Pink is The New Red
"You know what that means! I killed your dad," the blonde laughed as Ryuko's Kamui continued to explode into a burst of red stars.
Ryuko's frame burst into flames as the fiery monster Senketsu clamped down tightly over her body. The Kamui was in the traditional battle mode draping down her arms and revealing her midriff, the skirt spiked at the frills, thigh high boots with large red heel. It looked normal except for Senketsu's eye which was constantly battling back and forth from a hollow white to the typical eye design.
"Ryuko calm down!" Shinko tried to say but deaf ears were meant to not listen. Wind threw him back as the petite blonde blocked with her half of the Scissor Blade. Ryuko tried to push down but she was stopped fully.
'Worry first about Jakuzure and Sanageyama they are both unconscious,' Sentokitsu stated as the barely covered Jakuzure was nearly rolled off of the pillar. Her unconscious face was some placid letting it fall to an inevitable death down below could not happen.
"I hate it when you're this right. Hold on Ryuko, I'll be back in no time," Shinko sighed grasping the unconscious Jakuzure and draping her like a baby in his arms. He dashed over to Sanageyama ad threw him up over his shoulder's as well, litterally carrying the half of the Student Council." Satsuki! Get as many people out as you can!" he shouted staring at the stands.
'Do not worry. I can make that jump,' the Kamui informed as Shinko nodded. A broad smile crossed his face as he rushed forward and shot from the ground like a rocket the specialized piece of clothing providing the lift.
"Thanks buddy," he said as they flew through the air. They crashed into a crater where seats had been, luckily his grasp on both Elite Four members never waved.
"Why? Why did you kill him!" Ryuko shouted striking the purple sword fiercely with her red blade. Nui Harime however was barely flinching at any of the strikes and humming a tune in the meantime. The purple and red blades slammed against one another again, the air sparked briefly before dissipating as Ryuko drew back her weapon for another heavy swing.
'Calm down Ryuko! Your blood is quite litterally boiling!' Senketsu advised to no avail as Nui slammed down their next strike. Ryuko grunted forcing the weapon up off of theirs and pushing Nui only a step back.
"You wanna know why silly? Well Ryuko-chan you should know," Nui commented in a riddle as their blades clashed wildly around. The blonde was something of a mystery herself and Ryuko hated that fact. They kept swinging for several seconds before the black haired teenager actually understood what had been said to her.
"What the hell do you mean? I didn't know anything about my old man!" the red sword undercut its purple counterpart and reached up but the doll-like teenager simply flipped out of the way. She landed a few feet back as Ryuko took the time to realize what had just happened." Tell me you little bitch!" Ryuko's voice roared out as the weapon slammed hard against the purple bladed sword.
"That Kamui though is telling me you know a lot more," the one eyed girl smiled striking the sword away with what appeared to be a casual swing of her weapon. Ryuko's sword came down again from its knocked position and met a one handed wield of the other half, sparks flew but only Ryuko was exerting herself at all. Nui giggled pushing back from the action for a moment." Think about it Ryuko-chan he overstepped his bounds by making Senketsu," Nui laughed phasing through a blade strike.
Her right hand grazed the closed 'eye' of Senketsu and stars ran along the entire part. Ryuko's body chilled for a moment as did the Kamui before being violently tugged away by some unknown force. Senketsu drilled both heels into the ground to keep Ryuko safe as they reached the edge of the ring, behind them Nui appeared once again with a broad smile.
Her touch Ryuko. Why was it so cold?' Senketsu asked confused as the chill finally left the both of them. His senses barely picked up on Nui's presence behind them but Ryuko was already defending.
"I don't know! But this bitch killed dad!" Ryuko pushed back the ground cracking under her forceful movement. Nui still was stationary as if one hundred Ryuko's could not budge her from the spot." You bitch! I'm going to kill you!" another heavy strike crunched against the ground, Nui was no longer there
"Ooh! Look at how soft it is," she rushed her hand across the portion over Ryuko's breast, the fabric tingling once again with tiny purple-pink stars. Ryuko felt Senketsu pulled back and once more they were thrown by the same unknown force." I can definitely tell that its one hundred percent Life Fibers. I'm impressed old man Matoi could do something like this," she peered at Ryuko, who was still seething.
"The best part about something this soft is! That the liner is even softer!" her pinkie finger, the one on her left hand reached into the side of Senketsu's body. Tiny barbs within the nail hitched tightly onto something before tugging back, a long red thread being drawn from within it.
'That's Senketsu's Life Fiber?' Ryuko did not know the proper term for the Nexus Thread. Of course if she had the statement would not be any less true as indeed it was 'the' Life Fiber of the Kamui.
"You look so good in it! Now I want to see what you look like naked!" Nui was laughing almost perversely before yanking the cord. It snapped as if snipped by scissors or a knife edge.
'Aaaah!' Senketsu screamed as steam exploded out from any possible opening in the Kamui. It was hot and painful at the same time, the Kamui itself was wriggling around and flinching that was until it all stopped. In a testament of will or was it genius engineering, he pulled himself back together in a loud snapping sound. Life Fibers filled the wound and the Kamui was together yet again.
"More than one Nexus Thread? Amazing! Ryuko-chan this is great!" the pink wearing teenager laughed. Ryuko doubled over the boiling blood in her body starting to leak out of the Kamui. The casual tone had made Ryuko's anger rocket up far beyond what it had been before.
"Stop acting like we're friends you bitch!" Ryuko looked up swinging the red sword. It glanced off of its purple counterpart and Ryuko grimaced the blood flowing through the fabric effecting her in more ways than one. The next strike was stopped again and Nui smiled seeming ready to enter a monologue.
"The more you hate me Ryuko the more you love me! They are different sides of the same coin! I knew we were together Ryuko-chan~" Nui said almost in singsong as Ryuko grew even more angry. The ground began to shake as the boiling blood began to flow out in a larger quantity a sign of things yet to come.
"Hey can one of you find something to cover up Sanageyama? I have to stop Matoi from going nuts," Shinko commented as a stunned Inumuta watched the changes in her vitals. Mako was confused at all the number jumble running up and down but she knew it was not good that one of the numbers was way above one hundred.
"Matoi's blood pressure has risen to near-incalculable readings. If you are doing something Kurosaki you better get to it," Hoka commented running a error check. The number did not change in fact they were on the rise." Her Kamui itself is changing once again but I have no idea how," he continued pressing the keyboard.
"You were the Information Chair how do you not have data?" Shinko asked drawing both of his swords. The remains of the stands were crumbling fast but the group would remain safe.' I'm going to have to jump in real soon if those numbers keep on rising,' he watched as the points kept shooting up.
"Kurosaki go now something is happening to Matoi," Gamagori butted in quickly. He was right the blood had begun to rocket out in a fountain. It was hot like the water of geyser as well. Things were looking bad and the Elite Four were helpless or nude, in some cases both.
"Get everyone you can outta here Gamagori. Make sure that you keep Sanageyama and Jakuzure safe as well," normally Shinko would not have said that but these were far from normal circumstances. Gamagori nodded knowing there was nothing he could do aside from protecting those nearest to him." Thank you!" power built up around the Kamui's feet.
'Shinko its now or never,' Sentokitsu informed his wearer as Senketsu almost spat Ryuko out.
"Let's go!" Shinko fired off in a spiral.
"Ooh look at that," Nui Harime began to clap as Ryuko was practically engulfed in a single bite by her Kamui. The small pink wearing girl however failed to realize the incoming Kamui wearer. Once again the blonde began to clap the long spirals of hair bobbing with the movement of the clap until Shinko slid between her and Ryuko.
"Nui Harime, I don't know what you did to Ryuko but I know I'm going to stop you before you can do it again," the black haired teenager had eyes that glowed with a youthful vigor. His Kamui shimmered as well the resolve running through their tight knit fusion and friendship bond as well.
'Ryuko is changing you know,' Sentokitsu was proving useful again. Behind Shinko indeed the red highlighted girl was no longer something that anyone would consider a girl. Senketsu had morphed into a beast that consumed her entire body in a disproportionate variant of their normal Synchronized state. Ryuko had fangs that reached up and down jaggedly digging into the pale green skin that had come over her. Her left arm was a gigantic weapon now as well its fist easily half the size of her body.
"I remember you now too! That Kamui was the one with that other guy in it!" Nui laughed as the Berserk Ryuko swung a blow down at Shinko's fame. His right hand reached back and blocked it a green barrier glowing out like it had in the fight with Jakuzure or rather the sound from it." That other guy died right? Was he your father? Neato anyway why don't you get angry too," it was all a game to her.
Shinko looked through the shield as another stream of stars came from atop Satsuki's tower. He and Sentokitsu were changing the Life Fibers becoming hyperactive. Both closed their eyes, clothes and wearer, an expulsion of energy bubbling out from within the field of energy. Nui looked happy as Ryuko began to hobble to the new source of light.
"You may have killed my dad and watching him die for the last few months of his life may have been low. But showing the anger I have against you on the outside is not going to get me anywhere. Trust me though I'm pretty heated on the inside," Shinko spun around the broad sword, it was going to hold up the best in fight with the Scissor Sword.
"How cute! Oi, you'd make such a nice little toy," Nui smiled as if he were just that. This girl clothed in pink was something of a crazy person but her power and demeanor were that of a fighter." But enough of that! I'm going to shred your Kamui!" she giggled, in some people's eyes it would have come across as cute.
Months prior...
"Listen to me, Kamui, if anything were to happen to your wearer's emotional state you are to reactivate this mode understand?" Atticus Kurosaki said looking at the Kamui laying out on his sewing table. Shinko's father touched the center of the Kamui's chest the two green eyes flashing open.
'Of course,' Sentokitsu, then unnamed, said calmly. His appearence was different from the current form in many aspects. For one the green eyes were narrowed and the trim around the red fabric was a darker black hue. The gloves were weighted more and had ridges over the knuckles. The sword, baseline a katana, shifted to a four foot long silver broad sword with a green line over the sharp ends of the weapon.
"But only. If your wearer, whether it be me or my son, is too weak emotionally to go on," Atticus went on continuing what he had begun. The Kamui was perfectly content with the power rushing through it, a transformed state.
'I will and only will. You gave me free thought for this reason, if I see fit I will awaken this form again,' Sentokitsu responded wholehearted towards his mater. Atticus smiled, he picked up a needle that had a strange red solution in it.
"Until the day you are worn again. Goodbye," the Kamui blacked out as the coagulant was injected into its fabric.
"But enough of that! I'm going to shred you Kamui!" the Scissor Blade came screaming in but the field of energy expanded out even more followed by a series of green stars. Her blue eye reflected the light as her mouth was curled up in a broad grin that crossed the entirety of her face.
Shinko felt it, the change within the Kamui he was wearing. His rapidly beating heart began to thud even harder as the core fibers of the Kamui began to contract. One Life Fiber seemed to jab into his spine and stars flowed through every pore of his body. His blue eyes opened wide as the stars swirled violently and brightly around his body. His hands clenched and then there was a voice within his head.
'Shinko this is our Fusion Unlocked. I do not know how you reactivated it but I do remember using this once before,' Sentokitsu stated as the stars spun around the now naked teenager, it was as if they were linking back up again.
'That name's kinda boring. How about we call it something different,' Shinko was smiling as they began to Fuse all over again.
'What did you have in mind?' the Kamui asked his wearer as the sounds of violent clashes went off in the distance.
"Life Fiber: Fusion!" Shinko commented the star exploding out from his core. It was incredible to have so much power flowing through his body and the kicker was that was only the start." Kamui Sentokitsu!" the light began to fade revealing a totally different Kamui, for both wearer and observer a more hostile looking equipment for sure.
"Sentokitsu Bushido!" he shouted and a star stream raced up and down both arms. The gloves on either arm reached up combining back with the Kamui, the black meeting a raised section of black on the torso portion. Ridges arched over both shoulders in a half-loop, their black shining out against the red of the Kamui. The sword in Shinko's hand reached out to over four feet long, not counting the hilt, and had green trim around an otherwise silver blade. The eyes once green shone out in a mismatched color; the right was green and the left was blue!
"Nui Harime, I'm going to end you," Shinko glared up. His right was a shimmering blue as always its purity and clarity never in question, the other his left was green the same emerald green as Sentokitsu's.
Their weapons began to clash at high speeds with long fiery sparks of heat exploding in between strikes. Shinko's power had spiked a lot in the transformed state as did his speed but it was becoming clear that it was still not enough. That doubt however never crossed his mind as they continued to slash at each other with what was apparently high power.
'Those two are here,' Sentokitsu said having read the movements of bullets into the chamber. He did not want to detract from the fighting but at he moment their pace was too fast to keep the two in hiding safe.
"Who?" he asked sword sliding up the Scissor Blade until Nui took a step back the slash missing her frame entirely. He spun and his blade met the Scissor Sword again with a massive spark of light and heat.
'Mikisugi and the other one. The one that assaulted Matoi,' his partner elaborated as their weapons slammed into one another yet again in huge cracks of sound.
"Shit!" Shinko cursed under his breath. Their swords slammed into one another again but this time he was overpowered his boots smashing into the ground with the force of the attack.
"You said his Kamui wasn't doing anything weird!" Tsumugu's voice cut in through the radio in Mikisugi's pocket. The teacher was on the second level of the building while Kinagase was catty-corner to him on the other bend in the Academy's construction, sniper rifle aiming back and forth between all four of the active fighters.
"I didn't know it had a transformation. He could possibly fight on par with Matoi at the moment," Mikisugi remarked drawing the revolver and aiming it over his left arm now steadied as a base to aim. Ryuko and Satsuki were throwing each other around with heavy strikes that caused massive explosions along the entirety of the rapidly emptying arena.
"Which one do I shoot? Matoi or that Harime girl?" Kinagase asked switching his sniper back towards Nui as she and Shinko clashed sword with heavy impacts. His finger was just ready to pull the trigger when both of them stopped.
"Aim for Harime, Kiryuin and Kurosaki could put down Matoi long enough for the synchronization to wear off," Mikisugi responded swiftly. Kinagase smiled slightly and began to slowly exhale bringing his finger up to the trigger.
"Got it," he smiled the bullet shining with in the barrel.
"Get the hell outta here you guys!" Shinko shouted up to the two agents in hiding before being kicked through the door of the building shaking it with the impact. The two watched in abject horror as he was batted out a moment later through panes of glass sideways. Shinko struggled to stand and the Scissor Sword was taking advantage. It came down and stopped just before his nose.
"Pretty face you got there," he commented with an arrogant smirk. She blushed slightly in response before drawing the sword back further away from his face. He was amazed that she had stopped the sword strike what could have caused that to happen aside from a brief moment of consciousness.
'Thyud!' he was kicked across the face and into one of the pillars. Debris from it fell from the sky making loud crunching sound as explosions from Ryuko and Satsuki continued to fill the air around them. He stressed pulling himself free and avoiding an incoming slash with a jump before spinning behind his foe and throwing one of his own, it was blocked by the purple Scissor Blade, casually held by one left hand.
"You're no fun. Stop caring so much and fight me! Please Shinki~chan," she was pouting. His compassion for those around him was what caused that lapse of attack from several seconds ago? He removed the blade from hers and spun it around aiming it her eyes glowing with an enhanced power.
"My name is Shinko!" the black haired teenager screamed. His blade came down and it met the purple Scissor Sword with a thunderous burst of sound and explosion. Nothing came from it as Nui Harime was there holding the sword still even against his overhead strike.' Damn what makes her so tough? There isn't even a Kamui or Goku Uniform on her!' he once again drew back his sword.
"See look at how strong that was! Tres bein! Do it again~" her sole eye lit up with glee as she began trying to slash at him with the blade's razor-edge. Shinko was capable but these blows were ludicrous as if they were not even possible to be experiencing . His boots were digging into the ground with each strike as the two hidden shooters watched from their locales.
'You can not unleash our Finishing Move with some many humans here. Even if it is Kinagase and Mikisugi they won't handle the impact from the blow,' Sentokitsu reminded as Shinko was continuously pushed back by the rapid fire series of strikes to the massive sword in his hands.
"I got that!" he stopped the Scissor Sword and kicked Nui back a few feet. With this time he locked his sight onto Kinagase who was still aiming for Nui Harime with the gleaming barrel of his sniper rifle." Get the hell out of here you guys! Find somewhere safe at least!" his blade down atop his opposition but the purple blade met it verily and swiftly.
Two stars one green the other a purple raced towards one another with a massive explosion. The pillars crumbled and the glass in every window shattered from the sound waves that raced out. The ground was cratering swiftly as they both pushed their weapons forward a show of force that was not easily mimicked unless you were across the courtyard where Senketsu and Junkestsu were doing just that with every strike.
Shinko stood up from where he had been blown down and saw Nui walking casually with a bubbly bounce to her steps. He started to pant knowing that this was not going to end well considering the fatigue he was going through. She smiled as their distance got closer and closer the purple blade raising like it was always meant to, ready to slash through his Kamui.
'Shinko if they have left or not we need to use something with a little more power holding back will get us no where but the infirmary,' the Kamui said as Ryuko and Satsuki continued to brawl along the far edge of the vastly diminished Honnoji Academy. Shinko sighed knowing that Sentokitsu was right.
'Forgive me you guys,' Shinko looked up mismatched eyes shining out with a power that welled up through the Kamui. The blade sparked with power as Nui's came down." Not yet Harime! I'm not finished yet!" his sword was brought up with a trail of green stars that matched his Kamui's original eye color.
The two weapons collided and like the last exchange there was a massive explosion. Stars rocketed out for miles around and he was hurled back in an explosion of incredible proportions. A cracking sound rang in his ears, it was distant luckily not his bones. His back broke through some of the rubble and his head slammed into a series of discarded steel. The sword that was in his hand came in end over end striking into the ground beside him.
'Shinko you are almost out of blood,' the Kamui informed. Even though they had used Life Fiber Fusion many times at this point, the stress of being together for the majority of Ryuko's fight with Jakuzure and fighting Harime in a new form had whittled his blood supply down massively.
"Figures, thanks Sento your really were great today. Hopefully this isn't our last," he laid back as a series of stars raced out in a puff of smoke from his chest area. Obviously showing that they had deactivated, his frame showing the fatigue that the Kamui's long sleeves Bushido form never allowed to show.
'Hopefully,' Sentokitsu faded away as well, it had to stop the blood supply from going to a new low.
"Impressive Makanshoku. It is amazing that you managed to snap her from that Berserk state," Satsuki said slightly impressed the form of Junketsu appearing intimidating over the unconscious Ryuko.
"Ryuko! Is she still alive?" Mako looked up to Satsuki. The Student Council President smiled slightly seeing the naivete in Mako's eye and the will to go on locked on Ryuko's face.
"Yes," Satsuki began to walk away. Mako suddenly jumped up, charred frame beaten and battered by the form of her best friend, she just realized what the Queen of the School had just said.
"Oh my gosh! Lady Satsuki knows my names!" she jumped for joy with a broad smile on her face. Satsuki continued to walk away into the smoke that had come from the many battles that had been there during the Natural Election. A smile was present on her face before fading complete a series of blue stars showing where she was for the first few seconds.
"Son of a bitch! That hurt a lot," Tsumugu winced body laying against a large boulder. He had been cut by the dual explosion of Ryuko's detransformation and Shinko's last stand. The sniper rifle was laying at his feet but even if he wanted to shoot the targets were gone or unconscious.
"You still there Tsumugu?" Mikisugi's voice came up through the radio. He was worn out too, the damage had been done for sure.
"Yeah, I couldn't even touch them if I wanted to. I think I need more training," the mowhawked man commented tired and worn from just being there.
"Me too. Head back to HQ get some rest I can patch myself back up in Honno Town," he said back in the radio. Tsumugu smiled and turned it off standing up and grabbing his rifle. With a swift albeit hitched movement he grabbed the gun and began to walk away with a limp.
"Hey Satsuki-sama this was fun," Nui laughed walking almost unscathed from a portion of the smoke. Satsuki looked over at her with a distasteful look to show her contempt for the girl.
"Nui Harime you are banned from the premise of Honnoji Academy. If Kurosaki and Ryuko Matoi need to be dealt with I will deal with them understand that," Satsuki had the scowl as always on her face.
"Harsh, I don't like this side of you Satsuki-sama," she pouted like a little kid. The black blade of Bakuzan reached up and stuck against her chin its frame cold against her silky skin.
"One more word Grand Couturier and I assure you that you will die," Satsuki pulled the blade away from her throat. It slide back into the sheath and she walked off in silence as Nui took steps through the clouds and out of the campus.
Finished? The wars of Honnoji have rolled over for now but there is still an eerie feeling in the air. The Grand Couturier's presence and relation to Ragyo Kiryuin is something that is most uncomfortable to even think of. What will happen next?
This is a note to everyone the only one using Japanese Honorifics will be Nui Harime because I feel that is part of her character more so than anyone else in Kill la Kill. French will appear only in scenes with Nui Harime and Ragyo Kiryuin as they are the only two that use it during the course of Kill la Kill as well.
Thanks for reading,
~Herodan3