NOTE: I do not own either RWBY or Kill la Kill. RWBY belongs to the late Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth, and Kill la Kill belongs to studio TRIGGER…
Also, {} Denotes Kamui speech. If it doesn't show in the chapter, let me know...
I'm falling! I'm falling! I'm falling! Shit, shit, shit! Stop, STOP!
Ryuko's mind scrambled as she jammed her scissor blade into the wall as she tried to stop her descent. However, just as she seemed to be slowing down, her back slammed into something...rather weak, to be honest. As the next thing she knew, she burst through whatever it was and fell right on top of a pile of...were these pillows?
"Oww…" She sat herself upright as she looked above. It seems that the exit that dropped her down here was gone, as she couldn't see any light or rain coming down anymore. She sighed...she was really getting sick and tired of these kinds of things happening to her.
She looked around at the room she was in. It wasn't really anything special-large, concrete brick walls, piles of pillows and clothing everywhere with several strange rods sticking out, and some buried machinery at one end of the place. It was almost completely dark and difficult to see, but otherwise a completely bland room. Still, she was a little bit surprised…
"I don't remember this place being down here? When did this-Ouch!?" She looked to her left arm and saw as blood dripped down it onto the fabric of the pillows, turning them to a bright shade of red. "I reopened the wound from earlier?"
That was bad. She didn't want to bleed out down here, she needed to find a way out...or at least something to stop the bleeding.
There are pillowcases down here that I could use.
She slid down the pillows and stopped at the foot of the hill of pillows she was on. Quickly she glanced around to see if there was any exit around that she could see, but it seemed like she would have to wander around until she found one. Sighing once more, she started to look for a door…
...What she didn't notice, as she started walking away, were a pile of pillows slowly shifting and shaking. It wasn't until a voice spoke out that she stopped dead in her tracks.
{...Wait…}
She turned around, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, nor was there anyone around other than her...so why did she hear a-
{,,,Please, give me more…}
She raised her blade to defend against whatever was coming. "Who's there...show yourself!?" Whoever it was simply repeated what he said, saying he needed more louder and louder until he was shouting...what exactly he wanted more of, she didn't know. But, whatever he wanted, she wouldn't give so easily…
...That's when "he" jumped out at her…
...She slashed at a pillow, cutting it half, and revealing the one that was speaking...as well as stunning Ryuko into silence and disbelief. Because the one attacking her wasn't human...it was a sailor fuku.
It was colored primarily black, with red trimmings around the wrists and torso area. The large red ribbon usually tying the top together was instead similar to a pair of eyebrows, which sat above a pair of eyes-one covered by an eyepatch, and the other a combination of yellow, red, and orange. As if that didn't shock her, the one thing that did was the large, gaping mouth where the abdomen would typically be.
She stood there stiff. A sailor fuku was talking?
Then the outfit tackled her, pinning her against a wall as it stared at her with bloodshot eyes.
{DON'T LEAVE ME! PLEASE, PUT ME ON NOW!} The fuku started to rip her top off, making her face turn several shades of red as she tried to fight him. "W-W-Wh-WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU PERVERT!?"
{WEAR ME, FEED ME BLOOD NOW! I DON'T WANT TO FALL ASLEEP AGAIN, PLEASE!}
"YOU'RE TALKING!?"
{QUIT PANICKING, JUST WEAR ME ALREADY!}
"HOW ARE YOU TALKING!"
{THAT ISN'T WHAT'S IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW!}
"OF COURSE IT IS, SAILOR FUKU DON'T TALK!" She said as they both fell to the ground struggling.
For another second, she tried to fight off the sentient sailor fuku as they argued, however it proved to be in vain as the outfit finally ripped off her clothes and...put himself on?
{YES! I'M A PERFECT FIT!} It triumphantly yelled as Ryuko slowly stood up.
For a minute, nothing seemed to happen other than Ryuko feeling extremely tight from the outfit. Then she felt something slowly build up as red sparks started to fly around her. It kept building...and building, and building, and building-until she thought the pressure would almost crush her. Then, like a tidal wave, she burst…
Red light blasted outwards and upwards...and the only thing Ryuko could see afterwards were stars…
"You! Damn! Moron!"
He swung his shinai down on Takaharu's back for the fifteenth time, and just like the last three it broke and fell to the ground. Takaharu grunted, but didn't flinch-he had been seen as weak enough that day already...he didn't want to show it even more, especially in the presence of Lady Satsuki, who quietly sipped a cup of tea as his punishment was meted out.
"I have no excuses for my actions!"
Gamagoori stepped forward. "Not only was the transfer student who mocked Lady Satsuki able to escape, but you failed to confiscate the scissor as ordered, AND you were publicly beaten and humiliated by a No-Star student with their own contraband!" He looked over at Sanageyama. "The boxing club is your responsibility, Sanageyama! Failures like this will NOT be tolerated!"
"You don't need to tell me that dammit! Why do you think I'm discipling him?" Athletic Committee Chair Uzu Sanageyama tossed the broken shinai handle onto the ground as he took a seat-propping his legs up on the table. "And besides, wouldn't it also be your fault if Lady Satsuki was mocked Gamagoori?"
Gamagoori looked ready to blow a gasket, until another voice-Information and Strategy Chair Houka Inumuta-spoke up. "Here's some information on her. Apparently she's caused some rabble within the Eastern Kanto Region at high schools subjugated under Honnoji's rule. They say these battles were on an individual level and never sent word about them."
"Useless...inform all branch high school principals to raise their alert status."
"Yes, Ma'am, my apologies."
Another voice started chuckling, before Nonon Jakuzure-Non-Athletic Committee Chair-spoke. "My, My. The toad, monkey, and frog have all screwed up...it's a rare day today." She shifted in her chair. "Barring that, however, it's shocking that the blade she was carrying could cut a Goku Uniform…"
"That scythe-wielding girl too...She could also cut through the uniform as well. How is that possible, Lady Satsuki?"
Satsuki put her cup down on the plate she held in her hand. "The scissor blade is a special weapon made to combat Life-Fibers, and therefore Goku Uniforms. I'm assuming the scythe-Crescent Rose, if I remember-is made the same...however, something about it is off…"
The Elite Four looked at one another as Satsuki told them what the weapon's were capable of, as well as Satsuki's observation about the scythe.
"Crescent Rose seems capable of cutting Life-Fibers, however it doesn't seemed designed for fighting Goku Uniforms. It seems more fit for hunting something...something far worse than a Goku Uniform…" She went silent for a minute, before turning toward Inumuta. "What information is there on Ruby Rose?"
Inumuta growled. "...There isn't any."
"What!?" Both Gamagoori and Sanageyama shouted.
"Well, the dog can't sniff something out for once-This is a rare day."
"I could do without your sly wit for today, Jakuzure…" He turned to his laptop. "I've looked through every record I could find on her, both nationally and globally, and I still can't find a Ruby Rose with the same appearance as the one attending our school. Similarly, I can't find any records for anyone named "Crow" in our database-even names with possible typos or similar distinctions like "Qrow" or "Raven" turn up blank."
"And the letter, Inumuta?" Houka paused, sighed, and pulled up a picture of a ornate letter on the big screen.
"It's legitimate, as much as I'd hate to say it. The letter is completely free of mistakes, and the style of the signature is the same as the one she wrote on a class assignment earlier today. We can't pin anything on her through this…"
"I see...Continue looking for information on our "Ruby Rose."
"Yes, Ma'am."
What about the transfer student." Gamagoori asked. "How can she be carrying a weapon made to combat Goku Uniforms as well?"
Satsuki turned her seat as she started to raise her cup of tea to her lips. "Her name is…" Inumuta turned, typed something on his laptop, before turning back to Satsuki.
"Ryuko Matoi."
Satsuki paused just as the cup was near her mouth. "Matoi?" She smirked. "It's just as I thought it was…"
Crimson Incandescence
Chapter 2: Don't Lose Your Way!
"I give up!"
Ruby Rose planted herself against a wall and slid down until her head was on her knees. She had spent nearly the entirety of the previous day and the present afternoon looking for Ryuko, but despite her efforts, Ryuko had remained illusive-like she had simply disappeared from the face of the Earth! She had looked in every nook and cranny, the sewers, even some of the outskirts of the city!
Where did she go? She tried to retrace her steps. First she remembered...kicking her in the face (she was sorry!), then saw her ride a bike away. She followed every area that she could that had tire trails to see if she could find her. When that didn't work, she looked around the rest of the city, asked several people around town if they saw her, but none of them did…
She sighed in frustration. If she could use a metaphor for this kind of situation, the "needle in a haystack" would be a very adequate description.
This whole situation was messed up. She had no idea how she got here, no idea who anyone was, she had seen a boy hanged in front of the front gate-dead, bloody, and beaten. The school was practically a dictatorship, and now she was more than likely wanted by them for beating one of their own…
"I wanna go home…"
She sat there for awhile. She felt exhausted-looking for Ryuko had caused Ruby to overexert her semblance for nearly the entire time yesterday. When she woke up today (from sleeping on a bench in a quiet part of the shantytowns) she felt like a sledgehammer had been beating her very being, and she wanted to vomit since she had barely eaten anything either.
Another nap would perhaps be good for her. She layed down on the ground with her backpack, closed her eyes, and started to doze off…
"HEY RED!"
...Until she heard a familiar nickname. Her eyes bolted open, and she jumped with Crescent Rose drawn outward. "AH! T-Torchwick! Show yourse-lf?"
"RED!"
She looked down the street to her left and saw a familiar young boy in a black shirt (that was too big for him) and blue jean shorts running towards her.
"AH! I remember you, you little thief. What do you-"
"Please!" He ran up as she put Crescent Rose away and skidded to a stop in front of her. He was panting and soaked in sweat, and as he looked up to her she could see his eyes were pleading and panicked. "I need your help!"
"Huh!?"
"Please! my sister is in trouble!" He huffed out. Ruby narrowed her eyes at him as she remembered the last time she saw him.
"And why should I believe you after you tried to steal my baby! For all I know you're just lying so that you can steal it again!"
The boy took a deep breath as his breathing finally began to steady. "No, please. Really, my sister is being held at Honnoji...it's that boxing guy!"
Ruby froze. Fukuroda Takaharu was holding someone hostage? "How do you know about this?"
"She didn't come home after school today, so I went to go see what happened! She's been captured by a guy with a big boxing glove who was screaming about a transfer student and a girl in a red hood! I recognized who he was talking about and came to try and find you!"
Ruby sighed. "So he's using a hostage to get to me…"
She could tell from the moment that she saw Takaharu beating up Ryuko without a hint of mercy he wasn't going to be the friendliest person she would meet. But to think he would use a hostage...Honnoji was starting to get worse and worse with each minute she spent around the place.
She looked down at the boy with a sorry expression. "What's the name of your sister?"
"Mako Mankanshoku!"
She blinked. "Who?
"Mako Mankanshoku, that's my sister's name."
"Mako...Mako!?"
She had forgotten completely about Mako. She had left her back at the school when she went to go search for Ryuko. If she was captured and used as a hostage against her…
"Darn it!" She grabbed onto the boy, who blinked in shock from suddenly being picked up. She ran down one alley until she was out in the open, where she turned towards Honnoji Academy. "Do you suffer from motion sickness!?"
"I've never ridden in a vehicle before."
"It'll have to do, hold on!"
Using her semblance, she bolted forward in a burst of speed towards Honnoji Academy. She didn't know if she could save Mako in her current state, and she didn't care-she would save her even if she was nothing but mush afterward!
"Transfer student, Red Riding Hood, can you hear me! One hour from now, the execution of your best friend will be carried out on Honnoji grounds, as shared punishment for treason!" Fukuroda Takaharu yelled into the microphone. The message he sent out was being broadcast throughout the entire school and the entire city for everyone to hear. Even if they wasn't in the city, either would definitely hear him even if they were on the outskirts of town.
"You want to stop it! Then get off your asses and show yourself!" He yelled out.
A small crowd was gathering around the ring placed in the center of the Honnoji Academy field. In the ring stood Takaharu, Athletic Committee chair Sanageyama, and-hung upside down in an x-crossed restraint-was Mako Mankanshoku.
Sanageyama glanced down at Takaharu. "A hostage situation...certainly a classic strategy."
"It's my only chance...Mankanshoku was the only one that spoke to those two girls before they escaped, and if I fail again I can kiss my Goku Uniform goodbye...failure is not an option for me here."
"No, no it isn't...All right, then? Show me a man's resolve out there and beat them to a pulp!"
"Yes Sir!"
"AHH! Someone help, my panties are showing! They're not even my sexy pair today!"
The two of them looked at her confoundedly. Sanageyama sighed and planted his face in his hand, while Takaharu turned to a pair of large red doors. "Bring out the boiler!"
She skidded to a stop behind the massive crowd gathered in front of the gate, dropping the boy as she did. He quickly conked his noggin on the ground, before shaking it side to side...and then puking afterward.
"R-Right...I have m-mmm-motion sickness…"
Ruby ignored him as she started walking forward. The crowd was packed into the gateway like a bunch of birds gathered around food, and she couldn't see what was happening beyond them.
There's got to be another way…
As she tried to figure out a way through, the boy walked slowly up behind her-somewhat sick and disoriented but otherwise fine. He was about to speak up when he noticed a motorbike sitting against the wall. Stuck to it with a piece of tape was a note: My deepest apologies for borrowing without permission.
"There's a bike…"
Ruby glanced back at him. "A bike?" She looked in the very same direction...and nearly face-faulted. Ryuko's here!
She walked over to the bike, looking it over. It didn't seem like much at a glance...until she noticed the horn.
"Is there some way we can have this honking constantly?"
"Yep, let me have a look at it."
"Perfect...wait, I thought you said you never rode on a vehicle before?"
"I didn't, I stole their tires!"
"Ah...That's why…" She made a mental note to never bring this kid close to Yang's bike if she ever saw her again. "Just make it happen, we don't have much time!"
"Look!" Takaharu stepped close to the boiler with a lobster in hand. Everyone watching was wondering why he was holding a shrimp when he decided to dip it in...and pulled out fried shrimp.
"Fried shrimp!"
"That's Oil!"
"NOOO! If I get that much oil on my uniform, everyone will see me naked from now on! Someone save me!"
Sanageyama looked at her dumbfounded. "Seems like she also has resolve...or she's just a massive idiot...either is fine…"
Takaharu tossed the shrimp away. "Well, are you gonna show yourselves now!"
As if in response, a loud honking sound went off at the gate, which Takaharu shot a look in the direction of. If it was just a horn going off, he would've left it alone on the basis that someone simply let it slip...if not for the fact that the honk went on...and on. He turned to a One-Star, "Go and check that out."
The One-Star nodded and moved towards the crowd. "Move!"
It wasn't long before the crowd parted and a One-Star walked through to the other side. Ruby took this chance and dived through the newly made hole of people, the boy following closely behind.
She quickly made her way through the crowd-moving through bodies of students as she inched closer to the ring. When she was close enough to see what was happening, her eyes went wide. Mako was hanging upside down over a pile of flower, and under the flower was a large glass vat over a heater. While she wasn't quick to make assumptions, the sickly yellowish color of the liquid told her that it was definitely oil.
They're going to boil her alive!?
The boy walked in behind her and instantly saw it too. "Sis! Hang in there, I'm comin-" He started walking forward...only to be stopped by Ruby.
"You need to wait here, this is dangerous…"
"But my sister-"
"I'll deal with it, you just wait here."
"But what can you do!?"
He was right, she was pretty much running on fumes now, and it was a miracle she could even stand. What could...wait…
She saw it-saw her. She was crouching down, limiting her visibility among the crowd as much as possible. Dressed in a long, torn, and hooded cloak that covered her up completely. She almost could've missed her sitting right next to her...if it wasn't for the flash of a red highlight pop out under the hood…
...She glanced in her direction-a single blue eye-with a look that said only one thing: I'm ready when you are.
"Well, what the hell was it!?"
"The horn on a bike was malfunctioning!" The One-Star definitely found out about the ruse-it was now or never.
"I'll go up there."
"What!?" The boy asked dumbstruck. Up on the stage, Takaharu looked throughout the crowd for any sign of the two before yelling into his microphone. "Like that's gonna fool me! Show yourselves, you cowards!"
"I'm right here!"
The field went silent, and every eye in the stadium turned their attention right onto Ruby Rose. She glanced at all of the students, who slowly parted to give her a way toward the ring. She took a deep breath...hopefully this works…
She crawled onto the walkway to the ring, standing up and walking towards the boxer.
"Well, you finally showed up! I was beginning to think you chickened out Red Riding Hood!"
She continued walking forward. "Here I am...here to rescue Mako...all while being completely spent...whew…" The last few words she said with a chuckle...which, as she thought it would, irritated Takaharu...before he smiled.
"What was that? You're exhausted! Perfect, I can beat you up without a problem!?" He started forward, beginning to raise his fist.
"Wait-wait, wait...before you do that, I just have to ask...do you know about Dust?"
Takaharu blinked at her. "What?"
"Do you know about Dust?" He stared at her like she was a moron.
"Of course I know what dust is, it floats around in the air, gathers itself on things after a specific amount of time, and-"
"-No, no, no-not that kind of dust, I'm talking about Dust…"
Takaharu's expression got more confused by the second. "There's no differe-"
"Yes there is, I'm talking about...oh, where is it…"
She reached into her side pouch, and pulled out a red crystal. "THIS Dust!" Everyone stared at the red crystal in her hand, slightly confused but subtly intrigued.
"Dust-as it's called-is a naturally occurring resource found within the Earth, that reacts to the "Aura" found within humans. It comes in multiple forms-one sec…" She pulled out a blue crystal "...and has multiple types with widely different properties!"
Takaharu stared at her incredulously. "THOSE are just crystals, that isn't dust…"
"Yes it is…"
"No they aren't."
"Yes, they are, I can give an example!"
"An example...an example of making yourself looking like an ass?"
"A demonstration!"
Takaharu rolled his eyes. "A demonstration…"
"Uh-huh…"
Takaharu started chuckling. "Fine, give your demonstration, then afterwards I can beat your head in!"
Up above on the highest perch of the school, Satsuki closed her eyes in disappointment. "Idiot."
The boy was equally in disbelief...just for the exact opposite person. "What is she doing up there, trying to get herself killed!" He started making his way up, only for a hand to grab his wrist. He turned, and saw the hooded figure.
Back up on the stage Ruby smiled, put the red and blue crystal away, and pulled out a white canister. "This is the powdered form of Dust. Now Dust is known to be highly volatile, so it's often said that you should be very careful with it. But when you open and shake it-" She started shaking it wildly. Takaharu-having not caught on yet-stared at her blankly as she finished shaking the canister-leaving a large cloud of white powder in the air.
"Now you see, when it makes contact with air, it-ahh...uhhh" She started rubbing her nose. Takaharu raised an eyebrow as she tried to focus on him.
"Just give me-ahh-minute. My sinuses…"
Takaharu seriously couldn't care less, he just wanted her to be done so he could finish his job. But what he didn't realize was just what Ruby was really doing…
It had happened so long ago that she had nearly forgotten about it. Then she remembered that day with Weiss on the grounds of Beacon when she waved that canister in her face. Her sinuses started reacting more and more to the Dust until she couldn't take it. She slowly drifted back, her head building up...and then she sneezed.
The stage promptly exploded as steam burst out from out of nowhere, quickly spreading out from the stage and into the crowd. Everyone-including Takaharu-quickly reeled back and took cover, and the area descended into chaos within seconds.
It was the perfect distraction for Ryuko Matoi. She rushed for Mako, bashing several One-Star students along the way with her scissor blade. When she reached the last one in a large row of them she jumped and planted her boot-now heeled-straight into his face as she used him as a stepping stone. Finally, she landed over Mako, cutting one of the restraints at the same time.
"Ryuko!"
"Hold on tight!"
She leaped with the girl in hand, flying through the air for several meters before finally landing-right in the center of the large ring.
The steam began to clear, and Takaharu looked back at the ring, finally taking notice of the new arrival. He whipped his head back to Ruby...only to find nothing there. He turned back towards Ryuko and found the both of them there, one standing in the ring while the other was on the chain ropes, breathing heavily.
He was almost sure he would have an aneurysm at this rate. He grit his teeth and started stomping towards the ring. "That's it. I've had enough of your little games, you little red riding bitch. I'm gonna make sure you're nothing but a red paste on the floor when I'm done…"
She looked back at him, and instantly scrambled through the ropes, crawling to the other side so quickly that even Mako, who seemed to be phased by nothing, was a little freaked out.
"Oi, you okay?" Ryuko asked.
"I'm fine...I just...just need a timeout is all…"
Ryuko smirked. "Fine by me. I've been wanting to get back at this beltway pansy."
Ruby looked at Ryuko. At a glance, there wasn't really much beyond general change in clothes that was changed about her. However, Ruby could see that something about her was...off, like the atmosphere around her had grown twice as dense. She looked down at her feet-which had gone from white sneakers to...heels?
Before she could think on it more, Takaharu entered the ring. He gave her a malicious glare before turning to Ryuko. "So the transfer student finally shows herself huh?"
"You're damn right, I showed! Who wouldn't show up to someone playing dirty with a hostage!" She twirled the scissor blade around her wrist and pointed it towards him. "If you're supposed to be a boxer, then take me on one on one!"
The veins around his head bulged, before he started to chuckle. "I didn't sign you up as a crew member, but if you wish-I'll throttle you into next week!"
The bell ringed, bringing Ruby back into reality as she crawled under the chain ropes and gripped onto the turnbuckle. Just in time too, as Takaharu was the first to strike, flinging his left towards Ryuko. The glove burst to life, sending a barrage of fists flying towards her.
"Ryuko, dodge!" She yelled out, but it was too late. The flurry of fists seemed to consume her, flying all over and slamming into her body. Ruby gripped the turnbuckle tighter as the ring started to overflow with the gloves. This was too much...there had to be something she could-
"-Is this all you got?"
The center exploded, sending several gloves out into the crowd in the process. Ryuko stood in the middle-her scissor blade drawn-as she stared down Takaharu. His face contorted in rage as he charged her. "You wish! Let's see how long you keep that cocky disposition when I send you flying-" His larger right glove shot forward, spinning like a drill.
"-Tek! Ken! Fun! Sai!"
His fist slammed into her scissor blade...as well as her makeshift coat, which turned to shreds and revealed what was underneath…
...The crowd went wild at the sight, and Ruby reeled back in shock-her face turning the shade of an actual ruby gem. Ryuko's "outfit" consisted of a large top made in the shape of the typical school uniform here...except it was nothing but the top. The rest-from under her breasts to the half-skirt-half-thong/underwear that barely covered up her lower half. The top wrapped around her arms with square braces around her wrists, while her legs were covered with thigh high heeled boots. In the back was what seemed to be an exhaust, while on the front a pair of horn-like protrusions (that strangely seemed like an eye and an eyepatch for some strange reason) stuck out front. Oh, and to finish it all up, every part of the outfit was connected by suspenders...how did it all stick together!?
Ruby flipped, and judging by the reaction Takaharu was having...she wasn't alone…
"Wh-wha-what kind of outfit is that!?"
"Quit staring!"
"R-Ryuko, please put some actual clothes on!" Ruby blathered out.
"You stay quiet, over there!"
"You...You're using your feminine wiles to distract me!"
"Do I look like I'm enjoying how I look!"
"Then why are you wearing it in the first place!?"
"Shut it, over there!"
"You dare mock boxing-mock ALL OF SPORTS!"
"I AM NOT!"
Takaharu jumped away. He was really done with all of this. "Fine then, show off yourself to the world. I'll undress myself as well in this case..."
Ruby squeaked from the corner turnbuckle. "Please, no! Don't take your pants off!"
"Yeah! Now you're the one mocking it!"
"That's not what I meant!"
"I wasn't talking about that!"
As a small argument broke out between the two girls, the sound of a chain breaking silenced them as they turned back towards Takaharu. The largest glove he had its outer coat fall off, revealing an equally large, more solid glove that Ruby could only compare to a meat tenderizer of all things. He grinned wildly as he shot the large glove up for all to see.
"Behold! And lay witness to your doom, transfer student! These are the real Honnoji Academy Boxing Club Athleticism-Augmenting Two Star Gloves! Students from other schools would flee in terror at the sight of this, hence why I wore a soft glove over it! But finally showing them off is making my chest well-up with unbridled strength! This. IS. A. GOKU UNIFORM!"
The entire crowd went silent, and Ruby's eye twitched slightly. "People would flee just from seeing how large it is in the first place…"
"What she said…" Ryuko nodded toward Ruby. "...I don't even know how boxing works, and even I can see that's completely illegal...but…"
She smirked. "...Bring it on."
The bell ringed, and Takaharu charged forward. "I don't know what was hidden under that coat, and I care even less! But since you're half naked, I'll punch you so hard that little fabric you have left's gonna go bye-bye! TEK! KEN! FUN! SAI!"
His fist flew directly for her. Ruby, at this point would've screamed out for her to dodge, if not for the strange feeling that Ryuko would be completely fine. She simply watched as Takaharu's fist connected...and the unthinkable happened…
...Many would've more or less expected Ryuko's "clothes" to disintegrate on impact and have her go flying…
...Something did disintegrate on impact: Takaharu's glove, to be more specific.
Everyone's jaw dropped, especially Ruby's, as various shards of glove fell to the ground. Takaharu looked at the sight in utter disbelief, as his glove turned to pieces while Ryuko's outfit-surprisingly-had nary a scratch on it.
"H-How? My glove."
"Whew...that was a close one." She patted down on her "outfit" and rubbed the dust off her shoulder before looking at Takaharu with a large grin on her face. "Now it's my turn!"
It was then that Ruby noticed the risque costume constrict itself around Ryuko, getting tighter as steam burst out. Then the red started to notably change, glowing a brighter shade of red as is spread across anything crimson on her clothes.
Then it happened. Ruby was real glad her semblance was speed, and that she had very good eyesight, because as soon as the suit finished, Ryuko shot to the left, then behind Takaharu, then right for him. He could only glance in her direction before the scissor blade handle slammed right into his cheek. He went rolling, finally skidding to a stop feet first...just in front of Ruby. She blinked, then both smiled and waved meekly. Takaharu's reaction was much different. "Y-Y-You!"
"Where do you think you're looking, asshat." He couldn't respond as Ryuko grabbed the back of his coat, threw him up in the air, and brought her scissor down in a singular motion-driving Takaharu straight into the ground. He bounced at least once before landing on the ground feet first once again...though this time, Ryuko was hoping for that to exactly happen…
"Have a right hook" She spun the blade, jabbing it straight into his side-a move that nearly everyone, Ruby included, cringed at. She followed it up by circling around and slamming the blade into his abdomen. As Takaharu struggled not to double over from the pain, Ryuko dropped the blade of her weapon right in front of him…
"Now an uppercut!" He went flying into the air, flying a good foot before landing...right on his face. Like the last time, he bounced, and Ryuko smirked as she started spinning the blade again on her wrist. "And finally! a right straight to finish you off!"
{SENI-SOSHITSU!}
It flashed so fast that barely anyone saw it happen. A simple swing from Ryuko, and Takaharu-who was otherwise spinning in the air-suddenly had his clothes burst off, rendering him utterly naked (save for a small cup-like part to cover him "there").
This generated several responses from everyone watching. Ruby-despite having an incredibly flushed face-stared at the sight in awe as she yelled "She won!" Ryuko had defeated Takaharu...meaning she just defeated a Two-Star!
In the large crowd, Mako was equally in awe. "AWESOME, You did it, Ryuko! You took him straight to town with your boxing skills, SO COOL!"
Her younger brother looked at her with a deadpan expression. "I don't think she knows how to box…"
To the side, Sanageyama's jaw dropped. "Impossible!" He had seen many sights at the school, but nothing like an entire Two-Star uniform disappearing! Just how strong was that scissor blade!
Up on their perch, the rest of the Elite Four reacted appropriately. Gamagoori and Jakuzure both reacted to the destruction with shock. "A Goku Uniform was defeated!"
Standing next to them, Inumuta was the only one to remain composed. "So that's how powerful the scissor blade is, huh?" Satsuki's eyes glanced over before turning back to the fight and noticing something that would typically be incredibly difficult to spot. A single red thread sailing away from Takaharu's destroyed uniform and straight into Ryuko's.
"No...There's something else entirely going on." She looked over at the other girl standing on the turnbuckle and noticed that Ruby seemed to see it as well.
Before she could think harder on how Ruby was capable of seeing that small thread. A voice rang out below…
"-Now to finish you off!"
Ryuko took a swing at Takaharu, dragging him through the air with her scissor blade before flinging him straight into the air...right towards Satsuki.
He would've made it too...if not for Gamagoori's hand to startlingly grow several sizes bigger, reach out, and stop Takaharu mid-flight.
Down on the ground, Sanageyama saw it happen so quickly that his jaw was still open in shock. Shaking himself back into reality, he turned to the ring and started to climb in. "How dare you!"
"Enough!" He stopped and turned back to Satsuki. Ruby took this chance to walk into the ring, getting a small glance from Ryuko.
Up above, Satsuki stared at the girl who defeated one of her Two-Star's. "You there. Where did you get your hands on that outfit."
Ryuko stood silent for a second, before kicking Takaharu's microphone into her hands. "This is a keepsake from my father…"
Ruby looked at the outfit with a flushed face. Something like that was a keepsake? Her dad must've been a big super-pervert or something…
Ryuko continued. "...And this scissor blade was left behind by the person who killed him. Now you're going to tell me...who this scissor blade belongs to...Satsuki Kiryuin!" The last word was delivered with a fair amount of venom. Ruby gulped down some air-she really didn't want to cross this girl…
...Speaking of Ryuko, though she had barely noticed, she seemed to be struggling with her words, and as she could see more closely Ryuko was getting more and more caked in sweat.
Satsuki narrowed her eyes. "You said your name is Ryuko Matoi? You're Isshin Matoi's father?"
"You know who my father is!?" Ryuko's face contorted to an expression of anger. But before she could even respond herself, she realized that she felt absolutely drained and fell to her knees…
"Ryuko!" Ruby called out. Ryuko looked down at her outfit.
{You're bleeding too much, Ryuko.}
"I thought you wanted blood."
{At this rate of blood loss, you will lose consciousness within half a minute.}
"Don't act so calm about it all!" Ryuko yelled at him, startling Ruby before she got one final glance at Satsuki and the girl right by her side and felt her world fade to black.
"Ryuko!" Ruby grabbed her, keeping her from falling down onto her face. "What's wrong, Ryuko!"
"She's fallen unconscious from blood loss..." Ruby looked up to see that it was Satsuki who answered her. She looked down at the two with still narrowed eyes…
"Ryuko Matoi is unconscious, and from what I see, you've driven yourself to exhaustion...If you let me capture Ryuko Matoi now, I will disregard your previous incidents and allow you to attend Honnoji Academy without question…" The Elite Four looked at her in silent shock-Satsuki Kiryuin was offering a choice with someone!?
"...However, if you try to escape today, then I will consider you an enemy of my rule...which is it you will choose?"
Ruby paused and looked down at the girl in her arms. She remembered the last day-when she walked under the gates, saw the body of that student strung up above it. Remembered that Ryuko was the only one she saw here that rebelled against the brutal system they established. She lost the first time, so she helped her, then she came back stronger, and needed her help again…
...It floated in her mind, gnawing at her. She could just walk away-try to find a way back home and just leave this place for good...but she could tell what she would do, she didn't even needed to be coerced into it, it had already made it clear.
She looked back up at Satsuki. "You think you can keep up?"
Sanageyama took those words at face value, as he instantly jumped over the top rope with a drawn shinai. He brought it down toward Ruby...only to hit the ring as both her and Ryuko disappeared in a burst of rose petals. His eyes widened-he couldn't even follow her, just how fast was this girl!?
He grit his teeth. "After them! Don't let them get away!"
"Don't bother." A bright light blazed outward, forcing Sanageyama to cover his eyes as he turned to Satsuki above. "One or both of them will be back. We'll deal with them later." She turned and walked away from the edge of the perch.
Sanageyama sighed as he lowered his arm. "Lady Satsuki...dazzling as always." He started back for the school...until he saw something in the ring-buried under a piece of rubble, and almost easy to miss if not for the green glint it gave off.
He walked over and pulled it out, holding it up for a better look. "...She called it "Dust," huh?" He pocketed the green Dust crystal as he turned, gave a final look at the gate, then walked back toward the school.
"Your tea, miss." Her faithful butler Mitsuzo Soroi said as he poured her a cup of tea. She took a sip of the drink...and smiled to herself.
"A girl in a Kamui, and another more mysterious girl...This is sure to be an interesting year…"
Quietly, she took another sip of tea...her thoughts on the past few days going through her mind endlessly.
Off, far away from Honnoji Academy. A man rode down a highway on his fully customized bike. He felt his phone vibrate, and upon pulling it out he closely read the text sent to him.
"Isshin Matoi's daughter found. Has kamui, will continue to observe."
His brow furrowed. Quickly he pocketed his phone and spun the bike around. His destination had changed: Honnoji Academy.
"Finally…"
OH MY GOD, I FINISHED IT IN UNDER A WEEK OF STARTING THE FIRST, HELL YES, GTFO!
*ahem* Ignore that little add-in right there...just-just forget it existed...yep.
So here we are, the second chapter! I don't know how it can be viewed in comparison to the first-but hey, I actually managed to write the second chapter to a RWBY/Kill la Kill Fic! There's something for me to be happy about!
So here's the gist of this chapter. I started writing it AS SOON as I was finished writing Ch. 1, and by the time I released Ch. 1, I was finished with this one beyond just writing this part right here (hello!). As such, I was kinda waiting to see who was going to read the first chapter before continuing on with this, and lo and behold it's Wednesday morning and I'm checking back frequently to see it go up...and up...and up…
I'll be honest. Considering that Kill la Kill only sits at 600+ fics, and only four (excluding this one) fics crossover with RWBY, I didn't think it would really have that many people who would read this-even more so since it was released in the dead of night. So seeing that it has at least above a hundred views is somewhat of a pleasant surprise!
...Of course, it's entirely possible that it's just readers of my previous attempts at fan fics that read it (sorry)...still pleasant surprise nonetheless!
SO, getting down to the nitty gritty of things, first it was Ruby's turn, now it's Ryuko's! What with the fact that the Ryuko VS Takaharu makes up the latter half of KLK ep. 1, I wouldn't find it much that surprising. However, to try and make it interesting I did try to make it slightly different.
I also tried my hand at a bit of comedy...I think? Is it funny? I can't really tell myself, so it's often why I ask for reviews, to see if I'm doing something properly or sucking at it. But I still couldn't help myself nonetheless-Ruby playing distraction by trying to fuck around with Takaharu through an explanation of Dust I thought was funny in my mind.
You may have also noted several things that point to stuff before the beginning of the first chapter (How can Mataro know about Ruby already!? Letter, WHAT LETTER!?). It's a pretty clear indication that Ruby got here somehow, which leads to one of the big mysteries of the story: "How did Ruby get to the KLK Universe, and how does she return home?" I like to think that us trying to think about and look back on how she does get there is the most entertaining thing to think about-How did she get there? Did the Doctor wist her off to there so she could essentially run interference for the antagonists...maybe...Nahh! It's actually much more mundane (though how it works is a little complex)...
Now, with this chapter we finally finish with Fukuroda Takaharu and move on to Omiko Hakodate. The next fight will definitely be Ryuko-centric (sorry, Ruby), because if I had to be honest (again)-how the hell would you fit Ruby into a tennis match when she's more suited to her scythe!? That's something I actually wonder (and if you'd like to leave a suggestion then feel free to do so) but just can't find an answer to…
...On that note, the next fight is technically the fourth chapter, and since we're going to the third one, then I'll tell you that I will write chapter three with the intent to add more characterization to Ruby and Ryuko (as well as a few other characters) and to keep the focus on either Ruby or both if at all possible to balance it all out.
Does that mean Chapter 3 will be longer...maybe. I use Google Drive to write down the stories, then copy and paste them for , and usually, when writing them down I try to keep it around twenty pages of writing. However, I plan to write as much as I need down to keep it nice and lovely, and so that may mean I'll write more for the next chapter than I have before…
Finally, as I've said before, the first two chapters here are oddly named in comparison to the rest of the storyline. This one is based off of the main leitmotif heard in Kill la Kill (Before My Body is Dry), however, instead of the title I used what's essentially the most known lyric in the song-hence why this chapter is named "Don't Lose Your Way!" (and hey, I said there would be exceptions from time to time, and I couldn't help with the fact that this rhymes with the last chapter title).
And so, with all that, we end chapter 3. Thank you for reading, and as always-PLEASE REVIEW! They are always welcome, as are some fav's and follows if you want to. With this, I'll see you in chapter three...oh! And by the way…
Chapter 3: I really had a blackout, baby!
For Fun, Fedora's, and Insanity...PEACE!
-CrazeStasis