The mask emitted a powerful glow, as Kagura was absorbing the energy from with it. She was on all-fours, and felt the power surging into her. Kosuri stammered, "Kosuri didn't see the mask, anywhere! When Kagura killed the Jewel Woman, Anya, the mask fell into the dirt, buried deep inside! And what's more, she wasn't even in possession of both the stone mask and the Red Gem!"

Hotaru shivered, "NO… This can't be happening… Not again!"

Beth growled, in astonishment, "Kagura…"

Kagura was still feeling the power, as she absorbed the entire energy into her. After minutes of a powerful surge, Kagura Sohma has absorbed the powers of the mask, the mask shattered into bits, leaving only the red gem, whole. Kagura stood up and looked at her hands. She gasped in shock, "My…"

Hotaru gasped, "It can't be… I feared a Jewel Woman, but never a minion to the fabled Onigiri…"

The glow subsided, and Kagura was standing, with a glazed look on her face.

Episode XX – Choujin Pride! (Part 2)
The Birth of the Super Choujin!
Kagura Sohma – The True Goddess?!

Kagura's body remained standing, as her arms recovered from her wounds, while her skin regained her natural color, back from when she alive, long before the Moji Mikisa. Everyone was in complete shock.

A soldier cried out, "What'll we do now, Major?"

Kosuri cried, "I DON'T KNOW! YOU'RE THE CREAM OF THE CROP FOR THE FATHERLAND! YOU MUST HOLD YOUR OWN, UNTIL THE DAY IS DONE!"

Her hands recovered, as her bruises slowly regenerated. Kosuri sobbed, "She has become the ubermensch… Can it be? I thought no human can obtain perfection… but now…"

Beth growled, "Damn you…"

Kosuri called to Hotaru, "Do you see that? Her arm is still burning, after the young one plastered her! We don't have to run away! Hamon melts her flesh, even now! WE HAVE TO KILL HER NOW, SINCE SHE WANTED THAT IMMORTALITY, SO BADLY, BUT ALL SHE IS NOW… IS AN UNDEAD VAMPIRE!"

She ordered, "READY THE UV AMPLIFIER! AND DO NOT STOP, UNTIL SHE'S TOASTED! One more hit should be good enough!"

They prepared the cannon, again, as Kagura looked around. She found a lone squirrel in the tree, and held her hand up. Midoriya asked, "What is she doing?"

Kagura's hand shapeshifts into a squirrel, as Emily gasped, "WHOA! Weird stuff… I've seen weirder stuff in Argos, but this is ridiculous!"

June moaned, "Used her stone mask and red stone… and the first thing she does is produce a damned squirrel…"

The squirrel scampered off, and headed towards the male squirrel. They showed their affections, staring at each other. Midoriya smiled, "Aw, how cute… She just wants to make a friend for him…"

Beth then gasped, as she shouted, "NO! Romance or not, that's NOT RIGHT! HEY, YOU STUPID FUZZBALL! GET AWAY FROM THAT THING, NOW! YOU DON'T KNOW THE KIND IT'S MADE OF!"

The female squirrel jumped to the male, and shone red eyes from her face. And then devoured the male squirrel, straight into his insides and ribs. Everyone was completely shocked, as Emily vomited, "URGH! HOW REVOLTING!"

June roared, "FUCKING BITCH! HOW DARE SHE PLAY MOTHER NATURE AND CUPID, AND TURNED IT INTO THE HUNGER GAMES?!"

The squirrel charged at one soldier, and Kosuri cried, "SQUIRREL INCOMING!"

The squirrel started to mangle and maul the soldier, killing him, ripping his face off, and snacking into his internal organs.

"SOLDIERS! FULL RETREAT!" Beth cried out, and the German Army runs away.

Kagura produced a flower and butterfly, as she giggled, "Fancy?"

Hotaru gasped, "My god! She has the ability to create organic life!"

As she relishes her newfound abilities, Kagura watched on, as the sun rises over the mountains. Everyone was in relief, as Midoriya said, "ALRIGHT! The sun! It's dawn! Kagura's reign of terror is over!"

All the vampires screamed, as the sunlight killed them all, turning them into dust. Hotaru said, in astonishment, "Not a single one of them left… Kagura Sohma's about to get what's coming to her! Thank goodness!"

But as Kagura was engulfed in sunlight, Beth was shocked, learning of what she is doing. Her body was absorbing the sunlight, as her entire body was beating, regaining color, and waving her hair in the breeze.

Beth gasped, "No… way…"

Midoriya cried, "Think again! She's alive and feeling fine!"

Hotaru yelled, "She's standing in the morning sun! And without a care in the world!"

Kagura cackled evilly, as Hotaru cried, "BETH! We're doomed! This is the day of Armageddon! Humanity's done for!"

Kagura laughed, "Alpha and Omega both… I have become the pinnacle of all life on this Earth… The one power that my master, Tohru Honda, wanted, for so long… now belongs to me, Inoshishi! All power flows into me! And you, dear bright Mr. Sunshine, how entrancing that you are, finally to be able to see your smile, again… I once feared you! But now, I fear you NO MORE! BWAH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!"

Hotaru cried out, "It's… IT'S OVER! KAGURA SOHMA IS INVINCIBLE NOW! SHE HAS NO WEAKNESSES, NOW! SHE'S WON, AND SHE KNOWS IT! SHE CAN EVEN SHAKE OFF THE WEAKEST OF ATTACKS! KAGURA SOHMA IS UNDEAD, NO MORE! SHE'S BECOME KAGURA SOHMA, THE ULTIMATE CREATOR! SHE'S BECOME A GODDESS!"

Kosuri whimpered, in defeat, "This… This is all my fault… I was the one that blasted her with the UV rays, after she wore the completed mask…"

Midoriya cried, "Is… Is there really no way to stop her, Miss Speedwagon? She is so intimidating! We're going to a buffet for this walking museum piece!"

Beth said, "No… I've got a plan…"

She gave Amanda to Hotaru and said, "Here. Hold Mandy. And if you can, take her to safety and medical help… but make sure Kagura can't see you…"

She called out, "One last all-or-nothing gambit!"

Kosuri asked, "All-or-nothing gambit?!"

Beth said, "Yeah… And that's my back-up plan, in desperate attempts. It's my final move…"

Midoriya asked, "Wait… Beth… When you say "final move", you don't mean-?"

Beth nodded and said, "Yes. And like the cute and fluffy white rabbit, as does my spirit to the discipline I carry, it's time I use it."

Kosuri cried, "Whatever it is, Kosuri will do as you say! Tell me what it is!"

Beth chuckled, as she prepared her legs for her final attack. She jumped off and snatched the Super Fuji in her hands. She then ran off and shrieked, "RUN FOR YOUR LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVES!"

Midoriya hollered, "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO DO THAT!"

Kagura held her arms out and sprouted wings from her back. She cried out, "CHOUJINS MEAN NOTHING TO ME, NOW! BUT YOU, BETHANY NEVINS, ARE A SPECIAL CASE! This is a special moment! TODAY… I WILL HAVE, FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL, MY REVENGE!"

She stood in the air and cried out, "MY LIFETIME GOAL, AS THE NEW GODDESS OF DESTRUCTION, TO ERASE, FOREVER, THE SWORN ARCH-RIVAL OF MINE, STEVEN NEVINS! BUT FIRST, I SHALL SUMMON HIM, BY ERADICATING HIS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, AND THE BRAT THAT KILLED MY MINIONS, BETH NEVINS! ELSA, INGA, AND ANYA WILL BE AVENGED!"

Beth was running away, as June, Midoriya, and Emily were running with her. Emily cried, "SEE WHAT YOU DID? YOU'RE BEING A TOTAL COWARD, YOU STUPID IDIOT!"

Beth yelled, "NOT HELPING! HOW CAN I CONCENTRATE, WITH YOU THREE IN THE WAY? I AM STILL A NEVINS, BUT WE STILL HAVE OUR DIGNITY!"

They slid down, as Hotaru said, "Beth is using her running away tactics, to lure Kagura away from us! Good on you! But still, it is only a matter of time! She just cannot be beaten!"

Kagura was gaining, as Midoriya yelled, "Here she comes! Whatever it is you have planned, do it now!"

They kept running, as June said, "Wait! Why are we running? I thought she was after Beth!"

Beth shouted, "YEAH! I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO RUN WITH ME, YOU KNOW! I take it really badly, if any of you die, because of me, today! Kagura is up there in the sky, like Auntie Farra's Bird Wing, only she's a vulture, about to pluck my innards out! In case you didn't notice, in order for her to ring in her new life, she wants the death of me, and then my father! Which means, that monster won't stop chasing me, until I've draw my final breath!"

Midoriya called, "Beth! Listen to me! Mandy, she's more than just a Ty Ko Ky user! She-!"

Kagura went closer, as June cried, "MAKE IT FAST! MISS CREATOR OF DEATH IS CLOSING IN!"

Beth yelled, "QUIT FLAPPING, YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

Back from far away, Kosuri called to Hotaru, "Speedwagon… Tell me… Has that undead woman really become the perfect being?"

Hotaru said, "Yes! Our greatest fear has been realized! And not by the Jewel Women, like MIO, but by an uncanny undead being like her, as a slave to the infamous Tohru Honda! If Kagura didn't kill Anya, it would be more the same, and Anya would be the ultimate being, instead! We thought Anya would wear the mask and become the evil goddess we feared, but Kagura's heart is wicked black!"

A perfect being is similar to an immortal; above all, it is invincible. That means it does not grow old. It will never succumb to death, in any form. Additionally, it has the abilities of all other lifeforms at its disposal, and outperforms them. And finally, its predominant form is the standard of which physical perfection is judged.

Hotaru drops to her knees and sobbed, "We have no way to stop her now! We've already lost! Humans cannot harm her, not even powers of the Precious Stones or Ty Ko Ky or the sun itself won't do a lick of good for her!"

She cried out, "BETH! JUNE!"

Back to the girls running, Beth called, "Sorry, but you'll have to tell me, later!"

Emily yelled, "What are you saying?"

Beth shouted, "I'm kinda short on time!"

Beth jumped off the cliff, as June and Emily yelled, "BETH!"

Kagura swooped in and said, "HAH! That won't save you, kid…"

She dove into the cliff, but, before she descended, a huge airplane flown up, heading into the blue sky. Beth was on the wheel, as she cried out, "YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH WINGS, KAGURA! I'M COMING FOR YOU!"

Kagura cried, "WHEN THE HELL DID SHE LEARN TO FLY A PLANE?"

She chased after her, and cried, "BITCH!"

Hotaru looked up and yelled, "UP THERE! WHAT IS THAT?"

Kosuri shrieked, "SHE… NO WAY! THAT'S ONE OF OUR GERMAN WAR PLANES!"

The plane flew passed them, as she flown off, leaving Switzerland. Kagura was gaining on her, as she cried, "That little prawn!"

Her plane flew over the ocean, and started to fire at Kagura, with a machinegun. Kagura was ready! She mutated her wings on her back and molted her feathers, turning them as hard as armadillo shells. They bounced off the bullets, as Kagura laughed, "NICE TRY! BUT I CAN'T BE KILLED BY THE LIKES OF YOU!"

As the bullets ricocheted off of each other, with the plated projectiles, and coated them in oil, their toughness makes them ideal; not only in shielding, but in weaponry, as well. It flew towards Beth's plane, smashing her windows. She cried, "Shooting those feathers at me is dirty pool!"

Her plane suddenly plummeted into the ocean, but Beth hung on, making sure the plane doesn't crash.

"OH, NO, YOU DON'T! Touching down is NOT an option! I have to make a getaway!" She flew upwards, with Kagura coming after her.

Emily yelled, "WHAT IS SHE DOING? IS SHE MAD?"

Hotaru yelled, "FLY, GIRL! AND DON'T LOOK BACK! That is what we humans can do now!"

Hours later, Beth was flying at 240 kilometers per hour, as Kagura was still chasing her. She held up a headset and said, "I don't really care how perfect this bastard may be, but this plane's got more horsepower, than a Rolls Royce in diesel. I'm safe for now. If she has morning plans, I'm safe for the long haul…"

She gasped, as she looked at her fuel gauge, "OR AM I? Two hours left… Guess I can't give the slip, for as much as I thought…"

Kagura sneered, "You cretin. That metal coffin of yours will protect you for so long… If you're planning to land somewhere, I got news for you… You're about to be grounded! And the only way you're heading back to terra firma, is in bloody chunks!"

Beth got a radio signal from Hotaru.

"BETH! Come in, Beth! This is Speedwagon, over!"

Beth responded, "You'll have to speak up, Hotaru… You guys still missed me?"

Hotaru said, talking to Beth on an EB radio, as the others rejoined her, "Oh, thank goodness… I'm glad you are safe. I know it's not much, but the Germans and I will make sure to help from here. Do you have a map?"

Beth finds one and said, "Right. Found one!"

Hotaru called, "Good! Maintain radio contact, and I'll guide you to safety!"

Beth gasped, and cried, "JACKPOT!"

Hotaru said, "Alright, first, give us your current position!"

Static started to buzz, as Hotaru cried, "BETH! You're breaking up! Can you hear me?"

Beth nodded, "Yep. Clear as a bell. I mean, how are you going to stop Kagura, without a weapon or a technique that'll stop worth a damn? You were yelling about her being immortal, remember?"

Hotaru explained, "Don't I know it! Your running away isn't ideal, but it's all you can do, against her!"

Beth giggled, "Maybe not… The map I found gave me an idea."

Hotaru cried, "WHAT? AN IDEA? HEY! YOU CAN'T! DON'T FACE KAGURA, ALONE! THIS IS NO TIME TO BE THE HERO!"

Beth responded, "She'll be too strong, later! This is the only time!"

Hotaru yelled, "DON'T DO IT, BETH! I FORBID TO NOT HAVE YOU KILLED, FOR YOUR MOTHER'S SAKE!"

Beth yelled, "JUST LISTEN FOR A SECOND! I KNOW KAGURA SOHMA HAS BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL IMMORTAL GODDESS IN THE WORLD! BUT… She was BORN here! And thousands of years ago, this planet gave those Jewel Women life! Kagura was once human, like us, and my father ended her, only she returned as a walking dead, with one goal – to end my father! And if we're lucky, Kagura's goal will NOT be accomplished, ever!"

Hotaru asked, "But how? What in the world would be a threat to Kagura?"

Beth replied, "MAGMA!"

She pointed out, "See that? There's a volcano in Italy! And I'll drive her into the Isola de Vulcano! Magma is the hottest substance on Earth! And even she can't survive it!"

Hotaru roared out, "NO! YOU CAN'T! YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY, GIRL! LET ME AND THE GERMANS DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!"

June called, "Listen to Miss Speedwagon, Sis! You just can't do that! It's suicide! Kagura's gonna kill you!"

Beth said, "Maybe… But I'm at the volcano, so it's too late~! Carpe Diem, as they say! SEIZE IT, SO MUCH!"

Hotaru dropped her speaker, as Beth flew off to Isola de Vulcano. She whimpered, "Oh, god… Not again…"

Emily asked, "What's wrong?"

Hotaru whimpered, "The Nevins Family cannot die out, losing the newer generation! Beth's great-grandfather, Birchum… his son, Clifton… and his daughter, Michelle… Those lives were cut short, because of tragic events in the Moji Mikisa, despite Michelle got lucky, but the daughter of Steven Nevins… She cannot die!"

She cried out, "NOT AGAIN! WHY DO THEY ALWAYS HAVE THEIR LIVES TAKEN?"

She called to Beth, "BETH! YOU CANNOT DO THIS! DON'T FLY INTO THE VOLCANO! SURVIVE FOR MANDY'S SAKE!"

Beth gasped, as the radio contact was cut off. Metal scraping was made, as she called, "What did you say? You're breaking up!"

She recognized the noise and gasped, "THAT'S CHEWING NOISES!"

A piranha chomped onto Beth's shoulder, as it nibbled on her. Beth shrieked, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? PIRANHAS?! YEAH, THAT'S LOGICAL! YEAGH! THEY'LL EAT THE PLANE WITH ME IN IT! BUT HOW DID THEY GET THERE?"

She tossed the biting fish off, and noticed that the piranhas are tearing the plane apart, from inside. She then figured it out. She roared, "Those feathers Kagura shot! They turned into these damned things!"

She grabbed the parachute and cried, "Bugger all! NO! Don't eat the parachute! YOU DEVIL FISH!"

The plane began to shake, as one of the plated feathers turned into a tentacle. It wrapped around the turbine, causing the plane to lose control! Beth rushed out of her seat, as the plane was making a crash landing. She jumped out, parachute and all, as the plane crashed into the mountains. Kagura, however, knew of her escape. She cackled, "What a moron. That parachute equals salvation… but all it does is seal your fate, Nevins! You're just a butterfly in my spider's web!"

She lunged towards the parachute and cried, "AND NOW, TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL BLOODY FIREWORKS, TURNING YOU ASUNDER!"

She halted and saw the parachute. There was a dummy, made of cloth, as it was the same size as Beth. Kagura cried, "A DECOY?! THAT BRAT! SHE GOT ME, AGAIN! But wait… Then Beth must've…"

She cackled, knowing that Beth has fallen to her death. But in reality, the plane was crash landing towards her. Beth never left the plane. She cried out, "HEY, SOHMA! I'M A NEVINS! WE DON'T GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT! YOU MESS WITH ONE NEVINS, THEN YOU MESS WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY! YOU AND I GOT A DATE WITH THAT VOLCANO! DON'T TRY TO WEASEL OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUT!"

June, Emily, Midoriya, and Hotaru screamed, "BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETH!"

The plane went closer, as Kagura screamed, "GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! DAMN YOU!"

CRASH!
Kagura landed into the nosecone of the plane, as it continues to fly down, towards the volcano. Kagura screamed, as she was hanging on, without breaking free, "YOU'RE… A LUNATIC!"

As they went down, Beth reminisces about Michelle's meeting with MIO.

"Auntie Michelle, when you fought Kagura, I want to forget that moment… Long ago, you and Father fought a very dark foe… which killed Grandfather… You broke the family apart, when Father turned on you, and you bested him… only for you to take your own life, later on… revealing that you're still awakened… I'm not always known to be a copycat… but maybe this is the hand that my blood dealt me…"

Kagura grasped on, as she called, "Really? You think that I can escape from here, while you smash it into the ground? Know that your death will not accomplish anything!"

Beth cried, "YOU COWARD!"

Kagura dug deep into the exterior of the German plane. As then smirked, "And now… Let me show you your downfall, Bethany Nevins!"

STAB!
A lone metallic hand clasped onto her neck, gripping tightly. Kagura moaned, "Is… that a… a hand?"

In a small metal ship, powered by a miniature zeppelin, Kosuri held her right arm out and called to her, "What a shame! All your planning, and you will die, again!"

Kagura cried, "YOU AGAIN!"

Beth smiled, "Von Stroheim! How did you get into the plane?"

Kosuri smiled, as she giggled. She called out, "I wasn't sure you were going to handle this battle, all alone! Next time, Kosuri will bunk inside the baggage car than the cabin!"

Beth asked, "Next time, huh?"

Kosuri shouted, "When I give the word, jump out, Beth!"

Beth yelled, "NOT ON YOUR LIFE! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PIRANHAS ATE MY DAMN PARACHUTE!"

Kosuri called out, "YOU DON'T EVEN NEED ONE! JUMP OUT OF THE PLANE, AT ONCE! THIS INSTAAAAAAAAAAANT!"

The plane made a crash, as Beth jumped out in the nick of time! She and Kosuri were falling to the volcano, as the shooting debris plummeted into the sky. Kosuri caught her, and landed on her feet. They stumbled down, as Beth moaned, "Ungh… You're crazy… I'm crazy, too, when someone's got me beat…"

She kneeled up and said, "But that move, that was courageous."

Kosuri said, "You're alright… But please tell me that she went into the lava!"

The lava shot out, as Beth said, "I'm pretty sure…"

They shielded themselves, as Kagura roared out from the magma, "I'M STILL ALIVE… WORMS!"

She emerged from the lava, as she groaned, "Beth… NEVVVVINNNNNNNNNNNNNS!"

She hollered out, "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!"

She stepped forward, as her body was immune to the lava. She was singeing from her skin, and snarled, "You think… that a little… volcano lava… can harm… meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee? FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLS!"

OH, GREAT! Even under the lava, she's still alive! But how can Beth even stop her?
Don't miss the next chapter, as the fate of the world is decided!

To be continued…