And it finally comes to a close. The chapter to end it all. The chapter with the most suspense, drama, sadness, horror, angst, and dread. The YuiAzu arc will finally end and all shall be resolved (kinda). It shall be the greatest chapter of any story you have ever read in your entire life. Also, anyone to guess every single thing referenced in this story thus far will get an amazing prize! The Ato ni Houkago Tea Time finale! Hajimaru yo!


Ato ni Houkago Tea Time 12–Kitakubu Katsudou Kiroku: Daremoga shinu

-KNOCK KNOCK-

"Yui! Yui, are you home!" Nodoka shouted, knocking on her friends' door.

"You told her that we'd be coming, right Azusa?" Ritsu asked her kohai, stuffing her hands in her pockets.

"Yeah, but maybe she forgot." Azusa said nonchalantly, though in reality she was extremely worried. She had been quite cold towards Yui the day before. She hadn't meant to, but it just turned out that way. She just really hated what her beloved senpai had become.

"Maybe she isn't home..." Mio stated.

"Or maybe she's asleep. We should leave. We might be disturbing her." Tsumugi speculated.

"You guys are probably right, let's go." Nodoka walked away from her friends' door. Azusa stood her ground. Her friends looked at her expectantly,

"C'mon, Azusa. We'll come back later to try again." That was Ritsu.

"Uh, you guys go on ahead. I'm just going to stay here and wait." Azusa said, brushing her off.

"Whatever." Ritsu muttered, following the rest of her friends to Nodoka's car.

Azusa sighed in relief as she watched them drive away. She walked up to Yui's front door and knocked on it one last time before deciding to just let herself in,

"Hello! Yui! Are you here!" She shouted into the pitch black living room.

'That's strange, they usually at least have the curtains open...' She thought, walking inside.

She walked through the sparsely illuminated room for a few seconds, feeling along the wall for a light switch. She quickly found one, and flicked it on. Nobody on Earth could have possibly been prepared for the horrors she saw at that moment...

~Daremoga shinu~

"Do you think it was a good idea to leave Azusa there?" Nodoka asked her friends.

"Yeah she'll be alright. She can take care of herself..." Ritsu said.

A silence filled the car.

"It sure is cold today, isn't it!" Mugi piped, destroying the awkwardness of the moment.

"Yeah, it sure is." Nodoka said, turning around to grin at Mugi.

Mio gestured toward the front of the car and shouted,

"LOOK OUT!"

Nodoka's face turned from confusion to terror in a split second as she focused her attention back to the road.

She rammed her foot on the brakes...

~Daremoga shinu~

"I heard these guys are brutal." Tomo Takino said to her partner, Mike Tanaka.

"C'mon Takino, don't tell me you're scared. This is, what, our 10th bust?" The man teased.

"Ha! Me? Scared? You must be joking!"

"But of course, Tomo-sama." He jested.

Mike stealthily pulled the car up next to a warehouse.

"It's quiet... Too quiet..." Tomo whispered.

"Yeah, it's almost as if they know we're here," Mike looked to his partner and his eyes widened,

"TOMO!" He yelled, but a second too late...

~Daremoga shinu~

"You shouldn't have drawn that crap on the wall." Ui told her friend as she opened the door of the bathroom. She tripped over a something on her way out and fell on the ground in a heap. She attempted to push herself back up and saw that she had fallen on the body of a familiar looking man,

"What the—"

-BAM-

Ui watched as Jun fell, lifeless, onto the floor next to her. She heard blood and gray matter splatter against the wall behind her, then felt something cold and metallic pressed against her forehead...

~Daremoga shinu~

"Yuuko, let's go. We'll never make it to the concert if you don't hurry up!" Mio Naganohara shouted into her friend's apartment.

"I'm coming!" The Bukiyōna-san yelled back. She ran out of her apartment and raced Mio to Mai "The Troll" Minakami's car.

They both hopped in just as Mai began driving. Yuuko pointed forward,

"NEXT STOP, THE CONCERT!"

Mio laughed and Mai stared at the road, he face void of expression.

Several fun-filled minutes passed until Yuuko pointed out something strange,

"Hey...guys...d...o... any of you...smell that...?"

"Yeah...it's kinda..." Mio began.

"I feel tired." Mai stated simply.

"Me...too..." And that was the last thing that was ever said by the young Aioi...

~Daremoga shinu~