It's Spring, It's the Capital;
I'll Do My Best!!
Episode three opens with Momiji in a Tokyo
hospital, wondering where she is and how she got there. The story then
switches to Mr. Kunikida's house where Momiji's staying, and we see Momiji
reading a letter from her grandmother. Momiji has difficulty reading the
leader, but eventually makes the history of the Kushinada, the fact that she
has a sister and her destiny to offer herself as a sacrifice if the time
should come.
Her grandmother then urges her to put her trust in Mr.
Kunikida and the TAC, feeling that they are the only ones that can protect
her; a fact that doesn't make Momiji too happy. After watching a little
television, Momiji begins to worry about being sacrificed and she climbs out
her window to escape. She makes it from the house and stops to
contemplate what she's doing when she is startled by the appearance of
Kusanagi.
She's surprised to see him at first, and then worries that
he's just there to try and finish the job of killing her, since he was unable
to do it in Izumo. His only answer is to grab the front of her shirt and
look down it at the blue seed. And of course, he can't help making a
comment about her breast size.... She tries to hit him, but he flits to
a tree to avoid her wrath and puts all levity aside, telling her that she
shouldn't show her mitama to the TAC, and then he leaves.
Then enters the TAC and Momiji starts asking all sorts of
questions, which no one seems very comfortable answering. Mr. Kunikida
tries to put her at ease by taking her to an amusement park, but only succeeds
in stressing himself out on the rides. He takes her back to the
Terrestrial Administration Center's building and explains a little about the
Aragami. While they are talking, Yaegashi calls and tells him that two
Aragami have been spotted. He leaves Momiji at the office, despite her
desire to go with him and she feels that his behavior is a confirmation that
she is nothing more than a sacrifice.
The Aragami quickly comes looking for her, and tries to
kill her, but she shoots it with a flare gun and it mutates back into a
crow. Kusanagi then steps in and slices it in half, destroying its
seed. Momiji thanks him and then confesses that she thought he was still
trying to kill her. He tells her that all he wants to do is keep killing
Aragami, and the best way to do that is to keep hanging around her.
After his surly words, Momiji promptly passes out, much to his dismay, and he
covers her with his coat and takes off as the members of the TAC
approach. After their arrival, Mr. Kunikida laments the fact that he
hadn't listened to Momiji and allowed her to come with him. The last
scene is of Momiji dressed in full TAC regalia; she is now an official member
of the TAC.
