Episode 12
Shocking Kaigara
Noelle:
(picks up back-pack)
See you later, mom.
Mother:
Have a good day, Noelle.
Noelle:
(grumbles) I’d
rather still be at the beach.
Mother:
(sighs) Noelle, why do you dislike school so
much? You are a very smart girl, and I
can never understand why you get into such trouble.
Grandmother:
(sips tea) I
don’t think there has been a single day you haven’t been after school in
detention. Even in pre-school.
Noelle:
(scratches head embarrassedly) Well, when a person is acting up,
someone’s got to teach them a lesson.
Grandmother: (whispers to Mother) I don’t think it’s
working. (Mother shakes head in
agreement)
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(Noelle is walking to
school. It’s pouring)
Noelle:
(pulls out umbrella)
I hate going to class when it is raining this hard. Ug! (tries to open
umbrella when someone grabs her arm. She
cannot see who the person is. She turns
around) Who are
you?
Person:
I cannot tell you that at this moment.
(slight pause) Noelle, I cannot help you
anymore. You are on your own, but as
long as you have faith in yourself, victory will be on your side. (lets go of her arm)
Noelle:
What??? (no
response. The stranger has left)
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(Noelle walks into her
classroom. She is all wet)
Tsuta:
(laughing)
Noelle! Why are you all
wet?
Noelle:
(grumbles) I
couldn’t get my umbrella to open.
Tsuta:
Why would you need an umbrella on a day like this? (Noelle looks out the window to see that the
sky is perfectly clear and everything seems dry)
Noelle:
It was pouring just a few seconds ago…
Tsuta:
Oh, guess what, Noelle! I heard
we are having a new student today.
Noelle:
(turns around)
Hmmm?
Tsuta:
Well, she’s not here yet.
Noelle:
Oh. (notices
that Tsuta is staring at something behind her)
Tsuta:
Oh, my…
Noelle:
What’s wrong, Tsuta? (Noelle
turns around to see that Tsuta is staring at Kaigara. Kaigara has her hair up in spikes and is not
wearing her glasses. She is wearing odd clothing
for her usual self. She looks like a
rebel. Kaigara sits behind Noelle and
Tsuta. She opens her bag and pulls out a
piece of paper and a pencil. She drops
her bag on the floor and starts drawing)
Tsuta:
What’s with Kaigara?
Noelle:
I have no idea. Um, Kaigara? (Kaigara
ignores her and continues drawing.
Noelle shrugs her shoulders)
Mrs. Suisho:
(enters the room)
Settle down everyone. (everyone takes their seats)
We have a new student today. (looks around the room)
Hmmm, 0I guess she is not here today.
(Noelle looks back at Kaigara who is drawing a picture of an evil
unicorn. Mrs. Suisho notices her)
(annoyingly) Kaigara! Would you like to show your drawing to the
whole class? (Kaigara stops
drawing) If your drawing is more important
than my teaching, then I think I should see why. (walks toward
Kaigara who stands up. Kaigara holds out
the piece of paper and rips it up. She
lets the pieces fall to the floor)
Well, then. Perhaps you’ll like
to join Noelle in detention after school.
Noelle:
But, Mrs. Suisho! I haven’t done
anything wrong yet!
Mrs. Suisho:
(walking back to her desk) Yet…
(Noelle slouches in her seat)
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(after
school; detention; Noelle is writing something down on a piece of paper)
Mrs. Suisho:
Where is Kaigara? (Noelle
continues writing “I will not kick a student or students on school
grounds”) I guess you can leave early,
Noelle. But if you see Kaigara, tell her
I would like to see her immediately.
Noelle:
Yes, ma’am. (picks
up her stuff, hands Mrs. Suisho the paper, and leaves)
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(outside. Tsuta is trying to get Kaigara’s attention)
Tsuta:
Kaigara! Wait! (Kaigara starts walking faster) I said wait!
(Tsuta grabs Kaigara’s arm.
Kaigara angrily turns around and twists her arm free)
Kaigara:
(gruffly) What do you want?
Tsuta:
What is wrong? Why are you
acting this way?
Kaigara:
Why do you care?
Tsuta: I’m worried about you, Kaigara.
Kaigara:
(stares at Tsuta for a moment, as if believing her, and then turns
around) (trying
to hide her tears) You and Noelle just
thought of me as a loser. You never cared about me before, so…why would you
care about me now? (she
takes off)
Tsuta:
(yelling)
Kaigara!
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(Kaigara is still
running)
Kaigara:
(thoughts) Why
was Tsuta following me? (Kaigara has a
brief memory of the time at the beach when Tsuta yelled at her: Tsuta: Leave me alone!) They never cared about me. Not even my own brother cared about me! (she keeps running
until she hears a voice)
Voice:
Kaigara, over here. (Kaigara
stops)
Kaigara:
Hmmm? (she
turns to the right to see Daraku) Daraku? (Daraku is
standing in an alley)
Daraku:
I know what you are going through.
I can help you. (holds his hand out to Kaigara who stares at him, a little
frightened and teary eyed)
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(Noelle is running around
through the city)
Noelle:
Kaigara! Kaigara! Where are you?
Tsuta:
Noelle. (Noelle turns around to
see Tsuta)
Noelle:
I’ve been looking everywhere. I
can’t find her!
Tsuta: So
have I. I tried talking to her before,
but she just took off. I think something
is really wrong.
Noelle:
Me, too. I just wish I could talk
to her about it. But I have no idea
where she is.
Tsuta:
Hey, did you check your cabin?
Maybe she went there to see the horses.
Noelle:
(slams her right fist on her left hand) You’re absolutely right, Tsuta! Why didn’t I think of that? (Noelle runs off)
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(Noelle opens the door to
the cabin)
Noelle:
Kaigara? (she
looks inside to see Kaigara’s back) I
thought you would be in here! (her excitement fades when Kaigara doesn’t turn around) Kaigara? Is everything ok?
Kaigara:
(quietly) Don’t move, Noelle.
Noelle:
Kaigara?
Kaigara:
(looks up, her eyes are glowing red) I said don’t move! (holds out a
knife) You and Tsuta have never been
nice to me and you guys never thought of me as a friend! Now you are going to get what you
deserve! (starts
walking toward Noelle)
Noelle:
(panicky; moves back a little from Kaigara) Please calm down, Kaigara! What are you talking about?
Kaigara:
I’ll let you go…if you give me your watch.
Noelle:
My watch!!?? (looks
at wrist for a second) I can’t give you
that, Kaigara!
Kaigara:
(slowly stands up)
Then I’ll just have to take it by force.
Noelle:
(backs up a little more) (thoughts) What has happened to her? (grits teeth) Dark Star must have hypnotized her…or
something. (Noelle does a quick jump
away from the wall to the opposite side of Kaigara. She slips on her two rings. Her Butterjewels come running through the
cabin, knocking the door)
Ok, you guys! Healing
Power! (both
Butterjewels just stand there. Kaigara
stares at them, a bit miffed) (laughing
embarrassedly) Oh,
I forgot. They won’t listen to me when
I’m not Nova! (Kaigara falls doing that
one foot in the air thing)
Kaigara:
(gets up) That
wasn’t very intelligent. (Noelle quickly
puts on her locket and transforms.
Kaigara comes running at her with the knife. Nova quickly doges it. Kaigara stabs the knife in one of the
walls. She struggles at pulling it
out. Nova gets up)
Nova: I
don’t know what Dark Star did to you, Kaigara, but you need to snap out of
it! (Kaigara managed to pull the knife
out. She comes running toward Nova who
dodges her again. Tsuki suddenly appears
on her Unijewel in front of the knocked down door)
Tsuki: I’m
sorry I have to do this, but I have no other choice.
Nova:
(quickly steps in front of her) You can’t attack her, Tsuki! Kaigara is under a spell! She can’t help it!
Tsuki: Please
get out of my way, Nova.
Nova:
No! (Nova runs in front of the
attack)
Tsuki:
Nova!!! (Nova gets hit. She flies into the air and falls at Kaigara’s
feet. Kaigara stops and looks down at
Nova. She raises her knife and as she is
about to stab Nova, Kaigara’s other hand grabs her hand with the knife. Kaigara freezes. The knife falls from her hands and lands on
the floor next to Nova. Her eyes turn
black. Tsuki and her Unijewel come
running to Nova. Tsuki gets off her
Jewel) (sadly) Why did you do that, Nova? Healing Power.
Nova:
(slowly opens her eyes) I was about to ask you the same
question. Stardust and
Tsuki:
Nova, you are not fully healed yet.
Nova: I
do not care. (Nova walks over to Kaigara
who is lying on the ground. She slowly
opens her eyes) (turning
to Tsuki) Do you mind if I could be
alone?
Tsuki: (calmly) No. (she gets up. Tsuki and her Unijewel leave the cabin)
Kaigara:
Noelle?
Nova:
(staring at her blankly at first) How did you know…
Kaigara:
Dark Star told me. He said…if I
could get your watch…in any way possible…I could have the life I’ve always
wanted. (looks
up at Nova; in tears) I’m so sorry,
Noelle! (Kaigara hugs Nova. Nova puts her arms around her)
Nova: It’s ok, Kaigara.
(Kaigara cries for a little bit, but her cries quickly turn into
terrified screams. She pushes Nova away)
Kaigara:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!
Nova:
KAIGARA! (Kaigara, on all fours,
stares at the ground screaming. She slowly
disappears) KAIGARA!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!
(Kaigara disappears. Nova stares
at where she was just a few seconds ago.
Frightened tears roll down her cheeks)
Voice from Behind her: Too bad she couldn’t do her job right. (Nova angrily turns around to see Dark Star
staring at her on one of the sides of the cabin)
Nova:
You! (starts
to get up)
Dark Star:
Don’t even bother. I’m not here
to fight. I just had to get rid of some
useless trash.
Nova:
How could you!!! (starts walking to Dark Star who disappears. Nova falls onto her knees and starts crying)
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(Nova steps outside,
looking down at the ground. Tsuki, who
is leaning against her Unijewel, comes running to her. Nova stumbles)
Tsuki:
Nova! (runs
to Nova. Tsuki puts her arm around Nova
to give her support)
Lets finish healing you. (the two girls walk back to Tsuki’s Unijewel. The Unijewel starts healing Nova. Stardust and
Nova:
(quietly) Tsuki,
why did you do that?
Tsuki: I
had no other choice.
Nova:
What do you mean? Why couldn’t
you just do Healing Power?
Tsuki: I
didn’t use Healing Power because the purpose of that Power is to heal wounds
and the minds of people whom Dark Star had taken over. Kaigara had her mind taken over…but she also had
her soul taken over. A Healing Power
cannot cure the soul. Kaigara had to heal
herself on her own. (Nova looks up at
Tsuki) When you jumped in front of my
attack, she realized that she really did have a good friend…and her soul was
healed. (Unijewel finishes the healing)
(embarrassedly)
Of coarse, that wasn’t my original plan! (Tsuki starts to laugh until she notices that
Nova isn’t smiling) What’s wrong, Nova?
Nova: (quietly)
Kaigara…she’s gone.
Tsuki:
Gone? What do you mean? (gets up and starts
running toward the cabin)
Nova:
(getting up)
She’s not in there. (Tsuki
turns around, shocked) I saw her
disappear. Dark Star…he…(Nova starts to cry again.
Tsuki stands there, watching her, sadly)
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(Noelle is sitting on a
rock near the cabin watching the sun set.
she has her hands on her knees. Tsuta comes up)
Tsuta: Noelle? (walks toward
Noelle) Are you all right? (Noelle doesn’t say anything. Tsuta joins her on the rock) Wow!
What a pretty sunset! (Tsuta
turns to look at Noelle who is now looking at her knees. She isn’t smiling) (nudging Noelle) Come on.
What’s wrong?
Noelle:
Kaigara is gone.
Tsuta:
Gone? What do you mean? Did she move?
Noelle:
She is gone…and she won’t be coming back.
Tsuta:
Noelle? (Wakaru comes up)
Wakaru:
Are you talking about Kaigara?
(Noelle and Tsuta turn around) Don’t
worry about her. She is always taking
off like that.
Noelle:
You’re not worried about her?
Wakaru:
No. But she will not be coming
back to your school. It would be better
for her to stay at home.
Noelle:
(extremely confused)
What??? (Wakaru starts to
walk away)
Wakaru:
I’d better go home. She might
have come back there waiting for me. (leaves. Noelle and
Tsuta stand there, watching him go)
Tsuta:
See, Noelle? Nothing to worry
about! (looks
at Noelle) Right?
Noelle:
I’m not too sure about that…
Tsuta:
(smiling) She’ll
be all right, Noelle. Wakaru may not be
the best of brothers, but whether he’ll admit it or not, he cares about
Kaigara. If he’s not worried about her,
then everything will be ok.
Noelle:
(turns to Tsuta) (smiling) Maybe you’re right, Tsuta. (they both look up
at the sunset) I hope you’re right. (an image of usual Kaigara
winking appears in the clouds)