Things seemed normal after Rinne's incident. There was a normal city with normal people, having normal lives.

It's as if Rinne didn't exist at all.

Shido was stirring coffee inside a cafe, wearing a questionable shirt.

And in front of him... was Origami.

Shido stopped stirring and told Origami.

"I'm actually a lolicon. I go to the grade school in my neighborhood and check out the schoolgirls daily. My 'Sandalphon' was about to rampage on their innocent bodies.

Shido continued his bold remark with a smug look. "Man, grade schoolers are the best."

Origami just looked at Shido. "Is that so?" She looked down. Shido ensured he won the date... but then she said... "Good."

He was taken back. "What?!" He then coughed to try and lower her mood more. "That isn't everything. To tell the truth, I have a mother complex. I would kiss a picture of my mother every morning before school. And then when I get home, I put on baby clothes and babbled like a spoiled baby! With a pacifier and rattle of course!"

"Is that so?"

"I was actually a siscon too. Kotori would always let me sleep with her. When Kotori wasn't home, I snuck into her room and sniffed her towelket and wouldn't leave until I found her underwear..." Shido's sanity was starting to snap. "..and then put it on my face. That's the important part. It was critical!"

"Is that so?"

Shido grumbled. "And I was an unbelievable playboy. I've had about ten girlfriends so far. I went to places inappropriate for kids in the night where go-go girls were dancing twists and lambada. They were pouring champagne. Do you know it? Their aim is to dominate all girls in Tenguu!"

Origami breathed for a second.

"She reacted!"

"If you exterminate them all then there's no problem." She replied.

"What are you going to do? Listen, what are you going to do?"

Kotori chipped into Shido's earpiece. "What's with this frame of mind? Is she the ruler of the end of the century?"

"What should I do about it?" Shido whispered back.

"Don't start to cry now. Your date has only just started!"

Shido sighed. This was indeed their date.

How did he end up like this? Let's take a look back.

Into an OVA.

Mario sighed. "Seems like Shido and his-a friends got their memories wiped about Rinne..."

"I remember, Mario!" Luigi called out. "There was a tower... and guardians. Weird."

"Yeah. I-a know. Anyway, we're having a look around-a town today since we never properly got a chance to."

"Alright. Let's hope Tohka doesn't do anything stupid!" Luigi nervously chuckled.

Aaaand Tohka was being stupid. "Shidoooo! Look what I got!" She presented... a phone. "A cell phone!" Oh, sorry, a cell phone. "I learned that's what it's called!" Tohka was beaming when showing it to Shido, whom was just sitting in his desk. "Kotori gave it to me!"

"Good for you."

"She put your number in!" Tohka continued. "Can I call you?"

"Yeah, of course."

"Nice!" Tohka instantly went zooming off before Shido could realise it.

He stepped out of the classroom. "Tohka! Where are you going?"

"I'll call you from a distance!"

Shido simply chuckled at this. He turned and was immediately met with Origami.

"Shido." Of course, this startled Shido immensely. Origami continued. "I want to walk with you around town tomorrow."

"S-so you're basically saying.." Shido was brushing off what happened last time he saw Origami. The Efreet Incident.

"It's a date."

"Uh.. sorry, tomorrow's a little..." Shido didn't finish his sentence as Origami got closer.

"It's only natural that a lover would agree."

"I know, right..." Shido backed his head a little as Origami got too close.

She didn't even budge as she continued her proposal. "At 10 AM, I'll be waiting in front of the Obujo at West Tenguu Park." She then walked off.

Shido thought his problems were done but then heard Tohka running up to him. "Shidooo! How do I make a call?" She tried to show Shido the phone, but smacked his face instead. Shido went plummeting to the floor. "Oh, sorry!"

Ring ring, Kotori's phone was ringing.

"Hello, bro?" Since Kotori had white ribbbons, she was in sister mode.

"Origami asked me out on a date." Shido replied.

"Huh?" Kotori was fumbling around her hair, and Shido could hear it.

"What's going on?"

Kotori's voice went deeper. "Ignore it." In reality, she changed her ribbons to black, entering commander mode.

"But it was I who made her get the wrong idea that I love her. And I can't keep toying with her feelings."

Kotori sighed. "Guess we have no choice, then. Why don't we make her HATE you?"

"Huh?" Shido's voice went worried.

Their conversation passed (but it didn't go into much detail after that) and Kotori hung up.

"Excellent plan. Now I'll need to head out to Fraxinus. Hmm?" She turned to two familiar beings. Mario & Luigi. "Oh, hey, Mario Bros."

"Hey, Kotori." Luigi waved.

"Hello!" Mario also waved. "Yep! It's-a-me, Mario!"

"I need your help with something." Kotori smirked.

"...ah."

Origami was waiting at her set destination. Shido was hiding behind the tree in the park, unbeknownst to Origami. She wasn't moving a single muscle.

Kotori was still in communication with Shido. "What do you think of the clothes I gave you for the date?"

Shido was wearing a Ryouko shirt. (you know, from Tonomachi's dating sim) "Yeah, it's the worst."

"There's only a little more than an hour left until the date."

"Got it."

Kannazuki walked in. "The change in the AI setup has been completed."

Kotori continued instructing Shido. "We're going to direct you to the worst date possible, so go and get on that large boat."

"I'm counting on you." Shido was worried.

"You sent Tohka out on an errand, right?"

"Yeah. I sent her to go shopping for dinner."

"Well, I'll monitor her just in case."

"Right... so what will Mario do? You said he and Luigi were helping, right?" Shido then asked just before the 'date' started.

"Making the date awkward. Origami hates the plumbers so they'll barge in at the worst possible moments when they come up."

The date begun. Shido arrived VERY late. "Yo!"

Origami turned her head and saw Shido's sorry-looking outfit. "Thank goodness."

"Huh?" Shido removed his own confident attitude.

"I thought something bad may have happened to you." Origami tried guilt-tripping.

It was apparently REALLY effective this time.

"What are you doing?!" Kotori yelled in Shido's earpiece. "You aren't going to hurt your heart if you act like this!"

Shido nodded. Origami then noticed the elephant in the room. "Your clothes." Shido tried covering up, but Origami asked a different one. "What do you think of mine?" They were nice and simple, to say the least.

"Oh, you mean yours? They look good on you..."

"Why are you complimenting her?!" Kotori yelled again.

"...they don't loook good on you at all." Shido shrugged.

Origami's expression did not change. "What kind of clothes should I wear?"

Shido's options appeared. As you might expect, they were anything but favorable.

"Everyone, make your choice!" Kotori smirked.

Option 3 had the most votes, and Shido felt his stomach CHURN. He then said (and i apologise to you folks at home watching.) "I guess it'd be your school swimsuit with dog ears and tail." Shido braced for impact. He was sure Origami was gonna hit him. When Shido opened his eyes after NOT being hit, however, he found Origami to be... gone. He saw her coming back however... in the outfit he requested. "NO WAY!"

Shido was about to collapse but then he asked Origami. "Where the heck did you get those?!"

"There's a shop for that close to here."

Shido was entering a downward spiral. "What has this city become?"

"It's about time." She pointed to a sign that advertised the direction to the town.

"To town?"

Kotori was grumbling. "Why isn't her impression of him worsening." More unsightful options appeared for Shido to chose. "How nice. All of them are annoying. Make your choice." Everyone pressed a button, and then Kotori said to Shido, "Option 1."

Shido's stomach churned again. He shivered as he spoke the line (sorry again) "For a mongrel to walk around on two feet like us great humans... it's just ridiculous." He kept turning his head, seeing the judgemental stares of EVERYONE, including the Mario Bros. "Crawl on all floors!" Shido's signing a pact with the Devil at this point as he told Origami that with a straight face.

...but she said nothing and DID IT. Shido screamed once more. "HUUUUH?!"

Even KOTORI was surprised. "What the?!"

Everything went silent. Origami stood still, and then quickly took his belt off, and only gutter-heads knew where this story was goin'... except she wrapped it around her neck like a leash... giving the impression of a real dog.

"Woof."

Shido was going down even more of a downward spiral. He was completely motionless as gossipers talked about Shido and Origami.

"Is that couple really doing that?"
"Um, they must be on a shoot or something..."
"Mom, is that a dog?"
"Don't look at them. Don't point at them either."

Shido jumped high into the air and got into a begging pose. "I'm sorry!"

"Woof."

Mario was GROANING and so was Luigi. "The things I hafta put-a up with..." Mario sighed while peeking from a bush.

And that lead them to the cafe. How did he end up like this? Now you know. Just like that, the plan failed.

Kotori grumbled, still in Fraxinus. "This is an impossibly difficult situation. The Mario Bros. can't even help at this rate."

Origami then stood up. "I'm going to the bathroom." MORE unsightful options appeared.

"Shido, pick option 3."

Shido muttered and replied lowly to Kotori. "Don't you feel pity for her?"

"Do it already. You want to settle this today, don't you?"

Shido stuttered as he spoke to Origami right as she was leaving. "I won't let you go."

Origami turned.

"I said I won't let you go." Shido repeated.

Origami replied still with no tone. "So you're saying I should do it here." Origami slowly reached to... go to the bathroom in public...

Shido jumped out of his seat to stop her. "Stooop!" He tripped on a chair and landed on his stomach... and found pieces of her clothing.

Now, what you're about to see is the age rating here getting increased.

"Do you want it poured on you?"

"Eh?!"

"Or maybe [CENSORED]?"

Yep. That was real. We're not even gonna show what she said THERE. Because that's nasty.

Kannazuki was rolling into a downward spiral himself. "She's a perveeeeert!"

Then he got kicked to the head by Kotori. "Look who's talking!"

Shido and Origami were walking down the streets. Shido wasn't walking, more like stumbling. "I'll go buy something to drink from a vending machine. Please wait for me here."

"Understood." Origami let go of his hand.

Kotori chipped into Shido's earpiece again. "She's a real monster. I checked her brain."

"I'm at my limit." Shido groaned.

"I know. We'll have to take the final measure. Shido. Become her real lover."

"Huh?"

"Once she assumes you're going out, tell her you're ditching her."

"Oh, I see. If she doesn't punch me after that, then there will be no end to our relationship."

"It's your one-shot game. Practice the line at once."

"Got it." Shido ended the conversation while Kotori switched monitors to Tohka.

"Aren't I doing a great job for my first time on an errand?" Tohka was praising herself. "Shido must pet my head for it! Only one more item left!" She then looked at the list. "Sata andagi. What's that? It sounds like a strong name. I wish I asked Shido about it... Oh right!" Tohka had a realisation. "These times call for a cell phone! If I recall, I need to look it up from the address book."

Meanwhile, Shido was practicing his speech. "I don't want to be with you anymore."

A voice came from the intercom."R-really?"

"Yeah. I'd like to end it between us."

"I wouldn't want that by any means!"

"Please understand it."

"Do you hate me now?"

"That's right. I hate you now."

...

Shido was confused. That voice wasn't Origami... Or Kotori...

"...who's there?" He asked. He then heard the crying and got the sudden realisation. This wasn't either Kotori or Origami. It was TOHKA. "Don't tell me, that voice...!" He then felt an explosion in the distance and he ran towards it. "It's her!"

"It's Tohka." Kotori repeated. "Her mental state dropped instantly. She's so scared, the flow of her Spirit mana has reversed."

"Then that voice I heard just now was...?!"

"We can connect you to the phone we gave Tohka in emergencies." Reine then commented. "If you call her, you'll be connected to the line."

Shido protested. "You never told me about that!"

Kotori raised her voice. "There's no time to sweat it now. She's in the shopping district, in the West Tenguu Park. Mario & Luigi are still there. Go there at once!"

Shido kept running. He got a message from Origami. He answered it.

"Shido, where are you now?"

"Origami, I'm sorry but please wait a little bit!" He ended the call and went to the park.

There he saw Mario. "I'm-a not sure what happened! Tohka came-a in, said some things... then exploded-a the park!"

Luigi was shivering. "Nearly gave me a heart attack..."

Then, Shido saw the exploded park, and Tohka in the middle of it. She was sobbing.

"Tohka!" Shido called out.

She turned to Shido. "Sh-Shido..."

"The things I said in that call were lies. Sorry."

"R-really?"

"Yeah."

"You don't hate me now...?"

"Of course I don't. There's no way I could hurt you."

"So we don't need to get seperated...?"

"Of course we don't."

"Can I stay with you forever?"

"You can stay with me forever."

Tohka rubbed her watery eyes. "Is that so? I figure it is." She then held out her shopping bags "How's this? I bought it all!"

"Oh, you're amazing!" The mood was instantly lifted. Mario breathed a HEAVY sigh of relief.

Tohka giggled and leaned her head in for her prize.

"Oh." Shido was about to pat her head but was immediately hugged by Origami. "O-Origami?!"

"Together forever." She spoke in a low tone.

"Huh?"

Tohka seperated both of them. "Leave him alone! He said it to me!"

"There's no way he would do that. It's certain he said it to me."

Shido's just in the middle of the rebuttal showdown*. "What happened?"

Shido turned to look at his phone, to see Origami was still on the line. "Did she hear all that?"

And Kotori viewed Origami's stats. They were all at maximum.

Everyone clapped sarcastically at Shido.

Origami, the Demon Lord. On top of her Horse of Doom, she will surely spell disaster.

And Tohka, the ultimate Warrior, now buff times twenty, were about to have their final battle.

"Origami you idiiiioooot! Ora ora ora!"** Tohka was rapidly punching... an arcade screen. The machine then exploded.

Yep, after the Origami incident, Shido was forced to date Tohka to calm her down. This was brought to an arcade. Mario & Luigi were forced to tag along too.

"Aaah! I feel relaxed!" Tohka did indeed look relaxed.

"What on earth?!" Shido was just confused. "Is it okay for her to do this?"

Kotori was still communicating with Shido. "If you have time for worrying, then go and escort Tohka. Your date has only just started."

Shido sighed. Today is the same as ever. The dates continue.

"What are you doing, Origami?!" Tohka yelled. Everyone was inside the school.

Origami was hugging Shido from behind. "I'm just together with Shido."

Tohka seperated Origami and Shido (again). "Don't fool around!"

"Don't get in my way."

"You're the one getting in my way!"

"The one who's getting in the way isn't me, but you."

"What did you say?! Don't talk in such an annoying way!"

"You're the one who's in the way."

Tohka was fighting Origami, and Shido was right next to his friend, Tonomachi.

"Yo."

"Oh.." Shido noticed Tonomachi's keychain. "That's..."

"Otto, you noticed? Heh heh. Isn't it cute? It's the rainbow seal, Ottoro. I got it yesterday in the game center."

"So you brought it yesterday?" Shido asked while the fight between Tohka and Origami still broke out. "I never knew about that."

"This animal is very popular in JK. There are also all kinds of animals you can choose from." Tonomachi held out his phone.

"Oh, I guess I like this one." Shido pointed at the panda shown at the phone.

"Pandalone the dream panda, huh?"

Tohka and Origami overheard that.

Shido's phone then decided to ring. "Ah, sorry."

"It's fine, go on. Talk as much as you want. I'll take the opportunity to talk to my girlfriend too." Tonomachi said as he looked at his phone. Right, his VIRTUAL girlfriend. Shido walked out to take the call.

Shido went outside of the classroom. "What's up, Kotori?"

Kotori yelled as usual. "What're you doing, lazy moron? Tohka's mood meter is plummeting!"

"Huh?"

"Don't huh me. Did you forget what we were talking about?"

Reine then added to their conversation. "If her mental condition becomes unstable, there will be a danger that the spirit powers you sealed will flow back to her. It would probably be a good idea for you to let out her stress."

"Let out her stress..." Shido repeated. "How?"

"Certainly, the quickest way would be..."

A date.

"Origami, you twit!" Tohka started firing the machine gun in the arcade game as she was imagining every enemy as Origami. Mario was forced to tag along again. How typical this always seems to fall into repeats...

Tohka punched the screen after she was done, turning it into static. "Okay, next!"

Next up was a racing game. Mario would volunteer, but he's too good at racing.*** "Origami, you moron!" Tohka was the one piloting the racecar. She knocked the imaginary Origami off her kart.

Next was a pilot shooter. Tohka shot the other pilot.

Then was an 8-bit garden simulator. Tohka used a fire hose to knock back bombs that Origami threw. "Flat-chested."

Another racer. "Runt." She knocked Origami off again, Origami's kart exploding.

A zombie-shooter. "Female wolf!" She was having fun and then she pulled out a GRENADE.

"What the-?!" Mario was shocked. Tohka threw it, and the arcade machine was no more. Yes, Tohka broke a LOT of arcade machines.

"Hey, that's not okay!" Shido shouted.

Tohka turned to Shido. "Game centers are so nice, Shido!"

Replacement crew came for the arcade machine. Shido seemed to recognise them... from Ratatoskr.

"Of course." Kotori suddenly spoke. "We arranged it with the shop."

"This is most intriguing." Reine added. "Tohka's mood is getting better and better, but her uneasy levels remain high. It's possible she's worrying about something."

Kotori sighed. "Well, whatever. Let's just let her play more and see what happens."

Shido, Tohka and Mario were walking down the arcade. Tohka pointed a photo booth.

Kotori told Shido what to do. "Why not? Take a cute picture with her."

Shido sighed. "Will do."

Mario folded his arms, looking around the arcade. Babysitting a Spirit was a little tough, so he was glad to get a little alone time. He looked across from the booth to see very familiar figures, and he got a massive shock.

Two twins with orange hair and questionable outfits, competitively playing a game with each other. They weren't just any twins though-

"Kaguya! Yuzuru!" Mario called out.

Thankfully (and coincidentally), they finished their game and turned to the noise. "Oh... It's the weird human again!" Kaguya was the first to speak.

"Shock. What a coincidence." Yuzuru replied, still in a robot tone.

"Yeah, hah hah, it's-a been a while." Mario chuckled. "So, is this another-a competition?"

"Yeah!" Kaguya shouted. "We're not settling our scores until we've reached our 100th duel!"

"...and is-a this your 100th duel?" Mario was bewildered.

"Answer. No." Yuzuru replied.

"...ah."

"Say, human!" Kaguya shouted again but quickly got deep. "What ARE you? Are you even HUMAN?"

"Ah."

"Cuz I was always wondering that, you know? You got a big nose."

"Well," Mario sighed, "First-a off, it's-a Mario..." He introduced himself properly this time. "And... I would-a like to believe I'm-a human." The air got tense as Mario got serious. "It-a doesn't matter much when your loved one is saved in the end."

Kaguya felt something. Her heart? Did it remind her of something? Meanwhile Tohka was yelling while inside the photo booth.

"Question. What is your plan now?" Yuzuru asked.

"To save-a the world."

"Aaah. Well, there's one thing we gotta tell y-" Kaguya was about to tell Mario but Tohka quickly came out of the booth.

"Mario, we're leaving." Shido called out while stuffing a photo into his shirt pocket.

"A-ah... talk to you... some-a other time... Kaguya & Yuzuru.." Mario held out his hand.

Kaguya shook it. "See you some other time... Mario!"

Origami was playing a crane game, trying to win the panda to impress Shido.

"I heard there was some couple here who broke the arcade machines." The three gossipers were ALSO there. Ai, Mai and Mii.

"And it was the girl who broke them!"

"That's so lame."

The claw picked up Origami's present... and dropped it. She tipped her jar to get more money, only to find out she was out fresh.

"No more coins. I'll try it again later." Origami walked away.

As soon as they were off-screen, Shido and Tohka walked in.

"Make sure you check it when you're ALONE!"

"I get it."

Tohka suddenly stopped. She looked at the panda that was sticking out over Origami's last attempt.

Shido looked at it. "Do you like it? I can get you it if you want. Don't worry, you've played crane games countless times. You should be able to get this one."

"Alright!" She took a shot at the claw game. The claw went down, and... tipped the prize into the drop box since Origami was so close beforehand. "I did it, Shido!"

"Oh, how clever of you!" Shido praised her while she giggled. Shido bent down to collect the prize, only to find it wasn't there. "Oh, did it get stuck halfway through? I'll call an employee-"

Tohka punched the arcade machine, making Shido JUMP. The prize fell down all the way this time. Tohka picked it up. "Shall we go home, Shido?"

"Y-yeah."

Only then did Origami come back to a replacement claw machine.

Sunset skies. Tohka passed her prize to Shido. "I'm giving this to you, Shido."

"Huh? Why?"

"You know, uh... You know, right? How should I put it...?" Tohka was very nervous all of a sudden. "Please don't hate me." She got SERIOUS real quick.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Origami told me about it in the school... It's not possible for humans to accept Spirits who are perishing the worlds... That you... loathe Spirits as well."

Shido sighed. "So that was it."

"Is it really true?" Tohka had tears in her eyes.

"Of course not." Shido kept on smiling.

"For real?"

"For real."

"Really for real?"

"Really for real."

"Seriously really for real?"

"A thousand serious seriously for real. If I hated you, I wouldn't have gone on a date with you."

"I see. I thought so too." Tohka started smiling too.

"You should keep your prize." Shido spoke up. "It will remind you of today."

"I'll do so."

Kotori was monitoring the whole thing. "75 points. Shall we call it a success?"

"Yeah." Mario walked in, rubbing his head after a day's of hard work.

Tohka was beaming in class today and everyone was surrounding her.

"Tohka, you're quite lively today!" Tonomachi pointed out the obvious.

"Mhm! Shido took me to a fun place yesterday!"

"Oh, not bad for Itsuka..."

Tohka was reminded of the day. "There was hitting and I was in pleasure... it felt so good!"

...phrasing. Everyone looked at her, baffled.

The three gossipers were the first to lecture her.

"Shido?!"

"What did that pervert to do Tohka?"

"That's so l-"

Shido burst in. "Guys, it's just a misunderstanding! The place we were at was just an a-" Shido's picture that Tohka gave him slipped out of his shirt pocket. Ai grabbed at and the three gossipers looked at it.

"What is THAT?!"

"THAT'S SO LAME!"

Ai just passed it to Shido. "I'll give this back."

"Oh?" Oblivious Shido took it back. "Thanks. I put it in my pocket and I forgot it was there."

When Shido looked at the picture, nobody could tell you (not even myself) that the amount of fanservice preparing you were all training for led up to Shido staring at a photo of naked Tohka.

"EEEEH?!"

Tohka went to Shido. "Why'd you bring it with you?!"

"WHY ARE YOU NAKED?!"

"Reine told me to do so when I'm taking a photo!"

Shido's sanity balloon popped. He quickly got the heck out of Dodge.

There were class screams everywhere. "There's a pervert in the class!"

"MISUNDERSTANDING!" Shido plead as he ran. "MISUNDERSTANDING, I SAY! MISUNDERSTANDIIIING!"

He didn't get far as Origami stopped him. "Good morning."

Shido coughed as Origami pulled out her own prize she won from an arcade game. "I'll give this to you."

"Um.. don't mind me." Shido tried to assure her.

Origami got closer. "I'll give it to you."

Shido sweatted. "Th-thank you." As soon as he took it, she took a step back.

"They match up." Origami was happy as she pulled out a secondary prize.

Before Shido could even process that reality, Tohka came whistling in like a train. "Hey, Shido! Don't just leave my photo there!" She then noticed Shido's new prize. "Oooh? They match up!" Tohka pulled out Shido's prize he got for her. Everyone of the main trio was happy. Shido, Tohka and Origami.

Meanwhile...

"Are you sure you don't need help, Lord Junior?" A blue-robed wizard was in the city park with Bowser Jr. This wizard was Kamek. The third of the villain trio that invaded the incinerated Mushroom Kingdom.

"I gotta get my papa back! Something about him ain't right!" Junior spoke back, arrogant as ever. "Argh! If only we had the Koopalings! That could make splitting up so much easier!"

"Splitting up?" Kamek sighed. "Fine. I understand. May I wish you well, Lord Junior." And indeed, Kamek split up.

This was a four-way war between Mario, Fraxinus, the AST and Bowser's Minions.

Who gets to live in peace and harmony? Spirits or not?

Perhaps we'll never know.

Perhaps we'll never know.