The PA on the airplane announced "Thank you for enjoying your flight, on today's flight from Aswan. We'll be arriving in Cairo International Airport, on schedule, shortly."
That afternoon, Birch Small appeared from the Cairo Airport, as she was carrying a huge crate, on wheels.
Last time, Birch Small was threatened by Steven Nevins, who admired her bravery against him. However, she questions his motives, as she figured out that Steven Nevins only joined MIO, so he can destroy the vampire, himself. Of course, Birch was ordered to kill The Gang, in an effort to please Lord MIO…
…but, it would be her last chance… or she'd be dead, in Mr. Nevins's cold hands.
She left the airport, luggage in tow, and headed to the taxi. But…
Two burly men shoved her, as one man said, "Oh, look! A taxi for us!"
They jeered, as Birch was annoyed. The second man, in spiky hair, spoke in a Hispanic accent, "Oh, look out, man, I think we made her angry. Hah!"
He taunted at her, "What are you looking at, bitch? It's our taxi. Gonna cry? Go ahead and cry, bitch!"
Birch seethed, as the men turned around, getting in the taxi. Her aura brimmed, and unleashed her gun, Emperor.
BANG!
She shot at the second man's ear, and he screamed in agony. The first man came out and cried, "BRO! YOU OKAY? What the fuck did she do?"
Birch went passed the men and shut the door. They gasped, as Birch said to the driver, "Driver, take me to Mena House Hotel in Giza."
The taxi drove off, as Birch relaxed. She turned to her baggage and whispered, "Now… I'm going to open this trunk, in a moment. So, keep your eyes closed and your mouth shut. And don't worry, you got plenty of air…"
The driver asked, "Huh? Miss, who were you talking to?"
Birch barked, "Nothing. Just keep your eyes on the road. Can't a gal talk to her luggage, in peace?"
The driver said, "Yes, ma'am. I'm sorry."
Birch opened the briefcase and inside it was a girl in black hair and a red eye. It was Kurumi Tokisaki, holder of Thoth, and her comic book that predicts the outcome. She was tied in rope, her mouth taped shut, and was whimpering. Birch said, "I apologize for my actions, sending you on that plane, against your will… But you have got to grow some balls! If you didn't have to make so much noise, I wouldn't have to hogtie you like this."
She grabbed her blouse and said, "Listen… Your father's still up in the hospital, for another month, and you're never going home, until those bastards pay. From now on, you're teaming with me, Birch Small. I hear that you have a voodoo manga that tells the future. I need that and you, to get my revenge on The Gang; and from what I hear, it's the entire pack of those S.O.B's. Got it, Kurumi?"
Kurumi nodded, as Birch let go and explained, "Look, I know you don't trust anyone, other than your father, Hatred, but you have someone on your side. Think of me as your gun-toting kid sister. You remember what happened to your father? Are you going to be a pissing-your-pants coward, for the rest of your life? Be a man, er, a woman, and react for revenge on what they did to him! And me, too… I'm doing my best, as well… but I'm all out of chances, too! You and I have a common enemy: The Gang, Chazz Princeton, and that bitch, Yamabuki Suou."
She untied her, and said, "Now, I'll untie you. Just do not make a sound. Understand?"
Kurumi nodded, as Birch removed her tape. Kurumi then felt upset, and puffed her cheeks. Birch barked, "HEY! Why are you being pissy at me? There's no need to pout. I'm on your side, anyways. Because believe it or not, I'm doing this, because I have one chance left… and because I am giving you your shot at vendetta. So don't you worry."
Kurumi opened her mouth and-.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAROF!
She puked onto Birch Small. The driver cried, "OH, NO! Is that girl sick? She's throwing up!"
Birch called out, "Driver! The road! But drive slowly!"
She groaned, as Kurumi was coughing, "Lemme guess… … …flying isn't your strong suit, huh? Air-sickness… I know…"
She moaned in distress, "I am going to regret this."
Kurumi is shown in her comic, badly drawn, with a girl with magenta hair and badly drawn clothes.
"I'm Kurumi! And this is Birch! She's got me here to Cairo, and she's an uncaring big jerk!" While Kurumi was sleeping in her home, she was carried away by a medium-sized suitcase, and stuffed inside. Then, Birch carried her away into the cargo bay, via airplane. How sad. She misses her father.
But, Birch Small, as she is called, told her to never be sad. To avenge what happened to Hatred, Miss Small offered a deal to help stop the bad guys from hurting Hatred. All that courage inside her would be unleashed… if she didn't have any idea how scary she is, when angry.
Episode 38 – Chapter 1: The Revenge Team!
Birch Small/Tokisaki Combo!
Birch was peering into Kurumi's comic, as Kurumi hid behind a tree, scared of her. Birch said, "So, lemme get this straight… Being that I am a manga artist, too, I find this repulsive… but interesting. Is it true that this comic predicts the future? I know this is your Stand, but seriously… I want to see it to believe it. When I heard of your father's fall, I grow worried. So, I decided to team up with you. I can't fight The Gang alone, without a partner. So, I want to know. Because if it's nothing but fictional magic, then I've brought you all the way here, for nothing!"
Pages started to appear, as Birch looked on, "Eh? What the-? More panels that magically appear out of nowhere? I see… This is your Stand…"
The panel shows Kurumi and Birch running off.
While Birch and Kurumi strutted around the outskirts of Cairo, they were met with a very beautiful woman, accompanied by a sheik, who appears to be her master.
The next panel shows Birch kicking the woman in the neck.
Birch would retaliate and kick her on the neck.
The woman in the panel rewards her with a jewel.
And the lady gave her a gem, as she was happily pleased from Birch's act of violence.
Birch was confused, "Eh? What the-?"
She yelled at her, "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? ARE YOU FUCKING NUTS? YOU CALL THAT A PREDICTION?"
Kurumi explained, "I'm sorry, Miss Small, but… But that is what will happen. My Stand, Divine Thoth-."
Birch yelled, "I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR STAND! NO WAY AM I DOING THAT! IF THE GANG SEES ME, AFTER I ASSAULT HER AND ROB HER, I'M DEAD!"
Kurumi explained, "No, you still don't get it! My Stand, Divine Thoth, is made to predict outcomes in the book… and they… they're… They're accurately absolute…"
She trembled, as Birch growled, "Hmm… Accurate? How accurate?"
"100 percent."
"BULLSHIT! 100 percent accurate?! What kind of lady would offer me a jewel, after kicking her neck? Would she have a sort of crick in her neck, or some sort of device that holds her hostage? What?"
As she pondered, a woman in black hair, wearing a white gown, was walking with a man in a turban. Birch turned around, and then gulps. She then said, "Look, I'm known to be nice to guys and such, but fangirls is my best work. However, this is where I draw the line. I may lie to a girl, or fib to a hot guy, but I never hit them! And no matter if she or he is beautiful, norm, or butt-ugly, I have respect and pride in me!"
The two walked passed her, as Birch waved to them. They waved back, and walked off. Birch snarled, "Prediction or not, it's all true… but I ain't buying your hocus pocus bullshit! Come hell or high-water, I'd never resort to unprovoked violence on a woman; even if you offered me a truckload of loot, I'd still say NO."
Kurumi said, "But it's always accurate… 100 percent accurate."
Birch sobbed, "But… look at that guy! He's huge, he's menacing… and he's got a rifle!"
The two walked farther, as Birch smiled, "See? You goofed!"
She smirked and calmly turned away in smugness. But she suddenly felt a twinge, as she started to feel uneasy. She moaned, heaving in pain, as she was scared, "Ungh… Hngh…"
She dashed off, in complete fear, as she ran towards the woman. She leapt up and kicked her in the back of the neck, dropping her down to the ground. The man gasped, "HUH? What have you done?"
Birch pleaded, "NO WAIT! It-it-it-it's not what you think!"
She thought, as she was scared, "Oh, man… I'm dead… I know this guy will beat my ass, but… This guy's got a rifle! He'll blast my head off for this! Why? She won't reward me, now!"
The woman got up, as she moaned, "Oh, man… What happened?"
Suddenly, something dropped down from her dress. It was a black scorpion. Birch gasped, as the man cried, "IS THAT A SCORPION IN YOUR SHAWL?"
He picked up the scorpion corpse and asked, "Huh? This was in her collar? And it's not one of the venomous types… But this thing's a death sentence."
Birch was stunned, as she gasped, "uh… uh… You mean…"
The woman said, as she approached Birch, "Oh, Miss, that was so brave of you. You saved my life."
The man continued, "Another step further and that scorpion would've stung her, for sure."
Birch was speechless, as the woman said, "Here… You're a life saver, my dear. Take this as a thank you."
She gave her a blue gem necklace, as Birch nodded, "Uh, yes… thank you…"
She took the necklace, as the couple left. She turned to Kurumi, as she grinned demonically, "My god… WE'RE INVINCIBLE! Tokisaki and I are a new unstoppable duo now! This is my lucky day! HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HAAAAAA!"
And so gave birth the Birch Small/Kurumi Tokisaki Combo, the new duo, capable of revenge towards The Gang.
Meanwhile, in another part of Cairo, Peter, Scarlet, Asahi, & Mundy were showing the picture of MIO's mansion to the citizens of the town. Mundy was with a roofer, as he showed the picture to him. The roofer said, "Well, I've been a roofer for ten years, and even I wouldn't build such a majestic place like this. Sorry, I never even heard of this place."
Mundy said, as he was up a ladder, "That's alright, mate. My girlfriend and my mates were wondering what it looked like."
The roofer said, "Well, I would never dream of building such an ancient place. Considering that roof work on the top, I'd say it was built, like a century ago. I may have seen it, possibly… You may as well venture southbound, to find it."
Mundy nodded, "Thank you for your time, mate."
The roofer gave back the picture and said, "Sorry if this was no help to you. But older buildings are located farther south down Cairo."
Mundy climbed down, "No, that's alright. But thanks for the help."
He added, "Stay on your toes, mate."
He turned to the others, and shook his head.
XXXXX
Scarlet was on the phone, as she said, "Yes… Thanks, Agent Superball…"
She hung up, as she said, "It's Superball. I was making a call to New York. He says that Mizuki's condition has gotten worse. She has no energy left, and Agent Superball says that she has now three or four days left to live."
She said to Peter, "I'm sorry… We can do it…"
She turned away and said, "My premonitions are acting up… this MIO is nearby. I can feel it. She and Steven Nevins… They're somewhere in Cairo, and we're out of time…"
Asahi said, "Well, if we continue to ask around, we'll be able to be closer to them."
Scarlet agreed, "Right. If we ask around, and get closer, we should be able to find it. Now, let's move it!"
She thought, as they were walking, "We've come this far… We have to keep going."
XXXXX
Hours passed, as Birch was hiding behind a corner. She said, "We meet again, Peter Giese; the same fatass that punched my beautiful face, back in Kolkata… Sick of his face. And judging by these three, they are Scarlet Riley, Oscar "Sniper Mundy" Gooden, and Asahi Sakurai. I can't believe they split up to find Lord MIO's mansion. They're damn near close, and they're not even near her backyard!"
She turned to the crate, which has Kurumi inside, as Birch called, "And you! Get out of there!"
She kicked the crate off, as Kurumi gasped in fear. She crawled back in, as Birch sighed, "Oh, never mind. Listen, this prediction you gave me, about running into these jokers… I'm confused, yet I'm a little annoyed."
Kurumi said, "Well… My predictions are-."
SLAM!
Birch slammed the crate down with her foot and boomed, "Yeah, yeah, whatever! How stupid do you think I am?"
Kurumi sobbed, "But it's 100% accurate, yes!"
Birch complained, "COME ON! This prediction… IT'S RIDICULOUS! LOOK AT THIS! You think I have to believe in this malarkey?"
The image showed badly drawn versions of Peter, Scarlet, Oscar, and Asahi.
"I finally found them… Giese, Sakurai, Riley, and Gooden…" Birch Small hissed in happiness, and then fumed. "Damn it! Those varmints are close to Master MIO's manor!"
She found the friends of the three previous bad guys and their rabid cat. "I should shoot them in the face! Those nosy jerks should get a bullet to the eyes!" Birch angrily thought.
"I'll avenge my father!" Kurumi angrily thought.
But Birch Small, despite wanting payback, could not fire at them at the marketplace.
Birch shows the next panel, with Birch sticking her fingers towards Mundy's nose.
"Now, first things first," Kurumi instructed, "We stick Oscar's bulbous nose with your fingers, and then BANG! He dies!"
But the next panel showed the four heroes being trampled down in blood.
NO! WAIT! They all get somehow battered and bloodied!
Kurumi and Birch smiles in victory.
Hooray! Lucky you, Birch! This is your chance to kill them all!
Birch roared, "YOU ARE SAYING THAT I HAVE TO DO THAT? YOU'RE HIGH! YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE ME TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THIS IS CRAZY!"
She showed Kurumi the comic and barked, "HOW, in the cold hell, am I supposed to do this? Stick my fingers in that guy's nose? The guy with the huge rifle is one thing, but this guy's a gun shop, rolled into one! I am NOT going to follow through with this prophecy bullshit! If I stuck my fingers in his nose, he'll shoot me dead, or worse, those other three losers will maim me until I retire! Besides, even if I were to stick his fingers up his nose, he'd be close enough for me to do it."
She unleashed Emperor, and called out, "It would be easier, if I used Emperor, and blast away these three, quick and painless, and quiet, too! Instead of that skullduggery, I'd go for the direct approach."
Kurumi said, "You would try to shoot, but you could not get the chance to! If you try to go ahead and kill them, that'll only make the prediction worse! You just got to believe!"
Birch argued, "But your father believed, and he nearly died! And look where he is now? Am I your father? NO! I'll believe it, when I see it, and not crazy shit!"
Kurumi said, "My father… he was only trying to escape fate, after he transformed into Chazz Princeton, without thinking. If he had not transformed, and trusted my comic, then the real Chazz would be the one blown up, instead. It's never wrong."
Birch groaned, "I see… But what now?"
She viewed them leaving, as she thought, "Uh? Mundy's gone? I see the fat one, Sakurai, and the red head… but…"
Birch complained, "Where did Mundy go? Is he abandoning his group for-?"
She gasped, as she realized, "Shit! Please no!"
Click!
Mundy appeared from behind Birch, and aimed his sniper rifle at Birch's head. He hissed in a quiet whisper, "Hold still, you wanker… I'm gonna turn your head into a fine red paste…"
Birch trembled, "He's… He's behind me, isn't he?"
She unleashed Emperor and turned around.
POW!
"Jarate!" He lands a quick palm strike to Birch's side. Birch coughs out blood, as Mundy has her pinned to the wall.
He called out, "Oscar Gooden, AAW-New York! Up against the wall!"
He apprehended Birch, and said, "You must be Birch Small. Miss Nevins and the ninja girl told me all about you. Hands to where I see you! You're under arrest."
He grabbed her wrists, as he said, "I've noticed that someone was spying on us, like a hyena, but my foresight detected a certain Stand User, with such a rude appearance. Isn't that right, Birch Small? I'm gonna pay you back for harming my mate, Reggie, back in India! You haven't learned your lesson, huh?"
He handcuffed Birch and slammed her to the wall, "And guess what? I heard of your performance in India. Me mate, Reggie, is still alive. Yamabuki wanted to slaughter that face of yours, but since she's separated with Miss Nevins, I believe I will do it for her."
He then said, "Now, where's your partner? From what I gather, you come in packs of two: yourself and an assassin. So, where's your partner?"
Birch moaned, "Damn it… On the plus side, he hasn't noticed Kurumi yet. Thank goodness. I still got a chance."
She saw Kurumi's fingers sticking out, as she growled, "URK! Put your fingers back in, you idiot! He'll see it! This guy's got some hawk eyes!"
Mundy boomed, "You got some knack, but I have seen that you're a weak little koala! Once you teamed up with your Joey, you've become more terrifying than you were. And that is your weakness. You act alone, but together, like the kangaroo, you become stronger than ever. So, where is the Stand User, Spirit Caller, or Jewel Person you teamed up with?"
Birch groaned, "Tuck your damn fingers in! Fingers, Tokisaki! We're finished, if you get caught! I'm not kidding, this guy's got 50-50 vision, times ten!"
Kurumi thought, "Believe… Believe in my comic… Do it! And then, victory is ours!"
A scarab beetle crawled by, and Kurumi tucked her fingers in. Mundy turned to it and gasped, "Oi there! Is that fingers? Who's in there?"
Asahi called out, "Hey, Mundy, did you find the guy that was following us?"
Birch gasped, "NO! That's Sakurai's voice! Damn it! I'm dead!"
She groaned, "So, that's it… My only option left is…"
Kurumi thought, as she was nervous, "Believe… Do it…"
Birch thought, "SERIOUSLY?! I have no choice… Fine, I'll do it, but I won't like it!"
Mundy turned around and barked, "Enough of this! Stay here. OI, WHO'S IN THERE?"
Birch gasped, and then thought, "HE TURNED AWAY! Now's my chance!"
Mundy roared, as Birch prepared, "AAW-NEW YORK! YOU'RE UNDER ARREST, WHOEVER YOU ARE! GET OUT OF THE CRATE!"
She summoned Emperor and shot the cuffs off of her. She lunged at Mundy, who turned back around, as she stuck two fingers into both his nostrils. Mundy gasped, "EH?"
Birch thought, in shocked, "YES! I DID IT! But still, why am I booger searching into his nose? No matter! That was part one of this prediction! Part two is when these four are dead!"
Kurumi sighed in relief, as she smiled, "Thank goodness…"
HOORAY! The Gang's bleeding and badly hurt! Lucky you, Birch Small! Now's your chance to kill them!
Birch smiled nervously, "So, when the hell's the part of my chance to kill them? What the hell am I going to do now?"
She succeeded in sticking her fingers into his nose, but she was in a dead end. She no idea what comes next.
Mundy snorted, as he was cornered, "Ungh… What the bugger? Get yer fingers off me nose!"
Birch thought, in complete fright, "I will NOT let go! But not because of what you say! What the hell am I supposed to do now? How do I follow up on this? Damn it!"
Peter, Asahi, & Scarlet walked to where Birch is, as Scarlet called, "Osky? Something wrong?"
Asahi said, "He's not responding…"
Peter added, "Something's off."
Birch shivered, "SHIT! WHAT NOW? They're coming this way! How am I supposed to make this prediction come true now? Damn it all!"
Scarlet called, "OSKY! Answer me! Did you find the pervert?"
Mundy moaned, "They're coming this way, Birch Small… You're trapped."
Birch smirked, "No matter… I can just hide you somewhere, and-."
PLONK!
Mundy stuck his fingers into Birch's nose, as Mundy boomed, "Two can play this game!"
Birch griped, "AAAAAAGH! Bi node!"
Kurumi gasped, "That wasn't supposed to happen! Oh, well. At least she got her fingers up his nose."
"Let go!" Mundy yelled.
Birch cried, "YOU led go!"
Birch turned her eyes to Peter, Asahi, & Scarlet, as she thought, "Not good… Not at all!"
Mundy broke free, swatted her arm off, as he held up rifle up. But Birch aimed at his face and barked, "NOT SO FAST, HOMBRE!"
They aimed at each other, as Mundy said, "Go ahead and fire! I have excellent marksmanship when I fire!"
Birch said, "You may have Hierophant Sniper, but my Emperor's faster! Now, make a move, you outlaw!"
Scarlet called out, "HEY! Osky, can you hear us? What the hell are you doing?"
They were getting closer, as Birch was shaken in fear. They finally arrive at the corner, as Mundy was leaning by the corner, as he was smiling. Asahi asked, "Uh, Mundy? What were you doing? Did you find the perp that was following us?"
Mundy nervously smiled, "Uh…"
He was actually held hostage, with a gun on his back. Birch was behind him, as she aimed Emperor on his spine. She thought, "Phew… Good thing I had time to plan. Was Kurumi playing around, when I stuck his fingers up his nose? I'm cornered… So I have to make this bastard play dumb… so I can kill him, afterwards. How unlucky am I going to get? If they see me, I'm dead!"
Birch turned to Kurumi and added, "Kurumi, you brat! At the very least, my Emperor is much faster than his Hierophant."
She budged her gun onto his back, as she growled, "Hurry up and make them leave… If they find me out, I'm taking you with me, you bastard… Now get them out of here…"
Mundy sweated bullets, as he said, "Uh… … …Nobody was following us!"
He giggled, "There's no one behind us. She is now somewhere, possibly ducking, behind a corner, somewhere back."
He was shouting key words, as Asahi asked, "Then why are you leaning by the corner?"
Birch whispered, "Tell them you had to take a leak… Do it! Or I'll pull a bullet in your skull!"
Mundy replied, "Uh… I had to go. Went to the loo, to do business."
Peter asked, "Seriously?"
Scarlet said, "So, you had to pee? And in the middle of the city, that's embarrassing to do, Osky, even for you!"
Mundy grinned nervously, "But, love, I wasn't…"
He gagged, as he thought, "BUGGER! She's jamming that onto my brain now! I have to signal them…"
Mundy turned his eyes to the left, as he twinge the left side of his mouth, making sounds. Scarlet asked, "You alright? Suppose you have to go pee, again."
Peter asked, "You okay, Mundy?"
Mundy mumbled and snorted, as he was signaling to the others. He stuck his tongue out, and pointed at the area of where Birch is. Asahi asked, "What are you doing?"
Mundy thought, "Come on… She's behind me… Move your duffs!"
Scarlet said, "How did he do that? He makes this face, and suddenly was making contorted looks."
Birch growled, "You son of a-! Just get them out of here! Don't try to-! Unless…"
Asahi figured it out, "Wait… He's trying to tell us…"
They gasped, all of the people in this spot, as Birch gagged, "STUPID!"
Asahi cried, "SOMEONE'S BEHIND YOU!"
Birch snarled, "DAMN IT! YOU WERE TRYING TO EXPOSE ME, YOU LOWDOWN DIRTY SON OF A-! THAT DOES IT! YOU PISSED ME OFF, FOR THE LAST TIME, YOU RECKLESS IDIOTS! DIE, YOU BASTARD!"
She pulled the trigger and was about to fire at Mundy. But his nose started to twitch, as he was about to sneeze.
"Ah… Ahhh… AAAAAAAAAAAAH-CHOOO!" He sneezed.
Birch fired, but Mundy ducked, after he sneezed. Before she could fire, she stumbled off, as Asahi cried, "IS THAT-?"
Birch gasped, "What? NO WAY! YOU IDIOT! YOU HAD TO SNEEZE?!"
Scarlet roared, "YOU BIIIIIIIIIITCH!"
She charged at Birch, in a burning aura, as Birch aimed her gun at her.
WHAM!
Mundy slammed the butt of his sniper rifle, to the back of Birch's head. She dropped down, as he said, "Sorry, love."
She crashed into pots of oil, breaking two, spilling the contents. Asahi cried, "That's Birch Small – The Emperor!"
Mundy said, "Aye, love! And there's someone else inside that crate!"
Birch moaned, "NO… NO WAY! There's just no way!"
She was shocked, as she cried, "I made him sneezed… after I stuck my fingers up his nose! I would've wasted him, if he didn't sneeze! But I had a clear shot at Scarlet, and he assaulted me with the butt of his rifle! DAMN, DAMN!"
She sobbed, "I knew teaming up with you was a huge mistake, Kurumi! I'm going to die, thanks to that prediction!"
They surrounded her, as Scarlet snarled, "You bitch… You dare hold up my boyfriend, with your lousy gun?"
Peter said, "Be careful. Her gun is a Spirit Caller, and her bullet acts as a Stand. I had a run-in with her, back in Kolkata, and again in Pakistan."
Scarlet smirked, "Ohhhhhhhh… Birch Small, you're under arrest!"
Birch sobbed, "Death, incarceration, or fate? I'm screwed, either way!"
As she was about to be defeated, suddenly, the two burly men were driving a car, as they were heading to where Birch was. The first man in black hair shouted, "LOOK! Bro, that's the cunt that shot your ear!"
The second brother said, "Oh, you're right, man! That bitch shot my ear off, back at the airport! LET'S RUN HER OVER LIKE A PIECE OF ROADKILL!"
He pressed the accelerator down, as it drove towards Birch. But then, Peter gasped, as he sensed the car coming towards Birch. However, it skidded onto a pool of oil, and skidded towards The Gang, instead.
Mundy gasped, "WHAT TH-?"
Scarlet roared, "MOVE OUT OF THE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"
They jumped out of the way, but it was too late.
CRASH!
The truck crashed into the building, nearly running over all four of the Gang members. Kurumi's prediction was right!
Birch gasped, "That truck… How did that get here? And they didn't react in time to jump out of the way! Now's my chance!"
She cheered, "I can hardly believe it… I GOT ALL FOUR OF THEM, IN ONE SWOOP! I DID IT!"
She crawled off, away from the accident, as she called to Kurumi, "Hey, you still here?"
Kurumi called out, "That was fate, Miss Small! That prediction was accurate! But you did not win yet! You have to kill them all, now!"
Birch laughed, "OKAY!" and unleashed her Emperor again, as she cackled, "AT LAST! I GET MY REVENGE ON THE GANG, AT LAST!"
Peter, Asahi, Scarlet, and Mundy were unconscious, and lightly bleeding, as Kurumi and Birch hid from the huge mess. Kurumi read the comic and said, "Nuh-uh, Birch… We have to wait for the next prediction…"
Birch said, "They're out like a light… Once one of them wakes up, I blast them through the head… right in the eyes. The first I bet will wake up is the big one. Yes… This is for socking in my face back in India, you bastard!"
The comic read: Three of them are down, but the big one, Peter, just got up. He stands up.
Birch gasped, as Peter stood up, badly hurt. He moaned, "Ungh… What was the number of that truck…?"
He saw the truck totaled, and the two burly men killed in the accident. He sighed, "Gimme a break…"
He looked around, as he gasped, "Asa! Mundy! BOSS!"
Birch smirked, "So I was right. Peter dodged the truck in time. He doesn't seem scathed. That was close. If I creep in on him now, he'll kill me. That giant can sense me, without trying… if I get too close."
Peter looked around, and ran to Scarlet, who was down on the ground, limp and helpless. He helped her up and said, "You okay, boss?"
Scarlet came to and said, "Mmngh… Ow… What the hell happened?"
Peter said, "A wayward truck just leveled us. But I got out of it."
Scarlet groaned, "Thanks… Osky? Osky, where are you?"
Peter ran to get Asahi, as Birch said, "Crap, he's reviving the others! We gotta win, no matter what! Does your comic have anything on this? I want to shoot them in the head, but this big hulking brute is like a demonic owl."
She turned to Kurumi and said, "Now, I have to finish them off. What does your comic say now? Whatever it is, I hope it works well for me! I have to win, no matter what it takes! If I stick my fingers into something, I will. If you want me to eat shit, fine! I was wrong about your comic, but now I believe you! If what I did led to this fated moment, and it's all 100% accurate, then I believe you! Whatever shows up on your Stand, tell me!"
Kurumi opened her comic and gasped, "OOOOOOOOOOH!"
She grinned evilly and said, "Yes… Yes! OH SATANICA, THIS IS IT!"
Birch cried, "WHATEVER IT IS, I'M CONVINCED! I BELIEVE YOU! WHAT DOES IT SAY? If I want to kill them, I don't care if I have to do impossible things! I JUST WANNA WIN! I WANT REDEMPTION!"
Kurumi cackled, "YEESSSSSSSSS! It's finally happening! The final prediction! The final chapter of this epic battle!"
The comic showed Birch and Kurumi laughing and dancing.
At long last, Birch Small is about to kill off the four bad guys, to avenge Kurumi's Father! Birch's next attack will be her LAST! While waiting to strike, Birch Small saw two plumbers working on some sewage pipes, nearby. She paid them to have them remove a pipe, leading to where a pipe in the destroyed building is.
The next panel showed Birch firing at the pipe.
Birch fired her Emperor, and all of her bullets traveled through the pipe, precisely at High Noon.
Two workers suddenly appeared, as the first worker said, "Hey, there was a huge car accident nearby. Poor devils."
The second worker said, "I know. What a shame that was. Oh, well, let's hurry up and fix this."
Birch examined the pipes, and then trailed them to a lone pipe sticking out of the debris of the building that was destroyed. It was aiming at Peter & Scarlet, who was helping Asahi up. Birch growled, "So, that is where it'll come out… So what happens next?"
She roared, as Kurumi was too focused, "COME ON! TELL ME, DAMN IT! What do I do now, after I fire my gun into the pipe? What happened after that?"
The panel appeared, showing the bullets coming out for the pipe, and Peter is killed by being shot in the head, three times.
The bullets come out of the pipe! BINGO! It hit Peter, dead-on, right through the brain, turning his head into gory mulch!
Kurumi cackled, "YES! YESSSSSSSS! I KNEW IT! THIS IS DELICIOUS! I've waited so long to see this finally come true! AT LONG LAST, FATHER'S DEFEAT WILL NOT GO IN VAIN!"
Birch cheered, "THAT'S AMAZING!"
She took the comic and asked, "Wait… Hold on, I must've missed something. But let's review a past mess-up of your predictions, before we think of cooking bacon."
She turned to a page with Hatred being exploded, disguised as Chazz. She explained, "You said that it's all 100% accurate, and I can get that. But still, I know what I am doing, but… Your father. He disguised himself as Princeton, but… This prediction, accurate as you said, was the reason he failed to kill Princeton, Old Hag Nevins, and the ninja bitch. But in the end, he was blown to smithereens, and now he's in the hospital."
Kurumi explained, "That's because my father didn't know. He suffered, without considering the consequences."
Birch said, "Yeah, but… Look at us. We do not transform, right? I ain't going to act like Fat Ass Giese! I ain't stuffing my gut with fatty foods! He may be built well, at a huge size, but I'll never pull an Eddie Murphy! Besides, this is my chance to kill off one of The Gang's Aces!"
She gasped, "Which means…"
Kurumi laughed, "YES! AVENGE MY FATHER!"
She explained, "There's nothing that will go wrong in this plan! This time, it's pure golden! Shoot in the pipes, Giese dies, we win! Nuff said!"
Birch grinned evilly, as she was about to prepare. But… She then asked, "Whoa, wait… Hold it. Isn't there a certain time to do this? There was a time to it… but when?"
She looked at the clock on the page and said, "…precisely at High Noon… Noon, huh?"
She looked at her watch, and then shrieked, "HIGH NOON?! THAT'S IN TWO MINUTES!"
She cried, "We have to make them open the pipes, now, before it's too late!"
Kurumi said, "Don't panic! You have lots of time! All you need is to shoot in the pipes, and then the rest will go out!"
Birch said, "Right. As you said, it's fate! 100 percent accurate! I believe you! But…"
She started to run, as she growled, "If I have to do it, it must be on time! I'M STARTING TO PANIC!"
She made a run to the workers, and cried out, "STOP!"
She called out, "YOU TWO! THIS IS A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH! PULL THAT SECTION OF PIPE DOWN, FOR A MOMENT!"
The workers stared at her, as Birch gasped. She whispered, "Oh, boy…"
The first worker asked, "Eh? You're asking us?"
The second worker said, "Just who do you think you're talking to, kid?"
Birch was annoyed, as she snarled, "Damn it… I'm serious…"
She held up Emperor and roared, "DO IT NOW, OR ELSE I'LL BLOW YOUR BRAINS OFF!"
Kurumi whispered, "Miss Small… You do realize that they cannot see your Emperor…"
Birch gulped, "Urk! Oh, right…" as she was holding her hands up, pretending to have a gun, which was in a normal human's eyes. Spirit Callers and Stands are often invisible to others.
Kurumi added, "And also, the comic said that you have to pay them…"
Birch barked, "With what? I'm flat broke!"
Kurumi stated, "I got my change purse."
She looked at her watch, "One minute and ten! I won't make it!"
She pleaded, "Okay, I'm sorry I acted rudely! I'll pay you, if you just do as I say! I'll pay you, please! I'm begging you, this is life and death!"
The second worker asked, "Pay us, with what?"
The first worker said, "She thinks she wants to open a pipe, when she pays us."
The second worker said, "Name your price. We'll do it."
Birch realized, as she gasped, "Oh, no… I realized, I do have money!"
She sobbed, "But I left my wallet at the hotel…"
The workers grumbled, "Are you serious?"
Birch pleaded to Kurumi, "KURUMI! YOUR CHANGE PURSE! QUICK!"
Kurumi rummaged into her pockets, as Birch cried, "I got 40 seconds left! HURRY!"
She pulled out her coin purse and said, "It's mostly change, but yeah."
She ran to Birch, but she tripped on her box, and her coin purse spilled out her change.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She shrieked in horror.
Coins were strewn about, as the workers scrambled her loose change. The first worker was happy, as he said, "Oh, you were kidding. It's small change, but she's got a lot!"
The second worker said, "Oh, that adds up to twenty Pounds, and I think one more rolled off somewhere."
Birch cried, "HEY! JUST TAKE IT ALL! HURRY UP AND OPEN IT!"
A lady in a purple dress was bringing the two men some tea, as she said, "Oh, my, my. You two must be tired out. It's almost noon, so I made you two some tea. If you like, you can go on a lunch break."
Birch gulped, "URK, AGAIN!"
She yelled, "LISTEN, GRANNY! I found them first, so GET LOST!"
The workers took the hot tea, but Birch has had it up to here with the distractions. She grabbed the crate and hollered at the top of her lungs, "PUT 'EM DOWN! GODDAMN IT, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES! YOU ARE THE LIVING END! I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL CRUSH ALL THREE OF YOUR FUCKING SKULLS OPEN! NOW HURRY UP AND OPEN THE DAMN PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPE!"
Asahi came to, as Scarlet said, "Thank goodness… You okay?"
Asahi moaned, "I'm fine… What happened?"
The worker said, as he finished, "Uh, it's open, ma'am."
Birch shouted, as she held Emperor, "GOOD! NOW GET OUT OF THE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
She shouted with a distorted demonic look on her face, firing with her gun, "DIE, PETER GIESE! DIE RIGHT NOW! DIE, YOU BASTARD! DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Her watch hit Noon, as Birch cackled, "HA, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I WON! I shot the bullets at precisely high noon, just as the prediction said it would! That cocky bastard's about to get HIS! GO!"
The bullets traveled off, as it was heading to the pipe.
Peter held her up, as Asahi said, "I think I'm alright…"
Scarlet said, "So was I… but partly scratched… Osky? Where's my Osky?"
Asahi pointed, "He's over there."
Mundy was crushed in the concrete debris, as he moaned, "Oi… Love? Help me out here!"
He was pinned in the lower area, stuck in the ground. Peter said, "Oh, brother… Hang on, man."
Mundy said, "Uh, I'd rather have Scarlet rescue me."
Scarlet barked, "Don't look at me! I don't have super strength!"
Peter approached him, as he said, "Dude, you stay still, alright? I'll try and lift it, you slide off."
Mundy smiled, "Thanks, mate."
Peter held the debris, as his head was by the pipe. Birch laughed, "Yes… THAT MORON! This is really happening! He's right by the pipe, right now! THIS IS IT!"
They waited, as Peter was almost finished. The bullets were getting closer, as Peter heard a noise. He looked at the pipe, as the bullets are exiting. But then Mundy started to sniffle and then…
"Aahh… ah… ahhh… ahhhhhhhh-CHOO!"
He sneezed at Peter's face. The bullets finally came out of the pipe, and missed Peter, entirely, when he leaned back from Mundy's sneeze. Birch and Kurumi's jaws dropped in shock. She gasped, "It… IT MISSED?!"
Peter rubbed his face and moaned, "Ungh… Dude! That was disgusting!"
Mundy said, rubbing his nose, "Bless me, mate. Sorry about that, but… I don't what Birch did to me, but for some reason, she stuck her fingers in my nose. I retaliated by the same fate, but my nose still itches."
Scarlet sighed, "That was disgusting, Osky!"
Asahi asked, "Do you need a tissue?"
He slid out, as Scarlet helped him up.
Birch was appalled, as she freaked out, while her bullets flew off into the blue, "WHAT HAPPENED? IT MISSED? MUNDY SNEEZED… AGAIN?!"
Kurumi wept, "But… But that's impos-!"
Birch grabbed Kurumi by the shirt and roared, "YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! ARE YOU TRYING TO PULL ONE OVER ON ME?!"
"What did I do?"
Birch throttled and strangled Kurumi and yelled, "WHAT THE HELL? THE BULLETS MISSED HIM! MY BULLETS WERE DEAD-ON, AND HE DODGED OUT OF THE WAY, OUT OF LUCK!"
"I have no idea! My predictions were never wrong! It's fate! I didn't believe it either, but not once, since I started using my Stand, I was ever wrong! I had no idea, I swear!"
"NO IDEA?!" Birch hollered, "SEE THAT? THEY'RE NOT DEAD! MY BULLETS MISSED THEM! IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT YOUR PREDICTION IS A BUNCH OF CROCK! I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED IN YOU!"
She held her fist up and roared, "WHY YOOOOOOOOOOOOOU-?"
A car passed them, as the radio played, "And that concludes the Mid-Afternoon News in Cairo. Now stay tuned to the 12 O'Clock Local News."
They gasped, as they suddenly realized that… Birch fired early. She looked at the clock tower and gasped, "Did the radio say… NOON?!"
She threw Kurumi down and roared, "WHAT THE HELL! THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL IT CAN BE NOW NOON!"
She looked at her watch and freaked out, "IT WASN'T NOON?! I can't believe it… I know what happened… My watch…"
She hollered, "MY WATCH IS FIVE MINUTES FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST!"
She sobbed, as the clock struck Noon, "I shot my bullets at Noon, but it wasn't Noon! It was before Noon! And now it is noon! DAMN IT!"
She snatched Kurumi's comic and barked, "WHAT THE HELL GIVES? Just tell me what happens next! COME ON, CHANGE! What will happen to us, now that we have gone off-script?!"
Kurumi was a bit worried, as Birch was frantically looking into the comic. She turned to the sky, and gasped in horror. She asked, "Uh, Miss Small…"
Birch's bullets began to arch their way, turning right. Guess where the bullets are heading towards.
Kurumi shivered, "Uh… Birch, the bullets are-."
Birch said, still on the comic, "What else will happen? How did we get off-track?! Why did the prediction come out wrong? It said that the bullets should've hit Giese, dead-on, at the stroke of Noon!"
Kurumi shrieked, "BIRCH SMALL, LOOOOOOOOOOOK!"
Birch roared, ignoring Kurumi, "SHUT UP! I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL ELSE HAPPENS NEXT! WHY DID MY BULLETS NOT HIT HIM?"
Suddenly, the bullets pierced through the comic, straight towards her face. She shrieked, as she was about to be shot. Kurumi looked away, and…
BLAMMO!
"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Birch was shot in the face, through the head, with her own bullets.
THUD!
Birch fell dead, as Peter heard the thud. Oscar asked, "OI! What was that? Did something happen over here?"
Scarlet said, "Well, I don't know what, but it cannot be good… But for the safety, we better leave, before the cops find out. This debris and this truck may suspect us of being the ones that destroyed the place."
Mundy asked, "Wait, whatever happened to Birch Small?"
Peter said, "Who knows? She probably escaped, again."
He turned to the pipe, again, and…
SPLAT!
He was doused with drops of dirty water. He grumbled, as he was stepping back, "Eugh… Sick…"
Asahi said, "That water is dirty… Peter, step back from it."
Scarlet asked, "Huh? Was it a sewage pipe?"
XXXXX
Moments later, a limp and motionless Birch was carried away into an ambulance, bloodied and battered, with her face covered. The officer asked, "So, is she dead?"
The inspector said, "Nope. Just in critical condition. I still had no idea what happened…"
The policeman said, "Well, from what I heard, she was shot in the face, with six bullets. However, for some reason, these bullets only grazed onto her face, like they were pulling back, flying through her forehead, and going upwards to the top of her skull. A centimeter lower and she'd be a goner."
The inspector said, "Sure was a lucky girl."
And as the ambulance drove off into the sunset, so went Birch Small. She once again escaped The Gang, only this time… karma got her. She never went after The Gang again.
[Birch Small – Emperor: RETIRED (under intensive care)]
Kurumi watched on, as she was upset. She saw the group leaving, as she said, "It's never wrong… That was fated for Birch Small, all along…"
The picture shows Peter being shot in the head, when it turns out that the dirty water was responsible, and that the bullets were shooting forward towards Birch.
Kurumi sighed, "How is he lucky? Lord Nevins knew of him, before he met Lord MIO… How lucky Peter Giese is… Father and Birch Small lost to fate. So, I guess only Lord Nevins has the same luck as does him, huh?"
She walked down the street, as she sighed, "I guess that's it, huh?"
She looked up to the sky, as she smiled, "Father… after seeing this, I realized now… We don't need no stinking revenge. After my experience with Birch Small, this is getting dumb. Birch will never meet The Gang, again… But you and I, let's join her, by not going after them, anymore. If my Stand's power is to make people happy, instead of hurting people, like they have been, then…"
She smiled, "Then… maybe we'll use our Stands' powers for happiness and peace. I bet everyone will love us. I think that would be right, Father…"
She kicked the crate in the air, and laughed, "Screw this revenge! The Gang won… as they taught me a valuable lesson… I refused to be alone, shy and scared. I'm sick of hiding, afraid of everyone… The fight grew me to be a better person. I should tell Father about this. He'll understand. He believes in me."
She walked off, as she smiled happily, "I'm coming back, Father… back to you… in Aswan…"
Kurumi Tokisaki left Cairo, as she headed back to Aswan, to meet her father, to reform and be good guys…
BONK!
Of course… the crate she kicked landed on a stray calico cat. The cat meowed in pain, as it had a lump on its head. Kurumi gasped, "OH, NO! The poor kitty!"
She went to it and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry. Here, lemme help you-."
She then gasped, feeling a horrible aura, "Wait… Do I know this cat from before? It's a cute calico, but… It looked familiar… But where?"
The cat turned around, with a lump on its head, showing her white Power Core. It was Yoko.
Kurumi shrieked, "UWAAAAAAAAAAAH! IT CAN'T BE! THE CAT FROM BEFORE!"
Yoko hissed, as Kurumi pleaded, "WAIT! You're a Jewel Woman, and you're with The Gang, correct? Please, I am going to change, for the better. You're away from your friends. Why not come home with me, and Father will love you? We can make peace, and make everyone happy~! What do you say?"
She held her hand to Yoko, but it was too late. Yoko snarled, as she was still in pain. She lunged at Kurumi, and started to claw at her, mercilessly.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The Gang heard a noise, as Scarlet said, "Leave it. Steven and Farra may have got this."
Asahi asked, "Oh, speaking of which, whatever happened to Yoko?"
Scarlet barked, "Fuck that pussy! Cassandroid's got her in her arms. Besides, useless as she is, I doubt she's a team player."
Mundy said, "She's probably eating something off the streets… and for once, I agree with you, love!"
Back at the street, Kurumi was badly bloodied and lying faced down, with her right arm reaching for her comic. She was motionless and injured. The book turned the pages, with the wind, showing the final page of her comic.
If it were easy to change, for the greater good, no one would ever suffer. Kurumi Tokisaki learned a valuable lesson… and reformed for the better…
But as fate would have it, she went to the same hospital as Birch Small; except… she had become meeker than ever before…
The End…
The final picture showed Kurumi being mauled and raked by Yoko's claws, savagely ripping at Kurumi's helpless and frightened body.
And thus, Kurumi Tokisaki reformed, but it was too little too late. And the Egyptian God Stand User count has decreased to two.
[Kurumi Tokisaki – Thoth: RETIRED (again)]
Miz-K NOTE: Once again, ba-dum-tss!
Seven down, two to go! With TWO Egyptian Gods left, will The Gang reach MIO's Mansion?
Next chapter, we return to New York, as the battle between Percival Gaynes and Nico Idol is about to begin.
EXTRA
(Jovial Music resumes)
(Birch Small): Do you think I believe you?
(Kurumi): Believe in fate!
(Both): Birch Small/Tokisaki Com-BO! *Bang, bang, bang, bang*
(Birch): My name is Birch Small
and I wield a pistol, ahh ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah-ahh! *Bang, bang, bang, bang*
My card represents the Emperor!
My motto is to stick with No. 2.
I'm a shining star with a partner by my side, but… I'm forced to be siding with this kid? *bang* *neigh*
(Kurumi): I am Kurumi
and my comic tells the future, Ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
I'm still shy, but I'm gaining all
my courage back for my father!
I came to Cairo to avenge you, Father! My Divine Thoth's predictions are 100% accurate!
(Both): EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING!
Everything goes our way! (?)
(Birch): But I'm having second thoughts… This is crazy! *Bang* *Bang*
(Kurumi): My comic book is never wrong!
And the prophecy is exact, and can never ever be changed!
*Bang*
(Birch): If we follow through, by the prophecy,
those bastards will finally pay! *Bang, bang, bang, bang*
(Both): We will get our revenge!
(Birch): This sounds so legit!
(Both): Birch Small/Tokisaki Com-BO! *neigh*
(Kurumi): Put your trust into me!
(Birch): Okay, I'm convinced!
(Both): Birch Small/Tokisaki Com-BO!
*Bang*
This thing called fate…
is something that you're never, ever, ever really sure!
(Music ends)
To be continued…