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(This is a recap of the last episode)
Renegade Orphnochs vs. Takuma
After Kiba managed to do a stabbing attack to Takuma, the latter generated a centipede-like whip and slashed at Kiba's sword, knocking it out of Kiba's hand. Takuma then did a couple more slashes with his centipede-like whip, before doing a stabbing motion with the whip towards Kiba, sending him flying to the grass, rolling on the ground, and falling into the water.
Michael vs. J
Michael charged at J for a punch, but J managed to slashes at Michael, causing to belt to fly off of Michael, and him falling into the river.
"Michael!" Keitaro cried as he run to get the belt. Keitaro grabbed the belt and saw that J was walking towards him with his crocodile-like sword in his hand. J then drops his sword, and touches his chest, which seems to be turning to ash.
"Time's up?" J asked in English, then turned to Keitaro. "You got lucky."
J then proceeded to jump of a railway, which had a parking lot below.
Renegade Orphnochs vs. Takuma
"Osada Yuka…stop," Takuma said. "You are not my prey to deal with."
"Eh?" Yuka said in confusion. As Takuma walks pass Yuka he turns back to his human form, and grabs his book of poems.
"Kageyama Saeko wants to play her game with you. And I can not interfere with that," Takuma explained, before walking away. "See you around, kid."
Kaido then jumps out from the hill, where he was hiding from Takuma, and ran to Yuka as he saw the coast was clear.
"Hey!" Kaido called out, which made Yuka turned to him, reverting back to her human form in the process. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine...that Orphnoch barely tried to fight me. Oh yeah, Kiba-san!" Yuka said, as she looked at the water.
"Don't worry I'll look to," Kaido said, as he started to run to look for him.
"I thought you didn't care for him," Yuka said, which made Kaido stopped.
"I lost my musical talent because of an accident, but that doesn't mean I'm purely evil because of that. I hate loneliness, and I've gotten use to you guys. That's why I'll look for him," Kaido explained, running of to find Kiba. "Hey Kiba! You can swim right?! I'll try my best, I only had like 7 lessons!"
Yuka then started to follow Kaido in order to help Kiba.
(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. J is now added.)
(Created by Shotaro Ishinomori)
Hirogaru uchuu no naka Can you feel?
Chiisa na hoshi no hanashi wo shiyou
Tell me the truth shinjite 'ta mirai ga
Kuzure sarou to shite'ru
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 (Creature Designer by Tamotsu Shinohara)
Me wo samase The time to go
Tsuyoku aru tame ni (Produced by Jun Hikasa, Naomi Takebe and Takaai Ustunomiya)
Mata mamoru koto to tatakau koto
Dilemma wa owaranai... hashiri-tsuzukete mo (Directed by Naoki Tamura)
(The) end justiφ's the mean
Episode 19: The Fallen Idol ~ φ's vs. χ
Clover Bar
Saeko touches the bar waterfall as she saw Takuma walk into the bar.
"Oh, Takuma-kun. Welcome," Saeko greeted.
"A Monkey's Lunch," Takuma requested as he walked by the var waterfall, with Saeko's hand following him as she touched the waterfall.
"Are you sure? It's still a little early to be drinking. I would prefer drinking to be at night," Saeko asked before untouching the bar waterfall, when she came face to face with Takuma.
"I finished a job. I kind of want a celebration," Takuma said.
"Is that so? That's what I expect as you," Saeko said as she walked behind the bar, and started to make Takuma's Monkey's Lunch beer. "Did you injure Osada Yuka?"
"I barley fought her, since she was your prey," Takuma replied.
"I would prefer playmate. I know I said target, but I had second thoughts," Saeko corrected.
"But still, there's more I have to do. This poem still has a continuation after all," Takuma said, as Saeko smiled.
Near some boats by the water
"Michael!" Keitaro cried, which was the only thing he said since explaining to Kusaka that Michael had gone missing after the Orphnoch fight with Mr. J.
"Hey. You shouldn't yell that much. You'll lose your voice," Kusaka said.
"But, Michael…" Keitaro said.
"Don't worry, I'll take over from here," Kusaka said. "Hey Michael! Where are you! Hey Michael! I'm sorry what I did back there!"
Kusaka stopped calling out when he saw a body floating near them.
"Hey Keitaro! Look!" Kusaka called out, and Keitaro ran to Kusaka, and picked up the body out of the water. And it wasn't Michael, it was Kiba.
"Kiba-san?" Keitaro questioned.
"You know him?" Kusaka asked.
"Yeah, but why was he in the water?" Keitaro wondered. "Kiba-san! Hang in there!"
Meanwhile, with Yuka and Kaido
Yuka turned to see a body, which she hoped to be Kiba's.
"Kaido-san, look!" Yuka cried, and Kaido turned to the body.
"Kiba?" Kaido questioned, until he ran to the body. "Kiba!"
Kaido looked at the face of the body, and realized it was not who he think it was.
"No…it's not Kiba. It's Michael," Kaido said.
"What?" Yuka asked, catching up to Kaido. "Michael? What happened to him?"
"I don't know. We shouldn't worry about that. We have to find Kiba," Kaido said, leaving Michael.
"Are you crazy?! We can't leave him!" Yuka shouted, still by Michael's side.
(Cue Satan's Babysitter by Videohelper)
"I'm not as connected to him as much as you are," Kaido explained. "But don't worry, I'll find Kiba. That's a promise I hope not to break."
Kaido then continued to find Kiba.
"Michael, what happened to you?" Yuka wondered as she turned to Michael, and touched his forehead. Yuka then saw what happened, due to her power of seeing people's memories when she touches them. She was that Michael was beaten brutally by Mr. J, which made Yuka worried.
(End Track)
Kikuchi Cleaners
"Kiba-san's injured?" Mari questioned.
"Yeah," Kusaka responded. "I don't know how. I can tell by these wounds, it was an Orphnoch. I already checked for a pulse…he's going to be alright."
"Thank god," Mari sighed in relief, as she went to get a wet washcloth. "Where's Michael and Keitaro?"
"Well...I blame myself. Michael disappeared while fighting an Orphnoch. I lost my temper when he refused my help. I apologize," Kusaka explained to Mari.
Warehouse
Yuka, in her Orphnoch flying form, burst through the glass windows of a warehouse, and placed Michael on a torn mattress, reverting back to her human form in the process. She ripped off a sleeve of an old shirt, and walked over to the faucet to wet it, using it as a washcloth. But then, she stopped herself as she turned off the faucet. She thought on what Saeko's words were to her to few months back.
"After all…you hate humans. I've read your file. You killed all but one, of your entire basketball team in your school. That's very impressive than me. Your half-sister is in a coma, right?"
Yuka had those words kept in her head since that day. Yuka then thought of Michiko in the hospital, still in her coma. Yuka then proceeded to walk over to Michael, still unconscious, and started to dab around the wound.
"I'll try and keep Kiba's promise. I'll ty to be a good person," Yuka thought to herself.
Near a train station
A man in a mask, with black sunglasses runs to a fence, in which there was a train station behind it. The masked man took off his sunglasses, then his mask, then sat on the ground to catch his breath. Then a car, revealed to be Saeko's pulled up to the man. Saeko stepped out and greeted the man with a smile.
"Hello, burglar," Saeko greeted.
"No...not you," The burglar said in fear.
"I can see you've heard of me and the Lucky Clover. And I'm sure you know that the traitors, who are Orphnochs who don't or refuse to kill humans, will be destroyed. There's nothing I can do about that. It is the president's policy," Saeko said as the man quivered in fear. "I've read from your file that even though you've attempted many times, you haven't attacked nor killed and humans. Not once. I should kill you right now."
The burglar quivered in fear even more.
"But, that's not my job. I'm more of the motivator. That's why the president sent me...to give you one more chance," Saeko explained. "But...it's your last chance."
"B...but..." The burglar stuttered. "I...don't have any confidence."
"That's alright. Just give it your all. Once you do it, it's nothing at all. Think of it as helping the economy of Orphnochs," Saeko said, as she got in her car and drove off to have the burglar think on her words.
Later with Keitaro
Keitaro was looking under the bridge to look for Michael in the water, while it was sunset.
"Michael!" Keitaro cried out. Then, Mari came running towards him.
"Any luck?" Mari asks.
"No," Keitaro replied sadly.
"Michael would be already. Faiz's suit protects the user from fatalities," Mari explained, giving Keitaro hope. "So Michael couldn't be dead that easily. Let's keep looking for him. I'll go left and you'll go right."
"Got it," Keitaro agreed as he and Mari went their separate directions.
Warehouse
Michael woke up, and still felt his wounds, so he couldn't get up until he was fully recovered. Michael looked around his surroundings, and saw that he was at a warehouse..
"Where…?" Michael asked, as he looked down at his chest and noticed a pink cardigan on his stomach, and a torn sleeve on his wound.
"It's best for you to not get up," said a familiar voice.
"Osada-san?" Michael asked. "What happened?"
"An Orphnoch attacked you. I saw it through your memories," Yuka explained.
"You can see…through my memories?" Michael asked.
"Don't worry…whatever the reason that you ran from me…I won't let it happened. Either it was a vision from fate. For now on…I'll protect you," Yuka said with a reassuring voice. "It's alright…go to sleep. I'll be by your side."
Kikuchi Cleaners
Kusaka was reading a magazine, as Kiba just woke up.
"Water. Water," Kiba said, but Kusaka just stared at the injured Kiba. Kiba tried to grab the handle of the water, but Kiba missed and the glass fell and spilled the water.
"Great, you've done it now. Make sure to clean it up," Kusaka said annoyed as he threw a towel at an injured Kiba.
"Excuse me! I'd like to drop off some cleaning," a customer said from outside the room, which caused Kusaka to get out of his seat and go to the customer. Kiba faded into his Orphnoch form, but it faded back into his human form. Kiba then got up.
Warehouse
Yuka then heard a biker sound and turned to noticed a gang of punk motorcyclists, with one being female, possibly one of their girlfriends.
"Huh? Who are you supposed to be?" The biker with the nose piercing asked. Yuka can obviously tell that he was the leader of the gang.
"This is our turf," the biker girl with the pink helmet said, as he walked to the biker with a golden chain around his neck. "It's a problem if you use it!"
"Um…" Yuka said, trying to explain.
"First, you'd better pay the rent!" The golden chain biker said, as he and his fellow gang members, with the biker girl getting on the back of the blue jacket biker.
(Cue Satan's Babysitter by Videohelper)
The biker gang circled around Yuka.
"Stop it! Please stop it!" Yuka begged, scared of what might happened. But the biker gang wouldn't listen to a girl like her. Yuka covered her ears to the loudness of the motorcycles.
Kikuchi Cleaners
Kusaka opened the door and saw that Kiba had disappeared. Kusaka then sighed in annoyance.
Warehouse
The biker gang circled around Yuka, still not listening to her begging.
"Please! Stop it!" Yuka begged.
"Oh, I'm so scared," The female biker said sarcastically. Yuka turned to a broken mirror, and saw herself as the Crane Orphnoch, then turned back to the biker gang.
"You don't understand! Something really bad is about to happen!" Yuka explained.
"Yeah. To you," The female biker said, as she kicked Yuka as her rider steered towards Yuka. Yuka's faced then faded white, and her eyes glowed white.
"H-hey! What is that?!" The biker girl asked, as the biker gang then stopped as they saw Yuka's Orphnoch form. The headlights from all of the bikers went out, and they seemed to stop working.
"You monster bitch!" The bike leader called out. Yuka shed a tear in her Orphnoch form, knowing what she was going to do. Yuka's golden wings emerged from her back, and she sliced the biker gang, with blue flames coming out of them and turning into ash. Yuka reverted back into her human form, with tears still flowing from her face. When Yuka turned to Michael, to her, it got worse.
(End Track)
"Osada-san...did you just...protect me?" Michael asked.
"Well...I...I..." Yuka stuttered. When she couldn't come up with an excuse, she runs off.
"Hey!" Michael called out, as he got up, but soon collapsed due to his wounds not being fully healed.
Back with Keitaro's search
"Michael!" Keitaro cried. "Where is he?! Michael!"
Keitaro then saw Yuka, who was from him and running due to the killing she did.
"Osada-san!" Keitaro called out, which made Yuka stopped and turned to Keitaro. "Did something happened?"
Yuka didn't respond, she just ran off.
"Osada-san!" Keitaro cried, but he shifted his attention when he saw an injured Michael limping. "Michael? Michael!"
Keitaro ran to Michael and quickly gave him a hug.
"You had me worried," Keitaro said.
"Alright, you really are emotional," Michael pointed out. "Did you happen to see Osada?"
"Yeah, just a while ago," Keitaro replied.
"And you went on a date, correct?" Michael asked.
"Yeah," Keitaro replied.
Later (Cue Driving Nails by VideoHelper, the last 15 seconds)
Yuka was running through the street with tears due to fear of Michael hating her. She stopped when she saw an injured Kiba.
(End Track)
"Osada-san?" Kiba said (Cue Missing Emotion by VideoHelper), as he saw a teary eyed Yuka gave Kiba an emotional hug. "You're trembling. Did something happen?"
"I'm sorry, Kiba-san. I broke my promise," Yuka choked.
"Promise? What promise?" Kiba asked Yuka.
"For not attacking humans," Yuka explained. "I'm sorry."
Kiba then embraced Yuka's hug, as she was very emotional, and thought that she broke a promise that never occurred.
(End Track)
Kikuchi Cleaners
The next day, Michael, Mari, Keitaro, and Kusaka, we're all having breakfast. However, Michael seemed to be the most silent.
"You've really been silent this morning, Michael," Keitaro pointed out. "Are you sure you're alright?"
"I'm worried about Kiba-san too…" Mari added. "He was badly hurt…"
"It wasn't bad as it looked He went home by himself, after all. He'll probably called soon," Kusaka said, as he continued eating.
"Okay, then," Mari said.
"Hey, Keitaro," Michael spoke up, and Keitaro turned to Michael. "That girl called Osada…please give up on her."
That request made Keitaro dropped his breakfast on the table.
"What's with that all of a sudden?!" Keitaro asked.
"One, you have that mail friend, Yuka-chan, right? Get together with her," Michael explained. "And two…"
"Why'd you have to say such a thing, Michael?!" Keitaro questioned, cutting Michael off.
"I'm getting there. Two, I don't want her to get caught up in this battle anymore!" Michael added.
"You're very secretive. I feel like you know something about Osada-san. You knew her father," Mari pointed out.
"I told you…I'm a fortune teller!" Michael explained.
"Then why are you keeping secrets?! There's nothing wrong with telling us a bit of knowledge," Mari said.
"Yeah. In this situation, the third wheel shouldn't open his mouth," Kusaka said.
"I'm not a third wheel!" Michael yelled, which caused him to run up his room. Mari sighed in regret.
"Why does this keep happening?" Mari asked herself.
House
In an unknown house, someone has been eating some curry, oranges, and drinking water. The culprit was revealed to be the Orphnoch burglar, whom Saeko talked to. The bugular walked, then opened the fridge, and found lettuce. The burglar then starts to eat the lettuce, when he doesn't know that the owner has entered.
"I'm home," the owner said, as he then turned to the burglar. "Who are you? Why are you here?"
The burglar turned to the owner and his face faded in a gray swirl, and the former transformed into the Snail Orphnoch, who had cloth all over his body, except for his head, which had eyes poking out of their sockets, looking like snail eyes.
"No! Don't! Stop! Please! Someone help!" The owner cried, but it didn't help as his screams were echoed throughout his house. The burglar reverted back to his human form, and started to laugh his hysterically.
"Now I get it. Once you do it, it's nothing at all," The burglar said, collapsing on the ground laughing.
Kiba's Apartment
(Cue Capillary Action by VideoHelper)
Yuka had her face was buried between her legs, as she thought about yesterday.
"This power…what am I using it for?" Yuka thought to herself.
"You know...I'm sure Smart Brain will try to come and target us again," Kiba spoke up, shifting Yuka's attention. "From now on, it's best if no one goes out alone as much as possible."
"Don't joke around! I can't live in that state of fear!" Kaido exclaimed, running to the situation.
'But, this is a problem that affects our lives," Kiba said.
"Well, I don't like it," Kaido said, paranoid. "I don't want to be dead again!"
Kaido then ran off, grabbing his things along the way.
"Kaido-san!" Yuka cried, as she then chased after him.
As they reached outside of the building, Yuka held Kaido's arm, making him stop.
(End Track)
"Kaido-san, wait!" Yuka cried.
"Ah? What are you doing?" Kaido asked, pulling his arm to make Yuka let go. "Let go! Let go!"
"Kaido-san!" Yuka cried. "I...I...like you. I really like you!"
"Wait, what?" Kaido asked in confusion.
"I like you, Kaido-san!" Yuka exclaimed. "I want to...fall in love with you more and more. And then...we can forget all the bad things that have happened. You can go back to music, while I can get my life back on track. I...just...want to be...the person who loves you."
"What are you talking about? I know you like Michael. I heard you talking about him with Kiba. Now, let go!" Kaido said, pulling Yuka hand away from his arm, then running off. Yuka's face was now in shame, since she had done something she had never done before. She just had lied, for the first time.
(Cue Bad Winds by VideoHelper)
Kikuchi Cleaners
Kusaka sat at the other couch from Michael, who was looking at the glass table.
"Is something bothering you?" Kusaka asked. "Whatever it is, I'll listen."
Michael thought about how Yuka healed him.
"Don't worry…whatever the reason that you ran from me…I won't let it happened. Either it was a vision from fate. For now on…I'll protect you."
"What if...there were Orphnochs with human hearts? If you came across one of them...what would you do?" Michael asked.
"I don't understand what you're trying to say," Kusaka said, confused.
(End Track)
Driveway
Mari and Keitaro were out to delivering newly dried clothes for their customers. They didn't noticed that Kaido was behind them.
"I'm definitely not giving you up. I will win you heart," Kaido said cocky. As the traffic light turned green, the cleaning van continued to drive, with Kaido following them. Both of them passed Takuma, whose face faded gray as he saw Kaido.
Takuma later, already transformed into the Centipede Orphnoch, jumped in front of Kaido's bike
"You're the one from yesterday," Kaido said.
Keitaro stopped the van as he looked at the rear view mirror, seeing Kaido and Takuma, in Orphnoch form. Mari's pad then alterted for an Orphnoch.
"It's an Orphnoch! And it's behind us!" Mari announced.
"Yeah, I just saw it to," Keitaro added.
"I'll call Michael and Kusaka just in case," Mari said.
Underneath the Stadium
Takuma pushed Kaido to the parking lot fence, and walked menacingly towards Kaido.
"What's wrong? At least give me a real fight," Takuma mocked as his human form appeared in his shadow.
"You picked the wrong guy to mess with pal," Kaido said as he got up, his face faded white, and transformed into the Snake Orphnoch. The two Orphnochs began to fight, but Takuma was easily able to overtake Kaido. However, help came for Kaido as Yuka ran to assist him.
"Kaido-san!" Yuka cried as she transformed into the Crane Orphnoch, and jumped to punch at Takuma's Orphnoch chest, but Takuma grabbed Yuka's arms and threw her to one of the cylinder cement blocks. Takuma turned to Kaido, who then ran cowardly with Takuma following him.
"Wait," Yuka muttered, trying to get herself up. Then two bikes came driving towards the scene, and pulled over. They were the bikes of Michael and Kusaka, who then took of their helmets. Michael turned to see Yuka, trying to get herself up.
Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Kusaka then transformed into Kaixa and started to fight Yuka.
"Osada-san," Michael softly said, as he remember when Yuka protected him from the biker gang yesterday. Yuka tried to run, but Kusaka wouldn't let her and kept punching and kicking her. This made Michael clenched his wrist on the left throttle.
As Mari and Keitaro ran to witness the fight, they realized that Michael wasn't transformed.
"Another one?" Mari questioned.
"Michael, what are you doing?" Keitaro asked. Michael kept thinking about Yuka's words to him when he was injured yesterday.
"Don't worry…whatever the reason that you ran from me…I won't let it happened. Either it was a vision from fate. For now on…I'll protect you."
"Stop. Stop. STOOOOOPPPPPP!" Michael shouted, which made Kusaka stopped fighting Yuka, with Yuka, Mari, and Keitaro looking at Michael with confusion.
555
Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Michael took out the mission memory and inserted into the left throttle.
Ready!
Michael took out the left throttle, which became a lightsaber, and charged to protect his friend. Michael slashed at Kusaka's back.
"What? Ok, what is going on?" Mari questioned.
Michael slashed at Kusaka a few more times making him come face to face.
"What are you doing? Have you gone mad?" Kusaka questioned and took the Kaixa mission memory out of the side-flip phone and inserted into the blay-gun.
Ready!
The blay-gun turned into its lightsaber mode, and Michael and Kusaka continued their fight. But Kusaka was winning the fight, since he was an expert with a sword at fencing. But Michael got the upper hand with his rage in order to protect his friend. After on upwards slash at Kusaka, Kusaka blasted Michael with his blaygun, making him loose his balance.
"Michael!" Mari cried. "This is getting weird. Can you explain to me what's going on?"
"Stay back! This monster...I'm going to kill him!" Michael screamed.
"He doesn't mean Kusaka, does he?" Keitaro questioned. Kusaka grabbed Yuka by the throat and fired his blaygun at Michael.
Battle Mode!
Luckily, Auto Vajin transformed into Battle Mode, to protect Michael.
"I'll finish you off first," Kusaka said as he prepared to stab Yuka. But then giant mucus came falling on Kusaka.
(Insert Dead or Alive by Shinichi Ishihara; TV Size)
When Kusaka looked up, the Snail Orphnoch came crashing onto Kusaka, trying to choke him. Yuka grabbed the snail like eyes on his head, and started to fight the Snail. Michael then took out the flashlight from the right side of the belt, took out the Faiz mission memory, and inserted it into the flashlight.
Ready!
Michael then put the flashlight on his right leg and started to fight the Snail with Yuka.
"This has just gotten too weird," Mari commented. "First Michael started to fight Kusaka, and now, he's fighting an Orphnoch with an Orphnoch? This is just too weird."
The Snail tried to punch Yuka with his left hand which as a hammer. Yuka was a lot powerful than the Snail which gave Michael the time to finish the Snail off. Michael opened the phone, pressed the enter button, and closed the phone.
Exceed Charge!
A low red light came from the phone and went to the right leg, until it made way for the flashlight. When the light and the flashlight made contact, the flashlight glowed. Michael then jumped and did an air summersault and the flashlight glowed and a red energy drill appears and was near the Snail's chest. Yuka quicky got out of the way, and Michael then did a flying side kick and entered into the red drill, which hit the Snail's chest.
Michael then came back after his kick, in a red figure for a couple of seconds. The red Faiz symbol shows up on the Snail's chest and the Snail turns to ash.
(End Insert Song)
Kusaka came flying to outside of stadium driveway, due to Auto Vajin's punches. However, for him, help came from a giant machine which looks similar to ED-209, from RoboCop.
"Oh great. Side Basshar," Michael muttered, as Kusaka jumped into the driver's seat. Yuka fell near a fence, and saw Michael being slashed by one of Side Basshar's arms. Kusaka then turned Side Basshar to Yuka with the attention to kill her. However, Auto Vajin got in the way and fired bullets from the tire-like shield. Kusaka retreated as Side Basshar transformed into its Vehicle Mode.
Vehicle Mode!
Auto Vajin then got grabbed by one of Side Basshar's arms, as Kusaka did a fake retreat as a sneak attack.
Battle Mode!
However, this gave the time for Michael to help Yuka escaped.
"Now's your chance. Go!" Michael cried. "Now!"
Yuka did as she was told and escaped. This left Mari and Keitaro speechless.
"What is happening?!" Keitaro asked loudly.
"You don't think I'm confused?" Mari asked sarcastically. Auto Vajin was thrown into Michael, sending them both falling to the ground. Kusaka then pressed the middle button as Michael got up. The next thing that Michael knew, missiles were flying towards him from Side Basshar.
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