Episode 2: The Hatred Surfaces / Sacrifices Have to Be Made

I'm gonna live my life
Like every day's the last
Without a simple goodbye
It all goes by so fast

"Mabuhay! Welcome to the Philippines!"

This is the welcome message displayed on a big sign adorning the arrival area of Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1.

"Wow. Stepping on foreign soil has never been exhilarating," Hiroyuki declares as the group walks out of the arrival area.

"I wonder how Filipinos look and act," Multi ponders.

"I heard from world history class that Filipinos are hospitable and carry a big sense of humor," Akari replies.

"Maybe I can perform here if I become a pop star," Shiho reacts.

"In your wildest dreams," Hiroyuki retorts, "for your big fat information."

"Stop criticizing me, you spoony bard!"

"Surrender or die in obscurity!"

"Feel my kick and moan!"

"Please," Masashi interrupts, "stop your bad game translation trash-talk. You're just hopeless!"

Kotone then feels something... unnatural. It is manifested by her sudden stoppage of movement, as if some commander shouted "Attention!" to her. The others run towards her.

"Kotone? What's wrong?" Aoi worries.

"Looks like she senses a bad omen," Tomoko choruses. "Probably something violent."

"And that happened just when we're approaching the security check area? What the heck are we expecting!" Lemmy exclaims.

"Listen to her," Rio says. "She's saying something."

The psychic girl spits out Nostradamus-like words in an horror-filled halting manner. "Danger... come... us... guards... kill... capture... imprison... destruction... Japan... revenge... World War II..."

"Are you telling us that danger will come to us? Guards will capture and kill some guys? That someone's aiming to destroy Japan in revenge for World War II?" Ayaka questions.

Serika just nods her head in agreement.

"Thanks for your warning, Kotone. We mustn't let our guard down from now on," Hiroyuki declares.

The group approaches the security check area. There, Kotone's bad premonition comes true. How?

The airport guards make an evil stare at them. One of them carries a sensor disguised as spectacles. The sensor's monitor detects a passenger's nationality. In this case, the sensor detects Hiroyuki and co. as Japanese, obviously. Another guard radios in, "This is Foxtrot Squad. Japanese citizens detected at Terminal 1 Arrival Area. Request liquidation procedures. Over and out."

At the baggage check area, the baggage of the group is seized without their knowledge. And at the temperature check area, another squad of guards point their M4 Carbines, M-16's, and rocket launchers at them.

Finally, when the group gets out of the arrival area, airport alarms begin to activate.

"WARNING! Terrorists are within airport perimeters. All flights cancelled! Security measures are being activated! All passengers, please stay away from the terrorists and evacuate immediately!"

"Good grief. Kotone's a prophet, really. If only she doesn't have psychic powers," Hiroyuki frets.

"Time cannot be turned back. The bad premonition has materialized. We are innocent of any crime related to terrorism, and they just discriminate us 100," Serio comments.

"Urrrgh. If I hadn't gone with you to this country, I shouldn't be in danger now," Shiho grumbles.

"Look! There are guards coming towards us! We must run!" Multi alerts. "Uryaaaaaaaaa!"

"Surrender or die, you Japanese terrorists!" the guards shout while chasing Hiroyuki and co.

Yet another group of guards chase them. "Your only purpose for coming to the Philippines is to continue the destruction you inflicted last World War II!"

After a few minutes of running, chasing, and dodging, Hiroyuki and co. are exhausted. They are surrounded by lots and lots of heavily-armed guards.

"Why would you mistake us for Al Qaeda?" Hiroyuki angrily shouts at the guards.

"Al Qaeda may be no more," one of the guards explains, "but there is a bigger form of terrorism that is prominent! It is... Japan!"

Another guard continues, "We try to forget what you've done to us, but with your country's military complex growing, you will start an occupation more gruesome and more horrific than ever before!"

Another one concludes, "So for that worst-case scenario not to happen again to our fair Motherland, the root cause of wanton destruction must be eliminated! Punishing you Japanese soon-to-be-terrorists is a start!"

Note: The characters will have to be split into three groups, each battling a group of enemies.

Battle 1, commence!
Allies: Hiroyuki, Akari, Shiho, Masashi, Multi
Enemies: Possessed Airport Guard x4 (HP: 250 each)
Masashi gets a turn. He chooses to attack Possessed Airport Guard A. He deals 67 damage to him.
Akari gets a turn. She chooses to cast Chemical Impact on all enemies. She deals 150 damage each to them.
Possessed Airport Guard D gets a turn. He chooses to attack Shiho. Shiho takes 26 damage.
Multi gets a turn. She chooses to cast Fatal Sweeper on all enemies. She deals 106 damage each to them, KOing them.
Battle 1 won!

"Resistance is futile, Jap losers!" one guard shouts.

Battle 2, commence!
Allies: Serika, Ayaka, Aoi, Kotone, Lemmy
Enemies: Possessed Airport Guard x4 (HP: 250 each)
Serika gets a turn. She chooses to cast Yelo 1 on Possessed Airport Guard C. She deals 157 damage to him.
Possessed Airport Guard B gets a turn. He chooses to cast Hail of Bullets on all allies. He deals 49 damage each to them.
Aoi gets a turn. She chooses to cast Repeating Fist on Possessed Airport Guard A. She deals 275 damage to him in total, KOing him. (Damage per hit: 55)
Ayaka gets a turn. She chooses to cast Whirlwind Kick on Possessed Airport Guard B. She deals 265 damage to him, KOing him.
Possessed Airport Guard D gets a turn. He chooses to cast Slowpoke on all allies. All allies' speed down.
Possessed Airport Guard C gets a turn. He chooses to use a Potion on himself. He recovers 50 HP.
Lemmy gets a turn. She chooses to cast Charge Arrow on Possessed Airport Guard C. She deals 101 damage to him, KOing him.
Kotone gets a turn. She chooses to cast Psycho-Crusher on Possessed Airport Guard D. She deals 277 damage to him, KOing him.
Battle 2 won!

"We will drive the infidels out of our precious Motherland, even if we have to die!" yet another guard shouts.

"Status report: We are outnumbered!" Serio warns.

"Brother, help me..." Rio shrivels in fear.

"I can do this alone..." Tomoko asserts herself.

A female voice is heard from afar. "Guards, please stop your violation of human rights. This is inexcusable!"

Afterwards, a male voice is heard from afar. "Pick on someone your own size!"

One guard shouts, "What? Officer Evangelista? Why are you here?"

Another one says, "You should be patrolling the area! Are you turning your back on us?"

Yet another one says, "Dereliction of duty is punishable by death!"

The remaining guards decide to kill the girl, who is obviously Heart.

But the boy, whom we know as John, charges through the guards, smashing their heads in the process.

"At last... reinforcements," Serio declares.

"Who are those two, anyway?" Rio wonders.

"Must be lovers," Tomoko answers.

John approaches the embattled people and says to them, "Nice to meet you all. I wandered around the airport looking for my ex, and saw you guys in danger."

"You mean, that girl over there with a staff?" Tomoko questions.

"John, why are you here?" shouts Heart from afar. "And why are you surrounded by girls?"

"Arrgh! You pests are really getting in our way!" the remaining guards shout while charging towards John in revenge for their fallen comrades. "You betrayed our country for this!"

Battle 3, commence!
Allies: Tomoko, Rio, Serio, John, Heart
Enemies: Possessed Airport Guard x4 (HP: 250 each)
Before the actual battle starts...
John and Heart get close to each other and explain their unexpected meeting.
Heart: Tell me! Why'd you find me even though I told you not to do so?
John: All I want from you is a proper and heartfelt goodbye to our relationship, that's all. We might be friends again.
Heart: You can do this when I have my free time. Today is NOT my free time.
John: But look, I hate delays ---
Serio: Please do not argue! We have a bigger problem at hand!
Tomoko: Fight now and arrange disagreements later!
After a brief pause...
John: Time for Operation Whack-an-Airport-Guard! Your guns are no match for my precious mace!
Heart: Guards, please, those persons are not terrorists. I can see their innocent looks in their eyes. We are here to protect passengers, not to search for someone to kill.
Serio gets a turn. She chooses to cast Heat Ray on all enemies. She deals 757, 216, 555, and 109 damage, consecutively, to each of the four enemies. Possessed Airport Guards A and C are instantly KOed.
Possessed Airport Guard B gets a turn. He chooses to cast Hail of Bullets on all allies. He deals 50 damage each to them.
Possessed Airport Guard D gets a turn. He chooses to cast Hail of Bullets on all allies. He deals 51 damage each to them.
Heart gets a turn. She chooses to cast Love Has Come My Way on all allies. She restores all allies' HP's back to full.
John gets a turn. He chooses to cast Angry Smash on Possessed Airport Guard D. He deals 312 damage to him, KOing him.
Rio gets a turn. She chooses to attack Possessed Airport Guard B. But the attack missed!
Tomoko gets a turn. She chooses to attack Possessed Airport Guard B. She deals 44 damage to him, KOing him.
Battle 3 won!

With that hard-fought battle, the guards vanish into thin air.

"Now what the heck happened?" Hiroyuki wonders.

"Oh my dearie delicious dancer! They just chickened out?" Lemmy exclaims.

"I think that those guards aren't normal," Heart wonders.

An evil laugh dominates the airport's surround system.

"We'll... brace... for... something... worse..." Kotone shudders.

Suddenly, out of a dark mist, a Dracula-like figure emerges. He is a man of around 45-50 years old with a heavy, nationalistic Filipino voice. His cape is an exact replica of the original Philippine flag made by Marcela Agoncillo and company. He stares at Hiroyuki and co. with a strong sense of hatred.

"You people from Japan have the nerve to step in our beloved soil. As you can see, all of the Filipinos are fed up with your indifference and lack of reconciliation. You know why? You Japanese are still proud of the suffering and destruction that you have inflicted last World War II. You fail to mention the atrocities that you have made in your history class. As an educator, I condemn that heinous act. That is why China and other Asian countries vow to seek revenge against Japan if she doesn't apologize 100 to all of her victims. Even time will not heal the scars of your fury! We will never forget! We will never forget! That is why the only sure-fire way to end the cycle of our suffering is to eliminate Japan and all of its influences forever from my beloved country, the Philippines!" the man says.

"No! You are wrong! We try to forget what we have done to our Asian neighbors by being good global citizens. Even though you didn't directly suffer from the war, you used it as a scapegoat for utterly nonsense revenge!" Akari answers back.

"Nonsense? No! I am doing it so that I can be recognized as a true Son of the Nation. That is why I, Melficio Victorialuna, head of the Commission on Higher Education, am using my position to always instil nationalist ideas into the hearts and minds of the Filipino youth. All foreign ideas must be eliminated at all costs. Especially Japanese ones."

"I'm sick of your traditional politician rhetoric," John abruptly speaks. "All you do in real life is make us, the youth, wallow in the darkness of ignorance through your stupid tuition fee increases, lack of education facilities, and suppression of student rights."

"What those Japanese teenagers wanted is a decent education in OUR beloved country, if I'm correct," Heart continues. "Why put the blame on those innocents? You should focus more on education problems."

"Correct! Even I, a robot, can feel the purity of my intention," Multi supplants.

"Look what we have here. Eleven Japanese future terrorists, two weapons of mass destruction disguised as maid robots, and two betrayers of the nation. What a bunch of lowly vermin you are. You are nothing compared to my massive army built for maximum destruction! All this to make this country great again! Hahahahahahaha!"

Mr. Victorialuna then releases an invisible barrier that knocks Hiroyuki and co. out cold.

"We..." John says.

"...cannot..." Heart says.

The two then say in unison, "...allow this!" They then charge towards Mr. Victorialuna.

Battle 4, commence!
Allies: John, Heart
Enemy: Melficio Victorialuna (HP????)
The two simultaneously attack Mr. Victorialuna, but the enemy suffers little to no damage at all.
After five turns...
Mr. Victorialuna: Die trying to kill me, you chumps.
John: We won't!
Heart: As long as we defend their right to education, we won't give up!
Mr. Victorialuna: That's the lamest of excuses that I've heard in my entire life! So as a gift for you two helpers of would-be destroyers of the nation, I'll give you this!
Melficio Victorialuna casts Mabuhay ang Armadong Rebolusyon! on all allies. John and Heart both suffer 9999 damage, making them KOed.
Battle 4 ended.

John and Heart, though severely weakened and bloodied, approach the still-unconscious Hiroyuki and co. They whisper their last words, "Though... we... may be... absent in body... we'll... be... present... in soul... Continue your fight... Send... my... love... to... you... into... your... heart..."

With that, they both perish.

"Mwahahahahahahaha! Those two dimwits are not true Sons of the Nation! Sympathizing with enemies of the state is an unforgivable crime punishable by death! Now, for the future terrorists, they'll deserve a slow and painful death in Basilan! The Abu Sayyaf will be responsible for their punishment that they deserve! Enjoy your lives while you can, Japanese terrorists!" Mr. Victorialuna concludes.

A strange portal sends Hiroyuki and co. to Basilan, where they will face punishment at the hands of the Muslim extremist group.

After the teleportation, Mr. Victorialuna manipulates the airport as if nothing happened, then disappears.

There it goes, up in the sky
There it goes, beyond the clouds
For no reason why
I can't cry hard enough
No, I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now