Chapter 11
At The Academy, The Next Day
Kazuichi gave Hinata a curious look, "Are you sure you should be moving around. I mean, you're probably as tough as glass by this point." he said.
Hinata sighed, "I blame being the Ultimate Plot Armor." He replied.
"I think Plot Regeneration makes more sense, but whatever." Kazuichi said as he scratched his head. "By the way, how's your little friend?" he asked as he pointed at Hinata's uniform jacket.
"He's not entirely active yet, thankfully." Hinata answered.
"So it talks to you?" Kazuichi asked.
"Pretty much." Hinata answered.
"So, it's got the same power as Ryuko?" Kazuichi asked.
Hinata didn't want to answer that but he did, "Yeah, I would rather not talk about it." he said.
"You want to go to a seamstress? Maybe someone can add more fabric?" Kazuichi asked.
Hinata sighed, "I tried that, the jerk got angry and tried to kick my ass." he said as he tugged on his shirt.
The reason for that question and answer is that like Ryuko's uniform. When activated, Hinata will look like a male stripper and expose a good chunk of his skin. Actually it was a strange thing to think about.
"Hey Kazuichi, not that I'm trying imply anything, but you know how it's considered gay for a movie to show a guy in his underwear?" Hinata suddenly asked.
"Yeah, I try to ignore those scenes." Kazuichi answered.
"How do women react when it's a girl on screen?" Hinata asked.
"I… never thought of it like that." Kazuichi said as he sweat dropped.
"We feel very uncomfortable." Chiaki said appearing out of nowhere.
"AHH! Nanami!" Kazuichi shouted after being startled by her presence.
"I've played fighting games with alternate costumes. I feel uncomfortable when I see that exposure, but try to ignore it like everyone else." Chiaki explained.
For reference, Chiaki was talking about how some fighting games offer alternate costumes for characters. Some of which put characters in their bathing suits. Oddly enough, sometimes developers go too far with the designs when and that's where annoying fan service kicks in. Though it was a somewhat interesting question to bring up.
"Well that satisfied my curiosity." Hinata said.
"And now I know that Kazuichi is a pervert." Chiaki said.
"I am not! It's just that I never thought that way about those dumb movie tropes!" Kazuichi exclaimed as he waved his arms around in panic.
Chiaki then turned her head to Hinata, "We should head back to class now." she said as the free period is almost over.
"Okay." Hinata said.
When the three started to make their way back to class. Hinata's instincts kicked in and he immediately shoved Kazuichi into the ground and dipped Chiaki with his arm. The moment he did that, a tennis ball moving faster than a speedy bullet moved passed them and hit Mako who was nearby and speaking with Ryuko. Despite the massive bruise, Mako looked relatively fine.
"I'm okay!" Mako said as she went to talking with her friend. "Anyways Ryuko, my mom said that…"
She was suddenly hit with more tennis balls. Mako was trying her best to tell Ryuko that since the girl had no place to stay in the city and would be allowed to continue her education at Honnoji despite her previous actions the other day. Mako's mother gave Ryuko permission to live with them. All the while Mako was constantly being assaulted by waves of tennis balls.
"Who is doing that!?" Ryuko asked angrily.
That's when a girl in tennis uniform came out, "So you must be the transfer student that disrespected Lady Satsuki. I am the Captain of the Tennis Team, Omiko Hakodate, nice to meet you." the Tennis Captain said. "Since Mako hasn't been doing her club duties. We have to punish her." She said.
"What the hell did Mako do to deserve that?" Ryuko asked.
"Anyone who misses practice is subjected to punishment and that's what Mako did by missing practice yesterday." Omiko explained. "The punishment is being hit by 110 million balls." she said.
"That's way out of line." Hinata spoke up.
"So is pushing your friend on the ground and cradling the pretty girl! No offense Nanami." Kazuichi exclaimed.
"Butt out, none of you are in a club so it's none of your business." Omiko said.
"But that asshole from the Boxing Club was holding her hostage!" Ryuko argued.
Omiko did not care, "Well, she should have asked for permission then." she said.
"Who needs permission to be boiled alive?" Hinata asked.
"I'm still not talking to you." Omiko said rudely. "Girls, continue with the punishment." she said ordering her minions to start serving their tennis balls.
Ryuko shielded herself and Mako with her scissor blade case, "Run ahead Mako! I can handle this!" she said.
"Okay." Mako said as she ran off.
Suddenly, Ryuko looked betrayed by how quickly Mako was willing to leave Ryuko alone.
"So you want to take the punishment then?" Omiko asked.
"Why not? I owe Mako and her family for free food and board. Besides, I wouldn't mind kicking your ass." Ryuko said with confidence.
Omiko scoffed, "Don't think this will be easy just because you beat Fukuroda." she said.
"Whatever, lets just fight. Ready Senketsu?" Ryuko asked only for nothing to happen. "Senketsu?" She asked as she looked at her clothes.
Hinata looked concerned, 'Wait, does she not know that the kamui needs blood?' he mentally asked.
Ryuko continued trying to awaken her kamui only for nothing to occur. Omiko looked impatient and immediately barraged Ryuko with many tennis balls.
"Kazuichi, I need you to make me a really big tennis racket." Hinata said.
"Sure, don't even apologize for shoving me down." Kazuichi said sarcastically as he pulled out his toolbox.
A few minutes later, as Ryuko was trying to escape the barrage of tennis balls. Kazuichi finished making the tennis racket for Hinata. Hinata then used his new tool to save Ryuko and buy some time for her to escape.
"Run, I can hold them off since I'm better equipped." Hinata said.
"Thanks, I owe you two now!" Ryuko said as she made a quick retreat.
"So you're the misfit. Double time it girls! We don't tolerate those who challenge Lady Satsuki's will!" Omiko commanded as she increased the fire rate on Hinata.
Kazuichi's eye started to twitch, "He's going to get himself killed for disobeying Satsuki one of these days." he said.
Chiaki looked around to see if there was any way to help with the situation. However, there wasn't really anything anyone could do seeing as Hinata was using all of his reserve strength to block the balls. It didn't help that Kazuichi's special tennis racket wasn't enough to combat tennis balls being launched at the same velocity and pressure as an artillery battery. When it eventually snapped off by the handle.
"That's not good." Hinata said with wide eyes.
"Bring in the deluxe ball!" Omiko ordered.
The Tennis Team proceeded to bring in a gigantic ball. If the same pressure as the smaller tennis balls is applied to this "deluxe" ball. Then there is no doubt the Tennis Captain has the capacity to sink a battleship.
"Kazuichi, you think you can make another tennis racket?" Hinata asked.
"You need a shield made from something stronger than tungsten!" Kazuichi yelled.
By this point, Omiko hit the giant ball and sent it flying towards Hinata. Luckily, Hinata must have been truthful and serious about the Ultimate Plot Armor crap. Because Sakura came out of nowhere and stopped the ball with all of the strength she could muster. Leaving behind a giant amount of smoke from the pressure she made from standing her ground.
"Thanks!" Hinata said with surprise.
"Your welcome, anyways Pekoyama needs your help and you seemed to be busy." Sakura said as she dropped the giant ball.
"Peko?" Hinata asked as he saw the swordswoman in the distance. "Okay, thanks again. I'll pay you back." he said.
Omiko sneered at Sakura, "You big veiny brute! Team, prepare the second wave!" she commanded.
"Hai!' the entire team responded.
Sakura looked at the ball and proceeded to pick it up again. By raising it over her head like a football, Sakura projected the range and accuracy of her throw. Before tossing the giant tennis ball back at the Tennis Team. Omiko gritted her teeth as she stood her ground and attempted to send the giant ball back. Only to find herself skidding back due to the sheer pressure that Sakura put into her throw.
"What is this woman's strength!?" Omiko asked as she was slowly being pushed towards a wall.
"I think it's time we run." Kazuichi said before Chiaki ran after Hinata. "I meant run away!" he yelled.
With Peko and Hinata
The pair started running out the gates, "Another group kidnapped a part of the class?" Hinata asked.
Peko nodded, "Unfortunately yes, Fuyuhiko was taken along with someone from the other class that Satsuki was with." she said.
"You mean Class 78?" Hinata asked.
"That's the one, I dealt with a pair of them before the rest escaped. They're targeting our class specifically." Peko explained.
"I guess they must have confused one of Naegi-san's classmates for one of ours. Which one was it anyways?" Hinata asked.
"I do not know her name, but she dressed like a gymnast and had dark skin." Peko answered.
"Assuming that these aren't racist kidnappers, they must have confused that girl for Akane. At least that's what I think since she's a literal gymnast with dark skin." Hinata replied just as Kazuichi arrived with his go-kart.
"Whatever is going on, I'm driving us there." Kazuichi said, failing to hide the reluctance in his voice.
"Perfect." Peko said as they hopped onto the go-kart.
The go-kart then proceeded to speed down the road. Peko tried to give directions to Kazuichi to the best of her ability while Chiaki was hooking up her new Goku Uniform to the homemade GPS system on Kazuichi's go-kart.
"What are you doing Chiaki?" Hinata curiously asked.
Chiaki smiled as she put on her visor, "The new uniform has lots of updates. I can view a 3D map with good graphics on this." she said as she pointed at the visor. "I can try to find the kidnappers with this. So long as there aren't any hackers." she said.
"I don't think anyone is hacking your suit, Nanami." Kazuichi said.
"Not those kinds of hackers, the kind that cheat." Chiaki said.
"Eh... I still can't understand your video game jargon." Kazuichi said.
"Neither can I." Peko said.
Hinata sighed, "I think she meant that dirty trick Junko pulled on her at the last second." he said remembering Junko made an impossible to avoid trap for Chiaki that nearly killed her. "Don't worry though, I'll revive you." he said making Chiaki smile.
"That's the van!" Peko said interrupting the sweet moment.
Chiaki's face turned serious, "They're trying to leave the city through an abandoned subway tunnel." she said as the map appeared in her line of sight.
"Just point at the dangers and I'll avoid them." Kazuichi said as he speeds up the go-kart.
Hinata sat up as he narrowed his eyes at the van, "Any special details we should know Peko?" he asked.
"Yes, they are more deadly than last time. Compared to the thugs with knives and pistols, we are dealing with real monsters." Peko explained.
"At least now I'm healed." Hinata muttered.
"Is it too late to move schools again?" Kazuichi asked with a tired sigh.
Hinata chuckled, "I think being average is a life you wouldn't be happy with." he said.
Kazuichi scoffed, "I would be happy anywhere but here." he said as Hinata got ready to jump onto the incoming van. "Hey wait a minute! If you have every Ultimate Talent, why don't you ever use Ultimate Gamer to beat Nanami?" he asked.
Chiaki took off her visor to look at Hinata, "That's a good question." he said.
"Then it wouldn't Hajime Hinata that plays with Chiaki Nanami anymore." Hinata said causing Chiaki to blush.
"That sounds wrong out of context." Kazuichi said.
"Enough, we are on an important mission." Peko said in a serious voice.
That's when they saw Mondo's bike speeding up beside him. Sitting right behind him was Kiyotaka who was dressed similar to a motorman police officer. Along with a giant bright police light on top of his helmet which was blinding them.
"We heard about the kidnapping and wanna help!" Mondo yelled.
Kiyotaka nodded, "We will help in trying to stop the vehicle and apprehend the criminals!" he added.
"That's good to here, you think you can slow them down?" Hinata asked.
"Sure thing! My bro taught me this on day one!" Mondo said as he speeds up next to the van.
Kiyotaka suddenly pulled out a speaker and a radio, "Pull over!" he yelled at the van. The van tried to hit Mondo's motorcycle as a response, "Pull over or we will use force! My partner will not think twice about impounding your vehicle!" he yelled.
"Screw that! I'm sending this piece of crap to the junkyard!" Mondo exclaimed as he pulled out a spiked bat and hit the door of the van.
"This is your last warning!" Kiyotaka yelled just as Peko and Hinata jumped onboard.
"Same as last time?" Hinata asked with Peko nodding.
Peko then began to cut through the top of the van again. Whereas Hinata took a deep breath and bit his thumb causing blood to leak. He sighed as he shoved his bleeding them and rubbed it under his uniform. The next thing he felt was bloodlust coursing through his body and his chest began to tighten.
"Here goes nothing." Hinata said as he jumped onto the hood of the van and through the front window.
Only there, Hinata wasn't subjected to the sight of another armed man with a ski mask. Instead, he saw a ferocious creature in the shape of a man. With claws and/or talons trying to rip him apart. Hinata quickly avoided the strikes and proceeded to punch the creature with a heavy amount of force. However, it looked like the monster wasn't even staggering despite the hits. Hinata continued trying to harm the creature before taking a clawed slashed down his torso.
Hinata fell back and hit the door across from the driver seat. Looking down, he realized that the creature scratched a part of his chin as well as ripped open his shirt. Hinata looked down as he realized his kamui was exposed as drops of blood fell down.
"Uh oh." Hinata said as he ignored the creature as it tried to slash at him again.
That's when Hinata noticed a pair of eyes on his kamui open up. That's when he lost complete control of his body as his arms suddenly grabbed the creature's clawed arm.
"You put me to sleep and your getting your ass kicked!?" the kamui asked angrily.
Hinata didn't have a chance to respond as the creature's free hand grabbed him by the face. Then started to bang his head into the door where he was lying. All the while, the van started to swerve out of control as it made its way into the abandoned subway tunnel that Kazuichi mentioned earlier. Where it broke through the wooden barriers blocking it off and made its way through the dark and empty structure that was ready to fall apart at any moment.
"Kick his ass already! Do I have to do everything!?" the kamui asked sounding even more angry.
"I never fought one of these things before!" Hinata argued.
"Dumbass." the kamui said before it changed it's shape and destroyed Hinata's uniform.
Outside the van
Mondo growled as he struggled to navigate through the tunnel despite having a big light at the front of his motorcycle. All the while Kiyotaka was trying to sharp objects to pop the tires of the van.
"We're going to freaking crash if we don't stop that rusty ass van." Mondo said.
"I concur, there's no telling how badly maintained this tunnel is. Having been closed for so long, the ceiling could collapse at any moment in time." Kiyotaka pointed out.
That's when Mondo had to make a few sharp turns around some debris, "I think it's started a while ago." Mondo said.
As the biker continued to chase after the van alongside Kazuichi. A big chunk of the ceiling did collapse. Only it wasn't from old age and withering from time, rather it was a giant blade crashing down in front of the van. With the driver being distracted with it's fight with Hinata, the van subsequently crashed into the sword as it was embedded into the ground upon arrival. The creature along with Hinata ended up flying out of the window and hitting the ground.
Not too long after, Peko came crashing out as she was fighting another creature in the back of the truck. The girl struggled as she realized that the creature was made up of Life Fibers and thus, the swordswomen was not properly armed.
"Peko!" Kazuichi yelled.
"Stand back! I can keep up with this monster, but I lack the proper weaponry!" Peko warned.
Mondo didn't listen and instead, he chose to rev up his motorcycle. Where he decided to try and hit the monster with a steel pipe before it could react.
"He won't be able to stop this!" Mondo yelled as he tried to swing his pipe.
Only for the creature to avoid the swing and with Mondo trying to circle back. The creature sliced through the pipe and kicked Mondo as well as Kiyotaka off the motorcycle. Causing the vehicle itself to crash into a nearby wall while the creature stood over everyone. However, it wouldn't last long as they heard a loud shrieking noise nearby.
Everyone turned their heads to see that Hinata bisected one of the creatures with the sword that landed nearby. As well as the fact that Hinata's torso was exposed, but unlike Ryuko. Hinata's front area and butt were covered, albeit both were tightened and somewhat visible to the naked eye. Luckily the tunell was far too dark to notice the disturbing details.
"Now is not a good time for a change of clothes!" Kazuichi yelled.
"I'm gonna be sick." Mondo mumbled.
"You are out of uniform Hinata! That is against policy!" Kiyotaka shouted.
Hinata sighed as he hefted the giant sword over his shoulder, "This is embarrassing." he said.
"I know, you are beyond pathetic. We're lucky someone threw the Buster Sword here." the kamui said.
"Is that what this giant sword is called?" Hinata asked as the sword he had is very wide and overly large. As well as very heavy and impossible for a normal person to carry, "Because I have no idea how it got here." he said.
"I don't care about your curiosity! Now kill that stupid piece of yarn!" the kamui commanded as he forcefully commanded Hinata's body to engage the monster.
"Maybe Kazuichi was right about moving school!" Hinata said as he was forcefully sent running towards the monster.
The monster growled at Hinata as it attempted to decapitate him. Only to miss and scream as Hinata dealt and upward slash on it's torso. The beast tried swinging at Hinata again only for the boy to block the attack and then cut off of the arm. The beast screamed as it stumbled back while clutching it's stump. Allowing Hinata to deliver another blow.
"Braver!" the Kamui showed as it jumped high into the air.
Using Hinata's body, the Kamui swung down the Buster Blade and sliced the Life Fiber monster in half. Along with leaving a giant crater with the intense amount of pressure it carried with it. The resulting hit made more chunks of the ceiling fall down on top of them.
"Crap!" Mondo yelled.
"Hajime!" Chiaki exclaimed as she tried to move pieces of the debris.
Only for Hinata to come popping out of the debris and stumble out, "I'm okay, but that kidnapper was definitely not human." he said. That's when his body collapsed, "Oh, so now I'm tired?" he asked.
"This is the lamest plot armor I've ever seen." Kazuichi commented by how quickly Hinata felt exhausted.
Chiaki awkwardly tried to find a good place to grab him, "Um Hajime, can we cover you?" she asked as she started to blush.
Mondo then took his jacket off as he saw Hinata's form, "You need this more than I do." he said.
As Mondo tried to cover Hinata's exposed upper torso with Chiaki's help. Peko was cutting open the burlap sacks that contained Fuyuhiko along with the other student. That other student was revealed to be Aoi.
"What the hell was that!?" Fuyuhiko angrily asked.
Peko bowed her head, "I am sorry my lord, I have failed to prevent your abduction." she said with shame in her voice.
"Forget it Pekoyama, just point at the bastards who thought it was a good idea to kidnap me." Fuyuhiko said.
Only to see his bodyguard point at the destruction made by Hinata. Fuyuhiko slowly looked up to find Hinata looking a bit dazed and trying to drag the Buster Sword upward.
"How much did I miss?" Fuyuhiko asked sounding surprised.
"Okay that was really scary. What even happened?" Aoi asked as she regained composure.
"Another kidnapping attempt, they probably thought you were Akane." Kazuichi said.
Despite appearing petite compared to the gymnast, Aoi is also quite athletic and with how casual Akane dresses. It might a lot easier to assume the girl dressed up like a gymnast with a somewhat similar appearance to be the Ultimate Gymnast.
"Well, it's over now and there's nothing left worth interrogating." Fuyuhiko said.
"We should return back to school at once. We have already left in the middle of the day without permission." Kiyotaka said.
Mondo groaned, "Normally I would ignore that crap, but Satsuki's going to rip me a new asshole if I ditch." he said. "Then again, we don't have big enough rides." he said.
Hinata sighed as he stretched his body, "I can try to drive the van again." he said before hearing some rumbling. "Hopefully before this tunnel collapses." he said.
With that, Hinata found the strength to get into the van and start it up again. Luckily it wasn't as beat up as the last van they had to hijack. So once Chiaki along with Aoi and Kiyotaka entered the van. Hinata lead the way with Mondo's motorcycle and Kazuichi's go-kart following right behind them. Though they did have to make another fast food run again.
Back at school, a while later
Upon their return, everyone saw Gamagori waiting at the gate looking serious as ever. With everyone assuming he was about to give all of them an angry lecture. One that only Kiyotaka was ready to receive as well as explain the situation, but only if asked.
"And now I'm going to feel metaphoric pain." Hinata murmured.
"I can kick his ass. That loudmouth can't do anything except act like an angry gorilla." the kamui said.
"Shut up." Hinata replied.
"Hajime?" Chiaki asked.
"Sorry, the clothes... they uh... never mind." Hinata said, forgetting that no one else can hear his kamui.
"A pretty girl, a ride and you're defeated by an angry man. Weakling." the kamui said.
Hinata sighed as he tried to ignore the mean insults from the kamui as he pulled over. At least it seems like Gamagori was in a good mood as he walked up to his window.
"Normally, I would admonish any student leaving campus without a proper excuse. However, Lady Satsuki will want a report on the situation with this second kidnapping." Gamagori said.
Maybe today was a lucky day after all. Then Gamagori proceeded to hand Hinata a document of some kind.
"What's this?" Hinata asked.
"Your registration form, if you are going to keep returning with a vehicle. At least have some place to park it. I have already handed one over to Soda-san." Gamagori said calmly. Then he stopped talking calmly, "Now park your van and get your ass back to class!" he screamed.
"Yes sir!" Hinata said before driving off.
"And obey the speed limit!" Gamagori added.
"There's a speed limit in the school grounds?" Hinata asked as he drove through the courtyard.
"Hajime, do you even have a license?" Chiaki suddenly asked.
Hinata sighed again, "I think in this place where Satsuki is the law. It mostly depends on Satsuki or whatever her followers have to say." he answered.
"I see." Chiaki said as they parked the van.
As they exited the van, Hinata gave the van a second look, "Maybe we should ask Kazuichi if he can upgrade the van." He said.
Chiaki put on her visor and scanned the van, "That would be nice." she said as she received statistics of the van.
Vehicle Type: Van
HP: 45/60
Armor: 20
Speed: 15
Weapons: N/A
Utilities: N/A
POWER: 10
Hinata sweat dropped as he looked at his girlfriend, "Sometimes I wonder how you look at the world." he said.
"It's a beautiful world Hajime." Chiaki replied.
Later, Aikuro's office
After the messy day and the rescue of his classmates. Hinata was asked by his new teacher to see him after class. Upon knocking on the door, Hinata heard his teacher tell him to come in before hearing some shuffling and other noises. As Hinata opened the door, he instantly regretted what he saw.
He saw Ryuko paralyzed by several needles and stripped down to her underwear. It didn't help that he saw Aikuro with his hair slicked back, his chest exposed and his pants unbuttoned and appearing as if they are slowly falling down. This was literally any normal teacher's worst nightmare. In this case, if Chisa was here, she would have likely screamed in terror.
"Hinata, I'm glad you're here." Aikuro said.
"Help… please…" Ryuko said as her face started turning red.
Hinata closed the door and started dialing on his phone, "Hello police? I would like to report a sex crime." He said.
Suddenly Aikuro ran out the door looking like his usual self. He immediately grabbed the phone and closed it. Hinata stepped back fearfully as he could only wonder what his teacher was doing to Aikuro.
"Listen, let me explain some things while you were gone." Aikuro said.
A brief while later
After giving Aikuro a moment to explain himself, Ryuko was given her uniform back. Hinata also grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around Ryuko. For some reason, despite the girl's tough personality. She was hiding behind Hinata as if she expected him to protect her. That or feed him to Aikuro and run away at the first chance.
"Oh relax, I'm not gonna do anything bad to you. In fact, I want to help you." Aikuro said.
"You violated Ryuko." Hinata said.
"I did not!" Aikuro exclaimed.
"Then why were you stripping me and yourself down!?" Ryuko angrily asked.
Aikuro sighed as he changed back to his half naked transformation, "Look, I'm part of a special group. That group is called Nudist Beach." he said.
"That's the most fake name I ever heard." Ryuko said.
"It's real, I'm a part of Nudist Beach." Aikuro said.
Hinata shielded Ryuko, "Go for the door, I'll try to slow him down." he said.
"I'm not some pervert! Look, this is the first thing I wanted to explain!" Aikuro said as he pulled out a syringe with a red liquid.
Before anyone could say anything or run. Aikruro made the syringe's liquid fly towards Ryuko's uniform. That's when the uniform came back to life and started moving like a living animal. Surprisingly, Hinata could hear the voice coming from the uniform.
"Yes! Blood! Give me more!" The kamui cheered.
"Where the hell were you!?" Ryuko angrily asked.
That's when Hinata caught onto something, "Wait, didn't you know that your kamui needs blood?" he asked.
"What? How would you know?" Ryuko asked sounding surprised.
Aikuro smirked, "I see you know how a kamui works. It's a good thing Satsuki gave it to you instead of one of her drones." He said.
"Wait, you have one too?" Ryuko asked.
Hinata sighed, "I try not to think about it." he answered as he unzipped his jacket and lifted his damaged shirt.
Ryuko looked a bit unsure as the clothing looked normal but in the style of another school uniform. However, Ryuko's kamui looked scared and tried to make her leave.
"Ryuko get away from him! That uniform is psychotic!" the kamui yelled.
"What? Senketsu, what are you talking about?" Ryuko asked.
"Here, let's wake him." Aikuro said, unaware of Hinata's kamui's personality.
"No don't!" Hinata yelled.
"RUN!" Senketsu screamed.
Aikuro quickly splashed blood onto Hinata's kamui before the boy could cover his clothes. The kamui then started to come to life and let out an animalistic roar. Before anyone could respond, Hinata's kamui bit down on Aikuro's arm and drew blood.
"Okay, that was a bad idea." Aikuro said as he pulled back his arm.
"Did you wake me up while you were getting assaulted by an old man you weak shit!?" the kamui asked.
"Why did he have to be here." Senketsu whined.
"And this hungry crybaby is here too?" the kamui asked.
"Senketsu, who is that?" Ryuko asked.
"Fenrir, an angry kamui that only likes to pick on others and pick fights." Senketsu answered in a sad tone.
"Are you mocking me!?" Fenrir asked.
"Hey, don't be mean." Hinata siad.
"I wasn't talking to you!" Fenrir yelled.
As Ryuko and Hinata were the only ones able to hear the two kamui talk. Aikuro stood in the background pretending to know what was going on. Not knowing the little situation they were all in as both uniforms were talking amongst each other.
"Anyways, while you're getting acquainted better. I thought I would give you both something you'll both need." Aikuro spoke up as he presented two red gloves. "They're called Seki Tekko. They should make it easier to give blood to your respective kamui." he said.
"You sure know a lot about the kamui." Ryuko commented.
"Maybe even more than we do." Hinata said suspiciously.
Aikuro mentally cursed, 'Damn it, he probably has his Ultimate Detective or something activated.' he thought nervously. "Okay, I do but I can't explain it all right now. Besides, you can trust me. I did send the Buster Sword to you and it was a good thing that was stolen like the other scissor blade." he said.
"Wait, my dad made another sword?" Ryuko asked.
Suddenly, the sound of the sirens were heard all over the school. The next period must have started or there must have been a big announcement going on like with Fukuroda's demonstration.
"I'll explain later like I said, now take the gloves and get ready." Aikuro said as he quickly changed into his undercover clothing.
Later, at the courtyard
The Tennis Team was practicing their accuracy, by targeting Mako and Kazuichi. They did say they were aiming to punish Mako and Kazuichi is only getting hurt out of spite for Hinata for getting in the way.
"This is messed up! I didn't even do anything!" Kazuichi yelled as he tried to break free of his binds.
"You're as guilty as your friend for interrupting a team's punishment ritual." Sanageyama said.
"You jerk! If Satsuki allowed it, then I'd ask Hajime to kick your ass!" Kazuichi shouted.
"Then let's see him try, he knows the punishment for interrupting school club meetings" Sanageyama countered.
Mako groaned in pain, "This really sucks. Maybe Ryuko will save us." she said.
"Help Ryuko!" Kazuichi pleaded.
As the Tennis Team continued to assault both students with a barrage of balls. Ryuko suddenly appeared and blocked them all with her silver case before freeing both students that were tied up.
"So the troublemaker is back." Omiko said as she walked up to Ryuko.
"And I'm ready to fight this time!" Ryuko said as he transformed.
"Nice dress, stripper." Omiko said in a mocking tone.
"I'm not a stripper!" Ryuko yelled angrily as she felt embarrassed by her dress.
Omiko snorted as she commanded her team to attack Ryuko with more tennis balls. Despite the sheer numbers and speeds, Ryuko cut them all with ease which resulted in Sanageyama blowing his whistle.
"Disqualified!" Sanageyama yelled.
"Eh?" Ryuko asked.
"You cut the balls, you may have won but you lost the match. You're not allowed to cut the balls in a game of tennis, so you lose." Sanageyama said.
"That's bullshit!" Ryuko yelled.
"Those are the rules, you can't win if you don't follow the rules." Sanageyama said with a shrug.
That's when Hinata arrived and blew a whistle of his own, "Technically, only you broke the rules." he said.
"What?" Sanageyama asked.
"Here in the manual which you approved, the game has not started because proper equipment including the tennis net has not been set up. Therefore, the match is null and void." Hinata explained.
"Give me that!" Sanageyama said as he took the manual and read it.
"Also, you can't gang up on one individual. It's either one on one or two on two." Hinata added.
Sanageyama cursed as he threw the book onto the ground, "Damn it! Just forget the rules!" he said angrily.
"Sanageyama!" Satsuki spoke up from her position.
"Lady Satsuki?" Sanageyama asked with a surprised look on his face.
"You will follow your own rules as instructed. The Tennis match will not begin until proper measurements are taken." Satsuki commanded.
Sanageyama lowered his head, "Yes ma'am." he said before ordering for a net. That's when Gamagori appeared and lifted him over his shoulder, "What are you doing now you idiot?" he asked.
"It's also stated in the main student handbook that throwing books is prohibited on school grounds! That's detention for you, Sanageyama!" Gamagori exclaimed.
"Are you serious!? I have to referee this match!" Sanageyama exclaimed.
Then Satsuki spoke up again, "I have taken preemptive measures. Rokuroshi will be proctoring the match while you learn the mistakes of throwing books in front of me like an angry neanderthal." she said.
Sanageyama slapped his forehead as Gamagori took him away to detention. Meanwhile, the old man named Rokuroshi begins to handle the set up of the tennis match while picking up the rule book in case of discrepancies during the match. By this point, the old man was sitting on his high chair by the time everyone was in the game. However, it appeared that Hinata was shoved next to Ryuko.
"Wait, why am I here?" Hinata asked.
"You defended Matoi, so now you have to play on her side." Omiko said.
"Can't we just take turns?" Hinata asked.
"Nope, in fact. Like you said earlier, you can't double team." Omiko answered as she looked behind her.
Where she saw that Satsuki somehow managed to find the time to locate and grab Naegi. Where she proceeded to throw him right next to Omiko with enough force to create a crater. With a tennis racket landing next to his head.
"I didn't volunteer." Neagi groaned.
"Makoto Naegi! You will fulfill your service as a member of Honnoji academy and assist Hakodate in the duo's tennis match!" Satsuki commanded.
"See? You should be honored that Lady Satsuki chose you." Omiko said as Naegi slowly stood up.
"Honor is very painful." Naegi commented.
Ryuko nodded at Hinata, "Well, I guess this is our first team up." she said.
"Yeah." Hinata said now feeling enrvous.
Rokuroshi finished rereading the manual, "If all players are ready and on the court. We will have a one round match, the first team to score four points wins." he said. "As this was a challenge from Matoi's team, Captain Hakodate's team will serve first." he said making the girl smirk.
"Don't screw up Naegi, Lady Satsuki is watching you." Omiko said making Naegi gulp in fear.
"Okay." Naegi said he served the first tennis ball.
Which Ryuko immediately sent right back with overwhelming force. Omiko caught the ball and hit it back with even more tremendous force. Ryuko quickly ran up to the ball and caught it with her racket, surprising Omiko in the process as it was sent back again. Omiko didn't think about it too long a she hit the ball again even more force than last time.
This time, when Ryuko caught the ball with the net of her tennis racket. The strings broke apart and ended up going through the racket and crashing into a spike on the wall behind Ryuko.
"Love 15!" Rokuroshi announced.
"Damn it!" Ryuko cursed as she was given a new racket.
"Don't worry, we got this." Hinata said as he served the next ball.
As Naegi was about to hit the ball, Omiko shoved him away and sent the ball flying back. Ryuko once again tried to stop the ball, this time by blocking it with the side of the racket. As there was no rule to counter this technique, the referee stayed silent. At least until the tennis ball started spinning out of control and smacked Ryuko in the cheek. Making her go flying and as the ball was about to hit the ground, Hinata quickly caught it and sent it flying back.
Omiko didn't waste too much time and sent it back with all the force she could muster. Causing Hinata to try and stand his ground when he blocked the ball. Only to hit the wall, but luckily avoid the spikes. Though his clothes started to tear apart, revealing his Kamui in it's base form.
"Isn't that a bit too far? That guy could have been hurt, the girl too." Naegi asked with concern.
Rokuroshi double checked the rules, "Assault is not allowed, but there was no proof of the intention." he said.
"I want to hurt those two, but it wasn't my plan." Omiko said with a lying smirk.
"You're practically admitting it!" Naegi exclaimed.
"I cannot take that as a confession. 30 points, Hakodate/Naegi team." Rokuroshi announced as the other team slowly recovered.
Ryuko groaned as she stood up, "Hey, don't you have the Ultimate Athelete skill or something?" she asked.
"Ultimate Trainer, Ultimate Gymnast, Ultimate Baseball Star and Ultimate Swimming Pro." Hinata answered.
"You are the least useful Ultimate Plot Armor." Ryuko said making Hinata sweat drop.
"Firstly, we need to do this differently. These rackets are pretty weak." Hinata said.
"That much is true, but we'll get disqualified if you start cutting things up." Ryuko said before looking at her scissor blade. "But not if I turn this into a net." she said before creating a net with the damaged strings.
Hinata considered retrieving his Buster Sword but realized that couldn't be modified into a net. He also assumed that the new referee might penalize him even if the sword's blunt end is used. That's when he suddenly heard Kazuichi's voice as he threw something at his friend.
"Catch Hinata!" Kazuichi yelled. Hinata looked up and caught a new tennis racket, "I made it on the spot, but it's way better than the last one!" he added.
"Thanks!" Hinata replied as he felt much more confident.
That's when Omiko served the next ball, thinking she caught them both off guard. Luckily, Ryuko's handmade tennis racket worked and hit the ball back despite the sheer pressure Omiko put into her swing. However, it seems that the plot armor has moved onto Ryuko. That or her sheer frustration really put her at her limit as she put so much pressure into her last swing, Omiko had trouble trying to send the ball back.
'How is she doing this!? She does not have the same level of training I have!' Omiko thought before sending the ball back.
Which Hinata caught as he activated the new glove. In a matter of seconds, Hinata's kamui activated and thus left him in a slightly less revealing outfit compared to Ryuko's.
"The hell!? Are all of these things perverted!?" Ryuko asked angrily.
Suddenly all of the men in the arena were screaming as they covered their eyes. They were more than happy to see some girls give them clear view of their cleavage and open panty shots. Except now it felt disgusting to see some random guy show off his chest and parts of his legs. It didn't help that the life fibers gave them a clear view of certain areas.
With the crowd
"My eyes!" someone screamed.
Mako was just smiling the whole time, "He's really fit." she commented.
"Put some clothes on you shameless pervert!" Teruteru yelled.
"This comment coming from you only makes you appear more shameless." Nagito said. "Although, I think Hajime would not mind some extra fabric as well as Ryuko-san." he said.
"Who knew Chiaki's boyfriend had a nice ass." Akane commented. "How often do you get to see that?" she asked, teasing the gamer girl.
Chiaki was covering her eyes, "I'm supporting Hajime, not his need to go half naked." she said.
"Such perverse actions must not be supported. In my country, this is considered adultery." Sonia said as she pats Chiaki's back. "You must put a leash on your husband-to-be." she said.
"I don't think anyone was talking about marriage." Kazuichi said.
"You better collar him anyways, some other girl might steal him." Akane said as some of the female no-stars had stars in their eyes.
Back to the game
By this point, Ryuko and Hinata were taking turns hitting the ball back at Omiko. Using their combined speed and strength to force the girl into a defensive position. Resulting in Omiko holding up the racket in front of her face, but not stopping the impact of the ball as it repeatedly hit her face. Until Ryuko served one last shot, resulting in Omiko crashing into the spiked wall behind her.
After that, the spikes fell off during Omiko's crash. Causing Ryuko and Hinata to slash through the incoming spikes just as Omiko somehow went flying towards them.
Ryuko smirked as she slashed at the Tennis captain, "Sen-i-Soshetsu!" She exclaimed.
Causing Omiko to be stripped of her clothes before crashing into the wall behind Ryuko. With that done and the men staring at Omiko's injured nude body. A strand of the life fibers used in Omiko's uniform had been sucked in by Senketsu.
"Winner! Matoi/Hinata team!" Rokuroshi announced.
"Congratulations." Satsuki said, suddenly appearing beside them.
Ryuko snarled at her, "You think you're so great because you get to stand around and watch?" she asked angrily.
"I wanted to see your true potential with your kamui." Satsuki said calmly, further infuriating Ryuko. She then turned towards Hinata, "You still hold yourself back. You are quite lacking if you refuse to control your uniform." she said.
"No one controls me! We don't need opinions from some entitled Rich Bitch!" Fenrir roared.
"Your pet is also quite lacking in discipline." Satsuki added, infuriating Fenrir even more.
"Beat the shit out of this entitled brat." Fenrir commanded.
"Forget that! Did you kill my dad!?" Ryuko asked while holding her scissor blade in a threatening manner.
A second later, Hinata's Buster Sword was in front of Ryuko. At the same time, it was blocking Satsuki's blade as she tried putting pressure against the massive blade.
"I do not remember giving you permission to protect Matoi or carry around a new toy." Satsuki said as she looked at the Buster Blade.
"It was a gift." Hinata said as it wasn't a total lie.
Satsuki was quite for a moment before pulling back her sword. Causing Hinata to stumble, at the same time he heard his kamui insulting him for being a clumsy moron. Satsuki then sheathed her Bakuzan sword and turned around.
"I will allow this to pass, however you cannot protect your new friend." Satsuki said in a warning tone.
Where she left by traveling up her magic red staircase. How is it that Honnoji looks a bit messy in some parts, but has access to nice technology like that stairway.
"Good game you two, congratulations." Rokuroshi said as he left.
"Yeah, good game guys." Naegi said before leaving with his own class.
"Okay Senketsu, power down." Ryuko said as her uniform returned to normal.
"You were very low on blood Ryuko. You could have passed out if you engaged that girl." Senketsu pointed out.
"Then stop drinking my blood. Are you diabetic or something?" Ryuko asked before hearing some growling.
Hinata was able to return to his base form but not without his kamui growling like an aggressive animal.
"What's your problem with me?" Hinata asked it.
"I don't have the patience to give you an essay worth of problems!" Fenrir said, with his hostility never ceasing.
"This is going to be a pain." Hinata said.
"Hey Hajime, thanks for having my back there. You're kind of making it hard to pay you back though." Ryuko said. "Though I'm pretty sure I could have taken that bitch." she said.
"Actually that sword of Satsuki's, Bakuzan, it can cut Life Fibers. So your kamui might have taken a lot of damage." Hajime explained.
"For real!?" Ryuko asked with a shocked face.
"Yeah, well I'm heading home." Hinata said before hearing another growl. "Shut up." he told it.
As Hinata's friends were about to approach him. Fenrir started lashing out against Hinata and started pulling on his head. Ryuko panicked and immediately tried to help her new friend. All the while Senketsu was trying to warn Ryuko to get back.
"Is something going on here?" Nekomaru asked.
"It seems that Hinata's clothing has a mind of it's own." Nagito said as Fenrir started barking insults.
"Okay, this thing has anger issues." Ryuko said.
"Maybe we can disable it?" Kazuichi asked.
"I'll disable you!" Fenrir barked as he tried possessing Hinata's arms to strangle Kazuichi.
Hinata used all of his will power to fight back, "Can Senketsu offer some advice?" he asked.
"Consider living as an exhibitionist." Senketsu said.
"He's not doing that." Ryuko said.
"I'm very confused. What exactly is going on?" Hiyoko asked.
"Clothes." someone answered.
Later that day
Hinata cut off the blood flow from Sekki Tekko and let Fenrir exhaust himself. With that out of the way, he needed a really long shower. By the time he got out, he found Aikuro somehow made his way into his home. Luckily, his eccentric teacher was dressed in his usual teaching attire.
"Hey kid, I see you're doing a good job at straining your kamui and tools." Aikuro said.
"How did you get in here? Scratch that, why are you here?" Hinata asked, sounding disturbed.
"Don't freak out kid, just need to tell you some stuff. Besides, this might really be important." Aikuro said as he pulled out some files. "I think with all you've been through. You might as well learn why you're so important despite being turned into a lab rat." he said.
"What do you mean?" Hinata asked.
"I think before you were abducted, you were raised by a seemingly normal couple right?" Aikuro asked.
"Yeah." Hinata replied, sounding slightly suspicious.
Hinata knew he was actually adopted and it wasn't something that hurt him after growing up. He was grateful for the two people who took him in as their own. So he never had the time to think about them and mourn since his mind was pretty much damaged. Even now, Hinata tried not to worry about it but he's been too stressed to find out what happened after the fire that destroyed his home.
"In actuality, your real father recently passed away and that sword was his gift to you." Aikuro said as he started pulling out the papers.
"You knew my real dad?" Hinata asked, still sounding suspicious.
Suddenly, Hinata's Ultimate Detective skill was at work. His focus kept up with every detail that Aikuro presented to check for lies as well as double checking the papers inside of the file. Making sure to look out for an discrepancies since he still found Aikuro to be suspicious and not entirely trustworthy.
"This is him, well him before he got old." Aikuro said as he presented a photo.
Isshin Matoi
Hinata frowned at Aikuro, "This guy looks nothing like me." he said.
Isshin was a ginger haired man that looked like he hasn't seen civilization in a while. He even had a hunchback, an eye patch and a long beard. The only thing Hinata could consider is what Isshin looks like with a clean shave and haircut.
"And what about my mother?" Hinata asked.
There was still the case that Hinata could look like his mother. Children take traits from both biological parents, but Hinata would not believe the truth. Aikuro knew that and even if Hinata did believe it, he thought it would be a good idea to keep his full lineage a secret.
"I think we'll save that for later. In fact, I can still prove Isshin is your dad. I think by now, you already met your sister." Aikuro said when the front door was kicked down.
Revealing Mako and Ryuko crashing in, "What's wrong!? I heard you were dying!" Ryuko yelled.
"I even brought my dad!" Mako added.
Barazzo came running in, "I got the bodybag just in case!" he shouted. Only to realize Hinata is alive, "I see the kid is fine, oh well. That will be 30,000 yen." he said.
"Not just yet Doc, we need a DNA test." Aikuro spoke up.
"Why is the teacher here?" Mako asked.
"Also, what DNA test? Are you Hajime's dad?" Ryuko asked.
Hinata looked disgusted, "I sure hope not." he said.
Barazzo then pulled out a special kit, "Okay, that will be only 20,000 yen… each." he said. "How many samples are we taking?" he asked.
"Do you still charge for the deceased?" Aikuro asked.
"That depends, is someone paying for them?" Barazzo asked.
"I'm leaving." Ryuko said, sounding disturbed.
"Nope, you're staying Ryuko. You're the most important part." Aikuro said.
"What kind of bullshit are you dragging me into now?" Ryuko asked.
Aikuro pulled out some hair in small bag, "Here's your samples doc. Just draw some blood or something from the kids." he said.
"Sure thing." Barazzo said, not caring for the reason so long as he gets paid.
"I'm going to regret this, aren't I?" Hinata asked.
"You'll be fine." Aikuro said before trying to convince Ryuko to let Barazzo take the blood sample.
At the same time, Hinata already realized what Aikuro was implicating. He was starting to notice it, but got distracted by Ryuko practically breaking down the door. Hinata looked at the file again and remembered that Ryuko's family name is Matoi, but then again. This man didn't look anything like Ryuko either and Hinata felt like he didn't look like her either despite the red hair sticking out of his widow's peak.
Maybe they had different moms? Or perhaps Isshin's relatives had darker hair?
"Hey! You don't need that much blood!" Ryuko yelled as Barazzo took too many pints.
"Relax Ryuko, besides it's just in case the test isn't done right. I can always donate the rest to charity." Barazzo replied.
"What charity?" Ryuko asked.
Hallelujah!
Everyone suddenly turned to see Mako as the room went dark and a spotlight appeared over her.
"What is this?" Hinata asked.
Mako suddenly started giving a speech, "Charity, you know it's like giving temporary aid. To help the misfortunate and the most unfortunate are the Mankanshoku clan! A humble family who just wants to get by and how else by selling blood and using the funds for our overpriced bills!?" she explained while doing weird poses.
"Then you're not donation, you're profiting!" Ryuko argued.
"That may be so, but you're donating to your closest friends. Friends who never ask for anything for return, but still feel grateful for sharing the wealth. That's why, if we become rich some day, we'll share the wealth with you too Ryuko. Mostly because we will have a lot by then." Mako said finishing her speech.
"That blood is mine! I won't share it!" Senketsu shouts.
"So why are we doing a DNA test?" Ryuko asked.
Aikuro suddenly stood up and gestured to Hinata, "I found your long lost brother and wanted to prove it." he said.
Hinata sweat dropped, "I think he's making things up." he said.
A tick mark then appeared on Ryuko's head, "Pervy teacher, I don't have siblings!" she yelled.
"I think I'll show you the full file afterwards." Aikuro said.
"Also you might all want to relax, this kit and other equipment will take two hours." Barazzo said.
Hinata sighed, "I'll make dinner then." he said.
"That's nice! My wife can help, in fact, we should all have dinner here!" Barazzo said.
The man was naturally kind despite being cheap and lacking morales when it came to a patient dying. Though he thought Hinata is a good kid and trusts him to watch out for Mako in school. It also helps that if everyone comes here, the family can save a few Yen by turning off their electricity at home while they're gone.
"Sure, I wouldn't mind the company and I got extra ingridients." Hinata said.
"Good plan, fetch your mother and brother Mako." Barazzo said.
"Okay dad." Mako said as she left.
One long dinner later
Hardly anyone ever questioned Aikuro appearing at the house. Mako's mother, Sukuyo, assumed it was one of those rare parent teacher meetings they have at the home of the students in other cities. Though no one bothered to question the fact that it couldn't happen considering that Hinata has no parent or guardians and essentially lives alone. Perhaps the fun of having dinner with the family and neigbors distracted everyone.
"You are a great cook Mrs. Mankanshoku, you too Hajime." Aikuro said.
"Thank you, I always do my best." Sukuyo said with Hinata nodding in the background.
That's when they heard the DNA kit making a dinging noise.
"I want seconds!" Mataro called out.
"That isn't the oven. That's the DNA test." Barazzo said.
"DNA test?" Sukuyo asked.
"That's right honey, I think this teacher here wants to help good old Hajime prove his legitimacy to gain an inheritance." Barazzo said, though all of that was just a story he just made up.
Aikuro smiled, "That's exactly why we're testing it." he said. "Hajime here might be the heir to a wealthy fish cutter." he lied.
"That's nice, now let's see the results." Barazzo said as he went up to his kit. "Wow, that's surprising. I don't know why you wanted Ryuko's DNA, but it says here that she can also inherit the fish cutting business' inheritance." he said.
"What?" Ryuko asked.
She knew there was not fish cutter involved, so now she wanted to know what Aikuro is up to.
"So how much is the inheritance?" Mako curiously asked.
"28 yen." Aikuro said, making up a number.
"Wow, the fish cutting industry must have taken a nose dive. That's why I'm becoming a baller." Mataro said as his dog, guts, yipped in agreement.
Sukuyo pulled on her son's cheek, "How about instead of dreaming of nonsense, you study." she suggested with a scary motherly smile.
"Mom, let go!" Mataro complained as he was feeling a lot of pain.
"Anyways, I hope you kids are happy that you can split that chump change. I'm still going to have to charge for the test." Barazzo said.
"Just send the invoice here." Aikuro said as he hands Barazzo a slip of paper with an address.
"Okay, but I'll hold you to it." Barazzo said. "Anyways, thanks for having us over. We'll be heading home." he said as he packed up.
"Good night Hajime, don't stay up too late." Sukuyo said in a motherly tone.
"Hey Ryuko, are you coming?" Mako asked, seeing that Ryuko wasn't preparing to leave yet.
"I'll join you guys soon. I have to clear up some things about my "inheritance"." Ryuko answered.
"Okay, but don't stay out late too long. We don't want to think anyone is breaking in." Mako said as the family left.
When they were gone, Ryuko glared at Aikuro, "Okay, what the hell is going on?" She asked while slamming her hands on the table.
Aikuro slicked his hair back and took off his glasses, "Look Ryuko, you don't know the full story of your dad. Especially why he made the kamui or his life before that." he said as he hands over the folder.
"I can see my dad has seen better days." Ryuko said as her father looked more presentable compared to the bearded hunchback he was at death.
"Yeah, well your dad didn't have just you." Aikuro said as he presented Barazzo's results. "You have a brother, congratulations!" he said.
Ryuko closed her eyes and sighed, "I always knew my old man was perverted. No offense, Hajime." she said taking this too lightly.
"Nope, same mom though the methods are unorthodox." Aikuro said.
"What the hell does that mean?" Ryuko asked.
"You really need to explain." Hinata told his teacher.
"Okay, just listen closely. This is what Isshin explained to me and what I know. Though he never gave me the complete story like who your mom really is." Aikuro explained
Flashback, 16 years ago
Despite what Aikuro was saying, there were quite a lot of details that Isshin left behind. Like how he was Soichirou Kiryuin and by this point in his life, he had faked his death. Now going through the old garbage and junk that was in the basement under the building where Ryuko lived with her father. Isshin had struggled to go through the junk before picking up a crying infant child.
"Don't worry child, let's get you somewhere safe." Isshin said before leaving the mess.
Upon cleaning up the child and checking their state of health. Isshin placed the baby next to another baby that was a couple of months older. The older baby was still adjusting to it's growth before noticing the new baby. The older child gave the younger child a curious look before gently tapping them.
"Hajime, be nice. This is your new sister." Isshin told the boy.
The baby didn't understand his father but merely stroked his new sister. Isshin sighed as he looked away from the adorable sight. He looked down at his documents filled with test results of his children. Looking at it, Hajime was going to be a healthy boy despite the genetic material he was made of. Though his biology was still vastly different compared to the second child.
"You will be no different in the future Ryuko. Though by then, you won't be alone." Isshin said as he looked at the younger infant.
The baby girl started to whine until Hajime wrapped an arm around her. Almost as if some safety instinct kicked in. Hajime reacted as if Ryuko was in danger and that his arm would somehow keep her protected. Isshin smiled at the little gesture.
"Definitely not alone, not permanently at least." Isshin said as he had to plan for the safety of his newborns.
Isshin knew it would be very difficult to keep his children hidden away from his wife. He already had to sacrifice one daughter, but she was lucky as his wife wasn't planning to use her as a weapon. There was no doubt Isshin's wife has likely given up on her experiment.
A homunculus child made of Life Fibers similar to herself was not possible right now. So that was one less worry, but it wasn't enough.
A few months later
Isshin had already started building a rebellion, a group of people to combat the Life Fibers. Using his knowledge and what's left of his own personal finances. The man was working day and night to prepare for his wife's attempt to dominate humanity. However, he had to make a sacrifice in order to keep his children safe. He would keep Ryuko under his watchful eye and his son, Hajime, to live with a couple who he recruited.
"Make sure my son never learns the truth. The boy as well as his sister deserve some level of normalcy." Isshin told the couple as he handed his son over.
In the background, Ryuko was quietly asleep and unaware of her brother's disappearance. At the same time, Hajime was also very quiet as he is also sleeping at this time.
"Promise me that you two will do your best to keep the boy away from Ragyo." Isshin said.
The couple did promise, however it wouldn't last by the time Nui found them over a decade and a half ater. When the couple left, Ryuko eventually woke up and started crying loudly. As if she realized that she was separated from a brother she may never see again.
"Perhaps if things turn out different, you two can smile and be happy together." Isshin said as he tried to calm down his baby. "For now, I better prepare an inheritance for the both of you." he said.
Then Isshin realized something as he was calming down his child.
"How come none of you were born with my ginger hair color? The three of you look like my own parents." Isshin asked.
End of flashback
"And therefore, neither of you is ginger." Aikuro said finishing the story on a silly note.
Hajime didn't bother to respond to his teacher's stupidity. He looked at the rest of the files and they were there. He was just a test tube baby, made through the less traditional means of childbirth. A fertilized egg and some Life Fibers and Hajime suddenly spawns into the world. All because whatever experiment he was used in was because his mother was too impatient to wait for Ryuko's birth to be used as a lab rat.
Despite Hajime having considered looking into who his and Ryuko's birth mother is. The boy was already too emotionally distraught to think about it.
"Do I just exist to be a living pin cushion?" Hajime asked.
"Don't think of it like that kid. Besides, someone had to tell you." Aikuro said bluntly. "I know it's the last thing you want to hear, but you had to hear it now than some other time right?" he asked.
"I guess." Hajime said.
Ryuko rolled her hands into fists as she looked at her uniform, "Did you know?" she asked.
"I wasn't born yet Ryuko. I didn't even know Dr. Matoi was your father when I met you." Senketsu answered.
"Then something tells me that angry bastard doesn't have answers either." Ryuko said, referring to Fenrir.
"Ryuko…" Hajime tried to call out.
"I'm heading back. I-I need to think about this." Ryuko said. "Losing my dad is one thing, but knowing I have a brother and my mom is some psycho scientist that threw me away." She said as she started walking.
Hajime didn't want to stay quiet, "Ryuko wait! I know you're angry!" he exclaimed.
"I'm beyond pissed." Ryuko said without looking at him.
Hajime took a deep breath, "Look… I don't know how you want to see me, but… I still want to be your friend." He said. "I don't want to argue about who had it worse or that should get over it… but I'm here. So is Mako and everyone from class. We all care." he tried to say.
"…we'll see." Ryuko said as she left.
Aikuro whistled, "I'm terrible at this stuff." he said. "I should have brought Chisa. Damn, what was I thinking?" he asked.
"I hate my life sometimes." Hajime said.
"It's not that bad. You got a nice house, a pretty girlfriend and… uh… you got Chisa as a teacher." Aikuro said. "Like I said, I'm terrible at this stuff." he said.
"Whatever Aikuro sensei, have a safe trip." Hajime said.
"You too kid. Try not to let the kamui bite." Aikuro said as he let himself out.
Leaving Hajime to think about the new information as he walked into his bathroom for a long bath.
The next morning
Hajime was already packed and ready for another school day. Not even bothering to wearing another uniform over his kamui. He decided to just walk around in it like Ryuko does with Senketsu. Speaking of which, he heard a knock at the door.
"Hello?" Hajime asked.
Standing at his door, was Ryuko.
"Hey Hajime…" Ryuko greeted awkwardly. "How are you holding up?" she asked.
"I'm surviving." Hajime answered.
Ryuko tightened her grip on her bag and forced a smile, "Cool… so you want to walk to school together? Little brother?" she asked.
Hinata was silent for a moment and took in that question.
"I'm the older brother." Hinata said.
"Hell no! I'm not going to be your imouto! I'm the older sister here!" Ryuko yelled.
"I was born first!" Hajime said in an attempt to reason with his sister.
"Well I was in the womb in the meantime, so I existed longer!" Ryuko argued.
"Can I go back to not having a sister?" Hajime asked.
Ryuko snorted, "Nope, I'm one of a kind and you can't trade me. Just like I won't trade you." she said.
After a long night of a restless sleep. Ryuko finally accepted her brother into her life.
TO BE CONTINUED…