You wake up in a dark room, lit only by the dim light of an almost burned-out bulb. You open your eyes and want to wipe them, but find that you can't move your arms. Looking down, you realise you were tied up sitting on a chair.

"Hey, what the hell!" You shriek, starting to twitch in an attempt to free yourself. Just then you hear laughter coming from the darkness and you freeze, tensing up, then a man in a yellow cape and blue hair walks right up to your face, then opens his blood red eyes. It took you a little while to realise that this is the guy who was chasing you with Maeno.

"Hello, Maeno~ Or should I say.... Aki?" You didn't realise why he had said the name of your companion's friend. You were only alone here, weren't you? Nevertheless, you visibly tensed up more.

"Come on, what's wrong with your face, mmm?" Your face was lifted up by your chin with the tip of a sharp knife blade. "You don't remember anything at all?"