"As many of you know, 4 days ago, Ryuko Matoi came face to face with Nui Harime, Grand Couturier of the Revocs Corporation. But little did we or Ryuko know that Nui was the person who killed her father and our founder, Dr. Isshin Matoi." Aikuro said, while various footage of Nui's interference at the Naturals Election was played on the wall behind him.
Murmurs and gasps ran through the crowd as the shock of Nui's visage settled in. None of them expected a person like Nui to be the murderer of their founder and boss, even though she had a cheery demeanor.
"That's who killed Dr. Matoi?" one Nudist said in shock.
"I'm afraid so.." Aikuro said.
"You better believe it pal..." Tsumugu added.
The murmurs continued throughout the hall as the reality of Nui Harime being the killer of Isshin Matoi began to sink in to the Nudists.
"Ryuko failed to control her rage against Nui Harime, causing her blood pressure to skyrocket. This led to kamui Senketsu being unable to cope with the intense heat, thus consuming Ryuko and transforming her into a half-human half-kamui monster that we've dubbed as SenRyuu." The screens then started showing SenRyuu's initial rampage on Nui and Satsuki, followed by her being picked up by Rei.
"Oh my god, what the hell is that?!" One of the people in the crowd muttered, and murmurs and gasps ran through the crowd again. Everyone couldn't believe the sight of the demonic being that was formerly Ryuko Matoi.
"Looks like something straight out of a museum painting!" muttered another fellow.
"More like something from a distant planet..." the guy next to him added.
"Wait.. wasn't this that same type of thing that happened to Kinagase's sister?" another asked. "Just shoot her down with the Special Adhesive Bullet like Dr. Matoi did!"
"I tried.. but even though I was at a very far range, she still somehow spotted me!" Aikuro said.
"Perhaps that's one of her abilities; some sort of enhanced vision." a Nudist added.
Just then, a blaring alarm went off, buzzing throughout the entire base. The Nudists felt a mix of worry and curiosity as it rang out.
"What's going on?" several Nudists asked.
"She's here in Osaka..." Aikuro mumbled.
Just then, chaos suddenly erupted in the base. One moment the crowd was calmly listening to Aikuro's plan, and the next, the crowd started screaming and freaking out, pushing each other and shoving like panicking citizens in a science fiction movie.
"I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIIEEE!" One of the panicking Nudists wailed.
"What'll I say to me kids?" another yelled.
"I never visited Paris!" still another yelled.
"People! People! Calm down! She's probably nowhere near the base!" Aikuro said while waving his arms. "However, this may be our best shot at trying to get her back to normal."
The terrified crowd soon felt their adrenaline pass through them as they started calming down, eventually returning to their single-file lines.
"All those who are chicken and would rather stay here crying are welcome to do so..." Tsumugu said while smoking a cigarette.
"And all those who want to join us in hunting down SenRyuu, raise your hands!" Aikuro said as his nipples glowed.
Much to his shock, no more then about 10 people in the crowd raised their hands, while the rest of the group still had terrified looks in their eyes.
"Very well! Let's move out!" Aikuro and Tsumugu along with the ten nudists who decided to go along with them, then headed out and started looking for SenRyuu.
After what felt like many many hours of searching along the streets, they couldn't find the beast, but then, one nudist suddenly spotted a breakthrough.
"Mikisugi Sir!" one of the people whispered, pointing to a smoking trail of crimson.
The nudists eyes widened at the sight of a trail of blood. The splatters of blood still emitted wisps of smoke, proving that this trail was recent. If they followed it, it might just lead them to where SenRyuu was.
"Follow the blood trail, and be extra quiet too!" Aikuro said.
The group started to follow the trail of red, being careful not to get burned, as they did so, some people in the crowd talked to each other about what SenRyuu was really like.
"I've heard some very disturbing rumors about SenRyuu, like how she's a herm.. hermaph.. Whatever, the point is I just hope that ain't true." one of the nudists said.
"I also heard that her…torso mouth, isn't just for show." another added. "And its the only way she can eat because of how her horns are really two of her teeth going right through her skull!"
After following the trail for a while, they came across some panicking citizens who ran past them screaming in terror. They knew now they were getting closer to their target. Then, in the center of the chaos, they found what they were looking for.
The group soon noticed a nearby Nui watching on as SenRyuu chased down some terrified citizens, the blade of her left arm raised, ready to stab them. And Nui was of course laughing joyfully over the sight of the frightened folk.
The Nudists began to quiver in growing fear and horror as they saw the beastly berserker manage to slash off one of the civilian's arms, which led to that poor folk letting out a spine chilling yell of pain.
"Everybody remain calm." Aikuro whispered, "And remember, stick to the plan."
Nui eventually gestured for her monstrous 'assistant' to follow her, and the Nudists soon eventually mustered up enough bravery to try and see where they were headed to. They followed the two until they were led to a shady looking darkened ally.
'Guess I should've expected that she'd lead us here...' Tsumugu thought.
Everything appeared to be going just fine...up until one of the group suddenly lost it.
"I think I just wet myself!" the scared Nudist yelled.
With a horrible crunching sound from her neck, SenRyuu's head turned and looked in their direction. Nui then did the same as both stuck out their blades at the group.
"Looks like we have a couple of spies on our hands Hanako!" Nui said. "You better show them that snitches always get stitches!"
Dripping with boiling blood, SenRyuu opened her maw, and unleashed a demonic roar as she charged at the crowd, prompting the scared Nudists to run away in fear.
Aikuro and Tsumugu both became puzzled at the fact that Nui had just called SenRyuu 'Hanako', but that thought quickly went away as she started pulverizing their troops.
As one of the group tried to run away, he let out a wail of agony as the beast unleashed a blast of her boiling blood from her maw right at his back, forcing him to fall to his knees in agony. Much to everyone's shock, the blood began eating away at his skin, revealing raw damaged flesh underneath.
In that moment of distraction, SenRyuu grabbed one of the troops with her giant left arm, and proceeded to squish him like an empty soda can, reducing him to nothing but a pile of blood, flesh, and crushed bones.
With blood-curdling roars, and splatters of boiling blood, SenRyuu then proceeded to slash and hack off many limbs of the fearful Nudists, like she had previously done with the fleeing civilians.
Aikuro and the others looked on in shock at the gruesome remains of their comrades.
"We gotta bail out Mikisugi!" one Nudist said while running from SenRyuu and her ready to stab blade arm.
Aikuro briefly contemplated the options in his head, only to then be distracted by another Nudist trying to take her down.
"Hey, angler-face!" Another person in the group shouted, throwing a rock at SenRyuu. This wound up being a very, very poor choice on his behalf.
She then walked up to that Nudist, and something horrific happened. The fangs that were on her torso split apart, and her entire body bent backwards. The Nudist couldn't help but glance below her now opened torso of fangs, while the rest of the group looked on in horror at the sight, and the eerie glow of life fibers inside the mouth.
"Guys, she really is a-" The Nudist started to say, only for SenRyuu then diving towards the scared fellow, with her lower mouth aiming towards him.
The moment the Nudist entered SenRyuu's abdomen jaw, it closed up with a horrific crunching sound, as the man's blood splattered on the ground.
Aikuro and Tsumugu could only watch on in a mix of fear and disgust, and the bloody remains of the Nudist not eaten by the Berserker fell, spilling more of his blood and his intestines.
"Should we bail now?" Tsumugu said.
"I don't know..." Aikuro said. He didn't want to leave, and he didn't want to lose more Nudists to SenRyuu's rage either. Ultimately, Aikuro decided to cut their losses and head back to the base. The few surviving Nudists followed, while one of them decided to stay.
The lone Nudist unleashed a loud shout as he charged straight at SenRyuu like a maniac, planning to kick her right in her torso of fangs. Much to the shock and chagrin of the others.
But then, a slashing sound was heard, and SenRyuu's blade arm became longer, its blade splitting apart into two, much like Ryuko did with her scissor blade before she did her finishing move.
The last words the Nudist said as the blade impaled him right through the chest, and he began choking on his own blood was, "holy shit...".
As this was happening, Aikuro, Tsumugu and the other Nudists started running through Osaka, trying to make it back to the Nudist Beach base, but then they spotted something else.
There was a large crowd that had gathered, and a nearby sign read 'clothing giveaway'. And on that banner was the familiar R emblem of Revocs. That meant only one thing; Ragyo Kiryuin was giving more clothes, this time to the residents of Osaka.
"As expected, Ragyo's doing the clothing thing here in Osaka…." Aikuro said.
"What'll we do sir?" A nudist said as he tended to his wounds.
"Someone try and sneak one of the clothes to the base to investigate!"
Ragyo then tossed the clothes towards the crowd like Mardi Gras necklaces. "Free clothes for everyone!" she said. Under orders from Aikuro, the nudists caught them, and they then proceeded to head back to the HQ.
As they went through the clothes, they were all shocked to see that they were just ordinary Revocs clothes laced with life fibers.
"So now what?" Tsumugu said.
"I don't know. I still don't believe these are ordinary clothes, even though they look like them." Aikuro said.
The rest of the nudists looked on at the disgruntled Aikuro and Tsumugu. If the clothes the smuggled really did something else, what did they do? That question would have to be answered another time, as now their main focus was trying to calm SenRyuu.
Later that day, Rei was busy escorting Ragyo to her personal private jet, with Nui and SenRyuu following. Nui was also pushing containers filled with hundreds of berserker laced clothes.
"Well Lady Ragyo, where in Japan will we be giving clothing to next?" Rei asked.
"Not this time Hououmaru. I'm going to be taking Hanako to a small island in the Philippines." Ragyo said while loading the clothes on the jet.
"Interesting. Why the Philippines?" Rei asked.
"I just think it'll make for a rather amusing outcome!" Ragyo said. Once again, she was being too vague about to Rei about what the clothes would be used for.
"Would you mind if I came with you for this?" Rei asked.
"Not this time Hououmaru, you've got work to do on advertising….."
While on the personal jet that was on route to the Phillipine Island they would be giving REVOCS clothes to, Ragyo approached SenRyuu, or in Ragyo's case, Hanako, and shined a light onto her. Her yellow bloodshot pupils, both the one on her head and the one on her left shoulder, were mesmerized by the light.
"Hanako, listen to me. Follow this light. It will help you concentrate. Remember every word I say."
SenRyuu gazed at the light as it waved back and forth. The longer she stared at the beam of light, the more relaxed and mesmerised she became.
"I am your mother, and you must obey me. Do you remember that your older sister Satsuki was the one that killed your father?"
SenRyuu's feral state of mind began to project false visions of her father getting brutally stabbed and murdered by Satsuki, and as she did, a low growl rumbled in her throat as these thoughts stoked the fire that was her rage.
"Yes, now you know that Nui was actually trying to help you, not hurt you." Ragyo said. "With my help I will make sure you are not alone anymore."
SenRyuu felt her rage die down a little upon hearing that comment, and she gave a low growl of acknowledgement. She then felt a sense of comfort, knowing that someone was there to help her.
"You will not fail me, because you know that I am your mother, and you want to make your mother happy, do you?"
SenRyuu kept looking at the light and growled in agreement with her mother. SenRyuu then let out her deep purr of contentment, signifying that she was ready to obey her. Ragyo then smiled wickedly and turned off the light, since she now had her daughter primed and ready for her own use.
"Excellent."
A few hours later, the jet finally touched down on the Phillipine island Revocs had specially selected to give out clothes to. As the plane touched down, and Ragyo got out, she was immediately greeted by dozens of Filipinos, who all bowed at her like a royal figure.
"Miss Kiryuin. It is truly an honor for you to visit our island!" one of the villagers said.
"Why thank you. You Pinoys seem very nice." Ragyo said, with a smile on her face. "Now, who wants free clothes?"
"Thanks..." One of the villagers said, not knowing at all of the fate that would fall upon them within the next few weeks.
Meanwhile, Nui and SenRyuu got out of the back of the plane, away from the villagers' sight. To Nui, seeing her creator give out clothing was boring, especially since they would not be around when the clothes fibers would be activated and the wearers would become monsters like SenRyuu. She looked around the island and then got a brilliant idea.
"Come on Hanako, I know where we can have lots of fun!" Nui said. She then led SenRyuu away from the clothes show and into a large brick church building. Inside that church, a sermon was going on with dozens of evangelical Filipinos in attendance.
"OK Hanako! When I give the signal, you break through the wall and scare those humans straight to hell!" Nui exclaimed while watching the sermon go on through a window. SenRyuu then growled in agreement, though it was very likely only the command of 'scare the humans' registered in her mind.
A few minutes later, the pastor inside the church began to wrap up his sermon. "And now, let us conclude with a moment of silent prayer" the pastor said, and at that point, everyone of his followers inside the church then bowed their heads and started praying.
Then, a few seconds after the prayer started, SenRyuu broke through the wall behind the pastor, sending debris flying all over the stage like a certain soft drink mascot. The sight of SenRyuu made every single person inside the church get off their pews and start panicking for their lives.
"This being...it must be a creature of hell!" one church-goer yelled.
"The rapture is coming, and the devil is sending his most vicious creatures to kill the unbelievers!" another one yelled.
SenRyuu unleashed a monstrous roar at the church-goers, and got in a battle-stance for intimidation.
That only made the christians even more scared. The pastor however, had remained calm and collective. He had been preparing for something like this his entire life. "Please, please! Everyone calm down! Let me handle this!" the pastor yelled. He then got up close to SenRyuu and took out a wooden cross from his pocket.
"Be gone, foul creature of Satan!" the pastor yelled, holding the cross in front of SenRyuu. "May the power of our lord compel you!"
SenRyuu's red hand on her left arm touched the wooden cross and it immediately set it on fire. The flames then spread to the pastor's entire body, and he screamed.
SenRyuu took a few furious steps towards the terrified christians, when a voice was heard. "Nobody destroys a pastor in our town! Get the beast!"
That voice happened to come from the local police brigade, who several people had called when SenRyuu entered. They then started shooting their guns at the abomination, with SenRyuu just standing there with a dead stare in her yellow eyes. As expected, she was less than amused.
She then dashed towards the cops and pinned them all to a wall with her scissor blade arm. "You...what are you?" one cop wheezed, as his windpipe was being choked to submission by SenRyuu's blade arm.
SenRyuu's mustard-colored orbs just stared into the cop's eyes with a look of fury. Blood oozed from her maw as the blade sunk a bit deeper into their skin, she took in a breath and unleashed another demonic roar, right in their faces.
Just then, Nui entered the church from the broken wall, rolling on the floor and laughing at the now completely burnt to bones pastor and all of the scared christians watching over SenRyuu choking the police.
"Who are you?" one christian yelled. "Are you also from Hell?"
"Not really! And she's not from hell either!" Nui giggled.
SenRyuu continued holding the scared police down, keeping an eye on them as they gasped and wheezed for air, in addition to coughing up blood.
Nui then whistled to SenRyuu and called her back. "Come on Hanako! Time to head back to the plane!"
SenRyuu hissed at the cops and let them go, then followed Nui, her steps akin to a wounded soldier, with drips of boiling blood following her.
"That thing...belongs to you?" one cop said in shock.
"Actually, she belongs to Lady Ragyo, but I kinda sorta helped in making her!" Nui said.
SenRyuu gave a growl at the crowd, which was all still in a frenzy over her rage.
"I know exactly what'll make all of you Pinoys feel much better!" Nui cheered. "Free clothes!"
"Free clothes won't help the death of a pastor!" One of the villagers yelled angrily, with tears in his eyes.
"Oh, but please try them on! These clothes have special ultra secret technology that makes anyone feel happy!" Nui said.
"Uh.. Sounds kind of suspicious.. But okay." Another villager said, slowly putting on one of the pairs of clothes. But then his eyes shot wide as he felt his heart stop beating for a moment, just before boiling pain spread across his body.
Then, the pain quickly transitioned into warm comfort. All the rage against the monster for burning to death their pastor quickly dissipated and an oddly peaceful feeling overtook them. True to the Nui, the clothing did feel very comforting, albeit having it happen at the wrong place and the wrong time.
"Are you okay..?" One of the villagers asked nervously.
"Other than the fact that our pastor died, I actually feel great!" the wearer said.
"How can you not care about somebody dying? He was our friend, and our neighbor!" The villager raised his voice.
"Yes, but these clothes are just so comforting!" he argued. "I mean, it makes all of my clothes feel like rags!"
The villager took a small step back.. he was starting to get freaked out.
Ragyo spent the rest of the day giving out clothing to other Asian islands, including Palau, Guam, and Taiwan. And in each of those destinations, SenRyuu and Nui had fun scaring the local natives to death. By the time they finally went back to Honnouji, it was dark outside.
On the plane ride, SenRyuu saw the full moon brightly shining in the night sky, and some feral instinct in her mind felt like the moon spoke to her. She then took a deep breath and let out a loud wolf-like howl at the moon, startling both Ragyo and Nui.
"What the heck was that all about Hanako?" Ragyo asked.
SenRyuu raised her blade arm and pointed at the moon shining outside. Upon glancing at the moon again, she let out another howl.
"Of course! Monsters like you love the full moon!" Ragyo said while Nui laughed at SenRyuu's display.
"You know Hanako, I think you should try to look more...friendly, when we meet others for giveaways!" Nui said.
"Like this!" She then struck a pose, with a warm looking smile and a small giggle.
SenRyuu stared for a moment, and she attempted to copy her as best she could. A forked tongue glowing akin to life fibers slipped through her fangs, and she tilted her head.
A purr rumbled in her throat as she looked walleyed for a moment. There was one way to describe what she was doing, it was known on the internet as a 'blep'.
"Well, that's good for a first try..." Nui said.
Notes:
A little bit longer to publish than the last few chapters, as I've been working on other projects with my co-writer. I personally think this is the most like the old monster movies that I inspired the fic off of! And the name SenRyuu actually came from Aguagi of Down The Road fame, and I loved it so much I stuck with it as Berserk Ryuko's nickname!