Prompt: How about Gamagoori taken over by Nui and the Life Fibers, and being forced to attack Mako?

Ryuuko couldn't cut through Nui's basting threads quick enough, Mako knew that for certain. If she had, no one would be fighting right then, but she missed one damned thread, the thick thread escaping the Scissor Blade and continuing on its destined path. Mako knew that she would have to fight, but she did not want to fight at all.

Gamagoori came bellowing out of the dust to attack her, now under the control of Nui as her Life Fiber thread wrapped around his mind. The emptiness of his now rabid eyes, the ferocity unlike his usual self, it scared her. Darkened skin, Life Fiber's visible, and a goal of attacking her.

But why her, and not Ryuuko, or Satsuki?

She quickly ran as Gamagoori went for another attack, his fist slamming into the ground like a bomb, earth and dirt spraying up behind her heels. Without a uniform, she was doomed, and with his abilities obviously intensified, if she fell under his attacks...there wouldn't be much left of her. She hid behind a high barrier, shivering in her shoes. She was afraid of him. For the first time in a long, long time, she was afraid of what he would do.

"Come on, Mankanshoku, don't make this so easy..."

She yelped, unable to hold it back. His voice was wrong, demented, WRONG. It wasn't the senpai she knew, it wasn't him! Shadow fell over her, and when she looked up, all she saw was him hovering over her like a vulture.

A predator spotting his already-dead prey.

She seized for a moment before leaping out-of-the-way of another attack, her ankle twisting violently under her as she moved. The loss of one foot had her skidding on the pavement, tears falling as she weakly reached for the damaged ankle, the limb almost twisted the wrong way. She tried to sit up, only to cry out as she tried to use her now useless right foot. She struggled to move any further, Gamagoori's heavy footfalls coming closer. Her tears fell fast as she crawled, broken glass embedding in her arms and body, unable to avoid them as she moved with all her strength to get away, but it was not enough. The large shadow of Gamagoori fell over her, and she turned to face him as his hand grabbed for her collar.

She couldn't fight when he reached her, pulling her off the ground and throwing her against the wall nearest them, her back snapping against the brick. She struggled against his hold, but without her strength she was at his mercy. She opened her eyes and tears poured down her cheeks, and gasped as she finally saw Gamagoori face-to-face.

Despite the greyscale he was in, and the sickly glow of Life Fiber's, tears fell from his eyes, his grip tightening as he pushed her harder against the building. Mako hissed as the back of her head bounced, but she held together, her cries swallowed down but her tears falling in rivers.

"G-Gamagoori...please stop this." Mako begged, "You can beat her."

He scowled, and moved his grip to her neck, choking her as he rose her higher off the ground, her feet kicking as she was strangled, the air in her lungs dying away.

"G-Gama...goori...please..."

Gamagoori's tears fell harder, but he did not concede his attack. Both hands wrapped around her neck, but the pressure already applied did not increase. Mako choked violently as she kicked harder, weakly crying out as pain hit her from every angle. She could barely breath, but she had to keep fighting.

"Sen...pai..."

She coughed weakly, and as her last quick breaths came, her eyes starting to roll back in her head, his hands let her go, instead wrapping around her and slowly let her down to the ground. She coughed violently once she was on her bottom, trying to take in as much as she could to help her recover. She didn't realize that Gamagoori was curled over her, his tears falling on her back. Once able to breathe easier, she looked up at him, amazed at what she saw.

He still was captured by the Life Fiber in his head, but his will kept all orders dead. He instead shielded her from view, COVER suits flying overhead. His eyes, unfocused and empty still, continued to let tears fall without stop. Mako took it upon herself to do so, and felt him flinch as her warm thumbs brushed under his eyes.

"Senpai..."

He hissed, his hands curling tightly against the wall of the building. His fight still continued, and he was starting to lose. Mako braced for the incoming attack, and it came with unpredictable results. Gamagoori pinned her to the ground, one fist raised up, ready to strike her, yet it stayed hovered in the air. As his hand crushed her shoulder, she whimpered under the pain and slow breaking of her bones, and finally she saw the change.

Gamagoori's eye's focused, and returned to their beautiful steel grey color. He hiccupped, tears falling again as he shook, his pinning arm moving to above her shoulder.

"I'm sorry..." he sobbed, his fist falling to his side, "I'm sorry."

Mako cringed as the bones in her shoulder did not align right, knowing that something was either broken, bruised, or fractured. She looked up smiling at him, causing him to flinch as he saw it stretch her cheeks. She reached up once more, brushing away tears.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry..."

Mako did not respond, simply brushing away his tears as the freedom he had fought for slipped aay again, and she was given enough time to drag herslef free, using the building to stand. Gamagoori, now back under Nui's control, threw a punch at her, sending her back on her back, but she did not stop. She sat up with a cry of anguish, scooting away as Gamagoori stalked onward her, but she did not feel fear.

"I'm not scared.." Mako told herself as Gamagoori grabbed her again by the collar, his other hand raising to hit her. She gave him a fierce smile, hoping that the Gamagoori trapped inside would see her.

"I'm sorry, Senpai..."

She sent her better leg into his gut, aiming her toes right into his ribs. The glass embedded within the leather of the shoe pierced into him, and stayed there, sending him back with a howl as glass tore into his chest. Mako struggled to move to him as he fell to his knees, thin streams of blood dripping down his midsection. She grabbed the loose pipe on the ground, and with her best effort rose it above her head.

Her fear returned. She couldn't do it. She didn't mean to shove glass into his chest. She didn't want to hurt him, she didn't. She cried out, her tears falling once more as she dropped her blunt weapon. She knelt in front of him as he slowly rose again, blood marring his face.

"You..."

Mako dropped her arms, ad closed her eyes. She couldn't fight anymore. She had no strength, her body hurt and broken. This was the end.

"I'm...so sorry..."

Mako gasped as his arms went around her again, and Mako finally realized what had happened to him. Part of his Mind Stitching had been filed away, freeing him enough to act on his own. She slowly moved her good arm to his hand, her hand digging for the Stitching, snagging the edge of one shredded cord, and pulled up, trying to rip the Life Fibers out of his mind.

"STOP!"

With one final tug, it ripped out of his mind, sending her on to a bed of rock on her back. Gamagoori fell with her, bracing himself in time to hvoer over her with his arms to her sides.

Mako let her tears fall, and hugged his neck, her words trapped behind her cries.

"Senpai..."

Gamagoori gave a choked cry, his head resting on her shoulder as his cried, unable to respond or talk to her. She knew he wouldn't be able to, the horrors of his actions swallowing him whole.

"You're forgiven...you're forgiven, Senpai. It's okay."