Monday, July 15th, 2019 – 5:05pm

Junko was still hovering over F City, aboard her phantasm photograph, looking for Otome Saotome, not knowing she is under the guise of Kaede Kayano.

"Where the hell is she?" She is completely upset, which is borderline for her, since she is usually bored, "Otome Saotome… Where on earth have you gone? It's hard enough to find more despair, but how can I unleash it, without you? If I remember correctly, she's undergone a new name and face… I guess that's how my boring sister, Mukuro, went and chose to be dressed as me… If I can't find her… what then?"

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At the same time, The Aces and Michelle meet with a Speedwagon Operative, as Peter said, "Got that? We need to look further into the missing person's cases. That includes runaways."

Michelle replied, "Hang on. Didn't Saotome go into hiding? You really think she'd risk capture, if she were to continue her murdering spree?"

Steven said, "Knowing Saotome, she wouldn't resist the bloodlust that awaits her. That's just how serial killers work."

Farra stated, "Saotome has what all serial killers have, likewise Junko Enoshima – an impulse. I sense darkness in this town, as she is closer… She will kill again…"

Junko hovered over them, in stealth, as she thought, "Oh, no… Otome Saotome may kill again? If that happens, I'll be able to find her… except they'll know where she is! Which means…"

She flew away, as Tsukasa was with Kagami, by the bus station. She said, "I wonder if waiting for it to happen is the best thing to go. And all this time, we still haven't found a clue, leading to Saotome."

Kagami smirked, "Well, I agree, too. But you guys remember what Agent Giese said." She was also with Chazz and Kotonoha, who were hanging around. "As soon as she finds something, she springs into action. So, from then on, we'll have to resort going back as normal civilians, until then…"

Chazz nodded, "I agree."

Kotonoha disagreed, "I'd rather find that Saotome, than go and hit the books. You guys almost got her, before. But I bet we can nab that girl, finally. Save some for me, when I want to gut them, for what they did to those losers!"

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Around that time, Kazuki was on the phone, holding a photo album of pictures he took of high school girls, as a way of identifying Otome.

"Yes, and since the damages from the fire are being repaired, I'd also like the renovations prepared, too."

Junko saw the whole thing, and cried, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! He has high school girls' pictures, skirts and panties and all?! Wait a minute… THAT BASTARD! I remember him! He's snapping pictures of those perky high school girls, in hopes of finding Saotome!"

He said, "Yes, now, rounding out the estimate…"

Junko hovered away, as she snarled, "The Gang thinks they're so smart… I'll annihilate the parasites! Despair will only loom this city, as Saotome will grant me it… That's why they will all pay! Well…"

She hovered around downtown and said, "For that being said, it's time to go to work, making more Stand Users, all for the horrors that awaits these fools. EVERY last one of them!"

She spotted Kaede, as she thought, "Hold it… Wait, who's that one? Hmm…"

She shifted into her teacher form and said, "Judging by the photos Kazuki Sendo snapped, he managed to snap that particular girl. But what?"

She saw the fingernails growing and was in her weepy side, "NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! It's her… But she's not Saotome, only I recognize that tiny hand. I could never mistake my apprentice for another!"

While she was weeping for joy, Nagisa was spying on Otome, using a video camera. He then whispered, "Just you wait… I'll find out who you really are, imposter."

Last time if you recall, Nagisa found a horrifying discovery – Kaede Kayano is an imposter.

Junko cried, "WHAT?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? THAT ASSHOLE IN THE CAMERA, TOO? HOW MANY OF YOU ARE THERE, YOU RECKLESS MORONS OF HOPE?" She clutched her arrow, and then roared, "If that guy finds out the truth, those idiots will figure her out! NO MORE! I'm done playing background character! I'm going FULL DESPAIR on these bastards! Just you wait! Otome Saotome will be protected by the angel of Despair, with every fiber of my being!"

She flew away, as she head off to find MORE Stand Users of Despair.

Episode 51 – Chapter 2: Thursday, July 18th!

Thursday, July 18th, 2019 – 7:50am

Three days later, the following morning, Tsukasa and Kagami departed to go on patrol. Tsukasa rushed to her bike, as Kagami groaned, "Another day of backbreaking law enforcement… or lack thereof…"

Disclaimer: The following chapter will be located and taken place on the same day, Thursday, July 18th, 2019.

8:02am

Minutes later, Tsukasa and Kagami were at the sunflower fields, walking down the road. Kagami said, "Well, we should contact Excel, however… From what I gather in Intel, Hyatt is somewhere near the area, right here."

Tsukasa smiled, "That's great! And with any luck, Excel would be happy again, reuniting with her fellow ACROSS partner!"

They found some binoculars, as Excel was peering at the flowers, with the binoculars by her feet. Tsukasa asked, "OH! Excel? What a surprise."

Excel smiled, "Good to see you. Excel got bored, and she figured that she'd tag along with you guys."

Kagami huffed, "We never said that we needed you." She remarked, "But anyways, we were able to locate Hyatt, though, we're not sure where she is… Maybe she's around this neck of the fields…"

She then asked, "So, I'm certain if you would know, but… if you are from ACROSS, would you have the abilities to see Stands?"

Excel asked, "Why ask me that?"

Kagami stated, "Well, you see, Sis here is a Stand User, and we were wondering if you could see them."

Tsukasa added, "However, it's weird that Sis can see them, too, so…"

Excel nodded, "Oh, I see… You must be traveling to an anime, circa 1987. It's bizarre, I know, but I have a lot to go by. Anyways, I was just here, when Excel sensed a scent of dog meat. Excel was sure that the scent was dog, and I put 2 and 2 and fish together, and I believe it was… MENCHI, MY BELOVED EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLY!"

The twins gasped, "FOOD SUPPLY?!"

Excel called, "Yeah! Right over there!" She pointed to her left and added, "Excel saw something pretty weird, but somehow she can see from this distance, with perfect vision!"

They viewed a transmission tower, as Kagami asked, "Huh?"

Tsukasa said, "It's a transmission tower… and it's connected to town."

Kagami stated, "Yeah, but I say that it's worthless now, nothing more than a useless metal structure. When the future came, redevelopment came to pass, and these things are now obsolete. Most of the power lines were cut down and moved underground. So, why are you seeing a bizarre scent of your dog?"

Excel said, "Unless I'm mistaken, I'm seeing smoke wafting from the center of the tower."

Tsukasa said, "Wow! You're right!"

They viewed the tower with the binoculars, as Kagami said, "I see… So, this building evolved into a chimney-. Huh? What is this? A bucket? And there's a kettle."

Tsukasa cried, "Seriously? But that tower's twenty meters high!"

Kagami nodded, "Indeed. But let's check higher…"

They looked upwards, as a girl in long blue hair was hanging clothes on the line. Kagami gasped, "WHOA! Someone's hanging their unmentionables from the tower! And there's a couch in there, too!"

Tsukasa said, "You don't see that, every day…"

The girl managed to hook up a fish from the view, and harvested a cucumber from the metal bars. She began cooking, as Tsukasa said, "Amazing! This woman… She's learned to cook, without going shopping."

Kagami said, "She fishes from the river, and grows her own produce in a makeshift garden?!"

"I think that tower might be her home! And it looks comfy!"

"Home? It's like living in those self-sufficient houses!"

Excel said, "This world has no instances of curious people… Hold on… Do you recognize her? It can't be her…"

The girl walked on a balance beam, on one of the metal beams, and carefully held the skillet in her hand. She jumped, and a screw flew off. The girl rode onto the small screw, and hovered over to the other side of the tower.

Tsukasa cried, "DID YOU SEE THAT? This girl has to be a new Stand User!"

Kagami said, "I know… She flew through the air, like it was nothing! But what was she doing here, living in a tower?"

Excel cried, "OH! I KNOW! Let's go meet her and talk to her! Excel wants to meet with Mystery Girl!"

Suddenly, the girl spotted them and said, "Oh… Senior… She came, after all? What a surprise. And she brought some friends. Delightful! It's been long since I had company, and that Senior was able to come all the way here, to find me."

Kagami said, "Check it out. This girl's eyeing on us, already. It's like she wants to come over."

Tsukasa nodded, "Yeah. But be careful. She could be dangerous. We still don't know if she's on our side, or dangling to take us out."

They decided to head closer to the girl in the tower.

8:05am

Farra was crossing the street, as she was heading to Yume no Tochi, to visit Miss Aiko and Juvia. A woman in a yellow fox mask, in a gray hoodie, with its hood up, called to her, "Good morning."

She started to perform pantomime, while moving robotically and doll-like.

"Eh?" Farra asked, "Santa Maria… What's with this guy?"

She turned to her, as Farra whispered, "Whoa… She's weird looking. Miss, is there something I can-?"

She paused, as she turned to Farra. Farra shivered, "Uh… Okay…"

She walked off, as she felt shaken.

8:11am

At the tower, the twins and Excel arrive, as Tsukasa called, "HELLO? Excuse me! Tsukasa Hiiragi, Daitenzin Target! May I ask you a question, whoever you are?"

The girl waved to her, "Senior!"

Excel sobbed, "Holy teacakes, it… It's not true…"

She cried, "HATCHAN?!"

It was Hyatt, above the tower, as she was sitting in a small toilet, doing her business. Hyatt called, "Senior! What a surprise, running into you! Sorry I couldn't find you sooner, but I was lost, along the way!"

Excel cried, "What the hell were you doing up there?"

Hyatt called out, "If you guys know what's good for you, you stop right there, and not come closer!"

The twins gasped, as Kagami said, "Wait… She's Hyatt?"

Tsukasa said, "Oh, now that you mention it, we haven't met, in so long."

Hyatt cried, "PLEASE, STAY BACK! I HAVE TO GO! THE CALL OF NATURE CAME TO ME!"

They stepped back, as Tsukasa whispered, "Oh, my goodness… And from up above?"

They were sprayed with water, as they were soaked. Kagami gagged, "AAAAAAAAAGH! NOW I GET IT! THIS WOMAN IS DISGUSTING!"

They dashed off, as Excel sighed, "Ew… She warned you. HELLO! HATCHAN!"

Hyatt called, "EXCEL? SENIOR? Sorry… I was fertilizing the garden, after all…"

Kagami cried, "EUGH! SO GROSS!"

Hyatt cried, "SO WHAT IF IT IS? I just had the pipes installed here, so I can distribute water to the plants below! Believe me, it's disgusting, but it's recycling! And no, for the record, I don't drink my own pee!"

Kagami yelled, "I NEVER ASKED IF YOU DID, ANYWAYS!"

Hyatt said, "I may not be ecofriendly, but I am very careful on the environment. On the right, there are mountain asparagus, Asiatic dayflowers, and watercress – all edible. And with all these plants around, I triggered snares to capture rabbits. I didn't want Menchi to go hungry."

Kagami asked, "No way! So, you live here, by yourself?"

Hyatt said, "Well, since I left my home in Broken Shades, I had nowhere left to go… but then there was that tragedy in West Greenwich, and Senior Excel and I separated."

She tethered down and called, "And it's my own custom home, worth all of my life savings, at 100,000 Yen. Seeing that was I close to F City, I wanted to reconnect with friends, but my body would not take it. So, Menchi and I decided to live here, from now on! It was a severance paid gift from Lord Il Palazzo, since ACROSS is busy reworking its ground up, but finally I can have all the exercise I needed and all the comforts of home."

Excel asked, "Eh? So, you're not dying as usual?"

Hyatt said, "I don't think so…" She stated, "It's been about two days since I coughed blood… and I haven't even died yet…"

Kagami asked, "So, you haven't suffered any near-death experiences, like before?"

Excel smiled, "No, she dies all the time, and she magically wakes up, like it was all nothing. If she dies, she dies, but she's like Deadpool, only less the cussing and more the titties!"

Hyatt stated, "It's been three years now… After the drama in the West Greenwich tragedy… And I have lived here, this whole time, and never left. Menchi and I enjoyed it, and even learned how to make old-fashioned dog food for her."

Excel roared, "HEY! That's MY food supply, you self-sufficient slut! Excel is super-jealous of you, stealing your own home, our of her beloved Lord Il Palazzo's own bank account, and she is extremely mad at you, you ecofriendly idiot! And you took Menchi with you?"

Tsukasa whispered to Kagami, "What'll we do? Hyatt seems to have missed out on F City. I mean, everything's changed, since Otome Saotome reared her head in and killed the rest. But I don't think it's the right idea. For now, we should report this to the rest of The Gang. She seems friendly, and even though these two once sided with us, on one occasion."

Kagami stated, "I don't know… Something just doesn't feel right…"

10:15am

At Kazuki's home, he examined a picture of Nagisa, holding a video camera in his hand. He then asked, in confusion, "What is he doing here? Why does he have a camera, and suddenly went on spying? Could he be looking for Saotome, too? I wonder… He's following someone and capturing their every move… from behind the pillar. Could this target be someone in this picture?"

He viewed the picture of girls, standing in the bus stop, standing around. One of the girls was Otome, dressed as Kaede. Kazuki doesn't know that, as he examined each face, "Hmm… They all look like the few girls I snapped a pic of. However, it's hard to tell which is which…"

He held up a magnifying glass and looked at the name of the boy, "Nagisa Shiota. There's something very unusual about this boy."

As he examined the picture, a man in orange hair and a trench coat was waiting by the tree, with his back planted on the tree.

7:33am

Now let's rewind back to early in the morning. Asahi was coming to Chazz's place, only to see that he's not home. She opened the door and said, "Chazz baby? You home? Hmm… Must've woke up early, today. All that excitement… and he suddenly has an early bird bug."

She searched the fridge, and then saw a half-eaten pastry in the fridge. She moaned, "Aw, man… Did Chazz eat up that kamakura custard I was saving for lunch? And there were two of them! What happened to the other one?"

She munched on it and said, "Oh, well… If he took a nibble, that's fine." She blushed, as she smiled, "I suppose he did that to give me an indirect kiss…"

She walked to the counter and sighed, "Ugh… It's too early to complain. That guy thinks of himself, every morning. But I still love him, that honey boy of his."

A girl in blonde hair and a pink vest was viewing Asahi in the shadows.

8:14am

Cutting back to Hyatt's tower, the twins and Excel stare down, as Hyatt was hanging on the cord.

Excel asked, "Hey, is it alright if I can come in?"

Hyatt said, "No, that's fine. You're more than welcome to come visit me."

A small paper fell out, as Kagami asked, "Huh? She dropped a photo? Hey! Hyatt, you dropped something!"

Hyatt was still hanging, as she whispered, "Nah, it's just garbage…"

Tsukasa asked, "Wait… Is that a photo?"

Hyatt cried, "Would you three just leave? I have no time to talk, this morning! Is it alright to come back later? And don't worry about the photo! I'll get it!"

Kagami said, "It's just a small polaroid." She viewed the binoculars, and to her surprise…

"WAIT! I said leave! I got this!"

Kagami was in shock, as she saw the face of despair. She snarled, "YOU!"

It was Junko Enoshima! Kagami rushed in and roared, "YOU MOTHERFUCKER!"

Tsukasa cried, "KAGAMI, WAIT!"

Kagami hollered, "AT LAST! JUNKO ENOSHIMA, THE ULTIMATE DESPAIR BITCH! I WAS A FOOL OF LETTING YOU FREE, AFTER YOU TRICKED ME, BUT NO MORE! THIS IS FOR MATSUYA, AND WATANABE, AND SUMIYOSHI!"

Hyatt gasped, "Wa-? Watanabe? Wait, what happened to-?"

Kagami stepped in, as Hyatt smiled, "OOPS! Never mind! I see that I have been waiting for someone to step into the tower!"

She swung upwards, as Hyatt called, "If you tell them to come in, they chicken out and leave! But the way I do it, reverse psychology works like wonders! Kagami Hiiragi, for the glory of ACROSS, you've entered Hyatt's Domain – Rikdosan!"

Tsukasa cried, "RIKDOSAN?!"

Junko cackled, "WELL DONE, HYATT! You lured that tsundere girl in, hook, line, and sinker! One less hope, who now lives in this Stand! Kudos, my dear meek-looking soldier!"

Kagami asked, "Wait, hold on! What did she mean?"

Tsukasa cried, "I don't know why, but… You were tricked! Hyatt used you!"

Excel shrieked, "IS THIS BETRAYAL? ET TU, HATCHAN?"

Kagami snarled, "I should've known! Junko Enoshima did it to me, again!"

Junko was crawling off, "Again is right! Fooled you once, shame on you! Fooled you twice, shame on you again! You're the easiest of prey to steer clear of my precious student!"

She flew off, cackling, as Kagami roared, "FUCK! SHE'S GETTING AWAY! GET BACK HERE!"

She ran out the tower, but halfway through, her body was coated in a thick metallic shell. She cried, "WHA-? WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"

She pushed back in and growled, "Shit… What the hell was that?"

Tsukasa cried, "Kagami! Oh, man… Sis is in trouble! Kagami, get out of the tower!"

Kagami roared, "HOW CAN I? Junko's getting away! The least you can do is go after her! I'll be fine!"

Hyatt called, "Once you get in the tower, you stay in there, until someone tries to get in again! But if they try to get out, they'll be part of the tower! And that is the ability of Hyatt-chan's Stand power, Rikdosan! Yay me!"

Junko called, fleeing, "It's not Chazz Princeton, but she'll do! Make sure that she's nice and comfortable, Hatchan~! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Excel roared, "HEY, DESPAIR BITCH! ONLY I AND I ALONE CALL HYATT HATCHAN! YOU DESPAIR-RIDDEN DISEASE OF A D-WORD EXCEL CANNOT THINK OF THAT IS DASTARDLY!"

Kagami growled, "Damn it! Of all the times… to be trapped inside the lousy tower! DAMN IT!"

Hyatt was climbing out, as Tsukasa shrieked, "KAGAMI!"

Excel snarled, "Damn it all… Hatchan's gone over to the dark side."

Hyatt said, as she was slowly fleeing, "Uh, Senior, I have a confession to make… This is my Stand, after all, but… it's not really mine. It pretty much does whatever it wants. And now that you're here, Senior Excel and I can finally reunite, at last! And also, maybe visit those boys that we have been seeing… since it's been long. You know, like the old days. You said that they were attacked by Miss Junko, but…"

Kagami roared, "God, wake up and smell the embalming fluid! Do you want to know where the other boys are? Those losers?"

Excel sighed, as she was saddened. Tsukasa growled, "I am beginning to hate this Junko Enoshima… All the life Excel and Hyatt suffered through poverty… and despair suddenly stuck it into Sis!"

Excel snarled, "Hatchan… I wish I could've helped. I'm sorry, Kagami! Excel blew it!"

Tsukasa said, "Excel, you'd be in danger, if you'd try to help… Sorry, but this isn't Excel Saga, anymore."

Excel said, "No worries. Those days are all long gone, but Excel is still immortal, via cult classics."

Tsukasa marched off, as she said, "Junko Enoshima crossed the line, when she used my sister as prey, and even used that damned tower as a Stand, but make no mistake about it, I'm going to free Kagami!"

Kagami said, "There's no need, Sis. You know, I think I can handle this bitch, myself. You see, I'm not just itching to come back to F City, to mingle with my old friends…"

She looked up, and called to Hyatt, "Hey, Hyatt! You dare say a word about me staying? Well, what if I tell you that if you enjoy freedom, then you may get double-crossed by Junko Enoshima!"

Hyatt stopped and asked, "Eh? What are you saying?"

Kagami said, "I'm saying that I can send you back on this spot, even if it means I can beat your ass, any day of the week! And don't get me wrong! You've spent three years here, and it's very noble and efficient of you to live here, but I'm gonna make you feel despair, just like what Junko wants!"

She shone in a greenish aura, "HEY, TSUKASA! You're not the only one with a Stand!" She bellowed, as she unleashed a green figure in long pigtails, a dark gray dress, and onion leek stalks in each hand, "NOW, TO THE BATTLEFIELD! LEEK 39!"

Tsukasa cried, "WHAT? SIS?!"

Excel was confused, as she asked, "Eh? Leaky 69?"

Kagami unleashes her Stand for the first time! Introducing Leek 39! She unleashed a barrage of stalk strikes onto the tower, making light dents. The vibrations of the tower started to swing Hyatt in the wires. She cried, "AAGH! WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? I'm… ugh… going… to… be… sick!"

Kagami called, "Hey, Hyatt! Come on down to terra firma, before I topple this tower over!"

Hyatt cried, "I don't think that's right of you to do so! Even if you did, I had a feeling brute force was the possible way to fall. This tower was able to enforce the blows, and redistribute it over the entire tower!"

Tsukasa asked, "Huh? What are you saying?"

The tower started to vibrate loudly, as Kagami asked, "Huh? What was that noise?"

Hyatt said, "What you're hearing is the energy from the sounds of your punches. Have either of you ever heard of the law of conservation? Once energy is collected, it'll be collectively released for use in a different form! And I wonder where it goes now…"

The punches headed back to Kagami, as she deflected the attacks, using her Leek 39, slammed her stalks, like rapid-fire drumsticks. She was knocked down, but stumbled back to the center of the tower.

Hyatt said, "Sorry… But that's how it works. Hyatt doesn't know much on science, but I learned… Punch the tower, as long as you like, but make no mistake, it'll strike back at you! I mean it! This thing is walking living breathing pipe puzzle!"

Tsukasa moaned, "Kagami…" She was injured, as she called, "I am sorry… but one of your attacks left a small hole in my side…"

Kagami snarled, "So, that wasn't a bluff. This Stand really attacks back and bites me in the ass?"

Hyatt smiled, "Sorry… But if you have a plan to defeat me, the user, that's a pipe dream, so to speak. This Stand exists independently, like the ill-famous Iron Maiden, who traps its victims inside. Only this gives you a nice décor. I still die, now and then, and come back up, but even so, Rikdosan never fades away. Besides… if memory serves me, we're enemies! Only then, I'll be able to live out my freedom, until you find another one, until the end of time."

Kagami gasped, "Until the end of time?"

Hyatt gripped onto the wire and said, "It's alright. I know we're friends and all, but I'll come visit you… uh… if I remember where it was, that is… But Hyatt has lack of sense, so you have to find someone else to get in for you. And that's simply a matter of exchange. I may not look it, but I think I get the message to you, in every sense."

Excel's voice called, "Oh, so, in other words, freeing Kagami means someone goes back into the tower, in her place."

Hyatt gasped, as Excel reappeared in the cable, "And Hatchan, you're the perfect candidate, you traitor!"

Hyatt cried, "SENIOR, WHAT ARE YOU-?"

She swung down, grabbed Hyatt, and roared in a Tarzan yell, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Kagami cried, "EXCEL, YOU SLY DOG!"

They went in the tower, as Excel called, "Don't worry about me! Get out of the tower and get Junko!"

Kagami rushed out of the tower, unharmed, as Excel called, "Hatchan, you bad soldier of ACROSS! Despair looms into you, after you tried to trick them!"

She wrapped the cable around her body, as Excel called, "You deserve to be punished! In the name of ACROSS, Excel will spank you red until you cry!"

Hyatt growled, "DAMN YOU!"

Kagami sighed, "Damn… What a hassle…"

Tsukasa said, "We have to go…"

Hyatt cried, "That Junko girl told me about these guys' allies! Watanabe, Sumiyoshi, Iwata, even the Ropponmatsus!"

Excel yelled, "WAKE UP! THEY'RE ALL DEAD!"

Hyatt cringed in sadness, as she asked, "What?"

A long hush was made, as Excel growled, "The robots… and that Iwata boy… They lived… But the rest… they didn't make it…" She roared, "JUNKO ENOSHIMA KILLED THEM!"

Her words echoed into the tower, as Tsukasa corrected, "Uh, for the record, Otome Saotome kill-."

Kagami said, "NO! Let her lie a little. Hyatt befriended Junko, only to be double-crossed. Three years is so long… and their deaths were recent."

Hyatt asked, "They're… They're dead? The boy that… admired me… He's gone…"

Excel said, "I'm sorry I never told you this, but it happened suddenly! Despair Girl ruined our reunion plans! Even the pedophile doctor, Gojo Shiouji died, too, and that was in Chapter One of Season 4 of The Gang IN-ACTION! Excel will never forgive you for tricking Kagami Hiiragi into trapping her here, forever. I won't forgive you! That is why… That is why I must stop you! Even if it means I get to live here forever, should I fail – and failure is what I live on – Excel will be happier, any other way! Hatchan, you're Excel's friend, and I love you! I LOVE YOU!"

She bawled, "HATCHAN! I LOVE YOU!"

Hyatt yelled, "SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU FUCKING CUNT! YOU THINK YOU CAN GIVE ME THE BULLSHIT LIKE THAT?"

The twins gasped, as Excel said, "Hatchan? Why did you-?"

Hyatt growled, "Oh, please… You think I acted that caring to you? I… I cared for you, too… but I only did the work for Lord Il Palazzo, and NOT YOU! What have you ever done to please him? I was only following orders! Yes, I'm a dumbass, but…" She hollered, "YOU THINK I CARED ABOUT YOU, AND BE IN THE POOR HOUSE, FOREVER?"

She dangled down, as she said, "Be that as it may, while you are over seniority in ACROSS, I have built up callouses in my hands, from swinging around. Yes, the exercise has improved in me, and I never die much, anymore… but there's more."

Her callouses produced a blade and slashed off the cord, "NOW DIE, BITCH!"

Excel said, "Still the same old Hatchan, dense as ever. You lost a lot of brain cells, more than you lost a lot of blood. It's too bad that you have not a Stand that is used for blood. But then again…"

She swung back and held the cord. The cord Hyatt slashed was a lone wire dangling down. Hyatt cried, "WHAT?!"

She plummeted down, as Excel called, "You've reap what you've sewn, traitor! Twas Excel not the weak link! Twas… uh… You know, come to think of it, Excel don't remember how many times we succeeded."

Hyatt called out, as she was falling, "That's because we NEVER win! And that's a given, seeing that I planned ahead! I was planning to escape to the outside world with you, but if that's how you want it, maybe you can live in the tower, for once in your pathetic life!"

SLASH!
Excel was stabbed in the shoulder, with a wayward energy shot from the severed power line. She groaned, "Ugh…"

Hyatt landed on the beams and called, "Have you already forgotten? This tower can attack back at anyone that gets attacked! That wire was also a part of the tower! I purposely severed the line, aiming the angle that will shot at you!"

Excel groaned, "Oh teacakes… Excel… is on her… last breath… I won't die… I am, was, and always will be a Main Character!"

Hyatt shouted, "Stop living in a world where the 4th wall shatters!"

Kagami cried, "LEAVE THE TOWER, EXCEL!"

Hyatt shouted, "I'm leaving this tower, first!" She threw a few bolts, and they landed on the metal beam. They shot out of the beam, heading upwards, as Hyatt said, "Direction and angle, check!"

Excel is pinned down by the three bolts, as she groaned, "AAAGH! HURTS!"

Tsukasa cried, "EXCEL!" She went to her cellphone.

Kagami snarled, "You sick bitch!"

Hyatt said, "Who's pathetic now? You think I'd let you leave, after all? I'll give you time to heal, by yourself." She made her escape, as she called, "Consider this partnership and friendship finished!"

Kagami roared, "YOU TRY AND ESCAPE! IF YOU DO, I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND BEAT YOU WITH EVERY INCH OF YOU DAMNED LIFE, ASSHOLE!"

Hyatt called, "You just try it! I don't mind. I'm not a fast walker, but I am excellent in hand-to-hand combat. Why do you think I lived in this tower to hone my skills, after I learned how to use it? But the thing is, Miss Junko told me that you don't know the whereabouts of Otome Saotome, right? Well, she hired me to eliminate any of you sneaky people. What choice do I have?"

The twins gasped, as Hyatt giggled.

10:42am

Fast-forward to Kazuki's home.

Ding-Dong!
The man in the coat rang the doorbell, and slinked back to the pillar in his front porch. Kazuki peeked into the peephole and saw the man, "Who's this? Never seen him before."

8:14am

Rewind to back in Chazz's apartment. There was a knife on the ground, where Asahi was standing. She suddenly disappeared.

9:25am

Farra arrived at Yume no Tochi, as she headed to the entrance. She then held up a book and said, "I know I don't work there, anymore, seeing I left, after the drama… But Miss Aiko must know…"

She sighed and said, "Even so… I'm not so sure if she is a Stand User or not… The way she knows Miss Pollyanna…"

She walked in, as she waved to the Juvia mannequin, "Yo, Juvia."

She also walked past the mannequins of Akari and Enju. These two ninja girls had work today. Farra called out, "Hello? Miss Aiko? It's me, Farra!"

As she waited, the same woman in the fox mask was peeking from behind the pole, across the street.

10:38am

In an office building, Otome, as Kaede, was writing forms and documents. Her nails were growing, while she was working, as she was resisting the urge to kill.

At the same time, Nagisa was in a teacher's lounge, looking out the window, while the others were studying. He thought, "I know I leave work in the afternoon, but I have to know who that woman is…"

10:43am

Kazuki peeked into the peephole and called, "Who is it?"

The man said, "Good afternoon, sir! I'm Kyosuke, the architect that you called earlier. I'm here to assess the fire restorations and renovations."

"Oh, yeah, that's right." Kazuki said, "We did talk on the phone. We did agree to meet."

He opened the door and let him in. However, Kyosuke slinked in, as he was hiding his back. But…

"HEAVEN'S GATE! ATTACK!" Kazuki's Stand assaulted him, turning him into a book.

Kazuki leaned down and peered through the pages. He said, "Sorry for the rude greeting, but one has to be cautious. Hmph, false alarm. Kyosuke Mihara, born in 1970… top notch architect… He's definitely the one I called for repairs, but he doesn't seem to be a threat, so he's out. No matter. I'll pretend that this never happened, and then we're good to go."

He then noticed a passage on the page: "I don't like it when people see my back. They think I have terrible bacne, a botched tattoo, or a nasty scar."

"His back, huh?" He said, as he then scribbled onto his face, "But then again, no one is without their fears of phobias. At any rate, he seemed innocent… but even that Yasuhiro brat is innocent as well… A simple I cannot attack Kazuki Sendo shall suffice for now."

Kyosuke woke up, as he moaned, "Ungh… What happened?"

Kazuki said, "You had a nasty fall. Please do come in, sir. Come in and we'll talk. We have much to talk about, sir."

Kyosuke stepped into the house, as he was rubbing his back onto the wall. He asked, "Uh, you okay?"

Kyosuke said, "Uh, no! Not at all. I'm fine."

"Well, you should walk forward. The damages are in here. You can't perform an assessment from out there."

"OH! Right, sir… You just go on ahead. I'll be right behind you."

He then hid back outside, into the doorway, as Kazuki was confused. Kyosuke slithered his way in, with his back still on the wall or any surface that he leans on. He shut the door and said, "Now, where's the room? I'd love to see it."

He grinned, as Kazuki was annoyed.

9:06am

Rewind back to an hour back, twenty minutes before Farra arrives at Yume no Tochi.

We return to Rikdosan, the tower that harbors Hyatt and Excel, along with the Hiiragi Sisters, who are outside the tower.

Hyatt stated, "I'm not surprised, though I am amazed that you haven't caught Otome Saotome yet… But that's okay. If all goes well, I'll catch her for you. Senior's usually useless against weirdoes like me, but then again, we're all unique, and we don't need Quirks. Most of us are pre-Quirk."

The sisters growled, as she continued, "Tell me, did it ever occur to you that the ACROSS is evil? I mean, before the AU Mess-Up, we were changed, all for one special girl. Just don't tell her, but… I despised her, the minute I knew about her. But she did reunite me with Excel, after her accident."

Tsukasa asked, "No… You don't mean…"

Kagami cried, "So wait, you were feigning being on our side, this whole time?"

Hyatt said, "I had time to think, reminisce about my old life, and then I realized that… these people are idiots! My life changed, for the worst, but at least I get to escape, after three years of hell! Do you little Olsen Twins think that you can stop the mighty ACROSS?! SEE YA~!"

Kagami hollered, "YOU BITCH!"

Excel yelled, "NO! IT'S MY FAULT! DO NOT GET IN THAT TOWER!"

Kagami roared, "FUCK YOU! THIS IS YOUR FAULT! I'M FIGHTING THIS PIECE OF-!"

"I'M SERIOUS!" Excel roared, "PLEASE! Find a way to stop Hatchan, and call Princeton! He'll heal me, once we stop Hatchan! I have to stop her from being this psychotic! This is not my Hatchan that I know of, but it's truly my fault… I abandoned her, because Excel's got a huge short attention span and a long forgetful side inside her! Hatchan was the one I was looking for… and it's my fault I let her change her ways… but then again, Lord Il Palazzo wanted it this way, since Excel wanted to reunite with Hyatt. I should've just listened to Yukino… I should've just told her to stay with her, instead of going back… Yukino said to me to never go back… but in my heart, Hatchan needs me…"

The girls were sad, as Excel said, "Don't trouble for me. I'm used to living by myself, jobless, without a care, and with no money or food… But Hatchan was considerate to make this a self-sufficient tower home… Plus, Excel is happy that she got to see Menchi again."

Hyatt added, "Oh, about that… I'm taking the dog with me."

She had Menchi in her backpack, as Menchi was shrieking lightly, scared of heights. Excel roared, "OH, YOU FUCKING BACKSTABBING BITCH! HOW DARE YOU STEAL EXCEL'S FOOD SUPPLY?"

Hyatt roared back, "FOR WHAT? You want to resort to animal murder? You're cruel! Dogs are pets, not for your fucking Chinese Food dishes!"

Menchi shrieks, only because she's scared of heights. Hyatt added, "To be honest, I don't give a damn who remains trapped here. Menchi's a part of this tower, too, but one's fine enough. As long as I'm free, I'm happy. Senior, forgive me for letting this unhappy ending happen, but it's nice meeting you again. I'll come visit you more of-."

"Oh, no. You're a permanent resident." A male voice called, "I remember you saying about not wanting to beat us."

It was Chazz, as he used the severed power line to fly up, using Ojama Star, "But once I'm done, nobody in their right mind would want to be you!"

Tsukasa cheered, "It's Princeton!"

Excel smiled, as she was shocked, "Princeton came? But how? I didn't see him!"

Hyatt cried, "WHO IS HE?"

Chazz swung around and landed on the steel frames. He explained, "Tsukasa gave me the heads-up. So, I went into the tower, as soon as I got here, and found the cable here and swung myself up here."

Hyatt shrieked, "IMPOSSIBLE!"

Chazz said, "Excel, I'll heal you up, later, after I beat up your former friend. You're Hyatt, right? Nice to meet you, by the way."

Hyatt was shaken, "Likewise… I guess?"

He called, "Excel, give The Chazz ten minutes with her! Once this whore goes back into her douche cage, I'll free you, heal you up, and act like it's never happened."

Kagami cried, "WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT FALL!"

Chazz smirked, "Yeah, as if."

He went closer, as Hyatt said, "Mending the wire was genius, friend. I've heard about you from Miss Junko. Chazz Princeton, the Ojama Star, and the bane of Otome Saotome. I'd tell you more, but it's in the bag. I couldn't be more happy to have you as Rikdosan's permanent guest, but killing you rubes never crossed my mind… I mean, a corpse can't leave, and I'm a multi-time corpse, and come back alive…"

She hollered in a demonic look, "BUT YOU HAD TO SHOW UP AND FORCE MY HAND INTO IT! IN THE NAME OF ACROSS, YOU SHALL FALL TO YOUR DEATH, CHAZZ PRINCETON!"

Chazz rushed at her, "GO TO HELL!" He used Ojama Star to strike, but Hyatt avoided the strikes. She kept leaping off, avoiding any barrage, leaping onto each metal beam.

Hyatt was at the top, as Chazz rushed towards her. But then, he slipped and fell off the tower. His left arm dangled onto the beam, and hung on.

Hyatt called out, "You know, now that I see Ojama Star, up-close, it's a shining diamond. You have a damn impressive Stand, but the one thing your Stand doesn't have that I do is skills… and experience. I was a loyal soldier to ACROSS, while you were probably playing card games, acting like you're cock of the walk! But I guess I can avoid you, if I step back at about two meters away. I know this tower too well, since I have lived here for three years."

He called, "What is wrong with you, you crazy bitch?" He climbed up.

Excel cried, as she saw knife marks on the beam above her, "Princeton, you have to move back! She's slashed the marks on the beam! LOOK! There are slits in the beam!"

He called, "Yeah, so? Tsukasa told me much about the tower!"

Hyatt called, "Yeah? But did she tell you what it does, fully?"

The blasts appeared from the beam, but Ojama Star shielded it. He called, "That was a real low blow, even for you. Not to be fair, my Ojama Star can easily deflect attacks and won't even break a sweat."

Hyatt smirked, "Is that so?

"KEEP SMIRKING, BITCH! You'll smile soon enough, when your face is planted into the dirt!"

"I meant to say that I know the tower, by every angle, and the cut by every precise slice. Think of it as a game of pool… because I'm a pool shark!"

The tower vibrated, as Hyatt roared, "And since I'm like a pool shark to this tower game, I KNOW ALL THE MOVES!"

Excel asked, "Eh? Pool shark?"

Chazz was shot in the back, as he was stumbling. He retained his balance, as Hyatt called, "You hear that? Did you say that my attacks wouldn't break Ojama Star into a sweat? Let's see if it holds true, if you don't know where it's coming from!"

They ricocheted, as she asked, "Now, how many shots did I fire? They're bouncing off the beams, like a game of Pong."

Ojama Star deflected the attacks, but Chazz was starting to lose his footing. Excel cried, "PRINCETON, BEHIND YOU!"

SLASH!
He was cut in the left hand, and he started to fall. Chazz latched on, as Hyatt cried, "And yet you still won't go down? Didn't I tell you that it was a dumb move? Then again, I lost a couple brain cells, the last time I died… Senior foolishly tried to preach to the girls that they should leave her alone… If only you'd listen to her, you'd still be alive, but NO, you had to play Devil's Advocate! ACROSS is the TRUE power!"

Excel moaned, "BOTH of his arms… they're damaged… Hatchan's about to finish him off, since one hit may be the end…"

Hyatt cried, "Sorry to have you go, but it's time to finish you off! First, I'll-!"

"HEY, Tsukasa! Kagami!" Chazz called to below, "One question: You saw this girl's projectiles. How many did you see bounce off this tower?"

Kagami said, "Hmm… OH! Four?"

Tsukasa said, "That's right. We saw four shots fire off, and bounced around the beams, like rubber balls."

Hyatt asked, "How the hell can he be nonchalant? Four shots? I hit you with about twenty!"

Chazz said, "Actually… Those four shots… They were counting how many times Ojama Star hit those suckers. And those four are not enough, but they're all I need to take you down."

Hyatt asked, "Eh? What are you talking about?"

He explained, "If I remember right, you used the word "ricochet". You said that your Stand's energy ricochets its energy like billiard balls."

She cried, "That's right! What does that have to do with it?"

Chazz explained, as Ojama Star appeared, "By now, you know my Spirit Caller is Ojama Star. But didn't Despair Bitch tell you everything about me? Did she tell you that my Spirit Caller correct destroyed matter and fractured energy?"

Hyatt confessed, "Yes… and no… Hyatt has a short attention span… Like I said, I get ditzy, because of loss of blood. But I am doing alright now, thanks to my Stand. But what does that have to do with-?"

She cried, "Are you saying that in this predicament, that my shots can-? Uh, what did you say again? Hyatt's confused…"

SMASH! SMASH!
The energy shots returned to Hyatt, smashing into her face and chest, impaling her body. She started to fall down to the ground, from off the tower, as she groaned, "Ungh… That's… I don't get it…"

Excel said, "Excel don't get it, either, and she's supposed to be the dumb one!"

Tsukasa said, "He connected the energy ricocheting into the beams so that he could send them back into the slashed steel!"

Kagami said, "How does Excel not know that? ACROSS are surely morons."

Excel smiled, as she was amazed, "It doesn't matter. Chazz Princeton really lives up to his name, as he was a goner, but he won the battle against Hatchan."

Hyatt gagged, "How can this be? Why did this happen now?"

He said, "You said coming up here was a dumb move. And you're right. Who's the dumb one now? The Chazz is the man with the plan!"

Hyatt fell twenty meters, as she shrieked in fear, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Eventually, she fell to her death, but she recovered, after that. Simple Hyatt; dies, but lives on, every single time.

[Hyatt – Rikdosan: Defeated]

XXXXX

After the battle, Excel was healed, likewise Hyatt. Chazz said, as he was concerned, "For a pre-dead/post-dead chick, you're creepy… Ojama Star cannot revive the dead, but Excel wasn't kidding."

Hyatt clapped her hands and begged for mercy, "Please forgive me, Senior! Hyatt was bad! I'm sorry!"

Excel glared, "Et tu, Hatchan? Why did you side with Junko Enoshima? She's the Ultimate Despair! The devil!"

Hyatt sobbed, "Senior, I'm so sorry! The only reason I was living in this tower was to find you… Senior, I'm sorry I forget about you, but times changed, and Menchi was lonely. She's alright, but I wished you'd leave her alone… But this Junko Enoshima appeared and told me to bring someone into the tower, just so I can have a normal life. If I did that, I'd finally come looking for you, after all these years!"

She bawled, clinging to the beams, "PLEASE, SENIOR! I'M SO SORRY FOR BETRAYING YOU! WAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Excel asked, "Eh? You mean… You wanted to trap someone in, because…"

Kagami said, "Hyatt misses you…"

Hyatt sniffled, "That's right… I know that Watanabe is dead, but that is alright. At least I'm safe inside these walls, with fresh air and blue sky. That is all I ever wanted… I wanted to live, and without any pollution or death. I mean, city life has been rough on me…"

Steffi appeared in the background, as the scene freezes in place. She called, "HEAR YE! HEAR YE! F CITY HAS CHRISTENED A BRAND NEW LANDMARK! I dubbed thee… Girl in Electrical Tower!" She snuffed, "What? I didn't make up that name…"

The narrator explained, "Girl in Electrical Tower – NEW F City Landmark! She is a marvel of self-sufficiency. But if you bring snacks and dog food to her, she might come let you take a picture of her. But stay clear of her, in case she coughs up any blood."

Chazz said, "Okay, it's a deal! But tell us more about Junko! Did she tell you anything else? Like the whereabouts of Otome Saotome, her student? Anything would help us."

Hyatt said, "Well… Actually, she didn't mention a Stand User, Tsukasa…"

Tsukasa gasped, "That's me…"

Hyatt added, "And also another Stand User, Asahi or something…"

Chazz gasped, "ASA?!" He yelled, "WHAT ELSE DO YOU KNOW?"

She explained, "Hey, take it easy on me! This jerk and I had a polite conversation! I'm not usually a rude person, but… Anyways, she didn't mention who Asahi was, and I didn't want to bring it up again."

Kagami roared, "GET TO THE POINT! What happened with Agent Sakurai?"

Hyatt said, "Well, she told me that she found a way to eliminate her."

They all gasped. She added, "And if her pupil is Otome Saotome, she might've already caught up to her. She also said, "From now on, despair will loom over those who will take my star pupil's life." Then she told me that she created a Stand User that eliminated another Stand User named Asahi Sakurai, just this morning. And that's all!"

They were shocked, as Chazz whispered, completely devastated, "Asahi… NO…"

9:33am

Farra showed the pictures to Miss Aiko, as she said, "Hmm… I don't think I ever seen any of them, but I'll keep an eye out. Also, I know Miss Hanao and Miss Saion-Ji. I'll be perfectly happy to have them aide you. After work, I'll tell them everything."

Farra smiled, "Thanks. You're a lifesaver. Besides, I'm worried… This whole thing is bizarre, but if we don't find Otome Saotome, soon enough… Who knows what would happen?"

Miss Aiko smiled, "I'm sure of it. Anyways, carry on, my friend."

She saluted, and walked off. Miss Aiko agreed to keep the album. Farra walked past Akari and Enju. She paused, but then shook her head. "Nah."

She walked past Juvia and said, "Later, Juvia."

She stepped out, as the woman in the fox mask was spying on Farra. Farra left the store, as she sighed, "I'm surprised that Miss Aiko knows about Akari and Enju… Could she be a…?" She shook her head and said, "No… That would be too stupid. Imagine… Haruno Aiko… a Stand User… Unlikely."

She kept walking, until she stopped. She whispered, "I sense something…"

She looked around and said, "Huh… Someone is following me? Hmm…"

She walked five more steps and said, "Well, it doesn't matter. I better alert the otherrrrssss beeee forrrrr-…"

She froze in place, as the woman in the mask popped out. Farra's skin started to turn shiny and hard. Her body was turned into wood. She was a mannequin. The girl in the mask grabbed Farra's stiff body and slinked off into the alleyway. Miss Aiko was watching from the window, next door, as she gasped, "NO! It can't be! Farra…"

10:58am

Kyosuke was looking around the destroyed room, leaning on his back to the wall, and said, "Oh, my… And this would be… OH, MY GOD! This door is possibly worth about eight thousand Yen! It could be from the Victorian or Edwardian era… and they even used English-made material! This is a doozy!"

Kazuki was in the other room, as he thought, "So, he doesn't want anyone to look at his back… I suppose that would explain his rather odd behavior, when he first arrived."

He served him tea, as he said, "Here you are. Enjoy."

Kyosuke smiled, "Thanks! But…"

"Come get it, before it gets cold."

"Oh, I'll be fine…"

Kazuki scoffed, and apparently the tea trick didn't work.

11:16am

Meanwhile, back at the office, Otome walked past the cubicles, until she saw a woman undoing her hair. She walked off, clutching papers in her arms, and was furiously holding her urges in.

"Now's not the time…" she thought, panicking, "I must resist…" and her fingernails started to grow slightly.

10:12am

"WHAT?" Akari gasped, as she was human again, "Farra was kidnapped, after turning into a mannequin?"

Miss Aiko was in her office, as she stated, "Yes… A dreadful dilemma… I saw her leave, when she told me more about this Junko Enoshima… But as we were talking, I noticed a weird girl with a funny-looking fox mask… yellow color… in a hoodie…"

Enju asked, "Any idea who is it?"

Miss Aiko shook her head and said, "I'm afraid not. I can't see her hair… but judging the Stand User mannequins in my shop… she was closer than we think."

Enju asked, "Wait a minute… Farra's Stand is a Spirit Caller. We're all Stand Users. And Spirits and Stands react to one another. You don't think it's a Stand User?"

She stated, "Based on what Farra said, after Minatsu-chan's death by Otome Saotome… Spirits and Stands are drawn to one another… It's a wonder why and how we met Princeton, the Hiiragis, and The Gang."

Miss Aiko was worried, as she whispered, "Even if I want to save her… I can't risk exposing my secret to her… She trusts me, and I trust her. But… I can't let this lie on, for so long… But I have to protect it, for her mentor's sake."

Akari nodded, but then said, "Well… Why not do it? Farra has to know. I don't care if you're a Stand User! Farra's one, too!"

Enju barked, "Akari, no! If we do that, it may devastate her! We… We can't risk that. She doesn't know that you're a Stand User, Miss Aiko… But she does know about us being ninjas… And she agrees to keep it a secret, since it's the Ninja Code… Plus, she knows Suou-san, back in Egypt."

Akari asked, "Eh? I didn't know that."

"That fat ass hentai told me about how they met her…" she grumbled.

Haruno smiled and then gave in. She said, "Well… I'm not sure how… but I cannot let you get in the way of danger. So… … …"

Enju said, "Call Princeton! He can stop this girl in the mask!"

Akari said, "No… He's too chivalrous."

Enju said, "It's worth the shot."

Haruno nodded, but then said, "Right… But… He might be busy. Perhaps I should call one of Farra's friends…"

Akari said, "Good idea!"

Haruno dialed the number to one of Farra's allies.

10:20am

Meanwhile, atop the Girl in Tower landmark, Excel and Hyatt perched high above, as Hyatt was cooking food, while Excel was viewing the city, from a distance.

Hyatt said, "Boy… I really hope they find Asahi, safe and sound…"

Excel nodded and said, "If anything, Excel will leave this tower and assist them… but for now, it's in their hands."

She whispered, as she was forlorn. She thought, "I wonder… I wonder whatever happened to her."

11:37am

Kotonoha was looking around, as she got the message from Chazz that Asahi was missing. She growled, "GRRRRRRRRR! DAMMIT! Asahi's not here, nor at work! Where the heck is she? ASAHI! ASAHI! WHERE ARE YOU, ASAHI?"

She roared out, "I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU DISAPPEAR LIKE THAT! WHERE ARE YOU, ASAHI?"

Meanwhile, at the hospital, Chazz called to Sato Matsuzaka, the Stand User for Sugar Sugar Candy Girl, incapacitated by Steven Cooke.

He explained himself to her, as he said, "That's the long end of it! My girlfriend has gone missing! I want to know if you're willing to get off your ass and help me! Look, I know The Gang roughed you up, after what you did to Sendo-sensei, but still… My girlfriend is in danger, and I only want you to assist me!"

Sato shivered, as he said, "If you do, I'll heal your injuries…"

Sato growled, "It's a fine time to ignore you, if you weren't so righteous…" She gave in and snarled, "WHY SHOULD I? The last time my injuries were healed, your attack dog broke all my bones into shards of glass! I don't play around! SO, DON'T FUCK WITH ME, CHAZZ PRINCETON! I'm never siding with you, after one of your savages sent me back into the hospital bed! What makes you think that I, Sato Matsuzaka, would swallow my pride and aide you?!"

He said, "So, you're turning me down, huh? Guess it was a long shot." He walked off, as he said, "Well, see ya."

She cried, "Huh? WAIT! You're leaving me, after I said NO? Come on, don't be that mean!"

"I'm not."

"COME ON! I said I won't help The Gang, but I didn't say I'd not help you! And for the record… I… LOOK! You haven't even given me the chance to bargain!"

She cried, "OKAY, YOU WIN! I'll help! I'll help! But after that, no more! I cannot help The Gang, any longer, after this! And the worst part is, I might head back into this hospital bed, and Shio would treat to me, forever… until she grows tired of me… Only that is a miserable life. All I wanted was to stay by Shio's side, for so long. And for the record, I'm not gay or anything, just a woman who wants to care for the loving Shio, like she was a kid sister to me."

"Liar. You wanted to rape her, do you?"

"She's a goddamn grade schooler! I know she's too young, but Shio's my life! I'm not saying it's weird, but I love Shio! And if this keeps up, until she grows older, she'll dump me for another! You don't know the HELL I HAVE BEEN THROUGH; not just that motorcycle accident, but being lambasted into bloody chunks, by 1,000 fists! And I have nothing against you! The motorcycle accident was my own doing!"

He asked, "Really? Then why are your arms moving?"

"Eh? Just remove my injuries so my Shio can be happy!"

"Too late." Chazz smirked, "While you were bawling and bitching, Ojama Star already reversed all the injuries you suffered… Including Steven Cooke's own iron fists."

She was shocked, as she looked at herself, "Eh? My body? It's… It can move? No way… I'm healed… again. I can move again~!"

He huffed, "Well, then… The Chazz just gave you a Bill of Health. But that doesn't mean I can beat your ass to kingdom come, if you back out of this."

Sato said, "It's fine! It's fine! I said I'd help you find your girlfriend! You and I have lovers, so I figured…"

She posed in a lustful pose, "Since my body is healed up, completely… Shio cannot stand to witness god's gift of perfection… like one of Michelangelo's sculptures, coming to life."

She then paused and looked in the mirror, "One question, can Ojama Star fix me up better? Your Stand is good, but I think maybe it can work up a touch-up on my nose."

Chazz roared, "IT'S NOT A STAND, YOU DOUCHE! Now stop preening in the mirror and tell me how your Stand works! How good is your sense of smell?"

Sato pouted, but remarked, "Well, I'm no hunting dog, but…" She sniffed and walked to the doorway, "Smells like the scent of my Sugary Lover… Shio Kobe. She's coming this way, right about now. Based on her scent, she just came to visit me, from grade school, after finishing 3rd Period Classes."

Shio appeared, "Sato-chan~!" She gasped, "OH! Sato! You're out of bed!"

She turned to Chazz, and then asked, "Uh… Who are you?"

Sato said, "Oh, where are my manners? Shio, I'd like you to meet Chazz Princeton. Chazz, this is Shio Kobe. She's my lover."

Chazz was annoyed, as he thought, "Wow… Sato is a freak. No wonder Steven Cooke clobbered her to nothing. At least we know that her sense of smell is amazing."

Shio asked, "Hold on! Were you friends with that bad man, Steven Cooke?!"

Sato restrained her, "Ease up, Shio! I have no ill-will towards him. He comes in peace." She then asked, "More importantly, you came to visit me, after 3rd period. I can tell, because you're lightly covered in chalk dust, after erasing the blackboard."

Shio asked, "How did you know?"

Sato said, "Chalk isn't good for the nose, but I can sense that… mmm? Pink? No… Yellow. Yes! They're using the fancy yellow chalk. OH! Chocolate. You got any chocolate with you?"

Shio said, "Yes, only when you want some as a gift. But I guess we can share it now, since we're together again."

Sato hugged her and smiled, "Oh, you sweet thing, you~!" She called to Chazz, "Chazz Princeton, now do you see? I am who I am, thanks to this little one. Thanks to you, my arms embrace her, as our love reignites. So, I will help you bring your lover back."

Chazz remarked in astonishment, "Are you sure you're not a hunting dog? As far as I'm concerned, you're better!"

12:05pm

Back at Kazuki's house, Kyosuke was crawling on his back, up the stairs. He called out that the stairs are lightly damaged, as well. Kazuki was completely speechless, seeing this man climb.

"What is this man doing?" he thought, "Why is he so obsessed in hiding his back? What'll happen if I look?"

Kyosuke made to the top, as Kazuki thought, "I have to see it… I want to know, for sure, after this display. If I want to trick him, so be it."

He pretended to scratch his back and said, "Ungh, how annoying! It's so itchy! If only there was some way or another that I can reach this itch!" He turned to him and offered, "I suppose it'd be rude of me to ask a person to scratch it for me, huh?"

Kyosuke was scared. He said, "I suppose I don't mind helping…"

He went closer, as Kazuki was ready. But…
SMASH!
Kyosuke fell into a hole, from under the rug.

We'll check with them, later…

12:11pm

"… … …"
No answer from Asahi, Chazz, or Peter. Haruno whispered, "No luck…" She then thought, as she was worried, "Maybe…"

She dialed the number to Steven, as she thought, "I hope he understands that I'm not angry for forgetting to return my phone… But I'm surprised that Farra gave it back to me, after she found out…"

She dialed the number, and Steven answered, "Hello?"

12:38pm

Chazz and Sato were at the corner, where Asahi was last seen. He said, "Right. This is the place. We found Asahi's bag, lying right in the open. So, you know she was here. She only came here from the F City Grand Hotel. How did this new Stand User come here and eliminate her, first thing in the morning? Somebody should've seen her."

Sato nodded, "Hmm…" She then recognized the scent, and then thought, "Chazz, I think I know who it is…"

She said to him, "Before I search him, there's one condition on our deal. When we locate Asahi, I won't fight. Because, when I'm told to come, I was told that I would only be used for tracking!"

"Why bring that up? Let The Chazz do the fighting around here! All you can do is track her down."

"That's not it. What I meant is… Someone's been tailing you."

He gasped, as the same woman in blonde hair and pink vest was behind Chazz. Sato said, "It's her, over there."

The woman has long blonde hair with an ahoge on top, huge breasts, and a pink vest with a white shirt. She also has music print designs in her skirt and a hairpin the shape of music notes. Sato added, "And that's not all! This girl has Asahi's scent on her! OF COURSE! She was the one that offed Asahi!"

"Are you serious?!" Chazz gasped.

The girl dashed off, as he cried, "COME BACK HERE! TELL ME WHAT YOU DID TO ASA, YOU KIDNAPPING BITCH!" He chased after her. He grabbed the shoulder, and suddenly, he saw a woman in long brown hair.

"A-! Ah-! ALEXIS?!" Chazz cried, as he held the shoulder of Alexis Rhodes, his former crush. Her eyes were blank and lifeless. He held her in his arms and cried, "What the hell? Why is Alexis back here, all of a sudden?"

He sensed her, "It's definitely her. I know my Alexis, from the beginning… but… She's still alive."

Sato thought in panic, "I don't know what happened, but when did she change into that woman, Alexis? I overheard that Steven Cooke can stop time, but this is a new level of time stopping bullshit! A-Fist couldn't have swapped one person with another like that, would he?"

Chazz was livid, "If she would've been fine at killing this bitch, I don't care… but Alexis Rhodes, kidnapped by Junko Enoshima's Despair-ridden Stand User? Ohhhh, The Chazz is PISSED OFF NOW! SCUM LIKE HER NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED! THAT SCHEMING SLUTBAG WILL PAY FOR THIS! ALEXIS RHODES IS NO LONGER IN MY LIFE, BUT SHE'S STILL MY FRIEND, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES SHE BERATES ME FOR LEAVING THE ACADEMY OF LIGHT!"

He called to Sato, "HEY, SATO! WHERE'S THAT PIECE OF SHIT HIDING? I'LL MAKE HER PAY FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE!"

Sato called back, "How should I know? You touched the woman, but you managed to lose-!"

She sniffed, as she cried, "Wait… No, she's still here… But where? I got a trace of her scent, nearby!"

The woman called, observing the situation, "Hmm… Sato Matsuzaka… Who knew a simple nose would be such a nuisance? I never knew these fools would sniff me out, even after I did my job. Releasing Alexis Rhodes was all part of the plan. The perfect plan to observe Chazz Princeton."

She was hiding behind the wall, as she said, "Observation. That's what my Stand, Virtuoso, does. Virtuoso meticulously observed Asahi Sakurai's movements… as well as Alexis Rhodes…"

7:37am

Here's what happened earlier. We won't go into detail on how and why Alexis was kidnapped, but here's what happened to Asahi.

She was eating her pastry, after she looked around. She sighed, "That guy… I might as well devour his… I'll pay him back, as an apology, if he finds out. I'm on edge today!"

She then noticed a hot cup of coffee and gasped, "Huh?" She went to the cup, "What's going on here? Where is Chazz? If he's already left…"

She called out, "SHOW YOURSELF! Where are you, burglar?"

She heard a noise, as Asahi held a gun. She whispered, "Stay back! Come on out! You're under arrest!" She panicked, "Where are you?" She grabbed a pink cloth, and looked at it. She unfolded the pink cloth, revealing to be… panties.

"Those are your panties…" the panties said in black ink. Asahi threw it down and gasped, "WHAT THE-? How did those get here? Chazz would never-… unless Kotonoha did this, and she lives nearby Chazz."

She pondered, as the woman slinked in, "No one in the world is immune to fear…"

Asahi gasped in fright, as she dropped the coffee cup. She aimed her gun at her, as the woman said, "You really shouldn't hide your glow of fear… or the tremors of your dread. There's a kind of fear that hides deep within your soul. No matter what you do, it can never be wiped away. Not ever!"

Asahi roared, "FREEZE! I mean it! Hands up! You're under arrest for breaking and entering!"

She was shivering, as the woman said, "You wouldn't, would you? No, I guess not."

Asahi cried, "WHO ARE YOU? And why are you in my boyfriend's home?" She gulped.

The woman smirked, "According to my observations, you swallow your saliva, when gripped with the equalization of unyielding fear. All people exhibit certain unconscious behavior, when in a state of panic. Certain terror intakes comes swelling into the surface. Did you know about yours?"

She grabbed the knife, as she cried, "I don't know who you are… Are you saying you're a Stand User, too? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?"

The woman said, "Do I look like a common burglar to you? I'm not a criminal, so I don't want your money, nor do I want anything you own. In fact, I should be paying you…"

Asahi tried to unleash Idol Diamond, but she is too scared to do so. She continued, "I'm having quite the exhilarating morning, you know. Being the recipient of attention is so much a lovely treat. Your attention of showering me in fear is simply wonderful."

She held up a slip of paper and then unfolded the paper. She continued, "By the way… Your boyfriend didn't steal that last pastry…"

She revealed a pastry and cup of coffee from under the folded paper. Asahi gasped in shock, she gulped again. The woman smirked, "Oh, my, you gulped again."

She took a bite of the pastry and taunted her, licking her tongue onto the pastry. She dropped the knife and the gun, swallowed again, and the woman cheered, "ANOTHER SWALLOW! THAT'S THREE SWALLOWS! So that really is the telltale sign of your fear!"

Asahi ran off, as the woman brimmed in orange and pink energy, "And once I discover your boyfriend's fear, he, too, will suffer what you will receive! My Virtuoso will come alive, and unleashes its invincible onslaught, after finding its mark of fear!"

Asahi was caught in Virtuoso's grip, and was turning into paper. She folded her away, and trapped her inside. She narrated, "I trapped Asahi Sakurai and Alexis Rhodes into paper, with hardly any effort. Of course, Alexis came back, to hunt down Chazz Princeton, so Virtuoso did the rest… When I discovered her arriving alone in F City, this morning, I learned that her right eye twitches as a mark of fear. Quite the simple task."

12:41pm

She perched by the corner, as Chazz called out, "Sato, for the last time, where is she?"

The woman said, "I imagine, with the sense of Chazz Princeton's tough exterior, plopping his former ally's body into his arms, resulted in a pang of dread."

He quivered and bit his lip, "Sure enough, this was Princeton's own mark. When he quivers, he anxiously bites his lower lip, like what he just did! And the next time he does it again, Virtuoso will eradicate this loser, once and for all!"

Chazz said, "Sato, you haven't taken your eyes off of Alexis, right?"

Sato nodded, "Yeah, I didn't lose sight of her."

He said, "Could it be possible that she's inside her jacket? The user, I mean. I don't care what kind of Stand it is, I have to know!"

The woman laughed, "Oh, he's nervous. He'll bite it, soon enough. Just be patient."

He cried, "SATO, ANSWER ME!"

The woman thought, "Well, I said to be patient… Fear hasn't consumed him, yet."

Sato barked, "I agreed to NOT fight with you! I was promised to track your girlfriend down, not fight any enemies! ANY MORE, and I'D BE RISKING MY LIFE! And you just healed me of my injuries, earlier! And I'm not going down, as that dumbass who walks into harm's way! I'm sorry to disappoint you, but this guy freaks me out!"

He growled, "THEN I'LL CHECK FOR MYSELF!"

He reached for the pockets and said, "Nothing… Well, both pockets are empty, other than this piece of paper."

Sato gasped, "Wha-?" She thought, "The scent's out of the pocket now… Could it be? NO, you fool! If you know what's good for you, you'd keep that piece of paper closed!"

Chazz held up a folded piece of paper, and unfolded it. He was confused, as it was all a blank sheet of paper. He was looking at it, until he saw a pistol aimed at him. He gasped, as it fired at him.

12:42pm

Kazuki went to Kyosuke, who's actually halfway stuck on the floor. Kazuki laughed, "Talk about falling for the obvious! You know, I think you should really be more careful! I warned you about the fire damage! Maybe listen, next time!"

He turned to his back, as he thought, "Alright, now, let's see what we got…"

He complained, "I don't understand why you're so worked up over your back! It's a normal back!"

Kyosuke foamed at the mouth and wept, "It's over… for me…" He panicked, "I can't explain it, but I had this horrible feeling inside me, and that's that'll die, if someone sees my back!"

He shrieked, "IT'S TOO LATE NOW! I'M GOOD AS DEAD!"

Kazuki pleaded, "Whoa, easy! Calm down, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to. It's my fault. My curiosity got the best of me."

But suddenly, Kyosuke's back opened, revealing smoke and steam. And out from the back of Kyosuke was a small purple and red creature, shaped like a frog and imp combined creature. It lunged onto Kazuki's back, and killing Kyosuke in the process.

SPLOOSH!
Blood poured out in a gusher, as Kyosuke collapsed onto the floor, dead.

"He was attacked by a Stand!" Kazuki cried, "DAMN IT! That damned thing was attached to his back! That explains why Heaven's Gate wouldn't reveal it, when he arrived at the house! It was already too late, by that point! That Stand attached himself to him, when he got here. The architect isn't a user, he's a victim! He was used by the meat puppet to get to me! But where is the Stand?"

The Stand appeared, as it chirped, "Psst! Piggyback? Behind you, buddy!"

Kazuki gasped, "It's here… The enemy Stand…"

"Piggyback! Piggyback, please? I'm over here!" The Stand called, "Let's play! How about it? I love piggyback! Let's play it!"

He gasped as he saw the Stand perched on his back. He, too, was in the presence of the Stand, Cheap Trick.

1:03pm

The girl in the mask has dismantled Farra, inside a dark room. She was naked, as only her head and armless upper body. She held up a paintbrush and slowly marked her bare skin with red paint, creating a sort of tribal marking onto her. She giggled, as her face was dark, covering her identity in shadows.

What sort of twisted being has turned Farra into a mannequin, and painted her, like she was an art project?

1:39pm

An agent from Speedwagon gave Peter documents, "Here's a list of the missing person's cases in F City, including runaways. The data is from the day after Saotome's disappearance, hence the small number."

He was with Michelle in the F City Grand Hotel, as he took the documents. He said, "Thank you."

He looked at the documents. Michelle asked, "You're of the mind that some of those victims also be Junko's victims, too? Makes a lot of sense."

"It's a possibility, but we cannot know for sure." Peter said, reading the documents, "But we have to watch their every single move… every action they take, can have far reach in affects. They always do."

12:53pm

Steven was running to town, as he was fuming in anger. He was called by Miss Aiko to find Farra, and the woman that kidnapped her, after turning her into a mannequin.

"That fucking bitch!" he cried, "How dare she harm Farra!"

He raced off to Yume no Tochi, to meet with Miss Aiko, Akari, and Enju.

12:55pm (Two minutes later…)

"Piggyback! Please? Piggyback, please!" Cheap Trick chirps, as he was latched onto Kazuki's back.

"HEAVEN'S GATE, ATTACK!" Kazuki's Stand attacks Cheap Trick, splitting his face open, but…

"WHAT?" Kazuki's face opened, as well. "It can't be… The damn thing attached itself to my back! And it's all because of the architect! And using Heaven's Gate, it doesn't work on him! BLAST IT!"

He slid down the stair railing, avoiding the Stand. But he was still on his back. He called, "Hahaha! Piggyback! Hey, buddy-buddy! Ignite the pictures! Please ignite the pictures you took of those high school girls, you horny pervert!"

"Ignite the wha?"

"You heard me! You pervert! Get rid of them!"

"What are you saying? You think I'm a pervert, collecting those photos? I should say I am NOT! I am a gentleman!"

"Not that… I mean…"

Kazuki thought, "Wait a minute… The pictures I took! Is it because one of them leads to Otome Saotome? That's it, isn't it? Damn it! Junko Enoshima! She did this to that architect! And he's committing a cover-up!"

The Stand said, "Set the pictures on fire! DO IT! Do set those pictures on fire, now!"

"SHUT UP, YOU LEECH!" Kazuki roared, and the Stand kicked onto the back of his spine.

The Stand said, "I am back and better than ever, plotting my revenge on Rohan Kishibe! I'm called Cheap Trick, and I was produced, when the arrow from Masazo Kinoto impaled into him! Kyosuke Mihara was my rebirth, and now he's my user, but when he croaked, you're my user now! You're similar to Rohan Kishibe, but you'll do fine! Sweet Revenge! You're my user now, whether you like it or not! When you attacked me with your Stand, all you do is hurt yourself! Scary, right? I'm a Stand that moves on its own free will! Sure, Masazo Kinoto birthed me in 1999, only for Rohan Kishibe to eliminate me, but like Kyosuke Mihara, he didn't have the control to use me, so I decided to plan out. I filled his mind with horrifying whispers, and the terror of his bony back consumed me until the very end! Wouldn't you say? You understand me?"

He then latched onto his back and said, "And so, I'm known to whisper terror into you. NOW BURN THOSE PICTURES!"

Kazuki roared, "YOU GET OFF OF ME, YOU LEECH!" He dashed out of the house, as Cheap Trick chased after him, only to appear in his back, every single time.

"DAMN YOU, BASTARD! I swear I will be rid of you from my back, you monster!"

"Well, if you want, just show me off, and you'll be free!" Cheap Trick explained, "Yes, I leave your back, and attach to another one's soul, in exchange. It's only a flash. Now, let's burn those photos… Yes?"

12:47pm

"PRINCETON!"

Chazz fell down, injured from a bullet's shot. Only it was a BB gun. But he wasn't injured. He caught the bullet.

He roared, "DAMN! YOU ASSHOLE!"

The woman appeared from the paper, gun at hand, "Ojama Star, eh? So, I guess the rumors are true. You can indeed catch a bullet at point blank range, without hesitation."

She threw the gun, as he avoided it. The woman smirked, "He's almost there… No fear factor yet. He's gaining on it! BITE IT!"

He called out, "That woman is in the Stand! She must be in that paper! No doubt about it, since she's as flat as that bitch in the photo!"

The woman revealed herself and grinned. He snarled, "You cocky bitch. You're dead!"

Sato thought, "Something doesn't feel right. What is she planning? She's been hiding this whole time! It has to be a trap! But woman's dangerous! GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, PRINCETON!"

The woman chuckled, "You're right when you said I have a pathetic Stand. But it's not all bad. Its ability transforms anything into paper to be filed discreetly and conveniently." She held up a folded paper and said, "Don't worry. This is an example. It's not your girlfriend, but it's merely a test to show you."

She ripped the paper in half, exposing a destroyed bowl of ramen on the ground. She added, "And this slip of paper has Asahi Sakurai. I won't harm her… yet."

"Bastard!" He snarled, "You had Asa this entire time!"

Sato gasped, "So, she didn't have one of Asahi's belongings… SHE HAD ASAHI!"

The woman said, "Just so you know, the slip of paper I hold is Asahi Sakurai. That slip of paper I ripped is actually some lunch I disliked. Rest assured, this Stand is flimsy, but it's not a power that can attack or kill. However, if someone were to tear it in half or pieces, then that's a different story."

He threatened her, "I'm only going to tell you this… Bring Asahi back, or I'll tear you into a bloody pulp!"

The woman said, "Go ahead. Take her. But I'd like to see you try."

Ojama Star punched her, but she vanished into a folded piece of paper, like a magic carpet. Asahi's paper flew off, about to head into an oncoming car. "ASAHI! NO!"

"As I said earlier, my Stand isn't powerful, and it doesn't have the ability to kill… however, my victims die, who are trapped in the paper, should said paper get torn apart… namely in any sort of accident."

Sato whispered, "I wouldn't go after that paper, if I were you… It has to be a trap! IGNORE IT!"

Chazz was shaken, as he bit his lip. Virtuoso appeared, as she cried, "AT LONG LAST, YOU BIT IT! Took you long enough!"

Chazz fired back with a barrage of punches, but Virtuoso blocked the attack, trapping him in paper, too.

"YOU DEVIOUS DICKHEAD!"

She reappeared, as she said, "Don't blame me. You just revealed your mark of fear. You're now powerless on Virtuoso's power!"

Chazz grabbed onto the small metal pole, and then ripped it off. But then, he got sucked into the paper. Sato sighed, "Sorry, Princeton, but we made that agreement. If I fight her, she would've gotten me, first. I am only for sniffing out scents…"

The woman said, "Now that you've fallen into Virtuoso's powers, do you understand why it is unstoppable?"

He reappeared and latched the pole onto the ground. She cried, "WHAT? How did you escape?"

He said, "Oh, I didn't! But I thought I'd give the message to you, bitch! The piece of paper inside, Asa's not in there… if I had to guess."

Sato cried, "He escaped by repairing the metal pole! But I don't think he can break free!"

He continued, "The only reason you had to trap me and reveal yourself was that you have the real Asahi Sakurai with you! Keeping her alive was the only way for YOU to maintain your leverage! Looks like it was a trap that I walked into… and I was right. But even so, even if it was Asa in there, I wouldn't stop at nothing to save my friends! And when it comes to my friends, I'm not letting that go down! I have a 1% chance of success! That's a risk I'm willing to take! Virtuoso has the win for this round, but the war's not over! And when I do find a way to get out, lemme give you a piece of advice, rip me to oblivion, the moment I finish folding! Because when I'm able to break out of this trap alive… I'LL KILL YOU!"

He was sucked inside, as the woman was stunned. He threw the metal pole at her, but he missed, the moment he was sucked in.

"All bark, no bite… Sucks to be you, Princeton…" She picked up the paper. She sighed, "Oh, well."

She turned to Sato and said, "Sato Matsuzaka… I commend you for your non-assistance for Chazz Princeton. I could easily dispose of you, have you tried. Your mark of fear is stroking her chin! In fact, you're doing it, right now!"

Sato gasped, as she let go. The woman smirked, "Pathetic… After all that, you're the next victim for Virtuoso… but the girl in the photo said that I am ordered to kill Chazz Princeton and Asahi Sakurai. You, unfortunately, are not a threat. So, your death is postponed, my friend."

Sato Matsuzaka growled, "Just who are you, you rotten devil?"

The woman unfolded her paper and walked towards it. A taxi cab appeared, as she said, "Want to know a secret? This paper is tough and powerful, and it can fit any object, no matter what size it is, by folding. Straightforward, yes, but it's surprisingly difficult, when somewhat consumed with fear."

She drove off, as she said, "F City Grand Hotel, please."

Junko watched on, as she cheered, "YES! Princeton and Sakurai is dealt with! Once Kazuki Sendo and Farra Stevens are disposed of, DESPAIR WINS! BWAH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HAAAAA!"

She flew off on a crow, as Sato was speechless.

2:21pm

"Which is it? Which one is it?" He gasped, as he was looking around.

Kazuki was searching for Otome Saotome's photo, but he cannot pick which.

"Just burn them all, okay?" Cheap Trick said.

"No use… There's no clues that let me pick which one!"

"Just burn them all, I said! I don't care!"

"FUCK YOU, YOU PEST!"

He thought, "Blast it… That thing is getting on my nerves… I have to find the girl that Junko Enoshima is worried over. One of them has to be Otome Saotome."

1:20pm

The woman was in the taxi. She said, "Well, now that I got rid of Princeton and Sakurai, the rest are easy pickings."

She relaxed, as she thought, "This is heavenly… With the heavy hitters out of the way, I'll have more of these victims in my possession. Junko Enoshima, thank you. Thank you for helping me bring despair to The Gang. Looks like things are going alright, and… Hmm… Never mind that. I believe the rest of The Gang is in for a surprise in F City Grand Hotel. Who to choose out of the four Aces, who are about to be Twos?"

"NO!" Sato's voice called, as gummies and jellybeans were chasing after the taxi. "I won't let you go near that hotel!"

Sugar Sugar Candy Girl was chasing after the taxi, as the woman cried, "WHAT?"

Sato said, completely panicked, with her eyes widened, "Princeton… He thinks he's so tough, but seeing him get captured makes me think about Shio! If that bitch gets my beloved Shio, I'm nothing! Shio has been my love and my life, and this woman… if she takes her away from me, I've nothing left to live for! But I refuse to let her win, nor will I fall into despair! Fucking bitch, I hate her!"

Her Stand latched on, as it called, "If I let you, Junko, or Saotome get away with it, I'll never look at myself in the mirror, again! Now release Princeton and Sakurai, this instant!"

The woman growled, "So, it seems that you want to die? Fine. I rescind my request to you! This is a most unwise decision on your behalf! Listen, if you think about it, attacking me will be most unwise. Doing so will make you Junko Enoshima's enemy, you traitor!"

Sugar Sugar Candy Girl called, "SO? Junko Enoshima made me this way! And I refuse to have you live long enough, you pessimistic little harpy!"

"SO BE IT!"

"63… 64… 65…" Sato counted, as she was scanning the range. "It's not a tank, but Sugar Sugar Candy Girl is a relentless hunter. If you think you're getting away, BIG MISTAKE!"

She ran off, chasing after the taxi. She kept running, all the way to the roads, far away from where she ran. But the taxi stopped, as Sato looked around, "It stopped? But how? We're not even at the hotel, yet."

She approached the taxi and whispered, "I still sense her scent… but there's no one in here. Where the hell is she? Where could she run off to?"

She saw a slip of paper and said, "So… There she is, the bitch. Her scent is inside. Princeton and Sakurai are in there. No doubt."

Her Stand opened it, but… "WAIT! Don't open the door just yet!" She stopped her Stand, "I won't open the door and free them, at all! The bastard thinks I'm stupid enough to open it! But I know better! It's another trap!"

Sato growled, "I agreed NOT to fight, but that coward's gone too far. FINE, I ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE!" She prepared, as she thought, "She wants me to be afraid. Well, I'm not going to. That's how she got them. But how she is going to do it?"

She spotted another piece of paper, inside, attached to the wall. She gasped, "WHAT? Another piece of paper?! Now I know for sure… It is a trap! This bitch is hiding up there, isn't she?"

She sniffed the paper on the door and said, "She's getting to me, again. Based on that scent, it's another trap. And I think I know what it is! I'll open the door, Sugar Sugar Candy Girl! Be ready!"

She opened the door, and the slip of paper fell out, exposing a huge ball of flames, bursting inside the entire seat. But Sato's Stand brushed all the flames away, preventing the paper to be burned away.

"This girl can trap fire into paper?" Sato chuckled, "Well, I saw through your little trap! Princeton, Sakurai, you hear me out? I'm getting you out of there!"

She thought, "But unless I get caught in another trap, there's something else lurking inside, other than those two. She's inside, but what else?"

She opened it, but suddenly sniffed some iron. Scorpions came out, as she shrieked, "AAAAAAAAAAAAGH! SUGAR SUGAR CANDY GIRL!"

She swatted the scorpions away, but then a bottle of chemical poured out, spilling its contents onto the paper. She cried, "WHAT THE HECK IS THIS STUFF? SHIT! ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER!"

She reached for the paper, and calmed down, "Calm down… She wants me to be scared. If I show fear, she wins."

She opened it, and found them. She grabbed it and was electrocuted from the paper. "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Sato roared, "HOW THE HELL CAN YOUR STAND HOLD ELECTRICITY IN THERE?!"

The paper emerged from inside, and it showed a huge paper shredder.

"A SHREDDER?!" Sato screeched, "What the-? So that's the smell of iron!"

She grabbed the paper and was frightened. She tried turning it off, but it wouldn't work. "Crap! This is bad! It won't respond! Damn her! I'll get her for this! PRINCETON! SAKURAI!"

She screamed, as she was pulling tightly. But she suddenly stroked her chin, and she cried, "I can't let them die! After everything I tried, those two cannot die!"

The woman reappeared, "So, you finally did it, Sato Matsuzaka. The sign of fear of touching your chin seals your fate!"

Sato, too, was turned into paper, as the woman said, "Scaring the ever-loving shit out of you was enjoyable, Sato Matsuzaka! I have issues with bitches like you, named Sato! But I'm happy now, that you fell to my trap! Virtuoso can turn absolutely anyone into a piece of paper! ANYONE! ANYTIME!"

Sato was into the shredder, as she called, "Really? Is that all?" She got out and grabbed the paper with Chazz and Asahi inside. She called out, "I see, your Stand turns me into paper, but still… ISN'T THAT GREAT?"

Sugar Sugar Candy Girl hopped out of the shredder, using its left foot, and leapt out of the machine. Sato remarked, "I admit it. You win. But I am happy to lose to you. After all, I'm just a flimsy sheet of paper. And even so, I WOULDN'T EVEN REACH INSIDE THE SHREDDER, IF I DIDN'T BECOME PAPER!"

The woman cried, "NO, DON'T YOU DARE!"

POW! POW!
"DORA!"
Ojama Star and Idol Diamond land a double punch to the woman. Sato folded herself and said, "Totally worth it. I turned into paper and surrender to you, only to see the look on your face."

Chazz and Asahi emerged, as the woman shrieked, "Wait, no…"

Asahi smiled, "Sato Matsuzaka… well, she is a hero, after all."

Chazz said, "Good grief… after that, you're not a total fruit than I thought."

The woman shrieked, "Chazz Princeton?! Asahi Sakurai?! Impossible!"

She grabbed the paper and cried, "NO! YOU LOSE! I'll now rip the paper of Sato Matsuzaka, and-!"

WHACK!
"LEEK 39!"
Kagami appeared, using her Stand, Leek 39, to swat the paper off her hands with her stalks, hitting her wrists.

BOOSH!
"ACT 3! THREE FREEZE!"
Her hands sudden sank down, as Tsukasa's THX Act 3 appeared, making them heavy.

The woman shrieked, "THE PRESSURE!"

Chazz smirked, "Well, the cavalry has arrived."

The woman cried, "NO! Why? Why would you show up, after all that? It's not fair!"

Asahi said, "I remember you… You're-."

Kagami gasped, "Kaede Akamatsu?!" She gasped, looking at her, "But… Her clothes… They match-."

Asahi yanked off her ahoge, which was fake. She screamed, "OW! YOU BITCH!"

Asahi glared at her, "Natsumi Kuzuryu… The Ultimate Little Sister." she held her gun at her, "I can think of the countless charges you committed… but I am pissed off, right now…"

Miz-K NOTE: Fooled you, huh? Natsumi was actually masquerading as Kaede. But I AM planning to use Kaede in a future TGIA season. Don't miss it!

Chazz said, "Wait, Asa, let The Chazz take this job. You see, I did promise something to this bitch… Now, what was it?" He figured it out, "OH! Right! I said that I'd kill you, if I got out! Yep… So, your name's Natsumi Kuzuryu, right?"

Natsumi shivered in fright, as she whimpered, "Wait, what are you going to do to me? I surrender! PLEASE!"

Chazz called, "Not good enough!"

"Who the hell do you think you are? Do you know who my brother is? He's the Ultima-!"

"I don't give two shits about your family. I meant my word, and I stand by it." He glared at her, as she suddenly trembled, "Oh, yeah… I also remembered saying that I never forgive people who take others hostage, especially my friends… someone as vile as you… someone who uses psychological blackmail to SCREW SOMEONE OVER!"

Asahi said, as she shivered, "Uh… She's all yours, I guess…"

Chazz called, "Everyone, stay back! It's bad enough she kidnapped Asa, but Alexis Rhodes? This bitch deserves to die! AT MY HANDS!"

Natsumi pleaded, "WAIT! Let's take a moment! All I was doing is observing fear stimuli! That's all! I swear! I just got my Stand, a minute ago, but I think I got carried away! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!"

Chazz called, "You know, I noticed something about you."

"Eh?"

"When you get scared, one of your eyes squint involuntarily to the sight of impact. I guess you say it's a habit."

"B-But…"

Ojama Star heals her swollen right eye, and he said, "But… when you're really losing your shit, you close BOTH your eyes…"

Natsumi was threatened, as she closed both her eyes in fright.

POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW!
"DORARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARA!"
Chazz unleashes his flurry of punches to Natsumi Kuzuryu, beating her into shreds of paper! Why?

"CURSE MY STAND! I HAVE BEEN HOISTED BY MY OWN MARK OF FEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!" She vanished into paper, and was…

Tsukasa gasped, "Oh, my!"

Asahi gasped, "Chazz, what did you do?"

Chazz said, "Beats me. But she loves observing people." She called to Natsumi, "And if you shut your mouth, you should behave yourself! UNDERSTAND?"

Natsumi was turned into a book. She sobbed, "Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?"

[Natsumi Kuzuryu – Virtuoso: RETIRED; APPREHENDED]

The young Virtuoso, Natsumi Kuzuryu, is now a human book! Chazz never bothered to read it, but as requested by the Hiiragi Sisters, it was donated to F City Public Library, where she serves an indefinite sentence. Mention Virtuoso to any librarian and they'll let you read it. (NOTE: Borrowing it is strictly forbidden.) Don't be surprised if you hear any faint voices from inside the pages.

Aboard a taxi, Natsumi was in a plastic bag, off to her destination. Chazz said, "Welp, that about does it. Another "You Lose" to Junko Enoshima!"

Tsukasa said, "At the very least, this means we're one step closer to Otome Saotome."

Asahi said, "Maybe, but we still don't have a clue of where she is…"

As the taxi drove away, Junko was hovering over, enraged and pissed.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She shrieked in anger, "WHAT THE FUCK? HOW COME EVERY TIME I WIN, THEY WIN? THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR USING A RESERVE COURSE BRAT!"

4:10pm

Kazuki was on the phone, as he tried calling Tsukasa or anybody. But there was no answer.

"Calling your friends won't help! You have to burn the photos now!" Cheap Trick cheered.

At the Hiiragi Sisters' home, Pedro answered it. "Hello? Oh, who is this? Hiiragi Residence, Pedro speaking!"

Tsukasa and Kagami step in, as they saw Pedro. Tsukasa asked, "Pedro? What's wrong?"

3:30pm

Steven arrived, as he crept around the alleyway. He suddenly grasped onto Akari, right on her breasts. She blushed, as she moaned, "Ah!"

He gasped, "OOPS! Sorry."

Akari shushed him, "SHH! Follow me."

He whispered, as he and Akari crept off, "I got Miss Aiko's call. I came to help. The others were a no-show, and the Big Guy's still busy."

Akari said, "It's alright. You're the only one that can help us. Besides, Miss Aiko said we couldn't fight this woman."

Enju said, as they arrived, "Took you long enough. Now be quiet…"

He nodded, "Steven Cooke will be quiet… What's the plan?"

They were in stealth, as they were near the small warehouse of the woman, who kidnapped Farra. Steven said, "I know you don't want to… but I need all the help."

Akari whispered, "Don't remind me. You're the only person without a Stand."

Enju shushed them, as they ducked down. The woman in the mask walked off, as they waited. Enju threw a small shuriken into the door frame. The door was still open, as she dashed in, in stealth. Akari and Steven walked into the building. And then, the door closed shut. The masked woman kept walking, ignoring the noise. She sighed, as she turned right. Miss Aiko watched on, as she saw the woman in the mask. She called out, "There you are, you little punk."

The woman gasped, as Haruno went closer. She dashed off, as Haruno dispersed. She sighed, "So, she's responsible."

5:30pm

Peter got up and said, "Right. I'll be going."

Michelle asked, "Something up?"

He explained, "I'm going to go investigate our leads, as soon as possible. I'll be looking at every person that was last missing. No one can escape their inane personality for far too long."

He walked off, as Otome was leaving work. Peter concluded, "She'll make her move, soon."

4:52pm

Nagisa was running off, with his camera in his hands.

"I'll do it… Wherever this faker is going, I'm going to catch her…"

He disappeared into the streets, looking for Otome, who is posing as Kaede.

3:32pm

The rest have been inside the warehouse of the masked girl. Steven looked around, seeing different mannequins in different poses, with their bodies painted.

Akari asked, "Eh? Someone's become an artisan."

Enju said, "What's with all these mannequins? And why are they painted with various designs?"

Akari said, "I don't know… but it's creepy… All these mannequins… They have body paint… like…"

Steven said, "Tribal paint." He looked around and noticed one mannequin with a pattern. "I've heard of them. Red and blue paint, yes, that's how she paints the dolls… but if memory serves me, the recent tribesmen uses white paint… down in Africa. Sometimes they paint bodies, just for show… but… By the looks of it, their faces have some sort of abstract design."

The faces of each statue show different designs, with red and blue stripes and designs in their bare bodies. They're faces are scrawled upon, creating a sort of facial design, on their cheeks.

"This is almost like military men painting their faces in camouflage, or football players rubbing that black stuff under their eyes…" He said, "Or even…"

Akari shivered, "We have to go, soon… That girl in the mask may come back."

Enju said, "It's fine. Steven, find your friend. We'll step out and wait."

Steven said, "Right. I can't let you two be in danger, if you're trapped here."

The two ninjas left, as Steven looked around. Suddenly, he felt a burning aura. He saw Farra, in red paint on her bare body, and was brimming lightly.

"FARRA!" He cried, as he found her, painted on, and in mannequin form.

He held her and whispered, "Farra… No, it can't be…"

"Aw, quit sobbing." Her voice called, "I'm fine…"

Her Phoenix Sun emerged, as she said, "Don't worry. She just painted me, rather than change me. After all, she has no clue about treating us like objects."

"Uh, you said that wrong…" he said, "Anyways, I'm surprised that you can still communicate, using your Spirit Caller. What happened to you?"

Farra sighed, "Well… I was busy bringing spare photos that Kazuki gave me, just to give to Miss Aiko, only… when I was leaving, my body turned stiff… I thought maybe that-."

She paused and whispered, "It was horrifying… I cannot say…" Her Spirit Caller went back in and said, "Steven… I know what you're doing, and-."

He said, "Say no more! Steven Cooke isn't losing you to this freak of a Stand User!"

She was being put together, as she asked, "Wait! Are you sure you can put me together? I think the kid in the mask is a Stand User…"

He said, "Farra… Just be quiet and lemme rebuild you… Only, how am I going to put you back together, with these mannequin parts?"

Farra said, "Just find the ones that are painted on. This girl only painted me all red, in stripes, like I'm a tiger. Except… I hate red! Why couldn't she paint me blue?"

"Other than that, did you get a look at her face?"

"No… I wish I could see it, but my body was stiffened and rigid…"

Steven looked around and sighed, "Times like this, Steven Cooke should've gone to Art College… Farra, which ones are yours?"

She stated, "Well, I can't leave this body, because I'm sort of stuck here… but find some parts that have all red markings." She then sighed, "This is humiliating…"

He held her right arm and said, "I know I'm good at puzzles, but I think this is your arm."

She stated, "Look again!"

The arm has red, green, and black markings. Plus, it was too small. He sighed, "Damn it… How many arms does she harbor?"

She replied, "I don't know… But please, hurry… I don't know how much longer I can take…"

He asked, "Lemme guess, you're a mannequin, forever, if we cannot fix you back up?"

She responded, "That's the gist of it. These mannequins she hold… they've lost their life energy, recently."

He scrambled, as he barked, "IT'S A FINE TIME TO TELL ME, YOU DUMB WOODEN BLONDE!"

She giggled, as she was watching Steven find her parts, "That guy…" She then called, "Hey, Steven… If I don't come out of this alive… and I'm stuck like this…"

He barked, "Shut up! I'm not losing you again!" He found her left leg, in all red markings. He then said, "Now to find the rest. How long do you have, before you lose your energy?"

Farra replied, "I don't know… I came to visit Miss Aiko at 9am."

He said, "And you became a mannequin, since… It's been six hours now…"

She moaned, "SIX HOURS?! I wonder if I can become one for 24 hours straight."

He placed her right arm down and said, "You better stop talking! The more you think, the more I worry!"

She cried, "WELL, FIND THE REST OF ME, DAMN IT! I can't take this!"

He stated, "Also, you better be quiet. Your captor may show up… We can't have that."

4:43pm

Tsukasa rang the doorbell, as she called, "HELLO? Sendo-senpai?"

Kazuki called, "It's open! Come in!"

Tsukasa stepped in, as Kazuki was planted on his back, in the corner, "Over here!"

Tsukasa gasped, "AGH! Sendo-senpai! Why are you over here? When you asked me to come over, you didn't say you were in panic mode!"

"Tsukasa, I need your help. I'm in the grasp of an enemy Stand."

"WHAT?" Tsukasa cried, "WHERE IS IT? I've had my fill of Stand today! I'll find it!"

He stood up and said, "It's here, on my back. But I cannot show you it. This freak… he's like the ghost of an enemy Stand, wanting revenge."

"It did what?" She gasped, "You're saying that there's a Stand attached to you back?"

"That's right…" He explained, "Damn thing planted onto me, after the other guy showed me his back."

"Can I see it?"

"NO WAY! You cannot see it. If you do, my life would end. Even if you would force me to, this is a very serious dilemma. If I expose my back, it'll kill me and he'll take control of you!"

Cheap Trick watched on, as he snickered, "She'd be perfect. Turn around. But burn the pictures! Yes?"

"Even now, as we speak, it's whispering in my ear."

Tsukasa gasped, "Amazing… I hear it, but I can't see it." She then shouted, "Wait, this makes no sense! Sendo-senpai, this is a joke, isn't it?"

"How could you say that? If I expose my back, I'm done for!"

"I'm sorry, but I have NO time for jokes. I had to go through two enemy Stands today, and I'm exhausted. I believe you, but how do I know you're not pulling my leg, like always?"

He gasped, as she said, "Hit the nail on the head, did I? No wonder The Gang hates you."

"I'M SERIOUS! THERE'S A DEAD BODY UP THERE!"

"WHAT?! A DEAD BODY?" She ran up the stairs, heading to the hole on the floor. She then looked around and whispered, "Where is it? I mean, there's the hole, but…"

Kazuki whispered, "What? He's gone? How did it disappear?"

He slinked up and turned to the hole. He found the body of Kyosuke, shrunk down into a small dried up corpse. "Look, Tsukasa, over there!"

Tsukasa looked down and said, "Oh! That is a body… only it's shrunk and dried up…"

He cried, "SEE THAT? That is Kyosuke Mihara! This Stand attached to him, and he turned into a lifeless husk!"

She smiled, "Wow! That's excellent work, Sendo-senpai! I believe you, but this isn't the time to be messing around. Junko Enoshima… she made more Stand Users that tried to hunt us down. Princeton and I took care of two of them, Rikdosan and Virtuoso. The only reason I rushed all the way here was because I was worried something happened to you."

"What are you saying?" He cried.

Tsukasa left, as she called, "Well, I'll be seeing you! Bye!"

"TSUKASA, HANG ON! DON'T LEAVE! I knew if I called Princeton, Asahi, or their friends, they'd laugh at my predicament! I only called you, because you're my only friend! TSUKASA!"

Tsukasa left, as Kazuki was furious. Cheap Trick said, "Cheer up, buddy. At least I'm your friend now. Who needs that little twerp?"

He brimmed in a fiery aura and snarled, "This is infuriating… I've never been so humiliated, in all my life! Bastard! You're going to pay dearly!"

5:25pm

Aboard a train heading home, Otome was feeling uneasy.

"My nails are going through a growth spurt, again…" she thought, as she was sitting in her seat, "And it's no wonder why. The way your hands go through that soft coiffed hair… Consider yourself lucky… You just escaped death. I am already under her guise, but I'm trying to get used to being Kaede Kayano… at least until I fully transition into her."

As she was reading a newspaper, a woman talked to her boyfriend, "My old man is such a pest! I can't leave the house, without the rusty old fart following me! I even caught him spying on me, once!"

The boy said, "Maybe he thinks you're partying too much…"

"And whose fault is this?"

The girl was in a pink dress and brown hair, while the boy was wearing a white shirt, tan slacks, and sunglasses. They kept talking, as the girl's bag was perched onto Otome's leg. She brushed it off, as the girl noticed it.

"Excuse me!" She said to her, "What the hell were you doing, touching people's bags?"

The boy said, as Otome was silent, "What's wrong?"

"Forget it, baby, she's just being too quiet."

"I know. What is she, a pervert or just a damn pickpocket?"

Otome replied, as she was not looking, "Please keep your belongings off of my leg… Your bag parked on my leg." Her nails grew, while she was talking.

She asked, "Oh, that's why? You should've said so, earlier!"

The train stopped, as Otome was stepping off. The couple stepped out, as they were heading out. But Otome slammed her right shoulder onto the boy's back, out of retaliation. She dropped her bag, as the boy cried, "OW! What the hell is your deal? My girlfriend apologized, you know! Don't act so snippy, jerk-off!"

Otome picked up her bag and walked off, without even saying a word. The girl then said, "See that? You noticed what she was holding? Nail clippers, shaped like a dildo? What the hell kind of girl is she?"

She picked the nail clippers up, as her aura was completely blackened.

5:07pm

Kazuki stepped out, hiding his back, as Cheap Trick called, "WAIT! Where are you going? We burn the pictures, yes? Or are you trying to give me away?"

Kazuki said, "I'm going to the F City Grand Hotel, and I'm taking the pictures with me! I got no other choice!"

"Your best bet is to call it quits and burn the pictures! Didn't that twerp say that The Gang hates you? No one will save you, at all."

He hid onto a wall, and slinked off. The Stand called, "Impressive! They may see you, with an open window, but you know better than that! Very risky!" he continued, "Even at some point, all roads have intersections. See? Crossing the street is impossible! You'll never make it, because you'll be exposed! So, why not give up and call it a night, yes?"

"NO! I mean, Yes! But when Kyosuke Mihara arrived, he had no problem crossing, without showing his back… Only, how did he do it? I just need to do it, too."

He landed on a man's back, and rode onto it, back first. He said, "This surely isn't my shining moment, but at least it's travel."

Cheap Trick smirked, "Nice try, but there's something you should know. When Kyosuke Mihara was crossing the street, I stayed as quiet as a church mouse!"

He called to the man, "HEY! Dumb shit! What are you doing, farting like an old slug?"

The man turned around, as Kazuki turned around with him, avoiding the exposure. He asked, "Eh? Where'd he go?" He turned back around. Cheap Trick called, "Well, time for the gusto! I'll try again and push him to make you show your back!"

Kazuki smirked, "You think so, but you forgot one thing…" He summoned Heaven's Gate, and then used it to write "I won't turn around for one minute." After that, Kazuki had time on his side, as the long intersection was closer to the end. He added, "You see? That settled, I can get to the other side. Prepare yourself."

The man panicked, "What's going on here?"

The Stand barked, "Trust me! I will get you to show your back! I almost had Rohan Kishibe, 20 years ago! I won't let revenge slip from out of me! When I'm done, you'll be a shriveled up raisin of a corpse!"

"You think so? You talk a good game, but when it's all over, you're going to learn to keep your mouth shut!"

The man turned around and roared, as he crossed, "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU EVEN TALKING TO?"

Kazuki and Cheap Trick disappeared, as the man turned to his side, in complete confusion.

4:24pm

Steven finished building Farra, as he said, "Good… At least she's fully fixed… But what ugly designs… I don't know… Did I really get all the pieces, before it's too late?" He looked at his watch and said, "Seven hours… She visited Yume no Tochi, and then she got kidnapped… but…"

Farra slowly started to move, as she creaked, "St-, Steeeee… ven…"

He gasped, "Farra?" Her body started to move, and clasped onto him, in a small hug. He gasped, "W-W-WAIT! Farra, what are you-?"

Outside, Akari and Enju waited outside, in stealth. They were waiting, until…

The woman in the mask returned, as she was appearing behind Akari. Enju spotted her, and cried, "AKARI!"

Akari swung her kunais are her, but she avoided it. She called, "DOUBLE JEOPARDY!"

Her Stand, Double Jeopardy appeared, as Akari called, "You're busted, freak show!"

The girl in the mask was stepping back, prepared to fight.

5:23pm

Kazuki made it to the rural part of town, as there are no major intersections around. He was leaning on the wall, until he spotted a brown dog, looking at him.

"Hey, do you know that animals can have Stands, too?" The Stand said, "If Heaven's Gate works on animals, then showing your back to the dog will result in having me on its back, too…"

He was cornered, as he saw a cat, to the right of him, and a dog to his left.

"God, I hate these creatures and their stares…" he thought, "I just have to avoid them…"

He swatted the cat away, but before he could, he noticed a huge tree, full of cats. He gasped, "What the-?"

Cheap Trick smiled, "You were saying?"

He then saw a bunch of dogs, under the car. He cried, "How in the-? There's a flock of them!"

"All it takes is a quick glance from these little guys, yes?" The Stand said, "You were right. But humans aren't the only things I can talk to! BINGO! I SUMMON THOSE ANIMALS HERE!" he cheered, "I told them that you love killing cats and dogs, and they're incredibly unhappy campers!"

One cat scratched him, as the Stand cackled. He called, "SIC 'EM, BOYS!"

The cats and dogs attacked Kazuki, but by using Heaven's Gate, he was able to tame them. Unfortunately, one big dog lunged at him. It was all over, until…

"THREE FREEZE!"
"LEEK 39!"

WHAM!
The dog sunk into the ground, while a few cats were being distracted by a leek stalk. The cats scampered off, as Leek 39 held the onion stalk.

"These animals didn't do anything wrong! Time to get lost! ALL OF YOU!" THX called, and the animals scampered away.

Kazuki cried, "TSUKASA! KAGAMI!"

Cheap Trick shrieked, "WHAAAAAAAAAAT?"

Tsukasa said, "I know you were acting weird, but I came back to your house, when you were acting weird. Of course, Kagami never left your house. Something seems not right. Even when you were outside, you were skulking around, with your back against the wall. Then you crossed the road, while hopping onto that man. You were telling the truth about the Stand, stuck to your back."

Kazuki smiled, "THIS is why I admire you, Tsukasa! A true blue friend to the very end!"

Kagami smirked, "Yeah, have your little reunion, once we remove that pest from your back."

Tsukasa summoned THX and said, "Then allow me! THX! Special Ability – THREE FREEZE!"

It started pounding its back, and Cheap Trick fell off. But…

RRRRRRIP!
Kazuki's back was being ripped. The Stand called, "It's not that easy! I'm clinging to you with my ability, NOT brute strength! If you tear me off, you'll destroy your back, in the process!"

Kazuki moaned, "I appreciate your help, but I think it's best if you withdraw Act 3!" And blood gushed out.

Tsukasa said, "Oh, right! THX, withdraw attack!"

THX said, "S! H! I! T! Withdraw completed!"

Kazuki sighed in pain, as Kagami said, "Shit, what now? I take it that it clings onto the back. And removing it by force will make it worse!"

Kazuki threw the photo album to Kagami and said, "HERE! Show this to the F City Grand Hotel! They trust you, and not me! Miss Nevins is also there! Do not worry about me! Just show the pictures to The Gang!"

Kagami nodded, "I'm on it!" She raced off.

Cheap Trick roared, "DAMN! I was hoping you'd burn the pictures, but you didn't bother to! Well, despite that you won this round, you still have to worry about me, yes?"

Tsukasa called, "HEY! What was that? Is Sendo-senpai okay?"

Cheap Trick called, "SHUT UP! YOU'RE THE REASON HE'S IN THIS MESS, TSUKASA HIIRAGI! Understand? You got lucky, giving the photos to Kagami Hiiragi, but you cannot tear me off your back! Your sacrifice will pay you dearly!"

Kazuki rubbed his back onto the wall, and moaned, "Tsukasa… Please, it's fine… I got this…"

Cheap Trick cried, "…the only thing left now is to kill yourself! Or… I bet you'd go insane, drop in fatigue, blood loss, or in a rage! Even so, the strongest of Stands cannot defeat a weakling like me! I'm the gift of gab and destruction! BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

He was laughing psychotically, as Tsukasa whispered, "A Stand that clings to backs. Bizarre!"

Kazuki cackled, "You want to look? Go ahead… I suggest you turn around. I believe that I have no choice. I'm happy to give you a peek."

He turned around, and showed his back to Tsukasa. Tsukasa saw Cheap Trick and said, "WHOA! That's the Stand? Amazing!"

Cheap Trick cheered, "YES! REVENGE IS SO SWEET! I made you turn your back around! And you finally exposed yourself to her! He's finally lost his mind! YOU FAILED TO GO TO THE GANG! YES!"

Kazuki smirked, "The Gang? Why would I ever go to those losers? I never had any intention on going there. I was beside myself in joy, arriving at the right spot."

"What are you talking about?" The Stand argued, "Why are you laughing? You know you're going to die, if I hop off! You exposed your back to Tsukasa Hiiragi!"

He turned around and cackled, "GOODBYE, KAZUKI SENDO! AND HELLO, TSUKASA HIIRAGI! I LATCH ONTO YOU, NOW!"

Tsukasa gasped, and realized, seeing the red mailbox, "OH, RIGHT! Cheap Trick turned around! We're… THAT MAILBOX! I get it now!"

"Cheap Trick, you picked a hell of a place to turn around." Kazuki smirked, without looking, "I bet you would know about this place, 20 years ago, and yet you'd never learn your lesson."

A dark aura bloomed, as hands clasped onto the Stand. It pleaded, "WHAT THE HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELL? LET GO OF ME!"

Tsukasa cried out, "We're in Sakura Minamoto's street – the realm between the living and the dead! Turning around, beyond that point, is a death wish!"

Kazuki said, as Cheap Trick was being taken away, "You said so yourself. You like to turn to other people, exposing my back, and latching to others, while you brag on shitty words. And you're right. NO Stand could ever remove you from my back. If someone removes you, I get hurt… However, there is something that tries and takes you; someone that latches onto you, who dares to look back; something that can carry away your very soul."

Cheap Trick shrieked, "NYAAAAAAAAAAGH! NOT AGAIN! WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME? LET ME GO! I'LL BE GOOD! YOU'LL SEE!"

Kazuki barked, "Too late for reforming! Cheap Trick, the only place you're going is back… to the other side… though, I'm not sure that you're going to Heaven or Hell… but I think I'll decide for you…"

Heaven's Gate scrawled onto Cheap Trick, which says "I will go to Hell!".

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Cheap Trick was sucked into the dark vortex, never to be seen again. Its plot of revenge from twenty years ago came to fruition… … …and failed, miserably.

Kazuki and Tsukasa escaped the dark realm of the Ghost Alley, as Kazuki moaned, "For a Stand that does nothing but talk, he was a terror. Tsukasa, if you and your sister hadn't shown up, when you did, I wouldn't live long to tell the tale."

Tsukasa said, "I had no idea this is where we are! I was busy focusing on that freaky Stand."

A dog barked, as Kagami called, "Hey, Tsukasa! Sendo-sensei! You might want to look at this!"

Sakura and Romero were viewing the photo album, as she explained, "When I got out of the ghostly realm, I ran into Sakura's ghost, and I showed her the pictures."

Sakura asked, "Hey, Kazuki… Did you take these pictures?"

"Yes, why?"

She pointed, "Check this out! How strange."

She pointed at the picture of Kaede Kayano, who is actually Otome Saotome, next to a picture of Nagisa Shiota, in the photo with a camera.

4:35pm

Akari and Enju were confronting the girl in the mask, as the girl was defending herself. Akari summoned Double Jeopardy, and Enju summoned Grease Lightning. Enju whispered, "Now… All that's left is to know her Stand."

The woman held her stance and unleashed her Stand. It was a tall Stand, with a yellow fox head and a red and black furry body. Akari asked, "What the hell? Is that her Stand?"

Enju said, "We have to hurry and fight it off, before she goes back in…"

The girl in the mask prepared to fight, as it launched her Stand at them. Enju cried, "LIGHTNING!"

She shot lightning at the Stand, but avoided it with a stealth afterimage.

"WHAT THE-? She avoided it?" Enju cried, "But how?"

Akari cried, "I'll hold her off!" She split into three clones, "Double Jeopardy – special technique: Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

They surrounded her, as the girl in the mask swiftly dodged the clones' attacks. She flipped over the clones and landed a swift kick to her face. She stumbled down, as Enju cried, "AKARI!"

The girl went down, on her knees, as she nodded. Enju growled, "You sick human being! What are you?"

The girl walked back, as Enju cried, "HEY! I'm talking to you! Don't you wallllllk… aaaaaaaaaaawwaaaaaaa…"

She froze in place, as Akari moaned, "ENJU? NO!"

Enju was turned into a mannequin, as the girl held up a crowbar. She aimed at Enju, but Akari cried, "You wouldn't… YOU WOULDN'T! Bastard! You turned her into a mannequin, and smash her into bits! Was Junko Enoshima whispering into your ear?"

The girl tilted her head, as Akari replied, "Pink hair, in pigtails, bear clips, huge boobs… OH! She has an arrow!"

The girl nodded, and then pointed at Akari. Akari said, "You wanted to kill me, too, correct? Even so, Chazz Princeton has the ability to repair us all. I won't let you hurt Enju! NOW, BACK OFF!"

The girl shook her head, as Akari cried, "NO? What do you mean NO? Listen to me, you sick freak! Call off your Stand, now!"

The girl showed her Stand and pointed at her. The Stand approached her, but Akari shivered, "No… Please, no… I can't fight her. She's too fast! NO! Enju… I'm… Nooooooooooooooooooooo…"

She froze in place, as she was a mannequin, too. The girl held the crowbar up and nodded. She charged at the mannequin ninjas, about to destroy them. She raised the crowbar high, and then…

SMASH!
"WAH-TAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Steven Cooke emerged from the door, and kicked the crowbar off her hands.

He posed, as he said, "I knew bringing Akari and Enju was a bad idea… but Steven Cooke figured they be bait…"

The girl held her wrist and ran off. Haruno Aiko appeared, blocking her path. Miss Aiko called, "Found you! Thought you lost me, did you?"

"Miss Aiko?"

"I ran into her, but the moment I used Dream-, I mean, before I called the police, she dashed off, leaving my place."

Steven said, "Cut the bullshit, lady. I know you're a Stand User, likewise her."

Haruno gasped, as the girl turned to her. She unleashed her Stand and approached Miss Aiko. He cried, "Miss Aiko, run! If she gets close to you-!"

Haruno smirked, "Let her." She unleashed Dreamland and said, "Time to go to bed, child."

She dodged out of the way, as the girl in the mask tripped. She spoke, for the first time, "What?"

Dreamland chopped her head down, and she fell flat to the ground. She tried to get up, but her legs started to stiffen. She gasped, "Huh? Ah!"

Haruno said, "Trapped. I knew she'd turn me into a mannequin. But my Stand, Dreamland, does the job. Not this weak thing. Even if she uses that abysmal power at me, I'm immune to it. I have so much will and heart that I don't need to succumb to a painted and wooden tomb…"

He whispered, "Uncanny. She's almost like Cassandra and Luther. Haruno Aiko… Who is she?"

The girl was pinned down, as she was struggling. Haruno said, as she went to her, "How dare you turn these girls into your dolls! You dare use your Stand, for your own sick fantasies?"

The girl growled, as she crawled to her, "You… Let me go!"

Steven called, "Nowhere to run, woman! Who are you?" He called, "Let her go."

Haruno looked down and said, "No… Let her suffer… If I turn her into my mannequin, the effects of her Stand will wear off."

Steven yelled, "ARE YOU STUPID?! We don't even know who she is! Now free her of your ghastly Stand's ability!"

Haruno said, "If I do, I'd be caught in her trap. That's just what she wants us to think."

The girl pleaded, "Wait! I'll free them! Please! Release me of your Stand, ma'am! I swear! I give up! Please, don't turn me into a mannequin!"

Steven said, "Turn the others back to normal… and then, she will. I don't trust you."

Haruno nodded, "He's right."

She released Akari & Enju of their hold, and they returned to normal. They gasped, as Akari moaned, "Mnngh… My body is stiff…"

Enju asked, "Miss Aiko?! NO!"

Haruno said, "It's alright. She's freed you." She ended Dreamland, as the girl in the mask stood back up. She moaned, "Ungh…"

He said, "Now, who are you?"

The girl said nothing, as she was shaken. She whispered, "You think… … …you can beat me… like this?"

She turned away and ran off. Haruno cried, "NO, WAIT!"

Akari cried, "I"LL STOP HER! SONG CANNON-!"

Enju grabbed her mouth and roared, "NOOOOOOOOOO!" She stopped Akari from using her Song Cannon at her.

Just as the woman in the mask was about to retreat, Farra appeared, in her clothes, still painted on.

"EAGLE SCREECH!"
She used her hypersonic cries to subdue the masked woman. Steven ran at her and kicked her down, crashing into the wall. He approached her and said, "You freed Farra, yet you had no idea that I rebuilt her."

Farra dusted herself off and said, "Sorry I'm late. I had to get dressed… I learned my lesson, fighting nude, a while back."

Akari dropped her jaw in shock, as Enju cried, "WHAT IS WITH YOU HENTAIS?"

Steven barked, "Took your damn time! You should've fought, au natural, or even in your panties, if you could!"

Farra griped, "Oh, shut up! Like you would see my ass? YOU ASS!"

Haruno only giggled, as she thought, "They have such youth together."

Akari was confused, "I have no idea how these two are friends, yet they bicker like that…"

Enju sighed, "It's best not to know. But either way, we won. That's all that matters."

He grabbed the woman's hood and removed it, along with the mask. Steven said, "Now, let's see who's behind the mask."

They all gasped, as Steven asked, "Who is that?"

6:04pm

That evening, at a local studio apartment, the couple made it home, safe and sound. The girl said, as they stepped in, "Did you hear? Mika got her boyfriend to buy a brand new pair of designer earrings. I want some of those, too."

The boy said, as he shut the door, "No worries, baby. I'll get you some. Promise."

SLAM!
Otome's hand emerged from the door, as she slithered into the house. The girl screamed, as the boy cried, "HEY, YOU! Listen, bitch! You can't come in here! Get out of my house, you trespasser! I'm calling the police on you, you-!

Otome clasped onto his face, and then unleashed Lethal Queen, and then…

KABOOM!
The boy was eviscerated by Saotome's Stand's ability, reducing him into nothing. The girl was frightened, as Otome approached her.

"Hmm… A studio apartment." Otome said, as she introduced herself, "You're the girl from the train, the one I said to not lay your belongings onto my legs. My name is Otome Saotome. Would you be so kindly to tell me your name?"

The girl was scared, as she trembled. She didn't respond, as Otome showed her hand, "They don't look normal, do they? Look how long they've grown. Do you think there's a human on this earth that can keep these nails from growing? No, there isn't. No matter how old they are, no man's destiny can ever stop them from growing… just as I so would suppress the inner passions one was born with. Now, I believe I was hoping for your name, before we continue. So, I'd like to know who you are."

The girl sobbed, "How did you do that? You exploded my boyfriend into nothing? Why would you do that-?"

She jabbed her fingernail onto her forehead and roared, "DON'T EVER ANSWER A QUESTION WITH A QUESTION! YOU DID LEARN PROPER ETIQUETTE WHILE YOU WERE IN SCHOOL, DIDN'T YOU? I'M ASKING YOU WHAT YOUR NAME IS!"

"HINAKO! MY NAME IS HINAKO!" She bawled, as Otome let go.

Otome smiled, "Hinako… What a lovely name. I have a favor to ask of you, Hinako…" She held up her nail clippers and said, "I'd be thrilled, if you hold onto these, for a while. And I bravely appreciate it if you clip my robust nails with these clippers. You've never done this before, have you? Obviously… Because you wear faux nails, and had a salon clip them."

She gave Hinako the clippers and showed her the hand, "Now, don't dilly-dally. And also, not too short, my dear."

She started to clip her nails, and then Otome smiled, "Good… Now the other hand…"

As Otome was being groomed by the scared and shaken Hinako, Nagisa was behind the wall, monitoring her actions. He whispered, "I don't believe it… Kaede just killed that guy, with one touch, and he exploded into nothing. She's a monster…"

Otome finished, as she said, "Very good…" as Hinako sobbed, "Someone help me… Forgive me…"

"Forgive you?!" Otome said, "Sorry, but I'm not the least bit angry, if that's what you're implying. You've intrigued me. I choose you, because of our connections. I was born with a certain set of desires, so I simply tried to make the most of it. Life's better that way."

She approached Hinako and said, "You told your boyfriend that you wanted him to buy new earrings. Well… he left these for you."

She placed earrings on her ears, and in Hinako's fright, the dead boy's ears were attached to her earlobes. She shrieked in horror, as Otome held her hand, "What do you think? You truly are a deafening nail cutter. How I admire you."

Click!
Hinako was just her right hand, as Otome held it tight. She cuddled the hand and said, "And I admire you more, when you're silent. So, what to do now? I'd love to take you back home, but then there's Nagisa that worries me… even after what happened recently, I don't know if he'd accept you as a new roommate. Ohh… how I've miss the sensation… I feel so complete…"

Nagisa cried, "That couple… she vaporized them!"

Nagisa ran off, as the door closed. Otome heard it and asked, "Huh?"

She stepped out, holding the severed hand, and saw Nagisa leaving, "OH! Nagisa! I wonder what he's doing here. He must be in a hurry-." She gasped, as she saw the camera and said, "Is that… a video camera? Shit, I forgot to lock the door…"

She destroyed the hand and hissed, "It couldn't be… Could Nagisa have…?"

Nagisa was running, as he went past Peter, who was walking down the street. Nagisa thought, "There's no way she's human! Why is that demon pretending to be Kaede?"

5:26pm

The girl in the hood was unmasked, and was in Yume no Tochi, sitting in a chair, tied up. She was a young woman with magenta hair and green eyes. She pleaded, "My name is Yuri Nakamura… I'm from a town around F City, I don't remember where… but I was born in Tokyo… I was actually coming here to explore Japan… I used to be a student in my old school, but I graduated… I'm skilled with firearms and hand-to-hand combat. But after the drama that unfolded, during my travels, I chose to be normal and just live for the moment… And then one day…"

Farra asked, "One day what? Why did you appear in F City?"

Yuri said, "Well, I have a knack of trying something new to learn, and so I took up painting… But painting canvases is simple. So I decided to paint mannequins, so they can have a vibrant feel to their bodies. That is… until the police caught me for vandalism. I ran away, avoiding incarceration, and chose to be in disguise… This Keaton Mask I bought at a Summer Festival, along with my own spring hoodie. I chose to be in this persona, to avoid being found out…"

Haruno asked, "Why did you do it?"

"Plain statues are boring!" Yuri pleaded, "I wanted the world to know that bareness isn't just right. I thought I would create symbolism and art for these statues. I mean, you ever seen people use body paint to pose their artistic skin tones, during special events?"

Haruno said, "What you're doing is uncalled for and unjust, but it is clever of you, since you want to do something in your life."

Farra said, "She's right. I mean, you should've asked, though. They would've gladly observed your talents, to see if you can work it off."

Yuri said, "I wish I did, but… No one in their right mind would accept me, being that I would deface innocent statues… I was scared that they wouldn't accept me… no one would."

She sniffled, as Farra asked, "Okay… Why the Stand?"

Steven added, "Did you run into a woman in pink hair, holding an arrow like a tribesman spear, floating in a photo?"

Yuri nodded, as she wept, "Yes! Yes, she did! She came to me and said that I was chosen to aide you guys! I kept quiet, to avoid being found out, and suddenly, was given a power, right in my neck. When I awoke, I was told about Miss Haruno Aiko, Akari Hanao, Enju Saion-Ji, and Farra Stevens… they would all be perfect mannequins for my collection, as the girl in the photo told me. She told me to turn them into mannequins, work my magic… and then destroy them."

Farra growled, "Junko!"

Apparently, Junko Enoshima created Yuri Nakamura, as another Stand User of Despair.

Yuri bawled, "I'm so sorry… A voice told me to do so, and I didn't want to… but she promised me my dreams, if I eliminate you all… and so I did… But I… I…"

She was crying, as Haruno said, "It's alright. You made the wrong choices… but you still didn't want to do it. Your Stand… it's very powerful… but you need to work on it more."

Farra asked, "Miss Aiko? What are you saying?"

Haruno said, "Until you decide to work on your Stand, for good, and not evil, maybe you can work for me, and I'll test your artistic styles out…"

Yuri giggled, "Really? You would hire me, right away?"

Steven latched the handcuffs on Yuri, as Haruno said, "Just after you serve your time. Don't worry, I can forgive people, including your kind. Change your ways, and come see me, dearie. Even if you rot in jail, your dreams will never go away."

Steven handcuffed Yuri's hands to her back and said, "Yuri Nakamura, you're under arrest."

Yuri sniffled, "I understand… Just… forgive me for not turning you into a mannequin sooner, Miss Haruno Aiko…"

Farra said, "Kidnapping and vandalism is a crime. But knowing Miss Aiko… I guess we can forgive you…"

Yuri was taken away, as Haruno nodded. She then asked, "Oh, Farra?"

Farra already left, as Haruno was about to tell her. She whispered, "She doesn't know… But that's good enough. Even if she did, I don't mind… Thank you, Farra…"

Outside, Yuri was taken away, as Steven asked, "So, did you figure that Haruno Aiko's a Stand User?"

Farra replied, "No."

Apparently, Farra still doesn't know the truth. And so, Haruno Aiko's secret remains intact.

Steven asked, "Also… what about the red paint on you?"

Farra remarked, "This kid… She says that the paint washes off. So, I'm good."

Yuri replied, "She's right."

[Yuri Nakamura – Fox Hunt: APPREHENDED]
*-By the way, Yuri's Stand is called Fox Hunt. It was never mentioned in the story, at all.

6:01pm

Farra arrived at the Grand Hotel, as Michelle said, "Oh, you're back. Why the red paint?"

Farra said, "Long story… I'm going to take a shower and leave for a moment. Steven's busy cleaning up another Stand User. Where's the Big Guy?"

Michelle said, "He's been gone, since this afternoon. Asahi hasn't returned, since this morning, either."

6:11pm

Peter walked into the empty studio apartment, and looked around. He found a splotch of blood and said, "This might be evidence that she's returned. I'm pretty sure this is blood…"

He kneeled up and said, "So, Saotome finally made her move."

He left the apartment and his Darkness Devil locked the door behind.

7:22pm

Farra returned to Yumi no Tochi, paint-free, after turning Yuri Nakamura in. Akari & Enju were waiting, as they were by the mannequin of Juvia Lockser, in her blue bikini.

Farra asked them, as they were staring, "What are you two doing here?"

Akari stated, "Miss Aiko went home. We were just closing shop for her."

Enju asked, "We… never asked. What's with this mannequin that you strangely greeted to?"

Akari said, "Yeah. When we became mannequins, this morning, we felt a bit of a calm vibe from within her. But it's like she's crying…"

Farra stated, "Oh, that. Juvia… I changed her into a mannequin, as a punishment. You may not know this, but…"

She explained the full story about Juvia, from how she killed Sekai Saion-Ji, the woman responsible for giving Akari & Enju their Stands, but also terrorizing Farra with the two rats she used.

Enju whispered, "So… This is the woman that gave us our Stands…"

Farra replied, "For the record, Sekai gave you the Stands. Juvia created two rats."

Akari whispered, "Even so… Why would she emerge and attempt to kill Miss Nevins? I was amazed that Kotonoha stopped her… before she did."

Enju sighed, "Of course, you didn't have to go that far to change her into this."

Farra said, "Sorry… But I had no choice. Besides, I hate rats!" She then requested, "You know… If you ever interested, and want to become my mannequins, you can come visit me in New York. We have a store like that, except it's called Casa de Muñecas, and it's owned by a friend of mine. If you're interested, you can come and visit there."

Akari nodded and said, "Thanks, but no thanks. Once we leave F City, after Otome Saotome is dead, we were thinking of staying in Mizaki School. But we're more than happy to visit you, during our next holiday."

Enju smiled, "Right." She smirked, "Although… I figured we should tease this mannequin, by creating a new look for her. I would thank her for killing Sekai Saion-Ji, but I won't."

Farra smiled, "You're better off." She then up a small pendant and grinned, "Anyways, you're right. Let's have some fun… Time for Mannequin Magic Lesson #1…"

The ninjas giggled, "LET'S~!"

8:36pm

In Nagisa and Kaede's home, Otome was trashing into Nagisa's room, as she was looking for evidence.

"Nagisa was obviously spying on me." She thought, as she looked around, "I'm absolutely positive. He had a video camera in his room. It doesn't seem to be anywhere. But I happen to know that Nagisa was acting strange, lately. I mean, we're the only two in this household, and I could've eliminated him, easily… but then again, there are witnesses around this part of town. Just what is he up to? I have to know what…"

Nagisa was in the bath, as he was a bit shaken, "This woman… She's not Kaede… But just who is she?"

His water bucket was empty, with a small tape inside. He then thought, "It's a good thing she doesn't know about the tape. Even so, if she finds it, it's over. What kind of sick twisted being would-."

The door open, as Otome was in her towel. She called, "Yoo-hoo, Nagisa?"

He said, "OH! Kaede, I… I'm in the bath…"

She said, "No, that's fine. Should I scrub with you, Nagisa?"

She feigned smiling, as she thought, in a serious tone, "That piece of shit. What is he up to?"

He thought, "I can't agree with her. She's a devil… But I have to make sure she doesn't even see the tape. I have to show that tape to the police… but who would believe me? I wish there was someone that could believe my story. I have to force it… or sooner or later, she'll kill me."

He said, "Uh, come right in, but only… be quick."

She stepped in, "Why the scared face? We've done this before."

"I was just finishing up, after all-."

"Don't be frightened. We can have some bonding, after all. Sorry to be a bother, but I want to wash myself, so I want to use that bucket…"

"Oh, I'm still using it."

"Fine…"

He stated, "But since we're bonding, how about I scrub your back?"

She smiled, "How sweet of you. But since we're bonding, how about I scrub your back, first. You've been in the bath for a while, it's fair if we'd take turns. How does that sound? Here. Sit."

He sat down, as Otome lathered his back. She asked him, "You seemed ticklish… Did it seem uncomfortable?"

He said, "No, I'm fine…" His left foot was covered in bubbles, with the tape under it.

She then said, as she stopped lathering, "Oh, by the way, this evening, on the way home, I was doing some after work errands, in the opposite ends of Jozenji… and I happened to see you, on the way."

She grabbed his arms and snarled, "And you were holding a video camera! What could you have been doing there?"

He trembled, as she thought, "Found you, you little shit… I knew this sleuthing scumbag was spying on me! I can't believe it! So much for causally assimilating to this geek… It's been one disaster after another! A year of HELL! Killing this punk will cause a commotion, and a bad one at that. But he saw everything! I have no choice!"

Lethal Queen appeared, as it snagged a lock of Nagisa's hair. She said, "Lethal Queen's nabbed a piece of his hair, with its Bomb Type One. All it takes is one small blast, and he's finished. Though, I can just make it look like an accidental fatality, making it look like he slipped into the bathroom floor. If he dies, that's fine. A small injury would be suffice. And slipping in the bathroom floor happens all the time. So, it's time for YOU to die, pest!"

She prepared to hit the trigger, but Nagisa called, "So, what? You're going to kill me, Akari Yukimura?"

Otome asked, "Who?" She stopped, as she asked, "Who's Akari Yukimura? Oh… You mean me?"

He said, "Yeah, I know you… You never change, do you, you rotten evil woman! Akari, think about it! You would try to kill me, after all these years! Say it! Kaede… Akari… Just tell me so…"

Otome smiled, as she said, "That's fine. Nagisa, I'm sorry. I overreacted. But you should know, that my name is Kaede Kayano. Akari Yukimura is my alias. That's the name I go by, before I met you."

He smirked, "I see… So, not only you're a murderer, you're a con artist!" He called, "Take a look around, Kaede!" He pointed at the cameras in the bathroom, as he continued, "They monitored everything that has happened!"

She gasped, "What?"

He explained, "I know Kaede Kayano, and YOU are NOT her! Kaede's name, Akari Yukimura… That's not her fake name, that's her real name! I knew you were a faker! I never trusted you, fraud! I was watching you with your correcting shoe sizes and signature practice sessions! And that's not all! I know about the cat plant I thought you got rid of, when you actually hid it up in the attic!"

She was shocked, as he stated, "Only I know where the tapes are. But if something were to happen to me, I'm sure someone would find them, eventually."

She roared, "WHERE DO YOU GET OFF-?"

He yelled, "YOU'RE NOT LAYING A FINGER ON ME, YOU HEAR ME?"

She was cornered, as she held her hand up, about to kill Nagisa. But because of his threats, she couldn't do it. If she kills Nagisa, then there's a chance The Gang may find the tapes. But if she lets Nagisa live, then the tapes are discovered. Either way, Otome Saotome's cornered.

"How dare you! You think… you can threaten the likes of me?!" Otome snarled, as she held her hand up.

They stared down, as Nagisa has Otome Saotome cornered.

8:30pm

Junko was flying off, as the police surrounded the police station. She cried, "SHIT, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit! ALL of my Despair Stand Users have fallen, and the worst has yet to come! This is bad! Saotome must know!

Here's what happened, moments ago, after Kazuki defeated Cheap Trick.

Sakura asked, "Hey, Kazuki… Did you take these pictures?"

"Yes, why?"

She pointed, "Check this out! How strange."

She pointed at the picture of Kaede Kayano, who is actually Otome Saotome, next to a picture of Nagisa Shiota, in the photo with a camera. She continued, "I assume that this picture is marked. Any reason why? This boy is what you're targeting…"

"Oh, right." Kazuki explained, "I'm not too concerned with him. He seems to be sneaking around the area."

Kagami said, "Perhaps… But why the camera? Could he know it, too? The boy's name is Nagisa Shiota. Shiota… That's a weird name. And from my intel, he went to the same high school as THIS woman… Kaede Kayano."

Sakura pointed at Otome's picture and said, "She's right. Weren't you investigating this person?"

Kazuki said, "Mm-hmm. She was one of many potential suspects."

As they investigated, Junko was viewing the action, from above, as she was shocked. They found out.

Junko growled, in complete fright, "If Kazuki Sendo uncovers the truth, we're done for! Otome Saotome is back in the Shiota-Kayano household! I have to hurry!"

8:48pm

Junko arrives at the house, as it was quiet. However, Nagisa and Otome were staring down at each other. "Good, they're still home. I have to find Saotome, before it's too late… Even if I could, I'd create more Stand Users to end these hopeful losers! But I can't! It's all over!"

She went in, as Otome was shaken in fear, looking down at the corpse of Nagisa. She killed him.

Junko gasped in horror, "Wha-? SAOTOME?!"

Otome was in panic, as her fingertips on her left hand were bleeding and bitten fiercely. She was biting her nails, biting to the point of being nubs.

"Whoa… Even for a serial killer apprentice like you, you'd resort to unnatural habits… like biting your nails, down to nubs."

Otome growled, "Just leave me alone! I made a stupid mistake, that's all!"

She dropped to the floor and sobbed, "What am I going to do? The windows were open, and no one is around… I'm off the hook!" She cheered, "I DID! I'M OFF THE HOOK! HE'S DEAD, AND I'M FREE!"

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Junko roared, "THIS IS BAD! THE GANG AND PRINCETON ARE CLOSER TO FINDING YOU OUT!"

Otome cried, "WHAT?"

8:50pm

Two minutes later, Tsukasa gave the news to Chazz, as she gave the picture to him, of Nagisa.

"Nagisa Shiota?" He asked, "So you think this boy has something to do with Saotome?"

Tsukasa said, "Well, at this point, we're not totally sure about them… but Sendo-senpai says he's onto something."

He nodded and said, "I agree. A former high school student-turned-teacher spying on girls with his video camera is producing serious red flags."

Tsukasa said, "We're all going to plan and meet up, tomorrow morning, on what to do about the Shiota boy. Once we've gone through everything, we'll visit Nagisa Shiota's house, together. Sendo-senpai says that he's already figured out the address."

Chazz chuckled, "That artsy asshole doesn't miss a beat, does he? Alright, I'm in. If The Gang is coming, Asa's coming, too. I should also invite Kotonoha, if she should tag along."

"You can leave getting Agents Giese and Sakurai to me. Kagami will get Agents Cooke and Stevens. We'll meet tomorrow at 8:30am, near the big Pepsi sign."

"Right. Got it."

Chazz went inside, as Tsukasa went home. He pondered, "Pepsi at 8:30… That means I'll be extremely late. But if it's to end this as Sendo hopes, it'll be worth the tardy slip."

9:01pm

Juvia came to life, as her hair was done in a ponytail, and her skin shiny. She was standing in place, holding a closed umbrella, and responded, "Hello."

Akari was stunned, "Wow… Her soul was in that small globule… And she suddenly came to life…"

Enju stated, "You don't think she'll release her Stand, Acid Rain…"

Juvia responded, "Acid… Rain?"

Farra said, "Doubt it. It's in pieces, and out of commission. This is Juvia Lockser's punishment. It was either prison or this. It was the former, but I went with the latter, after the damned rats got to me!"

Juvia responded, "Juvia? No. My name is not Juvia. I am a mannequin. I am made of wood."

Akari gasped, "Whoa… She doesn't know who she is?"

Enju stated, "So… one shred of her identity removed, and she's stuck like this, forever?"

Farra said, "Only if you recover the part of your identity. Otherwise, you'd not remember who you are. Think of it as deleting a memory file in your computer. You won't respond completely, if something important inside of you was erased. And like a well-oiled machine, you cannot be a perfect engine, without the proper components."

Juvia changed back into mannequin form, as Farra placed the brooch back into the clear orb. She then said, "And show's over."

She placed the pendant around her neck and added, "Of course, I cannot wake her with this on. I had The Speedwagon Foundation release her from her cell, and then made a call to Cassie and Luther. This pendant prevents the brooch from touching her bare skin."

Enju said, "Amazing… But still…" She then grinned, holding up a marker, and then placed a small piece of tape onto above her cleavage. "This is for what you did…"

As she was marking, Farra got a phone call from Steven. "Hello? Yeah, I'm at Yume no Tochi. They're closing… What's that? OH! Right! I got it."

He was telling her that Kazuki has more evidence on Otome Saotome, including meeting with Nagisa, tomorrow morning.

"Right, I should be going. 8:30 tomorrow, near the big Pepsi sign?" She responded, "Alright. I'll meet you tonight. Goodnight."

She hung up, as Enju called, "Hey, Farra~! Look what I did~!"

The tape above her breasts says "Hentai", and then she took a picture of Juvia, with it. She smiled, "Just a memento, for when I get home."

Farra was stunned, as she sighed, "Santa Maria…"

Akari asked, "So, who was that on the phone?"

Farra said, "Steven. He says that Kazuki found Otome Saotome, but he says that it may lead to a boy named Nagisa Shiota. I'm joining the others, tomorrow at 8:30. You want to come with?"

Akari said, "Uh, no, thanks. You got this."

Enju boasted, "Give Saotome and/or Junko Enoshima a thrashing for us, okay?"

Farra smiled, as she nodded, "Thanks."

9:13pm

Atop the hotel, Peter summoned Luzer. He called, "Luzer… I want you to return to Darkveil, and wait for my call. I believe the countess will know what goes on."

Luzer nodded, "Yes, master. I'll return, tomorrow afternoon, to aide you."

"NO!" He stated, "Stay at Darkveil. I cannot let you risk yourself, like this. Saotome's dangerous, and finding the Nagisa boy… well, we got this. Head back to your roost."

Luzer said, "Right. It's been nice working with you here. Lemme know when the job's done. Later!"

He flew away, returning to Castle Darkveil in Transylvania. Peter's aura brimmed in black and said, "So… July 19th… is where it all ends."

8:52pm

Otome hid the body in the closet and panicked. She sobbed, "What'll I do?"

She was in a huge state of panic, as Junko whispered, "Despair fuels you… but it seems that fear has started to bloom. Saotome, I'm sorry, but you have to leave! What did she do to him?"

She was biting her nails, as she was scared of what'll happen.

Nagisa roared, "If you so much lay a finger on me, your cover will be blown, sky-high! Stay the hell away from me! GOT IT?"

He ran off, as Otome chased after him. She cried, "GET BACK HERE, YOU BASTARD!"

He rushed to the door and opened it. She called, "You're adorably bold, as if I'd let someone like you find me out!"

She grabbed his head and then…
Click!
BOOM!
Nagisa fell dead, with a gash on his head.

Junko sighed, "But what you did triggers the fear! Getting rid of Nagisa was pure foolishness! You of all people should've known that! He must fall into despair, before you oust him!"

Otome growled, "Quiet! Can't you see I'm trying to think of a way out of this! If I vaporize Nagisa, they'll grow suspicious… but if I leave his body here…"

Junko said, "Either way you put it, you're screwed! I know that killing him is perfect, but your timing has been worse! Kazuki Sendo is planning to investigate Nagisa Shiota! They don't know for sure yet that Kaede Kayano is actually Otome Saotome! But they're coming here tomorrow to find out, once and for all! Normally, I'd create more Stand Users of Despair, but we're out of time!"

Otome was trembling, as she sobbed, "No… Not like this…" and continued to gnaw on her fingers.

Junko pleaded, "Saotome, listen to me! We have to relocate, and spread more Despair to others-."

"Will you shut up? I'm trying to think!"

Otome was too panicked to listen. Junko whispered, in tears, "She's losing it. For the past five years, Otome Saotome did my bidding as the Sketch Artist Killer… but now, after a botched murder, she's gone off the deep end! Despair has consumed into her… but fear and fright has swallowed her up from inside!" She blubbered, "Even when the world was against you, when things don't go your way, you had that habit of biting your nails, until your fingers are raw! She's suffering from pure despair, in the worst possible timing! I chose the right student for the job, and she's so close to be eradicated!"

She called out, "We've run out of options, Saotome! Listen to me! We have time, before the morning! We must leave this wretched town behind, for good! If you leave now, you'll still have a chance to escape, and remain in your anonymity! And thus, The Sketch Artist Killer remains at large!"

Otome gasped, and grabbed Junko. She roared at her, "LEAVE? ARE YOU SERIOUSLY ASKING ME TO RUN AWAY AND ABANDON F CITY?! LIVING EVERY MOMENT OF EXCRUCIATING SECRECY AND DESPAIR IS THE ONE OF THE HORRIBLE EXPERIENCES A PERSON HAS TO GO THROUGH, AND I REFUSE TO GO BACK TO THAT HELL! I SWEAR… I WILL NEVER LEAVE THIS TOWN!"

STAB!
Suddenly, the arrow stabbed onto Otome's wrist. She gasped, "NO! What… did… you… do?"

Junko cried, "I didn't do anything! The arrow moved on its own! I swear it! This never happened! I wasn't even touching it!"

The arrow impaled into her entire left arm, as she cried, "YAAAAAAAAAAGH, WHAT'S IT DOING?"

It stabbed onto her neck, as Otome was croaking and gagging in pain. Junko cried, "NO, SAOTOME!"

Otome and Lethal Queen began to gag and pulsate, as its aura started to consume her. Her eyes rolled back, her body went limp, and then…
SHOOOOOOOOP!
She was sucked into a huge vortex, taking everything with her. What could it mean?

Episode 51 – The End

Well, there's something new… Otome Saotome has died, by the arrow… or has she?
Stay tuned, as the final battle of Act IV begins, next time! Will Chazz Princeton and crew find Nagisa Shiota and stop Otome Saotome? What is the fate of Otome Saotome?
Don't miss the final episode of ACT IV!

To be continued…