Kisa had been taking a shower, or rather washing herself, when she suddenly heard Diego's and Nacht's screams. There she found that someone was attacking them… his name is Junker. The guy had a strange form: he had two heads, a human one at the front and a wooden one at the back. His body was human, but roots coiled all around him. He also had a staff that ended in the shape of a skull. Kisa at least managed to save the two of them, but will she be able to defeat Junker?
Kisa: "Hahhh… this… aura…"
(Death aura!)
Kisa: "Haaaaaahhh!"
(shivering)(shudder!)
Kisa: (I've never felt anything like this… who is this guy…?)
They were also being watched by the witch without knowing it.
Miss Nightmare: "Hehe, Junker may not be the strongest of the guardians… but in terms of magic… he's definitely the creepiest."
She smiled. Around her floated the eyes of nightmares, moving around her and blinking. So, what will Kisa do now?
Kisa: "Hahhh…"Junker: "Little female… and two little males… who will be the first little one to be killed by me?"Kisa: "Ghhhh… what should I do…"Nacht: "Ghhh…"Diego: "Urk… ghhh…"
Kisa: "I can't let the two of them die. He'll kill us… and he even dared to hurt them."
Her magic aura flared up, purple in color.
Junker: "Hmmm… (she's not bad…)… alright then… I'll start with you… little fe-male."
The roots spread out.
Junker: "…I'll kill you in the worst way a girl can imagine."
Kisa: "Hmm."
She got ready, her gloves and shoes glowing with power.
Kisa: "Hmm!"
She rushed at him.
Kisa: "Ghost Punch!"
He blocked it.
(Crash!)
Junker: "That's nowhere near enough."
His fist turned into a huge fist of roots.
Kisa: "Ugh!"
He swatted her away, and she crashed through several trees.
(Crash!) (Crash!) (Crash!)
Kisa: "Gah… ugh!"
Blood on her face, blood on her body, she had apparently even broken a rib.
Kisa: "Hahhh… one… hit… just one hit… is enough… to wreck… me?!"
Kisa slowly stood up.
Kisa: "Hahhh… Ghost… Run!"
She hurried and sprinted toward him.
Kisa: "Ghh…!"
Then she slammed her hands into the ground.
Kisa: "Ghost Quake!"
The ground collapsed, and the ghosts that came out of the fissure exploded, increasing the damage. People call Kisa the Ghost Mage.
Kisa: "Hahhh…"Junker: "Not bad…"
He grabbed his staff and pointed it at her.
Junker: "Flower… Zard!"Kisa: "Huh!"
Several flowers appeared. These flowers attacked her with their teeth, and whenever they missed Kisa, a new flower emerged from their mouths and tried again, until one finally bit Kisa's hand.
(Sploch!)
Kisa: "Aaaaaaaaaarghhh!"
Junker: "Stinging roots!"
Roots burst out of the ground and pierced through Kisa's body.
Kisa: "(Bleaargh!)"
(Sploch!)
Junker: "Hmm… you're too pretty… how about we tear off the skin of your face?"
Kisa: "Ghhhh… Ghost… Tail!"
Suddenly a beast-like tail appeared from her lower back and swallowed up the roots and flowers.
(Bam!)
Kisa: "Hahhhh… hahhh… hahhh…"Junker: "Not bad… really not bad."
Kisa: "Ghhhh… how… could you… hurt… my… friends…"
She stood up.
Kisa: "Hahhh…"
He raised his staff again.
Junker: "…Flower Projectiles!"
Flowers appeared and shot seeds at her.
Kisa: "Ugh!"
She dodged them, but one hit her in the shoulder.
Kisa: "Urk…"
She fell to the ground.
Kisa: "Ghhh."
Junker: "…Bloom."Kisa: "Huh!"
The plant began to dig into Kisa's body, its roots forcing their way into her veins.
Kisa: "Gahhh… aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhh!"
Junker: "Plant… zombies!"
Kisa: "Ugh!"
Suddenly several zombies appeared that looked like plants. They crawled toward Kisa and began to bite her.
(Slash!)
Kisa: "Aaaaaaaaarghhhh… gaaaaaaaaaarghhh… ghhhh…"
They bit her all over her body.
Kisa: "Aaaaaaaarghhh…"
Diego: "…Kisa…"Nacht: "Gghhhhh…"
In two places she was crawling forward.
Kisa: "Regeneration!… Regeneration!"
But the monsters kept biting her until she closed her eyes.
Kisa: "…Transformation!"
She transformed, and in that very moment she grabbed one of the zombies by the head and tore it apart.
Kisa: "Gahhhhh…"
Her eyes were stitched shut like in every transformation, her back opened again, hands emerging from this curse.
Junker: "Ugh… a curse?"
"Hehehehehe… hehehehehe…"
Kisa: "Hahhhh…"
Blood flowed from the stitched areas on her legs, arms, neck, and when she opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue, her tongue was stitched and blood came out of it.
Junker: "No… wait… that's not a curse… that… that's the Phantom itself!…"
Gretel: "…Hänsel!"Ichabod: "That's right… Gretel… she's not just a fairy tale… but a cursed fairy tale being… with two personalities. The kind one toward Kisa and the mean one toward Kisa."Gretel: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhh!"Kisa: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhh!"Hänsel: "Gretel… calm down!"Gretel 1: "Leave her… alone!"Gretel 2: "Oh no, I won't… hehehehe!"
Ichabod: "Gretel… consists of… two different… spirits!"
Kisa: "Gahhhh… aarghhhh… aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhh!"
Suddenly a dark magic flared up.
Junker: "Ghhhhh…"
Kisa: "Haahhhhhhh…"Junker: "Huh?"
Kisa: "…You… are in my way!… tree freak!"
Her transformed appearance didn't change all that much. She just had a different hat, and as a weapon she now carried a huge pair of pincers.
Kisa: "Haaaaaaaahhhh."Junker: "Ghhh… it's only one form…"
He thrust his staff forward.
Junker: "Flower… pro—"
Suddenly she was standing right in front of him.
Junker: "Yeah… but what?!"
(Fwish!)
She sliced off his hand.
(Sploch!)
Junker: "Ghhhhh…"Gretel 2: "Hhhhhh… hehehehe."Kisa: "…You… are in my way!"
She grabbed hold of his roots and tore them off.
Junker: "Aaaaaaaaaaaarghhh!"
He jumped back.
Junker: "Flower Beast!"
A huge monster made of roots appeared, only its head had the form of a flower. It attacked her and punched her, sending her flying several meters.
(Crash!) (Crash!)
Junker: "Hahahaha… what do you say now, brat?!"
(Whoosh!)
Kisa: "…Hmm."Junker: "Ugh…"
She almost sliced him open, but the flower monster blocked her.
(Fwish!)
Kisa: "Ghhh…"Junker: "Hahhh… that was close."Kisa: "Hehehe…"
(Meanwhile)
Jack the Ripper: "That reminds me, boss… guess who I found."Billy: "Hmm?"Jack the Ripper: "…The lala girl."Billy: "Ugh…"Jack the Ripper: "Exactly… the one who killed four of our people after working for us… Kisa Puschkin."Billy: "And why didn't you kill her?"Jack the Ripper: "…Should I have?"Billy: "No… you did well… you'll take care of it… Jodge Holden."Jodge: "Heeeeeeehhhhhhehe… with pleasure…"
He smiled. He was bald, with a wide creepy grin, overweight, red eyes, and he covered his bald head with a hat.
Jack the Ripper: "Careful… there are two other kids with her."Jodge Holden: "Hmph…"
(Back to Kisa)
(Bam!)
She was still fighting the tree.
Kisa: "Aaaaaaaaaaaarghhh!"
(Crash!)
Junker: "I'll assist you… Flower Beast… seed projectiles!"
Flowers appeared and shot their seeds at her.
Kisa: "Huh!"
(Boom!)
Kisa deflected them quickly. But at that moment the monster slammed her again with its fist.
(Patch!)
And sent her flying several meters once more.
(Crash!)
Kisa: "Urk… ghhhh…"
From the stitched areas on her body, ghosts emerged. These ghosts were then grabbed by Kisa and formed into a new weapon: a huge sword. Junker wondered how she could even hold it.
Kisa: "Hahhhh…"Junker: "Ghhh… this brat… that sword is as big as she is… and she's holding it with one hand… how is that possible?"
Diego: "Ghhh… hey… Nacht… do you know… what's going on?"Nacht: "…Ghhhh… not really… this is the first time I've seen that sword, but… as far as that goes, I'm not surprised… Kisa has a strong body…"
Kisa attacked the huge monster, the seed flowers shooting at her, but she blocked them with her sword.
Kisa: "Aaaaaaaarghh!"
(Sploch!)
And she sliced the monster's head off.
Junker: "No… my Flower Beast!"
The sword broke in the process. But that didn't stop Kisa from closing in on him.
Junker: "Stay away from me… you monster!"
Several roots shot up, but they did nothing to stop Kisa's charge. She reached him, grabbed his face with her hand, and then smashed his head down into the ground with such force that the ground collapsed.
(Kaboooom!)
Then she ripped his arm out.
(Sploch!)
Junker: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhh… gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhh…"
He lay on the ground. He looked at her in sheer terror, trembling, and she punched his face over and over with her fist.
(Patch!) (Patch!) (Patch!)
Junker: "Ghh… aarghh…"
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Until Nacht finally grabbed her hand.
Nacht: "That's enough… that's enough, Kisa… he's dead."
His head was almost gone.
Kisa: "Hahhh…"Nacht: "Calm down now…"Gretel 2: "Stop bothering us."Nacht: "Shut up and give us our Kisa back right now!… or I'll make you regret it."Gretel 1: "Now… let… her… go!"
Gretel 1 managed to shake her loose, went back into her back, and Kisa came to her senses.
Kisa: "Huh?… huh?…"
She then collapsed unconscious, but Nacht caught her.
Nacht: "Got you."
He carried her in his arms.
Diego: "Is she alright?"Nacht: "Just unconscious… nothing more. Carry her on your back, I've got more wounds than you, that's why."Diego: "Hmph… alright then… you bastard…"
He carried her on his back. They walked on and finally left one section of the forest behind.
Nacht: "Hm?"Diego: "Huh?"
Kisa opened her eyes.
Kisa: "Hahhh…"Diego: "Kisa… are you alright?"Kisa: "…My… my… my… head… hurts."
(Sploch!)
Suddenly blood came out of her eyes and nose.
Diego: "Ugh… Kisa."Nacht: "Ugh…"
Nacht held his head.
Nacht: "What… the hell is happening to me…"Diego: "Nacht."Kisa: "Ghhhhh…"Diego: "What's going on?"
"That might be… me."
said a female voice. A woman in a large hoodie appeared, cloak-like, covering herself.
Diego: "Ugh…"
She stretched out her hand.
"Hehehe."
Suddenly Diego's head also started to hurt, and he dropped to his knees.
"Hehehe."
Then she stretched out her hand again, and Nacht floated up and was hurled toward the trees.
(Crash!)
"My name is Philomela… Ainsworth… very nice… to meet you."
She had long black hair, purple eyes, a beauty mark under her lower lip and another on her left cheek.
Philomela: "So… how about it… do you… want to keep going?"
Nacht: "You damn…!"
Nacht charged at her.
Philomela: "Hold still…"
Suddenly the skin of his whole face ripped open.
Nacht: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhh… urk… aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhh."Philomela: "You don't just scream like that for no reason… didn't anyone teach you that?"Nacht: "Ghhh."Philomela: "…As I see… you're still alive… Junker."
Junker stood up.
Nacht: "Ghhhh…"Diego: "Damn."
Philomela: "But… you failed."Junker: "…Wait… give me another—"
(Sploch!)
Half of his body was blown apart, only the spine and his lower body remained, and it fell to the ground.
Diego: "Ugh… hahhh…"Nacht: "Ghhh…"Kisa: "Hahhh."
Philomela: "Losers… have no place here… hehehehe… I am the third guardian of the labyrinth forest… very pleased to meet you… hhmmph."
She smiled.