Chapter 4: The Hunter's first hunt
4/13
Wednesday; Early Morning
Touma woke up from his sleep and put on his school uniform and went into the living room. When he went into the living room, Twila was once again making breakfast in the kitchen but this time humming to herself "Moon River".
"Are you humming Moon River?" Touma asked as Twila stopped humming and blushed with a smile.
"It was mother's favorite song." Twila said.
"That's a fair point, although i still think Fly me to the moon is still a better song." Touma said as Twila finished making breakfast and gave her brother a plate of pancakes.
Once the twins were done with breakfast, they left the house and went to the school and the two went to their respective classes. Touma went to his English class while Twila went to her History class.
Wednesday; Morning
In Touma's English Class, Everyone was paying attention to the teacher's lecture until she caught Touma looking out the window "Heartfilia!" Ms. Chouno called out.
"Yes?" Touma asks.
"Since you think it's okay for you to stare off into space, let me give you a question. A soul is composed of appetite, spirit, and what else?" Ms. Chouno asked.
"The soul is composed of appetite, spirit, and logic." Touma answered.
"Ah, so you were paying attention. Very good." Ms. Chouno said as she went on and continued her lecture, while Touma returned to his thoughts and stared off into the distance.
In History Class, Twila was writing down notes while listening to the lecture until the teacher decided to ask her something "Ms. Heartfilia." Mr. Inui called out.
"Yes?" Twila asked.
"I like to give you a question. What event did Emperor Nero add to the Olympics so he could participate?" Mr. Inui asked.
"He added singing." Twila answered.
"Very good. Yes, he added singing so he could sing for the other participants." Mr. Inui said as Twila returned to her studies.
Wednesday; After School
Once Classes were over for the day, Touma and Twila were waiting for Mishima at the school gate and he showed up 2 minutes later "Sorry i'm late. I had something to do." Mishima said.
"No problem, man." Touma said as he started up the Metaverse Navigator and they all went back into the castle.
At the castle's front door, Mishima saw that Twila was in the same clothes that she was wearing yesterday "Is something the matter, Mishima?" Twila asked.
"Yeah, why do both of your clothes always turn into those costumes?" Mishima asked.
"Well, I theorized that anything distorts according to how a ruler pleases in their Palace. The school can turn into a castle like this, after all. In order to prevent such distortions, one must hold a powerful will of rebellion. I believe our appearances are a manifestation of that. It's the image of rebellion we hold within." Twila explained.
"Well that explains a lot. But i want to know what this world really is." Mishima said.
"Like my sister said two days ago, this is a world made from Alice's cognition. This is how her distorted heart views the school." Touma said as Mishima remembered and still had that image of what happened the other day which fueled his anger.
"That bitch…!" Mishima said as he rams the door "You hear me, Alice!?" Mishima shouted in anger.
"Doing that isn't going to get it to open, you know." Touma said. "But you must really hate this Alice girl." Touma said.
"Hate doesn't even cover how I feel. Everything is that bitch's fault!" Mishima said with venomous anger in his voice.
"Me and my brother don't know what happened between the two of you, but do not let your emotions get the better of you. Her lackey's must be everywhere inside." Twila said.
"Twila, I want to go back to the dungeon and to that room. I want to get the photos of the people who were in those people that were suffering." Mishima explained.
"I understand. Let's go to the Room of Pleasure first, then the dungeon." Twila said as they quickly traveled to the safe room that was near to the room they wanted to go to.
Once in the Room of Pleasure, Mishima took out his phone and tried to use his camera but the app wouldn't open "What wrong?" Touma asked.
"My camera app won't open." Mishima said as Touma and Twila pulled out their phones and tried to open their camera apps but they also won't open.
"Mine won't open either." Twila said.
"Come on! We can use the Navigation app, but the camera's a no go!?" Touma complained.
"It doesn't matter, i have a photographic memory." Mishima said.
"Oh cool. At least me and sis aren't the only ones." Touma said as Twila rolled her eyes.
"The three of us remember some of the faces of this room so we can head to the dungeon now." Twila said as the three of them went downstairs and then went down a flight of stairs to the dungeon.
In the dungeon hall, they saw one of the guards walking around and they avoid the guard to get to the door to a room call "The Torture Hall" but the door to the hall was being guarded by a shadow.
"A guard… I'm pretty sure that's where we need to be going too…" Touma said.
"Are you two going to take it down?" Mishima asked.
"I suppose that's our only choice… But wait, this might be a good time…" Twila said.
"What's a good time?" Touma asked his twin.
"I'm going to show you a special way to defeat enemies." Twila said as Mishima gives her a sub-machine gun when Touma goes in and strikes the shadow to become a flying woman with fairy wings.
"Listen, there is a distinct flow to battles. Let me show you. After all, Seeing is believing. First, knock all the enemies down! Everything starts at that crucial step." Twila said as she used her sub-machine gun to shoot the flying shadow down but not killing it.
"Good! Now we rush in for an All-Out-Attack!" Twila said as she and her brother jumped to the air and jumped around rapidly while attacking the enemy and once the enemy was about to die, Twila landed on her feat and gave curtsy with a confident smile "Adieu~!" Twila said as the shadow behind her died.
"That was awesome, sis!" Touma praised.
"Thank you, brother. Still that went better than i thought" Twila said.
"So that was an All-Out-Attack. That was amazing!" Mishima said as Twila, Touma and him went through the door and the three of them saw a banner that really pissed off Mishima.
"Alice's… Training hall… Of love…? What kind of a bull-crap is this?" Mishima asks.
"I suppose we'll all find out once we're inside." Twila said as the trio went inside.
Once inside, the trio hears voices of pain coming from down the hall "Those voices… Where's it coming from…?" Mishima said as the trio went down the hall and saw some of the Shujin Students being torture by some of the guards.
"Damn it! This is bullshit!" Mishima yelled.
"How many times do i have to tell you to stay quiet!?" Twila asks.
"But this is beyond messed up!" Mishima said.
"I do agree, this is still horrible. It must mean she treats them as slaves in the real world as well." Twila said.
"In the real world too…?" Mishima said.
"So the school is a castle and the students are slaves. It's so on point, it makes me laugh." Touma said angrily as Mishima scans the inside of the torture area.
"Wait, I know these guys…They're members of the Volleyball team- The one Mr. Kamoshida coaches for!" Mishima exclaims.
"They must be physically abused by Alice everyday… There's no way they'd be beat up normally." Touma said.
"Don't tell me… They're going through similar stuff in reality!?" Mishima asks.
"Most likely. This proves that Alice sees them all as nothing but slaves." Twila said.
"I'll memorize each of their faces so we can find them in the real world." Mishima said as he went down and saw a treadmill with spikes at the beginning of it with water at the end of it. The trio saw how the track team might be being treated in reality.
"This is horrible." Twila said as this made her sick to her stomach.
"Are you done yet?" Touma asks Mishima
"Yeah, sorta." Mishima said as he was able to get some of their faces memorized and moved on to the other part of the cell.
The next torture device they all saw was a cannon shooting volleyballs at an innocent person, who was being tied upside down.
"This is messed up." Touma said with an angry look on his face as he saw someone who was being tortured for no reason.
"Mishima, we're cutting this close." Twila warned.
"Don't worry, i'm done." Mishima said.
"Then let's stop wasting time! Let's run!" Touma said as they all went back up stairs to the front doors of the castle.
Once at the front door of the castle, the trio were stopped by Shadow Alice and the guards "...You knaves again? To think you'd made the same mistake again. You're hopeless!" Shadow Alice said as Mishima walked in front of Touma and Twila.
"The school is not your castle! I memorized the faces of the people you abused real good. You're going down!" Mishima exclaims.
"It seems it's true when they say "Barking dogs seldom bite". How far the friend of the Track Team has fallen." Shadow Alice said, much to the confusion of Twila and Touma.
"What are you getting at!?" Mishima asks aggressively.
"I speak of the "Traitor" who dared raised his hands against someone who was only trying to help, ending all of his friends' dreams. Oh, I can only imagine the pain of the others who were dragged down under your… selfish act." Shadow Alice said with a smirk as Mishima looked at the ground.
"Traitor?" Touma asks.
"What a surprise. So you two are accompanying him without knowing anything at all?" Shadow Alice asks "He betrayed his friends on the track team and crushed their hopes, and even stopped talking to them. And yet, he's still as carefree as ever." Shadow Alice explained.
"That's not true!" Mishima shouted.
"You both came along with this fool and are now going to end up dead. ...How unlucky of you." Shadow Alice was about to leave but before she did, she talked to gold knight "Go. Kill them all. Don't sully my castle with garbage." Shadow Alice said as she left and the gold knight single his men to attack.
Three of the guards turned into shadows that looked like horses with white manes, red eyes, and green antelope horns.
"Get behind us, Mishima!" Twila said as she and Touma got in front of him to face the shadows.
But as soon as the twins were going to face the shadows, they realized they were outnumbered "Damn it… We're surrounded sis!" Touma said.
"Tell me something i don't know, Brother!" Twila yelled at him.
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you 'cause Queen Alice told us! I'll kill 'cause that's what she wants!" One of the shadows said as one of them lunged at Twila and the other two rammed Touma over. The twins summoned Kaito Kuroba and Jeanne D'arc but the two weren't enough as two more appeared, making things even more difficult.
"There are more of them? This is not good…" Twila said as she was rammed over by one of the shadows causing her to collapse and being stepped on by Shadow Alice.
"Sis!" Touma called out, allowing the shadow to ram Touma over and knocking him down and getting pinned down by a guard as well.
"Rgh… You little-" before Twila could say anymore, Shadow Alice stepped on her to make the pain more painful.
"I bet you simply came on a whim and ended up like this. Isn't that right?" Shadow Alice asks.
"No…" Mishima was at a loss for words as he collapsed on the floor.
"What a worthless piece of trash, getting emotional so quickly… How dare you try to overthrow me. Though it was only temporary, did you forget the kind suggestions I gave to Mr. Kamoshida when he was supervising your friends track practice?" Shadow Alice asked.
"That was no practice! You made Kamoshida attack my friends! You just didn't like they're team!" Mishima yelled.
"It was nothing but an eyesore! The only one who needs to achieve results is me and the School! The guy who got expelled was hopeless too… Had he not opposed me with a sound argument, I would've settled it with only breaking one of his legs." Shadow Alice said.
"What?" Mishima questioned as he started to stand up.
"Do you want me to find him and break his other leg too? The school will call it Self-defense anyways!" Shadow Alice laughed.
"No… Am i going to lose someone important to me? Not only can Ryuji not run anymore… The track team is gone too because of this bitch…!" Mishima said.
"So that's why…" Twila said as she felt more pain on her back when Alice dug her foot on Twila's back.
"Once these two are dealt with, you're next." Shadow Alice said as she laughed evilly.
"Mishima!" Twila called out.
"Stand up for yourself!" Touma yelled out.
"Huh?" Mishima asks.
"True, the track team is gone because of the mistake you made, but that doesn't mean you can't fix it. It's time for you to write up your sins!" Touma said as Mishima felt a glimpse of hope shimmering in his heart.
"...You're right. My best friends' dreams were all taken by her… They'll never get them back…!" Mishima said.
"Stay there and watch. Look on as these hopeless scumbags die for nothing because they sided with trash like you." Shadow Alice said as Mishima began to stand up completely with a face of pure anger and rage.
"No… That's what you are… All you think about is using people… You're the real scumbag, Alice Hiiragi!" Mishima proclaimed as he slowly started to walk over to Alice until he was 5 feet away from her.
"What are you doing? Silence him!" Shadow Alice ordered as she smiled sadistically.
"Stop looking down on me with that stupid smile on your face!" Mishima yelled as a males voice spoke to him.
You made me wait quite a while. The voice said as Mishima's eyes turned yellow and started screaming in agony as he clutched his head in pain You seek power, correct? Then let us form a pact. Since your friends' dreams have been robbed by this evil queen, then why not steal everything this woman has. The other you that dwells within desires it thus. I am thou, thou art i… The voice said as Mishima stood up despite the pain. Good! Stand up! Face this evil queen and shoot her down like the rebellious wolf you are inside! The voice proclaimed as a silver wolf mask appears on Mishima's face.
"What's this?" The gold knight asks as Mishima rips off the mask and is soon covered in blue flames.
Once the blue flames cleared, Mishima was now wearing black pants with a black belt that had a large silver buckle, a black V-necked shirt that was worn underneath a black trench-coat with gray lining going down the sleeves, and black boots with silver plates to protect his shins. He had a silver plate worn on the left side of his coat, and a pair of yellow gloves. He wore a strap that went over his right shoulder and under it to wrap around his left side.
The being behind him had a white skin tone with a purple day of the dead skull paint on its face and it's hair was a honey blonde. The being wears a Taupe cowboy hat on his head, a tattered red scarf around his neck, a white collar shirt underneath a dark brown waistcoat with beige lining that was under a taupe jacket. He also had a silver gauntlet with black gloves, Black slacks with a brown gun holster connected to an ivory belt and had knee high boots folded over. The being takes out the western style pistols and points one at the enemies and one at the ceiling.
Mishima looked up at Alice and gave her a wicked smirk "Not this one too!" Shadow Alice complained.
"Alright… What's up, Persona… This is awesome! Now that I also have this power, it's time for payback…!" Mishima said as Touma and Twila stood up.
"I'm ready now… Bring it!" Mishima yelled out as Touma and Twila faced the enemies behind them.
"Ngh… Don't mock me, you brats!" The gold knight shouted out as he transformed into a red armored knight with horns with a spear riding on top of a horse with a silver mane and green eyes.
"Blast them all down… Billy The Kid!" Mishima shouted as he pointed at the enemy and smiled wickedly.
"How dare you try to attack our queen, you brat!" The knight said to Mishima.
"The only brat here is Alice. And I'm going to make sure that she pays for her crimes! Let's shoot them down, Billy The Kid!" Mishima yelled out as the red knight summoned two more of the horse-like shadows from before "Billy The Kid! Zio!" Mishima said as Billy The Kid shot one shadow down with a strike of lightning and it proceeded to do the same thing to the other shadow.
"Good job, Mishima!" Twila said as she summoned Jeanne D'arc to strike down one of the horse shadows by using Garu to kill one of them.
"Alright, i got this one! Kaito Kuroba!" Touma shouted as his mask brought back Kaito Kuroba and he used Cleave on the other shadow, killing it.
"Okay, Let's finish this together!" Twila said as the trio's Personas used their attacks on the red knight.
"How… was i bested… By mere children?" The red knight asks.
"It just shows that someone like Alice isn't anything special." Mishima said as the red knight reverted back into being a knight, clad in gold.
Mishima was wasted and gasping for air as Alice looked at the three of them in surprise when Mishima was able to regain his composure "How about that!?" Mishima asks Alice.
"Amazing… So Mishima had the potential as well…" Twila said in amazement.
"Even if you apologize now… I'm never going to forgive you…!" Mishima said as Shadow Alice smiled.
"I told you before that this is my castle. It seems like you still don't understand…" Shadow Alice said as Kamoshida and the Cognitive Shiho walked over to Shadow Alice. Kamoshida was wearing a gold crown, red heart printed cape and pink underwear, leaving his torso and hairy legs exposed.
"A cognitive version of Mr. Kamoshida?" Twila asks herself as Shadow Alice instantly hugs the man and The Cognitive Shiho kneel down on the floor like a dog.
"Hey! Stop hugging him, you perv!" Touma shouted at Shadow Alice but she was unfazed.
"How many times must i tell you until you understand? This is my castle- A place where I can do whatever I want. Everyone wishes to be loved by me." Shadow Alice said before she turns to the trio with a scowl "That is, everyone besides you slow witted thieves." Shadow Alice said.
"You little…!" Touma growled.
"Are you jealous? Well, i'm not surprised. Men and women aren't drawn to problematic punks like you." Shadow Alice said as Twila and Touma scowls.
"Damn it…!" Touma said.
"Clean them up this instant!" Shadow Alice ordered as more guards appeared.
"We're outnumbered… Let's run before we get surrounded!" Twila said.
"We're not going to do anything and just run!?" Mishima asks in shock.
"We can't die here! So just shut up and run!" Touma said.
"Thank god you have a level head in situations like this, brother." Twila said as Mishima started to calm down.
"...Alright." Mishima said as he understood what was the best course of action "We'll expose who you really are, no matter what! You better wait for us…!" Mishima said as Shadow Alice laughed.
"I was beginning to get bored of torturing the ones here! Come at me whenever you want, if you don't care about your life!" Shadow Alice laughed maniacally as Twila turned over to her brother and Mishima.
"Ignore her. Let's go!" Twila said as Touma threw down the smoke bombs to cover their escape.
Once outside, the trio stopped at the front of the castle to catch their breaths "Is everyone okay?" Touma asks.
"Yes. I'm fine." Twila said.
"Yeah, i'm fine." Mishima said as he looked down at his clothes "What the-! I don't remember putting this on!" Mishima exclaimed.
"I think you look pretty good." Touma said.
"Um… Should i be happy about that?" Mishima asks as they hear voices from the castle.
"Did you find them!?" One of the pursuers asks.
"No. Search that way!" One of the pursuers said.
"So what should we do now?" Mishima asks.
"We should go back for now. If we stay here, her guards may find us eventually." Twila said.
"Yeah, we should." Touma said as the three of them went back to the real world and the trio were in front of the school gate.
"We're back." Touma said.
"I dragged you two a lot, huh? ...Sorry, you two." Mishima said but Twila shook her head.
"You have nothing to apologize for, Mishima." Twila said.
"Still… I'm dead tired… How are you two holding up?" Mishima asks.
"If I'm being honest, I'm exhausted. What about you brother?" Twila asks her fraternal twin.
"I feel fine. Although, I could use a nap." Touma said.
"Same… I'm gonna sleep like a rock when i get home. But wow, was that awesome! I definitely remember the faces of the guys Alice was treating like slaves." Mishima said confidently.
"Yes, if we can get them to tell everyone what Alice is doing, she can finally face justice for her crimes." Twila said.
"So… you two wanna help me look for those guys or any witnesses?" Mishima asks the twins.
"I don't know…" Twila said.
"If you guys are thinking of laying low because of Touma's record, i don't think that will help..." Mishima said as Twila and Touma gave each other a confused look.
"What do you mean?" Twila asks.
"It isn't just me. Everyone knows. Some have already pegged you as a criminal." Mishima explained.
"How did that happen?" Touma asks.
"Alice forced Kamoshida to open his mouth." Mishima said with a scowl.
"Why?" Touma asks.
"Probably to ruin your reputations even more. It doesn't matter if it's a student or a club; That bitch just wrecks things she doesn't like or agree with. Just like he did with Ryuji." Mishima explains with an angry look on his face.
"You mentioned him before. What happened?" Twila asks.
"He was a friend from the track team. He was an amazing runner but then Alice came here as a first year and messed everything up by using Mr. Kamoshida as her puppet." Mishima explained.
"I see…" Twila said.
"I'm sorry that happened to him." Touma said as he placed his hand on Mishima's shoulder.
"Thanks… But no one will take what I say seriously. Still, the rumors about her physically abusing people might be real." Mishima said.
"Yes. And after seeing Alice's distorted heart in person, We can't turn a blind eye and forget this had happened." Twila said.
"Yeah. We just need to give her a change of heart and everything will be hunky dory!" Touma said.
"Alright! I'm counting on you two. I'll have your backs." Mishima said as Touma felt a bond of trust with him.
I am thou, Thou art i…
Thou hast acquired a new vow.
It shall become the wings of rebellion
That breaketh thy chains of captivity.
With the birth of the Magician Persona,
I have obtained the winds or blessing that
Shall lead to freedom and new power…
Magician Confidant: Rank 1
Touma heard the growling of Twila's stomach "Oh… My apologies." Twila said.
"It's alright, Twila. I think we're all hungry." Mishima said as he giggled a little "Come on, let's get something to eat. My treat. I really want to hear about your past." Mishima said as the three make their way to a restaurant close by.
In the restaurant, Twila and Touma tells the whole story to Mishima that led up to their current situation, which caught him by surprise and it made him angry "WHAT!? What the hell! How much shittier can that jerk get!?" Mishima shouted.
"Please use your indoor voice." Twila said
"Yeah, calm down. It's in the past." Touma said.
"Are you for real? If it was me, I wouldn't calm down until I punch the asshole in the face." Mishima said as he ate his food "So… you left New York, and now you're living here, huh?" Mishima asks.
"That is the process of events, Yes." Twila said.
"Huh… We might be more alike than i originally thought." Mishima said.
"How so?" Twila asks.
"I guess it's how the three of us are treated like a pain in the ass by the people around us. Like we don't belong. I did something stupid at school too." Mishima said.
"I see." Twila simply said as she continued eating.
"Touma, you barely touched your food." Mishima said as he gave Touma's bowl more ginger.
"Thanks but i can do it myself." Touma said.
"Just let me do it. It's my way of saying thanks. Anyways, I got you and your sister's back like you two got mine from tomorrow onward." Mishima said with a smile as the twins smiled back to him.
"Yeah. As long as we do something about Alice, I'm sure the three of us will feel better about being at school." Touma said.
"Oh yeah! Give me your numbers. Chat ID too." Mishima said as the trio pulled out their phones and exchanged their phone numbers and chat ID.
"Just you wait, Alice… We're gonna start right away tomorrow." Mishima said.
"Yes. We should start with those people that were kept as slaves." Twila said.
"The volleyball rally is tomorrow, huh? It was recommended by Kamoshida. The cheer squad is going to be there too, a request from Alice herself. Makes me want to gag." Mishima said.
"But i heard that thanks to that, we don't have classes in the afternoon, so we can walk around unnoticed." Touma said with a confidant smile.
"Yes. that's what i heard as well." Twila said.
"Well, i guess we can work out the details tomorrow." Mishima said as he got a text from his mother "Sorry guys, i have to get home." Mishima said.
"We understand. We'll see you tomorrow, Mishima." Twila said as Mishima grabbed his school bag and left the restaurant "We should leave as well, brother." Twila said to her brother.
"Yeah, we got to start planning for tomorrow." Touma said as he and his sister got up from their seats and left the restaurant and walked home.
Back at the school, Suzui was sitting right next to the blonde girl Touma and Twila met on their first day at school on the bench. The two chatted for a bit until the blonde hair girl stared at the ground "Is there something wrong Ann?" Shiho asked.
"I-i haven't been sleeping well lately… Whenever I close my eyes, I keep thinking about too many things…" Ann said with a sad expression.
"Ann…" Shiho couldn't find the right words to cheer her friend up.
"People at work keep expecting me to be just like the other top-tier models, so i keep thinking… Should someone like me really be modeling...?" Ann asks as Shiho puts up a confidant smile.
"Don't worry. Just be confident in yourself, sis! Your skills have been recognized! It's all because you work harder than anyone else!" Shiho said enthusiastically but then Ann looked at her emotionlessly.
"Yeah… Modeling is all i have, after all…" Ann said emotionlessly.
"More importantly, was that injury OK? It looks really swollen." Shiho asks.
"No, it's nothing. It's normal… Especially a fashion contest is coming up…" Ann said with little emotion while Shiho stayed silent until a female student came up to them.
"Sorry to interrupt, Takamaki. Um… Alice told me to get you." She said as Ann had a horrific expression on her face.
"What does she want…?" Ann asked.
"She didn't say…" The female student replied as both of them stayed for a bit until Ann continued to speak.
"Shiho, i…" Ann didn't finish her sentence and the two girls had an awkward silence between them until Shiho decided to speak up.
It'll be fine! I bet it's about you being the main model of the contest or something." Shiho said when she saw that Ann had a tired look on her face before having a smile appearing on it.
"...Yeah." Ann said as she stood up and looked at Shiho with a face full of pain "Well, i better go…" Ann said.
"Yep. Good luck!" Shiho said enthusiastically as Ann and the girl walked off to the fashion club "Hang in there, Ann…!" Shiho said with determination in her voice.
4/12
Wednesday; evening
Once at home, the twins cleaned the dishes of their breakfast together and finishing up the dishes, the twins sat down on the sofa "So what should I do tomorrow while you and Mishima talk to the volleyball members?" Twila asks.
"You go after sex slaves. I think they were a part of the cheer squad and that fashion club that Alice runs." Touma said.
"Okay." Twila said as she and Touma got an alert on their phone.
MY: Hey, I decided to go ahead and message you two. Can you two see this?
TwH: Yes, i can see it.
TH: Same.
MY: Great! I'll be counting on you two tomorrow, ok?
TwH: We understand.
TH: Yeah, Don't worry.
MY: You two are the best…! I'll see you two tomorrow! Let's save those people who are being abused together.
"I'll be counting on you too, sis." Touma said with a smile.
"As will i." Twila replied as she yawned.
"I guess we should take a bath and head to bed, huh?" Touma said as he and Twila went into the bathroom together.
In the bathroom, Twila was washing Touma's back when she noticed the face he was making "I know that look… Something on your mind, brother?" Twila asks.
"...It's just… You wanting to come with me after everything that happened to us, you're a damn good sister." Touma said with a smile.
"Your welcome, brother. I'm always going to be with you… No matter what." Twila said as she finished washing Touma's back.
Once they were done in the bathroom, Touma and Twila went into their rooms and went to bed for the night. But before going to bed, Touma puts the finishing touches on his personal project, a wrist mounted grappling hook. "Those shadows won't see us coming." Touma said but not before he yawned and put the grappling hook away and went to sleep.