Chapter 11: goriLLA JaL
After reading every single book about the Multiverse theory she had on her disposal, Ragyo Kiryuin has concluded that if she wanted to know about the ultimate truth, she needs to contact not only the celestial being responsible for the beginning and end of all thing of her world and her one true master: The original Life Fiber.
After leaving Rei to take care of the REVOCS corporation while she's out, Ragyo arrived at her lovely manor, where the hundreds of maids and butlers instantly bowed before her before greeting their master. "Welcome Home, Lady Ragyo."
"It's always a glorious pleasure when you return home, my Lady Ragyo." Kuroido the Steward of the manor and the Kiryuin matriarch's favorite butler welcomed his goddess.
"Good evening, Kuroido. Say, has something interesting happened during my absence?" Ragyo asked while walking the hallways, bathing those humans who came nearby with her godly rainbow light.
"We can say so." Kuroido responded with a malicious grin. "Seems that one of the leader of one of those many rebel organization we recently captured well, didn't survive my kind hospitality." The evil butler chuckled while blood spilled from his left fist. One of Kuroido's favorite hobbies is to torture people just for his amusement.
"Hmm… Quite the good news, aren't they?" Ragyo cackled lightly before arriving at the entrance to the Life Fiber Palace where the Original Life Fiber resides. "Now Kuroido, be a good steward and take care of my business suit. You know how COVERS tend to act when they get dirty and rough, don't you?" Ragyo tasked her steward as she took off her special business suit before entering her room. Actually, most of the clothes Ragyo wears are just special COVERS due to her sick obsession with Life Fibers.
Ragyo now on her usual feathery dress, entered the catacombs of her manor where the origin of all Life Fibers reside. The Primordial Life Fibers is not only considered a god by its followers, but also and absurdly powerful entity strong enough to give the Holy Grail a run of its money, not to mention the ability to warp reality itself as a mean of transportation, not to mention having the ability to pull things out of other worlds inside the Triggerverse. But sadly, he couldn't travel to other universes by himself, yet…
Ragyo then entered the Life Fibers palace where not only the humongous yarn ball of Life Fibers known as the Primordial Life Fiber hides, but also the nest of billions upon trillions of COVERS ready to absorb humans when the Sports and Cultural festival comes.
"Great ancient one who is the origin of all, Undisputable god that gave us life and has the absolute right to take away our lives if you so desire, Interdimensional celestial being father to all the threads that hold the universe's fate!" Ragyo recited an old vow passed through the Kiryuins to salute the Original Life Fibers. "I have come to search the truths of the world, for you are the world that shall cover the land, sea, sky and stars, and soon, the entire multiverse!" The Kiryuin then seem to carry one of Arsene's Feathers that Hoomaru managed to give her. "The pig known as Akira Kurusu has been sent here to stop your glory from being expanded through your world, but what he has achieved is doom those other worlds out of our reach! Accept my tribute, and give me the gift of knowledge of the vast multiverse and thus, have the power to pull the dimensional traveler to our side, and satisfy your hunger for expansion and domination to the end of everything that exists!"
A thread coming from the Primordial Life Fiber took the tribute. And he liked it, alot… He maybe has the ability to watch other worlds, but he couldn't travel to other worlds by his own powers.
As a sign of gratitude, the celestial alien plucked 2 threads into the Kiryuin's ears, and those threads then traveled through her brain, giving Ragyo the full power to see the multiverse and their worlds, she could see everything. And she loved it…
"How tragic. Seems that this "Phantom Thief" comes from a world similar to ours, only that world is now plunged into the sin of sloth and apathy… And our guest seem to hold a huge loss…" Ragyo seems quite intrigued about Kurusu's journey from the time he first awaken Arsene to the point where the Holy Grail wipe him and his friends out of existence.
Days Until: The Cultural and Sports Festival: 6
Crush Satsuki's Ambitions.
The Natural Elections have finally come to a bloody close. Satsuki was sitting on her chair inside her chamber reading her Les Miserables book after long weeks of training Junketsu in order to defeat Akira when the 2 envoys of law and chaos collide once again. Her body felt so stale and numb from absorbing so many Life Fibers to empower the savage Kamui, but once her big plan she has for the Cultural and Sports Festival is deployed, it will be all over and she can finally throw Junketsu back at the trash can if it ever shows any signs of opposition.
"It is time, Lady Satsuki." Iori informed his Lady once the Life Fiber barrier protecting her finally faded away.
She got up from her seat and walked to her usual spot in Honnouji Academy where everyone was waiting for her
HEEL CLICK!
"Students of Honnouji Academy!" Satsuki exclaimed, looking at the survivors of the Nautural Elections, mostly being One-Stars. "For the past week you fought long and hard! However, the fight has only just begun!" Satsuki proceed to narrow toward Ryuko. "Welcome, to the Sudden Death Runoffs!" She cried out as all the No-Stars that the Phantom Thieves saved and Mako were watching from the academy's entrance.
"Every battle over the past week has been reported, thus, we know full well who the survivors are. And although you weren't successfully capable of capturing any of the renegades, I admire those who were strong enough to survive the encounters and live to tell the tale. Based on what happens today, I shall decide who acquires 3-Star Status!"
This made the students with star prepared themselves as the floor began to shake. 5 super-tall spiky pillars emerged from the ground while.
"The 5 pillars shall be your next challenge! Fight your way to the top and be a front-runner of the election!" Satsuki gave her troops clear instructions for the new obstacle for success.
"That sneaky…" Ryuko snarled as she watched the pillars grow and the sky turn red. She was then preparing her legs to run for her life and ambition. "She's making this up as she goes!" Ryuko then spat on the ground before pulling out her Scissor Blade. "Well, SO CAN I!" Ryuko let out a war cry before hacking and slashing her way into one of the pillars.
The rest of the Elite Trio easily placed themselves on the other pillars.
"Excellent. My Elite Trio do live up to their names…" Satsuki congratulated the other members of Honnouji's Elite.
"What? Did you expect any different?" Nonon smugly asked her best friend.
"Still, I wonder which student managed to climb the last pillar." Innumuta was intrigued on the new face that they will face against. But, it will rather be a face they know fully well.
When the others looked at the pillar where Sanageyama would stand up, to the surprise of no one, it was their No.1 Enemy: Akira Kurusu A.K.A. Joker and his companion Morgana.
"Heh… Seems that I got in time for the prom night." Akira joked while posing alongside Morgana.
"Sorry, but if we couldn't foil your Natural Elections, we'll make sure you'll never get another member for your Elite 4!" Morgana exclaimed while grinning.
"What the? Get out of the Pillar, Kurusu! This event is only for Students, not ex-Students! And much less traitors like you." Gamagori's tone went from fully enraged to a bit annoyed, proving the respect he has for Akira.
"Let him be, Gamagori." Satsuki corrected her shield. "If he wants to participate, then so be it. Actually, we can take advantage out of his participation." She then grin maliciously, thinking about all the data and Persona Fragments they can take from Joker's fight, provoking the thief to grit his thief.
"Akira-Kun? KYAAAAAAAAA!" Nonon already was getting into her horny mode as she squealed.
"Yes indeed. The more I can get to know his Personas, the better." Innumuta reaccumulated his glassed on a sinister matter.
"This is quite the turn of events." Senketsu commented.
"In that case, I would like to propose an additional rule for the sudden death runoff." Gamagori told Satsuki Kiryuin. "The 3 of us shall take either Matoi or Akira and his pet."
This caused all the other students to get excited.
"Now that you mention it, it could be quite entertaining humiliating the new girl in front of everyone. We were going to fight her anyway, so why not just do it now?" Nonon grinned as she hopped that she wouldn't go against Kurusu.
"I must say, it could be a great finale for the Academy's first election." Innumuta the blue-haired nerd added, since he has grew an obsession for Personas.
Satsuki then smirked. "It would at that. You have your request accepted, Gamagori. Although, I shall be the one who shall pick your opponents. I was planning into deciding the battles based on the height of your pillars, but due to Joker's intermitting our tournament, I shall make a small exception." Satsuki explained before slamming her Bakuzan onto the floor, causing a giant hexagonal arena with tv screens to emerge from the ground. The name of the arena? The Natural Election Polling Place.
"Jeez! Sure Satsuki thinks of everything!" Mikisugi added while seeing everything from Class-K.
"It shall be a King of the Hill Final Battle!" Satsuki cried out about the great climax of the Natural Elections. "Matoi, Kurusu, each one of you shall battle the Elite Trio individually. If you emerge victorious Matoi, I shall duel you once more. And if you defeat me, I shall give you details about your father's death." Satsuki told the teenage girl. "As for you Joker, if you win your battles against your opponents and defeat me, I shall tell you the horrible destiny humanity will soon face…"
"Then you're on! Me and Fuzzy Hair shall beat your ass!" Matoi hissed against the dictator of Honnouji Academy.
"Sorry Ryuko, but only one of you shall emerge victorious. If Kurusu wins, I'm afraid I will never tell you your father's killer's name." Satsuki tried to get into Ryuko's nerves in order for Ryuko to break friendships with Akira, which kinda worked. "Kurusu, for your first battle, you shall face my shield and chair of the Dissciplinary Committee, Ira Gamagori!" Satsuki ordered her shield to face the Phantom Thief as conveniently, Gamagori's pillar was face-to-face with Kurusu's.
"I, understand…" Gamagori made a small bow to the direction the Kiryuin was, before turning his attention toward Ren. "Akira, you know I don't have any intention to fight you. But since I cannot defy Lady Satsuki's orders, I'm forced to be your first opponent!" Gamagori then used one of his whips to swing himself into the arena. "I am Lady Satsuki's impenetrable shield! I challenge you, and I shall put an end to your influence!"
Kurusu was like Gamagori. He didn't want to fight him, but he has to put his bond away for the meantime for the sake of a greater good. So he used his grappling hook to swing into the arena too. "I too plant to defeat you, and free you from the threads of the Life Fibers!"
"That's why we're Phantom Thiefs! We're the guardian demons of those voices of the weak who seek freedom and justice! And we're here to steal your heart!" Morgana exclaimed, causing the entire arena of No-Stars to cheer them up. After all, all that kindness they received from the thieves payed off.
"Yeah! Kick her ass, Akira! Show that mountain of uncanny beef that rules were meant to be broken!" Ryuko exclaimed as she cheer the 2 Phantom Thieves from her pillar.
"Not so fast, Matoi!" Gamagori somehow just grew the size of a mountain. "Our duel begins at 1 P.M!"
Ryuko then looked to the time on the screens of the arena. "What the hell!? I'm not gonna wait watching the clock pass by! Let's get this over with already!" Ryuko furiously and desperately exclaimed.
"No! We shall stick to the schedule! That's what we call discipline! AND THOSE ARE THE RULES!" Gamagori scolded Isshin's daughter, forcing her to wait much longer.
Time Later
"Attention, citizens of Honno City! Honnouji Academy's King of the Hill final battle will commence today, starting at 1:00 P.M." A voice from the speakers informed all of the citizens of Honno City. "It promises to be a bloody clash between the Student Council's Elite Trio, Second-Year student Ryuko Matoi and the most wanted criminal of Honno City Akira Kurusu, Alias: Joker! Tune in from Honnouji Television live brought to you by the Kiryuin Conglomerate, it's fun for all ages, so gather the family and let's watch it together!" The voice exclaimed, causing the population to cheer for the carnage circus that will occur.
But it wasn't all fun and entertainment in the slums. When Mataro received the notice, he was fully scared on just thinking how bad will Ryuko and Akira be on the King of the Hill final battle. "Wait! Ren's gonna fight?" He was the first one of the family to shout the voice out.
"What!?" Mr. and Mrs. Mankanshoku shrieked by the news their son gave them, causing Barazo to choke on a croquette that mordaciously managed to get off of his throat. "Then don't stand there! Steal us a T.V. so we can watch it!" Mako's dad ordered his offspring to get a T.V., but Mataro already planned this out.
"Luckily, I always have something stolen if any of this ever happens." Mataro muttered maliciously as he brought up a T.V. from his closet. Rather than wanting to watch the sudden death run-offs for the fights and Ryuko's angles, he was mostly concerned about the dangers Akira could get himself into.
"Mataro! You troublemaking kid!" Sukuyo then smacked her son for him admitting that he had a full closet of stolen goods. But well, she wouldn't be surprised he would conserve the goods from their days above the slums.
"What are ya' waiting for Mataro? Turn it on!" Mako's Dad was dying to see the upcoming fight.
But Mataro laughed a bit nervous. "About that… Yeah, I learn that to turn on a T.V. you need electricity…" Of course, since the electricity on the Slums was pretty expensive, they turned off the idea of the home T.V.
But the Mankanshokus always have a plan B.
"In that case, let's go to the electronics shop!" Barazo instantly went to prepare the car to get front seats before anyone else at the slums.
Mataro was pressuring his parents into preparing themselves, due to the worries in his mind on how bad of a time Akira will have…
Back at Honnouji Academy, Ryuko and Mako were having lunch on their favorite spot. The atmosphere felt quite different compared to their usual days. That and Kurusu was on top of one of the chain sustainer that was next to the girls.
"Hey! Wanna have some tea?" Mako offered her best friend something to eat for her croquettes, which she gladfully accepted by drinking it whole. "I'm sure that mom's lunch shall give you one million horsepower!"
"Seems you got yourself in another pickle, eh Matoi?" Mikisugi walked where the girls were to see what they're up to.
"Oh, Hi Mr. Mikisugi." Mako greeted her homeroom teacher. "Are you going to help me cheer Ryuko and Ren into victory?"
"Of course. After all, I'm your homeroom teacher more or less." Mikisugi contested before pinning the bubbly girl with a pin, paralyzing her.
"Hey! What the hell!?" Ryuko shouted out from seeing her friend being frozen once again while Mikisugi changed to his handsome self.
"Easy there, Matoi. I just pinned her on one of her pressure points so we can talk." Mikisugi told Ryuko since he didn't want to involve Mako on the dark parts of the Life Fibers. It was a request of Joker.
After such explanation, Ryuko's fumes toned down. "Fine… What do you want?"
"Drop out of the King of the Hill Final Battle. Let Kurusu handle this."
"What? Like hell I would!" Ryuko instantly gritted her teeth by such response.
"Look, I'm just trying to protect you and Senketsu. The Elite Trio are on a different level than you and your Kamui, and even more with Satsuki playing with those Persona Fragments. Not to mention that you will only help Satsuki get stronger once Innumuta analyzes your battle data. She will inevitably pit you with Joker. If you win, Satsuki will probably lock up Kurusu and milk him like a fat cow on a farm for his fragments or even brainwash him in the worst case scenario. And if you lose, she will probably take your Kamui and your Scissor Blade." Mikisugi warned her about the consequences of her actions if she continues to battle. "I know you want to know more about Dr. Matoi, but patience is virtue. Once we can get over the Kiryuins, we can easily interrogate Satsuki about who killed your dad, I promise."
Ryuko got irritated by being lectured by her teacher. "Look, about me facing Fuzzy Hair, I'm sure I will work this out. But I can't wait my ass here knowing that the only bitch who knows a damn thing or more about my dad is there, watching everyone from her nest with that shit-eating grin on her fucking face! So if you don't know the outcome, then pull up a seat and keep your opinions to yourself." Ryuko blurted at her teacher by pointing her mini-Scissor Blade at him before leaving.
Mikisugi only scratched his head due to how hard was to work with Matoi. But still, it was Akira's idea of sneaking In the Sudden Death Runoffs. That reminds him, better talk with Joker about a very important topic.
Akira, who was on his casual wear, was petting Morgana gently. He was just having a retrospective about how many things have happened ever since he accepted Philemon's challenge.
"Seems that you're quite busy. Mind if I talk to you?" Mikisugi asked to the thief from bellow his sight.
In response, Akira descended with grace and style like he usually likes to do. "By the sound of your tone, I guess you failed into convincing Ryuko on giving up the tournament, don't you? Well, that's how she usually rolls."
"I guess you can put that on perspective…" Mikisugi then returned to his main issue that Joker is having. "So, I noticed that a special blonde girl has started following you, but to fit better the description, stalking you."
"Wait! You mean Nui Harime?" Morgana quickly deduced. "Yeah… That girl alone always gives me disturbing vibes… She tends to act all nice, but I have that feeling that she's hiding a more sinister motive."
"Precisely, Morgana." Aikuro replied back. "You must also know that she is REVOCS' Grand Courtier. And also a deadly fighter."
Joker nodded. The demonstration of power she performed when they faced Fukuroda's Mecha Champion was absolutely absurd. Although, he also told Mikisugi the strange bond he and she have.
"I don't know what she wants with you, but I managed to hear that she is interested on your casual clothing. If I'm correct, it must be a set of Clothes of Hope." Mikisugi replied.
"Clothes of, Hope…?" Akira and Morgana were a bit out of Mikisugi's field to understand.
"It's complicated… I better explain you once the Sudden Death Run-offs are over." Mikisugi told Joker. Who surprisingly seem more patient than Ryuko.
"But speaking of Harime… I know that she is a force to be reckon with, but why do you even ask me these things?" Akira asked back to the teacher.
Mikisugi by hearing that response, stayed silent for some seconds. "Sorry… I wanted to tell you, but… For your own safety, I better not tell you… If your "Number 1 fan" finds out about the killer, who know on what kind of mental and psychical torture she can put you in?"
"Wait… So YOU know Isshin's Killer all this time!" Akira instantly grabbed Mikisugi by the collar of his t-shirt in an act of frustration. "Then why the hell are you hiding the truth from Ryuko!?"
"I told you once again! It's for your own safety! Some things are better not being known."
"Joker! Please! Calm down!" Morgana instantly pulled off Akira's hand from Mikisugi. "Even if I hate to say this, Mikisugi is right. Nui Harime is not to be taken lightly."
"And it's quite the miracle that someone like you managed to get on her good side." Aikuro added while cleaning the rubble out of his shirt. "Akira, promise me that you will win this! We need to know the Kiryuin's ultimate plan! And only Satsuki Kiryuin knows from anyone here." Mikisugi then hold hands with the trickster.
"I… I'll do what I can do… But I'll try to keep my promise." Akira replied while turning his Phantom Thief mode on. "but please! once this is all over, you will tell Ryuko who killed her dad."
Mikisugi had to admit that Akira was right. "Fine… But once we take care of the Kiryuin Conglomerate. Well, I'm outta here." Mikisugi then put on his teacher disguise before leaving the duo alone to unfroze Mako.
Akira looked at his phone that managed to calibrate It In order to match this world's hour. Only 5 minutes are left until his fight with Gamagori starts.
"Joker? Why the long face? Is there something wrong?" Morgana was quite confused about Akira's face of concern.
Joker heard his cat's question and turned around where the feline's head was. "It's About… Gamagori… I, just don't want to fight him… Even though he seems so blind by Satsuki's ideas, he shows that he has a serious self-loathing problem…" Akira replied to Morgana.
"Huh… So did you made a confidant out of the big guy?" The feline deduced about Akira's emotional situation.
"It's, complicated…" Kurusu then told Morgana everything about Gamagori's past and how his grief made him join Honnouji Academy.
"I see then…" Morgana sighted. "Joker, I know how much you feel for facing someone like Gamagori, but it would be obvious that Satsuki would make you face each other sooner or later… But the fate of this world and ours are more important now! I just hope that we can find a mean to not resolve to violence… if we can, that is…"
"Kurusu! I want a word with you before our fight." Gamagori somehow appeared behind the trickster, which made him gasp by the scare.
"Gah! Oh… Gamagori! Sorry for not noticing you." Akira lamented for his kinda mean gesture toward the gentle giant.
"So, anything to declare before we duke it out?" Morgana proceed to ask the chair of the disciplinary committee about any last words before they inevitably battle.
"Hmmgh… like how your, eehh… "Cat" asked. I'm sorry for repeating myself, but I just want to admit that I never had any intention to battle you. I'm not into fighting unless I'm provoke and forced to take action. The reason why is because you deserved to be slain by Lady Satsuki's hand- But when we joined forces to stop Takaharu Fukuroda from getting into the sudden death run-offs and the speech you gave at the Shadow Mako incident, I could finally see on your eyes the true motivation for your rebellion. It wasn't either to just blant out show everyone that you are stronger than Lady Satsuki, personal vendetta or a pointless temper tantrum. You choose to oppose Lady Satsuki's ambition for the sake of protecting those who can't defend themselves from the tyranny of the elites, those who treasure the most and to change the world for the better. I can say that's truly a honorable motivation." Gamagori admired Joker's selflessness quite the bit.
"hmph… Thanks, I guess…"
"Although, this doesn't mean I won't go easy on you. I admit that Lady Satsuki actions are not to be forgiven, but she is still my master and I cannot defy her. After all, I cannot forgive myself from all the things that passed under my radar, and this is the ultimate punishment I can give myself for not being good enough for everybody…" Ira muttered with some melancholy and regret from his voice. "And if you ever dare to assault Lady Satsuki, forget it! There are Shadows protecting her from you or Ryuko if you ever think of ambush her In the middle of the fight." Gamagori then pointed at Satsuki's spire being guarded by 2 Hell Knights.
"Well, we only have 2 minutes left before our fight starts." Akira looked at his smartphone to show the proof.
"Thanks for reminding me, Kurusu. I hope that as a decent human being, you don't arrive late or early, just arrive on time." Gamagori said goodbye before leaving and going into his pillar.
"Students of Honnouji Academy and Citizens of Honno City!" Satsuki slammed her Bakuzan to catch the attention of the crowd and viewers. "Today, we gather here in order to completely rearrange Honnouji's System!"
The response cause the crowd of the arena to go wild.
"As you are aware of, the participants known as Ryuko Matoi and Akira Kurusu and Morgana have been challenged to duel my Elite Trio! We won't be sure who shall emerge victorious since only time will tell!" Satsuki exclaimed. "Now, Let the first round begin! Ira Gamagori, Joker and Morgana, I command you to descend into the Natural Elections Polling Place!" Satsuki ordered the 3, causing red stairs similar to Satsuki's to appear in each of the boy's pillars.
"I must be careful. Ira Gamagori possesses 2 transformations. He will try to absorb my attacks to access his Scourge Regalia form." Joker was thinking about a strategy while descending by the stairs alongside Mona.
Both the black fox and orange toad were facing one another, preparing themselves for Satsuki's greenlight.
"Hear me out, because I shall not repeat myself! Battles will not have a time limit. In order to defeat your opponent, you must either beat him into submission, destroy its Goku Uniform or push it out of the arena. As for you Kurusu, if you fall off, you are disqualified alongside Morgana." Satsuki explained the rules of the fights. "Begin." She announced, causing a siren to cry out.
Joker & Mona VS Ira Gamagori
"Kurusu, I'll make sure this will be the last time you disrupt Honnouji's Order!" Gamagori let his battle cry before activating his Goku Uniform. "Three-Star Goku Uniform! Shackle Regalia!"
"Persona Uniform something. Burglar regalia…" Joker joked while doing a kinda lazy pose.
"What are you doing? Take this battle seriously!" Gamagori scolded Joker while still standing still.
"Heh! Says the guy wearing a BDSM clothing." Morgana teased the giant while still standing still like him.
Gamagori didn't said anything. He didn't want to lose his temper to give Akira and his feline companion some type of advantage.
Still, there was a bit of a silent between the 2. None of them were starting to exchange punches or anything in particular.
"Come on! What are you waiting for! Attack me for once, damnit!" Gamagori seem to be quite annoyed by Kurusu's lack of motivation to attack him.
On that moment, Joker left out a malicious grin. "With Pleasure! Norn!" He responded, continuing to summon the Clock Persona who casted a wave of liquid darkness against Gamagori.
"What the hell are you doing Fuzzy fuck!? You're going to make him stronger!" Ryuko instantly tried to make Kurusu retrieve his attack, but it was already too late.
"YES! COME TO PAPA!" Gamagori seem quite exited for the tsunami of black liquid to hit him. And SPLASH! So it did!
But for his surpsise, he didn't felt anything. "What the…?" The chair of the disciplinary committee stayed confused from the attack. "What did I didn't felt any pain?"
"Tarunda!" Kurusu summoned Alice against Gamagori to cast upon him the attack-decreasing curse.
"Oh! I get it! I think I got your plan!" Morgana has decipher Akira's plan to his luck.
"Hehe! Aren't you a smart cat, Morgana?" Akira complimented his friend as he orders him to get on his back, which he agreed on. Kinda like Banjo-Kazooie.
Back at the slums, the majority of the residents were gathering at the T.V. Shop to watch the King of the Hill final battle. Everyone going nuts on watching the butchering that was happening, but none of their eyes were more concentrated than Mataro's.
"Come on Ren, kick that brute's ass!" the son of the Mankanshoku family was the one cheering for Kurusu the most. He has already have a strong bond with Joker, and was praying for himto crumble down the Kiryuin empire for the sake of his family's, friends and the others' future. After all, finally knowing how horrible Honno's society is made him open his eyes more than ever.
But then, the T.V. just got shut down. "Sorry, but electricity is a nightmare to pay here at the slums. So you either buy yourselves a T.V. or get the fuck off!" The same T.V. salesman who met Kurusu advised the others, but it also awakened Mataro's anger.
"Gah! What the hell is wrong with you? We're just people trying to watch some T.V. Do you feel so effin' entitled to cut off the T.V. just because you're the only retailer around here?" Mataro instantly jumped where the shop owner was, ready to assault him.
"W-wait!? A-aren't you that pipsqueak friends with that new kid?" The saleman remembered the powerful contact the small child has. "Arg! Fine! J-just for this once! Then you all go hone and don't pester me again!" The T.V. Shop owner went back to turn on the T.V., making the residents cheer once more.
"Come on Ren! You're coming this far! Don't let those fuckers humiliate you!" Mataro hoped for the best for the Phantom Thief, until he got smacked by the head twice by his mom for cussing and attacking the owner.
"Enough foolery!" Gamagori's tone went from serious to angry. "If you're not going to hurt me, then I'll do it myself!" The whips of Ira's Uniform raised on to make the chair of the disciplinary committee lash himself.
"Wait what the?" Ryuko gasped at what Gamagori did as he began to inflate like a balloon.
"You fool! Did you think that I didn't have a back-up plan for such situations? I have my own special techniques for discipline to punish myself!" Ira exclaimed while ballooning. "I'll keep whipping, hitting and feeding myself until I climax! This is my Higi Jiji-Jibaku!"
"God… These Uniforms keep getting weirder and weirder…" Ryuko sighted at the fight.
"Gotta give it to Iori for thinking of the details for the Goku Uniforms!" Joker said before casting on himself and Morgana with Arahabaki's Marakukaja to brace themselves from the Toad's explosion.
"GHRAAAAH!" Gamagori exploded, liberating his whips everywhere while Joker and Mona tanked them as hard as they could. "It's time you 2 get a lecture about discipline! Three-Star Goku Uniform! Scourge Regalia!" Gamagori cried the name of his transformation before unleashing a twister of whips all around the arena, even it reached parts of the pillars with the other members of the elite trio evading the attacks.
"Shit shit shit shit! Ouch!" Joker got hit by one of the whips, but managed to get on his feet. The only thing he could do is observe better Gamagori to learn if there's a catch or not. "Ogure, is there any useful info about Gamagori's Uniform?" Joker asked Ogure from a transmitter in his ear.
"Now that you mention it, the only thing I know about Gamagori's Uniform other than his 2 transformations is that the outside of his Uniform is made out of cloth armor rather than Life Fibers. So hitting him with your needle gun alongside cutting its Banshi will prove to be difficult. The only strategy I can think of is tiring him up until his whips can't protect him anymore! Other than that, it's all up to you!" The ex-head of the trap division advised the wild card.
"Great so any AH! Notice of the others?" Joker asked once again while avoiding Gamagori's attacks and striking with Jack Frost's Diamond Dust attack.
"Not so much! Hakodate and Tsumugu are heading toward your position if things don't go as planned. Still kinda impressed how you managed to convince Mikisugi into letting you intervene in the Sudden Death Runoffs."
"Talking on your phone while fighting is a grave offense, Kurusu!" Gamagori cried out as he direct his whips against Akira, binding him completely and then wrap him inside his cloth armor as he revert back into Shackle Regalia.
"Seems that this battle will be over very early as expected." Gamagori taunted Joker while the thief tried to reach his Tailor's knife while being pressed by Gamagori's Goku Uniform and the chest of the chair of the disciplinary committee. "I'll continue to press and press you, unless you give up. So don't be an idiot and surrender at once." The giant tried to reason with his opponent as some of Kurusu's bones were beginning to crack a little.
"Not if I have something to say about!"
SLASH!
Gamagori's part of his cloth armor that was wrapping the trickster got sliced into a D-shape, liberating the Phantom Thief.
"I-impossible! How did you were able to cut through my armor!?" Gamagori demanded answers from the cartoon cat, which he responded with a glee.
"It's quite easy, Mr. Warden." Mona contested while looking at the wild card who was slowly getting up. "Hey Joker, did you really thought that you were the only one here who managed to improve his Persona with Life Fibers?"
Joker then got the cat's idea as he looked up where Morgana's Persona was standing, and his Jaw instantly dropped at the mere sight of it.
Rather than being Mercurius, Mona's new Persona resembled a lot to Zorro, but rather than being fully in black, he had a white outfit with a blue rose and what it appeared to be blue jeans, not to mention the initial letter of its belt being a D rather than a Z.
"Mona… How did you-"
"Long story short, you weren't the only one hunting down rotten One-Stars. It was quite annoying seeing them underestimate me for my appearance, but once those faces of arrogance turned upside down when I blew them off with a few punches. I don't know about you, but it seems that my Persona was also absorbing the Life Fibers of the opponents I was defeating until it evolved. But I doubt this evolution will last until we fulfill the divine impression." Morgana then looked at Gamagori one more time. "So from now on, my Persona will be referred as Diego!" He exclaimed while he was pointing his Tailor's Saber at Gamagori.
"Seems that Kurusu's Cat is also packed with surprises. Hmm…
Das Leben ist wirklich faszinierend… Quite indeed…" Satsuki Kiryuin thought to herself, watching Morgana's new Persona. "But… If there's someone in Honnouji who's will can rival yours Kurusu, it's Gamagori…"
"Hmph! Quite impressive indeed. But, you're not the only one with new surprises! GRAAAHH!" Gamagori shouted, causing his cloth armor to fully regenerate, but it seem that such a move made him quite tired. "T-thanks to Iori's improvements to my Goku Uniform, m-my cloth armor can regenerate themselves if they ever get torn apart… Although, a g-great move also requires a great price…" Gamagori explained himself before whipping himself to release his Scourge Regalia form.
"Aw shit… Why do bad guys always have a regeneration ability, that's just so cliché…" Ryuko puffed towards Honnouji's lack of originality.
"Don't get all angry, Ryuko. Seems that whenever Gamagori uses that move, he gets more tired. But due to him mostly using defensive capabilities, he can slowly recover from the fatigue." Senketsu deduced how the Toad's strategy works.
"Wow. Thanks for pointing out, captain obvious." Ryuko poked her Kamui eye in response.
Back with the fight, Both Akira and Morgana were ready to strike once more as they rushed themselves against Gamagori before striking him with their weapons and Personas. Morgana with his Saber, Diego with his Sword, Joker with his dagger, and Raoul with his metallic wings. But Gamagori shielded himself with his spiky arms to then push both of them far away, but not too far of the arena, which made the crowd get exited.
"Heh… You sure live up to your name as a wall, don't you?" Morgana told Ira while casting Salvation on Joker.
"Now it's not the time for compliments!" Gamagori walked where his 2 opponents were. "Because!" Gamagori attacked Kurusu with a right knuckle, who the Phantom Thief managed to block with Raoul's wing. "Good Guys always end up!" Ira then whipped Joker with a left whip, catching him by surprise. "LAST ON THIS WORLD!" Gamagori was directing his right foot toward Akira to kick him out of the arena.
"Kya! Ren!" Mako gasped seeing how Kurusu was falling down.
"Well, for someone causing a huge ruckus in Honno, I must say that was quite the disappointing battle." Innumuta sighted out, disappointed of seeing Kurusu fall down and hoping to analyze him more.
"Don't get too confident, Innumuta. Kurusu will recover from this one. Just Watch." Gamagori crossed his arms, waiting for Joker to get up on the platform once more, which he did as his grappling hook cling itself into the arena, causing Joker to be catapulted into the air.
"Seems that Honnouji would end up as last since everyone here sees me as the bad guy!" He joked with his cocky grin while bringing out 6 color marbles from his fingers which threw them at Gamagori and exploded into a giant smoke screen when the spheres hit their target.
"Gah! Gah! Heh… Seems that some things never change." Gamagori coughed out while trying to find Joker and Mona. "Although your motivations are honorable…" Gamagori noticed a sillouette of Akira "YOU CANNOT ESCAPE DESTINY, YOU FILTHY RODENTS!" Gamagori immediately strapped the sillouete with his whips, just to reveal itself to be a scarecrow with a bomb for a head.
"Then we refuse to walk the path of destiny if it leads to ruin! It's not like I already felt what it is to be a mice!" Joker exclaimed from a far distance. "If humanity is destined to be ruled by Satsuki Kiryuin, then we refuse to make it happen! No matter what society says, or the mask that forces me to wear, I'll strip it off, do any type of sacrileges and go against everything this world standards in order to take down the rotten people ruling the world and change humanity's fate for the better! That's why we're Phantom Thieves!"
Gamagori was able to hear where the sound of Kurusu's voice to know his location. "You talk too much!" Gamagori instantly threw the scarecrow bomb against the Phantom Thief to where he was while the smoke was clearing out.
"So you wanna play hot potato? Fine!" Akira used Makarakharn to deflect the bomb back at Gamagori. "He's distracted! NOW!"
"Nyahaha! Seems its time I put my paws back into this situation!" Morgana added while preparing Diego. "Miracle Rush!" Morgana declared, causing Diego to summon a thousand cartoon spring boxing cloves who proceed to approach Gamagori to strike him.
"Gah! Seems that your over reliance on your friends made you use your brain even less!" Gamagori quickly retracted his whips to turn back Into his Shackle Regalia form to absorb the attack, that resulted into a giant strike worth of a ton of damage, which resulted on another explosion of whiplashes that caught the thieves by surprise.
Of course, Jakuzure was having quite the experience watching her crush being whipped while he sometimes lets out quite the moans.
"Shit… I must admit that he is fast on changing forms…" Kurusu panted while rubbing his butt from the whiplashes.
"Uhh…Joker! Better run before we get flattened up!" Morgana quickly ordered Joker to cast Masukukanja with Horus.
"Doesn't matter where you hide or where you run, the law shall not rest until criminals like you get arrested and properly punished! Goliath RAID!" Gamagori who seem to be now the size of the holy grail was falling down, ready to squash the Phantom Thieves with his whole body.
"Shit! Overly muscular men are falling from the sky!" Joker gasped before quickly switching for Horus and increase his and Morgana's agility to evade the painful crushing, not before from Joker to load his gun with a special bullet and pulling the trigger, shooting the special orb-like bullet against Gamagori.
"Don't you know, bullets and fire-weapons don't work against Goku Uniforms! Let alone my Shackle Regalia!" Gamagori wiped out the rubble out of his uniform before menacingly walking toward the Phantom Thieves.
Joker then realized that they will go nowhere if they play a full-offensive. "Morgana, change of plans!" Kurusu looked at his cat. With his mere sight, the cat knew that in order to beat Gamagori, they must fight like Gamagori.
But the pressure of the 2 would be higher once they saw that Ira has grown into a gigantic state.
"Hate what you see? Good!" Gamagori said while crossing his arms like a certain colossal giant mech bigger than the entire universe. "Just like my size, it doesn't matter if you're one step ahead, the law will always be there to block your road!" Gamagori was preparing his Ultra Punishing Punch to finish off Akira and Morgana "Ghraaaaah!" Ira proceed to direct his fist against where the 2 thieves were standing, causing a massive shockwave of orange energy that destroyed a good portion of the platform.
Gamagori was on one knee, trying to catch his breath, until he felt something strange on his left shoulder.
"Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. Don't you know the old meaning, Gamagori?" Morgana was sitting on the giant's shoulder, catching Ira by surprise. "The bigger they are…"
Joker who barely managed to dodge the attack, shoot his grappling hook against one of Gamagori's legs. "Let's take down the big guy!" the wild card sprint himself to then swing himself all around Ira Gamagori, wrapping his legs like the At-Ats in Star Wars.
"Hey, what the!?" Gamamgori was surprised about how Akira was using his own size against him. He didn't knew why, but he was feeling his power down, that he became too weak to unrestraint himself from the hook.
"The harder they, FALL!" Joker complemented Morgana as he used Yamata-no-Orochi's Oni Kagura to strike Gamagori's back with all of his strength, causing the giant to tumble and lose his balance.
"GRHAAAH!" Gamagori screamed as he was falling down.
"Well that was kinda fast." Ryuko said looking how the toad fell down.
"Don't get full of yourself, new girl. Gamagori can get pretty stubborn when he gets a direct order from Lady Satsuki." Nonon pointed at a whip clinging itself into the arena, causing Gamagori to be propelled back at the poll place.
"hehehe... You aren't the only one capable of getting up to the platform again, huh?" Gamagori cackled for a little before slowly transforming back into Shackle Regalia. "Come on! Keep attacking me! You're only making me more powerful! Your attacks are nothing more than batteries for my Goku Uniform!"
"Hhng! I know I could sound very cheezy, but they're more forms to defeat your enemy without violence!" Kurusu said before summoning Jack Frost. "Like THIS! ICE AGE!" the winter fairy instantly used one of his most devastating moves, freezing the entirety of the arena.
This caused Gamagori to lose balance. "Guh! Kinda clever! You 2 trying to transform the floor into ice in order for me to lose balance right? IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE THAN THAT TO MAKE ME FALL DOWN! DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF COWARD TRICK YOU PULL OFF, I WILL ALWAYS GET MYSELF UP, EVEN IF IT KILLS ME! AND THAT WAY, I CAN FULFILL MY PUNISHMENT!"
"Is that so? Let's put your resolve to the test, then!" Akira recited those same words Satsuki told Gamagori back in middle school before trying to cover the giant with Raoul's veil.
"Wait! T-this is that same move he used against Lady Satsuki!" Gamagori told himself on his mind as he remembered how his master fell on the ground while feeling drowsy. But he will not give up that easily! "N-no! I must stay awake! I'm the chair of the Disciplinary Committee and I give an example to every student! GRAAAAHH!" Ira immediately lashed himself to keep himself up, awake and feed himself, causing Phantom Show to fail for Joker's surprise.
"Now it's time!" Joker saw his golden opportunity. He casted on himself Heat Riser before skating his way against Gamagori's ballooning body thanks to the icy floor. He carefully pushed Ira thanks to the slippery ice, causing him to fall down and roll where Morgana was waiting to slice Gamagori's cloth.
"Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is the end for you!" Morgana quickly gave a slash against the incoming balloon of a man, causing a slice in the form of a D, popping off Gamagori's Shackle Regalia.
"H-haven't you forgot? I can regenerate my cloths!" Gamagori cried in pain while regenerating his cloth.
"We know, and we plan to continue into doing that!" Both Joker and Mona exclaimed in the same time, before putting their combo into action.
While Akira was busy debuffing Gamagori, Morgana was mostly concentrating into cutting Ira's cloth armor until he has no energy left to fight. Which surprisingly it was working.
"How intriguing! Seems that both Joker and Morgana are overexploiting Gamagori's newfound power for their own advantage." Innumuta was typing down more data on how Joker could use their opponent traits.
"Wow! Thanks for pointing it our, captain smartypants." Nonon thanked Hokuta on an ironic way.
"Gamagori, have you ever noticed that your own Goku Uniform is nothing more than an embodiment of your self-hatred? Think about it! That thing makes you stronger the more you hurt yourself! Just like how you're doing it with yourself with your self-loathing! Please! Just let us free you from the clothing of oppression and captivity for once! You can't continue thinking that you deserve all this suffering!" Akira tried to reason with the giant from letting him help on his mental health of self-hatred while he and the cartoon cat were almost done with tiring up Gamgaori.
But his will and grief prevented him from giving up. He just couldn't forgive himself until this world suffers under the Kiryuin's hand. He is a disgrace to his past school, and now he must pay the ultimate price and punishment. "Never… I-I can't forgive myself… I WILL NOT LOSE TO A BUNCH OF FILTHY OUTCASTS LIKE YOURSELVES!" Gamagori let out a roar that resulted in is cloth armor to be fully fixed before unleashing a twister of whips that pushed the thieves far off the edge of the arena.
"Gamagori! Just stop it! You're over exhausting your own body for some pointless self-punishment!" Akira tried to at least reason Gamagori for once. Yes, he needs to defeat him, but he was worried about Gamagori overworking his body to death.
"Don't talk to me as if you know me from the start, Kurusu!" Gamagori seems to stand still and strong due to his own strong will. "I don't care if the No-Stars and even I respect you! Ever since you step a foot at Honnouji Academy, you were setting a bad example to its students! Just like you said to Lady Satsuki, your punishment was long overdue! Now ACCEPT YOUR FATE!" Gamagori cried in fury as he pulled out a good number of spiked rings from his back before throwing them at once against his opponents.
Mona and Akira made their best efforts into avoiding those rings, which they succeed in surviving. But suddendly, Gamagori ambushed them by surprised with a gigantic raid of whiplashes.
"Here at Honno city, we strive by one thing and one thing only! Order! With Order, prosperity, peace and progress is achieved down here! As chair of the disciplinary committee, I torture and whip myself out to give an example to criminals like you and Matoi! That's how I preserve the order from the chaos that are people like you!" Gamagori exclaimed as he continued to whip himself.
"Order? Do you call Progress a toxic society that has sick, discussing and repulsive social hierarchy, it isn't funny? Do you call peaceful a school that is constantly taking over other schools? Do you call progressive raising child soldiers!? Do you even call a society of Order when events as the Natural Elections plunged the entire city into anarchy!?" Joker tried to counter Ira's argument while avoiding the whips.
"Why should I ever lister a naked ape, even if it is you, Kurusu!? On how the No-Stars are being bullied to the point of death is not of my concerns, it their own fault for not following and adapting into Lady Satsuki's System's rules! Just like how you are refusing to become a decent member of society." Gamagori replied back.
"Then what's the point of integrating into a society that I know it will treat me as if I value less than dirt? Just for some sense of false accomplishment?"
"That's a good question, Kurusu! You know, I thought that first you would just be a slightly less nuisance than Ryuko ever since you got admitted into Honnouji Academy, you were at least following the Honnouji Golden Rules and you were also a productive student inside and outside your Club Responsibilities with your Fight Club until your betrayal unlike that slut you call a friend. But now I have realized, the whole reason why Lady Satsuki Kiryuin deployed the Natural Elections, causing so many casualties between our students, and the appearance of Shadows, it's because of YOU!"
That response pierced through Joker's heart. He had to acknowledge that he has pushed the ruler of Honno into such extreme measures. "A slut!? Then don't even try to spit bullshit about how your dear Satsuki Kiryuin is the exception! Deep inside, we both known that she is nothing more than a fascist and heartless monster wearing the clothes of a saint! Don't deny it! She is the sole reason why you're self-torturing!"
"Don't ever dare to disrespect Lady Satsuki Every again! What if you possess powers beyond Lady Satsuki's grasp? What if the No-Stars see you as a prophet!? You're nothing more than a filthy pig trying to get his way through Anarchy, unaware of the consequences of its violent ways! Using Chaos to intoxicate the Students' minds with your ideals of revolution and rebellion! Don't you see it? From here on out, any resident can just start a riot if things don't go their way! Chaos leads to nothing more than anarchy and ruin! Your own existence brought pure disaster upon Honnouji Academy!" Gamagori roared his feeling toward Akira while still keeping attacking.
"What the hell are you saying!? I've never intended to leave this society on chaos! Chaos cannot coexist without Order! The problem here is that this fascist society is over-tilting the balance to the Order side!" Akira replied back while throwing a Megidola against Gamagori, but the giant managed to block it perfectly. "I fully acknowledge the heavy consequences that my enrollment inside Honnouji Academy lead to, but I don't use them as a way to tell myself that I should never exist! Mistakes and tragedies are unavoidable in life, but I use them to inspire myself into do what I think is right for me and everyone else! That is my resolve! And with the resolve found in those accidents and mistakes, you will never defeat me!"
"ENOUGH!" Gamagori snapped out, unleashing his trademark Whip of Love that resides between his crotch-part of his Goku Uniform.
Joker quickly dodged it like how Neo dodges the bullets in the Matrix before jumping backwards to get behind. He felt tired. Gamagori was truly a beast of his own, and seems that the determination of the goliath will keep him alive and pumping until he gets knocked out for the count. But well, he remembered that the chair of the Disciplinary Committee is a man who lost everything, so he has nothing to lose on the line.
"Damn… he's too persistent…" Joker blurted as he was trying to recover his air. He was about to cast himself a healing skill, but Gamagori already knew about Joker's regeneration trick.
"You think I'll just stand her and let you heal you?" Gamagori summoned his whips once last time, binding the wild card by surprise, rendering him useless. "THINK AGAIN!"
"KYAAAHH! You're so cute when you're restrained! Ahhh…" Nonon collapsed into the floor by just seeing her crush all binded and useless.
"Ahahaha! Seems that this cat and mouse game is over." Gamagori slowly approached Akira, seeming to resist his tensed muscles.
"Gamagori… There's no need to fight… Please, let me destroy the thing that reminds you of such pain of your past! Is your loyalty toward someone you know will bring nothing more than tragedy to humanity more important than you own mental health?" Joker seem to be on his last stand. There was no trick he could do, so he had to result to the only thing he has left to fight; The usage of words.
"I told you once again, Akira. It's… already to late for me… What's the point of fighting back if you know you're not only going to lose, but you're also going to make things worse…?" Gamagori said with some kind of regret on his voice. "Even though I can respect your motivation for your actions, I cannot let out my sight rebellious and troublemaking students who are only endangering the society Lady Satsuki has forged for 3 years!" Gamagori's tone went from calm to his usual lousy one. "Now then Akira Kurusu, it's time for your rehabilitation that punks like you desperately need, and by that, I mean that I shall mold you into shape! It's time to take some Disciplinary Measures!" Gamagori's arms then started to morph into 2 molds, with each one resembling a One-Star student. "This mold is perfect to correct delinquents such as yourself! And then, after I'm finished, your whole identity, freedom and everything that makes you stand out from the crowd shall be revoked, thus transforming you into a proper male student! Now you why all the One-Star students look all the same! So consider this a gift of mine and a fresh start for you!" Gamagori has been anticipating this moment ever since Akira defeated Lady Satsuki. "And now…" Gamagori opened his arms wide, ready to crush Joker between his molds. "TIME TO DISCIPLINE YOU FOR ONCE!" Gamagori then crushed Akira between the molds, trying to press as hard as he could. "Come on, try to struggle, and repent yourself from your wicked ways!"
"GAH! He's turning him into a human waffle!" Mako was freaking out. Ren was about to be stripped away from everything that made him a fun fella, but Mankanshoku's face of anxiety then turned into one of surprised once she noticed that Akira was showing a lot of resistance against Gamagori's own form of correcting his students.
"Ghhehehe… Y-you think i-I'm about to just hopelessly struggle from taking everything that makes me myself and become another thoughtless zombie…?" Joker seem to be quite confident. "No… B-because a Phantom Thief a-always has a way to escape!" Joker pressed a button on the palm of his right hand, causing the stuck marvel on Gamagori to explode and liberate Joker.
"Grrr! You dirty brat!" Gamagori liberated 2 of his whips. But for his dismay, Joker managed to grab 1 of them while cutting the other one.
"Morgan! NOW!" Akira pulled the whip where Morgana was.
"If we can't cut you normally, then we have to unwrap you like a Christmas present! MAGARUDYNE!" Morgana casted his strongest wind attack, forming a tornado that caused the whip to be caught in.
In the process, many of the other whips followed the other as they got suctioned into the whirlwind, causing Gamagori to spin around on a comical way all around the frozen arena like a wild top.
This not only left the chair of the Disciplinary committee absolutely dizzy, but also without anymore cloth armor to protect himself, leaving his Banshi completely exposed.
"He's dizzy! Let's finish this up!" Morgana exclaimed as he raised his Tailor's Saber
Hold Up!
"All out Attack!" Both Akira and Mona cried at the same time as the slashed Gamagori's Goku Uniform with such extreme speed.
"Gamagori, have this clear! Whenever you approve it or not, I shall steal your captivity and let you free from your woes!" Joker told Ira while he was on his way to give the final shot as he prepared his Tailor's Glove and Tailor's Dagger. "Just like driving, cutting Life Fibers not only requires guts…" Akira was on the verge to cut the Shackle Regalia's Banshi. "IT ALSO TAKES SKILL TOO!" Akira cried with all of his heart as he swiftly cut Gamagori's clothes to nothing, breaking the entire icy field in the process.
Results:
Exp: 8000
Money: 4500 Yens
Item: Senpuku Knife
The crowd of No-Stars cheered on as they witness their savior crush the head of the disciplinary committee. They never felt so much hope and joy on their lives at Honnouji for so long.
Meanwhile, Innumuta was not that surprised. Based on his data, Akira had more probability to obtain victory.
"Seems that his resolve was clouded by his arrogance and soft spot for his opponent… What a shame…" Satsuki only narrowed at the aftermath of the fight.
Back at the slums, the Mankanshoku family was celebrating Joker's victory, only to be interrupted by the T.V. Shop owner shutting down the t.v.
"Alright, show's over. Now go home!" The owner shoo the other resident to their slums back to the rat holes they originated from, but Mataro was determined to watch over his friend.
The sounds of the Mankanshoku family car were roaring all over the district, making Mr. and Ms. Mankanshoku look at their vehicle.
"What are you waiting for? Get in! We're going to see those bloodbaths live!" Mataro was on the front seat with Guts on the co-driver's one, ready to burn some rubber.
"Umm… Mataro, since where did you learn how to drive?" Sukuyo asked her son as she got inside the back-seat of the car alongside her husband.
"heh! Being in the 2-Star condos provided me with new abilities!" Mataro replied back as he used a brick to press the gas pedal of the car, before driving their way to Honnouji Academy.
"Hey Mushroom Head, good job on stealing my kill." Ryuko congratulated her partner in crime from her pillar with some sarcasm on her voice.
"Huh… Seems that Ryuko is right. Gamagori sure gave you a new haircut." Morgana pointed at his friend's hair who was unaware.
"Joker felt his hair and felt that that it was changed into one of a One-Star student. So he quickly rearranged his hairstyle on his usual messy hair.
"He seem to adapt new strategies based on his surrounding and circumstances and attacks in teamwork. I must say It's quite impressive." Mikisugi told himself as he wrote down a resume of the fight on his notebook. "But still… I don't have my hopes up that it will be enough to save mankind's future…"
But not everything was sunshine and rainbows. Gamagori was on his knees. Broken, defeated and drawing tears on his eyes. "No… No… It's not possible… How pathetic… How pathetic I am… First my school, my friends and now, this… What's the point of a disciplinary committee if it cannot reform even 1… Crook!" Gamagori has touched rock bottom of his heart as he pulled out his Senpuku Knife he has all this years, in case he ever feels the necessity to execute himself out of shame. "I… I cannot live with this disgrace… Not after everything I let pass through my eye and make the students see their role model failing… This is the only way of punishment to cleanse my sins…" Gamagori was about to end his whole life with the knife, until he was hit by a needle bullets, leaving him frozen in place. "What the…?" Gamagori looked around who was responsible from stopping his suicide, until he was that it was Akira with his custom Needle Gun.
"No… There are more ways to do so." The Phantom Thief contested.
"Akira, I told you to stay out of this!" Gamagori wanted to strangle the thief, but he was unable to. "Why are you even trying to stop me?" Gamagori went from a slightly angry face to a more despairfulone. "What's the point of living as an enforcer of the law if your entire reputation was been finally vanished…? Just… let me die in peace… I already failed so many people… And even worse with the No-Stars who they just, loathed me… What's the point on living on if you're nothing more than a complete failure…?"
Joker closed his eyes before continuing talking. "It's because I only want to free you from the clothing that is binding your heart." Akira said before grabbing Gamagori's Knife and then destroy it by stomping on it. "I know… you didn't want any of this. You specifically told me that you only followed Satsuki around by self-loathing and regret. And that's the problem… Your misdirected motivation made your downfall…"
Gamagori still didn't fully understand. "But, why are you even trying to help me from taking my life? I'm from Honnouji Academy, and you're with Nudist Beach…"
"Does it even matter?" Akira replied. "Gamagori, have you ever heard of the story of my old friend Goro Akechi?" Joker proceed to tell Ira the times he spent with the detective prince, the truth that he was actually a mole and yet, even when he was his enemy, he tried to save him from himself. Only for Crow to sacrifice himself to save his friends. "If you ever try to end your life, better be by sacrificing for something worth for."
"But why even bother… When no one in this world truly believes in me…?"
"Who ever told you that? Look at Mako! She seems to truly care for you, maybe call you a friend perhaps. And, haven't you forgot?" Joker gave the naked toad a warm smile as he took off his smile. "I respect your will and determination. So you also can have me as someone who cares for you."
"Make that three." Morgana added on. "After all, you fought bravely and without giving up."
"Gamagori, don't let your past actions haunt you, making yourself feel miserable and worthless. Use them as a motivation to improve yourself and change the world for the better. Maybe you can start by defending the No-Stars from the Clubs. That way, they could truly see you as someone exemplar and a role model. I tell you by experience." Joker reminded the giant about how he used the experience of his friends' deaths to give him motivation to save this world from the Kiryuins. "Gamagori, I'm not trying to convince you to join Nudist Beach by force. I get that even if you have finally heal your wounds in your heart, you will still follow Satsuki to the very end. I must even admit, although she has done unforgiving crimes in the past, I can still admire her will, charisma and even her dedication. But, it doesn't matter if you're from Honnouji Academy or from Nudist Beach. At the end of the day, we're all just Naked apes." Akira responded while taking off Gamagori's needles
The red sky cleared off to show that nice blue sky, with the sun flashing where Gamagori was, he felt as if he has finally done something right. Gain the true respect of not only a student, but a fellow enemy as well. And he will do anything to protect those bonds. "T-thank you… Thank you!" Gamagori hugged Kurusu as he liberated a giant burst of tears, feeling somewhat purified.
"Cry as much as you want, Gamagori. Unleash your true feeling. Represing them will only make yourself worse…" Morgana told Ira, while he was accidentally asphyxiating Joker with his straight.
Akira was feeling that his bond with Gamagori was becoming stronger.
I am Thou, Thou art i…
Thou hast acquire a new vow
It shall become the wings of rebellion
That breaketh thy clothing of captivity.
With the rebirth of the Emperor Persona
Thou hast retrieve a power dormant within thee soul
That shall lead to salvation, and new power…
The Emperor Tarot card fell where Akira was, releasing Baal from his slumber…
"Hmm… Seems that you were also there to save your surbordinate, but I arrive first. Even still, I can appreciate that you at least care for some people, Satsuki Kiryuin." Joker who was released from Ira's arms looked to Satsuki who descended from her platform.
Satsuki didn't said anything other than an angry grunt. She just took Gamagori with her to give him some rest and make him recover from the fight.
"Gamagori?" Satsuki wanted to ask something to Ira.
"What is it, Lady Satsuki?"
Satsuki closed her eyes for a second. "I want to admit that I was too hard for you. To be honest, I thought that punishing yourself would make you stronger, but it seems that it only made you weaker." The Kiryuin didn't want to make it obvious that she was creating feelings toward her Elite Trio. She even regrets being too harsh on Sanageyama. Sure, he was the most disposable, but he had determination and soul. He was like the little sibling she would never had by her mother's fault. And now, she only made herself another enemy. "I order you to take a rest from now on. Although, this doesn't save you from being demoted."
"I… Understand… I deserved it…"
Satsuki only smiled. "Now let Innumuta take the wheel from now on. Even if he loses, we will end up winning at the end…"
The Triggerverse is a universe set in the Multiverse, being the home of Matoi's and Satsuki's world and with Kurusu's Universe being the Megami Tenseiverse nearby the Smashverse. The Triggerverse's origin is still remained unknown, but the Space Patrol who is responsible of patrolling the different worlds, deduced that it comes from either Spiral Energy, Life Fibers, or even mayor forces beyond their comprehension. Although, they're still unaware of Ragyo and the Original Life Fiber's scheme to control and devour everything that exists in this world and even beyond.
On one of this particular worlds, it exists one where Angels and Demons fight one another with the mortals watching the battle, similar to the Megami Tenseiverse, but this one Is quite weird. On Daten city, ghosts who are spectral beings and servants of the demon forces constantly terrorize its inhabitants on a daily basis. Luckily for them, there's always a spark of hope in the darkest of despairs, in the form of 2 fallen angels. But they're not agents of justice. These 2 sister angels prefer to not do shit and just do their own things rather than protecting the innocent. One of them is a blonde slut who loves nothing more than fuck any kind of men and throw even more vulgar slurs and Ryuko and the other one being a goth girl with an extreme sweet tooth.
"And right here is the holy grail of all holy motherfucking grails! My home!" Panty who was dragging a young blonde boy with a torn apart suit, with Briefs following her behind.
"Huh… You live on this place? Kinda unstable to be honest." The Kid looked around, seeing the wooden planks barely holding the church together.
"Come on, Panty! You can't be serious! I broke my butt to find all your pieces and put you back together! And now you ditch me for some guy that just fell down from a crack?" Brief the akward geek who is surprisingly loaded wailed over her one true love ditch him over someone else. Even after gathering every single Panty part in Oten city and end Corset once and for all.
"Could you just shut the fuck up, geek boy?" Panty instantly kicked brief out of the blue, with the blonde kid not really saying anything.
"B-but Panty! Don't you remember? I got the money, looks and even I unlocked your angel powers when the city was about to be utterly destroyed!" Briefs added out, before another familiar fellow slammed the door, announcing his entrance.
"Oh shit muthafucka'! Oten city is one fucked up dumpsterfire!" Garterbelt the Priest of Daten City's church declared out as he entered the building. "YOU CAN'T BE FUCKIN' SERIOUS! Panty!? Still tryin' to insert every cock you see walkin' down your pussy? What's with that whole final battle, ya fucking hoe of an angel?"
"Hey, it's not my fucking fault the backstabbing diabetic demon of Stocking just decide to declare herself to be a demon. I mean, if were truly sisters, how in the 9 circles of hell is she a demon to begin with?" Panty tried to guess how did Stocking was able to hide her demonic origins for so long, or she is just fucking with her which could be a convincing answer.
"Seems that yo' brain has more cum than intelligence to begin with, if you have a brain to begin with or I don't know how yo' brain is located down your vagina. But right now, Stocking will be the least of out problems." The black priest proceed to point the new kid. "BECAUSW WHO IN THEIR HOLY SANITY ARE YOU, FUCKER!"
"Oh… Right… What I remember is that my name is AΩ Nova, sir…" The boy responded a bit uninterested.
"Forgive him Garter, it's just that he has a sever case of amnesia. He doesn't remember his origins." Brief explained Nova's situation.
"But I must say, that boy sure has quite the looks." Garterbelt complimented Nova's looks.
"Stop stalling time afro freak! Me and this sugar baby will have some private time with Mr. Dick and Ms. Pussy." The angel slut seems really exited on fucking Nova.
"Actually, I'm 13." Nova contested casually.
"Who the fuck gives a shit about someone's age? If you're hot, then you can fuck!" Panty quickly lead Nova to her room.
"Panty! Wait!" The poor geek follow her.
"Mmmm… AΩ Nova… What a peculiar name…" The priest put his hand on his chin, trying to remember if he has ever heard of such name. But his concentration would be lost once Chuck the zipper dog got stuck by a lightning. "Holy shit of ma' mama! We haven't got heavenly messanges after that shithole of the Hell Gate's incident."
Chuck then spit out a paper, which Garterbelt pick up. When he saw the message, his face got over by fear by the message.
2 Threads of Life Fibers with the initials of the Omega symbol and a capital B.
Confidant Summary:
Ira Gamagori – The Emperor: Member of the Elite Trio and chair of the Disciplinary Committee of Honnouji Academy. He is a lot of things. Rule-obsessed, a bit arrogant, really strict and harsh against lower-rank students and pretty lousy. But someone ii truly respect by his will and determination is one of them.
Persona Obtained: Baal.
