"I wonder which aisle did Miguel go to?" Anna gives a subtle sigh while walking in the streets with several bodyguards, silently typing in her Holupuck a message to Miguel before signing off and continuing her journey in the Philippines market.
She sighs, collecting pork shoulder and belly along with eggplant, Sitaw, gabi, tamarind, and tomatoes, perfect for Sinigang.
She smells the stench of the market, smelling like raw fish and meat while flies are shown buzzing about.
"Hey, Lady," smirked a guy, as she ignores him and walks away.
"Dude... That's the fucking First Lady. Ever heard what happened to the last guy she had an affair with...!?" he asked, as she sighed and turned away from the conversation.
Suddenly, she meets Jess Pimiento, AKA Bug Witch, who is also at the market.
Jess gives her a disgusted look before passing by and purposely bumping Anna's shoulder with her own, much to Anna' vexation.
Anna and Jess stand next together in front of the fruit stand.
"Heard you and MIguel had a kid..." said Jess. "Great. You won 'im over."
Anna doesn't respond.
"God, you're condescending. Look at you. Thinking you deserve someone like him. Looks like we both know you've been proven wrong-..."
Anna finishes buying the fruits and walks away. The bodyguards try protecting Anna but she merely holds her hand up.
Jess follows after her. "Do you know who I am? I am the daughter of one of the most powerful crime families in the PH, NOW THE MULTIVERSE. I didn't forget our fight a few years back... How I beat you. How I should've beat you. Because he should've been with me. Not a WHORE like you-..."
Anna turns around, making Jess smirk as everyone in the area, including her own bodyguards, shuddered. "GO. AWAY."
"You fucking slut."
"Stop talking," said Anna. "Leave our family alone."
"Heh... Is Gabrielle even his?"
"Of course she is."
"Or is it Tyrone's?"
Anna's eye twitches. "Last warning."
Jess smiles as Anna's skin gets blades from within. She turns into strings and kicks Jess away.
Anna sighs and dodges Jess' blades. All her bodyguards, who blast at Jess instantly get killed, gaining blades in their brains.
Jess smirks. "I am MADAME BARANG THE BUG WITCH!!!"
Anna just stoicly stares at Jess.
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"What's wrong, loser?" she smirked. "I know what you are... Nothing but a pathetic... jealous... weakling whose niceties got the better of what she really is. A traitorous scum."
Anna sighs, gaining blades in her brains as she turns into strings and allows the strings to pass down her body.
Anna crackles her neck and punches her fists together.
"The war was for naught. My family was killed in the war YOU ANNOUNCED!!!" howled Jess.
"My husband was going to die if I had just ignored the circumstances that would inevitably lead to one."
"Shut up, bitch. I always knew you were a low life... Who took Tyrone from me... MIGUEL from ME!!! I was the most powerful queen IN THE GODDAMNED SCHOOL AND YOU TOOK IT AWAY!!!"
"I'm sorry this happened to us..." said Anna.
"You're not a person. You're an animal. How was it? Your experience with Miguel? Because personally, I liked him better than Tyrone."
"Excuse you?"
"Oh... SORRY!!! I didn't mean to include that factoid. Y'know, he had other choices when you two broke up 'temporarily' at least."
"Do you want to die?" asked Anna.
"Shut up, dog."
"You have no right to even think about that."
"Why? He's your problem? Don't you know how pathetic that makes him feel? He's better off with me or Lovely... But you?"
Anna activates her string blade.
Jess whistles. "Cute."
Anna sighs. "I can't believe this high school crap ended up affecting the rest of our entire Goddamned lives."
"You disgust me," said Jess. "You think you get to be better than me? Hm? I was the queen bee in this fuckin' hive."
"You're nothing," Anna just kept slicing and slashing at Jess. "After high school, real life sinks in and it just reminds you that no one is special. You're just like everyone else. Just look at Beatle. He knows he's not special. He's just like everyone else... has their own hobbies and goals... Every single day... Some of which include me beating people like you." Anna sighs. "I remember how genius your strategies were... Talking about uncomfortable things when I'm around so I would leave... Talk about how I looked or smelled. And I would become afraid... Anxious... Stressed. And then I saw him. He didn't care how anyone looked at him or saw him. He reminded me that I can keep my chin up despite all the bullying... all the shaming I received from your cliques."
"That was Tyrone?"
Anna smirks. "You really don't know Miguel that well."
"Or maybe you don't know who you are. What you are."
Anna punches her in the face with her hardened fists by launching them from her arm. "Tch-... Honestly... Your blood's so damned fatty. Been gaining weight lately?" she smirked.
Jess roars and takes out blades, trying to stab Anna, who weaves away from her weapons and stabs Jess over and over again with her own blade.
Anna sighs and masterfully dances while fighting, doing high kicks, low jabs, and spinning elegantly, clawing Jess in the face over and over.
"ALL HAIL MORNINGSTAR!!!" howled Jess before Anna stabs her over and over.
The bystanders, obviously, had already moved away earlier on, yet some had taken videos of the ongoing incident.
Anna grabs Jess by the neck and stabs her once more. "You don't have a Prometheus to heal, do ya?" Anna stabs her over and over. Jess obviously, regenerates just like the other villains from previous chapters, but Anna doesn't stop. "Don't dare speak of my family again..." she said, coldly, beating Jess. "I was so afraid of you.... Look at you now. I'm enjoying this. Drugs at school... Painting blood notes on my lockers. Drugging me and making me puke... I get it now... WHy my husband loves to fight... He just loves beating, and beating, and beating..." She continues to beat Jess over and over.
Anna takes out a dagger and prepares to kill her.
Miguel immediately grabs the dagger. "Whoa, there, love! Easy!" smiled Miguel. "Hahaha! Nothin' to see here, folks!" smiled Miguel. "Oh! Hey, Jess!"
Jess gargles blood and suffocates.
"I dunno what 'BLEBLEBLEBLEGRAGUGRAGUGRAGUGAR' means, but OKAY!!!" smiled Miguel, who creates an incision in her neck and takes a straw from a taho vendor nearby, who noticeably backs away in fear. "Sorry... Sorry, my good sir! Just need this straw! Thank you!" He places the straw through her neck, allowing her to breathe. He pulls Anna away. "Let's get outta here... C'mon, love."
"I wanna kill her though."
"I know. Not when they're down. We run by a code. If you love me, love my code just as much. Okay?"
"Okay, love..." she hugs him as they reach the taxi where they ride away.