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. 

Uranometria: Memoir Implant--Chapter 2

This is the second chapter, see guys? I told you guys I needed some inspirations! It continues off with many things and the agents of Silver Branch help the survivors of a hurricane. Thank you for your patience, sorry about the wait! This chapter was inspired by Defying Gravity of Wicked. I love that song! Anyway, enjoy! --KatDon 

Chapter 2: Rouge Heifer 

Indeed, there was a storm! The winds were blowing, they were blowing until anyone's cheeks crack! Oh, how it rage on with tornadoes spew water until all the buildings of churches and anemometers were all drowned. "What the hell is going on? What is with this weather?" Lleu demanded. The convention was feeling like it was floating up by the power of the storm! The people scream, stuff was flying everywhere. "HANG ON!!!" Cassandra cried out. She and Gigi held hands while Justice was clinging onto a table but Jack came to the rescue. The others tried reaching for one another but then, the tempest was so strong that there was a blinding light. The storm was over, but the damage had been done! Cassandra and her friends woke up as they were covered in scars, blisters, and bleeding wounds but other than that, they were alive! Alive and well but injured. "We're alive! We're alive!" Jack panted. "Oh man! I thought we were all going to die!" Samson gasped, coughing and wheezing. Borvo cling tight to Cassandra, "I'm scared." He claimed. Cassandra held her hand, she leaned down and whisper in the scared boy's ear: "Me too, Borvo." They continued to walk and didn't stop until they found they find out where they are because it's not the convention. In the meantime; 16 year old Bryce Stuart woke up to see much debris and how the town looked destroyed. Everything around him was in pieces. Trees everywhere. No power, no heat, or anything else in the buildings that stood in one piece however they try to get the power to flick on but nothing happened! Bryce got up but noticed he was a mess. His clothes were wear and tear, his upper-body becomes more and more scarred, as a result of his experience from the storm. He looked around and saw how much was destroyed. The losses of other people and how some were lucky. "The town....the storm must've...Oh crap...." Bryce muttered to himself. He sighed but grimaced, "Ah! It hurts...." He cursed. There was a stick lodged in his side so Bryce gently pulled it out, but he cussed and eventually got it out. Bryce bleed but gripped a hand over the wound to not let it bleed so much. "HELLO!!!!! SOMEBODY!!!!" He shouted. 

Cassandra said, taking it and opened it as she said to Bryce, "Here, I know this is going to hurt but it's supposed to help you." She lathered it up. Bryce didn't cry out in pain, he was calm and cool about it. He focused on Cassandra's face, "An angel?" asked Bryce. Cassandra looked at him, "It's gonna be OK." She said honestly. Everyone was dehydrated and they went to search for water. For the time being; Aynia Grein, a girl around 14 to 15 years old, realized her friends was nowhere. "Bryce!!!!! Mavis!!!!" She called but no one replied. Aynia thought she would give up, thinking they mst be dead by now but she knew that they weren't. Somehow she could sense them and walked. Seeing a girl walking but also injured; Eulalie went to help Aynia after she saw that she fainted. Aynia was half awake as she looked to see Eulalie and said in a soft tone, "My angel..." Eulalie looked at her and smiled. "Don't worry, you're going to be OK. I promise you." She assured her. 15 year old Mavis Larson was searching for her friends and wasn't going to stop until she found her. She was searching around the broken down building city as this became quite a dark, but it wasn't night however the atmosphere seemed that way. There wasn't any power, there wasn't much around here and there was no one to turn to. It felt like a post apocalypse, like something bad happened but this was no apocalypse; this was the aftermath of a hurricane. She couldn't let herself get distracted, she has to keep her head on straight and wasn't going to change her course until she heard someone calling out to her. "Are you OK? You look badly wrecked." Deirdre called. Mavis glared at her in disbelief, "The storm hit us, what do you think?" She snapped. Deirdre was taken aback by this girl's comment but she knew she must be tired and exhausted. "What's your name? We want to help you." Deirdre asked. Mavis softened a bit, "Mavis." She replied. "I'm Deirdre." Deirdre called out. Mavis tried walking but almost fell. She caught herself as she was escorted by these girls. Mavis kept huffing and puffing as she thanked these strange but kind girls. 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, 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 waterly, "Well then, you'll have to because it's yours." She replied. 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."

How did these events happened? What was the cause of all this catastrophe and what's going on? Let's go back to the beginning, shall we?

Earlier before.....

Gigi was having a vision in her head: It all became white and she woke up in a floating ship as he comes across a male figure in a steel blue armor and helmet, he was startled to this person but looked around of her whereabouts. "Where am I?" He asked. “You were injured but you'll be fine.” The masked armor guy explains. This confuses Gigi, “I was?” She asked. “Yes. I need to tell you something…All your life you were to defend humanity against inhumanity but now it’s time for you to see and hear this. Have you noticed the change inside you? How you are not like the others out there? Did you ever realized that?” The guy  questioned. The vision ends as Gigi woke up and could hear Cassandra calling her name. A few moments later; Cassandra and her gang--as well as Gigi--were playing a virtual reality game where they can create their own story and play it too. The game was called 'Distribute Video Game', it's the most popular video game that people can create their own and probably submit it their ideas and get it published. It's the most coolest thing ever! In this virtaul reality; Lleu kills Samson and becomes an evil lord. Jack and the others flee to the mountains and vows to avenge Samson's death. But since it's a virtual reality; Samson can come back to life! Proteus and Kamaitachi can be the two perverts but they realized they need a heroine, someone to be the type that 'kicks the perverts to the curb'. But the boys realized that tomorrow was the anime convention after a few hours of playing the game and it was getting so late. They decided to get some sleep. The next morning; Cassandra, Gigi, and the gang are cosplaying at an anime convention. Samson was dressed as Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach, Justice is dressed as Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto, Kamaitachi is dressed as Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece, Echo is dressed as Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail, Christopher is dressed as Rin Okumura from Blue Exorcist, Hanuman is dressed as Gintoki Sakata from Gintama, Zaden is cosplayed as Kirito from Sword Art Online, Borvo is costumed as Touma from A Certain Magical Index, Jack is dressed as Eren Jaeger from Attack on Titan, Juniper dressed as Nai from Karneval, and Loptr cosplaying Shiro Isana from K. Cassandra is costumed as Alice Liddell from American McGee's Alice and Gigi is cosplaying as Maka Albarn from Soul Eater. Justice was excited, "Well, things are going to be pretty cool." He said with joy. 

Indeed, there was a storm! The winds were blowing, they were blowing until anyone's cheeks crack! Oh, how it rage on with tornadoes spew water until all the buildings of churches and anemometers were all drowned. "What the hell is going on? What is with this weather?" Lleu demanded. The convention was feeling like it was floating up by the power of the storm! The people scream, stuff was flying everywhere. "HANG ON!!!" Cassandra cried out. She and Gigi held hands while Justice was clinging onto a table but Jack came to the rescue. The others tried reaching for one another but then, the tempest was so strong that there was a blinding light. The storm was over, but the damage had been done! Cassandra and her friends woke up as they were covered in scars, blisters, and bleeding wounds but other than that, they were alive! Alive and well but injured. "We're alive! We're alive!" Jack panted. "Oh man! I thought we were all going to die!" Samson gasped, coughing and wheezing. Borvo cling tight to Cassandra, "I'm scared." He claimed. Cassandra held his hand, she leaned down and whisper in the scared boy's ear: "Me too, Borvo." They continued to walk and didn't stop until they found they find out where they are because it's not the convention. In the meantime; 16 year old Bryce Stuart woke up to see much debris and how the town looked destroyed. Everything around him was in pieces. Trees everywhere. No power, no heat, or anything else in the buildings that stood in one piece however they try to get the power to flick on but nothing happened! Bryce got up but noticed he was a mess. His clothes were wear and tear, his upper-body becomes more and more scarred, as a result of his experience from the storm. He looked around and saw how much was destroyed. The losses of other people and how some were lucky. "The town....the storm must've...Oh crap...." Bryce muttered to himself. He sighed but grimaced, "Ah! It hurts...." He cursed. There was a stick lodged in his side so Bryce gently pulled it out, but he cussed and eventually got it out. Bryce bleed but gripped a hand over the wound to not let it bleed so much. "HELLO!!!!! SOMEBODY!!!!" He shouted. On the other side; Cassandra heard a boy crying for help and she turned to her friends, "Someone's in trouble! C'mon!" And off they went! Bryce kept walking and never stopped. But the bleeding was making his faint. 

He didn't want to stop walking, never will he stop until he finds his friends. Bryce was feeling so dizzy from the blood loss and he didn't want to give up as he fell forward. Believing that he would die alone of blood loss; but by a saving grace, Bryce was rescued by Cassandra and the gang who were peering down at him. "Oh man, he's bleeding!" Cassandra said softly, examining the wound. He turned to her friends, "Hey, guys, you got anything to help clean up the wound?" She asked. Samson rummaged through his pocket and pulled it out, "Here, I got some oinment." He said. Cassandra waved for her to bring it, "Bring it here!" She said. Samson walked over and brought it to her, "Thanks." Cassandra said, taking it and opened it as she said to Bryce, "Here, I know this is going to hurt but it's supposed to help you." She lathered it up. Bryce didn't cry out in pain, he was calm and cool about it. He focused on Cassandra's face, "An angel?" asked Bryce. Cassandra looked at him, "It's gonna be OK." He said honestly. Everyone was dehydrated and they went to search for water. For the time being; Aynia Grein, a girl around 14 to 15 years old, realized her friends was nowhere. "Bryce!!!!! Mavis!!!!" She called but no one replied. Aynia thought she would give up, thinking they must be dead by now but she knew that they weren't. Somehow she could sense them and walked. Seeing a girl walking but also injured; Eulalie went to help Aynia after she saw that she fainted. Aynia was half awake as she looked to see Eulalie and said in a soft tone, "My angel..." Eulalie looked at her and smiled. "Don't worry, you're going to be OK. I promise you." She assured her. Aynia wrapped her arms around Eulalie's neck and cried tears of joy. Eulalie felt a bit awkward by this girl crying in her arms but could see a smile on her face. She must be relieved, happy that she was alive and having someone to care for. Besides, nobody wants to be alone. Meanwhile; 15 year old Mavis Larson was searching for her friends and wasn't going to stop until she found her. She was searching around the broken down building city as this became quite a dark, but it wasn't night however the atmosphere seemed that way. There wasn't any power, there wasn't much around here and there was no one to turn to. It felt like a post apocalypse, like something bad happened but this was no apocalypse; this was the aftermath of a hurricane. 

This place was the most morbid and depressing time in her life. But she had to find food, water, air, and a shelter to maybe to recover her wounds. She went to a hospital but they were full! She couldn't let herself get distracted, she has to keep her head on straight and wasn't going to change her course until she heard someone calling out to her. "Are you OK? You look badly wrecked." Deirdre called. Mavis glared at her in disbelief, "The storm hit us, what do you think?" She snapped. Deirdre was taken aback by this girl's comment but she knew she must be tired and exhausted. "What's your name? We want to help you." Deirdre asked. Mavis softened a bit, "Mavis." She replied. "I'm Deirdre." Deirdre called out. Mavis tried walking but almost fell. She caught herself as she was escorted by these girls. Mavis kept huffing and puffing as she thanked these strange but kind girls. For the time being while searching for some water; Cassandra found a bottle of sparkling water as it looks like and picked it up. She uncapped the bottle and took a sip, but winced as he swallowed. But her head was feeling weird. They all begin to experience strange things and begin to go into a place of unrealism. Later; Turan is working while the news was on, however there was a report with five guys who are being charged for assaulting a girl but the guys claim that the girl is making things up. Turan saw the girl was emotional however the guys are saying she was a 'tramp' and that she was nothing more as a way to punish them and no one will believe her. Turan was in disbelief, she sat there for a moment before angrily hurling the television out the window! Outside, Norna returned with supplies and food when she witnessed the TV fly out the window! "I don't know, whatever it is...This cannot be good." Norna said. She went inside carefully as Norna  called out brightly, pretending nothing occured. "Hey, I'm back! And I brought food!" Norna said in a singsong tone. "HOW DARE THOSE SONS OF A BITCHES SAY THAT SHE DESERVES IT, LIKE HELL SHE DOES WHEN SHE'S THE VICTIM!!!" exclaimed Turan, ignoring her bestie. "Well, good to hear." Norna said nicely. Turan turns to glare at her, "Don't even start, Norna!" Then, she turned back to the broken window while saying: "He's nothing but a shitty bunch of pervers who don't know anything of a girl and the trauma she's been through! A loathsome bunch of sexists! I'll splatter their brains over the wall! And make it RAIN!!!!" 

Norna listens to her as she looked anxiously. Turan had to explain what happened on TV before collapsing on the bed, Norna watch her despite her wearing boyshorts and a skimpy mini top, looking all depressed and fuming. "OK I think somebody needs to calm down by taking a few deep breaths and maybe a walk--" Norna suggested, but Turan cuts her off: "NO!!!" She sat up immediately. "No way, no how! Not happening! I wanna rip their tongues out, I want to burn their asses to the ground! I want to break their fingers until they bleed to death!" Turan exclaimed, then moans. "I want drama, carnage, and chocolate cake!" "Geez, Turan. You really are a piece of work...What do you want to do?" Norna asked. That night; the girls learn the names of the girls' attackers so Turan hatches a plan with her best friend. Turan seduces one of the attackers and kills him by electrocuition in the bathtub, then she and Norna drained his blood from his body, pouring it all into a bucket, and becomes a replacement dancer at the Red Heifer, a neon club with exotic dancers. Norna slipped the blood bucket while a white cladded Turan performs as a dancer to a cheering crowd of men--even the girls' attackers. But that turns into a horror when Turan whirls around faster and faster until she stopped. Looking up as Norna dumped the blood on her; Turan could feel the blood on her, bathing upon her. Slowly, she begins to snickered. Her sniggering turn into maniacal laughter! She laughed like a madwoman until she turned to the crowd, who were shocked and confused. "Why so serious? You never seen a girl covered in blood before? Well, this is your first,  my white beauty is now splattered with blood red defilement." She said to the shocked the lead attacker and his friends. Then, everyone watched as the blood absorbed into her skin and she lets out a spasm cry! She smiled wickedly, "Now my revenge begins...And you all should die!"  She said. Chaos erupts as Turan slaughtered to her attackers while the club is being demolished and destroyed as Norna is shocked by the disaster her best friend caused! Later, after slaughtering the attackers; Turan stumbles back while covered in blood as she was moaning. In the meantime; A young man by the name of Nainn Rouge who is a mysterious guy around 15 to 16 years old and is walking out at night when he saw something walking like a zombie towards him. His eyes are watching Turan as she was staggering, and he begins imagining that she is standing alone as she wore a red lingerie with a blood stained body from head to toe. She holds up the heart of a pig for him to see and eats it whole. 

Then, she starts to unzip her clothes, revealing bare skin underneath and a cloud of blood flows out from beneath the cloth. "A Goddess of Blood.....?" thought Nainn. Then, he begins to smile as he was excited to see her. In reality, Turan was exhausted but she almost fell over and Norna helps her to get back to their place. Meanwhile; A drop of blood slow falls from the air above Nainn's bed. More and more begin to fall, covering Nainn's face and pillow as he stares up at the ceiling. There was a carpet of blood and the naked Turan, who is covered only by a few strategically-placed blood drops that are slowly falling away as she is reaching her hand over at him. Nainn wakes up and he sighed but he heard water in the bathroom and went to see who's in there. Inside the bathroom, Nainn witnesses  Turan reclining in a large bathtub. She says: "I've been waiting for you." When he walks closer he sees that the bathtub is filled with blood. "You look good, I can see how much you kill." said Turan. Then, she looked at the bathwater.  "Is the water to you warm blooded or cold blooded?" Nainn dipped his hands into the water and looked at the blood before drinking it from his hand as Agrona leans her head back as she could feel the blood in her and lets out a climax spasm. Then Nainn woke up as he saw a woman smiling at him. "Some dream." remarked a woman. Nainn looked at the woman, "What do you mean?" He asked. The woman chuckled quietly, "You were licking your lips in your sleep." She said. Nainn rolled his eyes, "Fine, I was dreaming about a run on a blood mill goddess." "A goddess, huh." The woman said. Nainn was annoyed, "Scatha, do you have anything better to do than watch me sleep?" He asked, turning on his side while all blank stare. Scatha smiled, "You're right. I'll be back, I have something for you." She said, "Wait here." "Take your time." Nainn said. But as soon as she was gone, Nainn smiled with such smugness at the thought of his dream. Sitting in her room with a nervous look on her face; Petite, rosy cheeked, fully voluptuous lips and fair skinned Cordelia Oskmey was waiting as she fiddled with a strand of her light blonde hair. She looked over to see the doctor in her bedroom doorway with a sad look on his face. He seemed apologetic as Cordelia rushed out of the room to see her mother's death body which her face seemed to be peace. 

Cordelia and her sister, Argine, grieved over their mother Hollis while their father Liron had a sadistic smile on his face. After the funeral; Liron was angry and intoxicated as he attempted to murder Cordelia and Argine. Cordelia had to save her sister so she got hold of her father's gun and aimed it at Liron, who laughed at her. But Cordelia was determined as her finger pulled the trigger. But she missed and accidentally killed her little sister. Shocked; Cordelia cried uncontrollably over the accident! She cried herself to sleep as the next day, she was submitted to a mental hospital. Within the mental hospital; it was a burlesque as well as a cathouse! Dancers, who were troubled female patients, that were forced to participate while performing in front of perverted men who mistreated them and victimized them just because they were 'tarts'. The one running the cathouse is Gwayne. Gwayne is a thug as well as the main orderly. During her time there, Cordelia was to scrub the floors and do the usual work around the hospital. She came across a girl and her sister, the oldest one didn't talk too much to Cordelia while the youngest felt sorry for her. One day, while she was done with the cleaning; Cordelia could hear someone calling for help and hurried over to see an obese man that is the cook who was pinning down one of the dancing girls that begged and pleaded. Cordelia was furious to see this as she got a kitchen knife and held it at the fat cook's throat, "Get off her!" She threatened. The cook did as the girl and Cordelia left!  "Thanks!" The girl said with a relief sigh. Cordelia nodded, "No problem, you OK?" She asked. The girl nodded smiling, "I am. Oh, uh, I'm Masha Eldon. Sorry if I didn't introduced myself before." She said with a hand out. Cordelia took it, shaking it. "I'm Cordelia Oskmey." She said. "Hey, sorry about my sister, Andraste, you know how she is around people. Kind of antisocial." explained Masha. "It's fine, really it doesn't bother me." assured Cordelia. Masha beamed with pride, "Cool, so how did you come in here anyway?" She asked. Cordelia felt uncomfortable as she stuttered out nervously, "Oh...well..." Luckily, Masha understood so she replies back, "Ah, I see. It's complicated isn't it?" Cordelia looked at her with amazement, "Yeah..." She said. Masha giggled, "Yeah, mine's complicated too. No worries." She said. And so, Cordelia became close friend with Masha. Masha heard Cordelia crying one time at night and came beside her to comfort her. 

But sometimes, when Cordelia went to sleep; she dreamt she was wearing a sailor fuku outfit and climbing while moving around blocks of stares to get to the top but she's chased by orcs, zombies, and dragons! In the morning; Cordelia did her usual cleaning up the hospital and helped backstage of the brothel. When the show ended; Cordelia walked over to see Masha, who was talking to two other girls. Masha noticed Cordelia and waved to her, "Hey Cordelia! Come here girl!" She called. Cordelia smiled gratefully while sitting next to Masha, who introduces her to the two girls she was talking to. "Cordelia, I like you to meet Flidais Raban--" Masha said, pointing over to a cute, bubbly, slender and busty girl. "--Belisama Hamazan--" Masha continued and she pointed to another girl who was a tough girl, who gave her a chin jerk as a greeting. "--And this is my sister, Andraste." finished Masha. As a matter of course; Andraste avoided speaking to Cordelia but reveals to her and the other girls that Gwayne had something planned for Cordelia only because she was 'fresh meat'. Cordelia knew that wasn't going to happen but little did she know, it was going to occur! As it turns out; Cordelia learns she was going to be part of a bidding during the burlesque. She was going to be bidded to see if she was going to be ranked. She was almost attacked and victimized by other perverted men. Cordelia was to be part of photoshoots whil concealing part of her bare self. Things changed when there was outbreak of intruders as Turan and Norna broke in as they took down Gwayne's men as they free Cordelia and her friends from the hands of the cathouse. Gwayne begins to get mad and beats up Turan. She falls back into a mirror and broken shards surround her but then she saw something out of the corner of her eye, it was Nainn Rouge and he smirked down at Turan while behind Gwayne. "Are you going to let that bastard push you around? Someone's gotta teach him a lesson." Nainn said, a sneaky glance twinkled in his eye. "What are you doing?" whispered Turan. Nainn inched closer as he smirked and said, "Teaching this hag a lesson, I'll show him what happens when you deal with those that don't deserve to be ridiculed." "No, please" Turan begged. "C'mon, it'll be fun this way." Nainn said. He pulled his leg out and kicked him while Turan shouted at him, "No, no, DON'T DO IT!!!!!" 

Too late, Gwayne tripped and fell over! Everyone gasped in horror, "OH NO, WHY DID YOU--!!!"  Turan started to say but she looked to see the guy was gone. However, what comes next is a fearsome creature that is enraged with humiliation and anger: "Someone's HEAD is going to ROLL FOR THIS!!!!" Gwayne exclaimed. Slowly rising like a zombie that looked like it was about to pounce its prey.  He saw Turan and cried out: "YOURSSSSS!!!!!" She screamed. The guards surrounded Turan and Norna, who tried to escape but couldn't. Just as she was about to give up hope, Turan could see Nainn there again! "THERE HE IS, GWAYNE!" exclaimed Turan. Gwayne was perplexed, "Who?" He asked.  "The Culprit! He's above you!" shouted Turan. Gwayne turned around and gasped, "YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?!" He shouted. Turan watched as Nainn Rouge took down the guards while freeing Turan and Norna of their crime she never committed. Turan gasped as she felt Nainn beside her and said, "What are you waiting for? You gotta be brave, you can't expect people to come and say things for you, right?" Turan gasped, he sound like he didn't mean it but he did! And she knew what to do! "You dare defy me? I will have your head boy!!!!!" Gwayne shouted. Turan stepped in, her arms spread out, "Oh no, you will not!" She unleashed her powers to protect Nainn, Gwayne cowered in fear. Turan glared at the whimpering Gwayne, "Now you listen here, you are one of the beautiful people right? You maybe the good-looking people popular, person whereas you treat others as if they are the ugly ones are outcasts. And I don't want to be rude and go against you but at the same time, I don't want to rely on you, but you are nothing more than a man eating egoist who preys on others, punish those for the smallest things like eating tarts, and worse; you think this all fun and games to torment others, isn't it? Well it's not! YOU are nothing but a shithead constantly crying, especially since you don't contribute anything in return to your people!" Turan said to him. The crowd gasped, Norna was amazed, but Nainn smirked as if he was enjoying a good show, Turan was shaken but she had to grin too. Gwayne looked so humiliated that his face turned red and he said, "You....I WANT HER HEAD!!!! I WANT HER HEAD!!!!" Turan, Norna, Cordelia, her friends, and Nainn escaped as they are brought to a place called Mandrake where researching partners, Evelyn Bellest and Scatha Griswald are. These new people will changed Turan's life for good. But there was also an assignment to find a little girl by the name of Lalita. In time; Cassandra, Eulalie, Deirdre, Turan, and Norna learned that they are in a world called Cockayne.

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. 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. 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 kow. 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 rampagne 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. 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. 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, "Sigmund, 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 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 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! 

The Legend of Hua Mulan

Based on the story about the legendary warrior, who also inspired the Disney film; read this lovely poem of Hua Mulan. I did not write this, all rights belong to original poet. Enjoy! --KatDon 

Mu-lan weaves, facing the door.
You don't hear the shuttle's sound,
You only hear Daughter's sighs.
They ask Daughter who's in her heart,
They ask Daughter who's on her mind.
"No one is on Daughter's heart,
No one is on Daughter's mind.
Last night I saw the draft posters,
The Khan is calling many troops,
The army list is in twelve scrolls,
On every scroll there's Father's name.
Father has no grown-up son,
Mu-lan has no elder brother.
I want to buy a saddle and horse,
And serve in the army in Father's place."

In the East Market she buys a spirited horse,
In the West Market she buys a saddle,
In the South Market she buys a bridle,
In the North Market she buys a long whip.
At dawn she takes leave of Father and Mother,
In the evening camps on the Yellow River's bank.
She doesn't hear the sound of Father and Mother calling,
She only hears the Yellow River's flowing water cry tsien tsien.

At dawn she takes leave of the Yellow River,
In the evening she arrives at Black Mountain.
She doesn't hear the sound of Father and Mother calling,
She only hears Mount Yen's nomad horses cry tsiu tsiu.
She goes ten thousand miles on the business of war,
She crosses passes and mountains like flying.
Northern gusts carry the rattle of army pots,
Chilly light shines on iron armor.
Generals die in a hundred battles,
Stout soldiers return after ten years.

On her return she sees the Son of Heaven,
The Son of Heaven sits in the Splendid Hall.
He gives out promotions in twelve ranks
And prizes of a hundred thousand and more.
The Khan asks her what she desires.
"Mu-lan has no use for a minister's post.
I wish to ride a swift mount
To take me back to my home."

When Father and Mother hear Daughter is coming
They go outside the wall to meet her, leaning on each other.
When Elder Sister hears Younger Sister is coming
She fixes her rouge, facing the door.
When Little Brother hears Elder Sister is coming
He whets the knife, quick quick, for pig and sheep.
"I open the door to my east chamber,
I sit on my couch in the west room,
I take off my wartime gown
And put on my old-time clothes."
Facing the window she fixes her cloudlike hair,
Hanging up a mirror she dabs on yellow flower powder
She goes out the door and sees her comrades.
Her comrades are all amazed and perplexed.
Traveling together for twelve years
They didn't know Mu-lan was a girl.
"The he-hare's feet go hop and skip,
The she-hare's eyes are muddled and fuddled.
Two hares running side by side close to the ground,
How can they tell if I am he or she?"

Uranometria: Memoir Implant--Chapter 1

HERE IT IS, my newest ninth volume of Uranometria. OK then, hope you guys like what's going to happen here because it's going to be awesome! --KatDon 

Chapter 1: Half the Wendy She Is 

"Just to be clear, this new friend is a bit....dreadful. But not depressing and she's OK." warned Cassandra. "What do you mean?" asked Jack. Just then, there was a scritch scratch that made everyone jumped and turned around to see a girl  with hair and skin that are so light they are practically white. Her eyes are also more red and have dark circles around them. She wears a red hoodie jacket, jeans, and shoes. Her lips were pale too. The gang, except Cassandra, are horrified to see this girl. She smiled sardonically, "Hello, my name is Gigi Scrattethorn....Uh, my family calls me by my birth name...Georgina. But call me Gigi." She said awkwardly. Justice nodded, "Gigi, nice." He said with a nod. "This is the girl?" Lleu asked, turning towards Cassandra. Cassandra nodded, "Yup." She said. Gigi gives a chin jerk as a greeting, "Hey." She replied. Borvo waved, "'Sup!" He said. In the meantime; Turan confront her father for once and all. "I took down your creeps, Father. Now it's just you and me. So why not come out and fight daughter to father?" She waited until she heard a low chuckle. But deeper sounding to it. "'Daughter'? Like I never heard that before." said a deep voice. Turan was shaken by this voice but managed to stand tall. "Is that how you do? Scare me? You abandoned me, you hurt my mother and brother, who felt so worthless?" She called out to him. "She was a prude. She is the deceiving hooker and always be branded as one for good, who would want someone so loose? A loose girl who does nothing but sell her body -- What a piece of trash!" said her father. "You're a jerk, a fricking jerk. What kind of father and husband are you that does that to us?!" shouted Turan. Then, just around the corner, her enemy was closing in on her! She could feel him, his heart beating fast. He was scared too? Well, things were about to get interesting. Very. Very. Interesting. For both predator and prey. Who will stay alive? Who will be the one bleeding from the wound? He then cornered Turan, it look like this was it for her! 

Her father was about to attack, Turan was so scared. but then she felt something inside her take over and pounced her father to the ground, it was like two dogs were raging at one another. Eventually, Turan pulled away, glaring at her father who looked at him in amazement. "You've gotten stronger, Turan." said her father. "Next time you hurt anyone, you'll be dealing with me." threatened Turan, she kicked her dad and walked out. But she freed her mother and brother from imprisonment. They reunite and left behind her father. Desperate and broken, they’re going on a crusade, they were slaves, maybe prisoners of war, punished for all the lives they took through blood and pain. Turan is a passive and violent young woman, however all the effort that Turan does to reach her goals, all that is because she works hard. Her family was apart from their cruel father, but always they remain together. "Smile!" Turan shouted. The camera would've taken the picture but there was a high pitched squeal and died. "AUGH!!! Son of a--Not again!" Turan cursed. "It didn't work? Knew that crappy camera wasn't worth it." Norna remarked. "Why did you buy that camera anyway?" Asura asked. Turan rolled her eyes, "Oh, quit it! It was an antique and that flippin' Know it All claims it still works." She answered. "So, what should we do now?" Asura asked. "Ehhh, I'm starving! How about lunch?" Nezha suggested. Turan felt something strange, "You guys feel that?" She asked. Norna and the others glanced at her, "Feel what?" Norna asked. Turan looked like she was in a trance as she said, "I don't know, I feel something's coming. I can feel a prickling of my thumbs that something new is coming this way." There was some slashing sounds and a sound of fighting is going on: "Spoke to soon." She said. Indeed, there was a fight of Wendigos as Sarutobi and Kirigakure had defeated to them. "WELL! That takes care of that!" Sarutobi answered. One of the surviving Wendigos growled at them, "You insignificant shinobi tiger!" It shouted at them. Sarutobi glares at him, "'Ey! I'm a wild tiger shinobi and I ain't talking 'bout the other guy. Hell! I'm a maniacally jaguar! That good enough for ya?" He said. "You'll pay for that you sadistic ninja! You and that mist man demolished our brethren." The Wendigo shouted. Kirigakure pulled out his weapon, "Leave it to me, I'll take care of this guy!" He said. 

During that time; The Wendigo ran off and went away! Sarutobi ran past Turan but not before flashing a grin and a catcall whistle. Turan gape at him with wide eyes, Sarutobi went away swiftly however Kirigakure approahced her and said: "Don't mind him, he's not that arrogant." He smiled a little, then he went away with one quick motion. "Wow, shit just got real huh guys?" Asura asked. Norna becomes interested in this, "C'mon! Let's followed them!" She confirmed. "Hey sweet lips, can I buy you a drink?" A voice purred seductively. Turan was annoyed, "Oh great, now?" She whispered. She turned around and saw Aloysius 'Lewey' standing there. "What will it be? Soda? Water? Iced tea?" He suggested. Dana smiled at him as she said, "Listen, Lewey, I am touched that you love what I do and I appreciate your offer but I'm having a crappy day and want to be left alone." Lewey looked hurt, "Babe!" He called out. "Uh-uh, don't call me babe. You don't know me." Turan said, getting up and was about to walk out but Lewey walked over to her, trying to persist her even more. "I just want to be nice." Lewey begged. Turan sighed deeply, "Please, Aloysius, go home!" She blurted. Dana was about to walk out when Lewey grabbed her by the wrist. "DON'T TALK TO ME THAT WAY!" He shouted. Turan could feel how strong he was as well as his claws, "Ow, let go!" She protested. "Like hell, you're not leaving me!" Lewey threatened. Just then, someone apprehended him and it was Sarutobi and Kirigakure! He glared at him as he said, "The girl said 'let go'. And she also said, she was having a bad day." "You little punk--!" Siorus shouted. He tried to attack Sarutobi, but he was turn upside down and landed on the floor. Turan, Sarutobi, and Kirigakure left the bar together as they got somewhere safe. Once out of there; Turan, Sarutobi, and Kirigakure panted out of breath, "Are you OK?" Sarutobi asked in between breaths. Turan smiled, "My heroes, yes I'm OK. Thanks." 

How can this be? How did any of this happen? 

Earlier before....

Night could be sorrowful to whch to be an end to something important. No one is in the mountain she is in. She feels exiled and isolated, she is truly queen because no one is there to be afraid of her. The storm that is swirling around her is equal to the emotions that are swirling inside of her. Ariadne tried really hard to keep in the sorcery that she wielded, yet she couldn’t. She  didn’t want show that she had powers to control crystals and other gems. She actually enjoys the freedom of being able to use them! Once Ariadne has distanced herself from life outside, both physically and mentally, she starts accepting herself for who she is. Now Ariadne is a lot more confident in herself. She left the place that haunted her dreams and is therefore not controlled anymore. Ariadne escapes at a higher altitude, the air is thinner and much colder. Her exhilaration of being truly free from not being able to let go of her fears. She is happy with a brand new beginning; therefore being finally able to breathe. She's happy that she left her old life behind cause she found herself in a better way and shes not gonna cry about it like others but instead she gonna smile and be happy! It was as if she was turning something worthless and ugly into something beautiful. Pure beauty in one hand and sure danger in the other. Beware of Ariadne—she is beautiful, powerful and yet dangerous. "We are standing next to her as we speak." Shango muttered. Sedna gave him a jab with her elbow, "Ow!" Shango winced. "Shut up! She'll hear you." Sedna whispered. Once that was over; Ariadne glanced at them, the other four glanced away as Shango muttered, "Ahem!" But to their surprise, Ariadne said: "Hi." The four of them glanced at her, "What? 'Hi'? Oh, um, hello there." Sedna stuttered. Ariadne was grinning so much, "The four of you look pretty nice." She complimented. "Thank you. You do as well. I mean, you're beautiful." Sedna said, struggling with the words to say. Ariadne laughs, "Thank you." She looks around: "Wow, nice...party..."  answered Ariadne. Shango looks around as well, "Kind of warm in here, right?" He said. Ariadne sniffed the air a little, "Yes, mmm...Smells good, like chocolate." She remarked. "You smell chocolate?" Shango asked. "Do you?" inquired Ariadne. 

In the meantime; Turan and her gang were taking a group photo together. "Smile!" Turan shouted. The camera would've taken the picture but there was a high pitched squeal and died. "AUGH!!! Son of a--Not again!" Turan cursed. "It didn't work? Knew that crappy camera wasn't worth it." Norna remarked. "Why did you buy that camera anyway?" Asura asked. Turan rolled her eyes, "Oh, quit it! It was an antique and that flippin' Know it All claims it still works." She answered. "So, what should we do now?" Asura asked. "Ehhh, I'm starving! How about lunch?" Nezha suggested. Turan felt something strange, "You guys feel that?" She asked. Norna and the others glanced at her, "Feel what?" Norna asked. Turan looked like she was in a trance as she said, "I don't know, I feel something's coming. I can feel a prickling of my thumbs that something new is coming this way." There was some slashing sounds and a sound of fighting is going on: "Spoke to soon." She said. Indeed, there was a fight of Wendigos as Sarutobi and Kirigakure had defeated to them. "WELL! That takes care of that!" Sarutobi answered. One of the surviving Wendigos growled at them, "You insignificant shinobi tiger!" It shouted at them. Sarutobi glares at him, "'Ey! I'm a wild tiger shinobi and I ain't talking 'bout the other guy. Hell! I'm a maniacally jaguar! That good enough for ya?" He said. "You'll pay for that you sadistic ninja! You and that mist man demolished our bretheren." The Wendigo shouted. Kirigakure pulled out his weapon, "Leave it to me, I'll take care of this guy!" He said. During that time; The Wendigo ran off and went away! Sarutobi ran past Turan but not before flashing a grin and a catcall whistle. Turan gape at him with wide eyes, Sarutobi went away swiftly however Kirigakure approahced her and said: "Don't mind him, he's not that arrogant." He smiled a little, then he went away with one quick motion. 

"Wow, shit just got real huh guys?" Asura asked. Norna becomes interested in this, "C'mon! Let's followed them!" She confirmed. Turan was shocked by those two and followed behind. But while catching up with the others; she stopped when perverted guys glancing at her. Turan was creeped out and walked off. "Hey sweet lips, can I buy you a drink?" A voice purred seductively. Turan was annoyed, "Oh great, now?" She whispered. She turned around and saw Aloysius 'Lewey' standing there. "What will it be? Soda? Water? Iced tea?" He suggested. Turan smiled at him as she said, "Listen, Lewey, I am touched that you love what I do and I appreciate your offer but I'm having a crappy day and want to be left alone." Lewey looked hurt, "Babe!" He called out. "Uh-uh, don't call me babe. You don't know me." Turan said, getting up and was about to walk out but Lewey walked over to her, trying to persist her even more. "I just want to be nice." Lewey begged. Turan sighed deeply, "Please, Aloysius, go home!" She blurted. Turan was about to walk out when Lewey grabbed her by the wrist. "DON'T TALK TO ME THAT WAY!" He shouted. Turan could feel how strong he was as well as his claws, "Ow, let go!" She protested. "Like hell, you're not leaving me!" Lewey threatened. Just then, someone apprehended him and it was Sarutobi and Kirigakure! He glared at him as he said, "The girl said 'let go'. And she also said, she was having a bad day." "You little punk--!" Siorus shouted. He tried to attack Sarutobi, but he was turn upside down and landed on the floor. Turan, Sarutobi, and Kirigakure left the bar together as they got somewhere safe. Once out of there; Turan, Sarutobi, and Kirigakure panted out of breath, "Are you OK?" Sarutobi asked in between breaths. Turan smiled, "My heroes, yes I'm OK. Thanks." 

"My name is Cypris, Turan Cypris. Sooo...Interesting catcall whistle, Sarutobi." Turan remarked. Sarutobi looked nervous, "Heh, I didn't mean..." He started to say but Turan stops him, "Relax Monkey, trying to flirt with me? I would be offended and you would be the type to do any unwanted impropriety advances." Sarutobi was confused by that, so was Kirigakure: "Unwanted Impropriety Advances?" Kirigakure inquired, but he knew what she meant. "Ohh..." He said. "What is that?" Sarutobi asked. Kirigakure stared at him in disbelief, "Are you that stupid? It's...Come here!" He pulls him aside and told him. When they came back; Sarutobi is stunt and red faced slightly. "Ah, so that's what you meant. Sorry, no. I would--We would--Never!" He said. Turan nodded, "I believe you." She said. Sarutobi and Kirigakure were surprised by this: "Seriously?" They said. "Yeah, you seem harmless and sweet. You've shown sympathy and for some 'wild ninja'; you are an interesting kind. But I have to admit it, you are a geeky, dorky, and nerdy guy." Turan explained. Sarutobi's eyes bulged out, "What?!" He bellowed. Kirigakure couldn't help but laugh at that, "Pfft...Sorry, that was funny. We...we are the top ranked ninjas of Ten Braves and the first thing you say about him is a geek? Dork? Nerd?....'GEEK'? Wow!" He said while guffawing like crazy. Turan glares at him, "Uh uh! Don't think Monkey Boy is being described, you Misty Bro' are a nice guy with a stoic facade. That trenchcoat looking, roguish charm Gambit persona combines with a retired rockstar." She scolded. Kirigakure stopped laughing, "Did you just called me a retired rockstar?!" He asked. Sarutobi started laughing but Kirigakure looked at him darkly. Sarutobi stopped laughing and he & Kirigakure glared at her, "It's honesty, OK? I'm trying to be good enough to speak my mind. It's humiliating and harsh but it's the truth." Turan said with a shrug. She was about to walk away when Kirigakure called out: "Hey, Turan!" Turan around, "Yeah?" She said. "You said to be honest right? Well, your hair is red like the hood of a little girl carrying a basket while you act of a wolf and an ax wielding lumberjack." Kirigakure said. Sarutobi and Kirigakure was busy when they begin to experiencing memories inside of their head and it wasn't their owns....It's Turan's own memories: 

She was still in her red ninja disguise as she kept looking quiet and masculine. But when she got inside; the fewer lights from above flicked on, and there they were—Weiss Castillo. They looked intimidating, look like some sort of fire-like rage ready to burst. The leader, with dark brown hair and mature looking, like his late 20’s. He spoke with a stoic quiet voice, “So, you’re the buyer. We need to talk.” Turan seemed shocked, but nodded. The leader, Charlemagne 'Charles' Blut, walked around circling Turan. It was a lie. We saw on the news that those explosives were used to attempt murder. No more games, we want answers.” This was getting out of hand, Turan tried to back away but was blocked. “Nowhere to run, Sorry.” said the gentleman guy. Turan was ready to fight back but the junior high looking guy name Roland Wilde restrained her and pinned her down, he smirked arrogantly. “Heh, you messed with the wrong crowd, pal.” He snickered. The others were staring down at her. Turan felt a pulse of panic, trauma of her past came back, from that night. She tried to wrangle away but Roland used his shoe to press down harder. Emilia felt like she was choking, she resist the urge to blow her cover.  “Uh-uh. I wouldn’t do that if I were you.” Roland warned. He glared down at Turan, she felt anger inside her. Stress, the same she felt the night she was attacked. That was it, the limit was broke. No turning back now! Never again, she would have to suffer, never! Turan clenched her fist as Roland grabbed her shirt, “You got some nerve messin’ with…” but he stopped and blushed. He accidentally grasped something round and orb like. “—the hell?” He muttered. Then, it came down on him as he face became a cherry red. "Holy--Boss, this is no dude." Roland said. Charles looks at him, "What?" he asked. "It's a girl!" exclaimed Roland. "WHAT?!" The boys of Weiss Castillo exclaimed. Turan freed herself away from Roland’s grasp, she revealed her true identity which had a Cheshire grin on her face. “'s the matter boys? Did you know I was a girl?" She said. Weiss Castillo, who were sneering and glaring, were now terrified by this. "No, hey! Hey! Come on, sugar--" said one of them, Pinabel. "DONT CALL ME SUGAR!" Turan screeched. She punches, kicks, upper cut hit, and knee to groin on each of the guys; who were terrified to fight back.

While battling with the Wendigos; Turan gets attacked from above by one of them who scratched her back. It also caused her top to be torn to shreds almost and it falls off. Humiliated, Turan covers herself and looks around but saw her male teammates looking away with red faces. Turan's symbiotic powers save the day as it made a top for her to cover her breasts. She let out a big sigh of relief, then glared at the others: "Nobody saw that, right?" She demanded. Scared out of their wits by her ticked over tone of voice; the men laughed nervously as they said: "No, we didn't!" Turan breathed a little, "Good." She admitted and walks away however the gang grimaced and shuddered. Later on; Turan was getting her wounds stitched up when Norna noticed something on her back. "What is that?" asked Norna, her fingers brushed against her back. Turan jerked away, "What? What is what?" She said with confusion. "Those!" Norna said, she plucked out a hair-like strand from her back. Turan winced when she did that and glares at her, however Norna is shocked by what she was seeing. "This doesn't feel like hair, feels slimey and soft--even squishy..." muttered Norna. "Hair squishy? Very funny, hair is so not squishy. I mean, who has squishy hair." Turan said. Norna analyzed them as she was shocked to find out that the red plume was not human at all. Things got weirder when Turan was scratching a rash-looking wound, it looked like a red painted ink design on her back. "What the hell is that?" She muttered. Turan ran her hand down there, the blood red plumes are stuck to her back, "What. the. hell." muttered Turan. She suddenly felt cramps in the lower part of her stomach. Then, she felt the pain in the sides of her ribs. Turan was hurting so much that she cried out, "HELP! NORNA, GUYS, ANYBODY!!!" And she passed out. Turan woke up as she was topless but covered while the doctor examines her. Norna was the only one with her, she talked to her when the doctor left the room for a moment. "I never been through pain like that." Turan remarked. "Um, I have. With a corset, it hurts so bad." Norna said. "Ha. Very funny." Turan replied. Norna gave her a sideways look, "Try wearing one and it won't be so funny." She said. But then saw something on Turan's back, "WHAT IS THAT?" She shouted in hysterics. "Huh?" Turan said, she jumped at the sound of Norna's voice. "It looks like a Venus flytrap." Norna said. Turan was terrified when she heard that, "Oh my back?" She asked. "On your back!" Norna confirmed. Turan let out a groan, "OH GREAT! JUST GREAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M EXPECTING ON A WEDNESDAY!!!" She hollered. 

Norna thought of something for a moment, "Hold on!" She said. Turan looked at her, "What?" She asked. "Slashed at the back, it sounds like...Like you're bitten on a full moon by a werewolf!" Norna said. Turan looked at her friend for a moment, she then laughed anxiously. "I know, crazy huh?" Norna remarked. "Well thank you for taking my nightmare so fricking seriously!" Turan cried, almost shouting. Norna leaned over and told her that the red plumes she plucked at and told her that it wasn't human: "Something went wrong, Turan. When you were attacked, something went wrong." Norna whispered. Turan is terrified, Norna continued to talk to her: "You're changing, Turan. Everything about you is changing, what's happening to you?" She asked. "I don't know, am I dying?" Turan said back with a panic in her voice. "I don't know." said Norna. After the doctor's visit; Turan and Norna are confronted by Wendigos as Turan decides to face them. She had a weird blood-thirsty look in her eyes as she said to them, "Be afraid, be  very afraid." She butchered them all as Norna looked at her, then the blood was on Turan. But the most eccentric trick, the blood was absorbed into her skin and Turan let out a spasm of pleasure escape her lips. She immediately covered her mouth as Norna glanced at her in disbelief, "You attack those bastards, their blood splattered all of you, the blood gets absorbed into you, and you let out this spasm like you're--" She started to say but she was cut off. "Uh-uh! Don't you dare finish that sentence!" Turan scolded at her. Norna held up her hands, "Just saying." She said. Turan shrugged, "I guess. I feel rather satisfied with the thirst, I'm no longer dehydrated." She said. Norna gave her a weird look, "Dehydrated?" She inquired. "Yeah, strange isn't it?" Turan asked. "Very." agreed Norna. When they got back, it all seems well but then it got worse than before. There was something that shocked to Turan's team. "AUGHHH!" cried Turan. Norna and the others entered her room, "What's wrong?" Norna said but the gang were shocked when a red, giant Venus flytrap was trapping her in as Norna groaned, "It hurts, it hurts...Help me, please...help me..." The Venus flytrap embodiment turn into a cocoon and closed her up. It was so shocking, "Oh man." Tucker said. "TURAN!!!" Norna cried. But it was no use, she was lost...or was she? The others were about to give up their leader for loss when the cocoon begin to squrim and then someone breaks out of its prison. "What the--?" Tucker started to say but it was Turan, alive, and she looked different! She had burgundy hair, light skin complexion, and she looks better than she didn't before. Turan looked at her new self, "What is this?" She wondered. Then, Turan let out a chuckle with excitement, "I don't know what's going on but I'm starting to like it." She said. "Uh-oh." Asura said. "I don't like where she's going with that lecherous, vehement look on her face." finished Nehza. 

"I took down your creeps, Father. Now it's just you and me. So why not come out and fight daughter to father?" She waited until she heard a low chuckle. But deeper sounding to it. "'Daughter'? Like I never heard that before." said a deep voice. Turan was shaken by this voice but managed to stand tall. "Is that how you do? Scare me? You abandoned me, you hurt my mother and brother, who felt so worthless?" She called out to him. "She was a prude. She is the deceiving hooker and always be branded as one for good, who would want someone so loose? A loose girl who does nothing but sell her body -- What a piece of trash!" said her father. "You're a jerk, a fricking jerk. What kind of father and husband are you that does that to us?!" shouted Turan. Then, just around the corner, her enemy was closing in on her! She could feel him, his heart beating fast. He was scared too? Well, things were about to get interesting....Very. Very. Interesting. For both predator and prey. Who will stay alive? Who will be the one bleeding from the wound? He then cornered Turan, it look like this was it for her! Sarpedon was about to attack, Turan was so scared. but then she felt something inside her take over and pounced her father to the ground, it was like two dogs were raging at one another. Eventually, Turan pulled away, glaring at her father who looked at him in amazement. "You've gotten stronger, Turan." said her father. "Next time you hurt anyone, you'll be dealing with me." threatened Turan, she kicked her dad and walked out. But she freed her mother and brother from imprisonment. They reunite and left behind her father. Desperate and broken, they’re going on a crusade, they were slaves, maybe prisoners of war, punished for all the lives they took through blood and pain. Turan is a passive and violent young woman, however all the effort that Turan does to reach her goals, all that is because she works hard. Her family was apart from their cruel father, but always they remain together. 

While battling with the Wendigos; Turan gets attacked from above by one of them who scratched her back. It also caused her top to be torn to shreds almost and it falls off. Humiliated, Turan covers herself and looks around but saw her male teammates looking away with red faces. Turan's symbiotic powers save the day as it made a top for her to cover her breasts. She let out a big sigh of relief, then glared at the others: "Nobody saw that, right?" She demanded. Scared out of their wits by her ticked over tone of voice; the men laughed nervously as they said: "No, we didn't!" Turan breathed a little, "Good." She admitted and walks away however the gang grimaced and shuddered. Later on; Turan was getting her wounds stitched up when Norna noticed something on her back. "What is that?" asked Norna, her fingers brushed against her back. Turan jerked away, "What? What is what?" She said with confusion. "Those!" Norna said, she plucked out a hair-like strand from her back. Turan winced when she did that and glares at her, however Norna is shocked by what she was seeing. "This doesn't feel like hair, feels slimey and soft--even squishy..." muttered Norna. "Hair squishy? Very funny, hair is so not squishy. I mean, who has squishy hair." Turan said. Norna analyzed them as she was shocked to find out that the red plume was not human at all. Things got weirder when Turan was scratching a rash-looking wound, it looked like a red painted ink design on her back. "What the hell is that?" She muttered. Turan ran her hand down there, the blood red plumes are stuck to her back, "What. the. hell." muttered Turan. She suddenly felt cramps in the lower part of her stomach. Then, she felt the pain in the sides of her ribs. Turan was hurting so much that she cried out, "HELP! NORNA, GUYS, ANYBODY!!!" And she passed out. Turan woke up as she was topless but covered while the doctor examines her. Norna was the only one with her, she talked to her when the doctor left the room for a moment. "I never been through pain like that." Turan remarked. "Um, I have. With a corset, it hurts so bad." Norna said. "Ha. Very funny." Turan replied. Norna gave her a sideways look, "Try wearing one and it won't be so funny." She said. But then saw something on Turan's back, "WHAT IS THAT?" She shouted in hysterics. "Huh?" Turan said, she jumped at the sound of Norna's voice. "It looks like a Venus flytrap." Norna said. Turan was terrified when she heard that, "Oh my back?" She asked. "On your back!" Norna confirmed. Turan let out a groan, "OH GREAT! JUST GREAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M EXPECTING ON A WEDNESDAY!!!" She hollered. 

Norna thought of something for a moment, "Hold on!" She said. Turan looked at her, "What?" She asked. "Slashed at the back, it sounds like...Like you're bitten on a full moon by a werewolf!" Norna said. Turan looked at her friend for a moment, she then laughed anxiously. "I know, crazy huh?" Norna remarked. "Well thank you for taking my nightmare so fricking seriously!" Turan cried, almost shouting. Norna leaned over and told her that the red plumes she plucked at and told her that it wasn't human: "Something went wrong, Turan. When you were attacked, something went wrong." Norna whispered. Turan is terrified, Norna continued to talk to her: "You're changing, Turan. Everything about you is changing, what's happening to you?" She asked. "I don't know, am I dying?" Turan said back with a panic in her voice. "I don't know." said Norna. After the doctor's visit; Turan and Norna are confronted by Wendigos as Turan decides to face them. She had a weird blood-thirsty look in her eyes as she said to them, "Be afraid, be  very afraid." She butchered them all as Norna looked at her, then the blood was on Turan. But the most eccentric trick, the blood was absorbed into her skin and Turan let out a spasm of pleasure escape her lips. She immediately covered her mouth as Norna glanced at her in disbelief, "You attack those bastards, their blood splattered all of you, the blood gets absorbed into you, and you let out this spasm like you're--" She started to say but she was cut off. "Uh-uh! Don't you dare finish that sentence!" Turan scolded at her. Norna held up her hands, "Just saying." She said. Turan shrugged, "I guess. I feel rather satisfied with the thirst, I'm no longer dehydrated." She said. Norna gave her a weird look, "Dehydrated?" She inquired. 

"Yeah, strange isn't it?" Turan asked. "Very." agreed Norna. When they got back, it all seems well but then it got worse than before. There was something that shocked to Turan's team. "AUGHHH!" cried Turan. Norna and the others entered her room, "What's wrong?" Norna said but the gang were shocked when a red, giant Venus flytrap was trapping her in as Norna groaned, "It hurts, it hurts...Help me, please...help me..." The Venus flytrap embodiment turn into a cocoon and closed her up. It was so shocking, "Oh man." Tucker said. "TURAN!!!" Norna cried. But it was no use, she was lost...or was she? The others were about to give up their leader for loss when the cocoon begin to squrim and then someone breaks out of its prison. "What the--?" Tucker started to say but it was Turan, alive, and she looked different! She had burgundy hair, light skin complexion, and she looks better than she didn't before. Turan looked at her new self, "What is this?" She wondered. Then, Turan let out a chuckle with excitement, "I don't know what's going on but I'm starting to like it." She said. "Uh-oh." Asura said. "I don't like where she's going with that lecherous, vehement look on her face." finished Nehza. In the meantime; there was a girl  with hair and skin that are so light they are practically white. Her eyes are also more red and have dark circles around them. She wears a red hoodie jacket, jeans, and shoes. Her lips were pale too. Her name is Georgina. Georgina Scrattethorn. Whilst everybody else is getting along and having fun, Gigi is all alone, feeling isolated on the outside of a social circle she doesn’t feel wanted in. And as she observes the fun she wishes she was joining, she can’t help but feel like a loser or a freak compared to those people. She doesn’t feel like she fits in at all, she thinks these people around her are nothing like her and this makes her feel very anxious about what they could be thinking about her. But Gigi has a secret, she is half human-half Wendigo. 

For as long as Ophelia could remember; she loved anime and manga since she was around 7 years old. She likes two of her most favorite anime series of all time, Broken Cage and Monkey Jump & Hidden Mist. Broken Cage is about a hot blooded, passionate young teenager with anger issues and a hatred towards a brand of a monstrous clan called Monstro and he vows to hunt down the Monstro clan and decides to join the organization called Broken Cage. This anime is called Monkey Jump and Hidden Mist, created by Hanasaka Jiisan, which is about a land where a young man who is secretly a superhero for a popular extravaganza televise show called Century Superstar under the alter ego Monkey Jump. Other superheroes called Killer Stone, Lady Itagaki, Frog Sage, Wolf Sun, Crimson Demon, and Brave Fox (Inari Okami). Then someone stepped into the picture to be Monkey Jump's sidekick and boy was he a lot better than Monkey Jump. He was known as Hidden Mist. Hidden Mist was a pretty boy of a slender, graceful figure, and lacks facial hair.  He was cool headed, logical and boy, what a stud! He's so hot. So attractive. What Broken Cage and Moneky Jump & Hidden Mist have in common is that they are shonen anime series and they are ongoing. But the contrasts of these animes is two different worlds: Moneky Jump & Hidden Mist is an supernatural action-adventure, dramedy superhero series while Broken Cage is an action, horror, dystopian, fantasy, and psychological thriller ongoing series. Later on; Tamamo Mae noticed something in the sky above: "What the hell is that? A bird? A plane? Heh, if that's Superman I'm gonna laugh because that is so old." Tamamo Mae muttered. Then, the figure made its way towards Tamamo Mae, Oinari, and Konohana. "Incoming!" A voice from above called out and used her powers towards Tamamo Mae, who managed to deflect but looked horrified at the voice above. The figure, that girl...."OMG, Can it be?!" Tamamo Mae gasped. Oinari raised his eyebrow, "Did she just say 'OMG'?" He asked, to Konohana. "Oh yeah." Konohana said. 

They both giggled to themselves, but found themselves freed from the cage. "Whoa, we're free! But how? Who is doing this?" Konohana asked. A voice called out: "You're friendly neighborhood agent! It is I, Cassandra!" She landed in front of the trio. "Oh no, it's her!" Tamamo Mae moaned. "Cassandra Endymion!" gasped Konohana. "Silver Branch's finest agent?" Oinari inquired. Tamamo Mae begin to pull at the ends of her hair, "Oh great! I think I'm getting an ulcer! No, an aneurysm! A meltdown! A breaking point!" She ranted, starking mad. "Tamamo Mae Shimo, you are wanted by Silver Branch and Great Watch!  This is an executive order, you must come with us immediately!" Cassandra called out, confronted her. Tamamo Mae looked at her, a smirk appeared on her face, "I have no intention on doing that!" She claimed. She fights back while Cassandra defends herself as she calls out, "Don't do this, Shimo! I know who you are!" "Back off, Cassie! Die, Friendly Neighborhood!" Tamamo Mae shrieked. Debris begin to lift up in the air; she managed to fight back with psychokinesis while Cass uses her own against the vixen. "Surrender!" Cassandra called out. "You're gonna have to catch me--If you can!" Tamamo Mae taunted. The fight continued until Tamamo Mae almost swept Oinari and Konohana over the edge but Cassandra saved them and flew them both to a rooftop. Once then, they got them to safety. "There you go, safe and sound! You OK?" Cassandra asked. "Yeah, thanks! You were great!" Konohana praised. "Not bad, you really are one of the most finest agents." Oinari replied. Cassandra held her hands up, "Hey man, no worries!" She claimed. But noticed a couple looking on with worried glances, "Oh, sorry, don't mind us--These two lovebirds are using the stairs all right? No trouble really." Cassandra explained. 

As she was about to get back; Cassandra is attacked by Wendigos as she was about to fight back until someone took them down in an animaliastic matter. Cassandra couldn't believe it, it was a girl who is half human and half Wendigo. The girl glances over at her, Cassandra was frozen with fear but managed to talk to her: "Hi, I'm Cassandra." She said. The Wendigo girl stood up like a human and moved her head side to side before smiling as she said, "My name is Georgina Scrattethorn. Call me Gigi." Cassandra was stunt, "You can talk?" She gasped. Gigi giggled, "Duh! 'Course I can!" She replied. Later, Cassandra approached her gang and explained about a new friend she found. "Just to be clear, this new friend is a bit....dreadful. But not depressing and she's OK." warned Cassandra. "What do you mean?" asked Jack. Just then, there was a scritch scratch that made everyone jumped and turned around to see Gigi. The gang, except Cassandra, are horrified to see this girl. She smiled sardonically, "Hello, my name is Gigi Scrattethorn....Uh, my family calls me by my birth name...Georgina. But call me Gigi." She said awkwardly. Proteus nodded, "Gigi, nice." He said with a nod. "This is the girl?" Lleu asked, turning towards Cassandra. Cassandra nodded, "Yup." She said. Gigi gives a chin jerk as a greeting, "Hey." She replied. Borvo waved, "'Sup!" He said. 

Uranometria--Ninth Volume: COMING SOON!!!!

The ninth volume of Uranometria is coming soon and this one is where Cassandra finds a girl who is half human and half Wendigo. The hybrid girl is Gigi Scattethorn, and she is destined to kill to slay Wendigos for her violent, emotionally unstable brother name Lewey, who has a thing for Turan. But when Turan rejects him; it gets worse and Lewey begins to shed his true colors. What's even more crazy is that people's memories are entering inside the agents' minds and driving them crazy with each memory of this person whom they don't know. What's more is that Cassandra and Gigi becomes best friends with one another. But it looks like Gigi may have a crazy, vicious brother but her past speaks for itself! So, hope you guys see more of this and I'll see you all next time. --KatDon