Princess Ai Volume 3: Evolution (Princess AI (Tokyopop)) (v. 3)

Ai's journey of self-discovery continues as her mysterious wings grow larger and the gaps in her memory grow smaller. As the female Furies of Ai-Land close in on her, Ai finds that the answer to her world's problems is closer than she ever could have imagined. Unfortunately, while trying to save the people who have been pursuing her, Ai loses two of her closest newfound friends. However, this tempestuous winged diva won't back down from a fight - even if she must confront death itself! When a thief breaks into Ai's condo to steal Ai's heart-shaped box, Jen (who was sleeping on the couch) confronts him and tears the box out of his hand. Ai's box is toxic to humans, though, and Jen dies shortly after asking Ai to keep on singing and sharing her music with the world. Later, Kent is shot with an arrow that was meant for Ai. The arrow is tipped with the same substance that made the heart-shaped box lethal (though it would have only stunned Ai) and Kent dies after asking Ai to keep singing and sharing her music with this world and her own world. Ai freaks out, and her negative emotions make the crowd freak out, too. Fa'an confronts Ai and helps her snap out of it. He also gives her a rose (which represents the humans of Ai-Land) and an anemone (which represents the Dougen of Ai-Land), which she fuses into a hybrid flower (representing herself) while she somehow brings Kent back from the brink of death. With Kent healed, Ai and the Furies prepare to leave for home.