Sherbet Summers/Plot

### Cerberus High

Sherbet takes Kazuki Akai to the school's infirmary after accidently hitting him with a sculpture. As the two talked, Sherbet guesses right on the money that Kazuki’s human and tells him that it was his smell that gave it away. Sherbet then pries him on how he ended up in the dog house which Kazuki relented on, telling her that it all happened a long time ago and now he’s just trying to forget about it. Sherbet sympathizes with him and decides not to press him for details.

Out of the blue, Sherbet claps her hands together and proposed that she becomes his bodyguard which causes Kazuki to question her. Pouting, she tells him that he should know of the horror stories that come out of this school and adds how a baby faced twerp like him wouldn’t last the week. Kazuki lowers his head at her words which causes her to feel guilty and she places a hand on his shoulder. She tells him to quit looking so glum and ensures that she will protect him, boasting that she would've won the fight that she was in if she hadn't left to take him to the infirmary. The tanuki advises him that they really should leave before the infirmary gets filled and bolts out of the room as Kazuki stumbles out of the bed to run after her.

#### Sherbet vs Lump

Time-skipped to a short while later, Sherbet and Kazuki were walking around the schoolyard as the former explained all the school's terminologies. Suddenly, an idea sparks in his head after looking at a piece of glass on the cement and he cuts deep into his wrist to Sherbet's horror. Light-headed from the sight of his own blood, Kazuki stumbles back but Sherbet catches him. She checks his wrist and is surprised to see that the wound has already healed. Out of nowhere, Lump appears standing on top of the school roof carrying a canvas with a crude painting of Sherbet on it. Sherbet cringes at the dachshund-canid whom she fought earlier in the day. Jumping down the high elevation, Lump tosses the canvas into the air and tears right through it with a high kick.

To Lump's shock, all the chisels he thrown were deflected by Sherbet's nunchakus. He surrenders giving Sherbet the automatic win, proving herself fit to be Kazuki's bodyguard.

### A Mere Human Arc

Sherbet absent at the start of the arc as Kazuki is walking alone in the school's hallways. She makes her appearance in the middle of Axel intimidating Kazuki into join his cheer squad. Axel tells her he’s just giving Kazuki a little pep talk and Sherbet is suspicious until she turns to leave, apologizing for interrupting the two. As Axel redirects his attention back to the helpless human, Sherbet fakes a sneeze and throws a shuriken at his head, grabbing Kazuki's hand. As they make a break for it. Axel transforms into a werewolf and chases after them on all fours.

Kazuki and Sherbet lose him but are knocked out by Mitzy and Roxy with a swift neck chop from behind. The tanuki wakes up duck-taped to the wall in the janitor's closet where the twins are playing cards before realizing that their captive as regained consciousness. Mitzy and Roxy shoot up to do their flashy introduction but Sherbet isn't amused and asks them where Kazuki is. The twins tell her that he's joined Axel's cheer squad but Sherbet doesn't believe that Kazuki would thing such a thing and calls them losers. This enrages the twins and a fight ensues where Sherbet is victorious.

#### Kazuki vs Axel

Sherbet bursts into the gymnasium where Kazuki and Axel are. She voices her hurt that Kazuki would join forces with the likes of Axel but Kazuki argued that he had no choice. Axel tells her that he had promised to kill Kazuki if he ever turned his back on the squad, causing Sherbet to shield Kazuki with her own body. Kazuki shouts out to Axel from behind Sherbet that he’ll take him on. Amused, Axel questions him on his sudden display of bravery in which Kazuki merely quotes him on how they’re the same making him fit to be his opponent. Just before the boys fight, Sherbet is sent to watch from the bleachers where the twins were situated.

After the cheerleading trio teleport away, Kazuki's knees buckle and Sherbet catches him in time before he could hit the ground.

### Brazen Youths Arc

Word has gotten out around the school about Kazuki's win against Axel at the end of the previous arc which Sherbet points out as her and Kazuki are sitting at a lonesome lunch table. Even through Kazuki was silent, Sherbet could tell that he was worrying about Axel and reassures that the werewolf will be back on his feet in no time.

While on their way to their next class, Axel’s former fan club appear and crowd around Kazuki, trampling Sherbet in the process. As they congratulate him on his win against Axel, a note from Axel is sent down from above which Kazuki catches. He excuses himself from the rabid fangirls before helping Sherbet up and the two find that the note’s content is completely unintelligible save for Axel's name. Sherbet crumbles up the note and tosses it to the side which causes Kazuki to cry out. He tells her to hold on for a moment and that they should visit Axel’s dorm to see if he’s alright.

After some reluctance from Sherbet, the two finally make to the werewolf's dorm where they notice that the door was not fully closed and find the room empty. Sherbet shrieks as Kazuki is suddenly tackled by the werewolf who had been stealthily clinging to the walls the whole time. Kazuki could barely breathe as Axel playfully had him in a headlock but the human was able to vocalize his relief that he had recovered. Sherbet catches Kazuki as he was let go and angrily turns to say to Axel that they're leaving which causes Axel's mood to change. The werewolf apologizes to the both of them for what put them through, explaining how that dark power of Kazuki’s isn’t something to be taken lightly and ensures Cheer Squad will do their best to protect them. Sherbet argues that she doesn't need his protection as she was more than capable of protecting both herself and Kazuki. The human tries to convince her to just accept their help and once again Sherbet's resolve melts.

#### Kazuki's Breakdown

Kazuki begins exhibiting some concerning behavior and after going to his room herself to check up on him to no avail, Sherbet brings Axel along. Kazuki frees himself from his blanket cocoon to let the two in and when he does, they see that he hadn't been talking care of himself at all. Stone-faced, Axel questions him on his well-being and Kazuki lies that he's fine which causes Sherbet to step up. She tells him that he doesn't have to lie, bringing up their friendship which causes Kazuki to reveal how he isn't supposed to exist along with his past reputation as a monster. Sherbet expression softens as she tells him that she understands but Kazuki screams at her that she doesn't as he he isn't a monster like her and Axel. Sherbet is hurt by his words and storms off, leaving Axel to look at Kazuki with disappoint before running after her.

#### Black Shuck Elliot

As Sherbet is running through the dark dormitory halls, she bumps into Elliot who secretly activates his **Pandora's Box** ability. Elliot holds out his hand to Sherbet to help her up but she doesn't take it and gets up on her own. Elliot points out the sadness he senses within which aggravates the tanuki and she turns to leave but its useless as she is fully trapped within his dark dimension. Desperate in her escape, Sherbet pushes past Elliot only to hit the other side of his **Pandora's Box** hard. She remained face down on the ground as Elliot prowled closer to her. Once he was close enough, Sherbet threw a shuriken at his face but it missed, slicing the bandages covering the top portion of his face instead. Elliot's kind persona does a complete 180 as he grabs her by the neck and orders her to beg for him to let her go. Sherbets tells him to bite her, resulting in her being choke-slammed.

Kazuki arrives outside of the dormitory building right as a large black box had risen out of the shadows. The box opens, revealing Elliot standing with his foot weighing down on the chest of the paralyzed Sherbet Summers. Kazuki runs towards the cryptid canid but he too is paralyzed and collapses. Laughing, Elliot mocks the human, asking him in a very condescending manner if he really thought he could escape his **Pandora’s Box** that easily as he reveals that shadows generated by those cobras after Kazuki killed them were actually poisonous fumes that he was unknowingly breathing in. Elliot manipulates Sherbet's body, making her attack Kazuki with her kusari-fundo. Against her will, Sherbet strangles Kazuki with the weapon's chain.

Ember retreats while Conrad, who had taken Axel place in the battle, uses his aerokinetic powers to trap Sherbet a small whirlwind which he lifts into the air. After Elliot is killed and Conrad vanishes with Axel, Sherbet is released from the tiny whirlwind. Kazuki catches her in time and sets her down in the ground. Kazuki cries as he apologizes to her while putting himself down. The tanuki stops his self-deprecation by flicking his forehead twice before muttering to herself that she needs to get stronger. Jumping to her feet, Sherbet informs Kazuki that he is forgiven and leaves like nothing happened

#### Kazuki vs Blanc

A day after the fight with Elliot, Kazuki and his friends had made up and were walking the halls. Axel reveals that he is joining Kazuki and Sherbet's squad, causing the tanuki to exclaim. She asks him about the Cheer Squad which he replies that he had made Conrad the new leader. Axel then asks the two what they're going to name their squad and was going to propose a name until he hears arguing. Two males students were enemies in a love-triangle which becomes even more heated when one of Xiomara's uniformed assassin approaches them and encourages them to fight. Axel intervenes before the fight could escalate but Xiomara and her two closest assassins suddenly appear, causing the two male students to flee in fear. The uniformed assassin greets the Brazen trio but Xiomara dismisses him to focus her attention on Kazuki which makes Blanc jealous and he attacks the human. Kazuki numbs both his hands with his **Numbing Burst** but that doesn't stop Blanc’s wrath as multiple ice pillars shoot out of the ground and close in on the injured Kazuki. Axel moves in front of Kazuki to shield but Sherbet beats him to it and is impaled in the solar plexus. The pillar of ice vanishes and Axel catches Sherbet and yells at her for putting herself in danger when she doesn't have any healing abilities. She weakly tells him that she just wanted to be useful for once and passes out.

### Underworld Arc

A month after the defeat of Xiomara, Rouge suddenly mentions wanting her soul to be exorcised from Kazuki's soul. Surprisingly, Kazuki fulfills her desire with the help of Ember but something goes wrong and Rouge is ejected out from Kazuki’s body with her soul becoming reborn. An unknown portal opens up behind Kazuki and he is grabbed by black tendrils that pull him into the portal. Sherbet tries to reach out to grab him but it is too late and the portal closes. Sherbet goes to Rouge and demands to know where Kazuki was taken but the demoness is uncooperative. Ember takes Sherbet's place in taking to Rouge and they learn that Kazuki was most likely taken to her homeworld.

During the party's stay at a tavern, Sherbet vents to the Ember how she felt like she failed as Kazuki's bodyguard. This causes Ember to reassure her that she isn't and that Kazuki is perfectly able to defend himself all on his own.

When Axel informs the party about Rouge's disappearance, Sherbet and Blanc harshly blame him. Later, Sherbet spots Kazuki in a crowd and the two share an embrace until the tanuki pulled away to inform him of Rouge's disappearance as well as the destroyed grimoire.

### The End

Lured by a strong presence, Kazuki runs to an abandoned town with Sherbet and Axel following behind him. Kazuki instructs his friends to stand back as Neo finally appears which commences the final battle. In the middle of the heated standoff, both of Kazuki's onyx blades shatter and Neo charges with his Ephemeral Platinum **Saber**, causing Sherbet to scream. This succeeds in snapping Kazuki out of his shock and miraculously the shattered remains of his tonfa blades form a shield, protecting him from the blow that would’ve ended his life. However, this was all an illusion made by Neo and it revealed that Kazuki was stabbed in the heart Neo fuses with his saber and he awakens as a god. With despair and rage fueling them, Sherbet and Axel charge at Neo but they were both killed with a single head tap that destroyed their brains.

All seemed dire until Kazuki absorbs the souls of his fallen friends and transforms into his Cerberus form. Kazuki is able to defeat Neo with his newly acquired **Hades Raging Blood Burst** which sends the demon to his own Forever-still Space where he will stay for all eternality. This causes all the Overworld characters to come back to life but Rouge is not so lucky as she crawls over to Kazuki to say her final goodbye.

Ember and Oralee appear which relieves Kazuki but the two other members of the Take-down Squad were wary of the small demoness. Ember tells them not to worry and that Oralee is on their side and the demoness uses her powers as the Child of Light to transport The Overworld characters back to their homeworld.