THIS IS CBC NEWS TORONTO. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO FOR THE 10 O'CLOCK NEWS, JENA BLACKSTAFFE.
"Good evening, Toronto." a female reporter, who was the same individual that interviewed Dr. Richard Batty earlier in the day, told the network's viewers as she was seen sitting by a desk in the studio. "Originally, we were due to air an interview I conducted with local celebrity therapist Dr. Richard Batty, but in a strange turn of events, the local authorities were seen arriving at his home to discover a series of bizarre, disturbing and gruesome home videos he recorded of committing vicious crimes against his own patients while wearing what has been reported to match the description of the much talked about serial killer The Staple Eyed Gentleman wears. Even stranger is that Dr. Batty, upon being confronted with this information, openly admitted to being the infamous serial killer, guilt free. The authorities attempted to apprehend Dr. Batty, only for him to lash out and mortally wound them, fleeing the scene completely. If you manage to find Dr Batty, be advised that he's armed and extremely dangerous. Instead of approaching him in person, please contact your nearby police department and inform them of your sighting of Dr. Batty. In other news..."
Right as the reporter was about to go into greater detail over her next reporter, Kevin Casavantes, who turned out to be watching that particular report while sitting on a couch inside an undisclosed bunker, changed the channel, turned his face towards Dr. Batty (while sporting an utterly petrified expression) and told him, "...Rich. We're fucked. Like...really, really fucked. The hell were you thinking when you pulled that shit on the cops?"
"I had no choice, Kev. They left me with no choice but to tenderize their flesh with my machetes." Richard replied as he sat on the couch with Izanami Nishimura (who had some bandages wrapped around her forehead). "Satsuki Matoi may have ruined my reputation, but she hasn't ruined my body, so we can still go forth with the mission."
"You got to be kidding me, Rich!" Kevin stammered back, having a hard time mentally comprehending how his therapist is treating his own damaged public reputation. "There's no fucking way we can keep trying to get the girls back for Lady Kiryuin when you have the entire damn country trying to hunt your ass down! It's impossible!"
"Not if we take refuge back in America." Richard quickly responded as he pulled his cellphone out of one of his coat pockets, brought up Evelyn Adams-Nickelsen's phone number, lightly tossed the cell to Kevin and added, "Call Evelyn. Her home should be big enough for us to take refuge in."
"You sure that's a good idea, Rich? Wouldn't that make us bigger targets to those hunting for you?"
"Not at all, Kev. Just call the number and let her know we'll be there within the next day or so."
"Ehhhh...whatever you say, Rich." Kevin nervously shrugged as he then called Evelyn's cell number with Dr. Batty's phone and waited for her to pick up.
"Are you okay, Dr. Batty?" Izanami calmly asked him, sounding eerily like a puppy greatly concerned for their owner.
"Yeah, Ms. Nishimura. Just had a bit of a mishap." Richard politely replied with a slight laugh, trying his hardest to keep her relaxed in stressful times, even going as far as to patting her on the head in a reassuring way. "We'll make it out of this without a scratch and the head of your fiance's murderer."
"But I don't think i'm strong enough to avenge Masanori's death. I need to get stronger. How do I get stronger, Dr. Batty? How do I get stronger than her?" she replied back, sounding quite desperate over her increasingly intense desires to kill Satsuki Matoi.
"I'm sure Lady Kiryuin will help make you stronger than Satsuki Matoi." Richard responded while sporting an eerie, warm smile. "I'm very sure she has something in store for you to make even stronger than Nui Harime."
Evelyn's Diary
Entry No. 665
Incredible Fucking Evelyn Is Back Fucking Home!
After spending an entire month in Japan, I have finally returned home to this city that my late husband had me move to a good eight years ago. According to the nanny I hired to fill in for me during my absence, she did not see that bitch of a sister in law Marilyn in any vicinity.
Thankfully, that means that my lovely Simon is still in safe harms. God, I wouldn't know what I would do if Marilyn got her filthy, four eyed hands on him, that ungrateful bit...
"Mommy! Someone's trying to call you!" her son Simon told her as he entered her personal office.
"Really? At this time of the day? Can't people just give us some personal space once in a while?!" Evelyn groaned as she took her cellphone out of Simon's hands, only to then change her tone of speech and tell him in a nicer sounding voice, "Thanks, honey. Now go back and watch your cartoons."
"But I don't like Goo Bros. It's so stupid!" Simon whined over having to continue watching such a show.
"Now move on, baby. Please go. Let mommy speak to her friends in peace." Evelyn told her son as she got out of her chair and lightly pushed her son out of her and back into the living room, much to his displeasure. He then took a quick glance at his TV, which had several anthropomorphic, human shaped slime people fighting a sentient vacuum cleaner by shooting acidic boogers out of their nostrils.
"Goo Bros suuuuuucks." Simon groaned as his mother left the living room, went back into her personal office, sat back on her desk chair and answered her cellphone. "Hello. This is Evelyn speaking."
"Oh thank god you picked up, Evelyn. It's me Kevin." the war vet responded as he was still sitting on the couch, looking quite bothered by being in the same room with Dr. Batty. "Shit just went south. Like...really fucking south of the border."
"What happened now, Captain America? You accidentally burned your flag or something?" Evelyn sarcastically replied while twirling her glittery purple pen around with her right index and middle fingers.
"No, Evelyn. Dr. Batty got us into some deep shit and we need to lay low in your place for a few days." Kevin nervously stammered back while hoping he didn't piss his therapist off too much. "The man butchered a bunch of cops to bloody pieces for the whole world to see! It's fucking crazy!"
"Really, Kevin? Damn. You guys really are in some deep shit." Evelyn responded, sounding quite surprised by this news. "You all can crash at my place if you're so desperate to hide in plain sight. The basement is large enough to hold you all for a couple of days."
"Oh thank you, thank you so much Evelyn. You're doing American a great service by letting me get back home in a pleasant way." Kevin exhaled in relief after Evelyn accepted the proposed offer presenter to her, though she shrugged in disgust after the war vet overemphasized his patriotism as usual.
"Whatever. Just don't take too long to get back from Canada." Evelyn spoke back as her tone sounded a little more deadpan than before. "Anyhow, I need to get back to writing. See you all later once you get back from the other side of the border."
Before Kevin could say another jingoistic quip or something of a similar nature, Evelyn hung her cellphone up, ending their conversation immediately, which made Kevin bluntly utter out, "Damn. Always stopping before i'm finished."
"That's just how Ms. Nickelsen is. All tease and no climax." Dr. Batty chimed in as he and Izanami were suddenly cleaning his machetes up with stark white towels. "Her late husband learned that the hard way."
"Did she cut his cock off or something?" Kevin asked, sounding a bit nervous to know about the exact details of this incident.
"No, Kev, she just straight up disemboweled his insides, buried his body in the backyard and turned said insides into baby food for her neighbor's newborn son." Richard nonchalantly responded, which made the war vet a bit queasy to his stomach. "She's not the woman you would want to double cross at any given time of your life."
"I'll take your word for it, then." Kevin groaned back after having the mental image of Evelyn doing awful things to him for something extremely minor. "Jesus Christ."
Back at Evelyn's home, she had put her cellphone on her desk while resuming writing in her journal, finally managing to get back into a much more serene, calm atmosphere that was free of chaos and aggravation.
As I was writing before I got rudely interrupted, I wouldn't know what I would do if Marilyn got her filthy, four eyed hands on Simon. I already killed her brother Darrel not too long after I gave birth to Simon and I can't just go and kill Marilyn, Would make me look suspicious to the yokels in the police department. Too suspicious even for idiotic small town keystone cops.
However, while she continued to write, a woman with dark rimmed glasses was peering through the window, looking extremely frustrated over seeing Evelyn back in the home. She was going to keep looking, but as soon as Evelyn started to make some eye movement towards the part of the window she was standing by, she quickly darted away and left the area, knowing that she wasn't prepared to confront the blonde haired woman in person at the moment.
"Wow. I can't believe you and Inumuta were able to really fuck that masked wacko's shit up." Ryuko told them as she sat on a chair, holding onto a cold bottle of dark beer. "How the hell did you get the idea to dig up some dirt on his true identity?"
"Well, I just had a slight hunch on that Staple Eye fellow and decided to google up on him. I also read up on some reported murders in the Toronto area that were connected to a Dr. Richard Batty, managed to find his home address, was able to hack into his computer and sure enough...the masked bastard was him all along. Had hours upon hours of him conducting therapy sessions with his patients and some videos of him committing murders he would then pin on them or their family. Really jacked up shit to be quite honest." Inumuta answered, sounding a little haunted by even having to remember such things.
"But in the end, your spirit prevailed, Houka Inumuta. The best soldiers are always the ones that rise above the worst of humanity and become examples others should strive to follow." Satsuki chimed in as she entered the area Inumuta and Ryuko were hanging out at. "However, Dr. Batty remains at large and we must continue to put more pressure on him until he becomes a worthless asset to Lady Kiryuin."
"And how do you think we'll be able to get that done, Satsuki?" Ryuko stammered back, sounding a little irritated over the fact that Dr. Batty hasn't been completely taken care of.
"We'll just have to keep him on his toes and keep hurling as much danger to him as possible." Satsuki responded as she sat down on a chair next to the one her sister was sitting in and put her scissor blade in between her legs. "We'll continue recruiting people in this country for the next two days, but once those are up, we're off to America."
"Oooooh. Haven't been in the states in years." Roland chimed in as he had been eavesdropping on the conversation while standing by a corner on the other side of the room. "Not since I was a teen in Harlem. Perhaps I could pay them a visit while the rest of you keep on recruiting people for the war."
"Sound plan, Mr. Burns." Satsuki replied to the former chief of Tokyo PD. "Family is an important part of a soldier's life and since we're making a homecoming for you, feel free to visit them to make yourself at ease in our ranks. However, we've done enough for today, so we must get a good night's rest for tomorrow's activities."
Right before everyone got the chance to get ready for bed, they all heard Nonon Jakuzure moaning in the loudest, most agony ridden tone imaginable, "Oooooooooooooh goooooooooooooooood! Oooooooooooh! I need heeeeeeeeeellllllllllllp! Someone heeeeeeeeeeeelp me! It hurts sooooooooooooo muuuuuuuuuuuuuch!"
"Shit, Satsuki! Nonon sounds like she's dying!" Ryuko yelped as she and the others heard Nonon's agonizing screams.
Though she hadn't shown much concern for Nonon with her current attitude, Satsuki suddenly broke the stoic mask she had hid herself by expressing utter shock and yelled "Nonon!" as she darted out of the room and into her friend's living quarters, discovering the downright unsettling sight of the pink haired girl she often referred to as her "best friend" sporting an unhealthy paleness on her skin and looking like she was near death.
"No. No! Don't die on me, Nonon Jakuzure! Don't die on me!" Satsuki screamed as she crouched by her side, tossed her scissor blade aside and tried her best to get Nonon back on her feet, only to realize that she was too limp and weak to do so.
"I...I...don't know if I...I...can….uuuuuuuuughhhhhhhh….go on like this." Nonon hoarsely replied with a heavy pant as her face was dripping with a cold sweat that had broke out all over her body as she remained laying on the ground, nearly making her way to death's door. "I….I...I think I tried to wear….Junketsu...toooooooooooo much."
"I'm so sorry for all the crap you had to put up with." Satsuki apologized with a heavy dosage of regret in her voice, accompanied by the biggest stream out tears she ever shed since she witnessed Soichiro's (fake) death as a child. "I was just...so possessed with vengeance for all that shit Dr. Batty committed to Masanori and Izanami. I just...couldn't help myself but act like something that I wasn't. It was like if I suffered a lifetime's worth of despair and heartbreak in the span of a mere week and was pushed beyond my own comfort zone, yet I didn't even question it. My soul was violated and I felt like I could coupe with the pain by becoming a complete hard-ass but ended up pushing everyone that cared for me away against the wall while I allowed myself to be swallowed by a black abyss of hate and negativity. Jeez, I miss getting high as a method of release but since I gave up pot, I gave in to the notion of acting like a tyrant. A tyrant no better than the woman who gave birth to me."
While Satsuki was pouring her insides out to Nonon, Ryuko and Shiro Iori were seen watching from the room's entrance while Junketsu was standing close by the two long time friends, all touched by her apology to end all apologies.
"I...I thought I really could stop acting like the person I am in order to fare better in our fight against Ragyo Kiryuin but instead...I lost my way. Lost my way and my mind to the omnipotent beast that is rage. Because of that...we could not properly fight as one and because of the rage, I became afraid of losing anyone by going back to who I really am, yet I became weak. A much, much weaker person as a result of my new found attitude rather than a stronger fighter. I...I just hope that it isn't too late to save you from near death, Nonon. There's...still a lot for us to do after the war. Still a lot for us to goof around with in our free time. I...I wouldn't be able to be the same if I lost you. Just...hang in there so we can stay friends until our time is actually supposed to be up."
In spite of still suffering a great deal of pain, Nonon opened her eyes again, curved her lips into a smile and weakly replied with a slight warmness to her voice, "Thaa…that's the Satsuki Matoi I know and love. Knew you were still in there."
"...can you get back on your feet, Nonon?" Satsuki asked her as she was willing to take a second shot at helping her stand back up.
"...yeeeaaah I think so." she hoarsely replied as Satsuki leaned underneath her left arm and helped get off the ground and back onto her feet.
"Let's go get you patched up." Satsuki politely told Nonon as they both slowly left the room, passing by Ryuko and Iori who, along with Junketsu, followed them on their way out.
"Nonon. Here's a glass of water." Shiro Iori told her as she sat down on a chair, looking less sickly than she did a few minutes ago. She then grabbed the cup and downed quite a bit of it, feeling rather refreshed by feeling the soothing earth born liquid slither down her unusually dry throat.
"Thanks. That really quenched my thirst." Nonon replied as she pulled the cup away from her mouth.
"Feeling better?" Satsuki asked as she sat down next to her, seemingly acting much more like how she did right before her second encounter with Dr. Batty. "If you are, we could eat these sandwiches Mrs. Mankanshoku and Detective Kinagase's sister are preparing. I heard they're good for the soul."
"Yeah, Satsuki. I really could use some food in my tummy." Nonon chimed back, sounding like she was rather starving.
"Great. I'll spread the word to the kitchen to make enough sandwiches for everyone." Satsuki responded, which she then walked up to Mako (who was napping against a wall, blowing and sucking a bubble out of her left nostril) and told her "Tell your mom to make as many sandwiches as possible."
As soon as Mako heard those words, the bubble popped and her eyes, which were followed by her screaming out in a cartoonish manner, "WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?! Tell my mom to make as many sandwiches as possible! I will, I WILL, I WILL SATSUKI-CHAN!"
"Thanks you." Satsuki calmly replied, only to then witness Mako running out of the room as quickly as possible.
"So you're came back to your senses, Satsuki Matoi." Junketsu told his wearer as he saw her acting like her normal sense the first time in seemingly forever. "About time you did so."
"Yeah, Junketsu. Couldn't keep the act up anymore. Just not how i'm supposed to be." Satsuki replied while sighing, admitting that she got tired of pretending to be someone other than herself.
"So….I take it that Nonon won't be wearing me anymore after what just happened."
"Sure as heck won't, Junketsu. She looked like she was on the verge of deteriorating just by trying to synchronize with you one time too many. I mean she did manage to achieve some sort of...synchronization with you, but I suppose normal human beings really aren't meant to access the powers kamuis possess."
"Well...it technically wasn't synchronization, Satsuki Matoi. Her attempts to synchronize with me instead resulted in Life Fiber Override, which isn't really something you want to achieve with a kamui."
"Overriding life fibers sounds like the act of trying to make a replacement organ accept their new host in spite of complete rejection. Not a pleasant thing to do in the very least."
"And that's what Nonon Jakuzure's body was just doing before you came to help. Rejecting copious use of my life fiber based genetic make-up to quite an extreme extent to the point of near death."
"Gee wiz, guys. Can't you two at least lighten it up for once?" Ryuko snickered as she heard her sister and Junketsu talking about what just happened to Nonon Jakuzure in great detail. "I really thought you were back to normal, sheesh."
"Aw come on, Ryuko. Me and Junketsu were just discussing how my friend was able to...sort of gain access to my kamui's combat form and how the prolonged use of it really took a toll on her. Aside from that, i'm feeling pretty chipper all things considered." Satsuki chimed back in a smarmy, semi-sarcastic tone her sister hadn't heard in quite a while.
"Never mind, then. Carry along, you two." Ryuko shrugged back and walked away after hearing her sister's response.
"So...does this mean you'll be willing to wear me again, Satsuki Matoi?" Junketsu asked his wearer in a very earnest, hopeful tone.
"Not quite yet, Junketsu." Satsuki replied in a very cheeky, mischievous tone. "I'll be right back."
"Uhhh...what do you mean by that, Satsuki Matoi?" Junketsu responded as he saw his wearer dart out of the room.
"I'll be in the mess haul for tonight's dinner." Satsuki replied back while smirking. "Just need to make a few adjustments to my clothes."
"Well please don't come back as a grimacing grump, Satsuki Matoi. Everyone's fed up with that Satsuki."
"I promise I won't, Junketsu. I promise."
"Nui Harime? Can you hear me?" an armed guard told her as he stood outside her cell room.
As soon as she heard a voice speaking out in her darkened cell room, she turned her head and replied in her seemingly permanent, creepy voice, "Yes? Is is something mommy wanted to tell me?"
"Yes, Nui. Your mother has sent me to tell you that she's letting you go free. No more restless days in that dark, dingy room. You can resume business in your workshop."
"WOW! I never thought mommy would let me back out!" Nui loudly spoke back as she stood up and anxiously anticipated the cell door to be unlocked. "That makes me so excited!"
"If I were in your shoes, I would feel the same." the guard replied as he pulled out a key, unlocked the cell door and opened it.
As soon as the door opened, Nui hopped onto the armed guard and ecstatically told him, "Thank you so much! You're a real gentleman for letting me out!"
"If there's anything else you want me to help you out with, Nui, just let me know." the guard responded, remaining calm in spite of having a crazy blonde woman in her early thirties hanging onto him face to face.
"I'm sure you know what I need back before I do anything else, sir." Nui responded as she twisted her lips into a demented smile.
"And...that is?"
"My scissor blade. I need it."
Back in the Naked Moon, everybody on board (with the exception of Satsuki) were sitting in the mess hall, anxiously waiting for the food to arrive from the kitchen.
"Sandwiches for everyone!" Kinue Kinagase shouted as she entered the mess hall with a cart full of beef teriyaki sandwiches. "Sandwiches for everyone!"
"Don't forget my famous croquettes!" Sukuyo Mankanshoku chimed in as she also entered with her own respective cart, covered to the brim with her homemade croquettes which immediately pleased the others patiently waited to dig in, which they then did so a good fifteen seconds later as they all started to dish the food out.
Some time after the meal began, Satsuki Matoi entered the mess hall, holding onto her scissor black behind her back in a way that obscured her hands for peculiar reasons.
"Oh damn. Looks like you brought your serious face to dinner after all." Ryuko shrugged in disappointment as she saw her sister expressing her seemingly permanent grimace.
However, much to everyone's surprise, she reverted back to a much looser, more upbeat facial expression as she cheerily spoke out, "Just kidding, everyone. That Satsuki took a hike."
"And you're the Satsuki Matoi that constantly made a mockery of me on multiple occasions?" Ryuko replied, not completely convinced. "Prove to me that you're that Satsuki Matoi, not the one that speaks in monotone."
"Alright then." Satsuki chirped back while smirking, only to remain quiet for several seconds afterward, creating an awkward silence. "No need to divert your eyes, people. It's one hundred percent guilt free."
Right before Ryuko could say anything in response, Satsuki gently let go of her scissor blade and, without any foreshadowing, tore her outfit off, revealing to be wearing a Nudist Beach uniform underneath, all while sporting the biggest smile she had ever expressed in a while.
"What the fuck, Ryuko?! You're really willing to wear that exhibitionist shit?!" her sister barked out in utter shock.
"Of course I am, sis." Satsuki replied in a very chirpy, ecstatic tone as she hopped over the chair, landed in its seat and planted her legs onto the massive dinner table, completely free of any embarrassment over her utter lack of clothing. "Isn't that why we're Nudist Beach, Ryuko? Am I right, dad?"
"Uhhhh….yeah, Satsuki." Soichiro nervously laughed as he held his right index and middle fingers against his nostrils, trying to stop blood from pouring out of them. Mako, her brother and their dad, however, didn't even bother as they ogled Satsuki Matoi's near nude, well toned and well endowed body. The one individual who appeared to be most pleased by this powerful display of feminine beauty was Shiro Iori, who eagerly tried his hardest to imagine what Satsuki would look like completely naked, smiling in spite of the surgical mask obscuring his mouth.
"So what's going on, everyone? Food's any good?" Satsuki asked the others sitting by the table, feeling zero shame over her lack of clothing and feeling far happier than ever since the war against the Kiryuin Conglomerate began in the first place, only to be responded by everyone quickly nodding their heads in response, which made her reply, "Great. Time to dish some out to myself. I swear I could eat Cthulhu if I wanted to."
"What's with the sudden switch in attitude, Satsuki? Couldn't keep up the stoic warrior act up any longer?" Gamagoori asked as he respectfully tried his best to not stare at his friend's near nude body too much, despite her telling everyone to not look away.
"Pretty much, Ira Gamagoori. Never felt comfortable in that role." Satsuki replied as she finished putting several croquettes on her plate and began to eat her sandwich. "In fact, i'm just going to retire from the recruiting job. Saying such stock military propaganda is not really my forte to be perfectly honest."
"Does that mean you're going AWOL on us all, Satsuki?" Aikuro chimed out, sounding a bit nervous over the possibility of losing a soldier in the Nudist Beach ranks.
"Absolutely not, Mr. Mikisugi. Still have to find a way to get my...ahem...mother back on a much more mentally sound track, much like what I did with Ryuko. Perhaps you and my dad could handle the recruiting shtick from here on out." Satsuki responded after she took several bites of her sandwich and drank some soda.
"As good of a recruiter you were, Satsuki, you stepping down from the role and having me and Aikuro fill in the void is reasonable enough." her father added, as he was seen sitting on the other end of the table. "Besides, you're a much better field soldier than mouthpiece, so it'll all work out well in the end."
"Thanks for saying that, dad. Makes me feel much better too." Satsuki replied after taking another bite of her sandwich and eating some more croquettes. "However, there's a couple of things I need to know from everyone sitting here for tonight's meal."
"And those are?" Soichiro replied back, wondering what his oldest daughter wanted to know.
"First off...how's the progress on Nonon's goku uniform, Iori? Anywhere near completion?"
"Actually, me and Ryuko's stepdad are nearly done working on it." he replied, which made Satsuki, Nonon and Junketsu quite happy. "Just need to make a few more adjustments and it should be ready for her by tomorrow."
"Excellent." Satsuki cheerily responded while still sporting a warm smile. "Anyhow….secondly...you have Dr. Batty's current location, Inumuta?"
"He's still in Canada, Satsuki, but I managed to hack into their television and was able to listen to a conversation." Inumuta replied as he used his right hand to fiddle with his iPad and his left to dish out the food into his mouth. "They're planning to travel to Kansas City, Missouri, where one of his patients we fought back in Ōsaka lives at. Some woman by the name of Evelyn-Adams Nickelsen from what I have gathered. I suggest we ditch Canada and travel to America so we can beat him to the punch."
"I thought the fucker got arrested, Satsuki?!" Ryuko blurted out with a mouthful of croquettes and teriyaki beef.
"Nah, he's too sly and calculating to get taken out that easily." Satsuki responded, sounding like she knew her and Inumuta's attempt to get the mad therapist arrested wasn't one that would be completely successful. "However, if we do go to wherever to use refuge as before him, we should be able to take him out with a sneak attack. Might be a long shot, depending on how long it takes us to deal with whoever lives there, but it should be the most surefire way to finally finish him off."
"Seems like that even without the serious act, you're still quite the leader." Sanageyama chimed in, impressed that his girlfriend's sister still possesses a commanding presence she emitted while acting like a tough as nails soldier, even after acting like how he first met her months ago.
"Leadership is something that's just second nature to me, Uzu Sanageyama." Satsuki boasted back as she finished her sandwich with much gusto. "Can't help myself."
"So basically...we're shifting gears to America in the next hour, Satsuki?" Soichiro asked his oldest daughter, wanting to confirm this information she told everyone.
"Pretty much, dad." Satsuki replied while nodding her head in a polite manner, still smiling.
"Well...America it is, then. Better tell the pilot to take us to this Kansas City place. Got many more people to recruit in such a short amount of time." Soichiro replied back as he got up and grabbed his now empty place so he could drop it off to the cleaning staff in the middle of making his way to the cockpit.
"Gamagoori. So this is the Satsuki Matoi you insinuated to me when we first met?" The Big Guy asked Ira as the attention was not focused on them at all.
"Very much, sir. You will not be disappointed by her fighting by your side at all." Gamagoori quickly replied as he remembered the times they both fought during the same battles."
"Duly noted, Gamagoori." The Big Guy replied back, only to then refocus on eating his meal.
Later that night, inside Honnoji Penitentiary, Maiko Ogure and Henry Thompkins were seen sleeping in their respective cell beds.
Both individuals assumed that the info they gave to Shinjirō Nagita was going to reach the public but unfortunately, neither of them had witnessed his strange, untimely demise that would baffle all of those involved in the medical field.
However, as they continued to sleep, a fellow inmate was seen falling face first onto the ground, screaming "OH GOD HELP ME! HELP ME! I'M GETTING SHANKED! HELP! HEEEEELP!"
"I'm afraid that praying won't help you." another man replied, sounding far more sinister and borderline sadistic than the one crying for help.
"I SAID I WOULDN'T TELL ANYONE! I SAID SO! WHY DON'T YOU FUCKING TRUST ME?!"
"I cannot put any trust into someone that has seen too much, so unfortunately, my dear fear...the party is over for you. No more fast times at, Honnoji Penitentiary, mister. No more."
"WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! PLEASE DON'T! DON'T!" the man begged as much as he could, only to suddenly get stabbed in a chest by an oversized, chrome kitchen knife not once, not twice but fifteen, with each repeated chest gushing more and more blood all over both the victim and the victimizer in increasingly grisly, gory fashion.
Once the knife wielding lunatic reached the fifteenth stab, he saw that the man he was attacking was still breathing (albeit looking extremely gaunt and pale) and decided to up the amount of stabbings by thirty, which most definitely took his victim's life with nary a pulse or twitch.
In the middle of the violent stabbing, Maiko managed to wake back up and catch some fleeting glimpses of the attack, much to her own shock and displeasure, yet she remained quiet and tried to keep her eye focused on what appeared to be a man in a long black cloak ramming a blindingly silver knife into a scruffy haired man in a prison jumpsuit's chest.
"Shit. Guess this ain't no paradise after all." the one eyed tech wiz whispered to herself as she witnessed the man in the cloak deliver his final blows to his victim.
However, she then started to doze back to dreamland as the killer finished murdering the scruffy haired man and dragged his body back to where they came from, seemingly leaving a trail of blood behind.
"Another possible whistle blower down. Good fucking riddance. Now if people can just stop learning shit they shouldn't, then no one else will have to die...unless...i'm in the mood to bump off a few annoying ass scrubs. Nothing better than a good ol' murder to soothe my soul." the man in the cloak whispered to himself in an annoyed tone as he dragged the fresh corpse of his victim further down the hall until both individuals disappeared into the night for no one else to see.
"Mom? Mom! When are you going to make breakfast?!" Simon asked his mother as he stood in front of her bed, hoping to snap her out of her slumber.
"Simon, baby. Can you please go back to bed for another half hour? Its only six thirty in the morning for christ's sake!" Evelyn groaned back as she remained partially buried underneath some blankets.
"But mom! I'm afraid The Badonkadonk is back! I don't want him to take me away to Medazzaland!" Simon whined, refusing to even go back to his bedroom.
"Don't be silly, Simon. The Badonkadonk is not even going to take you to Medazzaland. We got rid of him a year ago. Just...wait in the living room and watch some cartoons. I'll be up in five to make your breakfast before I take you to school."
"Yay!" Simon ecstatically shouted as he leaped off the ground, pumping his right fist into the air as if he just slayed a dragon or hit a home run. "Thank you, mommy! Don't want no Badonkadonk taking me away from you."
"Ok Simon, just...leave me be for a little bit like as he was just agreed on." Evelyn groaned back as she turned her body and leaned on her right arm, closing her eyes again in an attempt to get a little bit more sleep before she had to start her morning properly, all while Simon ran into the living room and turned the TV on.
"Here we are, people." the pilot told everybody on board in the Naked Moon as it hovered above the city. "Kansas City, Missouri."
"Man, you keep getting better at this every single time we change location." Goro Inafune inquired as he was quite surprised to see how quickly the aircraft reached America.
"How far are we from that woman's house, Inumuta?" Satsuki asked as she looked at a monitor showing a camera feed of the place they arrived at, still wearing her Nudist Beach uniform while holding onto her scissor blade with it leaning on top of her right shoulder.
"Not too far from here, Satsuki." Inumuta replied as he had the GPS on his iPad set for the directions to Evelyn Adams-Nickelsen's home. "Wouldn't take you any more than five minutes tops to get there."
"Splendid. That's a lot closer than I assumed." Satsuki replied back as she started to pace around in the room.
"Satsuki! Here's your coat!" Iori shouted as he gave the trenchcoat she lent out to him back to her. "Might want to button it up in case someone gets pissy with you showing some skin."
"Thanks, Iori." she responded upon catching her coat and subsequently putting it on. "Did Nonon try her goku uniform yet?"
"Already have, Satsuki." the pink haired girl quickly replied, which made the others turn their head towards the direction Nonon's voice came from, only to see her now wearing what appeared to be her goku uniform, except black and gold as opposed to its original white and black color scheme, ridden with sharp gold stubs and overall sporting a much more jagged, punk appearance than what it started out like. Her hat (which was as equally stud ridden as the rest of her uniform) also happened to have what appeared to be a pink mohawk that ran down on the back it, which match her hair color quite well.
"What do you think?" Iori asked Nonon as he was quite satisfied by how it turned out.
"I love it. Love it so much." she ecstatically replied as she twirled around in a circle, awe-struck by its revamped appearance and look. She then faced Iori again, pointed her baton towards him (which also got quite the upgrade in addition to her goku uniform, also now gold and sporting some spikes in carefully located places that wouldn't do any unintentional harm to her) and added, "Beats what that poor American guy did."
"Thanks, Nonon. I appreciate it." Iori replied back, pleased that his work was received very well.
"Anyhow...has anyone see Detective Kinagase? Anyone?" Satsuki asked as she, Nonon and Ryuko prepared to leave the Naked Moon and pay Evelyn a visit.
"I'm here." he replied while stepping out from the shadows. "Need me for this job?"
"Pretty much."
"I'm coming too, guys." Sanageyama piped in, looking just as ready as the others tagging along with Satsuki, which brought quite a smile to Ryuko's face. "Unless it's a problem or something."
"Not at all Uzu. We could use some more manpower once that masked lunatic shows up." Satsuki responded, which pleased him and his girlfriend Ryuko considerably.
"What about me, Satsuki Matoi? Are we finally going to reunite in a fight?" Junketsu asked his wearer as he hopped towards him.
"Not quite yet, Junketsu." Satsuki replied as she turned around and faced her kamui. However, she did picked up a black leather briefcase, opened it up and added, "However, you are coming with case, just in case the doctor makes a house call."
"Oh really, Satsuki Matoi?! Please don't be playing with me."
"Not at all, Junketsu. Just hop in the briefcase and you'll be set."
Without any hesitations, Junketsu jumped into the open briefcase and laid down, allowing his wearer to close it and pick it right up.
"Ready, everyone?" Satsuki asked the others after she buttoned her trenchcoat up and picked her scissor blade up, ready for get off the Naked Moon and reach the ground.
"Yes, Satsuki!" Ryuko, Nonon and Tsumugu (who was seen wearing a goku uniform with a tactical motif) all replied in unison, only to then follow her into the Naked Moon's hanger, where they would embark on their next stop in their global tour, albeit with a new mission.
A mission to stop Dr. Richard Batty once and for all.
"Mommy. Did you hear that?" Simon asked Evelyn as he and his mother were in the middle of eating breakfast.
"Uh...I don't know, baby." his mother replied in a confused tone. "What kind of sound are we talking about?"
"A knock, mommy. I heard someone knocking on the door." Simon replied back after he gobbled up some scrambled eggs on his plate. "Maybe it was The Badonkadonk."
"Oh come on, Simon. The Badonkadonk doesn't even like the sunlight." Evelyn snickered in response to her son's theory. "I'm just gonna have to see who really is at our door, baby. Just be patient until I come back."
"Ok, mom. I understand." Simon responded as his mother stood up off the chair and left the kitchen to answer the door, all while the individual that was behind the door continued to knock on it.
"Hello? Anyone there?" Evelyn asked the person on the other end of the door as she stood by it.
"Does Evelyn Adams-Nickelsen lives here?" Satsuki asked as she, Ryuko, Nonon, Sanageyama and Tsumugu stood outside the house.
"Why of course she lives her, ma'am, you're actually speaking to her." Evelyn replied, sounding far more calm to the foreigners than when they first first encountered her a while ago. "Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Mind if we come in for a bit?" Satsuki replied back in a calm tone, hoping she and her friends will be allowed to enter the house.
"Sure, why not?" Evelyn responded, accepting the request wholesale. "Hell, you all can come in and stay here while I take my son to school in case some degenerate asshole tries to break into my home. Would that okay with you guys?"
"Definitely." Satsuki chimed back, finding Evelyn's easy acceptance of their question to be quite surprising.
Right after she heard Satsuki's response, Evelyn opened the front door and was greeted by Satsuki Matoi and her merry band of friends, who all sported smiles to keep themselves from looking suspicious to the American woman.
"Huh. Are you some foreigners looking for a place to crash for a while?" Evelyn asked the group as she recognized them instantly but pretended not to know them for her own sake.
"Pretty much, ma'am. We're just a group of friends from Japan visiting America, looking for a place to hang for a bit. Low on cash and high on excitement." Satsuki responded while still sporting a cheeky, warm smirk.
"Well...what are you waiting for? Step right in and make yourself at home." Evelyn responded back as she opened the door completely and stepped aside, allowing the foreigners to enter her home. She then closed the door and trekked her way back to the kitchen and added, "Now excuse me, people. I have to take my son to school. I'll be right back in ten."
"Whatever you say, ma'am." Satsuki replied as she and the others sat down on the couch, all while Evelyn and Simon walked out of the front door, got into their car and left, leaving their foreign guests all by themselves.
"So what do we do now?" Ryuko asked her sister as she sat on a recliner in the living room.
"I dunno, I guess we just wait and see what happens when Evelyn comes back." Satsuki responded as she fiddled with her scissor blade, which was now small enough to be held in the palm of her hands.
Back in the Kiryuin Conglomerate's headquarters, Nui was sleeping in her workshop, holding onto her purple scissor blade when the entrance door opened, followed by the voice of her mother booming out, "Wake up Nui."
As soon as she heard her mother, Nui slowly opened her eyes and replied, "What's going on, mommy?"
"I just wanted to check up on you after you left the cell room. How's your work on the goku uniforms going?" Ragyo replied back, partially swamped in heavy shadows as she continued to stand in front of the entrance to the workshop.
"Mommy, i'm doing just fine. Made a few more goku uniforms for the troops last night before I fell asleep." Nui responded in a way that it almost sounded like she was giggling.
"Oh okay. Good know you're doing better." Ragyo chimed back as she then turned around and added, "Anyhow, I have some business to attend to. I'll see you later."
"Bye mommy. Good look with whatever business you have to deal with. Don't let any jerk-wads try to mess with you." Nui bid her mother goodbye while waving her hand at her as Ragyo left the workshop.
Nui then remained silent and still a good three minutes after Ragyo left, only to then look around, whisper to herself, "Good. Mommy's gone. Today's a good day for a new beginning." and proceeded to walk out of her workshop.
"Are you kidding me, Maiko?" Henry asked his cellmate as they were seen eating breakfast in Honnoji Penitentiary's mess hall. "You saw some boogeyman in a cloak murder an inmate? That sounds rather absurd."
"Not if you see things from my perspective, bucko." Maiko snickered back, annoyed that Henry isn't believing her. "I mean...think about it. A brutal murder ordered by that French bastard in order to keep his paradise intact. is anything but absurd."
"You guys talking about Pierre?" Ophelia Harrison chimed in as she stopped by the table after overhearing Maiko and Henry's conversation.
"Yeah, is that a problem, Ophie the People Eater?" Henry laughed back in a darkly sarcastic tone. "Gonna try and chop us up for dinner over getting offended?"
"Actually, I won't do that." Ophelia responded, sounding more normal and intelligent than normal. "I rather deep fry that bastard Pierre for lying in front of my face."
"Whoa, whoa, Ophelia. The hell are you talking about?" Henry asked her, surprised by her seemingly sudden one eighty in opinion of Pierre Laporte.
"The asshole said this place would a goddamn paradise, but no. It isn't a true paradise, it's a creepy ass Jesus Camp kind of place! A paradise molded by cretins." Ophelia replied, looking quite annoyed by even having to mention anything related to Pierre.
"Sounds like you've opened your eyes, Ophelia. Please sit down with us so Maiko can tell you what she saw happening last night." Henry replied back as he pulled a chair up for the blonde haired cannibal to sit down on.
Ophelia then nodded her head in agreement, sat down on the chair, scooted it in and spoke out, "Did it have to do with some guy in a black hood, Maiko?"
"Yeah, that's exactly what I saw last night." Maiko replied as soon as she heard Ophelia mention that individual. "It was like he was stabbing some guy over something. It's a bit fuzzy to me now, but that's what i'm able to recall."
"That's exactly what I saw last night too. Some crazy asshole in a black cloak was chasing this other guy by my cell room. The guy in the regular prison clothes looked like he was scared shitless over this bad motherfucker and i'm not surprised in the least that the man in black iced him. Not surprised a single bit." Ophelia informed the others in between several brief breaks to eat her breakfast.
"So you have any idea of who this mystery killer is, Ophelia? Perhaps you got a good look at his face in the middle of that skirmish, didn't you"
"Not at all, Maiko. All I saw was this human shaped blob of black with a knife trying his damnedest to snuff this other guy out. The cloaked man referred to him as a whistle blower of all things too. Just...fucking weird."
"I see. This guy killed the other guy because he had some shocking dirt on him that would tear this stupid fucking place apart, it seems." Henry chimed in after drinking some of his milk. "Maybe he is Pierre's right hand man or something."
"Or perhaps it was Pierre himself." Maiko replied, sounding quite optimistic over her hunch.
"No, I cannot be the French fuck, Maiko. The man in the cloak didn't have a French accent. Actually sounded more like your average dickhead from The Big Apple than some fuckhead that stuffs his face with crêpes on a daily basis." Ophelia responded, shooting down the one eyed tech genius' theory.
"But what if Pierre isn't actually French and is only pretending to be French?" Henry spoke back, reinserting himself in the conversation.
"Which sounds absolutely stupid as far as i'm concerned." Ophelia groaned in response, outright rejecting that theory.
"Actually, that doesn't sound too ridicul..." Maiko replied, but halfway through saying it, she and the others at her table were suddenly greeted by Pierre, of all things, which struck a lot of fear in them.
"Wha'cha talking about, vous oies stupides?" Pierre asked Maiko, sounding like he was completely obvious of the trio's conversation. "Anything excitant?"
"Not really, Mr. Laporte." Maiko shrugged back as she picked at her food with her spork. "Just normal crap you expect inmates to say."
"Ooooooh. Je vois. Well...carry on, personnes." Pierre responded, only to then casually walk away while smiling, seemingly oblivious to what the trio was telling each other. "Remember that once breakfast is done with, we'll all watching a movie."
"What movie, Pierre?" Ophelia asked him as he walked away from her table with his back turned.
"Oh, it's just a real classic Godard made back in the 60s with Eddie Constantine in the lead role. Un vrai jeteur de sorts d'un film." Pierre replied as he quickly turned his head back towards the cannibal and winked, only to then look away and resume focus on more important matters.
"God I hate him so much." Maiko whispered to the others after she finished drinking her cup of milk.
"Don't we all, Maiko?" Ophelia sarcastically whispered back, which made Henry nod his head in acknowledgment.
"Fair point." Maiko replied as she finished eating her breakfast, "Anyhow, we need to start formulating a plan to finish what that poor sap started. We should all reconvene at lunch time and began some brainstorming on how to dig up some dirt on Mr. Laporte and find a way to get our asses out of this damn place."
"Sounds good, Maiko." Ophelia replied back as she also finished her breakfast. "I'll see you two later then. Don't want Pierre to suspect anything fishy with us chatting together out of the blue."
Both Maiko and Henry waved Ophelia goodbye as she stood up off her chair and walked away to throw her trash into the garbage and do other things in the interim time between now and their next meeting that'll happen a couple of hours from now.
"Man...American commercials suck!" Nonon groaned out loudly as she, Satsuki, Ryuko and Sanageyama sat on the furniture in the living room, watching TV.
"And I thought our commercials were fucking stupid." Ryuko snidely blurted out, agreeing with the pink haired girl, albeit in a much more vicious manner.
"Guys, don't try to do anything stupid now." Satsuki chimed in, sounding concerned that her friends would wreck things in a home that doesn't belong to them. "At least not until our cover is blown in a more organic manner."
Right as Sanageyama was about to put his own two cents into the ongoing situation, the Nudist Beach members then heard a knock on the door, which startled them quite a bit.
"Shit! I thought Evelyn was going to take longer than that!" Ryuko stammered out, stunned by the sudden presence of another individual standing outside the house.
"Hang on a second, everyone. I'll go see who's knocking at the door." Satsuki spoke back, which she then stood up, walked to the front door and asked the person standing outside, "Who is this?"
"Who the hell are you?" the woman on the other side of the door replied, confused to hear someone responding with a thick Japanese accent. "Did my sister in law sell her house or something?"
"No, ma'am. Me and my friends are just visiting her. Is there something you need to come in for?"
"Did she take her son to school yet?"
"Yes, ma'am. Evelyn took her son to school. No one else is here except us Japanese foreigners visiting America."
"Do you mind if you let me in so I tell you all a secret?"
"Does it have to do with your sister in law killing your brother to prevent him from taking him away from her?"
"How...how the fuck do you know that?"
"We know a lot, Marilyn Nickelsen. Just come inside and we'll tell you more about is...if you want to." Satsuki added, which confused the dark haired woman in glasses greatly.
In spite of her hesitations, Marilyn opened the door and entered her sister in law's house, finding herself surrounded by Satsuki Matoi and her merry band of fellow Nudist Beach members.
"Did you guys really travel all the way from Tokyo just to help my poor ass out? That...doesn't seem to be right, to be honest." Marilyn asked the visitors, utterly confused by what she has gotten herself into.
"Not really, Marilyn. We're actually here to anticipate some of your sister in law's friends that are coming to visit her." Satsuki replied as she sat back down on a recliner in the living room.
"And do you know who these friends are?" Marilyn replied back as she stood in the middle of the living room, having a hard time processing all of this stuff that's quite alien to her.
"Let's just say that one of these 'friends' your sister in law acquainted herself with made my life a living hell for a while and i'm here to return the favor." Satsuki responded to the question Marilyn asked her.
"Oh my. Sounds like she's in good company, that damn bitch." Marilyn groaned, not surprised by her sister in law being affiliated with people that ruin the lives of others. "So how could I help you guys out? I'm itching for some retribution."
"Considering that Evelyn killed your brother over some extremely petty things, you are welcome to join in on what we'll do." Satsuki spoke back while patting the older woman in glasses on the back. "And as far as I know...the best thing we can do to ensure victory is if we...booby trap this place."
"Mmmmmmm. Nice." Marilyn replied as she curved her lips into a devious smirk. "Shit's gonna be fun."
Some time later, Evelyn Adams-Nickelsen pulled up to her house and got out of her car as she was in the middle of talking to her cellphone.
"Yes, Richard. Those Nudist Beach pricks are in my house just so you can take them out by surprise, so please tell me how much longer it'll take for you to get here."
"I'd say at least a half hour or less, Evelyn. We're keeping as much of a low profile as possible so the cops don't spot me." Dr. Batty replied as he spoke on the other end of the line.
"Well try to get her sooner. I don't want those ramen eating assholes fucking my house up or something." Evelyn groaned back, growing frustrated with the complications her therapist is facing.
"Will do, Evelyn. See you later." Dr. Batty told her, only to then hang up immediately afterward.
"Goddamn bastard." Evelyn groaned as she put her phone away and walked up to her front door. As soon as she opened it, however, she was greeted by a series of fireworks that were set off by her opening the door, of all things, sending her flying into her car, cracking the front window.
"YES! Finally got to see her put in her place." Marilyn ecstatically yelped as she saw her sister in law laying on her car, dazed and confused.
"We're not quite out of the woods yet, ma'am." Satsuki replied as she pointed her scissor blade towards Evelyn, who was slowly getting back up.
"FUCK!" THOSE FUCKING JAPANESE SHITHEADS! KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE LET THEM IN!" Evelyn screamed to herself as she rolled off her car and landed on the grass, covered in several small lesions.
Right after she finished her screaming, a steep manhole opened up from under the ground, in which a Tabuchi ArmsTech soldier climbed out and spoke out, "We got this covered, M s. Nickelsen. Preparing to attack the intruders."
"SHOOT THEM ALL! SHOOT THEM ALL UNTIL THEY ALL FUCKING BLEED!" Evelyn yelled back at the troops, which made them all huddle up to her front door, locked and loaded for action.
"Aw shit guys! My fucking sister in law has some friends." Marilyn stammered out as she saw the armed forces standing outside the house.
"Here. Take this!" Tsumugu replied as he tossed a twelve gauge shotgun to her. "Got no choice but to take 'em out. Just make sure you don't get it too scratched up now. A friend of mine lent it out to me."
"You serious?" Marilyn responded, dumbfounded by the beefy Japanese man's request.
"Oh yeah I am." Tsumugu spoke back as he pulled out a pair of Uzis and aimed them at the door. "No time to debate now. Just fuck shit up."
"Right." Marilyn replied as she pumped the shotgun and aimed it towards the door, ready to open fire.
"What are you doing, Satsuki Matoi? Now's not the time to be treasure hunting. Just put me on for goodness sake!" Junketsu asked his wearer as he saw her ravaging through some cardboard boxes.
"Not yet, Junketsu. Just wait a little bit longer." Satsuki replied as she kept looking through the boxes, only to then yell out, "YES! PERFECT!" as she pulled out a black ski mask with two orange stripes and a white stripe sandwiched in between the orange stripes and quickly put it on.
"The hell are you doing, Sats..." Junketsu replied back, but was cut off mid-sentence by his wearer whispering at him with her right index finger held up in front of her mouth, only to suddenly dart out of the room in the speed of light, supposedly to join the ongoing skirmish in the living room.
"Shall we join in now, Ryuko?" Sanageyama asked her as they held each other's hands in anticipating for the inevitable battle.
"Wait, Uzu. Don't want to ruin the surprise we got coming for those cocksuckers." Ryuko replied as she squeezed her boyfriend's hand a bit tighter, which made his smile grow a little bigger.
"Yeah that's right. We'll fight the schmucks next in line to the chopping block." Sanageyama responded, remembering that they set up something on the floor in front of the door.
"On the count of three, we'll bust the door down and blast those bastards apart!" one of the Tabuchi ArmsTech soldiers told the others that were standing with him by the front door.
"What about us?" another soldier asked as she stood close to the windows with a few others. "Want us to jump in the same time as you guys?"
"No. Wait on standby until something goes wrong. Once that happens, go ahead and join the fray." the soldier by the door replied as he loaded his assault rifle up.
"Got it, boss." the female soldier by the windows responded and nodded her head.
"Alright, people. Get ready to break the door down." the lead soldier by said door told the others as they all got into a combat stance, all while he then added in a slow, calculated manner, "One...two….THREE!".
Once he said "three", the soldiers all kicked the door down and entered the room, only to suddenly get caught in a small sizable explosion that erupted from the floor beneath them, instantly reducing that trio of Tabuchi ArmsTech soldiers into goopy hamburger.
"SHIT! They got the house booby trapped!" the female soldier yelled as she was utterly shocked over seeing her comrades reduced to bloody, mushy giblets. "OPEN FIRE!"
As soon as the others received orders to shoot, they immediately began to unload copious amounts of assault rifle rounds into Evelyn's house, prompting Marilyn and Tsumugu to fire back with their own respective firearms, which successfully managed to clip some of the Tabuchi ArmsTech soldiers pretty badly.
"Fuck!" the female soldier exclaimed as she witnessed one of her comrades' heads explode in the blink of an eye, which made her look at the others that were taking cover and ordered them. "Get in the house and try and control the situation! Get in and stop those pricks!"
"Yes, ma'am!" one of the others replied as he and his fellow soldiers immediately jumped through the window and entered the house in a dramatic fashion, followed by the female soldier who just hopped over the small wall where the glass was originally at. Although Tsumugu and Marilyn were able to take some of the soldiers out, a few managed to get past them and rush towards Ryuko and Sanageyama, who instantly engaged in combat with them.
While Ryuko decided to forgo incapacitated the Tabuchi ArmsTech soldiers that tried to fight her in favor of nonchalantly chopping them up in a gory fashion (some by slicing through their torsos, which led to them being split in half, one by disembowelment that got all of his entrails splattered all over the floor and others by decapitation, which Ryuko took advantage of by kicking some of the severed heads towards the other incoming armed grunts) with Bakuzan, her boyfriend Uzu simply stuck by the no kill rule Satsuki requested by knocking the soldiers he was fighting out cold with his kendo stick, even going as far as to cracking some of their helmets in the process.
Once she saw her comrades taken down a peg, the female soldier attempted to strike, but was immediately knocked out with a swift smack to the forehead with Sanageyama's kendo stick, which he took with great stride.
"Guys. Time to disappear." Tsumugu told the others as he opened a panel on the floor, revealing an entrance to a basement underneath said floor, which him and the others to hop into it. When Tsumugu jumped into it (being the last one to do so), he closed the panel shut, making it look like they disappeared into plain sight.
"God dammit! Seems like you have to do everyone yourself." Evelyn groaned after she witnessed the Tabuchi ArmsTech troops quickly dispatched in mere seconds. She then pulled one of her combat box cutters out and cautiously entered her home in a slow pace, only to find herself surrounded by a mish-mash of mangled corpses and unconscious soldiers in black body armor. Once she stepped over the gooey mass of body parts, entrails and blood on top of her now shattered front door, Satsuki Matoi suddenly stepped out of a corner, looking nearly unrecognizable as she lifted her scissor blade with its dull side turned towards Evelyn while quietly following right behind her.
As soon as Evelyn caught on that someone was following her, she turned around and was instantly struck in the head by the dull end of Satsuki's scissor blade, which knocked her onto the floor and created an easily noticeable welt above her right eyebrow.
"Your sister in law told me that you killed her brother for your own enjoyment. That's...really, really sick if you ask me." Satsuki told Evelyn as she pointed her scissor blade towards the blonde haired woman that's considerably older than her.
"You listened to that four eyed bitch?!" Evelyn sneered back after she shook the cobwebs out of her head. "You have no idea how much of a fucking liar she is."
"She may not be the best person in the world, but she seems like a better human being than you, Evelyn Adams." Satsuki replied, sounding a little serious but not quite to the levels she was displaying days ago.
"...fuck...YOU!" Evelyn growled as she suddenly darted back up and jammed the combat box cutter into Satsuki's left shoulder and ripped the ski mask off, unaware of her self-healing abilities. Although Satsuki was a bit miffed by getting stabbed, she quickly shrugged it off and punched Evelyn point blank in the face with a right hook, which dazed the blonde haired woman quite a bit. "I'll fucking kill you worse than how I killed Darrel, you stinking cunt!"
"Crap. You just messed up a perfectly good coat." Satsuki sarcastically told Evelyn as she repositioned herself in anticipating for the next attack.
"And you're about to ruin everything I worked so hard to accomplish!" Evelyn screamed back as she quickly stood back up and ran towards the blue and black haired Japanese teen, spearing her out of the living room and into the furnace room, breaking through the wall in the process.
Several seconds after the collision through the wall, Satsuki and Evelyn were seen laying down on the floor of the furnace room, covered in debris, dust and gray soot. While Satsuki seemed to be a bit out of it, Evelyn was able to regain consciousness, which allowed her to pull the box cutter out of Satsuki's left shoulder and stand back up on her feet rather immediately.
"Stupid fucking Japanese bitch. I ain't the woman to fuck with." Evelyn blurted out as she pulled her took a few steps towards the furnace, opened the grate that was used to put coal and wood in and turned it on, instantly creating a savage display of burning embers inside.
As Satsuki regained her consciousness, however, she pulled her arms out of their respective trenchcoat sleeves, stood back up and faced Evelyn again, who managed to take her other combat box cutter out and was standing in a fighting position of her own. Once the blonde haired woman in her mid thirties charged towards Satsuki like a freight train, she suddenly tossed her coat right towards Evelyn, which totally threw her off her balance.
"How does it feel to be fighting in the dark, Evelyn Adams?" Satsuki sarcastically asked her as she watched the thirty something mother of one struggle with trying to pull the black trenchcoat off of her in a rather comical fashion.
"GOD DAMMIT!" CAN'T GET THIS STUPID FUCKING COAT OFF ME!" Evelyn screamed as she thrashed on the floor while still having a lot of trouble with pulling the trenchcoat off. However, she finally managed to kick it off, granting her to jump back onto her feet and resume her fight with Satsuki, only to be utterly shocked by seeing the black and blue haired Japanese girl's extremely skimpy excuse of a uniform.
"Come on now, Ms. Adams. It's totally unnecessary to act like a total lunatic while fighting me. Just try to do your best." Satsuki told Evelyn as they sidestepped in a circle in anticipation of the other's possible attacks.
"FUCK DOING MY BEST! I'M GONNA KILL YOU FOR TRYING TO RUIN ME, BITCH!" Evelyn yelled as she dashed towards Satsuki and re-engaged in their fight.
While Evelyn managed to make her box cutters draw some of Satsuki's blood with a few strategically placed slashes, the black and blue haired Japanese girl took some of the wind out of the American with several blows to her ribs with the dull edge of the scissor blade that made Evelyn take a few steps back against her will.
"God fucking DAMMIT!" Evelyn screamed as she got fed up and swiftly kicked Satsuki in the stomach, which sent her flying point blank into the furnace and as soon as the blonde haired woman saw the scantily clad Japanese girl catching fire, she quickly shut the grate and blurted out "BURN, YOU FUCKING BITCH! BURN INTO A PILE OF FUCKING ASHES!" in a gleeful, psychotic manner as she watched Satsuki get engulfed in flames in mere seconds.
Still ignorant of Satsuki's self-regenerative properties, Evelyn turned around, laid against the furnace and slid onto the floor rear first while exhaling, feeling relieved that the Japanese girl in risque clothing seemingly perished in the furnace.
However, her hopes were very premature as she saw the startling sight of the scissor blade piercing through the furnace, doused in flames which made Evelyn roll out of the way as quickly as humanly possible in an attempt to avoid any damage.
"Sheesh. That was rather excessive." Satsuki told Evelyn as she cut a hole through the furnace, which permitted her to get out of it rather easily. She then stepped out of it, greatly resembling a human shaped fireball and not even acting like she was in any pain at all. "You're trying way, way too hard to kill me, lady."
In spite of seeing Evelyn looking completely horrified of seeing a human being not even screaming in agony while being covered in fire, Satsuki ignored her and left the furnace room so she could find a way to extinguish the flames in a timely manner, heading towards the nearest faucet she could think of, leaving behind several burnt footprints on the floor as she walked through the house. Evelyn also noticed an ash like substance sprinkling out of Satsuki's hair in a rather cyclic manner, hinting that the ash was her hair and was falling off her head, only to then grown back immediately after.
"This is not real. I must be dreaming! This is not real at all. It can't be!" Evelyn yelped as she had a hard time comprehending the haunting image of Satsuki Matoi stepping out of her furnace, completely on fire.
"Good thing you had plenty of bowls laying around." Satsuki told Evelyn as she re-entered the furnace room after extinguishing the flames. She then scratched the top of her badly burnt head, which caused her to not only scratch some crackly black skin off (exposing a minute portion of her skull) but also reduce some clumps of hair that remained on her head into dust, prompting her to sarcastically snicker to herself, "Huh. Guess this is what a burnt piece of toast would call dandruff", making Evelyn rather sick to her stomach.
Although Satsuki was sporting some really nasty second and third degree burns all over her body in addition to the burns on her head, her entire body then began to heal up rather instantly, restoring her body back to its normal self and growing all her hair back to what it was like right before she got tossed into the furnace. Her scissor blade also looked the same as before but her Nudist Beach uniform, on the other hand, now sported a rough charcoal looking texture.
"No. No. Get away from me, you freak. You're not human!" Evelyn shrieked as she backed away from Satsuki on the floor, still convinced that she's dreaming or something of that sort. She the picked up one of her box cutters, stood back up and added, "If this is a dream, you freak, i'll be able to wake myself back up after killing myself."
"No. Don't do that. This ain't no dream. This is reality." Satsuki replied, concerned that Evelyn might do something she'll regret.
"Too late, bitch. I'm waking my ass back up no matter what you say." Evelyn responded as she leaned the sharp end of the box cutter towards her throat. "Bye, freak. See you in my next fucking nightmare."
Right before Satsuki could do anything to stop her, Evelyn twisty her lips into a psychotic smile and suddenly slit her throat, which forced a massive stream of blood to erupt out of the entry wound and splatter all over her and the floor she was standing by. As her body began to shut down, she slowly fell to the ground back first and dropped the box cutter, prompting Satsuki to run over to her side, kneel down right by her and tried her best to stop the blood from flowing but unfortunately, she was too late.
The incision Evelyn made across her throat also ended up cutting into one of her major arteries, sealing her inevitable demise completely.
"Dammit. Stay with me, Evelyn Adams. You have a son to raise. Don't die, gosh dammit!" Satsuki yelped in a frustrated tone as she held her hands against the fresh wound on Evelyn Adams' neck, getting sprayed by her red hot blood but she then immediately realized that it was all for naught as she felt the blonde haired American woman growing cold and pale.
All of a sudden, Evelyn suddenly began to laugh, which sounded more like grotesque gargles and huffs of wind than what they were intended to be as she then moved her lips for one last time and hoarsely spoke out "….fuuuuuuck…..you….." only to roll her head towards her left shoulder and cease breathing completely, leaving this mortal coil in typical Incredible Evelyn fashion.
"What happened, Satsuki Matoi? Are you okay?" Junketsu asked his wearer as he waddled into the furnace wound and saw her sitting next to Evelyn Adams' lifeless corpse, looking rather disappointed by witnessed her committing suicide for extremely delusion reasons. "Did you kill that woman?
"No, Junketsu. She killed herself." Satsuki sighed back as she stood up and walked away to join up with her kamui. "Looks like that's another one of Dr. Batty's team down the drain. Got to clean myself up before we could do anything else."
"Good idea, Satsuki Matoi." Junketsu responded as he followed her out of the furnace room. "Don't want to look like a murdered to the others."
"I'm positive they know I wouldn't do such a thing. I have a no-kill policy, after all." Satsuki replied, reminding Junketsu that she doesn't kill as they walked down the hall towards a nearby bathroom.
Back in the Kiryuin Conglomerate headquarters, Nui Harime was seen quietly walking down a steel, opaque white hallway with her scissor blade in hand, appearing to be acting no different than usual.
She looked at all ends of it and saw that no one was near by or even close to her vicinity, which made her nod her head in relief and prompted her to back herself up against a wall, where she remained for a good three minutes, smiling and staying quiet in the most eerie manner imagine.
And then...a loud meeting of flesh, scissor blade and steel echoed throughout the entire hallway without any warning.
Nui Harime...out of nowhere...stabbed herself with the purple scissor blade.
She stabbed her abdomen with the sharp edge pointed upward towards her face and didn't even looked bothered by doing so as she pushed it deeper and deeper through her body.
With no one nearby, Nui then began to bash her body against her wall several times, which led her to sliding down to the ground, complete with the scissor blade cutting into her body to point where it split the entire upper half of her body in half.
It seemed like that finally...finally...Nui Harime put herself out of her own misery.
Except...she didn't as her body began to violently tremble as it attempted to regenerate her gruesome, self-inflicted injury…and when it did.
Her body did something no one...absolutely no one would've ever expected.
The life fibers inside her body suddenly began to regenerate the halves not back together, but rather...completely new halves for two people.
Like if...like if the two personalities that often fought with each other are finally separating and gaining bodies of their own.
While the right half of Nui's body kept sporting that eerie smile, the left half suddenly reverted back to the appearance she had back before her mother canceled her prescription. Reverted back to that of Nui Harime, one of Tokyo PD's top police detectives.
This half of Nui realized what just happened as her half regenerated a matching half that's completely to herself, then turned her head and saw the other half regenerating its own half that matched the psychotic maniac that unabashedly did anything her mother asked her to do, which prompted the good half to try and split apart from the other as much as possible.
"Where are you going?! We cannot have two of us running around. There isn't enough room in the planet for two Nui Harimes!" the psychotic half told the good half as she saw it trying its hardest to rip away from her and form her own complete body.
"There isn't any fucking room for a monster like you!" the good half screamed back as the missing half of her face grew back, complete with hair that happened to sport a few purple colored bangs on the left side of her head that looked very out of place in her otherwise blonde hair color.
Right as the good half began to rip herself away from the psychotic half, both Nuis began to scream in complete agony as they split in half into two distinctive, half naked individuals.
Once both Nuis completely ripped away from each other, the rest of their bodies then healed back up, concretely confirming that the two souls that once had to share a body had...at last...become two people...and wasting absolutely no time, the good Nui pulled the scissor blade out of the wall and smacked the psychotic Nui in the head with its dull edge, knocking her out cold.
"Shit! I'm finally free!" the good Nui happily exclaimed as she walked away from the other one, relieved that she can now live totally hassle free and get back to where she was before her mother screwed it all up for her.
"Nui….Nui! I can feel you, Nui. Are you nearby?" a female voice she was seemingly unfamiliar with called out as she ran down the hallway, trying to get as far away from her other half as possible.
She then stopped by a mirror, which helped her notice the purple strands of hair and that she, much to her relief, was only wearing one half of the dress. However, she also saw that half of her hair was still done up in that ridiculous hairstyle she didn't care for at all, prompting her to hastily undo it and take all the clothes off she was still wearing, reducing herself to just sporting her birthday suit, which made her remark to herself, "That's much better."
"Nui! Where are you?!" the female voice called out again, which continued to send shivers down her spine.
Although she assumed that she didn't recognize the voice, a light bulb suddenly went off in her head, which made her speak out in complete surprise, "...Junjōtsu?"
"Yes that's me, Nui! I can't believe you remember me!" the female voice ecstatically replied as she was proud to hear Nui recognize her.
"Where are you, Junjōtsu? Can you please direct me to your current location?" Nui asked the kamui as she had no clue of its location.
"I'm in the floor above you, Nui. You just need to take the elevator to get her. Once you're on the floor, i'll be able to tell you what room i'm in." Junjōtsu replied, sounding very eager to reunite with her.
"Gotcha, Junjōtsu!" Nui replied back as she then dashed towards the closest elevator to use it but as soon as she reached it, the doors opened up, which she was then greeted by a group of heavily armed Tabuchi ArmsTech soldiers, who were all shocked to see a buck naked Nui standing right in front of them.
Before they could react and retaliate, Nui suddenly ran towards them and entered the elevator, which led to its doors sealing back up with nary a sound or echo to be heard by anyone.
"NANI SORE, Satsuki! The hell happened to your uniform!" Nonon asked her friend as she and the others exited out of the basement they hid in.
"I just took a ride through the chariot of fire." Satsuki sarcastically replied as she passed by her, which her friend groan back in disbelief. She then looked at Tsumugu and asked him, "Detective Kinagase. Can you go outside and see what's going on?"
"Sure thing, Satsuki." Tsumugu replied as he then ran out of the house to check up on what's happening out there.
"You know what?" Satsuki told the others as she crouched down near one of the unconscious Tabuchi ArmsTech soldiers. "I wonder what one of these goons look like underneath all of that armor since Lady Kiryuin took complete control of them."
"Be my guest, Satsuki." Nonon dryly snickered back, finding her best friend's curiosity in the soldiers to be quite puzzling. "I'm sure there's nothing special to see."
"K, then." Satsuki replied as she then removed the soldier's helmet, only to discover the unsettling sight of a pale skinned face ridden with grotesque looking veins pulsating in and out of his skin and eyes that suggested complete vacancy and an utter lack of soul.
"Sis, I think those are fucking life fibers!" Ryuko inquired as she examined the unmasked soldier's unpleasant face. "My mother must've hopped them up like fucking crazy!"
"That's completely inhuman of her." Satsuki snapped back, finding her mother's tactics in the war to be growing increasingly savage and monstrous.
However, before either sister could respond, Tsumugu ran back into the house and yelled, "AW SHIT, GUYS! THE DOCTOR IS MAKING A HOUSE CALL!", which alerted the others and made the sisters refocus their attention towards another fight.
"Well guys...time to show Dr. Batty that he's one person down...and we're stronger than ever." Satsuki replied as she lightly twirled her scissor blade around, ready for another, more fair battle than the last.
"Are you putting your kamui back on, sis?" Ryuko asked her as they all prepared for the incoming fight.
"Just wait and see." Satsuki replied while sporting a mischievous smile, which also made her sister quite pleased, relieved to know that she won't be alone this time around.
While Satsuki was off doing her own thing, Tsumugu Kinagase found himself surrounded by several Tabuchi ArmsTech soldiers, who were all ready to take him out.
Since he had a few tricks up his sleeve, he then parted his arms towards his thighs, which then cued a familiar looking black void to surround him, followed by a psychedelic lights show of its own to swarm towards the former police detective, prompting his goku uniform to break apart and reconfigure into several different pieces that reattached around Tsumugu's in a new form.
NUDIST BEACH GOKU UNIFORM: INTERCEPTOR REGALIA!
"A goku uniform? By Nudist Beach? Shit!" one of the soldiers yelped as he and the others were quickly approached by Tsumugu, who was now wearing a rusty, gnarly looking black and blue suit of armor (with some jagged red stripes that were scattered all over) that was cracked in some places and sported sharp shards in others which made him look less like a knight and more like a insanely outfitted member of a riot control unit (as noted by the presence of a helmet that looked like it was half visor and half welder's mask).
"That's right, you bastards! Got my own goku uniform to take you all down...FAIR AND SQUARE!" Tsumugu enthusiastically shouted as he pulled out two oversized, steel black riot baton adorned with studs and began to wail on the soldiers with them, even going as far as to crippling some of their bones rather instantly.
"Might as well get into the action." Nonon remarked as she then also decided to activate her own respective goku uniform.
NUDIST BEACH GOKU UNIFORM: SYMPHONY REGALIA - PUNK ROCK ORCHESTRA!
"Huh. This looks kinda like a synchronized kamui." she inquired upon examining the combat form of her new goku uniform, which was every bit as skimpy as Junketsu and Senketsu's synchronized forms (though in a different way, since it sported a large black hat with the piercing face of the Onibaba demon, a shiny black long sleeved crop top shirt that had pink spikes slashed across both of her breasts, three bones that sat across her chest and two long black boots with pink stripes), especially down to the pale white skull that obscured her nether regions.
With help of two rocket boosters placed on top of her shoulders (both of which had hearts wrapped in barb wire in the center), she then floated off the ground and blasted out blinding magenta colored lasers out of her arms towards some more armored guards, one of which was accompanied by some good ol' Beethoven and the other that was accompanied by intense, noisy hardcore punk.
"Man, I love this new fucking suit. It fucking rocks!" she ecstatically yelped as she busted the ear drums of several Tabuchi ArmsTech soldiers and forced some others to make a run for a bathroom, due to the loud sounds irritated their bowels considerably.
Some time after Nui got into the elevator, it opened up on the floor Junjōtsu is being held in and out she stepped, completely soaked in blood from the soldiers she sliced and diced through (who's body parts were splattered and scattered all over in said elevator).
"I'm on the next floor, Junjōtsu. Tell me what room you're in." Nui asked the kamui as she looked down the hallway and noticed no one else near by.
"Just a couple of rooms down." the kamui replied, which prompted Nui to walk down the hall, making several bloody footprints in the process. "Now open the third down on the right side of the hallway and get in there. That's where you'll find me."
Knowing that she's close, Nui opted to not say anything in favor of saving for them once she reunited with the kamui as she approached the room Junjōtsu said she was in, opened its door and entered it.
Inside, Nui saw a metallic, monolithic object in the middle of the room that was surrounded by ice cold fog, which made her blurt out, "Are you in that thing, Junjōtsu?"
"Yes, Nui. Open it up please. I'm getting sick of being in here." Junjōtsu replied as Nui lifted her scissor blade up and cut through the object, making an opening, which helped the kamui (which was a one piece purple colored dress with mesh like sleeves and had a bracelet attached to its left wrist) jump out of it with ease.
"Nui Harime! It's so good to see you!" the kamui ecstatically told her as she leaped onto her naked chest.
"It's good to see you too, Junjōtsu." Nui replied while sporting a genuine smile. "Gosh it's been a really long time since i've seen you."
"Yeah. You were just a little girl back then. Heck...part of your hair wasn't purple when I last saw you."
"Well...it's a long story, Junjōtsu, but i'll tell you once we're out of here."
"Alright, Nui. Now please put me on so we can get out of here." Junjōtsu asked her as she patiently waited to be worn.
Without any questions, Nui put Junjōtsu on, which helped covered her naughty bits up and looked like a far better match than that frilly dress her former other half always wore while in control. However, she noticed the bracelet and asked, "What does this thing do?"
"Just turn it around and you'll see." Junjōtsu quickly replied. "I really, really hope this works now."
"Alright, Junjōtsu. Let's see what happens." Nui replied back as she then turned the bracelet around in a circular motion which, much to her surprise, drew some of her blood and fed it to the kamui in a similar matter to the blue glove Satsuki wears and the metal plates on Senketsu's left shoulder. What was a much larger surprise, however, is that both individuals suddenly felt a powerful surge of energy flow through them, which made Junjōtsu extremely excited.
"Yes! YES! It's finally happening. I finally get to do what my big brothers have been doing!" Junjōtsu ecstatically squealed as several tentacle like vines sprouted out of her and started to wrap around her wearer, all while they both began to emit a glowing purple ray of light that steadily grew brighter and stronger in mere seconds.
"I feel it too, Junjōtsu! I can feel my life fibers synchronizing with you! I thought I was incapable of synchronizing with kamuis!" Nui spoke back, feeling euphoric as she felt more power with each passing second. "I think…I think it was the other me that was holding me back from doing this!"
"I think that could be it too, Nui! We're finally doing what we couldn't all those years ago!"
"YES! WE CAN FINALLY UTILIZE OUR LIFE FIBERS TO THEIR FULLEST EXTENT! WE CAN UTILIZE IT TO HELP OUR SISTERS! CAN WE GET TO AMERICA IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, JUNJŌTSU!"
"WE SURE CAN, NUI! WE SURE CAN!"
Outside the Kiryuin Conglomerate headquarters, a massive ray of purple lights suddenly caused several windows on one of the upper floors to explode, taking the entire room with it. The ray of light then flew out of the building like a bullet train, flying through the air and leaving Japan in mere seconds, much to the terror and confusion to the people on the ground.
"Dr. Richard Batty. It's been too long since we last met." Satsuki told the masked maniac as he approached her with his machetes in hand.
"It hasn't been that long, Satsuki Matoi." Richard replied, finding the black and blue haired girl's statement to be rather odd.
"It should be...since i'm here to finish what we started!" Satsuki replied back, which she then turned her head towards Junketsu and told him, "Time to go to work, buddy. No holding back."
"About time, Satsuki Matoi." he replied as he suddenly jumped towards his wearer and got into her with complete ease, reuniting with her at last.
LIFE FIBER SYNCHRONIZE, KAMUI JUNKETSU!
As soon as Satsuki and Junketsu synchronized, their appearance was...quite different than what everyone was used to.
In addition to the normal attributes of Junketsu's combat form, it now included a helmet that resembled a lens-less motorcycle helmet (complete with a shiny, metallic horn piece above her eyebrows and two black circular places around both ears), a long white cape with blue lines and a massive shield that extended out of her left wrist of all things.
JUNKETSU GURADIETA!
"New configuration form, eh?" Satsuki asked her kamui as she examined its new additions.
"Yup. We're reaching our fullest potential, Satsuki Matoi. I suppose this new configuration unlocked once we reunited each other after being separated for so long." Junketsu replied, surprised by this new form himself.
"Trying to buy yourself more time, Satsuki?" Dr. Batty asked her, growing tired of her unintentional stalling.
However, before both individuals could engage in combat, the purple ray of light suddenly flew into the ground and created a massive shock wave that rattled everyone in its radius.
"THE FUCK WAS THAT?!" Nonon yelled out upon seeing the outright bizarre sight she and the others just witnessed, who were all unable to even say anything in response.
However, that was small potatoes when they saw the utterly jaw dropping sight of Nui Harime floating above the ground, holding onto her purple scissor blade while now sporting a wild looking blonde and purple hair style and a synchronized kamui that no one has ever seen before.
This combat form in question had four mechanical, airplane wing like objects sticking out of its back, two that looked like eyes not unlike those Junketsu and Senketsu have, two long pink and purple wrists bands that have fingerless gloves attached to it that greatly resemble the ones on Junketsu's combat form, a skimpy looking torso piece that left almost all of Nui's chest and waist completely exposed and only covered up some of her boobs, an even skimpier, near g-string looking panty piece and thigh high boots of the same colors that were surprisingly more conservative looking than the rest of the uniform.
"WHAT...THE...FUCK?!" Ryuko stammered out as she saw her oldest sister floating above the ground, looking completely different than she was used to.
As for Nui herself, she greeted herself with one word that rattled everyone in the area she arrived at, altering their war completely.
"I'm...BACK!"