The whole world was dark, darker than dark. The feeling of loneliness and fear makes the darkness not only because of the lack of sight, but the lack of safety. I could feel myself shudder and shake, but I couldn't even feel my body, I couldn't tell if I was moving, or if I was motionless. I didn't know if I was dead, or if I was alive. I didn't know who I was, all I knew was Shuichi was waiting for me to come back.

I need to get back to him. I didn't know who I was or what I was doing here, but I knew I needed to get back to Shuichi. No matter what.

"Kokichi?" I heard a voice call out. Who the hell is Kokichi? Is that my name? Could that be Shuichi? The questions poured into my mind like water falling off a cliff in a waterfall. Tumbling and turning over itself before it reached the bottom to become one with the water. My thoughts were the same. Questions and intrusive thoughts come into my mind quickly, but leave very slowly, seeing as they would not be answered if I was unable to move, unable to speak.

"Kokichi!" I heard the voice call again before arms wrapped around me. I remembered what Shuichi felt like...and this wasn't Shuichi. "Who the hell are you?!" I screamed...only no words seemed to leave my mouth.

"Kokichi, baby, I'm so glad you're safe," They whispered before I was able to open my eyes. I looked around the dark area, where I must have been trapped in my own mind, and I saw a woman. She was wearing a dress that was blue, it had a short skirt. The dress had sleeves that didn't cover her shoulder and a little ways down her arm, but then the sleeve connected to the dress a little above her elbow. It was an odd looking dress, but honestly it didn't look any different than Syn's dress. Her hair was blue as well, and her skin was a dark shade of brown. It was a darker blue fading into a lighter blue and even to white at the tips.

Syn had a similar frame, only she was shorter than this female. She also wore clothes that looked more faded and grey, giving her an older aura around her, but this female had a dress with colors that popped out making her seem younger and as if she had a more peppy personality.

"Kokichi, don't you recognize me?" They asked, her voice was more calm than I expected it to be, almost like it wasn't her who was speaking. "Mnh," I grunted, still unable to move my mouth to freely speak. The female frowned and slowly moved towards my face and pulled me into a kiss. I blushed at this just because it was not Shuichi who was touching my lips.

"MNH!" I tried to scream at them and push them away, and when I did this she moved back and looked to the side with a blush across her face. "Sorry, I should have said something," She said before she looked back at me.

"It's me Shuichi...this is Hess who is the fire spirit who possesses my body, like Syn for you." She said, I had a hard time believing anything she was saying. This is Shuichi? And I'm just supposed to believe that?

"You don't look like you believe me," She sighed, putting a hand to her forehead. "Well, I am Shuichi, whether you believe that or not, but I'm here to get you out of here," She said, making me roll my eyes. How the hell is she going to get the both of us out of here?

"SYN!" She yelled before a light came from the right of the both of us. "You called- Hess?" She asked moving over to where the two of us were. She seemed excited before she stopped in her tracks. "Shuichi?"

So it is Shuichi... "Yeah, it's me, Hess told me I could take over her body and let her take over my own while I came to save Kokichi." She said making me huff. So Shuichi is here for me....but then why do I feel so off.

"Well, this situation is rather complicated," She sighed walking over to the both of us. Shuichi was holding me in his arms and was rubbing my shoulder with his thumb to comfort me. I sighed to myself and tried to do something to be able to move...but I was unable to do anything...

"Complicated?" Shuichi asked before clarifying, "What do you mean by complicated?" Syn shifted uncomfortably.

"Well, we are not the only people who are able to access Kokichi's mind. Kurai, or the vampire bonded to Cathy, also has access to Kokichi's mind." I felt my face pale, I can't believe he is still in this situation! Why does he always have to coem to fuck everything up?!

"So Kurai can also access his mind...so is there a way we can block him out?" He asked, making me perk up a bit. "Well yes...but it may be painful for the both of you," She said looking to the side. Shuichi didn't say anything for a moment as his eyes went dark.

"What do we have to do?" He looked up at her and she put her hand to her hair. "You have to cut off contact with the two of you...for at least 48 hours." She said and I felt somewhat relieved, I thought it was going to be a lot worse. What is so bad about being cut off? Wouldn't that just mean we can't communicate telepathically?

"But that doesn't sound so bad-" Shuichi started before she held her hand up. "That means you have to completely cut off your contact with one another." She paused holding her hand up still, signaling she wasn't done speaking.

"You would both have to be away from each other during that time, at least 50 miles apart from one another." She said looking down. "There is a way where you could be able to do this, in a less painful way, but to do that the distance would have to stay the same, but you would be able to communicate through me and Hess." She looked and pointed over to herself and Shuichi, who was still in Hess's body.

"Okay, doesn't sound so bad," Shuichi said quietly before he paused, stopping his breathing for a moment. "Then how are we supposed to get out of here?" He asked her, I looked over at her making my head bob over to the side before it slumped to the other side of my shoulders.

"We are going to all have to work together to find what Kurai put in or on Kokichi to connect the two of them...there is always an object or something that is related to them that connects them, so we all need to look for that, and when that is destroyed Kokichi should be able to get out," I would have been relieved by her words, but the way she said 'should' it made me feel nervous all over again.

What if I can't ever move again? What if I am always stuck like this? Will Shuichi move on without me?

-Best of luck to you all! Thank you all so much for reading!-

-SK-