"Oooh, yeah," Morrigan moaned after another swipe from the Scissor Blade knocked her backwards.
Ryuko shivered in disgust. "Could you stop that? Please?"
"I cannae help it," panted the Succubus. "Fightin' ye's got me all worked up!"
"Then- I won't fight you," said the girl defiantly, settling into a more passive hover on Senketsu Shippu's boosters.
"Oh, but if ye don't, ye'd have t'watch me seduce, defile, an' obliterate all your friends before we get nasty! Do ye really want that?"
"No, I-"
"Great! Back to the floggings!"
Ryuko gritted her teeth. This fight was not going nearly as well as she had hoped. Morrigan was not quite strong enough to be dealing any significant damage, but her own attacks seemed to be equally ineffective, aside from evidently fulfilling a pain-related fetish. She knew that the shapeshifting wings that hung from Morrigan's lower back were one of her few weaknesses, but the demon was guarding them very well. On top of all that, as the battle dragged on, Ryuko was feeling more and more reluctant to hit her opponent. At first, it was because the euphoric wails had been unsettling, and that was the reason she told herself she hesitated now. But more recently, her reluctance stemmed from a desire to not ruin that perfect skin, or bring a tear into those shining eyes…
No, snap out of it, she told herself. You can't fall under her spell! You need to finish this before you're all over those SS+ rank- NO.
"Dammit, I've had enough!" screamed the girl, as her Scissor Blade extended to its full length.
"Oh, an' there I thocht I would finish first," Morrigan giggled.
"You want to get dirty? Fine!" roared Ryuko. "But you're gonna have to get naked first!"
"And ye've finally come around! Tell ye what, the guest bedroom doon at the city hall has some very nice-"
Morrigan quickly realized that the girl was not ceding to her influence, but instead held a much-larger Scissor Blade behind her shoulder, as if preparing to strike.
"Oh, ye mean-"
"SEN-I-SOSHITSU!"
A trail of pink glimmers in the air was the only evidence that the sword had moved at all. Morrigan floated backward, fluttering her wings.
"What did ye do to me?"
"Wait for it," instructed Ryuko.
On cue, Morrigan's entire outfit fell to pieces. Ryuko shut her eyes and charged ahead at full speed. Her plan was working- Morrigan, distracted by her sudden disrobing, would not be able to concentrate her efforts on defending her wings. Thus, Ryuko could ambush her, lop off her extra limbs, and leave her vulnerable enough to finish off. Ryuko was quite pleased with her strategy, up until the moment that her move to flank Morrigan was halted by an extended bare foot, whose toes were fiddling with Senketsu's suspenders.
"I have'ta admit, slicing me clothes off's a new one, and I think I'm takin' a fancy to it. Mmm, yeah."
Ryuko desperately tried to not look down the leg. "Y-you're not even fazed?"
"Na, na. Besides, I can replace it whenever it behooves me!"
Ryuko pulled back, and with great effort, avoided looking at Morrigan's fully bared body. As further insurance, she clapped a hand over her eyes. "Well, you're going to have to because I'm still fighting you!"
"Aw, for shame," sighed the Succubus as several bat-like shapes flapped up from below, pressed themselves over her pale skin, and transformed into her signature outfit. "It's nae fun when ye keep teasin' me like this!"
"But- you- I-"
"Your antics are gettin' a wee bit stale," Morrigan frowned. "I'd rather mess around with 'Olly anyway. I'll just have to put ye in your place! Astral Vision!"
A second Succubus appeared in a flash of light, hovering next to the original.
"What's up, Morri?"
Morrigan turned towards her younger half. "I've run into a problem I can't… ye know."
"Oh, gotcha. So, like, what do you need me to do?" Asked Lilith eagerly.
"Hold the lass in bondage still!"
"Oh, okay!"
Ryuko knew she had to escape, but with the appearance of the second Succubus, it was becoming very difficult to do so. Everything other than the women was getting hazy and slow, and while she knew she could get away, she was finding it very difficult to want to. A few seconds of indecision was all it took for the smaller girl to lock her arms under Ryuko's in a full-nelson hold.
"Like this, Morri?"
"Perfect!" called the elder Succubus. She extended her right arm, curling her open fingers into a fist, and again used her left to hold it in place.
"Before I give ye a taste of the full-power Soul Fist, do ye have any last words?"
As much as Ryuko wanted to make some sort of snappy one liner, she couldn't. Everything was a fuzzy blur now. She could barely make out the words that Morrigan's glorious lips were forming. The illusion was somewhat ruined when a look of confusion swept over the Succubus' face.
"I'm sorry, could ye say that again?"
Ryuko was very sure that she had not said anything, nor would she have been able to hear it. But evidently, something had been said, as Lilith had heard it too.
"I think it was 'kaaaa' or something," suggested the younger demon.
"Now, what sort of nonsense is that? Ye want to tell us?"
"Ok, now, she said it again!"
"Nae, that was a wee bit different. She said 'meeee' that time. 'Ka-me'. Ah, she's alludin' to the state of her panties."
"Oh, that'd totally make sense!"
"Na, she just said somethin' else. 'Haaaa'. Spit it out, lass! What're ye playing at?"
"Whatever it is, she's back to 'meeee' again," said Lilith.
"Hmph. And she did all that without moving 'er lips. Was it some sort of message?"
"I dunno."
"'Ka-me-ha-me.' What does that even mean?"
"No idea."
"Well, I'm sorry that those were your last words," said the elder Succubus, still aiming her fist at Ryuko. "An' I'm also sorry we dinnae get any closer than we did. A cryin' shame, it is. "
Ryuko detected a faint yellow glow form around her hand. She hadn't really been paying much attention to what was going on, since she simply could not. What she did know was that she was about to get hit by a fairly powerful attack, one that she could not gauge the strength of effectively. Her ability to resist had completely disappeared; she felt no concern, no fear, only the blissful touch of the second Succubus' arms around her. She had heard Senketsu's voice shouting warnings at her for quite some time, but they had since turned into a faint, echo-laden drone in the back of her head. Her eyes began to sink closed until she noticed something obstruct her view of Morrigan. At first, she was upset, but quickly began to return to her senses. Someone now hovered between her and the Succubus.
Morrigan had no problems with the idea of a foursome, but generally preferred that it happened with all parties invited. The man that had suddenly appeared out of thin air had not been, and was an unnecessary distraction. She was about to request that he move aside, when she saw the glowing orb of energy clutched between his hands and sensed the tremendous power radiating off of him, spilling out into the air nearby. Very quickly, she put together exactly what was going on. The implications left her with only one response.
"Oh, f*ck me," she whispered.
The man pushed his hands forward, and with a primal scream of "HAAAA," the orb gave way to a gigantic beam of blue-white energy, which surrounded and consumed the Succubus. At first, she became a silhouette, then a shadow, then a darkened cloud within the beam, and as the miles-long stream of ki began to dissipate, there was nothing left of Morrigan but fine black ashes.
Lilith, still wrapped around Ryuko, began to say something, but instantly disappeared. The girl in the Kamui blinked, her vision finally clearing, although now discolored from the light of the attack.
The man exhaled and let his arms drop to the sides of his hips as he turned to face Ryuko. He had a blocky build, but not quite bulky, and had the fat cheeks and bright eyes of a young child set onto a grown man's face. He wore a baggy orange gi with a blue shirt underneath, and small, ornate cloth boots. He smiled, closed his eyes, and scratched his messy hair.
"Sorry about that," he laughed nervously. "It looked like you guys were wrapped up in something, and I didn't know if they'd listen if I wanted to ask you a question."
Ryuko stared in awe. Reality had only just come back to her, and it was doing so in a way that was not very convenient.
Ryuko… this must be the man the others were talking about, said Senketsu. His voice was a welcome sound in her head, and was definitely helping to clear away the muddled mess it had been moments before.
Shoot, really? This is the guy?
He seems to match the description, Ryuko.
"Ask me… a question?" echoed Ryuko.
"Yeah. I'm looking for somebody named Matoi, I think, a girl with half of a giant pair of scissors. Some guys told me she was really strong, and I'd really like to see just how strong that is. So, are you her?"
"Yeah, yeah I am," she grunted. "Who wants to know?"
"My name is Son Goku, but you can just call me Goku."
"Okay, Goku, buddy, listen. I don't really care who you are, if you want to fight me, you'll do it when I want, and I don't want to now."
"But, we kinda have to."
"What? Why?"
"Because, there's no way for us to spar safely outside of the rounds- we'd end up hurting people in the training rooms. And there's no way to guarantee we'd have enough space again later on. This is kind of a golden opportunity, you know?"
"You know what? I will fight you. I'll fight you because I don't ever want to see your sorry face around here again. You talk a big game, like you're real important to fight only the strongest guys around. But you're not. You're a nobody with stupid light-show hands. And I'm going to put you in your place."
"I don't care what you think of me. I'm here for the challenge, not your respect," he grunted, drawing his arms into a martial arts stance, which looked very odd since he was floating in the air.
Ryuko, are you sure about this? You saw the way he destroyed Morrigan.
Yeah, and I'm tougher than her, probably. It doesn't matter. I need to show this guy that he can't go around and just decide he wants to fight people for his own sake. I'm going to make him sorry he ever learned my name.
I hope you're right.