As the explosion finally subsided, Ryuko and Sora were seen with their lights completely knocked out. While Senketsu was seen dragging his wearer to safety, scissor blade in mouth, Tsumugu was seen hoisting Sora above his shoulder who was now reverted back to normal due to the immense shock he received from the explosion. He then muttered "Ra-gyo must pay…Poi-sioned Ka-mui…raped…daugh-ter…" as he finished what he said he then passed out completely.
"Easy Sora. We'll deal with that later, but not now…" Tsumugu stated as he tried to ease the frustrations Sora was facing knowing full-well from first-hand experience that such a temper is bad for one's health and will certainly slow down recovery or even make the injuries worse.
[Minutes later after Sora and the gang took their leave]
Ragyo was then seen emerging from the rubble and looking next to unfazed. "Hmm, I wonder what that was all about… Satsuki!" as she then darted her eyes to where her now topless daughter was lying at.
As Rei then walked up to the defeated, she prepared to haul her over to where they would want Satsuki to be as a POW. Then something sent shivers down her spine which made her yelp "Lady Ragyo. Something isn't right."
"And what would that be, my dear?" Ragyo said as she was no longer in Override with Junketsu yet her hair is now seen as it normally is (if there is such a thing as 'normal' for that hair). Junketsu's left eye was also seen replaced with an eyepatch no different from the one Senketsu wears on his right eye, hinting that the damage is indeed next to irreparable.
"Sh-She's dead, Lady Ragyo! Satsuki is dead!" Rei yelled out as she checked her vitals over and over again, shaking in terror knowing full well this won't bold well later
"What!? You mean all that was just to kill herself if things didn't look well for her!?" Ragyo screamed out in sheer frustration
"It's hard telling what she was thinking when she pulled the trigger or why she would off herself for that matter…unless…" Rei gulped as she finished her sentence
Ragyo then laughed manically as she had a hunch of why her daughter would avoid capture this way "She knew about that all along, didn't she!? She knew she was worth more to us alive than dead regardless of her true allegiance!"
"She knew of our plans to feed her to Shinra Kouketsu…" Nui quietly said as she slowly made her way to her inner circle
"Don't you dare try and play stupid with me, Nui!" Ragyo stormed as she now has Nui in a chokehold "You still failed to deal with Yen Sid as well as keeping that a secret from me all while asking me for more and more heartless every week since then; I guess that answers where they all went." Just as Nui's complexion started turning purple, she did recall one important service Nui has completed one certain task to the letter months back "But seeing as you still did a good job at dealing with that traitor for good, I'm more than willing to overlook this particular failure." Ragyo finished as she released her grip on Nui.
"Sorry, mommy. It won't happen again, I swear." Nui said in most glum tone as opposed to her sounding like she's as much zest as Mako
Ragyo then ordered "Now find this 'Sewing Club' of theirs for me and bring them all to me alive. It's high time to put them to real good use now…"
"Okay mommy!" and just as fast as someone snapping their fingers, she was back to the way she's usually seen as.
"As for you Rei, take out the trash of a traitor. After that, I'll need you to prepare yourself for when the day comes. As far as Shinra goes, you'll have to make do." Ragyo instructed her head accountant.
"At once Lady Ragyo. Very good, Lady Ragyo." Rei replied as she bowed to her CEO and proceeded to drag Satsuki out of the now ruined stadium.
[Location: within the Two-star district; Time: 10:00 AM]
Rei was seen carrying Satsuki to a familiar drainage system. As she finally got to the point where she can dumped the body easily, Rei leaned the dead body on the guard railing and got to eye level with the late president of Honno-Ji's Student Body. "Serves you right, traitor." She scolded Satsuki even in the latter's death "I guess we can have some fun with the Keyblade master instead." She then tossed Satsuki into the drainage systems below and allowed the waves to take her away.
[Location: Nudist Beach HQ; Time: 9:30 PM (Day 77 {one month later})]
Sora was seen in a medical bed and just to his right was another one of which was housing an out cold Ryuko Matoi. While Sora has been awake and conscious for the past week at least, his injuries prevented him from getting back up and into the fight as well as trying to even cast any healing spells. Sora knows full-well that they require quite a lot of effort on his part despite the astounding return value.
He was about try to cast a healing spell on Ryuko to help mend the wounds she has sustained and to help wake her up. "C'mon, Ryuko. I need someone to talk to…"
"Don't bother, kid." Aikuro said in a glum tone "Her body is more than fine right now, but it's her mental health that seems to be the problem. Besides, you know your healing spells require a lot of energy and it seems you were sapped dry after your fight with Ragyo."
"What of the rest of Honno-ji? At least those who weren't corrupted by her evil?" Sora pondered
Aikuro sighed as he prepared to deliver the worst of news "Most of Honno-ji's students and family that lives there made it out okay thanks to you and Ryuko, most of the Mankanshoku's included, but… I'm sorry, Sora. The former lieutenants for your club; they… did everything in their power to buy the rest of us some time."
"Are held captive or…"
"Satellite imagery found their bodies, Ragyo herself executed them on the spot." Aikuro said, confirming Sora's worst fears in regards to his local cohorts "Speaking of the bitch, I still can't believe that Isshin never bothered to tell us that he made love with-"
"That monster!?" Sora growled
"Yeah… Why do you call her that now? Do you know something that we don't? Did you… find anything disturbing in that primordial journal of Satsuki's as proof?" Aikuro kept poking at the subject to help ease some of the recent tensions.
Sora gulped hard as he realized now that he was at a crossroads regarding Nudist Beach's opinion towards Satsuki. Due to the Tri-City Raid one month back, the latter has been branded a war criminal by the three cities that her forces sacked to flush out the Nudist, Osaka most of all due to the Anti-Clothing resistance taking residence there to begin with. He had to choose: either be haunted by Satsuki's ghost after he showed him her journal, or keep it to himself and have Satsuki remain stuck between a dick and an asshole, assuming she's even still alive.
As he finally made up his mind, he knew that it was for the best. Reluctantly, he took out the journal, the should've been used peace treaty he found at Isshin's place, and the DVD that he found at Satsuki's place, the last two of which he took with him for good measure. Before Aikuro even got close to it, Sora withdrew it from the high ranking Nudist and said "This journal does NOT reach the ears of the other Nudist, save for the former Elites of Honno-Ji, and whatever you do, don't let Ira off himself over this, please. Everything else is yours to do with."
"The big guy won't be easy to calm down, but I'll try…." Aikuro then took in the journal that had the answers that they have been searching for the whole time. After he was done reading, he dropped it out of complete shock of what he just learned in regards to their now former late enemy. "Oh my god…We…we had her figured all wrong the whole time. Sora, for what it is worth, on behalf of Nudist Beach, I apologize for ever doubting you…"
"Shut up…save it for the person that DOES deserve your apology. Save it for Satsuki, assuming she is even still alive." Sora scowled mistaken his false homeroom teacher's genuine kindness for sheer rudeness at the fact that Aikuro was apologizing to the wrong person. He then proceeded "First thing I'm off to do when I am no longer bed ridden is return to Honno-Ji, kill the REVOCS leadership, and destroy the source of these super Heartless; this 'Original Life Fiber' from what I recall hearing about. That will be my final tribute to her." He decided to fall back to sleep to help his wounds recover.
"Sora…" Aikuro muttered as he couldn't believe how fast things went south. He then radioed Tsumugu and said "Give word the other Nudists of a new development that Sora just uncovered"
"And that would be?" Tsumugu said on the other end
"The bounty on Satsuki's head is off."
"Kind of pointless since she's no longer among the living, don't you think?"
""It's what Sora would want for her for sure: to let Satsuki know that we forgive her for everything she's done."
"Understood, I'll tell them to start taking posters down. To think I've always called her 'Queen Bitch' when the whole time that name should've belong to someone more deserving." Tsumugu said shaking his head total disbelief that everyone was played for fools from the start.
[Meanwhile back at the medical room]
Sora was seen trying to go back to sleep only to be awakened by a voice he hasn't heard in sometime
"Hey buddy." This prompted Sora to look to his left and saw his other half
"Roxas?" Sora asked
"Yeah, it's been a while. Your current mental health isn't exactly in the green... don't exactly look good physically either...ow..." Roxas said as he winched a little. due to Roxas originating from Sora, he felt everything from the pummeling to the bombs in every degree as Sora did.
"Then you don't need to even try to go back into my head to find out why. You share every one of my senses, you know what you- we read back at the manor."
"Yeah. I still can't wrap my head around-" Roxas pondered only to be cut off by Sora
"why someone would do those...things to a child...their OWN child may I add?"
"Sora, I may not be in agreement with where your mental health, but at least your reasons for revenge are justified. Still, you can't just let this discovery consume you! You need-"
"No, Roxas. I ain't stopping for no train this time." Sora scoffed as he began getting off his med-bed
"Oh, no you don't. You're not in any good condition to leave just yet. What would happen if you walked out right now? in the condition your in, you'd die and that's not something Kairi would like, now would it?" Roxas egged on knowing that this would be the only thing that could give other pause
Sora was about to protest but as Roxas brought Kairi into the discussion, he recalled what he heard Kairi say just as he took his leave. It's like she knew things would go bad fast. Sighing in defeat, Sora replied "No, she wouldn't like that in the slightest and I doubt Riku would hear the end of that in the next twenty years..."
"That much is true..." They then tried to laugh a bit but were still in a bit of pain. Roxas then continued "So what do ya say?"
"One more day on sick leave, then it's back to the fields of war." Sora concluded
"Sora" Roxas dragged on by himself "What has Ragyo done to you?"
[Location: Honno-Ji Wastelands; Time: 7:00 AM (Day 78)]
Mataro and Guts were seen doing what they do best: doing and stealing whatever they can to get by. After they made off with enough food to get by, they were met with a couple of red-eyed Neoshadows that didn't seem inclined on sparing their prey with a few of the flying suits above that are that have been dubbed 'COVERS'. Knowing full well that trying to fight them would only made them mad, he made a run for it. Unfortunately, he didn't get very far after that when they pinned him to corner, ready to send them to their fates as food for the Life Fibers. Then, in a blinding flash, Heartless and COVERS alike were smitten with an incredible mix of finesse and power by an unknown savior wearing a black shawl to conceal the face and most of the body, who happens to be female; the cloak only goes down to about her mid-thighs. Much to Mataro's shock, this woman is confirmed to be wearing absolutely nothing with her cloak save for a pair of high-heel shoes that have blades for said heels (not even a set of you-know-what). The blades of the shoes that this girl is wearing have a black coloration and have a frighteningly familiar sheen to them. As a slight gust blew by, their heads slid down off of their bodies.
"Whoa-HO-HO! That was awesome! If it weren't for you, I'd be dead for sure." Mataro thanked his savior, who turned to face him despite her face being obstructed by the black wrap and the shadow projected by the hood and simply nodded in response. Had this been the old Mataro he would have tried to play it tough all the time, but it seems Sora has changed him for good on that department as well as his and Bazaro's peeping habits. Mataro then asked "Don't talk much?" the figure shook her head once more "Could you at least show me your face so I can remember who it was that saved me?" feeling unnerved at what might occur after the shrouded hero did, she cringed and was prepared to lead him to a safe place, but as she turned the other way she didn't see Mataro latch onto her black cloak and unwrapped it from her body, revealing that her face is wrapped up in black leather straps, revealing only her mouth and left purple eye for bare necessities. Rather large chucks of black hair were also seen poking out of the head wraps. This woman must've gotten into the fight for her life as she is seen sporting several faded bruises as well as a fair amount of dirt and grime all over her basically naked body. Mataro found himself intimidated, aroused, and puzzled all at the same time at the appearance of this person and managed to ask "Girl, you look like death. Are you okay?"
The mysterious savior simply answered in a rough sounding voice in a calm tone "I should ask you the same thing, Mataro Mankanshuko. However, it only hurts when I look back and think of my mistakes. Other than that, I am fine, thank you for asking."
"Holy crap! How do you know my name?" The boy asked as he was amazed that a complete stranger whom of which was never seen here before knew his name.
However he was only met with a palm in his mouth as his rescuer then answered "The sky has eyes and the air have ears; all linking back to 'Her'…"
As Mataro took the time to get what the stranger meant by what she just said, he then lost most of his train of thought as he was staring straight at the woman's naked frame of which is, basically, generally well-toned in pretty much every area of her body. Her belly sports not even a micrometer of pudginess. Her arms are at the perfect combination of lean and beefy; enough to tell of past training but not body builder large. The woman's breast are also quite sizeable, but not to the point where they would compromise her combat ability. Her calves and thighs are also in the consensus of the rest of her body: well-toned, very little fat if any at all, and still a bit large. The exact shape, condition, and size of her legs can only imply that her buttocks is also relatively large yet not even jiggly in the slightest. She takes notices of the fact that the boy has all but lost complete track of everything now until an "ahem" came from her.
As Mataro looked up he saw that this girl took notice of his staring. Now filled with utter terror of what his liberator might do to him over eyeing her nigh perfect physique, in a panic he throws the cloak back in her direction and said "Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! I'm sorry I think you should take this back."
"No need for apologies for staring; it's something that I was long since accustomed to. In fact when a girl sees that she has such a well-endowed body like mine, she soon grows an urge to just show it off against her father's wishes." The young woman said in a surprisingly shameless attitude that would leave most women her age dumbfounded as she then chuckled a bit
"I bet you'll look even sexier if you took those wraps off of your face." Mataro pondered as he is now a little more comfortable near this killer of COVERS
She then stopped her chucking, calmed herself down, and replied with a sorrowful tone "I want to, I wish I could, but not now. Not until this world is restored to the way it was before even this accused school was built."
"Did something happen to your face ma'am?"
"My whole head, my body, and even my heart hurts like no other, but not in the way you may imagine it. As I said before: it only hurts to look back and think of the mistakes I've made. Let's just say that I'm a ghost of someone who tried to fight for everyone." Mataro simply nodded at the hidden hero. After she got the cloak back around her body and hood above her already well-concealed face, the woman then lifted a sewer hatch open to allow Mataro an easy run to freedom. They were several train carts with different rails that lead to different destinations. The savior then instructed "Take the one on the left and head south on it. That'll lead you to Osaka, where Nudist Beach, your sister, Ryuko, and 'He' resides."
"Thank you ever so much." The boy quietly thanked him but then proceeded "but should you also be on your way their now? I mean, I don't think there's anyone left in town now."
The woman sighed deeply "Don't worry about me, boy. Worry about yourself like you have for the past month."
"Hey before I go, can you tell me your name?" The pipsqueak said, at the ready
"I had a real name once upon a time but it has long since been disowned ever since the incident one month ago. For now until the time is right, you and everyone else in this world may call me 'ANiGooD'." ANiGooD said
"Thank you, ANiGooD."
[Location: an unmapped shack; Time: 7:15 AM]
ANiGooD was later seen hauling the now immobilized COVERS in her right arm and Life Fibers ripped from the Heartless in her left heading straight for a shack of which not even the student Council of Honno-Ji was aware of, completely clean of any hidden cameras. She went into the shack, approached a dart board mounted into the wall, and entered a combination of which was almost the same as the combination as the safe at Isshin's place. A hidden passage located behind the fridge was then revealed. ANiGooD made her way into the secret hallway and once she made her trip down the stairwell, which took her approximately 50 feet below the surface, and entered an underground workstation. The place was complete with a mannequin that is wearing set of clothes that displays a striking resemblance to the ones Sora is wearing except colored differently, a medical facility of which appears to have been used only once so far, a forge and set of tools dedicated to the development of a prototype weapon; most likely to be used against Life Fibers, and a ventilation system that allows the all the smoke coming from the forge to leave the workshop; allowing this woman to work in peace and suffocation free.
ANiGooD then made her way to the forge, which also had several more salvaged COVERS and LF's plucked straight from the lobes of the Heartless, and muttered "Words can't describe how much I want to skip the very hellhole that I created. However… I'm a wanted war criminal of both REVOCS AND Nudist Beach. After everything said and done, there's no turning to them for asylum now." She said as she then allowed the cloak to fall from her body so she can get to work on the forge without it burning up while she works.
[Location: Nudist Beach HQ; Time: 10:30 AM]
Sora was seen off the medical bed that he was confined to for the past month and on his feet, ready to fight once again and prepared for a counterstrike unlike any other. He saw that Ryuko has yet to have awaken from her coma. Between seeing (one of) his big sister-like figures like this and hearing that it was confirmed that the other committed suicide through the bombs that went off last month has left him stuffed with survivor's guilt. "Everything I do from now on, it'll be for you… and her…" As Sora was making his way to meet with the Elite Four who have long since dissolved into Nudist Beach, he was confronted by Aikuro who was showing a very glum expression on his face. Sora then guess "I assume you went over the other things I found?"
"Yeah, that treaty could not be forged by anyone else. It was Isshin's handwriting no doubt. And I recognized the person in the DVD recording; his name was Soichiro Kiryuin, Ragyo's only husband, or so we thought. Isshin used to work with him in all things regarding Life Fibers, but when they caught wind of what Ragyo was up to they both escaped with both their knowledge of what REVOCS is planning and Ryuko." Aikuro said as he recalled everything that Sora found "Rumor has it that Soichiro died in a car crash on a rainy storm, but the more daunting thing is that not only was he still alive after the fact but I also can't shake the feeling of is what Soichiro said after he read that journal entry"
"'I wish I could've saved them both…' Do you think he's referring to Satsuki?" Sora inquired
"Seeing as he is Satsuki's father it only sounds natural. But if he ALSO meant Ryuko, then what does that mean?"
"What if Isshin was only a fall guy or something for Soichiro…? Or maybe… just maybe…what if…?" Sora hypothesized as he then gulped "What if Isshin and Soichiro were the same person to start with?"
"By the light…" Aikuro muttered with a look of utter terror as he realized where Sora just went with this discussion "Satsuki said that she and an unnamed baby sister, whom of which was Ryuko the whole time, were subjected to fatal Life Fiber experiments at infancy, the latter was thrown down a chute and left to rot, and that Soichiro taught Satsuki everything there is to know about Life Fibers and the very thing that he married and subsequently divorced. Between all that, the DVD, the treaty, the first journal entry, and Ryuko's Life Fibers… it all makes perfect fucking sense now; all of the pieces, despite sounding uncanny to start with, all fit in place… Sora, you have, without a doubt, single handedly solved the mystery behind the founder of Nudist Beach." the Nudist agent stammered in total awe of the fact that just like that, Sora has placed all the pieces together with a single hunch.
"Way to go, detective." Roxas applauded
"Now all that's left is to make the REVOCS atone for their atrocities across the worlds… and enact revenge for Satsuki." Sora said as he walked passed Aikuro, preparing to spread word of the truth of the founder of Nudist Beach to its members; starting with Ira and the gang.
"Don't bother telling them. They know everything now." Aikuro yelled back
"I don't doubt you there. I just need to see their reaction to this information with my own eyes." Sora remarked
As he was searching for the late Satsuki's inner circle, Sora took note of the reunion of the whole Mankanshoku family as they were hugging in a fashion where they were trying to squeeze each other's guts out. This made the now chronically homicidal Sora loosen up a bit as he decided to try and get involve with the conversation. He heard Suyuko yelled "Son! Oh thank goodness you're alright!"
"He's a Mankanshoku dear, remember? He's a natural born survivor."
As Mataro was receiving his thanks for outlasting the environments, he then thought it was time to come clean of how he really got here the moment he saw Sora. "Thanks, thanks, but to be honest, I didn't exactly get here completely by myself. I had some help."
"Oh, you made a new friend back at the ruins?" Mako asked, curious about the help he received
"Yeah I did. She was super badass and everything."
As she heard her son swear, Sukuyo responded with a whack upside his head and said "language, young man."
"Where is she?" Mako asked
"Sorry, but it's true for the lack of a safer word." Mataro whined as he rubbed his throbbing head and continued "anyway, she decided to stay at the school instead of leaving for Osaka. She looked tough and basically IS tough! Toughest girl I've ever known since Ryuko. You guys won't believe what she was wearing when she saved me."
Upon hearing that a female saved Mataro, Sora suddenly grew an even greater interest in this conversation and asked "enlighten me, squirt."
"She was wearing a black robe that only went down to just above her knees and bladed high heel shoes."
"Bladed heels…? Who would wear heels like-" Sora thought and just then he recalled only one person that would wear high-heels basically all the time. In response, his interest grew even more "And…?" Sora wondered if Mataro left out any detail by accident
"That's it. That's all she was wearing at the moment. I wanted her to show me her face so I can thank her a bit more properly but as I tried stopping her by grabbing her shawl, her face was completely covered in black leather wrappings and aside from those few things, she was completely butt naked."
"What!?" the others, save for Sora, exclaimed
"Did you stare at her for long? Did she… try punching your face in for that?" Sora continued to investigate this sudden development
"Yeah, I was… completely lost in how well-toned she looked, even compared to Ryuko; maybe even more so. And heck nah, she was cool with it from what she told me!" he said starting with a rather shameful tone as he knew he could get in trouble for peeping at naked girls, but then returned to his usual upbeat voice for the second answer
As Mataro kept filling his head with this information, Sora's spirits were being lifted with the hopes that 'She' may still be alive and questioned "Did she give you her name?"
"Yeah she said she had a real name once, but said that we can call her 'ANiGooD' or however that's pronounced." Mataro finished his explanation, completely confusing Sora now.
"Hmm…I'm sure I don't need to ask about her current standpoint for the war?" Sora continued to let his curiosity to guide him.
"From what she did tell me, she hates those REVOCS asshats with a passion; even more than… the last person who tried to usurp them from power." Mataro said starting with a large chunk of zeal, only to degrade to a tone more somber as he mentioned 'her'.
"I'd spank you for cursing again, but since it was directed at those fiends that robbed us of our happiness, I'll make an exception…for now" Suyuko strictly scolded Mataro
"ANiGooD…sounds like a code name to me, much like what Ansem undergone as DiZ… it's a highly likely hunch for sure, but I shouldn't get my hopes too high up." Sora thought to himself as he pondered about the name of this rogue then said aloud "Well…I guess I should find this 'ANiGooD' and sway her to Nudist Beach for her safety… and who knows, maybe she can help me kill the REVOCS Leadership." As Sora finished what he plans on doing upon his return to Honno-Ji, he then made is way to finds the former Honno-Ji leadership.
Sora then spotted The Elite Four approaching and the former asked "So…?"
"We've known about her dark past for some time, Sora." Ira said in a more quiet volume as opposed to being a one-man loud speaker
"Shiro and I knew the longest; only because we were with her from the beginning." Nonon pitched in
"And you guys and Houka?" Sora queried
"She never confessed what that sex-monger did to her until Honno-Ji began operations." Uzu answered "We swore to her to keep it a secret and take it with us to the very grave, but I think there another reason why she never told you nor Ryuko."
"You don't eyes to see the answer, mon- I mean Uzu." Nonon said as she called one of her fellow elites by their real name for once.
"She's right. I intend to head back to Honno-Ji and kill the REVOCS Leadership as vengeance for your late friend." Sora said as he revealed what he has planned, only to shift his attention to the pinkette "Wait, did you just call him by his first name for once?"
"I figured I should stop with the animal names. I mean, at least that's what 'she' would want." Nonon confessed as she then added "sla- I mean, Ryuko was the sister the whole time, wasn't she?"
Sora hung his head low and answered "Yeah…'Her' sister was right here, under our noses the whole time." Just as he was about to leave the base, he recalled something he observed back at the stadium "Oh and another thing Nonon, about your shako cap." He asked as he pulled the skull out of his pocket "What's the story behind-?"
"And here I thought you'd never ask about that. I had a pet monkey once upon a time; ironic considering all the guff I ever gave Uzu, I know. His name was Salieri and he always tagged along with me wherever I went be it at school, field trips, or even camping. those were way better times before he passed away just as I was about to graduate Elementary School." Nonon said as she was beginning to tear up
"I'm sorry for loss; I truly am." Sora offered his condolences
"I know you are, Sora. He always loved laying down atop of my head. Hence the reason behind the skull on my hat."
"To be with you even beyond the afterlife. Man, if I knew the importance of this thing to you I never would have touched it in the first place. But now that I do, I feel rather dirty just having it on my person." Sora replied with a strong hint of angst towards himself as he handed the monkey's skull back to its rightful owner "Here, you can have him back."
"I appreciate you wanting to give him back." Nonon said as she gently took the bone out of Sora's hands, only to continue with "But after seeing how he warped your Keyblade to help defeat Uzu, I think Salieri will do far better good with you than he ever has with me sine he passed away."She then turned the skull's face to meet her on and spoke to it like the monkey was still alive "My old friend, this is your new owner now. Watch after him just as you have with me." Nonon finished as she handed the skull back to Sora
"If you feel that this is for the best-"
"I do; and don't worry about me forgetting him. Once Goku uniforms become a possibility again, I'll just ask Shiro for a mold instead."
After Nonon was done telling Sora the story behind her traditional skull hat motif, a loud thud was heard from where he was standing at which Ira prompt "We've been compromised! Sora, can you fight again?" which was answered with a simple nod coupled with a fierce glare in his eye "I'm sorry for putting that bounty on your head the day prior to the Festival. If I had known you were just seeking your own answers, I would've given you plenty of leeway."
"Water under the bridge now, big guy." Sora said, forgiving the giant for his rashness. He then turned his attention to the green haired one-man radar system and asked "Uzu, can your senses pick them up? How bad is it up there?"
"It's picking them up alright. Looks like 200 human type COVERS and several dozen 'Dapper Shadows' as you dubbed them."
"They want us flushed out for good then." Tsumugu stated as he rendezvoused with the others
"They won't find us that easy to off. When our backs are against the walls, that's when fight the hardest for sure. Once I'm done aiding in the defense, I'll make my move on Honno-Ji and those that have deceived us."
"Understood." Everyone said
"Look out, forces of darkness. Here comes the Savage Six." Uzu said as the rest of them nodded in agreement.
[A few minutes later at the surface]
The concealed steel door opens up as the group of six prepared to make their stand; revealing a copious number of both human type COVERS and Dapper Shadows. Nonon then remarked "Looks like your all seeing mind was on the money, Uzu."
"Yeah, it's as bad as I saw it would be." Uzu said
Aikuro then ordered "He's the game plan: Uzu and Nonon, deal with the Heartless and salvage whatever Life Fiber strand they drop while you're at it for Senketsu. Ira and Sora, use your tools of trade to release the human host from the COVERS. Tsumugu and I are on defense. Anything eludes even Uzu's senses, we show it no mercy."
"Got it!" everyone exclaimed
As everyone scrambled to their respective roles the fighting as already begun. The Dapper Shadows are no doubt the finest of their kind, yet they were easily out maneuvered by Nonon's small frame and out witted by Uzu's fighting technique
"Ha! These guys are a piss walk!" Nonon taunted the Heartless
"Don't get carried away, Nonon. We're here to defend, not to advance." Uzu retorted
As Ira made perfect use of his strength for both holding off each COVER and using the just as gargantuan extraction device, each host was release one after another. Sora used a touch with a bit more finesse involving a release spell and quick reflexes to avoid the COVERS attacks; in short: let the monster wind itself down first, then release while it was open.
Gah! How many of these fiends received their filled last month!?" Ira yelled
"Don't lose faith big guy, I don't think Satsuki would like that very much; even from beyond the grave. Remember: this process frees the hostage and kills the COVER simultaneously! We're basically bolstering our ranks and sharpening our knives even as we speak!" Sora replied
The minute few that managed to get passed the main defense force were just as easily mowed down by the two veteran Nudist.
"We can only hold out for so long. How long until Sleeping Beauty gets back up?" Tsumugu said
"I don't know, but I think things just got worse for us…" Aikuro said pointing at the hill littered with more COVERS.
The group on the hill then turned some parts of theirs bodies into harps. Sora looked on and mumbled "What the…" before he could finish that sentence however he was met with rather terrible music coming from their harp-shaped bodies; it both loud and scratchy and made Sora remark "Nonon, I think these guys could do well with a few lesson from you!"
"Ya don't say!?" Nonon yelled back
Before things were about to turn dark for everyone, a hole was suddenly blown from below. Needless to say, everyone knew exactly who could've done something like that. This got Tsumugu to whisper "About time, slacker."
"Ira, Nonon, and Uzu: regroup with the Nudists! Ryuko and I will take care of this!" Sora requested as he took on Master Form and drew his Music of Magic and Karmic Teachings Keyblades.
He then thrust his magic based Keyblade into the air while grabbing hold of Ryuko while his melee based Keyblade was temporarily withdrawn; hinting that Sora is planning to use a stop spell once again. Once the Heartless and COVERS alike were stopped in their tracks, they both went to town with them. Sora was seen carving the now helpless Heartless multiple new ones while Ryuko managed to free all the COVER host with a single strike of her scissor blade.
Once the time stop spell timed out, all the heartless were instantly annihilated, the former host made their mad run for the safety of Nudist Beach, and all the COVERS went silent. A tag team rush like this was exactly what Sora needed to help him lighten up a bit and exclaimed "Frickin' A, Ryuko that was just like old times!"
Senektsu popped out of the hole and said "Ryuko, you're awake!? Oh thank goodness! I was afraid you've nev-!"
Just as he was about done with what he was saying, Ryuko growled "Fuck off, dishrag. I'm done with you."
This got both her now former Kamui and former brother figure to gasp in total surprise of how Ryuko is acting towards her Kamui right now; making Sora replied "R-Ryuko! How? How can you just talk down to your friend like this? That was no proper way to talk to him, and I should know!"
"What? You want me to say it? You both saw what my heart looked like! That's not human! That's some sort of dark magic at work! I'm not human and I never was! I should've fucking know that's the REAL reason why I can even hear Senketsu in the first place. In short: I'M A FUCKING MONSTER OF THE DARKNESS!" As Sora took all this in, he lowered his head as he knew there are now only two things could potentially defuse this meltdown: Physiological sympathy and a quick beat down; both of which he wished he never had to confess nor give out…
[Character Relations Updated]
A/N: The pronunciation for ANiGood is [a-ni-jood]
P.S. if anyone has a better chapter title, feel free to share in the reviews or PM me.