Ed: They fought for what they believed was right, and their prize? A stab on the back and a victim of a selfish desire. They are the Soldiers of Despair.

Demo: A perfect description of our two combatants! The Meta, the White Monster Predator of RvB!

RUBY: And Mukuro Ikusaba, the Ultimate Soldier from Danganronpa. I'm RUBY and these are Ed and Demo.

Ed: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills of these two fallen soldiers and decide once and for all, who would win a Death Battle!


The Meta

Ed: In the year XXXX, a probable future from here, humanity goes beyond the stars, starting a war against a species called the Alien Covenant. As they desperately tried to win, the UNSCOF made several projects to take the victory. One of them being the Project Freelancer.

Demo: At first, you would believe that it was a program for high train soldiers for secret missions. The only problem was that its director was a bit...drastically deceptive. His vision was understandable; making super-soldiers with AI. However, his ways of doing things were unacceptable, which included torture, assassination, theft, infiltration, and lots more. But nobody can deny that they had some powerful and skilled Freelancers.

RUBY: There's Agent Texas, the Number 1 Freelancer with the strength of five hundred men. Carolina, whose drive to succeed was bested by none. New York, despite losing an eye, never stood down. Washington, the worst of the best, yet the most hardworking of the bunch. And then, there was Agent Maine.


Background:

-Name: Unknown

-Height: Classified

-Weight: Classified

-Codename: Agent Maine

-Assigned AI: Sigma

-Mute and Deadly


Ed: Rank number 7th in the Freelancer program, Agent Maine was the muscle of the team. Extremely aggressive and vicious personality, he was the perfect man to do the dirty work, and not ask a question.

Demo: Ha! I get it. Because he is mute. They were right to compare him to the Predator, he was big, strong, vicious, brutal, sociopathic, and does that gurgling sound like that alien!

RUBY: Thankfully, he was given Sigma, an AI that could help him with his lack of communication. Unfortunately, this AI had a few 'glitches' in its programming. You see, Sigma comes from a fragment of an AI that was divided into seven personalities. Sigma represents Creation and Ambition, and after secretly disobeying the Director for not seeing things, Sigma became desperate to reform into the perfect AI once again.

Ed: With that desperation, Sigma slowly brainwashed Agent Maine, with every little mind erasing as time went by, the powerhouse of the Project Freelancer was gone, and in his place was the AI Hunter-Murdering Monster, The Meta.


Skills & Arsenal:

-Enchanted Strength, Speed, Durability

-Wrestling and Boxing Techniques

-Anger Booster

-M374 Hephaestus Combat Suit

-M66 Magnum Pistol

-Sticky Grenades

-Type-25 Grenade Launcher (Brute Shot)

-Armor Enchantment

-Eight Artificial Intelligence Fragments


Demo: The guy was already a total badass before having enchanted skills. But they made him even better, considering that Maine is strong enough to decapitate a man's head with one punch and durable enough to tank explosions! Of course, that's all thanks to his suit, the Hephaestus Combat Suit!

RUBY: This baby is programmed to withstand bullets, explosions, and shells-tanks thanks to its enchantments. Which included impregnable force fields, active camouflage, voice manipulation, motion tracker, an over-shield, strength booster, and best of all, time-stopping ability.

Ed: I wouldn't say it's time stopping, is more like distorting the area around for just a few seconds.

Demo: Same thing. If everything around you stops moving and you can freely move, it is time-stopping! This great ability has made him move around freely for up to 15 seconds! That's longer than Dio's Stand!

RUBY: That wouldn't be possible without his seven stolen AI. Each one has helped Maine's suit to run efficiently. However, because Sigma wanted to be one in all, the AI's personality mix-up altogether, filling The Meta's mind with lots of voices.

Demo: Thankfully, his weapons aren't that much of trouble! While he carries a magnum strong enough to kill a man in three shots, and the 'banned' sticky grenades, they pale in comparison to the Type-25 Grenade Launcher; the Brute Shot! This baby is both a grenade launcher and a giant knife! While it can only carry four rounds per magazine, it can be fired in only three seconds! This baby is one of my favorites alright, it makes hunting bitches on a Sunday all too good!

Ed: And that's the reason I don't invite you to the beach anymore.

Demo: Ah, come on! It's a blast when we boom together all the bitches!

RUBY: Speaking of 'bitches', I received a complaint letter from the beach this morning.

Demo: Burn it. We never receive it. Going back with Maine, it's a shame that he was only number 7 on the leaderboard and that he was turned evil over a selfish desire from an AI-


Feats:

-Threw a Warthog without much effort

-Killed an armored soldier in One Punch!

-Survived machine-gun bullets, point-blank shotgun bullets, and nine shots to the throat

-Assaulted Freelancer Command HQ single-handedly

-Successfully obtained eight AI

-Defeated Agent Texas, Washington, and North Dakota


Demo: But that hasn't stopped him one bit! The dude was strong enough to the point that he could flip the Warthog, a 3 ton M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle with heavy armor, without trouble! Not to mention that he has defeated other Freelancers, like Agent Texas, who was strong enough to take on three Freelancers, him included, with no problem, and flip Sheila the Tank, who weighs more than 66 tons!

Ed: He certainly has the strength to show his usefulness, and the durability to take multiple hits and keep going. Like when he survived nine shots to the throat by a Magnum. Or when he didn't flinch from getting shot by Sarge's M19 CAWS Shotgun point-blank. Not even getting a stab in the chest by an Energy Sword stopped him, and these aren't simple blades; they're plasma swords.

RUBY: Plasma ranges in temperature from 11,000 to 14,500 Fahrenheit. The human skin begins to die at 162 degrees, which means the moment that the Energy Sword enters the body, it destroys everything inside immediately, but Maine manages to keep fighting. Sure, we can say that the suit blocked most of the burns, but considering that it pierced it completely, and his suit wasn't equipped by any AI at the moment, makes it way impressive.

Demo: Sadly, The Meta was put down for good by these morons of Red and Blue.


Weakness:

-Relies on Brute strength rather than speed

-Running too much equipment uses all the power inside the Hephaestus Combat Suit

-Not much of strategic men since he is been brainwash

-Was left a broken shell when the Fragments were removed

-Was Killed by the Reds and Blues in a hardcore way!


RUBY: The Meta was finally put down by the combined teamwork of Sarge and his group of morons. Getting caught in the Warthog's hook and being pulled down by it into the ocean, where he drowned through the many holes his suit sported.

Ed: Their victory over Maine shows that this creature of strength can be defeated. While its strength and durability are impressive, it cost him speed. Having used too much equipment will cause the suit to lose power, making it easy to be pierced.

Demo: True. But we have to admit, The Meta was a monster to deal with. It may have been a victim of brainwashing, Maine was, without a doubt, one of the best!

*The Meta growls in anger before picking his Brute Shot and bursts through the window, heading to fight and kill Agent Carolina.*


Mukuro Ikusaba

Ed: Imagine a world where talent is everything-

Demo: I will instantly kill myself and have faith that I will be reborn in another world.

Ed: Knowing you? I worry. Anyway, imagine having the skills to do a particular thing and exceed the rest-

Demo: If so! Welcome to the world of Danganropa! An alternate Earth where Hope and Despair are continually battling each other, and talent is right in the middle of it! Long story short, talented people are called 'Ultimate' or 'Super-Highschool Level'. They go to this BS of a building called Hope's Peak Academy, the symbol of Hope and creators of Talent! Once graduating from this school, your life is set! However, only scouted individuals are accepted in the school, and the rest get the middle finger! Remember when I said Despair? That's because these twin sisters, one with a lust for despair and the other a loyal dog, fuck the world into chaos and death! Only because this bitch of fashion modeling was bored of the world, finding it easy to predict everything! She found the sensation of despair fascinating and began to 'drug' herself in it and just like the Joker, she wanted the world to taste it! And what better way to do it all than to trap her friends inside the school, wipe their memories away, have them killed with their hope of escaping that place! All while broadcasting the killing in a TV show for the fucking world to see of the Hope they want!

RUBY: I have never seen Demo this pent before. Does he have something against Danganronpa?

Ed: On the contrary, he is a fan. A hard-dying fan with frustration and desires to become a video-game God and have the power to go into that world to do many things.

Demo: I WILL MAKE JUNKO ENOSHIMA MY BITCH! I SWEAR IN MY MOTHER'S GRAVE!

RUBY: Funny that he said that because our combatant is none other than one-half of the Despair Sister, Mukuro Ikusaba.


Background:

-Height: 5'7"

-Weight: 44kgs

-Ultimate Soldier/Despair

-Sister to Junko Enoshima

-Savior and Crush of Makoto Naegi

-Name translate to 'Corpse War Blade'

-Award of the best/worst older-sister goes to…


Ed: Mukuro and her younger sister, Junko, were born in an abject condition and became homeless along the way. Things went on as the blond girl was bored of the world and found a strange sensation of despair, while Ikusaba herself became the legal guarding of her younger sibling when she was in trouble.

Demo: BUT! Here is where she fuck things up! One day, she diapered on a family trip and enlisted herself in a special force called Fenrir! A special unit of soldiers trains to fight in any environment, using any weapons without trouble, and be excellent at doing any mission. Nothing wrong here, the girl went to do what she was interested in-oh wait! That's right, she did all this without telling her sister of it!

RUBY: While that will come up to bite her hard, Mukuro spent most of her life training to be the perfect soldier. At the age of 16, she was already the best in the squad, taking missions and killing enemies faster than anyone could see. She retired after three years of fieldwork to attend Hope's Peak Academy and rejoin her sister, who now had the plan to bring despair into the world. At first, Mukuro followed her for a bit, but during the school days, she fell in love with Makoto Naegi, the Ultimate Lucky Student of her class. Their meeting made the girl question her sister's desires and ambitions.

Ed: Unfortunately, her loyalty to Junko won and she buried her crush for the Luckster. Once the world broke, she and Junko were sheltered inside Hope's Peak Academy, where the second phase of the plan would start. The two sisters killed the Headmaster, erased the memories of their classmates, and made them unknown to each other. Ikusaba would then disguise herself as Junko, to trick the others into believing she was Junko Enoshima...and then get killed by her sister.

Demo: Fucking bitch and her stupid despair! Thank God that Kazutaka Kodaka gave her more screen time! Speaking of which, we are looking at all information related to Mukuro in everything, which includes the games and manga (IF, Killer Killer, Zero).


Skills & Arsenal:

-High-Peak Strength, Speed, Durability, Stamina, Reflexes

-Assasination & CQC skills

-Expert Marksman

-Battle Trance State

-Combat Knife

-Semi-Automatic 'Beretta' Pistol

-AK-102 Assault Rifle

-MP5-K Machine Gun

-RPG7

-Basically, has a lot in her inventory

-Ballistic Vest

-A pair of Panties...WTF?


Demo: As a standard anime school girl who has been trained in the art of war, Mukuro has earned her title of Ultimate Soldier without fail! She's strong enough to take on Sakura Ogami, the Ultimate Martial Artist and Strongest Martial Artist in the world! She is fast enough to dodge machine guns fired from an M61 Vulcan turret, which can reach a muzzle velocity of Mach 3! She is durable enough to tank blows powerful enough to bend steel walls and survive chain explosions strong enough to destroy buildings!

RUBY: Given her military experience, we can assume that Ikusaba can use any kind of weapon, from pistols, assault rifles, grenades, melee weapons, and heavy weaponry. While she has a lot in her inventory, we have taken five of her most used weapons into this battle. First, is the combat knife, a small weapon that could rival and surpass Peko Pekoyama's swords. She also holds a semi-automatic pistol assault rifle, a submachine gun, and an RPG. She also wears body armor to block bullets and knives, it also comes included with small pockets to carry things like medicine, extra ammo, and smaller weapons like knives.

Ed: And finally, Mukuro has a...Super Mode that she gained from her experience in Fenrir. By pushing her limits to breaking point, she goes into a Battle Trance State. In this state, her superhuman skills are off the chart, breaking the logic of humanity in an instant. All her skills are enchanted, to the point that she doesn't even feel tired, making her into a cold-blooded killing machine that won't stop until its mission is completed. Add the fact that she can see things freeze around her and predict any incoming attack from all directions.


Feats:

-One of the most powerful characters in the series

-Massacre an entire school

-Fought in many warzones and retired without sustaining a single injury

-Destroy 100 Monokuma's units in her Trance Mode

-Killed the Madarai Brothers, all four of them

-Survived a slap from Izuru Kamakura

-In her Trance Mode, claimed that she could ride explosions mid-air

-Rival up to Sakura Ogami and Monokuma


Demo: In short words, Mukuro has achieved Ultra Instinct! That's one of the reasons I love her, despite her current status as the big sister. I mean! Look at her, she can take on with her classmates Ogami, Pekoyama, Nidai, Genocider Jill, and even Monokuma! Now then, allow me to explain! Nekomaru Nidai, Ultimate Team Manager, had the power to destroy walls and a small mountain hill, and I can tell that this was just the start considering he was taking a shit! Jill, Toko Fukawa's second personality, was fast enough to cut multiple missiles in a few seconds! Now hear this, Sakura Ogami is above them, surpassing Nidai's strength and Jill's speed. Monokuma was equal to her, given his fight with her on Trigger Happy Havoc, and the fuking bear is strong enough to level a city! Mukuro can match the two of them, with the feat of destroying hundreds of Monokuma's units, with nothing more than an IV pole, as the robots continue to drop on her! If you have read all this and still don't know what the fuck I'm saying; RUBY! Show them!

RUBY: Nekomaru Nidai has the strength of possibly 7.59 tons of TNT. Genocide Jill has a speed of Mach 4.5. Even combined, Sakura Ogami was stronger and faster than them, making her strength and speed superior. Monokuma matches her in combat, so he is on the same, or even superior, level.

Ed: Meaning that Mukuro is stronger than seven tons of TNT and faster than Mach 4, possibly Mach 5 or 6. It's insane, considered that this universe has a somewhat grounded reality. But that would explain how there are no wounds sustained in her.

Demo: She even managed to kill four brothers that shared the same talent as Bodyguards! That 'ultra b-s instinct' was a blessing in disguise! It's so powerful that she only got tired after fighting Sakura, and even then she still had the strength to carry Makoto Naegi!

RUBY: The Ultimate Soldier is a feared opponent and powerful ally, but that was her downfall.


Weakness:

-Acts only with orders

-Despite incredible reflexes, can still get surprised

-Her Battle Trance State can be lost if she hears Junko's voice

-Izuru bitch slap that Simp away without effort

-Trusting her Sister was a big mistake!


Demo: Don't start! Junko's mind-fucked her hard! I mean, she had her wrap on her finger with several things; namely Mukuro's desire to reconnect with her sister, who didn't love her at all! She never acts on her interest and blindly follows Junko! Muku, I love you and all, but look where that led you! You are fucking dead!

Ed: True, her blind trust in her sister caused her to not see the spear killing that took her life. And even her super mode can be stopped if Mukuro hears the 'sweet' voice of her dear sister, but this is irrelevant since Junko won't be helping her in this fight. Then again-

Demo: Why my girl had to be submissive, she didn't even last a week! I swear I'll make that fashion bitch pay! She even went so far as to turn her into a mindless, despair-loving, Makoto hater!

RUBY: Don't be like that, Demo. Think about her IF counterpart. While it's a different story, Mukuro is the same person, having not only detached from her sister but even saved Makoto. That's the proof that she still held him close to her heart.

Demo:...I guess.

Ed: Still, while being a slave to her sister, and an IF in her story, Mukuro Ikusaba is a powerful symbol. A symbol of despair that fell in love with the symbol of hope. Now that is a story everyone wishes to see come true.

*Mukuro: "I swear to make Makoto and everyone else happy."*


Ed: Alright! The combatants are set and ready to enter this arena of bloodshed!

RUBY: Analyzing data...Data analyze. Commencing simulation battle.

Demo: Here we go! Let's see who is the Despairing Monster in this room! Let's start this DEATH BATTLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!


After the world almost went to shit, the people began to focus on recovering their normal lives once again. Thanks to the Future Foundation's efforts and help, the world was slowly healing up.

However, a distress signal that resembles an AI of a certain despair-loving girl was located in an underground facility in the cold parts of Towa City. Formerly known as the location of the capture prisoners for the School Murder Life of Hope's Peak Academy.

To locate and make sure that despair doesn't return, the founders of FF have decided to send a candidate to collect the program.

While her rehabilitation from despair is progressing, she is still one-half of the creators of the Biggest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Event in Human History.

That's why they sent her on this mission.

A young girl with a short blob of hair and pale skin. Equip with military vest and cloth, holding firmly an Assault Rifle in hand.

Mukuro Ikusaba, the former Ultimate Soldier of Class 78 from Hope's Peak and (IF) survivor of the game, walked through the underground facility of Towa City. Taking a GPS out, she looks once again at the location of the AI.

It was closed.

('It's just up ahead.') She thought as she began to hurry up. As she sprinted, she couldn't help but wonder how her dead sister managed to hide a powerful AI all the way here.

Sure, Junko's connections were powerful, especially when she convinced Izuru Kamakura to join her plot. But even this information was hidden from the Ultimate Hope. Which is blasphemy since that man is almost a God with probable all talents.

Ikusaba reaches a door, which she proceeds to kick open. Aiming her gun, she inspects her surroundings. She had entered what she could describe as a large underground lab facility. Taking the GPS out, she began to search for the AI.

The beeping sound of the radar brought her to a computer. ('Just like Fujisaki said.') Ikusaba began to mess around before finding the file containing the AI.

Sporting the words 'Epsilon'.

"Strange name." The soldier commented before taking out a special USB given by the Ultimate Programmer and inserted it on the monitor. Quickly following the instructions, she began to download the content.

It was at 90% when it happened.

Beep! Warning! Warning!

The short-haired girl flinched as the place triggered an alarm. She wasn't informed about this!

Intruder detected! Releasing the Meta!

She didn't know what a Meta was, but it sounded bad. Looking back at the screen, the download was extracted successfully. Quickly taking it out, she put it away and headed straight through the door.

Which she was forced to forget when it was burst open into pieces.

Ikusaba changes directions and dashed behind a pillar, rifle ready to fire as she peeks through on the side.

*Gurgle sounds*

Into the room came a huge creature in white armor. Size could identify him possibly as a human. Said white armor was bulky, like what a space marine soldier would use. On the back was a huge weapon that looked to be the birth creation of a big knife and grenade launcher.

The Meta walked in, his orange vizor looking around the room. Said visor scans the perimeter, informing him that an AI had been stolen, giving a text saying "Recover stolen AI."

The Freelancer moves forward, his heavy metal boots echoing the lab. Ikusaba held her breath as she timed the movement of the giant to stay hidden when he walked past the pillar.

('This thing must be the Meta...looks dangerous.') Mukuro thought as her spine and gut began to revolt around her insides. Telling-no, warning her that whatever this thing was...she should try to avoid it. ('...Mission comes first.') She decided that fighting is the last resort. Her mission is extraction, not extermination.

Seeing the Meta away from her, she quickly, but carefully, made her way to the exit. She reached the damaged doors and slowly open them-

*Shck*

The sound of a loaded weapon and her instincts activating instantly cause Mukuro to jump away.

Boom!

Allowing her to dodge the grenade that destroys what was left of the entrance, crumbling the exit completely. The Ultimate Soldier rolled to her knee and aimed her rifle forward, seeing the white armor monstrosity with his Brute-Shot in his hands and looking in her direction.

Maine's throat gurgles as his visor scans the soldier girl, locating the device that carries the AI. Once it did, seven other AI in different colors began to appear around him.

AnOtHeR oNe!~

Is DiFfErEnT!~

STiLl PoWeRfUl!~

TaKe It!~

We NeEd It!~

ReGaIn It~

KiLl HeR!~

The Fragments of the AI began to speak to him, mumblings of words from different voices clouded his mind, but the Meta knew what to do.

Kill and get that back.

Ikusaba curses her luck, thinking she would have to face this behemoth of technology. ('I guess I have no choice...Is kill or be killed.') Just like in her days in Fenrir.


Let me give you the taste of Despair!

FIGHT!


The Ex-Freelance gurgled as he began to sprint forward. Ikusaba responded by firing rounds of bullets into the Meta, which were easily shrug off by the white Combat Suit and his giant cleaver/grenade launcher that he had raised to block the bullets heading to his face. Reaching her position, Maine began to thrust forward the sharp end of the Brute Shot, but Ikusaba dodged the stabbing attempt. Ikusaba fired more bullets, each one either dodged by Meta's quick reflexes or getting blocked by Hephaestus' armor durability.

The Meta grabs an opportunity to kick the soldier girl, but the girl jumps away from it. She quickly inspects her opponent, taking into account the slight damage her gun was doing. ('Must be a supercharged suit, my bullets aren't doing much for me.') She took out her battle knife. ('But it's slow, I can take advantage of that.')

The Meta could barely attack when the girl was already on him, brandishing her knife, and began to slash him. He tried to counter back, but the Ultimate Soldier was too fast for him to even keep up. Thankfully, his suit can withstand the damage. Seeing that he was getting overwhelmed, Maine spun around with the Brute Shot. The blade forced Mukuro to stop her attack and dodge it by backflipping over it.

The former desperate girl quickly recovered and tried to attack, but the Meta was ready as he swung his fist forward, grazing her cheek. The miss allowed her to quickly maneuver around him, quickly doing athletic skills and wrap her legs around Maine's white helmet. She brought herself up and began to stab multiple times the protective headgear while the Freelancer struggles to get her off him. Maine quickly threw himself against the pillar close to him, smashing Ikusaba into it.

The girl gasped in pain, causing her to let loose grip on her knife and having it sent away. The Meta quickly grabs ahold of her arm and drags her off him, smashing her on the floor. However, Ikusaba recovered and used her other feet to stomp Maine's helmet, staggering him for a moment. The Ultimate Soldier repeatedly stomps until Maine is forced to let go of her leg. She quickly spun around and managed to kick the Brute Shot off the Freelancer's hand, sending the weapon flying away. Maine recovered and saw the gun out of his reach, so he resorted to using his fist. He brought his free hand to a hammer attack. Ikusaba rolled out of the way of the attack and took out her knife. Maine stood up and let a growl out before punching his fist together.

No time to collect, but time to attack.

The Meta began to throw boxing punches forward, but the schoolgirl dodged them and countered by slashing and stabbing each miss swing. However, her knife couldn't penetrate the durability of the armor, at most, it had simply made scratches.

('Maybe from the back?') Mukuro thought as she got behind the white-armor monster and tried to attack the exposed back. Only for her pointy weapon to get caught by The Meta's armor gloved hand, instantly crushing it into pieces. The Meta tries to punch the girl by the sudden movement, but Ikusaba wasn't surprised as she let go of her broken knife and jumped away. ('Unnatural strength...Probably the same as Ogami, or me.') She seduced her opponent's strength and skills.

*Angry Gurgles*

Maine took out his Magnum pistol and began to fire. Ikusaba began to run, dodging the bullets hitting her and hiding behind a table she flipped over. With the girl hiding, the Freelancer began to continue to fire while making his way back to his Brute Shot. The sound of an empty mag made him take out Halo's death bane, the sticky grenade. With good aim, he threw the glowing blue alien device. Ikusaba had made a quick reload of her assault rifle when she heard a sizzling sound landing next to her. Her gray eyes turned to the side to see a glowing orb and her instinct forced her to move.

Now, I know that her soldier training were mold in her body, but when you hear something that sounds like TNT, wouldn't you move out of the way-

*BOOOM!*

The Sticky Bomb exploded, the shockwave blowing Ikusaba away into a wall that she went through. She coughs harshly as the pain courses through her body while standing up.

*Gibberish gurgling*

She snapped her head to the hole she was sent through, only to widen in shock at seeing the ex-Freelancer with his Brute Shot in hand and aiming at her. She didn't need to wait, as seconds later she was running as the Meta began to fire his grenade rounds. Each one exploding at the Ultimate Soldier's surroundings, particles of the ground and breaking into pieces as she used her speed to evade.

After the fifth shot, Maine began to reload a new round. Allowing Ikusaba to do a quick turn and charge at the tall mercenary, delivering a dropkick that staggered him. Droppin to the floor, she aims her assault rifle and begins to shoot rains of bullets at close range. While not piercing the suit, thanks to its force field, it was enough to push the AI Hunter away. Gurgling in his annoyance at the bullets, he activated his Domed Energy Shield to stop the bullets and made Ikusaba roll back in cautions.

('An energy shield...this is a first.') Ikusaba was impressed. The advanced technology of this man was nothing to scoff about. The question would be how he managed to acquire them. The shield began to disperse in front of her, and she quickly began to fire again...only to realize that she was hitting nothing. "What?" She couldn't help but gasp in disbelief. As far as she knows, the thing was slow, how did it manage to disappear?!

She stood on guard as she spun around in worry at the Meta sudden act of magic. It could be anywhere-

*Gurgle*

The gurgling sound that 'sounds' like a certain alien warrior echoed in the darkroom. It was close...real close-

*Wham!*

Yeah, fuck this! We know he is invisible.

"Koff!" Ikusaba coughs loudly when something hits her face, staggering.

Followed by a series of punches all over her. She felt herself getting picked up and getting smashed on the floor before getting dragged through it. The Meta began to appear with all this, his Camouflage deactivated and showing his hand grabbing tightly Ikusaba's throat. The Meta let go and grabbed his Brute Shot, Mukuro saw it coming and quickly brought her rifle in defense, the weapon getting slash in half and the force behind it sending the former Ultimate Despair crashing through another wall that was forcefully destroyed.

Letting go of her useless rifle, Ikusaba jumps to her feet and cracks her knuckles together, and begins to face Maine in hand-to-hand combat. Ikusaba began to attack with strong hooks, countering Maine's strength. She quickly proceeds to punch him multiple times but Meta blocks the last punch, allowing her to deliver a fast punch to her face, causing her to backflip as it tries to kick her on the crotch. Ikusaba quickly took out her pistol and began to shoot with it, forcing Meta to cover himself and be left wide open for her jabs and kicks.

However, The Meta learned from his mistake and managed to catch Ikusaba's feet, delivering a punch to her face before picking her up and smashing her on the floor multiple times before throwing her away.

Ikusaba began to breathe heavily, the thing packs a devastating punch like her classmate Oogami. She has no choice but to finish him up for good. Taking deep breaths, she began to focus her mind and body.

Maine growls as he walks up to the girl and grabs her by the leg, intending to rip the AI off her.

Only for his spine to shiver in a warning.

Raising his covered face, Ikusaba was staring at him, only that this time she sported a deadly cold expression. Before Maine knew it, something had kicked him hard, sending him flying backward. The Ultimate Soldier has gone into her Battle Trance State as it jumps to her feet and focuses all her attention on one thing only; the enemy in front of her. Taking a secondary knife she had, she charged at Maine.

The Freelancer barely had time to do anything as the mercenary girl became nothing but a blur. She was so fast, his scanning ability was having trouble keeping up with her.

*Slash*

That's why he couldn't do anything as she began to attack.

Multiple slashes began to descend on him from all directions. Inside his helmet, Maine could see the displays of warning of the Hephaestus suit's power going down by each hit. This time, he could feel the knife slowly penetrating the armor, soon to reach his skin. He fell to his knee as the suit began to glow.

Ikusaba noticed this in her goulash attack. Just one more push and everything would be over-

Fwoosh~

For those who haven't noticed, everything has stopped. Ikusaba had frozen in mid-air, her knife just inches away from Meta's helmet.

Maine had activated his Temporal Distortion using the little power he had on his suit. Just in time. He proceeds to grab his Brute Shot and delivers a powerful swing to the girl.

*Swish!*

Temporal Distortion deactivated and Mukuro Ikusaba was sent crashing into a wall.

"...Augh!"

Where she began to gasp in pain and agony. She looked down, in a horrifying state to see that her ballistic vest was cut clean and her stomach received a horrifying cut, blood starting to pour out immensely. ('W-What just happened?') She couldn't understand what happened to her, only that everything hurts!

Maine made his presence be known by growling like a dog. Ikusaba looked up in pain and anger before getting grabbed by the throat by Meta, who lifted her and began to crush her windpipe. She began to struggle to break free, but it was getting hard as she was wounded and losing strength. Her eyes began to turn red and her face started to change into purple.

Ikusaba couldn't help but think of her sister in this situation. ('J-Junko...T-This i-is the d-despair you l-love s-so much?') She also couldn't help but noticed the dead shadow eyes behind that mask. ('I-Is that...h-how I w-would look…?')

('It's horrifying.')

*click*

Meta stopped his crushing pressure when something landed on his feet. Looking down, he saw the thing he was fighting for.

The driver where the last AI was.

He let go of the girl, who flopped on the ground like dead weight. Maine kneels and grabs the USB drive, quickly inserting it into his suit.

"At LaSt!"

Maine could feel it. The AI's coming together as one. The voices in his head slowly began to turn into one.

His quest...was finally over-

*Bang*Bang*Bang*Bang*Bang*Bang*

The Meta found himself dropping to one knee, the Hephaestus suddenly had multiple holes with red dots. Growling in anger, he looks back to see Ikusaba having recovered some of her strength and pulls out a sub-machine gun from her arsenal. Shrugging the pain, Maine tried to stand up, only for the Ultimate Soldier to begin to fire, the bullets piercing the Hephaestus Combat Suit heavily. Maine found himself unable to stand up anymore as blood began to drip from his suit.

Ikusaba threw her weapon away and took a MOTHERFUCKING RPG OUT OF NOWHERE! "Sorry, whoever you are." She spoke between breaths, the image of a certain brunette ahoge boy coming to her mind. "But I promised someone to live and make him happy."

The Meta simply growl as the rocket fire and hit his helmet-

*BOOOM!*

Where it exploded, obliterating the helmet into pieces. Smoke began to rise from Maine's scorched face, The Ex-Freelancer slumps backward, unmoving, and blood pouring out the helmet.

Ikusaba made her way to the dead body, staring at it before taking out a pistol and aimed it at the head-

*Bang!*Bang!*Bang!*Bang!*

Firing four more times on the face. Wanting to make sure that it stays dead.

Once done, she dropped her gun and fell on her back, breathing in desperation as her wounds were too lethal for her to patch up.

She won the battle, but at the cost of everything. She was going to die in this unknown place, where nobody would find her in time and save her.

How despairing.

K.O!


Demo: Well, you could say that Despair was going to win either way no matter the outcome!

Ed: Agreed. To the results, by looking at everything informed, it was pretty clear cut. The Meta and Ikusaba had many things in common. Both were specialized trained soldiers, had good combat experience, and had more to offer than the average soldier.

RUBY: By calculations of their stats, Maine had a good edge on gear and weapons. Thanks to his enchantments like Overshield and Camouflages, he could block and surprise Mukuro Ikusaba many times. But the Ultimate Soldier outclassed him in every other way.

Demo: That's right! Allow me to explain that one! You see here, The Meta's enchantments like Super Strength and Force Field show that the guy is someone nobody should fuck with. But all strength feats of the Freelancer pales in comparison with most of the Danganronpa muscle cast, Nekomaru and Ogami are an example! Ikusaba surpassed the Coach Manager and could keep up with the Martial Artist, despite her slim figure. Speaking of slim, the Ultimate Soldier was way too fast for Maine to land a solid hit on her.

Ed: That's true. Mukuro had the speed and reflexes to counter Maine's Combat training and long-range weaponry. Despite having powerful weaponry, he didn't have the means to land a solid mark on her. And when she went into her Battle Trance, it was everything slightly over for The Meta, as the Hephaestus Combat Suit was impressive, it runs out of power when he uses more enchantments and gets hits constantly.

RUBY: Maine only had one clear shot, the Temporal Distortion. With time on his side, he could have a single opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

Demo: Unfortunately for the Meta, he lacked the necessary strength to deliver such blows. Since Mukuro survived Izuru Kamakura's slap! Granted, Izuru's boring consciousness didn't make him use all his power, the enchanted Ultimate is considered stronger than Monokuma, who has the strength to level a city up! And Ikusaba could tank hits and explosions from several units; a level of power the Meta didn't have.

Ed: This brings us to the most important factor of this fight. Considering that Maine's Hephaestus suit is very powerful and was running with seven AI, could Ikusaba fight long enough until the suit is completely drained? And the answer...is yes.

Demo: Of course she could! Her speed is on her chart! Is considered to be faster than Genocider Syo, who could cut four rockets going at Mach 4! On the other note, Takumi Hijirihara, aka the Killer Killer, had mentioned before that she was stronger than 10 fake Mukuro and him. Takumi is no joke, he is fast enough to cut a human body so good, the victim thought they were cut before exploding into pieces! That reaction time was sick!

Ed: Not to forget that Maine was more of a sociopath in search of power and had multiple voices messing with his head. He couldn't exactly create good tactics, unlike Ikusaba, who has shown to be capable of taking advantage on any occasion.

RUBY: Overall, the Meta was a dangerous opponent thanks to his advanced technology and enchantments. But they weren't enough to compete with the strength, speed, skills, tactic, and of course, the talent of the Ultimate Soldier.

Demo: It was a point-blank victory for the School anime girl!

Ed: The winner is Mukuro Ikusaba.


Next time on Death Battle!

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