Ginti and Saya arrived at the entrance, as he sensed Sena. He said, "They're inside. I guess we were late."
"Enough time to make up for valuable time, Ginti." She said, "Let's go!"
The rushed to the gate, as the tall demon appeared, cackling at them, "You're not going anywhere, you lovely mortals!"
He growled, "Another demon?"
"An oni!" Saya cried, "This one must be Blossom's strongest creature."
The oni grinned heavily, showing its yellowish fangs. It lunged at Saya, but Ginti blocked the attack and said, "Back off!"
The oni was shoved away, as it cackled, "Fool! You're already too late!"
He asked, "What did he say?"
She replied, "I have no idea… It's weird grunts, and words in tongue."
The oni replied, "Blossom makes me not speak YOUR words! The word of "LOVE" and "LUST" and "PASSION" are taboo, and we never speak her language! We are actually in love… with bloodlust and dismemberment…"
He asked, "What?"
The oni charged at him, as they started to clash. Saya stepped back and said, holding her shoulder, "Ginti, be alright. Just kill him and end this."
"How can I? Demons are okay, but an oni?" Ginti cried, "This one's stronger!"
As they continued to clash, meanwhile, in the dungeon, Origami was looking around, as she was sneaking in the wall. She looked around the cells and thought, "One of these cells has to be Miss Kotobuki's."
Dufort said, as he appeared in his cell, "Too late. She's not here."
Origami turned to him, as he said, "Hello there, Origami Tobiichi."
"Who are you?" She barked.
"I believe you have met me… But I know who you are… and if you're saving her. You're too late."
"No… Blossom got to her?"
"Not really. After she abused the blonde girl, she took her away to her torture room. That was all I know. And that was after the pervert in purple entered the dungeon, offering a pair of underpants to him."
"Sick…"
"I know. But there's more…"
Dufort told Origami about the man in purple, and that he killed Nodoka, Ui, & Azusa, not Blossom. Origami asked if the man was on her side, and he said "Vaguely. He only wants to join her kingdom, provided that she showed him her panties. She calmly refused to do so… but his actions were unknown why he was here."
"So, that means-."
He offered, "If you let me out, I can tell you what I know. I have been stuck here for months, and I needed to be rescued."
She said, as she approached the bars, "Okay. Stand back."
She swung her sword and smashed the bars into pieces. Dufort got out and said, "Thank you. But you know that you should've used the keys."
"That would be a waste of time." She informed him, "My way's better."
Dufort held her arms and said, "Now that I'm free, I have to tell you everything about Evil Queen Blossom."
She nodded, as she said, "Please do… and please let me go."
He let go, as he explained everything about Blossom (or Sakuya) to her.
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Back upstairs, Sena continued to fight, as she and Tohka were locked eyes at each other. Sena cried, as she was pushing forward, "Tohka! You have to listen to me! That woman, Blossom, she's using you!"
Tohka snarled, "You lie. No one uses me! Master would never, because she speaks the truth!"
Sena yelled, "SHE SPEAKS IN LIES! YOU'RE BRAINWASHED!"
Shiina struck at her arm, with a shuriken, as Tohka kicked her down. Sena was on one knee, as Shiina said, "You're so stupid, ex-sister… We have ways of killing you…"
They started to glow in a shadowy aura, and continued to fight. Sena avoided their attack, and then swung onto Shiina, nearly nicking her wrists. Tohka swung her sword towards her, and they started to exchange attacks. Sena pleaded to remember who they are, but Tohka kicked her down. Shiina held her katana up and swung down onto her. Sena rolled out of the way, missing the blade. Sena swung her D-Sword onto Shiina's left arm, and badly cut her. Shiina dropped to one knee, and screamed in pain. She whispered, as Shiina was groaned, "I'm sorry. You have to stop fighting. Stop fighting me, and join me."
Tohka charged at her, in sheer malice, and began to clash with Sena. They continued onward, as Shiina was holding her arm, with her hand over her wound.
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Back outside, the oni that Blossom summoned, continued to fight with Ginti. Saya, unfortunately, could not fight, because her injuries from earlier were acting up. The huge demon slashed its claw onto Ginti's chest, as he started to swing his battleaxe onto him. He was furious, as he roared, "I have no idea who or what you are, but I'm saving my fiancé!"
The demon cackled, "Just try! Your OTHER girlfriend can't help you, either…"
"Screw you!" He yelled, as he slashed onto the demon's shoulder, "You better not say what I think you're saying!"
Saya started to stand up, and helped Ginti. She swung her sword towards the oni, and wounded the tall demon in the chest. It hissed, and slashed onto her chest. She dodged out of the way, only for her shoulder to be exposed, after it clawed onto her shirt. Her bandages were exposed, as the demon pranced in place and giggled. It dashed towards her, but Ginti lands a knee to the ribcage, and swung his axe onto the spine. It fell to the ground, and was out cold. Saya held her shoulder and said, "He's down, but not out. Go on and save her. Don't worry about me."
"No way!" He said, "Sena's going to heal you! I know it!"
"I… I thought you wanted to save Miss Kotobuki!"
"I am! But her friends and my allies are more important! She's my #1 priority, but… I don't want more people to die, because of that woman who kidnapped her!"
Saya blushed, as she smiled, "You… You'd risk everything for me?"
Her eyes started to turn red, as the demon was getting up. She roared, "GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
He turned around, as the demon lunged onto him. It started to claw onto his head, and dropped him to his knees. He dropped his battleaxe, but Saya jabbed its head with the sword. It fell to the ground, as she began to grow hostile. She snarled, "How dare you… HURT MY GINTI?"
She slashed at the demon, as Ginti cried, "YOUR Ginti?!"
She continued to hack and slash the oni, as it started to bleed out black goo from its wounds. It hissed and growled, holding its wounded body.
"Damn you! Milady will not be pleased by this…" It said. "I have to resort to Plan X… Ahhhhh… Her wound… I sense that her Healing Factor is now a dud… And that would be perfect…"
It was kicked down by Saya, as Ginti was still on his knees, recovering from the pain. She held her sword high and roared, about to finish it off. She swung down, but…
STAB!
"SUCKER!" It cried out, jabbing both its claws into both her shoulders. Her face was shocked, as her eyes were wide open, and her mouth dropped. She moaned in agony, as she dropped her sword. The demon pulsated from its body, and nearly recovered its wounds. Saya was kicked down, and dropped onto the ground.
"SAYA!" He cried.
The oni stomped on her glasses, breaking them. It hissed, "So much for her hostility… Soon, her body will be a small memorial for Milady. You're next, you scumbag… And you didn't save her? Too bad…"
He crawled to her, as Saya was lying on the ground, in a straight line, as she was immovable.
"The demon… It… It's got me…" she moaned, as she was weakening, " My… my healing factor… It's… It's not working…"
"NO… You can't die!" He cried, as he tried to help her up.
She was still pinned down, paralyzed and hurt. Saya could only move her right arm and place it on her chest. But that was it. She said to him, "Ginti… … … If I die now… I want you to know… … … I want you…"
She passed out, still in pain, as he snarled, "You…"
The demon cackled, it prepared to fight Ginti. His body started to glow in a darker aura, and his red hair turned into crimson hair. He snarled, picking up Saya's sword, "She cared for me… and wanted to help me find Mugi… Blossom took her, and I wanted to save her. I don't even know what's going on, anymore, but I refuse to see anyone else die…"
The oni slashed its talons onto his face, but he deflected it with his battleaxe. His body started to brim in energy, as the oni gasped, "What sorcery is this?"
Ginti growled, "She wanted to be happy, the Kisaragi girl… AND YOU KILLED HER, FOR NO REASON AT ALL!"
He swung his battleaxe and Saya's sword, as his eyes turned red and hostile, while his body started to shimmer in a bright aura. He suddenly tapped into Ty Ko Ky, and began to slash down onto the oni, fiercely and swiftly. The oni cried in pain, and then tried to run away, but he swung his battleaxe, emitting a red beam slash onto its back. It roared in pain, as Ginti slammed the oni down onto its back. He held the sword up and jabbed it into his heart. It screamed in constant pain, as Ginti landed the finishing blow, swung his axe down onto the oni, and decapitating it. The head rolled off to a tree, and started to melt, while it's body was turning into vapor.
"I'm melllllting… You… urgh… Milady… I have… failed…"
The head melted down, as the headless body was soon dissipating into a charred and decaying corpse. Ginti said to Saya, as she opened her eyes, "You can get up now… It's over…"
She moaned, "I wish… I could… but…"
He asked, "The oni's dead, and your spell is broken… You're free from its spell."
She moaned, "No… He didn't curse me…"
He gasped, and cried, "So… WAIT! You mean you are dying?"
"Yes…"
He tried to cradle her, but couldn't. She was heavy, and Saya pleaded, "No… I told you… Don't worry about me… Just save her… Go to Mugi… and protect her… Just leave me to die…"
"NO! Sena will fix this! She'll revive you and treat you to that injury!"
"It's too late, Ginti…" she moaned, as she was slowly fading, "It was fated that I was destined to die… anyway…"
She chuckled, "Ironic, huh? I wanted to get my revenge on Fumito, but I guess that will never happen… anytime… soon… Ginti… You were …a nice… man… From the moment we met… the time we had… … was magical…"
He sobbed, "What are you talking about? You only befriended me, and had Hostile Sex with me!"
"I know… but that's because I lost someone… I loved… But now… if I were able to survive, I'd start seeing you… I don't care… if you are engaged… I love you, Ginti…"
He gave her the sword, and placed it in her right hand. He wept, "You can't leave me, Saya Kisaragi… I love you!"
Saya smiled, and suddenly, her eyes turned white, as the pupils and irises faded away. She whispered, in her final breath, without moving her body, "Go to her… Ginti… She is the one you love… Maybe… I'll find someone… who cares… for me… I love… you… Gint-."
Her voice faded away, and her body was suddenly slowly turning to stone. Ginti cried, "No… NO!"
He tried to revive her, but it was too late. Saya's entire body was turned into stone. What happened earlier, the oni dug its talons into Saya's injured shoulder, and sped up the wound that locked her healing factor. It even seeped some venom into her would, and would leave her body into a paralyzed state, and slowly but surely, she would remain on the ground, as a life-sized rock. It succeeded, but Ginti killed it, out of anger and rage.
Ginti sobbed, as he stayed by Saya's stone body, and cried on her chest. He was unhappy that the girl he befriended was dead. He remained by her side, as he was crying. But suddenly, her chest started to glow. It suddenly sprouted a small leafy plant from her chest. It slowly grew up and bloomed in front of Ginti. It bloomed into a red flower.
"Huh? Saya… It's a-." He looked at the flower, as he held it in his hands.
"A red amaryllis…" he said, as it sensed Saya's soul inside.
Saya's voice spoke, from inside, as it started to wilt, "Ginti… You have such bravery… I cannot join you to save your girl… but let this be a reminder of how much I truly loved you, and cared for you… I shall be alright… Now, go to her… Goodbye, Ginti…"
The wind blew, as the petals of the amaryllis blew away into the sky. Ginti stood up and said, "Thank you… Saya… I'll do it for Mugi… for Sena… and for you…"
He kneeled to her and kissed her on the stone lips. He said, "Rest in peace, Saya Kisaragi."
He ran into the castle doors, leaving Saya behind, as he wants to save Mugi, for everyone's sake. He even said that no one else is dying, on his watch. He made a straight path to finding Blossom, and to rescue Mugi.
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Meanwhile, up in the tower, Mio & Ritsu raced up the stairs, as Mio said, "She's usually up in her room, which is high above. We have to stop her, and help Mugi!"
Ritsu said, "If any demon tries to get into your breasts, I'll squash them like bugs!"
They stopped midway, as Yui suddenly appeared from atop the stairway. Mio gasped, "Yui? Is that you?"
She rushed to her, as Ritsu cried, "An evil shadow… and Yui has no shadow in her-. MIO! DON'T! THAT'S NOT YUI!"
Mio stopped, as Yui held her blade up, and jabbed at Mio. She dodged out of the way, as Yui giggled in a malice grin. Mio sobbed, as Ritsu said, "Mio, that's not Yui… That's a demon, masquerading as her…"
Mio wept, "No… I sense her… It's really her. She's… She's here… We found you, Yui… We found you, at last…"
Yui grinned, "Yes, you have… Too bad that you have to die now…"
Mio was crushed, as she wept, "NO! What did she do to you? That bitch!"
Yui smiled, "She only gave me a new lease in life… and gained new friends… LADIES!"
Nodoka, Ui, & Azusa appeared from behind her, armed with Blossom's dark weapons. Mio & Ritsu gasped, as Ritsu said, "No… But… They're dead…"
Yui smiled, "Yes, they are… and they her slaves to the darkness. Shadow Soldiers, led by me, and forever demonic allies to our ruler of the darkness! You two never cared for me, at all… so Blossom has fitted me to join her camp, on one condition: I get to have all the yummy snacks I can eat. But so far, NOT ONE snack, until I kill you… But thankfully, I wanted to fight with friends, and not by myself… Mugi-Chan is going to die in her hands, whilst you two die in mine…"
She smiled and giggled, and then laughed evilly. "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha… Mwah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha… HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA! AHHH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!"
Mio cried, "YUI! HOW COULD YOU?"
She bawled and sobbed, "No… We failed… Yui's turned on us… It's over… We… We lost…"
Ritsu said, as she was furious, "NO! I refuse to let it end, like this!"
Yui summoned Nodoka, "Kill Ricchan, Nodoka-Chan!"
Nodoka spoke, in a ghostly voice, "Delighted, Lady Yui…"
She fired a dark arrow towards Ritsu, but she punched the arrow, obliterating it. Yui was shocked, but was smiling, "Impressive… Ricchan has such power. NODOKA-CHAN, STAND DOWN! Sis, Azu-Nyan…"
Ui & Azusa bowed to her, "Lady Yui…"
Yui pointed at them, "Kill them…"
Ritsu growled, as she thought, "What's going on? We know that they're dead, but how did Blossom bring them back to life, only to side with her? It doesn't make any sense!"
The shadow demons of Ui & Azusa prepared to fight Ritsu, as Mio was still devastated from Yui's betrayal. As Ritsu was fighting them off, Yui approached a scared Mio, as she said, "Oh, come no, Mio-Chan… You can enjoy being dead… with all of us… The Evil Queen told me so… since we'll be together… forever…"
She cackled, as Mio was scared stiff. She whispered, "I can't fight her… What has she done to you?"
Mio was too scared to fight back, as Yui held her arms out, wanting her to strike back. Mio was trapped. Ritsu was fighting, all alone, and there was no hope left.
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Blossom, or Sakuya, was watching from the tower, as she saw the petals of the flower flew off. She said, "Another of Sena's allies… dead… A pity that the demon I summoned to protect is now killed… But no matter. LET Ginti come…"
She turned to Mugi, who was dressed in a red and black revealing dress, with her blonde hair done in twin braids, and wearing a small black hat with white frills and a red flower. Her skirt has white frills, and the right side of it has a red and black rhombus pattern.
"So, my puppet, you are dressed for the perfect ending to a love story…" Sakuya said, as she placed a knife in her right hand, "Soon, this story of Boy Meets Girl, will end like Romeo and Juliet, except the tragedy will befall Ginti, and NOT you. It ends with me, the winner…"
She began to do her makeup, as the battle was drawing to a close
Meanwhile, Ginti was racing through the castle, as he stopped to see Sena, fighting Tohka and Shiina. Sena was clashing with Tohka, as Ginti stopped. He asked, "What the-?"
Tohka snarled, "YOU!"
Sena cried, "GINTI, RUN! I got this!"
Ginti said, "NO! I'm fighting with you on this!"
"There's no time!" Sena said, as she kicked Tohka down, "Go to Mugi! She's in the dungeon!"
Shiina said, as she was on her knees, "No… She's up in the tower… Go to her, if you dare…"
Sena asked, "What?"
He said, "You… What do you know about Mugi? Who is this Blossom? I want to know!"
Shiina threw her kunai at him, but dodged away. The kunai started to pierce through the stone floor, emitting dark energy. Shiina sneered, "Die…"
Ginti prepared, but was surrounded. Sena screamed, as Tohka and Shiina attacked.
"GINTI!"