"And that's it," Oboro said, as he told Gouriki everything, as Oboro's memories were returning, after MIO implanted gems into the DNC.

Gouriki was worried, "Oh… I can't believe Anna used us, like this."

Oboro said, "Miss Kajou learned of it, first. Miss Sakurai snapped me out of it, and I started to remember. And I recall that you chose to fight Miss Stevens."

Gouriki held his own, as he said, "I'm sorry… I didn't even know. Is Kajou okay, too?"

Peter said, "She's fine. She knew about MIO's enthrall, and she no longer was in her control."

Gouriki said, "It's a mess. Okuma didn't have to quit us, only to save himself. He would have saved us."

Ayame and Steven appeared, as she said, "It's alright, Gouriki. The crisis has been resolved."

Peter smiled, "Steven! Alright, man!"

Steven said, "Miss Anna… is dead…"

They all gasped, as Farra moaned, "Ungh… What happened?"

Episode IX – Chapter 3: Fall of Decency (Part 3)
X Prohibition:
Crisis Fated!

Meanwhile, far away in town, as the trucks arrived to unload the signatures, as Mundy, Rook, Percival, & Eri stepped out of the first two trucks. Percival said, "Good. We're all set. We have to wait for the results. It's a good thing my men are masquerading as Decency Squad members."

Eri smiled, "We did good, did we?"

Rook smiled, "We sure did, beauty of skin deep… for such happiness for an android, you make a happy beep."

Eri blushed, as she said, "Oh, stop…"

Mundy said, as he contacted New York, "Alright. I'm contacting home, and we'll regroup."

Percival asked, "What about the others?"

Mundy said, "They'll get a ride."

He contacted Mizuki, "Sniper Mundy to Cyborg Mizuki, job done. Returning to base."

Mizuki replied, "Copy that. And the others?"

Mundy said, "Back at the manor, in their feud with the DNC."

Mizuki said, as she got a reply, "Hang on. I got a reply from Asahi. Good news! Steven Cooke survived again, and The Gang's Aces have successfully stopped the DNC and Anna Nishikinomiya!"

Percival said, as he nodded, "All's right in the world. God bless those guys…"

Mizuki replied, "Farra's badly injured, but the others are okay. However, we question Tsukimigusa and Gouriki. They chose to surrender, since Anna's dead, and that they are responsible for what transpired."

Rook asked, "Hold on! Anna Nishikinomiya's dead?!"

Mundy shushed him, "Quiet, you fathead! You want Mum Carse to notice?"

Rook whispered, "Oops."

Percival said, "Well, we can trust them… but I want to know more of this story… especially since Rook explained that the girl in question was a vampire."

Mundy said, "Good. I'll explain in a bit. For now, let's withdraw."

They walked off, in stealth, leaving the main building. The job's done. All that's left is the signatures.

XXXXX

Back at the manor, The Aces, Ayame, Gouriki, and Oboro saw a glimpse of Anna's remains. Oboro kneeled down and spotted a shard of pink glass. He said, "Hmm… This could be the reason why Anna became evil."

"Another gem?" Asahi cried.

Farra asked, "What is it?"

Oboro said, "Unsure… but we do know it's pink."

Peter said, "Jewels are jewels…"

Steven replied, "I apologize for my actions, but it had to be done."

Gouriki said, "That is alright, Steven… We knew of this outcome, and we were fools to not listen, sooner."

Ayame replied, "Okuma bailed on us, because he knew of what would happen. This was before you showed up. Sadly, it changes… Anna… made us into mindless robots."

Peter said, "Look on the bright side. We freed you from your slave control."

Steven huffed, "Obviously."

Gouriki said, "Anyways, we should depart. We'll handle Anna's corpse. You four should leave."

Steven said, "Right. We're done here, guys."

They bowed, as Oboro said, "Thank you for the assistance, The Gang… For we hope to not meet again, someday."

Steven replied, "We'll meet, eventually. Who knows? There is good in you."

They departed, as Ayame said, "Goodbye, you guys."

As they left, Ayame suggested to them, "Guys… What'll we do about Anna?"

Oboro said, "Since she's fused with a vampire, it's obvious. We destroy her corpse, before her dark power spreads."

They helped pick up the body, leaving the manor.

XXXXX

The Gang returned outside, as Steven said, "All that's left is X Prohibition. Make or break, guys."

Farra responded, "I'll be alright…"

A helicopter suddenly appeared, as Mundy waved from above, "OY! WE DID IT!"

They waved, as Peter cried, "MUNDY!"

It touched down, as they went into the helicopter. Percival, Rook, & Eri were in, as well, as Farra was stunned. "Percival?! Darling! What are you doing here?"

He held her and said, "It's alright, babe. I got you."

Eri replied, "We were assisting Agents Gooden and Hadigan, in the X Prohibition delivery."

Peter smiled, "Well… You guys came through."

Steven huffed, "Percival, you son of a bitch."

Asahi smiled, "I don't know how it happened, but… Thank you."

Percival said, "Hey. Least I can do, since I brought the band into this mess, in the first place. I'm glad Farra's okay, though."

Farra giggled, "Oh, don't worry, darling. I'm not leaving you…"

They kissed, as Rook smiled, "Ahhh… I love happy endings…"

A beep was made, as Asahi replied, "Agent Sakurai, reporting…"

Mizuki said, "Guys, it's time! Sophia's about to announce the success for X Prohibition!"

Heather cried, "Did we win? Please say we won!"

Rook said, "Relax, ladies…"

Percival said, "You needn't to worry. We have everything under control."

Heather gasped, via speaker, "Wait! PERCIVAL?!"

Percival responded, "Just watch the show, and everything is all done. Over and out."

He signed off, as Mundy said, "Oh, right. We can watch the coverage on the PMs. Let's watch."

He tuned into it, as Asahi gasped, "My word… It's such a futuristic device…"

Eri said, "And compatible in certain areas, as long as they are operational."

They watched on, as Anna was at the podium. Everyone was watching, including AAW's Big Cass and Enzo, who were guests, by Sophia, herself. She smirked at them, as she thought, "Who's soft now, boys?"

Back in New York, Mizuki, Heather, and Luzer were viewing it on the television. Heather shivered, "This is it…"

Sophia announced, with a stack of papers, "Ladies and gentlemen, fellow World Leaders and Morality School Faculty, despite everything that occurred, over the past week, X Prohibition has been deemed successful."

She grabbed a sheet of paper and continued, "Our rally was celebrated to the public, and despite pockets of immature actions, I'm proud to say that we have enough signatures, to prove what we want with society."

She stopped, as she held up the sheet of paper, but everyone was in complete shock… including The Gang.

Steven was amazed, "Hmm?"
Farra gasped, "THE FUCK?!"
Peter cried, "WHAAAAAAAT?!"
Asahi was surprised, "OH, DEAR!"
Mundy yelled, "The devil is-?"
Rook shrieked, "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
Mizuki cried, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!"
Heather shrieked, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
Luzer squawked, "WAIT! THAT'S-!"

Sophia looked on, and asked, befuddled, "What is it?"

Enzo replied, nudging on Big Cass, "Welllll… What do you have here… a cuppa baters… a cuppa baters…"

She looked at the paper, and shrieked in horror. She saw a picture of a girl masturbating. This meant one thing… the signatures were swapped… with pornographic pencil art!

The Gang cried out, "THAT'S HENTAI!"

Sophia shrieked, as she scoured through the pages, revealing all the pages to be drawn hentai, "MY SIGNATURES! MY SIGNATURES! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?"

A Decency Squad officer appeared and cried out, "MA'AM! BAD NEWS! ALL OF THE SIGNATURES WERE SWAPPED OUT!"

Sophia cried, as she realized she was had by The Gang, "THOSE BASTARDS! I HATE THEM SO MUCH!"

Another guard viewed the naughty pictures, with his camera, as Sophia shrieked, trying to stop him, "NO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? GET AWAY! DON'T BROADCAST THIS FILTH! KILL THE FEEEEEEEEEEEEEED-!"

The broadcast was shut off, as it showed an image of a peaceful Japanese garden. The Gang, as a whole, were traumatized and confused, except for Percival & Eri, over what just happened. Percival said, annoyed and embarrassed, "Just be grateful. You guys did save the world, did you?"

The others were concerned, as Steven said, calmly, "Well, yes. But we never expected Kajou to pull this off!"

Asahi blushed, "So filthy…"

Peter threw up in a barf bag, as Farra grumbled, "I fucking hate her… so much…"

Back in New York, Mizuki was too stunned that she froze up a bit. Luzer said, as he nudged at her, "Ouch… No wonder Kajou made it discreet."

Heather blushed, "I'll never look at hentai the other way around, again!"

After that, Big Cass and Enzo stepped in and stopped Sophia Nishikinomiya, after she blamed it on AAW, and its top agents, The Gang. Big Cass said that they were following orders, and had nothing to do with filth, such as hand-drawn hentai pictures. Eventually, Sophia and Big Cass argued, with Enzo Amore as peacekeeper, and it broke down into an untelevised heated argument, which resulted in both parties separated and removed from the building. Sophia did, in fact, got in trouble for exposing the lewd drawings on live broadcasting, so she was arrested by Cy-Bo-Div, for charges that remained anonymous; but it included attempted assault towards Enzo Amore, since he's with AAW. And because of this, X Prohibition was withdrawn and banned from the World Government, until further briefing would be explained. And thus, because X Prohibition was withdrawn, the future of the world was saved.

As for the erotica that The Gang absconded in Yatsuga Forest, according to Ayame Kajou, 20 of the books out of the hundreds were taken originally, by her and Okuma. Kendra gave 30 to Rook & Peter, during the stakeout, and an extra 20 to Ayame, as a gift for finding the cave, and trusting in Kendra, who guarded the cave. The rest, however, Kendra took it with her, leaving the entire cavern bare, and the remaining porn that Old Man Onigashira had collected were gone from public eyes.

At the café, following the defeat of the DNC and Anna's death, Ayame celebrated in her wild fashion, knowing that her mission to stop Sophia Nishikinomiya, despite The Gang's assistance, was successful. Asahi chose to stay with her, only to read more of the new erotica and doujinshi, while aroused heavily… and with a nosebleed.

As for the signatures, only 30% of the signatures were burned away by unknown forces, while the remaining signatures disappeared from the world, without a trace. No one asked what happened that day, but according to sources, someone was sabotaging the petition.

The following morning, Ayame, Oboro, & Gouriki arrived at a grassy field, at 5:30am. They were only there to drop off Anna's remaining destroyed body. Minutes passed, as the sun was rising. Ayame held Gouriki's hand and prayed that it was for the best, and promises that Anna, back to her old self, will return to the world… someday.

The morning sun shone its sunlight beams around the field, and shone onto Anna's corpse. The body started to deteriorate and quickly evaporate into dust. Being that Anna Nishikinomiya is half-vampire, sunlight does kill her. And thus, The Gang's mission of saving the future of the entire world, and its battle with the DNC, came to a close.

[The Gang's Mission: Stop X Prohibition; Save the Future
Result: Mission Complete! Successful!]

Days had passed, as Gouriki and Oboro were pardoned by the United Nations, and were given roles on their acts of decency and family-friendly acts. They were sentenced to serve in North City, for an indefinite amount of time. If Gouriki and Oboro are immune to the Venus Lust, by the Hunie Bucs, years ago, they will hope to reeducate the entire North City populace, back to its normal behavior, and to find the cure to this lusty spell. They chose to remain in North City, until the virus that spread around the city will finally be stopped.

XXXXX

Ayame Kajou chose to remain in Hane City, and to continue what she does best – run her strip club. She still remembers Tanukichi Okuma, who vanished from the cities, and hasn't returned, since. But she has been keeping in touch.

XXXXX

And as for The Gang…

Scarlet explained to everyone, "Well, I don't know how you guys did it, but top notch work on stopping Sophia Nishikinomiya. You eight done me proud, even though I think you went too far on the hentai images…"

Steven said, "Well… We didn't even know that."

Mundy remarked, "Blame it on Kajou."

Scarlet said, "Well, for what it's worth, Miss Kajou says that we'll keep in touch, since we can trust her now, and not some demonic vampire gynoid. Speaking of, it's a shame that we were too late to reconvert Miss Nishikinomiya back to her normal self."

Asahi said, "We told Matsukage about her demonic behavior…"

Farra added, praying, "Miss Anna will now rest in peace."

Rook remarked, "But I do hope she returns, one day, sans MIO. She was used as a slave to the vampire, and-."

Peter said, "Let us find a vampire! We can be the ol' Scoobies in this mission!"

Scarlet barked, sarcastically, "Hey! Sarah Michelle Gellar… Not now, not ever!"

Peter cleared his throat and said, "Sorry."

Scarlet explained, "Anyways, even if it was MIO, she'd be showing up… somewhere in our radars. But even though she is a vampire, she's not hard to find. If MIO does ever show her perky ass here in the AAW, or anywhere, we have to be extra careful. This woman is death-personified. Your mission was successful, defeating Sophia Nishikinomiya, but if what they said is true, then our battle is not over. We may have a brand-new enemy. And guys… I promise… This will be your only chance at stopping her. Because… Well, I can't say what happens…"

She responded, in a deep glare, "But I can promise you… Whatever the cost it may be… DO NOT blow this. If you slip up, we lose everything. Understand?"

The others agreed, as they bowed and said, "Yes, ma'am."

Scarlet said, "Dismissed!"

They left, as she halted Rook, wanting to speak to him, privately. She signaled to him, as she said, "So, did you tell them about… AHEM! Miss Nevins?"

Rook replied, "No, ma'am. Sadly, no new confirmation on what became of Mister Steven Nevins, also… But I do know is that MIO's involved."

"I see…" Scarlet said, "So, could she be responsible for the incident, months ago, in the Atlantic? From what I read that Miss Michelle Nevins survived the explosion, but not the gynoids in question… You don't think that MIO is, in fact, Miss Nevins?"

"At her tender body, no." Rook replied, "But we checked the wreck, and there were NO survivors. Just a bunch of decaying bodies that were killed lightly, including Miss Akiyama's caretaker, a Mr. Yang Chen, currently deceased. And also, we searched every corpse… and Miss Nevins was nowhere to be seen."

"What?"

"I tried examining the charred bodies, too. And none of them matched Miss Akiyama, Miss Hirasawa, or Miss Nevins. The Hirasawa girl was the third girl involved with the Nevins Family. But, apparently, her body disappeared, too."

Scarlet then gasped in horror, "Then that means one thing… Michelle Nevins is still alive, somewhere!"

She added, "This could be big. But I would give my condolences to them, for Pastor Clifton Nevins's demise, months ago. It was terrible… Could be that Mr. Nevins loved his father, too, since his mother died, after they divorced, as a child."

Rook said, "It's said by an H.B.O. Speedwagon… that Mio killed him, along with some English Bobbies, and an inspector. She was an eyewitness that assisted Miss Nevins, prior to her apparent demise. She couldn't explain even further."

"Speedwagon? As in the late Robert E.O. Speedwagon, founder of the Speedwagon Foundation?"

"Her name says it all… hair of ebony, long hair… purple eyes, pale skin, and an alluring body. Her name: Hotaru B.O. Speedwagon. But it's weird. The original Speedwagon died a bachelor. How could he have produced a child, in short time?"

"Robert Speedwagon died in 1952, age 89, with no heirs to his family. That's about 65 years ago, and Speedwagon just popped out of nowhere! This mysterious woman, Hotaru Speedwagon, could be related to his apparent ancestor… or she could be an alias."

"Did the Speedwagon Foundation help her, possibly?"

"Dunno."

She asked him, in concern, "What exactly happened between Miss Nevins and Miss Speedwagon, IF that's her real name?!"

Rook explained, "Hmm… Says here they first met in Witchen Road, where Michelle was looking for Yang Chen, the apothecary who gave poison to Mio, just to give to Father Nevins."

Scarlet said, "Tell me more… It sounds intriguing…"

Rook replied, "Well, I wish to explain more, but this goes up to the fire in Nevins Manor in Manchester."

As he continued on, Peter & Farra were in the other room, annoyed. Peter said, "Damn… Kajou's a clever minx."

Farra huffed, "I hate her, so much…"

Heather smiled and said, "On the plus side… We did save the future. That's worth something."

Farra said, as she was agreeing with Heather, "Well, yeah…"

Mizuki said, "And since Yatsuga Forest remains off-limits by Mr. Onigashira, and Miss Nishikinomiya in jail (hopefully until she posts bail for her first offense), all we can do now is relax."

Peter groaned, "That's fine. I'm not in the mood to celebrate."

Farra sighed, "Me, too. For once, we're on agreement."

Mundy said, "Wait a minute, just because Kajou made lewd drawings, and made you traumatized, it doesn't mean that you're bummed! We should've, at the very least, celebrate our victories!"

Asahi smiled, "Mundy's right. What we did was dirty, but it saved the world. And we have-."

Peter growled, "MIO…"

The others were worried, as Luzer said, "Yes… I'm afraid The Gang's not celebrating yet."

Asahi said, "Oh, right."

Steven was watching out the window, not saying anything. Farra replied, growing worried, "Since Steven ended the DNC, he's been itching to fight this MIO bitch. Vampire or not, we have to be ready…"

Mizuki stated, "But fighting a force like MIO will be difficult. I mean, Farra, you fought Gouriki, and he was at MIO's level, in strength. You almost died, too."

Farra giggled, "I'm not dead yet… But I'm on medical suspension, until my body regains muscle movement. I can still walk, but my blood takes time to recover."

"Yeah, next time, don't use it as hot acid on skin," Peter barked.

Farra replied, "Noted. Also, fuck off."

Asahi looked at Steven, and thought, "Poor Steven. Scarlet's right. We have bigger worries… This is our biggest challenge, yet… MIO…"

Steven then whispered, looking at the blue sky, "MIO… Whoever you are… Whatever you are… Steven Cooke will find you… and Steven Cooke will destroy you… BANK ON IT!"

And with that said, peace had been restored in the Moji Mikisa, as The Gang saved the world… and the future. But this was just the beginning of their greatest adventure yet…

Days later in Hane City, Ayame called The Gang and invited them over to celebrate.

"Hello, Gang? It's Ayame. Listen, it's been long, and I want to thank you guys for the erotica and for saving the future. Stopping Sophia was ballsy, and you got big balls to do so. You guys should be rewarded by me, and for your hard and long work. Let's thrust ourselves to partying! In short, minus the rude behavior, we should celebrate together, all of us. I even brought along a friend, and he'll come by later. Anyway, hope you get the message. Be there at 5. Cocksuck~!"

She hung up and smiled, "Ah, yes… I should close shop, and meet with The Gang. This is my way of saying thank you…"

Ayame relaxed in her chair and prepared to go. She even invited a friend of hers to come with. As the hours press on, a shadowy figure suddenly appeared from behind the door. It was 4:45pm, and it approached Ayame. She turned to it and asked, "Oh. Hey, there. I didn't know you'd be here… Uh, seriously… Who are you?"

The figure held up a gun and aimed at Ayame. She gasped, as she cried, "Wait, hold on-!"

BANG!
Ayame was shot, as she dropped to the ground, limp and bloodied. She was shot in the chest, right in the heart. She croaked, as she gasped, "N-n-n-no… Not… … …now… … …"

She let out a death rattle and stopped breathing. Her eyes were half-open and her mouth was leaking blood. Ayame Kajou was dead. The figure left, and another figure appeared from the door, minutes later. He cried out, "Kajou! NO! KAJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!"

Episode IX – The End

Uh-oh… Now we got a bigger problem. The next episode will be the finale of the first arc.
But just who was the mysterious figure, and who killed Ayame Kajou?
Stay tuned to the Act I Finale of…

The Gang IN-ACTION!

To be continued…