“Get back here!” Saiko yells, lunging for the curvy ghoul with a “Betty Boop” mask and same short red dress. To be honest, she’d love to wear that dress herself.
“I think not,” mocks the ghoul, using her koukaku to block Saiko’s rinkaku and knock her off her feet. “Boop-oop-a-doop!”
She climbs the fence before Saiko and vanishes.
“Saiko! What happened?!” Mutsuki, Urie, and Shirazu race up.
“Betty got away again,” Saiko mutters. Maybe she shouldn’t have taken her on alone.
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“Ready to meet my sister?” Yonebayashi Sora grins at his girlfriend.
Katayama Keiri purrs under his smile. She originally began dating this hapless Academy graduate to keep herself aware of CCG’s actions. She wasn’t counting on actually liking this dork, or convincing him to live with her to escape his awful, horrible, no-good, very bad mother.
I’m an idiot.
Keiri nods and allows Sora to lead her up to a large house. “Saiko calls this the ‘Chateau.’”
Keiri chuckles. “How quaint.”
“Sora!” The blue-haired Quinx she found last night throws the door open and tackles him in an embrace.
Keiri’s blood chills. Sora’s sister is a Quinx? That Quinx?
“Saiko!” Sora laughs. “This is Katayama Keiri.”
Saiko smiles and nods, as if nothing is wrong. “Nice t’meet ya.”
“Nice to meet you, too,” says Keiri, trying to lower her voice.
It doesn’t work. She sees Saiko’s eyes widen.
Saiko punches at her, but Keiri dodges. She can’t use her kagune – Sora might get hurt.
“What?” screams Sora.
“She’s a ghoul, you idiot!” Saiko uses her rinkaku to punch Keiri against the wall.
“Ah…ha-ha.” Keiri looks up, dizzy and sprawled across the floor. She shouldn’t have been so merciful. God dammit.
“What have you done?” Sora cries, trying to reach for Keiri. Saiko holds him back. “She’s not a ghoul. I love her!”
“What’s all this?” Sasaki materializes, followed by the remaining Quinx.
“Is this your family reunion?” Shirazu jokes. He then freezes when he sees Saiko crying.
“She’s Betty. I know her voice.” Saiko’s lips quiver. Her brother is dating a killer.
Keiri should run. But she doesn’t want to break Sora’s heart.
“Are you sure?” Sasaki approaches. Sasaki, the famous investigator. Keiri can’t help but flinch.
She scrambles up, pressing her back against the wall. Her heart hammers. “Sora…”
What if they arrest him, too?
“Fuck!” she spits. “I love you too, Sora.” Tears roll down her cheeks. “That’s why I never told him, I swear he didn’t know.”
“Know what?” Sora looks stricken.
She looks at him with two kakugans.
He gasps. “Why?!”
Saiko sees Urie release his own koukaku.
“I claim ownership rights!” she yells quickly. “You can’t kill her yet!”
She’s not yet sure how to help Sora through this mess, but she’ll find a way.