Sorry it took me so long to publish. I had to finish writing it, anyways, enjoy.
(This is a recap of the last episode)
Michael runs to protect the students, but before Michael can attack, Sawada, as the Spider Orphnoch, attacked J with his wheel-like happo shuriken.
"What are you trying to do?" J asked, as his human form appeared from his shadow.
"Oh yeah, I forgot you were in the group. Let me get one thing straight... don't get the Ryusei School students involved. They shall never get involved again," Sawada said, as J's chest was starting to crack a bit, with ash falling out.
"You're in luck anyways. Time up's for me fighting. Sawada... Murakami won't be happy about this," J said as he hyper jumped away.
(time jump for recap)
"Sawada-kun!" Mari called out.
"Sawada!" Kyosuke called out, with Sawada's back facing his former classmates.
"How did you become an Orphnoch?" Mari asked.
"Don't know," Sawada said as he walked away.
(time jump for recap)
"I have something...to tell you..." Masuda said. "On that day of the reunion...all of you..."
Before Masuda could finish, he fell down on his knees.
"Sensei!" The students call out. Masuda then turned to ash, with the students shocked about this. Their teacher has died.
(cue Justiφs's by ISSA; same as the original except a switch in places: Michael in Takumi's place, Yuka in Mari's place, Kiba in Keitaro's place, Sawada in Kiba's place, Saeko in Yuka's place, and Takuma in Kaido's place. Kaido, Mari, Keitaro, and Murakami will also be included.)
(Created by Shotaro Ishinomori)
Hirogaru uchuu no naka Can you feel? (? as Michael Taylor)
Chiisa na hoshi no hanashi wo shiyou (Yoshika Kato as Yuka Osada, Masayuki Izumi as Yuji Kiba, Mitsuru Karahashi as Naoya Kaido, Yuria Haga as Mari Sonoda, Ken Mizorogi as Keitaro Kikuchi)
Tell me the truth shinjite 'ta mirai ga (Waka as Saeko Kageyama, Jun Yamasaki as Itsuro Takuma, Kenneth Duria as Mr. J, Rie Kasai as Rina Abe, Shun Saeki as Kyosuke Tokumoto, Hiroko Hayashi as Haruko Kamijyo, Hitomi Ochiai as Kana Osada, Erika Niibo as Keiko Kurata)
Kuzure sarou to shite'ru (Go Ayano as Aki Sawada, Kasayuki Murai as Kyoji Murakami)
Kanashimi wo kurikaeshi (Written by Shoji Imai; Music by Kazunori Miyake)
Boku-ra wa doko e yuku no darou?
Ima hitori-hitori no mune no naka (Character Designs by Tamotsu Shinohara)
Me wo samase The time to go
Tsuyoku aru tame ni (Produced by Jun Hikasa, Naomi Takebe and Takaaki Ustunomiya)
Mata mamoru koto to tatakau koto
Dilemma wa owaranai... hashiri-tsuzukete mo (Directed by Ryuta Tasaki)
(The) end justiφ's the mean
Episode 13: Narrow Escape from Death
Plaza
Two high school girls were walking home from school together, gossiping about other people. The left girl, with straight brown hair, notices a little girl, with a green cap and blue overalls, sitting next to the step, near the fountain.
"Hey, hey, what is that?" The straight brown hair girl asked as she looked at the little girl's sign. It said, 'Portraits for 500 Yen'.
"How old are you?" The second girl asked, who had light brown hair tied up in a ponytail, and was chewing gum. "What's with the portraits? Isn't this like a runaway girl thing?"
"That is a question regarding my lifestyle, which has nothing to do with you two," the little girl snapped. "Anyways, would you like to have your portraits drawn?"
Neighborhood
Keitaro was walking around at random neighbors nearby from the cleaners. He had got complaints that someone has been throwing dirt at people's laundry. Michael and Mari were out, so Keitaro decided to do it himself.
"Why do Michael and Mari-chan takes so long with these things?" Keitaro asked himself. "Since it's come to this, I'm definitely going to catch that criminal. Okay!"
Keitaro then started to look around for the criminal.
Back at the Plaza
The little girl was doing the finishing touches, while the second girl was chewing her gum.
"Finished!" The little girl said as she ripped her paper out of her notebook and handed it to the two high school girls.
(Cue Chemical BMX by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:10, 1:07-1:15)
The girls weren't happy, because the drawing was bad. Like, very bad.
"What the hell is this?" The straight hair girl asked as she took the paper out of the chewing gum girl's hand.
"Don't screw with me! Give me back my money!" The chewing gum girl screamed. But, as they turned to the little girl again, she was gone.
Near a vending machine, the little girl took out the money she 'earned' from the two girls.
"I've managed to save a lot. Just a little more," The little girl said to herself, as she got off to her next customer.
(End Track)
But, the little girl stopped as she saw a clown, with a red and white striped costume, a red clown nose, a black hat, yellow hair, and clown shoes, on a unicycle, juggling. "That guy…it's him again."
The little girl then runs off, with the clown noticing her, wheeling her way toward her.
Ryūsei School Bus
In the bus, the students could've not lose themselves. They've lost their friend and teacher, and their friend is an Orphnoch.
"So Kaixa really is cursed," Kyosuke said. "Kouta-san and Souji-kun lost their humanity because of Kaixa."
"Michael, we're sorry," Rina apologized to Michael. "We really doubted you. You really didn't fought Inukai-kun until you had our permission."
"It's alright. From your point of view, I am an outsider from America after all," Michael said. Kyosuke then slammed the horn, causing honking and alerting Haruko.
"Stop it Kyosuke!" Haruko shouted.
"Then what do we do? Tell me…what do we do?" Kyosuke asked. "Even Masuda-Sensei was killed."
"I feel like sensei as trying to tell us something," Haruko theorized. "About the Ryūsei School attack. Which made me remember something."
"What?" Mari asked.
"About Father...I saw him. But…as an Orphnoch," Haruko said.
"What?" Kyouske asked.
"Are you sure?" Rina asked.
"I'm not positive. But I saw him, fighting the Orphnoch that attacked us," Haruko said.
"That can't be right. Father is too kind to be an Orphnoch," Mari said.
"But…it might be possible…that Orphnochs would want to live as human," Michael added on Haruko's theory.
"Possibly," Haruko agreed. "Did Kusaka-kun had something to do with it?"
"Let's not jump to conclusions for now. Even though Kusaka-kun didn't come to the reunion…his name is stilled signed on the card. Why?" Mari asked.
"Maybe he was running late and he intended to come," Rina said.
"We tried to contact him, but he won't come. I'm getting the feeling that he doesn't want to meet with us," Kyosuke explained. Then, there was alarm from a pad that Rina was holding.
"Orphnoch," Rina announced. "It's moving around the plaza."
"We have to go, sorry," Michael apologized.
"It's alright," Rina said. "Go."
Michael then left, but Mari hesitated.
"Are you sure you guys are ok with this?" Mari asked.
"Don't worry about," Rina said. "We'll be fine. Go."
Mari did as she was told, got on Auto Vajin with Michael, and rode off.
Stadium
The little girl ran into the stadium, and looked back to see if the clown was still there. The little girl then saw a telephone booth and hid there. The clown peddled his way to the phone booth, looking for the little girl. The clown briefly transformed into the guard-looking Toadstool Orphnoch, but changed back into his human from and peddled away. The little girl stuck out her tongue and got out of the phone booth.
"Don't worry, Keiko-chan. I won't hurt you," a voice said, which had the little girl, Keiko, to run.
Murakami's Office
"What were you trying to do Sawada?" Murakami asked. "You were lucky that J let you go. But, do you have any reasons for getting in the way?"
"You were in the way of the Ryūsei School. I told you I didn't want you guys to get involved," Sawada said. "Sure, I kill humans, that's because you put that instinct in me. It's also a game I made between Faiz and the other Orphnochs, on who gets the belts that Father sent the Ryūsei School students. We are currently in round 1, and 12 points go to Faiz, and for you, zero."
"Don't screw with me," Murakami said, as his face faded white. Murakami then stood up from his desk chair, and transformed into the Rose Orphnoch. The rose brain on Murakami's head glows blue, and Murakami fires a blue fireball at Sawada from his hands. Sawada falls into the office ground, but stands up, as his face fades white, and transforms into the Spider Orphnoch. Murakami jumped to Sawada and walked towards him.
"I considered you a member for the Lucky Clover if we'd had a vacancy. I had high hopes for you," Murakami said, as his human form appeared in his shadow. "If you betray those expectations, you shall not get off lightly."
Murakami grabbed Sawada by the shoulder, raising him up. Murakami did a couple of punches, which injured Sawada, since Murakami was a powerful Orphnoch than Sawada. As Sawada, got up, Murakami fired rose pedals from his brain at Sawada, which damaged him. Murakami walked towards Sawada, as the latter got up from the pedals.
"Say what you want about my motives… But being a renegade is better than being a prisoner in your company of lies," Sawada said, as he jumped into the glass window, landed on his feet, and ran off. Murakami then preceded to turn back to his human form.
"Hanagata-san made a huge mistake. I'll remember this…Sawada," Murakami said.
"Come on, I'm not going to hurt you," the voice said.
"You're a liar, fungus breath!" Keiko snapped.
"I take that as a compliment," the voice said, which jumped in front of Keiko, revealing himself as the Toadstool Orphnoch, who then grabbed Keiko.
"Let go! Let go!" Keiko demanded. Then, Michael and Mari, came riding there way under the stadium, with Michael stopping, and the both of them getting off Auto Vajin.
"What? An Orphnoch attacking a kid?" Mari said in confusion.
"We'll worry about that later," Michael said, as Mari handed Michael the belt for the suitcase.
(Insert Dead or Alive by Shinichi Ishihara; TV Size)
555
Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Michael transformed into Faiz, and started to fight the Toadstool Orphnoch, who lets go of Keiko. The Toadstool summoned a staff for battle. Michael did a couple of punches to the Toadstool's chest, while dodging his staff. The Toadstool turned and tried to grab Keiko, but Michael grabbed the Toadstool and punched the Toadstool in the face. The Toadstool then generated poison spores from his hands and threw them at Michael, causing sparks from the metal chest of Faiz.
Battle Mode!
Auto Vajin transformed into its battle mode, and punched the Toadstool. Auto Vajin punched the Toadstool three more times, causing the latter to drop his staff. After one punch from Auto Vajin, the Toadstool came flying to the stadium stairs, and ran off.
(End Insert Song)
The Faiz armor then disappeared in lasers as Michael passed out. Mari then ran towards him.
"Hey, Michael!" Mari called out as she ran towards Michael. "Are you alright? Hey!"
Mari then turned to Keiko, trying to get up, but due to her fear, she couldn't.
Kenzaki General Hosptial
Michael was quickly rushed to a hospital, as he was badly poisoned by the Toadstool Orphnoch's spores. Mari was very worried for her friend.
"I promised that I wouldn't leave you alone, Michael. I'm not breaking that promise," Mari said.
Kikuchi Cleaners
Keitaro showed a picture of Keiko hiding behind a fence, from a client.
"So, that's what you've been doing while we were gone?" Mari asked, as she entered the Cleaners, through the backdoor.
"Yes, but I am surprised that it was a kid," Keitaro said. "Especially a cute girl."
"Well, I'm cute, of course… But cleaner cleaner has no reason to complain, right?" Keiko asked as she took of her green hat. "Hasn't your business been increasing because of me?"
"Yes, but we looked through your bag," Mari said, as she then took out Keiko's bag, and saw at least three items. "A drawing kit, a broken wand from Harry Potter, and a switchblade."
Mari flipped the switchblade, which made Keiko noticed.
"Why did you have a weapon?" Mari asked.
"For self-defense," Keiko responded, as she snatched it from Mari's hand.
"Where's Michael?" Keitaro asked.
"He's at the hospital He seems to be getting a fever. The Orphnoch poisoned him with spores or something. By the looks of it, this Orphnoch seems to look like Mushroom or Toadstool," Mari explained. "And seems to be after the girl."
Keitaro then went towards Keiko.
"Well…what is your name?" Keitaro asked. "What are your mother and father doing?"
"My name is… Noguchi… Keiko," Keiko said. "My father and mother died a long time ago. But… don't take me to the police!"
Keiko ran to Keitaro for a hug, crying.
"It's going to be alright. Don't worry, we won't let anything happen you," Keitaro said. Mari sighed p, as she then got a phone call on her cell.
"Hello?... Why?... This second?... Alright," Mari said on her phone call, as she hung up.
"Who was that?" Keitaro asked.
"My boss at the beauty salon. She wants me to report at the salon immediately. She didn't say the reason, but I have to go anyways. Take care and Keiko and find something to stop Michael's fever," Mari said as she head out to the salon.
Beauty Salon
Mari walked into the beauty salon, and saw no one was here.
"No one's here so why did you ask me to come here?" Mari asked, as she then turned to see her boss, with a familiar face. "Osada...Yuka."
Yuka turned to see Mari.
"You came," Yuka said, as Mari then turned to see Kana.
"Kana-san," Mari said.
"Good to see you, Sonada-san," Kana greeted.
"Then, that means your..." Mari said.
"Mother and daughter," Kana finished. "Well, I was married again, but he was abusive to Yuka, and later he died by the Orphnoch. Yuka told me about them."
"Why?" Mari asked Yuka.
"I was caught in this battle. I had to tell my mom, so she'd be safe," Yuka explained. "I already explained on how the Orphnoch killed the students and caused Michiko to go into a coma (half a lie), and now, I told them about Michael and Faiz."
Yuka then got up from her seat and walked towards Mari.
"What are you doing?" Mari asked.
"I'm sorry, for getting caught up and being a burden for you, Michael, Kiba-san, Kaido-san, and Kikuchi-san," Yuka apologized. "I didn't mean to get caught up."
"You really don't have to apologize," Mari said.
"I do," Yuka said. "Michael was just so kind to me. I didn't know I was getting into a fight of humans and Orphnoch. But, I'm glad I met you guys. You're the only one I considered a family."
"Osada-san…you really considered my part of a family?" Mari asked. "We've only met 2-3 times."
"I know…but…I feel like you're the kind sister I never had," Yuka said. "But, I really want to think if I should visit Michiko."
"What does your heart say?" Kana asked, Yuka turned to her mother with confusion "Do you really care for Michiko?"
"She was very abusive to me…but I do want to see if she's alright. I don't like to see people in pain," Yuka said.
"Then, you have a kind heart," Kana said, but Yuka started to think back on the people she killed. Her classmates, and the three boys, they were all dead. She had killed them. But then, she thought back on when she killed the Sloth Orphnoch to protect Mari.
"I hope," Yuka said.
"Go," Kana said. "I'm sure Michiko would want to see you."
Yuka nodded and started to walk out of the salon and to the hospital.
Meanwhile
Keitaro and Keiko were having shaved ice, outside of the laundry, sitting in chairs. Keiko took one bite of her shaved ice, then put it back on the table, which was a laundry basket turned down.
"Thank you for the feast," Keiko said.
"Already?" Keitaro asked.
"Just as I thought, this won't work. I won't become happy," Keiko said.
"Then, what should we do?" Keitaro asked.
"I want to become an idol!" Keiko announced (a Japanese idol is an entertainer marked for image, attractiveness, and personality. Most commonly in singers).
"An idol?" Keitaro asked. Keiko then smiled.
Later
Keiko came out of a dressing room in a clothing store. She was wearing a yellow dress with some clear, white, thread covering it on top. Keiko also had her hair wrapped into little pigtails.
"Wow, Keiko-chan. You look like a real idol," Keitaro complimented.
"Now, a concert, please," Keiko said.
Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park
Keiko was singing, and to her, she was doing well. But in reality, even though she was, surprisingly, a good singer, there were only two people at the park seeing her concert. Keitaro, and some drunk guy drinking alcohol.
Later
"Well, Keiko-chan? Did you become a little happier?" Keitaro asked.
"Not at all. Being an idol is surprising boring," Keiko said. "After today, I'm going to retire."
Keiko then threw her idol shoes in the ground, and then realized something.
"Oh yeah! I have to drive portraits. Gather some customers and bring them here, Keitaro," Keiko said. Keitaro sighed. "What's wrong? You said you liked me, right? You have to listen to whatever I say."
Much Later (could you move it along, please. I'm all out of time cards.)
Keiko was waiting in the back of the van, the back trunk was open, waiting for Keitaro getting customers.
"Man, this guy's slow," Keiko complained, as she then turned to see laundry.
(Cue Journey thru the Body by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:27, 0:59-1:11)
Keiko reminded it of something, for a long time ago. This caused Keiko to take the laundry, rip the plastic off, took out her switchblade, and cut the laundry to pieces. This was when Keitaro then ran towards Keiko, unaware on her actions at the moment.
"So, I couldn't get people for portaits..." Keitaro said, as he then noticed Keiko cutting up the laundry( End Track). "What are you doing?"
Keitaro then grabbed Keiko, not aggressively.
"Keiko-chan, why would you do something like this?" Keitaro asked, but Keiko didn't respond. "Keiko-chan... Answer me!"
(Cue Fantasma Azteca by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:28, 1:08-1:15)
But Keiko, didn't respond, as she broke into tears and heard words from an elder feminine voice.
"I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know."
Keiko then grabbed her bag and notebook, and ran off.
"Keiko-chan!" Keitaro called out.
Plaza
Yuka sensed the Orphnoch, and thought if she should go help or to Michiko.
"If someone's in trouble, I have to help them," Yuka thought, as she made a decision, running for it.
Park
Keiko was walking sorrowful at the park.
(End Track)
But, that was there the clown appeared before her, on his unicycle, juggling clubs.
"Let's play together, Keiko-chan!" The clown said, as Keiko backed in fear. The clown then jumped of his unicycle on his feet, causing him to drop his clubs, his face faded gray, and transformed into the Toadstool Orphnoch. Keiko ran, and turned to see Keitaro running towards her.
"Keiko-chan!" Keitaro called out. The Toadstool walked menacingly towards to two. "What do I do? Michael's sick, Mari can't use the Faiz gear...what do I do?"
The Toadstool, then summoned his staff and hit Keitaro in the head with the battering ram on the top of the staff, knocking Keitaro out, and grabbing Keiko.
"Ow! Let go of me! Help!" Keiko called out.
"Keiko-chan," Keitaro said, before losing consciousness. The Toadstool forced Keiko to go where he was going.
That's when Yuka noticed, running to the Toadstool, and transforming into the Crane Orphnoch. Yuka grabbed the Toadstool by the face. As Yuka touched the Toadstool's face, she saw that the Toadstool had poisoned Michael. This gave Keiko the chance to stab the Toadstool in the cut with her switchblade. Yuka fought the Toadstool while looking at his body.
"His antibody... Where is it?" Yuka asked herself. The Toadstool then turned to Keiko, summoned his poisonous spores and fired them at Keiko. Yuka was quick enough to guard Keiko. But, the spore didn't hit her. Her wings blocked the spores, with Yuka catching one. Yuka then got up and looked at the Toadstool's shoulders, which were his poisonous spores.
"That's it!" Yuka said, as she leaped the Toadstool from behind, and grabbed one of the poisonous on his right shoulder. "Thanks for the two."
The Toadstool tried to punch Yuka, but Yuka caught it and threw the Toadstool to a tree. The Toadstool got up and charged at Yuka, who gendered golden, and did her scissors attack at the Toadstool Orphnoch, turning him into ash. Yuka then turned to Keiko, who backed in fear as she saw Yuka.
"It's alright," Yuka reassured Keiko, as she reverted back to her human form. "I won't hurt you. I'm like a good fairy."
"You saved me?" Keiko asked, with Yuka nodding. Keiko was shocked about this, that she ran off. Yuka thought on running after her, but there was no time. She ran to Keitaro, and shook him, trying to wake up.
"Hey, Kikuchi-san!" Yuka said. "Wake up!"
Keitaro then opened his eyes, and saw the beauty that was Yuka. "Yuka-san."
"Are you okay," Yuka asked, as she showed Keitaro, who nodded yes, the spores. "How much gas do you have left."
Kikuchi Cleaners
Yuka ripped the spores and poured them into a glass.
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Mari asked, who came back from the cleaners about Michael's condition.
"Yes," Yuka nodded.
Kenzaki General Hospital
After Michael drank the glass, from research of the antibody, Michael was cured from the spore of the Toadstool Orphnoch. The doctor gave Yuka, Mari, and Keitaro the clearance to enter Michael's hospital room.
"What's going on?" Michael asked.
"Well...Osada-san grabbed the antibody from the Orphnoch, while she was distracting it (lie from Yuka)," Keitaro explained.
"Wait a minute grabbed the antibody to save me?" Michael asked.
"Yes," Mari replied. "That's what friends do right?"
"Friends," Michael said to himself.
"Anyways, I have to get going. And about that girl... I'm sorry. She ran off before I could talk to her. I don't know where she is. Try calling the police and see what they can do. Excuse me, I'm leaving. It's getting late," Yuka said, as she walked out of the door.
"Osada-san!" Mari exclaimed, which had Yuka stopped and turned to Mari, who was smiling. "Thank you again."
Yuka smiles for a bit, before heading out.
Before Yuka could leave, she walked to the receptionist's desk.
"Osada Michiko? I'm her half-sister," Yuka said at the front desk. The secretary nurse looked through her files, and took out a card.
"Here it is, room 27, second floor," The secretary nurse said.
"Thank you," Yuka said, as she made her way up to the second floor. Yuka wandered to see where room 27 was, and she saw it, and she came across it in front of her. Yuka turned the knob of the room and opened the door. Yuka's heart start cause her stress, as she saw Michiko.
(Cue Satan's Babysitter by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:32, 0:56-1:14)
She had syringes in her hand and arms, which were connected to tubes for the heart rate monitor, with an oxygen mask on Michiko's mouth.
Yuka clenched her fist, and turned to a mirror, and saw herself as in her Orphnoch form in her reflection. Yuka walked to the mirror, and punched it, causing her reflection go back to her human state. Yuka turned to Michiko, and started to feel sympathy for her, and what she has done to her.
"Michiko," Yuka said.
(End Track as the Closing Screen Appears)
To Be Continued
Episode 13, done. Now, the next episode is most likely going to be filler. I won't have time to do a fun fact because it's late at night.
This was a quick author's closing for me. Aside from that, see you next time, bye.