Naoki puts on makeup and tries to look like a girl as much as possible.

He combs his hair in a women's style and wears a dress.

She's going to meet Kenshin today as Natsuko, so he tries to look credible, Kenshin believed that Naoki is a girl on their first encounter.
Naoki is going to skip school today.
Instead he is going to meet with Kenshin.
Kaito accidentally goes to the bathroom and sees Naoki dressed up as a girl.

Kaito made strange noises when he saw Naoki cross dressing.

Kaito: Ehh… Ahh… N-Naoki? W-Why are you dressed up as a girl?

Naoki blushes and gaves a dismissive stare to his uncle.

Naoki: I thought maybe I looked better as a girl...

Kaito: Okay.. I think I undersand that. Well it's your choice… I'm not Kichisaburo, I accept that.

Naoki: It doesn't mean anything... I just crossdressed once...

Kaito: Okay, I don't mind if you like it.

Naoki leaves his house and he went near Kenshin's highschool, he waits for him.
After some time suddenly he feels his hand on his shoulders.

Kenshin: Guten Morgen!

Naoki he didn't flinch, but he quickly changed his mind, he was pretending to be a girl, so he had to flinch.

Naoki: G-Guten M-morgen.. Wie geht es dir? (How are you doing)

Kenshin: Uhhh, I , I.. I .. I keine verstehe (I understand not)

Naoki: Y- Your German is very poor Hironiwa-kun..

Kenshin: I didn't pay much attention to learning it to be honest.
By the way, are you free tomorrow?

Naoki tried to make a blush

Naoki: H-huh? Do you want to… to take me on a date?

Kenshin: Basically yes, so will you accept Hisajima-san?

Naoki's thoughts (If I accept it right away, he may think it was too easy. However, this is the perfect opportunity to get closer to him...)

Naoki: Will you let me think about it? I'm not sure... We haven't known each other for very long...

Kenshin: This will be a perfect opportunity for us to get to know each other better...

Naoki took a deep breath, it seems that Kenshin fell in love with Natsuko, Naoki can take advantage of that.

Naoki: Okay.. Why not?

Kenshin: Great, I will call you even today. Besides, have you chosen your school?

Naoki: Oh yes, However, I chose northern Yomi, apparently the curse has been lifted from my class, so I don't have to be afraid of anything...

Kenshin: Well, then since you go to northern Yomi, have you seen a certain girl with black hair, red eyes, and most of all... an eyepatch?

Naoki's thoughts (So, he may have something to do with Fujioka's death... I wonder If he killed Ria as well)

Naoki: I think I saw her... but I'm not sure... why do you ask?

Kenshin: Her sister scared my little brother. I understand that my brother is not very intelligent, but to fall for a trick with a doppelgänger?

I will pay her back on behalf of my brother unfortunately this girl died in April, but as far as I know, her sister is still alive.

Naoki: But I guess you won't hurt her...

right?

Kenshin: I'll just scare her, no big deal.

Meanwhile, Ayato and Kouichi are walking back from school. Even though Ayato believed in Naoki's innocence, he is still suspicious of his friend, a thought appeared in his head "What if he was lying after all?" He looks concerned.

Kouichi: Anju-kun?

Ayato was lost in his thoughts.
Ayato: Eh?

Kouichi: You seem concerned... has something happened?

Ayato: I'm worried about Naoki, there are so many uncertainties around him.

Kouichi: Uncertainties?

Ayato: Yes, in April I almost lost all of my precious friends, well I lost one of them..

Kouichi: Was this friend of yours Misaki Fujioka?

Concern appears on Ayato's face

Ayato: Yes, it was her. Misaki-san mentioned her to you?

Kouichi: Yes, I also know a disturbing secret about her.. But I don't know if I'm going to tell her..

Ayato: You should tell her, I hid the fact about Fujioka's death from Naoki, but he finally found out, and our friendship suffered from this.

Kouichi: I doubt she'll find out about it, I think as Fujioka's friend you should know about it too... So… She didn't really died from leukemia…..

Ayato was terrified, he kneeled and screamed, and then started crying

Kouichi: Anju-kun?

Ayato kept screaming and crying, Kouichi tried to calm him down.
Few moments later Ayato lost his conciousness.

Sachiko Nakajima and Naoya Teshigawara saw this entire situation.

Naoya: Sakaki! What is happening?

Kouichi: I don't know! It seems that Anju-kun had a mental breakdown.

Sachiko: What did you say to him?

Kouichi: I'm very sorry... But I can't tell you...

Naoya: At least partially tell us what you told him.

Kouichi: I just told him a secret, but I didn't know it would have such an impact on him.

Ayato ended up in the hospital, he talks with Kouichi right now.

Ayato: Sorry for the confusion, I have schizophrenia and I reacted in an unusual way..

Kouichi: It's okay, I didn't know you had schizophrenia, and maybe I shouldn't have told you about that.

Ayato: You can finish if you want…

Kouichi: Are you sure?

Ayato: Yes, I want to know how Fujioka-san really died as well.

Kouichi took a deep breath

Kouichi: So, it just looked like a leukemia attack...

Ayato: Who told you that?

Kouichi: A policeman, but It might be a lie, I wanted to tell you about this just to confirm this or deny it.

Ayato: This may be true, she did die quickly, too quickly, and besides, her health was improving. So it's possible that she didn't die from illness, but from poisoning.

However, she was still the first victim of the curse, and in a sense, her death saved Naoki. At least that's what I think.

Kouichi: Her death saved Naoki?

Ayato: Yes, but please don't ask me about that more.

Kouichi: Okay I understand that.

Kouichi and Ayato talked for another 15 minutes, then Kouichi left.
Kouichi wondered if what Kobayashi told him in November was true. "Mei could pass by a dying person indifferently, but she probably wouldn't organize a massacre for her own pleasure, or maybe...?, maybe the ability of her eye can not only see the color of death, but also manipulate it? No, that's nonsense, if she could do that, she would prevented Misaki's death, unless it can only bring the target's death closer? No, Mei wouldn't want that, sooner Muneyoshi-kun might be capable of it, however, I would be sure that he would sacrifice the entire class 3-3 then just for Misaki... And what if someone predicted his plans?, no, it's stupid, unless... Ayato? No, he's not the type of person who could hurt anyone, and Muneyoshi-kun probably wouldn't tell him about it... What I'm about to do may seem cruel ...but this is the only way to confirm whether Officer Kobayashi was lying or not".

The next day, Ria's funeral ceremony took place, Kenshin, Tatsumi (Kenshin and Ria's brother), Yuukichi, Yuka and Yuuna are there.
Yuuna and Yuka approach Yuukichi, Ria's father seems sad.

Yuka: Sir, we would like to express our condolences, it's a pity we can't see Ria one last time...

Yuukichi: Never mind, go away...

Yuuna and Yuka did what Ria's father asked them to do.

Yuuna: Ria told me that her father hated her, but to be honest, I saw sincere regret and sadness in his eyes...

Yuka: Maybe it wasn't that he didn't love her, he just didn't know how to express it. He took out his frustration and sadness on her over her mother's death.

Yuuna: Before Ria died, she told me that her father was nicer to her…

After most of the guests had returned home, Yuukichi began to cry bitterly, Yuukichi Hironiwa The 50-year-old yakuza boss cried like a little child over the death of his daughter, to whom he had never shown any warmth or love since his wife died.

Kenshin on the other hand went with Natsuko (Naoki) on a date.

Naoki: Hironiwa-kun you are late…

Kenshin: Yeah, I had some important things on my mind, I'm sincerely sorry.

Naoki: Oh, I see. So where will you take me?

Kenshin: There's no one at my house, if you want we can go there...

Naoki: I-I thought that would be some cafe or cinema….

Kenshin: Oh come on, I have better entertainment at home.

Naoki: I-I don't know..

Kenshin: Oh come on.

Kenshin and Natsuko (Naoki) went to the Hironiwa estate, in fact, there's no one there, Naoki smiled.

Kenshin: Hisajima-san do you want to watch a movie?

Naoki: Why not?

Natsuko (Naoki) and Kenshin are watching „Independence day" together. Kenshin moves closer to Natsuko.

Kenshin: Do you enjoy it?

Naoki: A-are we alone?

Kenshin whispered to Natsuko's ear

Kenshin: Everyone is still at my sister's funeral...

Naoki: So then…

Naoki pulled a gun from his blouse.

Kenshin: Haha, quite funny Natsuko.

Naoki's voice switched to his normal voice.

Naoki: If you want, keep calling me Natsuko

Kenshin: Well, you intensified the feeling of surprise, but I even prefer guys with a more feminine nature.

Naoki fired a shot at Kenshin's arm with his pistol.

Naoki: Do you still think so?

Kenshin looks terrified.

Kenshin: Wh-Why are you doing this? Are you going to kill me?

Naoki: It depends..

Kenshin: I SWEAR I WILL DO EVERYTHING YOU ASK….. PLEASE JUST DON'T KILL ME! I WANT TO LIVE!

Naoki: What does the Hironiwa clan have in common with the death of Misaki Fujioka?

Kenshin: F-Fujioka? In fact, they are in debt to my clan... BUT I SWEAR I DID NOT KILL THEIR DAUGHTER! NOR MY FATHER!

Naoki: Is it? Wasn't she the one who scared your little brother? You also told me that you wanted to take revenge on her sister for this...

Kenshin: Well, uhhh yes, BUT I DID NOT INTEND TO HURT HER! JUST SCARE A LITTLE AND THAT'S IT...! PLEASE BELIEVE ME!

Naoki: Second question, Did you kill Ria?

Kenshin: WHAT?! WHY WOULD I DO THAT? OR ORDER IT?

Naoki: Ria wanted you dead, I'm kind of doing her a favor, she did me one too.

Kenshin: BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KILL ME, RIGHT?

Naoki: If you offer me better information than Ria offered me...

Kenshin: Okay, so ummm…. If you offer me better information than Ria offered me... so how? will you spare me?

Naoki took out one of his eye-tinting lenses.

Naoki: Does the description match?

Kenshin: WAIT! PLEASE! NO!

Naoki: If I were you, I would think about choosing better last words...

Kenshin: YOU WILL REGRET IT! IF YOU SPARE ME, I WILL THINK IT'S A FUNNY JOKE... WE BOTH TRIED TO KILL EACH OTHER, I GUESS IT'S A GOOD DEAL, RIGHT?

Naoki shots directly in Kenshin's head, Kenshin died immediately.
Naoki ran away from the Hironiwa estate.

An hour later Yuukichi returned home with Tatsumi. Kenshin's body lay where the home theater was. When Yuukichi saw it, he burst into anger, today he buried his daughter and at the same time lost his son.
Tatsumi was scared at the sight,

Yuukichi: Son, tomorrow you'll probably live with your aunt and uncle… I'm going to show the police here that they shouldn't underestimate our clan. I think they may be hiding the real perpetrator. This insult requires blood..

Tatsumi: Father! Please no! Don't do this… They probably just haven't caught the culprit yet, not even a week has passed since Ria's death.

Yuukichi: I'm sorry son, nothing matters to me anymore.