Chapter 5: Fight The Power!
Author's Note Part 1: First off, let me say that yes, I figured that this would be a good episode to make the reference to the song from Gurren Lagann. After all, that's exactly what Ryuko's goal was at the beginning when she created the Fight Club, wasn't it? But the reasoning for the chapter title aside, onto an explanation of the actual chapter.
So in this one, I'm gonna be going over the episode where Ryuko creates the Fight Club, which leads to Mako and her family getting better living conditions, and better lives in general… or rather, I'll be going over the episode at first. But, that aside since most of you should've seen the episode before you read this, I do have one thing to say.
For those of you who were looking forwards to the Forwards!Forceful!Ryuko, you guys are in luck this chapter. And no, I don't mean a Lemon. However, seeing as in this episode their living conditions go up and the characters aren't in a house where everything is separated by curtains, you can see where this would / will lead for the two lovebirds.
This is especially true since after looking over the episode, I found out there's actually a third room that wasn't used by the family in their first new house… To my knowledge at least. And if they were all used, then I can always make it so that there's an extra one since they would've bought the condo with everyone in mind, so getting one where Ryuko and Alex can sleep together isn't that much of a stretch.
And like I said in the last chapter, since this is gonna have a Fight Club, and Alex is there with Ryuko for everything, that means that she isn't going to be the only one fighting. So, you can look forwards to at least one fight that include Alex. And for those of you who can spot the references that I plan on making… Well, you've either read one of my other stories, or you've watched one of the same animes that I have.
Anyways, I think that's enough hints for you guys. So, here's the fifth chapter of my "Kill La Kill: Reunited" Fanfiction!
3rd Person POV:
In the Slums of Hanno City, Sukuyo Mankanshoku had just finished baking a batch of croquets, and proceeded to place them down on the table in front of the other members of her family, as well as Ryuko and Alex. "It's time for dinner!" Everyone exclaims as they place their hands together as if in prayer, before the family digs in with a gusto… Especially Guts.
While the Mankanshoku family scarfs down every piece of food they get their hands on, Ryuko and Alex take the croquets one at a time, the latter easily deflecting Guts from getting his food, while at the same time blocking Ryuko whenever she tries to grab some from him, making her huff in playful annoyance each time.
As they eat, Mako does so with a large, tight lipped smile. "Yu~~~mmy!" She manages to exclaim through her closed lips as she eats, before swallowing the food she'd been chewing. And she isn't the only one.
"Right on mom! Your croquets are awesome as ever!" Matarou exclaims as he continues to shovel croquets into his mouth, Guts lifting his head to let out a "Guts!" of agreement. However, despite the kids having learned how to yell clearly through closed lips as they eat, Barazou had apparently not, and the only words that Ryuko and Alex could understand were the last few he said.
"-The best in Japan honey bun!" Is what they could hear through his full mouth, which had been stuffed with so many croquets that there were quite a few sticking out. However, it seemed that Sukuyo had learned how to understand her husband when he spoke like this, and gives a wide smile in response.
"The trick's giving everything a good chop. Then you mix it up with some potatoes and voila." She tells them, and in response the rest of her family continues shoveling the food into their mouths, while Alex and Ryuko turn to her with smiles.
"However you do it, your croquets are the bomb." Ryuko says, Alex nodding in agreement beside her.
"Yeah. Not many people can say that they're able to take a bunch of random pieces of food, and mix them with potatoes to make them taste as amazing as yours. Definitely better than Pigmole sandwiches." He tells her with a smile, making the others stop eating to look at him in confusion.
"Pigmole?" They ask, making Alex flinch as he looks down at the table.
"Yeah… Pigmole. It was a type of animal in the area where I was for the past eight years. Commonly used as a food source since we couldn't really get all that much seven years ago. I think that was the only thing I ate for a year straight." He tells them, making the others become even more confused since they'd never heard of the animal. However, he simply shakes his head and looks back up at them with a smile.
"Anyways, I've already told Ryuko that I'd explain all this at another time, so for now let's just focus on the great meal that Ms. Mankanshoku has made us." He suggests, getting yells of agreement from the other men at the table as they go back to eating.
"Well, I'm glad that you two like them so much. Please, have some more." Sukuyo offers, holding up the plate of croquets, and making Alex smile as he takes a couple, flicking Guts away once again when the dog tries to take them off his plate. However, Ryuko simply gives the woman a smile in response to the offer.
"Oh I can't, I'm super stuffed. Thanks for dinner ma'am." She thanks the woman as she places her chopsticks on the table, closely followed by Alex as he finishes the extra two croquets he'd grabbed.
"You're welcome. Oh! I drew a bath for you, so have at it." She tells Ryuko with a smile, getting one in response from the raven haired female as the male members of the Mankanshoku family drop the food that they'd picked up with their chopsticks, or in Guts' case his mouth, and stare in the direction of the bathroom.
"Cool. Thanks!" Ryuko exclaims as she heads towards the curtain separating the outside bathroom from the house, before the sounds of knuckles cracking can be heard in the dining room, and the Mankanshoku family turns to face Alex as he fixates a smile onto his face. However, this isn't the kind of smile that shows happiness. Oh no, this is a smile that instils fear into those that see it, and cause the other three males in the room to shiver.
"Now, you three wouldn't happen to be thinking of peeping… Would you?" He asks, making the three males quickly shake their heads with fearful looks on their faces as they attempt to act innocent by shoving croquets and rice into their mouths once again. "That's good. Well since that's the case, I'm gonna head to bed. Thanks again for the food Ms. Mankanshoku." He says with a smile, getting a large one in return from the woman.
"Oh, don't worry about it Alex. And I've taken the blanket that was on Ryuko's futon and put it on yours. With the two of you sleeping on it together, I thought that you could use both of them to keep warm." She tells him, making him give her another smile in response.
"Thanks ma'am. That means a lot." He says with a bow, before waving to the Mankanshoku family as he heads to the bedroom, and then strips down to his pants, before slipping under the blankets as he waits for Ryuko to finish up in the bathroom and get on the futon with him. He lays there for about half an hour before Ryuko walks into the room in her PJ's, and then slips under the blankets with him.
"You here long?" She teases him, making him smirk in response.
"What do you think? Did you take longer just to make me wait?" He asks her with suspicion present in his voice. In response, she sticks her tongue out at him, before giving him a smirk that tells him that's exactly what she did. "So you did… Well, I guess that I'm just gonna have to collect payment for that. After all, it's not very nice." He tells her as he leans forwards.
"And how do you plan on doing that? I don't have any money on me." She tells him with a smirk, making his own smirk widen.
"I was thinking of making you pay with your lips." He says, before capturing said lips in a kiss, which Ryuko returns as Alex wraps his arms around her under the blankets, Ryuko wrapping her own arms around his neck in response as they continue, before parting a few minutes later. "There, I think I've collected my payment." He says with a smirk.
"Hm, are you sure about that?" Ryuko asks with half-lidded eyes and a smirk on her face, making Alex grin in response to his girlfriend's actions.
"Yup, but if you want to pay interest…" He trails off, and in response Ryuko leans forwards, locking lips with him once again, before turning it into a French kiss as she slides her tongue into his mouth, making him grunt as he does the same, which causes her to moan into his mouth in response to the feeling, before his hands travel down to the small of her back, and pull her towards him as she does the same by pulling herself towards him while they continue the kiss.
After a while the two stop, both of them slightly out of breath as they stay in each other's arms, and stare into each other's eyes. After a few seconds, Alex gives Ryuko a loving kiss, before separating as he rests his head on the pillow, Ryuko doing the same as they continue to keep eye contact. "…Have I told you how much I love you, Ryuko?" Alex asks, making the raven haired female chuckle in response.
"Yeah, you have you big goofball. A lot actually." She tells him, making him smile in response.
"Well I'm gonna say it again. Ryuko Matoi, I love you completely, with every fiber of my being." He tells her, and Ryuko feels her heart race at his words, loving how he said them no matter how many times he did.
"And I love you just as much, Alex Kirigaya." She tells him as she kisses him once again, this one lasting fairly longer, but still keeping it as a loving kiss instead of the frenzied kinds that they'd shared a few minutes ago, before the two close their eyes as they fall asleep in each other's arms, unaware of the smiling family that was right beside the sliding door that sealed the bedroom off from the rest of the house.
The next day during lunch at the Academy, Ryuko, Alex and Mako open their respective lunch boxes to find them stuffed with croquets, which cause the three to gain large grins on their faces. "This looks awesome!" Ryuko exclaims, Mako and Alex nodding beside her with Mako on her right, while Alex is on her left.
"Thanks for the lunch!" The three all say at once as they hold their hands together much like they had the night before, Mako saying it slightly louder as she licks her lips at the delicious lunch to come, before they start eating. Mako starts shoveling food into her mouth at a fast pace, while Ryuko and Alex chose to pick up their food at a slower, more controlled pace.
However, just as Ryuko is about to take a bite from her first croquet, Alex's hand suddenly shoots past it, and grabs the knife that was about to impale the food. At the sight of the knife in Alex's grasp, Ryuko looks on in shock, while Alex delicately takes the lunch box from her, and sets it down beside him with his own, before the two look up as someone yells in anger.
"Hey! How dare you catch my dagger, Alexander Kirigaya?!" The guy standing on top of one of the parts of the school yells before growling. This was a Caucasian skinned man, who was wearing a two star uniform that had multiple knives sticking out of it, while his hair was also styled to look like a knife, his teeth were sharpened, and he'd put a nail through his tongue. He continues to growl in anger, before he appears to calm himself down.
"No matter, I'll just deal with you afterwards Kirigaya. As for you, Ryuko Matoi! I'm president of the knife throwing club, Jack Naitou's the name!" He exclaims, and Ryuko leaps off the large chain she was sitting on to glare at him.
"You ass! You nearly ruined my lunch with that dirty knife! Start prayin'!" She exclaims as she activates Senketsu. "Life Fiber Synchronization! Kamui Senketsu!" She exclaims, before rushing the guy as he attempts to throw a barrage of knives at her, only for her to easily slice through all of it with her Scissor. "Sen-I-Soshitsu!" She exclaims as Jack is stripped of his clothes, and the Life Fiber from the suit is absorbed into Senketsu.
The result is all the knives that had remained on his suit raining down around Mako and Alex, the latter of which uses Sangurasu to deflect any that got close to the brunette girl, him, or their lunches. As Ryuko leaps back down onto the chain that she was sitting on, and then back off, she's surprised at the sudden rope-like weapons that strikes the ground just behind her, turning around to find another guy standing there wrapped in said rope as he chuckles.
"Nice one! Now it's my turn! I'm president of the Nanjing Lily club! Kagesaburou Kagero~~!" He exclaims, only for Ryuko to be standing in front of him by the time that his introduction is complete, the red Kanji that always accompany the introduction of someone new disappearing after a few moments as he screams in fright at the sight of her standing there with her Scissor already held above her head with a bored look on her face.
"Sen-I-Soshitsu." Ryuko says in a bored tone as she twirls her Scissor around her finger as the guy's clothes get torn to shreds and the Life Fiber is absorbed by Senketsu. However, not a second later another person enters the area, walking on a tightrope. This one was a fairly fat girl, who was dressed in a pink tutu, a white shirt that had two stars and a heart on it, had metal bracers on her arms, and had clown make up on. As she walked, she let off an annoyingly high pitch laugh.
"I'm president of the tightrope walking clu- ahhh!" She's cut off by Ryuko, who cuts straight through the clothes and tightrope before the girl even gets to finish.
"Sen-I-Soshitsu!" She exclaims in annoyance at the constant "attacks". After defeating the last one, Senketsu reverts to normal, and Ryuko sits back on the chain, facing the opposite direction of Mako and Alex as the latter gives her back her lunchbox. "Thanks Alex." She thanks him as she takes a bite of the food before sighing. "Knife throwing, Nanjing Lilies and tightrope walking? What the hell? Where are these supper specific clubs coming from?" She asks in annoyance.
"Oh, those guys all used to be the acrobatics club. They decided to split up because of you two though." Mako tells the two beside her, making them turn to look at her in confusion.
"Cause of us?" Ryuko asks in confusion, making Mako nod in response.
"Yup. Remember? If someone beats you, they get promoted to Three-star. And apparently Alex was added to that list as well. But they have to be Two-stars first. And they have to be president of a club for that. So they split up and made new clubs." Mako explains as Ryuko and Alex nod, the latter getting a slightly cheeky smirk on his face as he picks up one of Ryuko's croquets with his chopsticks, making her glare at him before he holds it out for her, making her gain a slight blush as she allows him to put it in her mouth.
Still got it. He thinks with a mental smirk at being able to make his girlfriend blush with a simple act such as offering to feed her like he knew some other couples did.
"That's why they're coming after you two now. Although, people heard about how Alex is strong enough to take out three clubs at once, so they're trying to attack you first." She explains, making the two nod, though Alex chuckles a bit after a few seconds.
"Yeah, like beating my girlfriend would be that easy. And besides, if they did, that'd just make me mad, and cause me to completely decimate them." He says with a shrug, Ryuko nodding at his side since she knew that was true, and smirking at the compliment that he gave her. She never got tired of those.
"Yeah you're right! But, they're desperate. Cause more stars mean a better life. That's how it works here." She tells them, making the two beside her sigh once again.
"Man, that system's totally messed up." Ryuko says as she lowers her head, the three going silent for a few seconds in thought before she raises it back up again, a light in her eyes as she thinks about something. "On second thought… It's perfect!" She exclaims, making Alex raise an eyebrow as he looks at her, wondering what she was thinking about…
Later that day, the three can be seen out in the courtyard of the school, Alex with a smirk on his face, Ryuko with a blank expression, and Mako with a fairly innocent smile. The first two were sitting in folding chairs beside one another with a wooden plank stuck in the ground beside Ryuko, while Mako stood behind them with a white banner. On each of them, the Kanji for "Fight Club" was written out.
After a few minutes of sitting there, Ira Gamagoori walked out to look at them, confusion clear in his eyes even as he stood in a professional way and kept the rest of his face clear of emotions. "What's the meaning of this, Matoi? Kirigaya?" He asks them, getting dual smirks in response.
"What'd ya mean? Can't ya read? We're starting up a fight club." Ryuko tells the man as Alex nods beside her, causing the man to scoff in response.
"Sure you are." He says sarcastically.
"You bet your ass we are. You guys are forcing people to start all these lame clubs to challenge me and Alex, so, we're starting our own. Say hello to the president of the fight club. Me!" She exclaims, Alex's smirk widening slightly at her words, while at the same time a sweatdrop appears on the back of his head.
She has no idea what she's gotten herself into… He thinks to himself as his left eye twitches and Ira starts talking to them once again.
"Do you honestly think that a club like that will get approved?" He asks them, before a bright light suddenly shines down on them, making the four look up to see Satsuki standing on her tower once again.
"I approve this fight club of yours." She tells them, making Alex rolls his eyes while Ryuko decides to simply glare at the girl standing above them.
"Here we go again. With her up there on her pedestal." She mutters, a scowl making its way onto her face.
"I see you've decided to take part in my system, Matoi. Kirigaya." Satsuki continues, a blank look on her face as she stares at the four on the ground below her.
"Yeah right! More like take apart your system and bring it down on top of you!" Ryuko yells up at her, making Satsuki smirk as she scoffs at them in response.
"We'll see… Just try not to let it go to your head…" She says. However, as Satsuki turns to leave, Alex finally speaks up.
"Oh, I don't think that'll be a problem after what happened in the past for me…" He says nonchalantly, making Satsuki pause, before she continues walking away from them. As she does this, Ryuko glares up at where she used to be standing.
"When I'm through with you, you're gonna be begging to tell me everything." Ryuko growls out, before Ira speaks up again.
"Let's get your paperwork sorted out." He says, and Alex looks down at the table that had suddenly appeared in front of him and Ryuko with a blank look, having become accustomed to the weirdness that seemed to follow him around no matter where he was.
"Wow, you switch gears fast." Ryuko comments as more members of the Disciplinary Committee appear with stacks of papers held in their hands.
"Lady Satsuki made her decision. I must accept it. Matoi, are you sure you want to be president of this club?" Ira asks, and before Ryuko can answer, Alex places a hand on her shoulder to keep her from speaking.
"Actually, I was thinking we have Mako be our president. She's perfect for the job with her attitude, since me and Ryuko will be the ones fighting." He explains, before looking over the paperwork that would no doubt have to be done by the brunette, who was now staring at Alex with wide eyes. However, before she could say anything, he continues. "And as for the paperwork that's gonna need to be done… Well, I'll also help her with that. I wasn't the secretary to the leader of a country for nothing after all." He says, surprising everyone present at the last sentence.
"Wait, you were a secretary Alex?" Mako asks, her surprise at becoming the president of the Fight Club gone as her curiosity for what her friend had said outweighs it.
"For the leader of a country?" Ryuko continues as Ira simply stares with wide eyes, his usual calm exterior slightly broken since he had definitely not expected Alexander Kirigaya to have done something like that. Then again no one, not even Inumuta could find out where he'd been the past eight years.
"Short answer, yes. Long answer, I'll explain it to you at another time. For now, what paperwork is there?" He asks Ira, breaking the man out of his surprise as he clears his throat, and has the members at his sides place the piles of paperwork on the table, listing them off as they were placed in front of the raven haired male.
"As president, Mankanshoku will need to submit a club activity log every Friday, each month she will file an expense report, and a request for the next month's budget. She also needs to file a club room request form, a club member organization chart and a list of family. And she must attend council meetings every morning at seven. No tardies!" He explains, making Mako stare at him in shock. However, it seemed that Alex wasn't lying about the secretary job.
Everyone was shocked as he suddenly rifled through the paperwork at speeds that astounded them, before all the paperwork was neatly situated in two piles, himself standing in front of the smaller of the two with a surprisingly serious facial expression as he begins to explain what he's done.
"Alright, seeing as not all of these need to be signed, I've gone through the liberty of listing out Mako's family, which includes us thanks to their hospitality, and filled out the member organization chart, seeing as so far it only consists of us three, with me and Ryuko being the active members, myself also being the secretary, and Mako being the president that will oversee everything, with the possibility of fighting if anything goes wrong for one of us. In which case, she'll need to receive a Goku uniform." He explains, before moving onto the larger pile.
"Now, the request for this month's budget will need to be signed by Mako, as soon as we find out how much we're going to need. So, that'll have to be held off for now. As for the club room, we'll either have to look through the empty ones, or request to have a new one built using the budget we receive, which is another reason to hold off on that." He continues, only surprising everyone present even more at how effectively he was going about this.
"As for the activities chart, Mako's gonna have to start on that later today since we haven't started any of our activities, and thus have nothing to write down. For the meetings, I'm sorry to say this Mako but it appears as if a bedtime is going to be reinstated for you." He continues, holding up a few of the pieces of paper in question in one hand, a pen in the other, as well as the fact that he was suddenly wearing oval shaped, wireframe glasses instead of his Sangurasu.
The only sound that remains in the courtyard after Alex's run-through is that of the wind blowing, before Ira clears his throat to regain his composure after he was shocked once again. He had not expected a student such as Alexander Kirigaya, who appeared to be similar to Ryuko Matoi in terms of hot-headedness, to have such a working understanding of this kind of thing.
"Yes, well, if you've finished with those sheets, then I shall take them and present them to Lady Satsuki." He says, getting a nod from Alex in response as he places the pen in one of the pockets of his jeans, before picking up the family member forms, as well as the club member organization chart. With a nod, Ira and the other members of the Disciplinary Committee left the three in silence, before Mako and Ryuko slowly turned towards Alex.
As they do this, he calmly removes his glasses and places them in a case, which he then placed in his pocket, before taking out his Sangurasu and placing it over his eyes as he gave them a smirk. "Before you say anything, I'll help with the paperwork all that I can Mako, and the reason for the bedtime is so that you don't fall asleep during the meetings, and get in trouble with anyone there. Ryuko… You're welcome." He tells them with a smile, causing the two girls to share a look, before turning back to Alex.
"Thank you!" They exclaim as one, Mako leaping onto Alex and tackling him to the ground since she had been scared about the paperwork she might've had to do all alone, while Ryuko thanks him with a shudder as she looks out of the corner of her eyes at the large stack of papers.
Well Alex, I'd say that you've succeeded in making these two ladies very happy. Senketsu says, and in response, Ryuko looks down at her Kamui in confusion, while Alex smiles.
"No kidding Senketsu. Who would've thought that I'd be glad that I used to be big bro's secretary for a couple years?" He asks with a laugh, making Ryuko's eyes fly over to him as they widen in shock.
"Wait, you can understand Senketsu?!" She exclaims, not noticing how he'd mentioned his brother had been the leader he was talking about earlier, and making Alex wince as he gives her a sheepish smile.
"Yeah. Kinda happened after your battle with Sanageyama. Cut my hand open on the cart while we were on our way back to the slums, and your wrists were bleeding from the battle. I had the brilliant idea of seeing if having your blood mix with mine would do anything and batta-bing, batta-boom, I'm now able to understand Senketsu." He tells her. In response, Ryuko simply continues to stare at him, before shaking her head.
"I should've known you'd think up something like that…" She mutters, before looking up with a smile. "But at least now I won't have to play translator for you two." She says, making Alex nod in response… Though it was a bit difficult with Mako still thanking him as she buried her head into his shoulder.
"Sen-I-Soshitsu!" As Ryuko yells this, Maimu Okurahama, president of the dance club, had her president uniform torn to pieces, along with all the other members of her club, and the Life Fiber from the Two-star outfit was absorbed into Senketsu. "One down and a bunch more to go!" Ryuko exclaims with a smile on her face, Mako cheering off to the side, causing Alex to smile.
Chances are she wouldn't be so happy if I wasn't taking care of a majority of the paperwork. He thinks with a mental chuckle, happy that he's able to help Mako in more ways than just possibly getting her and her family better living conditions… Meanwhile, another part of his mind chuckles at the sight of his girlfriend covered in shoe marks from when the dance club tried to take her out by kicking her with their mud covered shoes.
What followed after the formation of the club was a slight change in the usual schedule for the three, but would no doubt be worth it in the long run. After school, instead of immediately heading back home, Alex, Ryuko and Mako would head off to find different clubs to fight, and raise their reputation. Ryuko easily took out the wakeboarding club, and pottery club. Meanwhile, Alex ended up getting into more fights than he had since being there.
The first fight that he got into was between him and the swimming club, whose president was a Caucasian skinned female with long, light blue hair, hazel eyes, and had a Two-star outfit that consisted of the top part being a bikini, and the bottom part being wrapped around her legs to make her appear as if she was a mermaid. Her name was Tamao Ichinose. Needless to say that when Alex got into the water to fight, she laughed.
"You think you can beat us? The water is our domain!" She exclaims, before diving under the water and rushing him, the other members of the club not too far behind her. In response, Alex smirks as he pulls out Sangurasu, and then proceeds to bat away the members using the flat end of the blade. However, he didn't manage to get Tamao as she sped past his swings, and wrapped around his waist with her "tail", before throwing him to the far end of the pool.
He pushed himself up, spitting some of the water out of his mouth, and smirked. "Huh, you got a helluva throw, I'll give you that. But quite honestly, if that's the best that you can do than you're nothing but another minnow." He says, making the president look at him with a smile on her face as her eyes closed.
"…Minnow?" She asks, before glaring at him as her mouth twisted into a snarl. "You'll have wished that you never said that you bastard!" She exclaims, diving underneath the water and swimming towards him at high speeds. However, Alex just jumps up and out of the water as she gets closer, causing Tamao to follow him into the air. "I've got you now!" She exclaims, only for Alex to smirk in response.
"Just like a fish to take the bait." He says, before flipping in the air as he reaches the peak of his jump, and begins to fall back down. "Thanks for the workout! Sen-I-Soshitsu!" He exclaims, grateful that he'd had Ryuko teach him that move so that he didn't need to transform Gurren Lagann and use his drills to shred the clothes. Tamao ended up falling into a net at the side of the water, with one big difference from whenever Ryuko used her attack. Tamao still had her underwear intact.
"Well, that's that." He says, grabbing onto the Life Fiber that was floating down through the air, before holding it out towards Ryuko and allowing Senketsu to absorb it. Ryuko smirks in response, before the two of them leave the area, and head off to look for some more fights, Mako right beside them with the same banner held in her hands. The next fight that Alex got into was with, ironically enough, the photography club. Although it couldn't really be called a fight.
The president was a Caucasian skinned male with long black hair, and ebony eyes. However, he seemed to constantly be sweating, and his eyes were drawn to Ryuko as he pulled out his camera. However, before he even had a chance to say anything that Alex knew wouldn't end well, he'd rushed past the teen with Sangurasu, and used Sen-I-Soshitsu on him. The Life Fiber went to Senketsu, and the trio continued on their way.
While Ryuko and Alex continued to fight the different clubs at school, Alex also helped out Mako with the paperwork that needed to be done as president of the fight club. Luckily most of the paperwork could be done easily, and with how it was set up, Alex was usually able to fill out the forms, and then leave Mako to simply sign them to make them official. He was also firm about Mako's sleeping schedule so that she would always arrive well rested and on time for the council meetings.
Finally, after nearly a week of this schedule, they all received the rewards for their hard work. "Neat! Wow! Whoa! Amazing!" Mako exclaims as her brother laughs with joy, Alex and Ryuko watching the two with smiles on their faces. The reason for all this was because Mako had been promoted to a One-star position, and thus the Mankanshokus, along with Alex and Ryuko, had gotten better living conditions in the form of a condo.
"We've got a bathtub inside the house!" Mako exclaims as she lies in said bathroom, while Matarou runs the showerhead beside her for the hell of it.
"We have a washing machine! A~~nd an automatic dishwasher!" Sukuyo exclaims with a twinkle in her eyes at the sight.
"We've got air conditioning too~~~! And there's one in every room!" Matarou exclaims as he holds Guts in front of the AC in question, the dog more than happy in the current position.
"We've got freaking toilets! This is unbelievable-!" Barazou cuts himself off as the toilet proves to be better than he thought. Inside one of the three bedrooms in the condo, Alex, and Ryuko stood in front of a floor to ceiling window, while Mako sat on the bottom half of a bunk bed.
"Hey Ryuko! Alex! Aren't our rooms the best ever?! I love, love, love being a One-star!" Mako exclaims as she rolls around on the bed, eventually wrapping herself up in the blanket that was there with a large smile on her face.
"I guess what she said was true. More stars do mean a better life. But I didn't think it'd happen so fast." Ryuko comments, making Alex frown in response.
"…You're right." He tells her, making her raise an eyebrow as she looks out of the corner of her eyes at him.
"What'd ya you mean?" She asks. However, Alex looks over at Mako and sees her still smiling with a glint in her eyes, and then turns back to his girlfriend.
"I'll tell you and everyone else after dinner. I'd rather not ruin the good mood that they're in right now." He tells her, making her mimic his frown when she hears him say that. However, she doesn't have to wait long as after a couple hours, dinner is served and everyone gets ready to eat.
"It's dinner time!" Everyone exclaims with smiles on their faces. Unlike every meal beforehand, this one takes place at a much larger table, which was covered in more food than the Mankanshokus were familiar with.
"No mystery croquets tonight, no siree bob! Tonight we're having croquets filled with one hundred percent real beef and pork from my own cows and pigs!" Sukuyo exclaims with a large smile on her face as everyone starts eating, all the Mankanshokus crying at the taste.
"They're so frigging goo~~~~d!" Matarou exclaims through his tears
"Who'd have thought this family'd ever get a chance to live like this?!" Barazou exclaims, before hugging Mako, Ryuko and Alex into his sides as tears continue to stream down his face. "Thank you Mako, Ryuko and Alex! We owe it all to you!" He exclaims, and the three blush at the praise.
"Ah jeez, you don't need to thank us. As long as you guys are happy, that's all the thanks we need." Ryuko tells him, Mako and Alex nodding in agreement, before everyone goes back to eating. However, when dinner is finished, things change slightly as Alex slaps his hand down on the table.
"Alright, emergency Mankanshoku, Kirigaya and Matoi meeting people. Now that things are different, I have a something to say." He says with a serious face, surprising everyone else and making them stop looking around in wonder at the condo they're living in now. "Now, what I have to say won't necessarily be good or nice to hear. However, it's necessary." He continues, looking around to see that everyone was paying attention, even Guts. He lets out a sigh at the sight before him.
"Mako, Guts, Matarou, Mr. Mankanshoku and Mrs. Mankanshoku… I know that you are the last family that I'd expect this to happen to given your nature, but after what's happened in the past, I feel the need to warn you about the dangers that come with what's happened." He tells them surprising them even more.
"But… What could be dangerous about this? We're so much better off than we were before man!" Matarou exclaims, making Alex turn to look at him in response.
"Exactly." He says, surprising and confusing everyone present. "Things right now are so much better than when you were living in the Slums of this city. You've gained so much, and I'd personally beat anyone that said you didn't deserve this into the ground for you." He continues, making the family tear up slightly at his words. "However, it is because you've gained so much that it's dangerous." He continues.
"You went from living in a single house with little to live on, to suddenly living in this wonderful condo. You even thought of making sure to buy this specific one so that me and Ryuko can sleep with one another, and I want to thank you for that." He tells them with a smile, getting slight blushes from the family from the thanks. "But yet again, this can lead to dangers… Mako." He says as he turns to look at her, making her jump a bit at him suddenly addressing her.
"Me?" She asks, getting a nod.
"As president of the fight club, it's your job to make sure things stay on task. However, it's because of this job that you are basically in charge of how it continues, and by extension how you family will end up living because of it." He continues, surprising the other members of the family at the information. "And because of this, and the fact that you're all so happy because of your new life, that I have to warn you of what can happen." He says with a sigh.
"What do you mean?" Sukuyo asks him in confusion, making him raise his head to look at her.
"Now that you live in a condo, you know what it's like to live like this. You've learned what it's like to live how people like you should live. However, because you gained so much in so little time, that could lead to some very dangerous waters. Right now, you are honestly happy, and joyful at how this has turned out. However, say that in another week's time Mako asks for another advancement in living conditions, and we end up with a mansion or something." He explains, shocking the family at the idea.
"That… That would be awesome!" Matarou exclaims, only for Alex to shake his head.
"No… No it wouldn't." He says, shocking the family at what he's saying. "And you see, this is why I was saying it wouldn't be nice or good to hear. At this point in time, you can't ask for another jump in living conditions. I've seen this happen before, when I was gone for eight years. Almost everyone I knew was living like how you did. And then suddenly, a whole lot of them gained some good things. A small amount of them stayed the same at the sudden jump." He explains, a small smile on his face, before it changed into a frown as he looks down at the table.
"However… Everyone else was suddenly filled with the need for more. They had gained so much in so little time, that they thought about how they could gain even more than that. And it changed them. They weren't the happy, joyful, friendly people that I'd gotten to know. Instead, they were greedy, they broke ties with many of their friends because of how they got to live, and they even had trouble within the families… I'm telling you this, because I don't want it to happen to you guys." He continues.
"What do you mean by that?" Ryuko asks her boyfriend, speaking up for the first time in the conversation and bringing his attention to her, before he turns back to the Mankanshokus to answer her question, while also addressing them.
"What I mean is that I want this family, the family that I got to know through your generosity, to stay that way. I don't want you four, I'm sorry Guts, five, to suddenly think about how you could get even more than this. I mean, from what I've seen so far, I don't believe that you would do that. However, I thought the same thing about many of my past friends, and it happened to them regardless. I just…" He trails off as he looks down at the table, before looking back up at the family.
"You're all such wonderful people, and I've already told you that I can't think of another family that deserves this life as much as you. But what's happiness right now… Could very well turn into unknown greed over the next couple weeks if you keep gaining and gaining. So… I'm going to do everything that I can to make sure that your lives get better, but you stay the same as you were before. I will not let you fall like all those friends of mine in the past." He says with conviction.
Silence is all that remains in the room, before Sukuyo finally speaks. "You're such a wonderful young man." She says in a slight whisper with tears in her eyes, before hiccupping slightly as she keeps herself from crying. "You and Ryuko… You've done this for us, and now…" She continues, hiccupping again as the other members of the family start to tear up, before Barazou finally loses it as he reaches across the table and pulls the raven haired male into a crushing hug as he bawls.
"Thank you Alex! For making it so that we don't become swallowed by our greed!" He exclaims as the others tear up, Ryuko smiling at the sight of what her boyfriend had done as slight tears appear at the edges of her eyes when she realized that what he'd said was true. She'd seen that line of thinking in Kanto during her travels between school, and she hadn't even thought of the possibility of it happening to the Mankanshokus.
"It's no problem Mr. Mankanshoku. You've done so much for me and Ryuko, I'm simply trying to return the favor." He replies to the man, a small smile on his face at the man's reaction since at this point, he was used to it.
Finally, after nearly fifteen minutes and quite a few group hugs, the Mankanshokus finally calmed down enough so that Ryuko could go and take a bath, while the family remained together and talked about their new life. However, they realized that as excited as they were today, they would have to learn to get used to what they had, and not be demanding of more, lest they have what Alex warned them about actually happen.
As for the male teen in question, he had made sure to remind Mako about filling out the activities form and was now lying in the queen sized bed that was in the room the Mankanshokus had made sure to get for him and Ryuko, thinking about his talk with the family in question. After a few minutes of lying there the door opened, and Ryuko walked in to see him lying there, bringing a smile to her face as she thinks once again about what he'd done.
The sound of her closing the door to their room and locking it broke Alex out of his thoughts as he turned towards the sound and saw his girlfriend standing there in the PJ's that Mako had given her, causing a smile to appear on his face as he pushes himself up so that he can sit with his back against the headboard. "Hey Ryuko. You enjoy the new bath?" He asks, and she nods with the smile still on her face as she climbs onto the bed beside him, taking his hand with her own.
"Yeah. You wouldn't believe how relaxing it was." She says, getting a "hm." in response. After a few seconds, she turns and captures his lips with her own in a loving kiss, pulling back a few seconds later. "…Thanks." She thanks him, making him raise an eyebrow in confusion, so she elaborates. "The Mankanshokus are the closest thing I have to family since my father died. And what you did earlier… Making sure that they'd stay the same… Thank you." She says, and he smiles in response as he's the one to start the kiss this time, separating a few seconds later.
"Hey, I already told them. If there's any family that deserves this, it's them. I'm just making sure that they stay as the same Mankanshokus that we've both come to know and love. I hated seeing it happen to my past friends, and I'll be damned if I let it happen to them." He tells her, making her smile once again at his response, before leaning forwards and starting another kiss. However, after a few seconds of lip-lock, the kiss got a bit more intense, and Ryuko moves so that she's sitting on his lap, her hands on his shoulders and his own at her waist.
After a few seconds, the two pull apart and stare into each other's eyes. "…You know we have our own room now…" Alex mutters, and Ryuko simply continues to stare at him.
"…Shirt. Off. Now." She tells him, and he responds with a smirk as he proceeds to do as she says and remove his shirt.
"I've told you before, and I'll tell you again. Ryuko, you are hot when you get like this." He says as he tosses the black shirt onto the bedside table, the jacket already hanging up on the white wall next to the bedside table. The only response he gets is Ryuko capturing his lips with her own, while her hands move to rest on his chest before they start to rub, making him give a light groan into their kiss.
As it continues, he places his hands on her bare waist, and in response Ryuko shudders slightly above him, before initiating a French kiss between the two, and moaning from the feeling that it gave her. In response, Alex fights against her tongue with his own, only making it that much better for her as he begins to lightly rub her waist. The response is instantaneous as Ryuko suddenly becomes more aggressive, pushing his tongue back into his mouth and causing him to groan in response.
When Alex realizes what happened, he smirks into the kiss, before separating as he quickly moves his lips to her neck, causing her to moan in response from the feeling that he's giving her as she moves her hands up to the back of his head, urging him to continue as her moans get slightly louder, the two of them thankful for the walls and door. As Alex continues to kiss her neck, he trails his hands over her waist, and Ryuko gasps at the feeling, before pushing him back against the headboard.
In response, Alex shakes his head, surprised at what she'd done, before he opens his eyes, and they widen at the sight before him. When he'd been pushed away, Ryuko was wearing the PJ's the Mako had given her. However, now she was only wearing the pants of those PJ's, and the shirt was currently falling through the air behind his girlfriend, who only had her bra on her upper body as she takes his head in her hands and presses her lips to his in a passionate kiss.
As it continues, Alex trails his hands over the skin that was in sight, making Ryuko shiver on top of him from his touch, moaning into their kiss as she does the same to his chest and abs. However, she's slightly confused when she feels something pressing against her leg, and it takes a few seconds to realize what it is. When she does, her eyes fly open to see his own are already looking at her as she pulls away from the kiss. The two are silent for a few seconds, before Ryuko allows a smirk to come over her face.
"Well now Alex… I never expected this." She says, and he gives a nervous laugh.
"Hey… I'm a guy. And when a guy has a beautiful girl straddling him, what else would you expect?" He asks her, and she simply continues to smirk before it changes to her signature one, letting Alex know that Ryuko had thought of something. Whether it was good or bad for him remained to be seen, however.
"Well, if that's the case…" She trails off, before Alex gives a grunt at the sudden pressure on his groin, looking down to see that Ryuko had wrapped her hand around the bulge, and making his head shoot up to hers and see that she was staring at him as she started to rub. "Then I suppose that it can't be helped…" She continues, making him groan as she continues to fondle him.
As he focuses on her eyes, he's distracted by the smoldering look that they hold, as well as how her tongue slowly pokes out of her mouth and trails over her lips, licking them in a way that Alex couldn't help but find seductive. While this happens, he's keenly aware of the feeling of her hand on his groin as she leans forwards to breath beside his ear, making him shiver slightly from the feeling she's giving him.
"Well Alex, it looks like the roles are switched. Aren't they?" She asks him in a whisper, before lightly kissing his cheek to tease him, and all he can do is groan in response. "But I suppose that you were right the other day. Men really are at their girlfriend's beck and call in the bedroom, aren't they?" She asks as she continues to fondle him. However, she suddenly gasps a few seconds later, and is forced to moan as her hand drops from his groin.
The reason for this was most likely due to the fact that Alex currently had one of her covered breasts in his hand, and was kneading and squeezing it lightly. "I suppose that's true, Ryuko. However, that doesn't mean that the woman's boyfriend can't have a little fun." He whispers before he begins to kiss her neck, causing Ryuko to moan as the pleasured feeling that she's receiving doubles.
As Alex continues, Ryuko starts to pant slightly as the smoldering look in her eyes gets thicker, her love for the man she's straddling causing her to love this even more. And as he gives her breast a particularly hard squeeze, she gasps, before grabbing onto his wrists and crashing her lips to his in a hungry kiss, pressing her chest against his own, and making him groan at the same time that she moans into the kiss from the feeling.
Now, Ryuko Matoi was known for being embarrassed quite easily out in public. However, in this room, alone with her boyfriend, her aggressive personality shined through as the two continued their passionate kiss. After a few more minutes, they were lying side by side on the bed, their hands clasped together under the sheets as they shared a love filled kiss, separating a few moments later. "…We need to do this more often." Ryuko mutters, and Alex smirks as he nods in agreement.
"Of course. And the fact that we have this room to ourselves makes it that much easier." He says, making Ryuko chuckle a bit as she places one last kiss on his lips before resting her head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat as she smiles, letting the beat lull her into sleep, with Alex not too far behind as he keeps his left hand on his girlfriend's back, his right one at his side as he drifts off to the sound of his girlfriend's gentle breathing.
Author's Note Part 2: Well, how's that for plot deviance?! Now, who here that's still reading this, and has watched this episode of the anime, didn't want something like this to happen for the Mankanshokus? I mean, yeah I get the message the episode was trying to convey about greed and whatnot, but honestly, I think the Mankanshokus deserved this kind of life. So, Alex has made it so that they can have it.
And, you've gotten a bit more backstory on him! Not much I'll admit, but you've gotten a bit more information on what it was that he's done over the past eight years. However, it's gonna take a little while for his full past to be revealed, but I already have an idea concerning that…
As for the heated scene between the two lovebirds, I kinda figured that while Ryuko would get embarrassed in public, as well as around people that she doesn't know very well, I would think that after she got a boyfriend, her aggressive and tomboy-ish behavior would return, and she'd act more like this during the relationship. So, this is the kind of Ryuko that you can expect from now on!
Anyways, I guess that I should reply to the reviews that I received last chapter. Yes, you read right, reviews, as in more than one. I'm glad about this, and honestly, I'm hoping it happens more often. But, seeing as I'm also guilty of reading a story, Favoriting and Following it but not reviewing, I understand why I don't have all that many.
Anime PJ:
Well, you got it in one. Though, I suppose that even for those of you that didn't read the other stories it was fairly obvious… As for your comment on MB and GL, yeah, I think I have to agree with you on that. xD And since I just finished this a few days after writing the last chapter, thanks for answering my question, and as you can see I've applied the answer here.
SPARTAN-626:
Thanks for the compliment! As for the explanation, it's still a little while away, but you won't have to wait much longer… Anyways, for Gurren Lagann being used as a suit instead of giant robot, I agree with the OP-ness since he'll be facing the other students, and I also kinda figured that it would make quite a bit of sense considering where he is.
As for the bumps in the road for Ryuko and Alex, I don't think I'll be writing that many out, and if I do, they'll most likely be small scale fights between the two, since I already established that their childhood crushes played into this, as well as the fact that they were separated for eight years. I don't think that if you found someone after eight years, and got together with them not too long after, that you'd be in a hurry to cheat on them…
As for original chapters, I'm still finding out how exactly those will play in besides the occasional Alex and Ryuko date chapters, but I'm sure I'll find out soon enough.
But anyways guys, I think that's about all I have to cover for this chapter. So, thanks for taking the time out of your day to read this, and I hope to see you all in the next chapter!