Hey everyone, this is a story i've wanted to write for a while, but haven't been able to get the energy to type up. If no one likes it, i will take it down. And with that, let's go to the story!

It was right behind him, Keiichi could feel it. It was Oyashiro-Sama, the monster responsible for all this.

If only it didn't exist...then, I wouldn't have had to kill Mion, or Rena...

Keiichi noticed that he was making a phone call, and it would seem to be to Detective Ooishi. He hadn't noticed in his terror.

When did I get to a phone booth?Keiichi wondered.oh well, i guess it doesn't matter now...

Keiichi's mind finally tuned in to what his body was doing:

"it's right behind me Ooishi-san...I thought it was human, but I was wrong."

There was a repulsive sound, a sound like a cough, but one filled with blood.

"Maebara-san! Are you clawing at your throat? Maebara-san, answer me!" Ooishi exclaimed, clearly worried for Keiichi.

Keiichi could no longer hear what was being said, instead all he could fell was the scraping, clawing motion of his hand as he dug his nails deeper and deeper into his throat. Keiichi let out on final pathetic gurgle as he fell, blood pouring from his throat, to the floor of the phone booth. Everything faded to black, and even his sense of touch, his only remaining sense, failed him, his conciousness failing until he was absorbed by the darkness...

Keiichi awoke to the sunlight shining on his face, and the sound of birds chirping. He quickly reached for his throat, expecting bandages, a gaping hole of torn flesh, but found...nothing. his throat was perfectly fine, no gashes or claw marks from his own finger nails. He lay there for a few minutes before he finally got the courage to open his eyes. He was in the emergency room of the Irie clinic, and appeared to be in a hospital bed of some heard a familiar voice:

"When is Kei-chan going to wake up!? It's been a month, and he still hasn't woken up!" Mion shouted.

Wait...Mion? But I killed her...with my own hands! Thought Keiichi.

"I don't know Sonozaki-san, it was a pretty serious accident, he could have died." Replied .

"Well, I want to see him! I don't care if he's awake or not!" Mion exclaimed.

Keiichi decided it was time to get up and get some answers:

Accident? When was I in an accident? wondered Keiichi. Time for some answers. Answers like, how are Mion and I still alive? Like why is my throat fine. Like why am i in the hospital.

Kaiichi moved to get up, but was stunned when his hip suffered from a blinding flash of pain. He fell out of his bed with a loud crash.

"What was that!?" shouted Mion.

" It might have been Keiichi!" exclaimed Irie.

Mion and Irie Rushed into the room to find Keiichi laying on the floor, curled up in agony.

"Kei-Chan!" shouted Mion, "are you okay?"

Keiichi looked up at the girl he once considered his best friend, and couldn't help but feel Terror run down his spine, and his blood run cold with fear. It showed on his face, as a contorted expression of terror and agony.

"Kei-chan?" Mion said, clearly confused by this sudden expression of fear on his face. "are you okay?"

Keiichi decided to act normal, and attempted to pass it off by saying "of course Mion, it's just my Hip hurts, and you startled me. That's all."

Mion appeared to accept this on the surface, replying: "O-oh, sorry Kei-chan. didn't mean to scare you."

But she actually wondered, Startled? That wasn't startled, that was complete and abject terror, the terror of a man faced with his worst fear...but why would he be scared of me?

"Well Keiichi, no wonder your hip hurt, you were in a pretty awful accident, and you still haven't recovered..." said Irie

"Accident? What accident?" inquired Keiichi.

"Well a white van ran into you, while you were walking, and you suffered heavy wounds. The damage was such that your mind just shut off, in order to protect you from trauma." Explained Irie.

"Really? I've been in a coma for weeks? Well what about the driver?" asked Keiichi.

"Well the driver was drunk and not paying attention to the road, so he crashed into you. Your parents had him arrested, and He was sent to prison Just yesterday" Said Irie.

"..."

"Kei-chan? You okay?" Asked Mion, politely, trying not to upset him.

"O-oh yeah, I'm fine, just can't believe i was out that long..." Keiichi replyed, trying to cover up the real reasons for his discomfort.

"Okay, Kei-chan well I guess I'll see you in school in a while. And don't worry about your class work, I'll get everybody from The Club to help get you up to speed." Mion said in a friendly tone.

"Okay, thanks Mion." Responded Keiichi, still looking deep in thought.

"Well we'd better leave Keiichi to rest, he's not all better yet you know." Said Irie, ushering Mion out of the room.

"I-i'll see you tommorrow Kei-chan!" shouted Mion as she was pushed out the door.

"Okay, see ya!" replied Keiichi, suddenly cheerful.

Once he was alone, Keiichi reflected on what he had learned.

None of it happened, thought Keiichi Everyone is still my friend, and no one is trying to kill me! This is exactly what I wished for! My happy life...it's finally back thought Keiichi.

For the first time in a long time keiichi looked forward to tommorrow, and lay down to sleep. As he lay there sleeping he knew everything would be okay from now on.

Well that's the first chapter. My ideas for other chapters include keiichi ad justing and getting back to normal, him revealing his "nightmare" to the others, and The Club helping him get over his fear of them. But only if I get a positive response. If I do I'll post whenever I can find my will to type again (I am VERY lazy and unmotivated).

Well thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter.

-ShinTaylo