🌕 [Scene 1 – Tokyo Sky, Red Moon Rising]
A deep crimson glow stains the clouds above Shinjuku. Paper charms burn midair around tall skyscrapers. In one penthouse window, a nobleman's scream is cut short by whipping threads that slice silently through the air.
Blood stains a white dinner jacket. His final vision: a pale woman walking across the ceiling—inverted like a spider—leaving a trail of needles behind her.
NARRATOR (V.O.):
"There was once a witch who weaved souls like cloth. But she was not alone..."
🎬 [Scene 2 – Safehouse, Morning]
The team watches footage on a holographic display. Seven elite political figures found sewn shut, their mouths, eyes, and limbs threaded closed.
STARWAVE (horrified):
"What the hell kind of message is that?"
ONMYO FLARE (serious):
"Old magic. Binding magic."
KURO ŌKAMI (looking at Sayo):
"You know who did this, don't you?"
Sayo remains still. Her hands tremble slightly as she traces one of the red string patterns.
SCARLET ONNA:
"…Only one person weaves like this. My older sister… Aiko."
🧶 [Scene 3 – Flashback: The Twin Weavers]
A dusty temple in rural Japan. Young Sayo and Aiko train with enchanted needles, spinning protective seals in air. But while Sayo weaves for healing… Aiko stitches curse inscriptions into cloth dolls.
AIKO (smirking):
"Don't be afraid to cut things to protect them, Sayo."
One night, Aiko weaves a forbidden thread into their master's heart while he sleeps—he dies smiling. She vanishes into the night with a trail of crimson silk.
🕯️ [Scene 4 – Mission Briefing]
ONMYO FLARE:
"She's targeting pro-VANQUISH elite—people funding the hunt on Alterborn."
SCARLET ONNA:
"Aiko only kills those she deems corrupted… but she always goes too far."
KURO ŌKAMI:
"Any clue where she's heading next?"
STARWAVE (hacking into satellite grid):
"I got a hit—thread movement detected at the Kabukichō Sky Garden."
ONMYO FLARE:
"Then we move."
🎥 [Scene 5 – Sky Garden Ballroom, Midnight]
A masquerade gala is in full swing. Music plays softly. Suspended gardens hang like floating islands beneath a glass ceiling. But the air begins to tighten. Threads crisscross the chandeliers… unnoticed by the crowd.
AIKO HIMETSURU descends from above—an ethereal woman with jet-black hair, twin needles floating around her like twin moons. Her eyes are emotionless. Her aura feels surgical.
AIKO (softly):
"Let the corrupted be sutured shut."
With a flick, her Needle Barrage pins ten men to the wall—alive but paralyzed, mouths sewn. The crowd erupts in screams.
⚔️ [Scene 6 – The Team Arrives]
Scarlet Onna crashes through a stained-glass panel, needles clashing midair with Aiko's. The ballroom turns into a deadly weaving battlefield.
SCARLET ONNA:
"Aiko… stop! This isn't justice!"
AIKO:
"I'm doing what you're too soft to finish."
🪡 [Scene 7 – Duel of the Sisters]
Aiko spins Ritual Threads that summon ghost-stitched warriors—silken constructs that move like liquid blades.
Sayo counters with Crimson Net Barrage, catching spirits mid-spin and pulling them into sealing glyphs.
Their Thread Needles clash midair, moving so fast they form glowing kanji sigils in the air.
AIKO:
"You inherited mother's hands. But I inherited her spine."
SCARLET ONNA (angry):
"No—you inherited her bloodlust."
She sends a sacred stitch straight into Aiko's chest—but Aiko dissolves into silk, reappearing above Sayo.
🎤 [Scene 8 – Team Joins In]
Kuro Ōkami blitzes through summoned ghost-weavers, claws glowing white with moonlight.
Onmyo Flare casts Binding Flame Sigils that chase down rogue stitches like flaming hounds.
Starwave launches herself into the air with a double shock-kick, unleashing SONIC THREADCUTTER, a focused blast that severs Aiko's warded constructs.
STARWAVE:
"She's strong, but she's not untouchable!"
🩸 [Scene 9 – Final Confrontation: The Witch's Mirror]
Aiko summons a massive floating silk mirror—a tapestry woven with thousands of cursed souls. The entire ballroom begins collapsing inward, being stitched into the tapestry itself.
AIKO:
"This is my final weave. You all become one fabric."
SCARLET ONNA (crying):
"No, Aiko… you were supposed to protect people… not consume them."
She tears her own miko robe apart and channels all her thread into a Final Stitch Seal—a blinding kanji: 絆 (Kizuna — Bond).
The kanji glows as she pierces Aiko's mirror. It unravels in a beautiful wave of crimson light.
☁️ [Scene 10 – Ruins, Aftermath]
Aiko lies unconscious, her threads floating softly like cherry blossoms. The team stands silently around her.
ONMYO FLARE:
"You did what had to be done."
STARWAVE:
"You saved her from herself."
KURO ŌKAMI:
"You didn't just seal her. You stitched hope back into her."
Sayo kneels beside her sister, clutching the broken needle.
SCARLET ONNA (whispers):
"You're not my curse. You're my family."
🕳️ [Final Scene – VANQUISH Core HQ]
A new enemy is shown—fully wrapped in glowing silk armor. He's watching the footage of the battle.
???:
"Both sisters survived. Intriguing. Send the next unit."
A metallic case opens. Inside: a floating thread-bound heart—still beating.
🎴 [End Card – Tokyo Avengers]
EPISODE 5: "Witch of a Thousand Needles" — END
🌀 Next Time: Episode 6 — "Full Moon Surge"
Kuro Ōkami loses control of his beast form as a lunar eclipse nears. But when the wolf within awakens, who will he fight—his enemies or his friends?