"Satsuki Kiryuin...the student council president...h-how nice to see you here miss." The boy holding Ryuko stammered before the heeled student. He and the rest of his lackeys flinched when her heel clicked on the step.

"Is it now? I cam here to eat my lunch and what do I find? A bunch of lowly common numbskulls picking on those who are smaller, yet more intelligent than them." Satsuki lectured.

The boy looked at Ryuko and dropped her. She landed on her seat.

"Listen, Satsuki, we were just messin' around. This chick was in our faces and we just wanted to show her how things work around here." He continued as Satsuki continued to calmly walk closer to him.

She stopped very close to his chest and while she stood several inches below him, the look in her eyes alone were enough to make any man step away.

"That 'chick' as you will never refer to her as again happens to be my little sister, and if anyone is going to show her how things work around here it will be me, not some lowly, underachieving brutish fools like you! " Satsuki explained. The boys gasped in shock and realization in who they had messed with.

"Now, you will apologize and clean up this mess." Satsuki added.

"Yes of course!" They exclaimed in unison. They then spun around and bowed to Ryuko and Mako. "We are very sorry misses!"

Then they used cloths to clean the food off the table before running away as if they were on fire.

When they were gone, Satsuki sighed and turned to the two girls staring at her. Her expression softened and she chuckled.

"Sorry about that. I hadn't realized that your identity as my sister hadn't yet been solidified among the students. I will be sure to rectify that as soon as possible." Satsuki said before taking a seat next to Ryuko.

"No prob sis. That isn't your fault. Hey uh, what was with that light?" Ryuko replied.

Satsuki knitted her thick eyebrows before turning around and seeing the light shining from the stairs.

"Oh, maintenance is trying to fix the spotlights. I guess they turned on when I was up there." Satsuki answered.

"Oh, alright then." Ryuko spoke as she turned back towards the table when Satsuki stopped her.

"Ryuko. Your uniform. It's a mess." Satsuki commented.

"Huh? Oh, is it? A-ah..." Ryuko mumbled as she looked down at herself and noticed the stains and bits of noodle and meat stuck to her.

"No. No. That will not do." Satsuki huffed as she took Ryuko's arm. "You're getting changed right away. No sister of mine will go about her day looking a mess like that."

Hallelujah!

"Satsuki's right Ryuko-chan! You can't go about your day a mess! It'll leave bad impressions on others and you'll be mocked and scarred! Soon, you'll have a reputation as a messy smelly slob and no one will want to associate with you, or be your friend, or go on a date with you! So...Go! Get! Changed Ryuko-chan! Go get changed so what little reputation you have won be tarnished!"

When Mako finished her bit, Satsuki and Ryuko stared at her. Satsuki, having never before seen one of Mako's moments, could only stare at the shorter girl dumbfounded. Ryuko on the other hand, who had already seen several of Mako's special moments quickly recovered.

She put a hand on her sister's shoulder.

"Yeah. I know how you feel. The numbness of shock fades completely in a few minutes." Ryuko told her sister.

Satsuki blinked and nodded before heading for the door.

"Alright...ahem, let's go." Satsuki proclaimed as she collected herself. "Gather up your things Ryuko. I have a change of clothes that should fit you in the council room."

"Okay." Ryuko replied. "Thanks sis."

Satsuki opened the door into the student council room and they were greeted by Satsuki's friend Nonon Jakuzure, NON ATHLETIC COMMITTEE CHAIR, and Uzu Sanageyama, ATHLETIC COMMITTEE CHAIR in the middle of a heated argument.

After a few moments of watching them go at it, Satsuki stepped forward.

"Hey!" She exclaimed, shutting the two up utterly. "What is going on here?"

"Satsuki-chan! The monkey with no brains is complaining about his mid term marks, saying that being a committee chair is messing with his school work, while in truth he's just a lazy bum!" Nonon explained.

"Oh please, like you actually do anything for your committee!" Sanageyama retorted. "Committee Chair my ass."

"Why you low level-"

"Enough! Nonon stop provoking him. Sanageyama, get yourself together before you have to pick yourself off of the bottom of the barrel." Satsuki interrupted with finality.

"Yes Satsuki." The two arguing students replied to her in unison.

"Now that that's settled, come Ryuko." Satsuki led Ryuko and Mako through the student council office.

"Hey Nonon." Ryuko spoke. "Sanageyama."

"Hi Ryuko-chan."

"Sup Ryuko."

"Hi! Bye!" Mako added as she followed the two Kiryuins.

Satsuki reached into a locker at the back of the room and brought out set of the Honnouji school uniforms for girls. I light blue shirt with the school crest bring the dominant design on it, with a matching skirt. However, Ryuko noticed that had four stars on the back, symbolizing it belonging to a fourth year. At Honnouji, for each grade they have a certain amount of stars sewn on the back.

"Here Ryuko, you can change in the washroom." Satsuki said happily as she handed the uniform to Ryuko.

"Thanks sis, but it's a fourth year uniform." Ryuko replied as she took the uniform.

"Don't worry about it." Satsuki told her assuringly as Ryuko walked to the bathroom. When she got in there and closed the door, she called out.

"Hey Satsuki, look into my bag and you'll see a torn up sailor uniform!" Ryuko called.

Satsuki did as her younger sister asked and found a black sailor uniform, almost completely unravelled and in tatters. Intrigued, Mako leaned in close to Satsuki to get closer look at the torn clothing.

Senketsu sighed within the confines of Ryuko's bag. He had been there for what seemed like hours and had been jolted about inside of it while Ryuko-given the circumstances which he had begun to suspect Senketsu was beginning to have a difficult time calling her that-went about her day.

He had been just about to fall back asleep when light poured into the small space within the backpack and a pair of hands gently took hold of him to take him out of the bag. When his eye adjusted to the light he saw that he was being carried by none other than the queen of Honnouji Academy herself, Satsuki Kiryuin.

Senketsu, having been worn by Satsuki before expected to know what her touch felt like, but this felt quite different.

The Satsuki Kiryuin that Senksetsu was familiar with was iron-fisted, unwavering, calculating and sometimes cold and uncaring. However, the young woman holding him now was nothing like that.

She was soft, happy but it felt as though she could be tough and patient.

Could this have to do with her now being an older sister...or my out of whack theory?

"Ooh! The uniform looks like someone went all crazy on it with a pair of scissors!" A budding Mako commented.

At least some things don't change no matter what.

"So what do you think?" Senketsu heard Ryuko's muffled voice call. "I was thinking that maybe it could be salvaged."

"Hmm...perhaps. If all of the threads are here then it shouldn't be too hard to put it back together. I'll be sure to consult Iori about it." Satsuki replied.

"Okay...now sis, you're sure that me wearing a four star uniform is okay?" Ryuko asked.

"Yes. Believe it or not Honnouji's dress code is surprisingly lenient." Satsuki assured.

Ryuko stepped out in clean clothes and showed herself to her friends.

"Okay. I'm trusting you." Ryuko replied. "So you think we can save it?"

"I'm pretty sure." Satsuki replied as she handed Senketsu over to Ryuko.

"Cool. Thanks sis." Ryuko said as she put Senketsu back into her bag.

...wait, did Ryuko just call Satsuki, 'sis'?

Senketsu knew that Ryuko and Satsuki now cared for each other like real sisters would but both of them still have trouble acknowledging said sisterhood. Ryuko easily and casually addressing Satsuki as a sister was totally foreign to the two girls and Senketsu.

So, maybe my theory of this being an alternate world may not be totally crazy.

I believe Satsuki would still be a leader figure because she seems to be a natural born one. Just thought I'd throw that out there. And I didn't put one last chapter but by God Mako must have her Hallelujah moment!

Let me know what you think! Comment and review!