Seeds Of Agito
Last chapter showed several CLAMP characters making a cameo which ranged from Magic Knight Rayearth and X, and it partialy showed their connections to the murders and to why Umi, Kyuu and others have mystical seeds and why the Overlord of Darkness wanted the seeds for himself.
We now shift back to Class M as they are now aware of what's happening to Umi upon noticing that she's not at DDS, so they commence a search to find her but a HUGE problem came in their way, and Fuu is targeted…in an alarming way.
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News of Mio Fuuma's death at the hands of the Unknown has drawn the ire of several citizens as the random attacks keep on piling up, and various police agencies, including the MPD, felt powerless to act on it or rebut, as they have no means of predicting on when the Unknown would strike next, and Kyuu was the most affected, feeling saddened over her untimely passing as he hoped that she might have a chance to redeem herself but Ms. Katagiri urged him to move on and let the MPD handle the case.
Meanwhile, Umi wandered around Shibuya, still in her nightgown though she seem to avoid going to crowded places and instead uses the alley as a means of going to places, after she was raped by teenage perverts but she ended up killing them after she involuntarily changed to her evolved form, which the Overlord of Darkness dubbed her "Gills", but then her body pain persisted after she unknowingly evolved into a mutated form that was similar to Agito, seemingly made her oblivious to it, and she felt like having a painful dysmenorrhea, though this wasn't the case.
She continued to drool over the pain, and she unknowingly fell in an open manhole and landed in the sewers, though she wasn't drenched as she landed on the sidewalk of the sewers.
"Hikaru…Fuu…Clef…Ascot…help me…"
However, escaped crocodiles happened to be there and found Umi as a delicious snack and are about to attack her when she saw this, and the distraction caused her to lose control of herself, slowly mutating into the humanoid-like Longhorn Beetle creature, inother words, becoming the form dubbed "Gills", and roared aloud that echoed throughout the sewer system, startling the workers working within the sewer system.
The crocodiles, about three of them, tried to chomp their way through their meal, but they couldn't due to Umi's mutated form giving her added body protection, and she mercilessly strangled one of them while punching the other on the head, fracturing the crocodile's skull and then stomped the third one repeatedly until all are dead, and Umi, in her mutated form, slowly walked away, wandering aimlessly within the sewer labyrinth.
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Agito by Shinichi Ishihara
(Opening song from Kamen Rider Agito)
Yami no naka mitsumete 'ru...
Te wo nobashi... Tsukamitore Kimi motomeru mono
Mata dare ka ga heiki na kao wo shite
Yume da to waratte mo...
Ready to Go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Kimi no mama de kawareba ii
Here we go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Ima kimi ga inai to... Get on!
Atarashii hokori ni wa...
Atarashii... itami sae tomonau darou
Sono dare mo ga akiramesou na
Nani ka ni tachiagaru
Ready to Go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Mite 'ru dake no kimi de ii kai?
Here we go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Ima kimi ga inai to... Get on!
Ready to Go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Kimi no mama de kawareba ii
Here we go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Ima kimi ga inai to... Get on!
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19) Fuu no Fure-muappu
A few days later, Hikaru was getting ready to leave for DDS, though her three elder brothers, Masaru, Satoru and Kakeru, watched her intently, wondering if it's alright to leave her like this, especially after witnessing their younger sister's secret - - Hikaru is Agito, and they recalled how they discovered this, and how they seem to react to this fact.
- - - FLASHBACK - - -
A few days ago…
At Honshu Island, The local villager led Hikaru to the mass grave where all of the townsfolk who cared for her during her amnesiac time, are buried, most of them due to the strange ink that the Squid Lord emitted after she was struck down by the Lord which resulted in her being knocked out in the struggle and ended up drifting back to Tokyo harbor where coast guards found her. The villager then told them about the survivors witnessing the massacre, and after killing countless victims, the Lord found one of them and killed him, pulling out what appeared to be a "glowing seed" and left, not caring to check for any possible survivors as it left towards the open sea. The survivors slowly emerged from their hiding places and seek help from authorities by using a frequency radio, and soon an investigation took place, but due to lack of evidence, it became an unresolved case, and the surviving villagers buried them at a nearby place used as a mass grave.
Hikaru paid her respects and after more than 20 minutes she bid goodbye to the villagers and was about to board her rented boat when the Squid Lord shows up, ready to pounce her when one of the fishermen threw his spear at Hikaru, which she caught it and used it to jab straight at the eye of the Squid Lord, and repeated the process at the other eye, this time it blinded the Lord and then she jabbed the spear at the Lord's mouth, which penetrated the creature's skull, and then a halo-like light appeared above the Lord's head and he exploded.
The Class M leader sighed in relief as she felt that she has avenged the death of this island's townsfolk, but she didn't noticed that her three elder brothers followed her, curious as to why she was acting strange lately, so they rented a boat, and found her, surprised, yet proud to see that their youngest sibling single-handedly defeated an Unknown.
Masaru: "Well done, Hikaru…you truly are a Shidou…"
Kakeru: "Wow…did you see that??? She beat that Unknown!"
Satoru: "A real kendo champion!"
But then, two more Lords emerged from the sea, having been attracted by someone who possesses the aura of the mystical seed. It was the Swordfish Lord and the Hammerhead Lord, both are ready to plunge, and the Shidou brothers alarmed as he Hammerhead Lord grappled on Hikaru as the Swordfish Lord tries to stab her, but the three elder brothers were shocked as a bright light enveloped their younger sister, and saw her transformed into Agito.
"Agito…"
"Rrrr…Agito…"
Agito broke free and grabbed the "sword" of the Swordfish Lord's head and jammed it through the sand, immobilizing him as she deals with the Hammerhead Lord, though she staggered back after getting hit repeatedly, she fought back. As the Swordfish Lord got free, he joined in ganging up on Agito but she managed to get some space and prepared to make a move. Her helmet's crest horns opened and more "horns" opened up, her right hand glowed and as the hammerhead Lord goes in for an attack she punched him straight out, the Lord's "hammer" shattered, causing him to retreat in pain and the Swordfish Lord followed suit, seeing that Agito was too strong to handle alone and opted to wait for his ally to heal up so they can they beat her down the next time around.
Agito reverted back to normal and boarded the boat, heading back to Tokyo harbor, not noticing that her three elder brothers following her not too far, and wondered who these "Unknown" are and what are they after, as well as why is she being targeted.
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Masaru: "Hikaru…"
Satoru: "Is it okay to leave her like this…???"
Kakeru: "And how are we going to explain to mom and dad about this?"
Masaru: "Hikaru has been acting as her usual self for now, so I guess it's okay to leave her alone for now…but we should talk to her later about this and let her know what implications she might get into if she hasn't figured out what has happened to her…"
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Hikaru was riding on her motorcycle en route to DDS, wondering what has happened during her personal mission, and even wondered if she did the right thing in pursuing this case alone, but then if she did bring Umi and Fuu along, it would cause some problems should they find out that she became Agito, and until now she still haven't understood much about her new-found power, and even wondered if this new power she acquired came from Cephiro.
"I sure wish this new power I got has the ability to bring me back to Cephiro, but then will it also enable me to bring Fuu and Um along? But then it might cause all of us to alienate each other…I'd better think carefully before I make a decision…"
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At the school gate of DDS Fuu Hououji also arrived, having gotten the time off from the Metropolitan Police Department after defeating the Kangaro Lord, though she and Team G3 were taken by surprise upon learning that another Unknown appeared at Kamikushi Village and killed Mio Fuuma, but were relieved that Kyuu survived. Then she saw Hikaru getting off her motorcycle and the two former Magic Knights began to converse in a friendly manner, just like the time when they were in Cephiro.
"Hi! How's your time with the MPD? Bet your godfather made you do forensics and stuff…"
"Not really…just the usual tag along with the cops…what about you? What were you doing?"
"Um…went to this island where I stayed there during my amnesia and…"
"So you found it??? Did you find the folks who adopted you?"
"Yeah…but they were killed…four years ago…"
"Must be the Unknown…"
"Just like the surviving villagers told me…"
"I'm sorry…"
"That's okay…huh? Where's Umi?"
"Come to think of it…I haven't gotten a call from her…"
At this point, Sakurako Yukihira from Class A passed by and heard their queries, and knew this would surprise them so she told the two the situation, and of course the two Class M members went "ballistic", and ran towards the Principal's office, and Yukihira sighed, wondering if those two have better luck finding them, as Class A failed in locating Umi, and that Gouda was assaulted by an Unknown, which was actually the mutated form of Umi.
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At the Principal's office, Principal Dan was rather surprised at the sudden entrance of Class M, asking them for confirmation about Umi's disappearance, and when he told them about it, Fuu and Hikaru demanded that they take the case so they might have better chance of locating her, but before Dan could give his nod, Yoshiyuki Kojima and a few MPD cops came, and Kojima was waving a document arrogantly, and in a surprise manner, Fuu was slammed forcefully onto Dan's table while being handcuffed.
"Fuu Hououji…you are under arrest… for stealing "confidential" police records and destroying them…you are the suspect and we have proof…and this proves my theory…women have NO PLACE in the Metropolitan Police Department…and they have NO RIGHT working there…only REAL MEN have the right…so a jail cell is the BEST PLACE for the lowest species of humans can be placed…"
Hikaru was about to act when Kojima sneered at the redhead, which also drew the ire of Principal Dan, causing a mild tension inside the office while attracting attention from other students.
"Better not get in our way, you redhead…unless you want me to book you in for obstruction…which I hope you do…I want to rid the department of women…all they can do is make babies…"
"Shouldn't you read her rights and not manhandle her like you did in my office just now…"
"Please stay out of this, Morihiko…I won't take any exceptions…even for a paraplegic detective like you…it'd be better if you go quadriplegic so you won't go around…why not get your pension and stay at home…"
As Fuu was forcefully taken away, Hikaru gritted her teeth seeing this was a display of police brutality and became determined to save Fuu and expose the real culprit, which she suspect Kojima being the one given how he acted and treated Fuu in a humiliating manner.
To be Continued…
Hikaru and Fuu are together again as Class M, but then noticed Uni is not here and learned of her missing status, causing them to get a petition from Principal Dan to let them take the case that Class A previously handled…
…but they hit a snag as Yoshiyuki Kojima (of Chobits) came and arrested Fuu for stealing police documents…and displayed blatant police brutality…
Preview:
Hikaru finds a way to clear Fuu's name…and she'll be needing a LOT OF HELP on this one…so expect Class Q to lend their support…
