Mystic Dragon Force, Book 3: The Legend of Roku

by Element Writer

Roku and the Dragon Force are back in an all new adventure! It's been 6 months since the attack on Tokyo and Roku still continues to Honnōji Academy. But, now that he left his brothers behind, will he be able to find Nui Harime and stop the Kiryūins' evil plans?

3. Chapter 2: Ryūko and Senketsu

Chapter 2: Ryūko and Senketsu

Well, life has really changed for me. Only the day before, I was coming to Honnōji Academy to find any leads to find Nui Harime, the one who killed my mother over six months ago. The one I was looking for that had these answers was Satsuki Kiryūin, the daughter of Ragyō Kiryūin, the woman responsible for both my parents' deaths. That day, I met up with an old friend and made new ones. One of them was Ryūko Matoi, the daughter of Dr. Isshin Matoi, a scientist who researched in Life Fiber and the man who created my Kamui Soruketsu. With seeing a strength enhancing outfit called a Goku Uniform, I realized that the school was using Life Fibers, the same material used for Soruketsu. Later, I found out I wasn't the only one searching for answers. Ryūko told me she came to Honnōji Academy in search for her father's killer, the only clue in finding them being a person wielding the other half of a giant pair of scissors created by him. Seeing how our goals were the same, we decided to team up to fight Satsuki and get our answers. In that moment, we managed to find Dr. Matoi's lab along with Senketsu, a Kamui the doc made for Ryūko. After this one event, we returned to Honnōji academy and, working together and using the power of our Kamuis, we managed to defeat Takaharu Fukuroda, the captain of the boxing club, and destroy his Goku Uniform. And now, we stand before Satsuki Kiryūin, ready to get the answers we were looking for.

"Roku Ryū, new girl, where did you get your hands on those outfits?" Satsuki said to me and Ryūko as she looked down on us.

Ryūko then picked up the mike that Fukuroda dropped when he was fighting us and grabbed it before speaking to the Kiryūin.

"We got them from my father." She said, using the mike to amplify her voice.

"Really?" Satsuki asked her.

"Yeah, really." Ryūko answered her before she put up her Scissor Blade in front of her. "And are you seeing this Scissor Blade? It was left by the same scumbag that killed him!"

I then put my hand over to her, letting her know that I wanted to say a little something to Satsuki.

"Yeah, that's right." I said after Ryūko passed me the mike. "These uniforms and this Scissor Blade are all that remain of the work of her old man, a man that was like family to me. I have no doubt that the one who killed him was a lowlife you Kiryūins hired to do like you hired Harime to try and kill me! Now you're gonna tell us who possess the other half and where the hell is Nui Harime!"

"And don't you think we'll take no for an answer." Ryūko said after she took the mike back as we both glared at Satsuki, her pointing the Scissor Blade straight at her. "We won't stop until we get our answers, Satsuki Kiryūin."

"Ryūko Matoi, bearing that name is proof." Satsuki said, no doubt speaking to Ryūko. "You are Isshin Matoi's daughter."

"I knew it." Ryūko said as she glared at Satsuki, now knowing that the Kiryūin knew the doc's name. "You knew who my father was!"

"Ryūko!" I said as I heard her groan and saw her fall to her knees as she used her Scissor Blade to support herself, me kneeling down to make sure she was okay.

"You're bleeding too much, Ryūko." Senketsu said to her.

"You said you wanted blood." Ryūko said to the Kamui. "You're getting full now?"

"No." he said to her. "But in about five minutes, you're about to lose consciousness."

"What?!" Ryūko yelled out in shock.

"Ryūko, listen." I said as she then looked at me. "Your Kamui needs to drink your blood in order for you to use his powers. This is your first time wearing it, so you won't last long. I know you want to get your answers, but that'll have to wait. We need to get out of here so you can recover."

We glared at Satsuki as she continued to look down on us, me growling at her while Ryūko groaned as she was reaching her limit.

Satsuki's view

"Don't you think you're out of this, Kiryūin. We'll be back tomorrow!" Ryū said to me as I watched him help Matoi to her feet, her using him for support. "Until then, prepare yourself!" I then looked to see him pull out another one of those smoke bombs. "For you are in for a world of hurt."

From there, he then tossed it on the ground, concealing him and Matoi from clear sight. We then smokescreen cleared, they were gone. Like before, they had escaped once again. I heard Sanageyama growl as I looked down to see him trying to send the members of the boxing club after Ryū and Matoi.

"After them!" Sanageyama said as he ordered the boxing club to capture Ryū and Mario. "Don't let them leave the city!"

Seeing how it was pointless as they had already escaped once, I decided to put an end to the useless search, using the light of my Oni strength to bring their attention to me.

"Don't bother." I said, stopping both him and the boxing club from leaving the courtyard.

"My lady…" Sanageyama said to me as he shield his eyes from the light.

"They'll be back eventually." I said to him as I then turned to return to my quarters. "Leave them be 'til then."

Though it was from a distance, embracing my heritage allowed me to hear Sanageyama as I left the balcony.

"Lady Satsuki, you're as dazzling as always." He said as I then went through the doors.

After reaching my own private quarters, I sat down as Soroi came in with a fresh pot of tea.

"Your tea, miss." My most loyal butler said to me as he poured me a cup. "Careful, it's hot."

"So the new girl and the new boy have Kamuis." I said after taking a sip, smiling as now life at this school has become interesting.

Roku's view

After managing to escape from the academy and seeing they weren't chasing us, me and Ryūko decided to take the trolley back to the ground level of the city. After getting there, I saw Ryūko finally pass out from blood loss as she then let go of the railing and began falling to the ground.

"Got ya." I said as I then caught her, held her bridal style, and looked around for a hospital or at least a medical clinic. "Man, where's a clinic when you need it?"

"No way!" I said as I looked to see some kids come over to us. "It's the half-naked guy and the half-naked chick!"

"Uh, hey!" I said to the kids as they surrounded us. "Do you know where I can find a doctor?"

"Oh, sure. But it'll cost ya." One of those kids said as him and his buddies laughed.

"Don't you get any ideas." I said as I held Ryūko more protectively, not liking the looks on these kids. "Just tell me where I can go to get this girl medical attention."

"I can help!" I heard a voice said as I looked and gasped in shock from who it was.

"It's you!" I said as I saw it Mako's little brother Matarō.

Okay, I know this might flipping ahead, but I'm gonna give a little quick story on how it went. So Matarō told me his dad could help Ryūko as he owned a clinic. Seeing it as my only option to get some medical help, I let the kid lead me to the clinic. When we got there, I saw it wasn't much of a clinic as much as a shack with a neon sign that says "Mankanshoku Back-Alley Clinic". I know it was a sketchy place, but what other choice did I have? There, I met up with Mako again along with their parents and their dad decided to help me patch Ryūko up. I told him to gives a little privacy as I needed to deactivate Senketsu's transformation. To do this, Sōru would need to use her Life Fibers to find the switch that did it. Though, for her to actually find the switch on Senketsu, she had to make direct contact with Senketsu while she was still in her true form. Which meant, because she was on me, I had to…feel up Ryūko. And before you come up with that assumption, I'm serious when I say I only rubbed my fingers on her body and that I did nothing sexually perverted. Like I said before, my mother raised me to be a gentleman. So I know not to take advantage of a girl like that. I only rubbed where the Kamui was, never stopped anywhere, and moved from one part of her body to the next like a snake on a tree. I know how to do this because it was like making a vase with a spinner.

You see, I'm the artist of my family. Ever since I was a kid about Matarō's age, I've been able to make great works of art. It's my own little hobby. Though, with that said, it doesn't mean that I liked touching Ryūko like that. I was so embarrassed and ashamed. I couldn't believe I felt up a girl while she was unconscious! Ryūko was even moaning from it. Though it was wrong to think that way while doing it, I couldn't help but think how amazing her skin felt. I also couldn't help but think how soft her boobs felt as my hands did those constant laps on her body. After a while of that, Sōru finally found the switch. Turned out it was on the center of the chest plate. After finding it, I pulled it and Senketsu turned back to normal. After that, I told Matarō and Mako's dad it was safe to come in and he helped me bandage her up. With this, I got her a pillow and a blanket so she could rest up until she had the strength to wake up. After looking around the place, I came back to check on Ryūko and found Matarō and Mako's dad lying on Ryūko and breathing on her like a creep. With this, I smacked him off and told him that Ryūko was still recovering. There's one detail I left out when I got to that clinic with Ryūko, but I'm gonna leave that after Ryūko wakes up. You're gonna be as surprised as I was once I tell you about it.

Ryūko's view

I couldn't remember anything after getting on that trolley. Guess I passed out like Senketsu said. Though when I woke up, I heard some guys talking.

"Dude, give her some air!" one of them said with a voice that sounded familiar. "She's already lost a lot of blood."

"Boy, I'll say." The other guy said. "You were right to bring her over."

When I saw one of them was over, I gasped in shock as I thought this was some perv pouncing on me and punched him in the face as he looked at me, sending him into the ceiling before he fell back onto the floor.

"Ow!" he said as he then got up and held his nose where I saw it was Roku. "My nose!"

"Roku!" I said to him as I didn't know it was him and was worried about him. "Oh, crap, I'm sorry! Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'll live." He said as he looked at me, uncovered his face to reveal his bloody nose. "Man, I see you have a trigger like me."

"Well, I am the crazy bitch from Kanto with the Scissor…" I said I then reached back to get my Scissor Blade, but, when I did, I found out it was gone and looked around for it. "Wait, where's my scissor?"

"Here you go." Mako said as she came over and handed me its case.

"Thanks." I said before I realized it was her. "Wait, Mako? What are you doing here?"

"I live here." She said to me.

"What?" I said, shocked I was in her house before I wondered about how I got there. "Wait, how did I get here?"

"You passed out on the trolley, so I carried you here to this clinic so you can get treated." Roku said to me as he explained.

"Thanks, Roku." I said to him, smiling gratefully at him.

"No problem." He said to me before he pointed to some fat guy sitting across from me with his thumb. "And you can also thank me for not having you to wake up with him laying on top of you, breathing like he ran a marathon."

"Wait, what?" she said confused by this.

"Dad, what were you doing laying on Ryūko?" Mako said as he went to him.

"Dad?" I said, shocked that the guy was her dad. "Wait, he's your dad?"

Roku's view

Okay, before I get to telling this, I'm gonna tell ya who that fat guy is. That there is Mako and Matarō's dad, Barazō Mankanshoku. He looked like you classic overweight dad but with dark brown hair, a bandage on his nose, glasses over the bandage, and your classic business man uniform with a beige jacket. Well, all except for the pants as he just wore his vertical pink-striped, white boxers. Me and Ryūko sat next to each other in front of the door as Mako and her dad sat across from us.

"Yeah, and he's also a pervert." I said to her, glaring at Barazō. "One of things I can't stand are perverts." I then got rid of that glare as I looked at Ryūko with a smile, impressed by how hard she punched me. "And you're lucky you punched me instead of him." I wiped the blood of my face with Sōru and my Kamui absorbed it like a sponge. "With the strength you use, you would've had him seeing stars. Seriously, that's one heck of a punch."

"Boy, I'll say." Mako said as she smiled gratefully at us. "I don't know what would've happened if you two didn't save my life."

"Hey, it was no problem, cuz." I said to her.

"'Cuz'? Why'd you call her that?" Ryūko asked me, no doubt confused by that.

"Well, I just found out that I have family here in Honnō Town." I answered her.

"Wait, seriously?" she said before she looked around and then back at me. "Where are they?"

"Um…" I said as I looked to Mako and her dad with an awkward smile.

She looked at the way I was looking at the two in front of us and after a while of looking between me and them, she soon yelped out in shock as she finally put the pieces together.

"Wait, you're related to these guys?!" she said to me as pointed between me and the two in shock.

"That's right. They're from my mother's side of the family." I said with a more proud smile before motioning to Mako. "Mako's my cousin."

"Your cousin?" she asked me still shocked.

"Uh-huh." I nodded before motioning to Mako's dad. "And the man right there is my uncle, Barazō Mankanshoku."

満艦飾 薔薇蔵

[Barazō Mankanshoku]

"Glad to meet ya." My uncle said as he gave Ryūko a thumbs up.

"Hey, Matarō! Get over here!" I said as Mako's little brother came over to us before I then spoke to Ryūko. "I think you remember Mako's little brother."

満艦飾又郎

[Matarō Mankanshoku]

"Hey!" Matarō said as he greeted Ryūko before speaking to both of us. "You guys were totally badass! Swinging that Scissor Blade around and pounding that guy's face in while dressed like hookers." He then spoke to me as Ryūko then glared at him with a blush. "Never thought I see that, especially with my own cousin." He then spoke to Ryūko. "And only a psycho would fight with her boobs hanging out."

"Shut it!" Ryūko said as she punched Matarō in the head, knocking him to the floor. "I got my reasons for that, you dick."

"Why'd you do that for?" Matarō said to her as he laid on the ground in pain. "I helped Roku get your half-naked ass here."

"Maybe it's because you said she looked like a hooker and mentioned her boobs were hanging out." Sōru said to him in a snarky voice.

"Yeah? And who asked you, you damn cloth!" Matarō said as he got up and glared angrily at Sōru.

"Wait, hold on." She said to me as she saw Matarō talking to Sōru. "Roku, is he talking to your Kamui?"

"Yeah, why?" I said to her with a raised eyebrow.

"How can he hear her when I can't?" she asked me.

"It's because of my blood." I answered her, giving her what I knew about communicating with a Kamui. "Because it's flowing though Soruketsu right now, only me and those who share my blood can understand her. Because Mako and Matarō are my blood-cousins, they can hear her voice. In your case, the only person who would be able to understand Senketsu there would be your father. Because he's gone, you're the only who can who can understand your Kamui." I then looked to Senketsu as I had to bet he was disappointed about it. "Sorry about that, Senketsu."

"Wait, what about your uncle? Can he understand her too?"

"No. He's no direct blood relative of mine. He's only a part of my family through marriage."

"But wait, if he's not actually related to you, then who is?" she said as the door opened behind her and the only member of the Mankanshoku family (besides Mako and Matarō) that was related to me walked in, wearing a pink dress with a white apron over it and a seafoam green jacket over it and having the same light brown hair as Mako and Matarō. This was Mako and Matarō's mom, Sukuyo.

"That would be me." She said as we turned to look at her holding a tray with what I thought to be tea. "And if beating the bejesus out of my hubby and Matarō makes you feel better, you just go right on ahead."

"Wait, so you're…" Ryūko said before Sukuyo confirmed it.

"That's right." she said to her with a cheerful smile. "I'm Roku's aunt. Sukuyo Mankanshoku, pleased to meet you."

満艦飾 好代

[Sukuyo Mankanshoku]

"Nice to meet you too." Ryūko said, a little unsure as she was still processing it all.

I then heard a meow and watched as mayhem came in, jumped into Ryūko's lap, and starting purring as he rubbed against her.

"Hey, there, Mayhem." She said as she petted my cat as he laid in her lap, before looking to me and talked about my aunt. "So she's actually part of your mom's family?"

"Yeah," I said as I motioned to my aunt, "she's actually my mom's twin sister."

"Wait, seriously?" Ryūko said as she looked at Sukuyo with shock.

"That's right." my aunt said in a bright mood. "Mikoto and I were so close. I used to visit her back into Tokyo, even managing to meet my little nephew. But, when we moved to Honnō Town, we lost touch."

"So when Mako told me Roku was attending Honnōji Academy, I decided to tell her everything." Her smile faded as she looked to me, wiping away a tear from her eye. "It really breaks my heart to hear that she and Shinigami had passed." She then regained her smile as she kept on looking to me. "But at least I finally managed to reunite with little Ro-Ro."

"Aunt Sukuyo!" I angrily said to her for saying that in front of Ryūko.

I heard her snicker and looked to her as she looked at me with an amused smile said "Ro-Ro?"

"It's a nickname she gave me when I was little." I said as I hanged my head in depression before I lifted it up to look at her as I got angry with hearing her giggling. "Hey, that's not funny!"

"Oh, come on." She said to me with a smile. "It's a little funny."

I growled at her as I blushed, just feeling embarrassed for her learning of that nickname, one I was embarrassed about because I was 17 now and not a little kid anymore.

After that, we all gathered up in the dining room for diner.

"What the…" Ryūko said as she noticed the bandages on her.

"You can thank my uncle for the bandages." I said to her. "Turns out he's a back alley doctor."

"Yeah, he's claim to be famous that he's killed more patients than he saves." Mako said to Ryūko as she then looked as nervous as I was when I heard that.

"Yeah, still doesn't make things sound better." I said to my cousin as I tried to keep my smile. "Don't really have good experience with back alley doctors."

"Please, at least the dead ones can't sue the crap out of you, am I right or am I right?" Barazō said with a reassuring smile.

"That's right." Sukuyo said as she came in, shoving my uncle a bit as she placed a large soup pot filled with what kinda looked like boiling mud at the table. "I hope you two are hungry. It's not fancy, but it's filling."

"Dig in. My mom's the best cook in the world." Mako said to us as she brought us plates of these things that looked like clumps of dirt with worms in them. "Over there, you got some croquets filled with I don't know what," she then pointed to the pot as me and Ryūko nervously gulped, "and in the pot, there's miso soup with all sorts of unknown things in it!"

"Oh, don't listen to her." Sukuyo said to us, trying to reassure us. "I only use non-poisonous ingredients."

"Better hurry before it's all gone." Matarō said as he chowed down and chugged down his bowl of soup like no tomorrow.

Even though they said it was good, the sight of it actually made me miss Wu's cooking and this was the guy who could make anything from what he found in the sewers.

"What do you think, Mayhem?" I said as I held a plate of this stuff to Mayhem, making my cat back yowl in disgust after he sniffed it.

"Well, it can't be worse than Wu's cooking, right?" I said to my cat as he looked at me with concern as I held the plate in front of me.

"Who's Wu?" Ryūko asked me.

"One of my brothers." I answered her.

"Oh, that's right, you said you had brothers." She said to me. "Was he really that bad of a cook?"

"Ever tried a bowl of worms and algae?" I said, making her groan in disgust as I then grabbed one of those croquets with the chopsticks I had. "Yeah. Had to swallow it down my gullet just so I didn't hurt his feelings." I then looked to whatever I was about to bite into. "Well, down the hatch. Aah…"

I was just about to bite into it until I heard a bark behind me and Ryūko and I looked to see a dog wearing a grey hoodie standing there before he hopped on my lap and began eating the food on my plate like crazy.

"Whoa!" Mako said as she saw this before she then grabbed the dog, opened a window, and tossed him outside with Barazō closing it. "Down, Guts! Bad boy! You're going outside."

Though the dog managed to back inside as I saw squeeze through the other side of the window which was opened a bit, jumping over to the table before he hopped on Ryūko's lap and began what was eating on her plate like he did with mine.

ガッツ

[Guts]

"Um, who's this?" I asked to everyone as the dog began licking Ryūko's plate clean.

"Oh, that's our dog, Guts." Matarō said as he introduced me and Ryūko to the dog. "He eats with a lots of gusto, so that's why we call him Guts."

I then heard Guts grunt in confusion before he started sniffing the air. After a while, he stopped sniffing as he looked at Mayhem. The dog then growled at Mayhem before he then ran right at him, my cat yowling in fright as he then ran away from the dog.

"Hey, you! Leave Mayhem alone!" I said to Guts as the dog as he chased mayhem around the table.

"Eat up, you two." Barazō said to me and Ryūko as he kept on eating. "You're looking pale after all that bandaging."

He was right, but we weren't pale from the bandaging.

"Don't just sit there, guys, eat!" Mako said as she then stuffed our mouths up with food.

Though, after taking a bite out of those croquet, we found out that they weren't have bad. After sharing what we thought of the taste, we shared a laugh with the Mankanshokus.

Ryūko's view

After dinner, we all then head off to get some shut eye. Though, as everyone else slept and snored, I couldn't even close my eyes. I was still thinking about what happened and about Senketsu.

"Hey, you." I said to my uniform as he hanged above me, whispering so I didn't wake anybody up. "You awake?"

But he didn't say anything. He just hanged there, not even moving at all. As I just laid there, I just couldn't help but wish that I knew more about what Senketsu was. Then I looked to the door and saw a light shining. I guess was up, but I wondered why they had a light with them. With that, I decided to see who it was, putting on the robe Roku gave me in case I went walking around the house. He had two of these for something like this and, because I didn't have any pajamas, he gave me one of them. I was grateful for that as I didn't have to be walking around in my underwear. I found the light in the dining and, when I looked in there, I saw it was Roku sitting at the table wearing the other robe he had. He had this depressed look as he held this tea cup with a lit candle in the middle. I was curious of what he was doing up, so I decided to talk to him.

"Roku?" I said as he turned and saw me.

"Ryūko." He said to me before he smiled at me. "Couldn't sleep either, huh?"

"No." I said, looking at the floor.

"Neither can I." he said to me as I looked at him again. "Not with all of them snoring. So I made myself some tea to quell my troubled mind. Would like to join me?"

I thought for a moment before I agreed to it. He then got me a cup and poured some tea for me. As we sat there, I decided to talk about Senketsu.

"Roku?" I said as he looked up at me after he took a sip. "I've been meaning to ask you. What exactly is Senketsu?"

"I told you before." He said to me. "He's a Kamui. Just like Sōru."

"Yeah, but what is a Kamui?" I asked him.

"With that, it's a long story." He said to me. "But I'm gonna give you the short version." He took a sip of his tea before talking to me again. "A few billion years ago, the Life Fibers came to Earth."

"Life Fibers?" I asked him.

"Life Fibers are this kind of thread-like, symbiotic, alien parasite that uses energy from its host to survive." He said to me.

生命戦維

[Life Fiber]

"But, like in every symbiotic relationship, the Fibers not only feed on the host's energy, they also caused the host to adapt to new conditions." Roku said to me. "It started with us Dragons, while we were still starting out like a common lizard, walking among the ground."

"Wait, what are talking about? Dragons?"

He sighed before he said "Ryūko…the truth is…I'm not human."

"What?" I said, confused by this.

"I'm a…Dragon."

I laughed a little from this because I thought he was joking until I saw that serious look on his face. I then watched as he then twirled his finger around, making this little swirl of light. He then flung it across the room and I was shocked that it left a scorch mark on the wall.

"What the hell? How did you do that?"

"Dragon Magic. A power all Dragons are born with. Why do you think my last name is Ryū?"

"Ryū…means 'Dragon'." I said as I finally realized he was telling the truth. "So…you really are a Dragon?"

"Yes."

"But I thought Dragons were these huge, flying, fire-breathing lizards."

"That's because I'm descended from them."

"Really?"

"Yeah, And because of their blood coursing through me, I have their power."

"Well, that's cool. So you were saying about these Life whatever?"

"Life Fibers and they are what turned us into what you came to know in legend. After they started clinging onto us, we began to change and morph into a new species. Forcing us to learn how to stand on two legs, the ability to climb and jump, and eventually flight. They also caused us to grow bigger. But it wasn't long until they move on to a new target. After causing an ape to stand on two feet, its species began to mimic it. After a few centuries, that species became known as the human race."

"You mean these Life Fibers caused evolution? Whoa!"

"Whoa, indeed. But they were dangerous. Like any parasite, once they're done with their host, they move on. With this certain kind of parasite, if it kept on going, then the Earth itself would be destroyed by them."

"Are you serious?" I asked him, shocked that would actually happen.

"Yes. I couldn't believe it myself until I heard it." he answered.

"So what happened to the Life Fibers?"

"Not sure. When human civilization began, they became dormant, but leaving behind an imprint on both humans and Dragons alike."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, with our evolution, some of us Dragons develop the ability to turn into human form and… Well, you know how we usually wear clothes?"

"Yeah?"

"That's the imprint. They gave us a sense of shame."

"Oh. But what does this have to with Senketsu or any of this?"

"Because Life Fibers are what are being used right now."

"What?" I said to him, shocked to hear that.

"I couldn't tell you much before because we were short on time. You remember how that boxer's glove managed to survive your attack?"

"Yeah. It was like made of metal." I said as I remembered that guy blocking me from before.

"Well, it should be considered as hard as steel." He said as he took another sip of his tea. "That uniform he was wearing…it had Life Fibers in it."

"Say what? Are you saying that guy was using Life Fibers?"

"Yeah. I learned that, when Life Fibers are combined together, they can form into a material that can withstand just about anything."

"How do you know that?"

"Because Soruketsu is made out of them."

"What?" I said, couldn't believe what he was saying. That suit he was wearing…the one he beat used to beat that guy…was made of the stuff that boxer was using?

"That's right. And it's the same with Senketsu. Kamuis are made completely out of Life Fibers. Which makes them stronger than anything. Because of this, they need a new source of energy from their wearers. Their blood." He said as he told me how exactly a Kamui worked. "As being a form of essence, the blood of the wearer is the only thing that can unleash a Kamui's full potential, allowing them to achieve their true form. I'm not sure what extent of Life Fibers there are in the ranked uniforms, but it's enough for them to out-match an average opponent such as a No-Star. But it's not enough for their power to match a Kamui. That's why the gloves shattered when they hit us. Our Kamuis were too thick for them to get through."

"Now I get it. So Satsuki is using Life Fibers?"

"Apparently. You know, there's a reason why your father created those Kamuis. He created mine so I could handle the world out there. Guess he meant so I can also be able to fight against the power of Life Fibers. He told you that you would keep up the fight when he gave you that blade, right?"

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Well, there's no doubt in my mind he was working on Senketsu." He said to me. "Your weapon is able to counter Life Fibers, like when you used it to destroy that Goku Uniform. So, in case you're gonna be a part of his fight, he wanted to make sure that you could have the strength to do so. It's also pretty dangerous work when it comes to Life Fibers. Basically, your dad was putting his life on the line to make sure there was a way for people to fight back against Life Fibers. That's why he sent you to bordering school, so he can work on your Kamui without you getting hurt. It also explains why there were piles of clothes all over his lab. Those clothes must've been part of earlier experiments. It takes a while to make and perfect a Kamui. I mean it took him 5 years just to make Soruketsu. He must've spent years making Senketsu. And, luckily, he finished him in the exact time that you grew up. When you would take up the fight and battle against the power of Life Fibers. Like the old saying, 'sometimes you got to fight fire with fire.' Meaning fighting Life Fibers with Life Fibers."

With this, I was actually shocked. This whole time that I hated my dad because I thought he didn't want me, but he was just trying to protect me. He actually cared for me.

"Whoa." I said, trying to absorb all this. "So my old man did care for me after all. But still, when Senketsu transforms, why does he look like a sleazy, garter belted bikini?"

"That part wasn't in your dad's plan." He said to me. "Believe me, I had to go through the same thing with Soruketsu."

"Yeah, I saw that." I said, remembering when he changed his Kamui. "But why do they look like that?"

"Because it's dangerous to become completely covered in Life Fibers." He said. "Doing that is suicide. Two experiments proved that."

"What were they?" I asked.

"The first was of placing Life Fibers inside a living being." He said to me, making me gasp in shock. They actually tried to put those Fibers…inside of people? "With the first experiment, they did it with a lab rat. Apparently, the Life Fibers give off a sort of electrical charge when attached to organic tissue, such as skin or muscles. Ever seen a toad move when electricity was placed into it? It's the same thing but on a more advanced scale. How else do you think we evolved? The Life Fiber forced us to."

"Why did they do that for?" I asked.

"The more evolved mind of the host, the more energy they can take." He said.

"Okay, I guess that makes sense." I took a sip from the cup before I asked "So how did the experiment go?"

"How else?" he said to me. "The rat couldn't handle the energy from the Life Fibers from within its body. Basically, the Fibers electrocuted it from the inside out. So it proved that Life Fibers could kill someone when they're placed inside the body. So the only way to use them is by wearing them. The second experiment was how much Life Fibers a person can take on their own body before it overwhelmed them. It proved that if there's too much Life Fibers on your body, you lose control completely and become nothing but a mindless slave to them."

Hearing that just actually scared me. Being controlled like that? Really gives me a chill.

"Luckily, that's not the case with a Kamui." He said to me. "You see, to make sure that they don't completely cover the wearer, they leave parts of the body exposed. That way, they can be used without any casualties."

"Okay, but why does he make me look like a whore?" I asked him, still not liking how Senketsu made me look.

"That's the other thing: the Kamui's true form is only based on its wearer." He told me. "It represents how they act, how they live, how they behave. Basically, they reflect who the wearer is. You told me yourself. You're a punk. And that form say 'punk' all over it."

"Huh." I said as I smiled a bit seeing it really was my style. "I guess you're right." but I just glared as I was still embarrassed Senketsu had to be that way. "Though I wish it wasn't so embarrassing."

"Yeah, you weren't exactly excited when you first put him on." Roku said to me as he took a sip from his cup. "But I get where you're coming from. Wasn't really into it when I first saw Soruketsu's true form. Felt embarrassed really. But, after 2 years with her, I got used to it. Doesn't bother me at all anymore."

"Well then I don't think I'll ever get used to Senketsu." I said to him as it was true.

"Unfortunately, we don't have time to wait for you to be comfortable with his true form." He said to me. "In this situation, we have no time for patience. If you want to fight, you need to get used to wearing the Kamui." He then got up from the table, taking the candle off it. "Now let's get some rest. Got another day for us at the academy."

"Right." I smiled at him as we both left the dining room and went to get some shut eye.

As we were walking, I got to think that Roku was really a cool guy.

Roku's view

Over the next few days, me and Ryūko ended up having a little trouble at the academy. After beating Fukuroda, his club members began trying to avenge him by beating us. With them, it was like fighting an army of soldiers in war. Though this made perfect time me to teach Ryūko to fight without her Kamui. Sure we didn't beat them like we did with their captain, but we managed to get their Goku Uniforms. Once my brothers got there, I would have Ais examine them to see if he could find anything about them that we could use against anyone using these things. The way we traveled was the way I was taught by Master Splinter: the way of the ninja. Which translates to taking the rooftops in Honnō Town up to the academy. One day, we finally defeated all the members of the boxing club and got the last of their 1-Star Goku Uniforms. I had to guess the reason they didn't have them anymore was because Satsuki was so disappointed in them that she wasn't willing to give them another chance. With that, Ryūko had finally got it down and was ready to fight just like me. For tomorrow, we were gonna take it easy and take the trolley. With that club done for, there's no need to rush up there anymore.

Satsuki's view

It had been a few days since Ryū and Matoi defeated Fukuroda and now they had defeated all members of the boxing club. It would be simple to give them new uniforms, but I cannot allow weaklings who fail me to possess a Goku Uniform. As such, I now need a new club to represent Honnōji Academy. Which is why had come to the sewing club so that I will give a captain a chance to represent the Academy.

"The masses, they're such fools." I said as I walked with Iori through the club, the club members working on new Goku Uniforms bellow me as I spoke about those who live in the city. "Pigs in human clothes domesticated by establishment. They were born to be governed by myself and Honnōji academy. Using the Goku Uniforms as our weapons, we will carve a path to humanity's future. I've always marveled at how our school makes students wear military-inspired uniforms. The boys' high-collared uniform come from the army and the girls' uniform comes from the navy. In our country, the uniforms the youth are forced to wear are just for learning. But, at Honnōji Academy, we have designed our uniforms for combat. They will become our symbol of our control over the pigs. You, members of sewing club, are at the heart of our conquest and liberation of humanity. Take care as you work."

"Thank you for your words of encouragement, my lady." Iori said to me as he stood behind me.

"Tennis Club Captain, Omiko Hakodate, Senior Class T, reporting." Hakodate said to me as she bowed with Sanageyama by her side. I had asked him to fetch her for me.

"Are you ready for the Hokkaido interleague match?" I asked her.

"Yes, ma'am." She said to me without turning to her. "The club members are training hard as we speak. Those northern hicks will feel the might of Honnōji Academy and you, Lady Satsuki. They'll be shaking in their shoes."

"We gone through a lot of trouble to hide the goal of this match." Sanageyama said to her. "If the tennis club wins, the academy gets control over all of northern Japan. So don't screw this up."

"Understood, sir." She said to him.

With this, I then told Iori to present the captain her reward for all her hard work.

"A gift from Lady Satsuki: a Tennis-Spec, Athleticism-Augmenting 2-Star Goku Uniform." Iori said to Hakodate as he presented her 2-Star Goku Uniform.

"Ah! I'm getting my own 2-Star Goku Uniform?" Hakodate said as she gasped with surprise. "I'm honored! Thank you, my lady."

"Just see to it you succeed." I told her.

"Without a doubt, my lady." She said as I then left for my quarters. "I'll make sure the tennis club trains ever harder. We will win the match at all cost."

"Why don't you wear a Goku Uniform, miss?" Soroi asked me as he pour me a cup of tea. "You're more than worthy."

"I have my sword." I said to him. "It is more than sufficient for me."

"Then perhaps it is a question of a uniform worthy of you." He said to me. As I took a sip of my tea, I thought of it and he was correct. For all my life, I have only thought of one uniform that would be for me, one created by my father.

Roku's view

That morning, I woke up to Mako freaking out as she got dressed and eating breakfast at the same time.

"Oh, my God! Ryūko, Roku, wake up!" she said to me and Ryūko as she woke up. "We have to hurry and eat breakfast! If I'm late for school again, I'm gonna get expelled! Hurry! Hurry!"

"Good morning." I sarcastically said as me and Ryūko got out of bed.

After we got dressed, the three of us then got on the trolley and rode it straight to the academy. As we traveled, I watched as we went through the other districts, the other three making the No-Star District look a complete dump in comparison and each of the top three districts looking more fancy and high class than the first. It was there I noticed the gap between the higher class and the lower class. I wasn't the only one who noticed this.

"Big gap between the rich and poor here." Ryūko said to herself as we rode the trolley, looking at the districts as we passed them.

"You're telling me." I said to her as I heard what she said.

"That's because the city's ruled over by Lady Satsuki." Mako said to us.

"Wait, what?" I said, shocked to hear that Satsuki ran the entire city. "You means she's in charge of the entire city?"

"Uh-huh." She said as she nodded. "The top tier students live in the prissy area. Lower tier students like us live in the slums."

"Your status here at school determines where you live?" Ryūko asked, just as surprised as I was.

"Mm-hmm." Mako answered, smiling like nothing was wrong with it. "Pretty straight forward, isn't it?"

"More like damn-right crooked." I said, still couldn't believe what I was hearing. "What is this world coming to? Nobody should be miserable because of school status. This place is a mad house. You can't make somebody live where you want them. People are supposed to be free to choose where they live."

After that, we managed to get to the academy and went straight through the doors.

"Oh, that reminds me." Mako said as we walked into the courtyard. "Hey, Ryūko, Roku."

"Hm?" I said as the three of us stopped and me and Ryūko turned to Mako to hear what she had to say.

"My mom said that, ʹcause we're family and if you need…" she said before she was then got nailed in the face with 6 of these round, green things. I couldn't tell because they were moving too fast for me to see.

"Whoa! /Uh!" me and Ryūko said, shocked that Mako had something tossed at her like that.

"A place to…" Mako said as she continued, pausing for a moment to groan in pain as she was hit with a barrage of those things. "Stay…" She was then hit with another barrage. "Then that…" then another. "Is cool…" then another. "If you two stay…" then another. "With us…" She then gasped as she was then hit with another barrage. "If you want."

"I think we got bigger things to worry about." Ryūko said as Mako's face was now completely covered in bruises.

After Mako collapsed and Ryūko kneeled down to make sure she was okay, I looked down and managed to see what it was that hit her. It turned out to be…a tennis ball.

"A tennis ball?" I said as I picked it up, confused by how a tennis ball came in flying like that.

When I looked to where it came from, I saw a girl tennis player with long, blonde hair style in pigtails wearing a green lens periscope on her right eye and had what looked like a bunch of tennis balls under skirt, making the bottom of the skirt look large than her waist she also held this giant glowing red tennis racket with spikes on it. I saw the two star symbol on her uniform, one big star on her chest and a smaller one on her stomach with is left point intersecting with the bottom point of the bigger point down there. Seeing the same symbol on her hat, I saw it was another one of those club captains around the academy. She stood there with malicious smile as she had an entourage of 15 1-Star tennis club members behind her. Seeing that was a tennis club, I realized it was them who sent those tennis balls at Mako.

"Okay, what's the big idea?" I said to the captain with an angry glare.

"Huh. I take it you're the new students who were rude to Lady Satsuki." She said, talking about both me and Ryūko.

"Yeah, we're the ones who called her out." I said to her, speaking for both me and Ryūko. "Who are you?"

"Well, I'm the Captain of the Girls' Tennis Club, Omiko Hakodate." She said to me. "Pleased to meet ya."

女子テニス艇艇長 函館 臣子

[Girls' Tennis Club Captain, Omiko Hakodate]

"As a member of the club, Mako Mankanshoku hasn't fulfilled her obligations, so we're purging the girl." She said to us as Mako managed to recover and Ryūko helped her up.

"You're part of one of these whack-job clubs?" I said to my cousin with a look of shock as she gave me an awkward smile.

"What she do that was so wrong?" Ryūko asked Hakodate, just as pissed off as I was for what she and her club members did to Mako.

"Oh, she skipped club practice a few days ago." She said to us, making both me and Ryūko realize she was talking about when Mako got kidnapped by Fukuroda. "And anyone who fails to come to practice will suffer the 110 Million Cannonball Serves. But you two aren't even in the club, so but out!"

"What?!" Ryūko said, just as angry as I was right now. "Mako wasn't at practice that day because that jammed-up boxer was holding her hostage!"

"Yeah, well she needed permission for that." Hakodate said to us before speaking to her underlings. "Begin."

In an instant, all the club members started taking out tennis rackets before hitting them and sending them flying at Mako with their rackets.

With this, I had Sōru hand me my Tonfa and me and Ryūko moved in to stop those tennis balls from hitting Mako, me batting them away with my Tonfa while Ryūko used her weapons case as a shield.

"Are you kidding me?!" Ryūko said as we kept on blocking the tennis balls.

"Yeah, this is getting ridiculous!" I said as we kept on blocking them before speaking to my cousin. "Mako, we got this. Better split or you're gonna be late."

"Okay." Mako said as she then ran off to make it to class. "Thanks so much! I'll see you guys later!"

"Hm!" I smiled as the tennis club sending tennis balls at us, just a bit amused by how my cousin was there.

"So does this mean you two want to take her place?" Hakodate said to us.

"Might as well." Ryūko said to the captain. "I kinda owe her for dinner and a bed."

"Yeah and nobody does that to my cousin and gets away with it." I said to the captain, getting into fighting stance.

"You're that little moron's cousin?" She said to me, that damn smile still on her face. "Then I guess I can make an exception with you." She then spoke to both of us. "You're funny. But if you think you're hot stuff just because you beat Fukuroda, think again."

"Ha! We're gonna shred those Goku Uniforms right off your bodies!" Ryūko said in determination as she then got into stance. "Come on, Senketsu!"

After she said that, nothing happened. Senketsu didn't transform like last time. I was actually a bit confused when Ryūko didn't transform.

"Hey, Senketsu." Ryūko said as she tried to get Senketsu to transform. "Come on, let's do this. What's wrong with you, man?"

I was very confused by this. I thought she already knew how to transform. She should be using her synchronizer, but instead she's trying to get Senketsu to do it for her which made no sense for Senketsu transforming on his own from when she first put him on was a one-time deal and she had to do it herself by using her Kamui's synchronizer. So why wasn't she?

"She's talking to her clothes." I heard Hakodate say as I looked to see her watching Ryūko talking to Senketsu and hitting him like a busted TV. "We haven't even started and I'm already disappointed." I then watched as the periscope of hers slid out and switched to having a blue lens. "Die!"

"Give me a sec! I'm not ready…"

"Look out!" I said to Ryūko as I then used my Tonfa to block a shit ton of tennis balls.

"Huh?" Hakodate said as I looked to see her shocked face as she was no doubt surprised I blocked all those tennis balls before she then gave a sinister smirk of interest, her lens switching back to green. "Heh!"

"Thanks." Ryūko said to me as I caught my breath.

"No problem." I said as I turned my head to her. "But why aren't you transforming?"

"I don't know." She said to me before making me raise an eyebrow by saying "I tried, but Senketsu isn't doing anything."

"I meant, why aren't you using the synchronizer?" I said as I completely turned around to face her. "Synchro-what?" Ryūko asked with a raised eyebrow of her own.

"The synchronizer." I said as I told her what it was. "It's the one piece of the Kamui that allows to transform. Wait."

From there, I had realized that I didn't even check her Kamui for her synchronizer. I realized she didn't know where it was which meant I had to find it for her. It should be easy to find it. It would be the one piece of the Kamui that actually stands out the most. It would be somewhere on her body, out in the open and not covered by anything like my Yoake Gantoretto. She was confused by when I inspected her waist and her arms. Though she ended up blushing when I began checking her legs.

"Huh? Hey, what the hell are you doing?" she said to me in shock as I checked her legs for the synchronizer.

After inspecting her and not finding the synchronizer anywhere, I gave a look of shock and said "Uh-oh."

"What?" she said in confusion.

"The synchronizer, it's gone." I said to her.

"What?" she asked to me, shocked by this. "What do you mean it's gone?"

"I mean it's literally gone." I answered, not even getting how a Kamui's synchronizer wouldn't be on the Kamui. "I don't understand, the synchronizer is supposed to be attached to the Kamui."

"What exactly does it do anyway?" she asked me, wondering what a synchronizer was meant for.

"The synchronizer is used to get a Kamui the blood of its wear." I said as I explained to her what the synchronizer was. "For it to stay active, it needs to constantly drink the blood. The synchronizer gives and carries enough blood for it to stay active for as long as it takes. If the Kamui doesn't get enough blood, it'll be useless. Because you're not wearing a synchronizer, Senketsu went back to sleep."

"What?" Ryūko said, realizing that she couldn't able to use Senketsu. "Then what do we do?"

"Looks like I'm gonna have to fight solo." I said as got my cool back and ready to fight the tennis club. "I got my synchronizer, so Sōru is ready to transform."

"Be careful." she said to me with a look of concern.

"Don't worry, I will." I said to her before turning and walking about a quarter away between the Hakodate and Ryūko. I then raised my Yoake Gantoretto as I got ready to transform, speaking to my Kamui. "Ready, Sōru?"

"Ready." She said with the same determination I had.

"Then it's time to—Aah!" I said as I about to us my synchronizer, but, before I could pull the pin, somebody came in and punched me to ground.

"Roku!" Ryūko yelled to me in concern as I turned myself around to see who hit me.

That fist felt really close and as hard as metal. But it also felt familiar, like I already been hit like that before.

"Oh! Okay, who… Huh?" I groaned as I looked up and I saw who it was. One of the dudes that I didn't expect to see so soon with his combed down brown hair and glaring at me with his brown eyes while wearing that grey and blue school student uniform and those glasses and holding a staff with a metal fist which I watched transform into a purple glowing blade, turning the staff into a scythe. I was really surprised to see him here. "Aisu?"

"That was for leaving us behind." My brother said as he angrily pointed at me, no doubt pissed off that I kinda ditched him and the others to get to Honnōji Academy.

"Hey, I'm sorry, okay?" I said to Ais as I got up, dusted myself off, and stood in front of him. "I just wanted to find out where Harime was."

"You snuck out because you just wanted to kick the crap out of the Kiryūin here." He said to me, actually getting me there.

"Okay, there's some truth there," I said to him before pointing out the unnecessary way to punish me for ditch him and the guys, "but you didn't need to punch me in the face, especially with that Scythe of yours."

"It was better than allowing Sū to pound you into a pulp." Ais said to me.

"He's got you there, Ro." A voice said as I looked behind Ais to see the rest of my brothers, all three of them coming through a big blue portal no doubt created by chi, who was the one that said that.

Okay, in case you don't know, me and my brothers have the same hair and same colored eyes, but we all look different. Aisu, who you already met, was born after me. He's a technical genius who's technically a genius. After him, we have Chikyū, the jokester of us five. He's the one who's wearing the silver and green ninja gi. Dude never misses the chance to make a killer joker. He's also a great fighter. Silent, but deadly. After him, we have my muscle man bro Sū, muscles so big that he looked like a lifting champ. He's like a big, cuddly teddy bear…if teddy bears were incredibly violent. And lastly, wearing his signature orange sweatshirt and turquoise sweat pants is my youngest brother Wu. He's not the brightest tool in the shed, but the dude's got a lot of heart and is one heck of a party animal.

"Yeah, that was not cool, bro." Wu said as I was shocked to see them.

"Chikyū? Sū? Wu?" I asked them as the three walked up to stand with Ais, the portal closing behind them and all four of them glaring at me. "When did you guys get here?"

"This morning." Sū said as he explained. "We used Chikyū's portal to get in here."

"Thought that punch felt close-ranged." I said rubbed the cheek that Ais punched.

"Why do you always have to do this, Roku?" Ais said after I stopped rubbing my cheek and looked at him, using that stern voice again. "You're the Dragon King, now act like one."

"Oh, would you let it go, Ais?" I said to him as I just got annoyed by him scolding me again. "Sheesh! I get a head start and you get on my case."

"My God, you're so immature!" Ais said to me as he got closer to me.

"Oh, yeah? Well, you're such an ass!" I said to him, getting up in his face.

We then starting arguing with Ais saying that I'm never gonna be the Dragon King unless I took it seriously and me saying that I knew how important it was and that I was going to be fine, both of us countering each with the details that supported our opinions. I know, it's kinda confusing when you first see it. I had to bet everyone was getting uncomfortable watching me and my brother have this argument again. This was a casual thing. Ever since we were kids, Ais would always be telling me to stop messing around and start acting like the Firstbourne I was. And I always tell him to stop worrying so much for I was gonna be doing my best to be the Dragon King. I know this might seem like a little much, but we're supposed to argue and get at each other's throats. That's how brothers are.

"Hey!" Ryūko said to us, trying to get mine and Ais' attention, but we were too focused on this that we didn't hear her. "Hey!" she then straight up shouted "Both of you, shut the hell up!" That yell of hers surprised us both as we looked at her. "Now is not the time for 'he did, she did'! Let's all just calm down."

It was only a moment got that tsundere character of his back and spoke to Ryūko.

"I'm sorry." He said to her with, from my experience of hearing him talk like that, confusion. "And you are?"

"Oh, right." I said as I realized that my bros didn't meet Ryūko before and that I still needed to introduce her to them. Ais stood up straight, Chi smiled, Sū did that "Sup" head nudge thing, and Wu gave a big grin and waved as I introduce Ryūko to them. "Ryūko, these are my brothers: Aisu, Chikyū, Sū, and Wu." Ryūko gave me a look of shock after seeing that me and my brothers looked exactly the same age, which was actually true. I gave her an awkward smile as I explained the reason, forgetting to mention that me and my bros were quins. "Oh, did I forget to mention that me and my brothers were quintuplets?" I then cleared my throat as I got myself back together and introduced my bros to Ryūko, who waved awkwardly at them. "Guys, this is my friend Ryūko Matoi, the daughter of Dr. Isshin Matoi."

"Wait." Chi said as he gave a look of shock before talking to Ryūko. "Dr. Matoi is your father?"

"Yep." She said to him.

"Then it is a pleasure to meet you." My ninja brother said as he bowed to her in respect. "We really can't thank your father enough for all he's done. Sorry about your loss."

"It's okay." Ryūko said to him, feeling embarrassed from it. "So you guys are here for Harime too, huh?"

"How'd you know that?" Chi asked her as he straightened, him and the others looking at her in confusion.

"I told her." I said to him.

"You told her why we're here?" Sū said to me as he and the guys gave me "what the hell" looks.

"Don't worry, she's actually here for the same reason." I said, making them look at me with confusion. "She came for the one who killed the doc."

"How does she know where to find them?" Ais asked him.

"That I'm gonna have to tell you later." I said to him and the others before turning to face that monster mouth tennis player. "Right now—Oh!"

Just as I turned around, I was nailed with like a million tennis balls and the next thing I knew, I was lying on the ground bruised.

"Roku!" Ryūko said with concern as she then went over and helped me up and I looked to see that club captain with that ugly smug of hers.

"That's one down, one more to go." Hakodate said as she stood there, proud of herself.

I was about to get back on my feet to beat her smug ass until I looked and watched Ais pick up one of those tennis balls and look at it for a moment before he looked at the girl with an angry glare.

"Did you just seriously threw 110 million balls at my brother when he wasn't looking?" Ais said to her in an actual angry tone.

"Brother?" she said to my brother, surprised to hear that. "Oh, so that's why you were fighting." She then regained that smug as kept on talking. "Well, I didn't throw them, I served them to him. He chose to take your cousin's place for the purge."

"Cousin?" Ais said to me with confusion.

"Yeah, long story." I said to him as I explained to him of what's happening. "But the point of it is I did do this for a member of our family. That girl was attacking for no good reason."

Ais gave it a moment before turning back to the captain and saying "And what exactly did our cousin do that would need this sort of punishment?"

"Same reason I told your brother, she skipped club practice a few days ago." Hakodate said to him. "And anyone who fails to come to practice will suffer the 110 Million Cannonball Serves. ʹCause your brother chose to take the punishment for her instead of butting out, I gave him what he wanted."

"What?!" Ais said before he tossed the ball in his hand away in anger. "That is no reason to pelt someone with tennis balls!"

"That might be where you're from, but not here at Honnōji Academy." She said to him. "As captain of the tennis club, it is my job to get rid of anyone who disobeys, so what I say goes. Now but out and let us finish the purge with your brother's girlfriend."

That got me and Ryūko to glare at the captain for the boxing club members thought we were dating too.

"Hey, I'm not his girlfriend!" Ryūko said to her.

"Seriously! What the hell?" I said, really getting tired of people thinking of something like that. "Is everyone thinking that?"

"Captain or not, you're not gonna serve another ball at anyone." Ais said to the captain. "If you want somebody to serve to, then how about me? You and your club members against me."

"Huh." Hakodate scoffed as he looked at my brother. "Guess it's true what they say, birds of a feather flock together."

"Is that a yes?" Ais asked.

"Yeah, I'll allow it." she said before she got herself ready with her tennis racket pointing downward. "ʹCause you're that new kid's brother, I'll be glad to purge you along with him."

"We'll see about that." Ais said as he took stance with his Scythe, ready to fight.

"Alright. Don't forget you asked for it."

"Funny. I was about to say the same to you."

"Well, how's this for funny?" she said before speaking to her club members. "Begin!"

Then the 1-Stars repeated what they did before and sent a barrage of tennis balls towards Ais. As those balls got closer to him, my brother smiled and then decided to activate his Scythe, putting both hands on it and sliding his right hand a quarter way closer to the blade. The way this worked was that, by moving his hand like that, the entire Scythe enveloped itself in this violet techno pattern and the blade glowed violet. In that instant, the blade morphed into a ring that ended at the opposite side of the body and a net formed inside it. When the light faded away, it was revealed that Ais had changed his Scythe into a tennis racket the same size as Hakodate's, the top of it being the racket part.

"Huh?" the captain said as she say this, that smug of hers gone in an instant.

"Whoa!" Ryūko said, amazed by this as I smirked proudly at my brother.

We all then watched as he used his new racket to serve all those balls right back the club members who served them, knocking them all down to the ground.

"What?!" Hakodate said as she shocked by this. "But how… How the hell did you turn that thing into a tennis racket?"

"That's the power of my Ice Morph Scythe." Ais said as he explained.

アイスモーフ鎌

[Ice Morph Scythe]

"It allows me to transform it into any weapon I can think of." He said to her, standing proudly. "A tennis racket does fall into the category, much like the one you're using right now."

"Why you…" Hakodate growled before she used her racket to send about a million tennis balls at Ais, using the same move she used on me. "Taste my 110 Million Cannonball Serve!"

億千万本弾丸サーブ

[110 Million Cannonball Serve]

"Right…back…at ya!" he said as he then caught all the balls on his racket in his swing and served them right back Hakodate.

The captain gasped in shock as she was hit by her own tennis balls and knocked her to the ground a few feet away. After that, Aisu then span his Scythe around as it transforms back to normal.

"And that's for messing with the Ryūs." Ais said as his Scythe returned to normal and he placed it on his back, regain his tsundere once again.

"Nice job, Aisu." I said to my brother as me, Ryūko, and the guys came over after Ryūko helped up. "You nailed her."

"Of course." He said to me as he folded his arms. "It is what she gets for bullying any member of my family."

We all then heard a familiar yell and Ais quickly turned around as he caught the boken of a certain green-haired member of the Elite Four and pushed him back, the 3-Star landing on his feet before growling at Ais.

"Well, well." Ais said to Uzu as he saw him. "Uzu Sanageyama, we meet again."

"Aisu Ryū." Uzu said as he glared at my brother.

"Wait, they know each other?" Ryūko asked, surprised that Uzu and my brother knew each other.

"Oh, yeah." Wu said to her as he explained. "Uzu used to be the leader of gang known as the Purple Dragons that terrorized Tokyo. Aisu managed to kick him out of the city after beating him in a battle."

"Yeah, and he's still holding a grudge." I said, giving her an explanation on why he attacked me on our first day.

"Didn't think I see a lowlife like you in a school." Ais said to Uzu. "Though I guess it makes sense seeing who's running it."

Uzu's view

That got me really mad. No one insults Lady Satsuki! No one! I was gonna enjoy kicking his ass across the courtyard.

"Hey! How dare you insult Lady Satsuki?" Uzu said, furious for what that smartass emo said. "I'm gonna…"

"Look, I like to catch up, but we need to get going, so…" he said interrupting me before I saw him pull one of those smoke bombs and tossed it on the ground.

After it cleared, I looked around and saw they were all gone. Again, they escaped me. Next time I see Aisu, I'm gonna give him a beating he'll never forget.

I growled before I yelled out "AISU!"

Roku's view

After Ais used that smoke bomb, me and Ryūko followed him and the rest of my bros into a nearby sewer tunnel, escaping the academy once again.

"Good thinking with that smoke bomb." Ryūko said after we stopped to catch our breath.

"Well, Aisu did invent them." I said to her, which was actually true.

"Wait, he made them?" Ryūko said, pointing at Ais in surprise.

"Yeah, Aisu is the brains of our group." Chi said, supporting it.

After finally getting our strength back, Ais straightened up and said "Okay, now let's get going."

"Wait, where are we going?" I asked as we were heading deeper into the sewers instead of going back to school as I thought they were gonna get signed in for class. "School's that way."

"Yeah, but we need to deal with something first." Ais said as he then walked up to Ryūko.

He then did the pressure pinch on her, shocking me as she was then knocked out with me catching her.

"Come on, there's someone we need to talk to." Ais said to me as I looked at him.

With that, I then picked up Ryūko and carried her bridal style as I followed Aisu and the others deeper into the sewers. While we did, I was trying to figure out what was going on here. Why were we going away from the academy? Where were we going? Who exactly was waiting for us? And why did Ais knock out Ryūko like that? Though I was brought out of my thoughts when my brothers asked me how exactly I ended up working with Ryūko. I then explained to them all that happened in the last couple of days. They did tease me a bit like saying me and Ryūko were going out, but I managed to get them all up to speed and they all got a good idea of how all this fitted together.

After a while of walking, we made it to our destination and found a familiar face as he noticed us.

"Glad you made it." Mikisugi said to us in that fake voice again.

"Mikisugi." I said, surprised by this.

Mikisugi took us to his apartment as he told me he needed a talk with me, my bros, and Ryūko and would tell us what he wanted to talk about once Ryūko woke up. With this, Mikisugi asked us if we could help him…strip Ryūko of her Kamui. I asked him why and he said it was because that he couldn't explain anything to her while she still had it on. We rejected to help him, but he went ahead to strip her. He told us he wouldn't tell us what he called us for if we stopped him, so the five of us looked away as he took the Kamui off here and hanged it beside the couch I set her on. Then, for some strange reason, he removed her underwear too, leaving her buck naked. Doing my best not to look, I managed to cover her with a blanket and I asked him why he did that. He told that it was so I would stay there instead of taking Ryūko and leaving. With that, we all stayed there and talked as we waited for Ryūko to wake up.

"So, what's your first impression of this place, eh?" Mikisugi said, leaning on the windowsill.

"Hierarchical and leaving a bad impression for us…" Ais said speaking for all five of us as we sat around the room with Sū with one arm behind his head, turning a pinky in his right ear casually, "like the rest of this damn country."

"I assumed you'd say as much." Mikisugi said to us. "Considering what you five have been around the past seven years."

"Okay, seriously, I don't see why she had to be knocked out." I asked the disguised agent.

"It was for her own safety." Mikisugi said to me. "We can't let her know who I am unless it was safe. Kiryūin's eyes are everywhere."

"Yeah, but still…" I said before Wu spoke up.

"Hey, guys! She's waking up."

It turned out he was right as we saw Ryūko groan before she woke up.

"Ryūko!" I said as I then went over to her.

"Welcome back to the land of the living." Mikisugi said as he we all looked to him.

Ryūko groaned as she sat up a little to look at him before saying "Wait, aren't you a teacher?"

"That's right." Mikisugi said to her. "I'm your homeroom teacher, Aikurō Mikisugi."

美木杉 愛九郎

[Aikurō Mikisugi]

"You guys had a big day." He said to all of us as I tried to my best to not laugh at how stupid his voice sounded. "Hoped you both learned something after that beating." He noticed me close to laughing and said to me "What's so funny?"

"I'm sorry." I said to him as I tried to straighten up. "I just can't take you seriously with that voice. You sound like a dork."

"Well, that's the point of a disguise, isn't it?" Mikisugi said to me.

"Wait, what?" Ryūko said, confused by this.

When she gasped I turned and saw that some the blanket slid down, revealing she was naked under it. She blushed as frantically looked around the room and found Senketsu hanged beside the couch.

"Oh, my god! Did you guys undress me?" she said as she looked at me.

"Mikisugi did, we just looked away and I covered you with that blanket." I said speaking for both me and my brothers, who nodding in agreement. "We might be a lot of things, but pervs isn't one of them." We then looked to Mikisugi as I spoke to him. "Again I ask: why did you undress her?"

"Well, now that she's awake, we can get down to business and I can teach her a lesson or two about her body." Mikisugi said as he then began walking towards her.

Me and brothers didn't even know what was going on from that point as Ryūko glared at him, holding the blanket so it didn't fell off her.

"You…" Ryūko said before she then moved in to try and punch him, "freaking pervert!"

He dodged the punch, got behind her, and threw three of these little needles into the back of her neck and she froze mid-punch, literally.

"Whoa! What you do to me? I can't move!" Ryūko said as she freaked out, trying to move.

This shocked me and my bros because this was exactly what did to us the first time we met him. Well, all except for the stripping.

"First, you had Aisu knock her out, and now you pressure pointed her with needles?" I said to Mikisugi, still shocked by this.

"Just like the first we met you." Chi said, unamused to remember that.

"Wait, what?!" Ryūko said to us, shocked to hear we went through what she was going through. "You mean he did this to you guys too?!"

"Ryūko, calm down." I said as I tried to calm her down.

"Calm down?!" she said to me, still freaking out. "What he do?"

"It's anesthetic acupuncture." Mikisugi said to her as he walked to stand in front of her. "By the way, looks like your blood's running hot." He then pulled out a syringe, making her gasp. "Mind if we take a little of it?"

"No! I hate needles!" Ryūko yelled out as Mikisugi took some of her blood. "No, don't! I…I…"

"I bet you're wondering why your Kamui didn't activate when you want it to." Mikisugi said before he sprayed a squirt of Ryūko's blood on Senketsu, him waking up and moving around like a maniac.

"More!" Senketsu said as he moved around on the hanger. "Feed me more! Feed more blood!"

"Morning, Senketsu." I casually said to the Kamui. "Had a nice nap?"

"Huh? Roku?" Senketsu said before he looked and saw Ryūko. "Ryūko?"

"Mikisugi, I already told her how a Kamui transforms." I said to the fake teacher. "Don't need to explain anymore."

"Oh." Mikisugi said before giving me a smug. "Well, I didn't think you would actually tell her."

"Dumbass. Of course, I would!" I said before I pointed out Sōru was on me. "I'm wearing one, for crying out loud!"

"Wait, how does he know what a Kamui is?" Ryūko asked me, talking about Mikisugi and my bros as she was confused by all this. "How do any of these guys know?"

"Answering the second question, it's because me and my bros are wearing Kamuis, all created by your father." I said to her.

"Wait, what?" she asked, shocked that there were more Kamuis like Senketsu and Sōru. "You mean all five of you have Kamuis?"

"That's right." I said to her. "And, like me, they named theirs."

"Yes." Mikisugi said to Ryūko as we all looked to him. "Though the one thing Roku here has left out is that they're known throughout Tokyo."

"Wait, what?" Ryūko said, confused by this.

"Yes, they're quite famous." He said to her. "They're known as a neighborhood hero team known as the Dragon Force."

竜力

[Dragon Force]

"For years, they protected the good people of the city from the evil that dwelled within its shadow." He said as he began explaining who me and my brothers were along with our Kamuis. "Each one possesses their own sort of mystic elemental power. Like every team, each of them had a role. Roku Ryū, the oldest of the five with the power of Light, is the leader of the team with his partner Soruketsu. Next, we have Aisu Ryū, the second born brother with the power of Ice, he's the brains of the group. The school uniform he's wearing is his Kamui, Fuyuketsu."

竜アイス

[Aisu Ryū]

冬血

[Fuyuketsu (Winter Blood)]

Now, as you get introduced to each of my bros' Kamuis, I'm gonna tell ya where you can meet eye contact with them and what their synchronizers are. With Fuyuketsu, her eyes are underneath the collar of the uniform and her synchronizer is a bracelet on the cuff called the Fuyu Yubiwa (the name meaning Winter Ring) which actives by pushing the lose slate on the top of it back into place.

"After him is the middle child, Chikyū Ryū. With the power of Earth, he is the scout with the help of his ninja gi Kamui, Ishiketsu."

竜地球

[Chikyū Ryū]

石血

[Ishiketsu (Stone Blood)]

With Ishiketsu, her eyes are close to the collar alongside the lapels and her synchronizer is a vambrace called the Shiera Gādo (the name meaning Sierra Guard) and it activates by turning this 3-point, ninja star shaped thing half way around.

"With the power of Fire, the second youngest Ryū, Sū Ryū, the brawn of the team along with his gym-style Kamui, Fureaketsu."

竜スー

[Sū Ryū]

フレア血

[Fureaketsu (Flare Blood)]

With Fureaketsu, her are actually on the chest of the jacket and her synchronizer is a buckle that connects the jacket together instead of a zipper called the Shinsei Rinku (the name meaning Nova Link) and it activates by pressing the center of it inward. Sū just slams it because he thinks it looks cool,

"And right there is the youngest of the quin, Wu Ryū, and his sweatshirt Kamui, Arashiketsu."

竜呉

[Wu Ryū]

嵐血

[Arashiketsu (Storm Blood)]

With Arashiketsu, her eyes are on the chest, seperated by the line in the middle that goes to its pocket. Her synchronizer are actually the draw cords and they are called the Arashi Kōdos (the name meaning Storm Cords) and are activated by these spread out clips at the ends of the cords together. The thing about them is that the cords actually have this third link that acts as syringe in the sleeve to give Arashi blood. Because of the Dragon blood, only someone with strength as great as a Dragon can activate the synchronizer.

"Did you also forget to mention of how you Dragons had been living among us?" Mikisugi said as he was now forcing me to reveal the truth about Dragons.

"Roku, what's he talking about?" Ryūko asked me, wondering what he meant.

After a while I sighed in defeat and said "Like I told you before, me and my brothers are descendants of Dragons, but I didn't tell you that we used to live among humans. In the beginning, Dragons weren't seen as ferocious beasts, but wise and noble beings that humans relied on for not just protection, but also wisdom. When the modern human age began to arise, we Dragons decided that the human race didn't need us anymore. As such, we decided to go underground and built a world there, one we came to call Drago-Terra. There, we would reside until humanity needed us again." I then gave her an awkward smile as then gave her the big reveal about my family, chuckling nervously after I said "The other thing I didn't mention that, in Drago-Terra, me and my brothers are royalty."

"What?!" Ryūko said to me in absolute shock.

"Yeah." I said, still feeling nervous. "You know the Dragon King, right?"

"Of course, everybody knows about him." she said to me as she knew who I was talking about. "He's supposed to be in charge of Japan's military force."

"Well, that's the job on the surface." I said to her. "In Drago-Terra, the Dragon King is the ruler of all Dragons."

"Wait, seriously?" Ryūko said, her shocked expression returning.

"Yes, and Roku is the First Bourne, the one next in line for the position." Mikisugi said as I hanged my head in shame. "With his parents' passing, he'll ascend to the throne and take on the sacred duty of the Dragon King."

"Roku, why didn't you tell me about this?" Ryūko asked me as I saw her looking at me.

"I didn't want you to treat me so differently until you got to know me." I said to her, too shamed to look at her. "I don't like the whole 'royal treatment' thing. When I'm not wearing a crown or with a friend, I just want to be treated like everyone else. Thought if I told about my heritage, then you would be treating me like a prince, not as a friend."

"Roku, I wouldn't do that." She said to me as I looked up at her in surprise and saw her gentle smile. "I mean, look at me. I'm a punk and you're a prince. Not really the likeable friendship."

"No, I guess you're right." I said as I returned her smile. "So you would actually try to be my friend even if you knew who I was?"

"Of course." She kindly said me. "I never had much of friends growing up. After what you said about your parents, I finally met someone who was like me. Somebody I could be friends with. So, of course I'd be your friend, you goof ball."

"Thanks, Ryūko." I said to her, feeling grateful for her words. "It means a lot."

"You're welcome." She said to me before she looked at Mikisugi with a raised eyebrow. "Wait, how does he know all this?"

"Who do you think told me and my brothers about Kamuis in the first place?" I said to her and just like when I revealed that I was related to the Mankanshokus, she put it all together.

"You?" she said to Mikisugi, shocked to learn he was the one who taught me and my bros about Kamuis.

"That's right." Mikisugi said as he then took off his glasses, sleeking his hair back and began talking in his real voice. "I'm the one who told them the secrets of the Kamuis. Now do you understand?"

"What's going on?" Ryūko asked as we Kamui wearers uneasily looked at Mikisugi.

"Oooh!" Sōru squealed in excitement. "Please tell me he's gonna start stripping!" I got annoyed by her going on her perverted antics again and pinched her, her wincing from the pain. "YOW! Ouch."

"Sōru, it's bad enough we're stuck in a country more or less ruled by a high school Kiryūin." I said to her, disgusted by her wanting to see Mikisugi strip. "I don't need you gawking at Mikisugi, you perv."

"Yeah, isn't exactly the best way to leave a lasting impression, especially months after our parents' death." Chi said to her as he and the rest of our bros felt just as disgusted as I am.

"It makes it worse when we have to hear Sōru's squeals from being turned on." Sū said to Sōru.

"Wait, what?" Ryūko said, confused as she couldn't hear my Kamui.

"Yeah, Sōru's a bit of a perv." I explained to her. "An ordeal we all had to deal with."

"Oh, I'm a perv?" Sōru said to me, pissed off by what I said. "Who couldn't stop staring at Ryūko's ass when she was wearing that robe he gave her and while he was walking behind her last night?" For that comment, I then pinched her again. "OW! WHY DO YOU KEEP PINCHING ME? OW! OW! OW! OW!"

"Shut it." I said to her as I then stopped pinching her.

"So how long has she had her Kamui?" Ais asked me.

"A few days." I told him.

"What?!" my brothers said to me in shock.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Chi said to me, "she's only had her Kamui for a few days?"

"Well the two already work well together." I said.

"Yes, except for the issue being the girl's bout with, well, modesty." Mikisugi said to me.

"We'll deal with that later." I said to Mikisugi. "Right now…" I covered my eyes with my hand as he then struck a pose. "Oh, God! He's posing again."

Sōru laughed before she said "Show time!"

"NOOOOO!" my bros said as they went to stop Mikisugi from stripping down even more.

"Bub, either keep your clothes on or I'll punch you clear out that window!" Sū said to him.

"Yeah! No one wants to see that!" Chi said.

"And there's a lady present, dude!" Wu said, talking about Ryūko.

"Okay, fine." Mikisugi said, my brothers going over to stand with me and Ryūko. "You five are always so particular about this."

"Yeah, because we don't wanna sit around while you pose and chew the scenery!" I said to him. "Just tell us what you want and sends us on our way, without getting naked!"

"There's no shame in such things." He said to us. "I don't see why you're so adamant."

"Because we're not weirdos!" Sū said to him before making Wu glare at him by saying "Well, Wu is, but that's beside the point!"

"Yeah, I needed a therapy session after last time." I said to Mikisugi. "So, if you could just tell us what we need to know without having to strip down?"

"Sadly," Mikisugi said as his shirt came completely off, "that cannot be helped!"

I facepalmed myself as my brothers groaned in disgust as Mikisugi continued to strip in front of us as he spoke.

"As you know, your Kamuis were made by young Matoi's father, the late Dr. Isshin Matoi," Mikisugi said to us, "and they're more powerful than any Goku Uniform."

"Goku Uniform?" Ais asked as he and the guys were no doubt confused by what Mikisugi meant.

"What the hell is a Goku Uniform?" Sū asked.

"Remember that outfit that tennis captain was wearing?" I said to my brother, explaining to them about the Goku Uniforms. "That was a Goku Uniform, 2-Star brand to be exact. Kiryūin's handing them out to students she thinks are worthy of them."

"So she's building an army?" Chi asked me.

"Yeah." I said. "Also, remember how that racket she was hold was glowing? Did that you remind you of anything?"

"Yeah. Life Fibers." Chi said, figuring it out.

"Exactly." I said. "She's using Life Fibers in the Uniforms to transform students into her personal soldiers." I then looked to Mikisugi and asked "Is that what you wanted to talk about?"

"Yes, but if you all want to know the answer, one of you must prove yourself worthy of it." Mikisugi said before he pointed at Ryūko. "You."

"Okay, what do I need to do?" Ryūko said to him.

"Defeat the Tennis Club Captain, Omiko Hakodate." Mikisugi said to her. "If you can't master your Kamui and defeat her, you don't stand a chance against Satsuki."

When I heard Ryūko whimpering, I looked and saw the blanket was slipping off her. When she froze in place, her arms and hands were set away from her blanket and it already came lose.

"Oh, dear!" I said as I came up behind and tried to hold up the blanket as Mikisugi's clothes continued to fall off him.

Then, making perfect timing, that siren the academy calls a school bell went off.

"Uh-oh." Mikisugi said as he quickly put his disguise back on and tugged the pulled back bits of his hair back into place, speaking in his fake voice as he then removed the needles from Ryūko, allowing her to move again. "Better get moving. Afternoon classes are starting."

"Right." I said as Ryūko took the blanket to keep it up herself as I spoke to Mikisugi. "But, quick question: how exactly is she supposed to beat that captain? She doesn't have a synchronizer. Without it, she can't use Senketsu."

"You mean like this one?" he said as he took something out of his pocket.

What he showed me was this red, fingerless glove that sorta looked like my Yoake Gantoretto. There, I realized what it was.

"Senketsu's synchronizer!" I said to Mikisugi as Ryūko went around to find her clothes. "You had it the entire time?"

"Of course." He said to me. "I kept in case she was ready for the Kamui. Though this synchronizer has another name. It's called the Seki Tekko."

赤手甲

[Seki Tekkō (Red Hand)]

"The Red Hand? Really?" I said to him, not really liking the name. "That's kind of redundant, don't you think?"

"Never mind that." He said to me before speaking to Ryūko, tossing the glove to her and she catches it.

"Matoi, here. Now you're ready to use the Kamui." Ryūko looked to him as she held the glove. "If you want more information, then defeat Omiko."

"Fine. I'll go pound her into the dirt." Ryūko said as my bros grabbed her clothes and Senketsu. "But after that, you're gonna tell me everything I want to know."

"Fine." Mikisugi said to her before speaking to me and my bros. "Oh, by the way, boys?"

"Huh?" I said to him as me and bros listened to him.

"You're not allowed to help her fight Omiko." He said, shocking me and my bros. "You can give her advice, but nothing else."

"What?" I asked him. "Why can't we fight with her?"

"Because you five have already proved yourselves. The reason she beat Fukuroda was because you helped her, Roku." He said, making me scratch the back of my head in embarrassment for a moment as it was true. "You did most of the fighting. I need to see how she can be able to defend herself on her own. If she is going to be fighting alongside you, then she'll need to be able to stand on her own as you all have done before."

Seeing how that I wasn't gonna change his mind, I said "Fine, we'll stand aside and only talk her through it."

"Good." He said to all of us. "Now off you go."

With that, me, Ryūko, and my bros went off to find that tennis club captain.

Uzu's view

With the day almost over, I decided to pay a visit with the girls' tennis club to see how well they were doing. So far, they were doing good. All the club members were at the peak of their game, all of them hitting their targets perfectly. Even Hakodate was doing great with her own serves as she managed to hit her target with a clear shot.

"Looking good, Hakodate." I said as I stood behind Hakodate, impressed with her skills.

"Thank you, sir." She said to me with a proud smile. "It's all because of my Tennis-Spec Goku Uniform I got from Lady Satsuki. The tennis club is gonna own Hokkaido at the match. You can bet on it."

Hearing something being smacked, I looked and saw a girl tied to a post and surrounded by a ring of 28 1-Stars of the club as they served tennis balls at. It was the same girl that Fukuroda used as a hostage. Mankanshoku, I think her name was. Guess the club managed to capture her while the Ryū Brothers and the new girl were gone.

"Explain." I said to the captain as I saw this, wanting to know why the girl was tied up like this.

"We have an unmotivated club member, so we're purging her." The captain said as her club members kept serving tennis balls.

Just after she said this, we heard a strange sound and looked up to see a portal opened up above Mankanshoku.

"Huh?" Hakodate said, confused to see it.

"Huh?" I said as I looked at it, recognizing it as I got a good look at it.

I then watched as Aisu came right through with his Scythe as a tennis racket again, landing right in front of Mankanshoku and serving all the tennis balls back at the club members.

"28-love." Aisu said as the rest of his brothers came through along with the new girl after knocking all the club members to the ground and his Scythe turned back to normal. "Game over."

With this, I was actually glad they were back. Now I could get back Aisu for humiliating me and insulting Lady Satsuki.

Roku's view

Okay, to explain what happened there, I start where we left off. After that talk with Mikisugi, me, my bros, and Ryūko went off to find Hakodate for that rematch. We did find her in the courtyard, practicing with her club. Uzu was there too, no doubt looking at how well they were doing. The six of us watched as some of her club members destroyed some human-shaped target cutouts, starting by destroying the heads, then working on the way down. Those 1-Stars aren't strong enough to face a Kamui wearer, but they were still a danger to anyone else from wearing those uniforms. What was worse than them was Hakodate. With that 2-Star Goku Uniform, she could actually kill some as easily as she destroyed her targets which I swear were actually made of metal. Looking around the court, we found Mako tied up and surrounded by all those 1-Stars, getting tennis balls pelted at her nonstop. We had no doubt Mako got captured by the club while we were talking with Mikisugi. After explaining who she was to my bros, the six of us came up with a plan. First, Chi opened up a portal with his Ōdachi and Ais would go in first and take care of those 1-Stars for the rest of us to move in. he even transformed his Scythe into a tennis racket. When we got there to join him around Mako, I managed to hear him say a tennis quip.

"Show off." Sū said to himself as Ais turned his Scythe back to normal and Chi's portal closing up above us, annoyed that he put up some dramatic flair.

"What…?" Hakodate said, her smile gone as she looked at us with wide eyes, no doubt shocked by how easily Ais was able to defeat her followers.

"Look who showed up." Uzu said to me, my bros, and Ryūko with a smile before speaking to Chi. "Nice use of that sword there."

"Well, the Terra Warp Ōdachi really comes in handy when moving from place to place." Chi said as he proudly held his Ōdachi over his shoulder.

テラワープ大太刀

[Terra Warp Ōdachi]

"Mako!" I said to Mako with concern as she groaned, her still in a daze from being pelt with tennis balls. "Are you okay?"

"Oh! Roku! Ryūko!" she said after she recovered from her daze and saw me and Ryūko before she looked at my brothers with confusion. "Uh…"

"Those are my brothers." I said to her.

"Your brothers?" she said to me with excitement before speaking out loud to herself. "Wow! All my cousins are here?"

"Hell, yeah!" Wu proudly said to her as Chi then cut her loose. "And we're here to save you!"

"Okay, you tennis wannabe," Hakodate said to Ais with an angry glare, "you got me by surprise, but that won't happen again.

"Yeah, ʹcause I'm not facing ya." Ais said before pointing to Ryūko, who gave a serious glare at the captain. "She is."

"Really?" Hakodate said with a cocky smile. "The girl who had to be protected by her boyfriend from me?"

"He's not my boyfriend! /I'm not her boyfriend!" Ryūko and I said at the same time, both of us pissed off from getting that assumption again.

"And it's not gonna be like last time." Ryūko said as she then pointing up to the sky with determination, going into a pose I found to remind me of an old friend of my dad's. "I'm gonna knock you all on your asses! Let's do it, Senketsu!"

With this, she pulled the pin on the Sekke Tekko and started the transformation. With the way Senketsu transformed, it looked like this huge animal chopping on Ryūko's naked body before wrapping around her like a spinning drill and turning into Senketsu's true form (at least the form he can take until Ryūko learns how to unleash his true power), the girl blushing and trying to catch her breath from being a little worn out from it and some steam coming out of it.

"Ooh!" me and my bros winced as we saw it happen, knowing it was a painful sight.

"That look like it hurt." Wu said as we looked at Ryūko with concern.

"You okay, Ryūko?" I asked her, making sure she wasn't hurt.

"I'm fine." She said to me.

"Ooh, that looked painful and embarrassing, you masochistic stripper." Hakodate smugly said to Ryūko.

"Oh, bite me!" Ryūko said to the captain, pissed off by what she said. "I'm not a stripper!"

"Could've fooled me." the captain sarcastically said.

"She's telling the truth. It just looks like that." I said to the captain before motioning to Uzu. "Take it from Uzu, he's seen this happen before."

Hakodate raised a brow before she looked at the Elite Four member and said "Sir?"

"It's true." He told her. "But it was with those brothers, not her."

Hakodate took a little bit of time to process that before speaking to Ryūko.

"Okay, let's get started." She said as she instantly put millions of tennis balls on her racket before she sent them into the air. "Ready…" she then swung her racket as she hit the tennis balls, sending them at Ryūko. "110 Million Serve!"

Ryūko then took her weapon case off and got her Scissor Blade out.

"Wu, catch!" she said to my little bro as she tossed the case to him.

"Huh?" Wu said as he wasn't paying attention and only just looked to see the weapons case coming at him. "Oh!" Wu closed his eyes as he put his arms out to catch it, luckily, Arashiketsu was able to help him out by catching the case with her Kamui grappling wraps and bringing it down to him. "Oh." He then took the case as looked to his Kamui with a cheerful smile. "Thanks, Arashi."

"No problem." She happily said to her wearer.

We then watched as Ryūko took her Scissor with both hands and gave multiple slashes at the barrage of tennis balls, making them fall to the ground, split open into pieces, and explode into shreds. She really impressed my bros with this.

"Whoa!" Wu said with eyes full of wonder.

"That chick knows how to slice." Sū said, surprised by this.

"You got that right." Chi said feeling the same.

"Told ya she was good." I told my bros with a smug.

After Hakodate growled at Ryūko in frustration, we heard Uzu yell out "Fault!"

"You're disqualified, new girl." He said as we looked to him and saw his smug, no doubt speaking to Ryūko.

"What?!" Ryūko said in shock of this.

"Huh?" me and my bros said, just as confused as Ryūko.

"Dude, what are you talking about?" I asked Uzu.

"I'll give her credit for evading Hakodate's attack," he said to me, talking about Ryūko, "but slicing balls in half are against the rules."

"Actually it was six pieces, but who's counting?" Ais said to Uzu, correcting him with a shrug.

"Whatever." Uzu said before speaking to Ryūko. "Sure, you won the fight, but you lost the match."

"Match?" I asked him, still not getting what he meant. "What match?"

"The match she started." He said to me. "You all realize you're standing on a tennis court, right?"

"What?" I said and all six of us looked down and saw that we were standing on a tennis court before we all looked back at Uzu. "Well, what does that have to do with anything?"

"The rules of the Academy state that if you challenge the captain of any sport-related club," Uzu said, "then you must face them in a match or game of the sport."

"What?" I said in shock before I looked to Ais for an answer. "Ais…"

"I'm checking." My brother said as he checked through a webpage on a holoscreen created by the tech placed in Fuyuketsu until he stopped at one part. "Yes, it's part of the school rules. Unless it was a different committee club or the sport involved physical combat, then you have to face the opponent in the exact sport they're part of."

"The reason you won against Fukuroda is because it was a boxing match, but because you challenged Hakodate, you must face her in her sport." Uzu said to Ryūko as we all looked back him. "So, if you didn't win according to the rules of tennis, you didn't win!"

"Seriously?" I said in annoyance as my bros groaned in complaint "That's not fair! We didn't even know the rules!"

"Doesn't matter, she's disqualified!" Uzu said to me.

"No, she totally won!" Mako said as we all looked at her as she then posed with her arms crossed upward in the air before she spoke again, doing all kinds of freaky poses. "Ryūko won! She won! She won and I can prove it!"

Just about all of were both confused and a little weird out by this. Even Wu was weirded out by this. Me, my bros, and Hakodate groaned because of it.

"Okay." Uzu said, unsure what was going on like the rest of us.

"If Ryūko didn't step in with Roku and saved me yesterday, I'd be totally dead right now." Mako said as she tried to provide the proof which I wasn't really sure was the point of it. "So, even though technically she lost the match, ʹcause of friendship, she totally won. And everyone knows that if you win with friendship, you win at life."

"Huh?" I said, even more confused than ever as I then spoke to my cuz. "Wait, what does that have to do with tennis—aah!"

"But if you guys are gonna cheat, you leave her no choice." Mako said after she knocked me to the ground and Chi and Sū helped me up to my feet. "Ryūko will win, you hear? Even in tennis! Even in tennis! She'll win!"

"Uh!" Ryūko said, just as confused as the rest of us.

"Uh…" Uzu said before speaking to me and my bros. "Seriously? You guys are actually related to this girl?"

"Uh…yeah." I said as me and my bros looked at him, just as weirded out as he was by this.

"Hmm…" he hummed as he looked between me and my bros and our cuz, giving some thought on whether or not to believe it, before saying "Nope. I still don't see it."

"Okay, I didn't get most of that, but the last part I did." I said as I actually did know what she meant with the last part. "She's declaring a rematch between Hakodate and Ryūko." I looked at Mako to make sure I got it right. "Right?"

"Uh-huh!" Mako nodded, cheerfully.

"Is that so?" Hakodate said as we all looked to her laughing and hanging her racket over her shoulders before talking with a smug. "Well, if she wants to challenge me, the captain of the tennis club, to a tennis match, then it's her funeral."

With this, her lens then switched again like before and turned change to a red lens.

"Here you go. Knock her socks off." Mako said as she gave Ryūko a tennis racket.

"Yeah. Show her what we Kamui wearers are really made of!" I said to Ryūko, trying to boost her confidence.

As Mako smiled at her and I gave her a grin of confidence, Ryūko gave it some thought before she then gave a confident smile of her own and said "Right."

After that, she took the tennis racket, looked at Hakodate, and said "Come on then! Let's do this!"

After a sometime to get the court set, me, my bros, and Mako took our seats in the bleachers to watch the match with Uzu sitting on top of the scoreboard and Ryūko and Hakodate standing in the court itself on opposite sides of the course. As we sat at the wider set of bleachers behind Ryūko, I noticed the one thing that was different. Though it mostly looked like your regular tennis court, the one difference was that the walls surrounding the court was covered in these big, sharp spikes. Apparently, word got out as all the bleachers were filled with students. Some of the female students were disappointed as they no doubt came around to see me in Sōru's true form. Only been here for a few days and I already got a fan girl base drooling over me. Of course, most of the male students were here to gawk at Ryūko in Senketsu.

"This'll be one game and one game only." Uzu said as the match was about to begin. "Who's gonna serve first?"

"I got your back, Ryūko!" Mako said as Ryūko inspected her rack before speaking for herself, me, and my bros. "We all do!"

"Are you sure she can do this?" Ais asked me, uncertain that Ryūko would win.

"Would you stop worrying?" I told him, trying to get him to have confidence in Ryūko. "She's got this. I know it. They don't call her the crazy girl of Kanto for nothing.

"Even though I said it like that, I actually was kind of worried. Ryūko had only been able to learn how to fight with her Scissor Blade and hand-to-hand combat. There's wasn't much anything I could've done to prepare her for this. Right now, it was fingers crossed to see if she'd win. Though this didn't mean I didn't lose any faith in her.

"Hm." Sōru hummed as I looked to see her looking at Ryūko with interest as she then spoke. "You know, you wouldn't normally see it, but girl's got curves. Not bad for a wandering punk. Shame her Kamui is in such a small looking state with her being so uncomfortable wearing him. Poor guy. Must suck to have a partner so concerned with her modesty." She then began shouting out, talking to Ryūko. "Get naked, girl! Revel in that hot bod of yours!"

"You know Ryūko can't hear you, right?" I said to my Kamui as I smiled in amusement. "Freakin' perv."

"Worth a shot." She said to me. "And hey! Don't knock it! I see you staring at that ass!"

"Blame that skirt." I said to her and she was right.

Even though I shouldn't have, I couldn't help checking her out. I kept finding myself looking at her perfectly curved body, her nice, big rack, and her big, plump ass. All that together and with gorgeous looks? This girl was damn straight hot! Though I had to put those thoughts aside and focus on watching the game. I sighed as I then got to focus and waiting for the game to start. My brothers were doing the same, each of them doing their own thing to wait. Ais just sitting there with his arms crossed, Chi humming around as he looked around, Sū tapping his fingers as he was getting impatient, and Wu clicking his tongue to keep himself entertained. After a while, I then heard Sū yell out "Hey, Wu!"

I looked over to see Sū glaring at Wu as he stopped clicking his tongue.

"You think you can click any louder?" he said to him in annoyance before pointing to his right ear. "I can still hear out of this one."

As Sū leaned back in his seat I saw Wu give it some thought, shrug, and then lean closer to ear Sū pointed to, giving one click and startling our muscle bro before leaning back to where he was. Sū groaned out as he looked at Wu and began grumbling at our little bro while waving his fist at him. Yeah, this was very common. No matter what, Wu would always find a way to annoy all of us. Before Sū could even lay a hand on Wu, Hakodate began talking and we all looked back at the court as the match was about to start.

"Huh!" the captain said as she then pointed her racket at Ryūko, getting ready to play. "If the rookie wants to serve, it's fine by me."

"Awesome!" Ryūko said as she bounced the ball a few times in her hand before serving it "Then let's get this thing rolling."

"Watch out!" Ryūko said as she then served the ball, Mako cheering her name out as she did. "Here…it…comes!"

Hakodate licked her lips as she laughed before she moved in and batted the ball back with ease, saying "Back at ya!"

It bounced off the ground on Ryūko's side of the court and into the air, making her jump to return it. With that, she unwillingly gave me and everybody who were in the bleachers behind her a direct view of her skirt. Seeing flashes around me, I had no doubt some male students snuck some cameras in to get shots like that. My bros weren't at all liking the view while I, on the other hand, actually kinda liked it.

"That was awesome, Ryūko!" Mako said, impressed by how she was able to make that serve.

Hakodate managed to catch the ball and serve it back, causing Ryūko to gasp and the move to try and get it. Unfortunately, the serve was so strong that the ball went right through the racket and hit one of the spikes on the wall behind her, the ball popping from contact.

"Love-15!" Uzu said as the score count on Hakodate's counter changed from "0" to "15".

"Nice reflexes." Ryūko said to Hakodate as she tossed away her broken tennis racket and smirked at the captain.

"I'm just getting warmed up." The tennis girl said to Ryūko with the same smirk. "And speaking of warmed up, I hope you are. Because you're about to feel the might of my Tennis-Spec, Athleticism-Augmenting 2-Star Goku Uniform."

"Doesn't look good here." Ais said to himself as Ryūko was given a new racket.

"It's just the first point." I said to him as Ryūko began to bounce the ball, getting ready to serve. "Don't worry, she'll catch up."

"Heh." Ryūko said as she served the ball. "Motor mouth!"

Hakodate managed to return it, causing the ball to slam into the ground hard enough to leave a small dent in the court.

"This time, I'm ready for it!" Ryūko said as she moved to serve the ball back.

She tried to return the ball, but it hit the edge of the racket and kept on spinning. The spin caused it move up the racket like a speed bullet right towards Ryūko. It then smack her in the face, sending the girl flying from the court and heading to the wall.

"AHHHHHH!" Ryūko screamed as she flew through the air.

"Love-30!" Uzu said as Ryūko flew towards the wall.

"Too bad." Hakodate said as she watched Ryūko flying through the air with a smug. "I knew you were gonna do that. I put a special spin on that one."

"Oh, boy!" I said as I was worried she was gonna get impaled by those spike.

I had to think of something fast or else she was gonna get impaled. With this, I got out of the bleachers, into the court, and jumped up to catch Ryūko.

"I got you Ryūk—Oh!" I said as I tried to catch Ryūko, but ended up being slammed into the wall with her.

"Roku!" my bros yelled out in concern as me and Ryūko slammed into the wall.

When I heard some cheering and some groans, I opened my eyes, but I could see anything.

What happened? I can't see. Why is it so dark? I thought to myself before I felt something on my face. What's…? What's on my face? It's so soft. I then began to try and remember what happened. All I remembered was that I was trying to catch Ryūko… Wait a minute. I then got piecing it all together. I was trying to catch Ryūko, it was dark, and there was something soft on my face. I was shocked to realize what it was and I could only say one word: "Uh-oh."

I got my face up to where there was more and the first thing I saw was Ryūko giving me her blushing pissed off face. Looking down, I saw what I was I was afraid to suspect and blushed in embarrassment: I was buried face first in Ryūko's boobs. The first thing he sees is Ryūko's blushing pissed face. He finally sees that his face was buried in her breasts. My brothers told me what happened. When I tried to catch Ryūko, we were both slammed into the wall, upside down and stuck on some of the spikes with Ryūko's body pinning me to the wall with the back of her facing the crowd. Due to our position, her skirt flipped over to show her bare ass. That wild cheering was no doubt from male students seeing Ryūko's skirt flipped like that. My bros told me those groans were from Sū and Chi as they were displeasured to see this, while Wu covered his mouth in shock and Ais facepalmed himself from seeing it.

"Roku! What the hell are you doing in my boobs?" she said to me, no doubt mortified by what was going on.

"Trust me, I didn't plan this." I said, her boobs covering my mouth and me talking making this situation worse.

"Wow, I guess you really are a stripper." I heard Hakodate say as to no doubt she had that smug again as she saw this.

I overheard my bros trying to stop the male students from taking any pictures of me and Ryūko, no doubt making sure neither us had to be reminded of this.

"No pictures! No pictures!" Wu said.

"Nothing to see here!" Chi said.

"Cameras down! Cameras down!" Sū said.

"Put those away, you dogs!" Ais said.

"Whoa!" Mako said to Ryūko, shocked by this. "You're giving Roku a Brunski and you're flashing the crowd, Ryūko!"

"Okay, the first part isn't what's happening, Mako!" I said before I used Dragon strength to pry both myself and Ryūko out of the wall and back into the court.

Though, when I managed to recover, I found out that I landed on top of Ryūko with my face resting on her boobs.

"Yah!" I said as I then quickly got off Ryūko and got some distance from her. "Sorry!"

Ryūko sighed before she calmly said "It's fine. I know you didn't mean for that."

"Thanks for understanding." I said as we both got back to our feet and dust ourselves off.

"We never speak of this again." She said to me as we looked at each other.

"Agreed." I said before I gave her a smirk as I gave her a new racket. "Here. Now show that girl who's boss."

"Right." Ryūko said as she then took the racket and got ready to serve again.

After I got back to the stands, I looked and saw as Senketsu tightened himself on Ryūko, which meant only one thing.

"Wait, is she…?" Ais asked as he knew that Ryūko was using her Kamui's power.

"Here we go!" Ryūko said as she then tried to serve the ball.

Unfortunately, she used so much power that, instead of serving the ball, she ended up completely destroying her racket.

"And fault!" Uzu said as Ryūko looked at her hand with wide eyes, no doubt shocked that she broke the racket that easily.

"Oh, come on!" she said in frustration.

As she got a new racket and got ready to serve again, Chi heard some snoring and looked to his right in shock.

"Is she sleeping right now?" he said as we all looked and saw Mako sleeping on the wall of the court.

"That's nothing." I said to him as he and the others looked at me. "You should see her in class."

We looked back as Ryūko tried to serve again, but ended up breaking her racket again, the serve being too weak to even make it to the net.

"Double fault!" Uzu said as Hakodate's counter then changed to read "40". "Love-40!"

"Ryūko! This is your last shot!" Mako said as she woke up with a look of shock as the match was almost over.

"What are you waiting for?" Hakodate said with a cocky smile. "Hurry up and serve already!"

I managed to hear Ryūko growl as she looked at her new racket, no doubt frustrated and out of ideas. She had to have been. She knew that the only way she was gonna win was by using Senketsu power, but, every time she did, she just break it and can't enough drive through the serve to make a clear shot. She was really in trouble if she couldn't find a way to turn things around.

"Oh, this is bad." Wu said, worried that Ryūko was losing.

"Yeah." Sū said just as worried as our youngest brother. "If she messes this shot up, she'll lose the match."

"Ais," Chi asked as Ais turned to him, "isn't there anything we can do to help her?"

"Not without us interfering." Ais said to our middle brother. "The way I see it, she either has to decrease that power of hers or use something stronger to hit those balls."

"Use something stronger?" I said to myself, thinking about what my younger brother said. There wasn't a way for Ryūko to decrease her Kamui's power, so she needed something strong enough to handle all that power. Then it hit me. There was only one thing that could handle all of Ryūko's power: her Scissor Blade! "That's it!"

With that, I began looking around for her Scissor Blade, remembering she stuck it in a wall just after the court was prepared. I managed to find it at the wall where me, my bros, and Mako were with Mako laying on it as she slept. Doing that, I managed to get pass my brothers and over to Mako to get it.

"Mako, get up." I said as I shook Mako a little to get to wake up.

"Huh?" Mako said as she woke up with a tired look. "Is the game over?"

"Not yet. But I found a way for Ryūko to win." I said to her before I then grabbed hold of the Scissor Blade's grip.

"Help me get this blade out of the wall."

"Okay." She said as we worked together to try and pull the Scissor Blade out of the wall.

After a minute, we managed to pull it out and Mako let go of it as she returned to her seat.

"Thanks." I said to her with a grateful smile.

"No problem, cuz." Mako said to me with that bright smile of hers.

I looked to Ryūko and then got ready to toss the Scissor Blade to her.

"Ryūko!" I said as I got her attention before throwing her the Scissor Blade. "Catch!"

"What? My Scissor?" Ryūko said as she managed to catch the Scissor Blade and saw what it was.

"The rackets can't handle your Kamui's power!" I told her, advising her to use her Scissor Blade.

"Ryūko, he's right." Senketsu said to her. "If we are to win, you need to use your Scissor Blade. Trust us. It's the only thing strong enough can hold up against our power."

片太刀鋏

[Scissor Blade]

"Right." Ryūko said to her Kamui before looking at me with a confident smile. "Good idea, Roku."

"I'm a Ryū, it's what I do!" I said to her, returning the smile. "Now go teach that tennis freak a lesson!"

After returning to my seat, I watched as Ryūko pulled a thread off Senketsu and wrapped it around the grip of her Scissor Blade, turning it into a make shift tennis racket and earning surprised looks from Uzu and Hakodate.

"Now I'm back in the game." Ryūko said with a smirk, taking stance with her Scissor Blade.

"That's not regulation!" Hakodate said to Ryūko.

"I call it fairness." I said to the captain with a smirk of my own. "You get your own modified racket, why can't she?"

I heard a whistle and looked to Uzu as he was about to call a fault.

"Faul…" Uzu said before he was interrupted by a blinding light shone from above, one I came to know too well.

Me and my bros shielded our eyes from the light as we looked up to where the light was coming from. We looked and saw Satsuki on her balcony with her hands planted on her katana in front of her, towering above us from the tower of the school. Both Uzu and Hakodate looked at her with shock.

"Hey, is that…?" Wu asked me as we looked towards the blinding light.

"Yeah." I said to him, confirming it was the Kiryūin who ran Honnōji academy. "That's who runs this place. The president of the student council, Satsuki Kiryūin."

"No." she said as her voice rang through the stadium with ease. "It's fine, Hakodate. Keep playing. Show her the power of your Two-Star Uniform."

"At once!" Hakodate said as she then bowed to her.

"Milady!" Uzu said as he bowed to the Kiryūin as well.

"Well, seems this Kiryūin has a legion of loyal followers." Fureaketsu said as she saw Satsuki with me, Chi, Ais, and Wu nodded in agreement while Uzu and Hakodate straightened up after bowing. I looked at Ryūko, who was still in stance but was glaring at Satsuki.

"Course she does." Sū said out loud. "This entire school is under her thumb like any other Kiryūin. Even Mr. Bamboo Sword Guy there is following her."

"HEY! I heard that!" Uzu said to my brother. "The name is Uzu Sanageyama, show some respect to your upper classman!"

Sū just shrugged as he kept that smarmy smirk on his face.

"Standing up there on a pedestal like some kind of queen ordering her subjects down below." Ais said, angered by how Satsuki was treating people.

"Yeah, what a poser." Wu said.

"Can we just cut the chatter and get on with things here?" I said to my bros before speaking to Satsuki. "By the way, why are you even changing the rules for us?"

"I think the answer is obvious." She said to me. "I'm just here to observe. Let's see how much power your friend can draw from that Kamui."

"What?" me and my bros said in shock of hearing her say that.

It wasn't just that she said it, it was the way she said it. She sounded like she knew what a Kamui was and what it was capable of.

"Did she just say 'Kamui'?" Chi asked, still shocked by this.

"You bitch." Ryūko said as we looked to see her really glaring at Satsuki, no doubt pissed off that this chick knew what Senketsu was. She then yelled "How do you know this thing is called a Kamui?!"

"How could she know what a Kamui is?" I said to myself, speaking quietly so no one could hear me. "The only person outside the royal family who even knew about the Kamuis was…the doc himself." I then looked back at Satsuki, just wondering how could anyone like her know something like that. "So how does she know?"

"Oh, please. Your opponent is waiting over there." Satsuki said to Ryūko as Hakodate turned to face the Kamui wearer.

Ryūko growled a bit before she then returned her focus back to the match, still feeling pissed off from what Satsuki said.

"Well, least now she looks serious." Ais said as we watched as the match was starting to continue, making Fuyuketsu snicker in amusement.

Hakodate smacked her racket in the ground as she got ready and, pointing her racket at Ryūko, said "I'm gonna use you as target practice to listen up for the Hokkaido match!"

"Let's get you loosened up then." Ryūko said, ready to go and holding her Scissor Blade like a tennis racket.

With this next serve, she managed to hit the ball and put some force into it, sending into Hakodate's side of the court. I managed to hear what she said as she went to return the ball.

"I got my training to fall back on." The captain said to herself as she tried to hit the ball back, the force from Ryūko's serve actually pushing back on her swing. "She's got nothing!"

She managed to return the ball, but gasped when she saw Ryūko right in front of her. Yeah, while she was busy trying to do her serve, Ryūko moved in to send the ball straight back at Hakodate. Ryūko moved in and Hakodate didn't even realize it until it was too late!

"Who needs training when you're pissed off?" Ryūko said as she glared at the captain, her pissed off mood still in effect.

Hakodate held up her racket right in front of her as she yelped with fear and Ryūko hit it, making the shot at blank point range, sending the ball straight into the netting of Hakodate's racket, and smacking that captain straight in the kisser. I got to say, if somepony recorded that, that would make an epic instant replay. Hakodate screamed as she was then sent flying and lost grip of her racket, both of them slamming into the wall and breaking a part of it. Me and my bros looked and saw Hakodate laying on the handle her racket in a daze as it stood at an angle. After she recovered she looked up and screamed in fright. Me and my bros looked up and saw why as some rubble and spikes from the wall began falling down where she was. Though she didn't get killed, the force from that impact caused her racket to bend a bit and shot the rubble along with her off of it like a catapult, sending the wreckage and the captain straight at Ryūko. Ryūko managed to block all the wreckage, leaving all to come flying at her to be the terrified and screaming club president herself. Seeing the twitching running along Ryūko's body, meaning she was going to finish it, I actually smirked as she did a good job. My brothers notice my smirk and, after seeing what it meant, then got smirks of their own as we watched Ryūko getting ready to end it. The girl then flipped her Scissor Blade around as energy surged into it and Omiko sails towards her. With one single slash, just like with Fukuroda, Ryūko then rendered Hakodate's uniform to nothing but shreds, leaving the captain completely naked as she then flew over and safely landed on the spike on the wall behind Ryūko. Her racket follow suit as its Life Fiber power was connected to the uniform and it was reduced to nothing just like the uniform.

"Sen'i Sōshitsu!" Senketsu said after the uniform was destroyed.

戦維喪失

[Sen'i Sōshitsu]

I then noticed as that a Life Fiber was left lying around before it got absorbed by Senketsu. This was actually the second time I've seen this happen. The first time it happened was when me and Ryūko defeated Fukuroda. After his uniform turned to nothing, a single Life Fiber was left floating around before it got absorbed by Senketsu. This one was actually different than any Life Fiber I ever seen. It looked more powerful than a normal one. I wonder what it was? Guess that was a question for Mikisugi once me, Ryūko, and my bros talk to him again. Right now, I was cheering just as excited as the rest of the crowd for Ryūko's victory.

"You did it, Ryūko!" Mako cheered out.

"That's our girl! Ha-ha!" I yelled out as I laughed with excitement.

"Way to go, Ryūko! Whoo!" Sōru cheered out.

"I guess you were right." Ais said to me as I looked at him with surprise. "She can handle herself." He then looked at me and smiled. "I'm sorry I doubted you, brother."

"It's okay, Ais." I said to Ais, returning the smile. "All's forgiven."

"Oh, man. What a bummer." Ryūko said as she looked at the unconscious captain as she laid on the spike, all the pervy male students gawking at her naked body. "Looks like today's game's a wash. Uh!"

"Shit." I said as me and my bros saw Uzu, who gotten off the score board, standing in front of her along with a group of 1-Stars surrounding.

"Not quite, you cocky little bitch." Uzu said to Ryūko with a glare, his eye twitching with anger.

"Wait, Sanageyama." Satsuki said as we all looked to see her standing behind Uzu, a smile on her face and a staircase leading up to the balcony. "She's right. It's over. The new girl wins."

This shocked us. It wasn't by how that bitch got down there so fast, which I still have no idea how she did that. I didn't even hear her coming. It was that she just let things go Ryūko's way twice. Now why the hell was she actually doing this?

"Lady Satsuki!" Uzu said as he and the 1-Stars backed away from Satsuki with Uzu bowing to Satsuki.

Ryūko and Satsuki looked at each other, Satsuki just standing there while Ryūko was ready to fight the Kiryūin.

"Now that we're face to face again, I wanna know if you're the one who killed my dad!" Ryūko said as I watched Satsuki take her katana and begin to unsheathe it.

Satsuki's view

The only answer I gave Matoi was not of words, but merely a swift strike of my blade, leaving a deep cut on the armor of her Kamui.

"Huh, what the…?" Matoi said, undoubtedly surprised by how I managed to strike through her Kamui.

"If you wish to know the answer…" I said to Matoi as I raised Bakuzan's black blade to where it was parallel to my shoulder. "Fight me for it."

No one's view

"Ryūko, try to beat her within two minutes." Senketsu said to Ryūko. "Any longer and you'll pass out again."

Ryūko growled in annoyance before she spoke to her Kamui.

"Well then maybe you shouldn't drink so much of my damn blood!" she said to him.

Satsuki's view

"Secret Sword Bakuzan." I said to Matoi, explaining to her of the power of the very blade I wielded.

秘剣縛斬

[Secret Sword Bakuzan]

"Its blade is sharper than yours." I said to her. "It can cut through anything…even a Kamui."

With a step forward, I raised Bakuzan to strike as I closed the gap between Matoi and myself. But, before I could bring my blade down, I swiftly backed away as these flashes of gold, red, white, navy, and blue came down from above and came down in front of Matoi. When the dust cleared, I saw who dared to interfered. It was Ryū and four other individuals who I had no doubt were the remaining four new students attending Honnōji Academy, the ones Inumuta managed to find as Aisu, Chikyū, Sū, and Wu Ryū, the last four members of the famous Ryū Brothers, the sons of Dragon King Shinigami. As they took defensive stance, I saw the weapons they wielded and knew them well: the Golden Dragon Tonfa, the Ice Morph Scythe, the Terra Warp Ōdachi, the Fire Storm Gauntlets, and the Lightning Strike Kusari-fundo, all five of the Mystic Dragon Weapons. Though I was shocked once again as I looked and saw those eyes, the same eyes that belong to Ryū and Matoi's Kamuis, residing on the clothing of the other four. Six? There were six Kamui wearers? How could this be? I tried my best to control my anger as the five continued to glare at me.

"Oh, no, you don't, Kiryūin." Ryū said to me.

"Ah, the five royal brothers." I said as I smiled in sight of the five brothers together. "We finally meet."

"Yeah, and we're here for the same reason the girl behind us." Ryu said to me. "We're looking for the ones responsible for killing our parents."

"Like I told Matoi, if you want to any answers from me, you'll have to fight me." I said to him, taking stance and preparing to fight the five of them.

"We would like to kick your ass, but fortunately for you, you get another pass." He said to me before he motioned to me with his Tonfa. "But we'll settle this tomorrow!" he then spoke out into the crowd. "Mako, come on, we're going!"

"Okay!" Mankanshoku said as she then joined the brothers and Matoi.

"Wu?" Ryū said as he looked to his younger brother.

"On it!" the youngest Ryū said as he held out another smoke bomb, throwing it on the ground and saying "Booyakasha!"

Uzu's view

Seeing they were trying to get away again, I slashed through the smoke screen to get to them, but only found they were already gone. After that and as the smoke cleared, I saw this little piece of paper float down to me. After I caught it and saw what was on it, I was all kinds of pissed off as I saw it was a drawing of Aisu sticking his tongue out with some writing under it saying "Later, Little Uzu."

その後、, リトルうず

[Later, Little Uzu]

"That snotty little…" I said as I crumbled that paper, promising I was gonna really pumble that kid once I got my hands on him. I then remembered that my lady was still behind me, so I tossed the paper away and respectfully bowed to her. "Forgive me, milady. I underestimated Matoi."

"Demote Hakodate to No-Star and set up an interleague match with the Sumo Club for Hokkaido." She said to me as she then sheathed her sword. I nodded as I would do as she commanded.

Satsuki's view

"Just as I thought, Kamuis are quite powerful…" I said as I sheathed Bakuzan, smiling at this latest development, "you have my attention, Ryūko Matoi, Roku Ryū."

No one's view

Off to the side, within the shadows of the ruined arena structure was another person, the shadow obscuring their features, though their hand moved to adjust a bow, a weary sigh coming from them.

"Looks like things are about to get very interesting for Lady Satsuki, but more troublesome for me." The figure said in a voice female, smooth and gentle, like an angel was speaking, as their thin eyes opened to show blue irises with pink flower-like cross pupils, a depressed gleam coming from them. "Nice to see you again, Dragon Force." They then turned as they walked away. "You better survive this, you guys. Especially you…Aisu."

Finally, the Ryū brothers have reunited and Ryūko has won her battle with Omiko Hakodate, Captain of the Girls' Tennis Club. But this came only to unveil new questions: What exactly will Mikisugi reveal to our heroes? What does Satsuki know of Kamuis and how does she possess such knowledge? And who is this mysterious figure and how do they know the Dragon Force? Find out more next time on Mystic Dragon Force!

There you go, the Ryū Brothers are back together are now attending Honnōji Academy. Now you got learn more about Roku. Now, before I continue, if you have any questions about this, just PM me and I'll answer them. Also, if you haven't already noticed, there's been some references to Gurren Lagann. The truth is that this crossover is actually a triple crossover of Kill La Kill, Soul Eater, and Gurren Lagann. The way it works is that each of these series was set in the same timeline. The events of Gurren Lagann happened before the beginning of both Kill La Kill and Soul Eater, the events of Soul Eater happened during the events of Kill La Kill and ended 2 months before the Nationals Election. The way the two stories correspond is that 2 years before the beginning of Kill La Kill and Soul Eater, the Dragon Force (who you already found out to be the superhero team in this Kill La Kill story) teamed up with the Element Gang (the superhero team of Soul Eater, who you would already know if you read the Element Gang stories I posted) to defeat Barron Draxum (the nemesis of the Dragon Force) and Dargon (leader of the Dark Gang, a group of supervillains that are the nemesis of the Element Gang). After winning that battle, they became friends and kept contact with each other in case they would need to team up again. The other thing is that Dr. Isshin Matoi, Dragon King Shinigami, and Jamey Frank (father of Axel who is the leader of the Element Gang) actually knew each other before any of their kids were even born. But that's another story for another day. Also, if you didn't notice those details on that mysterious figure at the end of this chapter which would give you a good guess on who, then you'll have to find out in the next chapter. That's all I got for now. More secrets to be revealed next time in Chapter 3: Junketsu!