Chapter 17: Price
Satsuki Kiryuin's troops were marching through the streets of the city of Osaka, annihilating anything and everything that posed itself as an obstacle to her ambition, whenever those someone's shop owners trying to defend their precious city, or just innocent civilians who had the unfortunate fate of crossing path with the her. Nevertheless, the trails Honnouji's Sports Division and its Shadows left upon were in color red as they flooded the city with lifeless corpses of their former enemies, taking the term of painting the town red to a whole other level.
And then, they were all. The Lady of War and her loyal servants were standing at the front gates of Naniwa Kinman High-School, main academic institute of Osaka locaded on the heart of the city, and home and main base of the Heir of the Takarada syndicate and long-rival of Satsuki Kiryuin, Kaneo Takarada. The building of the institute had the shape Japanese castle with all of its bricks and structure being made out of bricks made out of solid gold and other beautiful and valuable minerals, with the Naniwa Tower being behind the fortress. The Academy's golden gates were guarded by all of its students armed with weapons, ready to protect their lustrous castle. Not to mention that the school's giant t.v., where the main man himself Kaneo Takarada showed himself sitting on gold throne at top of the academy.
"Whatup, yo' Honnouji Academy dipshits!" Surprisingly, he greeted the invaders with a smug on his face. "Dis man's name's Kaneo Takarada, da' studan' council president of Naniwa Kinman High School, yo!" Kaneo presented himself with a pompous and annoying tone to tease off his Kiryuin rivals. "Oh shit, whatup! If it ain't Ms. Ragyo Kiryuin's sweet littah' love pie hoe! Yo! How business doin' for you Satsuki? And damn gurl, yo' gott hotter than the last time I took a good peak to yo' poor bitch-ass. Say, wasn't expectin' that yo' would bring yo' homies to my humble city, yo. But if y'all came dis' way for the 2 of us to partay' all night, I may have as well rent myself sum' hot-ass hoes down here for them to shake their thick-asses right through yo' face. Of course, once aftah' I sweep that ugly-ass face off yours down' the ground!" He shouted, proving that he was prepared for Honnouji's siege. "What? Did ya' expectin' yo' and your lil' dogs to sweep us like yo' did with pussy-ass Kyoto and Kobe, huh? Well, bad new for all of you, Gs! yo' all are in Osaka! So if yo' don't want mah foot on yo' ass, get the stiffin' or get pwned!" He looked down at her old nemesis Satsuki, who held both Bakuzan and Scissor Blade on both of her hand.
"Heh… Even as the sands of time whirl, you're still the filthy arrogant coward that I can vaguely remember. You should at least feel proud that I at least have a of blurry memory of your worthless existence, and more-so your name." Satsuki pity Kaneo for the ass-kick she was going to deliver on a plate made by his own bones. He, alongside those fools of Nudist Beach were the only opposing force strong enough to foil Honnouji Academy's self-righteous ambition to liberate humanity from the control of the Life Fibers.
"Really? Don't ya' remember me, gurl? Kaneo Takarada, from the Takarada Sindicate?" The kingpin of Osaka looked at his rival from the commodity of his screen while reaccommodating his super-expensive glasses. "We met up back when yo' mama planned that fancy graduation party at yo' backyard for all those rich doods of Japan. Though, dat piñata that they hunged, it was kinda nice. you know what I'm sayin'?"
"Tch… What's up with that douche over there?" The carbon copy of Sanageyama looked at her mistress to ask him if he was really the main man Satsuki despised so much.
"That's Kaneo Takarada, 20 Years old, Student Council President of Naniwa Kinman High School and heir to the Takarada Syndicate." Satsuki replied to the carbon copy of the monkey without looking. "The Takaradas and the Kiryuin have been mortal enemies ever since both corporations rose up to power." She ended her explanation before a thought came into her mind. "Though, I'm surprised that you managed to assemble a battle plan to welcome us. I thought that my intelligence team shut down all of your ways of communication."
"Who needs that fancy shit when I got the flappin' girls and grannies of Osaka on my side? Yo' may put our net on lock, but believe me gurl, those chicks can spread rumors fastah' than a pimp can slap a hoe, yo." Takarada affirmed that he didn't even need the most complex of communication devices if he had the humble gossipers of his city spreading rumors like wildfire. "So listen well, y'all! Yo' are on mah house now, far away from that GG-ass Honno City of yours, homies… The O to the Saka's a merchant town, AND MONEY MAKES DIS' MERRY GO ROUND!" He then warned the troops of the Kiryuin that they were far from home and everything Ragyo and her servants poisoned their minds with their fascist and self-destructive teachings will mean nothing here. "DA' G WITH THE MOST COINS HERE WINS UP IN HEEEEEAAAH, YO!" He cried with arrogance while waving a wall of bills to rub his fortune down right into the Kiryuin's forces.
"Hmph… The more garbage you barf out form your mouth, the more I want this Raid Trip to be over already…" Satsuki was beginning to grow tired of her old enemy's attitude of thinking he was all above else, which was a huge hypocrisy of her part considering that she has a complex that goes far beyond a god complex, looking down to everyone, seeing them either as peons for her twisted chess game, or boulders that she had to shatter into dust. "I had it enough when you sent your little mole to my Academy, and I don't have much time to pretend I care about your worthless claims of vain glory, as I have a School Festival to host." She threatened Takarada before pointing the Scissor Blade to his face. "I'll make myself clear! As the future supreme ruler of the Earth, I'm ordering to surrender! Show resistance, and I'll purge this entire city!"
"Yo' talkin' crazy, yo. Are yo' high on somethin'? Cuz' I want some yo!" Takarada showed that he could care less about Satsuki's speeches by picking his nose with his pinky finger. "Bitch, please! Don't go criticizin' our way of life. yo' Honno City homies have a system more broken than the market crash of 1892! Girl, yo' don't know the power of payment!" Takarada wasn't feeling threatened at all by his long enemy's claims of subjugation. "Guess what, yo' fashion freaks! We're bout' to bitch-slap yo' sorry-asses back to reality with fat stacks of cash!" He shouted at the faces of his enemies before recovering his smug grin worth of a pimp. "Alright Homies, make it rain."
"LOCK AND LOADED, G!" The Students of Osaka shouted with vigor as they began to load their cash cannon with the green before opening fire at Satsuki Kiryuin and her Sport troops.
The Kiryuin deflected and cut down every projectile with little to no effort thanks to both Bakuzan and Scissor Blade with light-speed slashes, without even needing to transform her Kamui into her combat form. "Hmph… Slow and predictable. As always…" The teen sighted in disappointment before turning back the Scissor Blade into her miniature size. Thanks to all the Data Honnouji has harvested from Ryuko's fights, she has mastered the arts of the Scissor Blade as much as that edgy nuisance of Matoi. "Don't let your guard down! They may not be much, but we can't slack off!"
Unfortunately, the clones, the Honnouji Students and the Shadows seem to struggle into avoiding or blocking off the incoming salvo of green bullets. "I-I think it's too late for that, Lady Satsuki! but the enemy got us good!" a One-Star thrown to the grown yelled in constant pain as his body was shot to a near-dead state with what appeared to be dollar bills. "Hell, they weren't even shooting bullets at us, they're shooting paper money at us! They're using money as a weapon!" He yelled once more as he grabbed some of the ammunition impaled on his body, showing a hand of green bucks stained with drops of blood.
"Urgh! No wonder! Those rats knew that Goku Uniforms are 100% bulletproof! So they resorted on using something as sharp as paper!" Hajime the President of the Sumo Club wasn't even able to tank off the attacks, despite wearing an 2-Star SMT Goku Uniform and having a big and sturdy body covered in both muscle and fat.
"I put mah dollars where mah' mouth is, yo. So shove it up, suckahs'!" Takarada snickered at his enemies to add insult to injury. Boy! He also wanted to admit that he used his own dollars to wipe his ass, but that would be too much for their egos to handle.
Even the Life Fiber construct of Sanageyama wasn't able to dodge most of the attack as he was created using the memories prior to Ryuko's admission to Honnouji Academy and his permanent demotion. As a defensive mechanism, he resorted into transforming his Goku Uniform into the Blade Regalia MK. 1, though unlike the original, this one was jet black. He pulled out one of the dollars that got nailed in his bulky kendo suit and began to feel its texture with his long bakuto fingers. "Wait a minute… This isn't even a legit yen…" The faker bulky brute snarled as he felt the texture of the paper different that the usual yens people use in Japan. "This is counterfit!" Uzu accused Kaneo of money falsification.
"Nah fam, what are yo' saying? If those babies were as fake as yo' own impression of that punk-ass broccoli monkey, These fine homies of mine wouldn't be beatin' yo' sorry-ass troops in da' first place, yo!" Takarada then told the fake Sanageyama that his money was legit and legal. That and he also knew the secret of Honnouji Academy's cloning technology thanks to the intel Nudist Beach has been able to offer.
"Takarada Bucks…"
"Taka-what?" The black-skinned fake Hakodate looked in confusion on what Satsuki Kiryuin was referring to. It was also worth to mention that she was now wearing a an upgraded version of Omiko's former 2-Star Goku Uniform now updated into a Proper SMT Uniform.
"Yo' heard Fatsuki Kiryuin right, Ms. Jaws. Takarada bucks, yo! It's da' new coin me and my good and hard-workin' Homies in Osaka are usin'. If it has the Takarada's symbol on it, A.K.A. My handsome looks on it, its as good as gold." The young millionaire then proceed to show his mountains of cash, all having his punchable, yet charismatic cackling smile stamped on it. "It's much better than that broke-ass Japanese payment. Yo' know what I'm sayin'?" He then pressed a button, showing how much worth a single Takarada Buck is compared to the other national coins in the world. It shows that a single Takarada buck was worth 100 american dollars. "Didn't ya' knew? Oh right! Y'all from Kanto region. No wonder the smell of poverty was beginning to spread from here. Y'all need jesus, and a good bath, fam." He rolled his eyes in arrogance as he mocked the Lady of War and her loyal subjects economic stability. Which was a huge understatement as all One-Stars were living a life above the average medium-class citizen while the Two-Star Presidents and their families lived like kings in their expensive mansions and were enjoying of exclusive privileges in the Two-Star districts, with one of those being the S.H.I.T. units that repelled off any Shadows that tried to devastate the holy land of the elites of Honno City.
"Nrgh… You son of a… Insult Northen Kanto once again, and I'll-"
"That's enough Sanageyama. Don't let your pride get over your head." Satsuki halted the hulking goliath before he could do anything stupid, which he bow in apology. "Sports Division! Prepare to engage the Osaka Neutralizing Tactics!" She ordered her students and S.C.C. Shadows following her to prepare to engage Kaneo Takarada's lackeys.
"Yeah, not really complainin' about you dreaming cuz that's free, but don't expect to take us down and for granted! Cuz' we're about to turn yo' fatasses into Takoyaki! Alright men, jack em' up!" The Student Council president gave the order to his subordinates to continue shooting.
"Cavalry squadron, Ping-Pong, Football, Tennis students and gatekeepers of the Soccer Club, front center!" The Kiryuin ordered her defensive units to step forward and form an invincible wall. Those units include the former members of the Ping-pong and Tennis Squad (Fake Hakodate included) alongside muscular sportsmen wearing American Football Goku Uniforms and the gatekeepers that were in the Soccer Club. Each one of them them began to raise their respective defenses, the Ping-Pong members pulled out giant pingpong pads that were recycled from Fukuroda's Mecha-Champion and extending, the Tennis members stretched off a tennis net, the Football members stood tall and mighty like heavy boulders and the gatekeeper's gloves began to grow to be used as shield. Meanwhile, the Cavalry Shadow squadron consisting of the usual Life Fiber-Infused Beriths and Knight-Type Shadows, casted Marakusaja and built a Life Fiber wall respectively. The Marakusaja granted the foot-soldiers of the Kiryuin more defensive capabilities, giving them almost to full-resistance to the incoming bullets. "Sumo Club, Vicious Strike!" The last order call Satsuki gave was for the Sumos to finish. Hajime and his Club Members took a step forward and provoked a violent stomp with the feet, creating a massive shockwave that flipped all the Naniwa Kinman students that were protecting the front gates on their backs like patties on a grill. "The enemy's defenses are down! Seeker units, Archangel corps, Turret and Panzer platoon, Ganesha Agents, Archery, Automobile-Airsoft, Baseball, Rugby, Hunting and Track Club…" She then ordered her main attack soldiers to step forward, with students and Shadows alike waiting for their mistress to give the execution order. "Fire at will…"
Once the Kiryuin pointed at her enemies with her Bakuzan, the legions of Honnouji Academy began to throw off everything they got. The Tracking Club threw a full array of javelins, discs and wrecking balls against Takarada's cronies. The Archangel Shadows brought down a rain of light laser beams down the sky by using Makouga, the Archery and Hunting Club weren't showing signs of stopping from showering their opponents with bullets and arrows. Seekers were blasting off Eiga beams like a desperado gun which combine well with the Archangel's holy attacks. The Turrets who had the appearance of Da Vinchi's tank were also shooting a variety of cannonballs like no tomorrow. All of this resulted on a gigantic devastating attack, taking out every student protecting the front gates of Osaka's school. Fortunately for Naniwa Kinman's High School, there weren't any casualties on their side to said the least. But I would be called a liar if I don't acknowledge that the Osaka students had more fractured bones than a racoon that has been ran over.
"Damn gurl, yo' got good!" Kaneo had to admit that Satsuki and her army have become significantly stronger for the past 3 years.
"The front gates are open! Storm the building! Let none survive!" Ragyo's descendant quickly commanded her men to rush against the golden gates of the kingpin, telling them to show no quarter whatsoever. The Rugby Club was the first to lead the assaulting squadron in front, followed by a distraction unit made mostly by Jack-o-Lanterns, Pixies, Mokois and Slimes.
"I've still have more aces under my sleeves! Security, push em' back!" Takarada didn't show signs of giving up, being reflected by more of his school's students and even teachers bursting through the golden gates of Naniwa Kinman, pushing back Honnouji's Assault Squad with giant coin-shaped SWAT shields.
"The Hell? How can they resist Goku Uniforms?" One of the Honnouji Emperors shouted in shock, becoming speechless over the fact that a bunch of nobodies were putting a good fight against genetically altered and military-trained teenagers and their new demonic reinforcements.
"Hahaha! Yo' really think da' Kiryuins are da' only top dogs in Japan and dat' we don't know bout' yo' bitch-ass Life Fibers? Da' Takarada's moolah ain't laughing matter, yo!" Kaneo shouted back, laughing at his enemies and watching them struggle.
The conflict between the the Kiryuin and Takarada's main forces didn't took long to reach the commercial streets and squares, instantly turning them into an explosive and unforgiving battlefield that extended to whatever the 2 opposing armies step their feet upon.
But away from the 2 opposing forces, there was the Honnouji's Comissary Unit that managed to secure an area that none other outside force would be able to disrupt them from delivering ammunition and goods to the main attack forces. One of the members of this team was Mako Mankanshoku, who surprisingly wasn't using one of Satsuki's new SMT Goku Uniforms. Though, it was compensated with a cute propeller hat for her to wear. In actuality, the Student Council made a quick conference meeting about if they should give Mako one of their new One-Star Uniforms prior to te Tri-City School Raid, but Gamagori opposed the idea, saying that it wouldn't be nice to give a No-Star an SMT Uniform as she could end up betraying Honnouji Academy. Though in actuality, the muscle giant wanted to protect Mankanshoku as he was worried that she could go through something similar when she donned the SMT 2-Star Prototype for Joker.
"Ugff… It's gonna suck so bad if i came all this way to Osaka, and all I have to do is handle these stupid balls over…" Mankanshoku sighted in frustration, being disappointed that all that Honnouji was doing was their usual boring conquest without ever considering having fun and entering one of Osaka's many theme parks. She would just kill for being in USJ right now, even for a slight minute. "Uhh… If I was going to be bored to death by this trip, I should have shut my mouth yesterday…"
Frotunately, Mako's sad expression quickly turned upside down as she witnessed one of many of Osaka's Takoyaki stands. Serving their trademark Jumbo-size Takoyaki and having their smell reach the ostriches of the No-Star.
HALLELUJAH!
"Oh, my, god! What are my eyes seeing!? It is the symbol of Osaka as a great nation! A humble street-vendor selling nothing more than jumbo Takoyaki! This isn't a true trip to Osaka if I didn't get to eat some! But wait! I'm poor, and I didn't brought any money because I'm poor! I was forced to come here, and now I don't know why I'm here! I didn't bring any money cuz' I didn't bring my wallet, but my wallet is empty because I'm broke! Geez, I wish there would be someone out there just throwing money around for free!"
Either the whims of fate or the gods from above really favor Mankanshoku's bubbly personality, because her begs for a quick buck have been answered. "Holy smokes! There's literally a guy shooting money out of a gun!" Mako gasped, pointing at one of Takarada's mooks shooting mercilessly at a One-Star to death.
"Bahahahaha! Step right up to the slaughter, ya Kiryuin sheeps! I'm giving free one-way tickets to hell for anyone trying to challenge me!" The Osaka student cackle as he successfully killed another Honnouji student with dollars. Though, his streak would be interrupted once Mako stood before him begging him to shoot her.
"Actually, I would like a one-way ticket to heaven please!" Mako exclaimed, having her open arms ready to be assassinated by cash. All while having the rest of One-Stars and even Shadows weirded out by the Mankanshoku's attitude. "Go on, shoot! COME ON, SHOOT ME! NOTHING CAN KEEP MAKO MANKANSHOKU FROM GETTING WHAT SHE REALLY, REALLY WANT! SO GO ON! SHOOT ME WITH EVERYTHING YOU GOT AS YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!" Mako then began to invade the student's personal space, still begging him to pull the trigger of his cash canyon.
"AAAGH! GET OUT OFF MY FACE, YA' WEIRD BITCH!" The Naniwa Kinman student yelled as he began to use his weapon against Mankanshoku to get her out of his sight, but he underestimated the teen girl's reflexes when it comes to getting what she wants. She effortlessly caught every green paper the lackey fired at her like a character from Fist of the North-Star. This left both Osaka students and even Honnouji's forces speechless.
"You, are already paid… Thank you!" Mako thanked the stranger for his nice donation before fleeing on an instant, leaving the poor student unable to process what just happened.
"He's distracted! After him!" Once they say the opportunity, the One-Stars piled on the poor student to dis-arm him.
Back with Mako, she ignored the fight happening between the 2 powerful conglomerates to attend her own hungry need, which were more important. "Hi there, would you please give me an order of Takoyaki? How much would this buy?" Mako was in front of the Takoyaki stand she spotted to ask if they could serve her some of their trademark octopus balls. But her attention would be dragged to somewhere else once she noticed a full street worth of different food stands, each offering different dishes more delicious than the last. "Woah! THIS IS BETTER THAN HOW THE MAKO INSIDE ME IMAGINED OSAKA! They even got Okonomiyaki from the spatula! And Kushikatsu double-dip, and Ketsune Udon!" Mankanshoku only ogled, marveled and drooled over the heavenly road she just witnessed. It was like El Dorado of culinary treats. She quickly started her engines and began a rally of buying and eating everything Osaka had to offer. She was surprised on how much she managed to afford with only a good chunk of Takarada Bucks. "They even have Butaman, Ikiyaki, Negiyaki and even more! NOW THIS IS OSAKA! A VICTORY ROAD OF FOOD!- BY THE NAME OF LADY SATSUKI! THEY EVEN SERVE REN'S SPECIAL CURRY HERE!" Mako stepped on her brakes once she noticed a food stand that offered none other than her friend Ren's special LeBlanc Curry. And of course, the one in charge in the stand was none other than Ren himself being undercover, wearing the usual apron alongside some casual clothes rather than his Phantom Thief attire. "REN!" Mako quickly threw herself at her friend, being happy that she found him once again. "I'm so glad that you could join us in the Tri-City School Raid! I was worried for a second that you would miss this foodtopia!"
Without thinking it twice, Joker snatched Mako by the collar of her uniform and pull her up to where he was, prevailing hidden from the eyes of Honnouji Academy, not before putting a "Closed temporarly" display to not pull attention from any Osaka citizens hungry for LeBlanc Curry. Then again, most of them would be busy trying to survive Honnouji Academy's assault.
"H-hey! What gives Ren? I know that your curry is a gift sent by angels, but I that reminds me that I have to go back with the Commisianry unit! I don't want to worry them too much! And neither I want to be punished!" Mako flailed her arms, persuading Ren to kick her back into the frontlines of Honnouji. She may be a suffering No-Star, but she's still a proud student of Honnouji Academy nonetheless.
"Fortunately, you can stop worrying about that for now." Ren informed her friend as he began to press some buttons bellow the table of his food stand. "We're getting your ass out of here before you could get hurt." He told Mako as a metallic hole bellow his stand opened, revealing a tunnel that lead to who knows, probably to Osaka's Nudist Beach hideout.
"What? No way Ren! I can't leave yet! I still haven't eaten everything the other merchants are selling! Think of the baby Takoyaki babies and those small Kebabs without a home! They want to be in my belly to be cozy, warm and have parties with the other things I have savored!" Mako still show to not wanting to go. "And I cannot run away when I need to help Honnouji Academy! I may be a No-Star and I wouldn't sell or snitch you to Lady Satsuki and the Elite Trio, but I also have standards! And Lady Satsuki's ambitions are also my ambittions-"
To make Mako turn to the other side of the spectrum, Kurusu offered the bubbly girl a plate of recently prepared LeBlanc Curry, one of his specialties.
"OH! FREE FOOD!" Mako's thoughts of loyalty instantly vanished when she was offered a plate of food, which undoubtedly began to gobble down like an animal.
"Mako, can you promise me that you won't leave here until I'm back? If you do, I'll give you all the curry you want. Promise?" Ren asked the schoolgirl to not move from where she was until everything was settled. But knowing how she was basically a trouble magnet, it wouldn't take long until she would ran into trouble.
"Okay." She nodded with optimism and affirmation in her face.
At least it was nice knowing that Mako would obey for a long time before well, disobeying him. He picked up his phone and entered the VPN line he had with his other teammates. "This is Joker to Punk. How are things going in Kyoto?" He called Tsumugu through the pirated phone-line, asking him and the other members of his new team on how things were going through that area.
"We've managed to kick Jakuzure's Cultural Division out of the city's boundaries, which we fortunately prevented any civilian casualties from happening." Tsumugu added from the line. "Though, I can't say the same thing for Abekamo Academy. That old shack is now all dust and rubble. But we can't think about that right now. Our main priority is to defend Osaka from Satsuki Kiryuin and capture her, so you better not screw this up." Kinagase informed the new kid to concentrate into seizing the Student Council President to weaken Ragyo's walls. "But now that we're at it, how are things in Osaka?"
"Heh… There's 2 things you'll need to know." Akira smirked, using Tsumugu's way of telling things to people. "1: Didn't took that long for both megacorps wreaking havoc amongst the streets. 2: Even if I'm capable of planting toe-to-toe toward Satsuki, I'm not sure if I'll able to win considering all her troops backing her up." He informed that the Kiryuin forces have already arrived and they were waging war against the Takaradas. "Say, how long do you think you'll arrive here?"
"Probably on 4 and a half hours if we don't bump with any of that Eyebrow witch's flying monkeys." Tsumugu responded while still being on the wheel of his boke. "Sanageyama and the others have already told me they were able to save the kids from Kami-Kobe, and they're heading their way to Osaka. Mikisugi also told me that you should meet him on our HQ right here. He tends to get… Pretty exited about introducing the rest of NB operatives, to say the least... Still have you secured Mankanshoku already?"
"Yup, she was pretty easy to convince. You know her." Joker replied to Kinagase's question while turning to see the happy Mako eating her curry without worries in her mind. "Anyways, anything else to say? I don't think we have much time, cuz' you know the old saying, time is money, and money doesn't grow out of trees."
"Hey! How could you not invite me to your party, Fuzzy Hair? Or did you think I would left you in shame of everyone by kicking more asses than you!"
Akira was quick to recognize Ryuko's voice. He was pretty glad that she sounds okay. Sadly, he couldn't talk with Senketsu directly by the phone-line. "Heh, kinda surprises me that it didn't took you this long to get your ass up from the couch." He smirked with relief. "Still, glad to have you back."
"Oh, Ryuko's there? HI RYUKO! OSAKA HAS BEEN PRETTY GREAT! HOPE YOU ALSO COME SOON!" Mako shouted by waving her hand to give her regard to Ryuko before returning her attention to her plate full of curry. She just couldn't stop eating! It's the best curry her taste buds have ever touch. Gotta remember to ask Ren his secret recipe.
"Well, by the sound of it, Mako hasn't gotten into trouble yet for now." Matoi added, still being slightly worried about her friend returning to the frontlines of danger.
"But now that we're at it, how's been Senketsu? Have you found most of the pieces already?" Kurusu asked for his Sailor Uniform friend if he was alright. He would like more to have the sentient Kamui to respond, but he doubted that his weird friend made out of threads and fabric would be able to communicate through a phone.
"Neh, was expectin' more of a challenge coming from those Honnouji pussies to be honest with them having Senketsu's pieces, but they were still a breeze to defeat. So it's kinda a 77%." The spunky girl told her Phantom Thief friend. "And as a bonus, we've wiped out Satsuki's cheeky bastards. Man! You should have seen the faces of Gamagori and that bubblegum dwarf and how hard they were humilliated!" She laughed, remembering how hilarious was Nonon's meltdown. "So yeah, if you're surprised that the eyebrow witch's wussies don't appear, you know who to thank."
"We better take Tsumugu's word, Joker. We need to organize ourselves! Satsuki won't be pulling a single punch back she had on her disposal, so we need to be absolutely prepared. This could perhaps be our final battle against Honnouji Academy." Morgana was the last to talk, telling the leader of the Phantom Thieves to get himself ready for anything. Everyone can confirm that Honnouji Academy will pull the trigger of every gun they had on their hips if there were to confront Nudist Beach.
Kurusu nodded before cutting the line. Then, he turned to see Mako. "Mako, I'll be out for a while." He told his bubbly friend before his clothes turn back into his Phantom Thief attire. "Be sure to stay here until I return, okay?." The black-haired teenager then slid into the metallic tunnel that lead to Nudist Beach's base.
"Bye Ren! Break a leg!" Mankanshoku waved goodbye to the Wild Card that was slidding down the tunnel. "W-well, not literally!"
It was a long way that it needed to be, per say. Akira was sliding down a transparent tube-like slide that took tim through a tour over Osaka's underground wonders. Such as the sewers that were infested by rats, a whole underground merchant district, and even a quick drive-thru, which was weird, but it was good to have a snack, considering how long this tunnel it. Kinda reminds him about how Perry the Platypus travels to his secret base in Phineas and Ferb. The travelling distance between him and his destination was becoming shorter as he was able to see a light bellow him. Well, not before literally passing by a washing segment of the tunnel that was literally a human car wash. He was left clean as new with some lemon smell, which was perfect once he landed on Nudist Beach Headquarters a la Iron Man.
His arrival was greeted with lines of Nudist Beach operatives on each side of the lines of the Phantom Thief all saluting as a sign of welcome. Just like any other Non-Thief members of this rebel organization, all soldiers didn't wear clothes, and had instead those almost-naked uniforms similar to the one Hakodate and Ogure use. That and they all also wore a cool pair of black sunglasses.
"Commander Joker of the Phantom Thieves, all of our comrades welcome you to our main Nudist Beach's Head Quarters here in Osaka." One of the foot-soldiers of the secret organization saluted alongside his other comrades with pride. "Your acts of bravery, trickery and heroism are a grand inspiration amongst our ranks. You have brought hope to our hearts, proving that the Kiryuins aren't as untouchable as they want us to believe."
"Well, I appreciate the welcome party to be honest." Joker smirked, feeling accepted and good on having all members of the organization seeing him like an ally they can always trust. Much better than his first days on Honnouji Academy. But now that he thinks about it, it really took him by surprise that he's now working with a underground resistance formed almost entirely of adults fighting against the tyranny of rotten teenagers for the sake of humanity without any selfish intents. Man! Sure that the Opposite day was hitting him hard. Hell, he barely noticed any agents that were his age.
And wow! The weird name of their group wasn't there for the kicks! The entire HQ was literally located on an underground nudist beach. With a giant-size lake and such. Now all he has to do was to wait for Mikisugi to arrive and think about a plan to fight off the Kiryuin and her armies.
BEEP BEEP!
It didn't took that long for the leader of the rebel organization to arrive, and he wouldn't be Aikuro Mikisugi if his entrance wasn't epic and flashy. His lustruous sports car, the Naked Star rose from the ocean bellow Osaka before doing a eccentric drift to halt reminiscent of the Akira anime (You know the one). With a purple flash, the front doors of the car opened, making his former Teacher Mikisugi appear, only wearing a purple speedo and showing off his weird glowing nipples with pride. Joker was still puzzled about how did Aikuro has such an odd quirk. Then again, he's on another dimension, so anything bonkers can be possible.
"Sorry for making you all wait, but a true nudist never arrives late nor early, he arrives always in time." He told everyone with a confident smirk on his face, not before his speedo would fall off to reveal his most treasured possession. And DAMN! Aikuro carried the king of manhoods to end all manhoods between his crotch. It was both disturbing and admirable for Joker to say the least. No wonder Mikisugi's so shameless in running without any clothes on. Fortunately for the Trickster's eyes, the blue-haired dandy put himself his NB uniform to not crush the Wild Card's spirit. "So then, seems I'm not the only one who didn't came in time. So how's Osaka out there?"
"The usual. Crazy, blody, full of dead people." Akira replied awkwardly while scratching the back of his fuzzy hair. "You know, I always wanted to go to Osaka, my parents used to brag about how they met there and how they got married there. Well, who knew that it would take a war criminal from a Megacorp to fulfill my wish?"
"Well, no wonder since we fight the Kiryuin from all people. But I'm pretty sure Takarada and his men can hold them long enough for us to plan our assault." Aikuro rubbed his chin with 2 of his fingertips. "But anyways, think it would be better for me to show you the pinnacle of beauty…" The entire facility's light began to fade out, only for one spotlight to flash at the former homeroom teacher Honnouji Academy.
"Oh god… we're we go…"
"NUDIST BEACH!" Mikisugi stroke a pose dramatically in response, which the other operatives followed doing poses as flamboyant as their leader.
"Man, you really are into this, aren't ya?" Akira sweatdropped feeling a bit uncomfortable by the boss of NB's attitude. He was just hopping that the rest of opperatives of Nudist Beach.
"Nah, don't think I do it just for being a creep. I just like teasing ya'." Aikuro then admitted that those uncomfortable things he sometimes do is only to bother his friends for fun. Though, it was still true that he was a Nudist at heart and has a like for both males and females.
The tour around the facilities of Nudist Beach was simple, yet charming to say the least. Aikuro made sure to show Joker from the armory storage room to the many meeting rooms in the shapes of empty gym pools. Every troop of Nudist Beach salute and received Akira with care and respect, often looking up at the Phantom Thief as a super-admirable hero like some sort of Superman due to his heroic feats he has shown back at Honno city. He was surprised on how considerated and compassionated were the agents of the organization with one another, always looking at one another and make sure each one isn't left behind. A much more welcome change rather than the abusive and harsh atmosphere most of the kids at Honnouji show out.
Though during their walk, Kurusu heard weird human noises coming from a shaking cabin of the base of operations. "Are those, moans?" Joker slightly cringed only to turn around where the moans were coming from. For what he can confirm, he could heard the moans and shouts of pleasure from men originating from a specific back-door.
Aikuro was also drawn by the constant noises coming from the storage room. "Oh boy… I think it's "her…"" Mikisugi cringed too as the 2 watched a full line of male NB agents exit the room they were all piling themselves off like a bunch of lemmings. Each one of them with an expression of satisfaction after one big orgy. "Well, I was thinking about introducing you to the new girl after showing you the place, but might as well meet her now."
"Ohhh… Fuck, you hot hunks have some motherfucking ponies to ride upon… If anyone wants a quality blowjob, you know who to call." A certain beautiful blonde girl waved goodbye from the door to the group of NB members. Though, her confidence would soon be crushed once she spotted her new boss Mikisugi catching her in the act. "Aw balls… Is the gay retard again." The angel frowned at Mikisugi with spite, but her frown was then turn upside down once she took a good glimpse at Kurusu's irresistible looks. The hair, the face, and even his ass.
"Well, how can I put it without sounding like a moron?" Aikuro thought for a second to explain this situation without sounding like some sort of mental patient on an Asylum. "Joker, meet one of our newest recruits, and a bit of a weird case here… Her name's Panty, and she claims to be some sort of angel." Mikisugi drawled in slight annoyance.
"It's Panty Anarchy for you, Mr. Gay cocksucker. And yes, I'm indeed a fucking angel, thank you very much." Panty cursed at Aikuro while putting on her NB uniform. Though, her slut brain would then turn her attention at the trickster's irresistible looks. She had to admit it, that for a rebel organization, they sure where to recruit super-hot guys. In order to seduce the Phantom Thief, she began to approach poor Akira by walking on a suggestive manner. "Hey there you hunky stud muffin, heard you were new around here. The name's Panty, Panty Anarchy." The blonde angel stuck herself toward the wild card's right arm like a leech feeding of from an animal. She began to traverse her index finger through Akira's chest from top to bottom for his discomfort. "Say, you're a thief alright? Cuz' I got myself a treasure for you, but all you need is to unlock it with a big a big, hard and veiny key you got down there… you can have my heart if you want to…" The pervert blonde was about to reach Ren's crotch.
"Yo' never learn, don't ya mothafuckin' slut!?" Garterbelt went to the rescue as she shot Panty anarchy with a shotgun from a distance, saving Akira from possible rape. He was way too young for him to have sex. Surprisingly, he was the only other member of Nudist Beach aside from Kurusu that was wearing his full set of priest clothes.
"OHW! The fuck is your damn problem Garter? Why is the only thing black people are good are it is in having their cocks sucked?" Panty wasn't having it today into holding on her inner racist insults right after the priest of Gaten city shot her in the head. "But I fucking mean it! What's with the entire planet and it's obsession to break my skull!? God! Burn in hell!" She still continue to curse like if there's no tomorrow while getting up and sobbing her forehead. Though fortunately, she was striked with one of those harmless and non-lethal bullets.
"Are you sure you're an angel? Cuz if you're are, you're probably a fallen angel with that attitude of yours." Kurusu was left speechless on Panty's attitude while scratching the back of his hair. "Man… And I though Ryuko's vocabulary was something…"
"Hey, you got a problem with fallen angels, dick-face?" Panty looked at Joker now with anger, and she was demonstrating it by flipping off the bird to his face. Though, he wasn't that triggered by the angel's gesture.
"Yo' brought down dis' to yo'self Panty!" Garter barked at Panty before storing his weapon back to the unexplained hammerspace of his back. "Behave yo'self for once! Am I clear, or do I have to shout it off into yo' ears, yo' good for nuthin' whore!" Though, the priest wouldn't wait to notice Akira's precensse. "Forgive that sunovabitch's attitude. Not wondah' she was kicked off from our heaven. Cuz if she was kept there, most likely da' raindrops of our world would turn into fuckin' jizz."
Though, through the words Garter said, there was something that stroke Kurusu the most. "Wait, you specifically said "Our world" rather than "The world"" The Phantom Thief already began to suspect about the origins of those 2 unexpected strangers.
Now, most interdimensional travelers would be shocked about other people native to the dimension they visit to discover that they're not from their world. But Garterbelt didn't flinch in the absolute. Though, he would have prefer for his and Panty's identity to still remain a secret until the issues with the Kiryuin have been already resolved. "Hmm… I think yo' thinkin' about those muthafuckin weird as hell theories. Am I rite, pretty boy?"
"Chuck! Chuck!" From that moment, Chuck the dog came to join the party as he began to run among circles all around the young thief that's been a boulder-size nuisance inside Satsuki's heel before starting to hump Akira's left leg.
"No Chuck! Bad dog! Bad!" Panty fumed in pure rage at the dog's behavior before kicking the shit out of the teenage boy's leg, splatting the dog's entire organs and body fluids into a nearby wall.
"Ehh, are you sure you aren't aliens trying to disguise yourself as humans? Cuz' that dog kinda reminds me of a certain robot from a t.v. series I used to watch often?" Akira still wasn't able to process the madness that was happening in front of him. And that was saying something considering how he has accepted the madness and weird shit that happened to him so often in this world. I mean, he has been living with the Mankanshoku family for 2 or 3 months.
"Oh, that little cunt? He's my dog chuck. Believe me, I've been kicking that sack of crap so many times, and every time the little shit returns like normal." Panty whispered at the wild card's ear on a suggestive manner while he watched the zipper dog regenerate like a damn cartoon character out of thin air.
"Okay, I think that's enough talk between you and our Trump Card for now, Panty." Aikuro was quick to pull back the fallen angel from Ren's side before she could start doing pg-13 things to him.
"Hey, hands off you blue-haired cum-bag!" Panty though, showed herself to be hesitant to Mikisugi. But the Nudist proved himself to be the winner as he tied up the blonde bimbo angel with special chains Garter gave him to keep her in line. Just to add salt to injury, chuck began to literally twerk his doggy ass at her.
Now it was the Boss of NB, the Priest of Gaten city and possibly one of the essential pieces to finally tumble down the Kiryuin Tiranny.
"Well, now with that dumb-bitch poor excuse of an angel out of the picture for now, I think we can finally start to talk bout' some matter that actually matter for fuck sake." Garterbelt was the one to talk first. He wanted to have a private talk with Kurusu about an important topic in regards to his unexpected visit to this dimension.
"Well, they say that time is money, so we better spend our time as best as we can." Mikisugi was the next to raise his voice. He wasn't sure on how long will Kaneo Takarada will able to push back Honnouji Academy for them to begin their full assault to Nudist Beach's headquarters, so everyone needs to prepare themselves as fast as possible. "Garterbelt, you told me that you wanted talk with Joker, isn't that right?" Aikuro looked at the only black person among the 3.
The messenger of the lord nodded in response. "Well, I originally wanted to have him alongside his sunovabitch cat, but ya' gotta work what with ya' have." He then looked at the leader of the Phantom Thieves, causing poor Ren to have some shivers running down through him. "Say Jokah, I need ya' to have a talk with ya' right now. It's about a certain mattah, and yes… It's about the word "Our"." Garterbelt told Joker to meet him in one of those meeting rooms about the topic of cross-dimensional trespassing.
"Are you going to hold some sort of ceremony for me to confess for my sins? Cuz' if that's the case, I won't do the "other way" to confess." Kurusu proven himself that if what the priest referred to some sort of suggestive activity, he wouldn't think it twice on breaking his bones.
"YO' THINK DIS' IS SOME LAUGHIN' MATTER NIGGA!? THE FATE OF EXISTANCE AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK, AND YO' HAVE THE FUCKIN' AUDACITY TO BE CLOWNING AROUND!?" Garter shouted at the poor fuzzy haired boy, proving that he meant business. "Now come with me." He walked to an empty room for him to talk with the trickster. He was just waiting for the boy to follow him, and finally discuss about an important topic.
Joker rubbed the back of his head in slight discomfort. He wasn't trusting Garterbelt that much, but with the tone he shouted at him, his trust on his words became stronger. So he had no other choice but to accompany the black priest to the meeting room.
Once the 2 of them were alone at one of the meeting rooms, Garterbelt made sure to close any visible windows. He didn't want to freak anyone out, and much less expose other dimensions to any other evil forces outside the Life Fibers and the Kiryuin.
"Now that we're all alone without any nigga' to interrupt us, I feel it's bettah to finally explain you what da' fuck's goin' on, Mr. Trickstah." Garter peeked outside the window to see that no one was watching. Fortunately, Mikisugi had the decency to leave the 2 alone despite being a slight pervert inside.
Akira was surprised that the black guy referred to him as "Trickster". The only people they referred to him by such name were either the residents of the Velvet room such as Igor and Lavenza, Yalbadaoh and Morgana to some extend. Was he also a resident of the Metaverse? "Hmm… You said that I was right when I said "Our"… And you also referred to me as Trickster." Kurusu rubbed his chin between his fingers, thinking about things and theories. "Do you and that blonde girl come from the Cognitive World? The Velvet Room? Somewhere else?"
Garterbelt turned back to narrow at Akira with some seriousness in his face. "Well, yo' right bout me and Panty comin' from a world outside dis' one. Though unlike you, I'm not tryin' to hide dat' fact."
Kurusu was surprised on what the black person admitted. He just knew that he was a dimensional trespasser from the start. Either he can read minds, or perhaps…
"Let me guess, did a certain god told you about my unwanted visit…?"
Garter raised an eyebrow while turning to answer the question of the trickster. "Yeah, yo' can say dat bitch-slapping hoe butterfly muthafuker told me everything, Mr. Akira "Cocky as balls" Kurusu. So yo' can stop pretendin'." The priest assured that it was Philemon who told him everything. "Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not here to scold ya' or anything. But, do yo' have any idea bout' the consequences of you sticking yo' dick into this world?" His voice shifted into a more serious one as he slowly walked closer to where Akira was for his discomfort.
"Well, by how you put it, I guess I commit some sort of dimensional violation. And I'm guessing the time-space police is now coming to arrest me, isn't that right?" Joker thought about the implications of intervining into a world far from his while crossing both arms and legs when sitting. "But well, I'm not the multiverse expert here, and I'm still surprised about the fact that there exist other worlds aside from mine and the Metaverse."
"Well, can't blame ya. Yo' kinda new to this multiverse bullshit after all." Garterbelt shrugged his arms due to Joker's response right before putting them back on his shoulder. "Nah, what I'm refferin' to is dat yo' visit here is gunna bring sum' bad news to ya' world and beyond…" he walked away to peek from a window in the wall. "But well, I can't really blame ya' to be honest. It would be just a matter of time til' those sunovabitches Life Fibers would find a way to travel through dimensions…"
Joker was left a bit shocked about the revelation of the messenger of the Lord. "What do you mean about, being a matter of time until the Life Fibers can travel to other worlds? Are you saying that the Kiryuin are planning to expand their empires to other worlds?" He questioned a bit anguished. Those self-righteous monsters practically have the entire world wrapped between fingertips, and somehow that wasn't enough? Then again, we're talking about Satsuki Kiryuin from all people. Her will is absolute, her wrath an unstoppable force of nature, her hunger for power infinite, and so on, so on. Akira would just let his female Arch-Nemesis and her Elite Trio fill the list of adjectives that praise Satsuki.
"It's not as simple as yo' said." Garterbelt responded. "Tell me, do yo' really think that the Kiryuin are the ones wearin' Life Fibers for their self-benefict?" He asked Akira this question to see if he still believes that Ragyo was the true mastermind of it all.
Then, something on the teenager's mind snapped about the realization. "Well, if I'm honest with you, I always though that it was the Life Fibers controlling the Kiryuin, and thus, they allowed Satsuki and her followers to use them as Goku Uniforms." Akira then rubbed his fingers between his chin to think, as per usual people do. "Mikisugi-Sensei and Tsumugu told me that Life Fibers are actually living parasites that feed off people's dark emotions, desires and thoughts in their mind and heart like Resentment, Hatred, Apathy, Cynicism and so on…" He put on the table his thoughts on what his former homeroom teacher Mikisugi has told him about how Life Fibers feed themselves. "I get why some people would want to join the Kiryuin's side, considering how they prey on other's desires and miseries to manipulate them into serving them, yet I still don't have a good explanation on why Satsuki and her Mother are serving under the Life Fibers…" He recapped on why people have aligned themselves with Honnouji Academy. Some examples being an assured place in the top parts of the social pyramid and boundless prosperity like with the cases of Fukuroda and Mankanshoku, fulfillment of wishes such as Inumuta, Iori and formerly Sanageyama, the charisma Satsuki Kiryuin has with such examples being Jakuzure and most probably Ogure and Hakodate, or even past resentment whenever being to itself like Gamagori, or to the whole world like Hoomaru.
"Yo' right bout those examples. Though, unfortunately it cannot be applied toward Ragyo and her bastard child." Garter turned back to Joker while walking where he was sitting. "Have yo' evah watched Batman the Dark Knight? After all, yo' thief allias is Joker, and I'm surprised no one has mistaken you with the other one." Garterbelt left a small comment. "Have yo' heard that quote from the buttler Alfred?"
"Some people don't seek any gain from the atrocities they commit… Some people just want to watch the whole world burn…" He quoted the same words Alfed said in that movie. There was no deny that this phrase can be applied for Nui Harime from all people. She seem to not seek anything, she only wanted to torture people for her own self-enjoyment and the kicks of it. "But, I don't think this can really be applied for Ragyo, much less Satsuki. I'm sure that she would seek something more than just fanatism…"
"Yo' may be right with that assumption bout' that thick-eyebrowed muthafucker." Garterbelt had to agree with Joker's assumptions about the young Kiryuin. She was a woman with vision as wide as a mighty eagle who spreads its wings. "Though, can't say da' same thing for Ms. Rainbow Clown Kiryuin."
"Why is that?" The wild card asked.
"Well, as far I can confirm-"
KRABOOM!
Just when Garter was about to continue his explanation, a loud noise being of a weird fusion between an explosion and crash enveloped all of Nudist Beach's Headquarters, resulting on the creation of a moderated quake that began to shake the underground facility like a plate of jelly.
"MOTHAFUCKER! WHAT IN THE HOLY LORD WAS DAT BOUT´!?" Garter shouted feeling his heart bursting out of his chest from that unexpected surprise. While he was constantly perceiving himself before recovering his confidence and Black person's coolness factor, Akira was quicker to pull the trigger of action as his clothes changed again into his Phantom Thief attire and proceeded to summon Raoul.
"This is bad, like really, really bad!" Akuro slammed the door, having the flash of red behind his bare and sexy back and the noises of a siren, proclaiming that this was an emergency. "It's the Kiryuin! It seems that Naniwa Kinman's forces are falling one by one!"
Kurusu's mood became more alert and serious with him morphing his clothes into his Thief attire and turning back his Persona into his mask as a sign of doing so. "Guess we'll have to leave the exposition dump for later. Honnouji Academy just doesn't want to give us a time break!" Akira told everyone as he exited the meeting room through the door and discuss about an emergency plan with his fellow colleagues in arms.
"Yo' heard the anime pretty boy here! I'll go get Panty ready be sure she ain't banging another damn man like she usually does! Like seriously! She better have learned her lesson, or our entire show was for fuckin' naught!"
While Mikisugi saw the rambling Garterbelt also leaving, he pulled out a communicator from his belt. Ryuko and the others still haven't arrived at Osaka, so he and his fellow nudist must bear it off as they never done it before until the cavalry arrives. "To all operatives of Nudist Beach! The Kiryuins are almost going to topple down the Naniwa Kinman High School troopers! Everyone must be ready to take action! I repeat, this can be one of out final confrontations!" He informed all of his soldiers to get themselves ready for action. They still got some more time, but they must use this time wisely. Who know for how long will Kaneo Takarada's dirty trick push back Satsuki and her demonic lackeys!
"OW, MY BALLS!" Screamed the last of the students of Naniwa Kinman who was clenching his crotch with his thighs before falling down to the dirt alongside his fallen comrades after having Satsuki Kiryuin waste her time into executing a meaningless foot-soldier. He should feel priviledged and proud that it was her from all people that defeated him.
"What a waste of time…" Satsuki sighted un boredom. Right behind her, there was the city of Osaka now transformed into a tragic and violent battlefield covered in flames. The once prosperous streets and buildings of this money-loving city are nothing more than pathetic shadows of their former glories. Skyscrapers tilted like the tower of pizza on the verge of collapse, debris of various local shops and bodies of dead people both civilians, Shadows and students both Honnouji and Naniwa Kinman filling the streets of the marketplaces. "This must be the last ones standing."
"Girl, this party ain't over till' i say it's over!"
Satsuki paused for a moment and turned to her back, only to find out the man himself and former arch-nemesis Kaneo Takarada himself and in person crossing both of his arms. "Give it up, Takarada. You're already finished." Satsuki looked at her fellow heir as she put her sword back into her case, but still pointed the Scissor Blade right at Kaneo's face. "All of your pathetic minions have been disposed of, and there won't be anything left of this city if you continue to indulge yourself on your self-absorbed delusions of victory." Satsuki threatened the pimp, yet the rich man hasn't shown any signs of fright. "So better admit defeat, pledge your loyalty on your knees, or I'll make sure that no one remembers your name after I decapitate you in front of everyone."
"Phppft…" Takarada tried to hold a laughter, but it was too funny for him to resist. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He bursted a big one as he tried his best to recover his breath. All that laughter alost killed him. "Nah fam, but really? Yo' came here to diss mah' homies and our way to live without at least lookin' on a mirror. What, yo' think you're Jesus Christ's incarnation or somethin' gurl? Someone must yeet yo' stanky-ass to a mental asylum." He tried to recover himself from his laugh fit. "But if yo' wish, I can pay yo' GG-ass to a theraphist, cuz' dat mind of yours is mo' twisted than a group of bitches' playin' on the mud." Takarada teased Satsuki while waving a stack of bills on his face, plastering that shit-eating grin that makes his enemies mad.
"Same thing to you. But I think you're the crazier one for opposing me." Satsuki responded back as her Students and Shadows from Honnouji Academy marched until every one of them was on her glorious behind. "Face it, Kaneo Takarada. You're outnumbered and have nowhere to run like you usually do." Satsuki then nailed down the Scissor Blade into the ground before doing her usual pose, causing her bright and pure-white light to shine off her behind. "My mother has specifically tasked me to subjugate all of the remaining schools in Japan into my will and assimilating them into the system of Honnouji Academy. My system! If you wish to still oppose us, then I shall grant you and every one last of your companions a slow, embarrassing and painful death!" Satsuki's presence grew larger, trying to pierce through Takarada's spirit, but seems that his ego was so inflated, it was hard to burst. "Hmm.. As usual…" Satsuki sighted as she closed her eyes for a moment. "If my words can't get through your mind…" She then pulled out a bunch of vials with multi-colored Life Fibers that she and the most Elite members of the Kiryuin Clan use to Mind Stitch any opposition. "THEN THE LIFE FIBERS WILL!" The young Kiryuin bellowed as she liberated the Mind Stitching strings that was up to catch Kaneo Takarada and get him under her control.
But once the Life Fibers made contact with him, they clashed with his pimp-like get-up, only for the red threads to receive a shock, loose their lustrous red color and then fall into the floor, on what It seems that the Life Fibers just died once they made contact with Takarada's clothes.
"What the?" Satsuki muttered through her lips in surprised before recovering her composure. "I see… So our branches were right… You are one of the holders of the Clothes of Hope. I don't know if I should either feel good or disappointed that one of the pieces that could ruin my plans are in the hands of a living piece of human garbage." Satsuki then snapped her fingers, making a group of One-Stars ran against Takarada's direction. But for everyone's surprise, the kingpin of Osaka pulled his hands out of his luxorious pockets, revealing a set of very tough golden Knuckle-Dusters with the initials of "Fuck You!", just for him to beat the shit out of the One-Stars without any trouble whatsoever. On one of those cases, he snapped a One-Star's arm in half and even buried another one into the ground like an ostrich.
"Ohohohoho… Yo' naïve Kanto bitch-ass wimps…" Takarada began to snickered as he crossed his arms in malice. "Nevah' underestimate Kaneo Takarada, Gs! I have a Black Belt on Kung Fuck you, and I can hand out smack down yo' asses and bury ya' down even deeper than the value of a single Bolivian coin."
"Yeah, save your boring money puns for yourself!" The hulking fake Sanageyama barked at Takarada while doing a tremorous stomp with his bokuto feet. "We still hold the advantage by numbers, and your wimps you call students are finished!" He then extended his arm to show the wide array of Satsuki's forces. This only caused the pimp to laugh even harder.
"Oh, is it?" He smug at the Osaka Raid as he once again put his knuckles back into his pockets. "Did yo' honestly believe mah Homies at Naniwa are mah' only homies at my disposal? THEN GUESS AGAIN!" Takarada shouted with arrogance as he pulled out one of his Aces behind his sleeves, revealing hundreds, if not thousands of wads of Takarada Bucks being thrown into the air. "Alright homies, how's business doin'!?"
"BUSISNESS IS BOOMING, G!" What it appears to be every citizen, cop, fisheman, merchans and basically every resident in Osaka, they all jumped behind their man Takarada, all armed to the teeth with all sorts of fireweapons and then some. From men, women, the elderly and even children and newborn. All of them quickly even the numbers for the Takarada's side in terms of troops.
Every one last of the civilian mercenaries began to shoot One-Stars, Two-Stars and Shadows alike indiscriminately and without quarter. The forces of Honnouji showed themselves to be falling against the fire-power of Osaka's merchants and citizens. Well, all aside from Satsuki Kiryuin because of course! "So now you're resorting into hiring civilians to fight for you? That degeneracy of yours never fails to amaze me." Though, it puzzled her. Even when she flawlessly avoiding and blocking any projectiles coming on her way with her Scissor Blade and Bakuzan, how can simple guns and rocket launchers be able to harm Goku Uniforms and Shadows when Life Fibers are basically bullet-prof? She quickly catches one of the incoming bullets with her fingertips like in those Karate Kid movies with the stick and the fly, only to discover that these weren't bullets nor Takarada bucks. These were in fact the same needles Nudist Beach uses to combat Life Fibers. "Although, I've never remember your people having this type of Anti-Life Fiber armament. You must have a lot of friends, don't you, Takarada?"
"Well, what can I say? Friendship is Magic after all, so suck it up down dat' fat-ass of yours, yo!" Takarada smirked as he had all of his Osaka homies on his back. Just hearing about "ThE PowER Of FrIeNdShIp" makes Satsuki want to puke. She just can't stand about those naïve ideologies about bonds and friends that the weak make up to feel powerful. And having Kurusu who's basically the incarnation of those ideals didn't made things better. "Believe me gurl, this ain't Team I Heart Osaka's first rodeo, so these ain't your average citizens, yo! These combats citizens get paid off by yours truly. Of course, my dear and beloved homies may not look like much, but these bitches are tough as my nuts and pack one hell of a punch! They'll do anything to gain some honest and clean Takarada Bucks." Kaneo told his arch-nemesis.
"Humph… Your persistency and stubbornness is so much, it isn't funny anymore." Satsuki humphed, feeling a tiny, littly minuscular sense of pitty on her enemies and how they though they had an extra-slim chance to even bump into her. "Are you aware that if this goes on, this entire city will be reduced to dust?"
"Pfft! We'll build it back up again, bruh! Did yo' have any idea how many times dis' place was turned to shit?" Kaneo affirmed Satsuki that he posses enough resources to build back Osaka like a million times by showing her a variety of stacks of cash. "Hell, yo! Da' foremans and builders would likely work extra hours for sum' extra Takarada Bucks!" He told her enemy before bringing up a full storm of Takarada Bucks that could basically end world hunger "Alright homies! Whoever turns Satsuki Kiryuin and her homies into swiss chees gains one trillion Takarada Bucks!" Takarada told the citizens of Osaka, which amped up their willpower, motivation and resolve to the max, that even made the defeated students of Naniwa get up and continue fighting. After that, our favorite homie pulled his own customizable Cash Canon what had the form of the typical Mafia Tommy Gun. "AND MIGHT AS WELL JOIN THE FUN! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Takarada laughed off like a psychopath as he began to shoot down his hard-earned cash against those Bitches of Honnouji Academy.
Things just got slightly tougher for Satsuki Kiryuin.
All while that hell-hole was happening between the 2 mega-corps of Japan, Mako was still spacing out into her innocent and colorful world, causing her to forget about her original mission to assist the Commissary Unit.
"Woah! That must be the famous Naniwa Tower!" Mako awed in wonder as she stared directly to the imponent national monument of Osaka before taking another bite from her LeBlanc Curry. She still remember that she promised Joker to stay away from the Honnouji conflict until he's back, but then she got the neat idea of doing a quick Mankanshoku Osaka Marathon all through the city before returning back to the Curry stand like she promised to the trickster. She already visited the aquarium that was now infested with Pesce Shadows, Universal Studios Japan that was basically turned into a real-life set on fire, the Museum of History that was basically history (pun intended BTW), the now destroyed Minoo park (Sorry, couldn't think for a punchline for this one) and the National Art Museum that was deformed into an abstract painting straight out of Madarame's Palace. All that is left is to climb on top of the Naniwa tower and buy souvenirs for her family, Ren, Ryuko and her classmates.
Without none of the opposing band having the time to give attention, Mako managed to pass through the crossfire unnoticed and rode the elevator to the top of the Osaka tower. The view up there was magnificent to see, and an absolute MUST for tourists all over the world. No wonder Osaka is regarded as the 2nd biggest capital of Japan followed by Tokyo.
"Woah! Look how farther I am! Everyone looks like ants from here!" Mako said in wonder and optimism as she enjoyed the view, ignoring and not putting attention to the destroyed landscape of the city. Though, it wouldn't take too long for her to finally notice the conflict between Honnouji and the entirety of Osaka's residents. "Woah! Look at that! Lady Satsuki's fighting Kaneo Takarada from the Takarada Syndicate and a bunch of extra characters!" Mako looked closely to contemplate the turmoil that was happening. "Woo Hoo! Go Lady Satsuki! Kick his ass! You're the best!" Mako began to root for her dear furher from the commodity of the top of the tower. Though, her cheers would then soon be stopped by the chirping sound of her wristband. "Oh jeepers! I got so exited by the wonders of Osaka, I almost forgot to go back to Ren's place!" Mako gasped, feeling a bit dumb for almost forgetting the promise to one of her best friends. "Well, I better go back because the Mankanshoku family never breaks a promise!" She exclaimed with determination before descending back into the ground without neither sides at war noticing.
Mankanshoku cherishly strolled through the hellish streets of Osaka on her merry way back to Akira's Curry food stand now carrying a giant backpack filled to the brim with all sorts of Osaka souvenirs, unaware that a loosen missile was coming after her.
BOOM!
"WAAAAHH!" Mankanshoku shrieked in panic as she soared through the red skies of wars once the Missile made impact on her. It was surprising that she didn't received any fatal wounds, proving that perhaps people on this world are very resistant, or maybe its just Toon Force.
The coconut head crashlanded on the ground near the marketplace, having her head shoved like a dart on a bullseye. She quickly plucked herself out of the ground before shaking her head like a puppy. "Phew! What a ride! This is the best road trip ever!" The teenager cheered in excitement, loving every second of the trip. Though, her experience would soon be turn sour once she noticed that she was standing before a group of One-Stars and low-ranked Shadows. Their cold gleams made the poor girl shit her pants.
"Hey! You there!" A voice quickly called for the bobblehead's attention.
Mako looked to her back, only to find a small group of One-Stars and low-ranked Shadows on her behind. "Eeep!" the poor No-Star shrieked in shock.
"What are you doing slacking off from your duties, you good for nothing No-Star?" The One-Star scolded Mako for being off duties.
"AAAHH! IWASJUSTDOINGTHATBUTILETMYBELLYGETTHEBESTOUTOFMEANDTHENIWAS-" Mankanshouki began to squabble so fast due to panic, it was straight up hopeless to decipher what she's saying.
"You can keep your excuses for later, No-Star!" One of the female One-Stars on the group stomped the ground to shut Mankanhsoku up. "This is the reason why No-Stars like are looked down by those with higher ranks! You can't get even the simplest of jobs right!" The One-Stars began to raise their fists to show some discipline toward the No-Star. "Now Die!"
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE!
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE!
2 Heart-Shaped projectiles were rocketing themselves toward the multitude of One-Stars and Shadows. And without any time to react, the Kiryuin's goons were quickly dispatched and left bitting the dust with a huge blast. Though, it didn't made neither of the battling factions of the Kiryuin and Takaradas look at it as they both were too busy on their little war game.
Once Mako opened her eyes while covering herself with her arms out of fright, she discovered that not only the Shadows were now left as a gooey mess, but all of the One-Stars were knocked down in the floor and had their arms tied-up behind their back with cuffs. That, and they were also left in their underwear as they didn't had their SMT Goku Uniforms put on.
"Woah! Are you all okay guys?" Mako innocently asked the incapacitated One-Stars and dead Shadows, having no idea on what happened. "Do you want me to call the the Medicine and Nursery Club guys?" She still asked the dead-looking bodies of her fellow students. Though, she forgot her phone.
"No one shalle call no one under my jurisdiction!"
Mako was attracted by the voice and wondered who was. She looked around, only to be surprised to see a girl in front of her. "Woah! That outfit looks so cool! Where did you got it? When is REVOCS going to release that fashion line? Wait, if REVOCS hasn't released that outfit you're wearing?" Mako wondered to herself, only for the girl to interrupt her afterwards by tackling her and hanging her hands with cuffs.
"I'm from the Space Patrol, Special Agent Trigger-Chan!" Luluco shouted before showing her Space Patrol Badge to the poor airhead which had some cute and kawaii stickers on it. "You and your fellow Honnouji Students are under arrest for being an accomplice of Satsuki Kiryuin who was planning to-"
VROOM!
"AAAHH!" Luluco yelled in panic as she jumped out of Mako's back before she could be ran over by 2 bike-like objects that were almost about to turn her into a road-pancake. "W-what the hell was that about!?" Due to the fright, Luluco reverted back into her usual form, now wearing a sweater and having brown hair.
"WOAH! Holy Smokes! You can transform!? That's so cool!" Mankanshoku pointed surprised at the Space Patroller. Was she perhaps a Super Saiyan Goddess? "Can you teach me how to do that? If so, can I change my hair-color blue?"
"Hey! Get out of the fucking way, docuhebag!" Ryuko cursed angrily while shaking her fist up in the air right after doing that epic bike brake with her scooter.
"Says the reckless driver from the group." Tsumugu said back before putting the stand brake to his hellish motorcycle. To tell you the truth, all the while he was trying his best to get as fast as possible without breaking many transit violations, Ryuko went full Crazy Taxi and put her scooter's resistance to the limit by basically running over any One-star and Shadows she could come across. That would explain why her Goku Uniform and face are covered in stains of Shadow blood.
"Well, well, well… Fancy meeting you here guys." Ogure snickered maniacly after she, Sanageyama and Hakodate landed back on land via a Nudist Beach mini-chopper that came to pick them up after their successful mission in Kobe.
"Ryuko! You did came here! Woo hoo!" Mankanshoku hopped in happiness once her best friend came to Osaka alongside her. This Tri-Raid School trip couldn't get any better. "I brought a lot of souvenirs for you, Ren and the others. I'd like to show them, but my hands are cuffed, so I can't reach my bag." Mako then showed her cuffed hands to her friends with innocence.
"Don't worry, I got this." Oni Mask hopped off and made an upward slash with his Kanata to the cuffs, cutting them in half and liberating Mankanshoku's hands. "Yeah, I know. I'm awesome."
"Woah! That was so cool! Thanks Sanageyama!" Mako went to hug the ex-Elite as a mean of gratitude.
"Yeah, yeah alright… I know you're happy to see us again and all that shit Mako, but why are these losers on the ground and on handcuffs?" Ryuko wondered why there was a groun of dead-looking One-Stars biting the ground and remains of Shadows. "And who the hell left their toddler here?" Ryuko then pointed toward Luluco's direction with her thumb, which made the poor Middle-schooler gasp.
"Who the hell a-a-a-are you calling a Toddler!? I go to Middle-School for pete's sake!" The child fumed, trying to act tough, but she looked more akward in the process. "I am the Space Patroller Luluco, and that girl right there is a criminal of the Time-Space law!" Luluco pointed at Mako, who still was curious about what crime she has committed.
"Ah swiss cheese! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! There wasn't anyone in those gift shops to attend me, so I just took anything I could and pay them latter! I didn't want to do any shoplifting!" Mako begged constantly on her knees, admitting that she stole some goods from gift shops all across Osaka.
"No, not that!" Luluco corrected the air-headed girl. "I was talking about-"
BOOM!
"WHAT IT JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WAS THAT ABOUT!?" Matoi cried around the 9 heavens as the entire group looked in front of them, watching a massive explosion near Naniwa Tower.
"Ugh, seems that we arrive late seeing how the entire city turned into a literally dumpster fire. Damn that Kiryuin!" Punk stomped his foot in desesperation for seeing how far much Satsuki will take her ambitions, even if it means to wipe out an entire populated city. "But cursing to the sky won't solve anything. Mona, any information about those damn dead teens?" Tsumugu asked Mona about the status of the defeated One-Stars.
Morgana waddled with his tiny feet near the fallen Kiryuin soldiers to confirm their state. He put his pat near their chests one at a time to check. "Their hearts are still beating normally, so we can assure they aren't dead. Though fortunately, they seem to lost all energy to get back up."
After the cat's inform, Kinagase picked up his phone to call Aikuro via their private VPN phone-line. "Punk to HQ. Me and the others have finally reached Osaka, and we found some unconscious One-Stars here. Think you can drag them to base for interrogation?" Tsumugu called Mikisugi to confirm their reached destination.
Though, the others weren't interested on what the mohawk Thief was talking about. Such example being Mako showing off all the photos she took during her walkthrough in Osaka.
"And this is me in the Osaka's aquarium, and this is me on USJ, and this is me high above the air in the Naniwa Tower." Mankanshoku displayed all the photos and selfies she took during her visit to the chaotic city of Osaka, all of them featuring Mankanshoku all nice and happy while hell and chaos was happening behind her, each photo being more gruesome than the previous one. "Oh! I alost forgot! I brought this for you Ryuko!" Mako opened her gigantic backpack to pull out what it appears to be a plushie of Kaneo Takarada himself with his smug smile on it. "It said in the box that whenever you pull the rope behind him, it will make him say over 200 words! Come on, try it!" Mankanshoku then showed Ryuko the toy's feature as she pulled out her rope behind the Kingpin's marketable plushie's behind.
"Y'all bitch-ass hobos think yo're worth somethin'? Ni**a, please! Even a bag of trash has more monetarylly value than your entire life! AHAHAHAHAHA!" The plush toy laughed off, showing that it indeed has that snarky aura that made Takarada famous.
"Uhh… T-thanks for the gift Mako, I guess…" Ryuko felt a bit embarrassed as sign of her rubbing her head's behind. She would have preferred something more, tolerable to look at, but it's a gift from Mako, so at least the intention counts.
"EHEM!" Ogure coughed loud enough to draw everyone's attention. "We've still haven't solve the problem of this girl right here." The self-proclaimed evil genius pointed at the Space Patroller. "What the hell do we do then?"
"H-hey! I told you all to take me seriously!" Luluco pouted in anger. "I told you I'm with the Space Patrol! And I wanted to say that-"
"Say, what's the fuzz doing here?"
One familiar voice echoed through the area. Everyone looked on the same direction up a small building, showing none other than Joker crossing his arms.
"Heh! You took your time heh, don't you fuzzy hair?" Ryuko smirked with wit all while Kurusu descend with grace by jumping to where everyone was gathering.
"Ren!" Mako quickly tackled poor Akira down with a hug of happiness like a crazy football player. "I'm very, very, very, very, very, very, very but veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery sorry for disobeying you! Osaka was just too good to be staying just on one place and do nothing!" Mako begged Akira comically to forgive her from disobeying.
"Well, all that's important is that you're safe and sound." Akira replied to her friend back, showing that he wasn't mad or anything. "I can say for a hyperactive High School girl, you're one brave girl for going out there, despite the odds."
Mankanshoku tried her best to smile while holding her tears. She got off from the Trickster and helped him to get up. "Oh! I almost forgot! I bought something for you!" Mankanshoku remembered as she pounced inside her over-stuffed backpack and began to search through all the stuff she gained during her chaotic tour through Osaka. She quickly came back to the surface though, with a Snowglobe of the Naniwa tower, but as tradition of the Takarada's business practices, the snow was replaced by small green bills. "I've thought of giving you this after the Tri-City School Raid is over and Lady Satsuki captures you. Maybe you could have something to keep you happy while in Honnouji's dungeon." Mako soft spoken before handing over her gift to the Wild Card.
"Ehhh, thanks Mako…" Akira said awkwardly. He was a bit disturbed with how casually and optimistic Mankanshoku said about thinking that the Kiryuin would have the better outcome after this. But he couldn't let his mind be clouted by mere superstitions. "So anyways, seems that everyone's finally here." He said to everyone before saving the snowglobe on a safer place and then proceed to put his hands into his pockets like he usually does when standing still.
"H-hey! Wait a minute!" Ogure then pointed at Akira's direction, realizing something. "Nudist Beach has like, ten, thousands if not, millions of secret entrances all across Osaka. Why did you just popped out so conveniently where we are?"
"The entrance that you took was the emergency exit, right?" Tsumugu turned to see Kurusu, deducing that he took the emergency exit from Nudist Beach, which Akira gave him a short nod of confirmation.
"Hngh… perhaps that damn dog really thought it well." Sanageyama snapped his fingers, deducing that it was all due to Innumuta and his One-Stars basically controlling all of Kansai's main-frame of technology.
"That's odd… Wasn't one of Satsuki's plan to pull out Nudist Beach's HQ here in Osaka and destroy it completely? Why would she want to prevent our allies from coming out? That doesn't make any sense at all." Hakodate then wondered why Honnouji Academy would do something so counter-productive to their own plans.
"They wanted to push Joker away from their conflict." Mona was the next to talk as he took a step forward. "They are aware that he's no push-over whatsoever. So they'll might try to stall him out of their conflict until they take already care of Osaka and the other remaining schools. Seems that they want to save the best for last by taking the others first, one by one."
"Well, that's the best explanation we can imagine by now." Joker agreed with Mona's deduction. Sanageyama nodded, as he being the one that knows Satsuki Kiryuin the most out of everyone here, he can assure that this would be something Satsuki would plan.
"Though, that makes the question. Is she expecting all of us to charge forward? What if she wants us to come where she is to take us down at once?" Hakodate then quickly realized that they're playing through the young Empress' claws, like pawns on a board game following a path whose' end is an endless pit.
"Hmm… now that you mention it, perhaps you're right." Joker had to agree with the ex-empress of Honnouji here. He was almost about to run his way forward an obvious trap by Satsuki without knowing it. He may be a fearless and very clever leader amongst the Phantom Thieves, but he isn't perfect as he has committed a lot of errors through his bizarre and dangerous heists on the Metaverse.
"H-hey! Can you hear me for a darn second?" Poor Luluco yelped in slight frustration, for no one was taking her seriously. "Y-you there! You're the Phantom Thief Joker, r-right?" The Middle-School girl pointed at the leader of the Thieves with some nerve on her voice.
"Geez! Are you this popular, Fuzzy Hair?" Ryuko dropped a sweat in regard that almost everyone seems to know about Akira Kurusu. Like, how infamous is he around here?
Joker mumbled to himself before looking at the girl that was trying to get his attention. He owled for some seconds while looking at the young police girl.
Luluco made a frown of determination before stomping the ground to pull out Space Patrol ID. "I am Luluco Godspeed! Special agent of the Space Patrol!" She exclaimed with a "serious" voice, trying to hide her fright of losing control of the situation. "And i- and I-i-i…" However, even with her strong sense of justice, the Space Patroller didn't had the guts to claim Akira that he was under-arrest. If the reports of the Space Patrol affirm that the Trickster contained a powers that equals of fellow wanted criminal Satsuki Kiryuin, she wouldn't wish to awaken his wrath, seeing how much his female equivalent in white left the entire city.
"Hmm… Wonder who left their kid here?" Akira asked while slightly tilting his head to one of his shoulders in curiosity. Of course, he couldn't joke right now knowing that the entirety of Osaka's about to crumble to dust, but he doesn't like to waste opportunities where he can show his sass shine like the luster of his dagger.
"Oh right!" Mako slammed her fist on her palm of her hand. "That's the girl who saved me from those One-Stars and made them bite the dust. Thanks, random stranger!" Manknahsoku waved in gratitude toward Luluco for saving her from having her ass torn to half by Honnouji's mooks.
"Wait, it was her?" Ryuko was surprised that such a little girl was able to kick the ass of a group of SMT-Equipped One-Stars and Shadows all by herself. Some might say it would just be bluff, but Mako is the most honest girl she has met. It was very rare for her to lie after all.
Akira turned to see the little Space Patroller directly, which cause her to shiver like a chicken. He was approaching Luluco, with every step he took making Godspeed's heart beat faster. He stood in front of the Middle-School, like a giant behemont narrowing down at a small ant in pity.
"I-I-i-I'm Sorry! IDIDN'TKNEWSHEWASYOURFRIENDITHOUGHTTHATYOUANDSATSUKIKIRYUINWEREWORKINGTOGETHERTOTERRORIZEOTHERWORLDSWITHTHELIFEFIBERSTHESHADOWSAND-" Luluco freaked out so much, all words on her mouth sounded more like nonsensical squabbling to everyone's ears. She shrieked as she saw Kurusu pulling something from his hand, only so see that it was…
Nothing…
All that Joker was doing was stretching his hand in the sign of a friendly handshake. Nothing sinister, nor Ludacris was there. Only his pure-hearted honesty of thanking someone for saving one of his friends.
"Thanks for saving my friend Mako back there." Akira thanked the little Police girl for at least taking down those evil Shadows and One-Stars from harming one of her closest friends he has made in this world. "And I can guess you aren't any normal girl. That and that you may also seek to stop the Kiryuin's plans of world domination. If this were to help, we're also planning to defeat Satsuki Kiryuin before she can hurt even more people." He told the little girl, granting her the benefit of slight trust.
Luluco stood frozen for a second. She then remembered that she just couldn't reveal the existence of other dimensions to people native to this world, fearing that the Spiral Nemesis could get closer to his objectives. She stood firm with all the bravery she has left. "M-my name is Luluco Godspeed, and I'm a special agent of a non-government special police form." She began to tell everyone on why she is here to begin with. "I've been sent here due to our sources affirming that the Kiryuin Conglomerate were part of a giant conspirancy revolving around the usage of Life Fibers to enslave all of human-kind. So I've came here to stop them! That and…" On that moment, her voice became a bit more melancholic, but she did her best to hide her feeling of sorrow for now. "The Kiryuin are holding hostage a special someone on my life, and they're planning to use him for their evil agenda!" She just couldn't hold the tears as some began to leak in their eyes. "I-I promised that special someone that I would arrest him as a love promise! If those monsters dare to do something to him, i…" Luluco clenched her fists harder, demonstrating her eternal love toward Nova-Kun. She fell through her knees as her drops of tears began to hydrate the dead ground below her.
"Don't worry, it's alright! I'm sure we can solve this. Because love always prevails at the end." Being the ray of sunshine of the group, Mako went to confort the sorrowing Luluco with all of her moral support inside of her. She even gave her a tray of Mega-Takoyaki to eat. That's a very kind gesture of her, considering she was about to eat it after.
"So now the Kiryuin are resorting into kidnapping the boyfriend of a middle-schooler? Man, this is just pathetic." Punk couldn't believe that Ragyo or Satsuki would go on their way to take a kid. Either if it was for a dumb whim or not, it made him cringe.
Meanwhile, Joker was thinking why the Kiryuin clan would abduct a kid from middle-school. "Hmm… First it was that angel's boyfriend, and now this girl's boyfriend too. They just couldn't kidnap them without any reason whatsoever. There must be some sort of connection to all of this."
"Think we can worry about that for later. We still need to stop Satsuki Kiryuin and Honnouji Academy from accomplishing their goals."
Joker was cut short from his thought trance. Only to remember who's voice that was. "Oh, it's you, Senketsu. Nice knowing that you're still alright." The Trickster looked at Ryuko's red scarf with relief. "Say, never knew you could look pretty well as a scarf accessory. Sorry for saying that…" Akira apologized for doing such joke on a very dire moment.
"Nah, I'll slap you hard in the ass once this is over, Fuzzy Hair." Ryuko brushed off what Akira said. She was too busy thinking about ways to crunch Satsuki Kiryuin's skull like a nutcracker. She put her guitar case where she uses to put her temporary NB sword and Senketsu's scraps on her floor. She opened it to show off all of her friend's leftovers she managed to snatch back from the One-Stars all across the Kansai region.
"So, is this all of Senketsu?" Joker wondered if these were all of the missing pieces of their Kamui friend.
"Well, what's left of it, If I were to put it better." Ryuko corrected Fuzzy Hair.
"Woah! Senketsu's all chopped up like a bowl of Fruit Loops!" Mako gasped in shock witnessing all the stolen leftovers of the black Kamui and how they looked like a color cereal, considering the fact that there's still the leftovers of the SMT-Goku Uniforms stitched to Senketsu's pieces.
"Well, guess we have Nui Harime to thank for that." Mona growled in slight anger by just thinking about the image of that pink Life Fiber Amalgam and horror of nature. "By the way Senketsu, how are we planning to fix you back to normal?." Mona asked the eye-scarf on how are they gonna put him back to normal, if Iori and Nui work under the Kiryuin, and he doubts that any of them would want to assist them.
"That, I don't have any idea." Senketsu had to go with Morgana. "Dr. Matoi was the one who created me. But if we take for a fact that Honnouji Academy left me in scraps rather than put me back together confirms that neither of them can very well tap my power."
"Hey, don't look at me." Ryuko shrugged in discomfort. "I'm not a whathever-scientist like pops, hell! I don't even know how to knit a damn sock!"
"Then allow me." Tsumugu took a step in. "Perhaps me and Mikisugi can put Senketsu back together. We have a back-up of his blueprints, so we might have a chance to repair you up." He smirked at the eye of Senketsu with confidence.
"Right, you said that you and Aikuro were researchers working for Isshin Matoi." Senketsu remembered.
"Though, the problem would be to deliver you in time." Kingase added. "With all of the secret passages locked by Honnouji Academy, it would be hard to nearby impossible to throw your completed body before Satsuki Kiryuin kills you all."
On that moment, Ogure rearranged her glasses with malice and confidence. "Then be my guest. Seems that they need an evil genius like to assist you." She proclaimed with her sinister tone, affirming that her hacking and computer skills were enough to save Nudist Beach.
"Still, that doesn't answer the big elephant in the room."
"Huh? What's that?" Amamiya turned to Kamui Senketsu to ask him what he was talking about.
"Though, it is true that we have enough of my pieces to put back my body again, we've still missing 2 pieces. One is the last scrap and the other one is the Sekki Tekko." The talking Sailor Uniform told everyone that they are still 2 more parts to get before completing him.
"I'm sorry, what now?" Kurusu rubbed his hair in confusion on what he was talking about.
"The red glove Ryuko uses to activate her transformation. Without it, I would suck her blood without tomorrow and run with the same problems like when she hasn't awoken me." Senketsu affirmed to one of the strongest ones of the group that he was talking about Ryuko's red blood. "And just guess who's have the last 2?"
The room went quiet, with all of them thinking the same thing. There was no deny that everyone abosutely knew who was holding the last pieces.
"Yeah, I think its safe that all of our assumptions are right. Well, if what we were thinking was the same person we were thinking about." Oni Mask narrowed at the others, who all nodded in response. Well, all aside Akira.
"You mean Inumuta?" Akira raised his hand, proposing that the dog of the 3 Devas had the last scraps considering that he's the only one of Satsuki's most trusted men sitting his ass all day at Honnouji Academy. "Sight… I know, now's not the time for cheesy jokes. We better move out, now!" Akira blurted while crossing his arms.
"So, what's the plan?" Maiko questioned Kurusu on what had in mind.
He took like some 3 minutes to cook something at least competent, but it would still feel like a rushed plan nonetheless. "Punk, Ogure, go to Nudist Beach's Headquarters to put back Senketsu's back together and activate all the gates of the city!" Akira told the executor and the brains of the group of rebels before grabbing Ryuko's case. "You wouldn't mind, right Ryuko?" He made sure to ask his hot-blooded and rude friend if he could handle over her guitar case.
"Yeah, you 2 guys better go nuts!" Matoi smirked, putting her odd trust to the 2 members of Nudist Beach who tried to kill her on the past. But well, the past is that after all, and people can change, whenever for the better or for the worst. "But I swear, if you fuck this up, I'll…"
"Ryuko." Senketsu looked at his wearer to make her remember to have her emotions under control. Which surprisingly worked, showing her signs of Maturity.
"Fine… I guess it's just the habit of not really trusting anyone before well, I've made friends with you. Do you 2 count as friends by the way?" Ryuko pointed at the 2 Nudist that had tried to kill her in the past. (Well, her Kamui in the case of Tsumugu).
"Well, it will be to you to decide." Kinagase replied before carrying the guitar case on his back and hop on his infernal bike. "Though, I almost forgot." Tsumugu remembered that he has something to say to Joker, so he looked at him directly. "If you're going throw your ass to fight Satsuki Kiryuin again, be sure to use any kind of Fire-relaanyted attacks. Seems that those fuckers are as flammable as paper." Kinagase advised the Phantom Thief and his allies to use any pyrokinetic attacks against Honnouji Academy. "Heh… To think that the Kiryuin would try to censor one of mankind's first discoveries. Heh… Kinda poetic, don't you think?"
Joker nodded in agreement. "Heh… Who knew that the fire the cavemen made would be a parasitic life-form's ultimate weakness?" Kurusu told to himself in amusement and in perfect irony. A weapon as this is pretty fitting for a trickster like himself.
"Well, I'm off to HQ to fix this ragdoll of yours. Just be sure to not die out there." Kinagase waved goodbye right before the evil genius of Nudist Beach hopped at the backseat. He boot up the hellish enginge of his motorcycle, which made it roar like a cerberic fiend.
"Oh, by the way…" Maiko paused to look both to Ryuko, Akira and Mako. "Show those Honnouji Trash cans how the No-Stars handle things, a promise between friends?" She winked while hanging her thumb up right before Punk would drive him and her towars Nudist Beach's HQ.
"Oh well, I guess that answers my question, I think." Ryuko scratched her head after hearing the genius with glasses declaration of her friendship reforged. And to think it would be this fast.
"Right." Joker brushed off that, but still felt happy that her connection with the confidant of the Wheel of Fortnune was growing stronger.
"Horray! We're all now best friends again!" Mankanshoku cheered that their old friendship with th girl they first met during No-Tardies Day has become their friend once again.
"Alright, seems that we're all set! Now, let's go to kick some Kiryuin ass!" Oni Mask cracked his knuckles, showing his determination to fight off Satsuki Kiryuin once again.
"I'll be supporting you from a distance guys! This riffle's about to claim some well-deserved vengeance!" Hakodate claimed, loading her trusty sniper riffle. It was hard to admit, but working with Nudist Beach as long as she can remember has been more liberating than being with Honnouji Academy.
"Wait!" Luluco shouted. "W-what about me? Y-you can't left me here! I also got orders to capture Satsuki Kiryuin and her mother!" She shouted, wanting to draw the attention of the older teenagers. "Y-you don't expect to fight off that monster and be victorious! That woman is like a devil or something!"
"Hmm… Now that you mention it, it would be pretty hard to steal whathever the hell that living sailor dress' piece Satsuki Kiryuin has." The Sniper remember how strong Satsuki is compared to all of them. Now they don't wish to imagine how stronger she has turned if she has a piece of Senketsu with her.
Ryuko paused at the blonde shark's observation. "Yeah. Now that you say it, how the hell are we going to take back your pieces from Satsuki's hands, Senketsu? Well, even if she has become stronger, that won't stop me from getting your pieces back!" She clarified, admitting that she would care less how much her nemesis has gotten stronger, if it meant to help her friends.
"I wouldn't say that she's the only one that's gotten stronger." Senketsu corrected his wearer.
"Huh? The hell you're talkin' about?" Ryuko wondered.
"The only things that are giving you power are my scarf and the Goku Uniform you're wearing. Yet, you defeated and destroyed every student and Shadow of Honnouji Academy on your way and even outmatch one of the Elite Trio who was wearing an enhanced 3-Star Uniform. Your natural strength and powers have developed up to the point of being as strong or even stronger as if you had your Scissor Blade and were transformed."
"Hmm… Now that you mention it…" Matoi have finally realized how powerful has become up to this point by looking at her left hand and seeing how it manifested a dark energy similar to the Curse Skills. "Wonder why I became so strong all of the sudden?"
"It's because the thing you want the most it's almost in reach." Mako assured her, which caused the group to look at her. "You care so, so, so, so, so, so, so, but so much about Senketsu, the God of Friends is giving you all this power to kick butt!" She affirmed that the god of friends was the one responsible for making her best friend the ability to steamroll her enemies with ease. "I know this because I always get like that when it comes to my friends, food and money!" She beamed with joy and innocence. Some might say that this would be just tall tales, but Mako acting like an unstoppable force of nature during her food frenzy proves otherwise.
Morgana was pretty surprise after realizing how much Ryuko has developed both in power and as a person. "Though, now that we're on the topic of Senketsu, I'm always wondered about something…" The cartoon cat said about something that was stuck on his mind. "Most of us weren't able to understand Senektsu until we awakened our Personas. I still don't know why?" You know that was a good question when the chibi cartoon cat was the one asking.
"Hmm… Now that you mention it…" Joker too wondered why were only Persona users able to communicate with Ryuko's Kamui. Well, all aside from Nui Harime, but she was a being made out of Life Fibers, so it has some logic on why she can do so.
Unfortunately, their time to think would be shattered once they heard a loud explosion coming near where the Naniwa Tower was.
"Yeah, how about we leave the stupid questions for later? We're wasting time here!" Ryuko called the others to act now and leave questions for later as she hopped on into her scooter and prepare the engine.
Joker and Morgana had to agree. Their dumb exposition was only wasting time, so they have to move now or Satsuki will get away with all of this.
"Wait!" Luluco shouted with all her spirit, which draw Joker's attention. "I'm going too! You'll be needing all the help you can get, and I wish to be that help!" She affirmed as she transformed into Trigger-Chan.
Akira felt glad that more people are wishing to help him and his friends with their quest, even if those allies came out of nowhere. He walked where the young Space Patrol who saved the Trigger-Verse from a living black hole. "Then I'm glad we all can count with you. The name's Joker, leader of the Phantom Thieves, and I'm looking forward to work with you." The heroic teenager thief stretched his hand, proving that he's willing to work alongside Luluco.
The girl felt glad and happy that the Phantom Thief was willing to work with her. She could see that Akira's sense of justice was as big as any member of the Space Patrol. "I'm Luluco Godspeed, Space Patroller!" She accepted the Wild Card's hand guesture as both shook hands. "Then let's go! We have a criminal to apprehend!" She exclaimed as she hopped on to her Hover-Bike.
"Yeah… Let's!" He talked back as pulled out the keys of his bike, making it drive automatically where he was like that one black car from Knight Rider.
"Wait!" Mako shouted, stopping the good guys from deploying out.
"Huh? Something in the matter?" Akira stopped and turned where the coconut-head was to ask.
Mankanshoku pouted for some moments before saying what she wanted to say. "I want to come with you too guys! I want to help too!" She exclaimed with energy, which surprised everyone, aside Ryuko, Senketsu and Joker.
"A-are you serious Mako?" Ryuko looked concerned about her friend's decision. "It's way too dangerous for you to come with us. Might as well wait here until this is over. I'm not saying this because I think you're weak and all, it's because I love you and I don't want you to get hurt." Matoi explained why she wished for her best friend to stay, but it didin't matter though since she just hopped anyway and wrapped her hand through her torso.
"I don't care!" Mako shouted in response. "I don't care how strong the bad guys are, or even if those bad guys are Honnouji Academy! I may be a proud No-Star and good-for-nothing Honnouji Academy underachiever, but I'm also your best, best, best, best friend in this whole world! Friends are meant to help each other, and I'm gonna help you, even if you, Ren or Lady Satsuki don't like it! Hmph!" She pouted, refusing to leave the company of Ryuko.
Matoi thought it back for a second. Her friend looked very determinate to fight too, and after witnessing how destructive and powerful Mako gets when she adquires a Goku Uniform, why not? "You're one tough cookie, aren't ya Mako?" The black-haired teenage girl pet her friend's hair, which made Mako smile. "Alright, you can come with me if you like, the more feet we have to kick Honnouji's asses, the better. Am I right, Akira?" She then looked at his rival-friend with snark.
Kurusu nodded to respond. With everything ready, Hakodate hopped into Luluco's vehicle while Sanageyama did the same with Akira's. The group started their engines and began to drive to where the conflict was brewing like a pot of freshly-served oden, that spot being the chaotic battlefield taking place in the place near the Tsutenkaku, the tower and center-point of all Osaka.
Back to the battlefield between the 2 most powerful families of all of Japan, the war between the Kiryuins and the Takaradas was about to reach its explosive climax. In an unexpected turn of events, the homies of Osaka have gotten the upperhand against the forces of Honnouji Academy. A quarter of Shadows and students have their butts dead on the floor below them, yet the common folks of the city haven't broken a single sweat through their faces. All of them were full of conviction and motivation to kick off the Kiryuin scourge out of their town, all for a good ol' paycheck. All the troops that were left were a few Shadows, One-Stars, the Two-Star Presidents and Satsuki herself.
"Nhgh! How can a bunch of common trash, be this strong…?" The fake sanageyama looked like he was about to collapse at any moment from the sheer power and numbers of Takarada's men and women.
Just to add the salt to the wound, Takarada was standing tall and mighty over the top of a stack of party platforms alongside his fellow homies, celebrating and dancing over their overwhelming advantage over Satsuki Kiryuin.
"Oh snap! Seems like today ain't your day, girl! Cuz' today is Kick Satsuki Kiryuin down her asshole Friday, yo!" Takarada laughed in arrogance, being overwhelmed by his vain claims of victory. "Did yo' like that girl? Me and my homies right here can keep dis' party all day long."
"Tch… Indulge yourself in your desires of victory. The more satisfying they'll be to crush down." The heir of the Kiryuin was as confident, cold and stoic as always, despite being on a big disadvantage. "After all, your plan of having bystanders fight for you only provides unending fact about how pathetically weak you are, that you resort to have others fight your own battles."
"Man, yo' still looking down and dissin' out homies like you're some kind of alpa-bitch queen, huh? Yo' nevah' change." Kaneo then sat smugly over his golden throne to look down to the tyrant of Honno city. "Look girl, I don't know what's the whole fuzz over bustin' over my turf and getting yo' way. But if yo' really want to go on, then bruh! That Kamui Junketsu of yours is going down yo' brain ."
"your efforts of mockery are all hollow as your sense of entitlement. If this is the best you got, then might as well give up." Satsuki talked back, not baring any attention over the golden rain around her and how it was making the common scum and how it was making her elite troops look like absolute clowns. "Making mercenaries out of normal citizens… How can you use money in such a detestable way!?"
"When it comes to cash, who gives a shit how yo' spend it, Ms. Crusader? I'm just usin' my hard-earned wealth to convince these homies up here to kick yo' fat-ass out of town, yet somehow we're da' bad guys here? Oh, but if yo' were to do the same, it's somehow "Righteous and Pure"." Kaeo talked back, pointing out that if Satsuki were to do the same, she would claim that it was for humanity's sake.
"That's because my end-goals go far beyond a pointless quest to gain more economic stability. You and your soldiers are only getting in the way of a strong future for humankind." Satsuki gleamed at her fellow heir and how all of her ambittions were justified.
"Nah fam, don't go out spitting bull out of yo' mout. And yo' kiss yo' mother with that thing between yo' lips, bruh? Hey, all fair in love and war, amirite yo?" Takarada still acted confident and cocky. "Don'zt talk to me like that, motherfucker! Y'all dictator and bitch-ass politics talk da' same shit to homies and how yo' gonna make people happy with yo' ideals, just to pull of a good ol' bait and switch on them!"
"Call me what you want, I could care less." Satsuki scrubbed off what her opponent said. "If you still persist on opposing my ambitions, then so be it!" She affirmed that she's done with games as she slowly pulled off her Bakuzan out of her case. "Come… I'll wipe out everyone who stands against me and delete this entire city out of existence itself."
"Ohohoho! Now that's what I'm talkin' about, yo!" Kaneo looked heated as he was growing out more exited when he saw Satsuki preparing herself to attack. "Now this is what I call a classic clash between the Kiryuin of the East and the Takaradas of the West." The Japan of this world has been mostly divided between the 2 hyper-powerful conglomerate giants, like a bunch of opposing political parties. "Sure, sure… Y'all have the most elite of people undah' yo' fingertips, all wrapped up with yo' Funky-ass Life Fibers. But girl, I don't know what's yo' problem with not treatin' yo' No-Stars homies with respect, yo."
"The well-being of the No-Stars students and those filthy rats of the slums are none of my concern outside of my mother's interests." Satsuki affirmed that she would care less to no nothing the status of the No-Stars students. "So what's your point? Everyone at Honno City are too afraid to turn their backs on me, because they are aware that people like you who try to stop my goals from fulfilling are destined to fail and perish."
"Yeah, yeah… Goin' with the 'bettah feared than loved' mindset huh? Sure, yo' may have those doggies of yours kneel their asses down to you yo, but then I ask ya… What would happen' if those said dogs gain da' power or were given the opportunity to take revenge upon yo'?" Kaneo smugged at the Kiryuin with a glee. "Like say, if a student busts in and gives yo' No-Stars the hope to rebel you?"
It somehow made Satsuki tick. He was indeed talking about Akira and how his mere actions and heroics have damaged her control over her No-Stars and even some of her Elites, by giving them a weapon most supreme leaders fear… Motivation and Hope. "If that's the case, then I'll just kill them with no remorse for their betrayal." She groaned while clenching her left fist where the Sekki Tenko was. "If the end of my goals justify the means to fulfil them, then I'll do as many inhumane crimes to see my ambitions come to fruition! So how can you lied to yourself that you're a better leader than me, Takarada?" She stood firm as she brought both Bakuzan and Scissor Blade.
"Well, time yo' ask your ol' friend Takarada his tricks." Kaneo snickered maliciously as he stood up from his throne. "Sure, yo' lied to your Honnouji Hoes bout' prizes and power to brainwash their brains and twist their morals for yo' self-needs. But me?" The young adult of Osaka then brought a gold coin out of his 0% Life Fiber-Made lion coat. "Watch this…" He then flipped the coin up the sky, making all of the Osaka citizens go even crazier over the cash rain. "I only grant prosperity, and prosperity alone with no strings attached. These homies love me, and I love em' back! And they'll willin' to do anything by their own free will to fight and even' die for this city, without no one to force em' to do so!" Takarada exclaimed with vigor as his men loaded their weapons with more needles. One by one, each one of them began to hop in order to overwhelm the Kiryuin by numbers. "Don't yo get it bitch! Clothing ain't the world! MONEY IS, AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE THAT WAY!"
"That's where you're wrong…"
In the blink of an eye, Satsuki slashed both of her blades with temerary speed. She stood still with both Bakuzan and Scissor Blade showing off. And in return, all of the inhabitants of Osaka stood still like statues. No one moved, nor blinked
The beaten-down One-Stars were slowly regaining their consciousness and spirit thanks to the support One-Stars and Club Members of the Waterboy Club casting Recarm on them. "Ugh…? The citizens… Why are they standing still?" One of the Honnouji Students rubbed his head in confusion on to why their enemies stopped fighting.
"None of their weapons have been destroyed, yet they froze in place…" Eve Hajime was having a hard time to figure out what was going on.
"Uhh… Da' hell just happened?" Takarada looked puzzled on to why their homies just… stopped.
"I've slashed down their spirits… Their wills… Their reason to keep fighting…" Satsuki talked back with tranquility as she slowly put Bakuzan back into her case while also shrinking back the Scissor Blade into its keychain form. It was very surprising how quick Satsuki Kiryuin managed to master the sword of Ryuko.
"What are yo' an exorsist or something, yo?"
"No…" The lady of war closed her eyes to respond the 20-Year old trillionaire before opening her eyes, showing off her golden-yellow pupils while her voice began to distort. "I'M THE DEVIL INCARNATE!"
One by one, the citizens of Osaka fell to their knees, stripped away from their hopes and willpower. They tense and got overwhelmed by a inhuman sense of fear and dread by just the Kiryuin's precense. Each one of them could see their lives flash to them.
"You all have 10 second to submit and abandon this place. If you don't, I'll make sure to kill all of you in the slowest and most painful way imaginable." Without looking while her voice and eyes return back to normal, the evil teenager warned each one of them to kneel before her and the Kiryuin clan and drop her weapons without even looking behind her, as she knew they weren't worth her time.
The citizens shrieked in panic and terror as all of them dropped their weapon and began to scatter like a pack of rats being discovered by humans. Just hearing the sounds of anguish and terror of her enemies brought a sense of twisted satisfaction to Satsuki's rotten and distorted soul.
"This isn't worth the pay! I'm out of here!" One of the Naniwa Kinman students declared as he threw off the stacks of takarada bucks down the ground before running for his life.
"We can't fight her! I'm outta here!" One woman shrieked as she ran away from the student council president of honnouji.
"H-Hey! D-don't left me planted here homies, yo!" Even Kaneo Takarada himself somehow got affected by his enemie's power to strip people from her will, though it wasn't as effective. Perhaps it was due to his clothes of hope? Nevertheless, the flashy pillar he was standing began to crumble down, causing Takarada to screech like a girl while falling off, leaving him down with the debris and leftover of his egocentric tower. "Ah shit… Now What-" He was then interrupted as the School Council President of Honnouji pointed her Bakuzan right at his nose.
"Now what? You give up and tell me where you're hiding them." Satsuki who had what was left of her platoon narrowed at the Naniwa Kinman School Council President. "If you value your life as much as your wealth, then you shall tell me their hide-out. I've repeated myself many times about the consequences if you still try to oppose me, so I don't have to repeat myself. Where are they!?"
"I don't know what the effin' shit you're talkin' about, bruh!" Takarada began to flail his arms for mercy, showing off his cowardly attitude he has when he loses control over a situation. "Or what is it? A-Are yo' salty about the ass-kickin' my homies gave to yo-"
"Yes. That's exactly what I want." She affirmed to interrupt the pimp of Osaka's mockering. "If you're self-aware, then you know for a fact that all of my Goku Uniforms are all bulletproof and immune to all sorts of Fire-weapon." She then turned to see all the weapons dropped by the citizens In the battle. Afterwards, she looked down to find a needle underneath them, but it wasn't your average needle. "Then how may ask you, were normal people that haven't been trained militarily able to damage my soldiers without problem? Because these types of needles are the only thing that can penetrate clothing made of Life Fibers, and it wouldn't surprise me that the group you're associated with are helping you, considering the fact that you're one of the few people to possess a set of clothes without a single Life Fiber stitched to it."
"What can I say girl? Everyone loves' Kaneo Takarada, yo." Takarada chuckled while shrudding his arms and hands up. "I-I mean, I can just hire da' best weapons builder to give me all of those things!"
"Hmmmgh…" Satsuki growled in desperation as it seem that her intimidating aura wasn't affecting her opponent. "I'm giving you a chance to live, yet you're still continue to act like you have won… Do you have some slight self-respect, or are you just that worthless?"
"Worthless, she say?" Takarada then began to chuckle before unleashing a maniacal burst of cackling. "Baby, my worth's about to blow you out of this earth, biatch!" He shouted before pulling out a red pocket button from his coat and didn't wait to press it now.
The ambience stood quiet for some seconds. Nothing happened, and Takarada looked desperate as he repeatly continued to press the button on the palm of his hand. "Ehh… Whassat? Dis' thing's broken or what?" He wondered while looking at Satsuki Kiryuin with a anguished smirk.
"Is this another one of your pathetic jokes, Takarada?" Satsuki looked down at the kinpin of Osaka with pitty and disappointment. "And what are you trying to achieve, may I wonder?"
"Yo, I think this could be of your interest, Lady Satsuki." The Sanageyama faker lured his leader's attention as he and the other surviving Sports troops made a impactful discovery that involved the Tri-City School Raid's secret objective.
They all were reunited where the debris and leftovers of Takarada's party pillar which was revealed that was hiding a secret machine for the lousy Osaka snob to use as a plan b.
The mech in question caught the Kiryuin's interest. She left Takarada and went to inspect the huge machinery. Which in response, Takarada crawled to hold his enemy's leg.
"I-i-I mean… That's just an ol' rusty thingamajig I bought on A-bay on a drunk evening with my bros, yo." Takarada persuaded that the thing under the debris of his tower of ego. But as we all know, the more a person tries to tell us not to do something, we have the urge of doing the opposite. And Satsuki was no exception.
Satsuki nevertheless, ignored whatever the hell Takarada was bragging about. But he didn't stop. The closer and closer she approached his mysterious machine, the more Takarada begged her to stop to the point of desperation.
She had enough, that she gave him a mega-violent and well-deserved kicked the lousy billionaire right in the face, which streght was so hard, It blasted the poor fool down a rock. It felt pretty therapeutic for the Kiryuin to do that.
Once she was finally with the other remaining members of her squadron, she began to slowly open Bakuzan from her case. "Step Aside." With one order, the Shadows and Students made a considerable distance from Satsuki, fearing that she would accidentally kill them.
Once the cost was clear, the lady of war slashed her sword sideways, which released one strong and lethal burst of air that blew away all the rubble in front of her. All the Students and even Shadows presents just couldn't get enough of their leader's feats. "Now, let's see what our friend was hiding under his basement." Satsuki put back her weapon in her case before taking a good glimpse on what Kaneo Takarada was hiding under Osaka.
The results put a sinister smile on her face. Her assumptions were true, all of them. In front of Honnouji's platoon lied an large-size battle mecha-armor possibly the size of Sanageyama's Blade Regalia MK1. The mech in question was shaped like a crab and was bathed in solid gold.
"What? So we came all this way here just for a giant-size fursuit?" The clone of Hakodate wondered why was Satsuki interested on that mecha-crab.
"Innumuta, does this mech-suit share similarities with the ones Nudist Beach uses?" Satsuki contacted her strategist from a communicator and see if the Dog at Honnouji Academy had the answer she was looking for.
"Your assumptions are correct, Lady Satsuki." Inumuta transmitted his affirmation from the confy seats of the Computer Labs of Honnouji Academy. "Analysis show that Takarada's secret weapon is equipped with all sorts weaponry specifically made to combat Life Fibers and Goku Uniforms." He stated as he analyzed the crab on his dear laptop. "Thanks to the upgrades I made to my Goku Uniform thanks to the fragments of Akira, I took my time to break and initialize the boot-up command from Takara's remote control. I don't want to brag about anything, but a thank you from your part would be nice once you return to Honnouji Academy." He explained. "Though, it would have been entertaining to see him battle our enhanced students, if I might say. It could fetch me a lot of data about Nudist Beach's DTRs."
"Excellent. What's the status of the other 2 divisions? Are they coming to my location as I ordered?" Satsuki asked Inumuta about the whereabouts of Gamagori and Jakuzure and if they were heading to Osaka to assist her on the following fight.
"Unfortunately, Joker's allies have damaged our communication vehicles on both Kyoto and Kobe, so we're not sure if our soldiers are in fighting conditions or not." The dog with glasses informed his leader. "Though, the good news are that both Gamagori and Jakuzure are underway to reach your location in case you'll need assistance."
"We can worry about our bottom soldiers for later." The Kiryuin said. "Any reports about our bait?" She then wanted Inumuta to tell him if he knew what was Mako doing right now.
"Well, you know how… active Mankanshoku is, milady. For our inconvenience, she has disappeared from our radars. Not even our Seeker Shadows were able to track her ubication. So we unfortunately have to discard the idea of using her to lure Kurusu."
"We can worry about Akira for later." Satsuki said back. She then let a deep sight of relief to calm her stress that has been accumulating through the whole raid-trip. Once her inner wrath was tamed, she turned her back to see her loyal students and shadows.
HEEL CLICK!
"STUDENTS OF HONNOUJI ACADEMY!" She shouted out as she impaled her Bakuzan bellow the ground she's standing, sprouting that pure and lustrous white light behind her, showing her complex of superiority toward others, up to the point of God Complex. But we all know that even the mightiest of gods are bellow Satsuki Kiryuin's heel. "Our sweat and hard-work has finally paid off! Our true objectives of the Tri-City School Raid has finally been fulfilled!" She began to do her evil alpha bitch monologue, filling the souls of her followers with fullfilment and pride. "For years, the rebel organization Nudist Beach has been one of out biggest obstacles on completing our objectives. Raiding our numerous bases all across Japan, disrupting and foiling our plans to invade more schools and constantly destroying any supply of Life Fibers REVOCS hold. But today, all of this comes to an end!" She bellowed, making the light behind her to flash even brighter. "Today, we have discovered the whole where those disgusting rats come from!" She exclaimed with spirits, making her students roar with passion.
All the while, the Kiryuin walked to the direction she kicked Kaneo Takarada. Every step she took with her clean and white high-heels made the defenseless Student Council President's heart beat even faster out of the intense fear he felt before Satsuki. "D-did yo' think I'm ovah, bi-*COUGH!* Biech!?" Even half-beaten to dust, Takarada proved himself to be a stubborn piece of shit. Though, none of his words had managed to pierce through Satsuki's Kiryuin unbreakable, yet twisted willpower.
"Just look at you…" She narrowed in pitty to the ruler of Osaka. "No power, and no army to carry your pittyful existence, and yet you still dare to spit me on my face. I don't know if I should feel impressed, or pittyful to you, Takarada." She rasped right before extending her Scissor Blade and point it toward Takarada's throat to make him spill the beans out of his guts. "Now, tell me where you're hiding the base of Nudist Beach and I'll consider to spare your poor excuse of a life. Show me opposition, and I'll grant you a fate worse than death!"
"Hehehehe… Then what are yo' waitin' for, girl? Kill me!" Takarada still showed himself resistant to Satsuki's intimidation. "Yo' got the guts, yo! So go on! If it piss yo' shit-ass temper off, then fine by me!"
"Funny, despite my undeniable superiority over you, I've expected to still hold to that hollow pride of yours. How funny for you to say that…" The young villainess slightly bow her head. "I'VE ALWAYS YEARNED FOR THE DAY I DELETED YOU OUT OF MY LIFE!" She cried with a distorted voice as her eyes turned golden-yellow. She hold her red blade in hand and fueled it with all the accumulated hatred she had for the Takarada in order to decapitate that lousy and annoying face of his. "DIE!"
"Lady Satsuki!" one of the One-Stars came running where her leader was, interrupting her in the process from killing Takarada, and saving the young pimp's cowardly ass. "T-they're comming…"
Once that mention was clear, Satsuki Kiryuin's repressed instincts were turned off, regressing her to her more collected and serene attitude she's mostly known for. "I see… Inform everyone to be ready and to not hold anything back. This, will be one of our most important battles." She ordered her foot-soldier to tell everyone of her raid troops to prepare themselves for their arriving. She looked back at Takarada with contempt before doing a slight cuss. "It seems that you're fortunate, Takarada. I don't have time for your foolishness, as my main objective is about to be fulfilled." She then turned her back at the pimp of Osaka and walked away while preparing both Bakuzan and Scissor Blade.
Takarada owled with a sense of confusion. "Da' shit was the hoe talkin' about?"
All of the remaining Assault Troops were in position and formed on a straight horizontal lane. Each one of them were waiting with all their patience the arrival of Akira and his allies. Each one of them grasped their weapons and clenched their fists to be sure to strike anytime.
A cloud of dust that came from high-speeds was drawing closer toward the Naniwa Tower battlefield. Each of the students tried to stand firm. Though, their trembling legs showed that they just were repressing their fear they had towards the Phantom Thief. They know fully well what Akira's truly capable of, from inside and also outside the battlefield. Many have clarified this, but the face of the trickster was feared amongst the soldiers of the Kiryuin due to being a reflection of a chaos-driven Satsuki Kiryuin, by power alone and charisma too.
"So, w-what's your order, Lady Satsuki?" One of the members of the Tracking Club looked at his superior with sweat falling down through her face.
"Wait for my signal." The Kiryuin rose her hand to halt her minion for a moment. "The Director has tasked me to bring Ryuko and Joker alive. Capture them with any means necessary, but make sure to be careful and only apply brute force if needed." She reminded her students to not kill Akira Kurusu from the get-go, and also Ryuko too as her mother also grew an interest toward Ryuko Matoi. She desired his Persona powers for herself and herself only. Now, she would just ask Nui Harime on how she obtained her Tower Persona Jorogumo, but she doesn't wish to leak any suspitions toward the Grand Corturier about her assassination plan to kill her mother and take the throne of the world. That, and she doesn't really like to be around that oversize cockroach anyways.
The cloud came closer, closer and closer, and seem to not stop. The students clenched their weapons and uniforms in hand, yet their leader didn't seem to run a single sweat of anguish. But still, something was off… And Satsuki knew it fully well.
Once the supposedly Phantom Thief jumped over through them with with his and Ryuko's Bike, Satsuki Kiryuin was quick on her white high heels. She leaped herself through the air and kicked the vechicles with a strong and elegant back-kick. Once the 2 machines were in the air, the Kiryuin used her Scissor Blade in hand and held it upwards the sky. Everyone present was able to marble Dr. Matoi's Anti-Life Fiber weapon luster like a beautiful ruby. The Kiryuin began to charge the sword with her newfound powers, fueling the hardened Life Fibers of the Scissor Blade with holy light originating from her Shadow powers.
And once fully charged…
PHRAAASH!
A humongous white laser beam was fired from the edge of the red sword. The intensity and length of the laser beam in general was so absurdly high, it destroyed some of the satelites orbiting through the Earth. But of course, Satsuki was careful enough to not destroy REVOCS' Lip-Shaped Satelite, yet…
The Students and Shadows were left speechless. Have they witness the great and invincible Satsuki Kiryuin demolish her biggest enemy by date with one deadly blow? But the look on the eyes of the Kiryuin said otherwise.
After she compacted back the Scissor Blade into its Keychain state, she looked upward, only to see the remains of the bikes and the decoys used to fool Honnouji Academy. The now-destroyed decoys looked like scarecrows that resembled both Akira and Ryuko. And by the smell of burned bleach, mud and coffee in the air, she could confirm that the Phantom Thief would try to fool her with a fake-out and debilitate her troops' Goku Uniforms by spilling them with liquids deadly for Life Fibers. But Satsuki knew that Joker would pull something like this.
"Quite a clever trick, you Trickster Fox…" Satsuki Kiryuin whispered through her lips…
CLASH!
By using both Scissor Blade and Bakuzan, the Lady of War flawlessly and elegantly blocked Ryuko's Tailor's Fang and Akira's Tailor's Dagger. Though, the impact their blades made was so intense, it basically blew-off every bystander present.
She then pushed off the 2 teenagers from her shoulders with her 2 weapons at hand. Though, both landed with guts and grace for her dismay. Akira Kurusu and Ryuko Katoi stood tall and firm, looking at their target and enemy to defeat. Right behind them, was a dizzy Mako who was holding herself from her spunky bff's shoulders, but the impact of their clashing blades put her out of commission for now, and Morgana who was standing over The Wild Card's right shoulder. But unlike the bobble-head, he resisted the shockwave from the clash of the 3. and we couldn't forget about Luluco who was descending from her Hover-Bike, looking determinate to arrest the Kiryuin and rescue Nova-Kun from her clutches.
All while, Satsuki slowly dusted Junketsu's shoulders from the dust. Once she looked at her enemies, she just smirked out. "Heh… Congratulations to the both of you foe arriving before my Elites…" She paused before looking directly at Akira's eyes, which in return, he did the same. "So, shall we finally put our differences aside once and for all, Akira Kurusu…?"
