"I have returned, June Nevins. Pay no attention to this form. After all, I am a part of you." June Nevins was in the presence of a figure of the past – the late Saki Hanajima, whose spirit emerged from within New York. If you remember, long ago, Saki Hanajima was the woman responsible for giving June Nevins psychic powers, five years ago. And with it, June has rapidly grown into learning Devil Princess, her newfound ability.
And, if you recall last time, June was turned into a mannequin by Hanajima, while all the while, Emily, Beth, & Nanao confronted Byakuya Togami and Toko Fukawa of La Squadra. Emily defeated Togami and spared him, while Fukawa, who switches forms with a sneeze, escaped.
"You're, but-. But that's impossible." June whispered. "You can't be. You're dead."
Hanajima replied, "Yes. It's true, I have passed on. It's because… I'm a mannequin."
She pointed at a mannequin with black hair, and replied, "I transferred all my soul and energy to this mannequin, thus becoming immortal and beautiful. However, my time, since the Moji Mikisa birthed, is coming to an end. I believe that this is where I have chosen my final resting place."
She turned to the 4th wall and added, "Oh, one more thing, that mannequin resembles the 2001 Fruits Basket Hanajima. I'm the 2019 Hanajima. So, please understand that there are differences between me and the other me."
"Who are you talking to?" June asked.
Hanajima said, "That is not of your importance. I'm here to aide you, since your heart is aching. It's your mother. She left you, after the troubles of years ago. Is it not?"
June seethed, "Leave her out of this."
"But it's true."
"You don't know my Mom!"
"I do. She is awfully nice. Of course, we never met face-to-face, we'll never forget her heroics, including what she did in East Townsend, when she saved you, from hundreds of feet above."
"You knew that?"
"Of course. You are of the powers of the elder god, Bog Nougat. And recently, you used your powers for good and stayed within the forces of light. Your light shines across the world, including becoming a Primo Mafioso. I am here to help you accomplish that dream. As you are now, you are weak. But I want to help."
June looked at her hands, all transparent, as she said, "Will it help me get my body back? I cannot bear the emotions. Mom left me, after Dad betrayed us. I Just don't know. But I do know is that I am helping everyone, including-."
"Tanukichi Okuma. I understand. He has the power, unlike you. The boy, as you figured, is a Stand User. But his powers are dormant."
"And Kajou?"
"Ayame Kajou is also a Stand User. Emily awakened her from her eternal slumber, and thus it awakened the powers dormant from the Fuji Gem that was implanted in her. Okuma was never given the gem. It was something else."
"The arrow?"
Hanajima nodded, "Yes. The arrow. But he was given the arrow, right after he left the Decency Nation Capital, after before he was arrested, only for the late Clifton Nevins, your grandfather, to release him."
She held her face, as Hanajima spoke, "Providence shines upon thee."
June sniffled, "He said that. He did." She cried, "Why are you leaving me? I had no idea it was you! You were dead! You disappeared! You were the one that gave me this power! I am the same powers as you, but I don't sense waves, like you! Why? Why did you leave us?"
Hanajima bowed her head and said, closing her eyes, touching her forehead to hers, "June Nevins, my powers are fading, since the day of the biggest despair ever – Onigiri."
"Onigiri?"
"She goes by another name – Tohru Honda. She was my friend."
Episode 7 – Chapter 3: The Darkness Returns!
Saki Hanajima's Final Wish!
Hanajima explained, as she recalled the birth of the Moji Mikisa, on 2011:
"Long ago, the pastor Enrico Pucci caused a rift in the world, thus causing panic and chaos in everything. But after he was defeated, the worlds were destroyed, and fused together, thus creating a massive alternate world mess-up, changing people into different personalities. Tohru Honda was a part of a resistance, to stop the evil army from making things worse. But… Tohru, thanks to the powers of the Precious Stones of Control, turned to the Dark Side. She was consumed by hate and greed, after her past came to being. However, she changed for the better, as there was still good inside her.
Of course, I talked her out of joining the evil side, but she disappeared. And she suddenly snapped, killing the man who we thought was responsible for the AU Meld. But we were wrong. McLean wasn't the man responsible, and Tohru wasn't the Chosen One to save the worlds, as it is.
Arisa Uotani died, after Tohru changed for the worst, but the rest played out, and she disappeared in the darkness of time, before she was stopped completely. Then, during The Gang's two-year training, after the shocker of Kanade Jinguji, the hell of Onigiri returned, as we thought… except…"
Five years ago – The Great West Greenwich War…
A tall muscular man in an afro and mustache was standing in place, with his eyes closed and wearing only his pants. A tarp was over him, as a figure in white, with long brown hair, holding a parasol, approached the man.
Her name was Remy Snowflake, a serial killer from the 60s, who was Japan's Freddy Kreuger. She was exactly similar to Tohru Honda. But her personality was twisted and evil. This all happened, near the end of the Great West Greenwich War, five years ago, which your father, aunt, and Percival Gaynes all witnessed.
(June): Who was the black guy?
(Hanajima): Black Dynamite. A hero to the Black Community. He died standing, after an onslaught by Remy. But the worst was yet to come.
Remy called, as two girls in black hair, covered Black Dynamite's corpse in a tarp, "Now! Feast your eyes! This show has just begun. This whole Authority thing has given me new light of what's best for business! But I don't need it, anymore!"
The member of Triple H's Authority went after Remy, as Remy called out, "NOT SO FAST! Down!"
The tarp covers Remy, as she was hiding in the tarp with Black Dynamite's body.
It was a start of a new hell. Remy Snowflake emerged… … … as our worst nightmare reborn.
Remy returned, as she was coated in all black, with demonic red eyes. The people in the war cried out in fear.
"IT'S ONIGIRI!"
"She's returned!"
"Tohru Honda lives again!"
"IT CAN'T BE!"
She has black aura in her right arm, "A hand of darkness that calls forth the void!" and a bright light in her right arm, "A hand of light that shakes the heavens and rule the Earth! BOTH are mine! And the worlds will tremble with my every step! NO ONE can stop me! Onigiri is reborn, THROUGH ME! Only a fool would dare defy me!"
Remy Snowflake has helped The Authority win the war. But her thirst power wasn't enough. She exposed The Authority's plans, and made them traitors to the World Government. Of course, she disappeared, after that, alongside her crew. No one saw her again. But the war ended, when Triple H & Stephanie McMahon were bewildered, and arrested for their crimes against humanity. They disbanded after that, and the announcement was made.
The leading authority figure cried, "THE WAR… IS OVER! THE AUTHORITY IS DEFEATED! THE WORLD GOVERNMENT HAS WON!"
A roar of cheers were made, as Triple H & Stephanie were taken away.
Related to our discussion, this all happened, after you obtained my powers. Remy Snowflake was a twisted being of evil. She uses others to get what she wants. And it caused so many deaths in the Great West Greenwich War. The Gang could not save it, as they were MIA, but the damage was done.
Hanajima continued, "Tohru Honda's essence was erased forever, following your sister's victory over Kagura Sohma. But not even defeating the immortal zombie was enough to end Onigiri, completely. Evil always looms in these worlds, including here. Your powers, handed from me, are the key to stopping a nightmare that could be restarted. You see, your boss of Alternativa, is a Stand User. But she's ten times worse than Tohru Honda and Remy Snowflake, combined."
June nodded, as she replied, "Hanajima, I didn't know. Tohru Honda has been dead for years, likewise you. But I want to know, why did you abandon your life, to tell me everything? During their disappearance, my grandfather died, my father betrayed his friends, and my mother left, without turning back! I'm alone!" She sobbed, "I'm all alone! I have no one to help me! Mom, Dad, Auntie Michelle, they all left me! My family has abandoned me! And because of Tohru Honda, MIO, and everything that happened! HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT ABOUT ME, AFTER WHAT I HAD TO EXPERIENCE?"
Hanajima held her and said, "June, you're not alone. You have friends. They are the only ones left for you, as they cared for you. Beth is your only family left, and the rest, they love you."
June narrated, as she had a vision of Beth, Emily, Nanao, Tanukichi, & Ayame 8, "My friends. They were there for me, when Mom and Dad had a fight. They were the only friends I had, before and after this drama. She's right. I'm not alone."
Hanajima said, "Do you understand now, amico? You are not alone. You have good friends."
June smiled, "Yeah. I do. But this changes nothing! Just why and how? Why did you bring me here?"
"I came here… to summon you… and to heal your hurt soul. Your waves are unbalanced, but allow me to help the flow, for your dream to stay alive."
She placed her hand on the mannequin's chest, as June's heart started to glow. June whispered, "What is this?"
Hanajima said, "Everything you want to ask about what happened now will be explain, when the time's right. Tanukichi's Stand, unsure when it'll awaken. Ayame Kajou's life, she hasn't much time left. And the Alternativa famiglia, fate has already decided their future. Pure heart, pure soul, all angelic and righteous. You are the same as your father – beloved and a righteous hero. Now that I think about it, you and I had it rough, too."
She turned around, as she said, "I, too, had problems in the past, before the worlds came to be, and before I met you. This was also before I met Tohru Honda. I was an outcast, as I punished people with my waves, through anger and malice. I keep hearing the voices inside others that are out there. But I learned to control that power, thanks to friendship, saying that I am not alone. For that matter, Tohru Honda saved me, and the voices that resonated in my head were gone."
June asked, "Really? I believe you were bullied, when you were in high school."
"No. Elementary."
"EH?!"
She narrated, "Back then, a boy tried to abuse me, calling me a witch. Of course, there were times, as a child, that I could not control myself."
A boy threw a newt into her soup, and told her to eat it. But the boys threw her down to the floor and laughed at her. Hanajima, as a child, in her blue uniform, was seething, as she was bullied.
"Those boys threw a newt in my lunch, and forced me to eat it. Then they called me a witch, and laughed at me. But those bullies… They had no idea what they would suffer next… … …"
Hanajima growled, as she thought, "I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! Just die! Just die! Just die, just die, just die, just die, just die! DIE!"
The boy paused, and he suddenly collapsed, with his eyes dilated and his body twitching.
"And for that matter, neither did I."
June replied, as she turned away, "You had a horrible experience. But by the time you entered Middle School, Tohru Honda changed you."
Hanajima whispered, "I did. And Tohru saved me. But years drew by, and everything's changed. Arisa's dead, Tohru's dead, and I'm dead. Sadly, the world cannot be happy again with us, not after the horrors that started this mess. Chris McLean was an evil person, but Enrico Pucci was worse off. We had no idea it was him."
June said, as she was upset, "I'm sorry." She said, "Hanajima, I understand how you feel. Your powers are now my powers, but your pain is now mine. We have similar pain, emotionally. You were being bullied by others, for being a witch, until she saved you. But my family issues started, long before Honda and Uo died. After Onigiri was erased, my family issues started with MIO. My father joined the dark side, only he said that he did it to destroy the vampire, for what he did. Only he was blinded by power. Beth never forgave him, but I did. I am not the vengeful type, as I have very little grudge on anybody. And you shouldn't blame anybody. You're not a witch. You're a hero. An angel. And you're better than that."
Hanajima smiled, as she turned to her, "Well, I believe your heart's still aching, but you understand how I felt. We have different backstories, all negative. But fate brought us together, and shared our sob stories. High School was when I cried, for the first time. Emotions were never in my heart, before she soothed my soul. I'm not you."
She wept tears from her eyes, as she whispered, "I caused so much drama in the worlds, since it birthed, eight years ago, the same year that Jotaro Kujo died, and we blamed not Enrico Pucci, but Chris McLean."
"Maybe the worlds are beyond repair. If any, should there ever be a way to fix the worlds, what would happen? Would we no longer exist? Will our meeting never met? NO! The past is the past, and you can't change the future. What's done is done. And you and I have one thing in common. Hope."
Hanajima wept, as she cringed, "Hope."
She turned to June and held her hands. She sobbed, "Hope. It was something that was missing. Tohru turned on us, and Uo died, because of me. And I forgot what it was. June, you said it yourself! Even if we cannot fix it, hope still blooms in us! I want… I want…" She wept, as her tears flowed down her cheeks, "I want you to help me end this, and bring hope back to the worlds. That is what these worlds were missing – hope."
June nodded, "Hope is the light to the darkness that is despair."
"Thank you, June. Hope is all we need. You're a wonderful student of mine. I wish to make you even stronger, to live your dream."
They suddenly disappeared, as Toko jumped in from the ceiling, entering the workshop. She looked around, as she whispered, "I heard voices. I see." She nuzzled her long braids, as she was worried, "I can't use my Stand here, but I sense June Nevins's presence. So what if Togami abandoned me? I'm still making Naegi proud. Thanks to me, I can do what Togami couldn't – kill June Nevins!"
Hanajima's voice echoed, "Welcome, stranger."
Toko shrieked, as she cried, "Wha-? WHO ARE YOU? WHO SAID THAT?"
Hanajima's mannequin came to life, as she turned to Toko, "You must be Toko Fukawa, one of the Hitman Squad. Correct?"
"Correct, Master." June's mannequin came to life, as well.
Toko shrieked, "Ahhhhh, ahhhhh, wh-wh-wh-wh-what is this?" She clutched her long braids and trembled, "No one s-s-said that Casa de M-M-Munecas was haunted!"
Hanajima spoke, "No. But the haunting to you has begun. I overheard you wanted my student dead."
June replied, "You're going to suffer, stronzo."
Toko shrieked, "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! GET ME OUT OF HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE!"
WHAM!
She hit the wall, and then collapsed. She groaned, as she fell unconscious. June said, "Well, that was anti-climactic."
Hanajima said, "Think again. I sense darker waves from inside her. Be ready."
They stayed in place, as Toko woke up, as Genocider Sho.
"Oh, man! What a coward! You think you can scare me, you wooden bitches?"
June gasped, "A split-personality?!"
Hanajima said, "As I expected, she's twisted. Her waves are unhinged."
Sho roared, "Hey, Ghost Barbie! You think I let Morose fight you and your student, Phantom Skipper? You try me, you sick ghost! I'll turn you into wood chips!"
Hanajima called, "Come and get me, Sho Fukawa. Or, do you go by another name, you serial killer?"
She roared, "Oh, you're so dead, you doll! Jack and Jill!"
She summoned her Stand, as Hanajima gasped, "Is that-?"
June shoved her away and cried, "LOOK OUT!"
SLASH!
Hanajima's bikini top was slashed off, after June shoved her out of the way. Hanajima summoned a portal and called, "We shall take this, elsewhere."
They vanished, as Toko cried, "Kyeehahahahahahaha! Run away, you wood doll!" She jumped into the portal and cried, "You won't get away from me, mannequins! Kyehahahahahahahaha… "
The portal vanished, as Hanajima and June reemerged from inside the portal. Hanajima said, "While I am now a bit topless, I believe we have done our job."
June moved her body, as she said, "Your chest. I think the Stand just-."
Hanajima said, "It is fine. You should go home. I'll deal with this freak, personally."
June replied, "No! It's me she wants. I want to help you. Master Hanajima, please."
She bowed to her, as Hanajima smiled, "Master Hanajima. It's been ages since I was called that." She agreed, "Very well. You will help me kill her."
"No. I have a better idea. You see, Devil Princess has ways of changing fates, which don't always lead to death."
"I'm game. Let's hear it."
Sho was transported to the warehouse, as she looked around. She cried, "Where are you? WHERE ARE YOU? I'll find you two bitches from hell, even if I have to shred all your mannequins! This place shall be your graveyard of sawdust, bitches! So, start showing yourself, with your perky painted ass, because I'm going to tear each of you apart! NOW WHERE ARE YOU, JUNE NEVINS? YOU CANNOT ESCAPE ME! YOU AND YOUR GHOST FRIEND!"
She hollered, pointing at all the female mannequins, "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?"
June called, "I'm right here." Sho turned to her left, but June called, "No, over here." Sho turned to her right, but then, Hanajima's voice called, "No! Here."
Hanajima's spirit appeared, as she said to her, "Toko Fukawa. In your past, you were a survivor of Hope's Peak. Yet the Moji Mikisa made you vicious than before. Your waves are corrupt, as does your heart. I welcome you to your eternal grave – The Land of Evil Waves!"
Sho snarled, "FUCK YOU, MORTICIA! YOU DON'T SCARE ME! I want June Nevins, but I am going to shred YOU, first! Say goodbye, you black-haired witch!"
"I wish you'd just die, but I have other plans. I don't intend on killing you."
"TRY ME, BITCH! PREPARE TO DIE! KYEHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Don't give in to despair. Just suffer. Bitch."
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!
Hanajima's eyes shone purple, as Genocider Sho and Jack and Jill were electrocuted by Hanajima's electric psychic waves. She cried, "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH-ABABABABABABABABABABABABABABAAAAAA! HURRRRRRRRRTS SOOOOOOOOO MUUUUUU-AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
Sho collapsed, completely fried. Hanajima went to a downed and unconscious Sho, as she said, "You remind me of the boy that bullied me, among the other students that made my life suffer. You shall receive that punishment, thousand times worse, whether you are psycho or timid, Hell shall await you, Toko Fukawa."
Toko came to, as she moaned, "Ehhhh? What happened?"
Hanajima spoke, "I see that the Genocider Sho persona has left. Unconscious mind, leads to a shift of personas. Even in pain, your evil side is of no help now. She slumbers, again."
She looked up, and trembled, "Aaaaaaah! Ahhhhhh? Whaaaaaaaaaaaa? AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! G-G-G-G-G-G-GHOOOOOOOOOOOOST!"
Hanajima said, as she was glaring in a blank emotionless stare, "Haunting, am I? You fear me, Toko Fukawa, for your fate has been sealed. I will make you suffer, more than you already know. And no one will ever save you, ever."
Toko trembled in fright, "Wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-what… are y-y-y-y-you… saying?"
Hanajima bent down, tilted her head, and responded, "Boo."
Toko shrieked, "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
She ran off, but suddenly tripped. Her legs were stiffened, as she cried, "AH! My leg! MY LEG!"
Hanajima said, "The curse is upon you."
Toko rubbed her nose and cried, "PLEASE HELP ME! JACK AND JILL, SHO, SAVE ME!" She started to sneeze, "Ahhh, AHHHH, AHHHHHHHH!"
June's voice called, "No need, Fukawa." Her spirit clasped onto her face, and stopped her sinuses. She said, "Devil Princess already cured you of your sinuses. I believe that it is a main trigger to summon your alter-ego. You can still breathe through your nose, for the time being, but your allergies are cured. Genocider Sho is no more."
She reached for her face, but her right arm stiffened. She cried, "AAAAAAAGH! NO! STOP THIS! PLEASE STOP THIS!"
Hanajima said to June, "I will handle her. Go in peace, and we shall meet again, June Nevins."
June smiled, as she nodded, "Thank you."
Hanajima concluded, "Also, the letter. Understand. Whatever happens, you're not alone."
June turned away, as she disappeared. Hanajima said, "As for you, you are going to suffer. Welcome to your new life, Toko Fukawa. Never again will you become the killer that you are. But now and forever, you are a mannequin, made of wood. But your soul will belong to me."
Her eyes shone brighter, as she echoed, "There ARE fates… worse than death."
Toko shrieked, at the top of her lungs, which were her final words:
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Emily was back at the club, as she was furious, repairing Nanao. "IDIOT! WHY DID WE SAY THAT? Fukawa may send the Hitman Squad to get us now!"
Nanao said, "Master, I believe we made a mistake. We forgot that Toko Fukawa was from the Hitman Squad, psycho or normie."
Emily seethed, "GAH! Me and my big mouth!"
Beth said, "Yeah, I tried to warn you. But, AHEM! You did say it out loud, in front of Nervous Nancy."
Emily cried, "What are we going to do? She may forward it to the others!"
Beth smirked, "Not a chance! June can take care of her. She always does."
Emily said, "I guess you're right."
Nanao's arm was repaired, as she asked, "Beth Nevins, curious, what was the note about?"
Beth asked, "You mean the note from Mommy? Well, I examined it, and, well, she did read it, only the note says it all."
She read it aloud:
Dear June and Beth,
Words cannot describe how much my family suffered. That's why I am leaving you to find myself. I don't want to cause any more drama for our family. Stay safe for me, and take care of yourselves. Just don't make the same mistakes that my husband did.
Love, Heather.
Beth replied, "It's 100% genuine handwriting, but it's all one thing: complete bullshit."
Nanao asked, "Huh? Why?"
Beth said, "Mommy never calls June by her name. She calls her Junior. And she would never be depressed."
Nanao whispered, "June Nevins. Who was your mother?"
Emily said, "Heather Dunn. She was a former-AAW Agent, before she resigned, after knowing the truth."
Beth smirked, "Well, I did some searching, and decided to find Mommy's note." She held up the letter and said, "This is the real letter. And it's from Mom, days ago."
Emily cried, "But… June got that letter, yesterday! How is that possible?"
Beth said, "I can't let her suffer so much, earlier. If I did show her the letter, it'll shatter her."
Emily said, "What does it say?"
Beth opened the envelope and said, "I never read it, but I sense it that it may be bad news from Mommy. You know how it is, after one trip to Egypt."
Emily seethed, "You never read it?!"
Nanao called, "Emily Maynard, let her read it."
Beth read the note, as she said, "Dear Junior and Beth, how are you today? I was worried that you were hurt. Words cannot describe the drama that I suffered, but I moved on. Don't worry about your father. He hopes one day that you will forgive him." She snorted, "I won't."
She continued, as Heather narrated, while she was somewhere in America, wearing a black jacket and jeans, with her blonde hair flowing in the breeze:
"I'm sorry I had to leave The Gang, on such short notice, but I was hoping to find myself. The journey in Egypt changed me, for the best. But I cannot assist my friends, anymore. But that's what they still are – my friends. You, as well, Junior. You and Beth have grown, since got involved in this. And you've made me proud. If I die someday, fighting to protect those I love, then there won't be any reason left for discord. My life is a fair price to pay, even if it means the horror show comes to an end. But I cannot stay behind the shadow of The Gang, any longer. My husband suffered, used by evil, and blinded by power. I cannot suffer that same fate of despair that he suffered, likewise the rest. That's why I left The Gang and ventured out on my own. I do this for the sake of my friends, whom I considered you all as my family. Forgive me, girls. Live through these dark times, and don't make the same mistakes that your father and I suffered. I want you to stay alive for me, and because you have friends. Please, honor my legacy, if it means I die, someday.
Take care. I will return, someday. I love you both. Heather."
Beth trembled, as she read, "Mommy… She left us, just to think. WHY? My father turned on her, because of the vampire! He turned on my family! HE MADE MOMMY GO AWAY!" She cried, as Emily whispered, "Beth… She is crying."
Nanao whispered, "She had hate for her father, she tried to hide it from her sister. Beth Nevins was hiding the truth."
Beth was crying, as Emily said, "Beth, it's alright. Heather made her decision to leave you, just to keep you safe. Too bad that June doesn't know."
"All that, and for what?" Beth wept, "For nothing! Mommy left, for nothing!"
"No! It wasn't." June appeared, as she was upset.
"June Nevins!" Nanao cried.
June said, "I heard the whole thing. You did this to protect my emotions. Sis, I'm happy you did, otherwise I would've ended up like Father."
Emily yelled, "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN? We were worried sick about you! If you would've told us about your family issues, we would've helped you! We're your friends, dammit!"
June roared, "SHUT UP! I know you're my friends! My Mom left The Gang, because she believed in them and us! And after what Beth read, I will honor that memory! Mom's gone somewhere, but it's her decision! I'm not alone! Beth, Mom didn't leave, for nothing. She protected us, and she still does care for the both of us. And so does Dad."
"SCREW MY BASTARD FATHER! HE LEFT ME FOR EVIL, BLINDED BY POWER, AND-!"
June hugged Beth and said, "NO! Say no more. Mom and Dad are still there, but they learned from it. Do not hate him. Just don't. Honor him, as it is. I don't care if you hate him. You're still a Nevins. And so am I. We're family."
She sobbed, "I love you, Beth!"
She cried, as Beth hugged her and whispered, "Sis, I'm sorry I hid this from you."
Emily nodded, "June, Beth, I'm happy for you two."
Nanao replied, "Indeed. Beth Nevins, do not hate your father, anymore. He has learned his lesson. Honor your family name."
Beth sniffled, as she agreed. Emily asked, "So… … … Where were you? You would not believe the day we had!"
June said, "Oh, don't worry. One of the Hitman Squad guys came to me. But she's been taken care of."
XXXXX
Meanwhile, in Casa de Munecas, Luther brought in a brand-new mannequin, dressed in a blue bikini, with long flowing purple hair and a cowlick. He said, "Well, this one looks perfect. Though, I will commend the pale skin, which I believe needs a skin tone paint job."
Cassandra smiled, "Muy bueno, another cute mannequin! She's adorable!"
"Yeah. I don't know what happened to that blonde one, but maybe we can work out what we got."
"You said it." Cassandra then gasped, and looked at her left thigh, "Uh, hermano? Why is her left thigh all scarred up in marks?"
They examined the mannequin's leg, as it shows markings by tally, which was Genocider Sho's own doing. The mannequin was Toko Fukawa, herself. As she was turned into a mannequin, by June & Hanajima. Toko Fukawa was no more. She was now and forever a lifeless mannequin.
[Toko Fukawa a.k.a. Genocider Sho – Jack and Jill: RETIRED (turned into a mannequin)]
Togami saw the Fukawa mannequin, outside the shop, as he said in disgust, "You know, I always knew Fukawa was useless in battle. I was right." He left New York, without looking back, officially defecting from La Squadra, which now has three members left: Makoto Naegi, Kyoko Kirigiri, & Aoi Asahina.
XXXXX
Emily said, "Well, be that as it may, Hitman Squad has three members left. And Naegi's their leader."
June said, "Good. We should go forward this to Koumoto. The numbers are dwindling down, as we speak."
Beth and Nanao arrive at the room, as Emily said to June, in private, "Listen, I'm sorry that you had this ordeal with Miss Heather, but next time, tell me everything, other than hide it."
June nodded, "I appreciate it, but I can't have you in this mess, all the time. This is personal issues."
"I know. But I worry about you. You're my best friend."
"Yes. And I'm sorry that I dragged you into this mafioso drama. You want to quit, go ahead. I won't stop you."
Emily laughed, "Are you kidding? After the fight with Togami, I don't care anymore!" She laughed heartily. And then said to her, "Once we defeat the boss, it is over. We end our partnership, but we had lots of fun. And I don't want anyone to die, while we're together, as a group. I wanna stay by you, until the end. We're friends, forever."
June smiled, as she giggled, "Friends forever."
They hugged, as they reconciled their friendship, knowing that Emily chose to accept her status. But…
Beth cried, "EMILY! BAD NEWS!"
Nanao cried, "It's Ayame Kajou! She's… She-."
They rushed in, as Ayame 8 was lying on the table, with Ayame lying on her, lifeless and unconscious.
Nanao wept, "Ayame Kajou… She's dead!"
They all gasped, as they saw Ayame died again, only what happened?
Well, it looks like we're NEVER ending this episode, without what happened to Ayame Kajou and Ayame 8. What happened to them? Find out, in the next chapter!
To be continued…