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Chapter 25 - Will Prevail...

  Intro Song: / Obstacle 2 - Interpol

  "Y'know?"

  "I'm not s-sure..."

  "If we can even..."

  "Get out of this... alive-"

  "Stop talking Omoi-san...!"

  The heat was getting to them, and as the sun was finally setting, her mangled and tired body...

  Just...

  Just-

  Their positions were finally getting caught up to...

  Kokko couldn't help but to...

  Bite her lip in...

  Both frustration...

  And...

  Fear...

  How could they...

  Survive...?

  How could they...?

  W-when...

  "When..."

  "You're already like t-this..."

  "OMOI-SAN!"

  She raised her voice slightly with tears in her eyes, the orange hue of the sun was being reflected unto their position...

  Omoi...

  Just stared...

  Knowing...

  Their time...

  ...

  Was up...

  .

  .

  .

  / Weird Fishes/Aperggi - Radiohead

  I was like a little kid...

  When compared to her...

  I...

  I was even a freaking Grade A Ishiin!

  And yet...

  Her entire presence...

  Her entire being...

  Demanded attention...

  From everyone all around her...

  She...

  I wanted to be like her...

  Both her...

  And Suzushii-senpai...

  They're both...

  Who I wanted to be...

  And yet...

  Today...

  I saw that...

  They're not invincible...

  Like I thought...

  They're...

  Just like me...

  I...

  I didn't think it would ever end like this...

  I didn't think I would...

  With Omoi-san herself...

  ...

  "WAKE UP KO-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

  Koko's eyes could only barely open, her frail body couldn't handle the extremities that war...

  Demanded...

  Despite this...

  Omoi couldn't bring herself to really blame Kokko...

  This mission was supposed to only be a simple reinforcement in addition to the Ishiin forces here...

  But from the very moment they arrived...

  She couldn't detect any friendly signals at all...

  That's why those corpses felt off to her almost instantly...

  They had a slight faint of Ishiin aura...

  But it...

  It's comparable to the feeling of ghosts...

  It just...

  Doesn't feel right...

  In a desperate situation like this...

  Who would arrange corpses neatly and tidily...?

  When it's kill or be killed out here...

  This must mean one thing...

  This situation isn't just a simple disaster that pertained to a national crisis of Ishii use anymore...

  Omoi's mind and, in turn her eyes as well-

  Were opened to the fullest upon leaving the gigantic tornado of intense gushing winds that kept their pursuers at bay...

  Not anymore...

  She thought...

  It's like the skies were completely opened right before her, the clouds had a mix of both grey smoke and the beautiful blues and whites-

  But they were slowly being overwhelmed by all of the conflict around here...

  But more importantly...

  "If there are insurgents here..."

  "This must mean...!"

  Her back is instantly struck with multiple aura slashes-

  Her mind too preoccupied with figuring out the confusing situation they found themselves in-

  And yet...

  She doesn't scream...

  This only leads her further...

  Into the truest assumption!

  "THEY'RE HERE TO START THE FINAL WAR!"

  But why would they do it now of all times-

  Her body suddenly started to move out of instinct, dodging and avoiding multiple insurgent attacks all at once, her heavily injured back started to bleed, with her aura trying to stop the gushing of her precious fluids from spilling further

  Kokko couldn't help but to whimper a little, her eyes now fully open, she was seeing even more horrors she hasn't seen her entire life-

  She was only...

  A small time Ishiin compared to Grade S Ishiins like Omoi and Suzushii-

  Whatever they can do, it's moments like these...

  Where they could hold their own...

  Kokko was only good for covert operations where fighting a few insurgents was the only guarantee...

  Not this...

  Not...

  Real warfare...

  Her mind was boggling to the thought of it-

  But she didn't need to...

  The very sights right before her as Omoi carried her to safety...

  Her body slowly being inflicted, struggling to juggle protecting, fighting, and even thinking about why this was happening...

  All at once...

  They were even in mid air!

  Her aura is so thick and strong, they could jump from altitude to altitude...

  And yet...

  Even the single human body...

  Has its limits...

  Omoi's aura may be thick and...

  Potent...

  But that...

  Is no match up against...

  Hundreds upon hundreds of Insurgents!

  It's like they were being attacked by swarms upon swarms of ants!

  Every single insurgent's very being just blended in together with all of the others-

  Omoi bit her lip-

  Sliding and back-flipping and jumping and moving sideways-

  Her body was emanating so much steam-

  She knew...

  She couldn't keep this up anymore...

  They had to outrun their pursuers soon...

  Before she runs out of aura...

  And since Kokko can't handle the intense situation at hand...

  Omoi...

  Is the only one capable...

  To save them...

  Her mind rushed and so did her eyes-

  Moving from looking in all directions-

  Assessing the situation...

  These insurgents are everywhere!

  Up here in the skies!

  Definitely down there below!

  I still have a little bit left of aura to pull off something...

  Insane...

  All right then...

  Here goes nothing...!

  HER BODY STARTED TO INSTANLY FLASH OUT OF THEIR DIRE CONDITION

  SHE PROCEEDED TO ADD SOME OF HER POTENT AURA FOR KOKO'S BODY TO WITHSTAND THE GREAT SPEEDS THEY ARE GETTING INTO

  HER BODY WAS MOVING AT SUCH GREAT SPEEDS THANKS TO THE POTENT AURA ALL AROUND HER BEING RELEASED AND PROPELLING THEM-

  AT THE SPEED OF A FIGHTER JET!

  ALMOST REACHING MACH 1 AT THIS RATE!

  BUT SHE KNEW THIS WOULDN'T BE THE SMARTEST MOVE TO KEEP INCREASING SUCH SPEED-

  SO SHE MAINTAINED A HUMBLE-

  700-900 KMPH!

  THE SPEEDS VARYING FROM A COMMERCIAL PLANE TO A MILITARY JET!

  SHE PLANTED MULTIPLE AURA POINTS, INCONCEIVABLE TO THE HUMAN EYE!

  AND JUST AS SHE STARTED TO GET A FEEL OF WHERE THEY SHOULD BE HEADING TO

  ALL OF THE INSURGENTS WITHIN THEIR VISCINITY STARTED TO GET PULLED BY HER AURA POINTS, BEING FILLED TO THE BRIM BY HER POTENT AURA

  CAUSING THEM TO-

  TO...!

  EXPLODE ONE BY ONE-

  BUT AT SUCH A GREAT SPEED

  IT WAS LIKE THE FLARES LAUNCHED BY A FIGHTER JET!

  FROM 360 DEGREES, ALL OF THE INSURGENTS-

  WERE MASSACRED TO NUMBERS REACHING THE TWO HUNDREDS!

  HER BODY WAS MOVING UPWARDS-

  AND JUST AS THEY REACHED THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ALTITUDE-

  ...

  THEY PROCEEDED TO MAKE THEIR DIVE...

  TOWARDS WHERE?

  ...

  THE SUBWAYS-

  THE OSAKA METRO!

  KOKKO JUST TUGGED AT OMOI'S CHEST-

  SHE DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO LOOK LIKE A LITTLE CHILD-

  BUT WITH INHUMAN FEATS HAPPENING ALL AT ONCE TODAY...

  SHE...

  REALLY WAS LIKE A LITTLE CHILD...

  COMPARED TO HER...

  THE SCAR-GIVER...

  AS SHE WAS CALLED...

  THEIR SPEEDS WERE SO FAST-

  THE HUMAN EYE COULDN'T FATHOM PERCEIVING SUCH THINGS

  THEY DOVE-

  SLICING RIGHT THROUGH THE ENTIRE ATMOSPHERE IN MERE SECONDS!

  ALL VEHICLES THAT WERE NEAR TO THEIR EVER MOVING POSITION WAS BLOWN TO SMITHEREENS!

  FLYING UP AGAINST THE SKY LIKE THEY WERE BEING LIFTED BY GOD HIMSELF

  AS IF OMOI WAS A NATURAL DISASTER PERSONIFIED INTO A SINGLE HUMAN BEING!

  THEY PROCEEDED TO DIG THROUGH THE EARTH, HER POTENT AURA LIKE A THOUSAND-DEGREE KNIFE CUTTING THROUGH STEEL SO EFFORTLESSLY

  THE ONLY PROBLEM NOW WAS...

  HOW TO MAKE A SAFE LANDING...!

  And with the blink of an eye...

  They both blacked out...

  …

  / Nude - Radiohead

  The dark underbellies of the abandoned metro tunnels were their resting place...

  For the time being...

  A short figure struggled to get up, the cool air all around her-

  Was enough to give her an indication...

  She could at least get some time...

  To catch her breath...

  The flickering lights of the subway were their only source of light...

  But...

  There wasn't anyone here...

  To begin with...

  Her headache was starting to get to her...

  The ringing of her head...

  And her dizzying vision...

  She could barely stand up-

  But...

  What she saw...

  Shook her to her very core...

  It's like her condition was nothing upon seeing what she saw...

  ...

  Omoi-san's entire body was bruised...

  The huge slashes on her back barely stitched by her aura...

  And from what she could sense...

  She...

  Barely had enough if any...

  Aura left for her...

  Let alone...

  To fight any more insurgents at all!

  ...

  Her knees began to shake at the weight of the situation...

  She...

  Didn't think...

  This would ever happen at all...

  She...

  ...

  I've never been to war...

  I thought...

  Grade S agents were the best of the best...!

  Maybe they still are...

  But whatever we- no...

  She faced out there...

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  Was too much for a single human...

  This...

  Was all my fault...

  If only...

  I wasn't so weak...

  If only...

  I knew what I was doing...!

  If only...

  If only...

  Then Omoi-san wouldn't be dying in such a state right now!

  God I'm so pathetic!

  I don't deserve my title of being a Grade A agent...

  Let alone...

  Being an Ishiin!

  I dropped to my knees...

  Bowing upon my shame...

  Of bringing my idol down...

  "Omoi-s-san...!"

  "This is all my fault...!"

  "If only I weren't such a failure..."

  "Y-you..."

  "YOU WOULDN'T END UP LIKE THIS-!"

  I felt a sudden tug at her ragged uniform...

  She was awake!

  I embraced her so hard...

  Why did I???

  I'm a grown woman...!

  And here I am...

  Weeping like a little kid for her big sister!

  "OMOI-NEE!"

  "I'M SO SORRY!"

  I bit my lip with my sobbing getting the better of her...

  I don't know what it was...

  But her very presence and heat...

  ...

  It calmed me down...

  And she...

  Didn't even have to say anything...

  "Ko-chan..."

  "I-it's..."

  "Alright..."

  I stared right up at her eyes, even when she's laying down...

  She shone so bright and was at such a great height...

  She...

  She grasped my hair...

  And...

  Patted me...

  Over and over and over again...

  My heart swelled...

  I nuzzled up to her chest...

  My face...

  All apparent about how I truly felt...

  ...

  "Ever since we came here..."

  "Something was always off..."

  "Why were there very little if any faint signals of our comrades?"

  "Why did we get ambushed by hundreds upon hundreds of insurgents...?"

  "How did they get here?"

  "Wasn't our mission just a simple enforcement of the population here? To calm down those who were protesting and harming our fellow Ishiins?"

  Kokko just kept staring and cuddling up to Omoi shamelessly-

  Her mind must've been so overwhelmed with everything...

  With fear, uncertainty, and despair-

  She only had the little strength she still had...

  To cling to life...

  To her beloved superior officer...

  Omoi couldn't help but see...

  Her daughter in Kokko...

  Bringing her to smile...

  Ever so slightly...

  Ever so...

  Sweetly...

  She didn't stop rubbing her hair...

  "This could only be the work..."

  "Of the great leaders themselves!"

  Kokko proceeded to whimper at the very mention of that name-

  Such infamy amongst the Ishiins for the ruthless and inhuman strength...

  And how...

  Only a few Grade S agents could ever live to go up against, if even barely live to tell the tale...

  Hence...

  Only a few leaders are known to the agents...

  "How could so many insurgents be here..."

  "How could Osaka fall to such a state with the media unable to fully report such incidents and happenings?"

  "It's them..."

  "Whatever we did face out there..."

  "It was the very wrath of the Great Empire themselves..."

  She bit her lip, her eyes started to furrow...

  Her words carried such weight...

  It might as well choke them both right now...

  "This might as well be the start of The Final War..."

  "We..."

  "Unfortunately..."

  "Stood no chance with circumstances like these..."

  Omoi then started to get up...

  Dragging Kokko along with her...

  "We..."

  "I..."

  "I have no more aura left..."

  "I could probably scrounge up some bits for one more offensive attack..."

  "But that's pretty much it..."

  Kokko could only look up at her...

  She then looks at her feeble little hands...

  Omoi squatted to meet her face... to face...

  Looking upwards just as she always does for her...

  "Can't you use..."

  "That...?"

  Kokko's entire body shook in terror...

  "T-that?"

  "But... if I do that..."

  Omoi could only notice her eyes moving side to side...

  Uncomfortable with the confrontation...

  "If I do that..."

  "We'll..."

  "Surely die... won't we?"

  "Ko-chan... I very much know that..."

  "But..."

  "Your proficiency in augmentation..."

  "Won't do us good..."

  "It's not enough to go up against all those insurgents..."

  "Let alone the very possibility of going up against..."

  "One or more leaders..."

  Kokko whimpered once more...

  She knew...

  This was it...

  Wasn't it...

  Omoi notices her silence, and she gets up to hold Kokko's hand tightly...

  The faint wind of the air conditioned vents along with the sterile lights of the metro station-

  It blinded the both of them-

  Contrasting with the pure heat of the giant ball of fire that was raging outside...

  Their figures just stood there...

  Contemplating...

  Their own...

  ...

  Mortality...

  As Ishiins...

  ...

  As soldiers...

  In this war... they've grown to know and live with...

  All their lives...

  "This is it..."

  Kokko nodded still...

  Her hand resting and nestling against Omoi's strong and tall forearm...

  Omoi...

  Just sighed deeply...

  "There is only one more place we could plant some of my aura..."

  "One more place that is near from here..."

  ...

  "The financial centre..."

  "It's only a few blocks from here..."

  "But why shouldn't we just hide here???" Kokko interjected

  "So we can live to see another-"

  Omoi just grabbed both her shoulders, Kokko shivered at this...

  The sudden movement of Omoi...

  And the interruption of Kokko's sentence...

  The silence deafened their senses...

  ...

  "Ko-chan..."

  "I know you're mightily scared...."

  "I am too y'know?"

  She proceeds to show Kokko her trembling hands, this...

  All this did...

  Was freak Kokko out even more than she already was...

  "But... we won't last even a few hours here..."

  "Remember..."

  "I had to do such a flashy move just to make our escape..."

  "They're bound to be searching for us-"

  "They could be here at any moment now!"

  Omoi just shook Kokko over and over again, in her attempts to wake her up

  All Kokko could do...

  Was drop once more to the ground...

  Whimpering...

  Sobbing at the heels of Omoi...

  Omoi...

  Just stood there...

  Affected...

  Astounded...

  And most of all...

  ...

  She sympathized with her deeply...

  ...

  "I DON'T WANT TO DIE!!!!!!!"

  "I STILL HAVE DREAMS!!!!!"

  "I STILL WANT TO SEE HIMURA!!!!!!"

  "I STILL WANT TO EMBRACE HER!!!!!!!!!!"

  "ONE MORE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

  SHE SCREAMED SO HARD, IT ECHOED ALONG BY THE VERY HALLS THAT COVERED THEM...

  "I still..."

  "I still want to grow up..."

  "J-just"

  "Just like y-you..."

  Omoi's face contorted...

  Her own mortality stood in front of her...

  Her own fears- rather...

  Gathered by the feet of Kokko...

  She...

  In turn...

  Cried the hardest tears... of her entire life...

  "I still want to see..."

  "My family... my husband..."

  "... my daughter..."

  "Koyo..."

  "Yanou..."

  "KOYO!!!!!!! YANOU!!!!!!!!!!"

  "WHY?????????????????????????????????????????????"

  "Why...?"

  In this moment...

  They bared their every beings with each other...

  They knew fully well...

  How this really is it...

  With no help in sight...

  With no escape in sight...

  They will soon march towards their deaths...

  Going out...

  In a blaze of glory...

  …

  / Take You on a Cruise - Interpol

  Every footstep they took...

  Was the heaviest they ever had to lift their feet to...

  Such wills...

  Willingly marched...

  To their ever possible deaths...

  ...

  The air conditioned silence was all they could hear, the cool wind that emanated from the vents all around them, the flickering fluorescent lights... the clinically white walls and floors... the empty hallways and seats that scattered the entire gigantic arches upon which was revealed to them once they rode the escalator reaching a higher altitude...

  They were now...

  Above the tunnels that seemingly protected them...

  And just as you would act...

  Knowing that any of THEM... could be at any corner...

  Kokko's heart tensed up...

  The aches and fears swirled inside of her mind...

  But for Omoi...

  She might've bit her lip...

  She might've had sweat under her brows...

  She...

  Might've had blood rush to her head...

  And yet...

  She kept calm...

  If this really was it...

  She held her hand out to Kokko's shoulder...

  And it glowed a transparent aura almost concealed to the naked eye...

  But for Kokko...

  She didn't budge an inch upon feeling this sensation...

  She knew...

  This was all she could do...

  She after all...

  The only reason she was on this mission...

  The only reason she even was a Grade A agent in the first place...

  Was...

  "Omoi-san..." she grabbed both her hands tightly with her own...

  And she looked above at her... firmly...

  With...

  Determination...

  Omoi...

  Her brows furrowed...

  "Are you sure about this...?"

  "Can I take up..."

  "Most of your own aura...?"

  "I don't mind..."

  "If you're willing to really do this..."

  "The least I could do is support you..."

  "This is all I'm good for..."

  "Anyways..."

  Upon hearing this, they embraced once more...

  Outside this gigantic metal structure...

  Lied their own...

  Destinies...

  Their fate...

  Was sealed...

  The moment they came inside that portal...

  ...

  And in the center of the metro station where they stood...

  Omoi kneeled downwards...

  Starting to plant some of her aura...

  ...

  And so did it begin...

  ...

  They moved from each area inside the actual station's framework with extreme caution...

  Their tiptoes...

  Upon the heel...

  They could each sense the presence of a few insurgents...

  That stumbled to here...

  Searching for them...

  As Ishiins...

  They were trained in multiple scenarios...

  And even though they've done this a thousand times before...

  Especially for a covert agent like Kokko...

  They...

  Can't just carelessly move outside...

  They had to pick the right moment...

  The right...

  Circumstances...

  ...

  And right by the wandering hallways that seemingly stretched out towards tomorrow...

  The tension in the air kept rising...

  Despite the afternoon heat dissipating...

  The sunset...

  Was nearing them...

  A perfect time...

  To escape...

  Into the shadows...

  Upon the one of the exits...

  They felt...

  An entire platoon's worth of soldiers right outside their "safe area"...

  The unsettling atmosphere of such a battlefield that took a once major populated city and a main metro station like this one...

  Into a ghost town...

  It...

  Showed them what could possibly happen if and when...

  The Final War...

  Actually...

  Does happen...

  Omoi and Kokko looked at each other...

  Their hearts both skipped a beat...

  Kokko ever so... panicky despite...

  Her expertise in espionage... and covert operations...

  And Omoi's seasoned veteran calmness...

  That hid her actual fears...

  That any person would reasonably have...

  Dying...

  And leaving your loved ones behind...

  She bit her lip again...

  Her brows furrowing...

  Maddingly...

  They...

  As they felt the very ends of the platoon leave a few hundred meters away from them...

  They nodded at each other...

  And they...

  Disappeared into the orange shadows...

  And from pillar to pillar of the buildings outside...

  Did they proceed to plant Omoi's aura...

  One by one...

  Bit by bit...

  Heel by heel...

  Did they follow behind the platoon's heels...

  Their eyes swirled and circled around their perimeter...

  Guarding and checking...

  Planting and conserving...

  Each minute felt like it stretched into eternity...

  Their minds fixated on whether or not...

  These were...

  Their final minutes on planet Earth...

  ...

  And before they knew it...

  After all the fast food restaurants and apartment complexes and fashion shops...

  Did they reach it...

  The sunset's rays hit the massive skyscraper that towered above all other buildings around the vicinity...

  The glass formation of...

  ...

  The financial centre...

  …

  / Millstone - Brand New

  The both of them scrambled their way inside...

  The beautiful lobby that once made so many diplomatic relations that kept Japan connected to the outside world, making it one of the major global powers...

  That now...

  Was at threat...

  Thanks to these...

  "Insurgents.."

  Omoi's heavy footsteps finally gave way upon reaching all sides that made the skyscraper reach the very clouds that showed a welcoming and also dominant reach of Japan...

  Her palms gave most of her potent aura to really destroy the entire area...

  Kokko watched and sensed whatever may come their way...

  And they met each other...

  At the front of the lobby...

  By the desk facing the only exit that was discernable to them...

  "Omoi-san!"

  "Maybe..."

  Kokko's legs trembled...

  With her heart hoping...

  With her soul...

  Clinging onto every possibility of...

  Another day to live...

  Of life...

  To be had...

  "Ko-chan!"

  "GET OUT OF HERE!"

  "It's possible that wasn't the only platoon here..."

  "They could be here any moment now..."

  Kokko's eyes...

  Could only glance to the side...

  Avoiding...

  Such a decision that had...

  To be made...

  Right here...

  And right now...

  "What's the matter?"

  Omoi grabbed Kokko's face...

  And with the warmth spreading to Kokko's face...

  Her eyes could only stare Omoi...

  And...

  With her flushed cheeks...

  And with...

  The heat of the moment...

  ...

  She kissed her lips fully...

  Her tiptoed stance gave way to Omoi's widened stare...

  This...

  Felt so wrong...

  And yet...

  She just...

  She just let it happen...

  She...

  Couldn't say no...

  To a scared little girl like...

  Her...

  ...

  And just as they made out...

  The dust and the smoke instantly spread to their area-

  The glass shattered in slow motion-

  With Omoi instantly knowing what this was...

  They...

  In their wants to trick...

  And trap...

  Them...

  They themselves had...

  Become the prey...

  Omoi could only give Kokko her aura to detonate her planted points...

  With...

  Her lips...

  ...

  Her body moved without thinking...

  She wanted to protect this little girl...

  A confused little girl who just made love to her...

  She wanted her to have a future...

  To find love...

  To be with Himura one more time...

  Even if that means...

  She herself...

  Couldn't see her own daughter anymore...

  ...

  Her instant flashes planted what remained of her aura to every and every insurgent that came into their presences-

  With each imploding explosion, she planted another-

  She knew...

  She would die if she kept going...

  And yet...

  This...

  Was her moment...

  This...

  Was it...

  "GET AWAY FROM HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KO-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

  SHE SCREAMED SO HARD-

  WITH KOKKO'S LEGS UNABLE TO MOVE-

  JUST SEEING HER...

  SACRIFICING EVERYTHING FOR...

  HER SURVIVAL...

  SHE SOBBED SO HARD-

  THE BOTH OF THEM OVERWHELMED-

  THEY DIDN'T SEE IT-

  ...

  A shadow that crept from right beneath Omoi's feet...

  A smile that swallowed entire futures...

  Was inflicted unto Omoi's very being...

  And self...

  A backstab that could be felt from anywhere...

  Kokko could only stare at what was happening right in front of her...

  Her mind went blank...

  Her...

  Heart...

  Was broken...

  The very moment...

  She saw THAT...

  Right in front of her...

  ...

  "OMOI-SAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

  HER BLOOD-CURDLED SCREAMS ECHOED RIGHT INTO THE VOID...

  OF INFINITY...

  THAT WOULD HAUNT HER...

  RIGHT UP UNTIL...

  ...

  THIS...

  WAS THE MOMENT...

  SHE...

  ...

  LOST HER HUMANITY...

  She dropped to her knees, her mind splitting open...

  Her heartaches...

  Was the only thing she could feel...

  At this moment...

  She wanted to...

  Avenge her...

  Right here... and right now...

  ...

  My entire life...

  What has it been for...?

  Living in the shadows...

  For what?

  For who?

  ...

  I couldn't even live up to them...

  Omoi-san...

  Suzushii-san...

  ...

  If only you could see me now...

  I let her...

  Die...

  Right in front of my eyes...

  Suzushii-san...

  ...

  FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  ...

  I couldn't even save her...

  She...

  Gave so much to me...

  Her very life...

  Her very future...

  Just so I could get away...

  And yet...

  I can't even move my body...

  How could I?

  How could I live without her...?

  I love her...

  In so many ways... she and I can't...

  Couldn't possibly understand nor fathom...

  ...

  WHY AM I LIKE THIS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

  WHY AM I SO FUCKING PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  WHY AM I SO SMALL AND HELPLESS!!!!!!!!!

  IF ONLY I WAS AS STRONG AS OMOI-SAN!!!!!!!

  Only then...

  Could we both survive...

  And live...

  To see our loved ones again...

  ...

  Himura...

  Rushiko...

  I'm...

  So sorry...

  If only...

  I could've said goodbye to you both...

  If only...

  I could've...

  I c-could've...

  Been a better mother to you both!

  If only...

  I could raise you both...

  Better...

  Than I have...

  At this rate...

  I only have...

  ...

  Regrets...

  Regrets is all I can leave for the both of you...

  ...

  Is this all my life has amounted to?

  ...

  An unfulfilled and pathetic existence as mine...

  I won't be able to leave with such little aura of mine left...

  In my petitle useless form!

  I really have no other choice...

  I have to do it-

  I have to...

  ...

  I have to...

  ...

  AVENGE OMOI-SAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  …

  / In a Lonely Place - New Order

  And so did her trembling fingers... and glassy eyes...

  Contemplated her fate...

  A million times in her head...

  This was the very moment...

  She...

  Joined Omoi...

  ...

  To become a ghost among the living...

  ...

  She bit her lip so hard...

  Causing it to bleed...

  Its taste sweet...

  Its texture...

  Pure...

  And potent...

  ...

  And just Omoi's aura points detonated one by one, dealing a huge blow to the insurgent forces that ambushed and fully surrounded them...

  Kokko closed her eyes...

  Upon seeing falling debris right above her...

  "This is it..."

  "I'll see you soon..."

  "Omoi-san..."

  And with a tear under her eye...

  She whimpered one final time...

  ...

  Or so she thought...

  .

  .

  .

  -End of ???-

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  -To Be Continued-

  ...

  Ending Song: / Untitled - Interpol

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