Paw Patrol X: The Hearts of Truth
Nephilim arc Episode nine: Anna Blueblade
Nathan Sharp's cover of the Overlord opening theme played with Charm's eyes opening after a transition of sorts. Flare was then shown to be blocking a punch from Trickery as Nathan Sharp was heard singing. "Can someone give me the (Flare kicks at Trickery, who dodges the kick with ease) a-answer, (Marshall is shown to be tending to a wound Skye gained in the fight) to my (Richie is shown to be shooting at Charm, who dodges the bullets with ease) que-estion? (Chase is shown to be taking out some robots with Snow beside her) Where's my (Rocky and Everest smash a robot's head into the ground with full force) soul?"
A stream of grass was shown as the words Paw Patrol appeared on the screen from gun shots going though them, followed up by the X being made with two sword slashes as the music continued. The Hearts of Truth then appeared through a blazing flame going across them with the Paw Patrol then shown, leading up to Flare giving a peace sign as the song continued with the lyrics coming back.
Flare was shown to be gaining some kind of dark power during his battle with Trickery. "It's like a virus in my body (Flare dashes at Trickery and grabs his neck) while I'm (Flare starts choking Trickery, who likes the feel of the moment, disgusting Flare) dreaming. (Marshall finishes tending to Skye's wound and gives her a thumbs up) When I wake up, all that's (Marshall scratches his head and laughs innocently as he looks at the screen with his eyes closed) left of me are bones."
Richie was shown regaining his balance after a brutal kick from Charm as the song continued. "I'm in a panic! (Richie dashes at Charm and aims a punch at him) Get out, (Charm grabs Richie's fist with Richie trying to knee him but failing) hurry. (Chase throws a soldier at Snow with full force) Oh there are mysteries, (Snow kicks the head of the soldier, knocking him out instantly) and many miseries. (Rocky is seen roundhouse kicking a soldier to the floor) Dead of alive, I'm on the brink (Everest stomps on the soldier's face and kicks him aside brutally with a creepy smile) of self destruction."
Skye was watching the battle before grabbing a gun and aiming it at some soldiers "As I'm (Skye starts shooting the soldiers, catching the others attention) roaming, (Rubble gives a thumbs up to Skye) from left to right to (Skye smiles in response to Rubble's gesture) An invitation, (Zuma is shown to be casually using a soldier as a pinata) to come disappear . (Flare knocks Trickery to the ground and glares at him furiously) We're dancing one, two, three steps (Flare snaps out of his trance and grabs his head, gaining an immense headache) on this dark stage."
Charm was rising up in an elevator as he looked at all of the destruction he was causing in certain towns and cities. "Raise your flag, march and fight. Break your mask and show some pride! (Charm takes out a soda can and takes a sip with a proud smile) While this war just sends a shiver down my crooked spine. (Charm is shown to be speaking about the future) Wars and swords, tears and blood. Feel my heart begin to race. (Charm chuckles devilishly as he gives an evil grin) As I laugh through this bloodbath we've made!" Charm is shown to be in Flare's nightmare, waking him up and giving him anxiety.
Richie was shown to be having some kind of demonic surge in his body that he tried to fight back "Can someone give me the (Rocky is shown to be trying to get to Richie with Marshall holding him back) a-answer, to my (Flare rushes over to Richie without warning once he sees that he starts turning evil) que-estion? (Flare hugs Richie, who smiles upon his gesture, only to suddenly go crazy again without warning) Where's my soul? Where's my heart? (Richie's body heats up and ends up sending Flare back, sending him into a tree) Am I losing my own self?"
Rocky was shown looking at his sword in some sort of bus, seeming to be on edge about how the mission went. "Don't you hesitate, go this way-ay-ay. (Flare looks over at Rocky, seeing that he's feeling down about something) I don't know. And I don't care. (Flare puts his paw on Rocky's shoulder to comfort him with a smile) Tell me, are you not entertained now?"
Richie was fighting back against his demons in his mind with his power as he slashed at his demonic side with his sword "I'll just keep (Richie's demonic side grabs his sword and crushes it) surviving, (Richie kicks his demonic side, sending it back with full force) I just cannot hide it all. (Rocky is looking at a picture of him and Richie with sadness surrounding him) I am not to fall a victim, (Rocky punches the wall out of rage and sadness) I'll continue living in this, (Zuma puts a paw on Rocky's shoulder, who starts cring and hugs him) misery driven (Zuma pats Rocky's back, knowing he's going through a hard time) world!" Flare was sitting under a tree as he thought about Richie with Snow walking up to him to see how he was doing. Flare clenched his fists with confidence that they could save Richie as the song ended with Paw Patrol X: The Hearts of Truth being shown above him.
The scene from the previous chapter continued with military soldiers coming through the vents and down the hallway from both sides. Anna was unfazed as she held onto her sword handle with the soldiers pointing their guns at her as she grabbed some kind of device. She was confident that she could take care of the soldiers without breaking a sweat, and she was about to show off her skill without holding back one bit. "Put your hands in the air! If you come with us quietly, we'll let you live!"
Anna giggled a bit as she took the handle off of her device as soon as she spoke up and raised her hands. "If you insist!" Anna intentionally let go of the device, revealing it to be a smoke bomb that led to everyone losing their sight as they shot randomly. That is, until all of their guns got destroyed, and when Anna walked out of the smoke, she spoke up as she walked away from them. "Cool guns, but I think the guy I'm trying to save has better ones for you. I'll let you know when I save him."
One of the soldiers took out a knife and charged at Anna with the others being alerted as one of them spoke up. "No, don't! She's too-"
The soldier attempted to stab Anna, only for Anna to turn around and smack the knife out of hand without touching him. He was frightened by this as she smiled and gave him a present box, much to his confusion as he opened it. When he did, it turned out to be a snake, biting him in the face as Anna laughed innocently at the sight of him running in pain. "Just a little peace offering since you were all such good sports. (Runs off) Bye!" Anna ran off with the soldiers being amazed by her skill with the soldier who was bit still running around in pain and agony.
Anna arrived in the next room and it turned out to be the room she was looking for: The room Richie was being held hostage in. She saw his capsule standing in the middle of the room, she noticed that he was out cold, having likely been put to rest fo a week straight. She nodded with determination and walked over to the switch that said 'Awaken Richie', leading to Anna rolling her eyes as she pressed it, finding it to be way too easy for her to find. She then walked over to the capsule and saw that Richie was slowly, but surely, regaining his conciousness.
After Richie woke up, he saw Anna standing in front of the capsule, and she smiled when she saw that he was still alive. Richie could tell that Anna was a good person from the aura he sensed from her, smiling with gratitude at the fact that he was finally about to be rescued. Just then, Richie sensed something with a giant mech suddenly bursting through the wall. Richie's instincts kicked in and he broke out of the capsule he was in, breaking the glass and grabbing Anna before placing her down by the door in the hopes that she would survive. "Get out of here. I got this."
Richie looked at the mech and stood in front of Anna, showing that he was willing to protect her from this giant robot. Anna refused to let Richie have all the fun however, and she stood up, taking out her sword as she got ready to throw down while also knowing she could be a great help in the battle. "Thanks, but I can fend for myself. I was able to get here on my own, wasn't I?"
"Fair point. Just keep your guard up." Richie dashed at the mech, taking his guns out as he jumped up to avoid it's giant punch. He then shot the mech in the right eye, maing it lose part of it's eyesight as it then started shooting lasers all over the place from the other. Richie shot the other eye after jumping back onto the ground, leaving the one controlling it to freak out as he kicked the head off. Anna ran towards the mech and slashed the head in half before slicing through the mech, leaving Richie to aim both of his guns at the mech as he said his signature finishing line. "Delete."
Richie fired two bullets at the mech, one from each gun, and the mech exploded, making the one controlling it fly through the air and crash through the ceiling. After the mech was taken care of, Anna walked over to Richie and high fived him, liking the way he rolled. "Looks like what Ryder told me is true. This is gonna be a fun ride home." Anna ran off with Richie walking over to the door, where she waited patiently for him as he smiled, glad to be awake again after a week of silence.
Anna kicked a window open and slid down it with Richie following behind as he did the same, walking with her as they walked around the outside area of the base. Anna felt it wouldn't hurt to strike a conversation since she and Richie weren't being watched as far as she knew. "So what was it like being half dead for a week?"
"Straight to the point, huh?" Richie responded, and Anna shrugged as she put her sword away, seeing the entrance nearby. "Well have you ever felt like you could still hear what people were saying, but couldn't show it because you couldn't wake up?"
Anna thought for a moment and made her response once she and Richie made it to the door. "Nope, can't say I have." Anna opened the door to the back and saw a bunch of water down below, catching onto where exactly Richie's room was placed. "Now I know why the other side had the land entrance."
Richie looked down and took his phone out, wondering if he could still call someone to give them a ride. "I could get Skye or Zuma to give us a ride. They should be our best bet when it comes to getting home from here."
"No need." Anna reached into one of her belt pockets (Forgot to mention she's wearing a belt) and took out a capsule, pressing it and throwing it into the water. It then formed into a jet-ski, leaving Richie and Anna to jump down with Anna pressing a button that turned it into a boat before both of them landed on it as Anna explained what it was. "Behold, the Anna Blueblade jet-ski! It can also turn into a submarine and a regular boat. If you're wondering why it was a jet-ski first, that's the default."
"Good to know." Richie got into the passenger's seat with Anna taking the wheel, driving off at about twenty miles per-hour to start it off.
One hour later.
Richie and Anna were getting close to a safe place on dry land as Richie was looking at a compass with a Paw Patrol logo on it. The compass indicated that it would take him a while to get home, but he was willing to take every step it took so long as it meant he'd be able to see the others again. "Looks like we've got a long road ahead of us. It should take about two weeks to get back to the Paw Patrol tower."
"Good to know. If I didn't live in the same city as that military base then you would've been stuck there for close to a month." Anna pointed out, and then she started looking for some good music to listen to so she and Richie didn't get bored on the way there. "So what kind of music do you like to listen to?"
"Rock music and metal music." Richie answered, and then Anna found a song that sounded like what Richie was going for, being a classic rock music for the two of them to jam out to. "So you live in that city? Must be a hard life compared to Adventure bay."
Anna shrugged, being used to the city life, but she also had to admit that she would like to move to a normal town. "I've gotten used to it. Would be nice to move to a town though. People would actually have personalities and it wouldn't be so crowded like it is where I live."
"Well both towns and cities have their perks and downsides." Richie admitted, bringing up something about his home life, knowing that Anna was paying attention. "My mom's the mayor of Adventure Bay and she helps out pretty much everyone in town. So I guess you could say there's a bit of that city charm some people love and pretty much everyone else despises."
Anna laughed a bit, glad she and Richie could agree on that front as the two of them arrived at dry land. When they got there, Anna pressed a button on the boat that turned it back into a capsule, grabbing it and putting it back onto her belt. She then took out another capsule, throwing it onto the road and having it turn into a racer. "This should get us to Adventure Bay way faster than any normal car." Richie and Anna got into the car and put their seatbelts on with Anna being ready to blast off at full speed. "Make sure you got your shorts on tight Richie!"
Anna hit the gas pedal and boosted off at full speed, amazing Richie as they instantly went off at one hundred miles per hour. He was also a bit cautious though, knowing that he and Anna could get pulled over if they got caught moving this fast. "Won't we get arrested if they find us going this fast!?"
"Pssh. Who's gonna arrest someone when they find out they're associated with the FBI!?" Richie was surprised to hear that with Anna clarifying what her role was. "I'm not an official member yet, but they agreed to let me start training there whenever I wanted!" Anna started laughing as she sped up, going at a hundred and ten miles per hour as she brought something else up. "Plus this radar here can detect where cars are from five miles away!"
Richie got a look at the radar and knew this would help a lot, especially when they were five miles away from Adventure Bay. "Looks pretty handy. I bet you got this kind of technology from Ryder!" Anna winked and pointed her index finger at Richie, only for a member of Charm's army to jump onto the base. Once more of them showed up, Richie opened his door without warning and got onto the roof of the car. "I'll be quick!"
Richie punched the Charm soldier off of the car and saw three more jumping on the hood and running up to him. He stepped back when one of the soldiers aimed a punch at him and dodged it, kicking him off before grabbing the punch of another soldier and twisting his wrist. This made the soldier scream in pain as the other soldier aimed a kick at him, which Richie ducked under and then threw the soldier into him, causing them both to fall off the car. Two ninja soldiers came on next, and Richie moved his hair up, knwoing what was about to go down.
The ninjas started slashing at Richie with the Nephilim grabbing one of the swords with eas and knocking the other one out of the other ninja's hand, leaving them without a weapon to defend themselves with. The ninja's aimed two round house kicks at Richie, who ducked underneath them as he then elbowed the other one off, only for three more soldiers to come behind the other ninja. One jumped over the ninja and did a spin kick with the ninja aiming a punch at Richie, who slid underneath them and hit one of the soldiers with the back of his hand before he could attack.
Anna as amazed by what she saw, getting pumped as Richie then grabbed the other soldier's punch from behind immediately after and threw him at the ninja, who dodged him and allowed the other soldier to get hit. Richie lunged at the ninja, who dodged his punch, only for Richie to grab his backflip kick and throw him off the car. Just then, a sniper was shown from a helicopter, and Richie took his gun out and instantly shot the sniper rifle, making it blow up and kill both the soldier with the sniper rifle, and the one riding the helicopter.
Richie got back in with Anna being amazed that he was able to hold his own that well in such a tight space. Richie was used to it though, having done this for years to protect Adventure Bay and no longer seeing it as any sort of challenge, at least when there were regular soldiers involved. He couldn't help by grin at how easy it was as he spoke to Anna about it. "Story of my life." Anna smiled and fist bumped Richie, as she knew that she was going to have an amazing time with him, no matter how long it took the two of them to get home.
A hotel was shown in the middle of a small town with the door to the seventh room being shown as Richie opened it and went over to the rail. He leaned on the rail as he thought about what his friends were doing without him, hoping that they would be able to take care of Charm and his army while he was away. Even though he wasn't away from them for that long, he still missed them; especially Rocky, who he hoped was able to protect the others as well as he could. He could only hope though, and he hoped for the best for when he got back.
Anna had just gotten dressed as she left the bathroom, indicating that she'd taken a shower as she then looked outside to find Richie looking at the sky. She went out there and stood next to him and noticed straight away that something was on his mind. She didn't know if she should ask or not since she'd only known him for a day now, but she felt it wasn't worth worrying about and went ahead and asked what she wanted to ask him. "Are you worried about your friends?"
Richie nodded his head yes, feeling that he should be at the Paw Patrol tower helping his friends protect adventure bay. "It's only been about twelve hours sine I woke up and I can't get them off my mind. If the worst happened and I wasn't there to prevent it then I don't know what I'd do."
Anna could tell that while Richie trusted his friends to do their best, she also knew that he was aware of how much of a threat Charm was going to be, especially without him. "Sounds like that Charm guy is gonna wipe the floor with them if you aren't there to help out."
"It's not just Charm. It's also the guy he's working with, Burner." Richie explained the situation with Burner, knowing he could Trust Anna after he did so. "He's the Demon Overlord and has more hidden power in him than Charm and his girlfriend Sweetie combined. The only one who can destroy him is someone who's using their Nephilim Destroyer form. (Looks at Anna with concern) In other words, I'm objectively speaking, the only one who can take him down."
Anna had already known that Richie was a Nephilim from what Ryder told her, knowing that it couldn't have been the easiest thing in the world. She then started thinking about her own life and how she wished she had something to return to as she gave a look of despondence. "Must be nice having something to go back to." Richie was surprised by this as Anna held back her tears as she spoke up about her past. "My family sucked. My dad was never around, my mom couldn't accept me for who I was, and my older brother had to one up me at everything."
Richie listened to what Anna had to say, having a feeling that it was more than whiny teenage drama. "And yeah, I know how whiny that last one sounds, but the way he went about it was way too far. At one point when I became the best student in our samurai class, he tried to slash my hands off so I couldn't hold my sword anymore." Richie was noticably shocked to hear this as Anna remembered something else and smiled softly. "At least my dad tried to console me there. One of the few times he showed his love."
Richie could understand why Anna was upset about her dad never being home, having a similar issue with his mom at times. "I know how you feel. My mom can be distant when working too, but she still cares. (Smiles) If you ever feel like getting back in touch with a family member, that consolation moment with your dad alone makes him the best bet."
Anna knew where Richie was coming from, laughing a bit as she looked back on how she left. "I wish I could appriciate it enough to stay. After I came out to my parents, my mom lashed out and tried to sign me up for one of those dumb things that forced people to be straight. My dad looked guilty, but he couldn't do anything about it since mom had power over him with his parents. So I bolted. I still think about what could've been if I stayed. If I could've convinced them that I wasn't a mistake."
Richie put a hand on Anna's shoulder, giving him the most comforting smile he could, and Anna could instantly tell what he was saying with his good hearted gaze. 'Whatever choice you make is up to you. And whatever you choose, will be the right decision in the end.' Anna gave the biggest smile she could and hugged Richie as she started laughing with him hugging her as well as he kept smiling. Even though the two knew each other for a day at best, they knew this was the start of a lot of great times the two of them were going to have in the future.
Richie and Anna were having breakfast at the local diner near the hotel they stayed at last night as Richie was talking about the Paw Patrol. "So then Flare went into this crazy rage mode on Trickery, and he probably would've won too if it didn't end so quickly. And if the battle actually happened."
Anna thought about what could've made Flare go into a rage like that, wondering if Richie had a conclusion of his own. "Why do you think he went into that rage? He sounds too innocent to do something like that."
"I think it might have something to do with the Heart of Truth he and Marshall are connected to." Richie answered, unsure of when exactly Flare's and Marshall's Heart of Truth memories they had will happen. "Believe it or not though, their Heart of Truth is literally two halves. Or it's three Hearts of Truth. I don't know; the book never specified that."
Anna found that to be interesting, having looked a bit into the Hearts of Truth herself. She was also aware that one of them was connected to Richie, since she read about them right before saving him. "You're connected to one of them too, right? That's gotta be part of why you're so skilled."
Richie chuckled a bit, but he had to admit that it wasn't off the checklist. A question then came to mind about Anna's home city, since she said she lived where the base he was captured at was. "Hang on. If you live in the city I was in for a week, why'd it take you so long to get there?"
"Oh, I was at the FBI headquarters signing up for when I'd start my training." Anna explained, and then she brougth up something she was excited to do. "It's gonna be so much fun showing my badge to people to get them to do what I want. When it's allowed anyway." Richie could tell that Anna had a bit of a crazy side to her, but he also knew she was gonna be fun to hang out with.
Richie and Anna were on the road again, listening to rock music and enjoying their time without any trouble. Richie started to think about whether or not he and Anna would arrive back on the battlefield in time, dreading what would happen if he were too late. He didn't have time to mope about that though, so he decided to start another chat with Anna. "So Anna, about the FBI. How did you meet them?"
"Oh, they caught me robbing a bank about a month after I ran away from home." Anna explained, still being surprised that it went down as well as it did. "After I took out the majority of their soldiers, their leader pinned me down and saw what I did, offering me a spot on the team." Anna was still thinking about that offer, and Richie could tell, even though he wasn't sure if she'd accept or not. "I was able to escape after he let his guard down, but I left him a note telling him I'd let him know when I decided."
"That's one way to say maybe." Richie admitted, wondering how the FBI would feel about him if they knew that he was a Nephilim. "You think they're nephilim friendly?"
Anna thought for a moment and knew that Richie could convince anyone to accept his kind just by saving a life. "I mean, you're the only one of your kind I know, but if you're the only Nephilim at all, then you should be able to persuade them to accept your kind through heroism alone."
Richie saw Anna's point, not knowing about any nephilim that aren't him that could ruin his chances. "Well you're not wrong about that." Just then, Richie and Anna saw somethong on the radar that showed some of Charm's forces behind them. "Great, more of Charm's villain fodder."
Richie and Anna checked the monitors and found that some of the dots were different colors, indicating that some of the vehicles were different. "Looks like they knew to get some variety in their cars. At least they know that the same vehicle every time can be boring." Richie hopped onto the roof after he and Anna nodded to each other, taking his guns out and instantly shooting the motorcycle soldiers. The red dots on the screen went out, indicating that they were meant to represent the motorcycles. "Yeah, you go Richie! See if you can blow one up!"
Richie liked what Anna was getting at, spawning a fireball and throwing it at a race car, which made it blow up and throw the other cars off track. Most of the blue dots vanished and all of the green ones were gone as well, leaving just one vehicle left: the last of the three stick shifts. The driver set his car into auto-drive mode and got onto the roof, taking out a shotgun, only to be disarmed when Richie shot him in the hand, and he then fell off the car, leaving Richie to launch a fireball at it.
The last dot vanished with Richie hopping back into Anna's car and hi fiving her as Anna expressed how psyched she was from seeing that. "That was awesome! I didn't know you could spawn fireballs like that! That's what I heard, right?"
"Yep. Sure is." Richie replied, and then he gave Anna a piece of advice about who they were up against. "Don't get cocky though. You never know if they'll bring something new to the table that normal bullets can't deal with." Anna nodded in understanding, taking off at max speed to get to the Paw Patrol tower as fast as possible.
Three days later.
Richie and Anna were still on the road, spending the night in another hotel as Richie was shown lying down on his bed. Anna came back with some burgers and was more than excited to chow down on the one she got for herself. "Burger time baby! (Tosses Richie his burger) I don't know what you like, but please like this, because this triple bacon cheeseburger is BEGGING tog et into my mouth."
Richie laughed a bit as he opened up his burger, biting into it and loving the taste, much to Anna's relief and joy as she sat down on her own bed. "Luckily for you, I'll eat pretty much anything on a burger."
Anna liked the way Richie thought as she then took her burger out, handing Richie some fries as she spoke up. "Ya know Richie, even though you're a combination of angel and demon, you're not that much different from a human. Heck, you'd be a full human if it weren't for the fireballs."
Richie was glad to hear that from Anna, seeing as they've only known each other for a few days now. He bit into his burger as Anna was gobbling down on her's, and Richie's smile gave off the vibe that he was currently having a blast with Anna. And after noticing how messy her eating was, he couldn't help but bring up Rocky. "I think you'd like Rocky a lot. He's messy in a different way, but you guys are both big mess makers."
"Oh yeah, I know all about the Paw Patrol. I just haven't met em yet because I never had an excuse to visit Adventure Bay until now." Anna admitted, and then she htought about how she was good friends with Ryder for a super long time. "I mean, I guess seeing Ryder could've been a good excuse. I don't know why I didn't use that sooner." Richie shrugged, continuing to eat his burger as he and Anna talked more about life.
Charm was eating a slice of pizza as one of his soldier's came into his room and revealed where Richie and Anna currently were. "Sir! We found the location of Richie and Anna!" The soldier showed Charm a video of Richie and Anna hanging out in the hotel eating their dinner. "They're at the hotel in-"
"Save it." Charm interrupted, making the soldier flinched as Charm then stated what he wanted the soldier to do. "I want you and your colleagues to wait a couple days. The big boys are working on something that'll work for all of you, and when it's finished, it'll triple all of the traits you use in a fight when worn." Charm then glared at the soldier as he showed a ruthless and cold aura that was only usually seen by Charm's enemies. "And until it's finished, don't whine to me about Richie and Anna, or even the Paw Patrol."
"Yes sir!" The soldier nodded and ran out with Charm giving a devilish grin to the camera, waving to the audience as he continued to eat his pizza.
Dragon Ball Super Usubeni cover by Mark de Groot instrumental played during the credits as Flare was shown walking around the lookout as he thought about life. Flare looked up to the sky as he then thought about how he was going to help the team in the future. The music suddenly got more intense as Flare was then shown fighting off four members of the Waste's, seeming to have fun while doing it as he kicked one right in the face and made him fall back into another. The next shot showed Flare and the others witnessing Richie's in his demonic form as he looks in horror.
Richie glared at Flare, unable to contain himself as he and Flare started their battle once a male voice was heard singing. "Farewell, (Flare blocks Richie's kick, only to get sent into a tree) beautiful lover. (Flare dodges Richie's fire ball, not wanting to hurt him to an immense degree before saving him) I love you so, (Richie kicks Flare across the ground, hurting him immensely) but still I let you go. (Flare gets determined and charges at RIchie with full force) Under this pink sky is where we went our (Richie blocks Flare's kick and clenches his fist) seperate ways."
Flare regained his balance from getting send back and blocked three hell fire balls as the song continued "I want you to (Richie dashes up to Flare) know I love you, (Flare lands a punch on Richie after the latter grabs him by the neck, showing that he knews he has to figth back in order to save him) so I won't let you go. (Richie throws Flare to the side) I wish I had (Richie lands a solid flaming kick on Flare, who blocks it the best he can) said these words to you, (Flare is shown to be heavily wounded on the ground) But I have left all these words unspoken."
Flare thought about the promise he made to Rocky, refusing to let him down when he's so close now. "Like pink petals start to fall. From the blossom tree so tall. (Flare stands up and faces Richie, who shows respect in his refusal to give up) And they dance to a, bittersweet, melody." Flare and Richie went into their fighting stances as the two of them got ready to continue. An illustration of them in their stances was shown as the song ended.
