"See? This is exactly what was needed, Mandy." Finn said as he and Amanda walked through the streets, snow up to their ankles and freezing wind blowing in their faces… after what happened at the Royal Rumble, this was exactly what they needed.
"I have to admit, it's beautiful here. I can see why you spent so long here, Finn." Amanda responded, her right arm linked into his left one before she jumped onto his back and he spun her around as she hung onto him, both of them laughing.
But Finn slipped and lost his balance, guarding Amanda from hitting the ground and him hitting it instead.
"Oh damn! Are you alright?! I'm so sorry, Finn!" Amanda said, panicking and fussing over him slightly as they stand up.
"I'm okay, Mandy. Don't worry. I've taken worse than that, I didn't want you hurting yourself." Finn said, both of us continuing our walk through the snow after brushing it off of our winter weather clothes… and coming across a jewelry shop, Finn leading her into it.
"Okay, what's that mind of yours come up with now?" Amanda asked before he showed her what he found, a necklace with a unique design.
It isn't long before the store owner let them get a closer look at it and Finn carefully picks the necklace up, Amanda pulling her hair up into a ponytail and Finn putting the necklace on her before we look in the mirror.
Buying it, they left the store and headed across the street to a cafe, deciding to warm up with coffee.
The young waitress nearby nodded at them.
It was later that Amanda rinsed her hands in the bathroom before turning around and was accidentally knocked into, a woman helping her up and Amanda noticing long purple hair that she was sure was dyed and nearly resembled Sasha's.
"So sorry, miss." The woman said, placing the necklace back on Amanda's neck and clipping it.
"It's okay, no harm done." Amanda responded.
Amanda exited the bathroom and returned to Finn, the two hugging and him noticing a slight limp.
"Crashed into someone and we both fell… it's okay." Amanda assured him, Finn lightly rubbing Amanda's sore knee before they continued with their lunch.
The two left afterwards, further exploring Japan.
But what they didn't notice until later that the purple haired woman wasn't as innocent as she seemed.
Later in their room, the two were watching Tv with Amanda's knee propped up on pillows and ice on it and her curled up next to Finn in a tired manner.
The screaming was easily heard, even from their room… Amanda jumped into Finn's arms, Finn holding onto her as "You can't hide from me! Silly!" was vocalized in a taunting tone.
"This didn't happen last time… what the hell is going on with this city?" Finn asked... seconds later, he had no choice but to throw Amanda and himself onto the floor and protect her as a dark haired young man stabbed the violet haired young woman from earlier.
They weren't entirely sure how he had stabbed her though, the man had no weapon… and when he saw them, his eyes widened.
"I'm so sorry…" The man said, struggling to catch his breath as they stood up.
Amanda stepped forward, the man stopping her by resting his hands on her arms.
"Don't… you're too innocent to be sucked into this." The man responded before disappearing with the dead woman…
Amanda's eyes snapped opened, feeling Finn's right hand rubbing up and down her back before she looked up at him.
Her heart was racing still even as he held her.
"Shh… it's okay, it was just a bad dream, love." Finn whispered.
Amanda nodded as she buried her face into Finn's torso, the snow falling heavily outside… the Tokyo skyline was barely visible through it.
But something about the city that had been so familiar to Finn felt off to him tonight though he wouldn't admit it.
Across town, Touka was about to lock up Anteiku for the night… but her sharpened senses picked up on something.
She didn't normally care for a human's distress… but she had a feeling that Amanda was subconsciously aware of the ghoul attacks.
And Touka wasn't sure what to do about it.
