Great Watch Cipher V3--Chapter 1

This is my third volume of Great Watch Cipher, now you get to see the other side of the coin to this chapter. And by the other side of the coin, I'm talking about expanding the story in GWC from Uranometria. Anyway, please enjoy! 

Chapter 1: Let Bygones be Bygones and Fly

"I'm losing my sight; I can’t see properly any more. I'm so depressed that my vision is clouded and everything is just blurry to me. It’s all the same. This depression is driving me insane. It’s a vicious cycle as my sadness sends me crazy, and my craziness depresses me more. Nobody truly cares or appreciates me, but that doesn’t really help. I need somebody to snap me out of this, but nobody actually knows how to help. I'm losing my sight and my mind, all I want is someone to tell me that I need help. I just wants someone there to help me. Nothing in my life is any good, all I'm doing is running and crying. I cannot live this way anymore. It’s like I'm giving up." explained a female's voice. Kirito, Tsuna, Oinari, Hangaku, Kincho, and Konohana were traveling on their first mission. There was a beeping sound and Kintaro answered, it was Tsunade. "Hey Kin, if you go up a bit, there's someone who can help you." She said. "Who?" Kintaro asked. "You'll see."  replied Tsunade. And she logged off! Kintaro and the gang were looking around when a voice startled them, "So, you're Great Watch huh." The gang turned around and saw a stoic figure of a young man. "Hi, my name's Sentaro." The guy said. "I'm Kintaro Sakata, these are my friends--Tsuna, Oinari, Hangaku, Kincho, and Konohana." Kintaro said. "Cool, that's great." remarked Sentaro. "So, you came to help us out?" Kincho asked. "Yeah." Sentaro said. Peeking out while looking left and right, Tsubaki runs and hides as she sensed someone approaching and she took out her dart gun. Oinari held his gun at her, the same thing goes for Konohana. "You two, huh. My day just got more and more interesting." Tsubaki remarked. Oinari and Konohana couldn't believe it, "So, it's you....Tsubaki." Terran said. Tsubaki spied on them once and was shocked to see them liplock kissing, Tsubaki was so shocked that she ducked as she could feel her heart pounding like crazy. 

It was jealousy vibrated through her petite body, why the heck was she feeling this way? It was ardent like wildfire, what was this feeling? So abrupt and pristine? Her face was blushing fifty shades of red, her pulse was throbbing, her mind was tottering, and it was driving her crazy. Could this be love? Meanwhile; Tamamo Mae entered a place and went up the stairs however she came across a room with a window with sun-rays glowing down her. "I knew I find you here." A voice said. Tamamo Mae turned around, "Suseri!" She gasped. Suseri looked at her with a dark look, "I can explain!" Tamamo Mae protested. "Don't even, I already know what happened!" Suseri said. Tamamo Mae looked surprised at her friend. Suseri rubbed the temples of her forehead and she let out a deep sighed before glaring at Tamamo Mae. "TM, Pull yourself together! Don't mess this up! Are you happy now? Tell me, are you happy now? Do you have any idea what you have done to yourself?" countered Suseri. Tamamo Mae turned back to her angrily, "Oh I am, happy! I can't pull myself together because you mess me up so much!!!!! You're making a fool of yourself, you irritating, self-centered girl!" She argued. "You talk even more waste, I do not know exactly why. However, I hope you're glad." wrangled Suseri. "Talking to you any longer is useless now." quarreled Tamamo Mae. They both turned away however Suseri turned around and spoke to her more nicely as she said, "TM? Listen to me carefully. You can meet them again, as if would have been nothing. What have you longed for, you can have." Tamamo Mae nodded, "I know. But I can’t go back....No. I won’t go back--Never again." She said. Tamamo Mae clutched her hands into fists as she said, "Something's wrong, I don’t feel the same about something morally. Here I'm through with Onibaba’s ways. She wants her help in strengthening her control over her so called sanctuary and I won’t do it. It's time to release your fears, I won't think about what other people might say, I don’t want to be ashamed of my talent. I'll let my feelings out, and let the inner part of me shine. Even move ahead from past troubles, and leave my old life behind. I'm going to attempt to use my magical powers to fly!" 

As she said this; Tamamo Mae begins to levitate. Suseri calls out after her, "What are you doing?! Stop it! That's what started all this in the first place...Where are your wings? Maybe you're not as powerful as you think you are!" But she noticed that the objects in the room begin to levitate on their own and gasped. "Oh my!" She breathed. Tamamo Mae laughed with joy, "I told you, Suseri... I did it, I tell ya!" Suseri looked at her with concern and said, "I think you're losing your mind, you are deluding yourself into--" but Tamamo Mae whirled around quickly as Suseri jumped back and heard her talk, "I was always scared that I would hurt someone, and that fear controlled me. But now, I wasn’t scared of hurting others when I was so far away from them. I never really had anyone who has loved me, I've always been shunned. Of course my mother loved me but Onibaba, Tamiya and Osode Iemon who both should have loved me, but did not. I think I’d rather believe in the idea rather than repressing myself or shut others out for the sake of love. I feel like the fears never bothered me so much because I'm free right now." She begins to levitate again and nodded before landing on her feet, she opened the window as she was ready to spring out, "Let's go! Get on!" She called. Suseri was surprised to hear this, "What?" She asked. Tamamo Mae looked at her, "Suseri....Come with me, Imagine what we could accomplish anything ... Together. Let’s go down the rabbit hole--Just you and me! I can take you on an adventure, the world you don’t know exists is more beautiful than you can imagine! No authority, no masters holding leashes, free to live as we chose and the only real limitations are those you impose upon yourself. And you can leave Tiger Braves behind, we will be unbreakable like elastic, titanium, no even better--Bulletproof!" ranted Tamamo Mae with excitement. Suseri considered this idea, "Yes, it's sounds wonderful." She remarked. Tamamo Mae bounced up and down, "Yeah, it's so exciting!" The two girls begin to dance around happily and stopped as Tamamo Mae whirled to the opened window and looked out but she glanced back at Suseri with a pleading tone, "So....You coming or what?" asked Tamamo Mae. Suseri was nervous as Tamamo Mae knew what she was about to say and bowed her head in sadness. Suseri noticed, "Oh TM, you're trembling... here, put this around you..." She said, taking off her maroon jacket and draped it around Tamamo Mae, she was shocked by this. "Oh Suseri....you know I can't keep this...." She protested. 

Suseri smiled watery, "Well then, you'll have to because it's yours." She replied. Then she bowed her head and said, "Don’t have any regrets, all right?" Tamamo Mae nod, "I won't. This is right, isn’t it? Even though we don’t know the things that lie ahead never have regrets because this is the path you've chosen." She said. Suseri smiled at her, "I hope you'll never grieve And have no regrets later on. I wish you all the luck in the world and a friendship holds." She said. Tamamo Mae was touched by this, "You know, I heard that you can't choose your marks but you can pick your friends. You're my best friend, you're the only friend I've ever had." said Tamamo Mae. Suseri nodded, "And I've had so many friends... but you were the only one that mattered." The two girls embraced each other but Suseri gasped and says, "Oh no! I hear footsteps, hurry you need to get away!" Realizing this; Tamamo Mae said: "Oh, right!" She ran to the window and leaped out before flying away! Suseri smiled and watched her go as the others emerged from the hiding spot. "You got that?" She asked. Sarutobi nodded, "Every word." He said, holding the recorder. "Motivation--It's a beautiful thing, isn't it?" remarked Yatagaratsu. As Tamamo Mae flew, he came across Onibaba and the Iemons who were with the monsters and Tamamo Mae lets out a cry as she shouted: "You want me? Here I am! It's me you want, TAKE ME!!!" She then stood up in the air as she called out to whoever it listening, "Here me! Want to know where I am at? I'm staying at my castle, alone and free, uncontrolled by anyone but me. I finally gotten over her fears and is starting over new, and staying where she is, never going back to the past. Even if Suseri decides to stay behind and if I'm now on my own; in return for my choice, I get the freedom I valued. To those who can’t accept me, tell them what I choose and what I've achieved. I'm flying, tell them I did what they thought was impossible for me. By letting go of my fear, I believe that I can start a new life, free from worry and filled with happiness — like the bright and beautiful dawn starting a new day, which is what she compares letting go of fear to!" She called out. Then, turns menacingly as she said, "You can take everything from me or say what you want about me, treat me like I’m weak and fragile, like glass that can be broken or paper that is easily torn. I will rise above the pain and fear! I will stand tall and powerful like a skyscraper. Try and make me weak and break my spirit, wiping off the bad and growing from it!" Filled with emotions; Suseri shouted out, "I hope you're satisfied now!" 

Earlier before......

Tamamo Mae is recovering from alcoholism, she's been doing good in Great Watch and they could see she's improving so well. She may not have changed her style of dealing with bad guys and crooks but she was align with a neutral side however she's also a good person as well. Kintaro learns about the recruits formerly from Silver Branch. They found them all: Brynhilde, Naveen, Sparrow, Damocles, Hansel, Barka, Stavr, Orvor, Pyramus, Thisbe, Knutine, Patroklos, his friends and brother, Tobit, Sarah, Vanahgn, his pals, Elric, his comrades, Ligeia, Tannhauser, their allies, Melusine and her squad. At first, they want to live peaceful lives but they decide to give something back to Cassandra in retrospect. Great Watch learns about the reason why they all left and how it was traumatic for them. For the time being, Okiku's daughter, Hasehime, was training to get stronger but she almost messed up when she heard a knock at her door! "Sweetheart." Okiku called. Hasehime was finishing up as she called back, "Give me a second." She said. "Your dinner." Okiku called again. "Mom! Please?" Hasehime said in a strained voice. She managed to get out of her room as she has her dinner. But once again, Hasehime trained herself hard until it was dark out. Her mother came in. "Sweetie, you need to rest." Hasehime said. "In a minute, OK? I just need to complete this." Hasehime said. Okiku watched her and shakes her head before shutting her door. After working on it for hours and hours, Hasehime was exhausted, her mother came in all upset. "Do you have any idea what time it is?" demanded Okiku. "Late. I know, but I need a little more practice." Hasehime said. "You need to sleep this off." said Okiku. "Mom, please leave me alone." Hasehime said. "Be quiet, Hasehime." Okiku said with gritted teeth. "I can't sleep, OK? Can I just be left alone?" Hasehime snapped. "Shut your mouth!" shouted Okiku, slapping her. "It's because of those peope! I'm only trying to protect you from those people! I raised you, I  raised you to think for yourself."  She scolded. Hasehime glares at her, she was going to go and brush her teeth when Okiku stopped her. "Honey, wait. I just...I don't want you to go to bed. Mother has been feeling like crap." She explained. "Mom, stop! I don't want you to smother me so much that you're giving me a lot of issues! I'm not your Mama's Girl." Hasehime explained. 

One day when she got home, her mother was waiting for her and demanded to know where Hasehime was. "Mom, relax! I just needed to find a place so I went to--" She started to say but Okiku interrupted with a horror expression and made accusations to her. "It's a boy, isn't it? It's all about this boy? I knew it would be boys. I knew it! Like your father, who wanted to see you." spat Okiku. "Dad came to see me?" asked Hasehime. Okiku was mad that she blurted that out but got out the truth, "Yes, he came to see you but it was a little late, wasn't it? Why should I let him see you after what he did to me?" Okiku said with anguish. Hasehime was mad, "Ugh! it wasn't about you, Mom! It was about me, and I wanted to see him! My whole life, I've wanted to see him, no meet him and you didn't care! It always been about you, never about me!" She shouted and stormed away. Okiku was stressed that she couldn't get along with her daughter and thought about what happened in the incident with Tamamo Mae: Okiku laughed a little, "My dear vixen, you can't be serious of going with them!" She said. Tamamo Mae looked at her dully, "Why do you care?" She snapped. "Because I'm your aunt and we love you!" Okiku said. "You don't love her, you just want to plague her with manipulation and lies." Oinari replied. Onibaba glared at her, "GO SCREW YOURSELF, YOUING MAN!!!" She shouted Tamamo Mae lashed back, "SHUT UP, AUNT OKIKU!!!" Okiku looked hurt, "TM, sweetie, they're freaks!" She claimed. Tamamo Mae shrugged while saying: "Well, you know what? So am I! And we'll always be freaks and we'll never be like other people and you're a freak because of the stuff you put me, my mother, and Usodori, even her mother through!" Okiku gritted her teeth in frustration, "Well now, what happened to my sweet girl? Huh? Where is she?" She said. Tamamo Mae said back, "She's gone! Gone, and never coming back." Okiku was once again clueless about that, "What? You're still here!" She said. Tamamo Mae shook her head, "Yes, I'm here but I've changed a lot. I'm the happiest girl and livin' it up without caring about you or anybody else. I used to engaged in promiscuous behavior but not anymore! I feel so happy and has fun so I don't want someone to make me irritated. This time I won’t let it get to me so easily. I'm invincible so take your shot because I will block it and when you shoot me; I’ll have nothing to lose to. Whoever is criticizing me, just keep going. I'm stronger than you, Onibaba. Danger awaits for me but the game is not over. Don’t test the champion, don't even try."

Okiku looked at her speechless but Tamamo Mae continues, "Clearly, I'm done with this relationship…though I’m sure there are less expensive ways of taking out my frustrations. I'm aiming higher, a free spirit, and you three are more practical, grounded, and  trying to tie me down. You are just very hard to please and in this family, it ccan be a problem. This needs to end because I'm tired of always being the one to deal with this bull crap. I feel so much release with ending of this relationship with you three as my 'relatives'. Finally, I don't care! Even if the world ends and we are the only ones left on earth...If that were happen which I doubt it will...I still don’t want to be with you. Take all your bullshit because I don’t want drama in my life, I don't need it and also here's another thing....You once told me when you were being a jerk at the time, you told me I was a nobody...A freak...A loner...Well guess what? I am a nobody, I am a nobody part of a great team! I. AM. A. GREAT WATCH CYPHER!!!!!" She shouted. Panting softly, Tamamo Mae looked at Okiku, Osode, and Tamiya as they looked like they were defeated. Meanwhile; Tamamo Mae was sweating bombs while finishing her training as she went to get water from the soda machine but has no coins to buy any. "No change?" A voice called out. Tamamo Mae turned around and saw a young man standing there with a bandage around his right arm and around his torso. Tamamo Mae approached him, "Hi, um you OK?" She asked. "I guess, you can say that." The young man said. His hand went into his pocket, "Here." He said, handing it to her of many coins. Tamamo Mae blushed, "No. I couldn't--" She started to say, but the young man insisted, "Please, take it." Tamamo Mae had no choice and accepted it greatly from him. "I'm Sigmund Magus, by the way." said the kind young man. "TM." Tamamo Mae said. "TM?" Sigmund asked, confused. "Short for Tamamo Mae." explained Tamamo Mae. "You're as pretty as swan." Sigmund remarked. He leaves as Tamamo Mae watched him go. Red faced, dazed, she never felt anything like this and she was touched by this guy and for what he did for her. It was so sweet, so nice, and nothing else can go wrong. 

Things got very complicated as Tamamo Mae learns that she is being offered a job with Onibaba, who claims to be overjoyed. Tamamo Mae is repulsed and shock, her mother is stunt and believes Onibaba is manipulating Tamamo Mae and will put the blame on TM's mother. Tamamo Mae refuse this offer of Onibaba but it gets worse when she becomes nasty to her. In phone conversations; Tamamo Mae was bullied by the Iemons to not spend so much money and pressured her with accounting because TM and her mother aren't so swell with money. Okiku wasn't so much helpful, she was always trying to blackmail TM but they were weak threats that Tamamo Mae had no fear towards. She finds that Onibaba is one pathetic excuse of a lady who has no nice bone in her body. Tamamo Mae was mad and she went off to get away from the awful messages she sent! That night, Tamamo Mae comes across a house and saw that it belong to Sigmund, whom she knocks on the door. "Can I come in?" asked Tamamo Mae. "I'm not sure." Sigmund replied sadly. Tamamo Mae sighed, "Okay. I'm an idiot." She admitted. "How are you an idiot?" Sigmund asked. Tamamo Mae begins to cry, "My mom--She has problems and she suffers so much!" She turns away so Sigmund doesn't see her cry so much! Sigmund looked at her, "Are you OK?" He asked. "It's hard for me, you know. Sorry, I'm being too personal but I have no one....Well, I'm being exaggerating. I have friends but no one close!" Tamamo Mae explained in between sobs. Sigmund looked at her thoughtfully before he had an idea. "What if you stay the night? The whole night?" asked Sigmund. Tamamo Mae looked at him, "Really? Oh, I don't...want to be a bother."  She said stammering. "It isn't." Sigmund said. He leads her in as Tamamo Mae saw that his house had a window of a nice view of the beach. "Oh, Sigmund....It's beautiful!" breathed Tamamo Mae. "I know, I knew you would like staying here for the night." Sigmund said. Music was playing some sort of high lonesome whistling and cold vocals set to harpsichord and strings, the singer's voice is vocals piped into a modulates and distorts them of an electric sound. Tamamo Mae begin to sway a little, "Nice music, what is it?" She asked. "Caramel Dash." Sigmund answered. Tamamo Mae nodded, "Nice, I never heard of this band." She remarked. "It looks like you have an interest in music." Sigmund said. "I do, I like music this way." Tamamo Mae admitted.

It was quiet between them so Tamamo Mae sighs. "What is it?" Sigmund asked. "I just wish..." Tamamo Mae started to say, but shakes her head. "What?" Sigmund asked, wanting to know. Tamamo Mae blushed, "I wish I could be beautiful... for you." She admitted. "TM...." Sigmund was taking aback by this, Tamamo Mae looked shaemful. "Don't tell me that I am, you don't need to lie to me...."She claimed. Sigmund placed his hands on her shoulders, "No, I'm not lying... it's looking at things another way." He explained. Tamamo Mae smiled, "We're going to be together, always." She said. Then, the two of them snuggled next to each other as Tamamo Mae flushed at how close she was to him. She sighed with content, "What is it now?" asked Sigmund. Tamamo Mae shifted a little, "It's just...For the very first time in forever, I've missed out on a lot on how it feels to be..." She said, then she smiles and said softly while her eyes close, "....pleasant." In the morning; The sound of birds woke her up, Tamamo Mae's eyes fluttered open and she looked to see a beautiful scenery. There was relaxing acoustic guitar music playing that blended with the sunrays shining down on the blue waters of the beach. "Oh, wow. How amazing." Tamamo Mae whispered. "Good morning." Sigmund said. Tamamo Mae gasped and saw him standing there. She straightened up and said, "Oh, good morning!" She stuttered. "Heh, you like it?" Sigmund asked, looking at the scenario with her. Tamamo Mae grinned at him, "Yes, it's amazing. I wish I could live somewhere down here." She said. Out of curiousity, Tamamo Mae asked: "What time is it?" "Around eight." answered Sigmund. Tamamo Mae's eyes widened with horror, "WHAT?! Oh crap, I have to go!" She collected her things. Sigmund offered to take her back but Tamamo Mae refused, saying: "It's complicated!" Sigmund told her that he wants to see her again soon and Tamamo Mae accepts. When she came to see him, Tamamo Mae finds out that Sigmund went missing and the only thing was his blood that she found at his house on the floor. Tamamo Mae was devastated by all this and falls into a depression. "For a while, I believed that I was free from the fear of hurting those I've loved and being perceived as a monster. Therefore, I became a happier and more carefree individual. However, after being told that I created a disaster, I realized that I'm still not free from my fear; I'm still not free from what I believe is my curse. Therefore, I undermine myself for being easily mislead in to believing a naive concept that one can make fear disappear forever." Tamamo Mae thought, pacing around the room. She held her head as she continues to talk to herself, "I cannot escape from this storm I created, I'll always be afraid of injuring my loved ones, and I won't be able to control myself! No one is safe with me, nothing to protect anyone. Sigmund is my wings, without him in my life I have nothing to keep me up in the sky and now I'm beginning to fall back down to the ground." She said to herself sadly. 

Then, tranquil fury bottled inside as it begins to grow while she thought to herself: "I have pure beauty in one hand and sure death in the other. I can’t be matched by any human and no one can stop the rage I plunge the world into during one of my uncontrollable outbursts. I will make the world black, the sun will shine no more!" Tamamo Mae trembled as tears welled in her eyes while thinking about her beloved people. "Mother. Oinari. Konohana. Sigmund...." Anguished by the thought of her beloved friend; Tamamo Mae breaks down as her powers levitated in the air while shouting out, "SIGMUND!!!!" Then, everything fell down. Tamamo Mae huffed angrily, "Being shot down, makes me wonder what in my right mind made me think this way.....It's ruined, everything is ruined and I blame it all on me. I should just hide away but wait! I never intended for this to happen, I just wanted to do something nice. Despite failing, I did my best and tasted something very nice. And for a moment, I felt indestructible!" As she says this, Tamamo Mae turned to see her dark cloak on the floor and went over to pick it up while tying it around her neck and glares at herself in the mirror. Then, she spun around and extends her hand out as everything fell apart. The doors burst open as Tamamo Mae says to herself, "Here I am; peering at the sun, with hatred, I want it to go away. I laugh but there’s nothing funny. My heart is so polluted, that I'm going to see everything tainted and my love will be avenged. Everything to be black, for everyone, and by blotting out the sun, it is all over for every living thing!" But while on a rampage against the Wendigos and the other monsters; someone could see her sadness and rage. A young lady name Suseri Yakami, from the squad of Tiger Braves partnered with Sarutobi and Kirigakure! She and the others: Maristino Ryutoki, Jiraiya Ogata, Takiyasha Masakado, and Yatagarasu Tentoki. However, one of the Wendigos hit her from behind and TM was injured. Tamamo Mae had to get away when Tamamo Mae could hear Suseri. "Wait! Where are you going?" called Suseri, running after her. Tamamo Mae continued to run away and immediately came to Tamamo Mae's aid and helps her breathe: "Inhale. On a count of five...follow me, do it with me. Inhale. Stay with me, stay with me. I'm gonna teach you how to breathe." She kept telling her. Tamamo Mae nodded as she looked at the kind hearted young lady and these other people. Tamamo Mae managed to breathe as Suseri was being helpful, "Yes, yes, that's good. That's good. That's very good." She said. "Do you care about me?" Tamamo Mae said in a timid voice. 

Suseri looked at her and smiled back, "Yes, I do." She answered. Tamamo Mae looked like a mess, crying: "Then help me. Please." She rasped. "It's what I'm doing." Suseri assured her. "Don't be afraid..." Suseri said. Tamamo Mae looked back with fierce intensity in her voice, "I'm not... it's Onibaba who should be afraid of me!" Suseri realized who she is and the two girls became friends. Suseri gives TM a homemade spa of manicures, deep conditioning, massage, aromatherapy, waxing, steam facials, natural facial masks, and exfoliating. TM told Suseri about her past and Suseri told her about herself. However during this time, Tamamo Mae was getting back her life in Great Watch but she is ambushed by the bully name Sumiyoshi who always beat her up and nobody knew. Sumiyoshi used to violently cut TM's hair by the handful, beat her for hours and hours. Sumiyoshi got his friends to bully Tamamo Mae with paint ball guns, dodgeball, and physical assault. It was a day of hell for Tamamo Mae, who was being beatened and bullied mercilessly. Tamamo Mae broke free as she screamed, "Noooooooo!" The next minute, she was leaning back against a tree. Bleeding, bruised, and crying there for hours. "What's the matter? Had enough?" A voice taunted. Tamamo Mae shake her head, "Leave me alone. Please." But she could hear the torturing laughter and covered her ears as she screamed in terror. "You tell anybody!" hissed Sumiyoshi in her ear, "You're dead meat you loose vixen!" And he and his gang walked off, guffawing. Once their gone; Tamamo Mae staggered up to her feet as she cried and cried until she couldn't stop. "Why does he hate me so much?" She thought. Just then, way off in the distance; someone was crying out to her: "TM!" It was Sigmund, alive and all right, "Baldur, what are you doing here?" Soren asked. Just before Sigmund is about to say but he's killed on the spot! "Sigmund! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Tamamo Mae exclaimed in horror. She passed out after seeing so much blood and then she woke up to find that her lips were sewn shut, scars on her chest and wounds all over her body. Tamamo Mae looked around and saw she was strapped on a cold autopsy table. She felt so vulnerable, she tried to talk but her stitched mouth was so tight that the only thing that came out was two-thirds of  muffled moaning in protest. "Dear girl, do not fret...You will get your revenge soon enough." said a voice. Something was happening to her....like an intensity of burning rage inside of her. She managed to get information on Sumiyoshi and she learns that he was sent by Onibaba as TM will get her revenge against her tormentor and she decided to use her new power. 

Sumiyoshi tried to punch back but the raging figure was faster and deflect his attacks. "WHO ARE YOU?" demanded Sumiyoshi The figure leans over and whispered, "I am the vixen you will meet before you die and every enemy's worse nightmare....You bastard." Sumiyoshi was terrified, "Tamamo Mae?" He gasped. "No longer the innocent self." said Tamamo Mae as she exposed herself in the light, "There's only one vixen and she's invincible!" And she killed Sumiyoshi in his rage. Later, Tamamo Mae entered a place and went up the stairs however she came across a room with a window with sunrays glowing down her. "I'm losing my sight; I can’t see properly any more. I'm so depressed that my vision is clouded and everything is just blurry to me. It’s all the same. This depression is driving me insane. It’s a vicious cycle as my sadness sends me crazy, and my craziness depresses me more. Nobody truly cares or appreciates me, but that doesn’t really help. I need somebody to snap me out of this, but nobody actually knows how to help. I'm losing my sight and my mind, all I want is someone to tell me that I need help. I just wants someone there to help me. Nothing in my life is any good, all I'm doing is running and crying. I cannot live this way anymore. It’s like I'm giving up." She ranted to herself. "I knew I find you here." A voice said. Tamamo Mae turned around, "Suseri!" She gasped. Suseri looked at her with a dark look, "I can explain!" Tamamo Mae protested. "Don't even, I already know what happened!" Suseri said. Tamamo Mae looked surprised at her friend. Suseri rubbed the temples of her forehead and she let out a deep sighed before glaring at Tamamo Mae. "TM, Pull yourself together! Don't mess this up! Are you happy now? Tell me, are you happy now? Do you have any idea what you have done to yourself?" countered Suseri. Tamamo Mae turned back to her angrily, "Oh I am, happy! I can't pull myself together because you mess me up so much!!!!! You're making a fool of yourself, you irritating, self-centered girl!" She argued. Offended, Suseri spat back things out of anger! "You talk even more waste, I do not know exactly why. However, I hope you're glad." wrangled Suseri. "Talking to you any longer is useless now." quarreled Tamamo Mae. They both turned away however Suseri turned around and spoke to her more nicely as she said, "TM? Listen to me carefully. You can meet them again, as if would have been nothing. What have you longed for, you can have." Tamamo Mae nodded, "I know. But I can’t go back....No. I won’t go back--Never again." She said. 

Tamamo Mae clutched her hands into fists as she said, "Something's wrong, I don’t feel the same about something morally. Here I'm through with Onibaba’s ways. She wants her help in strengthening her control over her so called sanctuary and I won’t do it. It's time to release your fears, I won't think about what other people might say, I don’t want to be ashamed of my talent. I'll let my feelings out, and let the inner part of me shine. Even move ahead from past troubles, and leave my old life behind. I'm going to attempt to use my magical powers to fly!" As she said this; Tamamo Mae begins to levitate. Suseri calls out after her, "What are you doing?! Stop it! That's what started all this in the first place...Where are your wings? Maybe you're not as powerful as you think you are!" But she noticed that the objects in the room begin to levitate on their own and gasped. "Oh my!" She breathed. Tamamo Mae laughed with joy, "I told you, Suseri... I did it, I tell ya!" Suseri looked at her with concern and said, "I think you're losing your mind, you are deluding yourself into--" but Tamamo Mae whirled around quickly as Suseri jumped back and heard her talk, "I was always scared that I would hurt someone, and that fear controlled me. But now, I wasn’t scared of hurting others when I was so far away from them. I never really had anyone who has loved me, I've always been shunned. Of course my mother loved me but Onibaba, Tamiya and Osode Iemon who both should have loved me, but did not. I think I’d rather believe in the idea rather than repressing myself or shut others out for the sake of love. I feel like the fears never bothered me so much because I'm free right now." She begins to levitate again and nodded before landing on her feet, she opened the window as she was ready to spring out, "Let's go! Get on!" She called. Suseri was surprised to hear this, "What?" She asked. Tamamo Mae looked at her, "Suseri....Come with me, Imagine what we could accomplish anything ... Together. Let’s go down the rabbit hole--Just you and me! I can take you on an adventure, the world you don’t know exists is more beautiful than you can imagine! No authority, no masters holding leashes, free to live as we chose and the only real limitations are those you impose upon yourself. And you can leave Tiger Braves behind, we will be unbreakable like elastic, titanium, no even better--Bulletproof!" ranted Tamamo Mae with excitement. Suseri considered this idea, "Yes, it's sounds wonderful." She remarked. Tamamo Mae bounced up and down, "Yeah, it's so exciting!" She squealed. 

The two girls begin to dance around happily and stopped as Tamamo Mae whirled to the opened window and looked out but she glanced back at Suseri with a pleading tone, "So....You coming or what?" asked Tamamo Mae. Suseri was nervous as Tamamo Mae knew what she was about to say and bowed her head in sadness. Suseri noticed, "Oh TM, you're trembling... here, put this around you..." She said, taking off her maroon jacket and draped it around Tamamo Mae, she was shocked by this. "Oh Suseri....you know I can't keep this...." She protested. Suseri smiled waterly, "Well then, you'll have to because it's yours." She replied. Then she bowed her head and said, "Don’t have any regrets, all right?" Tamamo Mae nod, "I won't. This is right, isn’t it? Even though we don’t know the things that lie ahead never have regrets because this is the path you've chosen." She said. Suseri smiled at her, "I hope you'll never grieve And have no regrets later on. I wish you all the luck in the world and a friendship holds." She said. Tamamo Mae was touched by this, "You know, I heard that you can't choose your marks but you can pick your friends. You're my best friend, you're the only friend I've ever had." said Tamamo Mae. Suseri nodded, "And I've had so many friends... but you were the only one that mattered." The two girls embraced each other but Suseri gasped and says, "Oh no! I hear footsteps, hurry you need to get away!" Realizing this; Tamamo Mae said: "Oh, right!" She ran to the window and leaped out before flying away! Suseri smiled and watched her go as the others emerged from the hiding spot. "You got that?" She asked. Sarutobi nodded, "Every word." He said, holding the recorder. "Motivation--It's a beautiful thing, isn't it?" remarked Yatagaratsu. As Tamamo Mae flew, he came across Onibaba and the Iemons who were with the monsters and Tamamo Mae lets out a cry as she shouted: "You want me? Here I am! It's me you want, TAKE ME!!!" She then stood up in the air as she called out to whoever it listening, "Here me! Want to know where I am at? I'm staying at my castle, alone and free, uncontrolled by anyone but me. I finally gotten over her fears and is starting over new, and staying where she is, never going back to the past. Even if Suseri decides to stay behind and if I'm now on my own; in return for my choice, I get the freedom I valued. To those who can’t accept me, tell them what I choose and what I've achieved. I'm flying, tell them I did what they thought was impossible for me. By letting go of my fear, I believe that I can start a new life, free from worry and filled with happiness — like the bright and beautiful dawn starting a new day, which is what she compares letting go of fear to!" She called out. Then, turns menacingly as she said, "You can take everything from me or say what you want about me, treat me like I’m weak and fragile, like glass that can be broken or paper that is easily torn. I will rise above the pain and fear! I will stand tall and powerful like a skyscraper. Try and make me weak and break my spirit, wiping off the bad and growing from it!" Filled with emotions; Suseri shouted out, "I hope you're satisfied now!" Onibaba turned to the guards and instructed them with orders, "Just look at the witch, what are you waiting for? Catch her, kill her!" Tamamo Mae begins to laugh with excitement, "You can't stop me now! You can't get in my way!" She shouted. Onibaba screamed, "Catch the witch, let’s kill her!" But nobody could as Tamamo Mae laughed at Onibaba, who raged like mad! 


Meanwhile; Kirito, Tsuna, Oinari, Hangaku, Kincho, and Konohana were traveling on their first mission. There was a beeping sound and Kintaro answered, it was Tsunade. "Hey Kin, if you go up a bit, there's someone who can help you." She said. "Who?" Kintaro asked. "You'll see."  replied Tsunade. And she logged off! Kintaro and the gang were looking around when a voice startled them, "So, you're Great Watch huh." The gang turned around and saw a stoic figure of a young man. "Hi, my name's Sentaro." The guy said. "I'm Kintaro Sakata, these are my friends--Tsuna, Oinari, Hangaku, Kincho, and Konohana." Kintaro said. "Cool, that's great." remarked Sentaro. "So, you came to help us out?" Kincho asked. "Yeah." Sentaro said. While on this mission, the Wendigos attacked but someone pierces them with darts. However, a familiar person is lingering Oinari and Konohana, who decide to find out what's going on. Peeking out while looking left and right, Tsubaki runs and hides as she sensed someone approaching and she took out her dart gun. Oinari held his gun at her, the same thing goes for Konohana. "You two, huh. My day just got more and more interesting." Tsubaki remarked. Oinari and Konohana couldn't believe it, "So, it's you....Tsubaki." Terran said. Tsubaki spied on them once and was shocked to see them liplock kissing, Tsubaki was so shocked that she ducked as she could feel her heart pounding like crazy. It was jealousy vibrated through her petite body, why the heck was she feeling this way? It was ardent like wildfire, what was this feeling? So abrupt and pristine? Her face was blushing fifty shades of red, her pulse was throbbing, her mind was tottering, and it was driving her crazy. Could this be love? In the meantime; The princess and the warrior were running from the prison. The princess is the daughter of Toyonari Fujiwara, her name is Momoko and the warrior is Kengyu, who is the good son of the wicked, manipulative Terute.