Author's Note: So, I thought I might just add a little bit of a crossover here. I'm a big fan of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (book and both movies), so forgive me for adding just a touch of that into this story.
I do not own Kill la Kill or any of it's characters. I also do not own Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or any of it's characters.
Chapter Three: STRAIGHT OUT OF WONDERLAND
"Sorry to intrude, but I'm looking for a Ryuko Matoi and a Satsuki Kiryuin," The mysterious woman in the top hat cheerfully greeted.
As if on cue, the Elite four immediately got up from the table and stood in between the two mysterious people and the rest of the group.
"Who the hell are you?" Sanageyama questioned holding his sword up to the woman's face.
An enigmatic smile crossed her features as she gently moved his sword away from her face with two gloved fingers.
"Ahem. Let me introduce myself if I may," She gingerly requested, "My name is Lillian Wonka."
Atarashi courteously bowed before them, "I am Atarashi Seikatsu."
Ryuko's heart skipped a beat, "That Voice… Why does he sound so familiar? He sounds like Senketsu, but…how can that be?"
"Miss Wonka, please have a seat," Satsuki cooly suggested.
The Elite four looked back at their leader confused. Satsuki looked at all four of them, "Sit. All of you."
The Four of them sat down back down making some space for the newcomers as they did so. Mrs. Mankanshoku brought out some jasmine tea for everybody.
"Sorry Director, it's nothing like Soroi's, but I hope this will warm everyone up just the same," Mrs. Mankanshoku said cheerfully.
"Thank you."
Satsuki took a sip of the tea, as did everyone at the table. She put the cup down and folded her hands in front of her.
"I take it that you are the Lillian Wonka from the Wonka Confectionary Corporation, is that correct?" Satsuki asked.
Lillian smiled brightly, "Why yes, yes I am!"
"To what do we owe the pleasure of your company?"
"Well, you see, my associate and I were suggested to come and see you by a couple of gentleman from a certain organization…," Lillian paused put a finger to her chin and then addressed Atarashi,"What was it called? Naked Sea? Nude Bitch?"
"Nudist Beach, madam," Atarashi corrected.
"Ah, I was close!" She excitedly pointed, "Those guys! They recommended you to us!"
"The Hell do you need us for?" Ryuko demanded crossing her arms, annoyed.
"I've got a problem with my older brother Stanley," Lillian started, "You see…He's been investing copious amounts of the company's money into one of his social groups called the K.O.C. My father was a little irked about it, so he told me to take care of the problem. I found out that his social group was called Knights of the Cloth. He and his associates were using the money to gather up the remaining Life Fibers all around the world and finish off what the former Director of REVOCS had failed to do a year and a half ago. My brother's been obsessed with Ragyo Kiryuin since that day he went with my father to make a special delivery to the Kiryuin Mansion for Satsuki's tenth birthday party. He even tried getting a gig at REVOCS so that he could be a part of the COVERS plan that Lady Ragyo had in store. Frankly, my brother failed to get into the organization before the near-apocalypse event happened. So, I had found out from one of my father's associates, who was also a former associate of your mother's, that the world wide incident regarding our "killer clothes" was associated with an organization called Nudist Beach. I tracked the organization down and found two of their members Tsumugu Kinagase and Aikuro Mikisugi, who suggested that If I was to be dealing with the re-emergence of life fibers that I should enlist the help of Ryuko Matoi, Satsuki Kiryuin, and the Elite Four. That is why we are here today."
"What's he got to do with it?" Ryuko glared at Atarashi, her heart racing when he smirked at her question.
"Oh he's just here to look pretty," Lillian said casually looking disinterested at her cup of tea.
Atarashi shot her an intense glare.
Lillian rolled her eyes, "Alright. Alright. Jeez Rashi, you seriously can't take a joke."
"I'm her bodyguard," Atarashi clarified to the group, specifically towards Ryuko. Ryuko felt her cheeks begin to burn, she didn't know if it was because she hated him or if it was because she was extremely attracted to him. She was very confused about this guy. His scarlet eyes seemed to look straight through to her soul making her feel naked under his gaze. She was experiencing things right at that moment that she had never experienced before and it intrigued and frightened her.
"I figured you guys would want to help me out. Since having another wardrobe malfunction apocalypse scenario would just freaking suck," Lillian stated dusting off imaginary dirt off her overcoat, "So what do you guys say? In or out?"
Ryuko raised her hand, "I'm in."
"Oooh! Ooh! Me too!" Mako excitedly raised her hand.
"Mako! You can't just say you're in because Ryuko says she's in!" Gamagoori argued.
Mako stood up to face him, her hands on her hips, "I can too! Ryuko's my best friend. Wherever she goes, I go too!"
Lady Satsuki raised her hand, "Count me in as well. Will you four be joining us?"
"What kind of question is that?" Jakazure snapped, "You know that wherever you go, we go as well."
"Just as I expected," Satsuki said smiling as she raised the teacup to her lips and drank from it.
"Can I be of some help too?" Hiro piped in.
Everyone turned to look toward him.
"I totally forgot you were even here," Jakazure simply stated.
Hiro's face suddenly turned red from sudden embarrassment.
"I want to be where Ryuko is," Hiro said looking at Ryuko, "I want to be by your side and keep you safe."
Atarashi gave a piercing death glare towards the young man sitting in front of him. Ryuko noticed his reaction and furiously blushed. She looked down at her lap to avoid any other eye contact from either male. She can not be having this right now! The guy who's clearly smitten with her and the guy she just met are so clearly at war for her affection.
"Wait… why am I assuming that the new guy is attracted to me anyways? I just met him! I didn't even talk to him yet!" Ryuko mentally scolded herself.
"The More the Merrier!" Lillian gleefully said,"By the way, who are you? I have dossier's on everybody here, except you."
"My name's Hiro. Hiro Yagami," Hiro introduced,"I'm Ryuko's boyfriend."
"Suitor," Satsuki corrected,"Boyfriend is quite a ways off. Don't think that joining us will make those terms any less, Mr. Yagami."
"Of course, Director," Hiro bowed his head in acceptance. When he returned up from the bow, he caught a glance at Atarashi who was staring hard at him with furrowed brows and clenched jaw. Looked like he was already on the new guy's shit list for whatever reason. Hiro inwardly cringed.
"Cool Beans! So, since you all agreed to be a part of my team, I've brought a special 'welcome to the team' gift!" Lillian exclaimed before reaching into her overcoat and retrieving an extremely large purple nondescript wine bottle.
"How did you manage to put that size bottle in your jacket?" Inumuta curiously questioned, taking a closer look at the absurdly large bottle.
"I'm sorry?" Lillian leaned in not understanding the question,"Oh! This thing? I just stuck it in my pocket. I mean, it's not really anything unusual. It's totally great for parties where the booze is absolutely terrible."
Lillian popped it open and began pouring the purple liquid into the tea cups.
"Would you like me to grab some wine glasses?" Mrs. Mankanshoku suggested.
Lillian held up a hand, "No, thank you Missus! I'll save you the work of doing more dishes."
"What is it?! Is it booze?!" Mataro excitedly asked.
"It can be," Lillian grinned mysteriously.
"What do you mean that it can be?" Sanageyama cautiously asked.
"Depending on your age, your tolerance level, and so forth it can either be a nice alcoholic beverage or a wicked energy drink or hell, even just plain old juice," Lillian explained while pouring the last bit of the wine into Mr. Mankanshoku's cup. The large bottle was completely empty.
"That's certainly a waste of a large bottle. It was barely enough to fit our teacups," Jakazure criticized.
"Or… that's what you might think," Lillian put the bottle down,"Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you my newest creation… which I don't currently have a name for."
Lillian lifted her teacup in the air, "A toast to the beginning of my journey with you folks!"
They all lifted their teacups and brought it to their lips.
Ryuko was cautious of her drink. She held the cup to her lips, but waited until Mako took a sip of her drink. She didn't want anything bad to happen where they all pass out and be kidnapped for some perverse reason. Mako took a sip and Ryuko watched as Mako sighed and smiled at her drink. Based off that harmless reaction, Ryuko took the tiniest sip. The tiny sip was all but quite enough to experience the full effects of the liquid. It was blueberry, her favorite flavor! It was cold to the lips and smooth as it went down and had a hint of carbonation. As it traveled down to her stomach it warmed up considerably making her tensed stomach muscles relax. She sighed a happy content sigh and raised the cup up to her lips for more. She was not the only one, everybody around her seemed to relax into their drinks.
"This is amazing…" Jakazure said happily sighing, "Green apple with a hint of caramel. Just right…"
"Green apple?" Gamagoori took another sip of his drink, "I thought it was chocolate flavored wine."
"I got a raspberry fizzed up energy drink," Mataro gushed excitedly drinking more of drink.
"How is this possible?" Inumuta asked flabbergasted, "Different flavors and different drinks all from that one bottle."
"Yeah…that's the whole point," Lillian pointedly answered, "It's possible….because I made it that way. 'Faith, Trust, and a Little Pixie Dust!' Oh! And Happy Thoughts! Those are important too!"
Ryuko finished her drink, which took surprisingly longer than expected, placed it back down on the table. She slowly looked up and caught the scarlet eyes of Atarashi, who watched her intently. She licked her lips of the remaining liquid, relishing in it's magical sweetness. He had become fixated on her lips all of a sudden. His eyes had a far away look to them as if she had entranced him with that one small movement. Atarashi was knocked to his senses when his associate bumped his shoulder. He looked at Lillian.
"We should get going, yeah?" Lillian asked.
"Yes," Atarashi replied.
"We should meet up tomorrow night at my place. I'll send Inumuta all the details," Lillian said getting up to stand using her colorful cane for support. Atarashi followed suit.
"Thank you Mister and Missus Makanshoku for your hospitality! Dinner was amazing, even though we didn't eat! Dessert was questionable, and the drinks were phenomenal! " Lillian complimented.
"Oh! Thank you! You're welcome to come back any time for dinner!" Mrs. Mankanshoku suggested.
"Will do!" Lillian turned towards the rest of the group, "I speak for the both of us when I say It's been a real pleasure meeting all of you!"
"Likewise," Satsuki nodded.
"Have a great night everyone!" Lillian said as she and Atarashi bowed before the group.
They exited one after the other out of the dining room and out of the house all together.
Once outside, Atarashi leaned against the door and sighed, "I sincerely hope you know what you're doing."
"You worry too much! Everything will be revealed in due time, Senketsu," Lillian comforted, clapping a hand to his shoulder, "C'mon. Let's not keep my brother waiting."
Senketsu nodded as he walked towards Lill's candy apple red Dodge Viper. They hopped in and sped off into the night.