It happened, moments after The Gang and Luzer protected and lured students to Yatsuga Forest. Luzer returned to the café near the school, to see Ayame. She was in her school uniform, with her hair in a tuxedo braid, and in glasses. Luzer reported in that the students were lured away, and the forest was protected. The worst part was Anna confronting them, but managed to retreat.
Ayame then said, "Tell me… Is it true about MIO? And if Anna is now a part of her collective?"
"Why do you ask?"
"When I found the cavern, myself… I met with your mistress… and no, you're right… She's not a dominatrix, but rather, very hot… Anyways, she told me about Anna… her family… the DNC… everything… The Gang said that they'll rescue Anna… but it's far too late…"
She explained to him, "Your mistress… She said that Anna's in her complete control, but even so, we tried to plead to her, it'll be too late. MIO… She converted Anna into a robot, did she?"
Luzer said, as he was unhappy, "What my mistress says is true. I took a good look at her, while disguised as you, when she had me cornered. And I saw it, deep within her eyes. She's a robot. Her eyes of a digital blue, her body beating of a clock, and her soul in the essence of Nosferatu… She's converted into MIO's image – a heartless demonic wind-up doll."
Ayame sighed and said, "Yes. I guess I was wrong to believe her… until now… Ayame Kajou and Anna Nishikinomiya, besties… But this friendship… it's over between us. If it were a pinky swear…"
"I wouldn't say that, Ayame. Besides, maybe you need to calm down and fo-."
"WELL, FUCK YOU, THEN, YOU PECKER!" Ayame shouted, while breaking her voice, "Anna is my bestie… since forever… around the time you came back, and the DNC began to salvage and invade major cities, HE departed… HE left me…"
"You mean Okuma?"
"Yes… He was my partner-in-crime… My best boyfriend… The man that I want to pork with… Maybe suck his hog and diddle his nipples… But he just… left me… He said to me… I'm sorry… But Anna's not what she seems. I told him that she's her normal lusty psycho self… but he turned away and said… "Forgive me"… and he left me…"
She was starting to well up in her eyes, about to cry, "Tanukichi… Why did you leave me alone? I know I'm watching over Anna… but… How can I now know the truth?"
Luzer pleaded, "Take it easy, Kajou… He'll come back to-."
Ayame held her pink phone and roared, "HOW CAN I? TANUKICHI OKUMA, YOU HAD TO ABANDON ME, ONLY TO REALIZE THAT YOU WERE WARNING ME ABOUT ANNA! HOW CAN I STOP HER, THE WAY SHE IS NOW? TANUKICHI OKUMA, I WANT YOU BACK, YOU FUCKING PERVERTED DICKSACK CUNT! COME BACK TO ME!"
She dropped her phone, as she dropped to her knees. She broke down and cried, "Tanukichi… Tanukichi… Please… Please come back… Please come back to me… I love you… Tanukichi… … …You were the one for me… I am your hot girlfriend… not Anna… Come back! Wah, come back!"
She continued to cry, all throughout the hour, as Luzer comforted her, trying to calm her down.
Luzer, back in New York, felt unhappy. He whispered, "Kajou…"
Heather asked him, "You okay, Luzer? You're upset. Is Peter in danger?"
"Oh! Uh, no, he's alright. Master can hold his own."
"Then, why are you down in the dumps?"
"Oh, nothing… Nothing at all…"
Heather stated, "It's about Anna, isn't it?"
Luzer replied, "Vaguely… We know what must be done… even if it means failure in our behalf… For now, we keep our fingers crossed."
Heather smiled and said "Right. I'll tell Mizuki, if any news came up."
She left, as Luzer thought, feeling discouraged, "I can't tell her about Kajou… The one time we see her cry… this time, earlier today… We saw an emotional side of her… Ayame Kajou… misses her boyfriend, who knows the truth… and realizes it, too late. Maybe someday, Kajou & Okuma will reunite."
He flew to the conference room and said, "But for now, The Aces of The Gang… They're our last hope…"
Episode VIII – Chapter 3: Fall of Decency (Part 2)
Steven Cooke's Dormant Power!
Witness Anna's Evil Plight!
Back in Anna's room, both Steven and Anna continued to stare down, as Anna said, "You know… I despise lewdness."
He said, "You and me both. But my way is better. Either go with it, or go home. Me, I chose to make sure… none of it matters."
She hissed, "Is that right? If you really want to fight me, fight a thousand men to do so."
"I'd like that. But if you think that will be enough… Go ahead."
Anna smirked, as she prepared, "Of course, you realized that I came this close to unmasking Blue Snow, only for Mr. Okuma's scent to throw me away… from her… Mother has everything under control, and even if you bested me, it'll be too late."
"Maybe not. But the four of us, we're the heavy hitters. And you, Anna, can never best us… At all!"
"Is that a fact?"
Anna stepped up and said, "Well, then… It would be unwise to challenge me, the leader of the DNC, without a fair and proper fight. My heart belongs to another, but knowing you… your heart is shattered… likewise the scar on your chest."
He said, "That scar was from a rival of mine… whom I now consider an ally. You've heard of her – The Guardian of Love and Justice."
She growled, "What? Sailor Moon did this to you?! Impressive… Except that you held your own… just because you're the one with the highest active bounty in Cy-Bo-Div's Most Wanted! Five hundred million dollars… enough to rule the world with our PMs, and our decency squadron."
"Money makes the world go round… But to you, money makes the world go to hell. Steven Cooke won't see it."
He called out, "For years, I have dreamed of challenging you, Anna Nishikinomiya! You've heard my sob story! If you haven't, allow me to retort. I, Steven Cooke, am a student of Hokuto Shin Ken, second of my master's teaching. I am an A-Squad agent in AAW-New York, and a leading agent! My accomplishments are that of many, including saving the world from an evil alien, a dirty otaku giant, gelatinous Venus babes, an elder god from Egypt, and countless others! But on one mission, I was used and turned by two women… One, a cyborg girl created to be a superhuman weapon… only she broke my heart… The other, a beautiful woman who's well-loved in Miyagami Academy, only to realize that she's a manipulated corporate gynoid that uses innocent girls as her hive mind collective… and that woman was a friend of ours, until we learned of her true evil purposes."
He was referring to Project Yamo (Yakumo) and The K-850 Cyborg (Kanade Jinguji). Both of which changed Steven Cooke, to what he is, today.
"Because of them, my life is twisted and turned, and my mistrust in me regained. I trusted in those two, but they turned their backs. I promised myself that I would never be tricked again, only to hurt the ones I loved. But this… THIS IS DIFFERENT!"
He posed and said, "You're a vampire. And a gynoid. And you represent the embodiment of evil. That is why… Steven Cooke will show you justice, firsthand… I've slain a mess of people; most I even disemboweled or split open, but none compared to you, Nishikinomiya."
"I am? Seriously, you think of me as some demonic girl, learning Satanism. But I'm not. I'm for the health and care of the world's population. The world will thank me for this, Steven Cooke…"
She roared, "STARTING WITH YOU!"
She drove towards him, in swift speed, and landed the first punch. Steven felt it, and retaliated with punches of his own. They continued to fight each other and land punch to punch, kick to kick, and all in breakneck speed. Steven Cooke has speed in his punches, but is almost equal to Anna's superspeed and agility, thanks to her mental manipulation by MIO. He countered the punches, and lands a knee to the gut. Anna took the blow, but stepped back. She smirked, "Nothing? Is that it?"
He said, "This is…"
He slams her chest with a palm strike, and then landed a barrage of aerial kicks to her face and chest area. Anna stumbled down and was on one knee. She raced towards him, and prepared a swinging right kick to him. She swung, but he kept deflecting each kick. She swung her body up and landed a sidekick to his face. He held his ground, as Anna resumed punching. Steven said, "Alright, you little punk… Never have I met such resiliency. But if it means to end you, I have to. NO ONE bests Steven Cooke… NO ONE can defeat me!"
He added, quietly, "Well… except one time…"
She smirked, "Lewdness… Is that what you represent? And I thought you'd be a part of us."
She stepped back and said, "Insolent fool. I was thinking of reconsidering my offer to you… But NOW you get… nothing!"
"Good." He said, "Because I would never side with a hell-spawn, like you."
She leapt upwards and said, "Even so, I'd rather fight you, while you're weak and frail in the knees. Decency and cleanliness is what it's all about! It's perfect!"
"No one's perfect! Not even you!"
She appeared from her throne and said, "Even so… And I cannot repeat myself… I want to see you suffer…"
Her aura shone in a blackish hue, as she said, "USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS! LEWDNESS BE GONE!"
She charged at him, and landed a barrage of rapid dark punches, "USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS!"
He blocked every punch, but Anna's rapid punches proved to be no match. Midway through, Anna broke his defenses, and began to pummel down Steven Cooke. Anna Nishikinomiya's dark aura, combined with her perfect athletic body and MIO's insatiable thirst of power, was overpowering Steven Cooke's power! Hokuto Shin Ken is invincible, learned from thousands of years. Anna was the one that broke through his defenses.
He stepped back, as he was badly hurt, "But… how…? How is she that… strong?"
Anna smiled, as she said, "Perfection is the key, my friend. I am perfect in any way. I am the rightful goddess of Decency, likewise Mother and Father. I have become… a goddess!"
He said, "All you are… is a little brat… wanting power, more than anything. Steven Cooke will see to it that you die, and get a closed-casket funeral! WHY? Because I'm going to smash your pretty face into nothing!"
He rushed at her, but Anna clasped his waist, saying that he's still resorting to punches. She clasped him in a bearhug, and then lifted him in a suplex. She then said, "Everything about me… is what and who I am, Steven Cooke! They say if I beat you… The Gang falls, and we can do what we want! AND HOW LUCKY IT IS TO BE THRASHED BY ME!"
She grabbed his legs, as he was hanging upside down, with his thighs spread apart, and Anna standing on her feet. She leapt up, as he thought, "No… That's…"
SLAM!
She leapt up, and dropped down on her feet, landing a perfect Muscle Buster, the same move that Kinnikuman, Peter Giese, and a rare few used. Anna learned this move, as well. Steven croaked in pain, coughing up blood, as Anna said, "Oh, this is great! I have defeated the Man with the Heart Scar! Mr. Okuma, if you're watching me… I am doing this for you, and I want you to love me for it!"
He dropped to the floor, and she turned to him, "And with that, you're finished. The Gang, now defeated…"
He was struggling to get up, as he said, "Not… yet…"
She said, huffing, "HMPH! Not enough, huh?"
He thought, "How? Hokuto Shin Ken… is invincible… Two years training… and she knew my defenses… MIO, you bitch… If we ever meet, I will defeat you…"
He was on one knee, as Anna smirked, "Not enough, isn't it?"
She kicked his chest and he screamed in agony, "NOT ENOUGH? NOT ENOUGH! I DIDN'T THINK SO! DIE, LIKE THE LEWD MAN THAT YOU ARE!"
He was on all-fours, groaning in constant pain. He was getting angry, which is one of the basic principles of Hokuto Shin Ken. If angered, his body would be as hard as rock, and not amount of sheer force can penetrate it. Unfortunately, Anna was as strong as a diamond, but she somehow searched his weakness. In his last ounce of strength, his body started to brim in white energy. He held his head up and said, "You haven't won… yet…"
He kneeled up, as she stepped back, "Stay down! It's all you have to do! JUST STAY DOWN!"
She refused to fight back. Anna proved her point, as she was ten times stronger than Steven Cooke; even stronger than Gouriki, Oboro, and Kajou, combined.
"You've proven my point. You're no match for me. Do you actually think your sheer arts can be bested by me?"
"NO MERCY!" He yelled, "If you want me… I can take down your Decency Squad and prefects, to get to you…"
She smirked, "Really?"
She turned away and said, "Well… either way… You lose… MEN!"
Doors opened, all around the huge room, as numerous guards and prefects, dressed in black, were standing in attention. Anna boomed, "Battalion X is the strongest there is. Prefects, Decency Squad officers, officials… That's a key to a perfect world, even if we use force! You dare taint this world with your presence, let alone you cannot defeat me! I am the walking living breathing force of nature, and I wish for a perfected world, free of dirty thoughts, free of sex, free of lewdness, free of pornography, and free of debauchery!"
He was standing up, as he said, "You wish to have that, but you're but a puppet to your master. You are not cleansing the world… You're going to doom us all! I'm here… to make sure that wouldn't happen. THE FUTURE IS NOW! Your Decency Nation Capital… this New World Order… it falls, and it falls by me, and me alone! I will not let you harm another person with your smut-free lifestyle! Anna Nishikinomiya, this is not the path you chose! That path… leads you to defeat! And soon, you will fall at Steven Cooke's hand! JUSTICE HAS PREVAILED!"
Anna smirked, as she laughed, "COME, A-FIST! I want to see this justice that you speak of!"
Anna boomed, as she held her hand out, "GET HIM!"
The squad members and prefects charged at him, in a huge stampede of roars and cries, armed with nightsticks, brooms, mops, and even stunguns. He flexed, as he roared, "Fine… I'LL TAKE ALL OF YOU ON, EVEN IF I HAVE TO DIE BY THOUSANDS OF YOU! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
His chest expanded and grew, as his shirt exploded into pieces of cloth. His muscles grew, as he roared in sheer anger. But as he was roaring, expanding his power, a huge gust of energy engulfed the room, from within him. They all stopped, as they surrounded Steven Cooke. One prefect stepped forward, as Steven stopped. He let out a glare at Anna, as the prefect, armed with a broom, was ready to strike. But as he took the first step, he dropped the broom, and suddenly collapsed on the floor. And then, one-by-one, the prefects and officers, who were surrounding Steven, were collapsing in exhaustion, and were all unconscious.
"WHAT?!" Anna cried, "He… He took down all my men, around him, and all he did was scream? Impossible!"
The prefects that were unaffected, far away from the huge radius of the energy blast, were frightened and shocked, as they questioned his abilities.
"N-n-n-n-no! This man… He's… HE'S PURE EVIL!"
"He took down a flank of the Decency Squad, without lifting a finger!"
"That man… hundreds were at his mercy, and he-."
"What is he?"
"The Man with the Heart Scar… He is for real…"
Steven glared down, showing no emotion, but sheer furious determination, "Anna Nishikinomiya… You bring lewdness to a crashing halt, but I know that humanity will be extinct, before this is your victory. But… IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS A PERFECT WORLD, YOU GO THROUGH ME; EVEN IF I HAVE TO BRING DOWN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUR MEN, TO DO SO!"
Anna cried out, "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GET HIM! KILL HIM!"
The remaining army charged at Steven Cooke, but he landed swift kicks, punches, and takedowns, obliterating each Battalion X members, reducing most of them into bloody chunks. Anna was in complete shock, as he thrashed each member, by the hundreds, injuring them, killing them, and lambasting them. Most of the Battalion X soldiers, able-bodied, started to run for their lives, as they were complete fright.
"HE'S NOT A PERVERT! HE'S A DEMON!"
"WE'RE TOO STRONG AGAINST HIM!"
"WE CAN'T FIGHT HIM!"
"HAVE MERCY!"
"WE QUIT!"
"I DON'T WANT TO BE A PREFECT, ANYMORE!"
They all shout in unison, running away, completely yellow, "FORGIVE US, MISS ANNA! WE CAN'T FIGHT THIS MANIAC, ANY LONGER!"
Steven glared at a frightened Anna, as she thought, "It's… It's not true… This man… He bested my best soldiers, and yet he is still standing? I bloodied his nose, bashed his face, broke his bones, and yet he's still standing! Hate that man so much! SO MUCH! Graaaaaaaah!"
Her vampire fangs are shown, as she hissed, "A-Fist! You dare show intimidation on my soldiers! I am the one who shows intimidation on behalf of my family and school! I am the true goddess of death! I am your key to humanity, only for you to throw it away! Now, Steven Cooke, A-Fist, Man with the Heart Scar… You and your friends will join purgatory, as your humanity will be erased forever!"
Steven said, "Now we see you, Anna Nishikinomiya! You're no longer the girl the students look up to! You're the same psychopathic killer that you are! Your entire identity exposed, in my eyes! It's true! Your promises are nothing but a fabrication, wanting to rid humanity, stopping at this generation! On this day, X Prohibition is passed! A future of chaos and a barren world of less humanity will come to pass! But on that same day, history will be changed! STEVEN COOKE WILL CHANGE THE FUTURE!"
Anna growled, "Don't act so mighty! If you want to end my ambition, kill me and find out! My mistress created me, as the perfect woman! I AM PERFECT!"
She lunged down at him, as they resumed fighting each other.
Anna shouted, "Steven Cooke! Your string of luck ends here!"
Meanwhile, from behind the door of where Anna & Steven continued their battle, the same boy that was tailing and hiding from The Gang appeared to a downed Ayame. He held his hand out and said, "Hey… Kajou… You alright?"
Ayame came to, as she thought, "That voice… No…"
She looked up, as he smiled, "It's good to see you."
"O-O-O… Okuma? Tanukichi, is that you?" she wept, as she was blurry from her sight.
Okuma held her and said, "I missed you… I had to see you, one more time."
It was the same boy that Ayame mentioned, her boyfriend and fellow SOX member, Tanukichi Okuma. She kneeled up and sniffled, "Oh, Tanukichi… It's… It can't be you… My boyfriend would've liked my dirty jokes, and got his dick up his trousers… But I can't… Because I'm crying…"
She held her phone up and laughed, "Of course, I'm crying now, but if I was aroused, my vagina would, too!"
He giggled, "You never changed."
She was shocked, as she smiled, "It's… It really is you… Tanu-. TANUKICHI!"
She leapt to his arms and hugged him, laughing for joy. Tanukichi Okuma and Ayame Kajou reunited, in DNC territory, as The Gang was fighting for their lives. Okuma smiled and said to her, "I'm so sorry I hid from you. I never left your side, since I was watching over you. I… I wanted to see if-."
Ayame said, "If it's about Anna… No need… You were right. Something's wrong with her."
He said, "But still, I want nothing to do with Anna, ever again!"
"She's already being taken care of. She falls, we win."
"Yeah, but then there's X Prohibition."
"It's taken care of, like I said… But… It'll be great to know you, again…"
She then asked, "But… I'm perplexed. Why didn't you see me, during the battles?"
Okuma explained, "Because of The Gang. They're government agents from America. I didn't want to join in on the DNC objectives, because they showed up, out of the blue. However, when I overheard the Mount Fuji mission from Anna, I chose to leave the post and go into hiding. Anna… She's a new person, only more evil than her mother. She's become… unholy…"
Ayame explained, "That's because she's a vampire sex robot… I mean it. It's not a dirty joke, it's true. Anna… she's converted into the demon that she is…"
He gasped, "Oh, my god… Then I was right!"
But then, Asahi's voice called, "So, Farra's fighting Gouriki, when I bailed to get Oboro. She should still be there."
He gasped, as he said, "Uh-oh. The AAW Fuzz. I have to go."
Ayame grabbed his arm and said, "Please, no! Don't leave me alone, again… I love you…"
She blushed, "Plus, my pussy is thrusting for you, baby."
He shouted, "Will you cut it out?"
He said, "But, yeah… It's been a while…"
She then asked, "You're place, mine, shitter, or anywhere?"
He dragged her off and said, "Anywhere! But I know where, so Anna doesn't know!"
They departed, and just before Peter & Asahi arrived. Peter stopped and asked, "Hunh… I thought I heard a noise."
Asahi said, "That way. There's the courtyard I went to."
They rushed off, as Peter asked, "So, was it wise to leave Farra alone? I'd say NO, since Farra's a strong fighter."
Asahi smiled, "She is. But I had a hunch about Oboro, meaning…"
"Meaning Gouriki has a gem, too!"
They continued to run, heading to the courtyard, as Okuma said, "Ayame…"
They were viewing the action, from far away, as Ayame said, "Still… Did Asahi Sakurai removed the core?"
He said, "Looks like it. But I can't be caught, exposed… Just because…"
She reached for his pants and said, "Mmm… I know something that can be exposed…"
He cried, "Ay-ay-aya-AYAME?! NOT NOW!"
She blushed, "But I want that hunky dog of yours, you bad boy…"
She was aroused, as he said, "Fine."
He grabbed her wrist and said, "But there is one place she never checked… the guest bedroom. It's dank and empty. And no one ever visits there, since it's off limits."
She blushed, "I'm game. Fuck me now!"
He replied, "Alright, but tone the gutter talk, along the way!"
She barked, "You never changed, Okuma! Yet, you're aroused by me?"
He said, "You saw my cucumber, for the first time… How about you experience it?"
She blushed, as she gagged, "uhhh…"
They departed to the bedroom. Who knows what they'd be doing in there.
Lovers reunited, a battle wages on, and the fate of the future is on the line…
Will Steven Cooke best Anna Nishikinomiya, ending MIO's evil plan? Or is humanity doomed?
The fate of the future will be revealed, in the next exciting chapter of…
The Gang IN-ACTION!
Episode VIII – The End
To be continued…