((To an earlier review: I've played Gears of War, but not my thing to fanfic. Sonic, though...))

Ryuko stared down at the piece of paper. "Tell me this is a joke."

"Unfortunately, it is not." Aikuro explained. "You must understand, you were born from the seed of Isshin Matoi and Ragyo Kiryuin, and Life Fibers were sewn into you just as you were born. That much we know. We do not know if Isshin was behind this new fact, but we can guess that Ragyo wanted to see if the blood of the ultimate life form was more accepting of the Life Fibers. We do not know if this played a role in your 'death' or your abilities, though I can tell you that it only affected your appearance by only that much."

Ryuko rubbed her hair. "Dammit, if this keeps up, I probably should become a space hunter or something. Still, I don't get why you told me why I'm related to alien corpse.

And then Aikuro stripped what she knew. "Because that alien is alive."

"So, your uncle is a hedgehog." Satsuki deadpanned. They were all sitting in a limo. "And just when the Kiryuin could not get any stranger..."

"Hey, he's your uncle by proxy. Who knows, maybe he's the normal one of the family." Ryuko joked. "But really, I don't think he was aware that his blood was used, but I just want to know."

HALLELUJAH! "Don't worry, Ryuko! Blood is thicker than water and doesn't wash off smoothly! And even though he may be an animal, so is Guts, though Guts doesn't have our blood, but maybe he could be your pet like Guts is because even though Guts doesn't have our blood, Guts is still our family!"

Satsuki stared at Mako. She turned to Ryuko. "I understand. Even though we have each other, I too wanted to know if there was family out there that still cared for me."

"Satsuki..." Suddenly the limo swerved at stopped. Ryuko clung onto Mako. "What the hell?"

"My apologies, but it seems traffic has become unexpected." Soroi apologized. Satsuki rolled the sunroof away and peered at the sight. People were running away from robots, designs that included the Do-DTR as well as several she didn't recognize. However, she did spot six creatures. They sported horns and were two colors, the predominant color being black. "What are those?"

Their leader, a particularly buff red and black creature, huffed as he looked around. "Conquering this world's machines is not as fun as draining it."

The puny blue and black alien scowled. "Patience, Zavok. We should be fortunate that this planet has given us a welcoming gift. First, we need to get rid of the hedgehog before he can get in the way again."

Ryuko leapt out of the limo, grabbing a broken piece of pipe. "What was that about a hedgehog?"

"Oh? What an uninteresting little runt." The green and black alien took a glance at her and back at her nails. "It doesn't concern you."

Ryuko was ready to fight, but Satsuki had the sense to run into a pawn shop and grabbed a set of katanas, throwing a pair to Ryuko as she joined her sister's side. "Ryuko."

Ryuko nodded. "Let's do this."

((So yes, Ryuko is related to Shadow like Shadow is related to the dead Black Arms. And with Black Arms no more, there just happens to be another group of aliens. Maybe I should give Ryuko and Satsuki jet skates or something...or add in Mako for some Kill la Heroes.))