Sakuya is at the school cafe, having a conniption.
Yuuya is there too, cool, collected, and importantly, alive.
“You scum! You villain! Explain yourself! Why are you still alive!?”
“Why? Well, for starters, I could never bring myself to leave all the ladies sad and alone.”
“How much must you mock me before you will be satisfied!?”
“Leone…!?”
“Truth be told, Leone here gave me an antidote. I was loitering around on the border between life and death, and he pulled me back up in a miraculous revival.”
“But he said he was going to recover your body…!”
“I do not recall saying I was going to recover his corpse.”
“Lunacy! Madness! Inconceivable! Give it back! Give me back the time and mental energy I spent mourning you!”
“You mourned me? I’m flattered.”
“Gaaaah!”
“We can’t stay long, Sakazaki Yuuya. It’s time to set out on our next Bright and Massive Mission. This is your chance to regain the department’s trust.”
“Roger that! Let’s go, Sexy and Suave!”
The pair of agents slickly depart. Shaking his head, Sakuya takes his leave as well, wandering by the track.
“Hehehehe! Black Beandonna…!”
“Coo, coo!?”
(Anghel! Do you have food!?)
“Ah! What did I…? Gah! The Demon Spores encroach again…!?”
“Coooooo!”
(Stick ‘em up! Okosan demands your beans or your life!)
“So you appear, Bone-White Bird of Bean-Eating. By the Oath of Old, join me!”
“… they’re still going at it?”
On the outskirts of the school grounds, another pair of familiar faces greets Sakuya.
”!
Why are you, of all people, pushing Iwamine’s wheelchair…!? I would never have expected to see you two together.”
“Taking responsibility for injuries dealt to another party by tending to them seems to be a natural enough reaction to me.”
“I need to apologize somehow, don’t I?”
“… if you change your mind and decide it’s time to exact revenge again, I never met either of you, understand?”
“Come on, Shirogane… that would never happen. Probably.”
“Hohoho, how wonderful. I can feel the suspense in the air!”
“Somehow I feel like attempting to apply ethical guidelines to either of you is completely futile. Anyway, I needed to talk to you. I have the results from the experiment the other day.”
“There were no problems?”
“None at all. It was a perfect success.”
“Well, I guess… that means it’s time, doesn’t it?”
“I have the date. If you can come, please do.”
He hands the ex-faculty each a small invitation, before going their separate ways.
“Mister Kawara, miss Thielle. Can you hear me? Morning is almost here.”
The darkness is filled with light.
I told you I wouldn’t go back on my word!
Maybe happy endings do exist. Or at least, as happy as they can get.
Until next time, everybirdie.
--fin