Helping Kiyo

Over the years Reina had been working with Wanyuudou. As Reina obviously didn't leave in those sunset world places, she was living in a normal japanese house; though of course she had to move lots of times over the years. (Of course Reina and I have no idea what had happened over the centuries so I'm just going with the flow here) 100 years later after helping Tami, Reina and Wanyuudou met Ren Ichimoku. Like how Ai met him, Reina found Ren's sword form on the battle field, dug into a rock. Reina asked Ren if he hated being somebody's sword; she remembered how Ren hated being used to kill people with. Ren said he did and then Reina asked him if he wanted to come with her and help her save people. Like she did with Wanyuudou, Reina explained to Ren what she does. Of course Ren was hesitate at first, but then he excepted Reina's offer; so Ren became Reina's second assistant.

Now 200 years had passed and it was the year when Hone Onna was going to be killed, back when she was Tsuyu. Reina had trouble deciding what to do here; should she let Tsuyu and Kiyo both die from their fates, try to save them both or save one or the other? This was not going to be a simple path. Even though she didn't like Kiyo for betraying Tsuyu who was only trying to help her and save her life, she still felt sorry for Kiyo for becoming an ubume spirit after she died.

Reina dressed herself up in a pretty kimono and wore nice make up. "You look really pretty Reina-san" said Ren. Thank you Ren" replied Reina. "What is this disguise for Reina-san?" asked Wanyuudou. "There is a brothel here, which is run by a terrible woman," said Reina "and there is a poor woman who is going to end up to a terrible death because of that brothel". "Aren't brothels those places where women sell their bodies to men for money?" asked Wanyuudou. "That's correct;" said Reina "and unfortunately these places are where women die so easily. They either commit suicide due to sadness they suffer from, or they get murdered either from men or from other women". Wanyuudou and Ren were speechless by that. "Wanyuudou and Ren I need you to stay out here and wait for me while I go undercover in the brothel," said Reina "I'll come and get you when I need help". "Got it Reina-san" said Ren and Wanyuudou together.

Thanks to her powers Reina was able to blend in and make people think she really was a member of the brothel; no one not even the owner suspected a thing. Reina found Tsuyu and Kiyo talking to each other outside. They were making paper balloons to sell. Reina walked up to them and asked them what was going on because she heard them talking. "I was just wishing I had somebody who would shower me with gifts and affection, like Tsuyu-neesan here does from Tetsuya-san" said Kiyo. "You should be careful with wishing like that Kiyo," said Reina "I have met other girls like you who wished for attention from men. But sadly they all ended up dead in the end". "What?!" gasped Kiyo. Reina explained what had happened to other prostitutes before.

ยท Whenever a man had been giving a woman gifts and shown affection to her, the woman would fall for the man's affection at once. Unfortunately the woman would believe the man's love for her was real, but they were never real to begin with. The man would only shower the woman with love and care for amusement for a moment and then quickly move onto somebody else. When broken hearted a woman would either commit suicide, or try to get the man to get back together with her. But the man would often kill the woman to stop her from being annoying to him.

"Did those things really happen to other girls before?" asked Kiyo, after Reina finished her explanation. "I'm afraid so," sighed Reina "and another thing is sometimes if a woman ever told her lover she was pregnant, he would end up killing the woman along with the unborn child too". Kiyo and Tsuyu were shocked. "The world and life of a prostitute is more cruel and sad than you can imagine," said Reina "so Kiyo take my advice; never, ever fall for a man so seriously or believe his love for you is real, especially a man who wields a sword. Otherwise you will end up in a tragic death just like the other women before. And if you ever end up pregnant, don't ever tell the father that or you'll end up losing your baby as well as your life". Kiyo went pale and felt like she was going to be sick from hearing this. "Excuse me I need to be alone for a bit" said Kiyo, then she walked off. "Kiyo" said Tsuyu. 'This is clearly the time when Tsuyu decided to help Kiyo' thought Reina.

"It's best that you don't try to help Kiyo and tell her to escape from here Tsuyu-san," said Reina "I can tell that Kiyo is not the type who would listen to or take advice. She is clearly one of those silly girls who have to learn things the hard way of how cruel the world can be". Tsuyu did want to help Kiyo, like in the anime episode 47, but after hearing Reina's words she felt hesitant now. "The only thing to do is keep a watch on Kiyo, and when she goes through a break up comfort her as much as you can" said Reina. Tsuyu looked at Reina's eyes and saw that she was right.

That night Reina secretly talked to Wanyuudou and Ren and told them what was going on. "So this Kiyo woman is heading for danger huh?" said Ren. "I'm afraid do;" said Reina "when it comes to prostitutes like Kiyo, they never see what trouble they are getting themselves into till it's too late". "I take it the owner of this brothel doesn't do anything to protect the women?" asked Wanyuudou. "No way;" said Reina "when it comes to the owners of these brothels; they don't care about their workers, just the money they make". "What do you plan to do here Reina-san?" asked Ren. "I plan to catch that evil brothel owner and her henchman in the act;" said Reina "make them pay for what they do. Ren, Wanyuudou this task will be very difficult so I will need your help with this". "Of course" said Ren. "What shall we do with that Kiyo woman Reina-san?" asked Wanyuudou. "Seriously that woman is very stupid and won't take my advice, nor will she be careful with men who will woo her. So I plan to scare her with nightmares about her having tragic deaths because of men". Reina had a magical ability to give anybody nightmares; any dreams she wants anyone to dream about. "Ren I need you to keep an eye on her for me; I fear there's a chance a man will enter her life soon". "As you wish Reina-san" said Ren.

True to Reina's fear Kiyo did end being wooed by a man. (The same man from episode 47) Stupid Kiyo was easily falling for him because of the gifts he kept giving her. Tsuyu was worried for Kiyo's safety because Reina reassured her that everything would be okay. One night when the brothel was closed and everyone was a sleep, Reina walked over to Kiyo who was also asleep. She decided to give Kiyo a nightmare now, so she placed her hand on Kiyo's forehead to work her magic.

Poor Kiyo ended up with a terrible nightmare. She dreamt her lover abandoned and slashed her with his sword after she revealed her pregnancy to him. She also dreamt she committed suicide by jumping off a bridge to drown in the river, and the spending eternally wondering around Japan as an ubume spirit. (She is dreaming of her fate in episode 47; this is Reina's doing from her memory of episode 47) Kiyo woke up in a terrible fright, with tears rolling down her eyes. The nightmare didn't stop there; Kiyo got the same dream every time she slept over the next few nights.

One day Kiyo told Tsuyu and Reina about her dream. "If you ask me I'd say your dream has been warning you about what could happen to you if you stay being with that man or any other man that comes here," said Reina "I wouldn't be surprised if the murdered prostitutes were sending you these warnings because I'm sure that man you're with had killed other prostitutes before". Now Kiyo really was getting scared and confused on what to do now. Tsuyu comforted her. "So Kiyo you have got two choices;" said Reina "you either stay here and risk your life and die a very young woman. Or you leave this brothel and live your life in a better place". Kiyo looked into Reina's eyes and saw her seriousness.

Kiyo kept on getting the nightmares, thanks to Reina, and one day she told Reina and Tsuyu that she couldn't stand it anymore. "I have decided to leave this place" she said. "A very wise decision Kiyo, believe me it is" said Reina. Tsuyu told Kiyo she would ask her lover Tetsuya to help her escape. "We must be very careful with this escape plan;" said Reina "someone here will find out what we are doing and may tattle tale on us". Tsuyu and Kiyo understood.

The next night Tsuyu and Reina got ready to help Kiyo escape. "I have asked Tetsuya to get you out of here Kiyo," said Tsuyu "he has some friends in the countryside that will help you settle down". "Aren't you coming with me Tsuyu-neesan?" asked Kiyo. "I'm afraid I can't because it's too risky," said Tsuyu "a lot of guests know about me more than you. If I disappear now then the owner will know something has happened and send someone to look for us". Kiyo was scared to be leaving alone. "Kiyo once I've paid off my debts to this place I will join you as soon as I can" said Tsuyu. Kiyo hugged Tsuyu because she was going to miss her.

Soon Tetsuya came to help Kiyo escape. He had one of those carts japanese people use to carry people with. Kiyo got onto the cart and Tetsuya held onto the cart to get ready to leave. "I'll see you again soon Tsuyu" said Tetsuya. "Take care all of you and be careful" said Tsuyu. Then Tetsuya and Kiyo left. "Are you sure you didn't want to leave with them Tsuyu?" asked Reina "this could have been your chance to escape too". "I am too trapped here because I was sold to this place and as I said it would have been too risky for me to leave too; that owner is no fool" said Tsuyu.

Tsuyu was right because it didn't take long for the brothel owner to find out the next day that Kiyo was nowhere to be found. The brothel owner asked everyone, including Tsuyu, where Kiyo had gone but the women claimed they didn't know where she was. Even Tsuyu managed to convice the brothel owner she didn't know what has happened to Kiyo, through lying. The man, who was a samurai, felt a bit disappointed Kiyo wasn't there because he wanted to play around with her a bit more. But he quickly turned over to another woman in the brothel. Seeing that man change to another woman so quickly made Tsuyu glad she got Kiyo out of here. She would have been heartbroken to see this.

Meanwhile Reina, Wanyuudou and Ren were standing outside the brothel. Reina couldn't help but feel Tsuyu was going to end up in danger because of her success of helping Kiyo escape the brothel. "Ren, Wanyuudou, it's time we told the police about the brothel owners murderous ways," said Reina "I have a bad feeling something may happen if we continue to let that woman be like this". Wanyuudou and Ren agreed. Reina disguised herself as a man just in case the police wouldn't listen to a woman so easily, and left with them.

Meanwhile Tsuyu was standing outside in the garden of the brothel. She was praying that Kiyo and Tetsuya had made it to the countryside safely and hoped Kiyo will be living happily from how on. Suddenly the brothel owner and samurai came out and surrounded Tsuyu. "I thought something was strange when you said you had no idea of Kiyo's whereabouts Tsuyu," said the brothel owner "and since we just heard you praying for her, it's clear that you were lying". Tsuyu had feared the brothel owner would learn the truth, but she stood her ground to speak. "It you want to learn the truth I helped Kiyo escape from here;" said Tsuyu "this place was no place for her". She turned to the samurai. "I especially helped her to get away from men like you. As you just turned to another woman; I could tell that you were just fooling around with Kiyo and you were going to dump her and break her heart sooner or later". The samurai just smirked; that's exactly what he was going to do. The brothel owner of course was not happy with Tsuyu did and asked the samurai to kill her. Tsuyu spoke up after the samurai took out his sword. "I hope you demons go to hell after you die" she cursed. Tsuyu was quickly slashed by the sword and died in a second. "I lose more of my employees this way" sighed the brothel owner. But she didn't care because she knew there were plenty of other women out there to work for her. It wasn't long till the samurai tossed Tsuyu's dead body into the river; this was their way of getting rid of the evidence of murder. What they didn't know was Tsuyu was not truly dead and she was looking at them with her angry, dead eyes.

At that moment they heard men shouting; it was the police. "There you see we told you these two were murderers!" shouted Reina, still in her male disguise. She had bought the police to the scene of the crime just in time because they managed to witness the samurai throwing Tsuyu's body into the river. The brothel owner and the man couldn't believe they had been spotted. The man got ready to take out his sword, but Ren jumped ahead and knocked the man out. The police quickly grabbed onto the man and woman and tied them both up with rope. The woman kept on trying to break away but it was no use; she had now been defeated. Reina stared at the river where Tsuyu's body had been floating down. She couldn't believe this happened because she didn't expect it. "Ren, Wanyuudou keep an eye on things here; I need to see what's happened to Tsuyu" said Reina.

Using her teleportation, Reina made her way to the place where Tsuyu became Hone Onna in the anime, and she turned back into her normal form. There she found Tsuyu and she just turned into Honna Onna after absorbing the souls of the prostitutes who had been tricked and murdered before. "Tsuyu!" called out Reina. Tsuyu turned round and saw Reina. "You" said Tsuyu. Reina ran over to Tsuyu, knelt down onto the ground and bowed her head. "I am so sorry Tsuyu," said Reina "I didn't know you would be killed after we helped Kiyo escape with Tetsuya. I had hoped I would save you and Kiyo". "What do you mean?" asked Tsuyu "and who are you?" Reina explained to Tsuyu who she was and what she had been doing for the past 200 years. Tsuyu was surprised to hear that. "Tsuyu, no Hone Onna do you wish to come with me and help me save more people before they suffer a terrible fate?" said Reina. Hone Onna stayed silent for a moment, but after thinking about what Reina said, she said she would join her. After helping Kiyo, Hone Onna decided she would want to help more people. "There is something you might want to see first Hone Onna" said Reina.

Reina brought Hone Onna to an area where some sort of camp was set up. Inside the camp there were some soldiers and the brothel owner and her servant was there too, all tangled up in ropes. This camp was really an execution camp and the lady and man were about to be executed. "What's going on?" asked Hone Onna. "Those two are about to be executed for killing you and other women who worked at the brothel in the past" answered a voice. The voice came from Wanyuudou. Wanyuudou and Ren introduced themselves to Hone Onna. "Reina-san warned us about that woman's bad personality and that man's murderous nature," explained Ren "so we went to get the police and told them about the brothel owner and her murderous ways. Your death and those two throwing you into the river exposed their evil ways to the police as soon as we arrived with them". "I see so you do expose bad people don't you Reina-san?" asked Hone Onna. "That's what I told you earlier Hone Onna," said Reina "and if you want to give a scare to that woman with your ghostly appearance you are more than welcome to". "Yes I think I will" said Hone Onna; she never liked the brothel owner in the first place because she saw her as a demon.

Right now the brothel owner was about to be executed first. Suddenly she saw something that made her face turn pale and gasp in shock. Unbeknown to the police Hone Onna stood there frowning at the brothel owner and she was revealing some of her skeleton form. The brothel lady screeched with fright and so did the man. The police had no idea what they were seeing because Hone Onna only made herself visible to the man and brothel owner. The brothel lady and man were silenced by the police and then they got executed for their crimes by a sword. Hone Onna felt justified after watching her murderers get executed, but she still felt sad that she was no longer a human. 'At least those two won't be hurting anymore women' she thought. Reina held Hone Onna's hand for comfort. Hone Onna smiled and thanked her for showing her the woman's demise. "Kiyo and Tetsuya need to be told about what's happened" said Reina. Hone Onna understood.

Reina had Ren tell Kiyo and Tetsuya about how Tsuyu was killed by the brothel owner and the samurai. Ren was still in his police officer disguise. Kiyo was horrified and broke down crying when she heard the news and Tetsuya became angry as well as upset. "They must have found out about Tsuyu helping Kiyo leave the brothel" said Tetsuya, tearfully. Ren then told them about the lady's and man's executions. "Miss Kiyo I have heard about how Miss Tsuyu helped you escape from that brothel;" said Ren "you should be grateful about that, because you could have been killed next. That man you nearly fell for was a real murderer; I found out he had killed a number of women he had played with before". (That was a lie but Ren needed to scare Kiyo a bit) Through her tears, Kiyo now understood how right Reina had been all along and she was grateful for her two friends saving her life. "What should I do now?" sobbed Kiyo. "Live Miss Kiyo," said Ren "you should live and obtain happiness for Tsuyu sake, especially since she wanted you to live and be happy". Kiyo tearfully agreed. As for Tetsuya, he was still cross for Tsuyu's murder but he was glad she got justice from the woman's and man's execution. He also declared that he would take care of Kiyo for Tsuyu's sake.

After telling Kiyo and Tsuyu the news, Ren went back to Reina and the others. Hone Onna felt sad that she wouldn't be able to be with Kiyo and Tetsuya again because of her condition. But she was glad that evil brothel owner wasn't going to mistreat women ever again. This hadn't been an easy time for Reina because of something she didn't expect, but at least she managed to prevent Kiyo from becoming an ubume spirit.


I had trouble deciding whether to save Tsuyu and Kiyo and have someone else be Hone Onna. But in my honest opinion I believe the owner would have found out anyway if Kiyo did escape by Tsuyu's pleas. Then Tsuyu would have been killed because of that. I hope everyone likes how I sorted out Kiyo; dispite I hated her for betraying Tsuyu, but she didn't deserve to be an ubeme spirit forever.