Nonon Jakuzure sat alone in the band room after the school orchestra's practice. As she sat, she reflected on the past 10 months since the defeat of Ragyo and the COVERs. Admittedly, she had found adjusting to a 'normal' student life as a bit strange, after all she had been striving for Satsuki's ambition for so long. Nonetheless, she had done quite well for herself, just as she always has. She was the non-athletic seat in the student council of the re-organized Honnouji Academy, along with the other Elite Four in their respective spots, and Satsuki in her rightful place as Student Council President. Granted, none of them held the power that they once had, but they still accomplished the height of achievement. She loved being the president of the music club, loved conducting the school band. Still, the fact was that Nonon got kind of bored of this life-style at times. Like now, for example.
She got up, it was about time she headed home. However, she decided to stop by student council room to see what the others were doing first. The room was empty except a single figure typing away in front of a computer. A smirk grew on Nonon's face, as she approached the council's resident tech-geek, Hoka Inumuta. Throwing a few verbal barbs at him should provide her with some amusement. It was one of her favorite pastimes.
"Jeez, spending all day typing away at your computer", Nonon smiled smugly as she spoke. "What a pathetically dull life you have, huh Doggie."
"Aren't you referring to your own life?", Inumuta responded coolly, "after all, you're the one with enough idle time to sit around and watch someone typing on their computer."
Nonon growled. "Shut up, you stupid dog, or I'll smash your damn spectacles!"
"Already out of comebacks and resorting to threats", Inumuta turned to her, amusement clear on his face. "I think you're losing your edge, Jakuzure."
"Screw you", Nonon leaned back against a wall, displeased that she currently couldn't think of a better response. "So, what are you doing, anyway?", she asked for the sake of asking.
"Setting up security to prevent idiotic punks from hacking into Honnouji Academy's mainframe", Inumuta said, as he turned back to his computer.
"Heh. You were one of those idiotic punks before Satsuki-chan found you", Nonon remarked snidely. Inumuta didn't respond, simply tapping away at the keyboard.
"Tell me, do you sometimes miss the old days?", she felt odd calling them the 'old days' since it was less than a year ago, but somehow the term felt appropriate. "Wielding so much power, battling with our Goku Uniforms. Seems like such a long time ago."
"Of course", Inumuta answered flatly, not even bothering to turn away from the computer. "But, this is the world we live in now. And it's not as if this way of life is terrible."
Nonon could agree with that last statement. Life wasn't bad at all, quite the contrary actually. She had her music, her friends in the student council, and she was beloved by the student body, which was something she loved to abuse. Still, life lacked the hectic excitement it had before.
"Hm. I guess I'll head home now", Nonon said as she headed toward the door, "be sure not to work yourself to death, Doggie." Inumuta acknowledged her departure with a simple hand gesture, then continued typing. Nonon was slightly disappointed that he didn't even try to convince her to stay a little longer.
As Nonon walked home, she looked up at the blue, slightly cloudy sky. As she did, she recalled the sensation of flying through the air with her Symphony Regalia. Few things as exhilarating as soaring in the sky at breakneck speeds; it gave her a rush that nothing else could match, safe a musical performance. Nonon lamented that it was something she may never experience again. It have would make the commute back home more exciting, too.
Nobody else was at the Jakuzure estate when Nonon arrived. Well, no one except the various servants that staffed the estate, but Nonon paid no mind to them. She walked down the lavish halls quickly, going directly to her a bedroom fit for a princess. She slumped into her excessively large bed; the mattress taking up much more space than someone of her stature would require. Still, the bed took up only a fraction of the room, which housed a wide assortment of instruments; all of which Nonon mastered and played on a regular basis.
Nonon didn't particularly feel like doing anything at the moment, simply staring at the ceiling for what felt like an eternity. Finally, she got up, deciding to see what was for dinner. Just before she was about to leave the room, something caught her eye. The band hat that was the only remaining part of her Goku Uniform. She hadn't worn in a long time, not since Ragyo's defeat in fact. She figured she'd try it on for old-times sake, dinner could wait. Not like it would do any harm, as the threat was already eliminated.
She neatly fixed the hat onto her head, and examined herself in a full-body length mirror. As expected, she looked great with it on, grinning with self-satisfaction. It brought back nostalgic feelings, and Nonon felt her melancholy fading.
"Well, that enough fooling around", she stated cheerily, before moving to take the hat off. She pulled at it gently, but to her surprise the hat did not come off. "What the hell?" She pulled a lot harder, yet the hat clung to her head. "Why won't this damn thing come off?!"
"Don't you want to fly again?" a voice whispered into Nonon's ear.
"Who the hell was that?!" Nonon screamed, before looking back at the mirror. What she saw horrified her. Her reflection revealed fiber strands slithering out of her hat, wrapping around her, and weaving themselves into her clothing. "SHIT!"
Some malicious Life-Fibers must have somehow survived and nested in her hat. "Don't resist us. We'll restore you to your former glory. We'll give you back the power you lost." Nonon continued to struggle. "Your compliance is not necessary. We'll have our way, whether you are willing or not."
Nonon felt her control over her own body slipping, and desires to reclaim her former power cloud her mind. Resisting all she could, Nonon felt herself straining, and eventually she succumbed to the Life-Fibers' control.
"Now then, will you carry out our mission? Our vengeance?'
"Yes."
"Good. We have a lot of work to do."