MARKED 3:
Oni
By Zachary Smith
PAGE 1. PANEL 1.
KALLISTE IS BEGINNING TO GET HER BEARINGS ON THE FLOOR. THE DOG IS BARKING AT THE DOOR. IT IS EARLY MORNING.
KALLISTE: What is
it? Is someone—
PAGE 1. PANEL 2.
TIGHT SHOT OF KALLISTE’S EYES IN A PANIC.
KALLISTE: --Shit!
PAGE 1. PANEL 3.
KALLISTE IS HAULING ASS DOWN THE HALLWAY OF HER
APARTMENT. HER DOG IS RUNNING BEHIND
HER. I THINK IT WOULD BE COOL TO SEE
THIS FROM HER PERSPECTIVE, SPEED LINES AND EVERYTHING.
PAGE 1. PANEL 4.
SHE SLAMS THE CLOSET DOOR OPEN, WE SEE THIS FROM HER
PERSPECTIVE.
PAGE 1. PANEL 5.
KALLISTE HAS HER HANDS AROUND A KATANA, WRAPPED IN A SHEET.
KALLISTE: Haha.
PAGE 1. PANEL 6.
KALLISTE IS STARTING TO UNFOLD THE CLOTH, WE SEE FLAMES
ORNAMENTED ON THE SCABBARD. NIKKO IS LOOKING UP AT
HER.
POLICE (OFF PANEL):
Miss Tryton? Please come out with
your hands up. There is
no
need to turn this into a violent scene.
PAGE 1. PANEL 7.
KALLISTE LOOKS AT THE WINDOW LEADING OUTSIDE, WHERE THE FIRE
ESCAPE IS, BUT SHE IS ALSO ON THE 3RD STORY OF THE APARTMENT
BUILDING.
KALLISTE: Says the
man with the gun. Sorry Nikko, I can’t risk you getting hurt.
PAGE 2. SPLASH PAGE.
KALLISTE HAS JUMPED THROUGH THE WINDOW, KATANNA IN UNFIRLED,
BUT STILL IN THE SCABBARD. GLASS IS
GOING EVERYWHERE.
WE CAN SEE THE COPS, FROM THE WINDOW, ENTERING THE
APARTMENT, GUNS READY.
COP 1: We got a
runner!
PAGE 3. PANEL 1.
FLASH BACK TO 1670, JAPAN. WE’RE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF EDO, IN A
GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT. OICHO KABU CARDS
ARE FLYING EVERYWHERE AS WE SEE A YOUNG MAN RUNNING THROUGH THE CROWD, HE HAS A
SACK IN HIS HAND. ALL THE MEN WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN THE CHASE HAS RING TATTOOS AROUND THEIR ARMS. THESE WERE TO SYMBOLIZE THAT THEY WERE
CRIMINALS.
HIDEAKO, THE BOSS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT IS CHASING HIM. HE IS A BIG MAN, BUT IS GIVING IT HIS ALL TO
GET THE THIEF.
HIDEAKO: Thief! Stop the runner! He has the winnings.
PAGE 3. PANEL 2.
PEOPLE ARE CLEARING OUT OF THE WAY. ONE YAKUZA, SHINICHI, A MEMBER WITH ALMOST AN
AFRO LIKE HAIR, HAS TRIED A JUMPING ATTACK TO STOP THE THIEF.
SHINICHI: Got him.
PAGE 3. PANEL 3.
SHINICHI CRASHES INTO HIDEAKO
PAGE 3. PANEL 4
SHINICHI’S BUNGLE IS CAUSING ALL THE PURSUERS TO FALL AND CRASH AS
THE THIEF GETS AWAY.
HIDEAKO: Shinichi,
you fool!
SHINICHI:
Hideako-San, I apologize for my failure.
I will submit my pinkie to you as soon as –
HIDEAKO: Shut up!
PAGE 3. PANEL 5.
THE THIEF IS HOPPING A WOODEN RAILING, AS HE DOES SO, WE SEE
A QUICK SLASH THAT SEPERATES THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG FROM THE TOP. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 3. PANEL 6.
THE CONTENTS OF THE BAG GO SPILLING ALL OVER THE FLOOR. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 4. PANEL 1.
THE THIEF LOOKS BACK, ALL THE WINNINGS ARE ON THE GROUND AND
THE YAKUZA IS DOING THEIR BEST TO COLLECT IT, WHILE THEY FIGHT OFF GREEDY
PATRONS.
HIDEAKO: Back you
worms.
PAGE 4. PANEL 2.
THE THIEF HAS TURNED AROUND, HE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN RUNNING
AGAIN WHEN HE NOTICES A SWORD IS BEING POINTED AT HIM. HE IS PANICKED WHEN HE SEES THE SWORD. HIS EYES ARE ONLY FOCUSED ON THAT, HE HAS NOT
LOOKED AT THE OWNER YET.
PAGE 4. PANEL 3.
THE THIEF, KAZUHIKO, HAS FINALLY LOOKED UP TO SEE THE OWNER
OF THE BLADE, HE IS BEYOND PANICKED NOW.
FRIGHTENED FOR HIS LIFE.
KALLISTE (PARTIALLY OFF PANEL): You were warned before, Kazuhiko. Now we must take this all the way to the top.
KAZUHIKO: You…you’re
not going to kill me.
PAGE 4. PANEL 4.
THE SWORD IS PUT BACK INTO THE SCABBARD. KAZUHIKO DROPS TO HIS KNEES, PLEADING
GRATITUDE.
KAZUHIKO: Oni ryu,
you are much to kind.
PAGE 4. PANEL 5.
WE FINALLY SEE THE TERRIFYING ONI MASK THAT KALLISTE IS
WEARING. HER KIMONO, MASK, AND DISGUISES HER SEXUALITY, AND THE REST OF HER
HAIR AND SKIN. SHE WEARS HAND COVERS AS
WELL, THEY COVER THE BACK OF THE HAND, AND GO UP SLIGHTLY PAST THE WRIST. THEY ATTACH AT THE MIDDLE FINGER.
KALLISTE: Do not
thank me yet. You must prove your worth
to us.
PAGE 5. PANEL 1.
TWO COPS ARE STANDING OUTSIDE THEIR VEHICLE, GUNS ARE OUT,
BUT NOT AT THE READY.
COP 1: I heard she
had tattoos everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE.
COP 2: Most of them
do. Criminals are so stupid to give
themselves such identifying
marks.
COP 1: In college I
learned that lot of cultures would tattoo the criminals to make them
outcasts.
COP 2: Look at Mr.
College over here.
PAGE 5. PANEL 2.
GLASS IS FALLING FROM ABOVE THE PANEL. THEY LOOK UP.
THEIR RADIOS SOUND OFF SIMULTANEOUSLY.
RADIOS: We got a
runner.
PAGE 5. PANEL 3.
THEIR GUNS ARE UP, AND READY.
COP 1: Do you see
her?
COP 2: No. What the fuck?!
PAGE 5. PANEL 4.
THEY ARE STANDING IN THE SAME POSITION, BUT WE SEE SLASH
MARKS GO THROUGH THEIR GUNS, AND THEIR CAR TIRES, THERE IS ALSO THE BLUR OF HER
RUNNING PAST THEM.
COP 1: What…
COP 2: …was that?
PAGE 5. PANEL 5
SHE HAS CUT THROUGH THE BARREL OF THEIR SERVICE WEAPONS, AND
THEIR CAR TIRES HAVE GONE FLAT.
COP 1: No…
COP 2: …way…
PAGE 6. PANEL 1.
BACK TO EDO JAPAN.
4 KENDO STUDENTS, KENDO STUDENT 4 IS MUCH LARGER THAN THE
REST OF THEM, ARE ALL SURROUNDING KALLISTE, SHE IS IN THE GARB FROM PAGE 4. THEY ALL HAVE BOKEN’S, NOT REAL SWORDS.
KAZUHIKO, SHINICHI, HIDEAKO, ARE ALL AMONG THE CROWD
WATHCING THIS. THERE IS ONE WHO STANDS
OUT, THIS IS THE BOSS, ONUZUKA.
ONUZUKA IS A MUSCULAR MAN, COVERED IN YAKUZA TATTOOS. HE IS THE ONLY ONE DISPLAYING THEM AS THEY
WATCH. THEY ARE ALL DRINKING SAKI.
ONUZUKA: …you can
win, but you are welcome to try.
PAGE 6. PANEL 2.
KENDO STUDENTS 1 AND 2 RUSH IN. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 6. PANEL 3.
KALLISTE HITS KENDO STUDENT 2 ON THE FOOT WITH THE HANDLE OF
HER BOKEN, CAUSING HIM TO FALTER, AND IN THE SAME MOTION RAISES THE TIP OF HER
BOKEN UP TO KNOCK OUT KENDO STUDENT 1.
PAGE 6. PANEL 4.
KENDO STUDENT THREE IS STRIKING WHILE KALLISTE KNOCKS OUT
KENDO STUDENT 2, WHO IS TILL OFF BALANCE FROM HIS FOOT BEING HIT.
KALLISTE IS AVOIDING THE STRIKE FORM KENDO STUDENT 3 WHILE
SHE DOES THIS.
PAGE 6. PANEL 5.
KALLISTE TRIPS STUDENT 3, AND HE FALLS WHILE KENDO STUDENT
FOUR, THE LARGEST OF THE FOUR BRINGS HIS BOKEN DOWN ON HERS.
NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 6. PANEL 6.
KALLISTE’S BOKEN SNAPS, THE TOP HALF SPINNING IN THE AIR.
STUDENT 4: I got
you! We win!!!
PAGE 7. PANEL 1.
THE TOP HALF IS STILL SPINNING IN THE AIR.
ONUZUKA (OFF PANEL):
Maybe you speak…
PAGE 7. PANEL 2.
KALLISTE CATCHES THE TOP HALF OF THE BOKEN AS SHE JUMPS IN
THE AIR, AND THROWS AGAINST KENDO STUDENT 4’S FORHEAD.
PAGE 7. PANEL 3.
KENDO STUDENT 4 FALTERS AND SWINGS WILDLY. MEANWHILE, KALLISTE CALMLY PICKS UP THE BLADE
OF ONE OF THE OTHER 3 DEFEATED AND KNOCKED OUT KENDO STUDENTS.
PAGE 7. PANEL 4.
KALLISTE CATCHES THE WILD BLADE OF KENDO STUDENT 4 IN HER
HAND, AND PUTS THE EDGE OF HER BOKEN AGAINST HIS THROAT.
KALLISTE: I believe
this makes me the victor.
PAGE 7. PANEL 5.
THE ASSEMBLED GROUP OF YAKUZA THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS
ARE CELEBRATING AND CHEERING.
HIDEAKO: Pay up!
SHINICHI: No one
defeats the demon!
KAZUHIKO: The demon
dragon.
ONUZUKA: Pay your
debt and leave.
PAGE 8. PANEL 1.
KALLISTE IS DISROBED, SHE IS STARING AT THE ONI MASK. THE ONI MASK IS VERBALIZING WHAT THE SPIRIT
FROM ISSUE 2 THAT POSSESSED HER IS SAYING IN HER MIND, BUT THROUGH THE
MASK. THEY ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION.
KALLISTE: I do not
need you.
ONI MASK: You tell
yourself this everyday, but everyday I find myself in use. Just
admit you need me. Quit trying to
cover me up.
KALLISTE: You are
nothing! You do not control me or
influence me in anyway.
ONI MASK: Control? No.
Influence? Perhaps a little. I just bring out what is already
there, girl. You have a blood
lust that I am more than willing to help you
satisfy.
PAGE 8. PANEL 2.
THE ONI MASK IS STILL TALKING, BUT KALLISTE IS HAS TURNED
AROUND TO SEE WHO IS THERE. SHE HAS A
PICTISH TATTOO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE, NEAR THE EAR AND TEMPLE.
ONI MASK: Ever since
you killed that boy’s mother, it’s been nothing but sex and death
with you. Drinking and fighting,
that’s all you are good for.
KALLISTE: NO! I am more.
ONI MASK: And today?
ONUZUKA (OFF PANEL):
Today was magnificent.
PAGE 8. PANEL 3.
ONUZUKA IS IN THE ROOM NOW, HE WEARS ONLY THE UNDER GARMENT
AREA OF CLOTHING, AND THE REST OF HIS TATTOOS ARE ON DISPLAY.
ONUZUKA: Disrobe, if
it pleases you. I would love to look
upon that marked body of yours.
KALLISTE: Do you
really like them?
ONUZUKA: They are
beautiful, but not half as much as you.
PAGE 8. PANEL 4.
KALLISTE IS FULLING DISROBED, TATTOOS COVER HER BODY AS
WELL, BUT THEY ARE A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL TATTOOS. SHE HAS VIKING, PICTISH, CHINESE, JAPANESE,
AND THE HARPY TATTOO SHE RECEIVED IN THE LAST ISSUE. SHE HAS A MJOLNIR RIGHT BETWEEN HER BREASTS. SHE HAS SOME AROUND HER PUBIC AREA AS WELL. CONTINUING DOWN HER LEGS.
KALLISTE: For you my
lord.
ONUZUKA: Call me no
such thing. I owe this all to your
strength. They all fear me
because of my demon. Would they
fear us so if they knew it was some
foreign woman behind the mask.
PAGE 8. PANEL 5.
ONUZUKA IS GOING DOWN ON KALLISTE WHILE SHE IS STANDING, SHE
HOLDS HIS HEAD CLOSE TO HER.
KALLISTE: Yes. Kiss me there…oh…
PAGE 8. PANEL 6.
WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THEIR ROOM NOW, ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE
GROUNDS. WE SEE THE 4 KENDO STUDENTS AS
THEY WATCH THE SILOHOUTTE OF WHAT IS GOING ON OUTSIDE.
STUDENT 1: Oni ryu is
a woman.
STUDENT 2: And a
foreigner? How lovely.
STUDENT 3: I wonder
how much the other gangs will pay to know this?
STUDENT 4: I’d wager
more than enough to pay back what we lost.
PAGE 9. PANEL 1.
PRESENT DAY. KALLISTE
IS RUNNING AS FAST AS SHE CAN, KATANNA STRAPPED TO HER BACK. THERE IS A BUS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET
THAT KALLISTE IS ABOUT TO RUN THROUGH.
ONI MASK (THOUGHT CAPTION):
Run, rabbit, run. You can’t out
run me.
KALLISTE (THOUGHT CAPTION):
Shut up.
ONI MASK (THOUGHT CAPTION):
You know how to make me, but you won’t do it.
KALLISTE (THOUGHT CAPTION):
I…
ONI MASK (THOUGHT CAPTION):
…can’t do it. Coward.
PAGE 9. PANEL 2.
IMPRESSIVE SHOT OF KALLISTE JUMPING THE BUS. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 9. PANEL 3.
KALLISTE LANDS, SMILING.
ONI MASK (THOUGHT CAPTION):
Why do you struggle with it? You
enjoy it so
much, it’s nothing to be ashamed of.
KALLISTE (THOUGHT CAPTION):
…
ONI MASK (THOUGHT CAPTION):
You’ve fought me since the day we joined.
there is no reason to.
PAGE 9. PANEL 4.
KALLISTE IS RUNNING UP SOME APARTMENT STAIRS ON THE INTERIOR
OF A BUILDING. OTHERS ARE WALKING PAST
HER ON THE STAIRS, STARING.
ONI MASK (THOUGHT CAPTION):
You have no one else but me. They
all die
eventually, yet I will always be here.
KALLISTE (THOUGHT CAPTION):
Shut your damn mouth.
ONI MASK (THOUGHT CAPTION):
I have no mouth but the one you give me.
PAGE 9. PANEL 5.
KALLISTE IS SOFTLY KNOCKING ON AN APARTMENT DOOR. THERE IS NO PEEP HOLE.
SOUND FX: KNOCK,
KNOCK.
DIALOGUE CONT.
DAPHNE: Who is it?
KALLISTE: It’s Kelly,
would you--
PAGE 9. PANEL 6.
DAPHNE HAS OPENED THE DOOR WIDE. SHE WAS IN THE MIDST OF GETTING READY FOR
WORK, SO MAYBE SHOW THAT SHE HAS A TOOTHBRUSH IN HER MOUTH, HAIR IS SLIGHTLY
MESSY BECAUSE SHE HAS NOT HAD TIME TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
DAPHNE: Oh my
god! I thought something awful had
happened to you.
KALLISTE: Something
did. Can I come in.
DAPHNE: Yes! Is that a sword?
KALLISTE: I’ll
explain inside.
DAPHNE: Did you get
all those tattoos last night?
PAGE 10. PANEL 1.
BACK TO EDO PERIOD JAPAN. KALLISTE IS LIFTING HER KIMINO UP, BUT BEFORE
SHE DOES, WE GET A GOOD SHOT OF HER BACK TATTOO. A JAPANESE ONI, SURROUNDED BY A DRAGON, BOTH
PROTRUDING FLAMES. ONIZUKA IS ASLEEP
STILL. NO DIALOUGE.
PAGE 10. PANEL 2.
KALLISTE IS WALKING OUTSIDE, THROUGH THE TINY BIT OF
WILDERNESS THAT THEY HAVE AROUND THEM.
NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 10. PANEL 3.
ONIZUKA IS ROBED AND IS STANDING OUT THERE WITH HER.
ONIZUKA: We could
leave, you know. Just us. You wouldn’t have to take your mask-
less strolls in the garden when there is no one looking. We could just move
away, into the woods.
PAGE 10. PANEL 4.
HE HAS LIFTED HIS ARM UP, WHICH ALLOWS HIS TATTOOS TO BE
REVEALED. KALLISTE IS STARING AT HIM AS
HE TALKS.
ONIZUKA: Where these
wouldn’t matter, and on one would bother or judge us for
having them.
KALLISTE: I don’t
mind them.
ONIZUKA: I’d hope
not, haha.
KALLISTE: I wouldn’t
be alive today if it were not for some of these.
ONIZUKA: And I wear
mine with pride as well. But others do
not look upon them with
great favor.
PAGE 10. PANEL 5.
KALLISTE IS STANIDNG OVER ONIZUKA.
KALLISTE: They are
for no one else, but us. I care not for
what they think. I would
sooner die than get rid of these.
ONIZUKA: You will not
die on my watch.
PAGE 10. PANEL 6.
AS THEY KISS, THERE IS SOMEONE WATCHING THEM FROM THE
TREES. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 11. PANEL 1.
A LARGE GROUP OF YAKUZA WAIT IN A ROOM, ALONG WITH THE 4
KENDO STUDENTS.
STUDENT 1: I swear
this is accurate.
YAKUZA 1: We will
see.
STUDENT 2: You do no
believe us? We heard them.
YAKUZA 2: Quiet,
boy. If we make a false move…this could
be dangerous. A woman
is one thing--
PAGE 11. PANEL 2.
A SHINOBI/NINJA HAS OPENED ONE OF THE SIDE SLIDING
DOORS. HE IS KNEELING ON HIS KNEES.
SHINOBI: --and a
foreigner is another thing that she is as well.
I saw her with my own
eyes. She wears not only Yakuza
markings, but facial marking from some
foreign nation I am not familiar with.
PAGE 11. PANEL 3.
YAKUZA 1 IS STANDING, THEY ALL LOOK UP TO HIM.
YAKUZA 1: We cannot
allow this then. From gambling houses,
outcasts, thieves, and
criminals we have banded together.
Marked by the government, we have
taken their scorn and adorn ourselves with pride. No foreigner should be
allowed this right! No one who
has not suffered like us should be one of
us!
PAGE 11. PANEL 4.
YAKUZA 2 IS ADDRESSING THE REST OF HIS SOLDIERS.
YAKUZA 2: We march on
them tonight. Go! Pay off the police, make sure they are not
to disturb us on this errand tonight.
Gather all of our men and weapons.
I
will have her skin as a throw
rug.
YAKUZA 1: We will
show what happens when an outsider tries to be one of us.
PAGE 11. PANEL 5.
THEY ALL RISE UP, AS IF TO CELEBRATE THIS CONTEMPT OF
KALLISTE. THIS ONE THING HAS UNITED
THESE WARRING FACTIONS.
YAKUZA 2: We stand
with our brothers on this. Men you have
fought with before, who
have killed your brothers are not your kin in this errand: The death of
Onizuka and his foreign bitch.
PAGE 12. PANEL 1.
KALLISTE IS PRACTICING WITH HER SWORD, INSIDE THEIR
ROOM. HER MASK IS OFF, BUT HER KIMONO IS
ON. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 12. PANEL 2.
HIDEAKO ENTERS THE ROOM, HE HAS SLAMMED THE DOOR OPEN. KALLISTE LOOKS AT HIM.
HIDEAKO: Ahhh. Oni ryu.
PAGE 12. PANEL 3.
HIDEAKO IS ON THE GROUND, BOWING AND GROVELING.
HIDEAKO: My
apologies. I was looking for the
boss. I had no idea you were in here.
KALLISTE: Get up,
Hideako.
PAGE 12. PANEL 4.
HIDEAKO LOOKS NERVOUS.
KALLISTE: What is it?
HIDEAKO: I need to
tell the boss. We’ve gotten word that
the other Yakuza gangs are coming here...
KALLISTE: For what?
HIDEAKO: For you.
KALLISTE: How did
they find out?
HIDEAKO: I have no
idea.
PAGE 12. PANEL 5.
KALLISTE, TAKING CHARGE, WALKS OUT OF THE DOOR, WITH
AUTHORITY, UPRIGHT, SWORD IN HAND. NO
MASK.
KALLISTE: Find
Onizuka. Tell him to gather the men.
HIDEAKO: Yes.
PAGE 13. PANEL 1.
DAPHNE IS DRINKING COFFEE.
KALLISTE IS STANDING IN THE CORNER, SWORD ON HER BACK.
DAPHNE: How can I believe
that? It’s so…not real.
KALLISTE: No, it’s
not. So unreal that you guys made a
video game about me.
DAPHNE: What?
KALLISTE: Kalliste is
my name. The one given to me when I
washed up on the shores
of Greece
when Atlantis sunk.
BABY (CRYING):
WAAAAHHHH
DAPHNE: Hold on.
PAGE 13. PANEL 2.
DAPHNE IS BACK IN THE ROOM.
KALLISTE IS LOOKING AT JULIE IN DAPHNE’S ARMS. SHE DOESN’T WANT TO GET TO CLOSE.
DAPHNE: Julie, say hi
to Kelly—I mean Kalliste.
KALLISTE: Kelly is
fine.
DAPHNE: Do you have
any? I mean, can you?
KALLISTE: I’ve never
had one. I don’t know if I can, when I
wasn’t sure, I made sure
that one did not grow inside.
PAGE 13. PANEL 3.
DAPHNE IS GIVING JULIE A BOTTLE. KALLISTE STILL KEEPS HER DISTANCE.
DAPHNE: I’m sorry.
KALLISTE: Don’t
be. It was my choice. I just couldn’t risk—
PHONE RINGS: RING RING.
DAPHNE: Hold on. Can you hold her? I need to get the phone from the other room.
PAGE 13. PANEL 4.
KALLISTE HOLDS JULIE, BOTTLE IN HAND. THEY JUST STARE AT EACH OTHER, NOT SURE WHAT
TO DO WITH THE OTHER. KALLISTE LOOKING
DOWN AT HER. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 13. PANEL 5.
THE BABY LOOKING UP AT KALLISTE. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 13. PANEL 6.
DAPHNE RUNS BACK INTO THE ROOM.
DAPHNE: Give me
Julie!
KALLISTE: I didn’t—
DAPHNE: No—I mean—go
PAGE 13. PANEL 7.
DAPHNE IS HOLDING JULIE.
DAPHNE: That was the
police, they asked if I had seen you. I
said no. But they said that others had
seen you in my apartment building and they knew we worked together. Hurry.
I don’t want anything bad to happen to you.
KALLISTE: Nor you for
helping me. I just needed some time to…
PAGE 14. PANEL 1.
KALLISTE IS TALKING TO ONIZUKA.
KALLISTE: Let us
leave, like you said. Find some place in
the woods, away from these
people.
ONIZUKA: I will not
run these cowards, and I know you will not either. What is your
concern?
KALLISTE: That I will
have to watch you die. That I will have
to watch all of you die.
PAGE 14. PANEL 2.
ONIZUKA SITS THERE WITH HER.
HEAD DOWN.
ONIZUKA: I would love
to leave with you right now. But…they
will be killed either
way for allowing a foreigner among them.
No matter if we fight with them
or not they will try to kill all of these men, whether they were
ignorant or
knowledgeable, matters not.
PAGE 14. PANEL 3.
ONIZUKA LOOKS INTO KALLISTE’S EYES. BOTH OF THEM HAVE TEARS IN THEIR EYES.
ONIZUKA: Won’t they
stand more of a chance if they have us by their side?
KALLISTE: You are a
good man. I have lived a long time, and
have said that only four
times.
ONIZUKA: Then I am
honored, my dragon.
KALLISTE: Demon
dragon.
PAGE 14. PANEL 4.
ONIZUKA AND KALLISTE KISS.
PAGE 14. PANEL 5.
ONIZUKA IS LEAVING.
KALLISTE: Leave
me. I must prepare.
ONIZUKA: I will
gather the men.
PAGE 14. PANEL 6.
KALLISTE IS HUNCHED OVER, CRYING.
KALLISTE: My love…goodbye. I bring nothing but misfortune.
PAGE 15. PANEL 1.
ONIZUKA IS RALLYING THE MEN, THEY STAND OUTSIDE THE HOUSE,
WHILE HE STANDS ABOVE THEM, ON THE STAIRS.
ONIZUKA: We will say
that we let these cowards best us? No. We will lay down our
lives, just like our Demon
has fought for us, so now will we fight for her.
PAGE 15. PANEL 2.
THE OTHER YAKUZA GANGS ARE HEAD OVER.
ONIZUKA (OFF PANEL):
Ready?
PAGE 15. PANEL 3.
ALL OF THE YAKUZA MEN PRODUCE WEAPONS. SOME HAVE SPEARS, SOME CHAINS, SOME HAVE
WAKASHI, TONTOS, KATANAS, OTHERS HAVE SAI’S, NUN CHUCKS, OTHERS HAVE THE MINI SCYTHES (WHICH I CANNOT
COME UP WITH THE NAME FOR RIGHT NOW).
ALL OF THE MEN:
Ready!
PAGE 15. PANEL 4.
YAKUZA BOSS 1 AND 2 COME OUT.
YAKUZA 1: Hold your weapons.
We ask one thing, and one thing only:
Send the
woman out and you will be spared.
ONIZUKA: You expect
us to believe that? You will kill every
single one of us to make
sure the memory is wiped clean.
YAKUZA 2: We pledge
on our honor that if you hand her over, no harm will come to
you.
PAGE 15. PANEL 5.
ONIZUKA IS LAUGHING.
THE MEN ARE CHARGING.
ONIZUKA:
Hahahahahaha. Men like us, we
have no honor. Attack.
PAGE 16. PANEL 1.
ONIZUKA AND HIS MEN ARE VASTLY OUTNUMBERED, BUT THEY ARE
FIGHTING THE BEST THEY CAN. HIDEAKO,
SHINICHI, AND KAZUHIKO CAN BE SEEN FIGHTING IN THE CROWD. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 16. PANEL 2.
ONIZUKA IS NOW IN THE FRAY OF BATTLE, HE IS USING A LONG SPEAR. HE HAS KILLED HIS FIRST VICTIM: YAKUZA BOSS 1.
ONIZUKA: Come on you
bastards.
PAGE 16. PANEL 3.
HIDEAKO IS ABOUT TO BE ATTACKED FROM BEHIND WHILE HE DEALS
WITH TWO OF THE OPPOSING SOLDIERS WITH SAIS.
SHINICHI (OFF PANEL):
No!
PAGE 16. PANEL 4.
HIDEAKO TURNS AROUND IN TIME TO SEE SHINICHI CUT DOWN.
HIDEAKO: NO!
PAGE 16. PANEL 5.
HIDEAKO CHARGES THE MAN, STABBING HIM WITH SAI’S. SOMEONE ELSE IS ABOUT TO ATTACK HIDEAKO WHILE
HE IS DISTRACTED WITH THE MAN WHO KILLED SHINICHI.
HIDEAKO: You
fool!
PAGE 16. PANEL 6.
THE MAN GETS CUT DOWN.
NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 16. PANEL 7.
HIDEAKO HAS LOOKED BEHIND HIM TO SEE THE MAN SEPERATING.
HIDEAKO: Don’t you
know we have the devil on our side.
PAGE 17. PANEL 1.
KALLISTE STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRAY, WHICH HAS
MOMENTARILY STOPPED TO WITNESS HER COMING.
THEY ALL STARE AT HER. SHE STARES
AT THE DEAD SHINICHI.
PAGE 17. PANEL 2.
TIGHT SHOT OF KALLISTE’S ENRAGED FACE.
KALLISTE: ATTACK!
PAGE 17. PANEL 3.
KALLISTE IS CUTTING DOWN MEN LEFT AND RIGHT. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 17. PANEL 4.
ONIZUKA IS ALSO FIGHT HARD.
HE HAS LOST AN EYE BY THIS POINT.
ONIZUKA: This all you
got? No wonder we’re the toughest crew!
PAGE 17. PANEL 5.
KAZUHIKO IS OVERWHELMED, AND IS BEING BEATEN TO DEATH.
PAGE 17. PANEL 6.
HIDEAKO ATTEMPTS TO BREAK THIS APART, BUT HE IS NOT ENOUGH
FOR THEIR NUMBERS, AND TURN ON HIM AS WELL.
PAGE 17. PANEL 7.
HIDEAKO IS STABBED FROM BEHIND, WHILE OTHERS BEAT HIM WITH
CLUBS AND CHAINS.
PAGE 18. PANEL 1, 2.
KALLISTE SEES THIS, SHE IS LOOKING AROUND. MOST OF THEIR MEN ARE DEAD, OR ARE DYING.
PAGE 18. PANEL 3.
KALLISTE IS RUNNING TOWARDS ONIZUKA, CUTTING DOWN MEN AS SHE
DOES SO.
PAGE 18. PANEL 4.
ONIZUKA IS STABBING SOMEONE WITH HIS SPEAR, AS SOMEONE CUTS
THE SPEAR.
PAGE 18. PANEL 5.
HE TAKES THE CUT END AND HAS SHOVED IT INTO THE EYE OF THE
MAN WHO CUT IT. KALLISTE IS ALMOST NEXT
TO HIM.
KALLISTE: My love.
PAGE 18. PANEL 6,7.
ONIZUKA TURNS TO FACE HER, AND IS RUN THROUGH WITH A SWORD
AS HE DOES SO.
PAGE 19. PANEL 1.
KALLISTE CRIES OUT IN ANGUISH.
KALLISTE: NO!
PAGE 19. PANEL 2.
SHE FALLS TO THE GROUND.
SWORD IN HAND.
YAKUZA 2: HALT!
PAGE 19. PANEL 3.
ALL OF THE REMAINING MEN ARE GATHERING AROUND HER. SHE STILL HOLDS ONTO HER SWORD.
YAKUZA: Do you
yield? Is this enough blood shed to
satiate you, demon.
KALLISTE: No.
PAGE 19. PANEL 4,5,6.
FIRE EMITS FROM HER MOUTH, SMALL AT FIRST, THEN
EXPANDS. ENGULFING EVERYTHING AROUND
HER.
THE MEN AROUND HER ARE CAUGHT FIRST. THE OTHERS ON THE OUTER RIM TRY TO RUN, BUT
ARE OVER TAKEN BY PANEL 6.
PAGE 19. PANEL 7.
YAKUZA BOSS 2 IS BURNT TO A CRISP.
PAGE 20. PANEL 1.
KALLISTE IS LEAVING DAPHNE’S APARTMENT.
KALLISTE: I am nothing
but a danger to you. I should never have
come here. I…have a good life Daphne.
DAPHNE: Wait.
PAGE 20. PANEL 2
DAPHNE HUGS KALLISTE.
DAPHNE: Chester stayed over last
night. I like him a lot. I wouldn’t have done
anything about it, if not for you.
You gave me that strength.
PAGE 20. PANEL 3.
KALLISTE IS PULLING BACK AFTER THE HUG HAS CONCLUDED. SHE IS POINTING AT DAPHNE’S CHEST.
KALLISTE: That
strength is here. You just brought it to
the surface.
PAGE 20. PANEL 4.
KALLISTE IS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS, HEADED FOR THE FRONT OF
THE APARTMENT BUILDING.
KALLISTE: Oh, just
what I needed.
PAGE 20. PANEL 5.
A LONG PANEL OF KALLISTE WALKING OUT OF THE APARTMENT
BUILDING, GUNS TRAINED ON HER.
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