The last thing Satsuki remembers is talking to her butler, instructing him on what to do when her mother arrives at the academy. The thought of him getting killed, due to his assistance was enough to make her blood boil. She trudged through the ruined city of Osaka, basking in its defeat as she carried her blade close to her side, Bakuzan. She held it with all her might, even if she wasn't as powerful as she once was anymore. Whatever had been done to her, it had reduced her strength, speed, stamina, everything.
They had struck her with some sort of beam that changed her body. She had more body hair, a shorter stature, more body fat, and seemed to have an infinite supply of sweat. To be perfectly frank, she had been turned into a fat, little pig! Her rage was biblical, not only had someone designed a device to specifically use on her, but they'd done it a mere day before her plans would go into action: the plan to usurp her mother and save the world from her ruthless monopoly.
But, this wasn't an unexpected occurrence. In fact, she had backup plans for a possible situation like this. The Elite Four knew exactly what to do in this situation, they understood the stakes, and how much she valued their lives, even if she didn't say it outright. She continued forward, going over burnt metal, bent buildings, and wrecked vehicles scattered everywhere she went. It was almost humbling, to see the damage she had caused due to her mass-level invasion of all those schools. But, it was most certainly worth it, seeing as she all but wiped out the Nudist Beach members.
Those wack jobs caused trouble for her and everyone else within her inner circle. They strutted around, naked and unafraid. She would've been impressed if they weren't consistently grinding her gears! All they did was interfere with her plans, making her muscles tense and her mind hazy when she should be relaxed and focused! But they had paid dearly, there's no doubt about that! "Those naked freaks got what they deserved." She mumbled to herself, wobbling over a fallen home as she looked at the last place she saw Ryuko Matoi; standing in the articulated helicopter, victorious and proud.
Then those men burst in, ruining everything! But what they said frightened her the most: that her mother sent them. Did she know about her plans? How could she, none of the Elite Four would expose her plot, none of them! Nor did anyone else know about it, no one that she didn't authorize them to know. She controlled who knew what to an admittedly absurd, but ultimately needed, degree. So was this a preemptive strike? A gut feeling that turned out to be right? That had to be the only explanation, there was no other way that Ragyo knew.
Her mother; the woman who raised her and sexually molested her on a near daily basis. Whenever they met, Ragyo would touch Satsuki's body, relishing in her unresponsiveness and making her blush and moan in disgrace. She had dealt with it because she planned on putting an end to it all. But, now that plan would have to be set to the side in order for her to survive, she absolutely had to make it back to Honnoji Academy and notify the Elite Four of what had happened to her. That, and what their next moves were going to be.
--At Honnoji Academy--
Gamagori stood at attention, nervously waiting for Satsuki to arrive. The four had been instructed to prepare the stadium for her mother, but only Ragyo had contacted the school so far. Was Satsuki going to arrive with her mother? Was she taking care of something else? Or the worst thought he had yet: could Satsuki be in danger? The woman could handle herself beautifully, but he was well aware of her mothers might and power. If Ragyo Kiryuuin had discovered the plot against her, she might've done everything in her power to remove Satsuki from the scene.
"This is not going well." Inumuta remarked "Satsuki warned us of this possibility. I fear that we'll have to focus on finding her after the ceremony today." Everyone else gasped. The thought of their beloved Satsuki Kiryuuin being taken by her mother and sent away was not something they enjoyed imagining. "Don't say stuff like that!" Jakuzure complained "We have to have hope that Satsuki can get out of whatever rut she's in! There's no way she can have her dreams taken away! That's just not the way she works." Everyone else nodded. They knew of their leaders' inspiring abilities.
But when Ragyo finally arrived, they quickly realized what position they were now in. The tall woman stepped outside of the helicopter, her rainbow hair dazzling everyone as she walked to the Elite Four, smiling innocently as she greeted them "Ah, thank you for having the preparations ready for me. Satsuki was unavoidably busy, so she won't be arriving." Her voice had no hint of sincerity, no remorse or worry. Nonon would've waved her fist in the air if she could, but she was stricken with fear and a growing realization that Satsuki was no doubt in some serious trouble.
Ragyo walked over to Nonon, seeing her deep in thought. "You care for my daughter, yes?" She asked, lifting the small woman's head up with her finger. Jakuzure blushed, her legs wobbling as she nodded her head anxiously "Well, I can see why. A little girl like yourself, looking up to someone like her." The pinkette could only laugh in response "She has many traits I possess: independence, determination, and a sharp wit. She's like a younger version of me. Oh, what I'd give to feel young again." She leaned down, her face mere inches from Nonon's dazzling pink irises.
"You'd help me feel young again, right?" Their lips pressed together roughly, with Jakuzure struggling to not scream right there and then. Ragyo's tongue swirled in her mouth rather violently, extending towards the opening of her throat and playing with her uvula. Many would've vomited, but she stood her ground, taking it as everyone else looked away awkwardly, averting their gaze to save their friend any embarrassment. Minutes passed before Ragyo separated her lips, lines of drool following her mouth as the mother laughed "You're quite pent up. Maybe I'll help you with that after the ceremony today." She teased.
Nonon was horrified that her surrogate aunt had full on lip locked with her. The older woman walked away, her assistant close behind as the four members stood in horror "We...need to find Satsuki...now!" Nonon whimpered, wiping the kiss as fast as possible. Nonon began to slowly follow the group, hoping that Satsuki would somehow notify them on where she currently was before or even after tomorrow. It was imperative that they acted as quickly as possible. They understood what to do next, but they feared that Ragyo would go after them for siding with Satsuki so passionately.
--Nightfall, At Osaka--
Satsuki's stomach growled, making her want to fall over and just die. But even with her downgrade of a body, there was no way she would give up! She went over concrete and grass blades alike, all to find some means of transportation, or communication. Just something to get to the Elite Four; to plan their next attack, and have a sound mind that everything would be alright. She missed all of them: Ira Gamagori, Uzu Sanageyama, Nonon Jakuzure, and Koka Inumuta. They were more like a family to her than her Ragyo Kiryuuin, her own mother.
Hell, she'd take Ryuko Matoi over her mother any- what? Matoi! She was right there! Satsuki froze, seeing her rival standing atop the carnage that Osaka had become. She was...talking to someone? Satsuki didn't see anyone in immediate view. Perhaps they were on the ground, or maybe she was talking to herself? She got closer, attempting to hear what the raven haired brunette was saying "This is Osaka?" a fair question, considering what it now looked like. "God, it's horrible." She sighed and muttered to herself, sitting down as Satsuki grew closer, her breath growing heavy yet silent.
"Hmp. That;s funny coming from you." So she was talking to someone! Perhaps they were off site, and she was talking into an earpiece? "This whole thing's got me freaked out." No, that's not right. It must've been her Kamui! She could vaguely remember Ryuko talking outloud, with questions that nobody else could answer. She thought it was something that happened mid battle, but she was actually having a conversation with the Kamui? She couldn't do that with Junketsu, though that was due to it's far more primal and unhinged nature that she had to keep on the downlow.
"I don't know, it's like...everything's gone from this stupid fight to this crazy war that's over my head. People are saying things like, fate of humanity and extinction of our species, blah blah." Well, it was comforting that Ryuko wasn't some master manipulator, though she already kind of knew that. "My head was spinning, and I wanted to say that I don't give a crap! Instead, I used you as an excuse to get angry." This conversation seemed to be deeply personal, and was probably supposed to be private to some degree. She then flinched, hearing what sounded like gunshots nearby.
Her head perked up and she saw a half naked man with a mohawk using 2D dummies as target practice. She groaned to herself and began to walk away, stopping when a familiar voice started talking to Ryuko "Yeah, well his older sister died during an experiment with life fibers. "When your dad created nudist beach, he set up a lab. His top assistant was Tsumugu's sister: Kinue Kinagase. They found that only life fibers could fight life fibers, so they tried making one that would obey a human's will. They ran experiment after experiment, and during one of those, she...well."
Satsuki didn't know how to react. Was that why her mother was so proud of her? Because she made Junketsu obey her will? Well, obeyed her to a degree. "Jesus. That was his sister?" The half naked man looked at her "A while ago, he told me I was headed down the same road as her." He recognized what she was talking about. "Her last words to him were: whatever you do, don't stop the work. So Dr. Matoi kept going with the experiments until he figured it out and made Senketsu. His breakthrough came when spliced Senketsu's life fibers with your central nervous system's DNA."
Satsuki would've stood up and accused him of lying if she didn't need to hide from them. It seemed Ryuko was in an equal amount of shock. The teacher's jacket began falling off his body as he continued "It's true. That's why you're the only one who can wear him and hear him. He's a combat uniform your dad designed for you, and you alone." This explains everything! Except for one question--"Why would my dad do something like that?" Ryuko asked, bewildered by the information. "This isn't information meant for prying ears." Mikisugi pointed to where Satsuki was hiding.
'Shit!' She thought to herself attempting to run, only to fall over and scratch her leg on shredded scraps of metal. She winced in pain, looking up to see a gun pointed at her head "Don't bother running. If you even attempt to escape, I'll paralyze your facial nerves and leave you for dead." Did he recognize her, or was he just that much of an asshole? Ryuko and Aikuro ran over, staring at Satsuki in confusion "Who's that?" Ryuko wondered, getting closer as she raised an eyebrow "She almost looks like Kiryuuin. Expect fat." She didn't recognize her! Perfect!
The young woman cleared her throat, attempting to mask her voice "I-I'm sorry for intruding. I was caught in the battle and I'm absolutely famished." It wasn't lie, she was fucking hungry. Ryuko pulled her blade back, looking at the girl with mild confusion "So why didn't cha just come up to us and ask?" Satsuki made up a quick response "I didn't know if you were with Honnouji Academy or not. You look...intimidating." Mikisugi giggled "She does, doesn't she." Ryuko took offense and slapped the naked man across the shoulder "Don't be dumb, I'm not that scary!"
They argued back and forth, making Satsuki wish she'd just left when she could. She held her arms up as they finally finished squabbling "Anyways, we have some food." Matoi put away her scissor blade "You got a nasty scratch there." She helped up the overweight woman, holding one arm over her shoulder "Oh, this? It...yeah, it does look back." She wouldn't have this problem normally, but she didn't feel like testing whether or not that metal had any diseases on it or not. "Let's get you patched up and give you a meal. Hopefully Mako hasn't eaten it all." Ryuko muttered, earning a laugh from Mikisugi.
--Back at Honnouji Academy--
Ragyo sent out the dress uniforms for everyone to wear the next morning, smiling like the devil and strutting around naked in her room. The world could be hers in a matter of hours; no one could possibly stand in her way, not her company rivals, not Nudist Beach, and certainly not her daughter, Satsuki Kiryuuin! Why, her victory would all but be assured tomorrow!