Rei huffs as she punches a dummy several times, envisioning the face of her sister or rather the demon possessing her. It came down to it, she had to possibly kill her sister in order to free her from what was killing her insideYou are nothing Rei. You are nothing more than just some weak peasant. You are just a girl, what can you do? She growls and keeps punching. "I am not weak!" she snarled. She keeps on punching as more memories from their past begin to haunt her.
FLASHBACK
"You dare defy me." Opal says in a cold voice, her blood red eyes, blazing in anger. The guards cowered in fear, some swearing that they saw some veins peeking out of the evil princess's chalky white vampiric skin.
Her older sister who was dressed in traditional ninja garb, steps before her getting into a fighting stance. "Seriously snap out of it" She responds. The younger princess rises up from her throne, glaring daggers at her. "Guards seize her!" she orders.
The guards charge towards the rebellious princess who makes quick work of all of them and decimates them. The Prince grabs a sword and lunges at his sister who dodges and rolls onto the floor, grabbing one of the guards' sword and blocks his attack.
"I see that you have gotten better big sister." Opal sneered. The two engaged in a fierce sword fight which ultimately ends with Opal stabbing his sister. Rei coughs out some blood and falls to the ground. Opal then slowly regains her sense and breaks down in tears beside her. "F-forgive me!" she says as she weeps over her sister's lifeless body. Then suddenly, she passes out.
END OF FLASHBACK
Rei's hands were now bleeding as she kept punching. She was about to land another punch when a deep voice stops her. "Continue like that and you could really hurt yourself." She turns around as Bruce who had just returned from the office walks into the gym. "Uhm…Mr Wayne…."
"Call me Bruce, everyone does." He says. She nods. He then takes a look at her knuckles. "Need to clean dem knuckles before they get infected." He heads over to the cabinet where he stores a first aid kit and gets it out. He then begins to disinfect her wounds, earning hisses of pain from her.
"Why did you do this to yourself?" he asked her. She could hear a bit of sternness from his voice, as expected from the Bat. "I…I needed to get my anger out." She replied. He nods, understanding how she felt. "Your parents…were they aware of what was going on?" he asked as he wraps bandages around her hand. She looks down. "At first they were unaware because Opal staged a coup that overthrew them as the Kingdom's rulers and threw them and Uncle Lance into a dungeon and beat and tortured them to death."
"That would have been me five years ago had I not become Robin." They both look up as Damian walks into the room. "Thank God we are on holiday. That should give you enough time to recuperate." He says.
Rei sighed. "I doubt I can fully heal from that." Damian pulls her into a hug. "Opal can still be saved. " he says. Rei pouts. "I doubt it. " Bruce pats her shoulder. "Never lose hope. Whoever that did that to her would pay dearly for using her as a weapon. Chances are this person might have discovered Opal's potentials before the rest of you did and used that opportunity well to manipulate her."
"What's going on?" They turn around as the rest of the gang joins them. Rei then stands up, still teary eyed and shaken. "I...I really want to save..." The words of her words drown as she breaks down in tears."There there!" says Stephanie who gives her a hug. "Do not worry nee-san, we will get her back." Says Ami. "Why would someone seperate a family like that?" says Alfred.
"You will get her back and whoever brainwashed her is asking for death." Jason growled. Bruce shoots Jason a glance at the 'death' part. Jason glares back. "What?!" he yelled. "You see? You guys should not blame yourselves for this." Says Barbara.
"We have to be on the lookout for Opal." Says Bruce. "We will get her back." Says Dick. Rei looks at all of them. "W-why do you guys want to protect us? Aren't we bringing more trouble?"
Bruce places a hand on her shoulder. "It is our job first and foremost and also some of us here have been affected by situations like yours before." He says, giving her his most genuine and reassuring smile. Damian nods. "Thank God you told us because we can help."
"Damian's own situation has helped us to better deal with people with similar cases especially little kids and teenagers." Says Tim. Jason grins proudly at his baby brother. "We often let Damian handle cases like that because we feel little kids would better relate and listen to him best as he went through so much hell to be where he is."
"We have all experienced hell in different forms and yet, here we are. If we can make out of hell then so can you." Says Cassandra. Rei smiles, feeling slightly better. Rei opens her arms. "Can I have a hug?" Damian chuckles and gives her one. "Hey I can give more of them ok besides, you do need more hugs. You and your sisters."
The Azuna sisters gather round Damian and hug him. "Whoa! Ladies you are squishing me here!" he croaks. Everyone laughs. "You know, I am surprised that Damian is not yet a ladies man. I mean he has the looks and the personality of one." Says Jason. "Actually, he is a big hit with the girls in school just that he has his eyes on one special lady." Says Rei, beaming with pride. Damian blushes. "That phrase suits Richard and Jason more than me." He says. Bruce chuckled and ruffles his son's hair. "Dad! Not that!" he groaned. Bruce raises an eyebrow. "You are my son so I can do as I please."
"That reminds me, could those other forms of ours come in handy?" Ami asked. "You mean the ones we used back then?" Rei asks. Back then during the climatic battle to save the Kingdom, they used different forms to fight against an ancient evil whom they are yet to know. That was the person responsible for what happened to the Kingdom years ago. "What other forms?" Damian asked. "You will see them in time." says Lance. "Yeah, it's s secret." says Rei. Damian pouts at this.
"How about we watch that TV show the girls were in?" Dick suggested. "Wait, you guys were in a TV show? Why didn't you say so earlier?" says Damian. Rei puts her hands behind her back. "Well, it is our first major acting gig and secondly it is Japanese though this one and all its sequels were dubbed into English. We also did some Indian works too." Emma looks away. "It is embarrassing looks back as we feel we were terrible actors then."
"Then let's watch it.' Says Jason. Alfred quickly runs to the kitchen with Tim to prepare the refreshments whilst everyone settles down in the home theatre. Once the refreshments were done, Tim, Alfred and Dick bring them over and hands them to everyone.
"Alright, let's start the show now." Says Bruce as he presses the remote. The movie begins with an overview of the school, Nocturne Academy which looks like an old abandoned rundown school. Within it, were a bunch of female delinquents fighting within the hallways and outside school. All these delinquents were dressed in various manners, some in normal uniforms, and others in different outfits entirely. Most of the kids that wore normal uniforms often wore jackets to distinguish themselves or whatever clique they belonged to.
"There are schools like that in Japan. We know since we met some Yankees there." said Ami. "Wait, you met kids like that?!" says Jason. Makoto nodded. "That inspired our characters in some ways."
Then suddenly, all the students clear the way as someone makes their way down the hallways. That person was none other than Rei's character, whom judging from the terrified looks on the faces of the other girls, was not just some chick anyone would dare mess with on the pain of death.
She wore the black and red sailor fuku of the school though she wore a white fur coat on top. Her hair was reddish in colour and she wore stillettos and pair of dark glasses adorned her eyes. "I-Is that-?" One of them asked. "Yes that is the one and only Queen Sado. The President of Rappappa, the student council, the most powerful and most deadliest gang in the entire school."
"Wow!" says Damian, literally drooling as he watches. "That is quite a transformation." Says Bruce. Rei nods. "I really miss my character." One girl tries to attack Sado who kicks her in the face. "Buzamada.." she says. "Do not mess with the Queen." Says Jason. "So that was where you got your Buzamada catchphrase from?" says Stephanie. Rei chuckles. "I had always been saying that since I was little. I guess it just stuck thanks to Sado."
A couple more students stand in the way, all carrying various forms of weapons. A couple other girls stand by either side of Sado, all of which were played by the other Azuna sisters. They wore fur coats over their uniforms. Makoto's character was chewing gum whilst holding a baseball bat. "I swear that is Jason." says Dick with a deep chuckle. Jason playfully hits Dick.
"Chei…amateurs." She says, swinging the bat. Ami's character cracks her knuckles whilst glaring at them, Usagi's was filing her nails whilst Minako's rolled her eyes. Some of the girls not involved with the fight cowered in fear. "SHIT! RAPPAPPA!" Sado smirks and takes off her glasses. "Showtime!" The two sides clash and a battle commences in the hallways.
"Ok, now I am scared." Says Tim. Everyone laughed. Damian takes Rei's hand which the latter squeezes tight as they enjoyed the rest of the movie.
The next day, the gang resumes school. But unlike normal days, this time around a couple of thugs arrive at Gotham Academy and begin to threaten the school, scaring the shit out of the students. "Don't they ever learn?" says Damian as he grabs a baseball bat from his locker whilst Colin cracks his knuckles. Rei then marches over to them. "Rei! Come back!" Ami yells. "I am not one to stand by and watch others g-" Before anyone knows what's happening, she falls into a hole and squeals. "KYAAA!"
"D-did she just squeal?" says Damian, blinking in confusion. "Aww that's so cute!" says Erika. "Hold up, aren't those Rei's glasses?" says Minako, pointing at her sister's glasses which lay broken on the floor. Damian then panics. "Yikes!"Then suddenly, the ground begins to rumble. "What is that?!' says Ohana. "I have a bad feeling about this." At that moment, Rei slowly crawls out of the hole, her red eyes blazing with fire, her uniform completely dishevelled and her hair all messed up.
"Why is it that I cannot have a day of peace?!" Rei growls. The other Precures plus Damian and his friends all panic at this. The last time Rei got that mad, she nearly killed all the other Precures. "KALIKA HAS AWOKEN!" Usagi shouts. "Kalika?" Olive asked. "The nickname her sisters coined for her dark self. You know, most people do not know that she is a former Yankee who was ironically called Sado." Ayumi explained. "That's the name of that character she played in that movie." says Colin. One of the thugs spot Rei and smirks. "Why aren't you a beautiful one?" he says. Before he knew what was happening, Rei produced a pipe out of nowhere and smacks his face with it. "BUZAMADA!" she shouts.
"SOMEONE STOP HER!" the principal yells. But no one dared to stop her as they watched her mercilessly decimate the thugs. "I HAVE BEEN STRESSED OUT ALL WEEK AND NOW THIS SHIT!" she shouts as she grabs a thug by the neck and throws him aside. Just then, a syringe flies through the air and pierces into Rei's neck. "kyaa." she says as she collapses onto the ground. "Huh?" Damian looks up to see his father. "Let's get Rei out of here." says Bruce.
Minutes later, they arrive at Wayne Manor. Rei is placed on a bed to rest. "She has always been very violent." says Lance with a sigh. Bruce nods. "Thankfully, I have the antidote. That should calm her down a bit." says Bruce, pointing at a vial of sedatives. "This is why the other Precures fear her. As sweet as she is, she is not the sanest person on Earth and is very brutal." says Makoto. "Well, she has yet to recover from what that Opal did to her that time." says Usagi.
Bruce nods. "This is the one Precure I will have to keep a good eye on. I will also check on the rest of you just so you do not misbehave but Rei is a special case." he says. Bruce arrives from an evening of patrol and hears a couple of grunts. Raising an eyebrow, he heads into the training room and sees the Cures minus Rei training. He then heads upstairs to check on Rei. Upon reaching her room, he finds her staring up at the ceiling with Dick next to her.
"You are back?" she drawls. Dick nods. "Yes I am." he says. She sighs. "I know Bruce have a contigency plan for us Precures but most especially me. I know because I saw the one you did for the League." she says. Bruce's eyes widened in shock. Oh crap. "You know, it is for the best. Besides, there are a lot of us and we have not gotten the chance to properly organise ourselves. You saw what I did back there . Of all the Precures, I am regarded as the most insane and dangerous one. I was once a Yankee who was called Sado due to my brutal nature."
She then breaks down in tears. "I...I also k-killed people before when I was much younger out of anger. That makes me regret ever becoming a Precure that I wish that Opal had killed me. I do not deserve to be a Precure." Bruce listens to this in horror. No wonder she reminds me of Damian and Jason.Dick hugs her. "It's ok. Everyone makes mistakes."
"Still we need to help you with that temper of yours." says Bruce. Rei looks up. "Why did you not kill me then?" she asked. "Damian would not forgive me if I did that. The least I can do is use sedatives to calm your nerves due to your fragile mental state."he says. Rei smiles sadly. "I am no different from the Joker am I?" she says. "No. You are doing what he has yet to do and that is to atone for the evil you committed."
Bruce then heads to the Batcomputer to conduct some research into Rei. Judging from the results shown, Rei is one of the most feared if not the one Precure that everybody fears. That also includes the Yakuza as well as she had a run in with them at some point and decimated a lot of them as these same people killed most of her classmates. No wonder she is that violent. The environment that she grew up in was a terrible one. He then checks the dates of various events and realizes something.
He then calls Lance. "So she became a Yankee around the time of that terrorist attack?" Bruce asks. Damian was walking by but then upon hearing Rei's name, he hides and decides to eavesdrop. Lance sighed. "It was not a terrorist attack. The Yakuza had taken over most of Japan then. Rei and all the Precures had lost their powers then so they had no choice but to be Yankees in order to take those bastards down. Hence why they did some not so good things back then. Also, their classmates and friends were getting killed left and right so they were left with no choice. The Japanese Precures were a lot more then than they are now but most of them perished in that Yakuza-Yankee War."
Bruce nods. "The ends justify the means." he mutters, as this reminds him of Jason, Damian and Helena's earlier years. "All the girls are deadly but she is the more deadlier one due to her severe mental state. Opal or rather the demon possessing her has more or less tortured Rei to death and subjected her to all kinds of despair and abuse." Bruce grimaces at this. "This girl sure has a lot of issues."
The next day, Rei gathers the Precure in an empty classroom. "I hereby step down as leader." Rei announces solemnly. Everyone is shocked by this. "What?! You cannot quit." says Erika. Rei smiles sadly. "I have to. I...I am not deserving of this." Upon hearing this, Melissa breaks down in tears. "Sempai please don't! Stay!" Rei shakes her head. "I am not a very good leader as you can see. How can you follow someone that is a mentally disturbed trainwreck?"
They all kept quiet as they heard those words. Despite the truth in it, they still could not imagine any other person leading them. "Life goes on." With that, she walks out leaving distraught team mates behind. Later that day, Makoto confronts her and punches her in the face. "YOU IDIOT! DO YOU REALIZE THAT YOU ARE HURTING EVERYBODY?!" she shouts. Rei glares at her. "I am doing what is right here!" she fires back. "NO YOU BAKA! YOU ARE MAKING SHIT WORSE!" With that, she stomps away.
The other Precure go outside. "I can't believe that she is serious with it." says Juri. "Batman should not have done that!" says Olana. Then suddenly, a laser beam heads towards their direction, causing the girls to scatter. "Well well, if it isn't the Precures?" says Luthor with a shit-eating grin in place. "Girls let's transform!" says Erika, quickly taking command. The others nodded and together they all transform and attack Luthor.
Unfortunately for them, Luthor outclassed them no thanks to his super suit, beating the crap out of every single one of them. "Where is Rei when you need her?!" Rodeo yells as she tries wrapping a lasso around Luthor who yanks the rope towards him, thus pulling Rodeo forward and smacking her in the face.
Rei decides to keep her distance from everyone as a result of this. "Rei-chan stop, you are hurting yourself." says Ayumi. Rei shakes her head, not even eating anything. "No Ayumi-san. I...I have done a lot of bad things." Ayumi smiles softly. "No one is perfect you know? We all make mistakes. We hurt others. All that matters is that we learn from our mistakes and move on and improve on ourselves." Rei smiles. "Thanks Ayu."
Just then Rei's ring glows. "I think the others are in trouble." says Rei. "Let's go!" says Ayumi who grabs Rei's hand and pulls her with her. The other Precures were severely beaten up by Lex Luthor. "Is this the best that you girls can do?" he sneered. The girls groan in pain. Echo flies at him only to get knocked down by Luthor. "I would not go any further if I were you." The girls gasp as Rei stands before them. "Rei-chan!" says Sheriff. "Finally, you have broken out of your trance!" says Emerald, grinning. Batman watches from afar, smirking. I think Rei letting loose every once in a while is a good thing.
Their former leader smirked and within minutes, she rips off her clothes and tosses them aside, revealing her Precure form underneath. "It has been a while." Luthor glares at her. I have heard stories about this one but I do not believe a single one. "You are their former leader are you not?" She whips around and shoots him a menacing death glare that makes him shit in his pants. Man she is as scary as Batman! "I am and will always be the leader of this group in spirit! I simply left because of a couple of personal issues but now I am back in grand style and no one can tell me otherwise!"
Out of nowhere, she produces a baseball bat. "Let us do this Yankee style." Before he says anything, Rei smashes his head with the baseball bat sending him flying into a wall. The Justice League head towards the scene of the commotion and Superman chuckles as he watches Rei beat the crap out of Luthor. "That girl is more savage and brutal than I am." says Wonder Woman.
"Are all Precures like that?" Green Lantern asked. Batman smirks. "Nope but that one is the dreaded out of them and for good reason. I mean, we are talking about a former delinquent that some of those Yakuza fear." he says. Rei breaks the armour into pieces and throws Luthor aside. "That takes care of him." she says. "Rei-chan are you still going to lead us?" Usagi asked. Rei sighs. "I...I realized just how silly I have been." She turns around, a cute smile in place. "I wil lstill be your leader. However, I need some time to heal from all the chaos in my life."
All the others listen to her. "Take all the tie you want." says Sunset. Rook nods. "We will support you no matter what." she says. Rei smiles. "Thanks guys." Batman then walks over to her. Rei smirks. "You know, I do have a contingency plan for you old man." she says in a teasing tone. Everyone snickers at this. Batman raises an eyebrow. "Really now?" She nods. Batman smirks. "Well then I would like to see how that plan of yours would turn out missy because you never outsmart the World's Greatest Detective that easily."She tilts her head. "Wanna bet?" Superman shakes her head.