Kill La College
Chapter Twenty One:
It All Started With The End Part Two
A/N: Part two of the end of the world fight. This thing was also a pain in the ass to write and is the same length as the first half of the fight. I was hoping to end it more quickly but one thing led to another and now we're about 10k words in. Sigh. Anyways, enjoy!
More music to enjoy:
Immediate Music: Sanctus Immortale
Christian Baczyk- Oblivion
Audiomachine- You better run
Twelve Titans Music-Monolith
Pandora Hearts OST- Melody 2
Natzure- Dragon Age Inquisition
Most Wondrous OST Ever- Dark Rider
Most Wondrous OST ever- Power of Will
Neon Jungle- Trouble
Blue Stahli- I am the beast
Akame Ga Kill OST- Le chant de Roma
Brian Crain- Sunrise
Horror Piano theme four
(start sanctus immortale)
The elite four labored under the giant burden of the primordial life fiber, their muscles straining as they pulled on the ropes that wrapped the being. They were making slow progress, their foot steps leaving furrows in the ground as they moved towards the mountain top where Aikuro was waiting for them.
"This shit...is so...heavy!" Nonon grunted out through clenched teeth. "Holy fuck!"
"It needs to go...on a diet!" Uzu added, as the skin on his hands rubbed, sending a fresh trickle of blood down his wrists.
"It's not only...that it's heavy...but it's moving against us...it doesn't want us to move it," Inumuta informed, from his position at the front of the fiber. He had wrapped his cable around the needle tip of the being, whereas Nonon and Uzu were directing it from the side, and Ira was underneath it, tugging it with as much might as he could.
"Then we will simply have to make it move!" Ira growled out, the veins in his neck standing out as he pulled it down, stopping the life fiber from bucking upwards. It was like a pulling a rambunctious dog on a leash.
"How much...further?" Uzu asked, sweat dripping down his neck. All of them were sweating heavily but didn't have any time to wipe the sweat from their eyes.
"Just a minute more...if we continue walking this pace, we will be there...soon," Inumuta grunted out. Just one more minute, and then it would be over, then they could finally save the world! He could practically taste the victory. (0:40)
Inumuta let out a harsh cry and the rope slipped free from his grip. The primordial life fiber sensing one less weight on it, jerked upwards, forcing Nonon up into the air and off of her feet, but she was too concerned about the blue haired boy to let this bother her.
"Inumuta!" She howled as the boy collapsed to his knees, blood coming out in arcs behind his back. But the boy could not answer, his eyes rolling into the back of his head as he hit the floor unconscious. What had happened?!
"No, not the glasses guy!" Uzu added. "He was too smart to die!" The green haired man was still holding onto the rope, but was forced to his tip toes, and he held out one hand as if he could reach his comrade.
"Uzu be serious for once!" Nonon chided as she began lifting ever higher. "Now is not the time for jokes!"
"I am serious!" He shot back and tugged on the rope but was unable to get the fiber lower to the ground.
"Jakuzure! Hold on!" Ira instructed as the life fiber began to spin out of their control. (1:10) Heaving a huge breath, and furrowing his brows, he pulled down on his cable. He brought his hands down to the ground with such force that it left a crater and jolted the fiber down again. He stayed bent over like that, knees on the ground, arms twitching with the effort it took to keep the fiber in one place.
"I've...got it under...control now," he panted as the fiber let out a thunderous roar of complaint. Uzu and Nonon both found their feet planted firmly to the ground again.
"I would suggest you drop the ropes, or you'll find yourself in Inumuta's position." Ragyo appeared in front of them, boot planted firmly on Inumuta's back.
"You stay away from him!" Uzu roared. "If you kill him, I'll kill you!"
"Will you?" Ragyo arched a brow and raised her needle blade, point trained on Inumuta's neck.
Nonon couldn't stand around any longer. She had to fight Ragyo and now! She was going to hurt her friends, destroy the world...and now that she was standing before her, Nonon wouldn't miss this chance to avenge Satsuki's innocence which the vile woman had taken. How dare she do those things to someone as noble and pure as Satsuki! How dare she! (1:40)
With a guttural snarl, Nonon let the rope go.
"Nonon, what are you doing?" Uzu demanded as Nonon began her transformation.
"Symphony Regalia: Finale!" The pinkette screamed as dust and energy whirled around her. Soon she was decked out in her newest goku uniform, one with black cloth up her legs and arms, and an extra tall conductors hat. Then with another cry she threw herself at the woman before her.
"Come back Jakuzure!" Ira tried to warn her. "It's too dangerous!"
"Tch, what a fool!" Uzu muttered as the being once more feeling a loss in the weights holding him down, jerked up, nearly dragging Uzu with them.
"Uzu hold on!" Ira cried as Uzu shouted back, "I'm trying!" (1:57)
Nonon felt power rush through her veins at the new outfit she was wearing. Without question it was more powerful than any of her previous outfits. The jet packs on her back propelled her forwards and she drew out her baton, ready to wipe that arrogant, sadistic smile off of that bitches face. Ragyo smiled as the small girl flew at her, her face saying 'come-hither'. Nonon was so close she could practically smell the vile woman's evil stench when something slammed into her from the side. Nonon flew full force to the left, the air knocked out of her lungs by the impact. She was now heading towards a brick wall instead of Ragyo, and using her new jet packs, she directed the propulsion to slow her down and she was able to come to a full stop before she hit the wall.
She turned to glare at what had hit her, only to note that it was Ryuko. Anger flared up in Nonon's body. Why had the black haired gilr stopped her? Was she working with Ragyo again? Yes, that alternative was the only one that made sense. (2:26)
"You traitor!" Nonon hissed, raising her baton defensively and pressing her back against the brick wall she had missed hitting by an inch. "I knew you were helping her again! I knew you couldn't be trusted!"
"What are you talking about?" Ryuko asked, standing in front of the smaller girl, grim expression on her face. "I just saved your life!"
"Like hell you did! You saved Ragyo's life! I was going to kill her for all she did to Satsuki!"
"You can't do that you idiot! Ragyo is out of your league, even with your new uniform. I know you want to avenge Satsuki, but so do I! And I will do so, for this is only a fight between life fibers. Only a life fiber can hold up to Ragyo now!" Ryuko spat back, not having the patience for this right now. She had just saved Nonon's life! The pinkette in her blind fury had overestimated her strength and it would have lead to her death, which meant being horribly skewered on Ragyo's blades.
"Get out of my way! You can't help Satsuki, only I can because you're a piece of rotten garbage and can't be trusted!" Why wasn't Ryuko budging? She needed the girl gone. "And if you can't understand that, then I will be forced to remove you!" (2:53)
Ryuko winced. She knew that not everyone trusted her still, but that didn't mean she was going to let that mistrust cause someone's death. "Absolutely not. I will not move from here, until you promise me you will let me and me alone fight Ragyo!"
"Fat chance! Now get out of my way!"
"Allow me." Ragyo's cool voice was heard before she appeared a second later, a few inches from Ryuko. The older woman's needle blade descended downwards onto Ryuko's head but the black haired girl merely blocked it with her own, simply raising the sword above her head with her left hand and not looking back to see who had swung. The shock wave of the two blades meeting blew away the brick wall behind Nonon and left her struggling to stay on her feet as she closed her eyes against the wind and rode the wave out. When it had subsided she noted with horror that the ground around the two life fiber infused woman had turned from smooth terrain to cracked and fried dirt. Yet Ryuko hadn't moved a single inch and cobalt blue eyes never leaving Nonon's pink ones, she ordered out, "Leave now!" (end of sanctus immortale) (Start Oblivion) But the pinkette was too stunned by the shock wave to process this order. There had been so much power in that swing. Could Nonon have taken it on? It was half the power her suit produced when she was trying and here Ragyo had swung lazily, almost gently. Like a feather falling to the earth. What scary power! Nonon gulped heavily.
With that directive to Nonon, the black haired girl pushed Ragyo's blade off and swung on her left heel, sword extended. Ragyo parried the blow and the resulting shock wave flung Nonon off of her feet this time, sending her smack dab into the middle of a concrete building which broke and crumbled on top of her, tons of stone slabs covering her. (0:20)
Ryuko and Ragyo continued to fight, heedless of the damage they were causing. Ragyo had got her arm back and was now coming at Ryuko again with two blades. Ryuko had been able to take them on before, but now, she was getting tired and Ragyo didn't show any signs of stopping.
Uzu and Ira were holding on for dear life to the fiber. It had jostled its way out of their intended trajectory and they had to get it back in the right path, which was easier said than done. With Nonon off battling Ragyo and Inumuta's body possibly going cold, the two of them were left to handle it and they were both at the end of their physical rope. Uzu's hands had lost several layers of skin and Ira was bleeding out of his nose, his veins standing out all over his face.
"Aikuro, hurry up," Uzu muttered under his breath. They were running out of time. How long did it take to power up a stupid secret weapon anyways? (0:48)
Uzu could feel the rope vibrating under his palms and wondered what new tricks the fiber was using now to try to escape. Uzu let out a groan because he would have to exert yet more of his waning stamina, and looked up to curse the life fiber into oblivion when he was greeted by a pair of boots to the face. His back hit the ground with a loud smack before the weight got off of him, and to his testament he had not let go of the rope during this exchange.
"My, that was fun! I should slide down more ropes often," a cheery and airy voice commented and Uzu felt his body already fill with rage at the sound of the all too familiar voice.
"Hi there monkey. What are you doing on the ground?" Nui asked, peering down at him where he lay on the dirt. Her innocent smile turned to one of devilish delight. "Groveling?"
It was like a switch had flipped. It only took a split second for Uzu to transform his goku uniform. "Blade Regalia: Secret Unsealed!" (1:22)
Ira saw all this and was filled with a sense of foreboding. "Uzu no!" But the green haired boy was too far gone to hear his friend's cry of concern. Uzu ran after Nui, cursing her and swinging his blade wildly at her, as she stuck out her tongue playfully and hopped away before his sword strikes could hit her. Ira watched as the man's back got smaller and smaller until it finally disappeared and Ira was left with the Atlas-ian burden of holding onto the life fiber himself.
Mako watched in despair and exhaustion as another one of her comrades had been swallowed up by a Cover. It had been only twenty minutes since they had been out on the battlefield but it already felt like centuries, with too many casualties happening too quickly for her liking. She smacked a Cover that drifted too close to her, her goku uniform giving her a lot of physical strength, before she turned to Kinagase. The Mohawk sporting boy was shooting down Cover after Cover with his DTR, but the girl could see fatigue on his face despite his best attempts to hide it. There were simply too many enemies to take care of. Mako could only hope that Aikuro had reached his goal, and that the secret weapon would be launched soon.
A loud scream reached her ear drums and she directed her gaze in that direction as several soldiers ran past her. "What is that?" she asked, eyes wide in shock. The Cover's were converging into one big one, right over the center of the battlefield.
"Their getting smarter and smarter every time there's a new batch of them. We have to take that down before it gets bigger or else it'll only get worse." Kinagase pulled up next to Mako, who nodded her head in determination. "Alright, let's do it!" she pumped her fist in enthusiasm and they raced off.
The giant Cover sensed their approach and sent a sleeve straight at them, which Mako blocked with one of her own punches. While she did that Kinagase jumped up onto that extended sleeve and started spraying the beast with needles as he rolled up to its shoulder. The monster roared in pain and brought its other sleeve up to punch him. Kinagase was too slow in dodging it and took the brunt of the attack, flying off of the Cover and into a building sixty meters away.(end of oblivion) (start you better run)
"Kinagase!" Mako yelled out. She pulled free and ran towards where her fallen comrade was, trying to reach him before the swarm of hungry Cover's did. Already twenty of them had separated from the fight and were flying straight for him. They were closer to him than the girl was and so she poured on the speed, praying that she would reach him.
She ran past her army and past countless Cover's and buildings, and hopped from roof to roof to be faster but when she reached the spot where Kinagase had lain, she was too late. The swarm of Cover's surrounding him dispersed, circling around Mako hungrily instead as the girl kneeled next to his broken DTR. Only a stain of blood remained to prove his existence. The Cover's had ripped him viciously from limb to limb. (0:33)
Kinagase was gone.
Just like that.
Gone.
Mako let her fingers touch the blood stain, needing physical confirmation that the great man was indeed dead. The blood wasn't fake and her fingers came away red. Letting out a shaky sigh she closed her eyes briefly.
He was gone.
She had to accept that.
But she didn't have to like it.
And she was going to get justice for it. (1:00)
Mako stood up, angry tears coming down her face. She clenched her fists tightly together, power swirling around her as the Cover's floating next to her grew tired of waiting and finally swooped in for their next kill.
"You stupid Cover's!" Mako screamed as she threw herself into the fight. "You killed my friend!" She ripped through them, her super charged punches smashing them to smithereens as she let out all her grief. (1:25)
"You just can't get enough of me, can you?" Nui teased as she continued to hop from roof top to roof top, a livid Uzu behind her.
"Oh I've had enough of you alright. It's time I put you out of commission!" Uuz snarled, tired of this cat and mouse game. He just wanted to hit the girl already, but she was making it infuriatingly difficult to do so. (1:38)
"Well I don't have time to play with you today, so maybe later? I have to make an important delivery to mommy." Nui put a finger to her chin and pouted as if she was really saddened she couldn't play with Uzu.
"The only thing that will be delivered to your mother is your head, when I'm through with you!" Uzu promised, his threat making Nui stop and stand still on the roof top. (2:05)
"Really?" she asked, and Uzu who was not expecting the girl to stop so soon, smacked right into her, collapsing to the ground below him with a grunt. He picked himself back up, rubbing his head where he had hit it on impact with the floor. Shit, the girl was so hard! Was she made out of stone or something?
"I'd like to see you try," Nui sneered before pulling out her purple scissor blade. That was more like it! Now Uzu could fight her! (2:23) He steadied his blade, ready to take her on as she jumped off the roof, (2:26) did a back flip in the air (2:30) and then came barreling down at him. (end song you better run)
(Start Monolith)
Ira was the only one that was holding onto the fiber now. Everything relied on him. He couldn't believe the elite four had been so easily separated. The fiber struggled in his hold and he grit his teeth as he tried to keep it still. Could he call them back perhaps, and get them to join him? He could feel his strength waning with each passing second. Already the fiber was way off path and all he could do was pull on the rope, hoping to slow it down as it dragging him away, like a dog that dragged its master around on the leash. He dug his heels into the ground and had wrapped all four ropes around his hands but it was pointless and he could feel the plan unraveling before his very own eyes.
A buzz in his ear signaled the ear piece coming on. "Ira, it's me Aikuro. The ship is all set to launch. Is everything as it should be?"
Shit, Aikuro was ready! Ira didn't want to alert the man to the current situation, and how the plan had failed!
"Everything is going well!" He hastily responded. "Nothing to worry about at all!"
"Are you sure? You should a bit aggravated..." Aikuro trailed off and Ira cursed under his breath.
"No, everything is fine," he tried to reassure as the fiber continued to drag him along.
"Okay, then. Keep the life fiber steady. I'm launching the ship in thirty seconds." The connection ended at that and Ira wanted to yell in exasperation. That wasn't nearly enough time to get the others back to help him! He had no idea where they were right now! He had no choice but to transform into his outfit and hope that then he would have enough power to move the beast by himself. "Shackle Regalia: Persona Unleashed!" In a quick burst of light and wind, Ira stood wearing his new intimidating Goku uniform, with armor made of the same material as lady Satsuki's sword and thus uncuttable. (0:50)
His tired muscles grew rejuvenated and he could feel fresh determination and power flow into his body. This was it! He knew he could do it! With a loud growl he zoomed to the front of the fiber and began to tug it to the direction he wanted. The ground under his feet cracked as he strained and pushed forwards. When he saw the fiber was still being resistant to his efforts he changed tactics. (1:05)He began to circle around the fiber, the fiber following after him and as he speed up, so did the fiber. Like an out of control carousel, it started off slow and then got faster and faster until it was an orange red blur in the sky, Ira spinning the ropes haphazardly all the while vocalizing from the effort it was taking him to do so. Aikuro came back on the ear piece at this time. The top of the mountain where the secret weapon was hidden opened up, and flattened as a long boat emerged, slowly ascending. (1:15)"Ten, nine, eight," Aikuro started the count down. Ira continued to spin the fiber, a serious gust forming from how quickly Ira was moving it. Trees flattened in the wind, and the earth cracked under his feet from the effort it took to stay in one spot and not be moved by the momentum of the motion. "Seven, six, five, four," Aikuro continued counting down, the ship finally having ascended to its full location and clicking into place. The engines of the ship thrummed as energy began to run through them. Aikuro was on the top deck of the boat. He had no intention of getting off of it before it launched. He was going to be on this ship for the whole duration of the flight. Someone needed to steer it, and who else but him? He only hoped Ira had everything in place. He could see the life fiber from here, but it was in a blur, and although he didn't know what that meant, he hoped the boy would have it all under control.
"Three, two, one." The ship positively shook under Aikuro and he had to do his best to steady himself or risk falling on his ass. This was it; it was time to launch the ship. (1:56)"Lift off," he whispered just as the ship propelled forwards with such power that Aikuro was almost blown off of his feet. But he managed to stay on, a wild grin on his face. This speed, the wind rushing in his face, it was all so awesome! He splayed out his arms in an expression of ecstasy. The ship worked; it had been successfully launched. The only question was, would it cut the life fiber in half like Aikuro predicted it would? Only one way to find out... (2:11)
When Ira heard the count hit zero he immediately let go of the fiber with a loud cry of determination. The fiber flew towards the direction of the mountain where the ship had already been shot from. Ira was a bit surprised this was the secret weapon. It was only a ship made of heavy looking material, with the tip of it looking so sharp that it could cut through anything. In fact it sort of looked more like a blade than a ship. And was that Aikuro on top of it? Ira shielded his eyes from the low evening light so as to get a better glimpse. That was Aikuro! What was he doing on top of the ship! Was he trying to get himself killed? With a huff of annoyance, Ira ran towards the ship hoping he would reach the man on time before the collision.
But Aikuro wasn't concerned with heading straight towards danger. They didn't have enough time to install automatic cruising, so Aikuro had to set everything up himself. He had already made his peace. He knew not everyone was going to live through this war, so he was prepared. But he made sure that he was going to go out with a bang, and that he would take the life fiber down with him. He could see the fiber zooming straight towards him right now and let a small chuckle pass his lips.
"Feast your eyes upon the secret weapon of Nudist Beach! The Naked Sun! A ship made completely of the same material as Satsuki's sword. It cannot be pierced by life fibers, but the same cannot be said for the life fibers. Prepared to be sliced in half you disgusting being!" The fiber was so close right now, it taking up all of Aikuro's visual field. Any second it would hit, any second. Aikuro closed his eyes, letting his shirt unbutton in the wind and drift away behind him. His pants would have been soon to follow except suddenly his feet were no longer on the deck of the ship. He opened his eyes and found himself in the massive arms of Gamagori as they floated away from the ship. "Ira what are you doing?" the blue haired man asked in shock. (3:07)
"Saving you," was the big man's simple reply. There was a huge impact and Aikuro and Ira both turned their slowly falling bodies to the two objects that had just collided. (3:16)The fiber made a dying noise that sounded somewhere between a whale and the sound of a thousand iron beams falling. The ship sliced through the fiber like butter and both men's face lit up in joy as the ship passed through the whole length of the beast before dropping out on the other end. It crashed into the ground with a tremendous sound, shaking the earth and crushing trees in it's descent, the engines whining sadly as they died down. The being too fell to the ground, but as it did so, it began to dissipate, red fibers rising towards the sky until nothing remained of it to fall to the floor.
They had done it...they had destroyed the life fiber! (end of song monolith) (start melody 2)
"We did it! The fiber is dead!" Aikuro cheered and Ira let a small smile grace his face.
"We did indeed. But that is only half the battle."
Aikuro nodded his head grimly. "I know. Set us down so that we may continue the ground fight."
Ira looked at the ground, than back at Aikuro, having forgotten that they had been in the sky this whole time. "Uh, about that, my goku uniform does not fly."
"What?" Aikuro cried in disbelief. "Then why did you jump up to save me?"
"Because I didn't want you to die," Ira shrugged.
Aikuro resisted the urge to face palm himself. "We're both going to die now because you can't fly!" After all the effort he had put to making his death awesome, now Ira had ruined it for him and it was going to be something lame now.
"Apologizes. I did not stop to think," Ira answered solemnly as their descent to the ground became faster and faster, the landscape blurring around them. They both looked down in terror, gritting their teeth in anticipation of the impact. Shitshitshit, ran through Aikuro's head while Ira sighed heavily, disappointed by his own thoughtlessness.
But the impact never came. A pair of strong hands grabbed them both by the back of their neck and soon they were peacefully hovering over the ground, just ten feet up. (0:30)
"Jakuzure?" Ira asked, his voice a mixture of relief and surprise.
"You saved us?"
"What does it look like, you stupid toad," she huffed back to him. "I couldn't let you die."
"I thought you were fighting Ragyo," Ira asked and Nonon looked away as she answered.
(0:45)"I'm not...strong enough. I let Ryuko fight her. She can handle her." Nonon looked back at Ira after she finished saying this and the giant was shocked to see that the girl had come to a realization that she couldn't always be the one to do everything for Satsuki. Nonon had certainly grown during this battle.
"So Ryuko is out on the battle field," Aikuro said smugly, crossing his hands behind his head as he relaxed now that he was not going to plummet to his death. "I knew she couldn't stand to let Satsuki fight Ragyo. She just had to take her on by herself." (1:03)
"Well, I don't know how that's going to work out now, when Ragyo realizes we just destroyed her fiber." Nonon was interrupted by a huge scream of agony and anger that could only belong to Ragyo, a scream which was followed by a huge burst of energy that reached the heavens. It sent a shock wave rippling towards them, carrying dust and leaves with it and they stared at it, watching it as it faded away.
"I think we just got our answer," Ira responded solemnly, impressed and worried by the power in that display.
"Ragyo did not take it well." Aikuro unlaced the hands from behind his head and pointed with one hand in the direction of the blast. "Onward, Nonon. We must get there and help Ryuko, fast!"
"I would, but you guys are heavy!" Nonon complained, yet she sent more power to jet packs and they zoomed forward at a faster speed, hoping that they could help Ryuko before the girl was in danger. More than she already was, anyways. (1:34)
"My life fiber!" screamed Ragyo, her voice so full of pain, it was as if she had just lost her child. "How could you...how could you destroy it?" She dropped her sword in mid combat and turned to watch with horrified eyes as her fiber was sliced in half. She reached out one hand, as if she could grasp onto the being from this far away and prevent it from falling apart. But to her horror it began to dissipate in front of her own eyes and all she could do was make choked noises as one by one, each fiber evaporated until nothing was left. "No..." she whispered, bringing her outstretched hand to her gaping mouth. (1:53)
Ryuko who had taken a hit before and was forced flat onto her back, took this time to stand up and regain her composure. So they did it, she thought joyfully. The life fiber had truly been destroyed. And good riddance. Ryuko had wanted to destroy it personally, but she couldn't be ten places at once and besides it was more important to put Ragyo out of everyone's misery. Satsuki couldn't be the one to do it, only a life fiber could fight a life fiber. Speaking of Satsuki, where was the other girl. Ryuko hadn't seen her in what felt like ages. She only hoped the girl was alright. Last time she had seen her, she had been close to passing out. (end of melody two) (start dragon age inquisition)
"Nooooooooooooooo!" Ragyo's loud screech cut off Ryuko's thinking. The older woman was hunched over, her hands clamping her head in disbelief. "How is it possible after all this time, all this time and yet I still failed!" The woman had seemed to forgotten that there was still a battle to fight. That Ryuko was still here. Ryuko gripped her sword tighter and began to slowly approach the woman. She didn't like striking her opponents back; it was wrong and a cowards way of doing things. But now was her chance to wipe out Ragyo for once and for all. She was almost next to her when the woman let out another anguished cry and a burst of energy and light came out, catching Ryuko off guard. The girl was blasted off of her feet and landed a good thirty meters away. She sat up with a grunt of exertion and her eyes only widened in shock as the blast soared up high into the sky. What was this power? Ragyo had never unleashed her power carelessly like this before. Was the grief making her reckless now? When the glow from the blast dimmed away, Ryuko could see that her mother was not alone anymore. Nui was now standing by her side. (0:31)
"I'm sorry mama." The blonde haired girl pouted, looking genuinely upset by the turn of events. "I didn't come in time."
Ragyo didn't register Nui's apology, her eyes blazing with manic determination. "Do you have the dress?" she hissed, holding out her hand. Nui dug around and pulled out a piece of cloth from behind her back. "I finished it, just like you asked."
Ragyo snatched the clothing from her daughter. "My very own god robe. With it I shall lay waste to humanity!" (0:45)
Ryuko felt her heart skip a beat. Ragyo was getting her own kamui? This was only bad news. How much stronger would the woman get if she wore it? Ryuko shuddered to think of the answer. She would have to stop the woman from putting it on. She got up to her feet.
"I put all my focus on the primordial life fiber, but I forgot that I am part of the life fiber as well. I will sacrifice myself for it, for the goal of conquering the world." Ragyo smiled grimly and Nui let her mouth gape open in stupor.
"Mama, but you were supposed to live, to rule over all of the worthless human beings."
"Unfortunately, it will no longer work out that way. I have come to a conclusion that my sacrifice will benefit the both of us, and the life fiber. It still lives on in me, and as long as it does we must have hope. Now running the world is your job. You must take over my role once I use my body as the next platform for the great life fibers!" (1:12)
Ragyo was crazy! Even with the primordial life fiber destroyed she had still found a way to get around this hitch in the plans.
"I won't let you do that!" Ryuko screamed as she sprang into action. Ragyo stayed put, with an annoyed expression on her face as her other daughter ran at her. Nui meet the girl's scissor blade with her own.
"I won't let you pigs interfere with mama's plans anymore!" Nui hissed, her hold on her scissor blade tightening. "Because you decided to kill the life fiber, now mama must hurt herself to achieve the goal. So you will not interfere anymore!" The blonde haired girl's eye seemed to be wet and Ryuko was a bit taken aback. Was the girl sad? Ryuko hadn't thought Nui would be capable of producing and understanding emotions other than angry and creepy as fuck. (1:32)
"We'd like to see you try that," a new voice joined in. Nonon had appeared with Aikuro and Ira in tow. She dropped them to the ground, Aikuro to the left of Ragyo, Ira to her right and Nonon above her.
"So would I," Uzu added and took the back of the elder woman. Ragyo was surrounded. Ragyo tsked and arched a brow but didn't look at all fazed.
"Nui can you take them all on?" Ragyo asked. "I need to change my outfit and I don't need these pigs peeking on me as I do so."
"Throwing your own daughter to the wolves?" Ryuko asked, happy to see that her friends had arrived. She didn't want them to get hurt, as they were still weak compared to Ragyo, but the dark haired girl needed all the help she could get when it came to fighting her now. "Shouldn't be surprised. Seems bad parenting is just your style."
"World domination is more my style," Ragyo answered back. "You may have destroyed my fiber, but I don't go down without a fight. Nui, rip them apart so badly that all the kings horses and all the kings men stitches won't put them back together again." With that Ragyo disappeared, leaving Ryuko's team confused. How had the woman disappeared? She had been completely surrounded! (2:05)
Another issue for later. Right now they had to tear Nui a new one and hurry up and prevent Ragyo from wearing her clothes. Ryuko jumped away from the blonde haired girl, who mimicked her motion. "This is so bothersome," Nui pouted. "I wanted to see mama wearing her new dress, but I suppose if I get the pests out of the way now, they won't bother us later." Nui jumped up as she ended her sentence and Ryuko's team moved to strike at her.
"Ryuko, go after Ragyo!" Aikuro instructed the girl as they aimed an attack at Nui. The girl dodged both of their attempts as well as everyone's elses, causing Uzu to take a hit meant for her from Ira. "We can probably deal with her by ourselves. But we don't stand a chance against Ragyo and we need her to go down. You're the only one who can do it right now. So go." Aikuro flashed her a resolute look. Ryuko nodded her head in agreement. (2:38)
"Just be safe. And promise me that when I come back with Ragyo's corpse, I can put it down next to Nui's."
"A bit dark, aren't we?" Aikuro smirked and dodged a chunk of debris that shot over his head.
"Someone has to be." Ryuko turned on her heel and took to the skies, shooting a last glance at her friend's down below. Nui was swinging her sword around to counter Uzu's, allowing her defense to be lowered. Nonon sent a blast at her, and Nui barely dodged it, ending up in the path of Ira who pummeled her in the back, causing the girl to let out a pained cry and be flung forward into the path of Uzu who got in a couple of good swings as Aikuro rained a storm of needles upon her from his needle guns. (3:00)
Ryuko let a small smile grace her lips. Maybe they could win this thing. Nui looked over powered and mad that the elite four were more powerful than the last time they had met. With hope in her chest she flew onwards.
The battle with Nui continued for a while, the cheery blonde becoming more and more pissed off as time went on. Everyone was dodging her attacks, yet she couldn't dodge theirs. "Stay still you dirty pigs, so that I can send you to hell!"
"Not likely, blondie!" Uzu said and with a snick he had lopped off one of Nui's pigtails. (3:23)
"Fuck you!" the blonde snarled, all false pretenses gone. "I'll take your arm for that!" She lunged madly at Uzu, but it was all a feint. She was going for Aikuro, who she saw as the weakest of the group, and who was also next to the green haired boy. Her sword sliced his arm clean from his shoulder before he could even register that he was the target of her attack. His eyes opened wide in repugnance as he watched his arm, still clutching a needle gun, descend to the floor in a bloody arc. His eyes than flashed up to her blade, now coming down on his head. He was still in too much shock over his arm to do anything about her oncoming attack, but luckily Nonon had him covered. She sent a colorful array of blasts at the girl who was swept sideways by the attack and into Ira's waiting fist, sending her careening upwards before she collided heavily with the ground legs sticking up.
"Aikuro, you need to leave this fight. You don't have a goku uniform. It's a miracle you're not dead yet," Nonon told the blue haired man who was cradling his bleeding stump.
"Alright. I can see that. I'll go make myself more useful elsewhere." Nonon nodded her head in approval of this decision, watching the blue haired man stumble away into the inner city streets. Aikuro decided he should catch up with the Nudist Beach army. "Iori, how's everything doing on the other end?"
"Not good," the blonde haired boy chimed in through the ear piece. "We have a lot of casualties and the number of Cover's has only slightly fallen. Also...you're not going to like this news..." the boy trailed off awkwardly.
"What?" Aikuro huffed, as he ran past rubble on his way to the city where a majority of the army was. If he had his DTR this would be so much faster, but he had discarded it at the mountain and didn't have the time to go back for it. His arm was beginning to hurt now that the shock was leaving him, and it was still gushing blood. He had to find a way to stop it before he bleed to death. (4:10)
"It's about...Kinagase."
"What about him?" Aikuro did not like where this was going.
"How do I put this..." (end dragon age inquisition)
(Start Dark Rider)
Ryuko found Ragyo, but by that time it was already too late. She had pulled on her kamui and the effect of her in that god robe was simply horrifying, gut wrenchingly so. She physically represented the monster she internally was. White billowing robes, a hood and hair twisted into horns, she looked barely human. (0:16)"Shinra-Koketsu: Life fibers domination." Ragyo who had her back to Ryuko, turned around to face her now, a satisfied smile on her face. "This is truly the god robe above all god robes. Now bow before me!" (0:33) Ragyo languidly raised her hand and Ryuko felt a violent shiver pass through her body. This was followed by a rapid succession of other more violent shivers that forced her to her knees, arms wrapping around her shoulders to hold herself together.
Senks, what is she doing to us?
I don't know, but don't you feel it? The fear? I think she is trying to send our life fibers into submission. This must be her kamui's power!
I won't let her! We won't fall to her stupid cheap tricks!
Senks smirked at this. Of course we won't let her.
(0:55)With a huge growl and show of determination, Ryuko stood to her feet and shook off the power of the kamui Ragyo was wearing. The woman looked taken aback at this. "It seems my powers won't work on you. I guess that is a privilege that comes from being a hybrid life fiber. Nonetheless you will bend and break before me," the woman hissed and Ryuko didn't doubt it was a promise. However, Ryuko was not one for respecting promises of assholes.
"Try me," Ryuko shot back and hefted up her scissor blade. The very air around Ragyo was pulsating with energy, turning the trees around them to mush, deconstructing the buildings next to them, and roasting the earth underneath her feet. Hey Senks, I need you to do a big favor for me.
Yea?
You got one last transformation in ya? We can't take her on as we are now.
….I think I got something. Just give me some time.
No problem. I'll keep her entertained.
"Please, you don't stand a chance of taking me on right now. You're so weak, even a sneeze of mine could wipe you out." (1:28)
"Yet again I say try me," Ryuko smirked, hoping she looked more confident than she felt.
"It's your funeral," Ragyo shrugged and held up her blade, making a small slashing motion horizontally. The ensuing energy that that small slash made, caught Ryuko right across the midriff and sent her flying up into the fifteenth story of a building several acres behind her. She was unconscious by the time she hit it. Her body stayed momentarily put in the Ryuko sized hole she had made before dropping down and it was up to Senketsu to gently guide her body down to the ground where the girl was able to regain her consciousness.
"Holy shit," she croaked, coughing as she violently shivered. She felt like everything below her legs had been wiped out. She couldn't feel anything down there right now. "I totally blacked out." If that was just a little of her power than what was the rest like?
I know. It's terrifying to see how much she has now. There is no way we can hold up to her in this stage. That is why I came up with your new form.
When Senketsu whispered to her the new name of her transformation, Ryuko was able to laboriously clamber to her feet. Ragyo was already standing in front of her, a couple feet away. (1:31) "I came to see if I had killed you, but it turns out you're tougher than I thought. One more hit should do you in." Ragyo smirked, raising her needle blade threateningly. Shit, Ryuko had figured she would have a couple more seconds to transform. Could she do it now?
But even as she was thinking that, Ragyo had made her way up to the black haired girl and dug her claws into the younger females chest. Pulling out the red beating heart all Ryuko could do was watch in horror. The woman had gotten a hold on her heart! Fuck!
"Maybe I'll crush your heart and kill you that way? Hmm, what do you say?" Ragyo leered down at the frightened girl in her grasp. Ryuko's heart was beating ever faster with each thump. She had thought she might have the chance to fight Ragyo at least, to give her new form a try but now it seemed like that was all a false hope. Now that death was staring her in the eyes, Ryuko was not ready to accept it. She still had so much she had to do. She had to destroy Ragyo, reconcile with her sister, insult the fuck out of Nonon, beat Uzu in a fight, teach Ira how to take the stick out of his ass, eat croquettes with Mako and spend her days with Senketsu and all her friends; to grow old with them. (end dark rider) (Start power of will)
Ryuko suddenly grew aware that Ragyo's hand was no longer attached to her wrist. Seizing her chance and not questioning this, she grabbed her heart, stuffed it back into her chest and jumped back as far away as she could in the cluttered city they were in. (0:20)
"Get your filthy hands off of Ryuko's pure heart." A voice, with enough steel to build whole skyscrapers in it, came from the roof of the building Ryuko had initially slammed into.
"No way," Ryuko whispered in awe that later turned to joy. Satsuki Kiryuin was standing on the roof, her hand pulling back Bakuzan which she had attached with a string to her hand. The sword had cut clean through Ragyo's wrist and once it returned back to Satuski's hand, she flicked it, freeing it of Ragyo's vile blood. Black long hair flowing in the breeze, back held straight, disproving facial expression and blinding light behind her presence, it was almost like the good old days. Except for the huge blood stain down the front of her outfit and the way Junketsu's eyes had a dead quality to them, it looked like nothing had ever been wrong with Satsuki. (0:55)
"Satsuki, you're alright!" Ryuko cheered from down below, unable to contain her delight at seeing her sister not only alive but well. Last she had seen her the girl had been bowed over in pain from a broken rib.
"I told you Ryuko, it takes more than something like a broken bone to stop a Kiryuin. That being said, are you going to give up? Are you not a Kiryuin by blood?" Satsuki demanded, from up top her roof. "Do we not fight to our last breath, to the last drop of blood in our body, to the last possible moment?"
"Ha," Ryuko chuckled. "Who said anything about me quitting? In fact I have an ace up my sleeve."
"Then what are you waiting for? Use it!" Satsuki ordered and Ryuko felt resoluteness fill her veins. With Satsuki here she wouldn't fail. Her sister gave her the additional emotional support she needed. With renewed vigor she gave Ragyo her full attention now and focused on syncing up fully with Senks. (end song power of will) (start trouble)
Ragyo who had reattached her wrist by now, rolled her eyes at the two girls speech."Well if you do have a special desperate last minute bid to stop me, do so now before I get bored and slaughter you where you stand. I have a planet to destroy, you know." (0:15)
"Life Fiber Synchronize: Last Hope!" A red light emitted from Ryuko as power erupted from her, causing Ragyo and Satsuki to squint their eyes as she completed her modification. Fibers rearranged themselves this and that way, biding to her skin in new fashion. At last when they settled down, Ryuko stood proudly in front of her enemy in her new form. Her hair was now entirely red and while the design of the outfit had been mildly alternated, it was all about the strength that radiated from her body. While she was not giving out nearly as much as Ragyo was, the numbers were more easily matched now.
"Pathetic. As expected of a pig. Your efforts will not be enough to stop me, therefore I will not waste any more time on you." Ragyo bolted up into the sky, so fast she broke the speed barrier and left gusts of wind behind her. (0:30)
"Oh, no you don't!" Ryuko hissed, racing after her at the speed of sound. She hadn't transformed for the other woman to laugh and leave her. She was going to stop her before she reached the tower and sent her fibers out over the world. The two woman weaved through the air, the wind cutting them to the bone. Ragyo sent a flurry of attacks back to Ryuko who dodged them without a second thought and sent a few blasts of her own. (0:46)
Ragyo seeing that she couldn't shake the girl this way decided to descend downwards and weave through the Nudist Beach army that was still fighting. The two girls smashed through buildings, swerved around humans and Cover's alike before going back up to the sky. Ragyo let out a frustrated cry. The girl was so annoying. What would it finally take to get her off of her back? She turned and flew right at Ryuko, aiming her blade straight at the girl's heart. Ryuko was caught off guard, not expecting the older woman to turn around so abruptly. The blade caught her right in the heart and she let out a pained gasp upon impact, making Ragyo's lips split into a smile. The woman pulled the blade back out, ready to pluck it off the sword and crush it, as that was the only way to destroy a life fiber being, but was surprised when she saw no heart on the sword. (1:08)
"Took it out for you already," Ryuko smirked, holding onto her heart in her left hand, the organ attached to her chest by a single red string. "I had a feeling you'd go for my heart. And now I have you where I want." Placing her heart back, Ryuko swung her blade upwards, slicing through Ragyo's stomach up to her neck. The woman let out a choked gurgle, blood spluttering from her mouth. Ryuko didn't let up, however. She sent powerful hit after powerful at the woman, forcing her backwards across the sky. Blood sprayed, staining the clouds red. Swinging her foot up high, Ryuko brought it down with enough force to send Ragyo straight into the ground. (1:23) Ragyo hit the ground, cratering the earth with her impact. She let out a huge cough upon contact with the land but didn't stay put, so that when Ryuko came back down she was already gone.
"Where did she go?" Ryuko pondered, peering into the fifty foot deep crater the woman had left behind.
"Right behind you."
Ryuko turned too late to block the attack and took a face full of fist that sent her spiraling into the hole. "Look. I found the perfect grave for you," Ragyo sneered and with the help of her powers, the rocks and dirt on top of the hole quavered and quaked before collapsing downwards onto Ryuko. (1:41)
The girl's horrified screams were drowned out by the tons of earth being collapsed in on her. After the dust of the moving rocks had settled down, Ragyo dusted her hands off and was about to launch into the sky again to finish her mission, when she spotted Satsuki from the corner of her eye. What did that pesky girl want now? Why was it that every time she took care of one annoyance another one took its place? (1:55)
"Do you want me to bury you next to your sister?" Ragyo asked, tired out by all the delays to her plans.
"I don't think so, mother. You're not the only one with a final form." A blue light swirled around Satsuki and Ragyo rolled her eyes. Great, another transformation. Could everyone do this? It was beginning to lose it's coolness factor. "Life fibers Override: Eternal Master!" Satsuki's long blue hair swept the floor with it's length and her shoulder pads were even bigger if possible now. (2:16)
"How boring," Ragyo yawned, covering her mouth with one hand. "What will you do now? Stare me into defeat?"
"No, just buy enough time for Ryuko to dig her way out of the rubble."
"If she can, at this point."
Satsuki rushed at Ragyo who meet her, sword to sword. (end song trouble) (Start I am the Beast)
Ryuko didn't know how long it took her to get out from under the rubble; just that when she did she was pissed off. She had dirt everywhere. She could taste it on her tongue, smell it up her nose, feel it in her ears and sense it up her-
Yea, don't go there. I don't need to know, Senks interrupted her.
Ryuko pulled herself out of the hole she had been buried in, spitting out dirt and rubbing more out of her eyes. Was that a worm in her hair? She plucked it out and tossed it to the floor. Satsuki was now fighting Ragyo, in a new alternation of her kamui that Ryuko had not yet seen. It must have been powerful, because it was holding up to Ragyo's form.
"Mind if I tag team?" Ryuko cried from her spot and saw her sister nod her head.
"Sure," Satsuki said, kicking Ragyo towards Ryuko who prepared her sword to taste blood. The blade dug into Ragyo's back and another one found its way into her front as Satsuki joined in. The woman grasped each sword in one hand and tried to forced them from her body but the girl's held tight. (0:29)
"Bow before me!" she snarled and let out her fiber domination power. Ryuko once again was resilient to it but Satsuki let out an agonized cry as the power bent her over backwards, her head touching the ground. Yet she still did not let go of the sword. (0:45)
"Hmmm, seems your will is very much breakable," Ragyo mussed, running a finger down Satsuki's chest to her collarbone.
"Satsuki!" Ryuko cried out in panic as her sister continued to pant in pain. Pulling out her own blade, she saw a few of Ragyo's inner life fibers already pulling the edges of the skin close together. Having a wild idea, Ryuko stuck her hand into the hole before it could completely close. (1:06)
"What are you doing?" Ragyo twisted her head 180 degrees to glare at Ryuko, but the girl remained unfazed. As long as Ragyo was using her power, than Satsuki was in pain. Her fingers wrapping on what she needed, she began to roughly pull it out. The ball of life fibers in her grasp hissed and squealed as they were exposed to the dying afternoon light. "Stop it!" Ragyo snarled, trying to pull away from Ryuko but she was too scared to cause the fibers to snap with a too violent movement.
Ryuko kept pulling, getting further away from Ragyo with each step, and pulling out more and more of the fiber.
"Stop it! Stop it!" Ragyo was begging more than demanding now. Ryuko just kept pulling and pulling until there was nothing more to pull. With a snap and jerk the full length of the fiber was freed and lay now on the ground, squealing and dying in the light. Ragyo had swiveled her body to match the position of her head and was now kneeling in front of the line of life fibers trailing from her.
"No, no," she whispered as she picked up the dying threads. They squirmed in her hands before turning the dull red color of rust. They were gone. Her last hope for destroying the world...gone.
Satsuki who no longer had the powers of the kamui trained on her stood up behind Ragyo and stabbed right through the throat. The grieving woman seemed to barely register this. "It's finally over, mother." (end I am the beast) (start le chant de Roma)
"Yes, I suppose it is," Ragyo muttered around the blood spilling freely from her mouth. "I'm just glad you were able to stop me. All this time I was worried I would actually succeed. But I should have had more faith in you Satsuki. I just hope you didn't make any rash decisions to be able to reach this point. And I should have had more faith in Ryuko too. She has grown up into a fine woman. Take care of her for me, Satsuki." (0:30)
Satsuki was too shocked by her mother's words to respond. This was the woman who had tried to kill them all multiple times, and now she was happy she had failed? What was going on? Satsuki's sharp mind could not fathom this sudden change of personality. Ragyo, however, was at peace. She had been under the chains of the life fiber for so long, forced to do it's bidding and now she was finally freed. It was funny really, that she was only freed by her own death, but perhaps this was always meant to be? As long as she had been stopped from destroying the world, that was all that mattered. (1:01)
"Shut up," Satsuki at last hissed, not sure how else to react to her mother's current behavior.
"I'm sorry for all I did to you, Satsuki. I was not myself when this happened. The life fibers controlled me and I wish they hadn't. I did so many despicable things that a mother shouldn't. I hope you can forgive me in the future. Give my apologizes to Ryuko and to the elite four, and...to the world too," Ragyo coughed, more blood splattering the ground around her. "I never meant to do any harm, to do any evil, but I have. Keep the world safe and make sure this never happens again. I love you and Ryuko both." (1:29) The woman closed her eyes briefly, smiling softly.
Something inside Satsuki snapped and broke at this. How dare this vile woman claim to love her? To love Ryuko?
"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Satsuki snarled and pulled her sword out before she raised her heel and smashed Ragyo's head right into the ground, caving it in. Now there would be no more lies coming from her diseased mouth. There was a last twitch of the body, before it lay still. (1:53)
Ragyo Kiryuin was finally dead.
She had been truly been defeated.
Once and for all. (2:01)
And Satsuki couldn't stop the laugh that bubbled from her lips. She threw her head back and let her maniacal laughter fill the air. She had finally done it. The world was safe. Safe and now in her hands. She was going to take good care of it.
"Is she really dead?" Ryuko ventured to ask, approaching the dead body. She gave it a kick but it remained still. "Yo, you alright Sats?" Ryuko arched a brow as Satsuki's laughter slowly subsided.
"Yes. Just happy and a bit delirious from blood loss," the girl quickly explained. "It seems a bit surreal. We've been fighting her for so long and now, she's dead." (2:27)
"I can imagine your relief. Especially since you've planned against her for so many years," Ryuko said, a smile breaking out of her face. "It feels nice to be the winners."
(2:36)"Mama!" Nui squealed, her face resembling a child's expression when they got separated from their parents in a store. She was missing a pigtail, her purple sword, and her dressed was singed in several places, but she was still alive. And she was nearing the two girls who hovered over the dead woman's body.
"Oh, great. One of them is still alive," Satsuki groaned, hefting her blade up. But Nui was not about to attack. "After all we've planned and gone through. It's all gone, all torn to shreds." The girl sank to her knees, tears streaming down her face. Satsuki was going to take advantage of the girl's defenselessness and end her, but a hand on her shoulder stopped her. (3:01)
"What are you doing Ryuko?"
"She's been manipulated by Ragyo. She didn't know better. We shouldn't kill her," Ryuko said, looking steadily into her sister's eyes.
"She's just as responsible for her actions as anyone is. She was made to serve evil and to be evil. She's a life fiber being! She's not human."
"I know but she didn't ask to be this way. We should really think it over before we do anything," Ryuko insisted and Satsuki grit her teeth in annoyance. Why was her sister developing compassion and a sense of morals now?
"I don't think that's a good idea, Ryuko. She can always come back to harm us, and who knows if she doesn't have some last minute plan to start the end of the world again?"
"She's devastated. Look," Ryuko forced Satsuki to look at the grieving girl in front of them. "I don't think she'd be acting this way if she did have a plan. And as much as I don't like her, she is our sister." (3:31)
"Do not call her that!" Satsuki snarled at Ryuko, startling her with the ferocity of her statement. "You are my only sister."
"And she was our only mother," Nui stood up, holding onto her shoulder and her gaze never leaving her mothers body even as she addressed the two girl's in front of her. "Children should respect and cherish their parents."
"She was no parent of mine," Satsuki shot back, gripping her blade tightly.
"A mother is not someone you can choose. You have to accept her the way she is, just as she has to accept how her child is," Nui soberly replied and Ryuko was shocked by the depth of the girl's words. She had thought the blonde to be a relentlessly devoted follower and slave to Ragyo's actions, but the girl had a brain and will of her own it seemed.
"But that is not something a spoiled child like you would understand. And while she is dead now, you have not won," Nui stated grimly. (4:06)
Ryuko was instantly on guard for this, as the girl's gaze finally raked across their faces. Did Nui in fact have a third back up plan?
"Just know Satsuki that you have brought upon the next doom of this planet, one even worse than your mothers intended plans."
"What do you mean?" Satsuki narrowed her eyes at her youngest sister, her hand never leaving her blade.
"You'll find out in time. And when that time comes I will be there. Trust me," and with that Nui opened up her pink umbrella and drifted away.
"You're not getting away from me that easily!" Satsuki yelled out after her and both her and Ryuko would have gone after her when the elite four came running in.
"Satsuki!" Nonon cried, the first to reach the scene. "Apologizes for letting Nui get away but we followed her here, and oh my god, is that Ragyo?" The pink haired girl paused and brought both hands up to her mouth in shock. Ira and Uzu came in afterwards, Inumuta's body held between the two of them. The blue haired boy was still alive, but barely so. He needed a doctor. The two of them set him safely down and came to look over the villains dead visage.
"Holy shit, she's dead!" Uzu exclaimed, his brows rising so high up they got lost in his hair line. (end le chant de roma) (Start song sunrise)
Satsuki planted a triumphant heel into Ragyo's back. "It was all thanks to Ryuko's ingenues thinking. She pulled the life fibers out of Ragyo and it was able to finish her off."
"Huh, don't give me all the credit. I only did what Senks did to me. I figured if I worked for me, than why not for Ragyo." Ryuko rubbed the back of her head uncomfortably at this praise.
"So the beast did something helpful for once," Nonon said but with no bite in her voice. She looked at the other girl with begrudging respect. (0:25)
"Yes, she is now defeated but Nui still remains at large," Satsuki reported. "We can focus on that later. We need to regroup and handle the remains of the Cover's."
"There are none left," Ira said. "As soon as Ragyo died, along with the last bit of life fiber, all the Cover's just erupted. So lady Satsuki, it is with extreme pleasure that I tell you that there is no more fighting to be done. We have won." (0:47)
At this information Satsuki's face broke out into a wide smile. All the stresses, responsibility, anger, guilt, regrets and pain she had carried for all these years lifted off of her shoulders and she could not be happier. All the elite four's faces broke out into smiles of relief and pure joy at seeing their leader grin. Together they hugged one another, Ryuko joining in, all letting out small chuckles of delight at their victory. And not even the thought of the laborious process of cleaning up and fixing the world could bring Satsuki down. No, nothing could in this moment, not even Nui's prophecy of Satsuki only opening the gate for a new evil to come. (1:11)
She sent a particularly big grin at Ryuko's direction and the smaller girl reciprocated, knocking forehead's softly with her. Ryuko had upheld her promise; they had saved the world by each others side. And hopefully they would continue to stay by each others side for the remainder of their years on earth.
The sun finally set on the hugging group of students, prompting them to separate and get back to the mountain of work that still awaited them which they anticipated excitedly. They would live to see another day, and so would the citizens of this world. (Play sunrise to to 1:35) (start horror theme four)
Watching from atop her perch Nui looked down on the students below her. They were happy, yes, and they could celebrate all they wanted, but it would all for naught. Yes, they couldn't sense it, but she could. She was a pure life fiber being after all and even though her mother had been destroyed, even though the primordial life fiber had been eradicated, a new evil was brewing and it was closer than Ryuko and the others would think. And when it emerged she would be there to guide it and finish what she and Ragyo had started.
"Do not worry, mama. La vie est drole. But I will make you proud regardless." She got up and turned her back on the celebrating humans behind her, imagining that the cheering was screams of pain and violence instead. (play until 0:59)