A/N: I'm very excited for this chapter since it's more or less the grand finale of this fanfic. There's gonna be one more chapter after this acting as an epilogue but this is essentially the big finale. I hope it all turned out well because I sure enjoyed writing it. Also I'm just gonna put a content warning for graphic violence on this chapter because it gets kinda brutal. Didn't mean for it to happen but it turns out like that. Then again both Jojo and Kill La Kill are kinda known for being over-the-top violent so it's to be expected. Anyway I'll end the note here. Hope you enjoy the chapter.
The fire department and police had arrived in central Morioh after a hostage situation and subsequent fire alarm occurred in the same area. The centrepiece of the incident was an otherwise unremarkable office building that had now become a battleground between two groups.
Genesis, the unholy child of the Wall Eyes, had successfully reignited the flames inside of the office building. He had not thought his plan through particularly well. The only emotions flowing through him were anger and frustration. He was only several hours old and he'd been promised great things by his mentor and mother figure Ragyo Kiryuin. But achieving these things was becoming harder by the minute.
Gasoline and flames had spread across the floor of the office's top floor and were threatening its occupants. Jotaro attempted to use the pressurized airflow created by Star Platinum's punches to blow out some of the flames but it wasn't quite as effective as he hoped. All it managed to do was get the flames lower.
"Everyone, we need to be careful!" Jotaro called out to his group. "Genesis is a dangerous man."
"I may have to retreat from this situation." Tsumugu admitted as he looked around the burning room. "Not being able to see his Stand is already a disadvantage for me… But with my armour partially gone I'm not sure I'll be much help."
"I won't blame you for backing out." Jotaro nodded. "We've still got plenty of might on our side."
Genesis had disappeared in all the chaos but all of his opposition had gathered up into one area without any flames.
"We need to keep an eye out, he could be anywhere." Josuke said, his eyes shifting around the room.
The door to a supply closet burst off its hinges and out came genesis wielding a wooden mop. He laughed madly, breaking off the mophead and using the power of his Land of Confusion to transform half the mop into a long sharp piece of metal while keeping the wooden handle. He lunged straight for the group, using the weapon as a polearm. His first target was Sanageyama who swiftly dodged with the help of his Stand to get him up to the ceiling.
After that, Genesis put Inumuta within his metaphorical crosshairs. He lunged straight at Inumuta, cutting up several of his OK Computer units that tried to block him. Inumuta tried to dodge but wasn't fast enough. The blade stabbed into Inumuta, going fairly deep into him before Genesis pulled it back out.
"Hey, stay still!" Josuke called out to Inumuta, Crazy Diamond appearing beside him. "I can fix you up."
Genesis attempted to go after Josuke next but instead he received a counter from Star Platinum.
"Ora!" Star Platinum's mighty fist collided with Genesis's face which sent him flying back.
When Genesis landed on the ground again, he burst right through the floor thanks to the fire destroying the ground's integrity. He landed flat on his back on the floor below.
"I'm going after him!" Jotaro declared, running towards the hole in the ground.
"I'm right behind you!" Josuke added, following Jotaro.
Sanageyama was still on the ceiling but he quickly ran himself over to the hole in the ground and hopped on through. "Hey, don't leave me behind!"
"Getting further down the building seems unwise." Inumuta remarked. "However, I'll send some support down." A good several dozen OK Computer united appeared in front of him and they all began rushing towards the hole in the ground. "I myself will be fighting from a safe distance."
"I suggest we make a retreat too." Iori remarked, looking back down to Tsumugu. "The situation is getting worse and there's only so much we can do to help."
"I agree with that sentiment." Tsumugu nodded. "We've already done substantial damage to Genesis…"
While the three of them made their exit, the battle on the floor below had raged on. Genesis was attempting to spread more fire to the building's lower floors. He'd destroyed the majority of the sprinklers in the office area on this floor and with Land of Confusion he set the carpets on fire.
"You will meet your end here, Jojo!" Genesis cried out, charging at Jotaro.
"Don't call me Jojo." Jotaro had Star Platinum appear in front of him. "Star Platinum: The World!" Time around Jotaro came to a complete standstill. He had a limited amount of time to think up a plan to permanently put an end to Genesis. Without enough time to fully think out a plan, he decided to simply do the first thing he thought of.
In this case, that meant grabbing Genesis around the waist and throwing him into the flames that he'd created. When time resumed around Jotaro, Genesis began screaming in pain. He was quite clearly shocked about the new position he found himself in.
"Wryyy!" Genesis leaped out from the flames, discarding his flaming overcoat in the process. "Die, Jojo!"
Land of Confusion punched directly into the ground, this time creating a pool of some sort of strong acid right beneath Jotaro's feet. The acid ate away at the carpet and the soles of Jotaro's boots.
Jotaro quickly began to move back but the soles of his boots were completely gone in seconds and he felt a burning sensation at the bottom of his foot. He stumbled back away from the acid, crashing into a desk.
"Jotaro!" Josuke called out, rushing to Jotaro's aid.
But before Josuke could arrive, Genesis and Land of Confusion rushed up to Jotaro. Both Genesis and his Stand stood over Jotaro and began beating him down at a rapid pace.
"Muda muda muda muda muda!" Genesis had an unhinged smile on his face as he and Land of Confusion pounded Jotaro into the ground. Up close, Jotaro could see that the fire had done some major damage to Genesis's body, hair and face.
In an attempt to save Jotaro, several of the OK Computer united climbed onto Genesis and began stabbing their tiny arms into him. Genesis powered through the pain, still pummelling Jotaro into the ground.
At least that was the case until one of the OK Computers crawled onto Genesis's face and stabbed one of its tiny sharp arms into his eye. He screamed out in pain as his eyeball was impaled by the tiny Stand.
With the loss of his eye, another blurry memory of Genesis's came back into his mind. This one felt more recent. He had a memory of an old man flinging a pair of scissors at him with such accuracy that it took out his eye.
While Genesis was frozen up, it gave Jotaro and Josuke the perfect chance to fight back. Jotaro had Star Platinum appear beside him and began punching upwards at Genesis.
"Ora ora ora ora!" Star Platinum rapidly hit Genesis, causing visible dent's on the other man's body with each blow.
Josuke made it over to Jotaro and used the power of Crazy Diamond to repair the acid burns on his feet as well as the burnt up boots. Once he was sure that Jotaro was fully healed, Josuke used Crazy Diamond to join in on the beatdown against Genesis.
"Dorarararara!" Crazy Diamond's fists beat against Genesis's now heavily damaged body.
The two Stands stopped their beatdown and Genesis was knocked back closer to the flames that had spread across the room. Sanageyama then ran up to Genesis before the man could fully recover. Thanks to his interest in sports, Sanageyama was well versed in several martial arts so he felt confident taking on Genesis. Particularly with how large and brutelike his opponent seemed.
Sanageyama was able to easily get several good hits in on Genesis. When Genesis attempted to grab Sanageyama by the head and squeeze him, with the hope of crushing his head, Sanageyama activated the power of his House of Pain.
Both Sanageyama and Genesis were sent hurtling towards the wall of flames when their gravity was changed. Before they touched the flames, Sanageyama deactivated the gravity and swiftly kicked Gensis in the stomach.
Genesis was sent flying into the flames once more while Sanageyama did a flip back to safety. This time around Genesis was quicker in jumping out of the flames.
"Wryy! Your pathetic friends will not kill me, Jojo! I am the worthy successor to DIO! You all shall fall before Lady Ragyo and I!" Genesis crushed several of the OK Computer units beneath his feet. "I'll start with your friend with the ridiculous hair!"
"Huh? Are you talking about me!" Josuke shouted back to Genesis.
His question was answered when Land of Confusion appeared in front of him and began hitting at him.
"Muda muda muda muda!" Genesis had a crazed look in his one remaining eye as blood dripped down his burned up face.
Crazy Diamond appeared beside Josuke as he fought back against Genesis. "Dorararara!"
Jotaro carefully observed the fight between Josuke and Genesis as he formulated a plan. Flames had spread to the walls of the building and the ceiling had begun to collapse downward.
Taking a deep breath in preparation, Jotaro closed his eyes as he activated the time stop. "Star Platinum: The World!" Everything around Jotaro stopped once again but thankfully for him he had a much more thought out plan this time. With a quick glance around the room he saw a vending machine in the office break room and rushed in there.
Using Star Platinum, he picked up the vending machine and moved it right behind Genesis. Time resumed mere moments after Jotaro got into position. Josuke and Genesis were still punching each other with their Stands. Neither of them seemed to be letting up.
"Josuke!" Jotaro called out to Josuke. "Remember what you did to Angelo?"
Josuke looked past Genesis over to Jotaro and the vending machine. He smiled and nodded. "I know just what to do!"
Crazy Diamond hit Genesis twice more, this time allowing its healing powers to activate. This shocked Genesis at the sudden relief from pain with his burned skin going back to normal and his stabbed out eye regenerating. However the rush he got from being fully healed was short lived.
Thanks to how caught off guard he was, Genesis was knocked back into the vending machine. The glass shattered and several of the snacks fell out of it. He'd been hit into it with such force that some of the metal dented.
"Dorarararara!" Josuke shouted as he and Crazy Diamond punched at Genesis. In the process, the vending machine behind him was completely destroyed.
Genesis gasped in horror as his body began to fuse with the metal vending machine. He tried to move but the force of Crazy Diamond was too much. By the time the punches stopped, Genesis found himself in a half-living state where his body was partially fused into the vending machine. He tried punching his way out through the glass but he realized that despite his arm being free his body was merged into the machine.
"What… What did you do to me!" Genesis cried out in confusion.
"I repaired you and the machine with Crazy Diamond, fusing you both together." Josuke explained. "If I'm not focused or if I'm just in a bad mood, not everything I repair gets fixed the right way."
"You can't do this to me! I am Dio's rightful successor! Ragyo Kiryuin needs me!" Genesis yelled.
"Good grief, you really are delusional." Jotaro pushed down the brim of his hat, Star Platinum appearing beside him. "The real Dio burned to death the Egyptian sun in 1989. You're nothing but a cheap imitation." With that, Star Platinum and Crazy Diamond both began to beat on what was left of Genesis.
"Ora ora ora ora ora!"
"Dorarararara!"
With one final, decisive hit from both Crazy Diamond and Star Platinum, Genesis flew back against a wall, heavily denting it. Genesis flailed his legs around in an attempt to stand up . It was a fruitless effort. His torso was absorbed into the machine while his hands, legs and head stuck out like a turtle from its shell. Even if he was able to get his legs on the ground it was unlikely that he'd be able tos support his own weight now.
"This- This can't be! If I die, who's going to help Lady Ragyo conquer the world!?" Genesis's thick bravado seemed to have finally been cracked, giving way to genuine panic.
"Ragyo Kiryuin is the last of Dio's followers that the Speedwagon Foundation considers a threat. After today, Dio's legacies will be put to rest for good." Jotaro casually wound up for a punch, something that Star Platinum copied. "ORA!" With one last mighty punch, Star Platinum and Jotaro hit Genesis in a downward motion which sent him crashing down through the severely weakened floor as well as the floor of the office directly below them.
Genesis landed in a heap of debris, still half-fused to the vending machine. He could no longer feel his legs as the vending machine broke in half when it fell. Semi-flaming debris had fallen on top of him, making sure Genesis was trapped for good. Thanks to that, the room around him had begun to catch on fire as well.
Mortally wounded and unable to move, Genesis sat back and accepted his fate. It was said that those in near or certain death situations had their lives flash before their eyes. Genesis experienced something similar.
He was made from the bodies and minds of three people so his memories came out rather incoherent and jumbled. He remembered being beaten by guards in prison, Ragyo holding him close to her body as a little girl, walking through the streets of Cairo in the middle of the night.
One of the last things Genesis remembered before life completely left his body was something oddly similar to his current situation. He wasn't sure where or when it was, but the memory of a burning room popped into his head. In this memory his head was being cradled closely by a large, muscular man that he couldn't quite recognize.
"Dio, it's like you said… Maybe we are two as one… I even feel a bizarre friendship between us. And now, our fates have intertwined… They will disappear together as this ship explodes."
Those words rang through Genesis's head as all the life finally drained from his body. By the time he was dead, Jotaro, Josuke and Sanageyama had successfully escaped the building. They had little time to celebrate however. As far as they all knew, Ragyo Kiryuin was still alive and a severe danger to those around her.
Mako Mankanshoku would not typically describe herself as brave. She wasn't a coward by any means but when it came to conflict she would prefer to avoid it if at all possible. But as of late she'd found herself involved in plenty of conflict, both by her own choice and due to happenstance.
Right now, Mako found herself in what she judged to be her most challenging battle yet. While Ryuko and Satsuki took their time to recover, Mako was prepared to face down Ragyo Kiryuin. The two of them had exchanged attacks, both managing to do significant damage on their opponents.
Ragyo's light based attacks were powerful but Mako was able to defend through the worst of it with the stone generated by her own Stand. The battle had moved out further into the grassy hills and fields surrounding Morioh.
"You damn schoolgirl brat! Do you think you can defy me?" Ragyo laughed after dodging a large spike of rock shot from Family Stone.
"It- It's like I told you!" Mako did her best to sound confident. "I'm not going to give up because I love Ryuko! And- And if you win, that means I won't be able to live in a world where the both of us will be safe. But- But in my world everything will be great!"
Ragyo shook her head. "You're a complete moron, Mankanshoku." She lunged for Mako, her own right arm turning into pure light and separating from her body.
Mako gasped and raised a thick wall of stone up from the ground. The pure light fist collided with the stone, shattering it and slowing down the force of its impact when it reached Mako. The light returned back to Ragyo and she observed her hand, making sure it wasn't damaged."
"You- You can hit me but I won't give up!" Mako declared.
Family Stone: ACT 3 appeared behind Mako and charged for Ragyo. The Stand punched at the ground, creating a fissure that spread out towards Ragyo.
Ragyo leapt to the side to avoid the hole opening up in the ground. She narrowly avoided falling into the ground. Mako had Family Stone fire several smooth stone balls from its body at Ragyo in an attempt to stop her.
"You're very determined, I will give you credit for that. When I first saw you, I thought very little of you. But I suppose you're worthy enough to be killed by me." Ragyo chuckled. A flash of brightly coloured lights emitted from Ragyo's rainbow hair and Electric Light Orchestra's humanoid form emerged.
Electric Light Orchestra rushed towards Mako faster than before. Mako was unable to get her defenses up in time and ended up on the receiving end of a series of rapid punches.
Mako was knocked back where she landed in the grass but once again tried to get back to her feet.
"Hey, Mako, ready for some backup?" the familiar voice of Ryuko called out.
Mako looked over her shoulder and saw Ryuko and Satsuki running as quickly as they could towards where Ragyo and Mako had been fighting.
"Ryuko!" Mako cheered. "I'm so glad you're okay! Wait, where's Gamagoori?"
"Aikuro's looking after him on the train." Satsuki explained. "He should be in good condition soon."
Mako's returned optimism was momentarily crushed when Electric Light Orchestra kicked her in the face, knocking her back.
"Honestly, why haven't you given up?" Ragyo sighed. "This unwillingness to give up of yours would be admirable if you were still on my side."
"I have never been on your side, mother!" Satsuki declared, pointing her sharpened cloth katana at Ragyo. "Before he left, father told me all about your true intentions! About how you abandoned your second daughter! About the true evil inside you! I was too young to understand it at first… But in just a couple of years I was making preparations to overthrow you."
Satsuki lunged for her mother and stabbed her katana into Ragyo's gut. It was then that Ryuko made her way over, leaping into the air and slashing at Ragyo with her blades. An X-shaped pattern was made over Ragyo's body.
"Stab me, cut me, mutilate me all you want… I will not die!" Ragyo declared at the top of her lungs. Electric Light Orchestra returned to her and Ragyo's whole body unravelled into chains of light until it reformed into Ragyo again, now completely unharmed.
"Dammit! We gotta stop her from doing that!" Ryuko stomped her foot against the ground in annoyance.
"We still have a good chance against her." Depeche Mode said. "We just need to wear her down until she can't fight."
"Your Stand is right, Ryuko." Satsuki said. "We just have to keep pressing her. If we cannot win by brute force, than we will simply have to outlast her."
"Don't worry you two, I'm here to help!" Mako cheered as she ran up to Ryuko and Satsuki.
The group was swiftly broken up by a large beam of light being shot towards them. They all jumped out of the way and were blasted back by the force of the explosion that happened when the beam hit the ground.
Ragyo calmly walked towards the three young women. "No matter what you do, fate is on my side. Fate dictates that I shall win."
Mako held herself close to Ryuko as the two of them stood up. "Hey, uh, Ryuko. Before we fight Ragyo there's something I want you to know." She nervously bit her lip. "If… If both of us die here, well, I'm okay with that. 'Cause if I die, then that means I'll be dying with the girl I love."
"That… That's sweet of you, Mako. And as much as I feel the same way, nobody here is gonna die tonight!" Ryuko confidently declared.
"Ryuko is right, we'll all survive this." Depeche Mode said.
Satsuki had split her cloth sword into two halves and had used White Wedding to harden both of them to a steel-like consistency. She used the blades to attack her mother, charging forward and slicing at Ragyo.
"I see those sword fighting lessons you've taken finally paid off!" Ragyo had adopted a defensive stance, crouching down slightly with her arms crossed over her in an attempt to keep her chest and stomach safe from attack.
Satsuki kept silent as she slashed at Ragyo some more. As this happened, Ragyo allowed her right leg to unravel into light maneuvered in a curve around Ragyo's body that hit Satsuki in the side of her body.
"Agh!" Satsuki cried out in pain, stabbing one of her cloth daggers into Ragyo's arm. She was knocked to her side and flew several feet before landing in the grass. "Damn you, mother."
"I'm disappointed in you, Satsuki…" Ragyo pulled the cloth dagger out of her arm and threw it to her side. She slowly walked towards Satsuki still with a smile on her face. "What I'm about to do to you, it truly breaks my heart. Before you betrayed me I genuinely loved you."
"In that case you're either a liar or severely delusional…" Satsuki slowly got back to her feet. White Wedding appeared behind her. Using the power of White Wedding, three sheets of red fabric were created. Two pieces of fabric covered the large holes Ragyo left in Satsuki's clothing while the third one formed into a long swordlike shape that Satsuki grabbed onto. "If you were truly a loving mother you would have never had your husband killed… You would never have abandoned Ryuko as an infant…" Her voice was calm but beneath the surface she felt an intense hatred on the verge of boiling over. "You never would have violated my body for years on end!"
Satsuki charged at her mother. As Satsuki approached, Ragyo's right arm transformed into rays of light that formed into a sharp point. The two of them engaged in something of an unusual sword fight with cloth sword against light-arm sword.
Ryuko and Mako caught up with the action going on and Ryuko was the first to strike. "You are one annoying bitch, Ragyo Kiryuin!" Using Depeche's Mode's power Ryukos shot several tiny blades out from her fingertips which ended up hitting Ragyo in her back.
"Pardon me for a moment, Sasuki dear." Ragyo looked over her shoulder at Ryuko. Her body turned into rays of light that quickly zipped over towards Ryuko. They reassembled into Ragyo just in time for her to deliver a quick punch to Ryuko's face.
Ragyo took a moment to soak in how superior she felt as she watched blood pour from Ryuko's nose. But her smugness was short-lived when the enormous fist of Mako's golem-like Stand hit Ragyo in the side of the head.
"Please don't hurt Ryuko." Mako said, standing behind Family Stone for added defense. "You- You're very mean!"
Ragyo just made an angry growling noise and wiped some blood off of her face. "Your parents clearly raised you poorly… Perhaps I should beat some manners into you?"
Family Stone held out its hand with its fingers spread towards Ragyo. The ground rumbled beneath Ragyo as Family Stone's power activated. Ragyo gasped as the ground below her caved downward in a handprint shape.
Ragyo screamed in surprise as the ground beneath her became unstable. A several metres deep crater was created by Mako's stand that Ragyo soon found herself at the bottom of.
Before Ragyo could even properly get back to her feet, Family Stone launched a blob of semi-liquid stone into the pit. From the concrete two tiny golems formed out of the stone.
"Wh- What!" Ragyo exclaimed in surprise as the two smaller versions of Family Stone crawled towards her.
"Do you like that?" Mako peered into the crater. "Family Stone's new act has a new ability!"
"Stupid little girl!" Ragyo got to her feet and attempted to climb out of the crater.
Before she could climb out she was attacked from both above and below. First, the tiny golems Mako created grabbed onto Ragyo by her ankles Second, Ryuko jumped down from above. She'd used Depeche Mode's ability to create spikes on the bottom of her feet.
Ryuko delivered a swift kick to the side of Ragyo's face, piercing her cheek and managing to knock out several of Ragyo's teeth.
This actually managed to do something difficult, it surprised Ragyo. With her teeth knocked out of their place, Ragyo realized she couldn't use Electric Light Orchestra to replace them. When Ryuko kicked her, Ragyo fell all the way back down to the bottom of the crater.
Ryuko landed at the bottom of the crater several feet away from Ragyo. She slowly walked towards Ragyo who was recovering from the ground. It seemed that Ragyo was still in heavy shock from having her teeth knocked out like that. It was around his time that Mako and Satsuki climbed down into the pit.
"You're pathetic, Ragyo Kiryuin…" Satsuki approached her mother, White Wedding floating over her. "You always go after those you see as weaker to you… It doesn't matter if they're a small clothing business or an innocent little girl. You get some sort of sick satisfaction out of crushing people with your power. Do you really think you will make a better world?"
"Yes Satsuki dear, I do… The weak don't deserve power." Ragyo wiped blood from her mouth. "If you've hated me all these years, why didn't you fight back?"
"Damn you, Ragyo!" Satsuki pointed her silk katana at her mother. "I will not allow you to blame me for what you've done."
Ragyo just chuckled as her pierced cheek glowed with light, repairing it. "Tell yourself what you want."
"Keep your rage controlled, Satsuki." Depeche Mode spoke up. "You as well, Ryuko. Both of you need to focus if we want to defeat Ryuko."
"Depeche is right… I think I've got a strategy to defeat her too." Ryuko remarked.
Before Ryuko could explain her plan, Ragyo lunged forward again with both her hands having unravelled into pure light and formed into blades. She had a gleeful smile on her face as she stabbed ahead at both her daughters as well as Mako.
"Stupid, stupid girls!" Ragyo yelled as she stabbed at the three young women. She managed to do some considerable damage to them at first before Satsuki put up a fabric shield with White Wedding.
An enormous piece of black fabric was put up between Ragyo and the three girls. It tightened and wrapped around Ragyo, pulling her back.
"Ryuko, what's your plan?" Mako asked, leaving towards Ryuko.
"Yes, I'm trying to hold her back but I'm not sure how long it can last." Satsuki kept focused on using her fabric to strangle Ragyo. Already, Ragyo had pierced through the fabric with her light arm.
"She keeps healing herself with her Stand. Electric Light Orchestra." Ryuko explained. "But maybe, if we can make her Stand that weird human form and separate her from it we might have a chance."
"Yes… It may be able to work." Satsuki nodded in agreement.
"I'll do it!" Mako cheered.
"What?" Ryuko looked over to Mako.
"I can distract Ragyo while you two take her down!" Mako explained.
Satsuki nodded. "Alright Mankanshoku, I trust you."
"Thanks Lady Satsuki! Oh, and call me Mako." Mako said.
Ragyo broke fully out of the fabric cocoon around her. "You girls are testing my patience… Perhaps breaking you into my loyal servants is too much effort. Killing you outright will be much faster!"
Mako pushed her way to the front of the group ahead of Ryuko and Satsuki. "C- C'mon Ragyo, let's fight!" Family Stone: ACT 3 appeared right beside Mako.
"You? Really?" Ragyo scoffed. "Oh, very well."
Family Stone moved forward at Ragyo and delivered a heavy punch down at her. The fist collided with Ragyo and she was sent flying back into the wall of the crater. Several holes of pure light appeared in Ragyo's body and out from it came Electric Light Orchestra's humanoid form.
Electric Light Orchestra jumped forward and laid a series of quick decisive hits down on Family Stone.
Mako felt each hit from Electric Light Orchestra replicated on her body but she persisted. Two more miniature golems crawled out of Family Stone's body and grabbed onto Electric Light Orchestra to try and slow it down.
"Okay, I can do this…" Mako whispered to herself. She rushed forward to Family Stone and clung onto its large leg. "C'mon, let's go!" Family Stone leapt up into the air out of the crater. "Hey! Up here!"
Electric Light Orchestra floated up to fight against Mako and Family Stone. The Stand remained silent as it lunged straight for Mako.
Family Stone and its miniature golems moved in front of Mako to defend their master. The two opposing Stand clashed with each other, hitting each other hard with all the strength they could muster. Mako attempted to slow down Electric Light Orchestra by having one of Family Stone's hands turn to liquid concrete and pouring it over the enemy's Stand.
While Mako was occupied with fighting against Electric Light Orchestra, Satsuki and Ryuko were still fighting Ragyo at the bottom of the small crater.
Ryuko and Satsuki had surrounded Ragyo on two sides and were slashing at her with their respective blades. By this point Ryuko had been bleeding quite a bit so she used her blood to form an armour around her body by hardening it. She was still a bit grossed out by this application of her Stand's powers but it was useful.
"You disappoint me so much, Satsuki!" Ragyo yelled out, stabbing into Satsuki with her light-tipped fingernails. "You are a strong young woman! I would have shared my power with you when I rule the world!"
"The world deserves to be free, mother!" Satsuki used her cloth sword to cut at Ragyo's hand. As Ragyo pulled her hand away, Satsuki's heavily sharpened cloth blade managed to cut off the ring and pinky fingers on her right hand.
Ragyo flinched again. She hated showing that she was in pain but the fact that her fingers were now separated from her body was more than her Electric Light Orchestra would be able to heal. But she wasn't ready to give up yet. She may have been naked, covered in dirt and cuts, and missing two fingers but Ragyo Kiryuin did her best to have a collected and calm demeanor.
Her rainbow hair glowed and a blinding flash of light emitted from her body. Both Satsuki and Ryuko closed their eyes. While her daughters were momentarily distracted, Ragyo made her attack. She chose to focus on Ryuko first as she had a better idea of how to defeat her.
"Let me get you out of that silly costume!" Ragyo smiled wildly as she lunged for Ryuko.
Ryuko froze up, she remembered the first time she fought Ragyo back in her mansion.
"Don't let her get to you, Ryuko! You need to have me on your body in order to use your powers." Depeche Mode said.
Ryuko opened her eyes again, still disoriented. "Right! I- I can do this!" Two more blades stuck out from the back of her wrists as she charged forward to meet Ragyo.
Ragyo's right arm, the one with the missing fingers, had become a spike of light. Her spiked arm collided with Ryuko's blade. "You might as well give up, Matoi! No matter how strong you think you are, you will always be my failed daughter."
"I will never be your daughter! I don't care if it's true or not but you aren't ever gonna be my mom!" Ryuko used her right arm to hold back Ragyo's light blade while using the blade mounted on her own left arm to stab into Ragyo. She pushed it in as deep as she could. Throughout her life, Ryuko had been in a lot of fights. Whether they be small scraps she got in with the girls back at boarding school or her more recent Stand battles. But somewhat the conflict between her and Ragyo felt the most visceral than she'd ever had before. For the first time ever, Ryuko felt like she may actually end up killing her opponent whether she meant to or not. "You're the one who told that bitch Nui Harime to go kill my dad! What did he ever do to you? All your life, you've done nothing but hurt innocent people!" She twisted her wrist around to manipulate the blade inside of Ragyo.
Ragyo worked hard to work against her instinct to pull away from Ryuko. Instead she allowed her body to go limp and push herself further onto Ryuko's blade. "Dear Ryuko… You will regret ever crossing me…"
Ryuko tried to pull herself away from Ragyo. But Ragyo was still determined to attack Ryuko. She pushed herself further onto the blade to the point where it stuck out of her back. Using her Electric Light Orchestra powers, both of Ragyo's hands transformed into rays of light. Reaching out, the light rays wormed their way underneath Ryuko's clothing just like she'd done before at the Kiryuin estate.
"Let go of me!" Ryuko shouted, attempting to pull away from Ragyo.
"Ryuko, keep calm. We can not let Ragyo overwhelm us." Depeche Mode said.
"Calm, calm… Yeah, I'm trying.." Ryuko took a deep breath, doing her best to push herself away from Ragyo.
Ragyo's unhinged superiority was put to a stop when a thin strip of cloth wrapped around her neck from behind. It tightened around her, leaving Ragyo gasping for air as she was pulled away from Ryuko. More strips of cloth wrapped around Ragyo's arms and legs.
"Satsuki…" Ragyo muttered as she was pulled back.
White Wedding held onto the five strips of cloth and pulled back on it as hard as it could. It managed to pull Ragyo off of Ryuko's blade completely, leaving a sizeable hole in Ragyo's body.
"Let go of me!" Ragyo yelled as more strips of multicoloured cloth wrapped around her.
"Do you not like this, mother?" Satsuki approached Ragyo as more cloth from White Wedding wrapped around her. "Feeling helpless? That's how you've made me feel for years."
Ragyo ignored her daughter and looked up while struggling against the clothing. "Electric Light Orchestra! Return to me!" She was aware that without the majority of her light power she would be unable to properly heal herself.
Electric Light Orchestra's humanoid form began moving back towards the crater as quickly as it could. But before it could get close enough to Ragyo, Electric Light Orchestra was hit from behind by a spray of liquid concrete.
"Stay away from them!" Mako called out.
Family Stone's large hands grabbed onto Electric Light Orchestra from behind, wrapping around the enemy Stand. Electric Light Orchestra struggled against Family Stone's strong grip. Several of the miniature golems held onto Electric Light Orchestra to help hold it back. By now the concrete had hardened, making Electric Light Orchestra have to contort itself to try and escape.
"It's over, Ragyo!" Ryuko approached Ragyo where she was bound up on the ground.
"She's right." Satsuki quietly nodded, mentally commanding White Wedding to tighten the cloth around Ragyo. "Your life ends here."
"Hold on, do we have to kill her?" Ryuko asked, turning to Satsuki. "We can expose her crimes… The Speedwagon Foundation can make sure she's put somewhere where she can't hurt anyone else."
"You won't hold me forever!" Ragyo declared. "I just need to break free from your pathetic friend's grasp! I am the great Ragyo Kiryuin! This world we live in, it shall belong to me!"
"No. You're wrong." Satsuki had White Wedding materialize another katana-length strip of cloth that hardened into a sharp blade. After hesitating for only a moment, Satsuki swiftly plunged the blade into Ragyo's chest. "No one person should have the kind of power you seek."
Ragyo gasped, feeling the sword pierce her heart and push out the other side of her body. "I… I didn't think you had it in you… Satsuki…" She attempted to reach a hand out for Satsuki and Ryuko in a last ditch attempt to grab them. "Damn you…" All signs of life faded from Ragyo's body. Electric Life Orchestra disappeared completely once Ragyo had died.
"Is… Is she dead?" Ryuko asked. This was only her second time seeing a dead body. The first time was months ago when her father died in front of her.
"Yes Ryuko… She is…" Satsuki felt her hands trembling. She dispelled White Wedding, causing both the physical form of the Stand and all the fabric. "She can't hurt me or anyone else." It was in that moment that the weight of the situation hit Satsuki. She had finally won. Years of work finally paid off. She fell down to her knees and allowed herself to cry again. For the second time in a single day Satsuki was allowing someone else to see her cry. This time, she made no attempt to suppress her emotions. She wept openly, not to mourn her mother's death. In Satsuki's eyes she deserved no such thing. But rather, Satsuki had no idea how to feel. Even though she had no idea how to feel. She had won but all the emotions she'd always so well kept hidden were now bubbling to the surface and all she could do was cry.
Ryuko had no idea how to react at first, having never seen Satsuki like this before. Not sure what else to do, Ryuko allowed Depeche Mode to depower back into its normal uniform mode and crouched down beside Satsuki. It was somewhat awkward to do at first, but Ryuko wrapped Satsuki up in a hug. It felt like the right thing to do.
"Hey, um, are you gonna be alright?" Ryuko asked.
"Yes… I… I just can't believe it's all over. That horrible woman… Everything she stood for. I finally stopped her for good." Satsuki wiped the tears out of her eyes and looked at Ryuko. "A part of me was always prepared to die fighting my mother but now… I've won."
"She was a real piece of shit. I can't imagine what having her as a mom would've been like." Ryuko glared at Ragyo's lifeless corpse for a moment.
"Both of you will never have to deal with her again." Depeche Mode said.
"C'mon sis, let's get out of here." Ryuko helped Satsuki to her feet.
"Yes… Good idea." Satsuki wiped the remaining tears off her face and followed Ryuko. The two of them climbed out of the pit where Mako greeted them above ground.
"Ryuko! You made it!" Mako cheered, immediately throwing her arms around Ryuko as soon as she saw her. "I'm so glad you're okay Ryuko!"
"I'm glad you made it out alright too." Ryuko smiled and leaned in to kiss Mako briefly.
Mako giggled in response and kissed Ryuko back. "I love you…"
"Satsuki, what should we do about Ragyo's body?" Depeche Mode asked.
"Yes… Well, I suppose this situation is a bit difficult to explain to the police." Satsuki cleared her throat and looked down. After thinking for a moment she glanced over to Mako. "Cover up that crater you made. That will be Ragyo Kiryuin's final resting place. The rest of the world won't need to know."
Mako quietly nodded. "I can do that easily."
While the three girls took a moment to recover from everything, a familiar train whistle was heard and over the grassy field came Driver Eight. The train came to a stop near the three of them and out from it stepped Aikuro Mikisugi.
"Is everything alright here? I caught up as quickly as I could after picking up Gamagoori." Aikuro quickly looked around.
"I'm afraid you're too late." Satsuki said. "Ragyo Kiryuin is already dead." She briefly looked over her shoulder at the pit.
"Well, for us that's good news. I just got off the phone with Tsumugu, apparently Jotaro and Josuke managed to finish off Genesis." Aikuro explained.
"So this is really it, huh? We… We saved the day?" Ryuko remarked.
"It would seem so." Depeche Mode said.
"You've all helped put an end to Dio's legacy." Aikuro said. "C'mon, get on the train. I'll get us all back into town."
The three young women got onto the trail which started up again as soon as they boarded and transported them to Driver Eight's pocket dimension.
When they got aboard the train it turned out that they weren't alone. As Aikuro had said, Gamagoori and Jakuzure were on the train. They'd seemingly recovered from the injuries Ragyo had inflicted on them.
More to Mako's interest though, he family was aboard the train. "Mom! Dad! Mataro! You guys are here!" She hurried over to her family where she was quickly wrapped up in a group hug.
"I'm so glad you're safe Mako!" Sukuyo was crying tears of joy at seeing her daughter safe again. "When Aikuro stopped by to tell us what was going on I was so worried.'
"I wasn't! I knew my big sister would totally win!" Mataro cheered.
"We're just so glad to see you again." Barazo pulled her tighter into the hug.
Even Guts seemed too excited to see Mako, barking excitedly and looking up at her. While this was going on, Ryuko was watching from a distance. Not totally sure if she should join in since it seemed like a family moment. But to her pleasant surprise, Mako waved over to her. "Hey Ryuko, get in on this!"
Ryuko smiled and went up to Mako and her family, joining in on the group hug. "It's good to see all you guys too."
"Well now that I know you guys are safe again, I'll make us all a big dinner to celebrate." Sukuyo said.
"Thanks a lot mom!" Mako cheered.
While the Mankanshoku's celebrated being reunited with their daughter, Satsuki had taken a seat to the side in another part of the train's passenger car. Gamagoori and Jakuzure were seated on either side of her while Satsuki looked somewhat blankly at the wall across from her.
"So? Is it really over?" Gamagoori asked.
"Yes… It is." Satsuki said. "We've put an end to Ragyo Kiryuin."
"You did a good job, Lady Satsuki." Jakuzure reached over towards Satsuki who held her friend's hand in response. "So, what are the plans now?"
"I'm not sure yet… I'll figure things out once I return to Honnouji Academy." Satsuki said. "Right now, I'm craving a nice hot cup of my favourite tea made by Soroi and a long night of rest in bed."
Jakuzure smiled at Satsuki. "That sounds like a good place to start."