Bite and Claw
Satsuki stood there much as Ryuko had against her so often. The black mini-skirt with the spiked pleats hung down from her exposed midriff the lone crimson suspenders holding the lower to the upper, by way of points over the breast. Senketsu's red scarf had morphed into a more menacing eye and cross on either side of her shoulder blades as a long black sleeves highlighted with red reached down to red palmed gloves.
Ryuko scoffed almost arrogantly, her eyes showed the lack of impression." You didn't know how to wield Junketsu right. There is no chance in hell you are beating me with that piece of shit dishrag knock-off," the teenager shook her head in disbelief spinning the Sword Scissor back around its edge still gleaming with menace and rage. In the face of the taunt though Satsuki held firm.
Satsuki postured herself in a more defensive stance with either half of the Bakuzan raised in forty five degree angles for easy transit between blocks." You don't realize how stupid you are being Matoi. This Kamui is far from just a dishrag," she defended her current ally their bond no where near as strong as Ryuko's previous ones with the Kamui." And that I will prove to you!" reaffirming her belief Satsuki yelled prodding the young lady on.
She should not have done that in the slightest. The world whizzed by as a thunderous left boot smashed into her abdomen hurling her back first across the massive ship through large pillars and spires set up upon the deck. Satsuki Kiryuin really regretted those words when he spin met an entire wall of metal and it gave way behind her leaving her left arm dangling up on the edge.
Ryuko's jovial footsteps through the carnage showed just how much she was enjoying beating the long lost sibling up. Hesitantly Satsuki stumbled up to her feet holding the dual black blades up again, a faintness buckling her knees and shaking her body. Heels digging in she prepared for what was coming next even though Ryuko had not yet even attempted a blow.
"Those two swords were Bakuzan right?" Ryuko laughed pulling the Scissor Blade away to the left side. A smile was crooked across her face as the power of the Kamui surged through her and by extension the ship." What mom broke it and now you're holdin' onto the pieces like a spoiled kid. Pathetic," she demeaned before fading out of sight without warning.
'SCHLING!" the defense Satsuki put up lasted for the briefest amount of a second. Her heels poked through the dock and the spark from the blades followed suit leaning her quickly down to the ground almost completely arching her back. Ryuko was still only pressing down with one hand as well, the danger from the scene was entirely real.
"These swords symbolized everything Honnoji Academy and Satsuki Kiryuin stand for," struggling the long haired teenager growled back. Her body was fitting back to normal so to say but the buckling of her knees was troubling." Even if they are broken to nothing but shards they can be restored! We will fight on until the bitter end!" Ryuko did not budge even with Satsuki throwing her weight forward at the end for emphasis.
"Hah, sounds to me like the blabber of a dumb kid," Ryuko snorted somewhat snobbishly before slamming Satsuki back first to the ground her knees the only thing that remained up right.
'Ryuko please stop this nonsense. Take Junketsu off and wear me again,' Senketsu pleaded as he and Satsuki pushed back up using combined might to temporarily halt the power. Ryuko though still seemed only mildly impressed by the effort and more bored than anything.
"Take off Junketsu for you? I don't wanna look like some tramp again," Satsuki was kicked back as Ryuko spoke the force on the blade over the top for sure. Senketsu wavered slightly as his current wearer held her ground barely." That whole get up where you don't know if the person is naked or not is completely ugly," Ryuko continued to spit venom as the power of Junketsu overwhelmed Senketsu, again.
'I'm ugly?' Senketsu asked completely shaken by the words. Satsuki's hot blood running through his fibers quickly snapped the trance away from him and helped the struggle fall more to a reasonable defending point.
"You entire design of not covering the host is the definition of ugly!" the former wearer of the Kamui remarked as Satsuki was flung back from some unseen force released by the young lady. Stunned Satsuki barely manage to use the longer blade of the two to start another block as Ryuko overpowered them again." My Junketsu is pure pleasure though! Look at how it covers the power is provides! You are made for someone that wanted to use Life Fibers but feared losing their mind to them!" pain began to rack up in the arms of the older sister.
"If anything, the design is genius! The power that is provided is more than satisfactory and it does not stress the wearer unlike Junketsu!" Satsuki spun out away from the possessed teen preparing herself for what came next." Do not waver Senketsu she is the enemy," she whispered as Ryuko strolled forward casually, each movement though seemed smoother than the last.
"Pfft, whatever," Satsuki felt as if a truck had been thrown into her face as both hands lost grip on their weapons. Body first she smashed in skips across the ship unable to stop from being rag dolled by more or less a single blow from her sibling. Her back crashed against something hard but it was not metal, it was the heavy left knee of said feather haired sister.
A strong left hand grabbed the former Student Council President by the throat and hefted her above the ground. Small scratches and bruises were starting to form and the previous injuries were beginning to show even more. Throbbing raced through the airborne girl's frame as the hand gripped tightly slowly draining the body of oxygen and clearly making it hard to defend.
"Can't look down on everyone if your feet aren't one the ground can you!" a right hand bashed Satsuki across the face sending blood out from her mouth. The crimson droplets fell to the ground but the girl was still suspended in the air." Can you!" a left backhand snapped the older girl back to her senses only to invite her into more pain as more blood rolled down her face.
A left handed chop slammed Satsuki head first to the deck again, blood slowly running from her mouth. Hands clenched the first heir of REVOCs stood back up or at least knelt back up to a bearable position. Shivers were starting to rack through her entire body as if she had been beaten on for hours though the time was only seconds at this point.
Harshly, she was buffeted from the relentless punches that had been forced by the white donning girl before her. Satsuki jolted for side to side several times as the stunned Elite Four and others looked on from their position atop, it was clear though that there was plan that needed to be enacted. Three stomping kicks drove Satsuki into a crater showing just enough restraint to keep her from going through.
She stood up again and growled holding her teeth close as the pain raging through her entire frame intensified.' She is stronger than I anticipated. This is going to take a lot more than frontal assault,' the strategic heir thought. Then she nodded to herself before leaning in with a heavy right hand.
Her right hand smashed into the palm of Ryuko with a smacking sound the echoed twice over. Junketsu's vessel simply smiled before driving the girl to a knee with a single swift jolt of the wrist. Satsuki buckled and was just there held up solely by her sister's will and now sick sense of humor.
"Senketsu Senjin!" Satsuki whispered the Kamui reacting instantly.
'Senjin!' Senketsu repeated there was a slight delay. Blades began to appear along the frame bouncing Ryuko back a few feet to keep her from dealing a hit in. Satsuki was thankful for it as well, the recent growth of blades practically everywhere allowed weapon choice.
Satsuki charged and swung down knocking Ryuko off point slightly. A kick nearly caught the possessed teenager in the head instead it sent Satsuki over landing on a broken piece of metal, this gave an expert leaping point. She bounded forward again getting a slight cut in over the bridge of Ryuko's nose; if one could call the small sliver of flesh ripped off by the graze a cut.
"Shippu!" she ordered before hearing the Kamui's echo as she did so. The fire of purple-red that shot from her now rocket shaped feet fueled a massive shoulder tackle that bounced back her sister. Again she charged and hit another tackle head on only this time Ryuko stopped it completely.
"Quit rippin' me off!" a right hand threw Satsuki mid-flight face first to the ship's deck again. The flooring gave way there and the entire vessel bobbed up and down the waves spraying more mist and water up over the bow of the ship.
"Oh? I'm just getting started!" Satsuki smiled body glowing as she popped back up. Blades began to grow around her as she launched up in the Shippu stage, Ryuko looked in shock as the figure rose higher." Shippu! Senjin!" in succession she announced getting an approving jolt from the Kamui as she rotated in a ball of bladed pink-red fire.
The Scissor Sword had met it head on and then ship was being torn through like a can opener. Ryuko though did not mind it at all as she was driven to the lower levels by the thunderous push from her sister's Kamui attempt.
'SHICK!' Satsuki was punched and then slashed down by the long Scissor Sword her back slamming into the metallic tiles and the Kamui losing its sparkling appearence, it nearly reduced back to the sailor uniform state. Ryuko snickered ready to strike down again with the blade only to see Satsuki wriggle away in a jet from Shippu.
"Shippu! Senjin!" she ordered out firing forward in a charge. A right hand grasped her leg side and brought her down over a left knee that send a crack through the already dented and broken ship tiles. Another such knee hurled her into the air where an overhead kick from out of nowhere blasted her towards the deck again this time she rolled landing hard but not enough to go through the deck thankfully as if was already poked full with holes.
"C'mon Satsuki-sama. Lady Satsuki! You ain't all that tough are you?!" Satsuki was plucked from the ground with the maniacal machinations of her own sister. Blood rolled down her chin hitting the tiles as Ryuko watched on with a massive smile. Satsuki was out of it, and with good reason considering the beating she had to endure to get this face.
"Submit or die! That sounds like something you'd say doesn't it?" in a very Hamlet-like manner, Ryuko was talking to at this point an inanimate object, her sister was battered and beaten into submission." So falls the sandcastle kingdom. Satsuki Kiryuin, the pampered little princess with no one to rule," she laughed before discarding the body to the tiles where Senketsu returned back to base again.
Satsuki growled struggling to stare her sister down. Blood dripped from her chin to the flooring below, her eyes shaking as Senketsu stared at Ryuko approaching with the Scissor Sword drawn.' Ryuko, stop this please,' the Kamui pleaded, while Satsuki stuttered forward grabbing and clawing.
"Stop? Why would I, you filthy piece of cloth?" the black haired entity snarled her blue eyes shaking with the strength that the possessive Kamui brought.
'Ryuko this isn't you!' the Kamui hissed as the helpless Satsuki continued to stare.
"Isn't me? Clearly, you do not know me well," she snickered bringing the blade up out to the side.
What would have been Decapitation Mode soared forward bisecting the suspenders of the Kamui in an explosion' Ryuko!' Senketsu screamed as he was blasted from the body of the Kiryuin first born.
Satsuki rolled as the Kamui floated away in the passing winds towards some other portion of the ship. Nude and cold Satsuki shivered, alone, on the ground as Ryuko looked towards the charging Sanageyama that was heading down the ramp.
"Satsuki!" the warrior growled flipping the Tailor's Dagger in his hand.
"Stupid human! You think something like that would work on me?" Ryuko shouted angrily. Before he could even bring the Tailor's Dagger down a firm boot fired the prospective fighter away. He crashed against the ramp, over seventy feet away as if he was been thrown there from merely a meter away.
Then two feet touched down behind her the smoky fog blurring the vision aside from the raging highlights of red that ran through the frame." Ryuko, I think it is time for you and me to have the fight, you've been wanting," the familiar voice of a confident teenager echoed out over the structure.
Tokyo( Moments earlier)...
Shinko zipped the jacket hanging from his shoulders closed, the eyes on either side of the chest lighting up. The white stood out starkly against the leering eyes and small trickles of red color that flowed through the center of either sleeve. Shinko held his right hand up the glove moving with the motion and the stud pressing lightly against his skin.
'Harime has died my fabric and tried to stretch me, but it appears I am the perfect fit,' he noted looking up at his wearer.
"Ready Sento? This is not going to be easy," Shinko mumbled, though the once bustling metropolis was nothing more than a ghost town. He had to get the feel of his Kamui again for sure especially this new tailoring of its base.' I hope I can still wear you. This is going to be down right hard. Man, I need to focus, I can't be held back,' he kept that to himself.
The Kamui shuddered as if sighing before affectionately staring up at his wearer.' I am always ready, especially for a fight like. If this is the path we are going to follow I have no regrets,' Sentokitsu remarked wisely. The Kamui felt the racing heart and nearly the burning blood within the veins of his wearer. The clothing knew that the wearer was nervous, who would not have been in the situation, yet Shinko was assuredly ready to go.
"All right then! Let's do it!" the stud in the right glove was smashed in hard by a left index finger. Its shining edge bored into the skin and drew blood so that the Life Fiber entity around the young man could activate.
Shinko felt it for the first time in what felt like forever, the sensation of being worn by clothing while also wearing clothing. His frame covered in white light was consumed by stars of an off-white hue that danced and spun around smashing away what had normally been the green stars of their old transformation. A ringing sensation hit his ears but it was toned down by the gust of wind that swept across his frame.
Behind him an angry beast with glowering green eyes arose letting out an almost demonic roar. Its gaping maw smashed down over the teenager, who was firmly standing within the matrix of fibers around him. Sentokitsu's frame started to shimmer until a cord wrapped around it and yanked back sending out a gale of power with a burst as the youth stood there changed.
"Life Fiber: Fusion! Kamui Sentokitsu!" the duo said in unison as their power expanded out in a massive burst.
"You changed again. You're covering even more of my body than ever," Shinko laughed staring down at the white Kamui that covered almost all of his body. A loose bang whisked by his eyes before settling back into place it was go time.
'Your father never anticipated this form. Though I must say it does feel good to be active again,' the Kamui said analyzing itself.
A skintight white frame clung to the teenager covering him from the Adam's apple down to the tip of his boots. Red highlights ran down either arm to the 'gloved' area which was marked with black finger portions. Across the abdomen a mark of sheer black wrapped around ,standing out against the pure white frame, it stopped just above his abdomen. A lone sword hung down from his shoulder in a diagonal line, it was a four foot double-edged broad sword, he was ready to use it too as his right hand grabbed the hilt almost instantly.
Much like Ryuko had Shinko kicked his foot and they were airborne in a massive woofing sound." So we can just fly without transforming. I guess that means you must be done adapting," Shinko said delivering another push of air to raise up towards the skyline even more.
It must be. Though our strength had grown for sure, and our connection is stronger than ever,' the Kamui responded its frame igniting with power. The hybrid that was in the air nodded and flung himself forward.
"We need to help Ryuko, that was a promise," they rocketed away.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Ryuko shouted seeing the wall of smoke fade away. Shinko stood glowering down at the girl noticing just how different she had become now that Junketsu had been applied.
"I'm stopping you, Ryuko," the long-sword was pulled from his back with the words. His blue eyed foe looked at him with a touch of malice in her eyes and a tension building up in all of her muscles.
"Stopping me from what? You should be fight beside me if not licking my boot, your just like me!" the girl shouted with a fiery roar. She twirled the red blade around aiming it towards the teenager before her without much trouble or hint of remorse.
Shinko brought his blade up horizontally preparing to engage." I'm stopping you from hurting yourself!" the black haired boy roared in response his body shifting into defensive stance. The white fabric around his body was tightened, his muscles tensed this was for all of the marbles.
"Myself? Hah! You don't get it! I am better than ever!" Ryuko smiled before gaining a serious glare. Tension rippled across the Kamui Junketsu flaring out in stars of blue. It was aware of something its wearer was not and the teenager quickly tuned back in as the glimmer of rockets exploded from the bridge of the grand ship." Pitiful. You were playing the hero card for them?" she spat.
Nonon was swung away by the swift gale caused by the red blade whirring down below. Her petite frame hammered into the back of the control panel, behind which Inumuta was bowing to keep himself from the same fate.
"Why? Ryuko!" Shinko shouted seeing the effects on Nonon's small body. His blood boiled and the glowing red highlights in the Kamui grew brighter almost blinding in intensity.
'SCHLING!' the response was a heavy slash that glanced off of his horizontal sword. The two then split as quickly as possible clearly this was going to be a real follow-up to the beat Satsuki took." Because I can," she verbally answered.
'Rationalizing is not going to work in this case,' Sentokitsu said calmly feeling the hints of restraint on his wearer's end. Shinko's frame then began to shift into actual posture preparing for a longer more brute force fight.
"I knew talking wouldn't work," he shrugged before spinning the large sword into an upright position. His turn to get some solid offense in was coming within the minute.' But I do have a plan.'
Two swings from two different directions came together in a thunderous burst of noise. The ship peeled away slightly as the force raced through it, it was amazing to think that two teenagers were to blame for it. Waves shot up around them as their blade were meeting in the center of the bow, sparks raced out as the force seemed to grow stronger.
Another slashing sound rang out and one of the two teenagers was sent backwards. His body ripped through the raised tiles and through a small turret that was on the opposite end of the boat. A glowing red line appeared on the Kamui a moment later exploding out but not tearing the fabric luckily.
Ryuko trotted over casually her strength being the cause of the rut running across the bow." You're a crazy girl Ryuko," the downed blade wielder smiled pushing up from the ground just as she got to him. Right hand still on the hilt it was clear that they were not finished by a long shot.
Thrashing, helpless, those two words instantly described Shinko no sooner he tried to land a slash on Junketsu's host. Heavy handed strikes kept bouncing him off of the ships upper level. Blood began to flow out in a trickle from the corner of the struggling teenager's mouth as the relentless barrage kept going.
The last time he bounced up a right boot was thrown his way, instead of getting hit though he ducked slightly to the left. The shoe was hanging on his shoulder instead of being jabbed into his torso." Gotcha Ryuko," he smiled before swinging under the leg and tripping out the other. Ryuko planted her hands firmly and kipped back still grasping her blade tightly.
"To say I didn't enjoy the view though-" he joked before catching the incoming right hand firmly around the wrist. Ryuko was awestruck though she should not have been, her opponent's Kamui and its abilities were pretty well known at least to her old self.
'THRUM!' back first she bounded off of the deck. The hip toss had been effective and then some managing to stumble the seemingly indestructible girl as she stood up.
'You let her thrash you earlier didn't you?' the Kamui questioned. Their shared mind was only for the thoughts they wanted to share, the instincts and private secrets were more inaccessible.
"I remember what we can do," he shrugged with a pompous grin. Ryuko struggled to get the shaking out of her body, when she did though a furious glare sent a massive wind of malice towards the young man.' She's still really reckless using analytic factor is helpful but not perfect,' he told himself alone. He drew his blade back up ready to continued.
Ryuko charged like a white bolt of lightning her fury almost limitless. Among their shouts and screams was the whirring noise of blades that clashed and slashed one another in rapid formation. The air began to heat as their limbs seemed to become blurs of white clashing with swords that were barely visible to anyone let alone those that were observing.
Fury soon won out over levelheadedness and three quick slashes disarmed and hurled Shinko back several dozen feet. Shinko's face had three cuts running along the left cheek, nose, and right cheek all of which were gushing out blood. The drizzle of red though did not stop him from scrambling towards the sword that lay before him on the destroyed deck, he needed it.
That though did not happen his right hand was stomped down with the heel of long blue boot the force tearing the tiles around it away. Tears slowly welled in the eyes of the black haired boy as he felt the digging sensation nearly tear through the top of his hand. The blood from his face was staring to run down onto the ground where it quick evaporated under the pressure of the controlled Ryuko.
'Shinko, use this to our advantage throw her off,' the Kamui informed as the grinding of his hand continued. Blood was starting to spurt up from the heel's edge, clearly the Kamui was being torn.
"I've been trying," he responded looking up at the frame currently crushing his right hand. Then it hit him the spot where there was no resistance or protection for Junketsu.' Her hip, if I can hit that full force it'll blow her away,' he balled his left hand tuning out the pain to keep it steady.
'THUCK!' a heavy noise of fist meeting bone rang out. Then a whooshing sound as the hit being was shot several dozen feet back throbbing in their hip.
Shinko popped up and grabbed the blade left handed as the red threads of his body closed the wound on his other hand and the Kamui repaired itself. Behind Ryuko a giant appeared their left hand yanking her back as the right jabbed something into the small of her back. The figure quickly revealed himself to be Ira Gamagori with a massive machine that was slowly spinning.
"Let me go!" she shouted thrashing about. Her frame though was being practically limited as the machine tightened the fibers of Junketsu to the point of submission, all of her strength could not happen without it.
"Not happening Matoi!" Gamagori boomed keeping the machine steady as the teenager thrashed in front of him. His hulking frame provided a great anchor to prevent her from getting away.
"Get off of me you stinking human!" Ryuko roared a growl escaping with every word. The words were shallow though the Kamui was somewhat struggling to keep itself in check her power was dwindled.
"You aren't going anywhere until I split you from Junketsu!" he reared back lifting her feet from the ground. This led the the Kamui being drawn in faster due to lack of grounding but still it was not coming off.
Shinko panted and sensed something coming, that something was malice wrapped in pink clothes." Back out now Gamagori!" he shouted as did a half-conscious Satsuki, their intuition was too honed to not notice.
"What?" a purple slash ripped through the tubular machine. He jumped back allowing Ryuko to fall before ti detonated between the both of them, the third being grabbing Ryuko by the shoulders.
"You lied to me Shinki. I'm very disappointed in you," Nui's voice rang out as the sound of a very large DTR came whirring by. Tsumugu Kinagase popped up from the deck, gun attachments boosted the highest caliber.
"I'm disappointed it took you so long to notice that lie," Shinko smiled spinning his blade around.
A trigger was pulled and a flurry of needles raced out. His sentence of distraction obviously had been planned to the point of opening Nui Harime up.
Nui Harime arrives to tilt the odds back in the favor of the controlled Ryuko. How will humanity's last defensive stand against the duo of extremely strong warriors? Is this the end of the line?
Thanks for reading,
~Herodan