"So that's what Nui Harime was after? Damn!" Satsuki said as she pressed a button and quickly started ascending down a staircase to the main floor of the academy.
Back in the audience stands, Satsuki's student council and Mako were all seeing what had just happened to Ryuko. They were both in shock over her mutation, and in disgust over how gruesome her monster form looked.
"This is bad! She can't control herself anymore!" Houka said while calculating data on Ryuko's transformation.
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!" Mako exclaimed in overactive shock.
"She got swallowed by the power of her kamui, huh?" Nonon asked with a rare look of grave concern. "I've heard of the phrase 'make your blood boil', but this is ridiculous."
"Yes, but her body can't handle it for long. My data says that she'll likely die of blood loss within the next few minutes." Houka added.
"SHE'LL DIE OF BLOOD LOSS?" Mako exclaimed. She didn't want to see her first and only true friend die, especially if it was from blood loss as a monster. "She need a transpusion!"
"It's transfusion!" Nonon quickly added.
Mako then stood up and looked out towards the skies. "At work I've seen my daddy sell other patients' blood for big bucks! So I've totally seen people die from blood loss!"
"I think you may have seen people pass out, or faint from the sight of blood..." Ira replied.
"No I haven't! But I know that when you die from blood loss, you totally die!"
Mako then dashed out of the stands at almost cheetah-like speeds. "I won't let Ryuko die from blood loss, and I won't let anyone steal her blood either!"
The three elites just looked on at what Mako said in disbelief. They didn't care about Mako's drive to save Ryuko, but they were more alarmed from the fact that her dad secretly ended up costing patients their lives by selling their blood on the black market.
"Things are getting ugly down there, huh?" a familiar voice said. The elites all turned to their left and saw Uzu, who had somehow survived his fall from the arena by Nui.
"Wait! You're alive?" Ira said in shock.
"Quite the persistent little monkey, are you?" Nonon quipped.
"I'm not dying till I settle with Matoi, not before..." Uzu said. He still wanted a full rematch fight against Ryuko, but it would obviously have to wait until she returned to human form.
"That is admirable. However… put some clothes on." Ira said in disgust of Uzu's naked body. Nonon and Houka also shielded their eyes.
Aikuro and Tsumugu both watched on as the beast that was formerly Ryuko continued her rampage, trying desperately to kill Nui Harime. Though how it happened wasn't how they thought it would be, what they had been fearing since the start of the Naturals Election had become a reality. Seeing Ryuko in this contorted monstrous form gave both of them flashbacks to the unfortunate demise of Tsumugu's older sister, Kinue. Like Ryuko, Kinue was consumed by the first kamui that Nudist Beach made, and it also turned her into a half-human half-kamui abomination, only to be killed after the Special Adhesive Bullet was shot at her. Deep down, Aikuro didn't want Ryuko to suffer the same deadly fate, but he knew that something had to be done before she could cause more destruction.
"Alright Tsumugu, if I'm gonna stop Matoi's rage, I'm gonna need a clear shot…." Aikuro said while he pulled out his gun.
"I'm on it." Tsumugu said, as he then went down to the main arena to take down Ryuko.
Meanwhile, the elites were making their way out of the stands when Satsuki showed up from behind them.
"Everyone, this is the most important matter..." Satsuki said..
"We know, Lady Satsuki. What do you plan on doing with Matoi?" Uzu asked.
"I'm going to stop her before she causes any more damage to the academy." Satsuki added, as the group all felt the rumble of Ryuko's punches.
"I didn't know kamuis were so powerful..." Nonon said.
"And that's why I have to do this..." Satsuki replied. She then flicked the three metal plates on Junketsu and transformed into her kamui mode.
"Life Fiber Override! Kamui Junketsu!"
"What should we do, Lady Satsuki?" Ira asked.
"While I'm dealing with Matoi and Nui Harime, you four should start evacuating as many students as you can." Satsuki replied.
The four elites then nodded their heads in agreement and went off in different directions, ready to go save the students. Satsuki then flew up to the center of the arena, or rather, what was left of it following Ryuko's transformation and subsequent rampage.
Meanwhile, Mako was still running to Ryuko, desperately wanting to save her before she could "die of blood loss".
"Wait, Ryuko! Don't waste it!" Mako said as she kept running towards the monstrous form of her friend in the distance.
"Your blood is worth a lot of money...!" Mako yelled as she quickly got tired from running. At this rate, Ryuko would lose all her blood before Mako could get to her.
Then all of a sudden, Mako was suddenly greeted by her parents and brother in their truck, with their dog Guts joining them. The rest of the Mankanshoku's had been paying to see Ryuko's fights in the Naturals Election on one of the few TV's in their neighborhood, but after they ran out of money and were denied further viewing after Nui showed up, they decided to instead go see the rest of the election in person.
"Mom? Dad? Mataro? What are you all doing here?" Mako asked, bobbing her head back and forth.
"We came to help! Get in!" Barazo said as he opened the passenger side door.
"Actually, we wanted to see the fight up close, but then we saw how panicked you were trying to save Ryuko, so we thought that we might as well take you to her!" Sukuyo said.
"Hey sis, do you know where we can find the best seats to sit in after we save Ryuko?" Mataro added, with Guts barking in excitement.
Mako was glad that her parents came, but she knew that time was of the essence if she wanted to save Ryuko.
"What are we just sitting around for?! We got to save Ryuko!" she yelled.
"Come on, everyone! This is a job for a back alley doctor, stat!" Mako said as she pushed a button on the top of the truck. When she did, the advertising changed from Back Alley Clinic to On-Call Clinic, and sirens came out, like an ambulance.
"Alright Mako! Hang on!" Barazo said as he stepped on the gas.
Meanwhile, back at Revocs headquarters, as the meeting of the company''s global branches was concluding, Ragyo was contemplating her moves for the life fibers ascension into dominance.
"Ugh! Why is it that my plans for Life Fiber domination are too slow?" Ragyo growled as she went through last month's sales records. "Hououmaru, how much longer till Nui gets back from killing Matoi's daughter?"
"Sorry, Lady Ragyo, there's still no sign of the Grand Couturier." Rei said.
"I better call her." Ragyo then picked up her antique phone and dialed Nui's phone number.
Meanwhile, back at Honnouji, Ryuko unleashed furious snarls of rage as she continued to chase after Nui, this time by sliding like a figure skater on the many piles of blood she spilled.
She then pulled back her massive left arm and tried to crush her to a pulp, but Nui then leapt back with a flip, managing to avoid her strike, and she gave a small cheerful giggle to the beast she created.
"That's it, keep going! You're turning more and more into a monster, just how life fibers should be!" Nui exclaimed as the ultra feral Ryuko kept trying to strike her down.
Ryuko let out a snarling hiss as she tried to decapitate Nui's head with her scissor blade arm, but with quick timing, her head kept ducking out of the way every time. As Nui kept dodging Ryuko's blade arm, she then heard a sound from her pink retro cellphone. She then pulled it out from her bra and answered it.
"Bonjour, Lady Ragyo!" Nui said.
"Nui, what's taking so long?" Ragyo asked on the other line. "I thought you said you were going to terminate Dr. Matoi's daughter."
"Uh, funny thing about that, Lady Ragyo.." Nui told her, while still dodging the bleeding monster she created. "I told Ryuko that I was the one that killed her daddy, and she got so mad that her kamui ate her and she turned into a Hideously Deformed Creature of Superhuman Size and Strength! She's really powerful!"
"Really powerful, you say? Wait one moment..."
Ragyo then locked on to Nui's position using the REVOCs satellite, and video of Ryuko's rampage against Nui filled the screens. She saw Nui fighting the monster that was once Isshin Matoi's daughter, and a sudden dawning hit her. Ragyo had noticed that it was from immense anger towards Nui killing her father that Ryuko had turned into a monster. She then thought that if a kamui could do it, why not Goku Uniforms and other pieces of clothing laced with life fibers? Perhaps this was really the key to helping the life fibers take over this planet.
'So this is what life fibers are capable of under immense anger?' Ragyo thought. 'Maybe this could be a better way to help clothing overthrow humans...'
"Nui, keep stalling with the Matoi girl. I'll be sending Hououmaru out to capture her." Ragyo told her while smiling wickedly.
"Why's that, Lady Ragyo?" Nui asked.
Ragyo just chuckled over that comment. "Let's just say that you'll be spending a lot more time with Ryuko from now on!"
"Oooh, tres bien!" Nui giggled. She'd gladly do whatever Ragyo wanted, especially if that meant more playtime with Ryuko.
Once she hung up, Ragyo looked at Rei, while still having the wicked smile on her face.
"Hououmaru, I need you to pick up Matoi for me." Ragyo told her.
"Is there a reason for this?" Rei asked.
Ragyo then pulled up the coordinates of Ryuko and Nui. Rei then watched the shots taken by the Revocs satellite of Ryuko's rampage.
"What the heck is that thing, Lady Ragyo?" Rei asked, her eyes widening in shock upon the sight of the abomination that Ryuko had become.
"That, Hououmaru, is going to be our most valuable asset in our new plans."
Rei looked on at Ryuko's mutation in terror. Was this really going to be a key asset in life fiber domination?
"Yes, I have a feeling she is going to be very useful to us for the time being..." Ragyo said.
"I'll, uh, get on it right away Lady Ragyo!" Rei said, her voice containing a bit of nervousness.
Ragyo looked on at Rei exiting the office and heading out towards Honnouji, and she saw the worried look in Rei's eyes. She then thought to herself that maybe Rei shouldn't immediately learn what her new life fiber domination plans were to be.
As Ryuko was busy chasing Nui, she paused upon sensing something, or someone, near her. And she took a look at the newcomer with a sickening crunch of her broken and misaligned neck. It just so happened to be Tsumugu, with needle guns in hand, ready to strike her down.
"I freakin' knew it. You've been taken over by that thing…." Tsumugu said with a shocked and disappointed tone.
Nui then jumped right towards Tsumugu and looked at him in curiosity. "Um, who are you?" she asked.
"None of your business!" Tsumugu said as she shot needle bullets at Nui.
Then he started to fire at Ryuko as she charged, ready to attack.
She quickly dove towards Tsumugu, ready to stab him with her right blade arm, but he quickly ducked before he could be decapitated.
But unfortunately, his dive got him face to face with Nui's smiling visage, her blade sandwiched between Tsumugu's thighs.
"Okay, better start running!" Nui said while winking at Tsumugu.
As Nui instructed him to, Tsumugu did indeed start running from the killer of his former boss. And right behind them was Ryuko, still dead set on killing Nui.
Their chase eventually led to Nui winding up in an empty Honnouji classroom. Nui looked around the classroom, it was quiet, too quiet. She then decided to break open a closet, thinking that Tsumugu was in there.
"Don't be such a tease, luv!" Nui said as she broke the door with her scissor blade.
Only she didn't know that it didn't lead to a closet, but rather a hallway, which to her surprise, had bombs set to fire on contact. Nui's eyes grew wide for a moment as the flames from the explosion tried to engulf her.
"Lured me into a trap huh?" she smuggly said as she got away.
In another part of the hallway, Ryuko was searching desperately for Nui or Tsumugu, punching and slashing walls in outrage. Before she knew it, there was a blast of fire, and she found herself knocked into the main courtyard with yet another smattering of blood.
Aikuro watched on as Ryuko found herself smack dab in the middle of the courtyard. "Thanks a lot, Tsumugu. I knew you could do it." he said. At last, he had a clear shot to put Ryuko out of her misery before her rampage could worsen.
Aikuro then loaded the red Special Adhesive Bullet Tsumugu had given to him earlier into the gun and started aiming towards the abomination that used to be Ryuko, and the gun clicked, ready to fire. As he carefully began to aim, he then stopped upon remembering what happened to Kinue. That horrible mutation by her kamui as it evolved too fast, and the resulting death by this same kind of bullet, and he visibly hesitated.
Deep down, Aikuro didn't want to shoot down Ryuko, considering the memories of her father shooting down Kinue with the same bullet after she became a monster were still fresh in his mind.
"I'm sorry, Ryuko..." Aikuro mumbled, his finger trying harder and harder to squeeze the trigger.
When suddenly, just as the trigger was almost fully squeezed, his range was blocked by a certain blonde-haired individual.
"Hi!"
Aikuro gasped in shock as he saw Nui obstruct his shot. He then dropped the gun and took a few steps back in fear.
"What were you planning on doing with that gun?" Nui said while picking up and looking at Aikuro's gun.
"None of your business! And why the hell did you kill my boss?" Aikuro yelled.
"W-What the?!" Aikuro yelped in shock at seeing that Ryuko somehow spotted him from this range.
"Oh, just the usual reasons, being a naughty boy fighting against life fibers, making a kamui, etcetera..." Nui said. She then pulled out her scissor blade and put it into its decapitation mode. "Would you like to join him?" she added in delight.
Aikuro turned and ran, he glanced behind him once and saw his best shot at Ryuko was gone, but right now, that didn't matter; he had to escape.
And as this was happening, Ryuko was just walking around, her eyes filled with primal bloody rage, looking for wherever Nui was. But little did her feral brain know that Tsumugu was hiding right behind a piece of rubble, ready to finish her off.
"Where are you going?" he said as he pressed a button.
Suddenly, Ryuko heard a loud booming and creaking sound from near her. Tsumugu then pressed a few more buttons, and explosions occurred near each of the 5 platforms of the Naturals Election arena. The platforms then fell towards Ryuko, trapping her right in the middle with yet another outpouring of her boiling blood raining down.
"Jeez, another trap?" Nui said as she watched a fountain of blood explode from the center where Ryuko was trapped. "That man is so irritating..."
Suddenly, Nui was greeted by a blinding bright light, and she saw Satsuki come from behind her.
"Oh hi, Lady Satsuki! I love your outfit!" Nui said, trying to 'play nice' with her.
"This has gone far enough. Why did you make Ryuko Matoi turn into a monster?" Satsuki said as she dropped to the ground.
"Oh no reason. I just wanted to put Ryuko to the test, to see how powerful her kamui was, with some help of course..." Nui said. "But I never expected her to turn into a, how should I put it? A horror themed Picasso painting!"
"Oh spare me your ignorance. You're only here because Isshin Matoi took out your other eye with the rending scissors." Satsuki said. "And you were so focused on killing him, you never realized he made kamui Senketsu and hid it from you even after you burned down his mansion.."
Nui just shrugged off everything Satsuki told her with a sigh. "Sometimes you can be less than charming." she said.
"So what?" Satsuki said, while raising one of her magnificent eyebrows. "Your definition of charming leaves much to be desired."
"But I think Ryuko is charming!" Nui said. "I love how she just keeps coming after me!"
Satsuki watched on as the bloodied and toppled pillars quickly became engulfed in smoke. Just then, a horrible creaking was heard as the pillars turned orange and the intense heat of her blood melted them away into boiling magma. And through the pool of boiling magma, Ryuko reemerged, looking like an agonized demon from the underworld, her eyes ablaze with an eerie yellow glow.
Satsuki then clicked her heels and turned towards Ryuko, her voice very serious and stern as always. "Ryuko Matoi, control yourself!"
The beast that was formerly Ryuko just growled and groaned at that remark, while parts of her neck drizzled out even more blood.
"It's no use..." Satsuki said in disappointment.
"I know! No point in trying!" Nui said. "Now why don't you just let me keep playing with her until-"
"Silence!" Satsuki said as she placed Bakuzan in front of Nui's throat. "If she can't be reasoned with, then I have to put her down. Matoi has been possessed by the life fibers urge to destroy. And therefore, I will be the one to stop her!"
Satsuki and Ryuko's beastly form approached each other, eventually getting face-to-face as the arena was surrounded in blue and red sparkles. "Silly Lady Satsuki!" Nui said to herself as she watched over the sight of her boss fighting the beast she created. "You don't even know that Hououmaru will be flying over here to pick up Ryuko very soon. Then I'll be able to have fun with her whenever I want!"
Satsuki then dashed towards Ryuko using Bakuzan, only for it to be immediately blocked by Ryuko's blade arm with a growl.
"Matoi, You need to snap out of it!" Satsuki shouted, as she looked Ryuko right in her bloody yellow eyes. Ryuko then jumped towards Satsuki and landed a punch towards her, which Satsuki then blocked back with Bakuzan.
Satsuki leapt towards the beast with her Bakuzan ready to strike, only to end up being pushed back by the blocky armor of Ryuko's left arm. Satsuki then gracefully walked on the crumbling wall and back on the ground of the arena.
Ryuko furiously roared as she made a feral dash towards Satsuki, both of their blades raised, and they met in an explosive display of blue and red energy which destroyed what little was left of the Naturals Election arena.
Nui kept watching on and letting out more giggles of delight as the two kept battling back and forth. As soon as Rei could come by and take Ryuko to Ragyo, then she could keep forcing Ryuko to do deeds of destruction like this.
Meanwhile, Tsumugu was watching over the fight from behind a boulder shaped piece of what was the Naturals Election arena.
"Tsumugu! It's not safe down here!" Aikuro said through the other line on Tsumugu's communicator.
"But what about Matoi? I gotta stop her rampage!" Tsumugu argued.
"At this point, it's best to let Lady Satsuki take care of her. Hurry back over to where I am and we'll come up with a plan B."
Then, Ryuko's blade arm once again met Satsuki's Bakuzan blade, and another huge expulsion of energy and power was expelled, leading for the remnants of the five platforms to break through the walls of the Honnouji courtyard.
Nui then got up close to where Satsuki was and clapped in delight at the surge of destruction.
"Oh wow, that was amazing! I'm feeling so much love happening it's giving me goosebumps!"
"And I'm sure if we happened to kill each other later, it would amuse you to no end..." Satsuki said as steam let out from the fan pieces of Junketsu.
"No, not at all!" Nui giggled.
"Now tell me, what do you really want to use Matoi for?" Satsuki asked.
"Oh, just normal playtime stuff!" Nui said. She could somehow hear Rei's helicopter in the distance, which meant she was almost there.
Satsuki watched on at Ryuko as she just stood there, growling and grunting, while more of her boiling blood bled out from her mutated body.
"A girl who's being worn by her kamui, is no match for me, Satsuki Kiryuin! I will end this!" Satsuki yelled as she twirled Bakuzan towards Ryuko. As she did, her body became engulfed in bright blue energy and wind.
Ryuko responded to this by charging her massive left arm towards Satsuki. As she did, her eyes started glowing red, and her maw opened, unleashing a demonic shriek of rage which started low and got higher in pitch, volume, and rage with each second. And as this was happening, she became engulfed in a fiery red aura, which appeared to move like it was alive.
"It's over, Matoi." Satsuki quietly said as she charged towards Ryuko.
Little did they know that in the distance, Rei was busy flying a Revocs helicopter to the site of their duel, with a giant steel cage attached to the landing skids.
"I found our target Lady Ragyo!" she said.
"Great work Hououmaru! Now lower the cage onto her and bring Matoi to me!" Ragyo said.
And as all of this was happening, the Mankanshokus were driving their truck full speed ahead towards Ryuko and Satsuki, with Mako desperately wanting to save Ryuko from dying of 'blood loss'.
"We're coming, Ryuko! We're comiiingg!" Mako said as the truck went full-speed right towards the battle, the others of her family shouting and screaming in a frenzy. None of them noticed that Rei was busy lowering the cage onto Ryuko, ready to take her hostage.
"Dad, look out!" Mataro yelled, his eyes immediately spotting the lowering cage.
Barazo noticed, and slammed on the brakes, but it was too late, and the next thing they knew, the Mankanshoku Back Alley Clinic truck slammed right into Satsuki and Ryuko. Once the three had hit each other, a huge pool of sparkling water gushed all over, stunning both Satsuki and Mako while Rei captured Ryuko.
The bottom of the cage opened and scooped up Ryuko, but she was too filled with feral anger to notice what was transpiring around her until she was completely captured and taken into the skies.
Ryuko snarled as she finally realized what was going on, and she unleashed feral roars and howls of rage as she tried to break free from the cage like a wild animal, still wanting to attack Satsuki, but to no avail.
"Ryuko!" Mako yelled while bobbing her head back and forth in the ocean of light. "Where are you?"
While Ryuko was being taken further and further away, she noticed that her family's truck had crashed onto the ground and knocked out Satsuki.
"Ryuko!" Mako yelled while bobbing her head back and forth in the ocean of light. "Where are you?"
While Ryuko was being taken further and further away, she noticed that her family's truck had crashed onto the ground and knocked out Satsuki. The crashed Mankanshokus slowly came to, with Mataro on Satsuki's right leg, Sukuyo on her left arm, Mako between her shoulders, and Barazo right on Satsuki's chest, with his face a bit too close to her breasts.
"Wha? Lady Satsuki? What are you doing here?" Mako said. She saw that she was on Satsuki's back, sandwiched between her head and Junketsu's eyes.
"I was about to put Matoi out of her misery before you and your truck ran me over!" Satsuki grunted, pushing the rest of the Mankanshokus out of her way.
"What? Where is she?" Mako yelled as she saw that Ryuko was nowhere to be found. Both Satsuki and Mako then looked up upon hearing a roar above them, and saw to their horror that a Revocs helicopter was carrying away Ryuko in a cage.
"Ugh! Now look at what you've done, Mankanshoku!" Satsuki yelled in disgust.
"Ryuko!" Mako yelled, her eyes widening at the sight of her being taken further and further away from her.
"Hold on, Ryuko! I'm coming!" Mako cried, ready to run to Ryuko's rescue.
"Hold it Mankanshoku!" Satsuki said, blocking Mako's path with Bakuzan. "She's way too powerful for a no-star like you to take on. Although, if you still had the Goku Uniform I gave you a week ago…."
"Don't remind us!" Barazo yelled as his overweight body struggled to get out of his family's wrecked truck. "That was the worst!"
"Oh my, look at our truck!" Sukuyo said, observing the damage done to the truck of the Mankanshoku Back Alley Clinic. "And we just made our last payment on it…"
"I hope you won't have to take money out of my pickpocketing to pay for a new one!" Mataro said.
"I'm afraid we might just have to, son."
As the Mankanshoku's kept on getting themselves composed from their crash landing, Satsuki and Mako looked on in the distance at the quickly disappearing Revocs copter. And thry could still hear Ryuko's growls and yelps from the cage she was trapped in. A horrible thought soon seeped into Mako's mind, and she began to realize that she may never see her again.
"No...Ryuko..."
"Damn you Hououmaru!" Satsuki grunted. She then walked away from the arena and back to her office. This was definitely not the way she wanted the first Naturals Election to end.
Notes:
And with this chapter, we're officially breaking away from KLK canon! What does Ragyo plan to do with the monster that was formerly Ryuko Matoi? Will Mako ever see Ryuko again? Will Uzu ever get fight Ryuko in a full battle? Fasten your bookmarks, this is gonna be a wild ride!
Let me explain to you the bit of Aikuro and Tsumugu connecting Berserk Ryuko to Kinue for those who didn't catch on. My theory is that Kinue's kamui also turned her into a monster, only instead of being fed overheated blood, it evolved too quickly. When Aikuro saw Senketsu Shippu being activated in Ryuko's fight with Nonon and said "it's evolving too fast", he figured that Ryuko was going to mutate the same way Kinue did. And the Special Adhesive Bullet that he asked Tsumugu to bring to him was the thing that killed Kinue after her kamui (which will be given a name in a later chapter) turned her into a monster.
Also, in his debut episode, when they're drinking at the No-Star bar, Tsumugu also says to Aikuro that he has to stop Ryuko "before she becomes a monster". As in he knew the possiblity of Ryuko becoming a monster through Kinue becoming one through her kamui. So that's my theory of Kinue's death in a nutshell, let me know what you think!