Rise and Join the Battle
Satsuki watched and felt the ship move as her sister shot off with all the strength her Kamui would allow. The heiress was unflinching, this was something to prove her loyalty to their cause and the first step towards Ragyo's defeat. Time though slowed for her whizzed by and the blow was only six inches away, she stared forward like steel as her sister's growling features flashed before her.
'THUD!' someone was there a buffer between the siblings. A gigantic tanned back with blonde hair hanging from the back of the head attached was there, the attire of a Nudist Beach member clinging to the muscular frame. His body though quickly flew away with a huge woofing sound as Ryuko touched back down on the tiles.
"Gamagori?" Satsuki asked in shock roughly at the time his giant frame was fired away. Afterwards she looked at Ryuko as her sister turned towards the now downed man with a hint of surprise on her face.
"What the hell? Stay out of this!" Ryuko growled at the flattened behemoth several dozen feet away. Her hand gripped tightly so much so that one could hear the motion as it popped her knuckles slightly." Now take this!" jumping Ryuko shouted her hand flying through the now shorter gap which made the blow even more formidable and intimidation.
'Twack!' once again her fist dug into a face this one with band of cloth wrapped around the eyes. Uzu Sanageyama was flattened and knocked clean down face first towards the ground where he lay for several seconds.
"What is it with you guys!" Ryuko snarled balling her fist up one more time. She stopped though when movement shifted both frames, Gamagori's rising first.
His face was tucked in upon itself almost comically making his features just a hole." Is that what you call a 'full-force punch' Matoi!" the features popped out as Gamagori shouted these words. Ryuko took a step back in a slight hint of shock at how crazed Gamagori was over all of this.
"Yeah what's it to you!" always the rebel she said bucking towards the giant. Iron-like Ira Gamagori did not move his frame looking down at her in disgust and disappointment.
Sanageyama rose next his face in a similar way until it too popped back out into its normal shape." I thought no ordinary people could handle that punch of yours when you went all out. So why were you holding back?" Sanageyama shouted standing firmly next to the Toad of the Elite Four without hesitation.
"Because you assholes got in the way!" Ryuko shouted with a blush while everyone else on deck looked at the situation totally differently. The two Elite Four members both grinned hearing her slightly angry tone.
"You pulled your punches because one of us jumped in! You have no right to hit Lady Satsuki!" Gamagori bucked forward his features stern even though his role as Disciplinary Chair was long gone at this point.
"Being half-hearted towards Lady Satsuki is unforgivable!" resolute Uzu added on keeping firm in his position in front of the former leader of Honnoji Academy. Ryuko snarled her hand closing more now, she was getting really angry.
"Move the hell out of my way!" she jumped to deliver another punch but again two frames appeared before her slowing her flight and making her land back down. One was slender with blue hair that hung over a pair of overblown glasses. The other petite with pink hair that hung out from underneath a Nudist Beach cap." Great more of you are here now!" Ryuko groaned staring at her sister through the horde of former students.
"If you want to continue our faces belong Lady Satsuki as well," Inumuta said calmly.
"Our limbs belong to her too," Nonon added in a voice that was too strong and confident for most people of her stature. Her friendship with Satsuki Kiryuin made all of the others tenure with her seem like a single day and that was where she garnered such confidence from." If it is for her sake, we'll gladly be smashed to bits and chopped to pieces!" the girl exclaimed again temporarily stunning Ryuko and making her cast a step back.
"But keep in mind Matoi. All of these limbs have a mind of their own and can really take a beating!" Hoka stepped forward next to Nonon, eyes being hidden behind the blue-green hair atop his head.
"We are the Elite Four of Honnoji Academy! We are Lady Satsuki Kiryuins greatest blades and strongest shields!" Uzu said somewhat boldly as the closed in close formation around their leader with all of the best intent.
"If you or anyone else Matoi wish to hit her you will have to go through the four of us first!" Gamagori said in his angry and gruff tone keeping eye contact with the teenager almost exclusively." That being said we will not be easily brought to our knees!" the tower of a man continued. He had no concern for what the others aboard the ship cared for, he knew his goal was to keep Satsuki safe.
Ryuko had a nervous bead of sweat rolling down the back of her head when she finished hearing all of the stuff the Four Elites had to say." What is wrong with you guys?" Ryuko shouted loudly while keeping both fist clenched at her side." You lot are completely batshit crazy! Its incomprehensible!" the red streaked girl continued keeping a perplexed expression on her face.
"Kinda like me right Matoi? A big freaking idiot right?" Shinko said as she dawned with a realization. The 'third' Kamui wearer emerged from the crowd in rather normal attire a large bandage wrapped heavily around his shoulder." Or like Mako who barged into your mind before you noticed"? he asked again seeing the realization Ryuko had come to on her own.
"You have a group of idiots around to protect, you just like I do?" Ryuko said coming out of the stunned trance. She had not heard a word Shinko said but putting two and two together was not that hard.
"Sure looks like it," Satsuki remarked closing her eyes and letting out a sigh of relief. Her Four Devas did the same thing after turning in towards her relieved that the stand-off had come to an end.
Satsuki cleared her throat." In order to beat Ragyo, I would have to use every human as a pawn to further my goals..." Satsuki looked forward at her sister as her Elites stepped aside." Or at least that was what I used to tell myself," she looked down at her boots before taking a few steps forward as everyone there gave leeway to the heiress.
"That went for you as well Matoi," Satsuki continued to walk before staring down her sibling from only a few feet away. Her cold eyes scanned Senketsu before looking up at Ryuko again." From the moment you showed up at Honnoji Academy dressed up in Senketsu, I tried to train you so that you could be of use against Ragyo's army.
By having you come after me as your father's killer, I tested Senketsu's strength as well as your own. If you could stay in control without allowing your Kamui to consume you, then you would prove a useful part of my plan against Ragyo," she turned over to Shinko at this point his battered frame a sign of how much he put on the line for this moment.
"When Kurosaki activated his Kamui as well. I knew if I could lead one of you into helping the cause against he without telling the truth," Satsuki stopped looking at her Elites remembering the long nights of planning and procedure they went through.
"You bitch," Ryuko said rather civilized despite the vulgarity of the comment. Satsuki took it unflinching, words were never something that would shake her at anytime.
"I however was sorely mistaken," Satsuki explained somewhat in only a few short words." At the end of the day manipulating Kurosaki or yourself was making me no better than my mother, my enemy. I could never defeat her that way she was better at it," Satsuki elaborated more." In the end the biggest fool in this entire situation was me," Satsuki closed both eyes and let out another sigh.
"Satsuki..." Nonon looked over at her leader more as the friend from their kindergarten days, allowing such a casual remark to slip.
Both grey eyes opened and Satsuki gained an air of determination about herself once more." I now know that this world is not a piece of cloth. It is filled to the brim with many incomprehensible things, and that is what makes it beautiful," Satsuki continued emotion breaking through her tone in more way than one.
"Please fight alongside me to protect that beautiful world, Ryuko!" Satsuki, the dictator, to some Satsuki the Goddess, bowed humbly towards her sister. Pride was no longer a thing for her at this point it was truly about the well-being of the Earth.
'Holy hell Satsuki Kiryuin just bowed,' Shinko's eyes shook with the shock. It was amazing a sight he wished he Kamui could have seen for sure, though it probably was best for Sentokitsu to get repaired for sure.
Ryuko's frame toned down the ruby-pink stars that came with the loss of the transformation shone out and her feathery hair fell back to normal." Man, even your apologies are way overblown. But after all of that I don't even feel like hitting you in the face anymore," Ryuko laughed scratching her cheek with a broad smile.
"There are people I haveta protect, too. I agree it is high time we stopped that mother of ours," Ryuko smiled looking around at the group that had given their all to rescue her.
"Counting me out are you? Come on guys I'll be patched up before the night's over," Shinko smirked stepping forward. His fight may not have been as deep-seeded at Satsuki's or as sudden as Ryuko's but it still was his fight with Ragyo Kiryuin just like it was theirs." She's your crazy mother but what she did to my family and what she and Harime did to me are unforgivable. I'm killing her with you."
Satsuki smiled and nodded her head." Very well. Though you need to know that she will not hold back on any of us," the eldest daughter responded quickly.
"I could take Harime and Junketsu on at the same time. She can come at me with all she has," Shinko said nonchalantly making everyone else smile at his confidence.
"Now that you've all made up! Let's eat!" Misses Makanshoku rushed out from under the deck bringing several trays of her famous croquettes. Those from the Elite Four looked on somewhat confused as Mako and the other Makanshokus quickly gathered around with trails of slobber seemingly appearing out of no where.
Quickly Mako put one of the fried delicacies on every plate she could possibly get hold of. Her chopsticks blurred in and out as every crew member and Honnoji Student was fed and situated around several tarps placed around the remaining portions of the deck.
"Its good right Lady Satsuki?" Mako asked whilst piling in another croquette into her own mouth.
Satsuki ate more delicately like the refined young lady she was raised to be. One bit into the fried casing gave Mako her answer when Satsuki took another." Yes, very," she laughed before continuing on with her meal, Mako smiled out of this world.
Soroi came around with several different kettles filled with the tea he often gave to Satsuki. Everyone obliged his generous offer of 'washing it down with tea' and were instantly gifted for it by contrasting flavor.
Off to the side of the ship though Ryuko sat with Senketsu a plate of croquettes on her lap as she looked through the black night and towards the opposite shore, which was covered in white fog. There were no lights either, their entire country of Japan had been reduced to an empty, humanless shell of its former self.
'You were touched by that apology weren't you?' Senketsu asked as Ryuko plopped once of the fried treats into her mouth.
"Of course not," she said while chewing giving the words a slightly muffled tone.
'I thought you would try to hide it. Though I felt how you did when Satsuki bought all of that up. You touched just like the rest of our incomprehisible group,' the God Robe responded. Ryuko looked down at him with a sightly saddened look upon her face.
"Why are you talking so much? Did you miss me or something?" the black-haired teen asked once again chomping down on the next croquette.
'No, it takes far more than a few days to make me lonely,' the garment responded avoiding eye contact with his wearer.
"Ah, you did miss me didn't you?" she laughed making the Kamui sightly more uncomfortable. There was no response there must have been a nerve struck or something along those lines." Senketsu don't act like that. Talk all you want, no one but me can hear you and there might not be that much time to talk down the road," Ryuko sighed as a shadow cast over her.
"Hey, mind if I sit here?" Shinko asked balancing the plate in his good hand, while hi bad arm hung at his side. Ryuko turned and looked up at his features and saw that he was smiling.
"Yeah, sit down Kurosaki," Ryuko patted the steel tile beside her before scooting over slightly.
The teen quickly obliged and sat down patiently." Thanks, I saw you eating alone over here and well I couldn't have that from my long time friend," Shinko commented sitting the plate on his lap.
"Friend? What type of friend almost cuts your arm off?" Ryuko asked feeling less than stellar afer seeing the blood soaked bandage wrapped aroud Shinko's arm. Guilt was creeping in really fast and Shinko knew it.
He laughed a little before swallowing the food in his mouth." If I didn't spend the last month trapped this probably would have been gone in a few minutes. Don't worry about it a little food and I'll be ready to fight just like I said," he smiled before taking another croquette in with a massive and satisfying crunch.
"That's my fault too if I hadn't-" Shinko cut her off holding his chopsticks out in front of her noise." What the hell dude?!" she yelled getting off topic as they closed in on the point.
"Uh-uh," he shook his head keeping the pressure on somewhat comically as Ryuko growled in frustration." I don't want to hear Ryuko Matoi degrade herself. We all could have handled that stuff at Honnoji Academy better," he looked on towards that looming spot where the was bound to be a collision of epic proportions." What matters now is that we're going to finish this," he unclasped his chopsticks and went back to his plate.
"Dude that hurt you know!" she growled looking at him angrily. Though after letting everything sink in she lost that anger for him and quickly calmed down." You're right. Beating Ragyo is the last thing we have to do," she smiled seeing that end in reach now more than ever.
"Yep. So eat up and stop getting down on yourself. We're going to win," he smiled before eating another part of his meal. He felt the shoulder injury closing with every bite, he was going to be ready for Ragyo too.
'For being a big freaking idiot Kurosaki is a good guy once you get to know him, ' Ryuko giggled to herself as Shinko continued to eat away at the plate sitting on his lap.
'Ryuko you shouldn't be blushing so much,' Senketsu informed practically feeling the glow over Ryuko's cheek.
"What?" she looked down at her face and saw the glowing patch on her face.' Damn it! ' she cursed as always, her brutish nature was not one to be so easily contained.
Elsewhere on the ship Satsuki had be requested by Iori, accompanying her were Tsumugu Kinagase and Aikuro Mikisugi.
The Sewing Club leader was surrounded by massive balls of Life Fibers the Nudist Beach workers had collected during the sisterly face-off. His orange mask filled with a white mist from heavy working. Behind the blonde on a frame was Junketsu, tacked to the board and regenerated back to normal.
'Tac! Tac! Tac!' needle-like pins were shot into the trapped Kamui raising the ire of the two Nudist Beach leaders that were observing. The contents of each pin drained into the Kamui showing no exterior change.
"What I just injected into Junketsu was a mixtture of Satsuki's blood, Ryuko's blood, and a few of Senketsu's Life Fibers," Iori commented explaining the process. That did not stop Tsumugu from taking a perplexed glare at the trapped Kamui, the purpose of the injections were still unknown to him and hopefully Mikisugi as well.
Satsuki smiled seeing the hard work the blonde sewing master had put into it." So you are trying to dye Junketsu in Lady Satsuki's colors by using Senketsu's abilities?" the blue haired teacher had figured it out or so it seemed.
"Why force my arms through the sleeves of an outfit that I could not truly wear," Satsuki said grey eyes narrowing upon the Kamui. It was stilled by all of the tacks within it but stil had an impossing look." When it would be better to have it tailored to my needs?" the rhetorical point went through rather easily as they all glared at the Kamui." It appearance makes no difference now."
"Corrupting 'purity'? The only thing on your mind is victory, isn't it?" Kinagase said impressed at how far she was going for this single important battle. He smiled both onyx eyes turning back towards her." You had shed away all of the layers that were unneccessary. Looks like even Satsuki Kiryuin is a full-fledged Nudist in spirit," he continued gaining a glare from the heiress of clothing.
"Iori, is there anything useful here?" the black haired young lady asked turning to the sewing master.
"Y-You're ignoring me?" Tsumugu said eyebrows raised and mouth half-opened in shock.
Apparently Shiro was ignoring the Nudist as well." Rest assured. Collecting the Life Fibers went much better than expected," he continued before walking up to a gaint sewing machine that was sitting before him." I can begin producing Goku Uniforms within the next few moments," Iori said looking to the giant balls of Life Fibers to either side of the room.
"Will you be able to do it on your own?" Mikisugi asked seeing the gigantic balls of twine and knowing the bio-mass of the Life Fbiers and their weight.
He turned serious and narrowed his eyes." I am the only help I need!" Shiro shouted looking at them before grabbing the collar of his white labcoat. A twinkling sparking from a blac star as he did so.
The two on his shirt flashed as well before quickly beginning a transformation sequence. Three stars arched over his body before spinning around it slowly patching together into a patchwork that quickly went stiff. A flash of rainbow colored light raced out in vibrant fashion, revealing a completely active Goku Uniform.
"Three Star Goku Uniform! Order Regalia!" he shouted as the form unveiled itself from around his body. Four long arms of a black sheen rose from the back of the red coat that covered his black inner frame. His mask went from orange to green and covered the entirity of his face.
Satsuki left with the others head towards the main deck where the others were bound to be waiting.
Satsuki had found the position of being in a seat while the others watched on from the platform beneath her and the main console. Atop this main console was a projector showing a hologram probably for visual aide, this was due to Inumuta in the seat across from her.
"Ragyo Kiryuin's ultimate goal is to turn every last human into Life Fiber. Then, to cover the planet with them," Satsuki said as the world appeared on the green holoboard." This is called the Celestial Seed Cocoon Planet plan. Long winded yes but very dangerous.
Every REVOCs Inc. product is fitted with Life Fibers. Those Life Fibers will awaken when the signal is sent out, turning the helpless masses into energy sources and converting all clothes into COVERs," the image on the hologran changed as several different points around the map began to glow. Inumuta it would appear was very good at what he was doing.
Satsuki continued knowing the image would change again as she continued to talk." After that signal the seven billion COVERs will then rise up into the stratosphere and completely engulf this planet," Satsuki said as the image showedf exactly that, small black dots consuming the Earth like a big yarn ball.
"Is she trying to dress up the Earth?" Tsumugu said slightly perplexed only to regain his composure and shake it off." That's absurd," he shook his head repeatedly for asssurance.
"I had heard that she was trying to turn humanity into Life Fibers. But I had no idea it was on such a massive scale," the blue haired man said looking at the hologram in shock." But what's the purpose?" his black gloved hands cupped his chin.
"I am afraid I can answer that," Satsuki informed staring out at the group of curious warriors." Life Fibers are an alien lifeform that wander across space. When they reach a planet with semi-intellegent life," the image showed a quilt-like mass slowly approach the Earth." They evolve that life to a point where it would serve as a suitable energy source form them," hundreds of small blips fell from the mass to the holographic Earth.
"After that, they turn the population into Fibers and cover up the planet," Satsuki sighed as the hologram showed once again hundreds of thousands of dots uniting in the sky as a black mass." They then turn the planet itself into an energy source by causing it to explode progating them through the cosmos once again."
"Isn't that just an explosive plan," Sanageyama said amost sarcastically.
"In a time like this? You stupid North Kanto monkey!" Jakuzure shouted at her green-haired ally. Nonon hated his sense of humor and now it was showing when the world was about to meet its end.
"Stupid? Why do you keep coming at North Kanto? Do you want me to turn you into soup!" he growled towering over the pink haired girl beneath him.
"Why are you two so ready to get intopp such incoherent prattle?" Hoka commented finishing the simulation and cutting out the holographic link. He was tired of all of the nonsense too it would seem.
"Do not act so uncivilized in front of Lady Satsuki!" Gamagori's voice boomed as his hulking frame cast a shadow over the triad of Elite Four members.
Satsuki though laughed at it all her features contorted into a smile." Let iss go Gamagori. When you guys mouth off at one another it makes me feel like I am back home," the heiress laughed.
"Yes ma'am!" they all bowed with smiles on their faces.
The console began to beep and another map appeared this one though via satelite." There finally managed to hack into the REVOCs satelite the only problem is the camera is the only thing I could get access too," it zoomed in on Ragyo and her vessel the Original Life Fiber.
"There she is. Ragyo," Ryuko growled watching the feed as the Life Fiber crossed over into Tokyo Bay.
"Our predictions were correct she is heading for Honnoji Academy," Hoka continued as the footage kept rolling along.
"Honnoji? What for?" Shinko turned and looked up at Satsuki, who unfortunately was frowning.
"The tower where my quarters were established was initially supposed to function as a transmitter. I had no idea for what but now," Satsuki stumbled over her words slightly." It is clear Ragyo is going to use the transmitter and the Original Life Fiber to activate the dormant Life Fibers around the human race."
"So we need to destroy the transmitter?" Ryuko asked taking the words from Kinagase's mouth.
"Yes," Satsuki answered with a nod.
"There is one thing we were not expecting though?" Inumuta said to the two teenaged girls over looking his shoulder.
"What is it?" Jakuzure questioned staring at her ally curiously.
"We have incoming! They are about to hit the ship!" Hoka commented as red-orange bolts in the distance began to come clearer and closer.
"Why did you wait until now to tell us this!" Nonon shouted bracing for impact as the bolts grew closer.
The ship was rattled by the strikes debris and water being sloshed into the air.
"Mister Mikisugi. I leave you in charge of the crew. The leader can not be the one on the front lines. I will go with Ryuko and Kurosaki when the times comes," Satsuki said jumping down beside her sister, the third Kamui wearer obviously going to obtain his Kamui from the medical ward where he was patched up.
"Very well good luck to you all," Aikuro remarked before going into order giving mode.
"Satsuki and Ryuko will keep Ragyo and the Original Life Fiber at bay. Our mission is to go in and destroy the transmitter!" Mister Mikisugi shouted to everyone else on board as Satsuki and Ryuko looked forward at the horizon line.
"Back to ordering people around," Ryuko sighed in disappointment.
"Aren't you coming?" Satsuki asked walking by ignoring her sister's complaint.
"What about you?" the younger of the two asked back.
"I have to go," Satsuki said continuing by.
"Then get changed," smuggly Ryuko remarked as the non-Kamui wearers raced to their battle position.
Satsuki and Ryuko stood shoulder to shoulder, Shinko poised behind them in a partial diamond formation.
"Lady Ryuko please take care of you sister," Soroi said through the earpeice attached to the side of Ryuko's face.
"Gotcha, will do," Ryuko nodded in her voice and body posture before looking over at her sister.
"Let's go s-s-si-?" the shorter of the two siblings mumbled unable to bring herself to words, a blush crossing her face in embarrassment.
Satsuki smiled at the display before shaking her head." There is no need to force yourself to act like my sister. Your blood is running through Junketsu and that is enough for me," Satsuki acknowledged with a smile.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
'That's a little weird,' Shinko shook his head. The exchange was just stumbling enough to make him laugh.
"All right girls. Now that that is over with," Shinko remarked lifting up his left hand, the white glove shimmering with a silver stud.' This is going to be weird. I don't think I've ever been nervous around anyone, this though is making me pretty nervous,' he swallowed heavily before exhaling.
"Lets do this!" Ryuko shouted.
And like then a clip was pulled. Flanks on a sleeve were driven down. And a stud was jabbed into the back of a left hand.
Stars flourished in sequence across the entire ship a blinding flash as three teenagers united with their clothing. Beast of ethereal fire crunching down on the bodies of said youths activating the stronger forms. Matrices of thread and stars wrapped around transforming garments into their active state. Stars streamed out in reddish-pinks, vibrant metallic blues, and even a white color.
"Life Fiber: Synchronize!"
"Life Fiber: Override!"
"Life Fiber: Fusion!"
Three very different screams for three very different youths rang out ans the transformations came to a close.
"Kamui Senketsu!"
"Kamui Junketsu!"
"Kamui Sentokitsu!"
And like that the three teenagers had completely their transformations all of which different by design yet roughly equal in length. The three looked at one another as Ryuko took the lead.
"Senketsu Shippu!" instantly she yelled transforming into a hovering state. Senketsu's flight capabilities were very effective as such she quickly held a hand down to her sister first." Need a lift?" Ryuko asked cockily as Satsuki looked at her.
"No," Satsuki responded with her typically coy smile. Then Junketsu began to spark and transform as if prematurely." Junketsu Shippu!" by order the Kamui changed in full, the boots and leg portions combining into a pair of thrusters.
'They can transform too?" Senketsu was shocked by it.
"Is that because of Senketsu's Life Fibers?" Ryuko asked seeing as her sister hovered up beside her.
"Partially I am sure, though seeing as you could fly within Junketsu I am not entirely sure," Satsuki responded looking down at Shinko who had feet firmly planted on the ground.
"Hey don't worry about me. I can fly in this form," Shinko smiled kicking off of the ground with a flick of his right foot and hovering equally with his allies." Now, then lead the way those things aren't going to destroy themselves," he commented spinning his blade from its sheath.
"Think you can keep up?" Ryuko boasted before jetting off. It was a pink arrow heading towards the incoming orange missiles of bundled Life Fibers.
"Shinko, watch Ryuko's back," Satsuki told him.
"I was counting on it," Shinko nodded knowing well that Satsuki did not expect all of them to make it out of the clash with Ragyo. A smile crossed the heiress' face before she took off following her sister's footsteps adding a blue arc parallel to that of Ryuko.
'We should go,' Sento added as the dozens of orange spheres were being butchered by both halves of either sisters weapons.
"Yeah, I think so too!" he responded firing off blade drawn and ready for action. Explosions raced off in his wake as the results from the two siblings fell behind them.
Below the water rippled red and none of them noticed as they shot towards the ill-fated Honnoji Academy.
There you have it the gates of fury have been opened! Can the triad of youths manage to overcome the forces of Ragyo Kiryuin? I guess that is something that you will have to wait and find out...
Thanks for reading,
~Herodan3