Episode 17

**The Girl Who Recovered Her Memories Learns The Truth After Returning to Her Homeland** (失った記憶を取り戻した少女は、故郷に戻って新たな真実を知る *Ushinatta kioku o torimodoshita shōjo wa, furusato ni modotte aratana shinjitsu o shiru*) is the seventeenth episode of the anime Birdie Wing.

## Plot

Eve has been deported back to Nafrece, visits her mother's grave, and met someone who knows more about her mother. She then encounters a pro golfer who is ranked eighth on the European Tour.

## Summary

In a flashback to their confrontation on the roof, Eve asks Aoi if she is really her Dad's daughter. As the rain drenches them, she takes Aoi's face in her hands and tells her to ask her mother who her real father is, then as she walks off she tells her that they will settle who the better golfer is in the next tournament they are in. Aoi's request to Seira that Eve be allowed to participate in the Japan Women's Open is heard, as she tells Seira that she made a promise that she would play for to decide who's the best. Seira grabs her and tells her No. As Seira vows to prevent Eve from getting into the tournament, a silver sedan is seen driving on the elevated highway through Tokyo, with a sleeping Eve in the back seat.

Eve wakes up in the car wondering where she is, asking the driver who he is. in a flashback, Eve is knocked out with Chloroform and taken from the hotel. She asks if he's going to use her as a plaything, but he stops the car and tells her to get out. The car has arrived at Narita International Airport as the man throws her backpack at her feet, saying the contents of her dorm room are in there as is a ticket back to Nafrece. He tells her to get out of the country. She asks if this is because she's Kazuhiko's daughter, but he tells her to get on the plane, refusing to take the bait and tell her who's behind this. He tells her not to make him get violent, which causes her to smile and execute a foot sweep, knocking him to the pavement, where his head hits the yellow safety strip at the edge of the curb and allowing her to run off.

He yells at her that she'll never play golf again and will never appear in a Japanese Golf Tournament. She stops and looks back as he tells her they can't let anyone connected to the Mafia be close to Aoi. He says she will turn pro after her next tournament, saying she'll be in a different world than her, and will never be able to play her again. As the plane takes off, the man places a phone call to Seira to tell her that Eve is out of the country. As she hangs up, she asks Kazuhiko to forgive her for doing that to his daughter and that she would accept the guilt for her actions. On the plane, however, Eve is resolute, saying that now they have a fight on their hands with her.

In Coach Date's office, Ichina, Amane and Aoi are flabbergasted that Eve quit the academy. Amane asks what's going on, but Coach tells her he has no idea himself. He tells them that Eve brought in a notice that she was withdrawing from school and the school chairman accepted it. Ichina says that it doesn't make any sense, that she just won the Doubles Championship the day before. She's beside herself but Amane puts her hand on her shoulder and gets her to calm down. Coach tells them that he's going to look into it personally and if he can find her, try to persuade her to come back to the academy. He tells them that they need to get to their afternoon classes now, but Aoi stays behind, asking him if this was her mother's doing. He asks her why she would think that, and Aoi tells him that it's because she's Kazuhiko's other daughter.

Both Amane and Ichina are listening at the door and are shocked to learn the truth. Date protects his former lover's lie by asking Aoi if she thinks her mother got Eve kicked out of the Academy because, as he put it, "her husband was cheating on her." He says that it's impossible and sheer nonsense. Aoi tells him about their promise to play against each other in a real tournament, which was the reason for her to come to Japan in the first place. She wants to know why, as does Coach, because he tells her that Eve's golfing skills would be what elevates Aoi's game in turn, and her absence is a detriment to that goal. He tells Aoi that she got a taste of the golfing style she will create for herself during the doubles tournament during their Finals match against Nadaminami. He tells her that she will need to push her skills as far as she can get them before October arrives, which he says she will win, but that her opponents will be far stronger than Mizuho ever as, the reigning Japanese Women's' Golf Champion, Reika Shikishima, who is at a practice range, alongside fellow Professional golfer Momoko Osato. She tells her she's looking good, but that she won't take her title from her.

As they are walking together to class, Ichina and Amane are discussing the revelations they learned while eavesdropping on Aoi and Coach Date. Amane is dumbfounded about Eve's parentage, while Ichina asks her if it's true that Seira might be behind Eve leaving school. She tells her that they would never tell her something like that. Ichina asks Amane if she can ask Aoi's mom about it because she's her friend. Amane chuckles ruefully as she tells her that Seira's not her friend, that she's just a hostage to her machinations as she walks away from Ichina who is trying to understand what she meant by that.

Eve's plane arrives in Nafrece, and as she exits the terminal, trying to figure out where to go next, she hears a horn honking, She looks over to see Vipère in her convertible Roadster, waving at her. Her look has changed since Eve left, and Eve doesn't recognize her, which drives Vipère crazy, reminding her that Eve was the one who called her to meet her at the airport. Eve charms her favorite snake woman by saying she didn't recognize her because she looks a lot prettier. Charmed by her smooth words, she tells her to get in and they drive off.

AS they drive along the coast. Vipère asks Eve why she isn't staying with her family. She reminds her that Katherine still wants her dead, so she's staying clear of them, but she did call them to say she was all right. As she says this, Klein is holding Lily back because Emily, Jessica, and Charlotte have dismantled one of her Gundam models. She asks Vipère about the thing she wanted looked into, and is told that Vipère's "darling" is handling it. Eve mocks her slightly about her relationship, but quickly drops it.

Aboard her yacht, her "darling," Nicolas' senior henchman, tells her that he has the information she asked for about the death of her mother, Eleanor Burton. Before he tells her he wants to make sure that neither he nor Nicolas will get into trouble for obtaining this information. She doesn't understand why he's worried about that, as he tells her what she asked for. Eleanor was 29 when she died, but was not married. He tells her that Eleanor's father is a man named Michael Burton, Vipère is shocked when she hears his name but Eve is still clueless. She tells Eve that he's the Founder and CEO of Arios Golf, the top golf brand in Europe. Her boyfriend also tells her that he is also the head of the entire Nafrecian Mafia, and is the Boss of all Bosses, including both Nicolas and Katherine. He asks what she's trying to do with getting this information and Eve asks him what if she was Burton's granddaughter? Both he and Vipère look shocked for a moment, then start to laugh, thinking she's joking. They stop laughing as they realize she's serious, as Eve tells them that her memories were recovered not too long ago. He asks if the Burtons know about her and she says she doesn't know, and she has nothing to prove that she's her daughter. All she really wants from them is to know why she didn't marry Kazuhiko and why she was alone when she was born. Vipère tells her that Katherine's contract hit on her could be stopped by her grandfather, but she tells them that she's not planning on getting that deeply involved with them. She takes the info her dug up and leaves the yacht. Vipère warns her not to draw any attention to herself and Eve waves back as she walks off.

Some time later, Eve is at the cemetery where Eleanor is buried. Bringing her flowers she sits in front of the grave and remembers the day Kazuhiko returned to their lives. As she sits there, an elderly man in a morning coat approaches with a bouquet of white flowers. He sees Eve and thinks that he's seeing Eleanor, even calling her that. Eve asks the man if he knew her mother, and as he is about to ask who she is, she introduces herself as Evangeline Burton, Daughter of Eleanor Burton. The man says that it's impossible, and drops to one knee. She asks him to tell her about her mother. The man is Allen Harvey, the Burton Family's butler for many years. She asks him why she was alone when she gave birth too her and if her grandfather knows about her. He asks her how much she knows about her family. She tells him she knows that they're both a Golf Brand and the Head of the Mafia there. He tells her that she pretty much knows the story.

Allen tells Eve that Eleanor was raised away from the mob dealings, and that she was also a golfer. Eve smiles at the thought of having her talent come from both of her parents, and surmises that it was what brought them together. He asks her who her father was, and when she tells him that Kazuhiko was her father, he gets a look of understanding on his face, saying, "that explains things." She asks him what he meant by that. He tells her that her father was on the European tour being sponsored by the Amawashi golf brand, Athens. His playing skills increased Athens' market share, to the detriment of Arios' share. She calls her parents "Romeo and Juliet" and Allen says that Eleanor was likely afraid that Kazuhiko would be drawn into Arios' shady dealings so she left the family mansion without warning and disappeared from the family for eight years, until her death, when they found out where she had been living. The family never thought that they had a relationship, and had heard about his marriage to Seira around the time she disappeared. she asks Allen if he thinks her dad abandoned her mom, and he says no, that she was an exceptionally kind woman and that she gave birth to Eve alone to protect him. He also thinks that she did it to keep her out of the Burton family entanglements.

She stands up and stretches, saying that because of that, her life ended up being a mess but she is thankful that she did what she did because she was free of it. As she leaves he tells he that if she needs a place to live, that her family would gladly welcome her. She stops and tells him that if she did that she'd lose her freedom. Understanding her meaning, he then says that Mr. Burton would be taking in a round of golf at the Nadleeh Golf Course the following day, alongside one of their sponsored golfers, Cheris Kay, the No. 8 golfer on the European Tour. Late in the evening, Eve is back aboard Vipère's yacht, laying on the couch as she sleeps. She's reminded of Seira's stooge telling her that she'll never be allowed to appear at a golf tournament in Japan, which makes her remember that she and Aoi are in the middle of their "argument" over who is the better golfer.

The next day, at the Nadleeh Golf Course, Cheris and Burton are set to play golf, with Cheris offering her sponsor a 20 handicap, when he accepts. He tees off with a decent shot, but says that if he were younger he'd be able to hit to 270 yards, then flirts a little with Cheris, wishing she could share some of her youth with him. Eve comes out of the bushes telling her grandfather to stop being a Horny Old man, then challenges Cheris. She calls Eve a brat but Burton tells her to calm down and that her beautiful looks will go to waste. Behind him, two of his security detail reach for their sidearms, but he tells them to behave on the golf course. He tells her to play Eve and that he will watch, then asks Eve what she has to bet on the match. She says she bets everything she has, which intrigues him. He asks what she wants if she wins, she tells him she wants to become a pro in the shortest time possible. He agrees to it, then tells Cheris to to crush her. On her tee shot, Cheris hits for nearly 270 yards, prompting Eve to use her Blue Bullet shot to out drive her. Burton is impressed but Cheris is incensed as Eve calls her shot. From the bushes nearby, Vipère sees her tee shot and is surprised at how much better he game has gotten. A gun then appears at her temple, as one of Burton's security goons asks her who she is. She puts her hands up, saying she's with Eve, Cheris' second shot lands just to the side of the pin, but no sooner has she hit her shot, Eve begins her own swing, firing off her father's Rainbow Shot, which both Cheris and Vipère see the resulting rainbow generated as the ball lands past the cup but the backspin sends it towards the cup, but ricochets off Cheris' ball. Eve praises her shot, saying that it was smart to block her path as Vipère is dumbfounded that Eve's golf game has evolved so much, she wonders what happened while she was in Japan.

Back at Raihou's practice range, Aoi is hitting shots with her Iron as Amane scans the shots for distance and accuracy, but there's a definite problem growing. Her shot accuracy has been dropping since the Doubles Championship. Amane thinks that Aoi's focus has been on Eve ever since she left. As she is hitting, Aoi is remembering Eve's words, but calls them misunderstandings, and that she knows that Eve will come back to her and they will play against each other. Eve is walking off the 18th hole as the match with Cheris ends and Vipère asks her point blank what happened to her and where she learned that shot. She tells her that when her memories returned, she remembered her Dad teaching her it. Vipère looks back at the 18th hole to see Cheris on her hands and knees in shock that she lost to Eve by 10 strokes. She mutters to herself that she's the eighth-ranked golfer in Europe and she got beat by an amateur, She can't believe this is happening as Vipère looks on then leaves to rejoin Eve.

Burton approaches his limo, where Allen is waiting for Him. Allen Bows and Burton asks if he was responsible for sending Eve. He apologies for his selfishness but he wanted his Employer to meet his granddaughter, Taking off his cap, Burton says he knows who she is, that she looks just like Eleanor, but has a foul mouth. Allen tells him that Eve's life has been difficult and she never went to school, then tells him about the trouble she's had with Catherine, who wants her dead. Burton nods and says he'll see about it, then asks her name. Allen tells him her name is Evangeline Burton, as she rides back down the coastal highway with Vipère back to the Yacht.

In a post-credits scene, Ichina is woken up by a phone call from Eve. She tries to answer the phone but ends up falling out of bed and still asleep. the phone rings again and Ichina realizes who's calling, waking her up. Eve tells her that she needs her caddy because she doesn't want anyone she doesn't trust to touch her bag. Ichina says she's coming if she has to quit school.

## Characters

* Eve
* Aoi Amawashi
* Amane Shinjo
* Ichina Saotome
* Reiya Amuro
* Seira Amawashi
* Reika Shikishima
* Vipère
* Eleanor Burton (flashback)
* Kazuhiko Hodaka (flashback)
* Michael Burton
* Alan Harvey
* Cheris Kay
* Lily Lipman
* Klein Clara
* Momoko Osato (Cameo)
* Emily
* Jessica
* Charlotte

## Trivia

* The Golf Ball Logo featured in the Opening credits is that of the Arios Golf Brand
* A portion of the song featured in Episode 1, "Honey Days (Gone Too Soon)," plays during the sequence of Eve and Vipère driving along the coast to the docks where her yacht is moored.
* Professional Golfer Momoko Osato is portraying herself in the episode during the scene with Reika shikishima.