Face the Music
Shinko was running along the debris seeing the flying Ryuko sparked his mind into a very erratic plan." Sento, Ryuko's fightng Jakuzure which means Satsuki is left unguarded," Shinko said hopping over the remnants of what was left.
'What are you planning? I am still unsure of Junketsu and this strange feeling is not making me sure of our power,' the Kamui responded to his wearer. Shinko jumped over some metal scrap getting closer to the tower that held Satsuki in the process.
"I'm only asking a few questions. She'll understand that I don't want to fight her," he answered back. His boots ground into the piles of debris as they rapidly approached the tower.
A figure descended from above. His outline tall, thin but also muscular, he was obviously an athlete and a good one at that. A bamboo sword was resting at his side and a Three Star jacket was on his torso, it revealed a green shirt, that was probably sleeveless. A mask covered his eyes two white stars filling the place. It was Sanageyama.
"I don't want to fight you," Shinko said aloud. Internally, beating the man that had been struck him over and over with a cane was a great prospect; displaying that though would be foolish.' Great. I'm lying again. I should have told him that I did not want to fight him right now,' he sighed livid at the screw-up.
"Guess that means breaking in the Blade Regalia will be pretty easy," Sanageyama said transforming in a blinding light.
"Not so hard is it Senketsu?" Ryuko asked as they flew up before a shocked Jakuzure. The pink haired girl began to release a stream of musical sound burst in long staff-like streams.
'No, flying is most definitely freeing and it does appear to be rather easy,' Senketsu commented as the purple flames shooting from his now modified boots. Jakuzure turned and looked at Ryuko with sinister eyes.' However we need to press our advantages in speed and positioning,' the Kamui continued.
"Right come on Senketsu!" Ryuko shouted blade drawn straight out. Massive burst of sound began to buffet Ryuko as she stormed through the skies, they were being slowed. The sword was raised and ready to strike until a woofer opened from the top of the flying Goku Uniform sound resonating out in a series of booms." The hell is that?" two glowing orbs sparked from the raised woofer.
"The sky is mine! Get out of it you dirty, stinking bitch!" the sound wave crashed into Ryuko heavily. She spun out in a whirlwind on musical notes massive burst of the notes sparking. Ryuko quickly recovered and and shot up into the air a stream of sound burst following ever move along the path of her flight.
Clouds broke apart as the sound followed her into the deeper sky. Jakuzure released every sound weapon she possibly could use and the sky quickly filled with energy blast that erupted to the tuned of clasical music. No matter the number every single sound blast missed its mark as faint red-purple trails continued on through the skyways.
As Ryuko flew a rather trivial idea popped into her head and she acted quickly upon it. With extra kick the blue eyed teenager flew up at ninety degrees dodging a sonic blast in the process. She continued to fly up until Jakuzure's war machine was just a shape beneath the cloud cover, a shape that made a lot of noise but a shape.
'We could easily attack Jakuzure from here,' Senketsu said calmly as they looked down at the explosions down below. Ryuko simply smiled kicking herself further away from the titanic Goku Uniform.
"Why screw around with the minnows when the big fish is sitting right there," Ryuko pointed through the clouds towards the outline of Satsuki's tower down below. The clouds faded away to reveal Satsuki, she was eyeing Jakuzure's transformed uniform completely blind to the flying Ryuko above. Senketsu felt the excitement run through his wearer as she adjusted in the air.
'Innovated offense I would expect nothing less,' Senketsu said impressed by the thinking of his wearer. Ryuko smiled the blast adjusting and sending her down through the sky.
"Right," she smiled as the clouds burned away in the fiery trail that followed her. The Scissor Blade began to glow with a ball of energy that burs fast out in a rigid star at the end. The attack would be more than enough to catch Satsuki off guard, and enough to get answers." Senketsu Shippu!" she shouted again the jet pushing from her boots growing and sending her down twice as fast as she went up into the sky.
Only feet away from Satsuki however Ryuko was litterally smashed away by the airship. Head over heels right into a pillar she went as Jakuzure's Uniform made the save. Anger marked the small firecracker-like teenager's face as Ryuko pushed free from the pillar she had been quite literally ingrained in.
"No one gets to Lady Satsuki!" the giant floating heart opened its base to reveal another large missile. Its end had a reed and several holes marked upon it so obviously it was an instrument or a missile in the shape of an instrument. Fire shot out from the back end and it shot forward in an ear-splitting whistle.
'Not this bull again,' Ryuko smiled tucking the Scissor Sword across the back of her hovering Goku Uniform. Her teeth were bared as both hands were put before her body in what looked like an attempt to catch the missile." Hey Senketsu give way. I don't think we should just float here when they thing hits," she informed her Kamui of the plan.
'Of course,' their rigid position lost only a small amount of its strength as the blast grew closer. The crowd, or those that were still in the stands and able to watch, began to watch in awe a the display of fortitude the young woman was displaying.
The impact should have been thunderous instead nothing of the such happened. Ryuko was floating albeit drawn back by the propulsion of the attack, with the explosive held high above her head. Its tail was still glowing with heat and yet it was no longer pushing.
Everyone gasped, it was incredible to even be a witness to such a brazen act. With Senketsu's aid Ryuko was able to twist the massive recorder-like explosive around. Its tail was still burning and it was ready to make contact but not with what it had been aimed for. The red highlighted girl had a smile on her face as the missile steadied itself in her hands.
"What the hell! You stinking bitch!" a sonic boom tried to burst out but it was too late the recorder was plowing forward. Aided by its own propulsion and an angry throw from the black haired teenager it tore through the woofer burst and took straight for its original owner. Jakuzure could not have moved fast enough not in the bulk of the Symphony Regalia Presto. Her thrusters boomed with noise as she tried to dodge the incoming weaponized instrument.
'Damn it! I won't go down like those boys!' she hissed internally as the edge of the recorder smashed into the top of the Symphony Regalia.
Shinko was dodging backwards when the boom went off. The sky filled with orange-yellow fired before ringing out with the explosion. He was blown down and the Goku Uniform wearer was flung back as well the force enough to throw him. Both looked up into the black cloud that began to showered brass, wood, and other bits and pieces of instruments.
"What the?" Shinko commented dodging left of a tuba. He had not even drawn his blades, he was not fighting Sanageyama either, it was an elaborate game of dodge that person.
'Dodge now!' Sentokitsu informed as the edge of a kendo stick came smashing through the hail of debris. The black haired youth dodged the strike and rolled to his right kicking a piece of concrete towards the Goku Uniform. It struck hard and broke to bits but Sanageyama did not even stutter in turning around to face him.
"Come on Kurosaki! Too scared to fight me? What about when you first showed up here mister eager?" the next strike tore a trench into the ground and nearly caught the dodging teen in the process. Sanageyama swung again hitting something rigid more so than any piece of debris could have ever dreamed of being. A star of green light trimmed the edge of the blade.
'You said you did not want to fight here which was why we let Gamagori climb that tower,' Sentokitsu brought a valid point to his wearer's attention. Sanageyama, and the Blade Regalia, were pressing down hard in the meantime.
"Forget it. He's not just going to let me walk over to Satsuki," Shinko said pushing back, the ground starting to crack under his feet. Sanageyama flinches feeling the sudden resurgence in the strength of his foe." You're right running away was kind of low wasn't it? Time to prove to you though that I'm better!" the giant kendo stick was thrown backwards by a push off from the less armored individual.
They both wrapped hands around the hilts of their weapons, Shinko brandishing both the broadsword, chain and all, as well as the katana with his foe gripping one very strong kendo staff. In a blur of motion they both flung forward. A crash echoed out as their weapons slammed together in a dazzling collision that resulted in streams of sparks to rain out.
"You've must have gotten stronger as well," Sanageyama growled trying to overpower Shinko but failing in the process. Their frames were evenly matched though Sanageyama had many inches on Shinko while encased in the blade Regalia Mk. Two.
"Just enough," Shinko commented pushing back as the sound of music began to resonate through the air again. Any ear would know that for sure it was Beethoven's famed and acclaimed fifth Symphony: Fate.' Everything just started ringing. Not just for me either,' his vision was starting to blur but he could see clearly Sanageyama quickly losing transformation.
'Shinko are you there?' Sentokitsu's voice was getting further and further away. It was as if they were in two cars across the street from one another loud enough in silence, this however was not anywhere near silence.
"Yeah, Sento I'm here. What is going on? It's like we aren't connected," Shinko complained as Sanageyama 'looked' up at the nearest platform, lights and sound dancing off as if fired from a cannon or gun.
'I do not know but you are getting further away,' the Kamui cried out. They were frozen as well it was like the Life Fibers had begun to stiffen up and they were nothing more than stuck.
"That is the Encore of Jakuzure's Goku Uniform. It resonates its sound with the Life Fibers in any nearby piece of clothing," Sanageyama started to walked away a smile on his face. Shinko was struggling to move but he managed to pull himself up partially on the hilt of one of the swords." It is annoying because she never knows when to finish it. You're pretty much a wooden doll in your Goku Uniform, so is Matoi. Good luck Kurosaki," Sanageyama began to walk away into the clouds of dust that had began to rise from the sonic buffering Ryuko was currently getting.
'Shinko we need to focus and resonate my Life Fibers on something else. Or else I'll bind tighter I feel my grasp over my Life Fibers slipping,' the Kamui cried out as the sound continued.
"Find something? How can we do that when I can't freakin' think with this damned noise!" he roared his heart rate spiking as if it had been supercharged. Sentokitsu's twin green eyes burst open and the Life Fibers within the Kamui began to glow. A barrier of green light sprung around them its thudding matching the rise and falls in the heartbeat of the teenager.
'Your heart. Incredible my Life Fibers acted instantly,' his clothing responded awestruck. Life Fibers were amazing but the engineering to which they were used in Kamui or regular clothing was something special.
"Fusion, like dad said it really does make us one being," Shinko stood up. His eyes widened as the sound above began to bend, it was clear that Senketsu had found out a way to stay activated as well.' Give me one thing Ryuko please,' he joked to himself with a smile ready to climb back to the stands, that was until their was a giggle in the smoky mist that had descended from the sky.
'Quite truly your father was genius. I do not believe he and I were ever this close before,' Sentokitsu replied as the giggle echoed out again. A flash of light followed and then for several seconds nothing.
"Am I hearing things or was that a giggle?" Shinko commented walking along the path of rubble towards the stands again. Nothing attacked him, not a single thing so it must have been an imagination.
'I heard it as well. I wonder though who could sneak this close to the action without a Kamui or Goku Uniform,' the Kamui commented as a shape rushed by in the smoke. Shinko blinked and the blur was surely gone, it had to be something in their heads most definitely.
"Senketsu stay focused on my heartbeat," she commented hands crossed over her chest. Both eyes usually open and ready for action were shut, their blue hidden. A small bubble began to spiral around her, its gentle sound thudding to her heart. Senketsu did just that as well single eye locked shut focusing on the sound in the chest of his wearer.
'This is your heartbeat? It is most pleasant,' he commented softly as the spiral began to slowly push out into a full fledged orb. The sound attack was whizzing by their ears and beyond distorted by the wall of sound that the two had erected around themselves.
Jakuzure kept pouring on more making the sound crash loudly in crescendos. Rises and falls in the baton resulted in different pitches hitting at the same time and yet it kept reflecting off. No matter what angle or how hard the sound was released it was simply glancing off of energy field before Ryuko's body. Jakuzure was getting frustrated as shown by the blast doubling in size but not in power, its shape hitting the orb and continuing to glance off as if it failed to exist there.
"Bitch stop it! Stop it! Music is mine damn it! Stop it!" Nonon barked and snapped failing to realize that there was a faint glow to the field of sound around Ryuko's body. It like the orb was drawing in the sound waves rather then repelling them and it happened rather fast. Ryuko kept her hands crossed over her chest the harmony of her heartbeat ringing out. Nonon failed to notice.
Ryuko smiled faintly body still glowing with Senketsu's barrier. Her nose flared letting out a breath as Nonon fired more sound towards her the sphere expanding slightly with the growth of power. The usually high-strung girl kept her calm eyes opening glaring into the pinkish ones of the young lady across the ring from her at the moment. Sound vibrated off of the sphere as a ball of light quickly pushed from it.
"Hey Senketsu. We've been on the receiving end for a while, let's send it back," her face smiled more broadly. Senketsu's sphere began to grow out the ball of energy before it growing with the rapidly incoming sound. Things were not looking up for Nonon Jakuzure in any way shape or form.' This power is really great I can't believe that this is what Senketsu and I are capable of,' the rebel sighed calmly.
'Whenever you are ready Ryuko,' Senketsu answered in the same tone as always. Jakuzure was still livid firing more and more sound against the attack once more unable to see the power flowing out from the Kamui.
"Here Jakuzure! I'm ending this encore! Get off of the stage!" Ryuko screamed hands splitting apart from the x-shape across her breast instead opening in a triangle-like shape behind the energy ball. The ball burst forward in a solid beam of light, it harmonized loudly with her heartbeat, the sound of fighting spirit, against the force of 'Fate' and the school." Senketsu Mubyoshi!" it struck harder against the sound.
"The hell! You can't beat my sound new girl!" the cap atop Jakuzure's head suddenly glowed brighter and fired out a beam that doubled the power of her attack. The two beams wavered in the impact but the result was the same, Ryuko's slowly inching forward against the Three Star's best efforts.' I can't stop it! How is she so strong!' the pink haired teen shouted at herself angrily grasping her hands.
"Oh yeah? Watch this bitch!" the attack exploded forward. Senketsu's power added into it shifting the sound attack from Jakuzure's Symphony Regalia Da Capo backwards as if it did not exist at all. A feat that many in the crowd were gasping about as the ray of white tore through the pinkish-purple glare to head for Jakuzure and her alone." Damn it!" both arms were raised in front of Jakuzure's face as the blast came barreling forward.
'Phooom!' the blast shattered the ground and woofed as if it were the world's largest dog. The crowd, those still in seat rather, were flung back by the loud bang. Nonon's foot gave way and her rather petite frame started shaking and flying back in the attacks push. Somehow though when Ryuko stopped the attack Nonon was still there on both knees panting heavily.
Her pink under suit had been butchered to disrepair. Markings from the music's booms and the debris being launched up from the ground showed all over her face and the skin beneath the torn Goku Uniform. Her cap was on the ground the skull-like ornament almost ready to fall off. With ragged looking eyes Nonon Jakuzure stared up the edge of a razor shape sword glimmering behind her foe.
"As I said before! Sen-i-Soshitsu!" Ryuko said noticing the fatigue along the face of her pink haired foe. The blade struck and threw Nonon high into the air, her frame head over heels as the Goku Uniform broke away around her. Everything seemed perfect the red Nexus Thread started into Senketsu, three Elite Four members were down, and Ryuko was still ready to go. The only flaw was that she was now falling off of the edge of the tower, unable to do anything to stop it. A shape hopped from something and caught her, albeit awkwardly.
"Please tell me you aren't planning on throwing a naked Sanageyama at me next," Shinko commented. He was ignoring the face he had a large red blush on his face and a nude, unconscious Nonon Jakuzure in her arms.
"Oh please," Ryuko huffed snidely as Shinko picked up a discarded jacket that had blown onto the ring to cover the small teenager's frame. He looked down at it very closely, three black stars were on its front and spikes adorned the shoulders.
"This is Sanageyama's jacket," Shinko looked up from the downed girl to say to Ryuko. That was when he noticed they were no longer alone, a third person had appeared on the other side of the ring. In their left hand an unconscious Uzu Sanageyama.
"Teehee, That's where this monkey's jacket went? Aw you two look cute~" the figure giggled. The voice was high-pitched and child-like, a girl for sure, she strutted through the smoke that had settled around the pillar a moment late completely off the first half of her sentence.
"Who are-?" Shinko and Ryuko said in unison before a sound none of them thought they would ever hear echoed out.
"BACK AWAY NOW!" it was loud and serious and the pressure would and could crush a watermelon.
Kiryuin Manor...
"Milady, I am sorry to interrupt on your preparation," a relatively short African female apologized before entering the massive loft of the mansion. She wore a pair of aviator sunglasses that were needed for what came next.
A dazzling burst clapped out as if someone flicked on a stage light. Sparks burst into long streaks of seven different colors that thundered through the sky in a way not to dissimilar to those of Satsuki. A pressure filled the room as a figure walked forth through the rainbow caused by her presence alone, a tall frame, lean but packed with muscles at the same time.
"No, Rei my dear what is it?" she asked strolling out from the blinding array she had caused. The woman was most definitely beautiful with narrow, symmetrical features, and a strong smile. Her hair was arranged in a massive white, afro? perm?, whatever it was most definitely not a normal style for one's hair. The strangest part was the rainbow that ran through the back: indigo, violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, in that order.
"It appears that the Grand Couturier has left the residence. Apparently she is at Honnoji Academy," the woman kept a bowed head as the pure white dressed woman continued to stroll forward. Something was awkward about this lady, no matter her beauty or the fact that she was Satsuki's mother, something just was powerful in her presence, as if one was supposed to bow." Lady Ragyo we can head there immediately if you wish," Rei continued to bow.
"Rei I am afraid we do have a meeting that we must keep. And I assure that she will do as she pleases anyway," the white haired woman said strolling through the door flanked by her attendant.
"Of course Lady Ragyo," Rei said again as they walked to the helicopter prepared for them. Ragyo Kiryuin, head of the Kiryuin family, could not have been any less interested in the meeting but she did know that this 'Grand Couturier' was more than capable of handling herself.
Far Corner, Honnoji Academy Roof...
"That fast huh. Damn its a shame I didn't get to fight here again," Tsumugu Kinagase remarked strutting across the top of the building carrying a specialized black gun case. The mowhawked man handed it over to Mikisugi, holding another case for himself.
"I would not have called you back if it was slow," Aikuro replied flipping open the black case. Inside a silver revolver with ix bullets laid out in specialized grooves in the velvet interior. Mikisugi sighed before picking the gun up from the material and moving the drum away from the revolver's muzzle. Each of the bullets had a redtip of frozen Life Fibers, it was a coagulant that was made for shutting down REVOCs with a few well placed shots.
"What about Kurosaki? His Kamui isn't doing anything too strange?" Kinagase inquired hearing the stirring from the background. Sometthing was going on that they did not want to get into.
"Strangely enough no. Sentokitsu is showing barely any difference in power from when he first used it," the hidden agent sighed. It was strange considering how well Shinko had worn his Kamui." Anyway Kinagase you know how bad a shot I am get into a back up position just in case I miss," the blue haired man said walking away.
"Pansy," Tsumugu laughed under his breath before turning back to his far larger sniper rifle case.
"Heard that one Kinagase," Mikisugi said back spinning the revolver around his index finger before tucking it into his dress pants. He scuffed up his blue hair into the messy fray that his teacher persona often had and slung on his pair of glasses.
"Satsuki-sama? Is that you?" the blonde girl said almost casually. Her sole blue eye looked up brightly to Satsuki upon her tower, the cold glare of the heiress making her giggle even more. She bobbed on the heels of her boots, there was almost too much pink to be natural on her body and she was acting way to ditsy, even for a blonde.
"Nui Harime, what business do you have here?" Satsuki had regained some composure. Even from her tower up high it was almost nerve racking to be looking at the girl before her on the tower, not to mention the fact one of the Elite four were draped from her hands.' Mother, why did you allow her free reign,' the teenager complained internally one grievance she could never muster the courage to say out loud.
"Ah don't be so cold Satsuki! It makes my fingers tingle when you do that," the girl, Nui, laughed almost cutely staring at the dictator as if she were only a child. Satsuki's bushy eyebrows were arching as Sanageyama was rolled over with the parasol the invader was handling." Here I thought you and I were two sides of the same coin," she pouted lower lip pointing out.
'Those clothes. I have seen them somewhere before,' Sentokitsu admitted. His green eyes were narrowed on Nui's attire, the strangeness of which had stuck with him even after being deactivated.' This feeling is the same one from before as well. It is like I'm nervous,' the activated Kamui pointed out as both Shinko and Ryuko were looking on in shock.
"Ooh! Are you Ryu~ko? And is this Senketsu?" Nui's voice was so innocent and drawn out almost like a living doll. She of course was fondling the Kamui with her pink armlet covered hands that were so swift like a seamstress.
"Get away from me!" Ryuko shoved the girl away. The blue eyed girl pouted pink boots sliding slightly against the cracked pillar top, Ryuko felt really uncomfortable around the girl now.
"Ryuko-chan! Come on please show me Senketsu!" she begged staring around at Shinko who was in his active Kamui. Her blue eye narrowed on it and then it jumped back to Sanageyama." I beat that guy and he had one of those Goku Uniforms. Of course they were not stitched too well were they Satsuki," the petite pink wearing teenager questioned the dictator.
"If you're getting bad vibes Sento we need to protect Ryuko," Shinko said to his Kamui stepping forward towards Nui Harime. His Kamui had been active for quite sometime but the drain was not there. He drew both swords again, their green ends dancing with sparks of light.' You fought her before and stalled her Sentokitsu. Let's do this one for dad and beat her,' Shinko thought as Nui Harime smiled at him.
"Silly," Nui reached forward and tried to prick him in the chest with her finger nail but a black gloved hand quickly reached out and grabbed her around the wrist. Shinko's blue eyes burned with determination as he released her the airborne broad sword falling into his open palm on the way down." Ooh you're special too but I wanna fight Ryuko-chan~! Because I have this!" she reached down her shirt and pulled out the hilt, its end loop and its color was a very defined purple hue.
"That's-" Shinko stopped.
"Yeppers! I have the other half of the Scissor Sword," Nui nodded spinning it around and pointing it towards Ryuko." Wanna fight me now Ryuko?"
"YOU...WORTHLESS...FUCKING...BITCH!" Ryuko seethed a pressure making Senketsu's Seki Tekko expand the needle digging in without the clip being pulled.
Stars exploded out violently. Nui on the other just stared forward almost happy with what she had caused.
It is about to go down for real! This is going to be a fun next few chapters, I promise that much. Things have already been shaken up a bit but what else can come from what happened here? Buckle in the ride is not going to be a smooth one,
Thanks for reading,
~Herodan3