cold tile floor earning a confused look from Mion.

"You are supposed to be resting." Mion asked getting a smirk from the young man.

"When did I ever pay attention to the rules?" Keiichi said earning a light chuckle from Mion.

Grabbing the handles on her wheelchair Keiichi silently pushed the green haired girl to the window. He then grabbed a chair sitting near his bed and turned it to face his guest and sat down. Mion gave him a warm smile as Keiichi winced slightly in the chair.

"You shouldn't push yourself. We are both recovering from quite a ordeal." Mion said looking out the rather large window a small blush flaring up on her cheeks.

"I know but this just proves something." Keiichi said with a smirk.

"What is that." Mion said turning back to her friend.

"I would do anything for you." Keiichi said making Mion's cheeks burst into a blush. "Not to mention I told Shion I would look after you and I don't want to have her haunting me for the rest of my days."

Mion chuckled slightly as she remembered her fallen sister. "Not to mention if something did happen I would be right beside her haunting your ass."

Keiichi laughed looking out the window with a smile.

A quick movement outside caught his attention bringing his eyes down to the ground, a small crowd of patients and their families wandered the grounds. One person stood out to him from the crowd, the dirty white dress, the dirt caked beret on top of her crimson hair. She stood in the crowds but was almost lit up under the sunny sky.

Keiichi froze a look of terror on his face. Mion looked at him confused and placed her good hand on his thigh causing him to turn to her.

"What's wrong Keiichi?"

"Rena is out there." Keiichi said his voice trembling, he watched as her worried look turned to disgust.

"That isn't funny Keiichi." Mion turning away from him disgusted.

Keiichi looked out the window and saw nothing. He quietly rubbed his forehead and sighed. "I guess I was seeing things. Maybe it is the medication."

"I don't think you would be on that kind of stuff." Mion said.

Keiichi looked at her his eyes widened as he did getting Mion to look at him confused.

Behind her stood a shadowy figure a devilish grin on its lips. The dirty blood stained white dress, the blood stained fingertips added to the horrific visage before him. Keiichi wanted to scream as figure lifted her head to reveal the gaping holes in his friend's throat, her azure eyes burrowing a hole through him.

He could hear Mion trying to talk with him but it was faint he was mesmerized by the horrific figure as she lifted arm sickly revealing the menacing steel of her weapon. Keiichi looked up to the grin of the monster to see it mouthing something.

"He is mine... He is mine... He is mine... He is mine..." Keiichi read the lips stunned as he watched the figure lift the blade.

Keiichi turned away from the sight closing his eyes tightly. He heard nothing except Mion's confused questions, his eyes creped open to see the figure he didn't want to see.

Rena sat on his bed her head twisted to the side. Her lips were curled up into a menacing grin, her eyes were blank as if rolled back into her skull. The ragged dirty white dress was caked in blood hers or someone else's Keiichi couldn't tell. Her vacant eyes burned into him sending waves of panic through his stricken body.

"I looove you Keiichi-kun...We are going.... to be together... forever forever..." She spoke with a gurgled slurred voice.

Keiichi's eyes widened as he stared at the creature sitting on his bed his hand slowly reaching sub-consciously to his throat.

End Chapter.

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An alternate ending but still ends roughly the same. I intended to make a sequel to make it like a arc from the series but wanted to finish other stories first. My War craft story is taking longer than I intended and well my muse is off on a bender heh. I am sorry to disappoint my readers with the previous chapter, I admit it wasn't my best work. Thank you for reading this and review favorite whatever. Thank you.