Otome was on the phone with her boss, as she explained, "Hello? Yes, this is Kayano. I'm sorry that I am not coming to work today. There's an emergency at my house, and my friend, Shiota, is there. He and I had a very bizarre emergency, but I should explain, once I arrive to work. I'm going to be thirty minutes late, but I promise that I will come here. Yes, sir, anything I would've said would've been a proper excuse like that…"

She bowed and said, "I'm so sorry. Straight to your office, when I arrive? Yes, sir. I'll come there, first thing, when the emergency's over. I'm sorry. Goodbye."

She hung up, as she growled, "Damn that Kaede Kayano… She's nothing but a spineless coward, not working her way to the top of the business industry… yet she is treated like a lowly harem slave to a back-breaking pushy boss… How I'd love to murder him, but I needed this job…"

She threw Nagisa's backpack into the bushes, as she walked around a small house.

"Princeton and Nagisa has already retreated, blocks away. I've already lost Sakurai and Kotonoha. But those two are none of my concern… Princeton's the one who dies. He's on my last nerve." She added, walking down the street, "I must agree, unfortunately, Idol Diamond and Ojama Star are one in the same, when it comes to point blank hand-to-hand combat. If I can find him and Nagisa, and land a swift air bullet into them, then my tensions are finally relieved… and I can focus on Asahi Sakurai next, when I'm done."

A man in shaggy hair called to her, "HEY YOU!" She stopped, as a huge fat man called, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY PROPERTY?"

Otome replied, "Your property? Sir, I wasn't in your property line. I was just taking a walk to work, that is all."

The fat guy called, "Don't act like you're tough, nice girl! Why are you eyeing that house?"

She answered, "This house? Oh, yes… Is this yours?"

"Why would you answer me that? I live next door to her!"

"Her? Her who?"

"RIO! She is the girl I have been eyeing on! And not that it's any of your business, I don't want anyone coming near her, but me!"

Otome thought, "Sheesh, what a pervert… Reminds me of the old days of SOX, before I went into Junko Enoshima's teachings. When I get out of this, alive, I should come visit Ayame Kajou, when I get the chance. Haven't seen her in a long time. Okuma, too. I wonder how he is."

He explained, "LOOK! Rio is upset that her panties were stolen, a lot! And I had to seek out the house next door, just to keep my tabs on any suspicious creeps!"

Otome huffed, "Tell me… Do I look like the kind of woman that can steal underpants from a girl you were ogling?"

The fat man was shocked, as Otome walked off. She concluded, "I envy you… You're a pervert at heart, you know that?"

He cried, "Wha-? WHAT DID YOU CALL ME? Don't run away! What are you even talking about?"

Otome was walking, as he chased after her. But he stopped and snarled, "Ugh… She pisses me off. She wouldn't be a panty thief… Would she?"

He stopped and saw a pair of pale green panties on a twig. He snarled, "Are those hers? No… They're obviously Rio's. Women are NOT panty thieves, but that flat chest… she does look female."

He turned his attention to the panties, and suddenly started to act lecherous. He grinned deviously, as he said, "Rio's panties… and they're all mine…"

He grabbed the panties, and-.
Click!
BOOM!
Well, you get the idea.

The fat perverted man was reduced to ashes, by Otome Saotome's Lethal Queen… yet another victim to the Sketch Artist Killer… and more so, a deserving one.

"I just wonder if he ever saw my panties… but I'll never know. He wouldn't like bears."

Miz-K NOTE: I don't like uber-perverts… Don't get me wrong. I've seen "Colorful", and it was degrading garbage of a perv anime! It was a bit enjoyable, though.

Episode 52 – Chapter 4: Ojama Star is Unbreakable!
The Stand-Off Between Hope and Despair!

Chazz and Nagisa were in an old abandoned house, as Chazz was dialing the number to call for help. But the phone was out of commission. Chazz was furious, as he stated, "I don't believe Kotonoha's dead. But… Dead or alive… I'm going to kill Otome Saotome with Ojama Star and defeat her! This is between ME and HER! For Kotonoha! Dead or not, I'm doing this for her! Nagisa, stay along the wall, so that Saotome cannot see you."

Nagisa leaned by the wall, as Chazz looked around. He waited, as he said, "Where is she going to answer from? Where will she attack?"

They waited for a moment for Otome to strike. Nagisa felt a gust of wind into his ear, as he gasped, "No… It can't be…"

An air bubble went past him, near his head. He cried, "AN AIR BULLET! PRINCETON, LOOK OUT!" He looked around, as Nagisa cried, "But that is impossible! How can she find you, from outside here?"

Chazz snarled, "Good grief… Well, that's just great!"

Outside, Otome was using Lethal Queen to fire air bullets, inside the building, as she was preparing to aim at her targets.

"I see you, Chazz Princeton… I know the exact distance… Three meters until impact…"

Chazz threw a cloud of cigarette ashes, all around the room, and uncovered the air bubble. Nagisa cried, "THERE IT IS! No doubt… Saotome's found us!"

The air bubble appeared, and Chazz ran off. But the air bubble was heading towards him. He raced off, as the air bubble was tailing him. He thought, "Otome Saotome knows where I am! How can she see me?"

Nagisa cried, "There are no windows here! It's an automatic shot! It's chasing you, as Otome is sensing you!"

Chazz said, "No, Saotome uses an automatic smart bomb called Monokuma's Revenge. This one is from her Stray Cat combo shot! It didn't go after the lit cigarette! More importantly, if it would be an automatic shot, it wouldn't be able to go through the wall! And Otome Saotome plans to detonate it from inside to finish me off!"

She was outside, hiding, as she was holding her hand up, about to press it.

"She knows where I am, but it's hard to tell if she is here! FIND SAOTOME FOR ME!"

Nagisa looked out the window, as he spotted Otome, hiding by the entrance gate. He cried, "She's outside!"

Chazz gasped, "Outside?"

Nagisa said, "I can't figure out how she did it, but she is able to pinpoint your location!"

SMASH!
Chazz called, "BITCH!" He smashed the flower pot and said, "I don't know how she's watching me… but I didn't want her chasing me in the first place!"

"One meter…"

Ojama Star flicked the piece of glass towards the window and fired it to outside. Otome called, "NOW! DETONATE!"

BOOM!
The bomb exploded, as Chazz avoided the huge implosion!

The glass went towards her, but Otome deflected it with Lethal Queen. She said, "Nice try. But do you think I'm stupid? Your willpower to try to get the final blow in… That's why I know better to go near you, Chazz Princeton…"

Chazz was pinned down, badly injured, with pieces of wood impaled into his left arm and leg. He kneeled up, as he groaned, "Ungh… That damned…"

Nagisa cried, "Thank goodness, he's alive!"

Otome sighed, "No, it was a direct hit, but he wasn't blown away. There's a slight discrepancy when I detonate by hand. But the damage to him was absolute. But that's alright! I'LL FINISH HIM OFF WITH THE NEXT SHOT!"

Nagisa dragged him away, as he said to him, "Come on! We have to get out of here! She'll get us, if we do not hide!"

Chazz groaned, "You're… pulling me… the wrong way… I want to get closer to her, so I can kill her!"

Nagisa cried, "YOU'RE INJURED! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"

Chazz said, "My Ojama Star cannot heal my own wounds, but once my blood has left my body hardens, it's just another object. It's no longer a part of me."

The flower vase started to repair itself, as he continued, "Therefore, I can gather it and stick it to other things… The rain stopped, and the blood on her dress… should harden, by now…"

The glass shard returned to Otome, as it was heading towards her, from behind.

STAB!
The shard impaled onto her back, as Chazz concluded, "That's my automatic attack – my own homemade homing missile!"

Nagisa cried, "A DIRECT HIT!"

Otome moaned, "Ugh… the shard of glass I deflected… the blood on my shoulder… It must've-…"

She retreated to behind the gate, panting heavily. Chazz saw something and whispered, "Is that…?"

Otome growled, badly hurt, "Ojama Star is something I didn't expect… For a Spirit Caller, I overlooked his methods. But the damage he's sustained are far greater than mine… Just one last shot, and I'll blow that bastard to shreds, once and for all… HEADS UP, PRINCETON, YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

Lethal Queen fires with Stray Cat another bubble bomb, this time it's the size of a medicine ball. It traveled off, as it was targeting Chazz.

Nagisa cried, "AH! This is bad! This girl's coming at you, with another of these bombs!"

Chazz growled, "Great… She never gives up, until I'm blown to kingdom come, eh? Well, it's her last shot… and mine, too!"

ZOOM!
He fired a piece of glass towards the sky, and aimed high. Nagisa cried, "You fool! She's too witty to get hit by it! She'll counter that thing, like-!"

"Shut up!" Chazz groaned, as he said, "Could you get my lighter from my pocket? It'll be hard to get it, myself, but… this pole in my stomach, it's hard to get it out… while I'm impaled like this…"

"NO! I won't! Smoke will never stop that air bullet!"

"You're wrong… The lighter isn't for that… It's for something else, entirely. Trust me."

He lit the lighter and placed the flame onto Nagisa's blazer. He gasped, "What are you doing? It hurts! You're ruining my uniform!"

Chazz huffed, "Stay still. She might not be watching us, but she's listening to us, right now…"

"She?" Nagisa asked, as the blazer was set on fire.

Chazz explained, "She has a cellphone with her, and the only person she trusts with a cellphone call… is someone she knows too well to trust… It's not her boss from the office. No, that's not right. There's only one person that Otome is calling now, at a time like this…"

His pocket exploded, and Junko emerged from Nagisa's pocket.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She shrieked, running out of the pocket. Ojama Star snatched the cellphone in her hands, as Nagisa extinguished the flames in his jacket. Nagisa gasped, "Who the heck is-?"

Chazz said, "Nagisa, meet Junko Enoshima… The Real Sketch Artist Killer. I'd almost forgotten about you, Despair Bitch! Otome Saotome's one and only savior – her pathetic despair-ridden mentor."

Junko was frightened, as Nagisa gasped, "Wait… She's Junko Enoshima? I had no idea… She was in my pocket, this whole time…"

The bubble bomb appeared, as Junko fled, "HAH! I'm outta here, losers!"

She escaped, as the bomb headed for Chazz. Nagisa cried, "Princeton, you have to get out of the way! It's bigger than before! You'll blow up!"

It went closer, as Chazz whispered to the cellphone, "Yo, Saotome, Princeton's three meters to the left."

The bubble diverted, as Junko cried, "WHAT?! I DON'T BELIEVE IT!"

Nagisa cried, "NO WAY! He diverted it!"

Chazz called, "Quick! He's moving diagonal, right, and upwards, at three meters!"

The bubble went closer to Junko, as Nagisa thought, "Impressive… Saotome has no idea that Princeton is dealing the blow to her. This guy does impressions!"

Junko cried, as she hovered back, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! STAY BACK!"

Chazz called, "One meter to the left, and he's cornered in despair, as planned!"

Junko hollered, "YOU ASSHOLE! YOU WOULD TRICK ME TO BEING THE TARGET?!"

Chazz concluded, "He's cornered! DETONATE, NOW!"

Otome pulled the trigger, and bubble bomb explodes, incinerating Junko to nothing.
"SAOTOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-!"
KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The bomb exploded, and so ended Junko Enoshima, a.k.a. The Ultimate Despair, a.k.a. The Sketch Artist Killer. She was exploded into nothing but ashes, by Otome's Air Bomb. Elsewhere, everyone was viewing the explosion, as they headed to their direction.

Otome called, "HAH! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! I got him! Junko, did you see it? I killed Chazz Princeton! He's dead, as your orders!"

Chazz said, in his normal voice, "Good job, Saotome… You killed the Sketch Artist Killer, your mentor and idol… She's smiling at you in Hell now… Well, suffice that she's a ghost, after all… and finally she is crossed over, after hope trumps despair… which you'll get, twice as much!"

Otome gasped in shock, "Wha-? No… It can't be… He… He's alive?!"

Chazz said, "And if I were you, you're joining her soon enough. Cast your eyes skyward."

Otome growled, "Princeton, you bas-!"
SMASH!
The chunk of glass appeared and blasted the cellphone off of Otome's hands. She groaned, as he coughed out, "Ch-, Princeton-!" and then collapsed to the ground, more injured than before. "Impossible! This… is some kind of mistake… Something… so horrible… should not be happening to me… I just wanted to live peacefully, without a care! Is that too much to ask?! I never had this suffering before! I'M OTOME SAOTOME, DAMMIT!"

She thought, as she was angry, "But I need to remember is that it's in times like these… horrible times like these… that opportunities present themselves. I've learned that in the past. Junko Enoshima's gone forever, but I'm still around… I can't lose heart, now… I won't say things could get any worse, but I know that all things would work out in the end, every other time! When I'm backed into a corner, if I think things through rationally, I'll have golden opportunities waiting for me!" She was starting to get up, as she was snarling, "And that's what Otome Saotome has always done! It's what she excels at! This is MY world! MY REALITY! And there is no trouble in my world that I cannot be able to surmount! … … …EVER!"

An injured Chazz steps out, as Otome was livid. She snarled, "Chazz… PRINCETOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!"

He was panting, as he said, "You're within my range… Big mistake, Otome Saotome…"

They stared down, both badly injured and hurt, as Nagisa said, "THIS IS IT! He's finally gone near her! Otome Saotome's cornered! But in this close-ranged combat, it depends on who wins, by the first strike!"

It's down to one final standoff, pitting Hope and Despair. Chazz's ability is stronger, though he's still wounded from Otome's last attack. And if Otome touches him, he'll turn into a bomb.

"That's enough… I'm ending you…"

"Then let's go. I'm ready. Now call out… LETHAL QUEEN!"

They stared down, badly in pain, as both Spirits and Stands appear.

"LETHAL QUEEN!" It landed a double strike to Chazz, but…
"DORA!" Ojama Star deflected it, and struck her in the face.

He landed a huge left and right to her chest, but Otome counters it with a barrage of jabs. Chazz stopped her with a lethal double punch to her fists.

"Shit! He's strong!" She cried. "I'm going to be defeated! That man cannot do this!"

Otome was plastered with a barrage of punches to her chest and head, but she couldn't feel it. Chazz stopped, as he gasped, "WHAT? My fists didn't hit her?!"

Otome gasped, "I created these air bullets to act as cushions to soften your blows! But how? It wasn't my intention to have it guard me!" She cried, as Lethal Queen summoned Stray Cat, "STRAY CAT?!"

She said, in belief, "I understand… Stray Cat must've protected me, as he wanted to save me from my death!"

Nagisa shivered, "OH NO! She didn't feel the final blows! Could it be? Has luck really been on this psycho's side, after all?"

"It's time! I've won! I've done it! THIS IS MY CHANCE! ONCE AGAIN, ADVERSITY INVITES OPPORTUNITY! THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE WAITED FOR! LET'S FINISH HIM OFF, LETHAL QUEEN! TURN THAT BUBBLE INTO A BOMB!"

The Stand changed the air bullet into a bomb. She cackled, "AND DONE! I've changed it into a contact explosive!"

He fell to one knee, succumbing to the pain, as she said, "It's all over! Upon impact, you will die in the explosion, just like Nagisa, in the impact! With the damage you've taken, you cannot run away now! What you did to my mentor, Junko Enoshima, was foolish! But I've won! And that's all that matters to me! Luck has always been on the side of Otome Saotome! ME! AND I WANTED TO SAVOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO END YOU AND YOUR ILL-FATED FRIENDS!"

Chazz snarled, as he was helpless, "Damn you… Saotome!"

Nagisa cried, "A CONTACT EXPLOSIVE?!"

The air bubble went closer, as Otome shouted, "LUCK IS ALWAYS ON THE SIDE OF OTOME SAOTOME! DESPAIR ALWAYS WINS! I WIN! JUST LIKE BEFORE, I COME OUT ON TOP, WHEN MY BACK IS AGAINST THE WALLS! MY GUARDIAN ANGEL CAME THROUGH FOR ME! YOUR FATE HAS BEEN SEALED, BASTARD!"

The air bubble landed on the helpless Chazz, but then it swiftly flew off to the right. Otome shrieked, "WH-, WHAT THE FUCK? MY AIR CONTACT BOMB! IT'S GOING OFF-COURSE! WHAT'S GOING ON?!"

It was heading towards a girl in black hair. It was Kotonoha. She was alive. The Hook was with her, as Kotonoha said, "Sorry… I passed out for a moment, but I'm alright now…"

Otome shrieked, "It… It can't be!"

Nagisa cried, "NO WAY! SHE'S ALIVE!"

Chazz gasped, "Koto… noha?"

Kotonoha dragged the bomb towards her, using The Hook. She then asked, "You know, I always wondered about my Stand, The Hook… Every time I swipe it with my right hand, it disappears… and where does it go?"

She grabbed the contact bomb, and then…
WHOOSH!
Kotonoha erased the bomb from existence. She said, "I'm not usually a smart person, but I get good grades."

Otome hollered, "THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE! MY AIR CONTACT BOMB!"

Nagisa said, "She's… She's alright! But I can sense her heart and breathing stopped! How is she alive?"

Kotonoha said, "Oh, that… When I passed out, I had a weird dream… I was reunited with Sekai… while I was walking amid the darkness in that dream, I saw a light…"

She explained, as she remembered, "And in that light, I saw her… Sekai, my sister… I was happy to see her again… I asked her where she was going… and she said that she is leaving. But I chose to stay by her side and follow her. But she told me to never come near me. And she said this to me…"

Sekai said to Kotonoha, in her dream, "Kotonoha… You should decide that for yourself. You're the one who will decide where you're going to go."

She sobbed, "She never made any bad decisions, so I'd have nothing to worry about. But she told me to live on for her! THAT WAS ALL! I thought about it, and I decided… … …I want to go home with Makoto… and then I woke up, and I was with Asahi. I raced off, and decided to find you guys. It was so sad…"

Chazz moaned, "Kotonoha…" he snarled, "You had some nerve, dreaming at a time like this! We all thought you were dead!"

Kotonoha barked, "And you're a snide asshole, despite your wounds!"

Chazz was crying, "Sh-SHUT UP! If you were alive, you should've woken up sooner, damn it!"

Otome shrieked, "NO! IMPOSSIBLE! FATE SHOULD'VE BEEN ON MY SIDE! THAT KOTONOHA BITCH IS ALIVE!"

Asahi called, "True… But you forgot about me, Saotome."

She was behind Otome, as she was sobbing in anger, "THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY! I WAS GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY AND I WIN! SO WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? WHEN I WAS JUST A CHILD, LUCK WAS ALWAYS ON MY SIDE! I HATE YOU! ALL OF YOU! I NEVER RAN OUT OF LUCK, AND I REFUSE TO START NOW! STRAY CAT! FIRE ANOTHER SHOT, AND MAKE IT COUNT!"

Asahi cried, "OH, NO, YOU DON'T! IDOL DIAMOND! MECHA-ARM GRAB!"

Her Idol Diamond grabbed onto Stray Cat, gripping it with her hand. She cried, "KOTONOHA! NOW!"

Kotonoha said, "RIGHT! THE HOOK!" She swiped at Stray Cat, and Asahi dislodged the cat plant from Lethal Queen's abdomen. Kotonoha caught it, as the flower was fidgeting.

"WHAT THE HELL!" Otome shrieked.

Kotonoha grabbed onto the wild flower and said, "Whoa, easy there, little guy!"

Nagisa cheered, "YES! NOW SAOTOME CANNOT FIRE AIR BOMBS, ANYMORE!"

Otome stepped back in pain and sobbed, "Why? WHY! WHY HAVE I BEEN JILTED OF MY OPPORTUNITY? Junko Enoshima, my master, I have failed you! It makes no sense! I promised you despair, and I failed! How has it come to this?"

She ran off, as she growled, "I WILL avenge you, Master!"

"Master?"

She stopped, as she saw Iwata and the Ropponmatsus. He asked, "Hey, you… Are you alright?"

Otome stepped back and hollered, ignoring the others, "FOOLS! OTOME SAOTOME'S NEVER BEEN IN A PROBLEM SHE CAN'T OVERCOME! YOU WON'T DO ME IN!"

Ropponmatsu 1 asked, "Oh! By chance, are you Otome Saotome?"

Iwata snarled, as he remembered, "Saotome…" He roared, "YOU TWISTED ANIMAL! YOU KILLED MY MISAKI-CHAN!"

Otome hollered, "BITE ME, PERVERT! I, OTOME SAOTOME, AM DONE PLAYING GAMES WITH YOU! ALL OF YOU! I WILL SURVIVE, AND BEST EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU!"

Steven Cooke said, "Oh, okay, Saotome… How about we talk, after you're a corpse?"

Otome was in complete shock, as Steven, Farra, & Kagami were to the right of her, while Kazuki, Tsukasa, & Peter were to the left of her.

"Hey, look! That sound must've come from over here!" Tsukasa called, "Come on!"

She spotted Otome and cried, "OH! THAT WOMAN IS INJURED!"

Sirens were suddenly made, as Otome Saotome was surrounded. Kagami called, "Tsukasa! Get over here!"

Tsukasa asked, "Huh? Princeton, Agent Sakurai, and Kotonoha are there, too!"

Kazuki said, "Yes… and that boy in the shirt is…"

Peter said, "Nagisa Shiota."

Farra said, "And that woman is Kaede Kayano. That means everything is now falling into place."

The Gang and the others surrounded Otome, as she was cornered. Nagisa called out, "Any fate that would side with you now… Any shred of despair that you have left… Any opportunity that would've come your way… your so-called guardian angel can't save you! Your lucky streak is coming to a painful end! Nothing compares to the Heart of Justice that's here, right now! They're going to make you pay for what you've done! Can you feel it, Otome Saotome? The truth is revealed right in your face! YOU'RE NOTHING COMPARED TO THEM!"

Otome was bugging out, as she was surrounded. She was trapped. Badly injured, badly hurt, Otome Saotome was stuck in a checkmate by The Gang and friends! Luck was definitely on Otome Saotome's side – the bad kind!

The police and fire trucks arrived, as Otome was down on one knee. Peter said, "She's Kaede Kayano, which means… She's Otome Saotome – The Sketch Artist Killer!"

Otome sobbed, "This is a dream… Please, this has to be a dream… I'm dreaming… This moment that I am cornered and trapped like a helpless rat, I must be in my dreams! I'm in a nightmare, and I need to wake up! I, Otome Saotome, am trapped, with NO help!"

Otome Saotome was cornered. She lost Junko, she lost Stray Cat, she's injured, the others already know her true name, and she's about to be defeated.

Asahi said, "Otome Saotome, it's over! You have nowhere to run!"

Chazz called, "I'd say that luck was on your side… BAD luck!"

Nagisa called, "It's over, Saotome! You're finished!"

Tsukasa said, "So, the woman injured… OH! And Princeton's badly hurt!"

Kazuki said, "And while we were waiting, that asshole started to battle, without us!"

Steven said, "And this is the end…" he added, "So… with these people around, should we arrest her?"

As they were about to discuss it, the paramedics went closer to her. A female paramedic went to her, as the others were clearing the area. She called, "BRING A STRETCHER! We have an injured woman!"

She called to her, "Are you alright? We'll have you in ER, right away."

Nagisa gasped, "NO! DON'T LET HER GET NEAR SAOTOME!"

They all cried, as Otome was trying to get up. The paramedic said, "It's alright, ma'am. You're badly hurt. Hang in there…"

Otome smiled, as she heard the woman's voice. She thought, "My… opportunity…"

This is bad! Otome Saotome has lost! But it appears that she has ONE FINAL Ace-in-the-hole! What could it mean? And what's the story behind her plans to resurrect Junko Enoshima?
Find out in the final chapter of Act IV!

To be continued…