25. Sinful: Not the end yet-Part II

"What the-" Kuroyanagi stared around. What was this place?

From the formerly lavish surroundings, it was certainly a mansion, but a ruined one. Chunks of brick were missing from the walls, curtains were ripped to shreds, and not too far from him stood a man, staring into the mirror before licking it.

"Darn it...they're all gone..." Kuroyanagi realized it was Conchita, and he continued to watch as Conchita continued to speak. "What else is there to eat..." He looked down at his hand, and licked it once before smiling.

"Looks like there is more to eat, after all."

Kuroyanagi couldn't watch as he saw his counterpart consume himself.

Meister stood in a crowd of people, and he looked to his left to see Sophia, in a hooded cloak as she looked up. He looked in the same direction as her and saw Sylvan, positioned right below a guillotine.

Meister's eyes widened in shock as Sylvan spoke his last words, mimicking the princess Sophia ever so perfectly.

"Oh, it's time for a snack."

The General Manager of Pantasia turned to his left as the blade went down, and saw Sophia running out of the crowd, sobbing. He turned back towards Sylvan to see that Sophia's servant was now deceased.

Shadow stared around to see Marlon, standing in front of a figure of long, ravened black hair, sitting on a throne.

"If you wish to not go to hell, give me your entire fortune. After all...money is the best lawywer...in hell." The figure spoke.

Marlon merely smiled, leaned close towards the figure, and then hissed,

"You will never have my fortune! Never!"

Shadow could only watch hopelessly as Marlon was sent tumbling down towards the flames of hell.

Monica and Kai watched as Monikara approached a Kai counterpart.

"H-hello. It's nice to meet you." The Kai counterpart spoke.

"How could you?" Monikara hissed quietly. She wore a yellow hairpin in her hair, a red kimono, and a green obi to go with the kimono. In her hand was a rusty pair of scissors.

"What?" The counterpart Kai asked, confused. "I'm sorry miss, I don't understand what you're talking about-"

"I'm your beloved! How dare you address me as a stranger! You're coming home with me, whether you want to or not!" Monikara shrieked, before she raised the scissors.

Kai covered Monica's eyes as the Kai counterpart screamed in pain, cut up by the scissors that Monica's counterpart held.

"I did it!"

Tsukino stared as Tsuki stood over a dead man.

"I finally have all my wealth back, and my freedom, thanks to this." Tsuki spoke, smiling a bit as she looked at the bottle in her hand. She looked around, pausing before she continued. "Perhaps...I should change from Princess Sandman to...Sleeping Beauty. I think I would like that. Yes. Time to finally sleep." She put the small bottle to her lips, and swallowed the contents.

She fell down dead.

Meister could only watch as Venomania smiled, extending a hand towards a blonde beauty in a dark blue dress.

"Come, love, let us dance in this harem." Saterijias cooed gently, and the two embraced...

Only for the duke to stagger back, a blood stain appearing on his neat white shirt.

The 'woman' took off his wig to reveal that he was a man in disguise. "There's poison on the blade I stabbed you with. You'll die soon." He spoke. "How dare you take my loved one from me, and to defile all the women in the kingdom, too! You will die..." Venomania fell fowards onto the ground, coughing up blood as the man spoke.

Meister could only watch as the women ran, the crossdressed man fleeing the scene, and saw Venomania extending his hand towards the last girl that was leaving, a girl with shoulder-length brown hair, and looked a little like Tsukino.

"Wait! I forgot to tell you-" Venomania choked up more blood, before screaming, "I LOVE YOU!"

All the girl did was give him a cold glance before she left, too.

Meister couldn't watch as his counterpart lay dying. Immediately, before he realized what he was doing, he got Venomania onto his back, and kneeled by him quietly.

Venomania let out a raspy breath before he spoke quietly. "Who are you?" He asked quietly. "Why do you...why do you look like me-"

"Don't speak." Meister spoke quietly, cutting off the duke. "Please...just don't." He knew he didn't have enough time to explain to him who he was, or where he came from. Meister immediately assumed that perhaps the counterparts had lost their memory of ever spending time with the Pantasia people, considering the fact that they were back where they came from. "I can't heal you, in any way. I can't rescue you from death. All I know is that I don't want anyone to die alone."

"I deserve it. You heard the man just now. I have defiled many."

"I don't care! No one deserves to die alone. Not even those considered wicked..." Meister sighed quietly, unsure of what else to say.

"Have we met?" Venomania asked quietly. "I feel like we have."

"I would like to think we have met before." Meister murmured gently in response. "It's...unfortunate that I can never see you again."

"Not necessarily." Venomania coughed slightly, before he continued. "My descendants will be cursed as a result of my sinful actions. It will be long before they will ever find a way to break the curse, I imagine." The two made eye contact as he finished speaking. "If you ever run into any of my descendants...please help them. That's all I ask. Please..."

Meister only nodded in response. "I will." He whispered quietly. "I promise...Saterijias."

Venomania weakly smiled, before he never moved again. Meister closed the duke's eyelids, a sign of respect.

Kanmuri sighed quietly as he and Mizuno sat at a table, conversing with each other.

"You know, I'm glad that all this craziness is over with, but it reallys sucks that our counterparts got killed." Mizuno remarked.

"You have a point there. But, still, not all of our counterparts are dead. Sophia and Monikara survived. And according to Meister, he mentioned that Venomania-san spoke of his descendants being cursed, so he's technically alive through them..." Kanmuri trailed off.

"Yeah, but they're cursed thanks to what Venomania did in the first place! That's really got to suck for those descendants." Mizuno responded. "I kind of hope they're alright and everything..." She sighed before she continued. "It was fun talking with Monikara. I kind of miss her, actually. And Miz, too."

"...I don't think it's the last we're going to see of them. Not yet."

Author note: Thus, this marks the end of the 'Sinful' Arc. I know, it's kind of sad, maybe too short or something, but for sure, it's definitely not the end of the counterparts.

...Does anyone have any requests for what I should do next?