W Pinch Summaries Parts 11-15

W(Double) Pinch!
Started January 2000
by Azuki Ryou

Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15

Part 11(November 2000):It's science class, and as usual, the new teacher, Makise-sensei is really strict, especially so on Arisa. He tells her to carry some test tubes to the supplies room, and then something small runs past Arisa, bumping her enough to make her drop the tubes and break them. Makise orders her to remain after school in the science supply room and clean it up as punishment. Akina is watching, thinking she never changes, when he catches Makise smiling. In his head, Makise is ecstatic over being able to order around the same Arisa who long ago messed up his research and called him her underling. He thinks that Arisa must have had a big emotional/mental shock to make her change the way she did, and vows to finish his revenge before she turns into Arisa and realizes who he is.
    Out in the hall carrying broken glass, Arisa is called by Inogami, who offers to carry the box for her. She doesn't respond, wondering if she should ask Inogami about what Akina said before about him possible having come to the school to take revenge on Arisa the same as the others. She can't, but before she says anything, Akina's hand slams the wall between their heads with a piece of paper(the Arisa Announcement), and he asks. Arisa stops him by covering his mouth with her hands, and tells him she doesn't care, and asks him not to say any more. Akina looks at first as if he will protest, but then notices that she's shaking, and silently takes her hands away and walks off. Arisa tells Inogami it's ok, she believes in him, and says she can carry the box by herself.
   Makise-sensei is planning for after school, and reflects smugly that not only will he be able to get Arisa back for the trouble all those years ago, but he can also finish the experiment she messed up. He scolds a student for running in the halls who turns out to be Iyo carrying a weird bag with stars on it. Makise is worried for a moment, but when Iyo just looks at him curiously for a moment then runs away, he's relieved that he wasn't recognized.
Outside, Akina is steaming, complaining that he sees how it is, he's the bad guy now for suspecting Inogami. He fumes that staying silent won't help, and Inogami really does seem suspicious, when his thoughts are interrupted by Arisa, who has come out to talk. She apologizes for what happened before, but explains that Inogami was the first person who was nice to her at this school, and she really doesn't want to think he's only out for revenge. Akina still isn't satisfied, but Arisa points out that Inogami could have had his revenge anytime before and didn't. Then she says she knows Akina was asking for her sake, and that she totally believes in Akina too. That silences him, and Arisa reenters the school to do her cleaning duty. Akina, red-faced, doesn't know what to think.
He's caught off-guard by the sight of Iyo holding the weird star bag from before for Totomaru to practice punching on, complete with drawn-on eyebrows and boxing gloves! He reminds Iyo quite strongly^_^ that he doesn't want him to teach Totomaru nay weird tricks, and Iyo protests that they're not tricks, they're martial arts, and Totomaru might need them to fend off stray cats and sketchy dog 'mania' people (Akina thinks that Iyo is describing himself). Suddenly Iyo recalls Makise-sensei, and recognizes him from one of their past schools. He explains that Arisa even made teachers her underlings, but Iyo felt no pity for Makise, because in the biology room he was keeping lots of dogs, and Iyo thought for sure he was going to perform some experiment on them. When Arisa made one of Makise's solutions blow up and created a big disturbance, Iyo snuck in and let all the dogs free. Akina remembers that Arisa is alone with him, and thinks that the incident with Inogami distracted him.
   Alone in the supply room, Arisa is sweeping and feeling creeped out by the science stuff when something falls off a shelf. She goes over to put it back using a stepladder, and sees several pairs of eyes shining behind the shelf. She starts, and falls off the ladder with the shelf falling towards her. She falls to the ground with her eyes closed, but when the shelf doesn't fall on her she opens them to see Akina above her, having taken the blow from the shelf. From the doorway, Iyo sees and runs to get a teacher, and Akina tells Arisa not to move. Arisa agrees, but can't help her heart from pounding faster and faster from her upset emotions, and suddenly-Arisa appears, and coolly commands Akina to move a bit, or she'll kiss him again. Akina, realizing with distaste what happened, pulls away, and Arisa easily kicks the shelf enough to send it crashing the other way. Looking up, she sees Inogami in the doorway, and asks how long he's been there. Inogami asks if she'd believe him if he said he was coming to help with the clean-up and heard a big noise. He seems nonplussed when she unhesitatingly answers yes, because Arisa believes him. She asks him to take Akina to the hospital(he's bleeding) while she 'takes care of things'.
Holding Akina up while they walk, Inogami remarks that Akina obviously doesn't enjoy being helped by him, but he'll do it for the sake of their old friendship. Then he calls Akina by his old nickname, Crybaby Akina-chan! Startled, Akina asks how he knows that, but Inogami just smiles and continues.
Elsewhere, Arisa reaches the biology room and kicks down the door, calling Makise to come out. She declares that he's better be ready for the consequence of hurting one of her underlings, and calls him Underling #101, pervert teacherMakise Ryou(I think here, it means generally weird rather than sexually). Suddenly, lots of little dogs jump out on her, and appearing, Makise says she'd better be ready, because he knows the secret of her transformation. Arisa just looks at him and scornfully asks if this his secret weapon. She says it's too bad for him, but it seems to only work with Akina's dog. Makise smirks, revealing that he had thought of that possibility, and Totomaru faces jump out again at her. Before Arisa can react, Arisa has reappeared, wondering where Akina is. She sees the dogs and thinks they're Totomaru before noticing that they just have Totomaru masks on. Standing above her, Makise comments that they're his capable assistants, and picks them up to hug them and praise their work(seems he and Iyo have a lot in common^_-) Then he tells Arisa that she is going to become his test subject, and holds out a syringe of the new drug he made. He says he's very interested in how she will change after taking it...

Part 12(December 2000):Makise is going on about how hard it was being treated like a mad scientist, and Arisa tries to move away but Makise notices. He says there's nothing for her to be afraid of, the syringe doesn't have deadly drugs or anything in it, and Arisa asks what is it then. Makise smiles smugle and replies it's medicine to change humans into dogs! Arisa says that's impossible, and prays for someone to come...
Elsewhere, Akina asks if Inogami wasn't an Underling of Arisa's, and just transferred to the same school by coincidence, and Inogami confirms it. When he first met Arisa again, he was surprised at how different she was, but since he didn't think she would remember him anyways, he didn't say anything. Akina persists, asking where Inogami knew Arisa from, and Inogami tells him straight out that he was at the same grade school as Akina and Arisa at Shimane, but transferred in the middle. Akina thinks he kind of recognizes Inogami's face, and Inogami continues, saying he was weak and couldn't play together, but he always admired Arisa, who was strong and did whatever she wanted. It always got on Inogami's nerves that Arisa seemed to like Akina, who was so dull and weak. Akina wonders if that's why Inogami never liked him. He asks where Arisa is, and Inogami tells him how she was going to 'clean up' with Makise. Akina remembers, and his movement makes his wound hurt again. Inogami tells him he shouldn't aggravate it, and Arisa can take care of herself, but Akina declares that he's going anyways, even if he's not needed, because he decided to, and that's what he told Arisa. Inogami just watches in silence...
Back in the lab, someone appears at the door and Arisa, relieved, expects Akina, but it's just the principal, who accepts Makise's story about extra lessons without a blink, not noticing that Arisa is tied up! Makise comments that she shouldn't worry, after his experiment succeeds and Arisa is a dog, he'll be nice and keep her as a pet. He approaches with the syringe as Arisa screams that he's a twisted teacher, and there's a sudden crash as the window is smashed in. Hopefully, Arisa looks to see...Totomaru! He's got the eyebrows, and a tuft of black hair(it seems he's trying to stand in for Akina). Makise(remember, he's a dog freak) smiles and invites him to come closer for a treat, when Totomaru unleashes the ultimate maneuver... the Dragon Pretty Honey Fist! A note from Dragon Ken states that though this seems strange to normal people, Totomaru's move is shooting irresistible pheromones to dogs and dog freaks alike! Makise's thoughts are running like this-"Looking at him again...those cute round eyes, those manly eyebrows, those marshmallow-like paws...very purichii! (pretty) While Makise is having nosebleeds over Totomaru's cuteness, Iyo unties Arisa, gloating that his special training worked. Arisa asks where Akina is, and Iyo informs her that he went to the hospital. Arisa is horrified that his injury was that bad, and doesn't know what to do, it's her fault for involving him that he got hurt. It occurs to her that it all started with Makise, and her slowly growing aura of anger is finally felt by the others in the room. Makise finally looks up from hugging Totomaru to see a Dragon Ken coming right for him, as Arisa smashed him with a chair, calling him a baka. He flies out the window, Iyo timidly calls her name, and at the door, Akina(having just arrived), reflects aloud that she was doing fine by herself. Then Arisa turns around and Akina sees her crying, realizing that she's Arisa, not Arisa. Then she faints, and Arisa reappears, catching up a dog and holding up a scalpel,saying they caused her a lot of trouble. Iyo tells her the dogs aren't at fault, but Arisa ignores him, and is soon done. All around, Makise's dogs have been, shall we say, artistically groomed, with patterns, stripes, and even one with 'Love' shaved on his chest. Akina warns her not to try that with Totomaru.
Outside beside an unconscious Makise, a stray cat licks at the remains from the syringe, and walks off barking. As the principal finds him and scolds him for not locking up the school, the author notes that perhaps the fulfillment of his hopes is not too far off...
Akina tells Arisa about Inogami, and she considers that she should have been more happy that she was childhood friends with the person she likes...
In the following days, Arisa asks Akina to let her help him, since his arm injury means he can only use one hand, but Akina is reluctant. Erika shows up and starts bickering with Arisa over him, and finally Akina tells Arisa that he decided to involve himself, there's no reason for Arisa to feel responsible for him, and she doesn't want Inogami to get the wrong idea, right? He walks off with Erika hanging on his arm, wondering if he was too harsh. He still thinks there's something weird about Inogami, since neither he nor the Kawais remember him, even if he was at Shimane for only a short time...
Off by herself, Arisa wonders why, if she likes Inogami, when she's in trouble she always thinks of Akina, and figures that probably all he cares about is Arisa anyway. Inogami shows up and gives her the diary, and impulsively she asks if Inogami is only nice to her because of Arisa. Inogami says at first, that was why, but now he thinks Arisa is a good girl too, and he likes her. Arisa freezes, and then he adds, as second-best. Inogami confesses that his first love is one-sided, from a long time ago.
Arisa, walking in a daze, realizes that she just had her heart broken, and appreciates that Inogami tried to let her off easily. Totomaru jumps in front of her, followed by Akina, who's hiding from Erika. Akina notices the diary, and asks if something happened with Inogami. Arisa's tears well up, and she blurts out what Inogami told her. She starts to really cry, thinking that she's not crying because of Inogami, but because she supposedly liked him, but still kept thinking of Akina. Someone so untrue in their affections doesn't deserve to be liked by anyone. Akina, watching helplessly, reaches out and draws her into his arms...!

Part 13(January 2001): Surprised at his hug, Arisa says Akina's name, and he realizes what he's doing and pushes her away. He apologizes and quickly leaves, Arisa left behind to watch him go. That night, Arisa stays up late on herbalcony thinking of Akina and wondering why she's thinking of him when she should be sad over losing Inogami. Iyo, checking on her, tells her to cheer up and gives her a nudge that almost sends her over the railing...
    The next morning at school, Akina is walking to school thinking over what happened when Arisa peers over his shoulder and mischievously says hi. He jumps away from her, and she comments that he shouldn't be so shy, especially when yesterday they deepened their relationship. Predictably, Akina denies this, and Arisa asks exactly what it did mean, then. Akina protests that it didn't mean anything really, he just felt sorry for Arisa crying, and Arisa swiftly clubs him with her bag. Unimpressed, she notes that Akina was the type of guy that does that type of thing. As she opens her shoe locker, Akina wonders if he's relieved or not that it was Arisa, not Arisa, and Arisa finds a love letter in her locker! Erika comments snidely how strange it is that someone with such a bad personality would get a love letter, and Momo-chan(long time no see!) says that Erika and Arisa actually are about equal concerning their personalities. While Erika is punching out Momo, Arisa smugly reflects aloud that her having an admirer or two is only natural. Inogami asks who it's from, and Akina gets annoyed at how Inogami can act so cool after what happened yesterday. Arisa is silent while reading the name and the teacher comes in, announcing a new(surprise, surprise!) transfer student, the All-Japan Middle School Sumo Champion, Nishiki Kotowaka. He's the letter writer, and before he can do anything except say hello, Arisa attacks hiim, beating him into the ground while berating him, saying he still hasn't learned, she hates pushy guys, and he's just impudent for approaching her while he can only throw twice his own weight. Kotowaka just simpers, remarking that Arisa hasn't changed, but that why he loves her. A little note explains that he's protected by his fat, so he's not hurt much. He says he's fulfilled his promise to become strong, adding that no middle school guy in Japan can beat him, though Arisa points out that that's in sumo. She shouts that she doesn't like ugly guys, and Kotowaka protests that that wasn't the promise. Iyo explains that since elementary school Kotowaka liked Arisa, and to get him off her back she said if he became strong she would go out with him. Inogami says that a promise like that is hard to get out of, and Erika suggests gleefully that Arisa go out with Kotowaka. Akina thinks that since Kotowaka isn't trying to get revenge, it's not his problem.
   So Kotowaka's unrelenting pursuit of Arisa begins. He tries to eat lunch with her, asks her out on dates, and makes her tea, until finally Arisa has enough, and ties him up, ready to kill him. Iyo tries to hold her back, but she states that if Kotowaka is going to bug her his whole life, then she'll just make that life short. Close by, Akina sees the problem and orders Totomaru foward, bringing Arisa back. Iyo worries that if Kotowaka continues, they might have to transfer schools or one day
Arisa might really kill Kotowaka. Akina suggests that they tell Kotowaka of the problem, and Arisa blushes, embarrassed to see Akina after what happened. So they describe the situation to Kotowaka, but to their dismay, he refuses to give up. He declares that it's thanks to Arisa that he got to where he is today, and he thinks that the mysterious letter telling him where she was was fate. He does, however, assure Arisa that she has nothing to fear, because he is totally faithful to Arisa. Arisa, stunned, reflects that Inogami looked the same way when talking of Arisa. She thinks that Arisa is truly amazing, because though she's a bully a lot of people admire her, and then she wonders if Akina feels the same way.
    In Homec, Arisa makes muffins that finally turn out looking right, and is really happy because she's usually horrible at baking. She wants to give them to someone, and hears Erika say she's giving hers to Akina. Matsuda asks Arisa who's getting her cookies, and Arisa sheepishly replies that her brother and Totomaru will eat them. Walking down the stairs, Arisa thinks how before she would have gone straight to Inogami and given them to him, but now she's afraid the atmosphere would be uncomfortable, and she hasn't really talked to him since the thing(her confession). It's pretty much the same with Akina as well, she thinks, and then is surprised to see him walking up the stairs towards her. She blushes and says hi, and he looks back with a weird look on his face. Arisa pushes by him, thinking how stupid what she said was, and Akina catches her hand. Not looking at her, he says he's sorry for yesterday, especially since she had just had a shock about Inogami, but he thinks he might...! He's cut off by loud voices from the hallway. It's Kotowaka, being menaced by some upperclassmen who are pissed that he refused their invitation to join the pro wrestling club. Kotowaka protests that he wants to do sumo, and they ask if he means to say that pro wrestling is inferior to sumo. Akina comments that even though Kotowaka is a yokuzuna, he can't handle those two alone, and Arisa says she's going to get a teacher. When one of the sempais threaten Kotowaka though, she stands up and tells them to stop. She tells them that bullying is disgraceful. Akina stands up as well, but Arisa urges him to get a teacher, thinking that his injury is still not fully healed. Arisa thinks that if Arisa were there, she'd help Kotowaka by herself, and tries to do a Dragon Ken move unsuccessfully. One of the sempais tosses her into the air, and Arisa dizzily laments that she can't be like Arisa, then loses consciousness, letting Arisa come back. She confidently warns the bullies that they're going to be punished for touching one of her underlings, and quickly takes them out with an Dragon Overhead Kick and a Dragon Aerial ??? Move. Akina and Kotowaka just watch in discomfort(and probably resignation in Akina's case). After her triumphant pose, Kotowaka falls to his knees and says he's still not strong enough for Arisa's standards, and Arisa replies that he finally realized. She notices the muffins and recommends that he eat them and cheer up. Her last words are that he can try again once he's world champion, though Akina thinks to himself that there isn't a world champion in sumo. Someone comments that Akina had no time to push his help on Arisa this time, and Akina turns to find Inogami. Inogami continues, saying that Arisa never needs Akina's help anyways, and Akina retorts that he's going to try to help right now. Inogami doesn't know what he means, but Akina just asks him if he really doesn't like Arisa. Thinking of all the times when Inogami encouraged her(and the one time when he kissed her) Akina gets upset and shouts at Inogami not to be so indecisive. Inogami gets mad as well and asserts that Akina can't say that to him, because he's just as indecisive. Inogami can't respond to Arisa's feelings, but he does like her, so he expressed his feelings clearly. Then Inogami demands to know which one Akina really likes, saying that liking both of them the same amount doesn't cut it. Akina just stands in silence...     In school a week later, Arisa is depressed because she still needs to be saved all the time by Arisa, and Erika takes the opportunity to goad her, saying even if she's sad because her 'boyfriend' Kotowaka has missed school for a whole week, she shouldn't get so down. Arisa gets flustered, saying that's not it, then denying that Kotowaka is her boyfriend. Arisa does wonder where Kotowaka is though, when he shows up at the door, looking, shall we say, different^_^(Before he looked like a miniature sumo wrestler, along with the hairdo, and now he's totally bishounen! What are the odds?) Turns out he got food poisoning so bad from Arisa's muffins that he was in the hospital for a week, vomiting and having diarrhea(ugly but true). Iyo scolds Arisa for giving anyone food that she made, saying her lack of skill with food is murderous. Kotowaka despairs that Arisa dislikes him so much she tried to poison him, and Erika suggests that he change from being Arisa's fan to hers. Arisa looks over at Akina, who's cursing Inogami inwardly for saying weird things, and wonders what he was going to say that time on the staircase. Akina recalls how Inogami accused him of liking Arisa...

Part 14(February 2001): Arisa dreams about Arisa, and recalls what she knows of her-she's always full of confidence and is a bully and likes fighting, the opposite of her, and then wonders what Arisa is really like. In her dream, she sees a playground scene, where a kid with long hair asks to play with Arisa, but is refused because Arisa doesn't make weak kids her underlings-they can't play Dragon Ken and they're boring. The kid complains that she still plays with Akina...Arisa's alarm clock goes off and she gets up, thinking what a weird dream she had.
As she gets into class, Arisa wonders if she's thinking too much about Arisa lately, when she notices Akina drinking milk. She comments that he can drink milk now, and Momo asks if he couldn't before. Akina replies that that was a long time ago, and Arisa apologizes for saying it out of nowhere. Akina remembers how Arisa used to push him to drink milk, and Arisa wonders why she said that, she just blurted out the thought when it came to her.
The teacher announces that the school trip(not the year-end one)'s destination has been decided by the principal throwing darts at a map ^_^, and this year it's...Shimane-ken! Arisa, Akina, and Inogami are stunned into silence, but the rest of the class cries out in protest. One student demands to know why they have to go somewhere so minor, and another asks where Shimane even is.
Akina is indignant over his home being dissed, and points out some 'famous' people who came from Shimane-but no one seems to care-or even know? who they are. Inogami points out a couple people and things that actually are famous(Isumo Taisha and Koizumi Yakumo-I don't know them), and in an aside Azuki-sensei adds that Sawada Toro, Hasegawa Jun, and herself are all from Shimane as well. Momo asks what food Shimane is known for, and Akina admits that it's corbicula(seems like it's a boring vegetable or something). The teacher reminds people who want to go to hand in their papers by the end of the week, and Arisa reflects that probably not many people will go. However, she thinks that maybe if she goes back to where Arisa lived, maybe she'll remember how she was, and decides to go.
A couple days later, Arisa and Iyo are walking home from the grocery store, and Arisa find sout that Iyo is going too, for nostalgia and also because unlike an end-of-school trip, there's a lot of freedom on this trip. They're interrupted by Erika's voice asking Akina out to dinner, and turn to see Erika hanging on to Akina, accompanied by Momo. Erika says she and Akina were out on a date, but Akina calls her a liar. Momo explains that Erika attached herself to them while they were shopping for the trip. Arisa realizes aloud that both Akina and Momo are going, and Akina says he'll go visit his home while he's there. Arisa thinks about this, and before Erika can invite herself, asks Akina straight out if she can go to his house too. She wants to visit the place where Akina and Arisa lived. Akina, a bit surprised, says it's okay, and Arisa realizes how forward she sounded. She considers that it almost sounded like a date invite, but still is glad that she can walk around the town she used to live with Akina. She starts to feel nervous, when someone calls her name.
It's two thugs from Chapter 5, who are back for revenge. Of course Arisa doesn't remember, but the thugs are determined to have it out, and the big one pulls out a pair of billy clubs and poses, while the little one notes that you can buy them by mailorder for Y3000, and Iyo exclaims how cool they are^_^;;. Arisa screams, and a little way away, Akina wonders if there's trouble. He starts to go back, but at first is held by Erika. Momo quickly throws her over his shoulder, and a he leaves Akina promises to buy him juice later. Erika protests loudly but Momo tells her she should give up. Their argument is stopped when a ninja star cuts into a pole beside them with a note attached...
Arisa is cornered by the bug thug, while the little one is holding Iyo. Akina and Totomaru are running towards the scene as the thug swings down his club, when <pikin> and ths club makes contact with the wall. Arisa, awakened by danger, flips above the thug's head and makes the Dragon Ken Giant Flip Revolving Double Leg Drop Kick(whoof!) onto the thug. When Akina gets there he sees Arisa repeatedly hitting the thug with his own weapons, reminding him not to use 'Kentarou-sama'(Dragon Ken)'s moves ineffectively. As Arisa dumps the now-unconscious thus in the river, she triumphantly tells him to come back another day(literally, the day after tomorrow). Totomaru jumps on her from behind, and she also falls into the river, along with Totomaru. Arisa wakes up and wonders what happened, and notices Totomaru struggling in the water nearby. She grabs him up but then remembers that she can't swim either, then passes out. She briefly has a vision of another dog struggling in water, called Chachamaru, with someone crying out and another person scolding the first for just crying.
When she comes to, Arisa is being carried home(piggyback)by Akina. He tells her they're almost to her house, and Iyo has gone ahead to get a towel. Arisa is sorry that Akina had to save her again, and Akina asks what she's talking about, when she saved his dog for the second time. He says a long time ago Arisa saved Totomaru's father, and Arisa asks if it was Chachamaru. Surprised that Arisa remembers, Akina swings around, making Arisa bend back(this is a funny picture). He asks if she's remembered, and she says yes, but just a little bit. She laments that she hoped to become Arisa if she remembered everything(though she knows she's really Arisa already), but it won't work with just small memories. Akina looks at her and then covers her with his jacket, saying there's no need for her to try and change totally, even if she stays the crybaby Arisa, she's still...
Akina and Arisa stare at each other, and Akina is silent as he remembers Inogami's saying how he won't acknowledge Akina liking both of the Arisas. Iyo finds them standing together and runs in with a towel. Akina leaves, calling Totomaru, and Arisa watches him go, blushing.
Akina remembers his words so long ago, "I'm just here to get revenge on Kawai Arisa!" and thinks how he tried for so long, and did so many things just for that, and thinks that without Arisa, he wouldn't be the person he is today. When he gets home, a neighbour(or the landlady) gives him a package from his home, and he opens it up to find some old primary school albums he had asked for. He flips the pages of one and stops, dumbfounded...
The next day at school, Arisa tells Inogami that they can stop the diary, thanking him for going along with it. She asks to remain good friends with him and leaves to talk to her brother, who's brought her paperwork for the trip. She asks if he's going to come with her and Akina as well, and he confirms it, saying it will be nostalgic, and he might meet old friends, maybe even his first love. Stunned, Arisa asks about this, and Iyo tells her that the girl, Yuki-chan, used to go the same way as them to school. She was the same age as Arisa, but couldn't play much with her because she was weak, so Iyo played with her instead. But one time, Yuki-chan got hurt by chance(with a cut on her face)when she was playing with all of them, and her mother wouldn't let them play together anymore. Then Arisa's family moved. Arisa doesn't remember, and thinks that she'd like to, not because she still wants to be Arisa, but because she wants to know Akina better.
In the biology room, Arisa's former victims(except for Akina) gather, having recieved the same letter, telling them all to gather at Shimane while warning them not to tell Akina. Momo points out that the feel of the letter is a lot different from the first, and wondres if it's a different sender, and Erika wonders why they have to keep it a secret from Akina. Julie suggests that maybe it's because Akina always is on Arisa's side when something happens, and Makise-sensei agrees.
In gym class, Akina watches Inogami washing his face, and thinks that there was definitely an Inogami Yuuki in their primary school class, but unless there's a twin somewhere...There's a closeup of Inogami's ear, where there's a scar, and than the picture of Akina, Arisa, and Yuuki-chan. Akina thinks that that can't be, and in the biology room, Makise-sensei comments that if they go to Shimane, everything will become clear...

Part 15(March 2001): Darkness...a man stands alone, his battle aura glowing through the blakcness, someone screams that Kentarou is here. A voice proclaims that after a year of searching, Kentarou has finally found the castle of Gaou, where his love Yurian is being held. The final fight is beginning...
Iyo and Arisa are late on the day they leave for Shimane because Iyo had to set the VCR to tape Dragon Ken. Inogami has been set in charge of the boys because they're all transfer students(Akina and the rest of the Underlings). In addition to Erika, Matsuda and Naomi are coming as well, since Julie is going. Erika and Matsuda seem to enjoy fighting with one another, as they both have bad personalities. Arisa asks Inogami if he's going to see his old home like the others(I think, she actually makes it sound like a bride returning to her old home, but...) and he agrees, adding that he also did the tea ceremony there. Akina, watching them, looks once more at the photo he has, and put it in his pocket.
Discussing the schedule, Arisa is happy because there's lot of free time, and Erika is disappointed because a shrine well-known for 'enmusubi' (love charms) isn't on the list, and she was planning on certifying her and Akina's love(Akina pretends not to hear this^_^). Inogami points out that the one they're going to today also has enmusubi. The charm goes like this: You buy a paper from the shrine, then put it on the surface of the nearby pond with a 10Y or 100Y piece on top of it. Your love fortune will appear, and the faster the paper sinks into the water, the faster your love will appear. All the girls do it, as well as Iyo(hopefully he's interested in a human partner!), and Erika, Matsuda, and Naomi are happy when theirs sink quickly, leaving the Kawais' floating. Iyo and Arisa wait, and wait...and wait some more. After 25 minutes, they still haven't sunk, and Iyo gives up, saying first loves never work out anyways. Arisa stays, glumly reflecting that her first love already finished, when Totomaru comes to the edge and playfully paws her paper, making it finally sink. Arisa is really happy, though she wonders if that's against the rules, and behind her, Akina asks what she was doing. She replies a bit embarrassedly, that she was doing a love charm. Inogami starts to tell her of his suspicions about Inogami, but then stops, thinking that it would hurt her, and that he should find more proof before he tells her. Arisa wonders if Akina thinks she still likes Inogami, and begins to tell him otherwise, when Inogami shows up. He calls Arisa, because the teacher needs to tell the head boy and girl of the trip(him and Arisa) something. They leave, and Akina agonizes over how he's going to find out. It would seem weird if he stares at Inogami in the bath, and if he bursts in on him in the bathroom he'll seem like a pervert. Akina grumpily asks why he's always worrying more than the main character...
Arisa has seen the teacher and looks around, buying a cute little omamori. Matsuda calls over to her, saying there's a lottery, but Arisa declines, saying she has bad luck. At that moment, there's a loud crack, and Arisa looks up to see a big tree falling towards her! The tree falls, but Inogami has pulled Arisa out of the way. Arisa thinks that it happened so suddenly, she didn't even turn into Arisa, and thanks Inogami. She notices that his arm is cut, but he says that it's nothing. The way he phrases it makes Arisa recall another time when someone said the same thing. Akina is relieved that Arisa is okay, and finds her omamori on the ground. He starts to call to her, but she's talking to Inogami about his wound, and Akina stops.
Nearby, all the Underlings(except Akina) are standing around. The person who cut the tree comments that he wanted to see Arisa's true strength, but an obstacle appeared. A bit taken aback, Momo asks if he wanted to kill Arisa, and Makise-sensei asks the person if he was the one who sent them all the letters stating Arisa's present school. The guy says no, he got the same letter, but he did send the later one. He suggests that up till now, all their efforts to get revenge on Arisa have failed because they tried separately, but if they work together, they can definitely defeat 'the commander of evil', Arisa.
That night, everyone is in the ryokan (the principal is trying to pick up the ryokan lady) and the ?vice-principal? is talking about curfew. In the baths, Matsuda asks why Arisa has a big bath towel with her, who replies that she's embarrassed. Matsuda tells her not to be so shy with other women, and gives her a nudge, and Arisa slips and falls, turning into Arisa.
In the hall after, she and Matsuda run into Akina, who asks what happened. Matsuda says Arisa fell, and comments that her double personality is pretty wack for her to change over something like that(wack is, of course, the technical term^_-) Out of nowhere come three throwing stars, nailing Arisa's towel to the wall. Arisa asks who is so rude as to attack without even introducing themself, so the person does. He announces that he is Underling #005, and...he's interrupted by the vice principal who strides through, telling them to be quiet, and announcing that this is the new transfer student from Shimane, Akakabutou Kouji. He continues, reminding them to be out of the the bath by 9, and lights out at 10. The vice-principal walks off, leaving Kouji still in his pose and feeling like an idiot. Akina and Arisa both remember him, Akina saying he was a big hero team otaku, and Arisa that usually he was really quiet and only got excited when they were playing pretend hero teams(think Power Rangers). Kouji tells them to shut up, stating that he wants revenge on Arisa for not only insulting his beloved team, the Ninja 5, but also for accidentally breaking one of his rare action figures. Arisa and Akina just stare at him. Kouji says that Arisa's reign is at an end, and that revenge is a beautiful justice. For that justice, they have been assembled to destroy the temple of evil(I'm serious, he's saying stuff like this)-the revenge team, Revengers 7, is going to beat her! All the Underlings are posed, wearing various outfits which all have a Revengers badge on them. Arisa is silent, while in the background Akina resignedly says that this school is full of morons. The Revengers quickly lose their pose, talking with other people or arguing(ie. Erika fighting with Momo because he got the pink suit instead of her). Kouji tells them not to lose formation, and asks Arisa if she's ready, when she coldly calls him a coward. Kouji is horrified that she would call a fighter of justice that, and Arisa explains that the reason she doesn't like hero teams is that they're just a bunch of weaklings pretending to be just, beating up on a single bad guy with several people together. She shouts that they should learn from Kentarou-sama, who goes to save his love Yurian from the castle Gaou by himself with no weapons! Kouji is dumbstruck, and can't say anything back. The Underlings comment, Makise saying he agrees, and Erika saying as long as Arisa is beaten up she doesn't care about justice. Akina asks where Inogami is, and Momo says he's in the room taking a shower, because he said he doesn't like the public bath. Akina is struck with indecision, thinking that if he barges in on Inogami and he turns out to be girl, he'll be a sex offender(chikan), but if Inogami's a guy, he'll be a pervert. He wonders what to do, and Arisa asks what's up with Inogami. Akina says nothing, and then remembers the omamori in his pocket. He pulls it out of his pocket to give to Arisa, but lets the photo drop as well, and Arisa catches it. She takes a look...
Kouji is deep in thought about how to make the fight fair, and finally decides on a sport challenge. He announces this to Arisa, but she's gone already.
Arisa walks down the hall with Akina, determined to make sure with her own eyes what gender Inogami is, and when Inogami comes to the room door, she quickly jumps on him, forcing his shirt open. He has a flat chest, and Akina, a little embarrassed, says that he really is a guy. Arisa wants to make -totally- sure, but Inogami stops her, saying he is male. Arisa remembers him saying that years ago, and recalls several things: Inogami wanting to play with her, and when she told him she doesn't play with weaklings he brought up Akina. Arisa had replied that Akina is a boy, and Inogami protested, saying he was a boy too, but Arisa didn't believe him.
Arisa stands before Inogami, and demands an explanation, calling him Yuki-chan. Inogami says he's happy she finally remembered him, and says he'll tell her everything tomorrow, in the place where they first met. He'll even tell her how she got her double personality...