In the Colosseum, Emily & Nanao, both of which regained their bodies, last time, were lying on the ground, in pain. Nanao was shut down, after the jaw shot by Crimson War Goddess, and Emily was badly hurt from her body. Emily groaned, "What happened? Ungh… My head…"
She looked to the sky and saw the sun coming out. The rain finally stopped. Emily moaned, as she grumbled, "I wonder… Working with the mafia… was it all worth it? … … … It was, wasn't it? It wasn't about the money or power… it's about the adventure."
She saw up a bit and moaned, "Still, that Terminator Ninja is nowhere to be found… She's gone. What a relief. Even as a robot, Kashima-san and I cannot stop it… Mmngh… Still, I-." She looked at her own hand and gasped, "M-My body?" She lied down and chuckled, "June… Kana… I take it that you finally got the arrow. I'm… I'm sorry I cannot… assist you…" She looked at Nanao and said, "Once Kashima-san is repaired… and as soon as I regain any feeling from my own body… We can… go home…" She passed out, after that, "June… Okuma… Beth… Kana… Don't… let me… down…"
She went to sleep, as everything was quiet in the Colosseum. Requiem is destroyed, and everyone got their bodies back, even The NEW Gang. But what Emily & Nanao do not know was… that Kana Koumoto is gone forever. All that was left in the Colosseum was Emily & Nanao's prone bodies, unconscious and in pain, and Kana's own corpse, once inside the soul of Camie, who died, after bleeding out. Total silence in the Colosseum.
Meanwhile, outside the Colosseum, Yamabuki's android body started to walk slowly, as her motors were dying out. She beeped, as she was walking forward, "System… damaged… Shutting… doooooooooo…"
The body collapsed with a hollow metallic sound. Yamabuki's body gave out. Suddenly…
"HUH?" Her eyes opened wide, as she whispered, "Wh-? Where am I?"
She looked around and whispered, "June… Beth… Okuma…" She struggled to get up, "I… hafta… hurry… Haruhi… I do not know, but… Kana Koumoto… a noble sacrifice, for saving everyone. I do not know what, but fer my sake… June Nevins is the only hope, one hopes, fam."
She slowly crawled away, as she growled, "Dammit… I hafta… get ta… the others… before… Haruhi kills them! Feet… don't fail me now… But my legs… Ouch… What happened ta my body?" She continued crawling, holding herself in pain.
Requiem (Part 4)
Episode 13, Chapter 4: The Queen of Queens!
Devil Princess Requiem!
Disappointed by the fact that she lost the arrow, after she killed Requiem, which is dissolving into nothing, Haruhi Suzumiya regained her body and Stand, but was shocked by the outcome. Kana Koumoto, in her final act, used Alt-RC to destroy the gold orb that was the cause of swapping souls. Now that Requiem is destroyed, finally, everything is back to normal.
However, Haruhi was completely angry, knowing that she lost the arrow, yet again.
"After all that, I was fated to be the Queen, ruling everything in my power… and for what?" She looked at her hands and was completely defeated, "Who was it that once said… We all stand as soldiers, chosen by destiny? How quaint that this world has taught me otherwise. Fate has bestowed upon me an extraordinary power. To obliterate time and see the future. At that, only one spot suits me in the natural order. There is no question… I, Crimson War Goddess, am destiny's written warrior to stay at the top! A MERE SOLDIER, I AM NOT! SO, WHY? WHY DID I NOT SEIZE THE ARROW? IT'S SO SIMPLE! I, HARUHI SUZUMIYA, WILL GRASP THE ARROW AND CONTROL THE WORLD, AS ITS QUEEN! BUT AFTER ALL THAT, I STILL COULD NOT GET THE ARROW! HOW ON EARTH DID I FAIL SUCH AN EASY TASK?! This is inconceivable! But it's not over yet! It may not be now, but victory will still be mine!" She kneeled up and moaned, "For now, I must rest… bide my time… and take refuge to the fact that they have beaten me, but I haven't been beaten! Only delayed! My powers will thrust me BACK to the top, in no time!"
Okuma moaned, "Ungh… June, we have to kill Haruhi now… If she flees, we lose!"
June said, "No need. Let her come to me. This is between me and her."
Beth groaned, "But how? In case you forgot, we don't know what happened to the arrow."
June, Beth, & Okuma surround Haruhi, as they were the only able bodies left in her wake. Haruhi gasped, "N-N-No… They're alive?! Dammit… Curse you, Kana Koumoto!" She stood up, "Fleeing is my only option left. I will be back, when the time comes. You lost, at last, June Ne-. Huh?"
The smoke cleared, as June kneeled down, holding the arrow in her hand. Haruhi gasped, "What? SHE HAS IT?"
Beth cried, "What the hell? June's got the arrow! Looks like she finally achieved a new power! WAY TO GO, SIS!"
Haruhi thought, "Dammit! Retreat is the only option left, but that's out of the question now! This girl… This June Nevins… She irks me, even more! I must face her now! My dignity demands it! You won't overthrow me! Try as you might, you will NEVER tear me from my throne! I won't run from you! That would be unbecoming of a queen! Let's end this now!"
She dashed after her, as Beth cried, "Oh, shit! If you said that she runs, you didn't say which way! Looks like she wants the arrow and Sis!"
Haruhi roared, "NOW YOU'RE MINE, YOU GOLDEN-HAIRED BITCH!"
June's aura shone gold and cried, "DEVIL PRINCESS!"
She pierced the arrow into her chest, and her body shone in a bright gold and purple hue. But… It was in Haruhi's hair, the vision of June's power. "So… that's how she'll do it, huh? Thank you, Crimson War Goddess Eulogy. No such thing will transpire, dear boy! I'm just glad that your words goaded me into staying! You always reminded me to always guard my honor! Good thing I held my ground. Had I actually fled, I never would've gotten to witness this thrilling vision."
She saw June's body with a hole in her chest, and the arrow on the ground, "Hahahahahahahaha! As Eulogy guessed, it's time to end this matter!"
June's aura shone gold and cried, "DEVIL PRINCESS!"
She pierced the arrow into her chest, and her body shone in a bright gold and purple hue. But…
SMASH!
Haruhi punched the back of June, knocking the arrow off her hands. Beth & Okuma were stunned, as they saw what they witnessed.
"But why?" Okuma cried, "Did it really reject June?"
June was staggering, as Haruhi cackled evilly, heading towards her. "How lovely to be back on the road to victory! And right when I thought despair would fall into my grip, but the wounds you inflicted on my pride, steered me towards the right path! I would not have realized how truly close I was to winning, without you! June Nevins, what did you hope to accomplish? The arrow would sully save the feeble! Did you forget what the detestable turtle said? You're nothing but a Standless Whelp! You just have powers that are weaker than I! How glad I was to stay and witness your death."
She launched one final punch and roared, "TIME TO DIE, LIKE THE STANDLESS WEAKLING YOU ARE! BEGONE, WRETCHED DOG!"
POW!
Haruhi smashes June's face, breaking her glasses, and smashing her right eye open. Haruhi cackled, "To be slain by a queen! A FINAL GIFT!"
June fell, dropping the arrow. June Nevins… suddenly grew another eye from her face, where the hole Haruhi punched was. It was purple, shining like an amethyst."
"ASSHOLE!" Beth hollered, "AERO-BUN-"
"WAIT, BETH!" Okuma called, "Look! There's more than just blood, coming out of her wound! I think… I think it actually worked!"
June's body was engulfed in gold and purple aura, as Haruhi gasped, "What the hell? How did you-?" She thought, "This has to be another trick! Her skull was shattered by my hand, and thus, her brains will ooze out, thus ending her life! But… Is that… another eye? What kind of bizarre power did she keep inside her? The arrow… Don't tell me… I, Haruhi Suzumiya, hold the arrow in my grasp, and bestow my power as a queen, and yet it turns out she was the one to be chosen, all along? Is that it?"
Haruhi cried, "SHIT, NO! I smashed her skull, and her brains fell off! I want to see the death of a girl that defies the goddess, Haruhi Suzumiya! WHY? The arrow is somehow merging into her skin!" June's arm has the arrow inside her, as Haruhi cried, "NO MORE! THIS HAS GONE ON, LONG ENOUGH! IT'S THE END FOR YOU! YOU DIE NOW, JUNE NEVINS!"
June's body is shattered, as Beth shrieked, "NO!"
Haruhi stopped, as June's body was vaporized, "Wha-? Where did she go? Where did June Nevins go?"
Tanukichi cried, "Something's not right! That's a golden husk of her former self… But, it's impossible… She's inserted herself with the arrow!"
Beth called, "No, she did it! Look up!"
He looked up and smiled, "Yes! I knew it! She didn't get rejected! She was worthy! June's become one with the arrow! Haruhi can't get it, anymore! Call me nuts, but it's stuck to June, for good!"
Haruhi was shocked, as June appeared, cloaked in a golden and purple aura, with Saki Hanajima's spirit standing beside her. Beth gasped, as she saw Hanajima, "Who is that?"
He gasped, "I don't know… But she looks familiar."
Haruhi was shaken, "What is this hellish nightmare I see? This can't be real… My eyes are playing tricks! I should foresee June Nevins's death, in my hands! This cannot be real! I didn't make a single mistake! My hand gored into her skull, moments ago! She should be dead, in a pool of viscera!"
Beth gasped, "I get it now! It's Requiem!"
Tanukichi cried, "Yeah! Except it's June Nevins's Requiem!"
Beth cried, "BUT HOW? She doesn't even have a Stand!"
He said, "Sorry, but June doesn't even need a Stand… Whatever powers she suddenly had, they have gone beyond ANY Stand or Spirit Caller! She's transcended the Arrow's power! It's Devil Princess Requiem!"
June's body has manifested the spirit of Saki Hanajima, and with it, the powers of the ESP Perk and Darkness Shadow, combined to create one superpowered energy field! This was Devil Princess Requiem!
Haruhi was stunned, "Requiem?! Impossible!"
June barked, "Silence, cur!" She shot electric waves into her hand. A few pebbles flew upwards, and turned into scorpions. Haruhi was caught with one, and threw it down with Crimson War Goddess. She stomped on it and was mortified. She snarled, not only killing the scorpion, but she sliced off her own right pinky, "KYAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
June said, in a deep booming voice, "The only thing that matters to YOU now… is truth itself! The action that WE just performed with was a product of truth… And therefore, these actions cannot be erased OR destroyed. Righteous actions born of truth will live on, at the end of time.
Koumoto is dead… so are Mossan and Pets! But their actions and virtuous spirits shall live on forever… They're the reason WE have the arrow now! So, then, are your actions bound by truth? Or do they stem as agents of your shallow evil? ANSWER US, HARUHI SUZUMIYA! Are you as unbreakable as you are claiming to be? I guess we'll know, soon enough."
Haruhi was completely shocked and speechless. Beth cried, "What the hell is going on? Don't tell me June's swapping spirits with one of us, again! Please, don't tell me we cannot have that again!"
Okuma said, "It could be that, but keep your eyes peeled. June said that this is her fight. But I don't think she knows that. But we need not to worry… It's nothing like before. It appears she's controlling Requiem."
Haruhi held her bloodied hand and snarled, "I failed to see it. Her attack managed to evade my prediction! No, I didn't see it coming, just not in detail. The vision of a projectile bursting through my hand, it saved me from the full brunt! I can still dominate this little whelp! I can dodge her attacks, at the last second. There's no way around it. Devil Princess isn't a Stand, but its newfound strength is nothing to scoff at! But THAT ends here! It's gained little more than a harder swing!"
Haruhi prepared, holding her hand, "Crimson War Goddess can still preempt her! There is NOTHING that can't be overcome!" Her hair waved, using Eulogy, and thought, "Enjoy the ride, dear June! I'm going to crush your skull, properly, this time, as fate ordains!"
She called out to June, "Don't think you've known everything now! A little girl like you should control your bravado, lest she's punished! June Nevins, once you're dead, you won't be able to regret your actions! I'll even strip you of any miracle you make, you brat!"
June hovered to Haruhi, as she was ready. Beth reloaded the beretta with her bunny shells, and fired six shots.
Haruhi hollered, "I RULE THE LAND, WITHOUT ANY REGRETS! GO, CRIMSON WAR GODDESS!"
She destroyed time, as she and June were alone. Haruhi barked, "Time will now be obliterated for all, but me!" She thought, "Excellent. I can see her movements… It's not a Stand… but a ghost… Someone's controlling her from beyond the grave! So, that's why she survived my assault! But who's controlling her? Koumoto? No… She's much worse… but I will exorcise this demon child, once and for all! Her machinations have been laid utterly bare!"
She tilted her head to the right, avoiding the bullets. She smirked, "Element of surprise, I see. Once I finish off your sister, you're next, you brat!" She clutched her fist, gushing out her blood, and cried, "AT LEAST TRY!"
She swung her bloodied hand, blinding June's eyes, "Amazing how little it takes to neutralize your greatest power! Poor fools… I almost feel sorry for you. Never again you will witness the unholy immaculate brilliance of Crimson War Goddess! Truth to be told, my power is that of the gods! THE TRUTH OF MY STRENGTH WILL BE FOREVER LOST TO YOU!"
She used Eulogy to predict June Nevins' fate, and grinned evilly. The premonition says that Haruhi punches into June's chest, and rips her heart out.
She prepared one final punch and grinned, "AT LAST, I WIN! ONE SWIFT BLOW WITH MY STAND, TO THE HEART, AND IT'S OVER! IN THE END, I'M STILL FASTER THAN YOU! YOUR NEW "POWERS" COULDN'T STOP ME FROM RIPPING OUT YOUR HEART! THE FUTURE CAN HOLD ONE OF US, AND IT HAS CHOSEN ME! THE ACTIONS OF MY CRIMSON WAR GODDESS HAS SEALED YOUR FATE! NOW DISAPPEAR!"
She landed a huge fatal blow to the chest. But it stopped. She did not touch her. The wasps that buzzed past her went backwards, and then the blood from her wound returned to her hand.
Haruhi cried, as the field changed back to normal, "NO! IT CAN'T BE! MY WORLD! IT'S CHANGING BACK!" She gasped, as the bullets Beth fired returned. Haruhi dodged them, and snarled, "DAMN IT! WHAT NOW?"
The entire area was returning back to normal. Haruhi gasped, "How? I obliterated time, to destroy her, but… How is she reversing time? That shouldn't be possible!"
She gasped, as she was pulled back, "NO, STOP! IT'S ALL REVERTING BACK TO NORMAL! But still… Eulogy says that I will still rip her heart out!" She hollered, "I, HARUHI SUZUMIYA, NEVER LOSE! I WON'T LET HER WIN! FATE'S ALREADY CHOSEN ME AS THE VICTOR! SO PERISH, JUNE NEVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINS!"
She landed a huge fatal blow to the chest. But, another arm intercepted her attack. It was another Crimson War Goddess. Suddenly, Haruhi saw a descending row of clones of herself and her Stand. She gasped, "Wha-?"
Her voices echoed, "Wha…? Wha…? Wha… Wha… Wha…"
"WHAT THE-?"
"What the…? What the…? What the… What the… What the…"
"What is this? What the hell is happening now?" She trembled, "Am I dreaming? What am I seeing? Is this a hallucination?! THIS ISN'T REAL! She pulled one over my head! Or did she? The only person that can move after I obliterate time… is me!"
"The answer… is the truth." Hanajima spoke, as she appeared in front of June. Haruhi gasped, as Hanajima continued, "Your eyes are not deceiving you. What you see… is very real. Playing out before you are the results of your actions. However, though you might be able to witness the truth, you can never hope to reach it. Your powers are immaterial. It doesn't matter who you are. NO ONE could overcome this barrier. Behold! June Nevins' powers, Devil Princess Requiem. Now witness OUR TRUE STRENGTH! Its nature remains a secret, even to my pupil."
Haruhi gasped, as Beth reloaded her Beretta. She whispered, "No…"
"…lest she's punished! June Nevins, once you're dead, you won't be able to regret your actions! I'll even strip you of any miracle you make, you brat!"
Haruhi stammered, as she thought in fright, "No… It's happening again! I already said that, right before-! But I-!"
June hovered to Haruhi, as she was ready. Beth reloaded the beretta with her bunny shells, and fired six shots. Haruhi could only watch in shock. "HOW DARE YOOOOOU! ONLY I CAN BEND TIME!"
June went closer. Haruhi cried, viewing Eulogy, "NO, NO! My premonitions ALWAYS BECOME REALITY! THE FUTURE HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN! CRIMSON WAR GODDESS HAS ALWAYS DECLARED ME AS THE VICTOR! THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE! HOW AM I WRONG?!"
June roared, "MUDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW!
"MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!"
An endless barrage of shadow, psychic, and golden punches trounce Haruhi Suzumiya and Crimson War Goddess, in a barrage of blood.
Hanajima bellowed, "You have nowhere else to run! Never again you will grasp the truth, with your crux of evil! It's a price you must pay! HARUHI SUZUMIYA! Suffer Requiem's wrath! IN HANAJIMA'S NAME!"
Haruhi broke free, but June was ready, "YOU LITTLE BITCH! I'LL KILL YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!"
"MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!" Try as she might, Crimson War Goddess countered June's assault, but June's punches were deadly and fast! Haruhi was caught in June's inescapable offense!
"Haruhi Suzumiya, it is all but a pipe dream… that you would lead June Nevins, Tanukichi Okuma, Kana Koumoto, and others in your game. The truth you'll never come to experience… it's mercy! Despair awaits you, Boss. NOW DIE!"
June and Hanajima combined themselves, landing a huge right punch, "MUDAAAAAAA!"
POW!
One final blow, June lambasted Haruhi, all the way into the Tiber River. Tanukichi cried, "WHOA! DID YOU SEE THAT?"
KERSPLASH!
She sank down to the river.
Beth cheered, "FUCK YEAH! WE WON! TAKE THAT, EX-BOSS!"
June stopped, as she panted heavily. She held herself and whispered, "Finally… It's over… Kana… Pets… Mossan… We did it…"
Beth cried, hugging her sister, "SIS! Alright, Big Sis! I didn't know how you did it, but what powers you had, mixing darkness and psychic energy, and a gold shine, too! BADASS!"
Tanukichi was stunned, "Is this for real? I didn't blink, but it was superfast… But still, it's finally over."
Beth laughed, "HAH! That Boss Bitch stood no chance in hell against a Nevins, even against… uh, whatever it's called! She beat the shit out of Haruhi! We've just ended the Alternativa Mafioso's Boss!"
June moaned, "Not exactly…"
She walked off. She, Beth, & Tanukichi went to the railing, as they viewed Haruhi's body… which vanished.
"She-, She's gone!" Tanukichi cried. "No way! Haruhi just escaped!"
Beth yelled, "No way! I'm sure her corpse is floating upwards, by now… Uhhh… Did she sink?"
June said, as she walked to the railing, "No. She's finished. Either way, I doubt she'll ever return…"
She smirked, "She's already forgetting who I am…"
Beth cried, "You don't understand! This is the boss! She escaped!" She looked down and said, "That… or her corpse obviously sank down into the abyss… With those injuries, she'll likely drown. Win-win."
June shook her head and said, "Dead or alive, it's already over…"
Beth & Tanukichi asked, "Eh?"
Meanwhile, Haruhi was floating to a sewage pipe, as she moaned, "Ungh…" Despite the injuries she suffered, she was still alive, and used the last of her strength to swim in retreat.
She reached to the dry land and said, "God… Ugh… That brat… She bested me, yet she failed to kill me. Damn her!"
She kneeled down and said, "That girl will get what's coming to her! No one defies Haruhi Suzumiya! NO ONE!"
She moaned, "I'm barely alive, but June Nevins and her Requiem… What was that for? And that woman, next to her? My premonitions were exact, and it clearly showed that it always chooses me… as the winner! So why? This is a nightmare! What twisted powers did Requiem give her?
When I get my hands on her, she'll pay! I have to flee, for now, and hide from them. Dammit! Mark my words… Nevins! Okuma! All of you will pay dearly! You haven't… won at all!"
She climbed in and laughed, "Hahahahahahahahahaha! They've not heard the last of Haruhi Suzumiya! I always come back… Was I lucky? This isn't over. I will get back at her-."
STAB!
She was stabbed at the kidney, by one of the hoboes, under the pipe. He roared, stammering, holding his brown coat, "YOU CAZZONE! I GOT YOU! You want my coat, do you? You're not touching my coat!I'll cut you, I swear! I'll cut ya like deli slices!"
He held up a knife, covered in blood, as Haruhi roared, "You bas-! AGH!"
She tripped down and was badly in pain. She was fatally wounded, as the hobo cheered, "HAH! MY COAT! MY COAT! NO ONE TOUCHES MY COAT!"
The hobo, along with two others, were sickly and deranged, as one of the syringes full of drugs was laid by one of the hoboes. He chortled, "You want a piece of me? Do you? Hehehehehehehehehe! WELL, COME AT ME, YOU CUNTBAG WHORE! I'll poke you into holes, you weird chocolate banana with legs!"
She looked at her hand, as it was covered in her own blood. She screamed, "Ah-! Ahhhhh-! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! WHEN DID YOU-?"
Haruhi was clinging to life, but she cannot move her body, "No… How can-? Why the hell can't I move? Ugh… Please help! Somebody!" The hobo went closer, as she groaned, "This can't be where I die! I am Haruhi Suzumiya… I am the ruler of all space and time… Fate always… declare me… the victor… That little bitch… did this to me… I swear… She'll… get hers! A common hobo cannot be my undoing! It doesn't make any se-!"
The hobo held his knife, and lunged down, as she screamed, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
Haruhi suddenly woke up, as she was in a vacant and sterile white room, as she thought, "Eh? Where am I? How did I get here?"
She looked around, but her naked body was not moving. She whispered, "Im… possible… Was I in the river, near a sewage pipe? How did I get on this table?"
A female doctor said, looking at her clipboard, talking with a tape recorder, "Today's the 25th, 11:20am, report by Dr. Erica Costello… File No. 28, the deceased looks to be an adult female, age at about late 20s, and her name is unknown… Judging her state of the skin, it's been about 48 to 54 hours, since her death. Commencing autopsy, to determine the cause of death."
Haruhi moaned, "Lady, what are you talking about? I'm not dead!"
A light shone on her, as the doctor said, "Her body was discovered near the river. Though she was sunk down in the waters below, she had barely any water in her, so she couldn't have drowned."
Haruhi cried, "YOU DEAF, WOMAN?! What am I doing here? LISTEN TO ME!"
She saw a row of tools and gasped. She started to move, but to no avail. "My body… It… I can't move… Not again! What is this? HEY, LADY! What foul curse-? I'M TALKING TO YOU! DON'T IGNORE ME! I don't know what you're doing here, but TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? PUT THAT THING AWAY!"
She carved open her body, as Haruhi screams in pain, "AGH! GTCH! DAMN IT! WHAT ARE YOU-? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! WHY CAN'T MY BODY MOVE? AND WHY AM I FEELING PAIN? IT'S UNBEARABLE! SOMEONE HELP!"
The doctor said, "Cause of death: a laceration to the liver, LIKELY caused by a knife. No visible marks indicating hesitation, meaning it is not suicide. Next, I'll dissect her abdomen. And just in case, I'll check inside."
Haruhi was being operated on, like a cadaver in the morgue. In fact…
She held up a live liver, and remarked, "Hmm, autopsy shows healthy liver. A healthy color."
Haruhi gasped, "Liv-? LIVER?!"
She looked at her body, and saw that she was being carved open. She was in an autopsy room.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
She suddenly reappeared in a night city, as she whispered, "Thank god… Was I dreaming?" She looked around, "No… This isn't where I was."
She thought, as she moaned, shivering in fear, "I'm back… but I don't even know where I am, anymore… Hold on? What time is it? Where am I? Last I recall, I was thrown in the Tiber, then I was in an autopsy room, that cold steel trembles me, and now I'm back in this city… It's too real to be a damnable dream! Just what the hell is going on here? And how am I still alive?"
A man in gray hair and a dark red sweater called, "Excuse me, Miss? Are you okay? You really shouldn't sit there. If you need medical attention, I can call an ambulance."
He was holding his dog on a leash, as the dog was barking at her. She tripped backwards and fell onto the street. She cried, as she landed, "WHAT IS THIS MADNESS? NONE OF THIS MAKES SENSE! HOW COULD I HAVE MET AN UNDIGNIFIED END? WAIT… NOW I REMEMBER! THAT BITCH! JUNE NEVINS! SHE DID THIS TO ME!"
A car was driving straight towards her, as she cried out, "NO! WHAT HAVE YOU WROUGHT ON ME, DEVIL PRINCESS REQUIEM?"
The light flashed to a heavy white light, followed by a crashing sound, as Haruhi died again. But where on earth does she go now?
Meanwhile, Tanukichi cried, "Hold on! What are you saying? You mean Haruhi is gone? ALIVE OR DEAD? WHICH IS IT?"
June replied, "It doesn't matter, Okuma. She doesn't know that she's still alive, nor she knows that she's dead. I couldn't witness Requiem's abilities for myself, but I know in my heart that it's true. Haruhi Suzumiya's never coming back. She won't be bothering us again."
Tanukichi cried, "WHAT? You mean, after all that, she's still alive?"
June said, "Haruhi Suzumiya escapes… but to a place where her putrid reach will never find salvation… nor will she find vengeance; especially not in reality… nor will she ever know the truth… the truth about her untimely demise… Never again… She will never know her true death, for all eternity."
"But… if she's alive… how?"
"Her ending is where there is NO ending. That… is Devil Princess Requiem's judgment."
Haruhi is suddenly transported to another area, in a small grassy field. A little girl in light red hair called to her, "Miss? Are you okay? You seemed injured."
She reached for her, but all Haruhi could do was slink away in terror. She thought, panting in fear, "How many more times do I have to die? When am I going to die next? How long will this end? MAKE IT STOP!"
She screamed to the girl, "NO! Stay back! Leave me be! GET AWAY FROM ME! DON'T COME NEAR ME!"
She shrieked, in a huge echo, "STAY AWAY FROM MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Beth asked in confusion, "Uh, okay, I'm confused… Haruhi's dead, but she's still alive… so…"
Tanukichi stated, "No, it doesn't matter what riddles she tells us. The point is, we won! Let's just go with that."
Beth sighed, "Phew! Thank god! Now we can breathe easily. Finally."
June said it best. Haruhi Suzumiya was trapped in June Nevins' darkness realm, Devil Princess Requiem, trapped in an endless cycle of deaths and misfortunes, forever.
XXXXX
Hanajima's spirit was watching from the darkness, viewing Haruhi's deaths, continuously, as she bellowed, holding the head of Crimson War Goddess.
"Behold… an endless death…"
CRUSH!
She crushed the head with her bare hands, retiring Haruhi Suzumiya's Stand… permanently.
[Haruhi Suzumiya – Crimson War Goddess: Deceased (Fated by an Endless Death)]
[June's Plan - Defeat The Boss and Become Primo Mafioso: MISSION COMPLETE!]
Back near the Tiber River, Beth smiled, "Man, I'm glad that's over with. Anyways, Emily should be recovering. Let's get back to the Colosseum. Emily may be alive, but she's still injured. And I know for a fact that she's gonna lose her shit at me, saying it's my fault! Why couldn't she grow up? I helped, didn't I?"
Tanukichi said, "Don't forget Kana. Her soul may be out, but she's injured, too. She's probably there, lying on the floor, wondering what happened."
Beth paused and said, "Uh… Right." She called to June, "Sis! Move your ass and follow us! Emily and Koumoto are at the Colosseum, waiting for us! Come on! I wanna go home, soon!"
June paused, and then said, "You… go on ahead. I'll be… right there…"
Tanukichi and Beth walked off, as June looked to the sky.
"That'll do, June… Don't worry about it…" Kana's voice was called to the sky, as she addressed to June.
"The fact that we've reached this goal, it means a full and true victory. Now everything will be fine… Fate is but a sleeping slave; one we have managed to set free. THAT… is victory. The day is ours." She, Mossan, and Pets traveled to the heavens, as their mission was finally complete. June Nevins had finally avenged her fallen allies.
June bowed her head and smiled, "Thank you, everyone…"
Hanajima's spirit appeared to her, as she held her shoulder, "She is right, June Nevins… The day is ours… Kana Koumoto and friends are avenged. Hope still lives, thanks to you."
June smiled, as she held Hanajima's hand, as she whispered, "Thank you… Master Hanajima…"
Hanajima smiled, as she faded away, "This is goodbye…" After that, the arrow dropped to the ground, in a loud clunk. June picked it up, as she held it into her bosom, "Thank you… for the courage to make me fight… Saki Hanajima, I promise… I'll continue your legacy… in your name. Goodbye…"
June's last request was to Hanajima, the woman that gave her the psychic powers, before her passing, and she suddenly remembered everything. Now that June has won, and that her powers are now controlled, Saki Hanajima can finally rest.
Beth whined, "JUUUUUUUUUUNE! COME ON! HURRY UP! I WANNA GO HOME SOON!"
June called out, "OH! Coming!"
She walked off, as Beth whined some more, "JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN-!"
Tanukichi stumbled onto her, and she moaned, "OW! Watch it, you perv!"
He moaned, "NO, it's not what you think. Something hit my foot, and I stumbled down…"
They looked down and saw the turtle. They stared, as they were shocked. Beth whispered, "It's the turtle… named Yamabuki?!"
Tanukichi disappeared, as she whimpered, "Tanukichi? Where did he go?"
He called out, "I'm down here, behind the rock! And landed on this shadow!"
Beth gasped, "No way… even the turtle survived? Get out of there, dummy!"
He got out, as he moaned, "Ungh… That was a terrible ride…"
A voice called, "June, Beth, Okuma! Don't leave me here!"
They stopped, as they turned to a figure, crawling in pain. She sobbed, "If it'll take this long, I'm not sure how long it'll take me ta get ta the Colosseum… Someone carry me, fam!"
Beth looked at the turtle, and then to Yamabuki. Beth gasped, "Ehhh? Wait a second…"
Tanukichi asked, "Are you… Yamabuki Suou?"
Yamabuki nodded, on all-fours, still injured, "Yes…" She then introduced herself, "This… is the true me… only it's an android body, it does bear the resemblance, does it, fam?"
Tanukichi asked, "But… the turtle…"
Yamabuki replied, "Indeed… when Requiem was formed, our souls switched…"
June nodded, "And your soul was switched with the turtle."
Yamabuki said, "That is correct…"
Tanukichi cried, "Wait, I'm confused."
Beth said, "Oops. Sorry about that, Yamabuki… right?" She picked up the turtle and said, "I was rather curious on who you were… This is the first time we get to meet the real you. But… You're too busty, but smaller than Nanao." She realized, "OH! I forgot! Now that you're alive, and the soul switching is cancelled… That means…"
Tanukichi said, "Wait, that's not right! You're a robot, right?"
Yamabuki held herself and said, "My original body's already in critical condition, but… I'm afraid that it may have perished, by now. But the moment my spirit was flying off, I managed ta cling back on ta this husk of myself. It was either this, or the turtle, but I just wanted hands again. So, looks like I'm staying as yer Robo-Bookie, fer a while… ya know, before my old body gets healed up, fam. Think yer brainy friend can give me a touch-up, when we arrive?"
Beth smirked, "Well, that's a bit something. Anyways, I'm happy that you're alright, Yamabuki. And sorry again for doubting you, earlier. But it's not over yet. We're going to help out Kana and Emily, back at the Colosseum."
They walked off, as Yamabuki asked, "Wait… Koumoto? But I believe I saw her soul-."
June stopped her and shook her head. "I see. Then… I'm sorry." Yamabuki whispered, and bowed her head.
Tanukichi sniffed Beth and asked, "Huh… Curious…"
Beth asked, "What the hell are you doing?"
"Well, when I switched bodies with Nanao, and you with Emily, I think I started to smell weird… I should ask, once she wakes up."
Beth asked, "EH? You really are a pervert, you know that?" She stated, "But it sort of feels like that Kajou rubbed you the wrong way… or maybe you panicked too much inside her body that you overreacted. It sort of feels nostalgic, eh?"
He asked, "WHAT? WHERE DO YOU GET OFF SAYING THAT?"
She grinned, "Ohhhhhhhhh, really? But you still have a weird dick!"
He barked, "YOU'RE STILL A PINT-SIZED ASSHOLE!"
"YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME, YOU PERVERTED PIG?"
They glared at each other, but then laughed hysterically. After the adventure they had, they just can't stay angry at each other. They dashed off, leaving June & Yamabuki behind. June helped Yamabuki up, and she said, "Can you walk?"
"Yes. Barely, but… I'm alright." Yamabuki asked her, "The arrow… What will ya do with it now?"
June said, clutching the arrow in her hand, "When their wills are given to us, from those who passed on… then it is our sacred duty to carry on forward."
She held up the arrow and added, "I won't destroy the arrow. That's my choice."
June and Yamabuki departed, as Yamabuki said, "Then, when ya get it from Beth, leave the arrow inside the turtle. That'll do, June… And that is a worthy decision to fulfill yer duty… as a survivor."
June looked to the sky and smiled, with the wind blowing in her hair. She smiled, as she knew that it was finally over. June Nevins had accomplished her goal.
Yamabuki called, "Yo-ho!" June turned to her, as she said, "Now, ta the Colosseum, then? Yer friends are waitin'." June joined Yamabuki, as they made their way back to the Colosseum.
Yamabuki said it best. June Nevins' adventure with her friends was finally over. And though Kana Koumoto, Man Motoyama, Tomomi Hetada, and Ayame Kajou all perished, June Nevins honored their memories… as one of the sole survivors.
Emily and Nanao were in the Colosseum, lying helpless on the ground. Emily moaned in pain, while Nanao was still deactivated. June arrived, as she called, "EMILY!"
Emily sat up slowly and whispered, "June…"
She looked around, and asked, "Wh-? Where did-? What happened to-?"
June extended her hand and said, "… … …Let's go home."
Emily smiled, as she held her hand, "I take it that you won. Just like your old man…"
June & Emily laughed, as they hugged each other. Tanukichi, Beth, & Yamabuki were watching on in happiness. The journey for The NEW Gang was finally over. They depart from Italy, returning home to America.
Days later in Hane City, Okuma greeted Nanao & Emily, as he was prepared to say goodbye.
Okuma said to them, "I've decided… I'm going to follow my own dreams, just like June."
Emily nodded, "I'm really sorry about Ayame Kajou. It was wrong of me to play God. I didn't mean to make you suffer so much…"
He smiled, "It's fine. Emily, Nanao, I don't need Ayame Kajou, anymore. She's in my heart, always. Lewd or not, I'm going to resume where I left off."
"You sure you made your decision?" Emily said, "You do realize that you have no one left to be with… Your girlfriend and your allies… They're all dead."
Okuma said, "I've given it a lot of thought… and I've decided to go home. I wanna go back to what I was, and not become the son of the ero-terrorist, Zenjuro Okuma. I was an outcast, until I met Anna Nishikinomiya… and when I also met Ayame Kajou. But now… with those two gone forever… and I wanted to move on. The strip club in Hane City; it holds bad memories… It was the place Ayame left me with, and the place she died…"
Emily huffed, "Twice, unfortunately."
Nanao nodded, "That I understand, Tanukichi Okuma… She is now at rest, alongside Kana Koumoto, Man Motoyama, and Tomomi Hetada."
Emily nodded, "We lost few of our friends and allies in this journey, but… But if anything I learned from Mom, it's that it's all about the adventure."
She shook his hand and said, "I'm gonna miss you, friend."
Tanukichi smiled, "Thank you. I'll miss you both, and those two. June, Beth, and you two… Thank you for everything."
He gave her a small deed and said, "Emily, I want you to have this. The Deed to Club Tundra, Ayame's strip club… After she died, she left it to me, to cherish her memories. But no more…"
Emily blushed, as she whispered, "You mean it? I mean… I don't know…"
Nanao gasped, "OH? Do you want to surrender your own strip club? YES or NO?"
He said, "You're a scientist, right? Perhaps you can study there, since it's oozing with science. It is where your grandfather once called his lab. As for me, I realized that I haven't grown up, only to do what is best for me. I could never live freely, like you guys do… Tell June and Beth I said thanks."
She smiled, and took the deed, "Then… I am honored. I will not only continue Dr. Wyler's legacy, but I will honor yours, as well." She nodded, as she explained, "I believed he was a loon… my grandfather. But after this experience, I learned that I cannot escape my past. This is closure for my family's messed-up history… but I won't end up like you, doomed and damned to a tirade of despair. I believe that this is something I must learn, in the future. I won't escape my past. Take care, Okuma. And thank you."
Nanao bowed, "Farewell, Tanukichi Okuma. Perhaps our paths may cross again, someday."
He left, as he concluded, "Thank you… I'll come back someday, after I think long and hard about what I want to be."
Emily waved goodbye, as she looked at the deed. She grumbled, "A strip club? Seriously?"
Nanao said, "You can always sell it for money. It does have bad memories. Ayame Kajou… the place she died in, twice, as you said."
Emily looked at the building, "My grandfather, Dr. Wyler… He started his research here. And I followed this dream. And now that the dream is over, I got nothing left. But after the knowledge I learned from this adventure, I'm going to continue on, not just as a Maynard, but as a Wyler, too."
She stuffed the deed into her blouse and smirked, "Well, if it has science, I'm in."
Nanao snatched the deed from her blouse and hissed, "Oh, no, you don't! I know your game, Emily Maynard! You're doing this for the busty girls!"
Emily whined, "Come on! Kashima-san, I can study the strippers that were created by DNA!"
"NO means NO!" Nanao scolded, "And only because there are NO guy strippers!"
"What do you mean by changing the male demographic in my favor?"
"I just have a thing for Yaoi!"
"EW!"
"Even I have tastes of romantic genres."
"You're sick, you know that?"
"What about you? Your heart's not into this sort of-!"
"MY HEART IS FINE, THANK YOU!"
Emily and Nanao continued to argue, as Tanukichi Okuma departed from Hane City, never looking back. He disappeared in the streets and was never seen again. He never returned to Japan, but stayed abroad.
After that, months later in New York, Okuma was in a podium, calling to the people of New York, including reporters.
"Yes… That was a touching story… If it weren't for these girls, and their friends, I wouldn't even be here…" He continued. "If it weren't for them, I would never be here today. Even now, you're out there somewhere, you are thinking of me. Those girls taught me something… as someone who comes from nothing… I have to think long and hard about the future, and work to get there."
He was behind a banner that says "Okuma 2020", and continued, "If I never met them, I would not be standing here today, making this city and these worlds a better place. That is why I am happy to be a part of you, and become the man in office… as The Mayor of New York City."
As Okuma was talking, what happened to the rest of our heroes? Well, after the battle was over, Emily Maynard returned to Hane City. She reprogrammed and rebuilt Nanao Kashima, following the battle. She left her in charge of the Club Tundra Snow strip club in Hane City, after a long argument over Emily's health and well-being; and in Nanao's request, she renamed it "Club Lettuce Leaf".
"So I would like to dedicate this to my three friends, and to my fallen allies from Japan. Even though they are gone, this city will honor them, for they are the heart of New York!"
Beth Nevins, however, returned home, and waited for her father, Steven Nevins, to return, someday, in hopes of apologizing to him, for what he did, years ago. It is still unknown if and when he will return. Beth's a bit impatient.
"For my inspiration, the late Anna Nishikinomiya… for my girlfriend, Ayame Kajou… and to those three young girls, June Nevins, Beth Nevins, and Emily Maynard… they will be, among others, in my heart for all eternity."
Emily, on the other hand, decided to start anew in Targus City, as she would be an assistant to Dr. Ryuken, building and repairing the female android populace (if not controlling her urges). Of course, thanks to the knowledge of Dr. Henry Julius Wyler, her grandfather, Targus City had become a peaceful and more human place to live in.
Speaking of, after Yamabuki Suou was given back her original body, she returned to Japan, and never looked back. But she still remembered the times she had with BOTH The Gang and The Nevins Sisters, since the entire journey began. After Yamabuki's human body was healed up, her soul was expelled from her android body, and returned back to where it belongs. Though, Yamabuki no longer has Ninja Chariot to aid her, anymore.
"And I will make sure that the Heart of New York will beat as my own heart, for this is the city that will be cherished by the memories of that friendship. These memories will burn inside my heart for eternity, as I look to continue to make things right.
And in the immortal words of one of those friends: I, Tanukichi Okuma, have a dream!
Thank you."
A thunderous applause was made, as Tanukichi Okuma's new life began. He bowed, as Ayame Kajou's spirit appeared behind him, and then smiled, nodding to him, "Thank you, Okuma… I love you…"
Her spirit hugged him, from behind, as Tanukichi closed his eyes, remembering his friend that made him what he is today. No more was he an outcast, being the son of an ero-terrorist. Now, his future was bright.
"Goodbye… Ayame… and thank you…"
As for June Nevins, she remained in Italy, as the boss of Alternativa. Though she honored the deaths of many, including Kana, Pets, and Mossan, June Nevins' dream was finally coming true.
Hijiri Yajira, the last survivor of Kana's team, opened the window, with a turtle in its tank, near the open window. Beside the tank were a few mementos of the fallen members of Alternativa: a bottle of Dr. Pepper, to remember Mossan, a green hair clip, to remember Kana, and a stem of flowers from Pets' corpse, to remember her. They were the items that June kept, to honor the memory of her fallen friends.
June was sitting in her chair, greeted to some of the men in black suits. She was accepting their pledges to the Alternativa Mafiosi, as their new leader.
June Nevins had a dream… and it became reality.
The Gang: IN-ACTION – Act V – The End
This concludes Act Five of our story… or is it?
We have only ONE more chapter to go. And it takes place, BEFORE the events of June's birth of The NEW Gang, and long after Kana Koumoto became a capo. Don't miss it!