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Rated M for future sexual content and language

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Episode 24 and 25 have been combined due to the shortness of each chapter.

~~~Chapter Twenty-Four~~~

Sasazuka goes to his car. Neuro gets in the front while I sit at the back. Ishigaki is standing outside near Sasazuka's opened window. "Senpai, are you really going to the village?"

"Yeah."

Ishigaki points at himself. "Is it really alright for me not to go with you?"

Sasazuka moves him centre mirror around. "Why do you want to go?"

Tears streams down Ishigaki's cheeks. "Please forgive me for that!"

Sasazuka turns on the car engine. "Just finish those things I asked you to do."

Ishigaki back away from the car. "Roger."

As we start driving Neuro coughs. I smell blood and I look to see that there is some at the side if him mouth which means he must have coughed it up as we are getting closer to the Sharato village.

"What's wrong?"

"The air around here is really bad." Neuro wipes the blood away before moving his hand in front of him. "Oh, that's right! I forgot to bring my cold medicine. Is it alright for me to go back and get it?"

"Go back where?" Sasazuka asks.

"Japan." Neuro states flatly.

Sasazuka ignores him and continues driving towards Sharato village. "Hey, is it really this way?" Neuro doesn't answer. Sasazuka looks out his window. "Let's go ask about it." He turns the car to the left and drives through the bushes. He gets out the car. "I'm sorry, but where is...Eh? A Japanese, huh?" A man tries hitting Sasazuka from behind. Luckily, he knocked him out. "It seems like I'm not welcome here, huh?"

"Finish them off!" An old man orders.

The people all run towards Sasazuka. He knocks out two people and one sneak up behind him but Godai lunges forward hitting the man with his head. "Don't be careless!"

The pair of them easily knocks out most of the people until they are standing back to back. "Oh my, you're pretty good." Sasazuka praises.

"Yeah, that goes to you too."

There is a roar which causes Sasazuka and Godai to look and see an old man sitting on top of a jaguar. I watch as Neuro gets out the car so I follow him. The jaguar roars again and Neuro stands in front of it. The jaguar lunges towards Neuro, lands on him and pushes him to the ground biting Neuro's shoulder. "Hey!" Godai yells.

"Keiji-san! Hurry up and save Sensei with that guy..." Neuro starts before letting out a fake low scream.

"But...

"Hey, let's go! We have to save the Tantei!" Godai yells gaining Sasazuka's attention.

"Just what is going on?" Sasazuka questions.

"It's alright! Just follow me!" Godai states. Sasazuka quickly follows after him.

Neuro stops his fake scream and sits up, holding the Jaguar's arms. The Jaguar stops roaring and turns harmless and lets out a meow. The old man falls to the ground in shock as Neuro stands up, the Jaguar draped across his shoulders, rubbing against his right one. "Well then, Oji-san...Do you know where the pipeline is?"

He tells us and we go to where they are being built. Neuro using his demon powers to destroy the pipelines from the inside causing an explosion. Standing on the top of a cliff we look down to see clouds of smoke.

I am standing next to Neuro who had summoned one of his Weapons which is behind him. "Out of time...Huh."

We made it to the ruins in time to see Sai kick Sasazuka and knock him out. Of course, he was disguised as Yako at first but has changed back to his real appearance. Neuro is standing on the ceiling while I am hovering in the air with my wings.

"You finally came, right?" Sai states happily when he sees Neuro.

A cover falls off the pillar to show Yako tied to it. "Yuuki-Nee! Neuro!"

"You've made it in time for my last dinner."

I land next to Yako while Neuro lands not far from Sai. "If you want to eat someone over your limit, your stomach won't be able to handle it. You've prepared yourself, right?"

"Are you trying to say that it's over my limit to see your insides?"

"Besides, it's really bad to do something like holding a hostage. If you want to challenge me, you should think of something more intelligent." Neuro states.

"I don't have much time left. It's alright to be arrogant. The more I want to kill you, I'll be able to go further from looking like a human." Sai's appearance changes. His feet split to show two feet on each side so he has four feet. Long spikes poke out of his arm and out of his knuckles. "That is to say that my abilities are unlimited!"

Sai lunges at Neuro. Neuro dodges but a strand of his hair is cut. Sai is quick to lunge at him two more times. Sai laughs as he lands the other side of Neuro. "You're different from usual, huh? Indeed, you can't use anymore demon powers."

Neuro takes off his left glove and wipes the blood from his mouth. Sai begins to laugh hysterically. "Come get me...NOUGAMI NEURO!" Sai shouts.

"Neuro..." Yako trails off.

"If you die, I'll bring you back just to kill you again." I warn nonchalantly.

Neuro looks back at me briefly, smirks, then jumps down to where Sai is standing. He lands on a trapped tile. Two statues move and throw spikes towards Neuro's back. He doesn't dodge and it goes through his chest and sets him through the air. As he is hovering in the air he coughs up a large amount of blood.

"NEURO!" Yako screams with tears in the corner of her eyes.

The spikes embed into the floor. Neuro is hanging off then with the spikes through his chest, blood dripping down to the floor via the spikes and Neuro's large wound. Blood is dripping from his mouth down his face past his eyes as cracks appear on his face.

"You've got to be kidding me right, Neuro? NEURO!" Yako shouts in disbelief and shock.

Sai walks towards Neuro's head and lifts his right hand. "Finally, the time to see your innards has come." The spikes coming out of his knuckles turn into a long knife, which he places against Neuro's neck. He lifts his arm in the air and was about to abruptly bring it down when he stops.

"WAIT!" Yako shouts interrupting.

"I won't wait! You should just stay silent and watch from there for today!" He goes to lower the knife.

"I'll tell you! Sai! You're mystery...I will...!"

He lowers his arms and slowly turns to look at Yako. "My mystery, huh. Well, let's hear it then."

Yako narrows her eyes. A white energy surrounds Yako. "The culprit is...YOU!"

"What? All of a sudden..." He looks confused and lifts his hand to look at the knife.

"You killed our father, Katsuragi Seiichi."

Sai runs his finger across the blade, losing interest. "So? What does that have to do with my mystery?"

"Your motivation of murder was your existence itself."

He cuts his thumb and states at it as blood wells up from the small wound. "What was that?"

"Remember the photos of the ruins that Professor Kamata showed us?" He doesn't say anything but has placed his thumb in his mouth. "You felt horrible at that time. And I also noticed about something. That looks shockingly similar to the studyroom where our Chichiue was murdered. When I saw these ruins, I felt even more confident in my reasoning. These ancient ruins look similar to our Chichi's architectural style. I am sure that our Chichi saw these ruins, received inspiration from them. If that was the case, then the Japanese architect from 20 years ago is, without a doubt, our Otou-san."

"What are you trying to say?" Sai questions.

"Didn't you approach our Chichi to find out more about Seiren?"

"So? Why do I have to care so much about Seiren?"

"Don't you get it? You're looking for the real Seiren! Weren't you always chasing after that?" Yako closes her eyes in thought. "You changed your form to Seiren...That means you've seen Seiren before, right?" Yako now has her eyes opened. "Rarita saw the changed you, and thought you were the witch from his childhood, and clicked the shutter. So, your form at that time was undoubtedly Seiren. The only way that you could morph into Seiren, who hasn't appeared on any photos.. would be for you to see the real her, twenty years ago."

"Twenty years ago? Me? That seems like a far-fetched theory."

"Even you cannot morph into what you have not seen."

"As to be expected...I didn't notice." Sai turns and looks at Neuro. "If I think about it, it might be that way. So?"

"The baby that Seiren gave birth to...Isn't that you? You saw it, didn't you? The last of Seiren...The brutal murder of your own Hahaue."

I look at Sai to see he is shaking slightly and sweating. He must be remembering.

"If you remembered that scene, your horrid feeling would only be normal. It's definitely revenge. While chasing after your own roots, you were trying to achieve vengeance for your Hahaue."

"That's a rather deep analysis you have. If that's true, do you think Seiren was really a witch?"

"I don't know...But, even if she was, I would not be surprised."

"That's right...That logic. Even if it was random, I like it. That even explains why I am such a monster rather than a human. If I have the blood of a witch in me..."

"Sai..."

Sai scratches his head. "Something that I could never escape. The something that's like sadness. That reason, and everything explained. If I'm the child of a witch, me being created of hate makes sense!"

"Until now, you have been hiding as a police officer and erasing evidence against you. Hey, you kill our Otou-san, right?"

I hear a crack and look to see there is a small crack where Neuro is. Though Neuro hasn't moved, the blood has slowed.

"So, unless I show myself there is no evidence..." He lowers his hands and lifts his head. "If that's so, you cannot judge me!" He shouts at Yako.

"There's motivation for your murder. The hate you had on our Otou-san...A Hahaue and her child..."

"Silence! I told you I forgot all of it! You would never understand what's happening inside me...I will not listen to your opinions. I want to see Neuro's innards. Don't get in the way."

Yako doesn't listen. "Aren't the thoughts of the Sai here and Phantom Thief Sai the same? All the Sai's you've been so far are still part of the Sai now! A sadist and an egotist...Violet, yet childish...Slightly kind to people who minds kinships...To me, Sai was that kind of person."

"SHUT UP! I will cut open Neuro..." He lifts up his arm. "IF I SEE IN HIM I WILL SURELY KNOW!"

"STOP!"

A shot is fired, breaking the knife. Sasazuka is aware and was the one who fired the shot.

"Everyone just wants to get in my way..."

"There's one more guy!" Godai yells. He is holding a large missile. "Don't forget about me so soon."

"Godai-san!/Godai!" Yako and I exclaim surprised.

Sai jumps in the air as Godai releases the missile. It misses Sai and hits the pillar behind. The pillar parts cover where Neuro is. Sasazuka walks up to Yako and I and helps Yako get free from the ropes.

"Godai-san! What are you doing?! Neuro's down there!" Yako scolds as she runs her sore wrists after being freed.

Godai scoffs. "That guy doesn't break that easily. Isn't that right?"

The smoke clears as I hear another crack. Through this crack, black energy breaks through. Yako and I look down for Neuro. "Neuro!" We both call out.

Yako looks down at her phone. I follow her gaze as she lifts up her arm. Akane is now moving about. "What? Akane-chan, how did you?"

A rock is moved and Sai stands up. "Quit joking with me, I don't have time for this crap."

Sasazuka moves next to Yako and points his gun down at Sai. "Stand still, Sai." Godai points the missile towards Sai again.

More rocks are pushed away and more black energy comes out the crack. Sai adverts his gaze from us to when Neuro is. Neuro slowly stands up and when he opens his eyes they glow his usual green.

"Neuro!" Yako and I exclaim happily

"Neuro?! How?"

"Shouki, to me, is the same as oxygen for humans." The Shouki is covering Neuro and his eyes and glowing green still.

"Shouki?"

"Well, Phantom Thief Sai, from now on...It's time for you to be punished." Neuro states as he walks out of the Shouki and towards Sai.

Sai smirks. "It doesn't matter any more. I'll just have to...I'LL YOU!" Sai yells as he lunges at Neuro. Neuro easily blokes Sai's attached and flips him over his shoulder. Sai lands on his hands and feet and slows his descent. He lunges again laughing hysterically. Neuro easily blocks or dodges his attacks.

Sai lands an attack on Neuro's chest, causing blood to splurge out the wound slightly. Sai lunges again at the same time Neuro lifts his arm. This causes Sai to stab Neuro's arm. Sai uses the same arm to jump into the air. Sai looks down with a smirk at first until it disappears off his face and his eyes widen.

Neuro's left hand glows green as he jumps towards Sai. "777 Tools of Hell! Evil Lavender!" Neuro stabs Sai's stomach and lavender flowers appear through his back. He coughs up blood. Neuro lets Sai go and he falls to the ground. Neuro lands afterwards.

"Neuro!"

"Do not worry. I left the organs needed for basic life alone. "

Sai lifts his back off the ground, his right hand resting on his left side. He is gritting his teeth while his right eye is closed. "But...I managed to...seal your magic..." He reaches his hand out towards Neuro. He lets out a gasp and falls back onto his back, his legs in the other direction. "That's not fair, Neuro..."

"What's wrong? Stand, Sai. It looks like it's over."

"I...Only when I thought about killing you...I could forget the uncertainty of my own composition...But.. there is no time already...Soon...my memories...Will fade away...This pain, you guys wouldn't understand...It's true hell. Memories starting from zero, you guys wouldn't know..." He lets out a gasp.

Yako and I take a step forwards. "Sai... "

"Neuro, tell me one thing...Was Seiren someone from hell?"

"Probably not."

Sai closes his eyes and begins laughing. "Hurry and destroy me! Neuro! I don't want to feel this pain again!" He starts screaming, his eyes wide open. "My brain...it's...being...torn apart!"

He stops screaming. "I remember now." Yako and I kneel next to Sai. Yako is at the side holding his arm while I sit behind him, his head resting on my chest. "I remembered it."

"What?" Yako queries.

"I...killed your Chichiue..."

Yako lets out a gasp. "Sai..." He starts screaming again. "Sai! Sai!" He closes his eyes and loses consciousness.

So I was correct. He is our half-brother. He is family, no matter how messed up he is. But first I need to sort out his memory problem.

I close my eyes and use my magic to heal the inside of his body and his brain. I make it so he remembers all if his memories and will always remember them instead of them being wipes like he has been going through. He shouldn't have any pain in his brain now.

I open my eyes to see the Rainbow energy surrounding Sai and was slowly surrounding Yako, which turned to white energy.

"Yako-chan...Yuuki-chan..." Sasazuka starts before the ground starts shaking once more. The crack on the ground opens even more as red energy seeps out at a fast pace.

"This isn't looking good!" Godai states.

"We've got to get out of here." Sasazuka adds.

"But, Sai..." Yako trails off.

"Leave that guy!" Godai yells.

"No way!" Yako and I deny. The pillars start crumbling and crashing to the ground causing Yako to let out a scream.

"Hurry up!"

"Please! Being Sai along!" Yako pleads.

"The gate to Hell is about to open." Neuro states as he lifts his glowing left hand. "7 Weapons of the Demon Court! EVIL AQUA!" The mouth opens and we are taken inside its mouth. Yako, of course, let's out a scream.

When we open our eyes we are outside, Sai still in my arms. Sasazuka slowly stands up. "What is this...?"

"This feels really bad..."

"Is the gate of Hell really going to...?" Yako queries.

Neuro lands behind me. "At this rate, the overworld will be eaten by Hell...along with the many minds of humans that are the origins for mysteries."

"Neuro..."

"It's not just here...It's like this phenomenon is happening all over the world!" Sasazuka warns from the car.

The radio is turned up as Godai leans against the car. "This phenomenon isn't just happening here...Reports are coming from America, Europe, and Asia as well. Thinking that this is a horrid omen...The world is now on its toes."

"Is this for real?" Godai questions.

"What can we do, Neuro?" Yako queries.

"With the power I have now...I will have to re-seal the gate of Hell."

"Can you do such a thing?" Neuro looks down at her. "You've used quite a lot of magic up 'til now, right? To re-seal a door to hell..."

"Who the hell do you think I am?"

"Neuro..."

"Aya's song..." Godai mutters.

We are silent and listen to part of Aya's song until Neuro breaks it. "I have no time to listen to laments. Now...It's time to destroy Phantom Thief Sai."

"If we leave him alive..." Godai starts. "We have no idea what he will do in the future! And bringing him back to Japan is-"

"Wait! Sai is...I will take Sai back. I will be by Sai's side!"

Tears have fallen down Sai's face due to Aya's song. He must be lonely.

"What the hell are you saying?!" Godai demands.

"Yako-chan..."

"Neuro, didn't you say...That being with humans brought you closer to being one? If that's so, maybe Sai..."

"Is that okay? He killed your Chichiue."

"I know...But, Sai is.. "

"Do as you wish. I will never understand your feelings."

I let go of Sai and walk towards Neuro. I lean up on my tiptoes and place a brief kiss on his lips before backing away. Neuro looks at me briefly before walking past us. "Neuro?"

"Listen, Yako, Yuuki. You...can understand human psychology better than anyone. And... The avarice to believe in yourself. Just as I desire the ultimate mystery..."

"Neuro?" We question.

Neuro turns to look at us. "That is the reason why I chose you."

"Chose us?" Yako repeats. "Neuro..."

Neuro's eyes glow before his true appearance appears. He spreads his wings and lunges into the air before heading back towards the ruins. Yako pauses me back Sai while she gets up and takes a few steps forward. "Neuro!"

A group of people are bowing on the ground. "Oh! It's God! God has come to save us!"

Yako and I share a smile before looking back towards the red light. Neuro's figure disappears inside the energy and it slowly closes and disappears. The door to Hell was closed.

Earth went back to normal all around the world after that. We waited until the sun began to set but Neuro didn't return. The next morning after, Sai had also disappeared.

The same day Yako and I were reunited with our Kaa-san. "Oka-san!/Kaa-san!" We both yell when we see here. We run up to her and the three of us share a tight hug. Kaa-san didn't say anything, she stayed silent and just hugged us.

We are quick to return home where our lives when back to normal, just Neuro wasn't in it. I change back into my usual outfit, this time Celadon green and black princess dress with a light green coat. I meet Yako and the office where Yako was packing the files away. I was cleaning Neuro's desk, Troy.

Yako suddenly looks behind her confused before she snaps out of it when Godai opens the office door. "Oh, you're here. I've had everything in place already."

"Ah, thank you."

Godai looks around the office before lowering his head to watch Yako. "Everything's over, eh?"

Yako looks up surprised before sending him a small smile.

"So long, I'm outta here."

Yako looks down until Godai opens the door. "Godai-san! Thanks for everything. Do take care of yourself."

His eyes widen before he looks away. "Never call me again! Even if you have trouble..." He walks out and closes the door.

It isn't long before the door is opened again by a man who seems to be panicking. "Please save me!"

"Yes?"

He raises his hands in the air. "I'm going to be killed!"

"Um...well...The truth is..."

A man appears and puts his hands on the other's shoulders. "Sensei! The due date is tonight! We will have to work hard!"

"PLEASE SAVE ME TANTEI-SAN! I'M GOING TO BE KILLED! I'M GOING TO BE KILLED!"

Yako pokes her head out the door. "What was that?"

"I have no idea," I admit.

I sense Neuro's presence just before he speaks. "The smells of a mystery." He grabs a hold of Yako's head. "A succulent and sweet...smell of mystery."

"It...hurts...Neuro!"

"Yako, Yuuki, we're chasing...The Ultimate Mystery!" Neuro states from the ceiling, his eyes glowing green.

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