Rebel versus Discipline
Eight AM the next morning...
All of the students that remained from the onslaught of Natural Elections were standing within the courtyard of Honnoji Academy. It was quite the remarkable sight, out of the entire population only several hundred remained and even then those that did for the most part were beaten up and tired.
The Elite Four stood as a Elites among their peers. Their Three Star uniforms were not at all damaged or even marked with dust. Gamagori was still in a relaxed posture glaring at those that survived. Sanageyama was very relaxed his hands positioned behind him grabbing the back of his green hair. Jakuzure was balancing her baton upon the palm of her right hand. Inumuta was typing into a PDA about the students around him.
Everyone silenced when the field of rotating Life Fibers faded away things were getting serious. A clicking sound radiated and a light bowed the weak members down to a kneel while the Elites did it on their own volition. Two were not bowing instead they were standing. One in the front, Ryuko Matoi clutching firmly to the Scissor Blade that had been used to dominate the other students. The second in the very back covered in a black cloak hands grasping two blades that were undefined at this distance.
A top the tower the click radiated again the aura grew stronger as the light intensified. A stark outline came from within the light, long slender legs, military inspired posture, hands grasping the edge of the Bakuzan. Her long black-blue hair swished as she glanced down at the survivors with a distasteful expression for sure.
"I see you have survived the ordeal of the Natural Elections," Satsuki's words carried like cannon fire striking everyone right in the sense. She glanced over the crowd picking out the definitive faces of the group. Everyone went quite as she smiled faintly her loyal subjects willing listening to her every word.
"Of course your challenge is not over! Those of you that have made it here are exemplars within the lower class of the school!" her words brought cries of confusion from the crowd. Surviving the week was hard enough for most of the students now there was another challenge." If you truly desire to obtain the true glory of a Three Star Goku Uniform! You must survive-" the school began to shake and quiver under her words.
Pillars raised in the gap between the tower and the hordes of students. Each had massive spikes and handhold along the sides and a large flat based top, they were podiums. Spectator stands lifted along the sides of the courtyard as if they had been there forever. Satsuki smiled as several of the students looked up at here with massive confusion.
"Those of you that climb to the top of these towers will be in contention for the Three Star Goku uniforms!" her large eyebrows arched as the crowd instantly began to whip into a frenzied bull rush for the post." At the end those of you that make it to the top must combat one another! Good luck," she took a step back watching as the horde charged.
'Matoi's going to fight off Satsuki I'll get my shot at REVOCs later. Of course I know those two Fencing Club captains are here and seeing them get stomped into the ground is something that I couldn't live with,' both swords spun as he barged into the crowd. The writhing mass of humanity all rushing to one point was like a moment in fantasy, something he'd never do again.
'Phooom!' he turned throwing a solid dozen students away their naked bodies blowing into others. He kept going plowing through the horde like a wrecking ball, his target were the two Fencing Club leaders that had filled in his role, they were climbing the same tower as Ira Gamagori, the furthest from his location.
'If you use my power we can reach them in several seconds of course that will pressure Matoi even more,' Sentokitsu remarked as the pillar they passed had an angry Ryuko running up it slashing away packs of students as well. Shinko lowered his head throwing slashes from both weapons out leaving a gap in the middle of the pack.
"I know that's why I'm only gunning for Gamagori! A solid kick and he'll throw those two off," Shinko remarked watching as the Elite Four threw their attacks from the pillars like nothing more than trash. He dodged the falling bodies and threw any in his way to the sidelines he could not let either of them win but having them lose was not good either.
'We're too late, both of them,' the Kamui remarked as both Two Star students were whipped from the edge of the pillar. Gamagori was three-quarters of the way there.
"Life Fiber: Fusion!" he transformed in the run blowing away students with the power of Life Fiber Fusion. He blew forward throwing more out of the way as the Two Star leaders tumbled through the air. He pressed his feet down hard shattering the ground beneath them before firing off with a loud pushing sound.
"Gotcha,"Shinko shouted his arms gripping both young men around the belt. They crashed against the ground heavily and even left a crater but in the middle Shinko was fie and the two other students were just gasping in awe.
"Captain?" Ichiro asked purple eyes widening at the sight of Shinko in the black cloak and transformed. Shinko smiled releasing both of them into the crater safely before glaring up at the five on the pillars dozens of feet above.
"Former Captain. But yeah its me, you two aren't hurt right?" he asked releasing both of them to the ground safely. A heavy breath of relief was exhaled as his two former Co-Captains glared at him.
"No, of course if you were going to save us all along Kurosaki I would have appreciated it if it was during the initial stuff," Shinsuke remarked sort of angrily as they watched the top of the towers.
"Not every hero can be there early, just be glad i'm here now," he stood up losing the power of his Kamui and choosing to stare up at Ryuko primed atop the tower away from Gamagori.
"So Ryuko Matoi you have proven your skill even without you Kamui! You now have to compete with the Elite Four for the answers you are looking for," Satsuki commented calmly intrigued by the sight before her.
"Oh ho now problems there trust me," Ryuko reached for her glove ready to activate Senketsu. Satsuki cleared her throat staring at the four elites on the tower, she kept tabs on their totals practically predetermining the fights to come.
"You have to fight the Elite Four in ascending order of victories," Satsuki said calmly arms crossing and eyes staring calmly at those below her. She stared across as Shinko, who did not even pay attention while he helped the two students away from the action." The first will be Gamagori," Satsuki spoke smoothly staring at her shield.
"Leave to the toad to not hurt people," Nonon sighed spinning the baton to lead and imaginary band. Ira Gamagori shrugged his massive frame remaining unmoving atop his tower.
"It is his duty or something right?" Sanageyama asked with questioning eyes towards the towering man.
"Yes, the Discipline Committee's number one priority is to aid students. I only dealt with those that were not willing to comply," his whips cracked against the tip of his boots. His blonde hair slicked further when the wind passed by.
"Okay then big guy let's go!" she grabbed the clip ready to pull it. Gamagori shook his head in disappointment." What?" she asked confused as he pointed down to the giant screens beneath them, it was eight fifteen.
"We will settle this at one o'clock Matoi," the Toad of the Elite Four shouted across the gap between them. Ryuko's shoulders and chin dropped it was so long away.
Courtyard...
Shinko sat next to Ryuko and Mako upon the gigantic chains that were stretched throughout the massive court. Around them chatter from the One Stars that had survived the utter hell of Natural Elections.
"Where'd you end up going?" Mako asked curiously peering up from her bento box. Shinko was daydreaming when she asked it and he failed to notice for a few moments.
'You're being asked a question,' Sentokitsu sighed. It was like a parent scolding their child for not listening to some random adult the kid had no prior knowledge of.
"Uh, sorry. I was dozing off there for a minute," Shinko cleared away the daze of relaxation to stare at the two teenaged girls currently enjoying rolled his head and placed both hands behind him gripping the massive rusty links." I spent most of my time training outside of here to get some rest and peace before coming here to see what everything looked like," the black haired youth commented stretching again.
"Really? You must be pretty strong then. But guess what Ryuko was doing?" the brunette said bubbly as always. Ryuko turned and looked at her confused as well, things just did not line up." She cut through almost every here twice because they wanted to fight with her," Mako smiled before taking another bite from her lunch.
"It was really nothing," Ryuko responded leaning back in a stretch. She had not been challenged by the Elite Four in that time and of course she only wanted to fight the ones that fought her.
"Good to hear. Any plans on taking down Gamagori?" the black haired kid smiled rolling both shoulders. It was nice to just be in the calm again even though it would never get close to lasting.
"Wait and see," Ryuko smiled closing the bento box before hopping down from the chain.
One O'clock...
Ryuko climbed the side of the tower she had won fair and square from the combat challenge hours ago. Across from her was Gamagori's pillar which housed Ira in all of his giant-like glory. She smiled cockily as Mako and Shinko shuffled through the seats to get at least a view of the fighting that was about to go down.
Almost at Satsuki's glance a bridge reached out in a path of light. Ryuko watched as the light solidified into blackish red panels that she could walk across the gap to the opposing platform. To her right the other three Elite Four members glaring at her gait and confident smile. Her blue eyes then turned to the tanned giant, who was standing as stiff as a statue. Her red highlight bobbed as she stepped free from the bridge standing now only half a dozen yards from Gamagori.
"Ready to settle this Matoi?" Gamagori asked gripped the collar of his massive Goku Uniform. Ryuko smiled hand taut on the clip upon the Seki Tekko's clip, it was the only way she would hope of competing against a Three Star after all.
"Course, now that eyebrows said I'd get answers if I beat you guys I'll make it swift," the clip was thrown aside.
A needle drilled into her wrist as if it were natural. Blood, a crimson gold, flowed through it and into the glove before spreading through the Kamui. Light began to shine through the Life Fiber threading as Ryuko felt it almost melt away from her body. Stars followed by a white heat surged around her as her hair rustled in an imaginary breeze.
"Life Fiber: Synchronize!" their voices raised in unison surging out like a thousand lion calls. The stars began to swarm around like flies to a honey jar sparking a transformation within the Kamui's millions of stitches.
"Kamui Senketsu!" she said confidently as the light died down. Breast half-covered by the top of the transformed sailor uniform, a very mini-skirt barely reaching down beyond the top of her thighs. Two boots that reached up almost to the base of the mini-skirt. They had transformed successfully, in fact it somehow seemed even more powerful.
"Humph," Gamagori grunted, a steam escaping his nostrils. He held the jacket's collar up to his face the stars shinning rainbow against it.
He was nude, though cloaked in a blinding light, for only a brief second. Triangular shapes began to snake around in long chains linking together like they were always meant too. Ira's massive wingspan reached out as three stars of white light smashed into him each laying a layer of Life Fibers down. Three golden stars burned and quickly slammed across his massive chest.
Fabric mummified him wrapping up underneath the stars. His blue eyes were the only things that peered through the opening as a gag locked around his face and stuck into his mouth. Arms were bound against his body and legs were hooked funnily together with neat elf-like shoes that were pointing up.
"Three Star Goku Uniform! Shackle Regalia!" even gagged his voice boomed like cannon fire out over the entire school yard. The crowd gasped at this immobile frame that had engulfed their Disciplinary Chair.
'There it is Ryuko. What is your plan?' Senketsu asked with curious eyes. The Kamui had been there a few days prior when Gamagori had saved them from the Airsoft and Automobile Club or whatever and saw how dangerous the Goku Uniform was.
Ryuko smiled bluntly before whispering something down to her Kamui." Nothing, he'll eventually get tired and fall over. I'm not just going to charge in there against that thing," she informed as Ira Gamagori watched on in shock.
For several second nothing happened. Ryuko did walked over and hold the Scissor Blade over her shoulders like a yoke staring directly at the massive frame of the giant. Gamagori was shocked as she took a faint glare at him before shifting the blade down like a cane, mocking Satsuki. His nerves had been plucked beyond belief and now he had to speak out.
"Why are you not attacking me Matoi?!" he asked perplexed and angered. For sure Ryuko would have charged in by now before wailing away at him with the red sword currently pressed into the surface of the pillar.
"You nuts? I saw what your Goku Uniform does hitting you would be stupid," she said calmly casually looked forward with the blade still pressed into the ground. She had a very smug grin on her face for valid reasons seeing as her foe was worthless without energy to fuel the Shackle Regalia.
"Hah! That was why you did not attack me?" Gamagori looked forward with a certain glimmer in his dark rimmed eyes. The Goku Uniform was rustling as if it had been alive or worse was alive. Several of the bandages broke away swiftly turning into barbed whips that spiked sickly.
"I don't need anyone but myself to get the energy! I whip myself daily to set an example for these students!" he shouted crazily. The whips lashed in and out heavily the snapping sound against the Goku Uniform not for the weak of heart. His eyes widened almost as if it was enjoyable.
"The hell?" Ryuko explained as the Goku Uniform began to expand and build up energy. It was quite the scene to watch but Ryuko could not help but glare at it curiously. Bizarre as it was it was almost entrancing to see happen as the power built up.
"Ohohoho Ryuko Matoi! I'm about to reach my climax!" he said after a stream of rather masochistic encouragement. His body began to bulge as a sickening feeling began to rustle in Ryuko's stomach.
'What did he just say?' even Senketsu was confused at it as the body of the giant grew even more.
"Ew you disgusting bastard!" Ryuko shouted before the Goku Uniform burst to life in a whirlwind of energy transforming in the process.
"Scourge Regalia!" Gamagori laughed throwing a barbed whip forward. Ryuko jumped over it and those that followed using them as pipelines to get closer to the Elite Four member. She kicked off and tried to come crashing down with a swing but just before impact the whips turned flat and linked back into the Shackle Regalia rejecting the entirety of the blow.
"What?" Ryuko began to whip away with the sword. It was shocking no matter how sharp the blade was it kept glancing off of the Goku Uniform like rocks off of a large piece of diamond. The worst part was it was fueling the transformation again. She spun the sword down upon his head again this time it bounced off with recoil but a knick appeared in the fabric.
"Kay! Senketsu let's finish this!" she smiled the blade glowing a vibrant red hue. Its handle popped open a dual handle that glowed vibrantly as she spun it around in her hands.
'Right!' the Kamui encouraged as the power exploded down the edge of the sword in a single crimson star.
"Finishing Move: Sen-i-Soshitsu!" she charged the Decapitation Mode exploding out against the frame of the Goku Uniform. She appeared beyond holding the blade in a manner that should have shredded the Life Fiber based clothing.
Instead it exploded with the energy instead. It morphed from Shackle back to Scourge energy sparking into the whips." My Nexus Thread is behind a set of super dense fabric that even your Scissor would have trouble cutting! Matoi you can't beat me!" a whip caught Ryuko under the right eye.
She rolled a stinging filling the welt upon her face. Another whip came bashed across her left shoulder throwing the Scissor Sword away for a brief moment which she quickly tried to fix. Ryuko grabbed the sword only to find several whips coming down over her back their barbed ends stinging worst than a wasp. Another bashed down throwing her back slightly.
"Kay! Then I guess I'll just have to bust you open!" Ryuko charged only to find a windmill of whips. The first threw her into the last and they simply cycled around like a washing machine of pain. Her body lurched forward on every harsh whip as Gamagori glared forward through the haze as Ryuko's body was flailed around as if it was a leave in the blades of a fan.
Ryuko was thrusted from the cycle onto her face laying their rear end pointing up to the crowd. Half the young men in the audience keeled over at the sight as Gamagori looked down upon her with malicious intent. Her teeth were grit as she tried to get up but the whips quickly came lashing down first slapping her hands away followed quickly by legs leaving her there prone.
The barbed ends of the whip began to bash her around targeting her buttocks namely. Winces and grunts of pain escaped the teenaged girl's mouth as the Toad of the Elite Four kept whipping down with the strikes as if they were natural.
'Ryuko, I can't take much more of this,' Senketsu informed as the whips kept lashing out against them. The Kamui was in a bad way but it kept a firm grip around Ryuko to prevent too much damage.
"I'm going to mold you into a proper student!" Gamagori shouted the whips quickly binding Ryuko's arms and legs and drawing forward towards a gigantic press that spawned from the Goku Uniform.
"Toadie is really going at it," Nonon smiled her pink spiky hair whipping in the winds as Ryuko tried to use the Scissor Blade to free herself from what was soon to be a very painful situation.
"Well he is fighting in front of his queen today. Looking bad isn't something he'd do willingly," Sanageyama sighed arms cupped behind his head. He was kind of bummed, he wanted to be Ryuko but it would appear that was not going to happen.
"It is showing too. His Goku Uniform is functioning at maximum capacity," Inumuta said calmly looking at his PDA, noticing the high energy readings.
"Come on Ryuko!" Shinko stood up realizing the trouble she was in. It was hard to watch but interfering would have brought the wrath of the entire student body and that was a war they could not win.
'She is planning something Shinko,' Sentokitsu noticed as she barred out the Scissor Sword like a bar as the two edges closed in.
"What?" Shinko watched the rain of sparks as the metal tried to crush the Life Fiber sword.
"Hey Senketsu. Can you trust me?" Ryuko asked as they were slowly pressed into the mold the Scissor Blade keeping it just open enough for them to looked out as the pressure was applied. The teen awaited the answer patiently, keeping calm was something that was proving to be a useful skill.
'Of course,' he assured as she smiled. She quickly whispered down to the Kamui, the tone so hushed not even Sanageyama could hear it clearly.' I see,' Senketsu stressed as they were pressed in.
'Broom!' stars threw the edges of the vice away breaking them and allowing Ryuko to hit the floor. She was marked from head to toe and the worst part was Senketsu had been deactivated.
"See! There you go looking more proper already!" Gamagori said as more whips sprung from the confines of the Scourge Regalia. Ryuko was stinging all over from the past beatings by the whips but how undefended it was looking bleak in the most bleak way." But that doesn't mean I'll spare you! Your dress code violations have gone beyond any sort of leniency!" they whips came slamming down the Scissor Sword functioning as the only block from the vicious string of attacks.
"My clothes really? Have you see what Satsuki struts around in?" the black haired girl grit as the whips began to lash at her hands even under the blade's large surface of protection. Ira was furious at those comments so much so the whips were slamming down with three times the force of the last time.
"Satsuki Kiryuin's apparel is for her ambition and cleansing of the world! Her intentions are nothing but pure!" one gigantic whip came jutting out from just about Gamagori's groin its size more than enough to strike Ryuko down.
"Senketsu ready?" Ryuko asked as it came their way. It of course was accompanied by a few other whips that were extra insult to the injury about to be cast down upon the teenager.
'Definitely. This is reckless,' Senketsu agreed but added with caution.
"That's what I do best!" it struck her across the abdomen with a loud crunching noise. Instead of throwing the rebel from the tower it had been stopped at the edge. Senketsu was clamping down using the suspender points of the top and bottom as teeth. Ryuko was doing the same to the smaller one, hands grasping several and mouth catching one, the barbs tearing into her lips.
"Fool! I can simply draw you in and suffocate you!" the whips retracted drawing Ryuko and Senketsu in like a fisherman on a prized fish. Scourge Regalia quickly reverted back to Shackle and the tight bindings wrapped even tighter around the teenager's frame. Her outline was plain as day, Gamagori was truly choking her out within the Goku Uniform.
'Ryuko what are we doing? You're body can't handle this much pressure,' Senketsu remarked. All the while Ryuko's teeth tried to reach out for the clip in the Seki Tekko wrapped around her left hand.
"Have a little faith will yah? I know what I'm doing. Just think sharp okay?" she pulled out the clip the needle jabbing back into her wrist yet again.
Externally the Goku Uniform began to shake and expand. Energy was tearing the binding cloth away and stars of red were beginning to rip free from within the outer shell. A shape began to protrude from the confines two black shoulder pieces drilling out with red spikes and blades probing out on either side as the back of heels turned like razor blades from it.
"Senketsu Senjin!" the cloth shattered blowing Gamagori back and leaving Ryuko standing there. Claws had grown from the back hands of the gloves and spikes were lining up along the straps and frill of the Kamui. Ryuko smiled as the Scissor tensed in her right hand a stunned Gamagori looked up from the ground Goku Uniform tattered and out of energy.
"So much for Satsuki's shield. That cloth armor was hard to cut through for the outside but on the inside it was like butter," the Scissor Blade spun around in Ryuko's hand a glow extending it into the dual handed Decapitation Mode.
"How is that possible?" he asked the cloth that remained trying to merge back together only to find it could not. Security was the entire point of his Three Star Regalia but apparently that was not even enough in the face of a Kamui.
"Too little energy to go back to Shackle, and Scourge is too beaten up to continue," Ryuko grinned the blade's edge glowing as Gamagori attempted to stand up. He made it but found it oddly heavy to remain there.
"Finishing Move!" a jet of purple fire rocketed from the vent upon Senketsu's back pushing his wearer forward at incredible speed. Gamagori stumbled back as Ryuko drew closer the weapon's sheen igniting the steamy battle field a vibrant pink." Sen-i-Soshitsu!" the weapon cut clean through and to the Nexus Thread throwing Gamagori to the air and his Goku Uniform to the scrap cloth heap.
A heavy smog covered the battle field the massive jet of steam from the attack still in the air. Ryuko smiled detransforming while he foe some where in the cloudy platform rose back up to his feet.
Tears rolled down the mighty man's face as a short sword pried free from the ground. The sole weapon that he had carried. Its sheath came undone an the edge of the sword glistened as he pressed it inward.
It hit something hard, a casing of a weapon. A smiling, sharp face was present within the cloud of smoke her long black hair streaking down so perfectly around her face." You did not fail Gamagori, you are strong enough to wipe your own tears," the Student Council President said fading back into the smoke.
The giant fell back as Ryuko wiped sweat from her face.
Next up: Hoka Inumuta...
Not much to say. This followed pretty much what had been established in the anime and manga aside from certain aspects. Shinko's cheering from the stands being one of the them.
The next chapter will be against Inumuta.
I wish those of you who read this story a very Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays, and a a great New Year to come after. Which is when the next chapter'll be out I believe,
Thanks guys for reading,
~Herodan3