Tales of The Cosmic War EXE Vol: The Secret War Beyond Good and Evil!

by Darth Necron

Five years after Ben Auro saved the universe from Chaos Zannacross Necron he is still helping try to guide the people to a better place alongside his lover Lacus Raystar. However they must reunite with their friends Mario,Cloud Strife, and others as everything they work for is threatened to unravel at the hands of the reality-destroying Incursion at the hands of the Beyonder!

29. Chapter 229: Burn Thy Dread

Chapter 229: Burn Thy Dread

As tense as Lacus was feeling at the moment, the rest of her group were feeling far less stressed considering the situation. While it took a few tense moments of hiding Trunks, Hiryuumon, Kirby and their new allies were able to get back to the Wave-Rider.

While they were ready for a fight to the group's relief they were able to get clearance to leave Xibalba merely after Sunny told the guard they were going to Gourmet World to get more food for the ensuing celebration.

The one least aware of the stakes of the current situation was becoming slightly more aware, as after the ship left the floating city Toriko at last finished healing from the wounds inflicted to him by the great beast Heracles.

The blue haired man was ready to attack in an instant at the sight of his new surroundings, but the ship's AI, Gideon, along with his friends calming him down over the intercom caused him to calm down.

As Toriko entered the command deck and saw his friend casually talking to Trunks and Rip the blue haired man raised an eyebrow."

Hey guys, you're ok! And you're here to Boss Ichiryu? Damn you were even busier than I thought if you snagged this sweat ride! What you raid it from Midora or something?"

The president of ICO just snickered as he drank his coffee." Not quite you idiot. Tsc…clueless as always about anything that's not food or fighting. Nah I did not snag this ship, I was too busy bailing your sorry ass after you bit off more than you could chew. You're lucky we stumbled into allies that gave a damn Toriko, they are the reason we are not a meal ourselves and this is their ship!"

Toriko glanced around to see Kirby and Trunks wave to him before he looked around." So they were allies after all eh? Glad they were not to mad I thought they, er, you guys were food at first.

Well, thanks for the help I guess. Things did get out of hand fast. Damn, if things just held together I could have beat Starjun and we could have stuck to the plan!"

Komatsu chuckled before the chief walked up to his friend."Maybe but that would not have helped much because then Midora himself showed up Toriko! You really missed a lot!"

Toriko quickly got brought up to speed about what happened after he nearly died. After hearing how Lacus wounded Midora enough to force him to retreat, what happened in Honnouji Academy, and the current plan Toriko just whistled." Have to admit Komatsu, figured the only woman that could harm Midora would be that crazy Joie woman.

Well, happy to have more strong allies to even the odds. Alright, time to make up for lost time! So you said you over heard that Midora was keen on looking at theses Floralia and Memento's places to complete his Full Course eh? Do we know which one he is going to?"

"Not quite my blue haired friend." Rip threw out glibly." But since this Floralia is nearest, as long as there was nothing too dangerous with no other information to go on it seems like the most logical choice of action."

"Well I'll take your word on that dude." The Gourmet Hunter responded as he knocked his hands together like they were chop sticks."Better not to overcook are chances but, even if I have to fight Midora and all his new pals at once I'm not going to give up! Nothing's going to stop me from getting my Full Course!"

Hiryuumon saw the raw zeal Toriko had in his eyes and it was enough to make him hungry." Man you must like food even more then me even I don't feel like going through that much hassle just to have a meal even if it's one of those five star ones! That's mostly because most of those meals have been overrated but that's another thing!"

Toriko chuckled as he licked his lips."Its more than the taste man. To a Gourmet Hunter food is a way of life. And it's not just because I'm passionate about my job, it's to link me to my family.

I grew up as an orphan and never knew my parents. I spent most of my childhood living alone in a poor place. Things were so bad that no one had enough in there belly to have compassion to care for me.

It was only because boss Ichiryu and his pal Mansam found me that I survived."

The president of IGO snickered as he leaned back." Eh…I was distributing food to the poor and found this guy looking so pathetic that I offered the starving Toriko a piece of bread, but instead of consuming it for his own survival, Toriko headed to his village to try and share it but collapsed. Kid had a big heart but no brain so I figured I better take him in. Mostly worked out."

"Since I'm now one of the Four Heavenly Kings it seemed like its working out for me! Eh, maybe it only makes sense where I'm from but to me, eating and cooking gets me closer to my folks. Don't know if they were a Bishokuya or anything like that but it, just feels right."

Before his friends could say anything Kirby laughed and walked up." I think it makes sense Mister Toriko! Cause that's the same feeling I have at times to make me feel close to my family!"

Trunks eyed the pink hero carefully, and as he remembered how he thought of his theory about how much Kirby and Majin Buu had in common the purple haired man cleared his throat." That reminds me Kirby, just curious, do you remember your family or where you came from? And if you did, did he happen to look like a taller fatter pink guy like you with a purple cape?"

Kirby looked blankly at the half Saiyan for a few moments before he shrugged."Sorry Mister Trunks, all this time and I still don't remember a thing. Meta-Knight did tell me that I was a warrior meant to save Dreamland but that Rick the Hamster woke me up to early by mistake! But that's ok, even if I did not know much I knew right away King Dedede should not have gotten away with taking everyone's food!

You know, at one point I remember Meta-Knight and Dedede talking when I was helping Mister Magolor on his Lor Starcutter ship that he overheard that other two faced baddie Mister Marx found me somewhere far away in space and planned to use me till the Nova Station changed me but that's just something he was thinking about."

"That so? Well, that's ok, I'll ask the Supreme Kai of Time when I get back."

"Don't worry I know who I am! I felt I knew what I had to do since I woke up from my first nap!"

"I hear yah Kirby!" Hiryuumon threw in as he patted his puffball like pal on the head." I was really confused at first when the boss woke me up on Sonic's planet, but it did not take long for me to figure out that Ben was my best pal! Sometime instinct is just spot on!"

Trunks eyed Ben's Digimon Partner curiously before he stood up." If I recall, Ben found you with one of the crystal shards for the Star Sword right Hiryuumon? It was the one on planet Mobius right? So, you really did just had instincts on how to talk and fight from the moment you were born eh? From what I'm aware of, even Digimon had to learn a little bit."

"Maybe Trunks but I was made to be Ben's partner so I was as special as the Star Sword right? Guess, things just worked out that way right?"

Trunks thought over what he remembered talking about with the Supreme Kai of Time in the past before he glanced at Kirby, then Toriko, before he smirked." Well, I have a few ideas but, not my place to gossip on theories.

Heh, the fact that I was completely unaware that Doctor Gero created yet another android shows even after all this time being a time patrol agent, I still have gaps in what I know.

Eh, in the end, the past is important but not at the cost of not paying attention to the future. In other words, lets focus on the future because its coming up soon."

"Quite right my good man." Rip casually interjected." I am still getting a "feel" for this Gourmet World but something is giving off a powerful energy reading. Just curious, is that ahead something normal to you Gourmet Hunters?"

The commander of the Wave-Rider casually pointed outside, where everyone looked past the clouds, and saw what at first appeared to be a mountain, but as the ship got closer everyone suddenly realized it was indeed a mountain, but one that was made of a giant cake.

Hiryuumon robbed his eyes before blurting out,"Oh wow, that cake's so huge I think it's too big for even me! Well, in one meal at least. Seriously, that's to big even for a giant!"

"I do wonder how a cake as large as a world's biggest mountains stays fresh but, in a world where such a massive cake exists such questions seem silly."

"That's right Trunks!" Hiryuumon blurted out,"The big question is how we stop that Midora jerk from getting his hands on that cake before he, um, wait what does he want to do with this cake again? I mean, it seems way to big a meal even for him!"

Jiro cleared his throat before throwing out,"Midora might be able to swallow this whole thing if he used all of his Gourmet Cells, but he's not after the whole thing, just what makes up the" PAIR" of his Full Course. If he can find it, his appetite will be full."

"Oh? That does not sound too bad." Hiryuumon replied. To which Jiro responded with a sharp,"And when he's full he's gonna try devouring everyone to get enough energy to try and kill the other planets."

"Oh...that sounds bad all right. Alright, just throw us at where we need to be already!"

"That's the problem kid, we don't know where to go either. We know that PAIR is a kind of soup, but an extremely hard food to prepare and in order to prepare it through normal means, it would take over thirty hours to simply get the soup within PAIR. The thing is, PAIR was only said to exist in 100G Mountain that was located deep inside Area 7 in Gourmet World.

This is supposed to be Area 7, but I'm rather sure 100G mountain was not one that was a cake! The place that the mountain was made out of the crushed remains of hundreds of millions of organisms, if that's true then this cake has one sick case of frosting."

Kirby glanced at the cake Mountain before he starched his head." Hey, I think I remember this place! That's right, I remember some of those lollipops, because they were in that Lollipop land, one of the places in that giant bean stock I visited when I was rescuing Dedede from that nasty spider man! I don't remember their being a cake THIS big though!"

"The most likely thing is that what we are seeing is a fusion of many worlds. That means it can be even more unpredictable. So, watch your backs people."

Ichiryu glanced at a phone he had and saw it was buzzing before he smirked."At least we don't have to go in totally blind.

Like I said our pal Zebra has been doing some reconnaissance, and has managed to sneak around without being spotted so far. He has a meeting point for us. Well tourists, time to be part time Gourmet Hunters!"

The group prepared themselves as the Wave-Rider flew in on the location they were set to meet, inside an Ice cream cone so large it served as a garage.

Ben's comrades were relieved to see that the meeting was genuine, but were still on guard as they stepped out of the ship to see an incredibly large and muscular man waiting for them standing in front of what seemed like a sharp shaped vehicle.

The man had slicked back dark red hair and eyebrows, and a large number of vertical wrinkles on his forehead. The thing that quickly got everyone's attention was the man's half 'glasgow smile', one that formed a large ragged tear from his lips all the way to his ear on the left side of his face, exposing all the teeth on that side.

The man clad in brown sleeveless top with dark brown pants and a pair of boots, along with a large fur-trimmed purple coat with white fur saw Toriko step out he widened his hideous grin."Your late Toriko."

"Heh…I admit I got sloppy, Zebra. Despite the whole nearly dying thing it worked out well enough, cause we got some back up now."

"I can see that the dude with the sword looks more able then the school girls. So, this is the one that fought Midora hard enough to back down eh?"

"I did fight him but I admit my comrade Lacus Raystar is the one who caused him to retreat."Trunks stated flatly. Zebra eyed the half-Saiyan carefully before he laughed." Glad your honest, I hate cocky people. Look, glad you can fight but don't think we are going to be friends, I don't do friends."

"Oh don't be like that Mister Zebra!" Kirby threw out cheerfully." If we have things in common we should be friends! I heard you like eating to?"

"Hahah, oh I enjoy eating alright puffball." Zebra spat out." Enough to have eaten twenty six entire species into extinction!"

As Zebra laughed and Kirby and Hiryuumon cringed Trunks eyed Toriko before the blue haired man grinned." Don't worry, all those species sucked anyway. Zebra can get, excited at times but trust me, scar or no scar he's on the level. C'mon show them I'm not just talking out of my ass and show us were Midora and Starjun are going for eh Zebra?"

"Well, to be honest I'm not sure yet but I'm close. See, there is this cream filling in the middle, but its hot chocolate so hot that it's like magma. I, can tough it out if it's a little bit but, if it goes on to long it can get messy.

I'm narrowing it down though, and thankfully it being a pain makes it a pain for those Gourmet Corps pricks and there pals to."

"Have you seen Midora, Starjun or any of their flunkies Zebra?" Sunny threw out tensely. His scar faced comrade chuckled as he turned around." Not yet, but this giant cake is messing up my scent a little. I do smell the scent there flunkies have so, a fight's coming.

Something else though, it's not just the Gourmet Corps, I think one of the Great beasts has made this territory their turf. I heard some really angry monkey howls in the distance."

Toriko just cracked his knuckles as he looked assertive." Guess merged with another world or not a king's still got to defend their turf eh? Bring it, got to play it smart like a true hunter, but no matter what the obstacles are, this time I am going to get that ingredient!"

Trunks was about to ask where to start out before everyone suddenly heard a tremor, before a shrill old female voice roared out."No, NO ONE"S GOING TO TOUCH MY WEDDING CAKE!"

Everyone quickly got on guard as the giant cone got ripped apart, by a very large woman. This massive female round, obese woman with a chin obscured by her massive torso. moderately round, orange eyes, prominent eyelashes, and wears thick purple eye-shadow. She had a very wide mouth with full lips sporting red lipstick, large, round teeth, and a long, thick tongue.

She had long, curly, and wild pink hair that falls halfway down her back, as well as a beak-like nose, and plump, round cheeks. She also sported a tattoo on her left shoulder and arm, consisting of a large, standard-shaped red heart framed by thin lines curled at their bottom ends, which all topped a far smaller heart.

On her head was a large pink bicorne hat bearing a Jolly Roger on the front and she was wearing a pink dress with red polka dots and white ruffles on its neckline and hemline, with a wide, rippling white cape attached to its back that falls to the ground. The outfit is completed with dark blue high heels, one turquoise pearl wristband on either wrist, and golden, jeweled rings on all her fingers.

Everyone got on guard as the giant obese woman roared. As the look in her eyes got crazed the sudden new foe roared out," You're the ones that want to take my wedding cake away from me? Midora promised me this would be mine, and anyone that tries to deny me my food will be turned into an ingredient for it!"

Hiryuumon dodge saliva the very hungry woman released from her mouth during her rant before he groaned." Man so this is one of the giants around here that eats the food around here? I figured it would not be pretty but just looking at her is making me sick!"

"She's not a native dude." Sunny answered as he flicked some spit out of his hair." She's from some other world but she joined up with Midora because they had an alliance, in loving to eat.

That's Big Momma, she was some pirate warlord from where she came from. She may not have Gourmet Cells but she's a pain alright, she ripped some high level monsters apart like they were nothing!"

"Maybe so, but if she's in our way then man or woman, she's just an obstacle." Trunks uttered as he raised his sword."

Big Momma saw all the angry looks in her direction and gave a roar so loud some of those below her had to cover her ears." Damn brats, you dare show me lip? Your be begging for mercy, when I rip you apart!"

Zebra got angry at her yelling before he cracked his neck." Man your one annoying broad. Shut up already! VOICE MISSILE!"

The wild Gourmet Hunter showed off his power as he took a deep breath and screamed out a yell so powerful it became as powerful as a missile. The blast hit Big Momma right in the face with enough force to knock her hat off.

While she was pushed back a few feet she just looked enraged." You dare mouth off to me? I'll swallow your very souls!

Go my hommies! Make momma proud! "

Big Momma cried out as a miniature sun with a cartoon face formed in her hand and took to the air, at the same time her sword sprouted a cartoon face." Your either going to be my food or my slave, either way no one says no to Momma!"

The Sun started unleashing a barrage of fire but Kirby quickly shifted to his ice magic form and unleashed a frigid blast powerful enough to neutralize the heat blast. The grotesque woman furiously tried to slash at the hero from dream land, only for Sunny to grasp her hand with his hair. The sight of this caused her eyes to widen."

I'll show all of you just how stupid it is to get in between me and my WEDDING CUGH!"

Big Momma was cut off as Trunks suddenly turned Super Saiyan and smashed her hard in her gut. With how fat she was the blow caused ripples to wave across her body. She grit her teeth and prepared to try and body slam the Time Patrol agent, but Toriko saw her intent and attacked with his Nail Gun punch to her right knee to cause her to stagger further.

While she had blood burst out of her mouth she glanced at the suddenly golden haired man before he glared at her. The pink haired woman screamed with rage and her body started to glow.

But Trunks did not give his enemy time to show what she intended as he suddenly unleashed a quick burst of kai blasts at Big Momma's eyes to blind her. As she roared with even more fury and the ground started to shake Trunks just flew above her open mouth."With everything on the line I don't have time to waste on you freaks! Finish Buster!"

The Super Saiyan unleashed his blast down the large woman's throat, blasting right into her heart. Big Momma gave one last roar of rage before she shattered from the inside. As her remains flew in every direction Zebra just chuckled." I thought you were soft but your hard core dude!

Good, this is going to be fun! Nice job shutting her up but now her buds smell her blood and are going to be swarming here soon. Hell, the beasts that are part of the Divine King's pack are already here to defend their turf."

Hiryuumon growled as he hunched over."Maybe so as big as this cake is we did not come here to eat but to fight the bad guys! Might as well get this over with! Well, at least Lacus can relax while we fight the big jerks around here!

Even while there were bad guys back at that crazy school they were way weaker so at least she can relax a little before things get even crazier! All right, who wants to get cooked next jerks?"

Hiryuumon heard a draconic roar in the distance and just braced himself as he, Kirby, Trunks, and their Gourmet Hunter allies saw various monstrous apes started climbing down and up from other directions.

The Digimon readied himself for another wave of fighting, when he realized some of the fur looked familiar to him. As he realized where he saw it before he winced." Hey those look like Apemon and Gorillamon types of Digimon!

They look kind of funky but guess that Midora guy was not lying about Digimon being here to! Sorry guys, but even if it's my own kind, I'll fight whoever's trying to harm my food, er wait my friends! Sorry, all this cake is making me hungry."

Knowing those in front of him were just the first wave and wondering how strong their superiors were going to be.

But while Ben's friends were ready for a rough time, little did they know that Ben's girlfriend was bracing herself for a tough time herself, though at the moment her tension was more from feelings then physical challenges.

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After her friends checked the sudden Tartarus tower and gave Lacus as much data as they could, she got dressed in the Honnouji Academy uniform and took the secret entrance Nudist Beach had to enter right into the top of Honnouji Academy just as all the contestants were arriving for the tournament.

To her relief, her new allies were true to her word and the staff thought she really was a substitute for the president of the school's Fencing club, Alison Meadows.

The Enji saw Ryūko on another line, and saw Mitsuru and a few of the other Persona users in the distance under the" foreign schools" part of the line. Lacus saw that all the seats in the stadium were becoming full, and made sure she could sense that Sarah and Muzét had rejoined Terra and the rest of the Enji before she flicked her hair out of her eyes." All right, showtime. Just like the school contests, only a bit more on stake then my mother's mood."

Ryūko saw Lacus looking conflicted and was about to say something before she heard a loud yell that sounded like her name and gazed to the upper right to see Mako in the stands, with her parents, her younger brother, and even their pet dog.

Seeing them as energetic as ever caused the woman with the living clouting to face palm."Ugh…really wish Mako did not stick around but that girl's not improving her attention span any time soon and no amount of danger turns her family away from free food. Well, guess nowhere is safe if the bad guys lose so time to, eh? Ah there's the ice queen!"

Ryūko's attention was drawn to the sudden source of light, and as music starting blaring out as she suspected Satsuki walked into the raised platform in the north and casually touched the ground with her blade's hilt, causing most of the arena to become silent.

She gazed at everyone, and glazed at Lacus, Mitsuru, some of her agents, and then at Ryūko before she smirked.

Attention, all students and families of Honnouji Academy! We have succeeded in subduing all of the rival academies! All the fools who dare contest the power of our Goku Uniforms have been educated!

Even those uncouth thuggish Gourmet Hunters, for all their brute strength, don't have the power to overcome our will! Today is a celebration of our accomplishments before we make our move to realize ultimate glory!

Eat and drink your fill! Praise the Kiryūin name! The Naturals Election P-1 Ultimax Climax begins now! Before we begin, my mother wants to bestow you one final speech to raise everyone's spirits! I present to you, this academy's founder, Director Ragyō Kiryūin!"

A rainbow light burst out behind the student president, before Ragyō flew out of the ground, with Android 21, Joie, a woman with pale skin, blueish gray hair and piercing red eyes, that looked like a normal girl in a school girl outfit, aside from the head piece she had on that resembled a medieval helmet and a very large ax casually holstered on her back.

Ragyō flashed a haughty smile at her child before Satsuki promptly bowed."As grand an entrance as one would expect from our director."

"Heh, a ruler must shine like the sun at all times, every appearance must be a moment of glory."

Satsuki just nodded, and her elite four bowed as well before Nonon uttered a humble." It's been far too long Miss Kiryūin."

"Ah, Nonon, how is your father?"

"Fine thank you."

Ragyō glanced at Inumata looking anxious before she threw out a teasing,"My how you grown, are you still being a naughty boy engaging in hacking and stock manipulation?"

"No my lady, I no longer indulge in such things after the education you and your daughter have given me."

"Oh? A pity. Woman don't like boring men after all eh?"

She laughed at seeing him figure out the best response and just walked up to the top to casually take the mike.

As she glanced down at everyone she had her rainbow hair unleash enough shine to beam down on all below her." Ladies and gentlemen I ask you, what is the world? I don't mean its physical nature, but what defines society? The answer, is clothing! The law of Life Fibers are absolute, and those that disagree will promptly be educated!

I, Ragyō Kiryūin know and carry out their divine will! Honnouji Academy was created to fine those who's souls resonated with Life-Fibers, the will of the divine! The weak that are devoid of grace, will be the foundation for the new era to come! You should all feel honored you were chosen to get a first glance view to destiny!

And now, it's time for those of you that have been selected to prove your worthy of ultimate grace, while the losers are revealed for the frauds they are, and be pigs that are devoured by the clothing they are not fit to wear in the first place! So let the first wave of festivities begin! Each line please enter there section of Tartarus and the contest will commence."

Lacus saw the doors to the massive tower open and made sure she had a tight grasp on Oath-Keeper before she walked in. The brown haired woman found herself in a round room with a staircase that lead to a giant golden clock head with its hands facing upward, revealing a door.

Lacus felt ominous energy around the tower, and braced herself for her to suddenly be jumped before she saw Che among those in the room.

As she saw the girl smile to her she was about to go over before a normal television screen slid down in front of the clock head.

The screen was static for a few moments before to her shock it took the image of the Teddy individual that she met in the "Midnight Channel" earlier, though now he had a general's hat on his head, a military outfit and a cigar on his mouth.

This much more aggressive looking Teddy laughed as music that sounded very much like the Street Fighter Two character selection theme before he yelled out,"At last time for the party to get started!

Hope you're not bashful boys and girls! One of you is going to be the winner that gains glory! Everyone else is going to have their bare weakness exposed to everyone, and a whole lot more!"

As Teddy laughed Chie looked enraged before she ran up to the TV screen."What the hell is this Teddy! I know you go nuts any time a girl looks at you for more than a second but did you seriously take a gig for theses snobs?"

"Tsc…don't assume things toots, unlike that "bear-dun" I'm General Teddy, the competent Teddy!"

"Wait, you sound like how his shadow talked when we first helped him! Did his Shadow come back like with the others earlier?"

"Heh…I'm not here to answer your theories you raging woman who discarded womanhood, I'm here to announce the rules of the contest and so if you could please shut up I have work to do!"

"What the hell did you just call me!"

"Don't blame me for the title you earned girl! Anyway, to business! As you contestants all noticed you're at the bottom of this lovely pad Tartarus here. Your task is simple, fight till you reach the top! Whoever is at the top to greet Lady Satsuki at the top of the tower. Now don't you swift ones get any cowardly ideas, this is a fighting contest, not a sprinting contest!

Tartarus is an extremely unique place but don't worry, no death traps or demons. However, there will be barriers to keep you in place so you can't run away! So get ready to fight, once the fighting starts it can't end till all the life-fiber is ripped away from your opponent or they can't fight one more second!"

Lacus looked around and saw some of the individuals in Goku Uniforms looking anxious before she cleared her throat."Excuse me mister um, general. But, does that mean we have to keep fighting till the opponent is well, naked? What if we don't use Life-Fibers?"

General Teddy glanced at her before his smirk widened." Oh your one of the Persona users even though you're wearing a Uniform? If it's a Persona user you have to absorb every last drop you can get till they are out!

Either way, you have to gather enough energy to break through the barrier to the top of the tower! What's wrong girl afraid to show some skin? You do look like someone who has some "hidden weapons." Well, mostly hidden."

Lacus saw the TV image change to show her on the screen, focusing up close on the chest. As she got flustered, she got even more flustered as the image changed to a shot of her skirt. As short as it was what was under it could be shown, causing her to walk back in annoyance." Hey what the hell? Is this a fighting contest or some cheap sleazy talk show or something like that?"

"Hey don't be such a prude girl! This is a fighting contest but it's also one hosted by the Revocs corporation! If your one of the tourists then you should know that everything Revocs does is with style! So if you don't have the style to make it then get ready to go home crying to your momma! Also watch out for the traps in the tower. Heh, hit the wrong wall and bam, instant nudity! Great way to build suspense eh?"

As some of the locals laughed dismissively Lacus just rolled her eyes." Whatever…at least I don't have to worry about all that baggage with Life-Fibers."

As General Teddy went on to describe a few more rules and conditions Aikurō suddenly cut in on her codec."Well, to be honest Miss Raystar the uniform we provided is made up of Life-Fibers. Did not mean to mislead you, but at this point all the clothing created in the city if not this world is made of Life-Fibers. Its why we do the nudist thing you know?"

Lacus cringed as she glanced at her outfit again." So, to be clear I'm wearing the enemy right? Damn it, this outfit feels more and more creepy by the second. You know…if I'm going to be putting on a show, and they are already jeering at me, might as well go all out. At the very least, I won't have to fight being constrained."

Terra suddenly cut in the codec with a wary,"Lacus, even if your outfit is an alien you should be able to easily overpower it right?"

"If it was just it true Terra but, if the Beyonder takes control or empowers it then it could be a good way to get caught in a trap. Maybe, it would not help but, might as well give us the best odds we have right?"

"What do you mean Lacus? Do you have a plan?"

"Yah. Sarah, I was not sure about it at first but, I think I'm going to go with your idea after all."

"Way to go girl!" The woman with the title of White Canary chipped in eagerly." Don't worry you can pull it off, just don't think about things that don't matter and just own it!"

"Wait what? Lacus, what are you going to do?" Terra added tensely.

Lacus took a deep breath before she grasped her necklace tightly. Terra, Yuna, Collette, Velvet, and everyone else, I'm going to go for a bit of a, unorthodox play here. Whatever happens just, follow my lead on this ok? And, if things get crazy just um, get ready to I don't know, burn the school down or something for a distraction or something ok?"

"Wait what?"

"Not the part with people obviously just, something that would distract them encase things get to tense or, awkward, or, embarrassing or something."

"Seriously what ideal do you got in your head Raystar?" Velvet blurted out with irritation."

"I'm, taking a kind of stand Velvet. Hopefully, when this is over it will make sense to more than just me. All right, here goes something, no matter what no one can hear about this ok?"

Lacus saw those around her were looking at her and as the TV screen turned to her she cleared her throat."Um, excuse me "General". I have another question. I understand you lose if your uniform is destroyed but what if you don't have one?"

"Are you a ditz girl? I already said that if you don't have Life-Fibers then you fight till you can get knocked out?"

"Ok then, just clearing things up before I made my decision."

"Tsc…not like it matters girl, unless you're a Persona user you need Life-Fibers to fight in this contest or your too weak to even make it past the first commercial! If your just realizing your just a stupid girl who bit off more then you could chew it's too late to back out now! Your just going to, huh?"

Everyone passed as an aura of light shimmered around Lacus before she closed her eyes to utter a calm,"Your wrong, maybe that's the options most woman have here. But the truth of the matter is, I'm not normal."

Lacus then let her angel wings pop out of her back. Normally she had them form around her shirt to not damage it. But this time she did not, and thus as they popped out of her back they ripped apart her shirt. But she did not flinch as the clothing fell off her shoulders and off her chest.

Despite all the shocked looks Lacus just remained calm, even as the wings grew more and split her bra up and off her breasts.

As her chest became exposed and her angelic wings finished forming, and as they spread out she took a deep breath and pushed her skirt down her legs.

Lacus steeled herself as the camera shifted to her, and she used all her willpower to casually throw off her shoes she slowly walked forward.

She took a moment to think about how many eyes were staring at her and grasped her fist tightly." I, I don't care what anyone here thinks! I'm not ashamed of what I am!"

The Enji quickly pushed her underwear down her thighs she gave a confident pose despite now being completely naked.

As she had an energy ribbon wrap around her sword to tie it to her now bare thigh she glanced at Teddy starting at her and casually flicked her hair back."As you can see, I don't have to stick to the normal rules because I'm not quite a human, but an angel.

I'm not giving anyone a loophole to beat me, they will have to stop me the hard way. What's wrong, you wanted to ogle me anyway right? Well if I can't get around that, then at the very least I can make sure you don't fantasize my body wrongly."

The Enji Knight's stunt caught everyone by the surprise so much that there was just silence for a few moments. General Teddy had his jaw drop before his own staff fell on his foot.

As he yelled out in pain he rebounded to mutter out,"Well folks, seems we got someone cracking from the pressure already! This some, very special Persona power? You're a solid ten no doubt lady, but you think shock value alone is going to get you far here?"

"Guess we will see eh?" Lacus answered firmly as she put her free hand on her hip." If I'm crazy then this won't waste too much time eh? But maybe I just don't need clothing to take down a bunch of snobs? Tsc…this is one of the most snobby places I seen. Even if it is your culture to be like this, to decide everyone's value solely by their appearance, by their state of dress, it's not right!"

"Oh, and you think you can tell us all what to do just because you have a hot body angel girl?"

Lacus grasped her fist tightly as she reflected her work the past few years, before her look hardened." No, I'm not a hypocrite. You may not take me seriously but, it's my job to stop what's wrong, and I know this is wrong! That's why, I'll shut down your sick plan, and to prove how wrong your logic is I'll win your contest like this! If anyone thinks I"m locked in over my head, just try me before you find out the hard way your locked in with me!"

Teddy was motionless for a few moments, before he grinned." If you want to be that way "Angel", then fine, the Director will let you pull off this little stunt since it your self-inflicted " wardrobe malfunction" handicaps yourself. Heh, after all in the end nudity always gets extra ratings! Well folks, things were already going to be fun, but now with this harlot bearing her everything it's got a sexy cherry on top eh?"

"Hey I am not a "harlot" just because I'm naked, a woman is more than just that! You better watch out, I'll smack you hard enough that it hits every last drop of stuffing out of you!"

"Geeze cool it! Insecure much? Anyway, I'm sure all of you want to put this" Angelic Streakier" in her place so anyone that finds her gets bonus points if they put on a good show! Speaking of that show, we've stalled long enough!

Everyone get ready, time to show what you got! Heh, though some already have! For real though, time to fight, and keep fighting till you make it to the throne at the hallway of blood and fiber!"

General Teddy laughed a bit more before his image suddenly vanished. Before she could respond Lacus felt the entire Tartarus tower shake till the room suddenly shifted.

As she braced herself the tower transformed, till she was the only one in a smaller chamber. She saw the giant clock head above her chime and heard more music blare out before she sighed."Guess that's the cue eh? Well, time to see if it's really as straightforward as they say. Only one way to, oh?"

Lacus saw her reflection in the pillar and blushed as she saw herself naked. As she looked over her body she glanced at her wings and remembered some of the dates she spent with Ben in the past few years before she smiled anxiously."OMG I really am doing this?

About to fight without a stitch on my body? Absolutely, completely naked?

Well, can't really blame anyone else for this so guess this is on me. Ah well…after all this time to think I'd be streaking in school after all.

I remember, when Brad pushed me to take part in the streaking with the other people on the sports team senior year he swore it would show I was keeping it real, but I was to mortified about people taking pictures, about people judging my body to do it. Just the hint that I was thinking about that was enough for my mother to push dad for me to join the Enji.

Sure far as I knew nothing happened to the girls who did streak but, it was to mortifying for me. And yet here I am, bearing my soul, and everything else to an entire city, where the stakes are a little higher.

But, things are not the same as they were. For one, the people around here seem to be more casual about nudity, maybe a little too casual but oh well. Still, I know I must be freaking Terra and the others out. Still, one thing to bare it all in front of just a few people or even a small place and another in front of a entire city, no matter which dimension its in.

Well, I know this is not quite, the normal thing to do to say the least, but I hope they understand. I, could summon my spirit armor if I go my full power but, its best to save my energy for when it really counts.

Besides, I, I held myself back for five years straight, to be honest, it feels fun to cut loose a little. Sure, not the safest idea to charge in to enemy territory nude but, the reality is the Beyonder can shatter most armor in an instant.

He seems to be partly doing this Battle-World to fine his pawns, but if he's having people be non combatants then he either enjoys seeing people suffer or wants to see how people react. If that's the case, might as well teach him a woman, clothed or not, is not just a plaything, though if I screw this up it will make me look really stupid.

Well, sometimes got to test things out in less than ideal conditions. If, I really intend to reform humanity, to truly evolve how people act and relate to each other, I got to risk going out of my comfort zone! When, my parents first told me I might become an angel one day I was horrified. I know its sort of blasphemous but I thought I would be a mutant, a freak.

So many days I'd make a frank appraisal of my naked body. So many days did I wondered whether my thighs looked fat, whether my knees were too bony, whether my thumbs were ugly. How many days did I study my profile, trying to judge how every outfit made my breasts look too small, whether my butt was too big, and that was just when no one saw it anyway.

But this is no longer a private ritual between me and the bathroom mirror. Now, every flaw and blemish I have is on display for everyone to judge.

Tiny freckles and moles that I hoped no one never saw—things I failed to notice at first, had never even noticed—now would seemed large and ugly.

There was a small scar on my left knee from a childhood training session gone wrong that I forgot to heal so it lingered. Normally I'd had never given it a moment's thought when I wore a skirt, or shorts, or a swimsuit but every time I would step out of the shower I would wince.

To think I would gain wings, even like a angel, felt like I would be cursed to always" get" attention in all the wrong ways.

But, when Ben saw my wings, he seemed more awestruck of them then my chest. Well, almost. Despite how many times Brad said it, Ben makes me truly feel beautiful, and not just as a doll but as a person.

I spent so many years getting sick of my mom telling me how to dress and act that I went for Brad partly as rebelling, but while it was a different crowd in the end I ended up just trying to dress to impress his group and then I ended up in that goth phase everyone hated.

But Ben, a dress or outfit might get him more excited but, its always my face that gets him excited the most.

It's because of his love that I don't feel ashamed or insecure about who I am any more. That's why, even though I was mortifying when Brad made me dance for his " crew" back in Venom I don't feel too scared now even though I'm revealing more, revealing everything now.

That's because, before I was being objectified solely for the audiences pleasure, this time I'm bearing my dread to show my true will. If people think that's a joke or a delusion, I'll just have to make them take me seriously."

Lacus stepped forward to start, and walked to give an impression that it was not a walk of shame but a walk of pride. Still, she quickly saw how much of her body was vibrating with that one step before she blushed again."Still…better reduce how much of a show I put on to make it harder for them to mock me. Ben…if your somehow seeing this I swear I'll explain this later."

Ben's girlfriend heard a song that sounded like the Dawn of Justice Wonder Woman theme play and smirked before she extended her wings, cleared her throat and took to the air to fly out of the room, having her wings partly cover her to reduce the "show" she was giving off. Despite this she still was shown as soon as she flew out to the next floor.

Her appearance caused the audience to cheer even louder than the previously shown footage of Ryūko, but Lacus casually roundhouse kicked one of the contestants loyal to Honnouji Academy hard enough to knock him out in one kick to swiftly showed she was serious about her vow.

Her comrades saw this, and the sight of Lacus dispatching her first enemy caused Velvet to raise an eyebrow."Damn it, Raystar really has lost it! What is she thinking, making herself weaker in a mission like this?"

Sarah just chuckled as she crossed her arms." I think she's thinking if your enemy can overpower your defense might as well throw them off their game. It's a basic strategy to lower your enemies guard, and it's a bonus if you look good doing it."

Collette saw the fellow woman in blond smirk before she frowned." I told you not to give Lacus bad ideas Miss Lance! With everything on the line you really pushed her to this just to get a perk?"

"It's because everything's on the line that we got to think creative right girls? Besides, if I got Miss Raystar to loosen up a little then hey works for everyone right? Besides, show some faith in your teammate gals, with all she's been through she can handle punks like theses right?"

"Maybe Miss Lance." Milla added sorely." But even if Lacus can pull this off, it might give the wrong impression."

Muzét giggled at this before patting her sister on the back." Chill out Milla, why do we care if we offend the guy who wants to blow everything up? I thought this was not about diplomacy and that's why I'm here in the first place?

Besides, that Raystar seems like she was wound up tight, cutting lose and letting it all go might do her some good. Well, long as we don't all die because of it but you know, got to take risks in life right?"

Sarah suddenly looked firm before adding,"Look gals, I think this is one of the few times in her life Lacus has not had to be "political correct" in her life and can express herself without fear of being judged by her superiors.

She's not cheating on hero boy or anything and as long as she can kick the ass of anyone looking down on her she's not being degraded much either eh? Long as her going a little wild does not doom us all, you really that against your friend being able to free herself a little when she can?"

Yuna glanced back at one of the screens to see Lacus backhand another enemy in a ninja like outfit with her left wing without even breaking her charge and realized despite looking tense Lacus also looked confidence before she sighed."Well, if it helps Lacus feel less stressed, as long as it does not hurt Ben or anything I guess it's not too big a deal. You know, this almost reminds me of a dream I had once. You were in it to Terra, I remember."

Before she could go on Lacus's former squad leader cut in with an abrupt,"We swore never to talk about that horrible dream again right Yuna? It stays a Dead Fantasy, forever!

Ahem, I do admit that I'm more or less nude when I fight in my full Esper form, even if my most private parts are thankfully hidden. But...if it helps Lacus then that's what matters for the moment. Let's just hope it shakes up are enemies a bit like she intended, and be ready to act if it does not."

The Enji nodded as they split up to surround Tartarus to get ready to strike the moment something went wrong.

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At the moment their prime target was finding Lacus's stunt more amusing then outrageous.

Ragyō, her child and all her minions saw the Enji Knight's bold act from the top, and as the Director of the Ravoc Corporation saw Lacus dispatch the first few enemies with ease before she not only smirked, but had a lustful look in her eye."I must say dear daughter, I thought you had put such an impression around here that one of the students cracked.

However, does seem like she's not all talk. I would never have missed a body like that so she must have been one of the new contestants eh? Satsuki…do I have to discipline you again about being meticulous?"

While the tone was casual, as Satsuki saw her mother glance at her with a wild eye she flinched a little before she cleared her throat."My apologizes, director. There were reports of a few new contestants that were strong enough to fend off Lord Midora, but we did not get a picture of them.

I heard there was a girl who was able to heal people from the Joker Curse earlier today but, I figured she was a healer, and did not realize her offensive skills were this high."

"Ah well, an extra wrinkle to flatten then yes dear?"

"Indeed. No matter how bold she is, she, Mitsuru and her Persona users, those vulgar Gourmet Hunters and Matoi all will fail to stop our great destiny! Go my elite four, go and purge the frauds from my stage!"

Android 21 saw Satsuki's four elite followers nod and descend before she giggled." You know, I have not tried angel food yet, should be fun. Though, I should have it taste tested to make sure it's not going to be too much of a pain. Heh…sounds like a job for my new lab assistant, eh Labrys?"

The woman with the ax just had her eyes glow before she muttered with an accent like a Brooklyn accent out,"So, you think this angel's legit? You think, if we can subdue her I can gain my true life back Miss 21?"

"Can't say for certain but, only one way to find out right?"

"Got it, I'm no coward, her cheap tricks won't be enough! Time for some educational discipline!"

Labrys had thrusters pop out of her back before the mechanical woman dived in after the elite four. Joie saw her take off before the Black Swan snickered."I think I'll see what progress Midora is making on his Full Course…see if he needs a change of menu."

As the woman with the extremely sharp kitchen's knife flew up and away Ragyō saw the burning ambition in both Joie and Android 21's eyes before she giggled." My, have not seen this many woman with hungry eyes since my college days, but now seems like another time to show all the pretenders why I am the queen bee! They think they have their little plots, but they will see how easily I unravel the webs of inferiors soon enough."

The assistant from earlier, Rei, cleared her throat before she went up to Ragyō and bowed."They seem hell bent at ruining your moment of glory Lady Ragyō. We just got this letter from one of that Kirijo woman's groups, the Phantom Thieves. They are arrogant enough to declare your downfall with this" personal" calling card."

The rainbow haired woman raised an eyebrow and read a letter that told her to confess her sins before her heart was stolen before she snickered, and ripped up the letter." They want me to confess my sins? Arrogant children that no nothing, its time I rip the idealism out of all of you, before I do the same to the entire universe!

Ah well, punishment has always been fun to me, so we should prepare a grand session, yes my dear Grand Couturier?"

A shrill high pitched voice quickly answered with,"Oui, Maman!"

A outburst of giggling from behind the pillar caused Satsuki to swerve around in alarm. Her alarm quickly morphed to disgust as she saw the source came from a teenage girl of medium height.

She had long blond hair styled in drill-like pigtails, with smaller locks framing her face. Her eyes are sapphire blue, with highlights that resemble a smiling face.

She had a richly adorned pink lolita-styled dress with matching boots and fingerless gloves. She accentuated her ensemble with a parasol, a large pink hair bow and a purple eyepatch.

Her design had a prominent heart motif, such as on her collar, the center of her bow, her earrings, and even the highlights on her pigtails.

Satsuki frowned before she walked up to the new arrival." Should you not be overseeing the final phase of our plan with the Original Life Fiber, Nui Harime?"

"Silly Satsuki, I go wherever I want to go, and no one can stop me." The new woman threw out as she jabbed her tongue out."After all, unlike you and your club I'm ahead of schedule with not a single error. And so since I had free time I figured I get a close up look at all the losers bothering us. What me to teach theses eyesores a lesson momma?"

"Not yet my dear," Ragyō answered coolly." I want to see just what these wildcards can do so I can respond appropriately."

Nui eyed one of the monitors and saw Lacus flying through another hallway before she rolled her eyes." So this insolent nudist is more than someone who's brain unraveled?

I want to punish her for her mouth but I don't really want to have to deal with a naked ape like a savage even if she has wings. Oh, but wait momma, why don't we have savages take care of the savages? After all, that's what they are here for eh?"

Ragyō glanced behind before she sighed." I did want to save them as an ace in the hole for if Midora gets unruly, but this is a good way to test out if what those two girls had, Saiyan pride, is as powerful as they say. What do you think 21, will they behave?"

The android woman giggled darkly as she glanced at her transmitter." Those two are a bit wild, but if you deliver them the "strong" enemy the taller louder one, Caulifla will go at her like a shark is drawn to blood. And while the other one, Kale, seems more timid, she will do what her leader commands."

"Well then." Ragyō answered conceitedly." Let's see just what spectacle this little streaking harlot can spin out, before I see her wings clipped. After all, they are fit to be a accessory to a truly graceful woman, not a fool."

Ragyō, her child and all of her followers watched on keenly to see just what Lacus could do.

---

The Enji currently had been showing everyone that she was not just boasting when she said she did not need her outfit to fight.

After quickly dispatching the first few grunts Lacus made it to the hallway leading to the second section, the Thebel Block, when she saw Chie running in from the other hallway.

As the dyed light brown bowl-shaped hair entered the other side of the green colored castle like room Chie saw Lacus and froze before muttering."Damn, thought they were trying to trick us but you really got butt naked eh?"

Lacus blushed again before she nodded and tried to look casual."Yup, this is me. Guess no one saw it coming eh?"

"That's because its crazy girl! I mean damn, thought you were a frail girl but can't hide how much you been working out eh? Heh…Yukiko would have been so jealous, if she was still here."

Lacus remembered how Android 21 turned the Persona user's friend into a cupcake and casually devoured her earlier before she winced."I remember. I'm sorry I could not save her, I."

"If you're really sorry then help me avenge her already damn it!" Chie suddenly blurted out." I don't care what your wearing as long as you can help me make that witch pay for treating us all like just her playthings!"

Lacus nodded and prepared to move to the next level when suddenly she felt herself bump into an invisible wall. The winged woman blushed at how her chest looked being smashed into a sightless barrier and looked around to see if there were any enemies responsible for the obstacle only to see none.

Chie raised her eyebrow before she walked up and got stopped herself. "What kind of lame joke is this?" The Persona user shouted with raw agitation as she tried to kick the wall down.

Before Lacus could answer suddenly a TV with General Teddies' image appeared again." Don't think you can skip the rules lady! I don't care if your friends outside the tower, in here your enemies and the barrier won't go down till the victor has been decided!"

Lacus narrowed her eyes before she picked up Oath keeper and focused before she unleashed a vertical slash. To her dismay the invisible wall did not even have a scratch, causing the brown haired woman to sigh." Looks like they are serious about enforcing there rules. Damn it, if I use to much energy to break this it could leave me open. But there must be, huh?"

The nude warrior of light heard footsteps and glanced to see that not only had Chie got into a fighting stance, before her Persona, an armored warrior with a twin red blade formed around her." Nothing personal, but I have to win Lacus! I don't care how much Yu and the others said you were the best bet to take these guys down! I have to at least get to those monsters, and punch there smug faces in!"

Lacus looked troubled as she saw how serious the younger girl is as she made a calming gesture." Chie right? Please, don't do this. Nothing personal, but unless your hiding something extremely powerful you are no match for some of the people at the top. Please, leave this to me."

"Don't underestimate me! I'm not those academy toadies you beat, I'm a trained warrior! You don't understand my pain or my regret, that's why I have to at least honor my friend by trying! Let's go Haraedo-no-Okami!"

Chie burst at Lacus and tried to attack her, but her target blocked the slash without even flinching. As Chie looked at her, only for Ben's girlfriend to respond with a sad smile."I do know how much you feel for your friend, I can see the sadness in your eyes. It's because I know you're in pain, that I don't want you to suffer any more."

In the blink of an eye Lacus suddenly was gone, with her sword floating in midair. As her opponent gasped in shock she just noticed the Oath-Keeper was attached to a ribbon, but just as she noticed something was behind her Lacus swiftly struck Chie right in her neck, expertly striking a pressure point. Lacus saw her target yell, but her blow quickly caused the woman to fall unconscious.

As the Persona vanished Lacus saw the wall vanish Lacus kneeled down and checked Chie's pulse to make sure she was ok before she sighed." To honor your friend, I'll make sure you survive this to. Alright, enough games, I have a whole bunch of snobs to shut up and all that universe saving stuff to get done."

Lacus was about to walk up the stairs when suddenly a loud male voice growled out," The game is up you troubled maker! For you!"

The Enji braced herself as she heard a large stomp, before a tall muscular man jumped out. Lacus remembered seeing him when Satsuki first appeared before she rolled her eyes."Oh right, that loud flunky from before. Fine, you can join the beaten minion pile with the others."

"I'm no common grunt woman!" The tall blond man roared out." I'm Ira Gamagōri, enforcer member of the elite four who leads the disciplinary committee! I am Lady Satsuki's impenetrable shield, and I sure as hell going to discipline a unruly brat like you who dares mock are glorious cause!"

Despite the hulking man's hostile pose Lacus merely put her arm on her hip."I dated someone who was on the disciplinary committee once, it got rather toxic. Anyway I dare because your master's glorious cause is totally worth making a mockery of. You can learn how much of a sham your cause is the easy way or the hard way."

"Tsc…you really are not from around here if you dare mock the power Lady Satsuki and her mother commands! Don't think I'm afraid to punish a girl!"

"Oh don't worry I figured you would, your whole order does give off a very abuse prone vibe."

"Not like that smartass! Don't think your wings will make me cower to you! Even an angel, will submit to the power of the Life-Fibers! Shackle Regalia!"

Lacus braced herself as Ira had his Three Star Goku uniform shine before he transformed. He soon emerged as a diabolical-looking mummy-like figure.

Lacus raised an eyebrow as she thought it nearly looked like bondage before her transformed opponent laughed." Prepare to face your punishment woman! I feel poorly about forfeiting, so I won't harp on you about your decision to be bold but even if you're an angel, how crazy must you be to defy us naked? I don't care what culture your from that makes you think that's excusable. Here there is a price for that kind of arrogance!"

The long haired woman saw whips form out of the Shackle Regalia and as they lashed right in front of Lacus she narrowed her eyes."Seriously, your that strongly a creep that your trying to molest and abuse me right off the bat?"

"Wait what? Hey don't get the wrong idea I do this to everyone!"

"Oh so you think all woman are playthings you sick pervert!?"

"No wait that's not what I meant! Don't blame me this is you're fault!"

"Shut up!" Lacus cried furiously as she extended her wings and had her aura explode enough to shake the room." Even if I am naked that's not an excuse for you to turn this into some sick hentai game! Damn it, you're the one who needs to be disciplined for not respecting a woman's body!"

"Oh come on your making me look, GUH!"

Lacus showed just how little she approved of Ira's actions as she had holy energy surge in to her free hand and burst right at her opponent before he could blink. She promptly hit him so hard in the gut with a "Falcon Punch" that his Shackle Regalia shattered in an instant.

Ira screamed in pain as the blow smashed him through the wall. As Lacus heard her defeated opponent get smashed all the way out of Tartarus she just smirked and pridefully walked up to the next section.

---

Her display of strength was caught on the monitor, and the crowds were shocked that one of the elite four was defeated so effortlessly. That shock quickly led to a chain of cheers, and Ryūko saw the display herself on one of the side monitors across the Arqa Block before she chuckled."Damn girl, you said you were going to cause a distraction but I did not think it was going to be something like this!

Well, if it gets everyone to try and dog-pile on her and not me then works for me! Play as big as game as you want Satsuki, nothing is going to stop me from knocking you and your mom down to reality!"

She saw the stairway to the next level and quickly dashed for it till a dismissive male voice cut in with,"I see your as foolish as always but your about to find the hard way that the data does not support your thesis Ryūko."

The scissors wielding woman nearly snarled as Inumata walked out of the entrance. The blue haired member of the Elite four saw the angry look he was getting before he smirked and calmly looked at a palm sized computer in his hand." I'll admit your Kamui is most fascinating, but your clearly overexerting yourself with all of those Persona users you had to fight to get here eh? Yes, you are breathing heavily and your heart rate is high."

"Heh…don't worry, I'm not about to get a heart attack or anything."Ryūko retorted wryly." I don't have time for games, put up or shut up geek!"

"If you insist, Three Star uniform…Probe Regalia!"

Ryūko saw her opponent quickly emerge from the light he unleashed in sleek green and blue armor with neon keyboards on his arms and a visor before she snorted." Probe Regalia eh? Stalker name aside it looks more restrained compared to the others. Still, if he's Satsuki 's intel chief then I'm sure he has something sneaky planned. Whatever, I'll just bash through them all!"

Her opponent saw her transform and chuckled."So, she's started off in her standard combat stance and form eh? Such a simple mind?"

"And your such a smartass!"

The woman blurted out as she charged at him. As she did Inumata had data flash across his visor, giving him the data he needed to respond. He dodged her blow, and then the next few ones after that.

After jumping above her Ryūko saw her target type on his arm's data keyboard's and rolled her eyes." I know your type. You guys are always sprouting crap like," I've analyzed all your capacities or I can anticipate your moves!" Tsc…there's only one way to beat someone like you, and that's by being reckless!"

Inumata saw Ryūko move around him at such a high speed that the after images she was leaving made it look like she was all over the place at once.

But seeing this just caused the member of the Student council to snicker." I see, that's why you exerted yourself right away and boosted your reaction speed higher then I predicted. Boosting your Life-Fiber link through sheer force of will eh?

That methodology is the same as that of the Goku Uniforms. But, given that yours is one hungered percent life-fibers, its effect is much greater. But I wonder, how long can your body keep this up?"

"It ain't about if I can or not, I will make it last!"

"I expect nothing less from the Ryūko that annoys Lady Satsuki so much! Why is it that the human body can move like that, merely by putting on clothing made of life-fibers?"

"Why do you rant about things no one cares about? Shut up alre, huh?"

Ryūko prepared to shut him up only for her target to suddenly vanish. The female clad in Life-Fibers wondered what happened till she suddenly got hit in the back of her right leg.

She swerved around only to see nothing, and suddenly got hit in the neck before she cursed and looked around the area."Really? So lame you got to hide just to stand a chance? Please, you think you're so smart with your optical camouflage crap? Think your clever when the answers real damn simple to me! Be even more reckless!"

Ryūko jumped back to the edge of the room and suddenly made the top of her outfit grow, and keep growing till it was the size of the entire room. As it took the shape of a tennis racket the lightly dressed woman formed a devilish grin before she smacked the entire area hard enough to cause the room to shake. Ryūko took delight in hearing a moan as a result of her attack.

She had Senketsu return to normal, and saw a Inumata shaped hole on the ground before she laughed and heard a bell ding before she shrugged." Meh…he's not even worth the Life-Fibers. They can try whatever they want, no matter how sneaky or ruthless they are I will avenge you today dad! Heh, it is nice not being the most revealing fighter anymore. I mean she seems to be able to pull off the fighting naked thing so good for her. Honestly, she did look good owning that loudmouth. Really damn g, ugh, can't get distracted now."

Ryūko heard more shouting in the distance and focused herself to dash ahead before other opponents could close in on her.

---

As she did the woman she had a faint alliance with was having an opposite problem, for after a few more enemy's Lacus had not encountered any more opponents, to the point that she was able to make it to the Harabah block without encountering any one.

The winged woman heard various cries below but saw no one in the purple colored halls around her before she saw a wider area coming up and shrugged."Are, they running away from me now? Well, don't really mind if I can wrap this up sooner than later."

The brown haired Enji shrugged and prepared to fly forward till she heard a whistle sound. As she cringed a loud female threw out, Don't think you can back out now that you caused a scene you tramp! The punishment is just getting started skank! Entrance march! Under the double eagle!"

Lacus heard dozens of footsteps, and got on guard as she saw what seemed like an entire marching band stomp down the stairway to the next block. The Enji quickly saw that the one leading the band was the Nonon girl from before.

As she rolled her eyes the pink haired member of the elite four marched to the center of the room and pointed her Baton right at Lacus."Alright show off, prepare to be pummeled cheerfully, jauntily, and utterly one-sidedly! You're going to pay for what your pink pet did to me earlier! I just got all the slime off, it was so damn gross!"

"Your blaming me for leaving yourself open? You really are like that one sort of friend I had in high school, always projecting her mistakes on me. I am not in the mood to put up with that kind of behavior today so unless your found of joining your taller comrade do yourself a favor and just back off so you can keep your dignity."

"Oh look who's being an even more pompous big shot now that your strutting your stuff eh skank? I'm not like the second stars, I'm not backing down just because you're a freak who out muscled Ira! I'll make you change your tune, after I make you beg for mercy! Three Star-Goku Uniform, Symphony Regalia Grave!"

Lacus readied herself as her opponent had a light surround her. The angel was shocked to see the music instruments from Nonon's followers were drawn to the light till they merged with it.

Nonon emerged with a much more red uniform like a marching band, and while Lacus saw her weapon when Kirby absorbed her power earlier, the true one was a massive heart shaped tank with eight massive speakers.

The pink haired woman grinned as her speakers boomed out loud enough to cause the ground to vibrate."Now, listen to the sweat sound of your beat-down."

Lacus narrowed her eyes and dashed at her enemy, only for the massive speakers to go off faster then she expected, unleashing a shock-wave powerful enough to knock Lacus into the wall hard enough to dent it.

Nonon laughed cruelly as her target cried out in pain."Still feeling so smug saying you did not need armor bitch? Too bad, this is just getting started! This tune is missing something. Oh I know! Its missing the sweet sound of your screaming!"

While Lacus coughed a bit as she got back on the ground she just flicked her hair back and grinned." Sorry, could not hear you for a second. Don't get your hopes up, I'd rather die before begging for mercy. Not bad, but too bad for you I suffered through far worst pain then that. Maybe it's a bit of a drag, but it's worth it to show up your shallow boss."

"This all because you got laughed at for wearing a bad dress to the dance skank? Whatever, don't think you can just shake your boobs around and get everyone to dance to your tune.

Just because your some sort of freak super woman who does not need clothes, don't get so full of yourself that you think people can live in most places without them you self-absorbed exhibitionist!"

"I'm not an exhibitionist!" Lacus cried out defensively. Realizing she was a bit to defensive she took a deep breath before going on with a calm," I'm not arrogant enough to think that no one needs clothing. I know I was blessed with beauty and strength that others don't have and can get away with what others can not.

I know those with less than perfect bodies use clothing to look better than they would otherwise look naturally, I'm not naïve. I…I just want to make a place where a person's natural state, is not a sin by default.

For so long woman have been forced to be what is expected of them, there true selves repressed. Such awful things like foot binding,corsets, and all the other things woman have had forced on them across history, all to forcefully be morphed into something they are not to appease the men that treated them like dogs!

To me at least, that seems wrong. I want to make a place where a person is not judged by what they wear or by any other shallow thing like that! Where they don't have to be something they are not just to survive! Were no one has to hide their true self!"

Nonon saw Lacus had a sad look in her eyes before she burst out laughing. "HAHAHA your serious skank? You really are an angel, a naïve idiot with her head in the clouds! That might sound all nice and fluffy but humans are just not like that!

Me and Satsuki go way back and even before middle school I figured out you don't get to be on the top by being a naïve idiot!

Both Satsuki and her mother keep it real yo, they run things based on how things really work! If you can't handle how judgmental people are miss angel skank, then get off the stage!"

Nonon had her massive machine fire a barrage of note shaped projectiles at Lacus. While they all spun around sharply, their target had her aura flare up before a barrier formed around her to defend herself.

Lacus saw her enemies shocked look before she extended her wings." I'm not naïve, I seen all too well just how petty, shallow, and otherwise ugly people can be. You can call me a dreamer all you want, but I have faith that the root of human behavior can change if enough effort is put to it."

"Oh so that's what you want to do with your wish eh? Guess that's what all of us want to do on this Battle-World, but only the loudest voice is going to be heard!"

Nonon had her speakers blare out again, but this time Lacus was ready and used her barrier to protect her ears.

While she was still blasted back she was able to dig in and looked adamant as she slowly pushed herself forward."Maybe everyone who wanted to change things for the better was delusional, but with what I seen I know it can work, as long as people like you don't ruin it! I won't let anyone ruin that hope!"

Nonon's noise was too loud for her to hear the Enji Knight's declaration, but seeing Lacus push forward annoyed her by itself before her eye twitched."Damn it, you're a thick one eh? Fine, then we will need to pile on the pain to get it through your thick head! New girl, show your stuff!"

Lacus readied the Oath-Keeper to try and slash through the massive speaker, but before she could she saw a glimmer of red light above, and saw Labrys diving right down from above, with her giant ax aiming right for her.

Ben's girlfriend cringed at the sudden new enemy before she quickly blocked the blow. As she was slammed into the ground she saw her new enemy was glaring at her before she sighed." What happened to the whole one on one thing and how important the rules were eh?"

Another TV scrolled down before General Teddy appeared again with a smug grin." Well, Winged Streakier since your showing how easy this is we are raising the stakes! Ratings and add revenues and all you know? That's why, now it's a handicap match!"

"Bring it on, I'm shutting down this tacky scheme one way or another!"

The ax welding woman in front of her suddenly got angry as thrusters appeared on her legs."You think you're so superior to the rest of us just cause yah got wings?" Labrys yelled out. As Lacus raised an eyebrow her enemy got angry." You have so much power, then why can't you can't heal folks pain? Can, can you restore my memories?"

Lacus looked confused before she cleared her throat."Well, I don't know miss. Did, someone take it from you?"

"Don't try and hide it from me! Miss 21 and Miss Ragyō told me you guys were hiding my memories to try and screw me over! I'll beat them out of yah!"

Lacus saw the mechanical maiden have thrusters on her ax blaze out to strike her target, and the brown haired female had to block the strike with her wing. Labrys then suddenly raised her free hand before shouting,"Weaver's Art: Sword!"

Lacus saw a red energy sword suddenly shoot out of her opponent's arm and swerved out of the way. As she filliped to the right she flicked her ribbon out to constrain her enemies arms.

The warrior of light took to the air before energy surged into her free hand."I don't sense energy from you, are you another Android? From what Trunks told me Doctor Gero messed with the memories of those he transformed, but I don't know. Sorry but I'll have to calm you, AH!"

Before she could strike she was suddenly hit in the back by a large pink energy blast that Nonon unleashed. The winged woman did not take a critical hit but as she fell to the ground her back sizzled.

As she rebound Lacus saw her attacker giving a demented grin, just as missiles formed all out of her Regalia." Think I was just going to wait till I was tagged in skank? Like hell, you're going to get your wings plunked before I present them as a celebration gift to Lady Ragyō!"

Labrys suddenly had her eyes glow yellow as she got furious."That's right, no matter how holy or noble you act, if yah are in the way of getting back what I lost, then your just another thing to be ripped apart! Erupt, Asterius!"

Lacus saw flames start to ignite around her, and slashed some of the incoming flames away with her sword, till a giant demonic hand came for her from the fire.

The hand managed to grasp her, and the long haired woman looked on in dread as a large humanoid only partially coming out of the ground, surrounded by flames, with a bull's skull for a head, and several chains restraining it to the ground.

As Asterius, the apparent persona of Labrys roared, the demonic bull's master yelled out psychotically as she grasped her head."There's no escape...all those who thought they could throw me away are going to burn!"

Lacus felt herself being squeezed enough to feel pain before she saw two angry woman looking at her and winced."Clearly you have issues to address, but I have other things to take care of at the moment! Can't lose here, Radiant Storm!"

Finding herself being over powered physically without going all out, Lacus opted to have energy spheres form in her hands before they quickly transformed into energy flowers that swarmed around and barraged both of her enemies with energy blasts.

Labrys saw her Persona get blasted in the eye before she grit her teeth."Damn it, I won't let you worm out of this! You're going to burn with all the other people causing my pain! Titanomachia!"

Asterius snarled before unleashing a burst of black flames from its mouth to try and fry Lacus.

The angelic warrior was able to block it with her barrier but the effort was clearly stressing her. General Teddy reacted to this stressful expression with an expression of dismissiveness."Well fans looks like the cultist member of the Elite Four and the lady with the title of "The Raging Bull of Destruction" is putting are naked contestant on the ropes! Did she finally bite off more than she could chew? Bets on if she has closes in ten seconds!"

Nonon giggled darkly as she saw Lacus struggle before her hat suddenly glowed with energy."Oh she bit off more than she could handle all right! And now she's going to get her pretty body all kinds of messed up for thinking she can defy greatness all on her silly head! Symphony Regalia Da Capo!"

The pink haired woman fired a devastating purple energy beam, that strangely also had the sound of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5: "Fate" play off it. At the same time Labrys grasped her fist before angrily screaming out," That's right, no matter how special you are, you can't change the world alone angel!"

Labrys had her Persona glow as it prepared to strike as well to hope and finish Lacus off, but before Asterius could strike suddenly a pillar of ice burst out to freeze the limb before a firm female voice cut in with a sharp,"Thankfully for her she is not alone!"

Mitsuru and her Persona dashed in from the left, and right before the purple energy beam could hit Lacus the android member of SEES, Aigis flew up and had her Persona Althea, an armored woman with a large shield use that Shield to intercept the blast. Lacus took advantage of her opponent's suddenly divided attention to unleash a holy energy blast from her hands to blast Asterius and break free.

Mitsuru saw Lacus land besides her and just smirked."I must admit if you really were able to make Midora retreat I figured you would be fairing much better Miss Raystar. Is your true strength in your armor?"

Lacus winced, but was relieved that the head of SEES did not seem to be addressing her nakedness before she giggled nervously."Yah, sorry to drag you into this. I don't need my armor or anything else but myself to use all my power. I'm just not sure how many enemies they were going to threw at me and tried to conserve my power.

Still, guess it is a moot point if I'm defeated so thanks, sorry if my outburst caused a unneeded distraction to you guys."

"Heh, don't worry, we have fought some rather revealing shadows so most of my group is more use to seeing unclothed woman in combat then you would think. Besides, I admit it's not my thing but this does seem to fit you. Just focus on the fight, don't' worry about the minor things."

"Heh, thanks. I admit theses groupies have more tricks then I expected. Well, seems clear at this point they are to fanatical to talk our way out of this."

As Labrys and her Persona both roared with rage Aigis casually pointed a Gatling Gun at the other android." It's not quite as clear as you might think Miss Raystar. While she is fighting for the other side she is Unit #031, my sister. Like me, she was created as an Anti-Shadow Weapon created by the Kirijo Group. But, she was found by the enemy before we could find her."

"She yelled at me about being able to give her what she was missing." Lacus threw out curiosity. Mitsuru looked bitterly at her before looking at the ax welding android." That was more than rambling. Listen up Labrys, I know what you really are, I know your past.

When we raided the joint Strega and New World Order base we found out some lab notes. Like Aigis, she was given a "Plume of Dusk" to forge an artificial Persona. Unlike Aigis, the Kirijo group was much more harsh on her training. Due to her larger than usual Plume of Dusk, #031 began showing signs of emotion upon activation and developed her ego at a quicker rate than the other units.

In between being forced to kill her sister units for combat data and inheriting their memories, #031 and the other units were let outside to mingle amongst themselves. During that time #031 befriended Unit #024, an older unit who was more emotionally developed than the others, who serves as #031's only friend alongside Snowy, a white dog that #024 found and cared for.

Eventually, #031 was dubbed "Fifth Generation Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon Labrys" and was ordered to destroy the other units in an attempt to bring out her Persona through mental stress, despite Labrys' protests.

Prior to this, #024 told Labrys about her personal goal to find a certain someone, and gave Labrys an archive with orders that she was not to open it until it was all over. Labrys in time was eventually forced to fight #024, but her attempts to disarm her and spare her life were thwarted when the scientists directly hijack #024's body and force Labrys to kill her.

Labrys inherited #024's memories and was given #024's archive memo, which had the girl whose personality was used as the basis of the personality of the early Anti-Shadow Weapons, and that #024 wanted to meet her and thank her for loving them.

This caused her to snap and attack to try and escape. But she was captured, only to have been awakened recently. It would seem, those who found her altered her data to give her false ideas."

Labrys glared at the red haired woman before she seethed out,"You think I'm confused Mitsuru Kirijo? Your wrong, I see things clearly, and I know your one of the ones that has to pay! Even if you did not pull the trigger yourself, it was your family that caused me to suffer!"

Mitsuru looked at her saber before responding with a sober." I was not aware of what happened, but I am sorry I was not able to help you Labrys. I seek to atone for my families sins, and that means I want to save you and stop those who suffered at the hands of the,"

Before she could respond everyone heard music as a barrage of note shaped missiles headed her way. Lacus quickly protected her and the others with an energy barrier before Nonon flew above them all." My god you all are a drag! It was a laugh seeing how much you guys suck but ugh, no matter how much you want to " atone" to be good girls your just going to be weak losers in the end! So just accept it and be blown away!"

The member of the elite four unleashed another loud noise blast, and as Lacus cast a shield around her and the others to protect them when the noise faded she focused her senses to feel Labrys's thoughts before she flashed a new batch of determination on her face."You two were right, I was caught off guard because I thought she was just a machine.

But, by focusing I could feel something deep amiss the energy, something like a soul. I can feel it's in pain. Alright, I might be able to help, but to pull it off I'll need to focus."

Aigis saw Nonon unleashing more attacks as she ranted before she nodded."Acknowledge, I will neutralize the noisy flying hostile. Orgia Mode full power!"

The Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon's eyes glowed before various weapons formed around her body and she unleashed her own barrage at the woman in Symphony Regalia Grave.

As she flew up Labrys charged to attack her, only for Mitsuru to charge at her with her own blade. Her ax welding target easily parried the strike, but as she swung Mitsuru had her Persona attack as well.

While Labrys blocked the strike from Artemisia, as she did her master cast the Bufudyne ice spell to freeze half of her target's limbs. While Labrys caused the ice to crack in an instant, as she did Lacus wrapped her energy ribbon across her target's neck.

The robotic woman screamed in annoyance and tried to resist but Lacus quickly discharged a barrage of holy energy into her target. As she saw the raw pain in the woman in front of her's eyes she looked determined."Don't give in to pain, you can be free of it so let me help you! You may not take my word now, but I'm serious when I know what you're going through. I was lied to about many things myself.

Those that I thought were close to me mislead me, causing me to suffer. I lashed out to, but those that still cared for me reached out and helped me get out of the pain.

Even if you're not like me, even if your heart's not like a humans, I know you can still have one because, I don't have a normal heart anymore either, and I'm still loved. Labrys, I fight to protect what I care about, but I really care more about healing then hurting. I'll prove it, by helping you even when your being a tad of a pain about it! Your choice Labrys, what do you really want?"

Lacus had her aura blaze out as she unleashed a beam of holy energy. Labrys went to defend, but quickly realized the beam was not meant to be a blast, but to reach right into her mind. Lacus felt the darkness in the woman's mind, felt the light, and then felt what felt foreign before using her magic to purge it.

Labrys yelled in pain and charged at the woman casting the spell, but then she felt something shift in her head before she winced and had her eye twitch,"No, I just, want to find where I belong!"

Aigis blasted some projectiles out of the sky before yelling out,"You can still find it sister, fight it!"

Nonon saw Labrys struggle before she grit her teeth."God damn it, you're a robot and your still being emotional? God damn it, your all so pathetic, I'm going to blow you away!"

Mitsuru saw the member of the Elite Four prepare to use her speakers again before she unleashed a barrage of ice projectiles to freeze up the speakers. Nonon saw her various speakers backfire before she cursed at the red haired Persona user."God damn red haired dike? For all your fancy Persona groups and robot friends your still nothing like Satsuki!"

She prepared to unleash her main energy blast before a new woman coarsely added,"Course she is not you suck up, she's far more classier then you or your boss ever will be!"

The pink haired woman cringed as she swerved around to see Ryūko coming for her. Ryūko had a excited look in her eyes as she had her scissor blade extend."Time you face up to see who the real shabby one is here tool!"

"God damn it you to? You're going to know your place you transfer blockhead! Re,"

"Suck it, this concert's over! Sen-I-Soshitsu!"

Ryūko jumped up, and shocked her enemy by having Senketsu expand the shoulder parts of its outfit and form thrusters before she burst at her target to attack faster than was expected. Nonon screamed in fury, but was not able to stop Ryūko from slashing at her Symphony Regalia Grave.

The fighter with the living outfit succeeded in ripping out her target's Life-Fibers, and proceeded to absorb all of it in moments, leaving Nonon to fall on the ground totally nude. As she did Lacus succeeded in having her magic take effect, and Labrys screamed out before Asterius vanished.

Labrys dropped to her knees." I thought my rage was my true self, but I was wrong. I don't really want to hurt anyone or make them suffer, I just wanted to belong."

Aigis smiled as she walked to her robotic sibling's side."It seemed your shadow was controlling your thoughts, and while it reflected your heart, not everything it said was true. You can still find your place Labrys, as long as we can stop the enemy in time."

Lacus swept some sweat off her brow before adding,"Well, we seem to be making progress since they are piling on the flunkies. Guess they are seeing they are not all that, ah " skank"?"

Nonon just moaned and struggled to get back up only to stub her toe. She looked up to see Lacus walking over to her before she gulped. The Enji just leaned down to the now also naked woman and smirked." It's not as easy feeling so smug when your bearing it all with nothing to hide behind eh?"

The shorter woman saw Lacus point her sword at her and grumbled. "Ugh, just end it already, don't pretend this is anything more then you smashing your way to make your ideas a reality! At least my side is honest about it you, oh?"

"If I wanted to be a savage about it this could end right now." Lacus stated as she casually stood back up. Nonon gulped as Lacus grasped her sword again but the winged woman suddenly stretched her sword arm." But thankfully for you, as the winner I don't have to do what the loser wants and I don't feel like killing you unless you start turning to a monster or something. Alright, we are almost at the top right?"

Ryūko saw Nonon prepare to curse something before she fell unconscious and chuckled as she looked at the doorway."Pretty damn sure we are near the top, I can nearly smell the queen bee's makeup from here."

"Good," Lacus spat out wearily,"Kind of eager to wrap this up as quickly as possible."

Mitsuru was about to say something when an aggressive male voice suddenly cut in with,"Don't be rushing girl, the parties just getting started!"

Lacus felt a surge of murderous intent in the air and glanced up to see a young man with bright red hair, blue eyes, and an X-shaped scar across his face diving down from the shadows in the roof above.

He wore a Yasogami High school uniform and an olive green button-down shirt with black collar and cuffs, and a yellow band on one sleeve emblazoned with a black star inside a circle and wore the uniform jacket around his waist.

His sneakers were yellow and black and in his hands were a pair of katanas that have finger rings on each hilt as an aesthetic touch, and the blade of each katana had a serrated edge in a section just before the hilt.

Said katanas were aiming right for Lacus's chest, but in response the woman sighed and intercepted the blades with her wings. The red haired man was shocked to see that the wings were strong enough to block the blades, and before he could react Lacus unleashed a swift roundhouse kick to knock the man into the wall.

The man was swift enough to maneuver himself to land on the wall on his feet, and as he landed on the ground he had a wild look on his eyes."Oh man, you really are the real deal, that's so hot! This is going to be a blast, let's get ready to let it rip, Tsukiyomi!"

As an armored knight formed around the red haired man Mitsuru saw the raw violence in his eyes and cringed."Sho, Shuji Ikutsuki 's son? Damn it, how can you be so loyal to your father after he discarded you?"

"Please, I don't give a damn about the old man's grand plan, this is just fun! You guys thought you could cut me out of the fun after your big speeches? Think again dames!"

"Ugh, I'm not in the mood to humor jackasses all day punk!" Ryūko spat out angerly." If you think your tough enough to cut us all up I'm going to enjoy bursting your bubble."

Sho had his eye twitch before a more laid back male voice from behind Sho cut in with an easy going,"I admit the kid's like a hyper active puppy that you can't take your eye off of for a second before he rips the room apart. Still, a hyperactive puppy is good at finding prey and you know, as much of a drag as this whole thing is it's even more of a drag to do something for nothing!"

Lacus and co braced themselves as a young adult, with unkempt black hair and gray eyes that was wearing a black suit with a long-sleeved white shirt, a crooked dark red tie, and brown field shoes walked out of the right hallway.

The man had a uneasy look in his eyes but Aigis saw the man's grin and pointed her guns at him." Hostile confirmed, Tohru Adachi, the man who was abusing the "Midnight channel" and posed as a detective as he murdered people till he was exposed by Yu and his group of Persona users that called themselves the "Investgation team".

"Ah come on no one likes spoilers robo-chick!" Adachi threw out sourly." So yah the gig's up, guess let's get on with the killing, or stripping, or whatever this is, I don't know any more I just want to live and have a sweat meal in my hands instead of chains."

Lacus rolled her eyes as she glanced back at General Teddy on the TV screen."What happen to this being only two opponents?"

"Hey girl we are near the climax so got to max out the drama and nothing is as dramatic as a bonus round where it does not end till you drop!"

"This part would be shocking if I expected the word of a creepy teddy bear to amount to much. Whatever, I won't let any one of you jerks remake reality to your twisted vision!"

"Aw hey that's not fair girl!" Adachi moaned out." Reality might be great for super girls, but for normal folks like me it's a drag! Well, guess I'm not so normal. Anyway, why choose reality when you can have a world of your own making? That's clearly the choice, y'know...I mean come on, we all prefer the easier life. Hehehehe... You see, all reality ever gives you is boredom and bickering.

And no one truly wants to live in a world like that. It's only because they think they have to accept it that they choose to buck up and deal. There's only one thing that's going to set you apart and let you succeed in life: it's the magic ticket they call 'talent'. And if you don't have it, then you're left to rot in despair.

Game over. So wouldn't we better off without this reality crap? Someday, you'll all understand what I'm saying. No matter what you try and do, reality sucks. And I, for one, am sick of it."

"If you're so sick of it then do us a favor and throw your emo self-off this damn tower you jackass!" Ryūko shouted out angerly." Screw this I'll shut you up now!"

The woman clad in Life-Fibers charged at the serial killer before a burst of lighting came for her. She swerved out of its way and saw it came from a man with shaggy chin-length brown hair with bangs and reddish-brown eyes. He wore a tan peacoat with black buttons, striped black and white tie, black trousers, and black gloves.

The man grinned as the ladies glared at him before he gave a mocking bow." You don't get it you simpleton, as faint as the odds are, we want the prize that's promised for those that win Battle World.

And we will take it, no matter how many naïve twits we have to step over! Don't make me laugh! Justice? Righteous? Enough, you liars are going down. I'll destroy you! Kill them…Loki!"

A demonic aura flared out of the brown haired man before a demon with zebra colors formed out of him. Mitsuru saw the man form a saber of darkness in his hand before she tensed up,"Goro Akechi…the detective who turned out to be Shido's son. Great, seems all the psychopath's are fond of traveling in packs."

Lacus saw the hostile Persona users were surrounding her before she powered up her aura once more."Well, better to get it all over with at once eh? If I have to take down every last creep to end this, I will!"

Aegis nodded, but as she locked on to Sho her eyes flashed with light for a moment before she looked around."Don't overexert yourself if you don't have to Miss Raystar, we must take the best measures to assure our side obtains victory."

She was about to fire before a raw energy shot for her. As she flew up in the air to avoid it a man in a white uniform with a jester mask walked up before another demonic white and black Persona formed out of his body.

He pointed his hands at Lacus as he hissed out," People often compare their goals to the stars. They shine brightly even after the sun goes down... fixed stars in a dark expanse. No matter what path you take, your goal will never become a star! DIE!"

The jester faced man fired a energy blast, till a pillar of fire erupted out of the ground to intercept the blast. A man with red hair in a red outfit with a sword dashed out from the right before getting in front of the masked man."Wake up Jun, don't let the Joker Curse consume you! Ugh, glad I could make it in time!"

Goro saw the new man get into a fighting stance and summon a fiery red Persona before he snarled." You heroic types are the jokers, and the joke is over!"

He prepared to have Loki attack till he saw fire coming for him before a blond haired girl with pigtails alongside Ren and Makoto ran in from another hallway. The blond haired girl glared at Goro before yelling out,"Wake up Goro before it's too late!"

"Oh Ann, such a simple minded girl. Sorry but the person you thought was your friend was just an act, and you're going to regret wasting my time!"

He was about to attack when even more Persona users ran into the room. Adachi saw Yu and others run in before he smirked." Even you guys made it this far? For all the hype this Honnouji Academy seems all bark and no bite. Oh well, you can all die like friends and all that."

Yu had his Persona, the armored warrior Izanagi-no-Okami, appear before he glared at the serial killer that use to work for his father." Adachi, no matter what sick games you're playing even with all these other guys helping you your still not going to,"

"Yeah, yeah, friendship, teamwork, blah blah blah. I still am going to win. Results beat idealism." Adachi threw out in a bored manner." Look, this is all being a real pain so let's just get to what we all want to see? Well, at least it's what I want to see but I don't care about anything else really. Make them choke to death, Ameno-sagiri!"

A giant black demonic eyeball formed out of the serial killer's back and as it glared at them Lacus just sighed." Is there anyone else that wants to come up and have their fifteen minutes? Just, want to know so I don't have to waste any more time."

Ameno-Sagiri prepared to attack when suddenly one of the Persona users from the Mirage Master group, a man with short black hair and dark gray eyes, Aoi Itsuki, ran up before he glanced at Lacus."Miss Lacus, Miss Kirijo, leave these guys to us! Don't wear yourselves down fighting everyone, just focus on getting to the top and winning while we handle these madmen! Let's go, Chrom! "

Lacus saw a knight like figure form out of Itsuki before the other Mirage Masters she saw earlier, Kiria and Yashiro ran up and summoner their own spectral doubles before they attacked the demonic eye ball in front of them alongside Yu.

Lacus saw Sho have energy form around his swords and try to slice at the Mirage Masters from the back. As he did the leader of the Phantom Thieves ran up and had his own Persona, the red and black demonic creature that looked like a thief, Arsene, before the Persona fired a barrage of its Dream Needle attacks to protect his comrades. Lacus saw her recent allies hold their own before she winced." Are you sure you're going to be all right?"

The woman she saw earlier in the day, Maya, shot at Goro's Loki Persona before she smirked."We are not deadweights we can handle these losers! Let's nail them Tatsuya!"

The man in red from before nodded before he had flames surge around him." Got it, let's burn away their insanity Apollo! Heat Kaiser!"

Tatsuya 's persona swiftly unleashed a powerful burst of fire that was powerful enough to cause his enemies to defend themselves.

Lacus wondered if she should press on before Mitsuru put her hand on her right shoulder and smirked."Don't worry Lacus, we all resolved to do whatever we could to save what we hold dear. But even though we only just met, you inspired us all to have faith in you. So, return the favor and have faith in us as well."

The Phantom Thief named Ann giggled before she gave a thumbs up." Hell yah girl! We have scores to settle to so kick ass on top! Besides, kickass as your body is if you're out of here we can get Ryuji, Yosuke, Junpei and the other men that get distracted back over here. Just kidding major props for being bold Angel girl!"

Lacus blushed before she nodded."Alright, thanks for the support everyone. I promise I won't let it be in vain. Let's get going."

General Teddy saw Lacus walk to the staircase before he frowned." Hey I did not say the bonus round ended? The party may have gotten crowded thanks to the kid with a serious sister complex but no one's allowed to leave till this is over!"

Yu looked annoyed before shouting out,"Sister complex? Why the hell do people keep saying that? I made one joke that Teddy misunderstood and it grew way out of context! Damn it all!"

Lacus just glanced at the TV screen and gave it a middle finger before her aura flared up."Screw it, I'm going to just break through the damn barrier. I don't know how long it will stay open so stay close. Well, just not to close if you don't mind. Rising Crescent!"

Ryūko and Mitsuru got right behind Lacus as she slashed the barrier to the hallway with all her might, and managed to slash through it. Less than a second later she charged through it and managed to make it through to the other side.

Mitsuru, Ryūko, and a few others managed to run through before the barrier reformed. Lacus took pleasure in seeing General Teddy yell before the TV get destroyed in the process before she glanced one more time at the others below and pushed herself to dash up.

After a few turns the group made it to the top of the tower. As soon as she saw the light she saw Satsuki casually sipping tea on a chair on a pedestal. Above her sat her mother, Ragyō on a throne, her hair still emitting light.

As Ryūko growled her target put her teacup down and uttered,"So you made it after all, Matoi. Though, it seems its only because you got some, very unexpected help. Well, you're a bold one yes miss Angel? Are you proud of yourself? You better, that won't last long I assure you."

Lacus saw all the spotlights bearing down on her and did not break her stance as she responded with a calm,"We will see who's full of it soon enough,"Lady" Satsuki. Sorry, but I'm not in the mood to play your games."

Before she could say something Ragyō giggled darkly as she eyed Lacus's exposed body intently." Your clearly confident from wherever you hail from my winged interloper. I'm going to greatly enjoy getting a, intimate look at what makes you tick, yes, I'll inspect every inch of you, inside, and out."

As Ragyō licked her tongue a little Lacus could not help but wince, but before she could figure out a proper retort Ryūko spat on the ground and pointed her blade at the rainbow haired woman."So your Satsuki's mom eh? Tsc…I can see rather damn quick how she got so damn snobby. Enough of your damn games, I'm going to end this once and for all!"

Before she could respond a brash male voice cut in with a sharp,"Don't act like you earned the right to be her equal, I have not given my approval yet!"

The ladies braced themselves as Uzu jumped down from above. As the last of the Elite Four landed on the ground Ryūko rolled her eyes."Seriously dude? I owned you before, your just wasting everyone's time!"

"That might have been true, if that was the old me! But you humbled me with that last defeat, forcing me to evolve!"

Uzu stood up, and everyone could see he had a long green bandanna with two stars from temple to temple and two white marks where his eyes should be on his head. The sight caused Ryūko to snort."Seriously you high dude? You could not take me before, and now you think you can beat me with your eyes closed?"

"That's right, keep being smug it will make this rematch even more enjoyable! I relied on my eyes to much, so I sewed them shut! Now that I blinded myself willingly, my other senses have evolved!

Matoi, you and your allies will fall at the hands of a true ultimate warrior! But don't take my word for it, I'm all to glad to let my actions do the talking! Three Star Uniform activate, Blade Regalia…Mark Two!"

With a flash of light the green haired man transformed. As he emerged he looked like he did earlier, though his suit of armor was a lighter shade of green and the front of the helmet now resembled a multi-layered visor.

Lacus saw Ryūko look cocky before she sighed."Don't get overconfident, he clearly did not go blind for no reason. I know a lot of warriors that have sharpened skills thanks to their blindness."

"Haha, the naked angel is correct Matoi!" Uzu uttered as he got into a fighting stance." Ugh…wish I waited a bit before sealing my vision away, but if it's to become the ultimate fighter I have no remorse. Well, very little remorse! Seriously, my Shingantsu can outmatch anything any of you can do!"

"Well put up or shut up because I have revenge to get to!"

"Fine, show me your worthy enough to take up Lady Satsuki's time!"

The two prepared to charge at each other, but just as they were going to strike each other Nui suddenly landed on the ground in front of them. Having not seen her earlier, Uzu heard Nui giggled before spitting out,"Who the hell are you?"

Satsuki tensed up before yelling out,"Sanageyma, get back!"

The member of the elite four growled before pointing his blade at the interloper." Stand aside woman! I won't tolerate any outside interference with my rematch with Matoi!"

"I'm sorry, I can't do that." The blond girl threw out in a ditzy demeanor. "After all I'm the one who's going to fight her! I mean your cliché warrior speeches are so boring so I figured we would do something more fashionable."

"You mock me? I told you to get out of the way!"

The man in the three star Goku uniform slashed at the smaller woman, only for her to casually block the strike with her umbrella. As the armored man yelled out in shock Nui just giggled some more."Oh gosh this won't do. Your' no fun at all!"

"Damn it, I'll make you pay! Eat this, my finishing move! Isshin Zenzanken!"

Everyone tensed up as Uzu had his armor shift, and have his arms combined into a larger glowing blade. But just as he was about to strike Nu in a flash grasped a chink in his armor and with her long nails grasped a red thread.

Those around her were shocked to see Nu paralyzed in the process before the blond woman laughed even louder."Enough of that, go back to being a naked ape."

She casually shattered the fiber, and a few moments later the Blade Regalia… unraveled. The now once again nude Uzu gasped in shock as he fell down."What…what the hell, GUH!"

Nui casually jabbed him with her umbrella, with enough force to knock him off Tartarus. As he screamed Nui just shrugged."Oopise, he fell! Ah well, he's annoying anyway. Goku Uniform was it? That's your vaulted uniforms right Lady Satsuki? The stitching is a bit weak, don't you think?"

Satsuki saw Nui flash a casual smile before her eyes hardened." You severed the Life Fiber's Banshi? The Banshi is the core Life Fiber that has been imbued with the will to become clothing. Yes, the thread that is the key to creating a Goku Uniform. It has multiple layers to defend against the impact of attacks. Impossible, no one is able to spot it, and yet you severed it in an instant!"

"Haha, you're so silly. Maybe classless idiots can't spot it but it's nothing for an elite like me! C"mon, let me show you what true grace is."

In a flash Lacus was in front of her, and just as she noticed the brown haired woman slammed her in the throat so hard she went flying.

As the Umbrella landed on the ground the Enji flicked her hair back."I sensed from the start she was not normal, and I did not feel like going through another self-absorbed rant so I'll just skip that if you don't mind."

Lacus turned around to face Satsuki, but suddenly heard a giggling sound before she swerved to see Nui flying back down, grasping her throat.

While still looking cheerful the woman had her eyes twitch as she rubbed her throat."You're the trouble maker eh? You really are something special. To be frank I don't like dealing with classless boors, or whores."

"Oh, don't like dealing with people like yourself? Fair enough."

"Hah ha very funny but we will see how long that spunk lasts. If you want to be a savage naked ape, then play with people as savage as you! Miss 21, are those foreigners ready like you promised?"

Lacus glanced up to see Android 21 next to where Ragyō was sitting eating a cupcake, and after swallowing it she giggled."Guess we will find out eh? Alright girls, your turn! Just try not to make a mess like we discussed ok?"

Another part of the tower opened before two woman popped out. One was a slender build. She wore a low cut magenta top, low-set purple harem pants, long dark grey wristbands, and a pair of pointy dark grey shoes.

Her hair was long, wild, and spiky. Besides her was a taller woman with a slender frame and average height. She was tan-skinned with downcast eyes and grey irises. She has shaggy shoulder-length black hair normally worn in a high ponytail secured by a white hair-tie, while a bang hanging over the left side of her face.

Her outfit consisted of a red shirt exposing her midriff matching her lower outfit—a red skirt with a brown belt attached along with a silver circular buckle and a pair of black compression shorts underneath.

She wore a pair of golden boots with red tips, along with golden bracelets that covered her wrists and most of her forearms, and a pair of golden hoop earrings.

Lacus thought the hair on the woman reminded her of something, but the shorter girl snorted as she cracked her neck."That demands on if you can deliver on what you promised robo girl! I'm tired of one hit weaklings!

Heh, so this is the "special" one eh? Guess if your still standing you're not just full of it. I'll hand it to yah, you got guts going into such a big throw down butt naked. But even if you got yourself some skill, you got nothing on a Saiyan."

"Wait, a Saiyan?"

The woman grinned and charged right at Lacus. Her charge was faster then she figured, but Lacus was able to block the strike with her wings.

While the Enji was pushed back a few feet she stood her ground, and the woman fighter just looked excited."So those wings are not just for show eh? Figured it would be fun showing how badass I am to beat a legit angel!"

"Sorry, I'm not losing today!" Lacus retorted. The two unleashed a barrage of blows that were so fast that most around them could not even follow them. The taller woman saw her comrade and Lacus start punching and kicking above her before she winced."Caulifla, let me help you!"

"Nah stay back and make sure her pals don't try and pull a fast one Kale!"

The woman named Caulifla uttered casually."I want to prove to this girl she's not the toughest chick , no, the toughest period around here!"

Lacus tried to land another palm strike only for Caulifla to show both her speed and strength by grasping the palm with her fist.

The black haired girl saw Lacus struggle before she smirked."Going to try some of those fancy martial arts eh? That might work on others but those cheap tricks don't work on those with true power like us Sayians!"

"You…really are a Saiyan? Must, have been from another time. Caulifla is it? Your wrong, I have quite a lot of experience with strong fighters. And, that's how I know how to get around them!"

The Enji acted like she was going to strike with her sword but as her target reacted she revealed it was a feint by bending backwards and grasping her target's left arm with her legs before flying around in a circle rapidly.

After building up momentum to make her target dizzy she unleashed her seismic toss attack, hurling Caulifla all the way to the ground to the left of Tartarus hard enough to shake the entire arena.

Before her target even hit the ground Lacus had her holy energy flare up and she aimed at the hole she just made."I don't feel too bad hurting a Saiyan, I have enough to juggle now as it is! Burst Stream Of Judgment!"

The brown haired fighter proceeded to unleash her preferred energy beam right below her. But Caulifla showed she was no glass cannon as she already staggered out of the new hole in the ground and upon seeing the energy beam coming for her she just grinned."This is what I'm talking about! Glad your legit, I was so freaking bored! Now let's have a real fight!"

The Saiyan woman shocked everyone as she screamed loudly, and just before the holy magic hit, her aura exploded, before her hair turned golden and she unleashed a shockwave of energy powerful enough to reflect the energy beam.

Lacus winced as she cast a barrier to redirect her own attack into the sky, and winced further as she realized Caulifla was a Super Saiyan. As her now golden haired enemy flew in front of her face with a wild grin she groaned."Wait what the hell is this? No one ever told me there were girl Super Saiyans to! Are you Goku's grandchild? You don't, look like how that Pan woman was supposed to look in the records."

"Who the hell is Goku? And how the hell did you know what I am? Well, I mean I know me and Renso have been spreading the word around but did not think we were that wide spread."

"Well, what's been going around on planet Vegeta during your time miss, Caulifla?"

"The hell is a Vegeta? That a word for Sadala where your from angel?"

"Eh…never mind. Well, I'm glad men did not hog the Super Saiyan spotlight but still, this mess keeps getting messier."

"Don't want to get your model body to messy girl? Don't worry it's going to be over really damn,"

As she was speaking Caulifla saw Lacus blink, and before she could finish she burst over to punch the Enji in the stomach hard enough to cause a shockwave. As Lacus yelled out in pain her Super Saiyan enemy grinned."Soon. Boy am I glad Cabba taught me how to pull this off.

Too bad he got eaten by that Midora but, to be fair he was being stupid. Thanks for being less of a bore then all these skimpy dressed pansies but I'm going to win this Battle-World no matter what!"

Caulifla saw Lacus was still reeling and wound back her fist to prepare to knock her out, till suddenly Lacus showed she was not as winded as she appeared to be and lashed out with her ribbon and grasped her opponent's arms to bind them.

Lacus lowed her head back up and smirked as she wiped some blood off her mouth."Sorry, that's not going to happen! Super Saiyan or not, there is a few things even more super then that and I'm going to give you a firsthand experience! Senretsu Kyaku!"

She proceeded to unleash her lighting fast kick combo, making sure she was fast enough to be seen as a blur as she barraged Caulifla with dozens of blows per second, with each blow unleashing a shockwave.

Lacus ended her combo by unleashing a sharp drop kick that slammed Caulifla hard in her head, once more knocking her into the ground, this time through the entire flying city. Lacus remained on guard, and to her dismay she saw despite being hit right through Xibalba, Caulifla emerged a few seconds later with a bruise on her head.

The golden haired woman spat out a tooth before she grinned."Damn, your hardcore all right! Good, this is just the warm up I needed before the finales!"

"I could say the same to you. Damn, I was trying to conserve but I might not have a choice."

"Wait your still holding out on me? Oh, I'll drag every last bit of power you have lady, and prove I'm the strongest!"

Despite her excitement her comrade Kale saw the injuries Caulifla had before she looked determined."Sis…this naked angel is seriously strong! We, we need to win, I'll support you!"

The taller Saiyan unleashed an energy blast at the Enji Knight's back, but Lacus saw the yellow energy orb coming and smashed it with her left wing into Caulifla. The Super Saiyan grit her teeth before she glanced at her fellow Saiyan."Kale knock it off! Don't make this harder for me!"

"But, I need to help you! We have to get out of this together!"

"Don't be so paranoid and have a little faith in me! Besides I have not had a real quality girl to girl fight in years!"

"What? But, what about all our sparing sessions? She's not even a real Saiyan like me!"

"Maybe, but without the wings she would have fooled me! I mean look at her bode Kale! Being naked means you can really see how toned she is!"

"Wait, you mean you were lying before? Am I, just a bother to you?"

As Caulifla struggled to answer Kale cried out in dismay. As tears rolled down her eyes Kale grasped her hands tightly before jabbing her finger at Lacus."YOU! You, your trying to bewitch Caulifla and turn me against me with your body you, you skank!"

Lacus cringed before she covered her body with her wings again."Hey wait, what's going on? I'm picking up some unresolved issues floating around here but I promise you I'm not trying to seduce anyone! This is a statement about woman taking control of their bodies and the whole power dynamic between men and woman!

Look, I promise you I, don't have that kind of interest in woman, I'm not out to steal anyone I'm happily in love! Er…if you are having trouble in your relationship I might be willing to help give advice, if you stop fighting and,"

"SHUT UP! You skank, I'll never forgive you! NEVER!"

Everyone got shocked as Kale suddenly unleashed an explosion of power that nearly blew everyone off their feet. Lacus was forced to set up a barrier to stand her ground as she saw Kale's hair start to turn golden as well.

But a chill went down her spine as she saw that Kale suddenly started to get muscular, so muscular that to her horror she had flashbacks of Brad when he was at his own" One hundred percent" strength. As Kale's power kept surging her power flared up enough to shred her hair band, allowing her hair to go wild.

The Enji saw Kale's hair turn green, before her eyes turned blank and lighting crackle around her body. As her transformation finished Lacus saw Kale was now so large that her previous shirt was now just covering the upper part of her chest before she groaned."Are you kidding me!? She's, like that Brolly guy me and Ben fought in hell! Oh come on, I'm all for equality but I really don't need a female Brad right now!"

Caulifla saw Kale was having steam rise out of her mouth and just laughed."I knew you could do it Kale! Told you that you were a late bloomer! C'mon, lets own theses suckers and take are rightful prize eh? Kale, can you hear me?!"

Kale just kept screaming as she stomped forward, smashing the tower with each step before she looked at Lacus right in the eye."DIE SKANK!"

In a flash Lacus found the massive woman was above her, ready to smash her now tree trunk sized fist through her face. The Enji was fast enough to evade the strike, but Kale showed she was even faster than her target thought as she hit Lacus with a clothesline like arm strike and smashed Lacus into the chest.

The enraged Super Saiyan gave a roar of berserk fury as she dove down with her target in tow, and smashed Lacus right into Tartarus.

The winged woman was smashed through the tower, and at the moment the other Persona users were still fighting the bunch of psychotic enemies, and at the moment Adachi was eager to see his demonic eyeball like Ameno-sagiri pin Yu and some of his allies with poison fog, till the ceiling collapsed and Kale smashed Lacus right through the demon and into the ground below, causing the serial killer to have his eye twitch."SERIOUSLY!? Are you, GUH!"

Before he could rant one of the shattered celling pieces fell on his head. Lacus was smashed all the way to the base of the tower, causing the entire flying city to shake.

As Lacus crawled out of the chunk of floor and yelled in pain Kale gave a savage grin."I'm going to break you skank!"

"Like hell!" Lacus retorted bitterly as she coughed up blood. She saw Kale wind up her fist and quickly dashed back before Kale could hammer her. As soon as Kale saw her fist miss its target she swung again and again, shaking the ground with each punch.

Lacus evaded a few more strikes before she tries to seal her opponent's mana or Kai with the same move she used on Midora. But before her palm could hit her target Kale suddenly unleashed a green energy orb from her chest to blast Lacus into the wall.

As the angel screamed out again Kale laughed madly and charged at her like a wild bull. Lacus rebounded as quickly as she could and stabbed at Kale with her sword. But as Oathkeeper pierced the larger woman's body Lacus realized Kale was so big now the stab only resulted in a minor wound.

Lacus saw Kale growl before she gave a uneasy chuckle."Lets just, calm down ok? Easy their big girl, the sun is setting, the sun is setting. The sun is, AHH!"

Kale just growled at the smaller woman's attempt to sooth her and as the Enji tried to take off Kale grasped her by the right leg and smashed Lacus into the ground,

The berserk Super Saiyan kept smashing Lacus around like a rag doll and as she burst out of Tartarus she grinded out,"Still think your better than me? I'LL KILL YOU SKANK!"

Lacus was using all of her will power to not let the barrage of painful impacts knock her out, and as she saw Kale's insane face she winced."Damn it, this is so not the outcome I wanted from my stunt. I suppose someone could say I had it coming but, still, can't, let it end like this! And seriously who the hell thought that phrase was a good way to calm rampaging targets?"

As Kale smashed Lacus around so fast she was a blur her teammates and the other Enji who were watching in the stands looked horrified at the sudden brutal enemies assault. Terra heard Lacus scream before she grasped her fist tensely."I knew we could face anything in this Battle World but, this is pushing it.'

Velvet winced as she took out her arm blade."I want to say Lacus got cocky but guess not much armor could help with that. Whatever, how do we kill this she hulk?"

"We likely can't out match the she hulk in sheer power Velvet."

Milla answered firmly."Much as I hate to see her getting thrashed so, we have to do this smart. Get into position everyone, and get ready to strike on my mark. Hopefully, it won't be too late."

"Wait guys, don't do anything reckless….just give me a bit more time."

The defenders of the Lylat Kingdom all paused before Yuna saw the ground beneath her shift, before Lacus popped her head out of the ground. As her teammates got on guard and glanced back to see what seemed like her still being thrashed around by Kale in the distance Ben's girlfriend giggled anxiously."Hey gals. Ah well, I bet your wondering how I ended up in the ground while being a rag doll. Its nothing to I got pounded into the ground I realized I, needed some breathing room.

Ben has his Shadow Clones, and the last few years I worked on my own light clone spells. Glad its worked in more situations then spicing up my love making with Ben. Good thing to, she really hits hard."

Terra saw Lacus crawl out of the hole, and that her left leg was broken and she was grasping her chest hard before she gasped. Lacus! Are you going to be ok? Seems this brute will take your full power to, sorry it did not work out as planned."

"Don't worry, I healed from worst. A broken leg and a few ribs is not as bad as having half your body shatter when a reality collapses on it after keeping existence from falling apart and all.

Just, need a bit of a breather to regroup. Ow, that last strike hit me in the boob really hard, don't look till its back in place ok? Don't freak out yet though, I think I got a idea to deal with her, just need the right timing I guess."

Velvet saw Lacus slowly get back on her feet as her leg healed, and as she got into a fighting stance, in different to how she looked the woman with the demonic claw chuckled wryly."Seems like you know what you're doing eh Raystar?"

"Well, I don't have a plan for this whole Battle-World but, I do have a clear idea on what to do for this little mess."

"Heh, I meant the whole fighting nude thing, your fighting way to well for someone not use to fighting with all of that, exposure."

"Ah well, your right. When I was still recovering Ben was fine with our sparring sessions being au natural. Its obviously not something I recommend to most but, well you do have more leg room and as long as your chest's not to big its not as much of a distraction as you might think. Bottom line, its not ideal but, as it stands now, being like this woun't hinder me taking down the enemies around us as long as we play it smart."

Velvet was about to respond when she saw that despite her injuries and lack of dress, Lacus had a confident look of determination in her eyes. The sight of the Enji 's confidence caused her to chuckle."Well, I'm no coward, I'll get your back long as you got mine. I was worried for a bit but, your either crazy or sharp when your eyes are that clear. And I suppose, since we are not dead yet your not crazy. Lets just pull this off while we have the chance before that crazy broad is done pulling off limbs and realizes your still here."

"Thanks, guess its not like I'm fight hungry like Ezan or some of the others. Its just, I been doing this a while so I figured a few things out by now. Heh, just follow my lead guys, hopefully I can show everyone I know what I am talking about and, huh? Oh come on, she really had to rip the arm off?"

Seeing how viciously her light clone was getting mangled forced a surge of caution into her. As the Enji franticly got into position those above were watching the carnage with either horror or glee depending on who's side they were on.

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Android 21 heard Kale yell and just shrugged as she gobbled another cookie."I was worried my calculations were off but guess that Kale just needed "special" coxing to bring out her power. Good, she will have my main meal tenderized just in time for dessert!"

Nui giggled in response before she glanced back at Ryūko." Glad that the holy pest is getting the humbling she deserves for meddling with the affairs of the elite! But with that out of the way, how about we finish this eh Ryūko? C'mon, fight me!"

The woman with the living outfit saw Nui giggled more and rolled her eyes."Out of my way freak, if your too crazy for your own good I'll make sure regret it! You're going to need a lot more then cheap tricks and a Umbrella to beat me!"

"Aw…what you don't think I can put up a good fight just because I don't have one of your uniforms? I showed how strong I was when I punished that blind monkey for not showing respect eh? Oh, I know, if you think I'm too easy a fight, what about now?"

Ryūko raised an eyebrow and got ready for an attack, but her eyes widened with shock as Nui took the umbrella apart, and took out a purple scissor, one that looked like her own red one. The sight caused her to feel a chill creep down her spine." This some sort of joke? That almost looks like,"

"Yup! It's the other half of your "Scissor Blade"! I pulled it out of your dad silly, when I killed him."

"What…the one who killed dad…was you?"

"Aw…all the crazy fighting making you deaf sweaty? I told you, I stabbed your dad again and again till he died!"

Mitsuru saw how much the woman in front of her was shaking before she tensed up." Don't let her rile you up, she's trying to lure you into,"

"SHUT UP!" Was the instant response." This blondie's dead!"

Ryūko charged at Nui and unleashed a strike hard enough to shake the tower. The woman with black and red hair saw her target did not even flinch before she seethed out," Why did you kill my dad? ANSWER ME! Dad said…dad said that as long as I had this scissor, I would be sure to find the person who killed him! And he was right!"

"Aw…even a broken clock is right at one point of the day eh honey?"

"SHUT YOUR FACE! It was you that was at my house that day, it was you!"

"Well obviously silly."

"Damn it, to think it was someone as annoying as you! Why, why did you kill him?"

"Ah come on don't you think the answer is obvious if you just calm down?"

"Shut up! I don't know the first thing about my dad, those Nudist Beach pervs knew him better than me!"

"But you're wearing the reason why girl!"

"Wearing? You mean Senketsu?"

"Yup! Your dad meddled in things that no human should meddle in. One of those" taboo" things. But taboos…they feel so good eh? Look at how happy your angel teammate looked going full frontal?"

Nui suddenly was behind Ryūko in an instant, and casually rubbed her shoulder, causing her to shiver. As she got back into a fighting stance she spat on the ground." This bitch's hands are colder then ice. What are you, part of those Gourmet freaks?"

"Oh please, they are strong but I'm more refined then the Gourmet Corps! I'm something far more elegant, just like you! That's right, you feel so silky smooth! Guess it's because that's one hundred percent life fibers!"

"Stop evading the question dike!"

"Aw I'm not though! We finally got the chance to meet so let's do something more fun before we get back to business!"

"Get real! The only thing I want to do to the person who killed my dad is rip her apart!"

"Gosh you're so narrow minded! Hate and love are two sides of the same coin! It's like a finely tailored suit with a good, sturdy lining! In other words, the deeper the hatred, the deeper the love grows!"

"Like hell it does!"

"Now now, you're so lovely when your angry Ryūko! That's right, show me your true grace!"

Her target snarled as the two exchanged an even more vicious barrage of blows. Mitsuru grimaced at how rapidly the situation was deteriorating and readied her Persona to try and attack Nui only for her to hear something and see Satsuki charging at her with her sword drawn.

The red haired woman got some threads of hair sliced off as she evaded the strike. As she parried the strike the younger Kiryuin have her enemy a frosty glare." You put a noble effort but your resistance is futile Kirijo.

You and I are alike in so many ways, but you run away from your true destiny while I embrace the true nature of power. If you run away from true strength you can never win!"

"Your wrong, I embrace true power! I seek to atone from my families sin, and I will win for the sake of those that gave up everything to get us that far!"

"Useless, your just running away!"

"Your wrong, I'll give everything I have for this! No matter what the circumstances, I cannot afford to lose. If you'll still come at me knowing this, then I'll show no mercy to stop you and the others that want to abuse the Persona's! Niflheim!"

The leader of the Shadow Operatives had her Persona have ice burst out in every direction for her target. The woman slashed away at the ice, but it rained down in every direction till she was encased in a frozen cross. Mitsuru looked determined before uttering," It's time for the execution! Adieu!"

Mitsuru prepared to stab Satsuki in the head while she was frozen, only for her target to burst out at the last second to grasp the saber. Satsuki saw the other woman's shock and coldly slashed through her Persona.

As it shattered and Mitsuru fell to the ground the woman in blue narrowed her eyes."However versatile theses Personas are, you're learning the hard way that my Kamui Junketsu surpasses them all!"

Before she could go on Ragyō clapped as she stood up." A splendid graceful performance as ever my child, you show cased both the grace and power of both my bloodline and the grandeur of Life-Fibers! You proved that they are the ultimate embodiment of the soul in the entire universe!

And now, it's time for everyone to celebrate, in the way that I designed! Now you unsightly pigs, now that your witnessing me and my allies supreme might, be the only thing you can truly be to me, my cattle!"

The rainbow haired woman instantly pressed a red button on her throne, and suddenly everyone in the arena found their clothing come to life and wrap around them, turning them into glowing red cocoons in moments. Colette heard people screaming and had her angel wings flare up." This is horrible! We have to free them!"

Sarah saw the Enji prepare to attack before she quickly grasped her arm." Hold it, we don't know how they will react! Just wait a moment!"

Lacus saw everyone screaming and winced, but in her current state could only grasp her chest before she winced." Well, despite all the hassle, guess stripping off that outfit was a good idea. Now, how much more of a pain is this going to make things?"

The Enji made sure Kale was still thrashing her light clone around as she glanced up at the top of Tartarus. With her enhanced vision she could see Ragyō laughing madly as her assistant Rei looked ecstatic." At last, the day has come where all the sinful human pigs will be devoured by their clothing like they deserve! Your unmatched ambition has at last paid off Lady Ragyō! The experiment is a success!"

"Soon my dear…soon." Ragyō uttered darkly." Ah…such wonderful silence. The cacophony spewed forth by the foolish creature that is known as man will soon fade away utterly.

From their nothing but tranquil fibers will fill the world, and then the universe! All that remains is to see if Midora and Joie can uphold their part of the deal but we will be ready to act the moment they are! Now Satsuki, ready the Primordial Life Fiber so that we can begin the final phase of the plan!"

Ragyō saw her child land casually next to her before the younger Kiryuin nodded." Of course. Just one, vital thing though. There has been a complication to the plan and we need to correct it."

"Oh, and just what do you, GUH!"

Everyone was caught off guard as Satsuki reflected some of the light her rainbow haired mother was emitting off her sword to blind her, before stabbing her in the chest. As Ragyō noticed her wound she just snarled at the sight of a sword sticking out of her chest before she glanced back." What are you playing at, Satsuki?"

"The time for speeches are over…director!"

Satsuki rammed her sword through her own mother, causing Ragyō to cough up blood before her own child jumped up and smashed her into the spikey top of her throne to impale her on top of it.

Android 21 saw this and just swallowed a cookie before she shrugged." So we got some unresolved family issues eh? After I saw you molest your kid in the bath I guess I'm not that surprised Ragyō. Eh…long as I still get my sweets I'm fine either way."

Satsuki saw the android seemed to be indifferent before she raised her blade into the sky to boldly declare," At this moment, Satsuki Kiryuin and Honnouji Academy are in rebellion, against you!"

This sudden move forced Ryūko to pause her fight despite her rage, and at seeing Satsuki have raw hate for her mother she could not help but have her jaw drop." What…the hell? Is this some joke to trick me?"

Nui glanced at her former comrade and reacted to the outburst of treachery with a shrug." Oh, so that's your game eh Satsuki?"

After finishing coughing up blood Ragyō just looked at her child with madness." You're trying to take the throne from me now, at this crucial moment?"

"No, I'm not!" Satsuki retorted fiercely." People do not live for the sake of clothing! I, am rising up to oppose the Life-Fibers, and make sure they are not the victor of Battle-World, that they are not the ones who will reshape existence! Honnouji Academy is the fortress I created in order to defeat you! Remember that, Ragyō Kiryuin! Now!"

Lacus and her comrades noticed round machines pop out of everyone's seats in the arena, and instantly fired needles that caused the Life-Fiber Cocoons to lose their shimmer.

Lacus saw the Life-Fibers wither and shatter, and saw Mako and her family casually still eating food before Yuna gasped." So the daughter is betraying the mother? I guess we got a break at last?"

"Maybe." Lacus answered warily." Long as we are not trading one threat for another."

Lacus saw Kale was still bashing her light clone around like a dog chewing a bone and winced to not get to much attention, forcing her to take her eyes off of Ragyō.

At the moment Satsuki was seeing her secret counter measure work she smirked." I'm glad the Jamming rounds succeeded in inhibiting Life Fiber activity. I'll give my thanks to Nudist Beach for leaving so much gear for us to improve on. Its time, I destroy your dream you, huh?"

"To her shock Ragyō, for all her wounds, just chuckled darkly before the entire tower started glowing. Red lighting crackled around the rainbow haired woman's body as she looked at her child with a look of raw hate." Silly girl, I can only blame myself for spoiling you rotten to think you could be this naïve. I gave you everything, and now it's time I show you I can take everything away from you if you are this ungrateful!

You should have known me most of all my dear daughter, but it seems you, all your silly co traitors, and everyone in the entire universes will learn the folly of standing in the way of Ragyō Kiryuin! The old ideals that governed the universes have withered and died…so now a new idea, a new" reason" will bloom. Let Eternal Punishment rain down on all who lack the grace to submit to me!"

Ragyō laughed even louder, indifferent to her wound as more energy swarmed around her, and she, Lacus and everyone prepared themselves for the coming storm of wrath.

Authors Notes: Well, we got all kinds of things to go over so first off, Big Momma is from One Piece and is the current villain in the very, very long running series. I've grown to respect the series more though its still not my fave, so I figured I give a cameo to one of the more , cringe worthy enemies in the series lol.

Labrys and Sho are from Persona 4 arena, Labrys is the final boss in the first one, Sho was added for Utimax, while Jun was from Persona 2 and Goro was from Persona 5.

I suppose its obvious enough but just in case Kale and Caulifa are from the most recent Dragon Ball Super arc, figured they would be fun opponents for Lacus to clash with.

Speaking of Lacus, hopefully her actions don't cause to many people to be repulsed or something. I know its easy for this to slide into just a shameless attention grabbing stunt but, my intent was for it to be something with a little more meaning and I hope it comes off that way to more then my own justification.

Well, I know a man's not the best one to comment on the struggles for a woman to express herself and all that, for the most part just tried to bounce off of the themes Kill La Kill had, hopefully it came off as something more then fan-service, my apologizes if I offended anyone with what I attempted and I swear I'm not trying to trivialize what woman have to deal with or anything like that.

Well, thanks for the reviews as always, for those still around stay tuned to Chapter 230: Innocent Sin.