The Peacekeeper Squad is sitting at a table in a private room at their headquarters of Beel S.T. Force.
Nika: (Walking In the room) We have been given our orders.
Taiki: Who are the unlucky people who are causing trouble?
Nika: (Sitting at the table) The village of Hiteke.
Kazuma: (cough)
Nika: You know of the place?
Kazuma: Well, I did talk to the Watcher Team and they told me all about it.
Ayumi: Yeah? How much did you have to pay them?
Kazuma: Nothing!
Ayumi: (loudly) So you beat it out of them!
Kazuma stands up and slams his hands on the table.
Taiki: Sit down!
Ayumi: (Sticks her tongue out at Kazuma and gives a mean look) He beat it out of them.
Kazuma clutches his fists and Taiki looks at his fiercely.
Kazuma: As I was saying, they told me about the village.
Beel Watcher character holding his hand out for money. With villagers with weapons by the mayor.
Kazuma: (caption) They didn’t pay their dues for protection.
Beel Watcher hiding in the shadows next to two villagers.
Villager 1: The mayor should kick the Spirit Keepers out!
Villager 2: Yeah! They haven’t done us any good.
Kazuma: (caption) Aggressive against us after all the enemies we protected them against.
Beel Watcher looking and hearing through a solid wall at a conference table of leaders.
Leader 1: We can’t have the Spirit Keepers finding our plot!
Mayor: We have to do something about our stash for when they come.
Leader 3: We have to be ready for them.
Kazuma: (Caption) Plotted to destroy us!
Back at the round table.
Taiki: They will be punished!
Other three (together): Our enemies have been judged!
Taiki: What is the order?
Other Three (together): Death!
Nika looks sad but the others fail to notice.
Saruwatari class doing school work. The other kids look at Saruwatari at times. After class Kojima meets him outside of class.
Kojima: Hey! How is it going!
Saruwatari: Good (fake smile)
Kojima: Come on I know you. Does this have to do with yesterday?
Saruwatari: I was out fishing.
Kojima: There aren’t any fishing holes around here.
Saruwatari: Err, did I say fishing, I meant training.
Kojima: You trained without me!
Saruwatari: No, no. I would never do that.
Saruwatari puts his arms around his shoulders and Kojima recognizes this pose.
Kojima: Fine! If you don’t want to talk to me about it then don’t lie to me!
Kojima storms off to class leaving Saruwatari looking sad after her.
Saruwatari: (Caption) I couldn’t tell her.
Flashback to Saruwatari at the village gates and all dialogue is in caption.
Saruwatari: I want to wait up and be normal some days or
Saruwatari: Leave this place and run until I can’t remember.
Saruwatari: (Saruwatari turns his back on the gate.) There are people that depend on me…
Back at the hallway with Saruwatari clenching his fists with arms at side.
Saruwatari: and I will give my all to protect them.
Saruwatari proceeds to walk after Kojima to their classroom. Once he gets there he sits down next to Kojima without a word.
Saruwatari and Kojima are sitting outside during lunch not talking to each other. Saruwatari finally gets the nerve to talk.
Saruwatari: Look Kojima, I’m sorry.
Kojima: About what?
Saruwatari: I’m an ass and I’m sorry.
Kojima: Yeah, tell me something I don’t know (looks away)
Saruwatari: That was cliché.
Kojima looks at him fiercely and Saruwatari holds his hands up in defense.
Saruwatari: Sorry, we were being serious and I ruined it.
Kojima: You know what? It is ok.
Saruwatari: Really?
Kojima: I don’t care much about your joking and avoiding the topic but I respect your decision.
Saruwatari: Thanks.
Kojima: …
Saruwatari: I know, we can talk about it any time.
Kojima looks at him again but with a softer tone than before.
Saruwatari: (Smiling) What? I read… stories about stuff too.
Kojima: I didn’t know you read those kind of stories.
Saruwatari: It was a phase.
Kojima: (Sarcastically) Right.
The other two Spirit Keepers walk up to the Saruwatari and Kojima. Saruwatari sees them as they get close and motions to Kojima.
Kojima: What is up?
Ishimaru: Training.
The Beel Spirit Keeper team are walking down a forest path.
Taiki: Watch yourself, these woods are dangerous.
Kazuma: Yeah, I wouldn’t want someone to pick up my large amount of cash.
A group of bandits jump out of the path holding their weapons out.
Ayumi: You dumbass!
Bandit Leader: Hand over your gold and weapons and you won’t be hurt.
Taiki: You don’t know who you are messing with.
The bandits look at each other and get in attack position.
Bandit Leader: (Points Finger) No, YOU don’t know who you are messing with.
Taiki stands his ground and the other three stand behind him so that there are no opening surrounding them.
Bandit Leader: That isn’t going to help you.
Bandit Leader: We have a lot more people so just give it up.
Bandit Leader: We will let you walk away from here.
Kazuma: You mean it?
Bandit Leader: Yeah.
Kazuma: I don’t believe you.
Bandit Leader: Why? I may rob people but I keep my word.
Kazuma: Why? Because it isn’t want I would do.
Kazuma: Bupa Datumo (holds his fists out)
Taiki: Cyhupa Dibavo (holds his hand in the direction of the Leader)
Ayumi: Fygica Qatido (Holds hands together with palm out)
Nika: Sogubi Zyhemi (closes eyes and has arms up towards the sky)
The soil launches Kazuma into the air and he jumps over to the nearest bandit and rips him in half then slams the halves into the bandits on the right and left.
The Bandit Leader heart explodes out of his body and a dark aura comes out of his body killing the others on that side. {Taiki attack}
Ayumi launches multiple fire shots from in front of her and hits the bandits in the chest blasting to the outside of their backs.
Nika creates a tidal wave in front of her that clashes into the bandits and drowns them.
After the bandits are killed Ayumi hears a sound and looks up.
Ayumi: Look out overhead!
The four look over head as fire arrows fall from the sky.
Nika: (screams) Aaaaah!
A water bubble shots out of Nika body blocking the arrows. Kazuma grabs Nika as she falls back and starts running while carrying her. The others follow as more arrows fall down.
Nika: (moans in pain)
Saruwatari is in his bed tossing around, the sheets in disarray. Saruwatari is then floating where his bed is and then his room vanishes. He is then floating in a planescape and opens his eyes.
Saruwatari: (confused) Where?
Saruwatari looks around him and then looks down and falls back. He lands on his feet and looks up and sees a girl floating above him.
Saruwatari: How did you get up there?
Girl: What do you mean? You are the one who is up.
Saruwatari falls down to where the girl is.
Saruwatari: Ooh! (while shaking himself off)
Saruwatari: Where is this?
Girl: This is my place.
Saruwatari: Yeah? But where is it?
Girl: If you don’t know then you can’t help me.
Saruwatari: Why would I help you?
Girl: Why would you not help me?
The girl pauses and puts her finger to her mouth, pondering something.
Girl: Will you be my friend?
Saruwatari: Sure!
Girl: (Claps hands) Thanks! It gets so lonely here.
Saruwatari: This is a dream (Saruwatari pinches himself)
Girl: (smiles) Maybe.
Girl: Will you remember me?
Saruwatari: Yeah!
Girl: (turns away) Liar!
Saruwatari wakes up in a sweat and hard knocking at his door.
Saruwatari mother: Saruwatari! Wake up! Your friend is here!
Saruwatari: Ok, mom! I’m getting ready.
Saruwatari gets up and goes to his dresser.
Saruwatari walks to the bottom of the stairs while still buttoning up his shirt. He sees Yoshikuni and pauses on the steps.
Yoshikuni: We have to go.
Saruwatari: Okay. Bye mom, I’m going on a trip with a group of friends.
Saruwatari and Yoshikuni walk out the door. Shows them walking around the town and enter a door enter an empty room with a plain table and the other two sitting down. There is a folder in the center.
Kojima: Let me guess, it is Saruwatari’s fault.
Yoshikuni: (nods)
Ishimaru: Well, lets get started shall we.
Yoshikuni and Saruwatari sit down at the two empty sits.
Ishimaru: Our contact at Hiteke has sent us a message about hostile activity from the Beel organization.
Saruwatari: What is new? They are always causing trouble.
Kojima: (glares at Saruwatari).
Ishimaru: Well, anyway. We are to go there and talk to the Beel group and work everything out.
Saruwatari: (Snorts) Sorry!
Ishimaru: Okay, if you make another distraction then you will wait outside.
Ishimaru: We leave as soon as we change and get our weapons.
The four stand at the gate, Kojima and Saruwatari facing the gate and Ishimaru and Yoshikuni who are facing the village buildings. They hold out their weapons and then put them away again. Silently, they walk towards and out the gate and start their journey.
The Beel group is standing over Nika by a stream in the forest.
Taiki: How is she?
Kazuma: She is going to be alright.
Taiki: Will she be ready?
Kazuma: Yeah, she has always been able to recover quickly.
Ayumi: How long much longer until we arrive?
Taiki: Two or three days.
Kazuma: Do you think they sent allies?
Ayumi: They wouldn’t be able to make it in time to be of any help.
Overhead image of the group zooming out and going over the forest to the village some ways from the when the forest ends in plains and some grains fields beside the village.