Pepesha Andreanova/Synopsis

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## History

Pepesha was born to Lenya Andranof, and lived a rough life. Her mother would work tirelessly in an attempt to give her daugther all she need, and she would notice that she never saw her eat. Even if Lenya wasn't the most expressive person, once she was drunk, she opened up to her daugther, and Pepesha learnt to know when she was drunk. There was one cold night where her mother would tell that the wouldn't feel cold as long as they are together. Of course, Pepesha noticed she was drunk.

Pepesha asked her what would happen if she were to drink, and Lenya replies in a rather playful manner that she would most likely disappear. Then, Lenya asked Pepesha if she would go to a place where she would feel no hunger nor cold again, but as she said adults wouldn't be allowed to go there, Pepesha denied, as she only wanted to be with her mother instead, to which she agreed, and they promised to drink together when Pepesha is older.

One day, however, Pepesha refused to eat out of worry and Lenya got mad at her, thinking she was being picky with her food, which wasn't the case. As Pepesha started crying, Lenya seemingly didn't know what to say back. Much like her mother, Pepesha never truly said her true feelings to Lenya and bottled them away out of fear of what would happen with their current relationship if she did so. In the end, Lenya died when neither of them have been honest with one another about their feelings yet, and Pepesha entered Yuriy Orphanage as an orphan at age 12.

Two months after her arrival, she still couldn't bring herself to utter a word or interect with other children, which worried Natalia and Isaak. She kept looking to her mother's photo and she would think for all that time that she killed herself because she hated her. As Natalia approached her and told her otherwise, giving her her letter, Pepesha bursted out in tears, regretting that she never told Lenya how much she loved her.

Pepesha left the orphanage by age 17. At some point of her life, she was chosen to be Russia's Hero. It is said that she apprehended a gang of bank robbers easily.

## Synopsis

### Volume 1

About a month after Shy disappeared, Spirits suddenly appears in Teru's room, the Japanese Hero's civilian identity, and tries to comfort her, despite only making her confused. When Teru asks her what she came to do there, Spirits doesn't even seem to know, but tries to advise her while using an example with beer, which makes the other exasperatedly assume that Spirits had only come there to make fun of her. Spirits, a little more serious, clarifies by saying that she can't save everyone, but she can move on for those she couldn't save. Teru tries to answer her, but Spirits gets a call and has to say goodbye, even though he wanted to keep talking to Teru. Before leaving, she says she will come back when she remembers what she wanted to say.

Spirits reappears again days later when saving Shy who had caught a baby in midair, joking that she shouldn't take that much risk. After telling Shy that they should save everyone first, they both help contain the fire in the building. Once everything was fine, Spirits tries to cheer up Shy, but the people around her recognize her. Spirits returns just as Shy receives thanks from a little boy and tells her that the woman she saved has regained consciousness in the hospital and that she should be proud of herself, to which Shy agrees.

Comforting her, the two soon bid the audience farewell with Spirits remembering why she came, asking Shy how much she believed in the power of her Heart, complementing by saying that the Heroes' duty was to protect the Earth's Heart. Spirits then pull Shy through a portal and they appear at the Heroes Hideout in space. Shy is introduced to Uni-Lord and Spirits, calling her "Unnie", asks her to cut to the chase and overhears her talking to Shy.

A few days later, Spirits calls Teru claiming that she and her friend have been summoned to the hideout, also complementing that Stardust will be there. When Teru asks what he was like, Spirits describes him as "sort of a psycho". Spirits meets up with Shy and Iko, who is excited to meet the Russian Hero. After Shy introduces them, she asks her why they need them and Spirits reminds her of the ring she retrieved from Iko earlier, saying that it's the first time they've recovered an intact one and that they could create countermeasures for other incidents like that in the future. So, the trio enter the portal and go to the hideout.

She leads them to a room where they find Uni-Lord cooking soup, which Spirits recognizes as Borscht, so the Heroes' supervisor invites them to eat while they wait for Stardust. After taking a picture with Iko and Shy, Stardust finally arrives at the hideout, saving the civilian from falling. Spirits complains about his delay and everyone sits at the table to start talking about Shy's conquest, but when Uni-Lord asks Stardust to fight Shy, Spirits is immediately against it and offers to do it in his place, only to be stopped for being close to her, thus she wouldn't fight her seriously. Shy herself convinces Spirits to let her fight Stardust, claiming that she wanted and needed to become stronger.

### Volume 2

Despite Spirits' protests, everyone is soon taken to a multipurpose room where the two would fight. Concerned, she remains against the idea and, as she says she would interfere if she saw it was too much, Stardust soon said that she shouldn't do it until the end of the fight. They begin to fight and Spirits reluctantly watches as Shy is completely overpowered by Stardust who, using his power, prevents all of her attacks. Spirits again tries to stand up for Shy, but is again thwarted, staying on the sidelines.

Spirits is all the time staring at Stardust with anger and, as soon as Shy untransforms, she runs along with Iko, worried about Teru. Stardust tells Spirits that despite her being naive, her being reckless might help them in the future, asking them to congratulate her for him once she wakes up and to take her to a doctor.

About two hours after Teru is taken to the recovery room, Spirits approaches Stardust, who is smoking in the hallways, and thanks him. He asks her why, as well as noticing that she wasn't keeping an eye on Teru, to which she replies that she was already with Iko. Spirits thanks Stardust for making Shy act determined, but still makes it clear that he hates him. Stardust, however, says that he liked her and her blunt way, which exasperates her.

Spirits is called to the base along with Shy to deal with a personal request from Uni-Lord in the Arctic. There, Spirits is comfortable with the cold, but the same couldn't be said for Shy. They both go to the base, where they meet Meng Long, and the trio head by helicopter to the area where the emergency signal was issued.

When they noticed that the ice around the site was oddly shaped, the helicopter's propeller was ripped off, forcing Spirits and the others to get out of the vehicle before it crashed and exploded. Thus, they are approached by a strange girl who attacks them with a blast of ice. Shy protects the group with her flames and Spirit surrounds her with her smoke form, thinking she would be under the influence of Stigma's rings. She attacks her, however, forcing her to back away, saying that she was the one who oppressed their Hearts, launching another ice attack that only hits her hat.

Spirits notices that the girl doesn't have any rings with her, asking Meng Long to take care of the others and Shy to support her. They are attacked again, and Shy uses her flames to attack the ground, Spirits impressed by her passion, causing the girl to fall into the lake. She soon returns, however, charging at Shy, but Spirits pins her to the ground, questioning her.

Sveta introduces herself and Spirits notes that it had been a trap from the start, asking Shy to contact Uni-Lord. However, Spirits is surprised by Sveta, who calls her "Pesha", and is then attacked and frozen by her. As soon as Meng Long manages to put Sveta to sleep, Shy pulls Spirits out of the ice, just in time for her to see Stigma taking Sveta and trapping the Chinese Hero. Spirits saves Meng Long, and, after naming his group the Amalareiks, Stigma leaves, leaving the Heroes behind.

### Volume 3

Pepesha is left in Lady Black's care and tries to assure Shy and Meng Long that she is okay, though the Swiss Hero denies this claim. Lady Black brings attention to the Amalareiks and Pepesha notes that Sveta had called her "Pesha", a nickname that only those close to her used. She is worried about something from her past coming to light, and continues to theorize the goals of the Amalareiks, and question with the other Heroes as to how to deal with them. Uni-Lord introduces Iko as a new variable to help them solve such a problem.

After Iko tells her what she knew, Pepesha says that Sveta was a lot like her when she was younger and that unsettled her. Meng Long and Shy ask her to rest and she leaves the room in agreement, but Shy follows her, asking if she is indeed ok. Even though Pepesha tried to talk her out of it, she ended up telling her that she knew Sveta and that she wanted to save her. Shy encourages her, asking her to share her burdens with her and Pepesha, after laughing, agrees to do so.

Pepesha asks Teru to go to her home country to find out more about Sveta and finds her, both going to Yuriy Orphanage after questions from the Japanese about her being drunk. They are greeted by Isaak who soon takes them inside and Pepesha spends some time with the kids before she goes with Teru to check out the albums. She tells Isaak it's just curiosity and he leaves, but Pepesha quickly notes that they wouldn't find much when showing Teru her pictures. However, Teru picks up a photo that ended up falling out of the album, and Pepesha recognizes it as her mother's.

Pepesha says that she carried that picture of her mother to feel less lonely, telling Teru that she respected her a lot for having raised her alone. Teru notes that they are both similar in their taste in alcohol, but Pepesha brushes it off. The two spend some time looking at the albums, but they don't find anything and Isaak invites them to eat.

After eating, Pepesha asks Isaak for a drink, but it's Natalia who gives it to her, who also tells Teru a little about herself. She suggests they both look at the older albums and Pepesha is surprised at how Natalia has changed, being ruefully scolded by her. However, Teru notices that her mother in childhood is identical to Sveta, and this confuses her.

A scream draws the attention of the trio who go outside and Pepesha quickly realizes that it is Sveta, ordering Teru to transform. Once in their Hero forms, Spirits orders Teru to tend to the frozen children with her flames, while she takes care of Sveta. Losing her cool, she traps her in her smoke. Sveta says that "he" told her that she belonged there. With the sky turning black, Spirits lets Sveta escape, who had trapped them in her "Amarariruku".

As Shy and Spirit notice that Natalia, Isaak and the other children have fallen unconscious, Tzveta traps the Heroes with her ice, theorizing that normal humans cannot withstand her Amarariruku. Shy frees herself from her ice and briefly fights against Keheheh Kekerakera, a girl who has a rather unique and curious ability. As the Japanese Hero struggles to understand their reasons, Spirit frees herself from the ice and uses her smoke to trap and attack them by throwing them unto the ground. As it apparently didn't work, Spirit prepares herself to attack again.

As Tzveta attacks them with her ice, Keheheh tries to ambush Shy but Spirit protects her and throws her away. Keheheh again tries to attack Shy and Spirit counterattacks with her signature move, Gas Cannon, which forces Tzveta to use her ice to stop her from flying. While they are arguing, Spirit asks Shy to cover up for her so she can take the civilians elsewhere. As Shy does just as that, Spirit tries to leave, but as it is Tzveta's Amarariruku, she is taken back at her, much to her surprise.

Tzveta reveals her true objective which was Spirit's memories. By connecting her own Heart to the civilians' Hearts, she started controlling them, which shocks Spirit. She quickly notice they are able to use Tzveta's ice, to which Tzveta herself explains that she connected her Heart to theirs, and Spirit soon understands that she is controlling them. She tries to wake them up but to no avail, and by the time she touches one of the children, she also notices her trembling and hears her true thoughts.

Spirit gets enraged by it and goes straight to Tzveta, but Shy is quick to find it strange and discover that Tzveta's true goal was to get Spirit to touch her so she could absorb her power. As she did just that, she could finally remember, reminescing reminiscencing about the day of her death. As Spirit sees her memories, Tzveta tells her that all she wanted was to protect her and the children from the world all along, and her words shakes Spirit's resolution, so her transformation dispels.

Tzveta tries to convince her into accepting the world she made, but Shy interferes.

### Volume 4

Tzveta transforms as her Amarariruku got stronger and starts attacking Shy, who resists her attacks and argue with her, ultimately telling Pepesha to stand up. Pepesha notices how much Shy has grown up to push her forward when it was the other way around not long ago. Encouraged by her, she transforms again and prepares to fight.

As Spirit reminiscences about how she never said anything to Lenya out of fear, and decides to tell her now. Tzveta is awfully sure that Pepesha hates her and has no good feelings towards her, however, so Spirit tries to get under her skin by asking what she really felt about her. Tzveta almost gives in, but Keheheh interrupts and convinces her otherwise, strengthening her Amarariruku. Shy encourages Spirit once again and both goes straight against her.

With Shy's flames, Spirit is able to break through Tzveta's ice. She hugs her and reassures her that she is not alone as she has her, just like Lenya would say when Pepesha was just a little child. Spirit says her thoughts and feelings out loud, finally telling her that she loved her. As Tzveta is finally in peace with her Heart, she tells Keheheh to leave as she did nothing to do there anymore, and she relutantely complies.

She says that she was revived by Pepesha's wishes to see her again, as it would hit her weakest spot, and reveals that there are ten members of the Amarariruku including herself. Tzveta confides her hope upon them, and thanks Shy for allowing her to reunite with her daugther. As she starts to disappear, she fulfills her promise to drink with Pepesha. They talk a little and Tzveta thanks Pepesha for being hers, stating that she has always loved her, finally disappearing and dispelling her Amarariruku.

Pepesha cries and agrees. Shy quickly comes by her side to console her, reminding her of Tzveta's hopes on them. As they are about to leave, however, the Japanese Hero notices a ring by Tzveta's bottle. When everything is almost over, Spirit smiles at Shy's interactions with the children and is approached by Natalia, who tells her that the other children are doing well. As Natalia tells her her admiration for mother and daugther, Shy asks Spirit's help and she calls the children back.

Just on time, Stardust and Lady Black arrive for reinforcement, so Spirit gives Tzveta's ring to Stardust to Unilord to take a look and he leaves. After they are sure it's safe, the Heroes detransform and say their goodbyes to Natalia and Isaak, promising to visit some other time. As they walk side by side, Teru asks her what she thinks Stigma's goal is, to which she replies that it doesn't really matter her goal as they are going to stop him anyways. Teru agrees.

### Volume 5

Pepesha reunites with Adam Rockwell and Davie Wonder John to discuss what to do about the Amarariruku's imminent threat to Japan. As Adam confiscates her beer, she gets upset but doesn't complain. They consider that the Amarariruku may want to trap them in their Heart's spaces, but Adam thinks there's a deeper reason for that. Pepesha worries about what happened to Lenya Andranof, wonders about Teru Momijiyama.

Following the mysterious creation of a dark dome in Tokyo's downtown, Spirit is called to the hideout to discuss on what to do. They don't know what is happening inside the dome, nor the Amarariruku's goals, and even though Century and Stardust agree that they should act with caution, Shy wants to act as soon as possible, so Stardust suggests a division of teams. Unilord agrees it is a good idea, and puts Century as the leader of the standby team, and Shy for the infiltration team.

Century chooses Spirit and Stardust to discuss, so they start discussing while Shy calms herself. When she comes back and asks Century for a time limit, so the standby team would act should anything happen to the infiltration team, Spirit thinks Shy has matured a lot for the last month. Some time later, Shy comes to Spirit and recruits her to the Infiltration Team, and when Stardust questions, she says that she knows Shy will do a good job. Spirit then accompanies the rest of the team to Tokyo.

Once inside with Ai Tennoji's help, Spirit uses her ability to search for the civilians. She is then able to spot them and guides the other Heroes to them. According to Lady Black, they are still alive, as such, they should hurry and complete their mission. However, Spirit, alongside her teammates, notice someone coming from above, and are able to dodge Doki's attack, so they prepare to battle.

### Volume 6

Doki introduces himself to the heroes, and states he will be taking Ai Tennoji to the tower as per Utsuro's request. Lady Black is unexpectedly able to convice him to take them all along with a provocation which he took like a compliment. As Shy asks about the civilians, they discover they have about an hour to finish their mission. At the same time, Spirit takes notice on Doki's taste on cute things, but when Shy calls his dream "girly," he starts attacking the heroes again.

Mian Long paralyzes him temporarily with a special technique of his. He convinces Shy to leave him behind to deal with Doki while the others go on ahead as they did not have the time due to the civilians' situation, so they leave, Spirit included.