Chapter 26
My Turn…

Hanajima was running through the rain, as she exited the mansion of Chris McLean. She spotted Dawn, who was with Uo, still motionless and in pain.

"HANAJIMA!" She cried, as she waved, "HURRY! This rain won't end, until tonight! Precipitation is pouring hard!"

BOOM!
Thunder clapped, as a tree fell over Dawn and Uo. B, however, caught it with its bare hands, saving them. He smiled and beeped. Dawn translated, "You saved us! Thank you, Unit B. Now let's hurry!"

She carried Uo up and ran back to the van, where Percival was, recently. Hanajima went to Cameron, Mike, and Zoey, in the SUV and drove off. The rain continued to pour.

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The news played, back at Chris's estate:
"Things aren't what it seems to be, while things don't be what they should be. This is considered the most severe thunderstorm in history – Winds at 23 MPH, precipitation at high, and thunder and lightning continues to bring down. The rain will end, around tomorrow at Noon. Remember to stay inside and lock the doors."

Chris said, "What a mess…" as he looked around his room, which was destroyed. Tohru appeared, bruised and bloodied, as her cuts were gone, from her Alien Cell power. She kneeled down and said, "Master… My former allies cannot return. In my anger, I think I killed them. Too bad…"

She sobbed, as she asked, "But was it worth it to take it all over?"

Tohru had the idea. If she chose to stay with Chris McLean, she wants to know the truth.

He responded, "Oh, you really want to know? Well, okay. I plan to keep it with me, as long as I die, so DO NOT Forward it to anyone; not even a Twitter account."

He explained, "See, all my life I wanted my own show. I did… But I wanted more. Using my expert technique and party-hard deals, I wanted to make the worlds into one of Chris McLean's very own entertainment themes."

"What?"

"It's true! Seeing that you were lonely, and with a huge level of power, namely Frieza power, I wanted to use you, just for a front-row seat. But, even though my interns were dead, I needed more help. You, however, are like a SUPER INTERN! You never die, you get angry easily, you listen to every beckon I give you, and you constantly make remarks! But I knew that your powers have limits. It was because of a pure heart, and I read you like a book… or, in this case, an anime."

He said, "If you stay, then I promise to make you lonely, no more. Away from everyone you know and love. That is why I chose you. You are, indeed, a wonderful apprentice. But think about it, what would your friends say, AHEM! Sorry… EX-best friends say about your decision?"

Tohru thought, "I don't know… Should I kill him? I can't… but… Then I remember what went on, during that rainy day…"

She bowed and accepted, "Yes, my master. I accept. I obey your every whim and will stay by your side, from here on in."

"Excellent!" He cheered, "I'll bet your mother is proud of you!"

"Mom?"

"Why, yes! She'd be proud of your decision, despite being a two-bit thug, unlike you… Besides, it's cool. Your mom was awesome, as a great woman. I hope you go home and meet her and tell her that I have set you up, for life!"

Tohru shaken in anger, "My mom… is dead… She's been dead… I'm all alone…"

Chris asked, "What? Oh, that's too bad. But hey, you have a job and you have many to live for, since you now have me, as your mentor."

She trembled in anger, as she grabbed a huge hammer and was in a demonic state. Chris smiled, as he turned away, laughing. She got up and growled, as he added, "By the way, what was she like, before she died? I wish I could meet with her, face-to-face. She must be really gorgeous. Why, maybe, she could be my assistant! I mean, not in a bad way, but-."

"Shut up…"

Tohru snapped, as Chris was shocked by her glare and stance. She whispered, "Shut up… You don't talk that way, about Mom. You don't talk that way… about her…"

He pleaded, "Whoa! Calm down! Just c-c-calm down! Onigiri, I'm sorry! Put it down. Put it down, Tohru! I take it back! Come on, man! There's no need for this excessive violence! Onigiri! NO! ONIGIRI! I WAS JUST KIDDING!"

He tripped down, as Tohru growled, fuming red. She shrieked, as he raised her hammer up, "YOU DON'T! TALK TO HER! LIKE THAAAAAAT!"

He screamed in terror, as she swung her huge hammer onto him, repeatedly, shrieking and screaming in anger.

"YOU DON'T TALK TO HER! YOU CAN'T SAY THAT ABOUT MY MOM! YOU DON'T TALK TO HER LIKE THAT! YOU DON'T SAY THAT ABOUT HER, YOU FAT SICK FUCK! YOU DON'T SAY THINGS ABOUT MOM! YOU CAN'T EVER SAY THAT! I WILL KILL YOU, CHRIS MCLEAN! I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU AND MAKE YOU DEAD! YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT MY MOTHER! YOU! DON'T! TALK! TO HER! LIKE THAT! GRAAAAAAAHHH!"

Tohru had lost all self-control, slamming the hammer onto his body, mutilating him it into a bloody pulp. She stopped. She dropped the hammer, as she saw Chris's rotted-up and smashed-up body, bloodied up and mangled, with her uniform, all blood-soaked. She cried, "You can't talk to her, like that… No one talks to my mom like that. NO ONE!"

She dropped her head, as she calmed down. She started to tear up, as she looked at Chris's corpse.

She did the impossible… She did what she promised, and what others hoped. Tohru Honda killed Chris McLean, and all because Chris said some derogative stuff about her late mother, Kyoko Honda. She panted, all bloodied and hyperventilating, over his body, settling down.
The nightmare was over…

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Back at the Resistance HQ, Uo was in a hospital bed, being treated. Hanajima sat by her, as the others were outside. Aya was with Percival and said, "We can only wait… Uo was hurt, real bad…"

Dawn remarked, "And all because Tohru hurt her."

Percival growled, "This is McLean's fault. I shall do everything in my power to stop him, once and for all…"

B shrugged his shoulders and Dawn replied, "B said that it's hard to tell. Either Subject Chris… or Subject Onigiri, a.k.a. Tohru Honda."

Cameron asked, "What is wrong with her? She only got grazed in the neck."

Dawn said, "It's worse off… Her body is quitting on her, after she was stomped on. Tohru, Hanajima, and Uotani are friends… but now…"

Aya cringed, "She's gonna die."

They gasped, "WHAT?"

Mike shouted, "She can't die! She just can't!"

Aya exclaimed, in a forlorn state, "No… She may die… but we don't know when…"

Inside the hospital bed, Uo was holding Hana's hand and said, "Hana… Hana, I'm so sorry."

Hanajima said, "I'll stay by your side. I'll carry the Resistance on, for you."

Uo sobbed, "What's the point? Motoko and the Fan Club girls are gone… You survived… Tohru has joined the dark side… and now this…"

She coughed up blood, as Hanajima calmed her down, "Uo… I'm sorry. I shouldn't have suggested Tohru into this group. We all shouldn't have, if we knew the circumstances… and the consequences…"

She sobbed, "Arisa, you cannot die! I cannot let you die! Not after what happened… Tohru will pay!"

Uo said in a weak voice, "No… Tohru… She… She is on our side… Hana… ji… ma… There's still good in her. There is… You know… I'm… right… Toh…"

She gasped and shook. Her head collapsed and let out a death rattle. Her eyes were closed and her mouth was curled up. Her body was limp and her heart stopped. Arisa Uotani had died.

Hanajima sobbed, "Uo… Uo? NO…"

She cried on her chest and wailed loudly. She continued to cry, as the others were shocked. Cameron was in distress, as Zoey cried on Mike's shoulder. Dawn couldn't stop crying, as B held her tight. Aya whimpered, as she looked at Hanajima, who was crying for Uotani.

Uo said, from a flashback, "We promised to each other, in Kyoko's grave, that we'd stay together and protect her…"

"Master… I'm sorry… It's my fault…" she sniffled, "I should've never brought her to me, if this is what the vision foresees… Now… now everything, but one, is… is true."

Percival growled, as he saw Uo die, "Chris McLean… That monster… … … … Why?"

He slammed the glass and shouted, "WHY?"

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Tohru Honda started to cry, as she was over the body of Chris McLean. She wailed loudly, sobbing in tears. But as she cried and cried, she faded her crying… which became whimpering… which became a small giggle… and then… she was laughing in a normal state… and then evilly.

"Mmm… mm… Heh, heh, heh, heh, he… Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Wah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! WAH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA! AHH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA! WAH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!"

It happened. Tohru has snapped… literally. She went on a psychotic killing spree, destroying everything that has Chris McLean's face on it. She threw a priceless object to the ground, as she destroyed everything he owned. His hot tub, his self-portrait, his sculpture, his priceless objects, his awards, everything… Tohru destroyed them all, in her madness. She stopped, as she saw the button on a remote control she found. She then pressed it and saw the image of iHyrule, still in one piece. She saw the King and Zelda laughing on the screen. She then pressed the button and laughed, "Laugh this off, King…"

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Yep. The package the King of iHyrule had… you guessed it.

Beep. Beep… BEEEEEEEE…
WHAT THE FU-! BOOOOOOOOOOM!

The castle exploded, as the mushroom cloud engulfed. Tohru watched on and was smiling in a contorted look.

She laughed, "Yes! Yes… Oh, I did it… Ah… Oh…"

She winced and grinned in malice, "It's mine… Chris McLean chose me… It's mine… All mine… ALL MINE!"

She screamed and laughed, "ALL MINE! MINE! MINE! ALL MINE! WAH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA! AHH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!"

She continued to laugh loudly, as Chris's mansion started to crumble down, in its magnitude, out of Tohru's laughter. The mansion fell down into rubble, with Tohru in it.

CRASH! RUMBLE!

Days later, following the epic battle in McLean's estate, Aya, Percival, Hanajima, and Cameron carried Arisa's body in a casket, as she was being buried. They were all wearing black. They placed her casket on a pedestal, as Hanajima tear up.

Percival growled, "That Chris McLean… He will pay…"

Mike said, "So, what now?"

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After the funeral and the wake, Aya, Percival, and Hanajima were in a meeting, as they felt bad about what transpired. There were pictures of Uo, Motoko, Minami, Mio, and Mai, in black frames and a black ribbon, each.

Hanajima said, "I let everybody down… I let Tohru down… I let Kyoko down… She knew that Uo would die… It's too bad that she killed her."

Aya said, "It wasn't her fault. She was heartbroken. She… She lost the will to live… In any case, we chose the wrong person… to fix it, as it is."

Percival huffed, "Shut up."

Aya stated, "I'm just saying… Hana is feeling guilty. Two of her best friends left her… One by bereavement, one by exploitation…"

Hanajima sobbed, "I… I am bad. Tohru… Why did she just leave us and side with him?"

Percival said, "It's fine. I came close to ending him, but…"

Aya pouted, "Like I said, there's a time and place for it, but it's not now. Besides, whatever Chris has up his sleeve next, we'll be ready."

She said to Percival, "Percival… I suggest that you return to your flank and stop these worlds, from becoming admitted in chaos."

Percival said, "Yeah… but my partners are no help. I joined to stop Chris McLean… but now he's disappeared."

Aya smiled, "It's no problem. I don't… want to. Seeing that you are hurt… maybe you need more than your FBI partners. After all…"

She held her hand gesture of The Gang and said, "You're not a one-man army… You're for a band of refugees. You're not an agent of peace. You're a gangster."

Her hand sign was her thumbs and index fingers in the shape of a checkmark, with the indexes crossed together.

"Of course," he thought, realizing what she meant, "Powerless, I am, alone… But united…"

He said, "Aya… You're right. I am powerless… But…"

He got up and said, "I have to make a phone call! Forgive me! But we shall meet again soon, ladies! And… my condolences to Uotani."

Hanajima bowed, "Goodbye."

He ran off to make that important call. As for Hanajima, she turned to Aya and said, "What about the chosen one? Was it all a bad omen and a false prophet?"

Aya replied, "No. It wasn't… But perhaps… Perhaps the prophet was said that the Chosen One was NOT to be Tohru… but someone else."

Hanajima asked, "You know who it is?"

Aya said, "No. But I cannot be sure… Yet…"

Hanajima whispered, "Then there's hope… possibly."

She approached her and said, "Aya… Listen to me. I want you to go to Pianta Village and make the necessary trip. But, of course, I have to make you become one. You see, I overheard of a clothing store that has more mannequins. I have found Motoko and the others… and I want you to go there and become one."

"Wh-, WHAT?"

"Trust me. This spell is on a temporary basis. Once the Chosen One has been chosen, you shall be reawakened by her, and give her the proper training. However, should Tohru die or survive, you cannot refuse. He or she must rebuild the worlds, as it is, no matter what the outcome of Tohru's status. But… It may take time. And I will promise your boyfriend that you'll have your wedding, as long as Chris McLean and Tohru Honda is gone forever… which is something we'll regret…"

"But, Master! I just can't be frozen!"

"It has to be… Tohru is corrupted, McLean is alive, and everyone is in pain. Once he or she is found, I shall make the proper arrangements to bring you to the one."

Aya bowed, "Hanajima… You're the best. I promise… I won't let you down."

They hugged each other, as Hanajima is having regrets. However, she doesn't know, among others, that Chris McLean is already dead.

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Mike called to Percival, as Dawn and B were ecstatic. They had a wonderful mission together, despite that it ended tragically. Mike asked, "So, Dawn and B wanted to remember this moment. But, Cameron and I never had the chance to learn about the data in their memories."

Dawn beeped, "Unit B and I are forever in your debt, Master Percival. For this, we are grateful. Name our roles and we'll join you on your quest!"

Percival barked, "NO! You two do not wish to join me. Besides, I have other plans. In any case, Mike, is it? I have to take these droids back to our base."

Dawn cheered, but was shocked by the final words.

"Everything the robots experienced must be saved in our databanks in the FBI. After that, the data must be erased of their memories. This information is strictly classified."

Mike smiled, "Yes, sir."

He left, and concluded, "I'll pick them up, in the morning. For now, save their bodies, and DO NOT let them be destroyed."

Dawn was shocked, "No! WAIT! You cannot do this! No! I don't want to lose my memories in my data! The spirits told me to preserve it, but…"

B laughed in beeps, as Dawn was pouting, "Aw, man…"

Mike smiled, "Look on the bright side… At least we'll reform the Good Teens, in due time."

Dawn sighed in disappointment, as B chuckled in beeps and whistles.

Meanwhile, in the rubble of Chris's mansion, a figure appeared in a blue uniform and white mask.

"Now… The Total Drama… ends in tragedy and despair…"

It was no joke… Beast powers… Robot powers… Alien technology… a human soul… and a destructive personality, contorted from her former self…
The nightmare of Chris McLean was over… Onigiri… in his place… had been born…

Next time: The Epilogue, which sets up "Miyazawa & May"…