Nightcrawler: Blood Ties #1

08/21/22- Coren Bass- basscoren9@gmail.com

“Just An Ordinary Day”

Page One

Panel 1:
May 21, 1991, 11:57 pm Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, It was a late night in Kyoto, Japan, as a
couple was walking through Umekoji Park. The lighting was dim through the light poles;
however, the couple held hands.

Panel 2:
In a wide shot, a couple appears.

Action: The man was staring in the distance as his girlfriend looked at him. The man was of
average height but slightly slim. He wore a black suit and white shirt and a blue tie she had
picked out for him earlier today for work. As they were walking, the man stopped in his tracks.
His girlfriend stopped with him to ask what was wrong. She stared at her partner. She was of
average size for a woman her age with long blonde hair. She was wearing her new lavender pink
dress that matched her favorite heels she had gotten herself months ago.

Woman: Dear, why did you stop?' And why are we out so late?
 Panel 3:

A wide shot of the couple staring at each other.

Action: The Man turned back to face his partner, looking more nervous than ever. She looked
confused by his actions.

Man: SELENE… I’ve had a wonderful time with you tonight.

Selene: Yes, I’ve had a wonderful time with you, my love.

Panel 4:
In a wide shot of the couple, The Man is towards the left of the image, and Selene is on the other
side.
Action: The Man reacted in an outburst. At the same time, Selene put her hands over her chest.

Man: That’s just it! You are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met!

Selene: Oh, SATOSHI…

Page Two

Panel 1:
A medium shot of Satoshi getting on one knee.

Action: Satoshi got down on one knee and reached into his back pocket.

Panel 2:
A medium shot reveals the side of Satoshi’s face, Selene in the background.
 Action: He pulled out a small black box flipping the top off to reveal a diamond ring. She
covered her mouth in shock.

Satoshi: Selene Reese, I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you. So will
you marry me?

Panel 3:
A close shot of Selene’s face.

Action: Selene looked shocked at first, without a word to say.

Selene: Satoshi…

Panel 4:
A close-up of Selene’s face.

Action: Selene smiled happily, looking at him.

Selene: Yes!! Yes!! Yes!! Thousand times, Yes!

Panel 5:
A close-up of Satoshi and Selene’s hands.

Action: Satoshi slid the ring onto her finger.

 Panel 6:
A close-up of Selene and Satoshi.

Action: Satoshi gets up and embraces his fiance with a kiss.

Page Three

Panel 1:
A wide shot of the bushes behind.

Action: Ruffling begins occurring within the bushes behind them.

Panel 2:
A wide shot of Satoshi looking to his left and Selene looking at him.

Action: Satoshi was first to break the kiss as he turned his head to his left. Selene noticed that he
had pulled away.

Selene: What’s wrong, dear?

Panel 3:
A wide shot of Satoshi standing in front of Selene.

Action: Satoshi stood before his fiancee as he prepared and nervously stared at the bushes.

Satoshi: Just stay behind me, honey!

 Panel 4:
A shot of the bushes ruffling.

Action: More ruffling came from the bushes, both able to see and hear it now.

Panel 5:
A wide shot of the bushes as a dark figure can be seen.

Action: They are still looking at the bushes as they can now see a dark figure as it is now coming
closer to them.

Panel 6:
A similar wide shot of the bushes as the outline was darker.

Action: The Dark figure inched closer as it seemed like it was coming out.

Page Four

Splash Panel 1:
A wide shot of a blue-haired man coming out of the bushes.

Action: Coming out of the bushes came a somewhat well-built man liking his fingers with
something appearing to be blood. He has blue hair that matches his eyes. The man was wearing
a tight black t-shirt, black jeans, and black boots.
 Page Five

Panel 1:
A medium shot of the man looking at the couple.

Action: Still licking his fingers, the man looked directly at the couple.

Man2: My apologies. I just got finished eating one of my favorite snacks.

Panel 2:
A close-up of the mysterious man’s eyes.

Action: The mysterious man’s Blue eyes stare intensely at the couple.

Man2: Congratulations, by the way; it's always so wonderful seeing you humans finding
happiness within each other's meaningless lives.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of the man’s face is shown.

Action: The man smiles with his eyes closed.

Man2: Just make sure you put me down for the wedding; the name’s AVON. I guess I’ll be on
the side of the pretty bride.
 Panel 4:
A medium shot of Satoshi and Selene.

Action: Selene had her face buried in Satoshi's jacket as he confronted Avon with a face showing
fear himself.

Satoshi: Please, we don’t want any trouble.

Panel 5:
A close-up of Satoshi holding up his wallet.

Action: Satoshi holds up his wallet to offer it to Avon.

Satoshi: Please just take the wallet and leave us alone.

Page Six

Panel 1:

A close-up of the wallet on the ground.

Action: Satoshi tosses the wallet on the ground in front of Avon.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Avon's face.
 Action: Avon looked annoyed at this as if he could kill someone on the spot.

Panel 3:
A close-up of Avon’s face.

Action: Then Avon started to smile as if he didn’t have a care in the world.

Avon: You know I wanted to be friendly and just congratulate a beautiful young couple.
However, you’ve forced my hand...

Panel 4:
A close-up of Avon’s mouth turns into a frown.

Action: Avon’s smile turns into a scowl.

Avon: Besides, I’m still hungry.

Page Seven

Panel 1:
A medium shot of Avon’s body being engulfed in the aura.

Action: On the trail, Suddenly, a dark red aura began to surround Avon as he looked intensely.

Panel 2:
A close-up of Avon’s torso. Dark outlines were all around him.
Action: Avon’s torso expands to where his shirt rips off his body.

Panel 3:
A close-up of Avon’s face turning.

Action: His skin grew pale.

Panel 4:
A close-up of Avon’s teeth.

Action: His teeth grew more prominent and sharper like a wolf's.

Panel 5:
A close-up of his legs.

Action: His legs grew and ripped off his pants and boots

Panel 6:

A close-up of the back of von’s head.

Action: His blue hair turned red and grew longer.

Panel 7:
A close-up of Avon’s eyes.
 Action: His eyes changed color, turning from blue to red.

Page Eight

Panel 1:
A close-up of Satoshi's face.

Action: Satoshi's face looked horrified as he saw the fully transformed Avon.

Panel 2:
A close-up shot of Selene with her hands on her face.

Action: Selene uncovered her eyes as she saw why her fiancee was distracted.

Panel 3:
A complete image of Avon’s body.

Action: Avon entirely transformed, showing off the scars and marks around his body.

Avon: Well, now that you're scared enough, it's time for me to get my meal.
 Page Nine

Panel 1:
A medium shot of Avon holding fire in his hand.

Action: Avon walked towards them, holding his hand as a black fireball popped out.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Satoshi and Selene.

Action: Satoshi pushes Selene out of the way.

Satoshi: Selene, Run!!

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Selene on the ground.

Action: Selene lands in the woods as she turns her head to look at her fiancee and the man.

Panel 4:
A medium shot of Avon throwing the fireball.

Action: The man throws a fireball at Satoshi.

 Page Ten

Panel 1:
A medium shot of Satoshi patting the fire on his arms.

Action: Satoshi pats the fire away as it is only on his shirt sleeve first.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Satoshi patting the fire on his shoulders.

Action: Satoshi starts patting his shoulders down as the fire grows upward. His face shows he’s
more worried.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Satoshi jumping up and down with his hands raised as the fire spread over his
body.

Action: Satoshi was panicking as the fire started to grow all over his body, and he couldn’t stop
it.

Panel 4:
A medium shot of Satoshi dropping to his knees as the flames began to engulf him.

Action: The flames had spread over his body as he dropped to his knees.
 Panel 5:
A close-up of Satoshi's body was lifeless on the ground as flames surrounded him.

Action: Satoshi dropped to the ground dead.

Page Eleven

Panel 1:
A wide shot of Avon looking over Satoshi’s dead body.

Action: Avon walked over to Satoshi’s dead body with flames still burning.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Avon standing over Satoshi.

Action: Avon ripped Satoshi's arm off in one motion showing the blood and everything.

Panel 3:
A close-up of Avon's face.

Action: Satoshi bites his arm and starts to eat.

Panel 4:
A close-up of Selene’s face.

Action: Selene looks horrified at what has happened as if she's going to cry.
 Panel 5:
A medium shot of Avon looking at her.

Action: Avon looks directly at her with a death stare.

Panel 6:
A wide shot of Selene running.

Action: Selene gets up and runs into the woods.

Page Twelve

Panel 1:
A medium shot of Avon.

Action: Avon is chewing on the arm as he muffles something aloud.

Avon: Oh, of course, you had to run.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Selene running in the forest.

Action: Selene ran through the woods, breathing out of control as she tried to make her escape
from her fiance's killer.

Panel 3:

A medium shot of Selene turning her head back to look,

 Action: She turned back to look and ensure he wasn’t following her.

Panel 4:
A close-up of Selene’s heels.

Action: Her heel gets caught on a broken tree branch.

Panel 5:
A medium shot of Selene falling on her face.

Action: Selene trips and falls on her face.

Page Thirteen

Panel 1:
In a close-up, Selene looks behind her on the ground.

Action: Selene tried to crawl, but she looked back to see what was preventing her.

Panel 2:

A close-up of a pale hand grabbing the woman’s foot.

Action: A pale hand had grabbed her foot.

 Panel 3:
A medium shot of Avon standing over Selene.

Action: Avon was standing over her looking down at her.

Panel 4:
A close-up of Selene covering her face with her arm.

Action: Selene covers her face in fear.

Selene: No, please!!

Panel 5:
A medium shot of Avon crouching.

Action: Crouching down, Avon just looks at Selene.

Avon: What’s your name?

Panel 6:
Action: Selene looks confused at his question.

Selene: Ummm… Ughh…

 Page Fourteen

Panel 1:
A wide shot of Avon angrily calling over her while she still has her face covered.

Action: Avon is now angered by her as she is frantic with her hands.

Avon: Answer the question!

Selene: Selene Reese!

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Avon holding Selene’s chin.

Action: Avon then smiles at her as he cups her right cheek with his right hand.

Avon: I thought you were pretty before but up close, you're perfect for my boss. Don’t worry
about your charred-up old husband. I’ll find you a new one.

Panel 3:
A wide shot of Avon slapping Selene in the face.

Action: Smacks Selene in the face.

Avon: I just need to put you to sleep!

 Panel 4:
A medium shot of Selene lying unconscious.

Action: Selene is knocked unconscious and lying on the ground.

Panel 5:
A medium shot of Avon standing with his eyes rolling.

Action: Avon rolled his eyes as if he felt a presence nearby.

Avon: Bored again, eh?

Page Fifteen

Panel 1:
A wide shot of another man walking from nearby bushes.

Action: Through the bushes came a large man. He was taller than the red-haired monster with a
more muscular build. His hair was spiky blonde, and his eyes were blue. He wore a white tank
with a black jacket over the top and orange pants with black boots.

Man3: Geez, can’t put anything past you, huh, Avon?

Panel 2:
A medium shot of the man and Avon talking. Avon was to the right of the image.

Action: Avon stood up as he turned back into his human form to face the other man.
 Avon: What are you doing here, JAMES?

James: Nothing much was just following the trail of bodies you left.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of James smiling to himself as he speaks.

Action: James looks very smug as he talks down to Avon.

James: You should probably clean those up. You know the boss gets upset when you get sloppy,
especially when we factor in your past.

Panel 4:

A medium shot of James holding Selene’s body.

Action: Avon picked up the blonde woman's body as he continued his conversation with James.

Avon: It doesn't matter when I bring this fine piece to the boss; he'll forget everything I’ve done
in the past.

Panel 5:
A medium shot of Avon with Selene, walking past James.

Action: Avon starts walking past James, with Selene thrown over his shoulder as he continues to
talk.

Avon: Oh yeah, and Big Green, if you are worried about my leftovers, you can have them.
 Panel 6:
A close-up of James’s face.

Action: James's face shows disappointment with what Avon had just told him.

James: Man, I hate the leftovers; you always overcook ‘em.

Narrator Square: This was the type of stuff that went on in my city, but I didn’t realize it at the
time. How horrifying this world could be, but I can talk about this part of the story more later.
The main story is the story of my family…

Page Sixteen

Panel 1:

Establishing shot of a Japanese apartment complex.

Panel 2:

Inside an apartment.

Action: A little boy was eating his cereal as he watched cartoons on tv in his home kitchen.
Makoto was a small boy with messy black hair and bright blue eyes. He was wearing a white
button-up shirt and blue shorts.
 Panel 3:

A wide shot of a woman walking into the kitchen.

Action: Suddenly, a woman came into the room. She was wearing blue nursing scrubs. Her black
hair is tied into a bun as she enters the kitchen. She had purple eyes.

Panel 4:

A medium shot of the woman and the boy.

Action: The woman kissed the boy on the cheek as the boy grimaced.

Woman: Morning, Lil Koto!

Boy: Eww, Mom!

Panel 5:

A wide shot of the mother in the back smirking and the boy sitting in his chair.

Action: The boy looked across the kitchen from his mother blushing as she provided a smirk.

Woman: Makoto, there’s nothing wrong with me showing love to my baby boy. Want anything
else for breakfast?
 Makoto: No, my cereal is good.

Narrator Square: The shining and chipper woman is my mom Kei Ito. I love her to death… but
need her to talk a little less in the morning.

Page Seventeen

Panel 1:

A wide shot of Kei looking at a clock.

Action: Kei looked at her clock above the stove, reading that it was a half hour to 7.

Kei: Makoto, can you get your sister to get a move on? She's going to be late for school.

Panel 2:

A medium shot of Makoto standing.

Action: Makoto stood up to do the task his mother instructed him to do.

Narrator Square: That little snot nugget is my baby brother Makoto; he’s alright for a dumb little
boy.
 Panel 3:

A wide shot of Makoto walking down the hallway.

Action: Makoto walks down the dark hallway as he can hear the muffles of loud music playing.

Panel 4:

A medium shot of Makoto's hand reaching to open the door.

Action: Makoto gets to a white door and reaches out to open it.

Page Eighteen

Splash Panel 1:

Inside the room, it’s messy. It belongs to a teenage girl wearing her white short-sleeved high
school uniform top with a green skirt and long black socks. She had other accessories with her
ears pierced on both sides with two hoops around the helix. She wears a triangle necklace with
reflective rainbow colors and a spiked bracelet. She had short dyed purple hair and eyes
matching that of her mother.
Action: From Makoto’s point of view, he saw a teenage girl on her junky bed playing the air
guitar and timing it with the music.

Narrator Square: And that’s me, Megumi, your future rock princess herself.

Page Nineteen

Panel 1:

A close-up of the girl.

Action: Megumi flipped her hair as if performing on stage.

Panel 2:

A medium shot of Megumi looking up.

Action: Megumi looked up as she realized her music was playing anymore.

Panel 3:

A close-up of Makoto.

Action: Makoto had unplugged her radio and was waving at her with a mischievous grin.
 Panel 4:

A wide shot of Makoto trying to run and Megumi’s behind him.

Action: Makoto tried to run, but Megumi closed the door on him with one quick motion.

Panel 5:

A wide shot of Megumi standing over Makoto

Action: Makoto's back was against the door as he looked at his older sister nervously as she
towered over him in anger.

Page Twenty

Panel 1:

A close-up of Megumi and Makoto.

Action: Megumi stands over her brother; she looks angry at him and tries to explain himself.
 Megumi: What was that for you, little brat?

Makoto: Sorry Megumi, mom told me to get you, and you seemed like you were in your world.

Panel 2:

A medium shot of Makoto facing Megumi.

Action: Megumi lifts her brother as her brother starts to struggle.

Megumi: You little…

Panel 3:

The same medium shot as before.

Action: Megumi looks up as she listens to her mother call her from the kitchen. Meanwhile,
Makoto smiles at her.

Kei: Megumi, hurry up and eat your breakfast, or you’ll be late for school!

Panel 4:

A medium shot of Makoto landing on the ground.

Action: Megumi drops Makoto as she looks annoyed at this.

 Panel 5:

A wide shot of Megumi looking at her things on her desk.

Action: Megumi looks over to her desk, preparing to grab her school books and a black guitar
case.

Page Twenty One

Panel 1:

Back into the kitchen. A wide shot of Makoto sitting at the table eating, Kei with her back turned
at the stovetop, and Megumi is walking into the kitchen.

Action: Makoto sat back in his chair as his mother changed the news channel. Kei was at the
stovetop making breakfast, and Megumi walked into the room and sat at the table where food
was already available.

Megumi: Morning, Mom.

Kei: Young lady, I think it's time for you to start being more on time. You’ve been late to school
plenty of times, and it's starting to affect your grades.
 Panel 2:

A wide shot of Megumi and Makoto making faces from across the table.

Action: Megumi and Makoto look at each other, mocking their mother.

Megumi: Okay, mom, I'll try to do better next time.

Panel 3:

A medium shot of Kei standing in front of her seat while Megumi jumps out of hers, surprised.

Action: Kei turns around to look at her daughter, While Megumi looks dumbfounded by her.

Kei: Good, because tonight I'll be working an extra shift; I need you to pick Makoto up after
school and watch him.

Megumi: “Tonight?!?

Panel 4:

A medium shot of Kei sitting down while Megumi is trying to stand and argue.

Action: Megumi looks upset, standing up to her mother while Makoto is still watching the
television and eating cereal in the back.

Megumi: But mom, I wanted to stay after school and practice playing. I can’t do that when I
have to watch Makoto, who will barge into my room and bother me.
 Kei: Sorry, you’ll just have to do this at another time.

Megumi: This isn’t fair. I have a life, too, ya know!!

Panel 5:

A medium shot of Kei barking back at Megumi as she sits down, upset.

Action: Kei is now upset as Megumi looks dejected, knowing that her mother has put her foot
down. She sits down and picks up her orange juice.

Kei: Megumi Ito, you will come home from school, pick your brother up, and bring him home.
Do you understand me?!

Megumi: Yes, Ma’am.

Page Twenty-Two

Panel 1:

A close-up of The TV is now playing louder as they watch them.

Action: New Anchor talking on the screen.

 TV Anchor Man: And in other news, police have found the body of a man burned alive in the
park. The man has yet to be identified; however, the police speculate this could be a homicide as
three other bodies with varying levels of gruesomeness have all been within the same area, all
seemingly occurring within minutes of each other last night.

Panel 2:

A medium shot of Kei talking to Megumi, who turns her head to the right.

Action: Kei Ito sits down at the table and cuts her eggs. Megumi looks done with the
conversation as they hear the doorbell ring and someone knocks on their door.

Kei: Besides, you see what's going on out here lately; there are many crazy people in this world,
Megumi.

Panel 3:

A medium shot of Makoto in the hallway.

Action: Makoto runs to the door to open it.

Makoto: I’ll get it!

Panel 4:
 A wide shot of a blonde-haired girl.

Action: The door is opened to reveal a blonde-haired girl with long hair wearing a similar outfit
as Megumi. The only difference was she wore a green jacket over her dress shirt.

Narrator Box: This is my best friend Haruka Tanaka, class president, and she’s probably gonna
be a world leader someday.

Haruka: Hey Lil Koto, is Megumi ready yet?

Panel 5:

A wide shot of Makoto holding the door as the girl walks in.

Action: Makoto welcomed her into the house from a side point of view.

Makoto: Yeah, she’s just stuffing her face; come in.

Page Twenty Three

Panel 1:

A wide shot of Haruka walking into the kitchen with Makoto behind her.

Action: Haruka stands as Makoto makes his way back to his seat, as Megumi prepares to stand
up, grabbing a piece of toast.
 Haruka: Good Morning, Ito's.

Kei: Morning, Haruka.

Megumi: Hey, I'm ready!

Panel 2:

A medium shot of Megumi kissing her mother and messing with her brother's hair while Haruka
stands in the background.

Action: Megumi holding up her black guitar case and school bag over her shoulder, kisses her
mom on the cheek while she messes with her brother's hair, to his annoyance. Haruka stands in
the back, smiling.

Kei: Have a good day, sweetheart.

Panel 3:

A medium shot of Megumi putting on her shoes while Haruka waits outside the home.

Action: Megumi put on her shoes with toast in her mouth. Haruka waited by the front door.

Kei: Don’t forget Megumi to bring Makoto home after school!

Megumi: Yeah, mom, I got it later!

 Panel 4:

Megumi and Haruka walk in a wide shot.

Action: The girls exited the apartment and walked towards the stairs of the building.

Haruka: So what’s been going on lately? That kitchen felt kinda tense?!

Megumi: My mom being my typical mother, saw the news and wanted me to come home after
school and watch Makoto while she was at work. Forgetting, I wanted to stay after school and
practice my guitar today!

Panel 5:

A medium shot of Megumi and Haruka walking downstairs of the apartment complex.

Action: The girls walked down the stairs as they continued their conversation.

Haruka: Yeah, well, you saw the news about weird stuff that’s been happening in this city
recently.

Megumi: Yeah, we’ve been dealing with weird stuff since we were seven, and we had to share a
sleeping blanket with your smelly brother Haruo.

Haruka: Good point.

 Page Twenty Four

Panel 1:

Wide shot behind the girls as they stop at a crossing light.

Action: Megumi and Haruka make it out of the building as they cross the street. Megumi had her
arms behind her head as the view of the city was shown.

Megumi: Besides, you’ve been in this place so long; nothing ever happens here. I can't wait to
get out of here.

Panel 2:

A medium shot of Haruka looking at her watch and Megumi to her right.

Action: Haruka looked down at her watch on her wrist, and her eyes shot up, worried.

Haruka: Well, if you ever want to leave this tow,n we gotta hurry 'cause we’re going to be late.

Panel 3:

A medium shot of Megumi running away.

 Action: The Crossing walk light went on, and the girls sprinted, trying to make it to school.

Panel 4:
A medium shot of the girls running.

A view of the girls running from behind.

Narrator Square: And Just like that, on May 22, 1991, at 6:38 am, my unremarkable life was just
as it ever was; little did I know my life was about to change…

Page Twenty-Five

Panel 1:

A wide shot of a dark and shady bar with a few people sitting at the counter as James and Avon
come back in.

Action: Avon and James walk into the bar. Avon is dragging a large black bag.

Panel 2:
 A close-up shot of a woman sitting at a bar.

The woman sitting at the bar was of average build. She wore a black cocktail dress with black
gloves and black heels. Her hair was long and curled at the end. Her eyes were a sharp brown.

Action: A woman sitting at the bar holding a martini glass as she looks at them seductively.

Woman: Morning boys, it seems you two had a fun night out. Oh, Avon, I see you doing what
you usually do. It brings more trouble for us to clean up.

Panel 3:

A medium shot of a dark-skinned man coming in front of the side door.

From the side, the door came to another man. It was now a sizeable dark-skinned man. His black
hair was short, and his eyes were the color Green. His face squished together as if they were a
little too close to each other. He wore a tight yellow shirt, light-washed jeans, and white sneakers
to accompany his ensemble.

Action: A dark-skinned man walks into the room, smiling smugly at Avon.

Man: Yeah! You know I never understood what the Boss sees in you. Kind of just seemed like
one big disappointment after another, if you ask me, and more trouble than your worth.
 Panel 4:

A medium shot of Avon.

Action: Avon looks annoyed at their comments as his dark aura surrounds him again.

Avon: Hey, old bag and arrogant ass. If you want to see the trouble, it's worth bringing it on. I’ll
kill you both!

Panel 5:

An overhead shot of Avon in the middle as the woman stands up and the man moves closer;
meanwhile, James is behind Avon.

Action: Avon stands in the middle of the man and woman as James is behind him, making jokes.

Man: You cocky little prick!

Woman: How dare you!

James: Ohh, this will be fun.

Panel 6:

A medium shot of a door opening.

Action: Back door of the bar opens.

 Page Twenty-Six

Panel 1:

A wide shot of a man in a suit.

A man is wearing a gray and white business suit. His blonde hair was tied into a ponytail. His
glasses protected the man's dark eyes as he entered the door.

Action: The well-dressed man enters the scene, glaring at what is about to transpire.

Panel 2:

A medium shot of the four with their backs turned to the reader looking at the man in the suit.

Action: Avon, James, the man, and the woman all look on, now more nervous than before.

James: WILLIAM…

Panel 3:

A close-up of William looking at them.

Action: William glares at James and the others intensely.

 William: Don’t you think there’s somewhere else you could be right now?

Panel 4:

A medium shot of James looking nervous.

Action: James looks dejected and surprised at the same time.

James: Yeah, I guess.

Page Twenty-Seven

Panel 1:

A medium shot of William calling out the man and woman towards the side of the image.

Action: William looked stern as he ordered the other three. James has left the room, and William
turns his attention to the other three.

William: MORRIS, VIXEN, Avon will not be settling the petty squabbles you have as he has to
meet with the Boss.

Panel 2:
 A close-up of William’s eyes.

Action: A close-up of William’s dark eyes squinting through his glasses.

William: Now!

Panel 3:

Avon walks towards William in a medium shot.

Action: Avon walked past the two as he dragged his black bag to the back where William had
come.

William: And make sure you bring that bag of yours as well.

Panel 4:

A medium shot of Avon and William walking side by side.

Action: Avon and William are walking down a dark hallway as Avon continues to carry the black
duffle bag. Avon has his eyes closed and appears more relaxed.

William: Don’t you get tired of being hated by everyone.

Avon: Not as long as I have William Vipers by my side; nothing can go wrong.

William: I wouldn’t count on that this time.

 Panel 5

A medium shot of Avon and William talking.

Action: William looked at Avon as he spoke. Avon looked frustrated back at William.

William Vipers: The Boss was informed of your actions last night.

Avon: Shit!

William: You’re acting selfishly. Thinking you are having a good night when you're leaving
multiple bodies within blocks of each other and bringing back whatever’s in that bag will only
hurt us as a collective more by drawing more attention to us.

Page Twenty-Eight

Panel 1:

A close-up of a brown door.

They stop in front of a brown door that gives off a dark and powerful aura. Their backs are
turned as the focus of the shot is the door.

Action: They both stop and look at a door.

William: But, why have me tell you when he can explain it to you in more in-depth?
 Panel 2:

medium shot of Avon with his hand on the door.

Action: Avon stepped in front, putting his hand on the doorknob. Avon is already nervous about
this.

Panel 3:

A close-up of Avon’s face.

Action: He gulps as he turns the knob. He’s sweating more and more as this process goes on.

Page Twenty-Nine

Panel 1:

A wide shot of an office room.

Action: Avon opened the door to a dark office room where the only light they could see was the
lamp on the desk.
 Panel 2:

In a medium shot, Avon approaches the desk.

Action: Avon walked towards the desk with the large duffle bag around his shoulder.

Panel 3:

A medium shot of the desk chair.

Avon's view of the desk had the chair turned around with a figure steeped in darkness.

Action: Avon is sweating; he tries to explain something to be cut off.

Man: Sit.

Panel 4:
In a medium shot, Avon sits.

Action: Avon sits in the chair across from the figure as he’s about to speak to his superior.

Avon: Boss…. I….Uhh brought you something.

 Panel 5:
Avon, in a medium shot, unzips the bag from his seat.

Action: From his seat, he unzips the bag revealing the unconscious Selene inside.

Page Thirty

Panel 1:

In a wide shot, the figure turns his chair.

Action: The Figure turns around in the darkness as he looks at what Avon has brought him.

Panel 2:

In a close-up, the figure laughs.

Action: The figure starts to chuckle to himself.

Panel 3:

A close-up of Avon laughing.

Action: The nervous Avon begins to laugh as well.

 Panel 4:

A wide shot of the darkness surrounds the figure's yellow eyes.

Action: The dark aura grew around the figure as he spoke. The figure's eyes are revealed; the
blue eyes eventually turn into a sickle yellow.

Man: Did I tell you you could laugh? How dare you come back here and bring all the extra
collateral for us to cover up?

Panel 5:

A close-up of Avon’s face as he notices something uncomfortable.

Action: As Avon listened to his Boss scold him, he started to feel like there was something
wrong.

Page Thirty-One

Panel 1:

A medium shot of Avon.

Actions Avon held his throat as he noticed he couldn’t breathe.
 Panel 2:

A close-up of Avon coughing.

Action: Avon started to cough uncontrollably. He looked around as he was in disbelief at what
was happening.

Panel 3:

A wide shot of Avon on the ground gasping for air.

Action: Avon falls out of his chair.

Panel 4:

Avon is lying on the ground in a close shot.

Action: He’s starting to blackout.

Panel 5:

A close-up shot of Avon breathing normally.

Action: His body is loosened; he can breathe again, coughing up and trying to breathe again.
 Page Thirty-Two

Panel 1:

A medium shot of Avon getting back to his seat. The image focuses on the backside of Avon.

Action: Avon climbs back up to his chair to face his Boss as the figure in darkness resumes the
conversation.

Man: For the gift, I’ll save you this time. However, you will be barred from leaving this club and
interacting with humans next week. Count yourself lucky I’d knock your head off myself if it
wasn’t for I still need you; now get out of my office.

Avon: Yes, Sir…

Panel 2:

A medium shot of Avon turning around and walking away.

Action: Avon leaves his office.

Panel 3:

A wide shot of Selene lying on the table.

 Action: Shot of the unconscious Selene still lying on the table.

Panel 4:

A close-up of the man in the shadows caressing Selene’s face.

Action: The figure's black-gloved hand appears and caresses her face.

Man: I guess things will be a little more interesting around here for now.

Page Thirty-Three

Panel 1:
In a wide shot.
It was the train station as multiple men and women in suits walking by two teenage boys. They
both wore all-black school uniforms. One boy had a shaved head, a mask over his nose and
mouth, with blue eyes. The other teen had a long black spiky hightop with dark eyes.

Action: Two teenagers sitting against the wall looking bored out of their minds.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of two teenage boys.

Action: The teens turned their heads, speaking two each other. The bald teen seemed annoyed
about their situation as he looked to his left to face the other team. Meanwhile, the high-top teen
looked down at the ground.
 Bald Teen: Geez, KUBO, this blows!

Kubo: Patience Curly, we need some more time; once we find the right person, we can make
bank off them.

Bald Teen: Do you think anybody will think we’re just some helpful kids that will show them
around?

Panel 3:
A close-up of both teens looking in the right direction.

Action: The teens look in the right direction to see who is talking to them. They both looked
confused at who had gotten their attention.

???: Hey guys!

Panel 4:

Medium shot; a short boy with wild orange hair standing behind them. The boy was still
relatively short for his age. He wore a white t-shirt with an unbuttoned red shirt over top of it. He
wore navy blue jeans and black and white sneakers.

Action: The boy smiles at the teenagers as he explains himself.

Boy: Hey, I'm NAOKI HAYASHI. Can you guys help me figure out where I need to go?
 Page Thirty-Four

Panel 1:
A close-up of the teens looking at each other.

Action: The teens looked at each other and smiled, knowing they had hit some jackpot.

Panel 2:
A close-up of the teen boys smiling and standing over Naoki.

Action: The bald teenager made the motion of talking as the spiky-haired teen continued to smile
gleefully.

Bald Teen: Glad to help you out, kid!! I'm SHUNSUKE SANO, and this Spiky Head Studmuffin
is TENSAI KUBO; we’re here to be your travel guide!!

Panel 3:
The panel shows the full scope of Naoki’s outfit.

Action: The teens stand up and stand around Naoki from a distant shot. Naoki looked excited by
this as he put his fist up in excitement.

Naoki: Okay, cool, that sounds great!

Panel 4:
A wide shot of Naoki and Tensai as Shunsuke’s is in the background.

Action: Tensai pulls out a map to show Naoki as Shunsuke is behind the boy looking very
devilish with his intent.
 Tensai: Okay, so check this out.
Where do you need to go?

Panel 5:
A medium shot of Naoki starting to talk, but Tensai talks.

Action: Naoki begins talking but is cut off by Tensai.

Naoki: Well, I need to-

Tensai: Okay, you need to go here, here, ooh, don’t go there though, and here's my favorite spot.

Page Thirty-Five

Panel 1:
A close-up sneaking up and Shunsuke grabbing Naoki’s bag.

Action: Shunsuke sneaks up to Naoki, quietly approaching his bag around the boy's back
shoulder.

Panel 2:
Shunsuke snatches the grab in a wide shot.

Action: Shunsuke snatches the bag.

Panel 3:
A wide shot of Shunsuke running away as Naoki turns around to look at him. Tensai smiles as he
starts running as well.
Action: Shunsuke runs away with Tensai about to run and follow him. Naoki turns around to see
what he’s doing as he calls out something.

Naoki: HEY!

Panel 4:
Close-up of Tensai calling to Naoki as he runs past him.

Action: Tensai runs past Naoki calling out to him.

Tensai: Sorry about this, kid, but enjoy yourself here in Kyoto!

Panel 5:
A wide shot of Naoki’s back and the boys run towards an alley.

Action: Naoki watches the boys run away into the alley.

Naoki: I didn't think I’d need to do this so early.

Page Thirty-Six

Panel 1:

In a wide shot, Shunsuke and Tensai are running through the alley, excited that they can
pickpocket the boy.

Action: The boys are excited yet still running through the alleyway.
 Tensai: Dude, that was so easy

Shunsuke: It had to be; it's still a dumb kid; what more can he do?

Panel 2:
In a medium shot, Shunsuke stops running.
Action: Shunsuke was running with confidence as he realized something was off.

Panel 3:
A shot of him in an empty alley as no one was around.

Action: Shunsuke turned to look for his friend and saw that he had seemingly vanished.

Shunsuke: Yo Tensai.
Come on, man, this isn’t funny.

Panel 4:
Close-up of Shunsuke looking around.

Action: Shunsuke’s eyes nearly shot out of his head as he heard something.

Tensai: Hey Sano help me, man.

Panel 5:
In a wide shot, Shunsuke looks up.
 Shunsuke looks up and sees the spiky-haired teen hanging from the nearby fire escape by his
underwear.

Page Thirty-Seven

Panel 1:
A medium shot of Tensai hanging from the fire escape and Shunsuke on the ground looking up.

Action: Shunsuke looked up at his friend and was nervously sweating as he called out to him.

Shunsuke: How the hell did you get up there?

Panel 2:

Action: Tensai looked down, worried at his friend.

Tensai: I don't know one second, I'm running behind you; next thing I know, I'm up here!!

Panel 3:
A close shot of Naoki’s leg. The image also shows the rest of the alley.

Action: A shot in the distance of Shunsuke looking up at Tensai as someone in the distance was
watching them. His legs can be seen as they’re wearing blue jeans.

Naoki: Hey, guys!

 Panel 4:
Naoki, in a medium shot, looks angered.

Action: Naoki appears in a medium shot; Naoki is ticked off about the situation.

Naoki: I need my bag back now!

Panel 5:
A close-up of Tensai looking down.

Action: Tensai is looking down, worried about what is to come.

Panel 6:
A close-up of Shunsuke looking confused.

Action: Shunsuke also looks worried as well.

Shunsuke: You want the bag back?

Panel 7:
A close-up of Shunsuke’s dropping the bag on the ground.

Action: Shunsuke drops Naoki’s black bag.

Panel 8:
A medium shot of a pocket knife coming out.
 Action: A shot of a pocket knife in Shunsuke’s hands with the blade out.

Page Thirty-Eight

Panel 1:
An image of Shunsuke’s entire body.

Action: Shunsuke drops Naoki’s black bookbag and has a pocket knife.

Shunsuke: Then get it, you little shit!

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Shunsuke running at Naoki.

Action: Shunsuke runs at Naoki, bracing himself for the attack.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Shunsuke trying to grab Naoki with his left hand and stabbing him with his
right.

Action: As Shunsuke tried to stab Naoki, he realized that it was only the air.

Panel 4:
A close-up of Shunsuke’s face.

Action: Shunsuke looked baffled by this.

 Panel 5:
A wide shot of Naoki kicking the pocket knife out of Shunsuke’s hand.
Action: Naoki reappears on his right side and kicks the knife out of his hand.

Panel 6:
A medium shot of Shunsuke throwing a punch at Naoki.

Action: Shunsuke tried to counter by punching him with his right fist.

Panel 7:
A wide shot of Shunsuke punching thin air as Naoki has disappeared again.

Action: Naoki disappeared again into thin air.

Page Thirty-Nine

Panel 1:
A medium shot of Shuksuke looking left and right.

Action: Shunsuke looked confused as he looked around for any sign of the boy.

Shunsuke: Where the hell did he go?

Panel 2:
A close-up of Naoki standing behind Shunsuke.
 Action: Naoki reappears behind Shunsuke.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Naoki elbowing the delinquent while in the air.

Action: Naoki elbows the bald delinquent from the back of his head into the nearby wall, going
nose first.

Panel 4:
A wide shot of Naoki landing on the ground.
Action: Naoki landed on the floor on his knee.

Panel 5:
A medium shot of Naoki's back turned as Shunsuke waved in defeat.

Action: Naoki got up and approached Shunsuke. He waved his left hand and held his nose with
his right. The mask came off, but had still held it over his nose. Naoki’s back is turned in this
image.

Shunsuke: No more; please just leave me alone, man. I’ll do anything!

Panel 6:

Action: Close-up of Naoki’s face smiling sinisterly.

 Naoki: Anything?

Page Forty

Panel 1:
A wide shot of Tensai and Shunsuke hanging from the fire escape.

Action: A shot of the fire escape as both Tensai and Shunsuke hang from their underwear.
Shunsuke was still covering his bloody nose with the face mask. Both looked embarrassed by
what the boy had done to them.

Panel 2:
A close-up of Naoki holding up his bag.

Action: On the ground, Naoki was holding his bag and was looking up at them from above
ground level. He waved at them as he did this.

Naoki: It was fun hanging out with you guys! Now I gotta jet!

Panel 3:
Naoki is walking out of the alley in a medium shot.

Action: Naoki leaves the alley as he stops to himself for a moment.

Naoki: Ohh, man, I forgot to ask them for directions.

 Panel 4:
A close-up of Naoki.
Action: Naoki shrugged his shoulders at what he said.

Naoki: Well, I’ll figure something out.

Page Forty-One

Panel 1:

An establishing wide shot of a nearby high school.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Megumi and Haruka sitting side by side.

Action: Megumi and Haruka are laughing together at something in a classroom. Both girls sit
next to each other with lunch boxes on their desks.

Haruka: Then the milk came from his nose!

Megumi: No way?!

Panel 3
A medium shot of Haruka standing and Megumi looking sad.
 Action: Haruka stands up as Megumi looks sarcastically dejected.

Megumi: Don't tell me you're bailing on me.

Panel 4:
A close-up shot of Haruka standing.

Action: Haruka stands as she’s holding her lunch box with her bag over her shoulder.

Haruka: Sorry, I have to meet with the other class representatives.

Panel 5:
Megumi in a medium shot.

Action: Megumi leaned forward in her chair as she looked up at Haruka.

Megumi: Fine, but will you at least walk with me home?

Panel 6:
A close-up of Haruka’s face.

Action: Haruka gave her friend a thumbs up with her right eye closed.

Haruka: You got it, buddy.

 Page Forty-Two

Panel 1:

With Haruka gone, Megumi was left alone with others in the classroom staring at her.

Action: Megumi looks around and notices her classmate now looking at her.

Panel 2:

A wide shot of Megumi looking over and seeing girls whispering to themselves.

Action: Megumi saw a couple of random girls whispering to each other while they looked at her.

Narrator Box: Typical mean girls are always quick to judge you, never thinking of trying to get
to know you…

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Megumi.

Action: Megumi stood up so she could walk out of the room.

Panel 4:
Megumi in a medium shot, walks past the staircase.

Action: Megumi was walking through the hallway when she heard a commotion from the stairs.
 ???: Hey man, there's no need for any of that!

Panel 5:
A medium shot of Megumi looking down at the staircase in the back of the image and seeing a
group of boys in the front.

The boy who had spoken before had blonde hair slightly longer than hers. He was of average
build for his age and his green eyes. He was wearing a green gakuran. Green pants and black
shoes. Another boy beside him was a husky boy with brown combed-over hair and brown eyes.
He wore the same outfit as the blonde kid standing next to him.

Action: Megumi looked around the corner and saw at the bottom of the stairs two teen boys
surrounded by four other delinquents. One is in front, pressing them the most.

Page Forty-Three

Panel 1:

A close-up of the Blonde boy as he holds up his hand to defend himself against his aggressor.
The aggressor had black pompadour hair and green eyes. He was wearing an all-black gakuran,
unlike the other five boys.

Action: The blonde boy held his hands as the aggressive teen bawled up the blonde’s shirt.

Narrator Box (next to the blonde): Blondie, who is about to get his face pummeled over there, is
HARUO TANAKA, Haruka's twin brother. He’d probably be a lot cooler if it weren't for him
having the most unbearable crush on me…
 Narrator Box (next to the black-haired teen): The bully's name is SHOJI INOUE, the leader of
his gang and one of the toughest teens in town. Too bad I know lights brighter than him…

Panel 2:
A medium shot of a husky boy on the side of Haruo and Shoji.

Action: The husky teen tried to step in and intervene, but he looked more worried than Haruo.

Narrator Box: And next to him is Haruo’s best friend, American GRIFFIN THOMAS, whose
family owns a ramen shop downtown; too bad Griffin is the most non-confrontational person I
know…

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Shoji cracking his knuckles and Haruo looking nervous.

Action: Shot of Shoji looking at the boys menacingly and with some evil intent; as he let him go
as he cracked his knuckles. Haruo also talked nervously as the side of the left side of his face
could be seen as he was still leaning against the wall.

Shoji: You know you are hilarious, Tanaka and Thomas. How many times do I have to do this to
you guys until you get what I'm trying to do?

Haruo: Come on, man, you know we’d never have a chance with THE Shoji Inoue, the toughest
kid in town!

Panel 4:
A medium shot of the three delinquents behind Shoji.
Behind Shoji was a short teenager with a shaved head and glasses to hide his blue eyes. Next to
him was a taller teen with pink pompadour hair and brown eyes. Finally, the large Hispanic teen
with short hair and brown eyes stood behind them.

Action: A shot behind Shoji as the three delinquents behind him looked utterly unenthused. The
large teen in the back is just staring at the boys.

Short teen: Maybe we should just go Shoji.

Pink-haired teen: Yeah, ma,n if they don't get it, I don't think they’ll ever get it.

Panel 5:
Shoji grabs the boys in a medium shot.

Action: Shoji looked at the boys again and grabbed them both by their shirt collars.

Shoji: You know my big buddy Guerrero doesn't speak much, but just by the look he’s giving
you guys, I can tell he thinks I should wail on you guys.

Page Forty-Four

Panel 1:
A medium shot of the boys looking upward at Megumi.

Action: The boys are all looking up at the stairs as Shoji looks annoyed at her presence, the boys
in the back are confused, and Haruo and Griffin look helpless. In the shot, Megumi’s left leg still
appears.
 Megumi: Hey, knock it off!

Panel 2:

Action: From their point of view, they’re looking up at her as she looks down, annoyed at them.

Shoji: Get lost, Ito. We’re in the middle of something, Shoji said in anger at the girl.

Megumi, If you mess with them, Big Nose, you mess with me!
And I’ll take on all four of you if I have to!

Panel 3:
A close-up of Shoji’s face.

Action: Shoji stares down at Megumi intensely.

Panel 4:
A close-up of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi does the exact matches his anger.

Panel 5:
A medium shot of Shoji letting go of both boys' shirts.
Action: Shot of Shoji letting go of both of the boys.
 Panel 6:
A medium shot of Shoji walking away.

Action: Shoji turns around and walks away with his goons standing on both sides of him. The
pink-haired and bald teen stands to the right, and the Hispanic teen stands to the left.

Shoji: Yeah, whatever. Next time, she won't be around to save you.

Panel 7:
Guerrero smirks at Megumi in a medium shot.

Action: The Hispanic teen looked up at Megumi with a smirk.

Page Forty-Five

Panel 1:
A medium shot of Haruo sliding to the ground.

Shoji and his gang have left the stairway. They are leaving Megumi with Haruo and Griffin.

Action: Haruo was lying on the ground as if he’d been knocked out as Griffin stood over him,
trying to pull him up.

Haruo: I thought we were done there.

Griffin: Yeah, No kidding. Megumi, thank you so much.

 Panel 2:
Haruo smiles at Megumi in a Medium shot; Megumi’s in the back of the image.

Action: Haruo, standing up, looked at Megumi with a cheeky smile.

Haruo: We owe you, Radio Head.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Megumi looking dejected.

Action: Megumi looked down at them, a little disappointed in them.

Megumi: Yeah, just try to stay safe from them next time, please.

Panel 4:
A medium shot of Megumi turning her back and walking away, leaving the boys.

Action: Megumi had walked away as the boys looked up at her.

Panel 5:
In a similar shot to the previous medium, however, Megumi is gone.

Action: Haruo and Griffin are still looking up at Megumi walking away.

Griffin: She seemed a little more ticked than usual.

Haruo: I should probably talk to her later, maybe put the moves on her as usual.
 Panel 6:
A medium shot of Griffin walking out of frame, leaving Haruo.

Action: Griffin walks away from Haruo as he looks up from the steps.

Griffin: Whatever, dude.

Page Forty-Six

Panel 1:

Returning to the bar, a medium shot of Avon sitting in the lounge area.

Action: Avon is sitting on the lounge chair, just staring into the distance with a drink in his hair.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of James coming next to Avon.

Action: James comes from behind Avon to sit next to him.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of both sitting.

Action: James is sitting down next to Avon with a smirk. The blue-haired man took a sip of his
alcohol.

James: How’d the meeting go with the boss?

 Avon: Shitty.

Panel 4:
Another medium shot of the two.
Action: James chuckled to himself, looking down on the floor as Avon looked at him from the
corner of his eye, drink still in his right hand.

James: Kinda figured, with Vipers asking me to fill in for you for the week.

Avon: What's so funny?

Panel 5:

Close-up shot of James looking down and grinning to himself.

Action: James grins, looks down, and smiles as he speaks.

James: You’ve been slipping. Here you are, The Prodigy, Avon, who the Boss adored so much,
about to blow our entire operation because of his carelessness.

Panel 6:

A close-up of Avon looking in the opposite direction as he takes another sip of his alcohol.

Avon: Please know you couldn't compare yourself to me even on your best day.
 Page Forty-Seven

Panel 1:

Close-up shot of James looking to his left with disgust on his face as he talks to Avon.

Action: James looks disgusted as he speaks with Avon.

James: Be honest with yourself, you cocky little prick. You’ve been running around here for a
while, showing how great you are, but you're reckless, and you'll get yourself, and all of us
caught.

Panel 2:
A distance-overhead shot of the two sitting side by side in the lounge chairs with their backs
turned. Avon slouched with his legs stretched and crossed. Next to him on his right, James is
sitting upright, looking directly at him.

Action: Avon slouched with his legs stretched and crossed. Next to him on his right, James is
sitting upright, looking directly at him.

James: Don't you think the Boss is starting to realize that you're nothing more than a liability for
all of us?

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Avon and James sitting next to each other.

Action: James is hunched over very close to Avon as he is close enough to whisper to him.
 Avon: And with you sitting on the sidelines, someone will come up behind you and take your
spot.

Panel 4:
A medium shot of Avon looking pissed at James as he was still whispering in his ear.

Action: James is still whispering in his ear as Avon glares, disturbed by this news.

James: But you already know that now don't you?

Panel 5:
A medium shot of James standing up and smiling to himself as Avon looks in the back, annoyed.

Action: James stands and smiles while Avon looks disturbed.

James: Well, guess I better prepare for the night; see you when I get back, you Freak!!

Page Forty-Eight

Panel 1:

Avon is sitting by himself alone in a medium shot.

Action: Avon sits alone and upright in a chair with a glass of liquor in his hand.

Panel 2:

A close-up of Avonpicking up his glass.

 Action: Avon quickly picked up his glass and drank the alcohol.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Avon smashing the glass.

Action: Avon throws the glass down, shattering it.

Panel 4:
A close-up of the shattered glass.
Action: Shot of the broken glass on the wooden floor.

Page Forty-Nine

Splash Panel 1:
In an outside shot of Umekoji Park, Multiple police cars are surrounding; a few officers have
barricaded the park off with multiple citizens standing around to look at the police conducting
their business. The vehicles help barricade the park from the spectators as police tape.

Page Fifty

Panel 1:
A wide shot.

Two men are seen through the crowds in this shot. The older man had slicked black hair starting
to recede with gray spots on the sides. He wore a slightly oversized tan suit, a white shirt, and a
blue and green polka dot tie. His eyes were a dark brown. The younger detective and taller man
had black hair as well that was cut short with some left on the top. He wore a light gray suit with
a white button-up with a black tie. His eyes were very dark, as if they were black.

Action: Walking between the spectators, two men are walking together between the crowd.

Older Man: “I’m telling you, you should come to dinner; when's the last time you’ve had a
home-cooked meal?

Younger Man: For your information, I made dinner for myself last night.

Panel 2:
A close-up of the two looking at each other as they both walked in the forward direction.

Action: The older man laughed at his associate, as the younger looked dejected.

Older Man: I meant a good meal.

Panel 3:
Medium Shot: As they got to the front and were about to cross the line, they are stopped by the
police officer. The two men stood with their backs turned in the point of view.

Action: A police officer stood in their way with a stern look.

Police Officer: Excuse me, this is a closed area for police business.

Older Man: Luckily, we’re here.

Panel 4:

A medium shot of both men as the younger man held up a badge to present to the officer.
Action: Younger Man holding up a badge to present. The older man stood next to besides in his
pocket and smirked. The officer spoke out of frame.

Younger Man: I’m Detective AKIHIRO SAKAI, and this is my partner MASANORI FUJII.

Police Officer: Okay, glad you two came, right this way.

Panel 5:
The Officer leads them on a trail in a bird's eye shot.

Action: The three were walking, the officer leading the way and the two detectives close behind
him.

Police Officer: Guy jogging earlier this morning caught the body. This crime is just the latest; we
picked up two more victims earlier this morning. Guess people are getting inspired.

Page Fifty-One

Panel 1:

Wide shot of the officer leading them to where Satoshi and Selene were the night before.
Multiple officers were there already, and a white sheet was on the ground.

Action: The three had stopped as they looked down at the white sheet.

Police Officer: Here’s the latest body.

 Panel 2:
A medium shot of Sakai.

Action: Sakai crouched down with white gloves, reaching over the white sheet.

Panel 3:
A close-up of the white sheet.

Action: A white sheet that was concealing a body is shown.

Panel 4:
A close-up of Satoshi’s body.

Action: Sakai removes the white sheet revealing the charred body of Satoshi.

Panel 5:
A close-up of Fujii’s face.

Action: Fujii covers his face with his arm trying to hide how disturbed he is by this.

Fujii: Geez, speaking of being cooked.

 Page Fifty-Two

Panel 1:
In a medium shot, Akihiro was looking over at the police officer.

Action: Akihiro looked very seriously at the officer who was bringing something to him in his
hand.

Sakai: We have an ID?

Police Officer: His name was Satoshi Tada; he found his wallet a few feet from where he was
burned.

Panel 2:

Close-up of Masanori with his hand on his chin.

Action: Masanori stood with his hands on his chin as he looked toward his partner.

Fujii: So it was personal.

Panel 3:

Another wide shot of Satoshi's charred remains is viewed.

Action: Satoshi’s body is revealed to Akihiro, and the police officer speaks off-screen.

Sakai: One of his arms is missing as well.

 Police Officer: Maybe some animal got it.

Panel 4:
Wide shot of both Akihiro and Masanori.

Action: Akihiro is looking down as Masanori looks confused.

Fujii: Just the arm?

Sakai: And I don't think any animal around here leaves that type of bite.

Panel 5:

Shot of Akihiro looking at the wallet and picture of the deceased man showing him all of his
information:

Action: The wallet of Satoshi is held up.

Sakai: Guess we’ll get in contact with the next of kin. Find out who our victim was.

Page Fifty-Three

Panel 1:

Action: Outside the park, Naoki was walking and looked sick to his stomach.

Naoki: Man, I'm lost, and I’m starving.

I need to find somewhere to eat soon or else.
 Panel 2:
Naoki turned so the back of his head towards the reader in a medium shot.

Action: Naoki stopped to view the park.

Naoki: It can't be.

Panel 3:
A wide shot of Naoki.
Action: Naoki ran over to the barricade to get a closer look.

Panel 4:
A wide shot of the police leaving the trail.

Action: The police leave the trail, wheeling a black body bag on the stretcher.

Panel 5:
A medium shot of Naoki looking over at Sakai and Fujii.

Action: Naoki notices Detectives Fujii and Sakai following behind them.
 Page Fifty-Four

Panel 1:
A close-up of Sakai looking at Naoki.

Action: Sakai notices Naoki and locks eyes with him intensely.

Panel 2:
Naoki is looking at Sakai in a close-up.

Action: Naoki looks back at him looking at him astonished.

Panel 3:
A wide shot of an officer standing in front of Naoki.
Action: Another officer impedes Naoki’s view of the officer as he looks over him angrily.

Another Police Officer: Hey kid, beat it; you should be in school anyway!

Panel 4:
A medium shot of Naoki running away as the officer follows.

Action: Naoki runs away from the officer as he follows the boy.

Naoki (Thought): I gotta figure out what's going on around here before it's too late.

Panel 5
A medium shot of the officer reaching out to Naoki.
 Action: Once the officer thinks he’s caught up to Naoki, he reaches for the boy.

Panel 6
A medium shot of the officer reaching for Naoki, who’d disappeared.

Action: However, Naoki’s already disappeared.

Page Fifty-Five

Splash Panel 1:

Action: Naoki is sitting above a tree branch as he looks sick again.

Naoki: First, I got to get something to eat.

Page Fifty-Six

Panel 1:

In a medium shot, Through a none, busy street, Megumi and Haruka are walking home.

Action: Megumi is walking alongside Haruka. Megumi looks annoyed, while Haruka looks
unpleased by what she’s saying.

Megumi: I’m telling you, it feels like the universe is out to get me somehow, and my mom is just
overbearing and not listening as usual.
 Panel 2:

A shot of Megumi looking at Haruka.

Action: Megumi and Haruka continue to walk as Megumi notices her friend's facial expression.

Megumi: Hey, what's up?

Haruka: Nothing, just listening to you and walking.

Panel 3

A Medium shot of Megumi standing in front of Haruka.

Action: To confront her friend Megumi stood in front of Haruka. Haruka looked like she was
about to jump back at this surprise.

Haruka: Hey!!

Panel 4:

Close-up of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi looked concerned as she was talking to her friend.

Megumi: Hey Haru, come on, it’s me, Megumi, your best friend.
You can tell me anything? What’s up?
 Panel 5:
A close-up shot of Haruka’s face.

Action: Haruka looked down as she nervously tried not to make eye contact with Megumi.

Haruka: Well… you just seem so angry about having to babysit Makoto instead of going off to
practice.

Panel 6:

A close-up shot of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi's face shows exhaustion as she tries to talk to Haruka. However, she’s
interrupted in the distance.

Megumi: It isn’t about Makoto; it's just-

???: Well, well, look what we have here.

Page Fifty-Seven

Panel 1:

A shot of three girls is standing in front of the other. All three girls wore the same uniform as the
girls; however a few differences. The girl in the middle was of lighter skin with long red hair and
blue eyes. The difference in her uniform was that she wore a green vest over her short sleeve
shirt. One girl standing behind her to the right was taller than the other two. She had black hair
tied into a bun and matching eyes. She wore a red handkerchief tied around her neck. Finally, the
last girl was slightly taller than the girl in the middle. She had freckles on both her cheeks. Her
light brown hair She had blond brown hair tied into a long ponytail. She also sported dark eyes.
Unlike the other girls, she wore a vanilla sweater vest over her uniform.

Action: The girl with red hair stood in the middle confidently.

Red Haired Girl: If it isn’t Radiohead herself, shouldn't you be going to one of those freak
parties?

Narrator Box: KAMIKO HAMASAKI, the mayor’s daughter and the preppy bane of my
existence. Along with her cronies…

Panel 2:
Medium shot of the three girls talking amongst themselves.

Action: The tall girl held her hand as she whispered something into Kamiko’s ear. The sweater
vest girl looked across. Kamiko looked annoyed at both of them.

Tall Girl: Hey Kamiko…

Sweater Vest Girl: Maybe you shouldn't…

Panel 3:
Long Shot of Megumi standing.

Action: Megumi looked bored as her guitar case was standing up as she was leaning on it.

Megumi: You should probably listen to your friends, be better than listening to the Princess
blabber on and on.
 Panel 4:
Close-up of Kamiko's face.

Action: Kamiko’s face almost turns red as she is upset.

Kamiko: ETSUKO,AIMI, shut up, I got this.

Panel 5:
In a bird's eye shot of all five girls, Megumi stands slightly in front of Haruka.

Action: Kamiko has moved closer to confront Megumi.

Kamiko: You know why people laugh and talk behind your back at school?

Panel 6:
Medium shot of Kamiko from her skirt up.

Action: Kamiko pointing at Megumi.

Kamiko: Because you act like you're calm and mysterious and like you don't belong, but you're
stuck here just like the rest of us.

Page Fifty-Eight

Panel 1:
Medium Shot of Megumi from skirt up as well.
 Action: Megumi holds her head down as her bangs cover her eyes.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Megumi.

Action: Holding her guitar Megumi takes off running with Haruka being in the shot.

Haruka: Megumi, Wait!

Panel 3:
Megumi runs in a medium shot.

Action Megumi is still running away from them with a tear falling down her face.

Panel 4:
The four girls stood In a wide shot.
Action: Four remaining girls are looking at Megumi running away with their backs turned,
Haruka in the front, Kamiko in the middle, and Etsuko and Aimi side by side.

Etsuko: Too far, Kamiko.

Kamiko: Whatever.

Page Fifty-Nine

Panel 1:

A distant shot is in an office very similar to the previous one except with fluorescent lighting.
 Action: William Vipers is sitting at his desk writing on paper.

Panel 2:
A close-up shot of a brown door.

Action: Someone is knocking on the door, and Vipers calls for the person to come in out of
frame.

Vipers: Come In!

Panel 3:

A Medium shot of Avon walking through the door.

Action: Avon walks through the door, somewhat clumsy.

Avon: I need to talk to you.

Panel 4:

Medium shot of Vipers sitting down.

Action: William is still writing on paper, not paying attention to Avon.

Vipers: Bored Already, Huh?

 Panel 5:

Medium-low shot of Vipers sitting in his chair at his desk.

Action: William gestures for Avon to sit, focusing his hand on the chair across from him.
William does all of this while looking directly at him.

Page Sixty

Panel 1:

A Medium shot of the side of Vipers.

Action: Vipers has his hands under his chin as he looks at Avon.

Vipers: So what's on your mind?

Panel 2:

Image of Avon sitting in the chair across from Vipers. The image is reversed as he is looking at
Vipers.
 Action: Avon looks disheveled and concerned.

Avon: Fucking James pissed me off earlier. He’s got me thinking, and I gotta ask you…
Am I some loose canon to all of this?

Panel 3:

A close-up shot of Viper's face.

Action: Vipers is taking off his glasses.

Vipers: You want me to indulge you or me, to be honest?

Panel 4:

Overhead shot of Avon and Vipers at the desk.

Action: Both men are sitting as Avon talks.

Vipers: Avon, I've known for what ten years now? Traveling with the Boss, being trained by him.
You remember the purpose of us Nightcrawlers and what we do here, right?

Panel 5:

A lower medium shot of Avon as if a camera was under the table.

 Action: Avon looks at Vipers, somewhat confused.

Avon: Yeah, we devour some humans for our survival, come and go as we please but make sure
to bring the Boss back something.
What’s your point?

Page Sixty-One

Panel 1:

A wide shot of Vipers looking at Avon.

Action: Vipers points his glasses in his right hand at the wall as he talks with Avon.

Vipers: Exactly, However, the only way we can continue our way of life and not get the
Outsider's tail is to be as discreet as possible.

Panel 2:

A wide shot of Vipers still looking directly at Avon.

Action: Avon is now pointing his glasses at Avon. Around him, there’s a dark aura beginning to
surround William.

Vipers: But with you going off and doing as you please, acting reckless and foolish, doing
whatever you like because you have some idiotic chip on your shoulder causes nothing but
problems for all of us.

Panel 3:
A close-up shot of Vipers.

Action: Viper's body morphs into a very snakelike, especially his skin.

Vipers: And if you stand in the way of our livelihood ceasing to exist, I have no problem putting
you down.

Panel 4:
A full shot of Vipers still sitting in his chair.

Action: Vipers has now fully turned into his snake form.

Vipers: Are we clear?

Panel 5:
A medium shot of Avon sitting in his chair.

Action: Avon looked utterly unmoved.

Avon: Yeah...we’re clear.

 Page Sixty-Two

Panel 1:
A close-up shot of William's face.

Action: Viper's face slowly started to turn back into his human form.

Vipers: So, was that enough talk for you?

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Avon.

Action: Avon was getting up out of his seat, still unfazed.

Avon: Yes, I’m fine, thanks.

Panel 3:
A wide shot of William Vipers.

Action: William stared at the door as Avon had left.

Panel 4:
Close shot of Avon’s upper body on the other side of the door in the dark hallway.

Action: Avon breathed in.

 Panel 5:

Close shot of Avon’s upper body on the other side of the door in the dark hallway.

Action: Avon breathed out.

Page Sixty-Three

Panel 1:
Back in the city, a shot medium shot of Naoki walking on a sidewalk.

Action: Naoki is walking on the sidewalk; he looks exhausted.

Naoki: Ahh, man, if I don't eat anything soon, I'm gonna-

Panel 2:

A medium shot of a hotdog stand and a man standing behind it. Naoki appears in the corner. The
cart owner is an older gentleman of average height and slightly overweight. His eyes are closed.
Eyebrows are thick and brown. He has a white and red sailor hat. He’s wearing a white and blue
striped shirt with a white apron. He also sports black pants and work shoes.

Action: A man is standing behind his hot dog cart. Naoki is shown in the corner looking very
excited at the hot dog stand.
 Panel 3:
A Medium shot of the cart owner and Naoki.

Action: The hot dog owner stood behind his cart, smirking as Naoki had stars in his eyes and was
mouth-watering.

Cart Owner: Woah there, kid!

Naoki: One hotdog, please.

Panel 4:

A close-up shot of a hotdog.

Action: The cart owner holds the hotdog to hand to Naoki, speaking off-screen to the boy.

Cart Owner: Sure thing, kid! Here ya go!

Naoki: Ohh, boy!

Panel 5:

Close-up shot of Naoki’s face.

Action: Naoki stuffs the hot dog in his mouth in one go.

Panel 6:
A distant shot of Naoki and the Cart Owner.
 Action: The Cart Owner laughs as Naoki looks determined.

Naoki: Can I have another?

Cart Owner: Sure, but ya gotta pay for that first one.

Page Sixty-Four

Panel 1:
A Shot of Naoki as the Cart Owner is in the corner.

Action: Naoki reaches into his right pocket. The Cart Owner smiles at him from the corner.

Naoki: Yeah, sure thing!

Panel 2:
The same shot before of Naoki as the Cart Owner is in the corner.

Action: Naoki now reaches into his left pocket. The right pocket is out of his pants. The Cart
Owner looks annoyed as a sweat drop comes down the back of his head.

Panel 3:

Again the same shot before of Naoki as the Cart Owner is in the corner.
 Action: Naoki is now standing with both pockets pulled out as he has no money. The Cart
Owner looks pissed at him.
Naoki: Wait, I think I got something.

Panel 4:
A Medium shot of Naoki’s right hand.

Action: Naoki holds out his right hand, revealing a piece of lint.

Panel 5:
A Medium shot of Naoki being chased by the Cart Owner.

Action: The Cart Owner chases Naoki down the street. The boy is flailing his hands in the air.

Cart Owner: You little brat!

How dare you try to pull a fast one on me!

Naoki: Man, I knew I should have asked for more money!

And I can't even get out of here usually cause I have no idea where I am!

Page Sixty-Five

Panel 1:

In a wide shot in a neighborhood, Megumi and Makoto appear. Megumi is still carrying her
guitar case, and Makoto has his hands on the straps of his book bag.
Action: Siblings walking side by side. Megumi is walking on the sidewalk close to the cars.

Megumi: So, how was your day?

Panel 2:

A Medium shot of Makoto, Megumi, is shown on the left.

Action: Makoto stops with a rugged look as his sister realizes this.

Megumi: What?

Panel 3:

A close-up of Makoto’s face as he’s looking up.

Action: Makoto looks unpleased looking up.

Makoto: You never ask me about my day; what's wrong with you?

Panel 4:

A Medium shot of Megumi.

Action: Megumi looks irritated at her brother’s comment.

 Megumi: Well, can’t a big sister be lovely to her little brother now and then?

Panel 5:

A close-up shot of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi breathes out.

Panel 6:

A Distant shot of Megumi and Makoto.

Action: Siblings are standing on the sidewalk, talking to each other in front of a wall.

Megumi: Stupid girls at school and Mom, I wanted to practice and play today, but I had to walk
you home.

Page Sixty-Six

Panel 1:

Close-up of Makoto’s face.

Action: Makoto looks down as if he’s disappointed.

 Makoto: Sorry you have to do that.

Panel 2:

Medium shot of Megumi looking down.

Action: Megumi is wavering her hands frantically as she looks down.

Megumi: No, it's not like that. Things feel kinda weird now. I just need the time by myself to be
alone, y'know?

Panel 3:

A Medium shot of Makoto and Megumi.

Action: Makoto looks up at his sister with his right index finger pointed up as Megumi looks
excited.

Makoto: Well, why don’t you just go back to school and spend your time alone?

Megumi: Are you serious?!

 Panel 4:

A Medium shot of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi puts her thumb on her chin as she thinks. However, Makoto calls outside of the
frame.

Megumi: No, I can't; you need me to walk you home.

Makoto: Are you serious?

Panel 5:

A Medium shot of Makoto.

Action: Makoto looks confident with his eyes closed, posturing as if he’s trying to seem cool and
assured.

Makoto: I know my way home. I'd probably be back already if you didn't slow me down.

Page Sixty-Seven

Panel 1:

A close-up shot of Megumi kissing Makoto.

 Action: Megumi’s eyes close, and she kisses Makoto on the cheek as he looks disgusted.

Megumi: Okay, I'll go but make sure you get there, or mom will lay into me.

Makoto: Gross, get off of me!

Panel 2:

Distant shot Megumi is running away from Makoto, guitar case in hand.

Action: Megumi is running away from her brother as she waves back at him; he stands still
looking at her.

Megumi: Whatever, I should be back before mom gets home anyway!

Page Sixty-Eight

Panel 1:
Medium shot, in a hospital, Kei Ito is sitting behind a desk.

Action: Kei Ito wearing glasses, is looking at the paperwork.

Kei (thoughts): Megumi…

 Panel 2:

A close-up of Kei’s upper body.

Action: Kei is looking out the nearby window with her left hand on the side of her face.

Kei (thoughts): I know you don't like how this is going, but I don't want you to grow up so soon.

Panel 3:
A close-up of Kei’s face.

Action: Kei, with her hand still on her face, continued looking out the window.

Kei (thoughts): I can just feel you're destined for great things. I just don't want you to be in a
rush to leave… just like your father.

Panel 4:

A Wide shot of Kei and everything behind her desk.

Action: Kei looks up at the speaker.

Speaker: Nurse Ito, please report to room 220B.

Page Sixty-Nine

Panel 1:
In a medium-ranged shot, Megumi is in the frame from her torso up.
 Action: Megumi is running towards something with her guitar case in hand.

Panel 2:
Facing the opposite way, a medium-ranged shot, Naoki, from his torso up, is in the frame.

Action: Naoki is running away from the Cart Owner.

Panel 3:
A close shot of Megumi and Naoki shot from their torso up.

Action: Naoki and Megumi crash into each other.

Panel 4:
A close-up shot of Megumi’s face.

Action: A groggy Megumi, with her right eye closed, looks at the person who ran into her.

Megumi: Hey, watch it, buddy!

Panel 5:
A Medium shot of both Megumi and Naoki.

Action: Megumi’s face is red, and she looks embarrassed, looking at Naoki lying on top of her.

Panel 6:
A close-up of Megumi’s face.
 Action: Megumi turns her head to the right, still blushing.

Megumi: Hey... could you move?

Page Seventy

Panel 1:
Naoki’s face is in a close-up.

Action: Naoki’s groggy however it seems he’s pulled off Megumi.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Naoki and the Cart Owner.

Action: The Cart Owner looks angry as he holds up the dazed and confused Naoki.

Cart Owner: Try to run out on the bill, huh?

I’ll make you pay for that kid.

Panel 3:

Wide shot, Cart Owner and Naoki with Megumi in the back

Action: Megumi stands up and looks up at the Cart Owner shaking Naoki.

Panel 4:
A wide shot of Megumi, the Cart Owner, and Naoki's backs turned and facing the reader.
 Action: Megumi calls out to the Cart Owner as he is alerted to her and Naoki.

Megumi: Hey, wait for a second.

Panel 5:
A close-up of Megumi’s hands outstretched.

Action: Megumi holds her hand with her wallet, with money pulled out.

Panel 6:
A medium shot of Megumi standing next to Naoki and the Cart Owner across from them. He has
his back turned to them.

Action: Megumi laughs, stretching the back of her head. Naoki looks at her with his eyebrow
raised. The Cart Owner stands across from them, still with his back facing the reader.

Megumi: Sorry about that; my little brother usually gets ahead of himself.

Page Seventy-One

Panel 1:
An up-scale shot of the Cart Owner looking annoyed.

Action: The Cart Owner looks annoyed at them.

Cart Owner: Just make sure you keep your “Brother” out of trouble from now on
 Panel 2:
A close shot of Naoki with his face turned.

Action: Naoki watches the Cart Owner leave. Before he can do anything else, he hears a voice.

Megumi: Hey, Kid!

Panel 3:
Medium shot of Naoki looking at Megumi as she’s in the back of the image.

Action: Megumi is holding her guitar in her hand. Naoki is looking at her.

Megumi: Before you decide to dine and dash again, you should probably have a better escape
plan.

Panel 4:
A medium shot of Megumi running away in the opposite direction. Naoki is in the front of the
image from the side, watching her leave.

Action: Megumi is running in the opposite direction. Naoki watches her run away with his back
turned to the readers.

Naoki: Thank you.

That was weird.

Narrator Box: And that was the first time I met Naoki Hayashi…
 Page Seventy-Two

Panel 1:
A wide outside shot of the school, this time during sunset.

Panel 2:
A wide shot of Megumi in the middle of a music room.

Action: Megumi stands with a guitar in hand, ready to play.

Panel 3:
A wide shot of the door reveals Haruo, and Megumi is placed in the left corner of the image.

Action: Haruo opens the door cheerily as Megumi is in the corner scowling at him.

Haruo: Hey, Hey.

Panel 4:
A close-up shot of Haruo’s face.

Action: Haruo looked panicked as he saw Megumi’s face. He was waving his hands frantically.

Haruo: That’s okay; I’ll leave; sorry for disturbing you.

Panel 5:
A close-up of Megumi’s face.
 Action: Megumi laughs with her eyes closed.

Megumi: No, it's okay; you can stay for a bit.

Page Seventy-Three

Panel 1:
A distant shot of Haruo walking towards Megumi.

Action: Haruo walks towards Megumi with his arms to the side.

Haruo: Ohh, good!

By the way, thanks for earlier Shoji and his goons; we’re really about to beat the crap out of us.

Megumi: Don’t mention it.

Shoji's a jerk, anyway. It's about time someone stood up to him.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Haruo facing Megumi.

Action: Haruo smiles as he talks with Megumi.

Haruo: I guess it had to be you then.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Megumi facing Haruo.

Action: Megumi smirks as she answers Haruo.

 Megumi: I guess so.

Panel 4:
Medium shot of Haruo as he looks at Megumi.

Action: With his hands in his pocket, Haruo continues talking to Megumi.

Haruo: So I wanted to ask you before it was to ask if you've been distant and a little on edge
today. What's up?

Panel 5:
The same shot as the previous one.

Action: Haruo holds up his right palm while he smirks.

Haruo: I probably would have asked Haruka, but you know how siblings could be when you tell
them things.

Panel 6:
Close-up of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi looks down worriedly.

 Page Seventy-Four

Panel 1:
A bird's eye view shot of Megumi with Haruo in the back.

Action: Megumi turns her body to the nearby window.

Megumi: It's just when you’ve been somewhere your entire life, you kinda wonder what else is
out there.
Maybe you like it and never come back, perhaps you won't and come home, but I just want the
option.

Panel 2:
Haruo in a medium shot.
Action: Haruo looked worried at her as she spoke.

Panel 3:

A shot of Megumi’s guitar.

Action: Megumi is holding her guitar as she speaks.

Megumi: And playing music is just a way I can do that, y'know.

I guess that's why I freaked out when my mom told me I had to come home instead of playing; it
felt like she was taking that away from me.
 Panel 4:
A Medium shot of Megumi looking through.

Action: Megumi looks out the window to see the city around her. A voice does call for her.

Megumi: I know my mom and everyone just wants the best for me, but I want her to understand I
don't want to die here. I feel like a bird stuck in a cage sometimes. I wish some of the people in
my life just understood I want to be free.
Haruo: Megumi…

Panel 5:

In a medium shot, Haruo looked determined as he moved closer to Megumi.

Action: Haruo approached Megumi somewhat desperately.

Haruo: I completely understood what you mean,” he said, which made her look up at him. “I
hope you find the freedom you want.

Panel 6:
Megumi in a medium shot with the big window in the back.

Action: Megumi smiled at him.

Megumi: Thank you.

 Page Seventy-Five

Panel 1:

A close-up of Haruo leaning in.

Action: Tries to lean in for a kiss.

Panel 2:
A close-up of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi looks annoyed.

Panel 3:
A close-up of a hand.

Action: A hand flying down.

Panel 4:
A Close-up of Haruo getting smacked in the face; Megumi is behind.

Action: Haruo gets slapped in the face by Megumi as she looks cartoonishly angry in the back.

Megumi: Don’t get fresh with me, Tanaka!!

Haruo: Sorry.
 Panel 5:
Haruo stands up within a medium shot.

Action: Haruo rubs his cheek with a handprint on it.

Haruo: Anyway, I guess I gotta leave. Griffin should be done with that meeting thing he’s doing
anyway, and I promised to walk with him home.

Page Seventy-Six

Panel 1:

Megumi in a full body shot.

Action: Megumi calls out to Haruo, reaching out with her hands.

Megumi: Hey, Haruo.

Panel 2:
Haruo in a medium shot.

Action: Haruo turns around to look at her.

Panel 3:
Megumi in a close-up face shot.

Action: Megumi smiles to herself.

 Megumi: Thanks for listening.

Panel 4:
Haruo in a close-up of his face.

Action: Haruo gives her the thumbs up.

Page Seventy-Seven

Panel 1:
A medium shot of Shunsuke and Tensai, both in a hallway.

Action: Teens Tensai and Shunsuke were walking in the hallway of Megumi’s school. Tensai
Kubo was leading the way with his hands in his pocket. as Shunsuke Sano was behind him. He
removed his mask, and he had toilet paper up his swollen nose.

Shunsuke: I can’t believe we got bested by that freaking kid.

I swear if I see that kid again, I'm gonna show him.

Tensai: Yeah, sure.

Panel 2:

A close-up of Shunsuke and Tensai.

Action: Tensai walked ahead, not paying much attention to the person behind him. Shunsuke
looks to his left.
 Shunsuke: What are we doing here back here again anyway?

Tensai: I left something in my locker and might as well go back and get it.

Shunsuke: Fine, Might as well.

Panel 3:
A wide shot of Shunsuke and Tensai walking in the distance. With a dark figure shadowing
behind a corner wall.

Action: Shunsuke and Tensai walked in the distance. Meanwhile, a shadowy figure was behind a
corner wall in the space.

Tensai: Fine, Might as well.

Shunsuke: Shut up.

Panel 4:
A bird's eye view shot of Shunsuke and Tensai both at the lockers.

Action: Tensai looks through his locker as Shunsuke leans against other lockers next to him.

Shunsuke: It's a lot easier leaving stuff here than leaving it at home, baldie.

Panel 5:
A full shot of Shunsuke leaning up against the locker as the open locker door separates him from
Tensai.Tensai’s messy locker is shown in this shot.
Action: Shunsuke looked annoyed with his arms crossed while the left side of Tensai’s face was
shown.

Shunsuke: Fine, I guess.

I’ll just go to the bathroom while I wait for you.

Page Seventy-Eight

Panel 1:
A wide shot of Shunsuke opening the door and going into the bathroom.

Action: Shunsuke opens the door revealing the dimly lit and poorly cleaned high school
bathroom.

Panel 2:
In a close shot, he was leaned over the urinal.

Action: Shunsuke had already made his way to the urinal. He places his hands down as he uses
the bathroom.

Panel 3:

Shunsuke uses the bathroom in a wide shot while a dark figure moves behind him. One of the
lights goes out.

Action: Shunsuke is standing at the urinal as a figure in the dark moves behind him without him
noticing. Also, the lights get darker.

Shunsuke: Cheap school.

 Panel 4:
In a Medium shot, Shunsuke is at the sink.

Action: Shunsuke has already walked over to the sink and begins washing his hands.

Panel 5:
In a close-up, Shunsuke looks into the mirror.

Action: Shunsuke examines his swollen nose.

Panel 6:
In a close-up, Shunsuke is still looking into the mirror with James in his human form standing
behind him.

Action: Shunsuke starts to poke his nose as the mirror shows James standing behind him
intensely.

Page Seventy-Nine

Panel 1:

In a close-up, Shunsuke turns around.

Action: Shunsuke turns around, sweating and startled.

Panel 2:
Shunsuke’s point of view as nothing is behind him.
 Action: The bathroom is empty, only showing the urinal stalls.

Panel 3:
A close-up of Shunsuke’s face yelling.

Action: Shunsuke is yelling in the open bathroom.

Shunsuke: Tensai knock it off! This isn’t funny!

Panel 4:
In a wide shot, you could see the back of Shunsuke’s head as he looked at the bathroom stalls.

Action: Shunsuke looked over at the bathroom stalls.

Panel 5:

A close-up shot of Shunsuke’s mouth

Action: Shunsuke gritted his death.

Page Eighty

Panel 1:
A long shot of Shunsuke revealing an empty bathroom stall.
 Action: Shunsuke had kicked the bathroom door stall down, revealing the empty booth.
Shunsuke stood up with his foot in the air.

Panel 2:

Another long shot of Shunsuke revealing an empty bathroom stall.

Action: Shunsuke had kicked another bathroom door down, revealing another empty booth. This
stall was dirtier than the last one. Shunsuke stood looking at the stall with his hands in his
pocket.

Panel 3:
Wide shot of Shunsuke looking at the final stall.

Action: He stood there for a moment, staring at the stall.

Panel 4:
Close shot of Shunsuke getting into a fighting stance.

Action: Shunsuke got into a fighting stance, ready to fight whatever was in the last stall.

Panel 5:
A close-up shot of Shusuke’s hand pushing the stall door open.
 Page Eighty-One

Panel 1:
A wide shot of another empty stall.

Action: An empty stall is revealed.

Panel 2:
A wide shot of Shunsuke taking a deep breath. However, a dark green figure stands behind him.

Action: Shunsuke takes a deep breath; however, a dark green figure stands behind him, causing a
shadow to be cast over Shunsuke.

Panel 3:
A close-up of Shunsuke turns his head around.

Action: Shunsuke turns his head around.

Page Eighty-Two

Panel 1:

The Nightcrawler reveals himself. The monster was a giant with scaly green skin, pointy ears, a
ripped and chiseled body, and red eyes.

Action: The Nightcrawler stares into the eyes of Shunsuke.

 Panel 2:
A close-up of Shunsuke’s face.

Action: Shunsuke is petrified in fear.

Panel 3:
In the hallway, Tensai is still looking through his locker in a wide shot.

Action: Tensai’s face is surprised as he hears Shunsuke scream at the top of his lungs.

Shunsuke: AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Panel 4:
In another wide shot, Tensai bursts into the bathroom.

Action: Tensai runs into the bathroom, looking around to see what’s happened.

Panel 5:
A medium shot of a nervous Tensai walking to the third stall.

Action: Tensai walks to the third stall as he hears a noise.

Panel 6:
A medium shot of Tensai as he opens the door still in frame but to the light, revealing
the Nightcrawler and the corpse of Shunsuke.

Action: Tensai opens the door, revealing the monster in the corner feasting on the brain of the
dead Shunsuke. His eyes are still open, and his jaw drops.
 Panel 7:
A shot of Tensai’s scared face.

Action: Tensai is scared for his life.

Page Eighty-Three

Panel 1:
A Medium shot of Tensai trying to run.

Action: Tensai tries to run.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Tensai falling to the ground.

Action: Tensai falls to the ground face first.

Panel 3:
Close-up shot of Tensai’s face.

Action: Tensai turns around, and his face seems cold.

Tensai: Nooo, Please….

Panel 4:
A close-up shot of the Nightcrawler's green hand.

Action: The Nightcrawler's green hand is wrapped around Tensai’s ankle.

 Panel 5:
Close-up of Tensai’s face with tears in his eyes.

Action: Tensai calling out.

Tensai: NO, PLEASE, ANYONE!!!

I DON’T WANT TO DIE!!!

Page Eighty-Four

Panel 1:
In a wide shot in the music room, Megumi stands alone with her guitar in hand.

Action: Megumi is standing alone playing her guitar

Panel 2:
A Medium shot of her stopping her play.

Action: Megumi stops playing, looking to her right as if she hears something.

Panel 3:
A Medium shot of her shrugging her shoulders.

Action: Megumi shrugs her shoulders.

 Panel 4:
A Medium shot of Megumi looking down and playing her guitar.

Action: Megumi starts playing guitar again.

Panel 5:
A wide-angle shot of trees.

Page Eighty-Five

Panel 1:

A wide shot of monkey bars as someone hangs upside down from them.

Action: Someone is hanging upside down from the monkey bars.

Panel 2:

In a medium shot, Naoki crouches up, looking in a direction.

Action: Naoki crouches up, looking in a direction as if he feels something.

Panel 3:
In a medium shot, Naoki jumps down.

Action: Naoki jumps down, doing a flip as he does so.

 Naoki: That has to be what I felt earlier.
And it’s in the same direction that girl went.

Panel 4:
In a medium shot, Naoki lands next to his book bag.

Action: Naoki lands on a knee.

Panel 5:
Medium shot of Naoki running in on a trail out of the park.

Action: Naoki begins taking off and running away.

Naoki: I’ve gotta get there before it’s too late.

Page Eighty-Six

Panel 1:

A Close up of a gallery clock on a wall reading 7:22.

Action: The clock is shown still as someone talks out of frame.

Megumi: Dang! I forgot to tell Makoto to make himself something to eat.

Panel 2:
A wide shot of Megumi walking out of the schoolhouse. She was caring for her guitar case.
The sun had already set, and it was now dark, with street lights turning on.
 Action: Megumi is walking out of the front gates of her school.

Megumi: I gotta hurry home; I’ll just take the shortcut.

Panel 3:
A close shot of Megumi walking on the sidewalk.

Action: Megumi walks along the sidewalk with an anxious look.

Panel 4:
A close-up of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi looks uneasy. Her head is forward, but her eyes shift to her right.

Panel 5:
Megumi turned her head around in a close-up.

Action: Megumi turns her head around to see what is behind her.

Page Eighty-Seven

Panel 1:
Wide shot of the empty neighborhood and scenery behind Megumi.

Action: Megumi turned around to see nothing was behind her.

 Panel 2:

A close-up and side profile of Megumi looking behind her.

Action: Megumi sweats as she shouts out.

Megumi: Hey, you're a weirdo, and this isn’t funny.

Panel 3:
A Medium shot of Megumi turning around.

Action: Megumi turns around as she prepares to walk again.

Panel 4:
A Medium shot shows Megumi’s torso up.

Action: Megumi begins strolling. She looks calm on her face.

Panel 5:
A Medium shot shows Megumi’s torso up.

Action: Megumi then starts speedwalking. She looks more concerned.

Panel 6:
A Medium shot shows Megumi’s torso up.

Action: Megumi was full-on sprinting. She was full-on pressing now.
 Page Eighty-Eight

Panel 1:
A Wide shot of a green hand reaching out from a dark alley.

Action: A green scally hand reaches out.

Panel 2:
A wide shot of Megumi trying to run away as she crosses the alley.

Action: Megumi is running when a green hand grabs her by the left arm.

Panel 3:

A close-up of the green hand grabbing Megumi’s forearm.

Action: The green hand grabs Megumi by her forearm.

Panel 4:
A close-up of Megumi being surprised.

Action: Megumi’s face is surprised about what has happened.

Panel 5:
In a wide shot, Megumi is pulled into the dark alley.

Action: The hand pulls Megumi into the alley.

 Page Eighty-Nine

Panel 1:
A Medium shot Megumi with her back against a brick wall.

Action: Megumi had been knocked into the brick wall. Her bag and guitar case were now lying
on the ground.

Panel 2:
A Medium shot of the alley.

Action: From the alley's shadows, James appears smirking as he approaches her in his human
form.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Megumi standing forward against the brick wall.

Action: Megumi looked confused as she angrily shouted at James.

Megumi: Get the hell away from me, you creep!

Who the hell are you, and what do you want with me?

Panel 4:
James is in a medium shot of his torso, standing in the middle of the alley.

Action: James holds up his right hand as he looks at Megumi. He also smiles at her.

James: Such a potty mouth for such a pretty little girl...

My name is James. But that won't matter to you in just a few minutes, you know I already ate so
it would be best if I just give you to one of my comrades back at the bar.

Panel 5:
A close-up and side profile of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi’s sweated as she looked confused about what he was talking about.

Megumi: What are you talking about?

Page Ninety

Splash Panel 1:

Full shot of James.

Action: Green aura surrounds James as he gets into a resting stance.

Page Ninety-One

Panel 1:
A close-up of James’s hunched-over body.
Action: James’s skin turns green.

Panel 2:
A Medium shot of James hunched over.
 Action: James is standing hunched over. Smoke surrounded him.

Panel 3:
A Medium shot of James standing up.

Action: James stands up, revealing his Nightcrawler form and that he is much taller than his
human form.

Panel 4:
A close-up of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi is terrified of what she sees.

Panel 5:

A wide shot of James walking towards Megumi. Megumi is in the front of the image as a side
profile on the left side of her face.

Action: James slowly approached Megumi as she looked on.

Page Ninety-Two

Panel 1:
A shot of Megumi’s bookbag on the ground.

Action: Megumi reached for her bag.

 Panel 2:
A wide shot of Megumi.

Action: Megumi throws her bag at the Nightcrawler with both hands.

Panel 3:
A wide shot of James still walking towards Megumi.

Action: James smacks the bag out of his way with his large right arm.

Panel 4:
A medium shot of Megumi ducking on the ground.

Action: Megumi ducks underneath James’s large legs to try and escape.

Panel 5:
A medium shot of James standing over Megumi with his legs spread apart.

Action: Megumi tries to crawl underneath James but reaches down and grabs her calf.

Page Ninety-Three

Panel 1:
A close-up of Megumi’s face being surprised.

Action: Megumi realizes her leg has been grabbed.

 Panel 2:
A medium shot of a nearby trashcan lid on the ground.

Action: From Megumi’s point of view, she looks over and sees metal trash can lid.

Panel 3:
James in a shot that shows in crouching down.

Action: James crouches down to get a good look at Megumi.

Panel 4:
A medium shot of Megumi on the ground.

Action: Megumi grits her teeth as she swings the lid upward at James.

Panel 5:
Wide shot of James moving towards the center of the alley.

Action: James was smacked in the face; he covered his face as he tried to get himself together.

Page Ninety-Four

Panel 1:
A medium of Megumi.

Action: Megumi had reached her feet and tried to run for the alleyway's entrance.
 Panel 2:

Medium shot of James.

Action: James looked up from his hands to see Megumi running away.

Panel 3:
A close shot of Megumi trying to run, but she is stopped.

Action: James reached for Megumi and grabbed her by her hair.

Panel 4:
Medium shot of Megumi against a wall.

Action: Megumi was thrown back against a brick wall. Her eyes her closed, and she looked of
being in pain.

Panel 5:
Medium shot of Megumi.

Action: Megumi leaned against the wall, held her head, and looked down as a shadow stood over
her.

James: I was going to take it easy on you, girl.

 Page Ninety-Five

Panel 1:
A medium shot of Megumi with her back against the wall. She stood to the left while James
matched her face to face.

Action: James now stood face to face with Megumi; she still looked away. He gritted his teeth as
he spoke.

James: But now this is personal!

Panel 2:
A close shot of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi opens her eyes to see.

Panel 3:
A close-up of James’s face.

Action: James' mouth is open wide, exposing his large sharp teeth.

Panel 4:
Megumi is a close shot of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi closes her eyes tightly.

 Panel 5:
In a wide shot, James stands over Megumi over the brick wall. Megumi is crouched down.
Finally, a figure flies in, kicking James.

Action: A flying figure comes out of nowhere, kicking James in the face.

Page Ninety-Six

Panel 1:

A wide shot of James forced flying.

Action: James is sent flying with force due to the kick.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of James landing against metal gates.

Action: James crashes against metal gates.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Megumi's torso up.

Action: Megumi opens her eyes.

Panel 4:
A medium shot of Megumi is the same as the last panel.

Action: Megumi’s reaction is surprising as she sees what is happening.

 Megumi: Nnn…No way you?

Panel 5:
A wide shot of Naoki.

Action: Naoki looks determined, staring at James. He stands confidently.

Page Ninety-Seven

Panel 1:
In a medium shot of Naoki, Megumi faces him.

Action: As Megumi looks at him, Naoki is in a fighting stance facing James.

Naoki: I didn’t get to thank you for saving my butt before, but I guess this will be my way of
making us even, Sis.

Panel 2:
A wide shot of Megumi looking at Naoki towards the left of the image.

Action: Megumi shouts at Naoki.

Megumi: Maybe you can answer my question; what the hell is that thing?!

Panel 3:
A close-up of Naoki’s face.

Action: Naoki speaks as he looks intensely.

 Naoki: It's called a Nightcrawler.

Panel 4:
Wide shot of James kneeling in front of the metal gates. Full black bags surround him.

Action: James grimaces as he attempts to stand himself up.

Naoki: Monsters from a different world that eat humans. And I guess it wants you.

Panel 5:
A close-up shot of Naoki’s face.

Action: Naoki smiles as he places his right thumb close to his face.

Naoki: Don’t worry, I’ll protect you!

Panel 6:
A close-up shot of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi looked astonished at the boy.

Page Ninety-Eight

Panel 1:
A wide shot of James rubbing the right side of his face.

Action: James stood up, wiping his face.

 James: Lucky shot, kid.

Next time you won’t be so lucky, boy.

Panel 2:
A wide shot of James moving quickly towards Naoki.

Action: James rushes at Naoki.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of James throwing punches.

Action: James punches Naoki multiple times.

Panel 4:
A close shot of Naoki.

Action: Naoki slides himself to the left, avoiding a right hand.

Panel 5:
A close shot of Naoki.

Action: Naoki slides to the right, avoiding James’s punch again.

Panel 6:
A close shot of Naoki.

Action: Naoki ducks down, evading another of James’s punches.

 Page Ninety-Nine

Panel 1:
A wide shot of James with both arms out, Naoki in the middle.

Action: James reached with both arms attempting to grab Naoki.

James: F*ckiing Kid!!

Panel 2:
Wide shot of Naoki ducking down and reaching out to grab his torso.

Action: Naoki ducked underneath James.

Panel 3:
A close-up shot of Naoki grabbing James.
Action: Naoki grabbed ahold of James's torso.

Panel 4:
A wide shot of Naoki lifting the Nightcrawler James off the ground.

Action: Naoki lifts James off the ground giving him a suplex.

Panel 5:
A close-up of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi’s mouth was wide open with amazement.

 Panel 6:
A close-up of James’s face.

Action: James’s head is upside down as he grimaces at the position he’s been placed in.

Page One Hundred

Panel 1:
A wide shot of Naoki and James.

Action: Naoki slams James to the ground with great force.

Panel 2:
Close-up of James on the ground.

Action: James is on the ground, looking up.

James (thoughts): He's strong!

Panel 3:

A medium shot of James getting up.

Action: James quickly shoots up.

Panel 4:
A wide shot of James lunging.
Action: James lunges at Naoki. His mouth is wide open, attempting to bite Naoki.

Panel 5:
A medium shot of Naoki standing in the alley.

Action: Naoki vanishes within a blue light.

Panel 6:

A medium shot of James landing.

Action: James lands on the spot Naoki was.

James: Damn, this kid is fast too!

Page One Hundred One

Panel 1:
A wide shot of James looking up and seeing Naoki standing at the gate.

Action: James turns his head to see Naoki standing on the gated fence.

James: What the hell!!

Panel 2:
A medium shot of Naoki standing on the fence.
 Action: Naoki looks very serious as he talks.

Naoki: Listen, we don't need to continue to fight if you just decide to leave us alone; there
doesn't need to be any more bloodshed.

Panel 3:
A wide shot of James looking at Naoki.

Action: James looked confused.

James: You're trying to trick me, aren’t you?

Panel 4:

James, in a wide shot, sprints towards the gate.

Action: James started running at Naoki.

James: You won’t trick me, you, little bastard!!

Panel 5:
A wide-angle shot of Naoki and James as the background is the alley.

Action: Naoki jumps down feet first as James runs toward him.

Panel 6:
A wide shot of Naoki kicking James in the face.
 Action: Naoki kicks James in the face.

Page One Hundred Two

Panel 1:

A wide shot of James flying backward.

Action: James is sent with force backward.

Panel 2:
A wide shot of James by the trash.

Action: James crashes into metal garbage cans and is surrounded by black garbage bags. A
banana peel on his head. His face showed he was in pain.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Naoki standing in the alley.

Action: Naoki began laughing and holding his sides.

Panel 4:

A medium shot of Megumi moving away from the brick wall.

Action: Megumi is standing up, watching all of this in amazement.

Megumi (thoughts): No way can just some kid be doing all of this to that thing!
 Panel 5:
A medium shot of James.

Action: James stood up with his head down. He wiped away the dirt on his green arms.

James: So that’s what you're doing, huh?

Now I know what to do with you, brat!

Panel 6:
A wide shot of James running fast.

Action: James sprinted at Naoki again. This time he looked more determined than ever.

Page One Hundred Three

Panel 1:

A medium shot of Naoki standing.

Action: Naoki closed his eyes and looked down arrogantly.

Naoki: Come on, this again?

Aren’t you starting to get bor-

Panel 2:
A wide shot of Naoki and James.
Action: James came through directly at Naoki, holding the Nightcrawler’s large mouth from
biting down on him.

Panel 3:
A medium shot of Naoki can be seen through James’s teeth.

Action: Naoki tried to hold off James’s large teeth.

Panel 4:

A close-up of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi’s had her hands over her mouth.

Panel 5:

A wide shot of Naoki holding off James.

Action: Naoki was now being overpowered by James’s teeth as the boy’s body was starting to
buckle as he was almost inside James's mouth.

Panel 6:

A wide shot of James’s large beast-like teeth.

Action: James closes his mouth with Naoki seemingly inside. The red overshirt was hanging
from his teeth.

Page One Hundred Four

Panel 1:
A close-up of Megumi’s face.

Action: Megumi looks horrified at what has happened.

Panel 2:
A medium shot of James smiling.

Action: James smiled as he turned his attention to Megumi.

James: Now, back to you.

Panel 3:
A wide shot of Naoki coming from above and stomping on James’s head. Naoki is now in a
white T-shirt.

Action: Naoki flies down and stomps on James’s head. He’s knocked to the ground, with his
large teeth flying out of his mouth.

Panel 4:
A wide shot of Naoki standing over the Nightcrawler.

Action: Naoki stands over James confidently. James kneels.

 Panel 5:
A close-up shot of James’s face. His mouth is open, revealing he’s missing a few teeth.

Action: James's face shows his frustration as he looks anxious.

James (thoughts): How?

Not only did he escape my grasp, but he also broke my teeth. How could this be?

Panel 6:

A close-up of his eyes, James.

Action: James's eyes are wide as if he’s realized something.

James: Of course, it makes sense now!

Page One Hundred Five

Panel 1:
A wide shot of Naoki in the mouth of James.

Action: *In a flashback* Naoki is still holding himself up from James’s teeth while he’s in the
Nightcrawler's mouth.

James (recollecting): He was able to avoid getting smashed by my teeth because he must have
some teleportation ability.
 Panel 2:
A wide shot of the inside of James’s mouth as Naoki disappears.

Action: *In a flashback* In a blue flash of light, Naoki disappears as James closes his mouth.
James (recollecting): That must be why he moves so face.

Panel 3:
In a medium shot, Naoki looks down.

Action: *In a flashback* Naoki is kneeling on the edge of a rooftop, watching James.

James (recollecting): And he probably hid somewhere to hideout until he wanted to strike me.

Panel 4:
A medium shot of Megumi.

Action: Megumi jumped up excitedly.

Megumi: Yeah, kid, you show that creep!

Panel 5:
A wide shot of Naoki.

Action: Naoki clutched his fist as he spoke.

Naoki: Okay, bogger breath, I think it's time to end this!

One more punch, and that'll be the end for you!
 Panel 6:
A close shot of James running.

Action: James had gotten himself up and charged at Naoki.

Page One Hundred Six

Panel 1:
A close-up of Naoki running towards James.

Action: Naoki ran towards James with similar intentions.

Panel 2:
A wide shot of Naoki and James.

Action: Once Naoki and James are inches from each other, Naoki ducks down again.

Panel 3:
A wide shot of Naoki jabbing the Nightcrawler in his stomach.

Action: Naoki uppercuts the Nightcrawler in his green stomach.

Panel 4:
A close-up of James’s face.

Action: James grinned.

 James: Is that all you got?

Panel 5:
A medium shot of James’s Nightcrawler body.

Action: James looked down to see his body disappearing due to the blue light.

Panel 6:
A overtop view of James’s body.

Action: James cried out as his face started to disappear.

Page One Hundred Seven

Panel 1:
A wide shot of Naoki and Megumi.

Action: Naoki stood by himself alone as Megumi watched him from a distance.

Panel 2:
A wide shot of Naoki.

Action: Naoki turned towards Megumi smiling.

Naoki: Sorry about that; I think we need a proper introduction.

I'm Naoki Hayashi, the boy that just saved me for life.
 Panel 3:

A close-up of Naoki’s hand.

Action: Naoki offered his hand for Megumi to shake.

Panel 4:
A medium shot of Megumi.

Action: Megumi looked down at his hand, confused.

Panel 5:

A close of the kid's hands shaking.

Action: Megumi’s hand shook Naoki’s.

Panel 6:
Wide shot of Megumi and Naoki. They stand in full view of the alleyway surrounding them.

Action: Megumi and Naoki shake hands under the street light.

Megumi: And I'm Megumi Ito.

You owe me money for the hotdog.

Narrator Square: And Just like that, on May 22, 1991, at 8:03 pm, my unremarkable life changed
forever in this place that never changes.
To Be Continued…