Remember last time? After Beth Nevins, in her newfound powers, with the help of Kyo's guidance from beyond the grave, defeated Elsa, in a warrior's passion and pride, Anya would deceive them, using her dishonor to wound Mandy. In a cowardly turn, Anya deceives Mandy, using a double to stand in for her. This enrages Beth to the point of attacking the horde of zombies surrounding her. In Beth's crisis, her breathing was faltering, but her newfound Choujin powers somehow gained the upper hand. But when all hope was lost, Kosuri von Stroheim, accompanied by Hotaru Speedwagon, June Nevins, Emily Maynard, and Izuku Midoriya appeared. A bright light shone for Beth, as hope had returned. But…

She kicked Mandy's body off and Beth shrieked, leaping off the temple. Beth grabbed the rope and hung around on the other side, preventing Mandy from falling into the ground, nearly killed.

"BETH! AMANDA!" Hotaru shrieked.

Midoriya cried, "Wait! AMANDA? That woman is named Amanda?"

Emily gasped, "No… You mean to tell me that this is the Amanda that you told Midoriya and myself about? She was that same Amanda that was rescued by a young Pastor Nevins, when he was a child, after his father died? THAT AMANDA?"

June whispered, as she held her chest, "No… … …Is that-?"

Hotaru turned away, as June was worried. She remembered, as she whispered, "Grandma?"

Meanwhile, Anya was turning to Beth, hanging on the rope, as she said, "Now, here's where things get a little messy, Bethany Nevins! I will very calmly walk towards you, and slice you to pieces, while you cannot move!"

Beth roared, "ANYAAAAAAAAAAAAA, THERE'S A FITTING PLACE IN HELL FOR YOU, YOU FUCKING BITCH!"

Midoriya was in complete horror, as he viewed the hanging Mandy, who was dangling upside-down, feet away from certain death. He thought, "No way… Beth is saving this woman's life… But she doesn't know it… The woman she was trying to save… … …is her own grandmother!"

The final battle draws near… RIGHT NOW!

Episode XX: Choujin Pride (Part 2)
Chapter 1: Beth's Rabbit out of the Hat!
The Last Chancery!

Anya was coming closer, as Beth was clinging to the rope, but is losing her grip. Anya smiled, "You don't want to let go of that, Choujin… It's a forest of crystal spikes down there. It would be a horrible death, impaled in that bed of spikes!"

Beth thought, "Like in that bloody gore-inducing video game I heard of, but Mother never let me play…"

Beth roared, "ANYA! You've lived for far too long! Your soul's decayed; like an ugly pumpkin, rotting in my doorstep! Even flies avoid it!"

Anya smiled, "Yes, heave your words at me! Insult me, harass me, bully me, and make me count the words… I really don't care. It won't be long before you're going to die in the pits below!"

They stared down, as June and Emily were worried. June said, "This isn't like Beth… She's losing!"

Emily growled, "Damn! I wish I would've helped her… but her powers are too strong…"

June said, "This is one of those Jewel Women that lambasted Auntie Michelle… And she's in the hospital, recovering… Huh?"

She looked around, as she asked, "Where are Kyo, Kaname, & Subaru? The other Choujins that Dad helped with… Strange…"

Beth tried to hold on, but held herself. Midoriya whimpered, "We can't help her… but we have to tell her, knowing that this woman is Beth's grandmother…"

Hotaru said, "Not yet."

"WHY NOT?"

"It's not the proper time…"

Hotaru called to Kosuri, "Von Stroheim, have you finished disposing those vampires? Beth needs your help!"

Kosuri called out, "Ja, right! Kosuri's a little busy, right now!"

She eliminated another flank of vampires, with her lights, and called out, "YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MEIN MAGIC FLASHLIGHT RIDS THEM ALL! OUT OF SIGHT, UND OUT OF MIND!"

They continued to eliminate the hordes of vampires, running towards the German Soldiers. Hotaru said, "Von Stroheim has her hands full, right now!"

Anya smiled, "Careful, the rope is about to slip a little…"

Beth growls, as Anya smirks evilly. She launched a huge Kung Fu kick to her, but Anya caught it. Anya said, "You're just like all the rest! Choujns die in honor! And the more you fly up, the more lower Mandy falls to her death!"

SLASH!
Beth avoided the bone blade, as she growled, "DAMN YOU!"

Hotaru cried, "Her energy… She gave it all on her kick, but her Ty Ko Ky has nothing on impact! She just brushed it off!"

Midoriya cried, "This is bad…"

Anya smiles, "You poor little girl… You have no Ty Ko Ky energy left… But I know of the way that you'll make a last ditch effort… I'll walk up here, and then I will take your life, easily has plucking a flower along a garden pathway."

Beth was trapped. But she added, "ANYA! Maybe there is a little left in me. One last bit of Ty Ko Ky, for one last desperate attack… Even I know that will be tricky to deal. But either way, I devised a cunning plan…"

She stood on her knees and said, "I hope you can figure it out! Because I'M NOT TELLING YOU!"

Anya cried, "HEY! I can see you stopped tying those ropes together!"

Beth set her scarf on fire and said, "Well, can you figure it out? Before this flame burns me alive, I have a chance to find a way of sending you straight to hell! The scarf I have is a gamble, something to motivate me! I am the Rabbit Princess, and luck's on my side! Even so, I'd gamble anything I have to protect those I cared for! And a little pain will help me!"

Anya smirked, "Oh, Choujin Girl… You can't fool me… That's just an act of desperation!"

She swung her blades at Beth, but she swung away from Anya's assault. Anya roared, "ENOUGH ALREADY! You quit with your games, child! I have grown tired of your antics for so long!"

Beth cried, "Yeah, well, so what if I looked silly?"

Anya approached the rope and placed her blade on the tether. She threatened her and said, "Bethany Nevins, you will clearly see that I have the blade with Mandy's rope attached… So, if you dare dodge me again, I will sever it!"

She slowly pierced into the rope and grinned, "It's so easy… is that what you wanted?"

"DON'T DO IT!" Beth shrieked.

"You really want to save her?" Anya grinned.

"YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF, ANYA!"

"Am I? Just try and save her! Come towards me, slowly! Or you can stay where you are, and I can cut the rope!"

Hotaru cried, "The coward!"

Anya said, "So, what then? Is your life more precious than the woman dangling from down there?"

Beth swung forward and cried, "HERE'S MY ANSWER!"

Anya smirked, "You have no idea… YOU FOOL!"

SLASH!
She cut the rope, as Beth and Mandy fell off. Anya smiled, "HEH! Two birds, one cut…"

ZOOP!
Anya was dropped down, as she cried, "HUH? WHAT?"

Her leg was caught in the rope, as she was being dragged down with them. Anya cried, as her rope was caught in her left ankle, "But she-? This rope… It's connected to Beth and Mandy! When did she make this happen? She didn't have time to-!"

Kagura said, as she appeared, "It's obviously that you fell for it, Lady Anya… AGAIN!"

Anya realized, "I KNEW IT! When she launched her kick at me, she lifted herself to avoid my cut, and in my foolishness, she made me cut the rope! And when she lit her scarf, she secretly tied the rope next to Mandy's. I GET IT NOW! It was some kind of distraction! AND IT WORKED! Only she had to set her scarf on fire! And then, to tie the lines together, she maneuvered me into doing her work for her, by cutting Mandy's rope! THAT UNGRATEFUL CHEAT!"

Beth called out, "THAT'S RIGHT! AND YOU TWO ARE THE ONLY ONE'S WHO'S SENDING ME AND MANDY! STARTING WITH YOU, KAGURA!"

She whipped her scarf at Kagura's legs, wrapping her ankles in a lasso, and pulling her down. She pulled her down, giving her a lift up to where Anya is. Beth roared, "See? I win!"

Anya cried, "YOU DECEIVED ME!"

"I deceived you? How odd I should hear you complaining over trickery! You enjoyed deceiving others, but now the shoe's on the other foot!" Beth shone in her golden aura and shouted, "You may have lived for over ten thousand years, BUT IF YOU WANT TO HONE UP TO MY SKILLS, YOU'LL NEED ANOTHER DECADE! YOU'RE THROUGH! DIE!"

Anya swung her blade at Beth, but Beth used a lethal Kung Fu punch and roared, "Forbidden Technique – RABBIT OUT OF HAT TRIFECTA! ESP PERK TY KO KY OVERDRIVE!"

SLAM!
Beth lands the punch, coating in three booming auras, shattering her bone blade into pieces. Beth gasped, as she was tiring. She thought, "Did it work? I don't think that I can produce more… I'm burned out…"

Anya was shuddering, as her arm exploded into a bloody cloud. Beth smiled, "Yeah… It did~!"

June cheered, "SHE DID IT!"

Emily said, "Way to go, Rabbit Princess!"

Midoriya smiled, "She used her Ty Ko Ky and smashed that demon's arm off!"

Anya was coughing up blood, screaming in pain, as Beth kicked her off, "OFF YOU GO!"

Anya fell from hundreds of feet, and landed into the crystals that were on the ground. Anya was croaking, as Beth pulled the rope up, saving Mandy. Beth said, "I did it… I hope I never go through this, again… But still… Kagura's all that's left, and I'm burned out…"

Kagura was livid, as she roared, "NOOOOOOO! HOW CAN THIS BE? THAT MISERABLE LITTLE TWERP KILLED MY JEWEL WOMEN?"

Anya was getting up, still planted in the bed of spikes, and groaned, "Ungh… I'll… get you…"

Kagura said, "Good… She's barely alive… Good enough!"

Kosuri cried out, "BWAH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA! SEE? SHE PLANTED HERSELF INTO THAT BED OF HER OWN SPIKES! THE JEWEL WOMEN ARE NO MORE! THEY'RE HISTORY! YOU'RE WEAK! THE ARM INSIDE IS FULL OF HAMON! YOU'RE TERROR HAS ENDED, DEMON! EVEN A MERE HUMAN CAN KILL YOU NOW!"

The shoulders cheered, as Anya seethed, "NO!"

Anya leaped up, and stood in place. She called out, "DO AS YOU MUST! YOU FORGET ONE THING!"

She held up the red stone and stone mask, and cackled, "YOU HAVE ALREADY LOST!"

She fused the mask together and shouted, "MANKIND IS DOOMED! WITNESS THE BIRTH OF THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM!"

She wore the mask, and said, "AT LAST! IMMORTALITY IS MINE! ALL MINE! HUMANKIND IS NO MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!"

STAB!
But then, Anya dropped her mask, and was stabbed from behind, by a lone punch. Everyone was in complete shock. Kosuri gasped, "OH! WHAT A SPOOK!"

They all gasped, as Anya was croaking, coated in a dark aura. Anya gagged and bled out, "N-n-n-n-no… what are you-? Master…"

The person that stabbed Anya in the back… was Kagura Sohma. Kagura said, as silence surrounded the field, "You're right… It was a dishonorable way to fight Mandy and Beth… You have the red stone and the mask… but you left out one small detail… You work for me, and you give me the greatest goal of that red stone… let alone I understand what the power is now…"

Anya gagged, as she reached for the mask, "No… Why now? Master, I…"

She pleaded, "Spare me!"

June cried, "What is she doing?"

Emily whimpered, "I don't know… but she is seriously scary, like that, in alabaster skin…"

Midoriya shrieked, "A zombie just killed one of those Jewel Women?"

June said, "That's no zombie… That's my father's arch-nemesis, Kagura Sohma… But how? She's dead!"

Kagura clutched her fist, as it was sticking out of Anya's torso, blocking Anya's abilities with her dark essence. She smirked, "Anya… It was wonderful of you assist me in eliminating Kyo and the others, but witnessing this whelp's transformation… Like father, like daughter…"

Hotaru whispered, "That power… It's familiar… NO! It can't be!"

Kagura hissed, as her body turned pitch black, "They were right… I wanted you to retrieve the Red Gem, this Super Fuji, to achieve immortality… when I learned that you wanted this power… for yourself… Is that it? What is it that you always say? You throw away honor, and victory is all that matters? Well, all I matter is honor… Kyo was wrong… I didn't throw away family honor… I still hold it. That's why I killed Kyo Sohma… after he had that tenacity to not give up. Like Beth and Elsa's fight, Anya, I understand the philosophy of the warrior's code – Winner is all that matters, but trying your hardest will achieve certain success! I, too, learn of Sun Tzu, from my master… And you met Sun Tzu, as well? Don't make me laugh. The reason he created the Art of War is because you let him live… And that is why I follow it, because I want one goal… dominance of the Moji Mikisa, shrouded in darkness! And, my dear Anya, it's too bad you played my puppet, instead of my student… If Elsa taught me anything, I want to fight in a warrior's pride and spirit! And you… Anya… are refutable and dishonest… JUST LIKE THOSE DAMNED CHOUJINS!"

Anya was blasted through the chest, as she screamed in horror. Kagura ripped her skin off of her own chest and boomed, "Even if I'm dead… it makes no difference…"

Anya croaked, "No… How… are you… immune to me? I should've killed you, long ago… But you have the aura of a goddess from Hell!"

Kagura removed her skin and said, "It's so handsomely awesome… how the wonders of technology work… And as for your Jewel Women… We're not all robots… nor are we vampires… Because, guess what?"

Her chest showed a small dark purple gem on her, over her breasts. Hotaru recognized the gem and cried, "A POWER CORE? IMPOSSIBLE!"

June cried, "A GEM ON HER CHEST!"

Emily asked, "What the hell's a Power Core?"

Hotaru whimpered in fright, "I know I wouldn't believe it, but Kagura Sohma's with her… Her mistress… She preaches to Tohru Honda, but she's dead… Her mistress… … …is…"

She was shaken in fear, as she held herself, "NO! No… NOT AGAIN! I can't relive this moment, again! We lost so many, including Miss Yatogami and her Ty Ko Ky students!"

Back above, Beth wasn't watching the outcry, as she was worried over Mandy. She panted, "Mandy… Anya… wasn't planning on killing you with her blade… We need to take you to safety… But I don't think that this is the day that you die… Not on my watch… I need to know more about you, and how you know of my grandfather…"

Back below, Kagura smiled, as Anya cried, "No… Why? You're a-. You're a pretender! That gem… it powers the more advanced Jewel Women of Fuji! How can you, a mere human-?"

Kagura roared, "I'm not human! I'm a Choujin, too… and I'm undead… meaning that vampirism has no effect on me. But I silently learn of its new powers, long after Steven Nevins, that bastard, defeated me… That son of a bitch made me what I am… I'm an evil being, with hardcore powers… fueled by my mistress in Mount Fuji! I obey her fully, but MY ALLEGIANCE IS TO ANOTHER… IN TOHRU HONDA'S NAME! AND NO MATTER WHO I SERVE, MY LIVELIHOOD AND OBSEQUIOUSNESS IS TO HER! AND NO ONE ELSE! AND THAT MAKES YOU PROUD OF YOURSELF?"

Anya croaked, "No… I'm… I'm sorry… Master…"

Kagura giggled, as she was laughing hysterically, "She's sorry… You hear that? She's sorry? SHE'S SORRY? HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA! SHE IS SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! SHE'S SORRY! HA, HA, HA, HA, HA! SHE'S SORRY! YOU HEAR THAT? THIS WOMAN IS SORRY! AHHHHHHHHH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HAAAAAAAAAA!"

Kagura stopped laughing, and smirked, "I… yes… I accept your apology… Anya… All is forgiven… You are forgiven, for the services that you gave me… … …which is what I would've said. But there was one little setback… to ensure your forgiveness…"

She hollered, "YOU SHOULD'VE KILLED THE NEVINS BRAT, SOONER, YOU UNFORGIVABLE, DISHONORABLE, ANCIENT PAIN IN MY ASS! YOU DESERVE TO BE ASHES! YOU'RE FIRED!"

Her body brimmed in a dark aura, as Anya cried, "NO! MASTER! FORGIVE ME!"

June gasped, as Emily shivered, "Mummy…"

Hotaru cried, "She wouldn't! That Jewel Woman is all-powerful! But the gem in her chest…"

The huge cloud of darkness exploded, as Kagura obliterated Anya, the last and greatest warrior of the Jewel Women. Anya was reduced into nothing, as Kagura emerged from the smoke, unharmed. Kagura sighed, as she smiled, "It's so hard to get good help, these days… And that liar, Michelle Nevins… Him, Steven Nevins, siding with me? How stupid do you think I am?"

Hotaru overheard her whispers, as she thought, "Think what you will, Kagura Sohma, but Michelle is right. Maybe because you're stupid, or maybe it's because an alliance with Mr. Nevins and you would be impossible, since you hated his guts, from day one. Michelle and I know… and I can't tell June or Beth about it… but Kagura doesn't know, and she's too thickheaded to believe it. Tiger King has joined MIO's ranks, just like her! And whether she wants to believe it or not… she is bound to accept it, sooner or later!"

Kagura turned to Kosuri and the German Soldiers, as she said, "Well, then… Who's next?"

Kosuri cried, "THAT GEM ON HER CHEST! She's one of the Jewel Women! DESTROY HER!"

Kagura prepared, as she called, "You can try, using the damnable UV rays on me… but even zombies don't melt! I am no vampire!"

June called out, "NO! BUT YOU'RE A LYING LITTLE BITCH! You think what Anya did was dishonest? HA! What about you? You betrayed your own slave, even if she is honorable than a pile of dog shit!"

Kagura asked, as she was annoyed, "And you are?"

June prepared to fight and said, "June Nevins… The daughter of Steven Nevins… First daughter!"

"Oh… So, you're-. Ah, I'm kidding… I know exactly who you are… Yet your ESP and Darkness is no match for me, Devil Princess."

"We'll see about that. I've been on the sidelines, long enough! Beth needs me, and from the looks of it, it's game over! What you did to her and her friends was hell! And you killed Father's friends, all for your sick gain!"

"Well, look at you, crying to your dear father, pleading for him to return. Why don't you run away, or face the same beating, as does your aunt? Because, this time, the way to bring out the Tiger King… is to kill his adorable cub of a princess…"

June seethed, as Emily said, "June, calm down… You got this…"

June prepared to fight and yelled, "YOU HAVE THAT SAME RAT SHIT AS IN YOUR VAGINA! And I'm saying that, because you're all decomposed, down there!"

Emily laughed hysterically, "BURNED! SHE GOT REKT! OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Kagura boomed, as her aura exploded in a burst, "SILENCE!"

Emily squeaked, "Eep…"

June glared at her, "For Auntie Michelle… For that nice guy, Mark… For Kyo, Subaru, and Kaname… and for my sister, Beth, for the hell you put her through… and for my father and Haruna! Kagura Sohma! THIS ENDS NOW! I don't care if you're one of those freaks! Nevins Family Blood runs through me! I have no fighting style like him, but at least Mom has courage inside!"

"Who? The coward of an ice queen?"

June seethed, as Kagura joked, "Are you going to cry, you bitch? GO ON! RUN HOME TO MOMMY~! WAAAAAAAH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!"

June screamed, and smashed Kagura's face with a left hook, coated in dark shadows. Kagura held her face, as she was bruised. She snarled, "You little blonde whore… You would smash my face off?"

June called out, "Yes, I would! I'm after that gem of yours! I'm smashing that gem down, and about to destroy your pathetic little zombie corpse, reducing you into a mess of mulch for the maggots and the worms to feast upon! But I'll need your still-beating heart, or any of that sexy body of yours, so I can feed it to Big Peter's pet crow!"

Kagura growled, as her fangs grew from her mouth, "Ohhhhh… You're asking for it, you little cunt!"

She charged at her, as June prepared to brawl at her. June and Kagura exchanged punches, as it was an evenly-matched bout, in which June held her own. The Germans watched on, while the remaining vampires were in awe, after witnessing Anya killed, before their very eyes. They continued on, as Hotaru was worried, "It's madness… June cannot fight the undead Sohma, alone… Beth is injured, and she cannot help her. What is she doing up there?"

She sighed and said, "But knowing Kagura's strength, she cannot be resisting June's unholy power. I'm so glad that the ordeals are over, and this Kagura is all that's left… She was responsible, and soon, she'll pay for her crimes."

As they were fighting, Midoriya asked, "So… Miss Speedwagon… I want to ask you something…"

Hotaru asked, "What is it?"

Midoriya said, "Why would June and Beth be lied to? This woman is their grandmother… Why did their mother not know that this woman is another grandmother?"

Hotaru was shocked, as she said, "Izuku, that's because-."

Midoriya said, "I know that June and Beth's mother doesn't know about it. I know Emily knew of it, too, but I'VE GOT TO FIGURE THIS OUT! Michelle doesn't know, either, since they never met. But… It's hard to say what and where this whole thing escalated… June and Beth… They're my friends… Back in New York, they cherished me… I was just a superhero, under the tutelage of All Might. I wanted to be a superhero for them… but they helped me. That's the reason I'm here… And as a superhero, I'm going to anything I can to help!"

Hotaru sighed, "Alright… You win… You have proven what a true friend you were to June and Beth."

Hotaru was about to explain about Mandy… or as she is called… Amanda Dunn.

Who IS Amanda Dunn? And what is her linkage to the Nevins Family?
Also, will June be able to stop Kagura, avenging her aunt?
Be sure to tune in, to the next chapter!

To be continued…