Hachi Academy, present day.
Miyabi and Homura keep running, they can see Hamato's office so, they're taking they prepare their respective blades.
But whereas they were just a few meters from the door…
"EH?!"
The two women scream by seeing the office's facade shattering. Someone had been projected with so much strength the wall didn't resist.
And this person is…
"N-Natsuko?"
Miyabi asks, but Natsuko only reacts when Miyabi is in her eyeline.
"T-There…"
Natsuko, terribly wouded, says before passing out.
"Miyabi…"
Homura says while facing a silhouette in the dust, where the door of the office used to be.
Miyabi also notices it, and prepare herself…
The silhouette comes forward, then Heitan appears.
"Uh? Who's that girl?"
Homura asks, confused.
Miyabi, after a few seconds of reflexion, remembers this person.
"But… It's Heitan… The fifth member of the senior elite squad, supposed to be dead for months!"
Miyabi explains, shocked.
Heitan doesn't react, he's staring the two shinobi without any particular facial expression.
"What? I thought it was a guy… And if he's dead, how could it be there?"
Homura asks, even more confused.
"Oh, I just wasn't actually dead… Unlike you in a few moments!"
Heitan yells with a wicked expression on his face.
"As if you can beat us!"
Homura screams before charging Heitan alongside Miyabi.
"Stop…"
Heitan says, putting an immediate stop to the women's assault.
"..."
Both Miyabi and Homura are now under the control of the mad shinobi, who's planning to have fun with his vicitms.
"Now, kill each other."
He orders in a soft voice.
Following those words, Homura and Miyabi start fighting each other without holding back.
The noise of their sabres clashing is an addition to Heitan's creepy laugh.
A few minutes later
The two fighters are struggling with equal power, it can last hours.
But Heitan doesn't have hours, and this show is starting to annoy him. That's why he decided to end it.
"Homura, be kind… And let Miyabi kill you."
Those words stun Homura, Miyabi's blade immediately cuts her torso and rips off most of her shinobi suit.
The tanned shinobi falls, but she's still alive, which astonishes Heitan.
"What? You missed the fatal hit? Too bad… Finish her."
Heitan orders Miyabi, but she doesn't react.
Heitan is shocked, he understands Miyabi is struggling… And thus, insists.
"I told you to finsh her!"
He yells, still without getting any reaction from Miyabi.
"N-No…"
Miyabi says, rising her sabre as if she was about to end Homura's life once and for all.
"Good girl…"
Heitan says in a reassured voice.
"It's…"
Miyabi starts.
"Uh?"
Heitan reacts, confused.
"It's… You that I'm… GONNA KILL!"
Miyabi screams before turning around and trying to stab Heitan.
But despite the confusion, the mad shinobi easily dodges, since his art is still hampering Miyabi's movements.
"N-No way!"
Heitan says in a shocked voice, he then kicks Miyabi's to keep her away.
But right after, he feels an attack coming from behind…
"What?!"
He screams, barely able to dodge Homura's sudden strike.
Heitan hit the back of Homura's head with the flank of his left hand before taking a few steps back.
"How can you resist my power?! Even Fumiyo and Arisa couldn't!
Heitan asks in a horrified voice.
Miyabi and Homura smirks in return.
"We're used to dealing with that kind of tricks!"
Homura yells before moving to Heitan's direction alongside Miyabi, even if their movements are still hampered.
However…
"You think it was all I got? Secret Ninja Art, Terror Song!"
Heitan yells before shrilly crying that not only deafens his two enemies, but also make their inside shaking. Which makes them falls, unable to move correctly.
"I-I can't believe it… This guy is even stronger than the other senior elites…"
Miyabi thinks, unable to control her own body.
Heitan smirks before getting closer to the two girls.
"I won't take any risk… DIE!"
Heitan screams, about to deliver the coup de grâce to Homura with his foot, but…
"Don't touch her!"
A female voice yells from Heitan's back, who narrowly avoid a turning and flying object.
The young man looks behind him, and sees Imu and Murasaki.
"Wait… I've seen you before, no? Whatever… Don't dare touch them again… Whoever you are…"
Imu claims in a weak voice.
Heitan is astonished to see those two girls facing him, but not scared.
"Fumiyo did well… I'll complete her job!"
Heitan yells before rushing to Imu in a flash and performing a kick right on her face, which throws her away and makes her pass out.
Murasaki is shocked, Imu might be weakened, but being able to one-shot her thanks to a simple kick is still something only a few can do.
But she won't give up…
"Fumiyo used her last moments to help Imu saving me! I refuse to waste her bravery against you! KYAAAA!"
Murasaki screams, charging her energy in front of an astonished Heitan.
"She can still use her ninja arts? Impressive…"
He tells himself, preparing his defence.
"Secret Ninja Art! STAY AWAY!"
Murasaki yells while lauching an energy ball on Heitan, who doesn't look worried at all.
"Ninja Art, Love Song."
He says before singing a soft song that creates a sound shield in front of him.
The shiled protects him from Murasaki's strike, which shockes the purple haired girl.
"My turn…"
Heitan says by smiling before disappearing and reappearing behind Murasaki.
Without waiting, Heitan grabs Murasaki's left boob and toughly hold it, which gives Murasaki an extreme pain.
But before she could scream, Heitan, in a circular motion, throws Murasaki in the right wall. The shock is so violent, the wall falls and knocks out Murasaki.
"Alright… What was I about to do already?"
Heitan asks in a sarcastic voice while rubbing his hands.
Miyabi and Homura, still paralysed, just understood Imu and Murasaki came to help them and that Heitan easily defeated them, which makes Miyabi angry…
Heitan stops when he feels two other presences coming.
It's Mirai and Haruka, looking even more wounded than Imu and Murasaki.
"Mirai… Arisa gave her life to save me… We have no right losing now…"
Haruka tells her friends, exhausted.
Mirai was about to responds when…
"Don't move."
Heitan orders in a soft voice, preventing Haruka and Mirai's move.
Immediately after that, Heitan summons an explosive bomb he throws near the girls, who can't dodge.
BOOM
The explosion blows both Haruka and Mirai, who pass out without even screaming.
"Pitiful…"
Heitan says before turning around… To face Homura and Miyabi, standing up with pain.
"We're back, dude…"
Miyabi says by proudly smiling.
Homura also smiles, the two shinobi adopt an offensive stance.
But Heitan is really tired by the situation and feels the other girls are coming too. So, he chooses to put an end to this confrontation.
"Secret Ninja Art, Wailing Song!"
He yells before singing a sinister melody that annihilates the vital force of anyone hearing it, so, Homura and Miyabi fall again.
But this art has another particularity, its range. Indeed, the song is audible in the entire building.
In other words, Ryouna, Ryoubi, Yomi, and Hikage, who were tried to reach the last stage, also are victims of that technique.
"I knew it… No one and nothing can stop me!"