Hello you all, welcome to the next chapter. I dont have much to say really. Just you know, I like this chapter, some more development on Violet in particular, it's a good time. Plus, we visit one of my favorite anime, which I watched a few years ago, and recently went back and watched again because it is very good, Kill la Kill. I also planned to go to My Hero Academia at one point or another, maybe in the future of the story, but for now it's just this world, another and then back to Virtuoso City. It'll be fun, anyway, enjoy this chapter see you next time!
-Aftermath-
~A Heroic Heart~
Violet let out a heavy sigh, as she sat on the toilet, in the bathroom of the Gummi Ship. She was casting a Cure spell on her left wrist, where the thin cut she made long ago, near the beginning of this journey was located. She furrowed her brow, and cancelled the spell, nothing she tried would make it go away, not even Jesse's full body Curaja had made it go away, yet she had no other injuries on her body, anywhere at all, despite getting tortured with Victoria's knives, and getting burnt, shot, electrocuted, slashed, impaled on an ice spike once or twice, and getting the hell beat out of her many times during fights.
"Violet, are you having trouble in there?" Jesse asked, after he knocked on the door, Violet jumped, and glared at the door, though she couldn't see him. She quickly pulled her wristband, and glove back on, hiding the thin cut. So far Jesse, and Damon hadn't noticed or said anything about it if they had noticed it. It was her mom's old glove she used when fighting, the wristband was apparently a gift from Zack to her mother, he had won it for her at a school carnival, she had punched him in the arm.
"No, all good." Violet answered him, as she got up, striding to the bathroom door, and opening it. Jesse merely hummed, and nodded. "Dinner ready?" Violet asked, Jesse nodded.
"It is, come on, we should eat while it's hot." Jesse told her, Violet nodded, and the two of them moved through he ship to the cockpit where the three chairs they usually sat in were arranged around a circular table with food Jesse had prepared on it. Damon was sitting in his chair filling his plate with pieces of chicken, some casserole, and a slice of homemade pizza. Jesse had went all out for meals before a mission.
"This all looks great Jesse." Violet complimented him, Jesse smiled proudly as he and Violet took their seats, and began filling their plates with food. Damon looked over at Violet.
"So, why were you in the bathroom so long? Was it womanly problems?" Damon asked, Violet shook her head at him.
"Nope, I wouldn't notice if I did either. I think since I'm kinda changed genetically, I don't notice, never have. Been a great thing on the whole, no bleeding or anything down there, ever. I wouldn't put it past my mom to have it made like that specifically, since she hated getting her period." Violet explained to them, Jesse hummed.
"That is odd." Jesse noted, Violet simply shrugged at him. Damon hummed, and looked over her, Violet raised an eyebrow at him.
"What?" Violet asked Damon, who simply shrugged.
"Why were you in the bathroom so long?" Damon asked her, Violet frowned, and Jesse looked at her. Violet simply shook her head. It was time to come clean with them, she had hidden it for so long, she was sure they wouldn't care. So she lifted her left arm, and pulled her black glove, and wristband off. Jesse, and Damon both leaned forwards, seeing the small cut.
"I… Did this near the beginning of our journey. I was in a really bad place back then, but I didn't wanna ask for help, because… I didn't know how anymore. Helping people ended up really helping me though." Violet said, smiling. "Helping people with their problems really feels good. It makes me proud to be a Hero, but I did this before I was okay, and it still wont go away." Violet explained to them, Damon, and Jesse nodded.
"It's okay. We all go through stuff. You did what you did, and that's that." Damon said simply, with a smile, Jesse hummed.
"I would assume it's because the injury was self inflicted. They operate under a different type of rule. Trust me, I've read up on it. They don't heal, or at least, I've not found a way to make them heal." Jesse told her, Violet looked at him. "I haven't done it, but I have read plenty on the subject. Ultimately, you saved me from that." Jesse told her, Violet smirked at him.
"Aw, you're gonna make me blush Jesse." Violet teased him, with a smirk, Jesse chuckled at her. "So, I've really come to love my Gummi Ship." Violet said, while fondly admiring the interior. Damon frowned at her, and cleared his throat loudly, the blonde looked at him.
"I'm pretty sure the Ship is mine. I'm the one who pilots her, and I'm the one who commissioned her design, with some help from Janice of course." Damon said, Violet glared at him.
"Fuck you, I'm the Leader, therefore the ship is mine. You got it for us, when I wanted to be a Hero. It's mine." Violet proclaimed loudly, Damon shook his head, and glared at her. Jesse cleared his throat, making his two friends look his way.
"This conversation is childish you two. Why don't we drop it?" Jesse asked, Violet shrugged, and Damon simply nodded, both of them going back to eating. "Besides, I do all the cooking and cleaning around her, and make sure we have the parts we need, and set up appointments with Cidney. So, the ship is primarily mine." Jesse explained plainly to them, making his friends glare at him.
"Fuck you she's mine!" Damon exclaimed, Violet shook her head, and put up two middle fingers, one for each of her friends.
"Fuck the both of you! I'm Leader, she's my ship!" Violet exclaimed, as Jesse, and Damon both opened their mouth to retort, Violet interrupted them both. "No! I swear, I will lick every inch of this fucking ship!" Jesse, and Damon just hummed.
"Please don't."
"Yeah, you win Baby-Girl." Damon said, Violet smiled satisfied with herself. "As if! I don't care what you say, I'm the pilot, she's mine."
"She wouldn't even be functioning if I wasn't here to make sure everything runs smoothly. She's my ship, simple and clean." Jesse said, Violet glared at them both.
"I'm the Leader, the Captain, she's my fucking ship!" Violet exclaimed, and the three continued to argue over the topic before eventually settling down after dinner. Opting to sleep for the night, before embarking on the world in the morning.
Violet lay in her bed, dressed in a pale pink shirt. It was long, and baggy, the usual thing she wore when going to bed. She frowned, and let out a sigh, looking over to her right side, where, two years ago, she would have expected Kya to be there, sleeping next to her… A part of her missed that terribly, another part figured that if they'd already spent this long apart, she could be okay with this.
She cared for Kya, but she was so happy that she wasn't dependant of her for happiness. Violet could be perfectly satisfied hopping world to world, with Damon and Jesse, and helping people… She supposed she should at least go back to Virtuoso City at some point, to say hi to Janice, and her parents, bring them some more Gloxinias.
-Aftermath- Virtuoso City, Hart Residence- Two Years Earlier-
"So, what are you and Mom doing tonight?" Violet asked, she was standing in the kitchen, leaning on the island in the middle of the kitchen. Kelsi was putting things away in the fridge. "Oh, also I love you Mommy." Violet added on, and Kelsi smirked, pulling a pink pitcher from the fridge, it was empty.
"I assume you want me to make you some tea then." Kelsi said, with a smirk, as she looked at her daughter, who smiled widely at her. Kelsi nodded, and placed the pink pitcher on the counter next to her. "After I put away the groceries baby."
"Okay, but what are you and Mom doing tonight?" Violet asked once again, Kelsi smiled a bit.
"Your dashing Mom is taking me out to dinner. So, what are you gonna do for dinner?" Kelsi asked, as she looked to her daughter, who simply shrugged.
"Dunno. Might order a pizza or something, would that be okay?" Violet asked, Kelsi simply smiled, nodding before she went back to stocking the fridge. After a few minutes of Violet explaining a show she was currently watching, Toni walked into the room. She was holding an envelope in her right hand, she smacked Violet on the top of the head with it, causing the blonde to jump, and turn to glare at her.
"Your grades dropped a bit." Toni told her, with a stern look on her face, Violet looked surprised for a moment before looking to Kelsi, who frowned at her.
"How far?" Violet asked, as far as she knew, she was doing great in school, with a few distractions, but still doing great.
"You got a B in Worlds History." Toni told her, causing Violet to relax, as she shook her head, and waved her hand dismissively.
"It's just a B, not a big deal, I'll do some extra work on Monday to make up for it." Violet told them, with confidence. She was granted a fair degree of autonomy with little question as to what she did directly, so long as she was safe, and kept her grades consistently excellent, which wasn't very hard to do considering her mother had worked very hard to tutor her when she was younger.
"Better get on that then." Was all Kelsi said in response, as a satisfied smile came across her face, Toni smiled, and nodded, ruffling Violet's hair lovingly, causing the blonde to swat at her mom to get her off.
"How are my two favorite ladies doing?" Toni asked, as she moved away from Violet, and gave Kelsi a peck on the cheek. Violet just smiled, happy her mother wasn't assaulting her hair any longer.
"Good, are our reservations in order?" Kelsi asked, Toni nodded.
"Should be. If not, I can get us a table, nothing will stop me from giving you the night out you deserve." Toni said, with a smile, Kelsi just gave her a worried look.
"No violence tonight, that's what I want from you. I just want a nice night out with my wife." Kelsi told her, with a stern tone of voice, Toni just nodded obediently at her wife.
"I shall try my very best Kels." Toni said with a confident smile, Kelsi's worried look turned into a glare, causing Toni to backpedal.
"I mean it." The blonde reaffirmed, Toni just gulped and nodded at her, Kelsi scared the hell out of her for a number of reasons. Top one was that she wanted to have sex tonight, and if Kelsi was mad, Toni would get grounded, and she really didn't want that. Another was that Kelsi was deceptively beautiful, but very, very mean if you got on her bad side, and she held Toni up to a pretty high standard, mostly because they had Violet to take care of.
"You're so whipped mom." Violet commented, causing Toni to turn and glare at her. Kelsi shot her a look, and placed a hand on her wife's shoulder, reminded her of her presence. Toni stopped short of insulting her daughter, as she knew that Kelsi would generally take Violet's side, it was pointless to try and compete. Kelsi loved them both equally, but she was extremely protective of Violet.
"Violet, don't antagonize your mom." Kelsi told her daughter, who pouted at her playfully.
"You know how hard that is Mommy?" Asked Violet in a higher pitched voice than she normally used. Toni simply glared at her daughter, shaking her head.
"How long until you finish up here Kels?" Toni asked, Kelsi shot her a look.
"Would be going faster if I had a loving wife who would help me." Kelsi shot at her, Toni frowned, and looked to Violet.
"That little bitch has been watching you this whole time, why didn't you ask her to help?" Toni demanded, Kelsi shrugged, with a glare.
"She doesn't like doing it." Was all Kelsi said, as if asking Toni to challenge her words, Toni just shook her head, and moved over, ready to help Kelsi, all the while Violet smiled victoriously.
-Aftermath- Honnouji Academy- Present Day-
"Why'd the Children of Darkness come here?" Violet asked, as she looked around in the slums on a city, Jesse was next to her, as well as Damon looking around.
"There's a fair degree of technology here. Plus this world has already been visited by creatures from another world. Not friendly ones at that." Jesse said, Violet nodded.
"Yeah, I remember, Life Fibers right?" Violet asked, Jesse smiled, and nodded. "Little shits, lucky I've never had a crack at them before." Violet said, Jesse nodded, as Damon quickly snatched a young boys arm, the two turned to their friend to see the commotion.
"Hey! What's the big idea, let me go you little bitch!" The young boy screeched annoyingly, Violet glared at him.
"Tried to pick my pocket." Damon explained to his friend, Violet just nodded.
"Yeah, I figured as much. Hey kid, why'd you try and do that, other than being a little shit that is?" Violet taunted him, just as two girls came running up to them, both in a sailor uniform, one however was black, and red while the other was blue, and white.
"I'm so sorry for my brother!" The girl in white apologized, her bob of brown hair swinging to and fro, as she seemed to jump from place to place rapidly, while dragging her brother away, before returning within a few seconds. The other girl had black hair, with a red streak in it, she looked used to this sort of thing.
"It's all good. I used to have kleptomania so stealing was a thing that I did too. I'm Violet, and these are Jesse, and Damon." Violet introduced the trio, Damon, and Jesse waved in response to both of their introductions.
"I'm Ryuko Matoi, and this is Mako." Ryuko, the girl in black introduced the two of them, before she gripped the bottom of her uniform shirt. "Oh, and this is Senketsu, she cant hear ya anyway, no need for an introduction." Ryuko seemingly complained to her uniform, Violet hummed, and shrugged.
"I believe you." Was all Violet said, Jesse had done plenty of research on this world, and told her most of it the night before while they were on their way, Ryuko hummed.
"Well, anyway, we gotta get going, probably some asshole wanting to fight me. Let's go Mako." Ryuko said, as she began to walk away, Mako looked between Violet, and Ryuko before she shook her head.
"You three are coming too! You can help Ryuko with her fights, it'll be fun!" Mako exclaimed, Violet, Jesse, and Damon looked between each other, before agreeing with Mako. The group of five made their way to Honnouji Academy, once they were there a bright light shot out from the tower.
"Why the hell is someone shining?" Violet asked, as she held up her hand, creating a Dark Barrier to shield her eyes, Ryuko glared up at the light.
"Satsuki Kiryuin." Ryuko muttered, Violet simply hummed.
"Who are you three?" Satsuki's voice rang out, Violet shook her head.
"I'm Violet Alexandria Hart! Can we talk, or can I fight for the chance to talk? Just need some info." Violet exclaimed, causing both Ryuko, and Mako to look at her like she was crazy. A set of stairs unfolded, and Satsuki began walking down them. Violet just smiled.
"What the hell? You're gonna get yourself killed!" Ryuko exclaimed, Violet shook her head, and pulled out Oathkeeper, turning her Key-Chain into it's blade form. Ryuko's eyes widened.
"Can I see your weapon real quick?" Violet asked, looking to Ryuko, with a smile. Ryuko just pulled out her scissor blade, making it grow to it's normal size. Violet smiled, and Oathkeeper was enveloped in a bright light. When it cleared Oathkeeper looked identical to Ryuko's scissor blade, but white, with blue, and yellow lines running up the sides. A blue star, and yellow Heart were etched into the side, while the Keychain hung from the bottom of the hand guard.
"How the hell did you do that?" Ryuko asked, Violet just smiled at her.
"It's kinda my thing." Violet said, before she swung around her scissor blade. "Man, this thing is kinda nice… It's also longer than Oathkeeper usual form, but…" Violet transformed Oathkeeper into an Engine Blade. "I'm a woman of changing tastes." Violet finished, as Satsuki came down from the stairs, dressed in a white outfit.
"Are we going to fight, or not?" Satsuki asked, Violet nodded, and Oathkeeper went back to it's original form.
"You might wanna transform into your Kamui form, you probably wont be able to fight without it." Violet told them, Satsuki eyed her cautiously, before Violet's vision was blocked by a large man, who glared at her.
"You will not give Lady Satsuki orders!" The large man yelled, and Violet glared at him.
"It's fine Gamagori, everything will work out. Just let me fight." Satsuki said, Gamagori nodded, and stood to the side, he did trust Lady Satsuki with his life, and when she activated her Kamui , her clothes shrank to their usual form, leaving very little to the imagination, Violet smirked.
"Violet…" Jesse muttered, Violet rolled her eyes, glaring at him.
"I like candy while I fight, fucking sue me. I'm still faithful as a mother fucker." Violet said, shaking her head before she looked to Satsuki. "Okay, you ready?" Violet asked, Satsuki smiled and nodded, her long black hair flowing behind her, and hanging over her forehead, piercing blue eyes staring at Violet, who smirked.
Satsuki dashed at Violet, and slammed her blade against Violets, as Oathkeeper was enveloped in a bright light, when it cleared Oathkeeper was identical to Satsuki's sword. Only white, with a blue, and yellow wrappings around the handle, with the Keychain hanging from the bottom.
"Interesting power you have there." Satsuki said, Violet smirked, and nodded, before she pushed Satsuki away from her, Ryuko stared at them, as Violet dashed off, away from the crowd, Satsuki followed after her swiftly. She caught up, and attacked Violet, only for her sword to hit a large white shield for a moment until the shield vanished in a bright light, replaced by a spear Violet stabbed at Satsuki, making her dodge.
Violet threw the spear before warping to it, and transforming Oathkeeper into a trumpet, hitting the valves, each of which had a different element carved into them, launching a barrage of Blizzard, Fire, and Thunder magic at Satsuki. Satsuki dodged easily, before she rushed at Violet once again, Violet simply blocked, after she transformed Oathkeeper into a scissor blade.
Violet rushed at Satsuki, making her panic slightly, Violet was on another level, especially compared to Ryuko, or any of the elite four, she was keeping up with, and in some ways beating Satsuki without too much effort on her part. Violet threw the scissor blade at Satsuki, before she warped to it. Violet slowed down in the air, and let her blade clash with Satsuki's.
"Hey, we can end this right? You wanted me to prove myself, and I did, can you help now?" Violet asked, Satsuki smiled at her, and nodded.
"A deal is a deal Violet." Satsuki said, as the two of them dropped to the ground, Satsuki deactivated her Kamui, it returned to it's normal form. Violet Banished Oathkeeper, and clipped it to her belt. She had contacted Satsuki before they had went down to the world, asking for help. "You are very strong, and worthy of my respect." Satsuki said, Violet nodded.
"Yeah, I've got a few advantages, like magic that this world doesn't have. Thanks for this by the way, finding these guys without your help would prove very troublesome, and take way too much time." Violet said, Satsuki nodded, with a smile.
"I am happy to help if it means eliminating them from my world. Got enough of our own problems here." Satsuki told her, Violet simply nodded, as the two made their way back over to the group, who, with the exception of Jesse, and Damon were in awe of Violet's sheer strength.
"Hope you enjoyed the show. Ryuko, Mako stay out of trouble. I got some business to take care of with Satsuki." Violet said, Ryuko glared at Satsuki.
"What the hell Satsuki? You wont even tell me who killed my dad, I want answers damnit!" Ryuko yelled, and Satsuki sent her a cold glare.
"You are not worthy of those answers, I already told you, if you can prove yourself I will answer any questions you have. It's not my fault you are so incompetent." Satsuki told her, as she began ascending the stairs, Violet in tow, Jesse, and Damon followed them, as Ryuko glared after the group. Violet shot her an apologetic smile.
The group made their way up the stairs to Satsuki's office. The elite four weren't present with the exception of Nonon, a pink haired girl who was lounging on the couch. The rest were attending to other duties that Satsuki had assigned them, with the exception of Gamagori, who was harassing Ryuko at the moment.
"Who're these losers?" Nonon asked, glaring at the trio, Violet flipped her off, before looking back to Satsuki.
"So, Satsuki, can you tell me where to find the invaders? I'll gladly help with anything you need after that." Violet said, Satsuki nodded, and pulled a tablet out, beckoning Violet over to her, Jesse, and Damon followed the blonde.
"There, once that's done, feel free to come back, I'd gladly make you an honorary member of the Elite Four, though something tells me you don't need a uniform." Satsuki said, Violet shook her head.
"Nah, and it would be cool to be the fifth member of the Elite Four."
"Wouldn't it be Elite Five?" Jesse asked, Violet glared at him.
"Yes Jesse, but it's still the Elite Four right now, so I will refer to it as such." Violet told him, Jesse merely nodded as he examined the location.
"Anyway, that place shouldn't take long to get to. We can warp back to the ship, and teleport down there to reduce travel time." Jesse explained, Violet nodded, and looked to Satsuki.
"Okay, we'll be back Satsuki." Violet said, Satsuki nodded at the blonde girl as the trio stepped out. Violet smirked. "Okay guys, Operation: Beat those Children is officially started!" Violet exclaimed, only for Jesse, and Damon to both glare at her.
"Really Violet?" Damon asked, Violet shook her head.
"Does it matter? It's just another mission, let's get it done, and get back." Violet said, Jesse nodded preparing to teleport the three back to the ship. The trio didn't notice a figure watching them from above.
Vani glared down at the three, before she opened a Dark Corridor, ready to go the location the three were headed to next, to assist them, and also reveal some things. At the same time, a group of New Guardians, and a hired mercenary descended upon the world, ready to stop the Flower Trio, and the Children of Darkness all at once.