Ahhh! GOD THIS HURTS," Debiddo says as he rolls around the ground in pain. Bolt and Himawari look at Debiddo shaking their heads laughing. "You were so cool throughout that whole confrontation leader," Himawari says as she tries to hide her laughter. "Yeah, but now you look kind of pathetic." Bolt says shrugging his shoulders while shaking his head. "Ahh, how long are you going to just stand there? Your leader is dying! I-I-can see the light---I'm about to travel to heaven...Goodbye, everyone!" Debiddo says as he reaches his hands out to the sky. "Ah, snap out of it Stuppido," Himawari says as she walks away. "We know you used your spiritual energy to protect your vital organs. What you got is just a flesh wound, man up!" "Yeah, but it still hurts though," Debiddo says moping on the ground. "Still it's impressive you were able to do that on the fly like that," Himawari says as she walks towards Debiddo's house. "It was something I learned through my training with Oshiro," Debiddo says thinking back to when he trained with Oshiro. "After constantly getting hit in the head for not concentrating hard enough to activate my Butsuri release, I kind of learned to focus a good amount of spiritual energy in my head to soften the blow." "What kind of teacher is he?" Himawari and Bolt say to themselves as Debiddo laughs awkwardly. Debiddo then stops laughing at passes out on the street. "Geez, he really used up a lot of energy." Bolt says picking up Debiddo's unconscious body. "Yeah, it looks like he passed out due to blood loss," Himawari says as she uses her SPOC device to call the Chaser recovery team.
"Bolt, you think you can take Debiddo to the hospital to get patched up? It's going to be a minute before he heals up." "I really got to carry this idiot the nearest hospital? Why can't you do it?" Bolt says putting Debiddo over his shoulder. "You going to let a girl like me carry someone as heavy like that to the hospital? What would people think?" Himawari says covering her face as she fakes crying. "Hey, you know I know how strong you are right? You seriously going make that excuse now?" Bolt says as he looks in annoyance. "Come on, just do me this solid, I pay you back later," Himawari says talking normally. "You stopped crying quick..." Bolt says looking completely done with Himawari. "Fine, but you owe me one." Bolt then flies off with Debiddo leaving Himawari by herself. "Geez, two days in and you already injured yourself," Himawari says thinking about Debiddo. "You really are something else." Himawari watches as everyone walks back towards the neighborhood. While walking around, Himawari spots Mrs. Harrison, whose eyes look guilty. Mrs. Harrison then spots Himawari and walks up to her.
"Excuse me, where is Debiddo?" Mrs. Harrison asks. "Why?" Himawari says as she stares at Mrs. Harrison with piercing eyes. "I—just wanted to apologize. I went too far with what I said about his mother and putting all the blame on him. I see now he has been taking all this harder because of how he treated everyone. You might think I'm crazy but, my daughter came to me as I was walking to the store for some reason. And do you know what she told me? "No, what?" Himawari says shocked her then says to herself. "Emma was able to fly and contact her mother in such a short time. That girl had a very strong spiritual will." "She told me to forgive Debiddo and to not be mad at him anymore because he is suffering through all of this more than I believed and that he changed. Honestly, I know what I said to Emma, but I just can't up and forget everything this man has done to this community, and to my family. So tell him this..." Mrs. Harrison turns and walks away from Himawari. "I'll forgive him for my daughter's sake, but don't think I will forget everything he has done to everyone. He will have to work extra hard for us to accept him again." "Alright, I'll let him know," Himawari says as she gives off a smile.
"You are really something else Debiddo," Himawari says to herself. "But, what was that dark energy I felt from him? That almost brought chills down my spine." All of a sudden her device goes off "corrupted soul located, corrupted soul located. Head to the Ikiru Machi Police station." "That's a few blocks from over here. Himawari says as she turns on her butsuri release. "I know if my SPOC device went off, then those two's devices went off as well. Sigh, but since Debiddo is in the hospital, and bolt is with them, I guess I'll have to deal with this threat myself. Himawari flies to the site only to see the spirit of a teenager around 13 and 14 years old, destroying police cars and damaging buildings. "IT's Because of YOU GUYS! I had my whole life ahead of me, and you took that away from me! The Police officers scramble trying to find out why is everything is being destroyed. "Hey!" Himawari says as she descends down in front of the spirit. "Get out of my way before I blast you too!" The spirit says as he loads up more energy to fire at police cars. "Why are you so angry? What happened?" Himawari says in an assuring tone. "What happened?" The spirit replies. "LOOK AT ME! I'm dead! Those monsters did it." "They killed you? Ok, calm down, and talk to me, I'm here to help you." Himawari says as she slowly approaches the teenager.
"Help me? I'm dead! How are you going to help me with anything?" The spirit says as his dark spiritual energy surges, shocking Himawari. "I need to calm this kid down or else he may transform into a Ranked demon," Himawari says to herself. She then calmly speaks to the kid. "I'll make sure those who hurt you will never hurt you again." Himawari walks to the spirit and hugs him. "What is your name?" "Jamal...Jamal Wilson." The kid says. "Ok Jamal, tell me what happened." "Well, I was playing basketball with my friends and when we were done I was heading home. I had homework to do so, to make sure I get home on time, I cut through an empty alleyway. When I came out the other side, I was met by two Police officers. They asked me what I was doing coming out of that area. I told them that it was a shortcut to get home so I can do my homework, but they didn't want to hear that." Jamal starts to cry. "Those monsters slammed me to the ground and proceeded to beat me up. I cried for help, but no one was there...I was all alone. Before I knew it, I woke up like this." "That's awful..." Himawari says covering her mouth in surprise. "This is the reality, I walked through these as a spirit watching more and more kids like me getting beaten and killed the same way and I got tired of it! Something has to be done! If I don't do anything, more and more kids will be killed by these pigs!" Jamal says with tears in his eyes.
"I understand your pain, but this isn't how you do it! There are innocent men and women in that building that haven't done anything wrong." Himawari says as the police run out the station in panic. "You, don't understand...No one will truly understand because you weren't there you are still alive!" Jamal says as he spots the two police officers that killed him leave the station. "Officer Jacob and Officer Luis, I remember their names clearly." With seeing the two officers come out of the building, Jamal's spiritual energy rises exponentially, which causes Himawari to fly backward. "What is causing these earthquakes?" Officer Jacob says trying to keep his balance. "I don't know but we need to hurry and get away from here." Officer Luis says as he and Officer Jacob get into their police car. "By the way, did you get rid of that problem?" Officer Jacob looks with a smile. "Of course, the more of those little abominations we get off the streets the better!" Both officers laugh within earshot of Himawari and Jamal. "Oh no.," Himawari says as she realizes Jamal found the guys he was looking for. Jamal's spiritual energy grows out of control turning black as Jamal transforms into a demon.
"Demon Detected, Demon Detected, Rank A demon! Located at the Ikiru Machi police department. Proceed with caution!" The SPOC device signals as Himawari tries to approach Jamal. "I was careless, I underestimated how strong this kid's hatred was with those policemen," Himawari says as she fights back the strong wind coming from Jamal demonic energy. "I have no choice now, I'm going to have to purify him, and since Debiddo and Bolt haven't arrived yet, I'm going to have to do it myself!" Himawari flies to Jamal using her wind Genki to shred through the demonic energy that Jamal was giving off. "Jamal snap out of it! I can fix the problem. I guarantee you I will bring those monsters to justice." Himawari pleas fall on deaf ears, however, as Jamal is now blinded by his rage. Jamal knocks Himawari away causing her to fly into a building. He then blasts a wave of demonic energy towards the police department. "Noo!" Himawari says as she uses a blast of air to fly her in the way of the wave of demonic energy. "You are defending them? I knew you shouldn't be trusted!" Jamal says as he charges up another blast.
"No, I'm on anyone's side! I am here to protect innocent people, and make sure spirits who are hurt like you are, get the justice they deserve!" Himawari says as she puts her hand on her chest. "You are good kid, I know you are deep inside. I know you have pent up emotions right now, but taking them out on these people, who have families they have to go home to, isn't the way to get justice. You are essentially doing what those officers did to you and every other kid!" "SHUT UP!!!" Jamal says as he transforms his arm as a sword and starts swinging it towards Himawari. Himawari dodges it effortlessly, which makes Jamal more upset. "Stay still so I can cut you down!" Jamal says as Himawari dodges an attack of his that slightly cuts a strand of hair. "I'm sorry I will have to do this, but I'm going to have to stop you," Himawari says as she takes a deep breath. "Fujin Art..." Himawari creates a whirlwind that starts surrounding Jamal. With a deep inhale, Himawari uses the whirlwind to life Jamal up and causes him to float in the air. Himawari then jumps in the air, right above Jamal. "Whirlwind Crush!" Himawari punches Jamal with a large amount of wind pressure that is surrounding her hand which causes Jamal to fall directly through the ground, creating a large crater. Himawari takes a deep breath, walking toward Jamal. Jamal, staggering, gets up breathing heavily.
"That hurt Damnit! I will take you out and then ill kill those Police Pigs!" Jamal says badly damaged and bleeding. "I usually hold back when I use this technique on anyone else, but since you are a demon now, it seems I have no choice..." Himawari says as she walks towards Jamal. "No, Stay away!" Jamal says as he throws chunks of rock at Himawari. Himawari dodges them all and continues walking towards him. Jamal then tries to pierce her with sword arm, just to have Himawari push the arm away with a large force of the air. "Fuijin art...." Himawari lays her hand lightly on Jamal's chest. "Spiral palm strike!" suddenly a large pulse of air blast through Jamal and leave a large hole in his chest. "I---I---," Jamal says shocked at the realization that he was defeated. Himawari then grabs Jamal and places his head on her chest. "It's going to be ok now," This act of tenderness and love is enough to make Jamal start to cry. His demon form deteriorates leaving his spirit behind. "I will fight for you and those who lost their lives because of those monsters," Himawari says rubbing Jamal's head. "I'm so sorry, I was just so angry...I watch so long as all of my friends got killed by them. I just couldn't take it anymore!" Jamal says burying his head deep in Himawari's bosom.
"Shhh, they're there, it's ok. No one will hurt you anymore. In this world, there are good people and bad people, and some of the bad people end up being around good people and make those good people look bad, but you have to know...Not all people are good and not all people are bad." Himawari says as she kisses Jamal's forehead which makes Jamal blush. "Am...am I bad?" Jamal asks. "No, you are not bad. You were misguided though anger which made you do bad things, in reality, you are not bad." Himawari says to him. "You are like a beautiful rose, and through all this hell, you were able to bloom in the end." This causes Jamal to breathe a sigh of relief, as he disappears into the SPOC device. "Rest in peace Jamal, I promise I will give you justice." The memories of Jamal flood through Himawari's brain. The way Jamal died and was disposed of by the police was so intense and graphic, it made Himawari vomit. She then angrily went to where the brainwashed cops were and changed the script of the SPOC device for the cops. When the cops snapped out of their trance, they found themselves in a lion's den at the zoo.
"Wait where are we?" Officer Jacob says getting up from the pit of mud that he was laying in. "I don't know, all I remember was an earthquake, and then boom, we were here." Officer Louis says looking around. All of a sudden, four lions walk out of their den and approached the two officers growling and roaring loudly. "Ea-easy kitty, good Kitty" Officer Jacob says to quell the hungry beasts, but it was all for naught as the lions pounce the two officers tearing them limb from limb. "Hmph, I guess you guys were eaten like pigs too," Himawari says as she walks to the hospital. On the way, she runs into Debiddo and Bolt who are in a rush. "Hima, Hima, are you ok?" Debiddo says wrapped in bandages. "Yeah, we saw that the SPOC device detected a corrupted soul and a Rank A demon!" Bolt says out of breath. "Oh, yeah that was taken care of," Himawari says as she shows her SPOC device. "Oh, well then that's awesome Hima," Debiddo says with a smile. "You don't need to be worrying me! You should be worried about that injury of yours!" Himawari says, scolding Debiddo. "Yeah, yeah, I gotcha, I won't do anything that reckless again," Debiddo says as everyone shared a laugh. "This world is truly wicked...if I can help save some of these misguided souls, that will be enough for me..." Himawari says looking at her SPOC device. "Hmm? Hima, you seem different, I can't put my finger on it, but you look like you matured some?" Debiddo says as he rubs his head. Himawari immediately blushes and ends up punching Debiddo in the face. "Wha-wha-what are you saying Stuppido? What do you mean, some? You should have just died by Emma!" "OWWW, what did I say?" Debiddo says as he gets beat up Himawari. "Good grief.." Bolt says shaking his head.
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