Chapter 4: Facing The First Elite
Author's Note Part 1: Well guys, this is the first chapter that I'm writing after posting the others, and I've gotta admit that it's nice to see that so far you're enjoying it, if the amount of Views for each of the previous chapters is any indication. When I told you guys that Alex was gonna be fairly OP, I expected a lot of you to leave this story right away. But it's nice to see that most of you stuck around to see where I went with it.
Now, as you can see this chapter is once again a part of canon. The reason for this is because we know that at the beginning, as you'll see here, Ryuko is trying to get the truth out of Mikisugi. So, we can assume that it's only been a day or two since the last episode. So, that's why canon is still around for now. Otherwise, it's possible that I would've had an Original Chapter for this one.
Now, you can expect more Original parts in this story, even if they're not part of Original Chapters, since you all read the last chapter that Alex has revealed a small portion of his power, and we all know how Honnouji Academy works. A strong opponent appears, and some, if not all, of the club presidents want to fight them. Granted, I probably won't put one in for this chapter since it's based off an episode that has a couple major battles in it, but you can expect them to appear in the future.
But anyways, that's about it for this Author's Note, so I'll let you guys get to actually reading the chapter now.
3rd Person POV:
The living room in the house of Mikisugi Aikurou was not a very clean one. Instead, it was cluttered with books, papers, boxes, and the only clear spaces were the red couch and the part of the floor that was covered by a carpet. The latter of which Mikisugi, Ryuko and Alex were all standing on. Currently, the man was being held at sword point by the raven haired female, who was glaring at him with anger clear in her eyes.
"Easy. Don't do anything hasty…" Mikisugi says nervously as he holds his hands up in surrender and sweats at the situation that he's found himself in. The fact that Alex was simply staring at said situation with his arms crossed and a frown on his face didn't help the man that much either. Though Mikisugi supposed that he should be glad that the teen didn't have Sangurasu in its weapon form, and it was instead over his eyes.
"I get the feeling I'm being played here." Ryuko tells him in annoyance as a response, before leaning forwards so that the tip of her Scissor is only inches away from his face, making him lean back as a nervous smile appears on his face and the sunlight streaming in through his window glints off the sword. "So why don't you tell me what the deal is with you and Mr. Mohawk!" She exclaims, her glare getting harsher as Mikisugi starts to sweat more.
"I don't know what you're talking about…" Mikisugi says with a nervous laugh, which makes his lie completely see through. It also causes Alex to uncross his arms and walk over besides his girlfriend as she continues to glare at him as she holds her Scissor in front of his face.
"You totally know! And I've got proof!" She exclaims, holding out her other hand as Alex takes a photo out of the inside pocket of Gurren Lagann, and hands it to her. When she's holding the photo, she holds it up for Mikisugi to see clearly. "See! Who's that? Oh snap, it's you and Mr. Mohawk!" She exclaims, clenching her teeth while Alex stands beside her.
"W-w-where did you get that?!" Mikisugi exclaims with a nervous stutter in his voice, and Alex smirks in response as Ryuko continues to glare at the man.
"After I almost got killed by that guy, I asked Alex here to snoop around for me and see if he could find out anything about him. As it turns out, he has his ways of getting information out of people. And in the end, he found pics of that guy at a bar with someone who looks a lot like you!" She exclaims as Alex thinks about the way that he'd gotten the picture in question, which included a lot of jobs that he had to do. Not all of which would be considered legal in other parts of the world. Though in the Slums of this city, anything went.
"Not to mention the fact that it explains why he led me here. You know that slouch, the glasses and the droning voice really do a good job of hiding your identity. And Ryuko hadn't told me about her first meeting with you yet, so I had no idea you were our teacher when I left the other day." Alex continues, a malicious smirk on his face as he stares at the man in front of them.
"Now I'm giving you five seconds to tell me what the hell you guys are up to or else!" She exclaims, making Mikisugi drop his head and sigh in defeat. However, Ryuko keeps her Scissor inches from his head when he does this, before he raises it back up and removes his glasses, a large smile appearing on his face as the sun shines through the window behind him.
As the sun shines on Mikisugi, stars appear around his head and shine, making Alex decide that yes, that kind of logic had followed him through to this world… Or it already had that logic and he just happened to travel between two places that contained it. Which to Alex seemed a little too coincidental.
"The plan was to make the bond between you and Senketsu even stronger!" He exclaims, making the two raise their eyebrows in response. "He is Tsumugu Kinagase, and yes the two of us are working together. You stood up to him like a champ, and now you and Senketsu are true partners! Now that Satsuki Kiryuin has a Kamui, we thought the best way to get you ready for her was to put you to the test… Gah!" He exclaims in pain at the end.
During his explanation, he'd begun to take off his shirt, which for some reason caused his nipples to glow violet, before he'd gotten closer to the girl, causing her to sit on the couch in an effort to get away. After he'd finished his explanation, Alex had decided that then was a good time to punt him between the legs, causing him to double over in pain and fall to his knees on the ground.
"I'm gonna quote my blond friend here yet again. There are two things you need to know Mikisugi. First, Ryuko is my girlfriend. Second, if you don't get your half naked ass away from her right now, I'm gonna do something a whole lot worse than kicking you in the balls." He says, taking Sangurasu off his face, and extending it into weapon form with the addition of making it shine a bright green as he does to make it seem that much more intimidating.
"Alright…" Mikisugi says, pushing himself up off the ground with a cough as he backs up, rubbing at the front of his neck as Ryuko sends a thankful glance at Alex, before turning back to glare at the nearly shirtless man as she holds her Scissor to his face once again.
"So even after all that double talking and nipple bashing you were lying to me!" She exclaims, making him give her a bored look in response.
"Uh-huh." He admits, making Ryuko continue to glare at him while Alex shakes his head, since he knew that like Ryuko said the other day, if there was one thing she hated, it was liars.
"I freaking knew it…" She mutters in anger. "And that bastard was trying really hard to kill Senketsu…" She says, before moving the blade closer, and causing Mikisugi to lean back slightly. "Who are you people huh?! I thought you wanted to take the Kiryuin's down! Didn't you say you needed Senketsu for that?!" She exclaims, getting up and stepping forwards as she yells, making the man back up to keep from being impaled.
"What are Life Fibers? What was my dad researching?! Who are you?!" She exclaims, and at this point Alex was pondering whether he should step in or not to keep Ryuko from actually killing their only source of information for this stuff.
"N-now Ryuko, don't get so worked up. I promise, I'll tell you everything you want to know. I just have to be sure I can trust you first. As well as your boyfriend there." He says, making Alex scoff.
"Please, how about the fact that all I know about this stuff is what Ryuko's told me, and what I've heard during this conversation? Being separated for eight years has kinda thrown me out of the loop in terms of modern day information." He tells the man, just before Ryuko grabs Mikisugi by his tie and pulls him towards her with a look of rage on her face.
"Start talking or start dyin'!" She tells him, and after a second, Mikisugi responds.
"Nudist, Beach." He tells them, making the two tilt their heads in confusion, though Ryuko continues to slightly glare at the man as she holds onto his tie.
"Say what?!" They ask him at the same time, and he slips out of her grasp by getting rid of his tie and stepping backwards.
"We call ourselves.. Nudist Beach!" He exclaims as his shirt slides almost the rest of the way off, and a wind suddenly blows in through the window that wasn't open moments beforehand, while stars appear around him once again. In response, Ryuko sits down on the couch with a look of confusion and anger, while Alex sits beside her with a raised eyebrow.
"Who the hell is "we"?" She asks him through clenched teeth as she makes a fist and just barely restrains herself from trying to beat the answer out of him.
"The organization I belong to. Nudist… Be~~~~~ach!" He exclaims as his shirt falls off completely, and at this point Ryuko's face turns into a deadpan stare as she drops the tie onto the shirt in question, gets up from the couch, and walks over towards the door with an aggravated sigh.
"Forget it. I shoulda' known I'd never get a straight answer outta ya." She says, making Mikisugi turn to look at her, since he'd turn to look out his window with his arms held out wide.
"But I'm telling the truth." He tells her.
"Yeah sure, whatever. I'll go fight and get stronger just like you want." She says in a bored tone. "I'm so outta here. Come on Alex, let's go do what the pervert here wants." She says in aggravation as she walks through the sheet that had been put up to separate this room from the others, Alex following her with a sigh a few seconds later as Mikisugi watches them go, neither realizing that he had been telling the truth.
When the two teens returned to the Mankanshoku family residence, they were greeted by an empty bedroom since Sukuyo was currently in the kitchen cooking croquets for dinner, Matarou was out with his "gang", Barazou was in the clinic part waiting for any patients that might show up, and Mako was… Somewhere. The two assumed that she was probably out looking for her younger brother so that she could stop him from stealing anyone's wallet… Again.
Ryuko immediately flops onto her futon with an aggravated sigh as she drapes her right arm over her eyes, and Alex sits beside her. "Is that usually how your conversations with him go?" He asks, getting a groan of annoyance in response.
"You have no idea. This time was less annoying than usual, but yeah, that's usually how it goes. I try to get information, he gives me bits and pieces while telling me that I'm still not trustworthy yet, and during the entire time he gets rid of his clothes one at a time." She tells him, making him frown in response.
"Well, that definitely makes me agree with your earlier statement of him being a pervert. Though, I suppose that everyone is a pervert in their own ways, some people, such as Mikisugi, more so than others." He admits with a shrug. This makes Ryuko raise her arm to look at him with her signature smirk.
"Does this mean you admit to being a pervert yourself then?" She asks, making him smirk down at her.
"I'm a 17 year old male, Ryuko. What else would you expect? I'm just not like the others who shamelessly oogle at any girl wearing a bikini, or your battle suit." He tells her, making her scoff in agreement, before she suddenly reaches up, and pulls him by his shirt so that he's lying on the futon beside her, able to grab his shirt since his jacket was currently unzipped, before sitting up and straddling his form with a cocky smirk.
"What I expect is for you to shut up and kiss me." She tells him, making him give her a smirk of his own in response.
"Have I told you how hot you are when you act like this?" He asks, making her continue to smirk as she leans down and captures his lips with her own, making him raise his arms so that they rest on the back of her shirt. After a few minutes, the two separate. "You know… I think you might need to change." He tells her, making her raise an eyebrow in confusion. "I doubt that Senketsu likes being crushed against me whenever the two of us make out." He says with a light chuckle, sending a glance down at the Kamui in question.
He has a point Ryuko, as happy as I am for you since you're with him, I would appreciate it if you didn't do so while I'm the clothing you have on. He tells her, making her roll her eyes.
"Alright, alright. Yeash." She says as she gets off her boyfriend, who moves so that he's leaning against the wall with the futon pressed against it while Ryuko gets up and changes so that she's in the PJ's that Mako had leant her. When she's finished, she turns around to face Alex, who's looking at her with a smile. She responds with a similar one as she walks over, before straddling him. "Now where was I?" She asks.
"I believe that you were attempting to suck the life out of me." He tells her with a cocky smirk, getting her signature smirk in response yet again.
"Attempting, huh?" She asks, before pressing her lips to his once again as he brings his right hand up to her cheek as he returns the kiss, Ryuko resting her hands on his shoulders as they make out, while Alex's other hand rests at her bare waist. Ryuko shivers at the feeling of his hand on the bare skin of her waist, and grips his shoulders a bit tighter as he rubs his thumb against her cheeks while the two close their eyes from the feelings they get from their kiss.
A few moments later, Ryuko feels something against her lips, and a gasp makes its way through them when she realizes that it's Alex's tongue. Her gasping allows it to enter her mouth, and Alex feels her moan into the kiss in response, making him mentally smirk as he feels her shiver on top of him, before she suddenly pushes against him, and her own tongue intertwines with his, surprising him at her sudden aggressiveness, which fit her personality more than her usual reaction to this stuff.
While he's surprised, she grips his shoulders tighter, while pressing her body against his as she pushes her tongue against his own, succeeding in pushing it back into his mouth as she continues to moan into the kiss, this one feeling much more pleasurable than the past ones that they'd shared. However, he manages to get over his surprise after a few seconds, and pushes back against her tongue with his own, leading to the two fighting for dominance.
As it continues, Alex leans forwards a bit, and the hand that was on her waist wraps around it, before he pulls her against him, making her moan into the kiss once again at the sudden feeling. After a few minutes, the two are forced to pull apart to regain their breath. But before Ryuko can say anything, Alex moves his lips down to her neck and begins to kiss her there, making her let off a quiet moan into his ear.
"A-Alex." She stutters out, making him pull back to look at her.
"What is it? Do you not want me to do that?" He asks, wondering what it was that made her say his name. However, the response he gets is for her to grip his shirt once again as she glares at him with an aggravated growl.
"No dammit, keep going." She tells him, making him smirk in response as he leans forwards and kisses along her neck once again, making her give another quiet moan into his ear as he trails them along her neck, before leading back up to her mouth once again, which he captures in yet another kiss, which soon turns into a French kiss. After about half an hour of making out, the two separate, panting for breath with their cheeks flushed.
After a few seconds of doing this while they stare into each other's eyes, Alex leans forwards, and Ryuko leans back as they continue to stare into each other's eyes. After a few seconds, Ryuko is lying on her back with Alex on top of her, the two of them still panting to regain their breath before Alex leans forwards and starts another kiss between them.
However, this one was different than what they'd been doing for the past half hour. This one was a soft, gentle kiss that allowed the two of them to share their love for one another, and made them feel as though they were on cloud nine. It wasn't as heated, but it was much more pleasurable for the two of them. When they eventually separated, Alex leaned back, and allowed Ryuko to sit up as she gave him a wide smile, before wrapping her arms around his neck as she leaned against him.
"Its times like these that I love the most." She whispers, her tomboyish attitude taking a backseat for the moment as she simply allowed herself to love the teen she was hugging, who wrapped his own arms around her and allowed Ryuko to rest her head on his shoulder.
"Same here Ryuko." He whispers back. The two of them stay like that for a few minutes, until Mako runs into the room to call them for dinner. The rest of the day passed quite normally after that. Ryuko and Alex ate dinner with the Mankanshoku family, Ryuko took a bath as Alex once again threatened the men of the house not to peek, and then they all went to bed. However, this time around Ryuko slept on the same futon as Alex, smiles on their faces throughout the night as they slept in each other's arms.
The next morning, the two stood at the entrance to the school, looking at a sign that had been placed there for Ryuko.
Challenge To A Duel
Attention, Ryuko Matoi of Class 2-A
I will be waiting in the Kendo Club dojo after school
Uzu Sanageyama
When the two see this, they share a look, before nodding as they walk by it and through the entrance to the school, intent on getting through the day so they can get to the battle. They do so easily, and the two show up to the dojo right after school to meet the member of the Elite Four that had challenged the raven haired female. At the sight of them, the crowd that had gathered immediately parts to show them the green haired teen standing in the middle of the dojo.
"Well look who showed up." He comments with a smug smile, the two simply returning it with dual cocky smirks.
"I was called out by one of the Elite Four! That's an invitation I can't refuse." Ryuko tells him.
"And I'm just here as moral support. So don't go expecting me to jump in at any point unless you decide that you want to try to go further than simply beating her… Even though I doubt that you can." Alex says as he walks over towards Mako, who had been jumping between people to get a better look, and lifts her up onto his shoulders once again.
By this point in time, he'd come to see her as the little sister he never had, even though she was the same age as him, since she acted so much more like she was a teen in middle school. However, in response to his jab, Uzu simply smirks. "Now that's the spirit. Come on then, let's do this!" He exclaims. And in front of everyone's eyes, his Goku outfit suddenly transforms, just like a Kamui would. "Three-star Goku Uniform! Blade Regalia!" he exclaims.
The outfit now looked more like some kind of armored battle suit than a uniform, and Alex frowns at the sight since it was different than what him and Ryuko were used to. However, that frown disappears after a second as he thinks about the fact that his girlfriend likely wouldn't have much more trouble taking down the Elite Four member since even if it was a battle suit, it was still a suit.
"Kamui's aren't the only thing that can transform." Uzu reveals, getting a wide smirk from Ryuko in response.
"Thanks for pointing out the obvious Einstein. Now it's my turn." Ryuko says before activating Senketsu, and changing into her own battle suit. "Life Fiber Synchronize! Kamui Senketsu!" She exclaims, and just after she finishes, she immediately rushes forwards with her Scissor, and cuts Uzu's suit to pieces… At least, that's what it looks like to everyone except Alex, who frowns.
Damn. Guess I underestimated him. Who would've thought something that big and bulky could move that fast on the ground? He thinks to himself, watching as Ryuko tries and fails to cut the Goku uniform around Uzu, only for him to move at astounding speeds and dodge each slash, before activating a bokken that slams into her, and launches her across the dojo.
"You're moves are so predictable!" He exclaims, and Alex narrows his eyes at what the Elite Four member is saying as Ryuko attempts to use her full speed to attack, only for Uzu to easily keep up with her, attacking her even as she runs. "You can't dodge my blade, no matter how fast you are! Want to know why?! I'll show you! Tengantsu!" He exclaims, and the people watching the fight suddenly see multiple "eyes" appear all over the suit.
"With these eyes I can see any move you make! Before you make it!" He exclaims, and Alex narrows his eyes, realizing that Uzu was talking about the subtle movements that a body would make before it acted in a certain way. For Uzu to be able to see those movements meant that he could tell what Ryuko would do moments before she actually did it, and react in a way that let him effectively dodge or counter her attacks.
What followed was Ryuko doing everything that she could to block the strikes that Uzu attempted, gritting her teeth the entire time since he gave no room for her to counterattack. In the front of the crowd, Alex watches all this with narrowed eyes, trying to see if there was anything he could do, since yelling out words of encouragement would only distract her from the fight.
However, his eyes widen at the sight of Uzu attaching more bokkens to his fingers after taking them out of what looked like turrets on his back, and then attacking Ryuko once again with five times the power he had before. Damn it! And the fact that he studied her blocking moves a few seconds ago doesn't help either! Come on Ryuko, think! Alex thinks with gritted teeth as Ryuko is sent to the ground, before getting up a few seconds later.
As he watches, she mutters something to Senketsu, and his eyes widen. Of course! That's genius! He thinks with a large smile appearing on his face since he had the ability to read her lips due to something that happened during his eight years of separation, which caused him to learn how. This match is as good as won! He thinks as his grin grows wider. And he's is proven right a few seconds later as Ryuko allows her Scissor to cut off a piece of Senketsu, which then proceeds to blind Uzu, allowing Ryuko to finish the match with her signature move.
"Sen-I-Soshitsu!" She exclaims as she cuts Uzu's outfit to pieces, making the Elite Four member fall to the ground, as naked as the day he was born while the Life Fibers from his outfit are collected by Senketsu and the pieces that had been cut off the Kamui return. On Alex's shoulders, Mako starts to celebrate as he walks over to stand by his girlfriend.
"You did it Ryuko, you did it! You beat one of the Elite Four! You're amazing! And fast! And A~~wesome! Yup, yup, yup!" She exclaims, moving her hands all about as she does this, leading Alex to laugh as he places Mako on the ground beside him.
"Couldn't have said it better myself." He agrees, getting a smirk from Ryuko in response. However, apparently Uzu didn't know when to quit since he stands back up with a regular boken held in his hands.
"I'm not done with you yet!" He exclaims, and Alex almost bursts out laughing at the sight, while off to the side Mako makes fun of his… Size, with her fingers. "I'll fight you naked! Come on Matoi!" He exclaims, making Alex raise an eyebrow since that meant the man would likely get actual cuts from Ryuko's Scissor. However, before anything else can be said or done, Ira suddenly yells from the viewer's box above after using his own weapon to attack Uzu.
"You're pathetic Sanageyama!" He exclaims as the Elite Four member in question slams his fists into the ground. "You have disgraced the Elite Four!" Ira continues to yell, and Alex can only look on with a blank expression on his face, before turning to look up at the viewer's box, seeing the other two members beside Ira. His gaze is immediately drawn to them, and after seeing today's battle, his mind goes into overdrive.
The one in pink. I think I heard somewhere that her name is Nonon or something like that. She's wearing a percussion outfit, and she no doubt has some part to play in the band club at this school if her showing up after the fight the other day with them is any indication. Which means that she uses a weapon of some kind that revolves around instruments. He thinks to himself, before moving his attention to the blue haired member.
Not sure what his name is, but his suit is pretty much a jacket with a big turtleneck. However, those pieces around his arms and legs look like wires. Perhaps something to do with electronics or computers? If I could find out more about him, then I could find out what he uses in battle. After all, might as well give Ryuko advantages when facing them. Not that she's gonna need them. He thinks with a smirk as he turns to face his girlfriend, who's looking at Uzu with the same blank face as he had a few seconds ago, before turning to face him with a smirk.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I'm ready to go back home and have some Croquets. That battle really worked up an appetite!" She exclaims as Senketsu returns to normal, and Alex nods in agreement as they turn around to exit the dojo. However, before they leave entirely, Alex looks over his shoulder at the Elite Four member kneeling on the ground.
"Hey. If you ever get better, then look for me. Since you can't beat my girlfriend… Then you have no chance in hell at even giving me a challenge." He tells the guy, before turning around and walking out, leaving Uzu to steam in anger as he thinks abou Ira's words, as well as Alex Kirigaya's.
The next morning, Sunday morning, Ryuko and Alex arrive at the Academy to find Uzu standing in the middle of the courtyard, which had a large field present. The reason they were there was because they'd found a bokken with a challenge on it outside their house when they woke up, and decided to return to the Academy for said challenge. When they walk onto the field, Ryuko gets a cocky smirk on her face.
"I Thought losers didn't get second chances. Heh, what do I know?" She asks rhetorically, before looking up at Satsuki, who was watching from her place on top of the tower. "Guess you're just a big old softy! Satsuki Kiryuin!" She yells with her smirk still in place. And as Satsuki responds, Alex takes the time to look at Uzu, who had his hair shadowing his eyes.
Something's different about him… I just don't know what... He thinks to himself with a frown, though takes a few steps back when Uzu begins to speak, since he could tell that the fight would be starting within the next few seconds.
"I'm gonna show you what happens… When you force a man to change." He tells the two, before he activates his Three-star Goku uniform. "Three-star Goku Uniform! Blade Regalia Mark 2!" He exclaims. And Alex notices how this version seemed to be sleeker than the last, and lacked the extra bokkens that he'd had on the last one.
Be careful Ryuko… This doesn't feel like the last time. Senketsu tells his wearer, making the raven haired female smirk as she readies her Scissor.
"Then let's get this over with quick." She says, before activating Senketsu. "Life Fiber Synchronize! Kamui Senketsu!" She exclaims as Senketsu changes into his battle suit form. As soon as he changes, she looks down at his eye. "Sorry Senketsu." She says, before using her Scissor to slice off the same part as last time, and use the pieces to cover up any slits that Uzu could use to see her, and thus stop him from utilizing his Tengantsu.
However, as she does this Alex lets a frown cover his face as he watches, noticing how Uzu did nothing to stop her, and instead simply stood there. I was right. Something's definitely different… But what? He wonders as he furrows his brow.
"I covered up all your eyeholes again! Try using the Tengantsu crap now!" She exclaims as she leaps towards him with her Scissor ready to slice him… Only for him to point his fist at her and launch a bokken, succeeding in hitting her in the stomach and causing her to slide and crash along the field. This makes Alex's frown deepen.
"Damn it Ryuko! Don't give away your position by yelling at him!" He exclaims after she rolls to a stop near him. However, Senketsu notices something else.
Ryuko! Look! He exclaims, and as the pieces of Senketsu fall to the ground, Ryuko looks through the slits that allow Uzu to see, only to see something surprising.
"What's up with his eyes?" She asks in surprise, making Alex raise an eyebrow as he looks at the slits as well to see what she was talking about. The sight that greeted him was a surprising one, as Uzu's eyes had been sewn shut.
"What the hell?" He mutters, only for Satsuki to yell down at them from her point on top of the tower, making the two look up at her.
"He's realized his mistake and sacrificed everything to beat you! Keep that in mind Matoi!" She exclaims, and Alex looks at Uzu once again, the battle suit standing across the field from him seeming a bit more menacing than it was previously.
"En guard" Uzu mutters as he starts to make his way towards Ryuko, the ground shaking with each step that he takes, making Ryuko look up at the behemoth with wide eyes and a gaping mouth.
"This is definitely not like last time…" She mutters as the battle suit covers her in its shadow, before Uzu begins attacking and Ryuko is forced to use her Scissor to block the strikes. "Son of a bitch! He's way too accurate for a blind guy!" She exclaims, and Alex narrows his eyes at what she says, before Uzu speaks up.
"You're starting to get scared aren't you?" He asks Ryuko, who grits her teeth and glares at him.
"Like hell I am!" She exclaims, before gasping as she's forced to block another strike. However, this one forces her feet to sink into the ground, while she bends backwards so that her back is parallel to the ground.
"I can tell by your breathing… The smell of your sweat… I see what you're thinking now, clear as day. Heh, yeah I can see more clearly… More than I ever could with my eyes! I can see everything!" Uzu exclaims, and Alex's own eyes widen when he realizes what the Elite Four member means.
"Shingantsu. The eyes of the mind." Satsuki says from her place on the tower, and it makes Alex and Iori, who had been watching the fight, look up at her. The former with a scowl, while the latter looks up with surprise. "With his eyes sewn shut, he's even more in sync with his Goku uniform." She continues, before the two's attentions are brought back to the fight as Ryuko is launched backwards with every strike that Uzu gives. The raven haired female unable to block.
"Now his Goku uniform takes the place of his eyes, his nose and his ears." Satsuki continues as Ryuko is forced up one of the spiked pillars jutting out around the edge of the field. "He has acquired the power of the Shingantsu… And no matter his opponent, no one, can escape, his attacks!" She exclaims, and Alex sends her a harsh glare, but quickly turns his attention back to his girlfriend, who's still being beaten by Uzu, before she's launched into the air, and then falls back onto the field.
The result is the field in question breaking apart from the force of the landing, while Ryuko's Scissor goes flying away. Alex grits his teeth in anger at the sight, tempted to step in, but knowing that it wouldn't do any good. Especially since Satsuki would no doubt stop him by saying that it would cause her to lose. So, he's forced to watch as Uzu closes in on Ryuko's still form, though Alex can see her eyes are open and that she's still conscious.
"Without that blade of yours, you're like a sitting duck." Uzu says, and Ryuko glares at him in response.
"Oh yeah? That's what you think." She says, before suddenly pulling on a piece of string, which was actually from Senketsu, and pulling her Scissor back through the air, controlling it via the string to make it stab Uzu through the back. Or at least it would've if that Uzu hadn't been an afterimage. "What the?!" Ryuko exclaims in shock, her Scissor impaling the ground as she shoots up onto her feet to stare at the sight with wide eyes and a gaping mouth, the real Uzu standing behind her.
"I told you… I can see everything now. You're sad little trick was destined to fail!" He exclaims, before he then goes on to attack Ryuko constantly, Alex flinching each time he sees her get hit, still fighting the urge to rush in there each time he hears her scream out in agony. However, when he sees her buried up to her chest in the ground, unconscious with Uzu raising his bokken above his head to swing it down on her own, he finally gives in.
"You bastard!" He yells, rushing forwards at speeds that no one suspected he could. However, the Elite Four member's outfit suddenly starts to shine and release smoke, and Alex's eyes widen at the sight. He pushed the suit to its limit… This is my chance! He thinks to himself, rushing past Uzu as the smoke envelops the area, and picks up Ryuko and her Scissor as he runs out the entrance of the school, and then leaps into the No-star cart they'd taken up there, before starting it and returning to the Slums.
As the cart descends, Alex immediately takes Ryuko in his arms, while Senketsu changes back to his normal form as a sailor outfit. Alex can see his eye staring at him as he holds Ryuko in his arms and grits his teeth. "Damn it… I wish I could understand you Senketsu… Cause you'd be able to tell me just how bad her condition is. But instead I need to wait until we get to Barazou… Fuck!" Alex yells, slamming his hand into the side of the cart, before grimacing at the sudden pain that shoots through it.
"Shit!" He exclaims, pulling his hand back to see that he'd cut it open on one of the metal pieces that wasn't fit onto the cart right. However, at the sight of the bleeding cut, his eyes widen, and he looks down at Ryuko's unconscious form towards the tops of her wrists, which were bleeding from the strikes that Uzu gave her. After a few seconds, he turns his head to look at Senketsu, who was still staring at him.
"…Senketsu, I'm gonna try something. There's no guarantee that this'll work. But if it does… Well, things will be a lot easier for all of us." He says, before clenching his fist, and pressing it against one of Ryuko's bleeding wrists.
Author's Note Part 2: Yes people, I'm leaving you on this cliffhanger! Granted, for those of you who have read other stories like mine that are in the regular Kill La Kill category, you should see where I'm going with this. And honestly… I don't think it's that stupid compared to what they do in theirs. I'll explain it more in the Author's Notes of the next chapter, since I don't want to give it away for those of you that don't know what I'm planning.
Now, as for what happened in this chapter. Well, not much was changed really, since I feel like this episode had to be set up a certain way to work. I'll admit that I toyed around with the idea of having Uzu face off against Alex the second time around instead of Ryuko, but with how the prior's suit is set up at the moment, the fight would have lasted a shorter amount of time with how OP Alex is.
And don't worry guys, I have plans for having Alex face off against other club presidents over the rest of this story. After all, I told you guys about that in the first Author's note, didn't I? And I especially have plans for that next chapter. Which, if you know what episode comes after this, then good for you. You'll have an inkling of what I'm planning.
Anyways, here's my reply to last chapter's review!
Anime PJ:
Good to know! As for adding Gurren Lagann to your "need to watch" list… Well, get ready for Action, Feels, and a whole lot of explosions! (And also, make sure to listen to certain sentences… After watching it through a second time, I noticed that there were actually HINTS to what will happen later on with what some of the characters say…) As for the references in this story, you'll understand them at a later point even if you don't watch Gurren Lagann.
And what I mean by this is that I'm gonna do a sort of… "Watch the Movie" kind of thing later on down the line, most likely in a separate story that'll take place during this one, where Alex explains everything to Ryuko, and possibly Mako and her family. Not sure about the latter party yet since that might make it a bit more difficult…
As for teasing Ryuko, I could although I feel like I'm gonna make them do it the same amount as I already do, maybe a bit less, since at this point, you can see that Ryuko is starting to get used to it, and even join in. After all, like we talked about in our discussion, Ryuko seems like the kind of girl to become forwards after she gets a boyfriend. Which I've shown in this chapter with that slightly heated scene earlier.
As for the last comment I made last chapter, heh, I smiled when I read that line of your review, since it was so true.
Anyways, I think that's about all I have to say for this chapter guys, so thanks for taking the time out of your day to read this, and I hope to see you all next time!