Emi chan's note :
Joy, joy, joy, joy, jo~~~~~~~~~y!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^ Maron has a new uniform in this chapter!
It's their summer one and it's cute!

note :
text in [] are actions
flashbacks

[Birds are chirping]
Maron : [thinks] It's morning already...
[Chiaki is lying next to her in bed]
Maron : [thinks] Chiaki!?
[She stays quiet]
Maron : [thinks] That's right... After I listened to Access' story, I blacked out...
[Maron notices Chiaki's arm around her]
Maron : [thinks] He held me all that time. Chiaki...
Maron : Thanks...
[Door shuts]

Access : Oi! Chiaki! Wake up! Wake up! Good Morning!
[flies around Chiaki's head]
[Chiaki grabs him and hugs him]
Chiaki : Maron...
Access : I'm not Maron~~~~~~!
[flutters around]
[Chiaki opens his eyes]
[He slams the door open]
Chiaki : Maron!
[Maron is smiling]
Maron : Morning, Chiaki! Sorry, I used your kitchen without asking.
[Chiaki stares at the breakfast]
Access : Ahh----! Finally, I can have a meal!
(Access has hotcakes)
Maron : Chiaki, do you have Japanese style food in the morning...
[Chiaki pulls Maron close and hugs her]
Maron : Chiaki?
Chiaki : I thought you'd gone again...
Maron : I.. I'm fine! I'm different than I was back then!
Chiaki : Ma....
Maron : Come on, eat and get ready! We'll be late for school!
[Maron smiles at him]
[Chiaki seems relieved]

(at school)
Maron : Miyako! Hey---! We waited for a long time! You could have said something
if you were going to go early by yourself!
Miyako : It's my choice! [thinks] Nuisances should get out of the way!
Maron : Miyako is so cold!
Chiaki : Did we do something to make her angry?
Minazuki kun : No! Toudaiji san got a bad mark for her midway test so she
had to stay for the extra lesson!
[Miyako turns into a SD duck and pecks at him]
Minazuki kun : Waaaah! But, but!
Maron : But aren't extra lessons usually after school?
Miyako : I asked them to make it this morning. I have to keep afternoons free.
I don't know when the capricious kaitou might appear!
Maron : .... Jeanne might never appear any more.
Miyako : Hm?
[Door opens]
Pakkyamalao sensei : Okay, okay, to your seats!
Maron monologue : The rosary turned into stone and I couldn't transform any more.
Everything I had done so far, had it all been a waste? Is there nothing I can do
now?
[Maron has her rosary under her desk]
[Chiaki puts his hand on hers]
[They smile at each other]

(flashback)
Fin : I've hated you for a long time!

[Maron snatches her hand away from Chiaki]
Maron monologue : No. I can't think. I can't think about it.
[Maron is playing basketball and is rather aggravated]
Maron : Ugh...
[She jumps to shoot]

(flashback)
Fin : I hated you for a long time!

Maron : [thinks] No!!
[There is a loud crash]
Voices : Maron! Kusakabe san!
Maron : [gasping] Sorry....
Girl : No, it's okay. Are you okay Maron? You're sweating a lot...
Voice : Maron!
[A hand grabs her shoulder]
Maron : No!
[Maron slaps the hand away]
[She turns to see Chiaki]
Maron : Oh.. Sorry... I...
[Chiaki frowns, then picks Maron up]
Maron : Wha... N.. No! Let me go Chiaki! Chiaki!
Chiaki : She's been feeling unwell since this morning. I'm taking her.
Girl : Ye.. Ye~~s!
[Miyako watches]

(at the medical room)
Chiaki : The nurse doesn't seem to be here. I'll bring your uniform and clothes so
wait a minute okay? Okay, Maron?
[Maron sits with her head bent]
Chiaki : .... Maron?
Maron : Don't be kind to me...
[Chiaki stares]
Maron : I... I told you I couldn't answer to your feelings. But I'm still okay with all
these hopeful things you do to me... I'm becoming dependent on your kindness... I might
just be using you, Chiaki! Just because I want someone, anyone, to be kind to me. I might
be using your feelings! I'm a horrible girl! So just leave me alone!
Chiaki : Maron... Maron, calm down! I...
Maron : No! Don't touch me!
[Chiaki gets angry, then kisses Maron]
Chiaki : I don't care if it is... Before... I deceived and hurt you really bad so I thought
to myself that it wouldn't be a surprise if you hated me forever... So I'm happy that you've
forgiven me about being near you. I don't want anything back so even if I'm just being used,
I don't feel like I'm being deceived. I'm happy. Thank you... If you want someone to be
kind to you, depend on me the most.
Maron : ... It's not true. I'm sorry... I'm not using you, it's not true... I'm.. Sorry...
[Chiaki hugs Maron]
Maron : I'm so scared... Fin's words won't leave me.
Maron monologue : Someone I loved. Someone who told me they loved me. They said they hated me.
It was only that one thing -----
Maron : I feel so scared that everyone in the world hates me... I'm so scared!...
[Maron has a flashback of the basketball hoop]
Maron monologue : What am I going to do. I have to think a lot about Fin and what I should
do. I can't stop thinking and I'm so confused. I can't come up with an answer.
Chiaki : It's okay Maron... Don't think about anything right now... It's okay to go slowly...
[Access floats over]
Access : Chiaki! I was looking for you! (I rang your rosary so many times too!)
Chiaki : ..... [frowns]
Access : There's an evil spirit! It's a job!!

[Minazuki kun is hyped up]
Minazuki kun : Yeah! Tonight I'm going to capture Sindbad!
[Miyako ignores him]
Minazuki kun : What's the matter Toudaiji san? You don't seem to have any energy. Are you
sulking because there isn't an arrival notice from Jeanne?
Miyako : Hm...ph. Well..

Chiaki : Well I'll be off. I'll be back soon.
Maron : Mm, bye!
[the door shuts]
[Maron turns to the mirror and sees her face]
Maron : What a pitiful face.
Maron monologue : I haven't met Jeanne in a while... And I probably never will. There's
nothing I can do now...
Fin : Oh, left behind are we? Princess.
Maron : Fin!
Fin : [laughs] Don't give me a face as if you've seen a monster!
Maron : Wha... What did you come her for?
Fin : I came to invite you. Won't you be one of us? I'll let you be Jeanne again. And then,
I'll give you back these.
[Fin shoes the chess pieces]
[Maron has a flashback of the basketball hoop]
Fin : It's all right. Even if God disappears, humans will be saved. They're different to
angels and they are beings that are independent from God. Let's fight together
like we did before.
[Noin is floating outside the window]
Fin : There's nothing you can do as a human, Maron.
[Maron has a flashback of the basketball hoop]
(flashback)
Chiaki : I don't want anything back. So it's not that scary, to live and believe in people.
[Maron smiles]
Maron : I don't want them. I didn't make desperate efforts because I wanted the reward,
"I'll get anything I wish for". I made the effort for you, Fin. So do what you want Fin.
But I'm sorry, I don't want to be one of you. Even though I can't be Jeanne, I'll still
fight. It's true that there's nothing I can do, but... Anyone can try.
[Fin frowns]
Maron : I want to try so that God and humans can be happy. I also want Fin and... the Devil
to be happy. I don't want just one or the other! I'm greedy, don't forget.
Fin : Don't talk like you know! You don't know anything!!
[Fin grabs the rosary]
Fin : This thing!!
[Fin throws the rosary out of the window]
Fin : [laughs] Serves you right, if you don't want to be one of us. Here...
[Maron jumps off the balcony]
Noin : Jeanne!!
[Noin catches Maron and they fall]
[Silk comes running]
Silk : Noin-sama! How dare you do that to my Noin-sama...
[Silk turns human]
[He hits Fin]
Silk : Noin-sama~~~~~~!!!
[Silk cries and drags Noin]
[Fin flies away]
Fin : Hmph!

[Miyako taps her feet]
[The police try to catch Sindbad]
Miyako's dad : Hm? Miyako chan, what's the matter?
Miyako : Mmmm.... Sorry Dad, I'm going home.
Miyako's dad : What!?

[Miyako walks out of a convenience store]
Miyako : [thinks] Maron... I hope she's okay. That idiot! She's ALWAYS making me worried.
I can't even get jealous! But I guess I vented my anger a bit too much.
Miyako : I'll apologise.
[Miyako walks past and sees Maron on the ground]
Miyako : Maron!

Maron : Mmm...
[Maron gets up]
Maron : Huh? I was supposed to have fallen down 7 stories, but I'm not hurt. This place...
[Maron looks outside]
Maron : Where am I... It doesn't seem like Japan...
Voice : Who's there? Is someone there?
[Maron turns and sees]
Maron : You are...
Woman : My name is Joan D'arc. Who are you?

Miyako : Maron! Hold on Maron!

END OF CHAPTER 22