Yume's power spirals out of control. Those around her experience emotional anguish. Lights dim. Nightmares distort.
Online, rumors start anew.
"What's going on at that school?"
"Another god-child?"
"The Hoshinos again?"
The government dispatches an investigative team.
Souta blocks their path.
Not with fists. Not with force.
He unravels their presence—literally rewrites their memories. Erases why they came.
But it exhausts him. He crashes for two days.
Ai stays by his bedside, never leaving.
"You did it again… defended someone you barely know."
Souta smiles faintly.
"She's like me. She just… needs someone to remain."
Yume starts healing.
Not with abilities. But with music. Ruby brings her into B-Komachi. Aqua shoots a short project with her.
And Souta?
He finally confesses, one evening, to all of them:
"I'm afraid."
They wait.
"Because someday… I may lose my interest. And then I'll stop defending."
Ruby hugs him from the back.
"Then we'll remind you."
Aqua gives a limited smile.
"We're triplets. That means even gods don't get to be alone."
Ai arrives with them.
"My lovely stars… you'll never fall."
Through the assistance of the triplets, Takaoka Yume starts to perform as a new stage name: Hoshino Yume.
It's Ruby who proposes it, smiling softly.
"You're already a member of the family, aren't you? It fits you."
Yume cries.
She doesn't know if she's worthy of it… but for the first time since she woke up, she feels alive.
Behind the veil of this serene instant, Kamikiri Hikaru stirs once more.
He has spent years observing. Waiting. Now, with Souta's abilities established and Yume bringing her own to life, he sees his second opportunity:
"If I can't build perfection. I'll reclaim it."
He reaches out to a strong cult-like group in Shikoku, one who is fixated on divine children and "star souls." They think Souta and Yume are kami no kodomo—children of the gods sent to judge human beings.
Kamiki doesn't have faith in gods.
He only has faith in ownership.
Souta is abducted.
Nobody witnesses it. Nobody's camera sees it. His phone is untouched. It's like he's lost in thin air.
Ai falls into shock.
Ruby wails until her voice cracks.
Aqua doesn't utter a word. He just walks out the door with a knife in his jacket and fury in his eyes.
"I'll bring him back. I don't care what it costs."
Yume attempts to assist—but her abilities erupt out of control. She isn't strong enough yet.
Ai enfolds her.
"Then remain here. Guard this house. I'll bring my son home."