Chapter 3

"Humans need to set their Heart free."

- The boy to Shy

"A Curse" (い Noroi) is the third chapter of first volume of SHY manga series.

Summary
As Teru Momijiyama comes back to the nurse's office, she finds a monster-looking Iko Koishikawa who asks the other what happened to her, but the young heroine had no idea. Teru tries to calm her down but to no avail, a crystallized wing appearing in her back, responding to her pain. Teru thinks about the boy she mentioned and he appears, finding her Heart beautiful and telling Teru that he just freed her Heart, stating that humans needed to set their Hearts free.

N-Villio, who was analyzing the massive leakage of energy, tells Teru that Iko's thoughts are going out of control and that she needed to stop her enemy who is stading right in front of her. Teru asks him what he wants and he responds the same thing, breaking Iko's crystallized wing, making her fall and scream in pain. Teru tries to help her and Iko attemps to attack the Hero but she misses, hitting the bed. N-Villio theorizes that the crystals are made by her extreme hate for somebody and Teru immediatly thinks that this hate was directed to Shy.

Iko apologies to Teru and reveals that her hate was for herself as her parents died to save her and her brother. She says that, if she had died, her parents would still be alive, and if Shy didn't help her, she wouldn't be blammed for her current conditions. Again, Teru tries to approach Iko but she stops her as she didn't want to hurt her, pointing a claw to her own neck, intending to kill herself.

Teru transforms into Shy and prevents Iko from commiting suicide, asking her why she didn't ask for help and that she would help her in any way she can, surprising the other. However, Iko attacks Shy and doesn't want to ask for help, but does so with a crying face and Shy reassures her that she will help her.

Appearances
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Characters

 * Teru Momijiyama/Shy
 * Iko Koishikawa
 * Stigma
 * N-Villio (voice)
 * Uni-Lord (mentioned)
 * Iko's parents (mentioned)

Locations

 * Japan
 * Tanpopo Middle School

Items
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 * Stigma's rings
 * Heart Conversion Bracelets