Chapter 28: Fight Fire with Fire

This is the first time I'm comin' back home since I left for Tokyo. I wonder how the town looks like now; I wonder if it looks a little more modern than before.

"Excuse me, would you like to buy something to eat?" The food cart lady of the train asks.

"I'll have—" I notice a picture of a small carton on the menu. "I'll have this sandwich set and this ichigo milk please."

"Okay, here you go. Please enjoy your meal."

I look at the carton of ichigo milk and smile a little. "This was one of Akane-chan's favorite drinks. We would drink one carton after telling stories to each other in her hospital room." I stab it with the straw and drink it. "Heh, it doesn't taste as good as it used to. Somehow it tastes a little bitter."

*beep beep*

I open my phone and see a message notification from Auntie; she's asking me where I am. I message back to her saying that I'm still in the train. I put my phone on silent before shoving it back inside my pocket.

It's so dark outside that it wouldn't be different from the view I'd have if I close my eyes.


"The next stop is…"

Ah, this is my stop. Whoa, the station looks like a proper station now. I'm already gettin' the feeling that I've been gone from home for too long, huh. Hmm but things haven't changed so much once you get out of the station. The place still looks almost the same way. Well, I gotta start walkin' since Auntie's house is near the mountain side; it's gonna be a long walk. The amount of houses really decreases when getting' to Auntie's place; she lives far from everyone house used to be a dojo I think but she converted it into a big house for herself and her followers.

"Oh gods, I'm tired of walking already. I'm gonna catch my breath a little. Why does Auntie have to live so far from the center of the town? Tch. No taxi or bus even goes to her place. Urgh."

I sit down on a bench and rest for a while. I look up at the sky and there are no stars even here; maybe it's cloudy? I can't tell since it's dark tonight.

*rustle rustle rustle *

Hm? The bushes rustled but there's no wind; that's weird. It's probably just a stray cat or dog or something like that. I shouldn't bother 'em.

"I'm all rested up. Time to go back to walking."

I stand up and stretch a little. I just have to cross the big wide bridge and walk a little further; I should be able to reach Auntie's house in about 15-20 minutes of walking.

My eyes tear up again and I wipe the tears away immediately.

*rustle rustle*

This is no time to be cryin' and moping around; I should get to Auntie's house before I lose myself. Sigh. Plus the pudding that I bought from the station for Auntie might get spoiled if I don't give it to her soon.

Sigh. The bridge hasn't changed at all; it still looks the same when I was a kid. I hope this thing ain't gonna collapse on me; I'm not willing to swim across the river.

*BOOM*

"Urk!"

The moment I reached midway the bridge, a bright light suddenly turns on. When my eyes adjusted, I saw a car; it's waiting at the end of the bridge.

"Well, well, well, look who came home." A man with a spiked bat says as he approaches me. "Welcome home, little demon!"

He kicks me in the stomach and I end up falling backwards but someone was there and catches. Before I could turn my head to see who it was, the man kicks my back and makes me fall forward onto the ground. The man who was holding the spiked bat approaches me and steps on my head.

"Argh!"

"We've been waitin' for ya to come back home, ya know that little demon? We heard what happened to our brothers who were sent to get ya back in Tokyo." He steps down on my head harder. "Ya set 'em up and got them caught by the cops, huh? Ya stupid punk."

"Hrgh! G...et your…fu…kin' foot off of my head!"

He removes his foot and suddenly kicks me on the side.

"Ack!"

I end up rolling a little on the floor to the right. That hurt; he hit a freakin' good spot there for once.

"Tch. You look pathetic. How refreshing." He grabs my hair and pulls it up so that he can make me look at him. "Your eyes look dead; I like that. Ya got no steam, eh? That's good 'cause that means ya ain't gonna be fightin' back much or at all, yeah? Hahahaha. This is it boys!" He drags me across the floor using my hair. "This is the day we take her out! The day we'll get our revenge! The boss is gonna be so proud of us that we'll surely get a raise or a promotion, boys!"

Next thing I knew, both ends of the bridge were filled and blocked by this bastard group of a yakuza.

"Co…wards."

"Eh? What did ya say just now, punk?!"

I spit at him and say with a smile, "You're all cowards and weaklings. It takes this much of you guys to take down one girl like me? Pathetic. Even if all of ya were to charge at me right now, ya losers won't win."

"Whaddya say we put that to the test! Get up, you piece of shit!"

He tosses me to the side and I immediately get up on my feet.

"Take this!"

He swings his bat right to my stomach; his bat gets stuck on me.

"Gotcha, ya little punk! Hahahaha…ha?"

He takes a better look and sees that he didn't hit me—I caught his spiked bat with my bare hands.

"Ya know." I take the bat from him and use it to injure his leg. He falls to his knees, unable to stand. "You guys have the best timing. I'm in a really bad mood today that I'm up for a good fight."

"Tch. Get her boys!"

"Hahahaha!" I laugh out loudly as they start to charge at me. "I feel the same way as I did in the past so I can't guarantee the safety of anyone." I stretch my left arm that's holding the spiked bat. "I won't guarantee anyone not dying."

"Get her!"
"Argghhhh!"
"We're gonna beat you to a pulp! Even your auntie ain't gonna recognize you!"
"This night is gonna be fun!"

"It sure will be fun." I take my stance. "Fun for me! BRING IT ON! ARGHHH!"


"Boss, is it true that the young boss is comin' home?" One of Hanabi's underlings asks.

"Yes, she'll be here soon in a while."

"Ohhh so that's why you're cookin' at this hour."

"Eh?! The young boss is comin'?!"
"It's been a long time since we last saw her!"
"I've been buyin' all of her CDs! I'm gonna ask her to sign 'em all!"
"No fair! I wanna ask her to sign mine too!"

"All of you, settle down! You're all becomin' noisy again. Even the mountain god is gonna get pissed at you guys."

Everyone laughs at Hanabi's remark.

"Are ya excited to see the young boss too, boss?"

"Of course I am! I haven't seen her in a long time! I betcha the first thing she's gonna ask for when she arrives is food!"

Everyone chuckles.

*crashhhh*

"Oh crap, I hit the stack of plates." Hanabi says.

"We'll clean it up for ya, boss. You just concentrate on cookin'."

"Okay. Thanks for the help, guys."

"Ah!"

Everyone turns to the girl who suddenly shouted.

"Did you cut yourself?" Hanabi asks.

"Ah, no I didn't boss. It's just that I suddenly got a chill down my spine when I touched one of the plates."

"Could it be an omen?" One of the other girls asks.

"Omen? Ya mean like somethin' bad will happen?" Another says.

"Oi, don't get all superstitious on me now. It must have been nothin'." Hanabi says to them. "Maybe you just felt cold for a moment."

"He…he…Yeah, maybe I felt a draft?" She stands up and approaches Hanabi. She tells her in a soft voice, "But boss, it really did feel like a warning or somethin'. It felt really omnimous. I'm a lil' worried that something might happen."

"It's all in your head. Don't let it bother ya too much, kiddo. Now go on and make sure you clean up every single piece or else someone might get injured, alright?"

"Yes, boss!"

Hanabi looks at her cell phone and doesn't see a new message from Koemi.

"Oi, can someone take over the pot for me? I'm just gonna use the ladies' room."

"I'll do it, boss!" One of the girls says.

"Thanks. I'll be back in a few."

Hanabi enters one of the house's toilet room and calls Koemi's phone. It rings but Koemi doesn't pick up.

"Where the hell is that kid now? By now she should be in town. Maybe she's still walkin'? She should pick up her pace; it's gettin' me worried that she ain't here yet."

Hanabi sighs deeply as she sends a message to Koemi and returns to the kitchen.


"AHHHHHH!"
"N-N-NO PLEASE S-S-STOP!"
"MERCY! MERCY! MERCYYYYY! ARGHHH!"
"I DON'T WANT TO DIE! PLEASE SPARE ME!"
"AHHH! M-MONSTER! AGHRK!"
"SHI—!"

Screams and grunts of pain fill the air over this bridge. Blood is flyin' everywhere and so are bodies; I just don't know if those who fall are just unconscious or if they're dead—I can't tell the difference and somehow…I don't care.

"Gods! She acting like her old self! The little demon is back!" One of the grunts says in panic.
"She's slashing our numbers down so quickly! How can she still be standing after taking on so much hits?!"
"S-She's a monster!"
"Oi! Someone, use the car! RUN HER OVER!" Another grunt says.

*vroom vroom vroom*

The yakuza's car suddenly turns on while I was beating the crap outta one of their members. When I turned around to check in the car—it was a few steps away from me, ready to run me over with no mercy.

I look at the driver right in the eyes with a wide smile on my face. Just before he runs me over, I see his face drowning in fear—it pumped me up.

The car hits me and my body gets pushed under the car as it continues to run over me. The yakuza were cheering and laughing at the sight of my suffering. They became even livelier after the car passes and sees my body lying down on the cold floor—not moving a single centimeter.

"We got her!"
"Take that you piece of shit!"
"She's finally down! The demon is down!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

It started to rain all of a sudden but it didn't stop the yakuza from celebrating; some of them were even dancing under the rain in joy.

"The boss is gonna be happy when he finds out that we finally took down the little demon!"
"True that!"
"I'm more excited to see the reaction of the old lady of the Morning Glory group!"
"Asagao will have a heart attack! Hahaha! She and her gals aren't gonna be able to think straight!"
"I can't wait to beat 'em up too!"
"Our group is gonna grow if we get to take Morning Gory down!"
"We'll take over the whole town and get back on top!"

"Ha…Haha…Hahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Everyone becomes silent all of a sudden upon hearing me laugh.

"No freakin' way…She's still alive?!" One of them says.

I continue to laugh as I get up on my feet.

"S-She's standing up?! How?! She just got ran over by a car!"

My laughter becomes louder and more sinister as I stretch my body a little.

"Is she even human?!"

One of them suddenly runs towards me with his fist ready to take a hit on me. "ARRRRGHHHH!"

As he was a few steps away from me, I suddenly throw punch from the side and hit his jaw. He falls backwards and he doesn't get back up.

"Haha…ha…hahaha…So, who's next?" I ask them happily.

"C-Crap…This woman…!"
"S-She's scary, man. I don't think I can do this anymore."

One of them attempts to run away. I run after him and catch his arm.

"Eeeekkkkk!" He panics and his fear freezes him in place as he looks at me.

"I thought we're fightin' until one side drops dead?" I twist him arm and sweep him off of his feet. He falls to the ground, crying. "If anyone else tries to run away from this fight that you all started, I won't let them get away. It's either you fight until you fall or you run until I catch you. Hehehehe."

"S-She's lost it! We've gotta get outta here!"
"Don't! If you run now, you'll be riskin' it and you'd be betraying those who choose to stay!"
"W-What if she kills us?!"
"Idiot! What're ya gettin' scared now for?! Man up! She's just a girl!"
"Let's get this kid and make sure that she doesn't get back up ever again! Run her over again with the car if ya have to!"

"BRING IT ON!" I shout to them.


"Gasp…!"

Ranmaru wakes up in cold sweat all of a sudden.

"Hmnn…? Ranmaru?" Ai asks as his sleep was disturbed. "Are you alright? You look a little pale."

"I'm alright. I just…had a bad feeling. Maybe I was just about to get a nightmare; this is probably nothin'. Ya go back to sleep. You've got a big day ahead of ya tomorrow; you have to look your best, Ai."

"If you insist that you're okay, then I'll believe you. I'll go back to sleep."

"I'll be goin' back to sleep to in a while."

"Goodnight to you again, Ranmaru."

"'Night to you too, Ai. Go on."

Ranmaru gets out of bed and heads for the bathroom. He washes his face a little and looks at the mirror.

"What the hell was that? It was so bad that I broke into cold sweat. I don't like this feelin' at all. Sigh."

He splashes water on his face for one last time.

"I hope you're okay, Emi. I really hope you're okay."


"IS THIS ALL YOU'VE GOT?!" I shout out.

All that I could hear are grunts and moans of pain and the sound of someone vomiting somewhere.

"COME ON! I AIN'T DONE YET. ANYONE GONNA COME AT ME?! HUH?! WELL?!"

"What the…she took us all down…We were more than a hundred men…"
"She even took on the car. She freakin' broke the car!"
"Is this kid…really human? There's no way she could still be like that after all the injuries she sustained…What the hell?! Why won't she stay down?!"

Their group leader gets on his knees as he's holding his stomach. "We surrender! We yield! Please! Don't hurt us anymo—ACK!"

Before he could finish talking, I swing my foot to his face. He stops moving once he hit the floor.

"You're all just talk. Aren't ya?"

Thunder and lighting suddenly comes as the rain gets a little stronger.

Those who could stand ran away while those who could no longer wake up or get up, stayed down on the floor; they're barely breathing.

I spit out some blood that mixed with my saliva; it tastes bad. "Tch. These shit holes are nothin'. They ain't worth my time anymore." Run if they want to; I don't care anymore.

I take a few steps forward once there was no one getting up to run anymore; I'm assuming those who are left on the floor have no strength to run away or aren't even conscious anyway. Tch. They wasted my time and strength.

"…Hngh!" I suddenly feel a sharp pain all over my body; I end up getting down on one knee in pain. "Shit…the pain is starting to set in. I thought I was numb enough to feel nothin' but I guess my senses have caught up to me…Urk!"

I take a metal pipe that's from one of the unconscious thugs and use it to help me get up on my two feet and to walk forward.

"My body hurts so much…I think I broke a few bones…" I grumble to myself.

If I walk some distance back from where I came from, there should be a phone booth; I can use that to call the local police and ambulance since my cell phone broke during the fight.

Slowly, I take a step after the other; I'm injured pretty badly but I can still move around and if ever one of the thugs decides to fight back again, I think I still take him down even in this bad shape. If Nao was here, he could have headed towards Auntie's place and call for help or back up. If Ranmaru was here, he would have had me run instead of fight; I'm pretty sure about that. He could have helped me fight too and then he'd scold me after…haha…ha. If Mana was here, we'd make a great duo against those thugs but she'll definitely punish me after we take 'em down.

"Urgh!" I suddenly fall down and vomit some blood out. "…That's..really nasty. Ehw…ack…"

My head is spinning and my body is feeling really light. Shit…I won't make it to the phone booth this way. My body is slowly not listening to me; it's not moving no matter how much strength and effort I put into moving. I'm breathing pretty heavily and the rain ain't helping me feel better.

I finally get to stand on my two feet after a while and I walk forward. After every step I take, I feel like I'm losing a lot of strength. Eventually, my head has reached a point where everything is spinning so much that I can't see straight anymore; everything becomes blurry. My whole body is starting to feel really cold and weak. I—

"Shit…"

I collapse onto the ground. I can't…move…any…m…re…

It's so dark.

It's so cold.

I can't feel anything but the pain that's all over my body.

Is this what it feels like to die?

The numbness…it feels kind of soothing. How strange…this is…to die…


"It's a good thing that we were able to finish the photoshoot on time. The rain would have made it hard for us to do the outdoor pictures." Eiji says.

"The rain would have also made it impossible to shoot the outdoor segment for our music video if we didn't do it properly earlier today." Kira says.

"Nagi made a lot of mistakes during the dance recordings…" Shion says.

"Hey, hey, hey! I was doing the steps correctly! I was just out of beat by a little bit due to the excitement! Hmph!" Nagi says.

"Why not stop making excuses and just admit ya had some whoopsies today, yeah?" Van says to Nagi as he ruffles Nagi's hair. "Everyone makes mistakes once in a while, kiddo."

"S-Stop doing that! My hair won't be cute anymore!"

"We kind of took a long time with this project…" Shion says as he yawns.

"I believe we all did a wonderful job. Good work, everyone! Let's keep up the good work as usual!" Eiichi says.

"The place that the staff picked was beautiful. It's quite a distance from Tokyo but it was a really great place." Eiji says.

"I know, right? It would be nice to come back here for an exercise camp!" Yamato says.

"I'm getting hungry. What are we going to have for dinner?" Nagi asks.

"I think chicken would be good to eat tonight." Kira says.

"Meat would be better, I think!" Yamato says.

"Do you have a preference, Shion?" Eiji asks.

"I'm okay with anything…"

Van stretches a little. "Then how about we just have both chicken and meat? Having the best of two worlds would be good for the hard work we did all day today."

"That's a good idea. Does anyone object?" Eiichi asks.

All of them shake their heads.

"It's settled then. We'll have chicken and meat tonight for dinner!"

The limo that they're riding suddenly stops, causing them all to get rattled.

"What was that for?!" Nagi says angrily. "Driver-san, why did you stop all of a sudden?!"

The driver of the limo opens the small window separating the front seats from the back.

"I'm very sorry for that but I had to stop immediately. It seems there's a person lying in the middle of the road."

"What? Why?" Van asks.

In curiousity and worry, all of them step out of the car.

Eiji gets shocked upon seeing the unconscious person on the road. "Eh?! Brother, isn't that—"

"Eika?!" Eiichi shouts as he rushes over to Koemi's side.

"What could have happened to her? She looks terrible." Kira ponders.

"Maybe she was attacked by someone?" Van suggests. "She doesn't look like she's doin' good at all."

"Nah, this can't be done by just one person. I think she was attacked by a group of people because she's injured all over; there's no way that this was done by one person alone." Yamato says.

Eiichi carries Eika into their limo.

"Driver-san, bring us to the nearest hospital! We have to get her treated immediately!"

"Yes, sir!"

Everyone immediately gets back inside the limo and as soon as the last person closes his door, the driver immediately drives the car away.

"Is she…still alive?" Shion asks.

"She's still alive! She's breathing!" Eiichi says.

"How long until we reach the hospital, Driver-san?!" Van asks.

"At this speed, I believe we will reach a hospital within ten minutes or so, sir."

"I think you should hurry a little. She really is in no good shape." Kira suggests.

"Yes, sir! I'll do what I can!"

Upon reaching the local hospital, they rush Koemi into the ER.

"What happened to this young lady?!" the doctor asks as he examines her.

"We found her collapsed on the road but we know her; she works in the same field as us." Eiichi says.

"We didn't see anyone else around so we don't know what happened to her." Eiji says.

"…Can you help her, doctor?" Shion asks worriedly. "Please?"

"We're just a small local hospital; we don't have the appropriate equipment to check her thoroughly. She should be taken to another hospital that's bigger than us; surely they would be able to check her more thoroughly especially since she's unconscious with several fatal wounds plus it worries me that she may have fatal injuries internally which might pose as a great problem and threat to her. For now, we can provide first aid and treat the superficial and some big wounds but I really recommend bringing her to another hospital."

"Please do what you can, doctor." Eiji says.

"We'll count on you." Shion says.

Some time passes and they load Koemi into an ambulance.

"We've contacted a hospital ahead of time to accommodate your friend. Just follow the ambulance to the hospital and she'll be taken cared of there. The hospital is about two cities away from here but as long you take the highway, you'll arrive there in less than two hours; it isn't usually traffic especially at this hour so I think you guys can make it to the hospital in an hour if you pick up your speed. Take care, all of you." The doctor says. "The roads may be slippery because of the rain so do be cautious."

"Thank you very much, doctor! Thank you!" Eiichi says.

"I hope the young lady wakes up after she's treated."

Everyone gets back into the limo and the driver follows the ambulance thru the roads that were thankfully not crowded.


"Boss, it's been hours already and the young boss hasn't arrived; the food's gotten cold and it's past midnight. Do you think she got lost or somethin'?"

"I doubt it. I've been callin' her phone but it keeps saying that her cell is unreachable. I'm gettin' concerned about it. She said that she was on the train a while ago so she should have arrived in town since two hours ago. Walking from the station to here, she should have arrived an hour ago or even earlier." Hanabi says.

"Maybe we should head out to check on her?" Suzy suggests.

"She should be somewhere on the path leading to here, boss. Maybe she's stuck somewhere 'cause of the rain? Like maybe she took shelter." Lucy says.

"She would have messaged or called if that's the case." Hanabi says sternly.

"Maybe her cell ran outta joice, boss. The signal could have gotten scrambled too because of the rain; it's kinda strong." Another girl says.

"Hngh." Hanabi looks outside one of the windows. "Let's give it one more hour. If she doesn't arrive within an hour or if we don't hear from her in an hour, we'll go out to look for her whether it's rain or shine."

"Roger that, boss!" The girls say in unison.

All of them sit in the lobby, waiting patiently for time to pass. Each passing minute causes Hanabi to feel restless and worried.

"Boss, an hour has passed. The young boss hasn't returned; I think we should head out now."

Hanabi takes her denim jacket and puts it on. "Ladies, it's time to pick up our young boss."

They head out on their motorcycles. Shortly after reaching the bridge, they come to a halt at the sight that greeted them.

Lucy removes her helmet in shock. "Boss, this…! They're that group's lackeys."

Suzy and her underlings quickly check the bodies.

"Are they dead?" Hanabi asks them.

"They're alive, boss! It's faint but these idiots are breathin'. They're mostly unconscious." Suzy reports as she continues to look around.

Hanabi walks around and spots a backpack at one corner of the bridge. She picks it up and takes a look at it. She finds a box of fresh strawberry and custard pudding; too bad they're wrecked. She digs further inside the bag and sees some clothes and a wallet.

"This…is Hara's bag." She says to herself. "Did she do this? It's just like back then but it seems she was angrier this time around."

She walks a little more around the bridge and notices a blood trail leading away from the bridge; it's a bit lucky that the rain hasn't washed away the trail completely yet. She follows it further down the road but it ends with no other trace. Hanabi gets down on one knee and touches the ground.

"There're tire tracks over here. Did Hara get picked up?" Hanabi whispers to herself.

"Hey! I found a conscious one over here!" One of Suzy's underlings shouts out.

"Bring him over by my bike." Hanabi says sternly.

Suzy's underling binds the lackey's hands and drags him over to Hanabi. She makes him get down on his knees by shoving him.

"Ack! Urgh…"

"You." Hanabi lift's the lackey's face up using her foot. "This bridge turned into a god damned blood fiesta. It ain't gonna be easy to clean this up by sunrise. What happened here? What did you idiots do here this time?"

The lackey avoids eye contact as he stays silent.

"Ya ain't gonna talk, huh?" Hanabi nods at Lucy.

Lucy nods briefly and gives Hanabi her shotgun.

Hanabi places her gun inside of the lackey's mouth. "My patience is short right now, ya hear me? I've got more important things to take care of than you lot. If ya ain't gonna talk, then there's no use for this mouth of yours, yeah? Such a waste."

The lackey trembles in fear. "Hmngrghmnbgh!"

"Shhhhh. Don't get me wrong, boy. It ain't Morning Glory's style to kill; ya should know that. So don't worry 'bout dying. Ya just gotta worry 'bout whether you'll be able to speak or eat properly ever again after I shoot ya right here."

Hanabi starts to put pressure on the trigger of her gun.

"Hmngghmsndrghmn!" The lackey starts to cry.

"HgmfsngI'llhdskdjahktalkaksjhd!"

Hanabi retracts her gun. "I'm listenin'."

The lackey catches his breath. "W-We came h-here to am-ambush the little d-demon. We had the u-upper hand at first but then the little demon s-suddenly snapped or somethin'. H-H-Hell broke out when she started attacking back a-at us. S-S-S-She did this all by herself…She's r-really a demon! I-I can still hear her laughing in my h-h-h-h-h-head!"

"Where is she now?"

"I-I don't know! After I was taken down, I didn't wake up until your girl over there found me."

"What's the last thing you remember?"

"U-Uh, I—I think I remember, uh, the last thing I can remember was her fightin' a few more of my brothers who were still standin' against her; I blackedout after that. That's all I know."

"Lucy, Suzy, expand your coverage of search. Hara has to be here somewhere."

"Yes, boss!" Lucy and Suzy say in unison.

"That kid…she fucked us up! Our boss is gonna find out soon enough 'bout this; he's gonna hunt her down like the mad dog that she is—hmpgh!"

Hanabi shoves her gun inside the lackey's mouth. "That ain't gonna happen."

The lackey looks up at her in fear. In Hanabi's eyes, he can see a violent storm. Such violent eyes on a composed face—it's as if death is staring back at him.

"I've been waiting for your group to make the first move. Tch. I didn't want Hara to be the target but what's done is done. Morning Glory will hit your group right back at the center with no mercy. We can finally get rid of ya rats once and for all."

"Hmmrghmhph!"

Hanabi puts pressure on the trigger of her gun.

"HMPHMGHMRGHHH!" The lackey shakes all over and cries as if there's no tomorrow.

"Time to say farewell."

*click*

"ARGHHHHHWMHRPHHH!

Right after she pressed the trigger of her gun, she takes her gun out of his mouth immediately and gives it to one of her underlings.

The lackey cries loudly with no control. He was so afraid that he had soiled himself.

"Surprised?" Hanabi smirks. "The gun wasn't loaded."

The lackey continues to cry uncontrollably.

"Now, I want you to run back to your boss and tell him that he has made a wonderful mistake. If you don't reach him before we do, I can't guarantee ya that the next gun I point at ya isn't gonna be loaded."

The lackey gets up on his feet as fast as he could and dashes away.

Hanabi gets on her motorcycle and looks at her underlings. "Listen up, Glories! Tonight, we're gonna take 'em down once and for all! They targeted one of us so now it's time to repay them. Lucy and Suzy's crew, I leave the search for Hara to you two. Maehara's crew, round up every single lackey here and turn 'em in to the police station. Everyone else, you're comin' with me; we're goin' to pay an old acquaintance a visit that he'll never forget."

Hanabi's underlings start to cheer.

"Alright Glories, you heard the plan so it's time to get goin'!" Hanabi raises her fist in the air. "We fight today!"

"For a glorious morning!" The underlings respond in unison.