Ah! Chapter 3! This is getting tough! The pressure to please y'all is to much!
Oh yeah!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kill la Kill or any of its characters/plot
He was dreaming; it was obvious to him. Why? Well for a start he could actually see the things around him which generally gave the dream away. The things he saw or encountered in his dreams certainly made it quite obvious that they were indeed just dreams. Why else would he be in a room full of monkey's? Or see Lady Satsuki's eyebrows dance (they were literally dancing much to his horror). Only in his dreams was Jakuzure a sweet and kind hearted band geek that nerded out with Inumata. Only in his dreams did Mako and Gamagoori feed each other mysterious looking croquettes.
To say the least Sanageyama's dreams were odd and often jumped around. He supposed that was only to be expected. With his rash and impatient personality it made sense that his dreams jumped around so much. Most of the time they were odd but pleasant, he never really had nightmares since nothing truly scared him. Sometimes he would dream of his past in his old gang, or his family, but most of the time he dreamt of those around him. Shinobu being no exception.
He wasn't really sure when she first started appearing but he wasn't complaining. Most of the time her appearances in his dreams were silly, innocent, nonsensical really but that was only most of the time. Sanageyama wasn't going to lie about her occasionally appearing in some not so innocent dreams. He was a man he couldn't help it! He knew for a fact Inumata was a closet pervert resorting to all that technology of his for some sort of release, even his disciplined friend Gamagoori had to have an occasional inappropriate thought or two about the underachiever right?
Snapping himself out of his idle dream thoughts his attention was brought back to the situation at hand. His co-captain scantily clad in lingerie crawling towards him. If that wasn't enough there was the flicking of a cat tail behind her, and cat ears upon her head. Sometimes his imagination got the best of him.
He let her crawl her way up his body until she rested in his chest. It was a comfortable weight that he didn't mind to much. Then she began to pur; a soft sound that vibrated against his chest. By now his hands were twitching as he stared down at his cat like co-captain. With all the curiosity of a cat the caramel haired girl minced her way forward until they were eye to eye. Steel grey gazed into metallic blue for a brief moment.
"Nya!" A simple meow and the girl had managed to wrape her arms around his head bringing it to her bra-clad chest. Now normally Sanageyama honestly wouldn't complain; there could be worse situations to find himself in. However it was the fact that he felt like he was suffocating was what made this whole thing suspicious. Then it dawned on him!
Sanageyama's hands went straight to his face as he woke up and sure enough there was a purring ball of fur on top of it. With a ferocious snarl he grabbed the cat off his face and tossed it to the end of the bed. The cat landed by his feet with a hiss before it let out a soft whine of protest. Then it began its never ending meowing. Since he was blind now Sanageyama's enhanced hearing made the small meows sound insufferably loud. With a growl of annoyance he sat up and pointed a finger on the general direction of the cat, "You can come back here if you stay off my face you damn feline!"
It was morning, he could tell because he could feel the morning rays of the sun and hear the birds chirping outside his window. Yet Sanageyama was miserably tired. The damn cat had kept him up all night waking him from his all to pleasant dreams. Usually he didn't skip school as he had club duties to attend to and if Gamagoori ever caught word of him ditching it'd be a disaster. That was before though when someone wasn't there to do his share of the paperwork. Now that he had a co-captain those duties automatically went to her if he didn't show up to school. If Gamagoori got mad at him for ditching? Well Sanageyama supposed he and Gamagoori haven't had a good match in a while.
"Eh?" Shinibu watched in shock as paper after paper was stacked into her hands. By the time she had every paper she needed the pile was almost at ceiling level. "Why are you giving these to me again?" The young co-captain peaked around her pile of papers to look at the head of the disciplinary committee.
"These are the papers that need to be filled out by club leaders everyday!"
"Yes but if I may ask? Why are you giving these to me? I'm just a co-captain."
"Sanageyama has ditched out on his duties today. These responsibilities automatically go to you as co-captain. Get to it! I will not tolerate to slackers in any club!"
Shinobu scampered off at Gamagoori's command with her precarious pile of papers in hand. To say she was upset was an understatement. Not once was she ever informed of having to do paper work! One day she'd get revenge on that damn bamboo blade swinging monkey for this! What the hell was he even skipping for anyways? Wait a minute the guy was blind! How the hell did he even fill these out anyways!?
"Oh shit!" Shinobu who was distracted by her thoughts collided with another person sending her papers flying down to the ground. Immediately the caramel haired girl went to picking up the papers that had scattered across the hallway floor. When a pair of hands reached out to grab the same paper as herself, Shinobu paused to look at the person whom she had collided with.
Mako Mankanshoku
Steel grey eyes blinked once, then twice, and finally a third time before the shock settled in. This was the very person she was supposed to befriend! Lady Satsuki wanted her to befriend this person but instead she had collided into her! "Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn! Only I get myself into these kinds of messes! Shit what do I say!? How am I supposed to befriend her? I suck at talking to normal people! What's she even like?" Her thoughts were going haywire practically shutting her down. By the time she snapped back to reality Mako had set the large stack of papers back in front of her.
"I used to drop the papers for fight club all the time! So I know how to get em organized and picked up really fast! After all Ryuko depends on me!" Mako answered Shinobu's unspoken question. The underachiever then gave a helping hand and pulled the other girl up to her feet. "Did you start a new club? I can show you how to do the paperwork! It's pretty easy when ya get down to it!"
"That'd be great!"
"Really?" Shinobu's eyes widened as the two exchanged stories, "So Matoi volunteered you for paperwork and she does all the fighting?"
"Yup basically! I know it's not much but this is all I can really do to help her out." Mako shrugged as she straightened out her stack of papers. The two had taken to the library to do their paper work. Mako had finished before Shinobu had gotten close to half of hers done. Then again fight club had two members while the kendo had countless.
"So you wish you could fight along side Ryuko then?" Shinobu questioned as she signed off another paper. Mako gave a slow, unsure nod of the head in response. "Let's make a deal then! I'll teach ya how to throw a few punches and you can help me with a few these forms!"
"Deal!"
"So what's this form then?"
"Oh that's just the waver for anyone who get killed, maimed, decapitated, fried, or electrocuted."
"Seems fair enough to me."
It took the two of them hours to complete all the paper work. Even then there were still quite a few papers that needed Sanageyama to sign them off. It was lunch time and Mako eagerly shared her croquettes with her new found friend seeing as Ryuko had skipped out on school today. The croquettes were a tad mysterious but after much encouragement Shinobu took a hesitant bite out of one. It was actually really good! The two of them quickly finished the rest of the homemade Bento box lunch.
"Now it's my turn to hold up my end of the agreement!" Mako looked at Shinobu clearly not remembering the agreement. "I'll give ya a quick run down on how to defend yourself!
"Wait! Right here!?" Mako bounced around the library trying to imagine just how they'd practice fighting in the place. The two-star leader of the book club gave a glare in the direction of the two young ladies.
"I don't think that's a good idea!" Shinobu lifted her large stack of papers and Mako followed suit. "Don't worry though I have the perfect place in mind!"
"Ehhhhhh the kendo club room!? Won't Sanageyama-Senpai be angry if he found out?"
"Oh don't worry about that. He skipped so I can do what I like with the club room! So let's just go over on how to punch for starters."
Shinobu left Mako standing barefooted in the middle of the kendo club room. Shinobu had insisted that Mako at least change into some spare training clothes. After a few moments the young co-captain came back with a practice dummy; rolling it out to the center of the room. Once the dummy was in place Shinobu pulled out some wrap and carefully wrapped her hands.
"You don't have to put any on. I just need to protect my hands more now that I use a blade." She assured Mako as she took her place in front of the dummy. " Make sure you put your heart in your punches! Nothing hurts more than a punch with emotion!" To emphasize her words she took a swing at the dummy causing it to nearly tip over. "Now you try!" Hesitantly Mako raised her hands into fists and threw a punch at the dummy. "When you make your fist make sure your thumb isn't inside your fist! Yes like that and try to turn your fist a bit as you punch. No more from the waist!"
Shinobu directed the underachiever letting her throw a few punches before showing her a few more techniques. Mostly it was just elbow strikes and knee strikes but Mako was adept at learning how to fight. The two were so absorbed in hitting the practice dummy that they didn't hear the captain of the kendo club himself enter the room. The two girls let out a shriek as a shinai came down sharply upon the practice dummy they were punching. The poor thing shattered under the hard blow and the two of them leaped away from it.
"Just what do you think you're doing in here?"
Sanageyama let out a sigh as he along with the rest of the elite four made their exit out of honnouji academy. To think that Matoi and the underachiever had infiltrated their system to such an extent with their 'fight club'. Then of course Satsuki is tearing down the very system she made with this whole natural elections thing. Casually the kendo captain smacked away one of the many no-stars that were trying to defeat them so they could become three stars.
The elite four weren't fazed in the slightest by the lower star students who came at them. They were more focused on what Satsuki hoped to achieve out of this elections ordeal. Figuring they'd find out sooner or later they each seperated to go to the safety of their homes. Inumata no doubt off to go watch the latest episode of Gurren Lagann, Jakuzure was going to work on composing her own symphony, and Gamagoori to drive his brand new car. What was the monkey of the elite four doing? Well he went home and fed the damn cat who had somehow managed to stay another night in his home. He really was gonna kick it out today; this time for sure. However there he sat a few hours later with the cat blissfully purring on his lap as he scratched it behind its ears. Sanageyama was bored, painfully bored, so bored he could fall asleep. In fact it was as he was dozing off did something occur to him.
Sanageyama sprung from the couch causing the cat to go flying off of his lap and onto the floor. His fucking co-captain was out there fighting and he was taking a nap! The green haired swordsman stormed out of his home and slammed the door behind him. Like hell was his subordinate gonna show him up; he'd beat the shit out of more no-stars than her any day.
He dashed down the streets with Shinai in hand, he put every ounce of strength he had into dashing towards the school. A few students tried to attack him but he merely deflected their attacks; sending them flying like they were rag dolls. He skidded to a stop in the courtyard of the school and took a moment to listen to the chaos that Satsuki had created at Honnouji. Hundreds of students desperately fighting each other for a chance to get a goku uniform or an upgrade from one that they already had. The swordsman strained all of his senses in an attempt to find his co-captain. It took him a moments as a few students were bold enough to attack him when he was trying to focus. However he finally managed to hear her over the sounds of battle.
"Is that all you got!? Ha! No wonder you guys are underlings!"
The swordsman casually made his way to where he heard his co-captain's occasional shouts. Naturally he was attacked by other students on his way to the kendo room but of course he was far to strong for the likes of them. He paused before the kendo room door, the bodies of a bunch of no stars that he personally defeated lay around his feet. Even with the doors closed he could smell the blood from inside the room. For a brief moment he was rather worried as to who it belonged to. Sanageyama opened the door but the students within didn't even seem to notice him as they crowded around one student in particular who was backed up into a corner.
"Come at me!" Shinobu raised her fists at the one star kendo club members who had betrayed her within the first few minutes of the natural elections. "I guess we didn't train you hard enough if you go down in one punch!" Sanageyama was a bit taken back at how confident his co-captain sounded, in the brief time he has known her the girl was never like this. It only took him a moment to realize that it was just a cocky show to rile up her opponents.
He didn't just stand back and watch though. Instead Sanageyama sliced his way through the crowd of his club members. By the time he reached Shinobu the girl had a pile of one stars slashing at her with their blades. The green haired man didn't even waste a transformation on them as he brushed them aside with his own blade. Now the only conscious people in the room were himself and Shinobu. Silently he closed the distance between them, his hand reaching out to her side where he felt the sticky wet fabric of her two-star gokh uniform. He briefly noted that it was the new one he had made as it was not the heavy armor of a regular kendo uniform but instead the soft cloth of a long coat similar in style to his. He pulled his hand away from her side and cautiously sniffed it; blood. "You fought hard Shinobu."
"What are you talking about? I couldn't have fought them off with my shinai. I wouldn't have been able to hold them off as long as I did if I didn't find these spiked gloves in the pockets of this atrocious gang leader outfit." Shinobu sniffled rubbing at her eyes but ended up smearing the blood on her hands onto her face. The adrenaline of the battle was slowly leaving her and she could feel all of her battle wounds ache and bleed. "Thanks for coming when you did." Shinobu mumbled swaying a bit before toppling over into her waiting captained arms.
"Ah geez you're so troublesome." Sanageyama lifted her into his arms cautiously cradling her into his chest. He knew he should have just left her there but she didn't leave him after his first loss to Ryuko. This was his way of returning the favor. Atleast he took out more one-stars than she did.
Warmth
Shinobu felt safe, happy, and quite warm. She was wrapped in the softest fabric she had ever felt and wanted to just lay there for hours sleeping the day away. The pain in her sides and hands made her snap back to reality though. Steel grey eyes fluttered open and stared at the dark and unfamiliar ceiling above her. It took her a few moments to gain the will power to sit up but when she did she noticed that her side was bandaged up as well as her hands; her only problem was that she was in left in her panties and bra. Then she finally noticed why she felt so warm even with her lack of clothing, she was wearing a large white coat that was easily three sizes to big for her. Upon further inspection she finally realized what it was and Shinobu surpressed a shriek of surprise.
"No way Sanageyama-san put this on me." Shinobu buried herself farther into the coat relishing in just how soft it was. It was only a three-star uniform, just one star higher than her own but it felt so much better. That 10% life fiber difference was really something. Hell she could feel the fibers giving her power and it wasn't even transformed. With some effort Shinobu managed to stand on her own though her injured side was practically screaming in protest. Sanageyama's coat dragged on the floor with each step she took and the sleeves swallowed up her arms. With a sigh the caramel haired girl buttoned up the coat to cover her almost nude form. For a brief moment Shinobu got caught up in the smell of the jacket; it wasn't bad it was just definitely Sanageyama. Caught somewhere between a musky manly scent and the smell of a clean dojo.
Shinobu creaked the door open and marvelled at the three-star home. Not that her two-star home was bad but three-stars lived in the lap of luxury. Her bare feet silently padded through the large home trying to find a way out, her regular clothes, or even her captain. The two-star student didn't exactly have the greatest sense of direction and was beginning to think she'd never get out. She could always jump out of one of the windows, though her injured side didn't seem to like that idea.
Nya
Shinobu spun on her heel to be greeted by a light grey cat. Judging by its size it was almost a year old although it was quite skinny. The two stared each other down for what seemed like eternity before the cat meowed once more and walked away from her. Shinobu quickly followed after it; the cat seemed to know where it was going more than she did. The two walked down countless hallways with countless doors until Shinobu stopped at a large set of double doors. The cat let out a meow as it brushed it'd body against the door. Hesitantly Shinobu opened the door and gasped.
Sanageyama groaned as he rolled over and off of his bed. He supposed he ought to go change his co-captains bandages. One sniff of the air made him pause as he tied his bandanna over his closed eyes. Was that breakfast he smelled? He found himself torn between being angry that his co-captain helped herself to his kitchen and happy that he didn't have to struggle to cook himself something.
The blind man navigated his way to his kitchen. He entered the room with his arms crossed doing his best to plant an unhappy frown on his face but he just couldn't. "Are you making omelettes?" Apparently he had managed to sneak up on his co-captain and she shrieked flailing her arms at him. He sent her a smirk and took a seat at the counter briefly noting that the cat was on the counter as well munching on what smelled liked tuna. "And you fed the cat to? You're like a standard little house wife."
"I'm not! I was just hungry and she was to!" Shinobu tried to defend both herself and the cat that seemed to meow in its own defense as well. "What's her name?" She tried to change the subject as she flipped the omelette over in the pan.
"Doesn't have one." He shrugged despite the disapproving stare that he could feel Shinobu giving him. "If it bothers you so much give her a name then. Take her home while you're at it."
"Seiki. Her name will be Seiki then."
"That's something along the lines of star?"
"Or beginning which I like better."
What was up with her family and names with meanings? First heart under blade, he was pretty sure Mei meant youngest sister or something, now she was naming a cat Seiki or beginning. Instead of giving it thought he chose to focus on the omelette that Shinobu had slid in front of him. Taking a bite out of it he was surprised to find that it was actually good. Ever since going blind his taste buds had gotten more than a little sensitive to both heat and well spices in general. Yet this omlette was warm and simple. "Where'd you learn to cook?"
"Just through practice." Shinobu shrugged and plopped more eggs into the pan. "Someone has to feed Mei. Do you know how to cook?"
"I know how. It's just gotten hard now that I'm blind. I accidentally put some hot sauce on my hamburger instead of ketchup." The swordsman had finished his omelette by now.
"You may be good at fighting blind but living blind is slightly different." She flipped her omelette onto her own plate before sitting across from her captain."Isn't there anyone around to cook for you or help you?" The girl managed to ask between bites.
"Just me." He shrugged once more. "And you." Thankfully he kept his thoughts to himself. "Alright let's get those bandages changed, your goku-uniform has been cleaned, and I need mine back before you start to make it smell all girly."
"Wait let me finish this first!" She quickly shoved as much of the omelette into her mouth as possible. "Geez what are you my mother?" Shibobu trailed off as something finally dawned on her. "Oh shit I didn't come home last night! My little sister must be so worried!" Shinobu threw the three-star coat off of herself and at Sanageyama as she almost dashed out of the room.
The co-captain of the kendo club didn't get very far as he managed to grab hold of her wrist and yank her back towards him. "Don't get me wrong. As much as I'd love to get you out of here; are you sure you want to storm out of here dressed like that?" He couldn't see her in her underwear but that didn't mean others couldn't. "Change bandages and clothes then go."
He was trying to clear his mind in preperation for the battle. The elite four all stood on their seperate platforms as Ryuko stood on the center platform. This was it, this was the real natural elections. Finally he could prove himself to Lady Satsuki and to finally defeat Ryuko for real this time. However he couldn't focus on the battle or prepare himself for it mentally. Hid thoughts were distracted as he wondered if his little injured co-captain managed to make it home. Idly he ran a hand through his messy green locks before tightening his bandanna for what felt like the fifteenth time that day. It didn't help that his goku uniforms jacket had retained her scent. To others it may not have been obvious but with his enhanced sense of smell it was impossible to ignore. It smelled clean, fresh, utterly feminine, with the faintest of sweet perfumes. This scent better not stay after he transforms or he was gonna have a fit and his co-cpatain was going to be put through countless harsh training exercises.
Time seemed to tick by slowly to him; he was only half paying attention to the battle going on before him. Gamagoori was gonna lose that the swordsman knew for certain. He could feel the sheer willpower oozing off of Ryuko. It excited him to say the least. So the swordsman did his best to focus on that willpower letting it take center stage in his thoughts. He could feel the battle already; it'd be splendid. Finally someone who would give him nice challenge for a change. Of course Ryuko couldn't beat him; she'd just give him a workout. Then after defeating her on the stage that Lady Satsuki had provided him with, he could go back to training that damn co-captain of his. "God damnit get out of my head!" He growled as Gamagoori was tossed off of the stage by Ryuko.
He rushed to get to the stage next but Inumata had beaten him to it. With a frustrated sigh Sanageyama sat himself down again and once more awaited for his opportunity to get down there to that stage. Inumata wasn't a fighter he was a data collecter so of course this match was practically in the bag for Ryuko. It was Jakazure that Sanageyama was worried about. If he didn't get there before that musical pipsqueak then he might not be fighting Ryuko today or ever for that matter.
The moment Inumata forfeited, Sanageyama was on his feet with bamboo blade in hand. The deafening blare of trumpets and various other instruments stopped him. That bitch was making an entrance as she just marched on to his stage. Sanageyama was livid by now; if Jakazure were to defeat Ryuko before he could even have a chance then all of this was for nothing. The man simply tightened his grip on his blade as he listened to the battle to the best of his abilities. Jakazure was loud before he went blind but now? Now she was deafening to his sensitive ears. "Please don't win. Please don't win." The battle between Ryuko and Jakazure had taken to the air now. The Colosseum was shaking from each attack that the girls threw at each other.
Jakuzure was on her last transformation now and was certainly giving Ryuko a hard time but Sanageyama heard something. It was faint at first but he knew that Ryuko was going to win ad the sound grew louder. Jakuzure let out something akin to a shriek as Ryuko's sound overpowered her own.
The swordsman stood up blade in hand and smirk on his face. Jakuzure was knocked out of the ring with goku-uniform destroyed. It was just him and Ryuko now. She had certainly grown after the last few battles but her growth was nothing compared to his. He had much more to fight for than she did...
Cute
Grotesquely cute
He didn't need eyes to know that the girl standing between him and Ryuko was cute. He didn't mean it as a compliment either. The amount of sickeningly adorable dripping off of her made him frown. He hated cute and girly things and this girl with an obnoxiously bubbly voice and attitude was no exception. It didn't help that this cute girl by the name of Nui Harime was the only thing between him and the fight he wanted. With a ferocious roar he brought his blade down upon her only to be deflected by a single swipe of her purple scissor blade. A cold shiver ran down his spine as icy cold fingers touched his transformed goku uniform. The entire thing just shattered at the pull of a single thread; leaving Sanageyama naked and pissed off.
Though he didn't even get a second chance to fight back as he was easily thrown of the stage falling all the way down to the cold hard ground. At least he still had his bamboo blade though that didn't exactly cushion the fall. With a groan of pain and defeat he clambered out of the debris making his way to the stands where the rest of the no-stars were, and to be more specific where the other fallen elite four were. Being blind he couldn't really tell if the others were wearing anything but when Gamagoori shouted at him to put some clothes on he assumed the others had found some spare clothes to wear.
After putting on his own personal athletics clothes he had joined the others in evacuating students from the stands as Ryuko, Nui, and even his Lady Satsuki duked it out. The three of them caused more damage than any of the elite four could ever hope to dish out. Which of course meant that the one and two star students wouldn't survive in such hazardous conditions. "At least Shinobu didn't come to see this disgrace of a battle." He shook his thoughts away from his co-captain and shouted at a cowering group of no-stars hiding behind some rubble. He needed to focus!
The Elite Four managed to clear out all of Honnouji Academy in record time and apparently it was done in just the right amount of time as Satsuki approached the four. As usual he couldn't read what she was feeling or thinking especially after such a battle with both Ryuko and the grand courtier.
"We're beginning the Tri-City Schools Raid Trip."
That meant that they were gonna wear their athletics uniforms! Girls in bloomers!
Oh wait. He was blind. Ah the dilemma.
Well here it is! A tad rushed if I must say so myself. I'm having major writer's block with this chapter and this is the end result. If you can't tell I suck at battle scenes and try to avoid them at all costs tee hee!
Anywho Im super surprised at the number of followers I havefor this story! I can't believe it! I feel honoured but also pressured to please you guys at the same time! I'd love to get feedback from you guys as to where you want this to go!
To that random stranger: I see we have a common anime interest (highfive fellow monogatari fan!) o3o but Shinobu I'm pretty sure translate to heart under blade but Kiss shot is pretty cool though
Thank you once again! -MadokaMagicalGirl politely bows and exits-
