The two top dogs of their respective wards just watched as the snake tailed inmate rattled their tail around with a wide grin on his face as he leapt into action immediately! There was no hesitation on his part at all! A true battle maniac!
As Fumma prepared himself for Inyoku's attack, someone hit the side of his face!
Toppling over from the attack, he immediately glared at Akita. "Never let your guard down, idiot." she grinned widely, looking like a vicious animal.
"Bitch!" he cursed to himself as the lean inmate with three yellow highlights in his messy silver-white hair slammed his tail down onto the yakuza captain!
As he fell to the ground, he heard the sound of Akita laughing at him. "Hahaha! You stupid-" suddenly, Akita was sent flying back as the tail hit HER in the face!
"Don't forget," the inmate in a white kariginu, azure coloured sashinuki hakama and a dark blue silk scarf mused as he watched Akita fall to the ground. "You're being hunted too. Both of you are."
The rattlesnake then sighed. "You better put up a better fight than this, cause the two of you aren't really cut out to be the wards' top dogs! I'm more surprised you haven't been dethroned already, but I guess that's what happens when no one wants a useless role, huh?"
Almost immediately, the two shot back up and immediately glared at the cheeky grinning slitted eyed serial killer.
"Oh? Did I strike a nerve?" he teased, "well, you better bring your A game, otherwise you're not going to be worth anyone's time."
The two charged him not long after his tease, but as they did, they punched each other! Fists in each other's faces, it was enough to stop their charge.
As soon as they stumbled from the other's punch, Inyoku slivered on by, attacking both of them on the way past!
"Come on, focus now!" he playfully teased, alright turning around to lash at them again.
However, upon turning around, Yoshitsune's Jormungandr came at him! Quickly using his tail to spring himself away, the quirk serpent took a sharp turn to follow him.
"Oh!" Once the rattlesnake noticed the back-serpent, he quickly slivered around its strike, already running down towards Fumma as he heard Jormungandr chase after him before the serpent's body tried to shake him off.
As it got too wavy to stand on, Inyoku jumped off as he saw the dark haired Akita throw a punch that went through his face! Stunned at how she just phased through him instead of attacking, Akita immediately grabbed hold of his tail before throwing him down to the ground.
As soon as he landed, Jormungandr dived into his back! "AGH!"
As Jormungandr returned to Fumma, Inyoku forced himself back up as he remained on all fours.
The prisoner with the purple tattoo under his left eye let out an excited hiss, slivering forward at blistering speeds! It was pretty hard to determine just who he was targeting before he chose his target, pouncing at Akita who activated her quirk just in time!
"Shit! If I was any slower, he would have gotten me!" she thought as a bead of sweat rolled down her face. So as soon as she was done, she jumped away. "Go annoy that dumbass over there!"
"But you're the rare one here!" he shouted at her, dodging Fumma's ranged attack strategy! "This might be the only time I'm gonna fight you! I already missed out when I was too focused on that big guy that broke into the co-ed ward!"
Swinging his tail to counter the jade haired yakuza's quirk, he noticed Akita back away when got close. So, he continued to chase. Akita put in the distance and Fumma made sure his quirk didn't let him get close.
It was obvious to Inyoku what they were doing. They were keeping their distance. "Hm…" he hummed at the sight.
Akita kept phasing as his tail went through her head and Fumma's Jormungandr was playing the 'stay away' game. Also known as keeping the close range fighter away.
"Fumma's got range with his quirk, but only to a certain distance. Akita just phases through any and all attacks once I do get in range. Hmm…what to do. I wonder if Jormungandr counts as a serpent…and Akita's tangible and intangible intervals are very short…" as the psycho killer darted around his prey, he wondered about what to do with the gap that was forced between them. "Right now, what do I do about this forced range?"
It was then that he got a bloodthirsty grin!
The memories of Mulhall started to fill the snake's head as Akita backed off once he got in range and how Fumma kept at arm's length, both using their quirks to keep a fair distance from him.
"I kinda want to try something," he grinned. "I'm not the best at long range, but…I was going to save this for someone who sparked my interest, but test runs are needed I suppose!"
Using the same snake milking method he used to bring out his venom for his spray attack, Inyoku released some of the venom from his fangs into his mouth in a small amount as he suddenly spat it right at Akita!
VENOM SHOT!
As the blob fired towards Akita, she quickly noticed the odd colour of his spit shot and allowed the shot to phase through her. It hit the wall behind her as Inyoku shot a few more that didn't affect her at all as Inyoku charged in.
And his fist, connected easily. "Gotcha!" he playfully sang.
"Welp…I hope I don't need to make more venom anytime soon…" he thought as he dodged Jormungandr coming at him, only for it to keep going and whack Akita away! "Ah well, surely ten minutes here will be enough to recharge it for another round, even if it's mid-range at best."
The one downside to Inyoku's venom was that it required quite a long recharge time, if we're talking about in the middle of a fight that is. The more venom produced, the more required time for recharge, etc. "Another area to improve and refine!" the shortest inmate of the current three way duel grinned as he now focused on Yoshitsune.
His tail connected with Jormungandr and as the fight continued, it seemed Fumma got lucky as Jormungandr slammed into Inyoku's side.
Sending the inmate flipping through the air and down the hall, though Fumma had no chance to follow up as Akita kneed him in the back!
As the fight progressed forward down the hall, Inyoku flipped through the air as he landed on what appeared to be some fallen pillar…or perhaps a decoration to make the ward feel abandoned, who knows. As he perched himself on top of the ruined pillar looking thing, he was just at the perfect angle to darken himself as his tail waved around behind him while those piercing yellow snake eyes of his glared the two down like a predator spotting its prey.
The pointy ear inmate with the purple snake tattoo under his left eye started to grin, making the visage of the shrouded in darkness inmate all the more imposing.
To Akita and Fumma, who stopped their fighting as soon as the snake landed perfectly, it was like a wild animal was let loose!
The way he fought them, it felt like it wasn't completely human sometimes. It was truly as if he was a wild, feral predator! The answer was also very simple.
Instincts.
Everyone has them, but for those born with mutant animal quirks, human instincts weren't the only ones they inherited.
Animal instincts!
It's different per person, but some people with mutant animal quirks possess the animal instincts that come with the species of the animal quirk they inherited! Usually the human instinct was the stronger of the two, but sometimes in potential cases, the animal one was stronger which made their instincts go wild!
Inyoku-Yui Shiro was one such case of a person having a rather strong animalistic instinct. It wasn't overpowering, but it reared its head quite a lot. A quirk of a predatory animal and his own boredom, Inyoku was a true cold blooded killer!
"Die you piece of shit!" Fumma screamed as Jormungandr launched itself towards Inyoku. Said person only started to rattle their tail as it…danced around?
"Huh?" confusion spread across Yoshitsune's face as he watched as his serpent-quirked Jormungandr…started to wave and snake around. "What the hell is-"
Turning right around, Jormungandr immediately turned around as it blasted into the torso of its user! "GAH!"
Falling to the ground, Fumma just stared at Inyoku who launched himself off the ruined pillar! "WHAT JUST HAPPENED!" Jormungandr seemed to be back to normal, but it was too late as Inyoku-Yui dashed past with a Spiral Tornado, hitting the yakuza back down!
"HOW DID HE CONTROL JORMUNGANDR?!"
As the rattling from the snake tail was no longer occurring, Inyoku laughed loudly. "I can't believe that worked! I thought it only worked on real snakes!"
The psychopath had another trick up their kariginu's sleeve!
HYPNOTIC CONTROL!
More accurately, Snake Charming!
The practice of appearing to hypnotise a snake by playing and waving an instrument called a pungi around, the art of snake charming!
Snakes moving rhythmically in accordance to the movement of the musical instrument!
In Inyoku's case, in place of a pungi was his own tail! Moving and dancing in a specific rhythm that can charm snakes much like snake charmers do!
It was less about the sound for snake charming and more about the rhythmical movement!
"Perhaps you have some snake ancestors?" as Inyoku grinned, he ducked under a kick from Akita.
Inyoku grinned as his tongue tasted the air, launching himself away on all fours from the female ward's 'top dog' as he brought another spiralling tornado down on the yakuza, slamming him down on his face. That would have been it if Inyoku didn't choose to land on the taller inmate's face, putting him further down into the overgrown grass.
"Hmm…" Inyoku stepped off with a disappointed look. "You're predictable…defeating you wasn't fun…"
Instantly, he charged Akita as the rising man fumed! "Me? Defeated?! ME?!" it was one thing for the warden to defeat him, maybe some of the guards…but another inmate like Inyoku? No, that wasn't possible! He refused! As he let loose a loud scream as he got back to his feet, Jormungandr shifted its form as it receded back into its user.
If Inyoku could turn his quirk against him, he'd just have to go back to bare handed fighting!
The inmate with the purple tattoo under his left eye sighed. "He just can accept that there are other strong fish, huh?" he soon grinned as he lunged through Akita. "Okay, it's your turn now!"
Chasing after the intangible woman, Inyoku's speed was much faster as he caught up and headbutted her, sending back towards Fumma, who was already charging as he kicked the both of them away the moment Akita reached him!
"You bastard!" Akita coughed as she was kicked into the snake before she threw the rattlesnake away from her. "Both of you need to stay the fuck down!"
"I should be the one saying that!" growled Fumma as Akita landed safely on the ground.
By the time Inyoku landed, he felt something when he instantly continued his attack. "A vibration?" he wondered as he suddenly halted in his tracks at the thought.
The now standing Fumma and Akita watched cautiously as Inyoku stopped out of the blue. "Hm?"
As he came to a stop, the snake's tongue tasted the air before he grinned.
"Fucking finally!" Chikuha punched Li back after his nasty sneak attack! "About time someone started to fucking fight back! I thought I picked the wrong path there for a second!"
"Did they draw straws or something?" was the rather sarcastic thought of Li once he staggered backwards. With another shout, Li swung back!
Sadly for him, Chikuha dodged under his drugged up swing.
"COME ON YOU FUCKING NEWBIE!" Chikuha treated the other inmate like a sandbag!
As Li was assaulted, practically on all angles, the ticking time bomb kicked him away.
"I don't know about you, but that was boring." she flashed a grin over at the other two. "So how about we-"
"ARGH!" Li screamed as the self-experimented quirkless criminal came out swinging once more.
The deadpan look Chikuha just gave him only served to piss him off even more! "Wow…clingy much?" she threw a rock she had been holding at his chest, exploding upon contact.
It was a little, weak explosion. Like one of those tiny string poppers.
"Are you done now?" she asked, following up with a kick to send him onto his back, before she started to grin. "Or do you at least have more in you? I wanna let loose a bit more, but you gotta show that you can handle it!"
The taller inmate that fell like a tree in the woods growled as the shorter inmate just grinned at him. "Damn it!"
"Is your size the only thing you have?" she asked, looking down at the knocked down opponent. "Come on, at least use your quirk or something. Unless, your quirk is well, you know…a slight performance upgrade that you've been using since the start."
Touya, seeing how Li was practically frothing at this point, said, "he…lacks a quirk…"
"Oh!" Chikuha looked between the two. "You sure?"
"Fuck this," Li got back to his feet. He was not going to let his permanent drug's upgrade go to waste! "I am Leveller!"
"I might not have a quirk, but look at the results of my research! I cracked the code that can give anyone who's quirkless like me the power to fight back!" he gestured to his very body, crafted from the biochemical he concocted in his hero support course days before they tossed him out for it. "I might not have my weapons or exosuit, but I'm just as powerful as those with a quirk and then there's you!" he pointed his finger in Ueno's direction.
"Me?" she pointed to herself with a wide smile.
"People gifted with a quirk, flashy ones at that! Going around thinking you're hot shit and that you're superior! What fucking bullshit!" he stomped the ground as hard as he could, cracking it a bit. "I might be a freak who changed their body unnaturally, but I'd rather not be like you flashy superior bastards that mess with people for a quick laugh or boast about how strong their quirk is when it was literally handed to them from birth! I'll show you a real 'quirk' born from the labour of hard work, study and rigorous testing, even if my biochemical is frowned upon in this world!"
"Dude, chill-" Chikuha was drowned out as Leveller took up a stance, seemingly reinvigorated.
"As I said, my name is Leveller!" he shouted once more as Nozomi tried to pry off her metallic eyepatch. "I am the killer of heroes and I will not stop until this corrupted superpowered society shatters!"
All he had to do now was escape Styx, gather the older models of his inventions in the western parts of Japan and then he'll get right back on killing all those pesky heroes and high and mighty quirked fucks!
He still had a hero that he failed to kill to deal with!
As Nozomi tried to release her eye from the metallic eyepatch, the business side of her was taking note of what Li had just said. "A drug that keeps a person sane while also increasing their overall performance is quite something. I wonder what would happen if it was used on a person with a quirk? How much will it boost a quirk?"
Chikuha, who had just listened to the whole speech, just stared at the hero killer before boldly telling him. "Come on then." she gestured for him to hurry up and attack her. "Like, come on dude, I was just having some fun."
Even though her tone was completely genuine and had zero malicious intent in her actions, Kagayami wasn't hearing any of it.
Baring his teeth in rage, Leveller shot forward!
In his barrage, he pushed himself even further as he fired out faster punches than before! "Whoa! Where was this speed last time?" Chikuha asked with a growing smirk as she backed away with the swings. "You better not be holding back on me!"
"Argh!" Li continued his assault with Chikuha watching the obvious swings he was throwing out.
The shoulder-length wavy light bluish-green haired convict. "I guess that's a good thing then! Now this is fun!"
Ducking the next obvious swing, Chikuha ran past him, straight at Nozomi! "Come on, join in!" she leapt at her with a kick!
"Dodge!" Nozomi issued the command as she found her body reacting faster than what she could have done as she bent backwards as Chikuha's attack went overhead. "Seems I can only use my quirk on myself for now…shame."
As Chikuha gave her a rather funny look at the dodge, she immediately dodged another strike from Li. "Dodge!" Nozomi commanded herself again as she dodged Leveller's attack, who was way too laser focused on just Chikuha.
It was like she wasn't even there with the way he attacked.
She just hoped that Chikuha wouldn't try and bring her into the fight again.
Li kept swinging as his opponent tossed a bomb his way! However, just before it exploded, he slapped it back, exploding in her face!
"Ha!" Li grinned, only for the smoke of the explosion to fade.
There stood Chikuha, unharmed by her own explosion.
"Wha-" instantly, he was punched in the side of his face.
"Surprised?!"
Touya and Nozomi just gave a brief glance to each other at how she was unfazed from her time bomb blowing up in her own face. "Huh…that…explains a lot…" Nozomi Tendo gave the bomber a look. She always wondered why she didn't come out of fights completely annihilated or blown away by her own quirk.
"They're my bombs after all!" she grinned, flashing a thumbs up at Nozomi. "I'm practically impervious-" a neon yellow fist crashed into her side, knocking her away.
Falling to the ground, she quickly glanced around to see Li with a wide grin. "You let your guard down!"
As she tried to get back on her feet, Li kicked her into the wall!
"Ergh…" as the constellation tattooed armed woman slammed into the wall, Li was already above her, ready to attack her again. Going for another kick, Chikuha quickly threw another rock at the taller criminal's face, exploding instantly.
It was enough to stop his attack as she managed to throw another exploding rock to blow him away a bit.
Once she was back on her feet, she noticed something when he came back.
His attacks were a lot less obvious!
The faster strikes were hitting her more frequently now and he was not giving her enough time to go and drag the other two into it or reach for her pockets. Keeping her defence up, she felt the heavy punches blasting her back.
"He's getting a bit better." she thought as she was knocked around. "Maybe I should bring out a stronger bomb? Would that end the fight too soon though?"
"Not so tough now that you can't use your quirk, huh?! All of you flashy quirked assholes keep relying on your quirks and when you can't, it all goes to shit!"
Chikuha could only grin as Leveller kept on attacking and in the moment his assault wasn't blasting her back, she slapped his short-sleeved orange prison jumpsuit.
"Bad move," Li snarled as he got a clean hit on Chikuha, only to see her grin widen.
"You think I need to carry my ammo on me?" she asked upon seeing his confused look. Immediately looking down, the part she slapped exploded! It gave Chikuha just enough time to grab another grey 'rock' from her pocket.
"I should have known!" he thought as the slender, pink haired villain followed up with another attack.
Nozomi, who was just watching on, wondered what to really do. This was quite a common thing for Chikuha to do. Even when they'd have plenty of moments where they just hung out, she was always up for a fight, not caring who the opponent may be. "It's time to just stay on the sides for now."
And once again, hope she wasn't dragged into it again.
"It was fun and all, but I can't just spend all this time on you." hitting Li in the stomach with her palm, the rock between her palm and her opponent blasted the inmate with a much stronger explosion, sending Li down the corridor a fair distance.
"Now we have more time," she turned to Touya Kotaki. "Let's see how you hold up now."
"Uh-" Touya was left with no choice as he dodged an exploding rock. "Just how much ammo does she have?!"
Trying to get away, her explosions were always there. He was truly left with no choice now as she kept pitching them.
As Touya removed the shades, it was time for his eyes to get to work!
Staring at the bomber about to pitch her ticking time bomb. He could see the slight twitches in her muscles, from her arm to her fingers. Once she threw it, he had already dodged the throw as the rock exploded behind him.
His dodge of her pretty fast pitch made her grin as she threw another. "The same style of throw…what's she doing with this one?" he thought, dodging the throw again, only for this time for the bomb to explode much closer to him!
A shorter timer!
Touya was thrown to the side from the explosion while Li and Chikuha went back to business thanks to Leveller's arrival despite the injuries that covered his body from the multiple small held-back explosions.
He looked at the wall just as he was getting up and his eyes widened.
"Touya?" Nozomi called out which caused Li to stop his assault and in turn, Chikuha. Now all three were watching the man with orange eyes that looked like there was a fire burning that also seemed to be moving, staring straight at the wall.
Touya stopped everything as he saw something familiar already homing in on their position. "No way…"
As Sora landed back on the ground as more bones emerged from the bone-quirked inmate's body, the clash he had with David was suddenly broken as they pushed away from each other.
As the somewhat spikey Kuroishi raised his arm to fire more small bones, he felt his own sweat roll down his face as his body refused to move. It didn't take him any time at all to realise what happened. "Juro!"
The one eyed inmate huffed as they froze Kuroishi in place! "To think losing an eye would make my quirk a little more difficult…great…" they felt their own sweat roll down their face for a second.
While Kuroishi froze in place, David took the opportunity to punch the man's face in! Multiple times!
"Back down!" the American shouted in a broken tone, sending the taller inmate down to the ground before he got control over his body again.
Just as David got close to make sure the giant stayed down, multiple sharp and thin spear-like bones emerged from Kuroishi's body!
He looked like a sea urchin with all the sharp bone spikes protruding from his body! Kuroishi sported a sadomasochistic grin as bones also protruded from his back, propping him up like he was a vampire emerging from a coffin.
Now the spiky bone inmate was a walking sea urchin!
Upon taking a step, he started to sweat. "Seems like you don't have it in you, Juro," smirked Yukimaru, heading in for the kill.
David, standing in Kuroishi's path, braced himself for impact.
"Hey big guy, why don't you stop right there?" came a sweet tone as Kuroishi's charge…ended, stopping right in place. "Good boy, now sit."
David watched as the taller Sora Natsumi passed him by as Kuroishi came to a stop, falling to his knees right after.
"Huh? What happened?" Kuroishi wondered to himself, looking down at his body that betrayed him. Rather, did he betray himself? His eyes glanced up at Sora who was more focused on David at the moment. "...It felt like my entire body wanted to listen…like it was convinced that was the best thing to do…"
Just at the moment when Kuroishi was thinking about what happened, Sora turned to David. "So…think you can take him out?"
David, looking up a little at the taller inmate, shrugged. "I'm not too keen on those bone spikes."
Just as Kuroishi got back up, Sora immediately turned to him. "Break those bones off for us, will ya?"
Instantly, Kuroishi's spiky bones fell to the ground as he Juro kept his eye on him, no longer being able to move.
"That should do it!" David came in, unleashing his next barrage on the tall inmate, hitting him around like he was a sandbag at the gym.
"I see!" Kuroishi grinned as he was knocked around. "Not only can Juro cause me to freeze in place for a while, but Sora can also command me to do whatever she wants? Now this is a perfect combination I can get behind!"
When David sent him back to the ground again, that's when Kuroishi stood back up. As he shed his bones, save for the spear-arm, he just grinned as he silently charged in.
"Stop right there!" Sora's sweet voice echoed, only for her to be swatted aside by the long haired inmate.
As she was sent flying to the ground, she noticed something before she slammed into Juro Raisa. Kuroishi had small bones covering his ear! "That bastard! He caught on quick!" After the crash landing, she quickly got back to her feet. "I know my quirk doesn't work all the time, but that shouldn't completely block out the noise!"
Just as she started running, those very same small bones came flying at her.
"Ah…a trap…!"
She was instantly yanked backwards, soon coming face to face with Juro as they watched the bone from Kuroishi's ear fly overhead and into a wall.
"Fuck, that would've hurt…" Sora Natsumi mused as she looked at the small hole the tiny fired bone created in the wall.
"It seems your quirk is similar to mine then," Juro started with their stoic look, "not hundred percent accurate."
"...you can say that," the striking blue-eyed tomboy replied.
Meanwhile, back with David and Kuroishi, the goliath bone giant was thrusting the bone spear at a rapid rate. "Shit!" David hissed as the spear grazed him. It wasn't smooth at all. Somewhere along the line, Kuroishi added tiny sharp blades to his spear!
When he looked from the spear with fresh blood on it back to Kuroishi's face, he could only see the sadistic look in the convict's eyes telling him how much he was enjoying this and when David was about to hit him back, a masochistic look replaced it.
What a sadomasochist.
When Flannegan saw the look of enjoyment in Yukimaru's eyes, David was suddenly punched straight in the face as he halted his attack, unsure if he wanted to really hit someone who was enjoying this a bit too much.
As he was punched in the face, Kuroishi lined up the spear and thrusted forward once more, only for David to grab a hold of it just in the nick of time!
Holding back Kuroishi's bone spear, David started to sweat. "Just how heavy did you make yourself, Kuroishi?!" the underground fighter and wannabe hero struggled with holding the spear back, David did at least know the basics of Yukimaru's quirk.
Mostly the bones.
And the weight.
"Fucking hell," David whispered out as he was being pushed back towards the wall. "It's…too heavy to move…"
Right now the best thing he could do was hold it there and avoid a fatal stabbing. It was getting closer and closer to him by the second!
"Hey, Kuroishi, pull back for a sec-" Sora called out, only for bone bullets to fire out of the horned prisoner's back. "Shit!"
"Seems it… ain't working anymore…" David thought as more sweat poured down his body as he was now pinned against the wall. "I just…need…a moment…"
"So it ends here…" The usual stoic look was already back on Kuroishi's face. "A little disappointing in the end if this is how far you can go…"
"You have…no right to say how far…I can go…this ain't…my…limit!" flashes of the past returned as David remembered the fight with Vito, Lilim, Jin and finally the warden Seimei.
Still struggling to hold the spear made of bone that was attached to the incredibly long haired inmate, he could feel the intense weight Kuroishi applied to himself, making him some unmovable boulder who took a sadistic pleasure in prolonging things out!
As Kuroishi gave a final hum of resignation, he thrusted forward.
"Hm?"
Yet he didn't move…
Just then, in the corner of his eye, he saw the yakuza hitman with slicked back purple hair staring intensely with their single pale yellow slitted eye at him!
"JURO!"
Instantly, the tables turned as David freed himself from the wall he pushed the spear aside now that it stopped moving with what pain boosted power he had. Most of his strength waned from just holding the spear back, but now, he unleashed the rest he had at the bone horned goliath!
Meanwhile, Kuroishi kept his eyes on Juro as David unleashed his attacks. Simple punches really with pain-to-power boosts he got from the fight with the incredibly tall prisoner. Admittedly, it wasn't that much.
"...was Sora a distraction for Juro to get a stronger effect from Basilisk?" Kuroishi thought as he felt himself starting to tip from David's continuing attacking efforts. "Who cares! This is truly the perfect combination! Freezing my body, controlling my body and an opponent that gets stronger the more I punch them! HA! Truly a great mixture of quirks!"
With a final yell from David, he unleashed a final attack to truly send the heavier by the second sadomasochist over!
Alas, Kuroishi was still too heavy.
The only thing that happened was that Kuroishi fell onto a single knee once he truly gained control over his body once more.
David, covered in sweat, only huffed as he faced the taller, heavier opponent.
Down on his knee, the usually stoic Kuroishi couldn't help but let out a laugh. "...I think I want to try again against the guards and inmates of the stygian ward now! Let's wrap this up!"
"WHY ME?!" Koneko thought as the enraged Gin attacked the group!
As Gin charged forward, Rin turned on his heels and kicked Remko who was too focused on the steaming, smouldering Gin! Now while Remko was being attacked by the vampire, that left Zuko and Koneko with Gin!
Koneko felt her legs buckled as the grey skinned attacker got closer. "Move it!" Zuko shouted that seemed to snap her out of it if only barely as she used her cat-like reflexes to dodge the attack!
"Hmph," Gin's grey eyes went from the cat to the inmate forced to wear oven mitts and continued the attack.
As Zuko tried to jump out of the way, sadly for him Gin was already there and punched him down! Hard!
The jailbreaker with his first failed prison break looked over towards the downed con-man, only to get attacked by another flurry of kicks. It was a good thing he had his silver arm transformed into that of a shield!
"Rin! Now is not the time!"
"THEN WHEN IS THE TIME?! I WANT MY BLOOD NOW!" The psycho screamed and wailed.
In the corner of Remko's one silver eye, he saw Gin give a smouldering kick at Zuko, which sent him in their direction! The mid-air Zuko took down Rin Yonaga, but Gin was already on the move, launching his next attack that was meant by the silver arm-shield!
As Remko held up his shield arm, the rush of attacks from Gin Shinoha got faster and faster, but when they finally stopped, confusion.
Confusion that lasted only a second as Gin, now a bit leaner, was right behind the experimented man and delivered a powerful blow to their back!
The smouldering inmate only grinned as Remko was sent to the floor. After a powerful stomp that pretty much planted the fellow convict into the ground, Gin's set his sights on the inmate trying to escape. As soon as he saw her, he felt…disappointed.
Something that Koneko clearly saw in his eyes as she tried to run.
Meanwhile the short black haired blood sucker shot up and set his sights on Gin.
"Ugh," Zuko coughed as Rin stomped on him. "Agh!"
The red eyed menace darted forward, passing by Remko who just did a double take as he tried to get up.
The smouldering inmate's remaining arm connected with the overhead kick of the vampire and soon, Rin flipped backwards and landed on his feet.
As Koneko watched on, she could barely keep track of everything that was happening! Should she just run? She seemed to have heard that Gin did partake in Limbo in the past though…she didn't know where she knew that, but she did deep down.
Somewhere inside her, something was screaming to defend herself, well it was more like to attack him. It felt familiar, like that one night after work. It was like a desire to let loose!
So the timid girl charged!
Slashing with her claws on the smouldering inmate's back, it actually made him grin! He had no time to actually do anything about it as she ran while Rin's legs locked around his neck and flipped him around and slammed him into the ground. As if the vampire tried to rip his head off!
Rin kept him pinned down with his legs as Remko rushed over, but Rin's eyes widened as the smouldering Gin stood! Gripping the clingy inmate's leg, he slammed him into the ground before he spun him around and tossed him into the running Remko, who took the straitjacket freak head on. A quick glance at Zuko told the story. With the mittens, prosthetic leg and the fact he wasn't a fighter, it was more like a victory lap.
"Now, where are you going?" Gin asked as he easily passed by Koneko and the one armed inmate's hand found itself against Koneko's neck as her sole hand tried to pry the bastard off her! She could feel the air forcefully leave her!
As Remko was about to fire, Koneko was suddenly placed in front of the firing line. "Feel free to shoot," Gin scowled.
With a huff, he fired parts of his arm out.
"That's more like it," Gin grinned as he dodged to the side. "Sadly though, I want someone else here instead. So I can't have you ending this pathetic replacement just yet."
The grip on Koneko's neck eased almost instantly as she registered the words he said, only to see a crazed look when she opened her eyes.
"Come on, at least bring Kuroneko out," he frowned as his only remaining arm gripped around the cat with only one arm's throat. "No? Then I guess I gotta help, just don't die before then!" he slammed her down into the ground, harder than what he did to Rin at least.
Gin, upon seeing Koneko still being Koneko, repeated the action a few more times before he realised he probably wasn't going to fight that same woman from Limbo. So, he spiked the garbage to the ground.
As Koneko Hirayama was sent hurdling to the ground. Gin got ready to stamp her down.
You could see the fear in her eyes as her mind raced all the way back through all the events she was forced to be in while in the prison, all the way back to the crime that got her locked up in the slammer in the first place.
The murder that started it all.
The screaming feeling got louder and louder as she couldn't even hear her own thoughts as it felt like the world went dark! Gin stomped down, only to see that the female inmate rolled out of the way and quickly crouched, ready to pounce.
Gone was the shy, timid and weak Koneko and in her place was someone feral and wild. Someone who truly embodied the animalistic instincts her quirk held.
Kuroneko!
In Limbo, the traitor guards that were a part of that underground quirk fighting arena had a way to awaken those very instincts. Despite Koneko (or her Limbo codename of Kuroneko) having the quirk of a cat, specifically that of a domestic house cat, it was still a highly skilled predator and the motivation those domestic cats had to hunt was strong!
It was in her quirk, animal instincts, to be a hunter!
However unlike Inyoku, who had a grip on both human and animal instincts, when Koneko's animal instincts emerged, it completely overshadowed her human ones. Koneko was incredibly shy and her animal instincts weren't, so when they flared up, it was incredibly easy for her human instincts to be drowned out unlike Inyoku.
"I can see why she's in prison now I guess," Zuko muttered to himself as the crazed look in Koneko's eyes told it all. The shy Koneko wasn't there right now. Though, the con-man had a thought deep down that wondered why some of the inmates he met were in a prison like Styx, whether that was someone like Johnny, Koneko…or himself, to name a few.
Jumping from Remko after being thrown into him, the straitjacket and mask wearing Rin lunged right at the awakened cat, however, Koneko also pounced towards him, slashing her claws as he went for a kick, which only left sharp scratches and drew blood along the vampire's legs!
"Ahahahaha!" the vampire laughed as Kuroneko simply grinned.
"Who's next?"
As she asked, Gin stepped forward, however he was no longer smouldering. He wasted enough of his quirk already.
"Bring it!"
The very different acting Koneko lunged forward as her claws had every intention of shredding Gin to pieces as he got ready to attack the moment she got close.
Yet as she passed on by, Gin didn't move as Remko and Zuko watched in case this lady decided to attack them out of nowhere next. Kuroneko looked at her claws, but saw no blood before she turned back to slash at Shinoha. A couple of quick drive-by slashings, Kuroneko jumped onto a wall and springboarded off it, going for a much wider slash as Gin finally made his move, slamming his rising fist into the cat's stomach.
Kuroneko gasped for air as she was soon slammed into the ground.
"We should go now," Zuko told Remko, but it seems they were overheard.
"NOT YET!" Gin growled as he kicked Koneko in their direction. As the one-armed cat was kicked, the missing armed inmate hissed, loudly. "That's more like it! For a second there, I thought a single attack was all it took." Gin grinned as Kuroneko was back up on her feet.
"You gotta try harder than that you bastard!" as she hissed back at the grey skinned and eyed man, the one-eared and eyed woman, suddenly darted backwards, her claws held out as she sliced the sides of Remko Akko and Zuko Yamamoto that took the opportunity to leave.
"Leaving already?" she ducked under the silver arm of the repeat jailbreaker.
"I want in! I want in!" Rin grinned as he jumped into the fray as Gin followed right behind.
Zuko muttered under his breath at the three heading his way, "...I think I'd have better luck with Li…"
Kuroneko slashed with her claws right at the oven mitt wearing, only for a silver arm that looked…like a complete mess grabbed a hold of her and chucked her right at the oncoming Rin and Gin duo. "...thanks…" the con-artist sighed in relief, narrowly avoiding his eyes getting clawed out.
"No problem, but we need to get out of here!" Akko looked over his shoulder with his heterochromic eyes, spying Rin duck under the cat to get them, while Kuroneko kicked the former smouldering inmate in the face with a nice drop kick.
While Remko stopped Rin's approach with his silver arm taking the shape of a hammer, Gin was busy taking care of Koneko, who just got slammed into the ground yet again by Gin after a back and forth between the two.
Yamamoto muttered under his breath once again, "...yeah…I definitely have a better chance being with Li than these psychos…"
"Hmm," a voice hummed as the person the voice belonged to leaned back where they laid, feet dangling off the edge of where they were laying. "I think they've had enough time messing with each other for now."
The person sat up as they stretched. "They'll just have to play with each other later, it's time to herd the sheep back into the pen." the male voice said as their eyes glanced over to someone else below him. "It's your turn to go and herd the new sheep. Are you ready?"
A female voice responded as they seemed to get up. "Yes…I'll go now…"
As he looked back down, the person who decided to have a bit more fun with the new inmates grinned as he jumped off the comfy high up position. "I'll send them out to assist in herding them." tapping away at his phone, he smirked as he looked up to see his co-worker already on the move, practically gone already. "I'll meet you there."
"Roger…that…"
…
Somewhere in the prison Styx, multiple large red lens-like lights started to glow brightly.
Just as these few large lights glowed in the darkness, just as quickly as they left one by one.
As Koneko got back to her feet, the sound of something heavy made itself known. It was like it shook the ground and whatever it was, it sounded like it was getting closer!
"The hell?" Gin muttered as Koneko didn't seem to really care, though her single ear did twitch in the direction of the noise. Rin and the others also stopped when the noise was noticed during the brawl.
It wasn't long before Remko paled as he noticed the red light in the darkness.
Nevermind. It was already there!
"Stygian inmates located." a robotic voice called out. "Proceeding with solitary confinement procedures."
"Oh fuck me…" Remko hissed as he remembered that tone.
Standing at the end of the hallway, heading their way with loud footsteps, was one of those droids! The exact same type as the one that beat them up during their failed escape attempt!
As the large droid marched forward, both Kuroneko and Rin attacked! Both lunging forward at the new foe before them!
It was a futile attempt however as not only their attacks bounced off the metallic large droid, but the droid instantly grabbed onto the straitjacket restrained convict while Kuroneko quickly dodged with her reflexes.
Only to be hit with a fine mist from the droid's hand.
"Huh…?" Koneko's tone shifted a bit before falling to the ground as the droid picked her up as Rin kept struggling.
While all this happened within a short amount of time, the red lens turned to the other three.
Instantly, it approached. "Temporary stygian inmates confirmed. Proceeding with confinement procedures."
The droid started moving faster as Koneko was now wrapped up in that large cable-like tail!
"So… what do we do?" the one armed Gin asked the remaining pair, as Zuko just stared at the approaching droid, the memories of their failed escape attempt returning once again. Remko had the solution though!
"...run…!"
…
David huffed as Kuroishi, down on a knee, got back up. "Still got more in you?" huffed the former underground fighter. Kuroishi's grin of mixed sadism and masochism said it all. "...great…" the bearded convict took a step, but that was it.
Out of nowhere, a giant metallic fist that seemed pretty blocky crashed into David's side, sending him down the corridor of the labyrinthian ward.
"What the fuck is that!" Sora shouted as Juro gazed up to see a hulking figure of machinery. "Is that a robot?!"
"...piloted or automatic?" the former hitman wondered as they took many steps back, like it was some t-rex that escaped its enclosure. It scanned all the inmates without a word as Kuroishi stepped forward while David was still getting to his knees.
Without warning, Yukimaru fired a barrage of bone 'bullets' at the robot and when that didn't seem to do anything, fired the large spear at the glowing red lens!
As the bone spear fired like a rocket, freeing Kuroishi's hand, the bone weapon slammed into the droid's sole lens! As it made contact, the droid quickly swatted it away after it barely left a scratch on the lens while the bipedal machine's cable-looking tail rose into the air.
"Targets confirmed. Proceeding with neutralising procedures!"
The droid's tail lashed out in a sweeping motion, hitting the incredibly tall prisoner who braced himself to catch it as Sora and Juro braced themselves as David got back on his feet. "Good thing he caught it…" David huffed as the inmate with added weight from the bones was soon coiled by the robotic tail, like he was in a snake's constricting grasp with the end of the tail acting as a head in this scenario, sparked!
Getting a real close hand experience of being tased with a giant droid's tail, Kuroishi was stunned as electricity coursed through his body before the tail finally released him.
Yukimaru with shaky legs, weakly stepped forward as the stun-tail came back and zapped him in the chest after a nasty crash. Electrocuted one again, the droid's cable tail left the bone horned inmate alone.
It left the onlooking Juro, Sora and David staring as the droid's lens turned to them.
"Ah fuck…" Sora thought as the same thought was shared by the other two.
As Kuroishi fell to his knees from the shock of the stun-tail, the large metal fist gripped a hold of the boned inmate with ease. It wasn't like he had much chance of running with the amount of bones weighing him down either. "Inmate captured. Proceeding to neutralise remaining targets."
It was then that the tomboyish Sora asked the important question.
"Do we run now?"
"Yeah," Juro nodded.
"Agreed." David also nodded.
And all three hurriedly continued down the path, unaware of where they were heading as the droid pursued with Kuroishi having front row seats to the chase.
…
"No way…" Touya mumbled as he stared, already sweating a little from whatever it was he saw with his much greater vision than the others.
"What? What did you see?" the classy and sophisticated Nozomi asked as the pink eyed Chikuha got curious.
"...it's coming…we need to move…" before he got moving, he turned to Li. "Li…brace yourself…" and with that, he got moving as Chikuha and Nozomi just remained confused.
"What do you mean? What's coming?" the inmate in a tank top asked, poking the man as he went past. Nozomi had no idea, but she wasn't staying behind to find out.
Kagayami had no idea what he was on about and before he could ask, a familiar mechanical sound greeted his ears as they all looked behind them.
Standing before them was a large droid that caused both Li and Touya to stop dead in their tracks, memories of the failed escape attempt replayed in their minds. In comparison to Li, the slender and bright yellow-blonde haired Touya was…alright. Seeing a droid in a ward was concerning though after what he witnessed in their escape. Li on the other hand, was much worse. The way he was tossed around by the droid with Remko as well as reminding him of the escape in the first place.
As the neon skinned prisoner took a step forward, he suddenly turned tail as he saw the tip of the droid's 'tail' spark.
While Touya continued where he left off and booked it out of there, Li was already legging it as well as he ran from the droid. "...I'm not dealing with that!" The oldest inmate of the sixteen inmates sent to the stygian ward thought as she followed after Touya and Li, leaving Chikuha behind as the droid loomed over her.
"Damn! I didn't know Styx had fucking robots!" she beamed a giant smile at the hulking, blocky thing. "So how about it, you bucket of bolts, you wanna dance? Tango? I don't think I can waltz, but I do know some explosive moves!" Ueno threw her arms out wide with a grin.
Her 'dance' partner's response?
"Inmate located. Identification confirmed." the droid said in a robotic tone. "Commencing with capturing protocol!"
"Guessing that's a yes then," she grinned wider as she pulled out the rest of the rocks and bits and pieces of Gin's arm and broken hand that she kept on her.
Immediately pitching one of the rocks at the droid's large red glowing lens, to no one's surprise (if they were there) it exploded!
It was much bigger than the ones she used before!
Coming out from the smoke was the robot.
"Tough armour, huh?" she spiked another exploding rock at the robot who responded with an incoming giant metal fist! "Whoa!" the shoulder-length light bluish-green haired young woman leaned back as the metal fist almost sent her through the wall!
"It's gonna take a while to bring you down, huh?" she asked, receiving no reply. At least no real reply.
"Activating anti-quirk measures."
"...oh…"
Well that sucked.
While she didn't know what type of counter measures the bot was packing, she did know that it wasn't good. "I think I heard Nozomi calling!" she added with an extra touch of dramatic flair. Just as the robot punched the ground where she was standing. "Oh…"
So she followed the path Nozomi, Li and Touya took as she could hear the machine give chase.
Now on the run, Chikuha threw her bombs behind her, hoping to trip or damage the robot with various different bombs.
She did manage to get a bit of space between her and her pursuer though! A devious grin soon appeared on her face. "Oh Chikuha! How are you so clever and witty and wise?" She pulled out a majority of her remaining explosive ammo and got to work.
As Chikuha ran, she left a small trail of her ammunition while the robot gave chase to slow it down. She even slapped her hands against the ground a couple of times too as she lingered in that single area to prepare for her plan while the droid was being slowed down. "Come on, almost there…" She ran as saw the robot getting much closer now thanks to that detour. "Almost there…it should be now!"
As soon as she said that, the chasing bot stepped into the minefield of various littered ticking time bombs!
Naturally, they all went off, both the pieces on the ground…and parts of the floor itself! All of the minefield went up in a large explosion of glory!
NO MAN'S LANDMINES!
The droid was completely engulfed in multiple explosions that scattered the ground and from the parts of the floor she touched, the droid was hit by not only smaller explosions, but bigger ones from the floor! Sadly for the timebomb user, she wasn't able to make the whole floor a bomb, but the result from her landmines was clearly devastating!
What was left was that of a crater where the droid used to stand. "Get fucked!" she laughed at her own creation, the deep crater that swallowed the droid that was caught in the absolute massive minefield explosions.
"Well, I better go and get and finish what I started," she turned to walk away, only for the sound of whirling machinery to catch her ears. Glancing over her shoulder, she watched as the droid emerged from the deep crater that her bombing super-move made.
"Damn…they really pull out all the top grade stuff huh?" She observed the scratches and marks her explosions left on the bot as well as the various dents in it. No matter how she looked at it, the droid was damaged but still standing. Hell, she even saw a couple of sparks coming from it! "...didn't it say it had counter measures for my quirk?"
As the robot came out of the crater she quickly put her hand into her pocket, her eyes widened when she realised.
She was out of ammo!
"..."
"..."
The damaged droid immediately began chasing the running Chikuha Uneo down the hall with the others and not once did she comment on shutters closing and sealing off different paths.
…
"Hey! Don't turn your back on me!" growled Fumma as Inyoku was completely interested in whatever or whoever was coming.
It was only then that Inyoku spared him a sideways glance. "Oh, you're still here? I'm bored of you, go away."
As the bandaged eyed man with jade hair growled, Akita looked like she was about to attack either of them, but she found the current conversation amusing enough to hold off for now.
"I can already turn your quirk against you," Inyoku continued as the recent memory of Jormungandr taking Yoshitsune down replayed in the yakuza's head. "Not only have I defeated you, I can now take you out with your own quirk. If we fight, the outcome is predictable. You've become predictable and boring."
"ME? PREDICTABLE?! BORING?!" Fumma ignored Akita as she laughed.
"Man he got you good!"
However, when Yoshitsune saw Inyoku's eyes, it was then that reality started to seep in. The only thing he saw in those snake's eyes was boredom the longer he stared at him. It was enough to make Fumma fall to his knees.
Inyoku could get Jormungandr to turn on him…meaning that he had to rely solely on his own physical prowess.
"No matter how many times I send Jormungandr out, the end result will be the same…am I really defeated by this battle maniac?!" getting back onto his feet, already charging Inyoku without the use of Jormungandr to back him up, Inyoku didn't have to move as his tail took the yakuza down!
"No matter how many times you try, the end result is all the same. Without your quirk, you're basic to me. With your quirk, you're boring to me. You lose. Now go away."
It was then that Fumma finally conceded to reality despite the numerous battles he had been in from the in-prison Vito fight to the fight that made him the One Eyed Demon of Tokyo. Jormungandr wouldn't work against Inyoku now…
Fumma…had lost.
It didn't go over well for the man who only pushed himself off the ground halfway, just staring blankly at the floor.
While Akita was just laughing at Fumma's misfortune, she felt something grip her foot, causing her to look down to see…dark or burnt orange…slime?
"Wha the fuck…is this…slime?!" Akita removed her leg from the slime, only for the slime to pull her back in! "WHA-" suddenly, out of the slime, taking the shape of a fist, the slime punched the gang leader down!
Inyoku, who was distracted by Fumma, quickly took notice of the large amount of slime that now covered just where they came from as a large mass moved towards them! "Whoa!" he jumped back as multiple fists came out of the current wave of attacking slime!
Fumma was struck by one of these fists as he was sent hurdling away while Akita phased out of the slime.
"With THAT amount of slime…my quirk's not gonna cut it!" Akita, quick on her feet as slime shot past her covering the walls, ran. "I'll let you two deal with it!"
That didn't quite stop the slime chasing her though. As Inyoku jumped back, raring to go, he could have sworn he heard a woman's voice call out something with those pointy ears of his.
"HUNDRED RAMPAGING FISTS…"
Inyoku watched as a hundred slime fists shot out with the full intention of knocking them all around! Going on the defence for now, Inyoku was assaulted from all angles from the barrage of many punches. His defence was barely doing anything as he let his tail act as some sort of shield.
As he fell to the ground, he could feel how hard the slime gripped on!
Inyoku blinked as a large amount of slime crashed into him, sending him down the path Akita was running in as he was suddenly released, going through the intangible Akita and onto the ground.
"Damn…!" he grinned, on his back as Akita stomped on his face, running off down the path. "Hey! I'm not done with you yet!" he jumped back on his feet. He couldn't just take on a new challenge now when he had yet to finish fighting an inmate he usually can't fight in the first place!.
"I'll fight you later, slime!" and with that, he chased after Akita.
However, while this was happening, at the exact same time, Fumma took notice of the slime after it introduced itself with a fist.
Fumma, now focused on the attacking slime, sent Jormungandr out as he was not willing to deal with touching the slime. It didn't help his current mood as he watched the slime grip and pin down the serpent like a mammoth in a tar pit.
Which left him open for a barrage of slime punches!
As the slime let go, Fumma's quirk retreated back into him as the moment he touched the ground, he decided to run with the other two inmates that just booked it, all avoiding the walls of slime that seemed keen to trap them!
As the wave of slime continued herding the inmates down a specific path, a figure made itself known as their top half popped out of the slime.
A woman who seemed to be made entirely out of the orange slime from her skin to her hair. If you can call it hair, it was fashioned in a way that completely covered the right side of her face as it seemed to be a slightly darker shade along with her eyes.
Stepping out of her slime that seemed to be all absorbed back into her, the woman wearing the Styx guard uniform just continued to follow the inmates by melting her feet onto the ground and sliding after them, making sure to keep them on the right path.
Pulling out a small device from a pocket in the uniform's pants, "inmates are…on their way…" she said into the device, putting it back as her lower half melted into more slime while her uniform mimicked said action before she turned into a blob of slime, generating more and more slime, increasing her size as the inmates were herded successfully.
As the sixteen inmates, all spread out into different groups, were herded by their pursuers, they soon noticed something.
Large sealed shutters blocking off clear paths was the first thing they noticed after the adrenaline of being chased by their pursuers. It was like they were herding them somewhere. The second thing…was each other.
Running down the corridor, chased by the large robot holding Kuroishi, Sora called out. "There's a branch in the path!"
"Should we take it or keep going?" One eyed Juro asked.
"Does it matter?" responded the tomboy.
"Well let's hurry it up!" David scoffed as the trio ran…only to see another group pop out of the pathway. "Remko?"
Out of the side corridor was Remko, Zuko and Gin as the droid popped out after them holding both Rin and Koneko.
"Oh what the fuck, there's another one?!" Gin shouted as the two groups combined, already running down the only available path as two large silver droids gave chase.
"So you're being chased too." the con-artist noted as he did his best with Remko's aid to really get a move on. However, suddenly, David grabbed Zuko under his arm.
"No use. I'll carry him," the bearded man with a buzz cut huffed. "Let's just get out of here."
Remko, now without the extra weight of the taller inmate, nodded. "Thanks…I still can't believe they're bringing them out…"
"Huh?" the taller Sora gave him a look. "What do you mean by that?" she asked as she ran past the shorter David.
The currently held Zuko was the one that answered that. "...we tried to bust out, only for that machine to beat us around…"
"Shut up and keep running!" Gin shouted as they all proceeded down the hallway they were forced to go. However, it wasn't long before they met up with another group!
Suddenly, as the shutters opened up ahead, the next group made Zuko pale. Li, Touya and Nozomi came rushing out of the pathway, only to find the growing group being chased.
Li, who was about to shout at the two he zeroed in on, stopped when he saw the two large robots as their thrusters seemed to kick in, moving a lot faster now! Now all running in a single direction, another path ahead popped Chikuha out!
The sound of the third droid was right behind her too!
"Three of them?!" the second tallest of the group, Li, shouted. He had no time to try what he really wanted to do, sadly.
"Whoa!" Chikuha joined the running group. "Damn, where's the party?"
"Not now, Chikuha," huffed Nozomi as they seemed to be getting closer to whatever their destination was, seeing how the droids slowed down a bit in their pursuit.
Sadly, they didn't get their break as the missing three came out…with an extra surprise.
As Inyoku laughed while Akita and Fumma ran, the others saw just what was chasing them. A huge tidal wave of orange slime!
"IS THAT SLIME?!" Most of the chased group shouted as the slime came in fast while the other three had a different reaction.
"ARE THOSE ROBOTS?!"
Inyoku had a wide smile as he saw the robots. It was nothing like the advanced robotic toys he got as a child. If his parents got him that, then maybe he'd be entertained for a while!
"The main question now is: where are they herding us to?" Nozomi asked as the slime and three robots guided the inmates through the prison.
"...we just have to keep our guards up then." commented the tallest female inmate and tomboy there while the tallest male inmate just sighed in the robot's grip.
Then, an eye opened. "...Huh? Where…are we?" Koneko looked around, only to go stiff when she saw the droid that was currently holding her prisoner!
"Ah shit," Touya glanced ahead. "We got a dead end ahead of us…"
"What?!"
Before the group could register, they were already there. At the dead end. It wasn't a complete dead end though, seeing as there was a door in front of them and multiple sealed shutters. As Li tried to open said door, it was completely sealed shut as multiple turrets aimed down at the sixteen inmates.
It was then that a new voice made itself known. "Ah, you're finally here," the voice came from above, making all the inmates turn around to see a man leaning back on the top of one of the droids.
As the three droids stood vigilant, the slime formed back into what they usually looked like, making the group realise that the stygian ward guards were finally here!
However, for Chikuha…
Once she saw the robot that chased her and the other two droids that stood with it, she shouted. "HA! GET FUCKED! I WAS ABLE TO DAMAGE THAT THING YOU LOSERS! HAHAHA!"
It was the only one of the three that looked damaged with the dents, marks and occasional sparks.
"Hm, looks like we need the armourers to repair this one pronto," the new guard on top of the machine sighed. He looked down at the rest of the inmates and smirked. "I know you've been told this before, but welcome to the Stygian Ward!"
This fair skinned, slender guard wore the same uniform as the slime woman, a regular Styx one. His ice blue eyes seemed to pierce them all as he grinned. His light blue hair was very long, flowing and smooth.
The guard, lacking a hat like the woman made of slime, had his hair reach just past his knees! It was a wonder what he used to make it so smooth. Damn.
It was then that all captivate inmates held by the droids were released.
As Koneko shivered where she was dropped while Kuroishi stretched, Rin just watched the robots, seemingly bored after struggling against their metallic hands.
"I see that Bia and Achlys gave you a good first impression of the ward," the blue eyed stygian guard smirked. "Nurunuru too with how she brought you all here."
"First impression?" Akita raised an eyebrow. "So it was those two who greeted us in this ward."
"Speaking of which, here they are now," he waved his hands as behind the droids, the two armoured guards from their introduction to the ward came out.
The one with the kanabo rested her weapon on her shoulder. "Bia," the laid back guard then turned to the one with the catchpole as he twirled it in his hands. "Achlys."
And then he pointed down at the one in the middle, the woman made of slime, "Nurunuru."
Now this really raised the question for Juro. "Were they piloting the droids? Or did they come out of a sealed passageway?" they thought, looking at the nearby shutters they two guards were close to. "I suppose it doesn't really matter…"
"I planned on doing this earlier, but it seems you all seemed more focused on fighting each other, so it will be moved to tomorrow instead." the guard said, resting his chin on his hand now as he sat forward. "I guess before anything else, I should introduce myself. The name's Dolos and I am your only shot at…well, let's leave that a surprise until tomorrow."
"Shot? Only shot at what?" Fumma stepped forward with the usual frown, "what shot are you talking about?"
"It'll ruin the surprise!" Dolos grinned. "As I said, I was planning on doing this earlier before all the fighting, so you guys just have to wait until then to find out what your shot is."
The oldest inmate of the group stepped forward, glaring a little. "Then why did you bring us here in the first place?" Nozomi asked with the cold tone of the business side of the yakuza daughter and true heir, "why wasn't it brought up til tomorrow then?"
The light blue hair Dolos just grinned. "Simple! It's your night time routine!"
"...night time…routine?" Juro raised an eyebrow at that.
Inyoku just tilted his head. "So…basically our cells and that, right?"
"Precisely!" clapped the guard. "That's not all though, since I got you all here, might as well make proper introductions as well as the offer, but that will be a surprise for tomorrow, unless…"
Akita just narrowed her eyes at the guard. The playful look in his eyes, the way he teased the word 'offer' and that smile that bordered on a grin. He was dangerous.
"You're gonna offer us the shot now despite us not knowing anything about it?" Zuko asked, ignoring the glare from Li who…surprisingly stood down. He knew better than to attack when so many guards were here.
"What a wonderful idea!" the guard grinned, "before we get into the fun stuff, it's time for the routine. Bia and Achlys will be present at your respective cells for the night. All meals will be prepared by yourselves, be in your respective cell blocks when the curfew alarm goes off, there will be lights to guide you if you are lost and finally, you are here to be punished. Cross a line and forfeit everything."
The way Dolos glared at them all managed to freeze them to where they were standing to some degree. It was an absolute zero glare. "Now the fun stuff! Should you come back tomorrow, I will allow you to alter your fate, shall we say. If you're curious about that shot I mentioned, come back here I'll tell you all about it."
As the sixteen inmates stood around, Koneko timidly asked as she was back to her old self, "...is…is that it?"
"Hm…yeah, sure."
The gentleman, Touya, asked right after, "can we go now…?"
Dolos leaned back from where he was sitting a little, putting his hand in his pocket before busting out a vial of silver liquid.
"I'll be waiting for you in that room tomorrow," he pointed his thumb at the sealed door. "Now, off you go. Make sure you get all the infighting you want in now, because you won't have any time left."
And so, with the opening of the vial, he poured it onto the slime guard's skin…or slime.
Slime: Nurunuru has a mutant ability that grants her the body of slime and any abilities that comes with it! Multiple limbs, massive generation and absorption of the slime she produces, manipulating her form and much more! Certain added liquids can also change the properties of her slime, giving it new properties!
Almost instantly, Nurunuru's slime began to change into the similar liquid that was poured! It gave her slime a silver shine, like mercury!
As soon as the orange slime turned silver, the shutters on either side of the sealed door opened up. "You can run now!" Dolos gave them an innocent smile just as Nurunuru unleashed her Hundred Rampaging Fists!
The sixteen inmates took to either side as they ran from the guard's sudden assault.
Dolos only grinned as he watched the inmates run away as he leaned back on the droid.
"Now let's see if they come back tomorrow."