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Omori Hill
Takumi's face then faded light gray and transformed into the Wolf Orphnoch, before using his speed to run and punched Michael.
Michel falls on the ground, and Takumi picks him up and fights him.
"Takumi?" Michael said in confusion.
"Inui-san, stop it! Inui-san! Stop it, Inui-san! Please stop!" Saya cried, but to no avail, as Takumi yells and continues fighting Michael.
(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, Murakami, Kaixa, Faiz's Axel Form, and Delta will also be included. Kitazaki and Faiz's Blaster Form are 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 Jun'ichi Miyashita; Music by Kazunori Miyake)
Boku-ra wa doko e yuku no darou?
Ima hitori-hitori no mune no naka (Character Designer by Tamotsu Shinohara)
Me wo samase The time to go
Tsuyoku aru tame ni (Produced by Jun Hikasa, Naomi Takebe and Takaaki Utsunomiya)
Mata mamoru koto to tatakau koto
Dilemma wa owaranai... hashiri-tsuzukete mo (Directed by Takao Nagaishi)
(The) end justiφ's the mean
Episode 37: Targeted Traitors
Omori Hill
"Inui-san! Stop it!" Saya cried, but still to no avail. Saya couldn't transform, because she didn't want to fight Takumi, due to her being his friend. Michael dodged a claw attack from Takumi and restrained him from behind.
"Please just stop! Why are you doing this?" Michael asked.
"Fight, Michael!" Takumi exclaimed, as his human form appeared in his shadow. "Isn't that what you use this belt for?!"
Michael then realized what Takumi was saying, after the latter released himself from Michael's strength and did another claw attack, having Michael fall onto the pavement.
"You don't mean..." Michael said, before Takumi grabbed him and left him from the pavement. "You're doing this to have me defeat you?"
Unknown to Michael, Takumi, or Saya, Kusaka was watching the fight. He only came to fight Takumi, but it seems that Michael has it occupied.
"I can't do it!" Michael said, after Takumi left him up and punched him with his brass knuckles, having Michael to fall on the pavement once again. Michael blocked a punch from Takumi and blocked his wrist. "You're important to this battle! It's what fate wants! It's impossible for you to die now!"
"Inui-san..." Saya said. Takumi hesitated to do another attack.
"Impossible," Michael repeated, which had Takumi to have himself to release from Michael's grip and jumped away from the battle.
"Takumi... I..." Michael said.
"Oh well. I'll probably get my chance tomorrow," Kusaka said as he walked away.
Forest
Takumi ran as far away from Michael, before falling and reverting back to his human state. Takumi was about to lose concious, but before he blacks out, he sees Yuka.
Kikuchi Cleaners
The sun was rising, and both Michael and Saya were tired.
"We're back," Michael annouced, before he saw Kusaka sitting down on the couch. "Kusaka! What are you doing here you shark bastard?!"
Kusaka slaps away Michael's wrist.
"I've returned to my domain," Kusaka said.
"Mari kicked you out," Michael corrected Kusaka.
"Keitaro and I were just as shocked as you were," Mari said.
"But, can't you kick him again?" Michael asked.
"I don't want to be the damsel in distress...but I'm scared of fighting him. He was my old classmate," Mari explained.
"At least someone cares," Kusaka commented.
"You don't get to say anything after you tried to turn Mari and Keitaro against me," Michael said.
"That's right! Even lying to me that Yuka-san betrayed me... You really are the worst!" Keitaro exclaimed.
"No... I am the strongest. Don't worry, Mari... I will protect you from Inui Takumi," Kusaka said. "He's completely and Orphnoch, body and soul."
"You're wrong," Michael said.
"What do you mean?" Saya asked.
"Takumi was trying to die. Because I was Faiz...he wanted me to kill him," Michael explained.
"But... Why does Takumi want to die?" Mari asked.
"That's probably...because of his Orphnoch side," Michael said, which made Kusaka smirk.
"I see. So he's finally discovered himself. And he can't allow that kind of evil beast to exist," Kusaka commented.
"Shut up, Kusaka! Inui-san isn't that kind of person! If he was a true Orphnoch...he would end up like Kyosuke!" Saya defended Takumi.
"That's right! Takumi look uncaring...but he's probably a better person than you!" Mari added.
"I understand what you're feeling. But even that bastard Sawada was one of our Ryusei School classmates. Or did you forget that? Believing in those past friends...is how you almost lost your life," Kusaka said.
"It wasn't like that! Sawada-kun didn't want to do it. He and I gambled with Mari's life. Did you think we weren't scared for her?!" Saya asked.
"It's unfortunate, but there's no other way," Kusaka said, as he stood up from the couch. "Humans who become Orphnoch are rotten to the core. However, you and me are in control of the power."
Michael had hate in his eyes towards Kusaka, due to him being rotten inside out.
Forest
Takumi wakes up the rising sun, shining above the sky. Takumi notices something beside up.
"Good morning, Inui-san," Yuka greeted.
"Why am I on your shoulder?" Takumi asked.
"It's soothing, isn't it?" Yuka asked, smiling.
"You really are weird," Takumi said, standing up. "I didn't ask for you help."
"But… Aren't we friends?" Yuka asked, standing up.
"Friends?" Takumi asked to himself. "That's the last thing I want to have. It's because I'm an Orphnoch that I'm afraid getting close to people."
"You're not the only one. I'm scared of being an Orphnoch because I might hurt my friends," Yuka sympathized.
"You know… I bandaged up your friend," Takumi said to Yuka. "After I defeated that spider Orphnoch."
Yuka realized what Takumi was talking about.
"You… You bandaged Michael?" Yuka asked.
"Yeah. I'm not emotionless," Takumi responded. "Also, I've never attacked humans before. Not even one. Sure, I've lost my temper…but I never wanted to use that form."
"Umm…Can I ask how did you become an Orphnoch?" Yuka asked.
"I was critically injured in an accident," Takumi repiled. "That's where it began. And you?"
"I feel down an set of iced-down stairs. But… I woke up in a cabin with Michael, who healed me," Yuka said. "But… Even if I'm dating him… Keitaro-san still is in love with me. Michael is my partner and always protects me. Keitaro-san is my first friend I've ever had. Even if it was just emails. I don't know how I met Keitaro-san. We've only been interacting for 3 months at the time before a became an Orphnoch. I just found him from my cell phone and I just reached out to him. But… Now I'm scared of what he thinks of me."
"Which do you love, Michael or Keitaro?" Takumi asked.
"I…love Michael. But… I don't want to hurt Keitaro-san," Yuka responded. "Especially he knows that I'm an Orphnoch now."
"Mari knows that I'm an Orphnoch as well. She looks afraid of me. Before I met her properly, I once tried to save her from an Orphnoch attack. But I wasn't able to save her," Takumi said. "I've probably said to much."
Takumi then started to walk away.
"Wait!" Yuka exclaimed, which made Takumi stop. "Shouldn't we stick together?"
"Why me?" Takumi asked, before turning to Yuka. "It's because I'm an Orphnoch, isn't it?"
"No. We're similar. We're both Original Orphnochs, the ones who died without the help of an Orphnoch, we're afraid of our friends of what they think after we revealed ourselves, and…" Yuka explained.
"And what?" Takumi asked.
"Inui-san… Do you have a dream?" Yuka asked.
"No," Takumi responded.
"I have a dream. I dream to go to a beautiful place, where there's a sea clear as glass. But… With all this fighting… I'm not sure if that dream is still holding on," Yuka said.
"There's one difference," Takumi pointed out.
"Please. I'm scared," Yuka said. "I don't want to be the scared heroine…but I want to be protect by the Orphnoch. I'm scared of losing control. You're the one who hasn't attacked humans. Please, help me."
Club
(Cue Future Groove by 615 Music; 0:00-0:30)
People were in the club in the late morning, dancing like there was no tomorrow. There was drinking, boy trying to hit on women, and a drunk man trying to hit on a woman, if you combine the first two. Unknown to them, Sawada was here, and was listening to his rap music.
(Overlap Future Groove by 615 Music with Wanna Jump by Crooklyn Clan)
Sawada lit a match, lights a light blue cat origami on fire, throws it on the ground, with his face fading white, and he transformed into the Spider Orphnoch.
Sawada then uses his Orphnoch power to kill everyone at the club. Normally, he wouldn't do this, but when his Orphnoch instincts took over, he began killing people. This only happens once in a while. Sawada had killed everyone at the club, except for one man. Sawada lifts the man and starts to strange him by the throat. Howeve, the man's face faded light gray and transformed into the army soldier-looking Frog Orphnoch.
"Oh? So you're an Orphnoch too? How interesting," Sawada observed. "Come at me."
"Y-you... What are you trying to do?" The Frog asked.
"I want to test my power," Sawada said, before the Frog broke free from his grasp, but still couldn't escape Sawada, who grabs him by the collar, as the spotlights stopped spinning, which had been going on since Sawada's killing spree, and turned off.
Kikuchi Cleaners
Kusaka was wiping his hands with his cleaning wipes.
"Mari... Why did you decide to trust Michael Taylor?" Kusaka asked. "Why am I the only you don't look at?"
Kusaka's eyes then widen as he saw his hands were now covered in blood. Kusaka quickly wiped his bloody hands, and proves to be a bit affective. Kusaka turns for a moment, and by the next moment he looks at his hand, the blood disappeared, revealing that he has been hallucinating. Kusaka's hand then shakes, and Kusaka grabs it, and slams his body towards the drawer, dropping the poster where all the Ryusei School students signed on it. When Kusaka sees his name on the poster, he grabs the poster, takes out his knife, and cuts off his name from the poster, having a nervous breakdown. Kusaka doesn't notice that Mari was watching him.
"Kusaka-kun? What are you doing, Kusaka-kun?!" Mari asked snatched the poster from the knife. Kusaka drops the knife and smiles at Mari.
"Nothing..." Kusaka responded.
"Liar. I literally saw you doing something," Mari pointed out. "Kusaka-kun... Are you hiding something for me? You said that you didn't come to the reunion...but the tape showed that you were there. There something that Sawada-kun or Saya never told me. How all of the Ryusei School became Orphnochs... You know the answer too, do you?!"
"NO!" Kusaka shouted. "I don't know anything! I..."
Kusaka then resumes his nervous breakdown, before Mari remembered what Michael said, about Kusaka and Yuka, a month and a half before Mari reunited with Kusaka.
"Your childhood friend from the Ryusei School, Kusaka Masato, kills her. And she bursts into flames after giving birth to her child."
"Who are you?! WHO ARE YOU?!" Mari screamed before running out of the house.
"Mari!" Kusaka cried, getting on Side Basshar and riding off to find Mari.
Driveway
Michiko was holding groceries and art supplies in her hands.
"Senpai is going to be happy when I show him this," Michiko said with enthusiasm. However, Michiko's thoughts were interrupted, when the Frog Orphnoch jumped from above hit Michiko, causing her to drop her supplies and groceries and drop to the asphalt. Michiko then got up as the Frog Orphnoch slowly got up.
"Hey. What is your deal?" Michiko asked, before the Frog Orphnoch charged at Michiko, who quickly transformed into the Crow Orphnoch. "You want to think twice about attacking me?"
Michiko was able to overpower the Frog Orphnoch, using her skills that Sawada taught her. As the Frog Orphnoch jumps, Michiko turns her to back towards the Frog and feathers are shot from her back like kunais, that damage the Frog Orphnoch, causing him to fall on the ground.
During the battle, Kusaka, looking for Mari, had pulled over to see the battle between Michiko and the Frog Orphnoch.
"Orphnoch," Kusaka said, who the Kaixa belt on his waist. "I hope that none of my Lucky Clover comrades won't witness or tell Murakami on me."
Kusaka then side-flipped open the Kaixa phone.
913
Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Kusaka transformed into Kaixa and punched the Frog Orphnoch, interfering the battle between Michiko and the Frog, who rolls on the ground after the punch. Kusaka then blows a punch at Michiko's face, having her almost lose her balance. Kusaka then charges at Michiko, who summons her kodachi which damages Kusaka's Fullmetal Lung chest armor. As the Frog got up, Kusaka punched him towards the concreate wall. Kusaka does a kick but misses. Kusaka does a couple of more punches, having the Frog to fall on the ground, before Kusaka kneed him in the face.
Michiko then slashes at Kusaka as a surprise attack. Michiko tries to slash at Kusaka again, but misses. Kusaka throws a punch but Michiko dodges a majority of them. After Michiko misses Kusaka for a slash, he punches her, but manages jump next to the Frog Orphnoch. Kusaka takes out the Kaixa mission memory and inserted into the Blaygun.
Ready!
The Kaixa Blaygun generated a blade, made from Sol Glass, generated from the bottom of the hammer. Kusaka charges at the two Orphnochs, but the Frog Orphnoch took out a water gun and fired acid on the blade of the Blaygun and liquified it. The Frog Orphnoch then retreated, which had Kusaka to run after it, before turning to Michiko.
"I'll deal with you other time," Kusaka said, before resuming his pursuit for the Frog, who ran away from Kusaka. However, the Frog bumped into Kyosuke, who had the Delta belt on his waist.
"Orphnoch? Finally I get to test my power," Kyosuke said, putting the Delta phone near his ear.
Henshin
Standing By!
Kyosuke puts the Delta phone into the holster-looking Delta Mover.
Complete!
Kyosuke transformed into Delta, picked up the Frog Orphnoch, and started beating him with his strength. After an uppercut to the Frog's jaw, Kyosuke took out the mission memory, took out the Delta phone and mover, resulting it to be in blaster mode, and inserted the memory into the blaster.
Ready!
The Delta Blaster was converted into its pointer mode. The Frog got up and tried to retreat from Kyosuke. When he tries to one, Kaixa was there for a sneak attack, and slashed at the Frog's chest.
Check
Exceed Charge!
Kyosuke fires at the Frog's back, which generates a giant light blue energy drill, paralyzing the Frog's movement. Kyosuke jumps and does a flying front kick, executing Delta's kick, Lucifer's Hammer, and entered the drill which enters the Frog's body. Kyosuke comes back from the kick as a blue figure, before the Frog Orphnoch had a blue triangle emerge from his chest, with pinkish red flames emerging from his body as well, causing him to crumble into ash.
"Kyosuke. What are you doing here?" Kusaka asked.
"I'm an Orphnoch too, you know. I just wanted to fight to test my power. You want to test yours on me?" Kyosuke asked.
"I don't have time for you. I have to find Mari," Kusaka declined.
"Man. But, your part of the Lucky Clover now. I can tell by your increased strength. Your ego may have gotten big too," Kyosuke said.
"What was that?" Kusaka asked.
"Yes. Fight… Fight so I can test my power," Kyosuke said. Kusaka responded by undoing his transformation.
"I refuse. I have more imports stuff to do. No need to worry about that other Orphnoch. Yes, there were two. She got away," Kusaka said, walking away.
"I see. Then… I guess I get Faiz," Kyosuke said to himself.
Alleyway
Mari runs into an alleyway to get away from Kusaka. She then bumps into Michiko, who she recognizes.
"You," Mari said.
"You. Why did you come here?" Michiko asked.
"I was going to ask the same for you," Mari responded getting up and offered her hand to Michiko, who looks surprised. "Come on. Take it."
Michiko then slowly takes Mari's hand and Mari helps Michiko up.
"You're Osada Michiko…right? Michael mentioned your name while you were eavesdropping," Mari said.
"Sorry. I was just fascinated by the Orphnoch power. But, Senpai has been teaching me to use it against those Orphnochs guys," Michiko said.
"Senpai? Do you mean Sawada-kun?" Mari asked.
"Yes. He's so strong. He's been teaching me about what he knows about being an Orphnoch," Michiko explained.
"Where is Sawada-kun?" Mari asked, but before Mari could answer, her phone rang, and Mari answered it. "Hello? Michael? I was just heading there right now. Of course."
After Mari hanged up, she grabbed Michiko's wrist.
"H-hey!" Michiko exclaimed.
"If it's true that you have a human heart... You have to meet Kiba-san," Mari said.
"Kiba-san? Just wait a moment!" Michiko exclaimed.
Kiba's Apartment
Mari quickly burst into Kiba's room.
"Kiba-san!" Mari exclaimed, before seeing Michael, Kiba, Kaido, Keitaro, Saya, and Sawada sitting down. "Michael. Keitaro. Saya. Sawada-kun. What is this about?"
"Dunno. Michael called all of us here for a meeting. He didn't say why," Kaido said.
"Sonoda-san. You're friend, Sawada, told me why he attacked you. It's going to him a while to forgive him," Kiba said to Mari.
"You think Sawada can forgive himself if our gamble failed?!" Saya asked.
"Saya. Please calm down. I've called all of you here...to discuss about Kusaka," Michael said.
"Kusaka-kun? What about him?" Mari asked.
"He said that you are the woman who can become his mother. I think your obsession with you is causing him to drown in the Orphnoch power," Michael theorized. "That's why I called all of you to ask about your Orphnoch power. I brought Keitaro here to ask him how he's doing without Osada-san. So far, he hasn't said anything."
Mari turns to see Keitaro looking out from the window.
"Anyways. How has the Orphnoch power been for all of you?" Michael asked.
"I'll start because situation revolving around Kusaka is because of me," Mari said. "I don't know. I haven't been not myself."
"Same here," Saya added.
"Same here. It's all because of senpai's words of wisdom!" Michiko exclaimed.
"You don't have to put the reason on me," Sawada commented. "I sometimes attack humans because of the Orphnoch voice that are part of my instincts. I don't know why they tell me to attack people I don't even know or hate. I took Michiko in to save her from drowning in the Orphnoch power. As well as to take her hatred for Osada Yuka."
"That is true. I was able to apologize to Yuka. I do feel bad for hurting her and using her as a scapegoat. It only drifted me and Kana from getting close," Michiko added.
"Kana… Do you mean Osada Kana?" Mari asked.
"Yeah. You know my mom?" Michiko asked.
"She is my boss at the beauty salon. Yuka also works there for part-time," Mari explained.
"Do you think I can talk to her? I…want to apologize to her for what I did to Yuka," Michiko requested.
"Of course. I'm pretty sure Kana-san is worried for you," Mari said.
"It's good that you still have a human heart. I always say this when the Orphnoch power is mentioned… But I almost drowned and gave in to the Orphnoch power when I killed Kazaki and Chie. These are people I haven't hated up until that point. I also always bring up Morishita-san. He lost himself after I told him the truth about Chie. That's why…I need to protect Osada-san and Kaido from losing themselves," Kiba said, before turning to Kaido. "Kaido."
"Geez. Alright!" Kaido exclaimed. "I was forced to live as a human."
"Forced?" Kiba asked, knowing that wasn't what actually happened.
"I had nowhere to go and I was stuck with Kiba and Yuka," Kaido said.
"A little overdramatic," Michael commented.
"I heard that," Kaido said. "I once had a kouhai, who was new to the Orphnoch power. He was young and confused. Kind of like a younger version of myself. I sort of used a poor choice of words… I blame myself for him throwing away his humanity."
"So everyone is under control of their Orphnoch instincts?" Michael asked, and everyone, except for Keitaro, nodded yes. "Since I was the format to human experimentation... I assumed something related to the Orphnoch power is building up inside of me."
The conversation was cut off when the Faiz phone rang and Michael answered it.
"Hello? What? I got it," Michael said, before hanging up. "That was Tokumoto Kyosuke. He wants me to challenge him to a fight. I got a feeling that Kusaka is behind this. I'm going out...to protect Osada-san and Takumi."
As Michael got up to leave, Michiko stood in front of him.
"Can I come with you? I want to see how you fight. Also, I want to ask you about your relationship to my sister," Michiko requested.
"Eh?" Michael said in confusion.
Super Saitama Arena
Outside of the Super Saitama Arena, Kyosuke was impatiently waiting for Michael to arrive to fight him.
"That guy... Where is he?" Kyosuke wondered
"Yuka is Kaixa, that hero in silver and yellow?" Michiko asked, which had Kyosuke overhear her.
"Yes. I didn't want her to become Kaixa...for her sake of her not dying," Michael said.
"Eh? What do you mean?" Michiko asked.
"I thought the Kaixa gear kills the user who are not fully Orphnoch. But it turns out it was a lie. And you... I think I changed your fate," Michael said. "You aren't supposed to be here. You're supposed to be dead."
"Am I not?" Michiko jokingly asked.
"You've changed," Michael noticed. "Sawada must be a great teacher."
"Yes. He helped to realize my dream. I want to be an artist for manga. I've always enjoyed the artwork in manga. Kikaider is my favorite manga art. It helped idolized Onodera-san, the writer and artist for Kikaider," Michiko said.
"You're dream is worthless," Kyosuke said, stepping out from the shadows.
"Kyosuke," Michael said.
"So you've come...Faiz. Now...fight," Kyosuke said.
"No. I don't want to," Michael said, walking towards Kyosuke. "You can overcome the effects of Delta. Saya knows that you won't take the medicine... But she's worried about you. Mari is as well. Drowning in the power of Delta...is just like being drowned in the Orphnoch power."
"Don't give me that crap!" Kyosuke snapped, pushing Michael on the ground, who got up and grabbed his shoulders.
"Please! Return to the real you!" Michael exclaimed.
"This is...the real me!" Kyosuke shouted kicking Michael, before raising the Delta phone near his ear.
Henshin!
Standing By!
Kyosuke put the Delta phone in the Delta mover.
Complete!
Kyosuke transformed into Delta, broke into a sprint, and punched Michael, who already had the Faiz gear on his waist, and flipped open the Faiz phone.
555
Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Michael transformed into Faiz and started to fight Kyosuke, as Delta. Michiko decides to help, by transforming into the Crow Orphnoch, and fight Kyosuke, along with Michael.
Kanetsu Expressway Iruma River Bridge
Yuka and Takumi were wandering around at the Kanetsu Expressway Iruma River Bridge, before Kusaka, on Side Basshar, pulled up.
"Kusaka Masato!" Yuka exclaimed in shock, as Kusaka as taking off his biker gear.
Super Saitama Arena
Kyosuke did a roundhouse kick at Michael and Michiko, sending them flying to the ground. Kyosuke then takes out the Delta phone, from the Delta mover, and puts it near his ear.
3821
Jetsliger, Come Closer!
As Michael and Michiko got up and saw the giant combat motorcycle, Jetsliger, appear.
(Cue Drum and Bass by VideoHelper; 0:04-0:28; 0:52-1:04)
Kyosuke jumps into the driver's seat and starts to shoot at Michael and Michiko, with the Delta Blaster.
"How are we supposed to fight that thing?!" Michiko asked, as her human form appeared in her shadow.
"Well, I fought this thing, Once," Michael said.
"Disappear," Kyosuke said, before firing the eight mini-missiles, that split into 8 pairs of micro-missiles, known as the Photon Missiles. Then, Auto Vajin, in its battle mode, arrived and tried to shoot the missiles. But, in the end, Auto Vajin took the impact. Michiko flew off the railing and was about to land on the asphalt.
(End Track)
But, Michiko then realized she was floating. Michiko turned to her right shoulder and saw a dark gray wing on her back. She looked on her left shoulder and saw another dark gray wing on her back.
"I'm flying!" Michiko exclaimed.
Michael tried to get up, but couldn't.
"Weak. I expected more from you Faiz. You could've transformed into Axel Form or Blaster Form. Power is the only thing that gets you on top," Kyosuke said, before targeting Michael, from the control pad. "Goodbye."
"Hey!" Michiko shouted, before ludging towards Kyosuke, grabbed him off of Jetsliger, and dropped him on the railing of the stairs. "Mind if I defeat you?"
Kyosuke got up, while trying to endure the back pain from the railing.
"I can't hear you!" Michiko said, before diving at Kyosuke and slashed him with her kodachi. Michiko then turned to Kyosuke and did a downwards slash at Kyosuke, before side-kicking him, which sent him flying to the ground, with the Delta gear flying off his waist.
As the Delta suit disappeared in light blue Photon Blood, Kyosuke transformed into the Crab Orphnoch. Michiko landed on her feet, reverting into her Fight Form.
"I think I'm getting the hang of this!" Michiko praised herself, before resuming to fight Kyosuke, as the Crab Orphnoch.
"Let's hope that her ego doesn't increase," Michael said to himself, before taking out the Faiz mission memory, from the Faiz phone, and inserted it into the left handle, took it out, which generated the blade of light, made out of Sol Glass, the Faiz Edge. Michael then charged at Kyosuke and slashed at him in the back.
Kanetsu Expressway Iruma River Bridge
"You two will pay for ruining my life," Kusaka said.
"Inui-san. Run. Don't stop until you're safe," Yuka said to Takumi.
"Don't be stupid," Takumi argued.
"Go!" Yuka exclaimed, and Takumi ran away from the confrontation. "What do you want from us?!"
"You took Kaixa from me. Inui Takumi took Mari away from me," Kusaka said, refering to the Ryusei School reunion.
Ryusei School Reunion (Flashback)
"Where is Mari? Mari! Mari! Mari!" Kusaka cried, before he got slashed in the stomach by the Scarab Orphnoch, which had Kusaka fall on the ground.
Soon after he heard Mari scream, he wakes up, and sees his classmates as dead bodies. "Mari?"
Kusaka then sees Mari's corpse, hoping that she was alive.
"Mari? Mari!" Kusaka breathed, as he tried to stand up, but fell, which resulted in Kusaka to have him to crawl to Mari's body. "Mari..."
Kusaka then touches her back, and hears a squish sound.
(Cue Fallen Angel Dust by VideoHelper; 0:15-0:35)
Kusaka looks at his hand...and there was red blood. Kusaka looks at in his hand in fear.
"Mari!" Kusaka said before collapsing.
(End of Flashback)
(End Track)
Kanetsu Expressway Iruma River Bridge
"How do you feel about yourself now that everyone knows your true identity?" Kusaka asked. "Do you believe when I say that Orphnochs are rotten to the core."
"Um... I don't know what to believe," Yuka responded.
"I can sense you wanting to die. I'm different than Michael. I'll grant your wish!" Kusaka shouted, (Insert EGO ~ eyes glazing over by ICHIDAI; 0:00-0:29, 1:09-1:29, 3:47-3:57, 4:04-4:14) before taking out the Kaixa gear, put the belt on his waist, and side-flipping open the Kaixa phone.
913
Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Kusaka transformed into Kaixa, and walked towards Yuka.
"You... You monster!" Kusaka cried, before punching Yuka in the chest, which resulted in her to fall on the ground. Yuka's face then faded white, and she transformed into the Crane Orphnoch, and got up. Kusaka did a battle cry before landing another punch on Yuka.
Omiya Hokosugi Bridge
Kyosuke breaks off a pole with his wrench-like claw, from his left hand, before catching Michiko's kodachi. Michael then slashes Kyosuke's left arm with the Faiz Edge. Michael did another attack with the Faiz Edge, but Kyosuke dodges to attack and slashes both Michael and Michiko, with his wrench-like claw. As Michael rolled on the ground of the bridge, he took out the Axel mission memory, from the Axel Watch, on his right wrist, and inserted it into the Faiz phone, kind of like replacing a battery.
Complete!
The Fullmetal Lung chest plates of Faiz started to rise and recessed themselves into shoulder pads, revealing the Faiz Core on the center of the chest. The Faiz suit flashed and turned the Photon Streams from bright red to silver, transforming Michael into his Axel Form. Michael then takes out the mission memory from the Faiz Edge, which resulted in the red blade to disappear, and inserted the Faiz mission memory into the Faiz pointer.
Ready!
Michiko slashes at Kyosuke's face, having him to fall on the ground, while Michael puts the Faiz Pointer on his right Power Anklet.
Start Up!
Kyosuke then sees five red energy drills entering his body.
3, 2, 1!
Instead of blue flames emerging from his body, there was electricity coming from his body.
Time Out!
Kyosuke then jumped off the bridge as a moment of retreat.
(End Insert Song)
Deformation!
The process from Faiz to Axel, starts to reverse, as Michael's Axel form, start to turn back into Faiz's regular form.
Michiko then feels something related to Yuka.
"Yuka," Michiko said, which had Michael turned to Michiko.
"What's wrong?" Michael asked.
"I hear Yuka's voice. I think she's in trouble," Michiko said.
"I'll take care of it. Go home and stay safe, Michael advised Yuka, before grabbing the handlebar of the Faiz Edge.
Kanetsu Expressway Iruma River Bridge
Kusaka punched Yuka, who was not up to par with Kusaka's strength, with his fists. Kusaka's hate for Orphnochs powered his rage, which gave him to the upper hand in overpowering Yuka. Kusaka kicks Yuka, which resulted in her flying into a concreate collum, before taking out both the Kaixa mission memory and the Kaixa Blaygun, and inserted the mission memory into the Blaygun.
Ready!
The Kaixa Blaygun generated a blade, made from Sol Glass, generated from the bottom of the hammer.
"For my...Mari," Kusaka said, before slashing at Yuka's chest. "I don't care if I'm an Orphnoch or not. I will kill all of you...FOR A CURE!"
Kusaka then slashed at Yuka a numerous amount of time, before grabbing her throat and strangling her from behind. However, Yuka managed to break free, but was slashed again by Kusaka, resulting in her flying onto the grass.
Michael arrived on Auto Vajin to see the battle between Yuka and Kaixa.
"Osada-san!" Michael exclaimed, as Kusaka then side-flipped open the Kaixa phone, pressed the enter button, and side-flipped closed it.
Exceed Charge!
A low yellow light traveled through the yellow Photon Streams and made contact with the Kaixa Blaygun. Kusaka then pulls the hammer and targets the blaygun at Yuka.
"Hey stop!" Michael cried, running towards Kusaka, which resulted in Kusaka to miss Yuka. Michael grabs Kusaka's wrist, which makes him drop his blaygun.
"Bastard!" Kusaka screamed.
To Be Continued
Yep, Kusaka is still a jerk. I would say it's about, if it's fair to say, 80% still the same. However, there is a reason. I added hints that the Orphnoch power could be corrupting him with his obsession with Mari. The Deformed Flowers novel, the Orphnoch power takes over the human host, what I would like to say, and traps them in darkness. I'm taking inspiration from that, even though, like I said many times, and I'm sorry for saying it again, that it's a terrible novel.
I also gave Michiko some development, due to her becoming a recurring character. I sort of made her relationship with Sawada, similar to Mutsuki's relationship with Hikaru, the Tiger Undead. That dynamic between the latter two characters is where I got inspiration from. To me, Blade is an excellent season with great characters, visuals, and design. Even though it had a weird start, it made up for it as the series progressed. Back to Michiko, I saw potential in this character, for this rewrite. So I thought about giving her a role in the main cast. So, that has Michael, Yuka, Kiba, Kaido, Mari, Keitaro, Takumi, Saya, Sawada, and Michiko as part of the hero side. With Hanagata, Saeko, Takuma, Mr. J (who is now dead), Kitazaki, Kusaka, and Murakami as part of the villain side. So the cast is sort of very big. But, I felt like I had to make this cast, as big as it is, for the story.
Thank you for reading, everyone. I wanted to get this episode done for the new year, so I can start Megaforce and the last 12 episodes for Faiz, fresh. If you want, you can leave a review to share your thoughts. I will see all of you guys, girls, and all in between, next time. Happy new year! Goodbye/Sayonara 2021!