Chapter 3: The Beast in Me

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Knightmare Lord: Smart move, Alex. Befriend everybody! That way, you don't have to pick sides! Max Charisma Stat! Also, will Carnage and the Blacklight Virus show up at any point?

ThermalsniperN7: Max charisma stat? … That's kinda true, actually. As for Carnage, he might appear. That's undecided currently. The Blacklight Virus? Sorry, no. That'll only appear as references that Venom uses.

Spyro fanboy: The sword of the symbiote GOD. ... THIS IS GOING TO BE INSANE AND I LOVE INSANE! P.S. I think Senketsu and Ryuko would make a good couple.

Dragon Emperor0: Well, Alex was gonna need a sword anyway, so we figured why not give him a sword that the Symbiotes had? Also it's unlikely to see that pairing happen.

ThermalsniperN7: Indeed to both of those.

Alex could only gasp in surprise when Satsuki pushed him down like a wild cat and crawled on top of him—her eyes fixated on him with veracious and lustful hunger.

"Uh… Satsuki?" The boy gulped as she leaned down to his face.

"Ssshhhhh, my dear. Don't panic, don't stress. Just relax.~" She purred into his ear with the seductiveness of a succubus.

The girl then cupped his cheek and kissed him, slowly unbuttoning his shirt as he kissed her back, hugging her waist and pulling her down onto them as their bodies melted together…

…

"Snap back to reality!"

The sound of 'Lose Yourself' by Eminem suddenly blared in the Conduit's ears as the boy was snapped out of a dream he was having in the middle of a lecture Mikisugi was giving on Nazi Germany.

'What the hell was that all about…?' He wondered to himself.

He then looked around and saw that Ryuko was glaring at their teacher rather intensely.

"What's her deal…?" He mused to himself—right before he felt his headache come back again, and his eyes started to burn red, his scars and hand turning a fiery orange and his free hand even started burning his desk.

"Let… Me… OUT!" A voice in his head snarled.

'Fat chance of me letting you out, you fucker!' Alex snarled back, trying to contain the voice.

Mikisugi, meanwhile, noticed this as well as Ryuko glaring at him—and decided that he'd best address it later.

(Later)

After school, Alex was about to stumble out of the classroom to leave—when he soon bumped into Satsuki.

"Oh, Alex, there you are. I—." The ravenette said before she noticed the obvious pain that her lover was in. "Alex…" She said, grabbing his shoulders tightly. "What's wrong?" She questioned.

"Massive… Headache…! Hurts… Like… Hell…!" Alex got out as he grit his teeth in pain.

Nodding, the girl pulled him close to her.

"Come with me, we're taking you to our room—now." She told him, before dragging him off to treat him.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile, at Aikuro Mikisugi's place, the man was currently talking to Ryuko.

"This is bad. I saw how you were staring at me all passionately." The bespectacled man sighed. "It'd be a real problem if people found out about our relationship." He chuckled.

"Shut the fuck up, you ass!" Ryuko snapped, not even feeling flustered. "The only relationship we've got is the one my fist is going to have with your face you freak show!" She growled, grabbing him by the collar.

"I knew it, you can't keep your hands off me." The man sighed, unbuttoning his shirt.

This caused the girl to back away and sit down.

"So what the fuck do you want?" The punk girl demanded. "I don't know what, but what I want is some info! Like who you are and how you know about Senketsu." She snapped. "You said you'd tell me if I beat that Hakodate chick." She added.

"Very well…" The man sighed as he flipped his hair back. "They're called Life Fibers, the living red threads woven into Goku Uniforms and Kamuis." He explained. "They're living parasitic fibers that reveal special abilities when worn by humans. And—as of recently—we've learned that they have a natural predator: the Symbiotes of planet Klyntar." He added.

"Aliens?!" Ryuko yelped. "Wait a fucking second, how do I know this isn't made up?!" She questioned.

"I don't expect you to, but the visible and physical evidence speaks for itself." The man replied. "You and Senketsu seem to be able to communicate, so why not ask him?" He suggested.

"Is that true, Senketsu?" The girl asked her Kamui.

"Pretty much, yeah. And I can definitely sense a Klyntar in that Alex kid." The living uniform replied.

"Wait, you mean Venom? He's a Symbiote?" She asked.

"Oh, so you've already met the little guy." Mikisugi noted. "He's apparently a juvenile member of the species, still developing." He nodded.

"Okay, legit: Who's dumb-as-all-fuck idea was it to ditch him on Earth?" Ryuko questioned in displeasure, not at all fond of the fact Venom was abandoned.

"You're not the only one taking issue with that fact." The blue haired man said dryly. "But according to the symbiote himself, his exile may have a secondary purpose." He continued.

"Like what?" Ryuko questioned.

"Ferrying something called the All-Black from their home planet to somewhere safe." He explained. "Like placing a doomsday device into the baby's car seat, no one would actually expect it." He added.

"Wow. Just… Wow." Was all the scissor blade user could utter. Don't get her wrong, she expected the Klyntar to be different, but this was just ridiculous. "Wait, what is the All-Black anyway?" She asked.

"It's a sword of some sort." Mikisugi replied. "According to Venom it's capable of destroying entire planets." He continued. "Which actually has me worried about something else…" He sighed.

"What?" Ryuko asked before a knock was heard at the door.

"FBI OPEN UP!" The voice on the other end yelled, causing the two to jump and the person to start laughing. "Yo! Mikisugi! You up dawg?" The voice called.

"Aw shit." The man sighed. "Come on in, Delsin! Door's open!" He called.

Then a boy about Alex's age walked in. He had decently tanned skin and looked to be somewhere in the later five foot range. He was wearing a red beanie, a black jacket, black shirt, black jeans and black shoes.

It was obvious he was a punk much like Ryuko.

"Ryuko Matoi, meet my own associate from Empire City—Delsin Rowe." The teacher told his student. "Delsin, this is Ryuko, doctor Matoi's daughter." He told the teenager next to him.

"This is her? Hm, she doesn't look like much." He commented, causing a tick mark to form on Ryuko's head.

"Are all you Empire City freakshows a bunch of smarmy pieces of shit?" She growled.

"Oooh, she's a spicy little kitten, isn't she?" The boy grinned.

"She really is." Mikisugi chuckled.

"Shut the fuck up, you assclowns!" The punk girl barked in irritation. "Now what's got you so concerned?" She questioned.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me." The man nodded. "Delsin, did you get those documents?" He asked.

"Yeah, right here." The teen nodded, handing the man some papers. "I'll be honest. I got about halfway through before I stopped outta preferring not to shit myself." He continued. "Those scars, they look way too familiar for my liking." He added.

"Scars?" Ryuko blinked in confusion. "What are two on about?" She wondered.

"I pulled a few files on our mutual friend, Alexander Coleson MacGrath, and apparently; his conduit powers have—on multiple occasions—caused his body to break down at an atomic level before reforming again with scars being left behind each time." Mikisugi explained.

"And there's only two people who have ever done that, myself—and the Beast—the embodiment of the RaySphere itself." Delsin chimed in.

"Jeez, what the hell would have made him get those scars?" The Matoi girl wondered, a little sick as she opened a file and saw the scars Alex got.

"My guess is that, periodically, his body undergoes self destruction and self regeneration as his power grows past the limits of his current body's capacity—creating a stronger, sturdier body in its place." Mikisugi explained.

"Like a phoenix?" Ryuko asked.

"Yeah, basically." Mikisugi nodded. "What I'm worried about: is Alex possibly becoming the second coming of the Beast." He added.

"Yeah, that's literally the last thing Japan needs." Ryuko gulped.

"Amen to that, sister." Delsin nodded.

"But how would we even know when it gets that far?" She asked.

"That's the problem. I have no idea." Her teacher sighed.

(Elsewhere)

Screams of agony could be heard inside the nurse's office at Honnouji Academy while Alex writhed around on a hospital bed, yelling and wailing in pain as the scars all over his body were glowing and expanding—while his flesh was flaking away like ash from a bonfire—eye burning like miniature suns.

"Venom, can you tell me what's happening?!" Satsuki asked urgently, worrying heavily for Alex's health.

"I don't know! I've never dealt with anything like this!" The juvenile symbiote replied frantically.

Before anything else could be said, the symbiote quickly retreated to his mother's embrace right as Alex let out a blood curdling scream and exploded right in front of them!

The blast sent Satsuki and Venom flying, the symbiote taking refuge in his mother's body midflight and grabbing onto the ceiling and floor via tendrils to halt her momentum.

"Ngh… What…?" The student body president groaned before noticing some familiar tendrils coming from her body. "Venom?" She gasped.

"Mommy…" He sighed in relief as the Elite Four rushed in.

"Lady Satsuki! Are you alright?" Gamagori questioned.

"I'm fine, but Alex isn't." Satsuki replied, looking at the boy's body, which prompted the Elite Four to do the same.

Alex was obscured by dust from the blast, but there was an orange glow coming from within the cloud.

As the cloud settled, everyone gazed in shock as they saw that the conduit was gone—and was replaced by a pile of ash.

"D-Did he just…?!" Sanageyama gasped with wide eyes.

"No, no way! He couldn't have died that easily!" Nonon exclaimed in denial.

"Impossible, spontaneous combustion is not probable." Inumuta gasped.

"Alex…" Satsuki uttered, her eyes widened in horror as she shook. "No… no… Please no!" She hissed through gritted teeth.

That's when something impossible happened.

Alex's ashes started glowing orange, getting everyone's attention. Then they started swirling in the air before they actively began to take the shape of a human being. After a moment, like the death of a phoenix and the birth of a new one, Alex made a new body for himself.

The boy stood for a minute before he started to lose his footing and was able to fall forward onto the floor.

"I got him!" Sanageyama said as he caught the teen.

"What the hell…?!" Gamagori gasped in shock.

"Let's get him into a new bed and have him monitored around the clock until he wakes up. He has to be in terrible shape after that." Satsuki ordered.

"He burst into flames and was reborn from the ashes." Inumuta mused. "Like a phoenix." He added.

"It doesn't seem like it's a pleasant experience." Gamagori stated. "He was basically burned away at an atomic level." He added.

"Yeah. He's gonna be asleep for a long while after this." Nonon, nodded in agreement.

Satsuki, meanwhile, didn't pay them any mind as she had Sanageyama put him on a separate bed, before cradling the boy in her arms.

"Please be okay, Alex. Please be okay." She practically begged, kissing him on the cheek before letting him go.

(Later)

Delsin was waiting for Ryuko outside the gates of Honnouji as the girl approached the school the next morning, and he was currently fiddling with a vial he had on him.

"You sure know how to show up fashionably late." The Conduit stated, tossing the vial in his hand.

"It's a long walk to get from where I'm staying all the way to here." Ryuko retorted. "What's in the vial?" She asked as Mako stared at the blue and gray fluid inside.

"Well, I went poking around where you said Alex mentioned the Asteroid, and I found this guy poking out for air." He told her. "He's another Symbiote. Says his name is 'Riot'." He added.

"If we find a third one, then that means there'll be more from that point on." Ryuko remarked with a sigh.

"Yeah, well, he and I have an agreement." Delsin stated as he let the creature out. "I let him have the Life Fibers we harvest, he pledges his loyalty to Nudist Beach." He continued as they entered the school.

"Why keep him in a vial, though? Ya don't trust him to be in your body?" The girl snarked.

"Nah, nah, nothing like that." He told her. "Riot's pretty chill—Symbiotes just don't do too well in Nitrogen rich environments without a host. So I wanted to keep him secure before I let him get adjusted." The teen replied as Riot got comfortable in his host's body.

"Whatever." Ryuko shrugged as they kept walking.

It was at this point that students suddenly gathered around, and Satsuki started approaching the two, dressed in Junketsu.

"Ryuko Matoi." The girl said as she stepped down from her pedestal.

"Satsuki Kiryuin…!" The girl growled.

"Who's the ice bitch?" Delsin whispered.

"She's the queen bee around here." Ryuko whispered back. "And according to what I've heard: Alex's side piece." She added.

"Seriously? Alex got with her of all people?" Delsin blinked. "The sworn enemy?" He added.

"According to him he's playing neutral. So far that seems to be true…" Ryuko mused as Satsuki stepped to them.

"I don't believe we've met before—but I recognize your face." The girl noted. "Delsin Rowe, Alex mentioned you. A fellow conduit who went rogue." She added.

"Oh, he talked about me, did he?" The rogue Conduit chuckled. "Well, I wouldn't say rouge, but I don't really care to elaborate on that." He added with a smirk.

"It doesn't matter, you both will be my first sacrifices for Junketsu." The student council president stated, raising her arm to her Kamui's blood drawing device.

'Ryuko, be careful! She's wearing a Kamui!" Senketsu warned.

"Riot…" Delsin nodded, bringing out his chain and surrounding it with smoke and fire. "MASK!" He called.

"Copy!" The gray symbiote exclaimed before covering his new host.

"What?! Another symbiote?!" Satsuki gasped as she and Ryuko activated their Kamuis—starting the fight.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile, Alex still laid in Satsuki's bed while Venom tried to get his surrogate father to wake up. However, the juvenile creature was so focused on this that he failed to notice the new presence in his surrogate father's mind coming to the forefront.

Seconds later, Alex's eyes snapped open, revealing that they had turned red.

Grabbing Venom in a vice grip that actually started to hurt the young symbiote, the conduit glared down at the creature.

"Listen to me, creature." He growled in a voice that was not Alex. "You are going to do whatever I tell you." It added. "If you don't—I will destroy you." It snarled.

"Y-Y-Y-Yes sir!" Venom gagged in fear.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile, back with Satsuki, Ryuko and Delsin—The Symbiote that the Conduit had brought now covered the boy in a blue-gray sort of skin tight suit hat melded with his clothes, complete with a lensed full face mask similar to the one Venom was able to conjure.

"Delsin, let me speak to this woman. There's something I need to ask." Riot snarled as the boy clashed blades with Satsuki to assist Ryuko–using his concrete manipulation to keep his arm blade fused to Bakuzan while Ryuko catched her breath.

"Sure, knock yourself out. Just be quick about it!" Delsin nodded as he pushed against Satsuki and Junketsu.

"Talking to your symbiote?" The ice queen questioned.

"Yeah. He's got something he wants to say to you." Delsin nodded. "Go ahead, Riot." He told the alien as he pushed against Satsuki once more while Ryuko struggled to her feet.

"... You are the one called Satsuki Kiryuin, correct?" The symbiote snarled.

"I am." Satsuki nodded in reply, her eyes narrowed. "What do you have to say to me?" She questioned curtly.

"It's a question, actually." Riot replied as he morphed Delsin's arm into a giant sword. "Where is he? Where. Is. Venom?" He growled.

"What the hell could you want with Venom?" Ryuko demanded to know.

"I share the same question. What do you want with my adopted son?" Satsuki questioned defensively.

"I have a right to know. After all, it was I who ordered he be jettisoned here in the first place, to protect the All-Black." Riot stated, fiddling with his weaponized hand. "... Wait, what was that part about him being your son?" He asked in surprise as he registered that tidbit.

"I have no obligation to explain myself to you." Satsuki retorted. "And regardless of whatever excuses you attempt to give, I still intend to make you pay for inflicting such emotional harm on a child such as Venom." She growled, gripping Bakuzan all the tighter.

"Letting that tidbit come to light may have been a mistake." Delsin commented.

"Don't be so smug." Riot snarled, giving Delsin back control right as Satsuki rushed at him–striking him at an angle with Bakuzan and the blast resulting from this causing the boy to be sent flying backwards to the front gate wall–his body almost completely bisected.

Getting out of the wall and healing from the damage, Delsin jumped at Satsuki with a bladed arm ready. Satsuki was quick to meet him and force him back to swing at Ryuko, who attempted a surprise attack that ended up failing.

"Impressive–so this is the power of a Kamui!" Satsuki grinned, before she stomped the two into the air, and tapped them with the butt of her katana–sending them flying into the school and crashing through several tons of concrete.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile, back with Venom and what could be assumed as the presence in Alex's mind, the figure now had Venom in his battle uniform state, mask and all–and was now chasing down one star students–executing them like they were NPCs in the Prototype games.

"Run for your lives!" One of the one-stars panicked.

It was futile as the presence forced Venom to make some claws the size of machetes and swept the speaker off his feet with them, cutting them in half mid-fall and absorbing them in a manner not unlike assimilation.

This continued for several brutally gorey minutes before the figure growled as his uniform took a new shape, now more closely resembling a version of an American Delinquent's outfit–but with two Goku uniform stars on the back of his jacket, and the hood of said jacket now had life fibers coursing through it.

"Ahhhh, much better." The voice sighed. "Now you and Alex's body will be able to handle more og my power. Excellent." He hummed as he flexed his fingers.

"LIFE FIBER: SYNCHRONIZE! KAMUI–SENKETSU!" Ryuko could be heard yelling, prompting the being in Alex's body to investigate via a window.

Upon doing so, he saw Satsuki, Ryuko and Riot fighting. This made him grin in anticipation since he was eager to test himself.

"Hmmm, so this is the full potential of Life Fibers and Symbiotes." He mused, his eyes becoming ablaze. "In-teresting." He mused as he got ready to enter the fight.

(Elsewhere)

The fight between Ryuko, Satsuki, Delsin/Riot and the girl's Kamuis was now entering its climax, and the girls were now clashing swords while Riot kept Satsuki from getting any openings by attacking her blindspots.

"So, Satsuki, here we are! Now tell me: Did you or didn't you kill my father?!" Ryuko yelled as the two slammed their skulls together.

"I would have been a child at the time, if I'm right! So no, I had nothing to do with that!" Satsuki snapped back.

"Then do you know who did it?" The kanto girl snarled as they continued to clash–blowing Delsin back in the process.

"And what good would knowing do?" Satsuki questioned.

"I don't know, I honestly don't have any idea–But the more you hold out on me–The more pissed off I'm gonna get!" Ryuko yelled, punching her in the face, the blowback causing a crater to appear in the wall next to them.

"Then I'll just have to force you to submit!" Satsuki roared as the two girls got ready to clash again.

The clash in question caused a concussive blast that not only carved a perfect ring around the two girls' feet–but also sent a shockwave that sent people flying, pulling them back in, and then blowing them back out even harder!

It even caused Deslin to be sent flying into the very tip of Honnouji's tower, pinning him there for the time being.

"Well ain't this just a pain in my ass…" He griped.

"You let your guard down." Riot pointed out.

"Yep. Yep. I did. You're right." The boy groaned as he fell down flat on his face.

Back with the two girls, the dust settled around them and revealed that the two were both exhausted and still clashing–but someone was between them.

It was Alex's now enhanced body, and he was now gripping the two swords in his hands bare handed–and was showing only the slightest bit of effort in doing so!

"... This is the supposed all-powerful might of a Kamui?" The voice mused. "Well, this certainly… Underwhelming." He sighed, clearly disappointed.

"What… The?" The scissor blade wielding punk girl uttered.

"This voice…" Satsuki gasped, noticing something very wrong.

"It's…" Ryuko picked up, seeing it too.

"Not Alex!" They exclaimed in unison, shock on their faces.

"Correct." The voice smirked as he took this opportunity to hurl the two girls around like rag dolls, sending them tumbling to the ground. "I am not Alex. I am something far worse." He added, arms outstretched. "Call me–Beast." He told them.

Immediately, alarm bells started blaring in the two girls' heads.

"Oh fuck…!" Ryuko gulped, realizing she was standing in front of a cataclysmic being.

"Where is Alex, creature?! And what did you do to Venom?!" Satsuki snarled.

"Where is Alex, you ask? He's not here at the moment." Beast chuckled. "And as for the Symbiote, why, that's simple–Just as I forced Alex's body to undergo the Rebirth process to accommodate more power–I forced this creature to do the same. Quite a simple concept, really." He added. "Now he is his own equivalent of a Two Star: A Symbiosis augmenting Goku uniform, if you will." He mused.

"You forcefully made my beloved and my son evolve?!" Satsuki seethed, a look of pure rage overtaking her usually cold features. "How dare you!" She snarled.

But before she could try and attack again, both she and Ryuko fell to their knees in exhaustion–Senketsu and Junketsu going dormant.

It was then that the Elite Four stepped forward.

"Lady Satsuki, please, allow us to take things from here." Gamagori told her, getting between the two girls and Beast. "We will deal with this transgressor–and punish him accordingly for his crimes against you, this academy and its students–MacGrath included." He continued.

"Just be as mindful of Venom as you can. He's being forced to do what he's doing against his will." Satsuki breathed, suffering from exhaustion. "And also be mindful of Alex. That's his body you're fighting." She added.

"Bit of an afterthought, don'tcha think?" Ryuko jeered. "Guess you don't like Alex as much as you say." She added.

"Now is not the time for that, Matoi!" The student body president snapped in response.

"Regardless, it will be done." Gamagori responded, facing the Beast. "As for you, Beast. Your reign of terror starts and ends here." He stated. "Because you face the Elite Four of Honnouji Academy!" He continued as the rest of the Elite Four gathered around him.

"Houka Inumuta, Information Chairman. I've been analyzing how your powers work and have come up with the perfect countermeasures." Inumuta stated, adjusting his glasses. "Your defeat is just a matter of steps and variables." He added coolly.

"Nonon Jakuzure, Music and Cultural chairman." Nonon stated, twirling her baton. "I may not like Alex because of choices in music, but I can respect a guy who defends his tastes to friends as well as critics–Plus, he's my best friend's boyfriend–So I'm taking your theft of his body personally." She continued, pointing her baton at the embodiment of the RaySphere. "And side note? You may think you're hot shit, but when your containment plan B happens to be weak to sound and is up against me? That makes you look pretty stupid." She added.

"Uzu Sanageyama, Sports Chair. Alex is one of the toughest fighters I've ever met–honorable to a fault–and if I'm being honest, you're seriously cramping his style." The fight junkie stated, brandishing his boken. "So that means I gotta kick your ass, you bootleg apocalypse." He added with a cocky smirk. "Plus, you made the mistake of hurting Venom, my little buddy. So your ass is now grass–And I'm mowin' the lawn." He spat.

"And I am the Disciplinary Chairman, as well as Lady Satsuki's impenetrable shield." Gamagori began. "And my name is Ira Gamagori!" He yelled, arms folded. "I may not like MacGrath on a personal level for a multitude of reasons, but I at least acknowledge his integrity to his ideals and respect his relationship with Lady Satsuki." He continued. "So your perversion of his body, a student's body, is not only an insult to this academy–but to me and Lady Satsuki because of your actions and who you have taken. IT'S A MORTAL INSULT!" He added. "This is made worse by you torturing a child for your own whims–you make me sick!" He barked.

"Cute that you actually think you can stop me." Beast chuckled darkly. "Come at me, if you dare." He taunted.

It was then that the four transformed.

"Three Star Goku Uniform: Shackle Regalia!" Gamagori boomed.

"Three Star Goku Uniform: Probe Regalia." Inumuta grinned. His uniform looked like a gray and blue skin tight suit with a visor and keyboards all over him. He literally had keyboards for days.

"Three Star Goku Uniform: Symphony Regalia–Grave!" Nonon sang. Her uniform was just another Margaret one, but it was housed inside a massive heart shaped sound tank.

"Three Star Goku Uniform: Blade Regalia!" Sanageyama laughed. His uniform looked like a mech with stubby legs, giant hands, extended shoulder plates and boken launchers on his back.

Beast looked at their respective uniforms, and could see a genuine threat in Nonon since that sound tank of hers could do some damage to him.

"Well, this is certainly… Unexpected." He noted. He then started to crackle with red lightning as he spun around and attempted to send them flying with a crimson lightning tornado that almost reached Class 5 (Hand of God–see Twister) Level.

"Shit, what are we supposed to do about that?!" Sanageyama cursed as he stabbed his boken into the ground to stop himself from getting pulled into the twister.

"Jakuzure! Use Symphony regalia's sound blast at the lowest base you can set!" Inumuta called, clinging to said tank. "The resulting shockwave should cancel out the tornado!" He added.

"On it!" The musician replied as she fired off a low level sound blast, which did have the desired effect of canceling out the tornado.

"Oh, you little shit!" Beast growled, right before the sound registered for poor Venom–and the symbiote began to shriek and wail in pain as it was blasted with sound. "Shut–UP!" He yelled as he slammed his fist into his own stomach, causing his back to bulge as Venom absorbed the impact–before it went quiet. "You listen to me you pathetic little runt, as far as you're concerned I'm more a danger to you than any of these four–so either you suck it up and keep fighting or I'll make you wish that sound was the least of your worries!" He snarled.

This display of abuse made the Elite Four scowl in pure disgust at how blatantly cruel the Beast was.

"I wish we had a way to pull this fucker out of Alex's body so we could go all out…" Sanageyama growled.

"... Perhaps we can." Inumuta mused. "Beast, was it? Tell me, if you have such good control over Venom, then why is it that you aren't using the relic he's been tasked with keeping?" He questioned, getting Beast's attention.

"Relic? What are you on about?" He demanded.

"Damn! Alex, why'd you tell them?" Mikisugi cursed as he watched the fight.

"It's called the All-Black, apparently it's quite the powerful weapon." The information chair pointed out.

"Oh really?" Beast hummed in interest. "Let's see if I can get the whelp to give it to me…" He trailed off. He then started coursing electricity into Venom–causing him to scream in agony as he was forcibly torn apart and put back together–and this caused something to start emerging out of Beast's overturned palm.

When it was fully visible, it looked to be a jagged, almost broken to pieces sword with a black hilt and a white blade. In fact, it looked like it was rife with paracausal energy.

"Hmmmm." The embodiment of the RaySphere hummed as he swung the blade, testing its weight.

"Oh great, now he has a sword." Sanageyama groaned. "Nice going Inumuta!" He barked sarcastically.

"Relax, Sanrgeyama, I have a plan." The bespectacled teen told him. "Gamagori, if you would, take head position." He instructed.

"I think I know where this is going…" The lumbering blonde muttered as he got into position.

"Jakuzure, keep your current position, but be ready for things to take a different 'tune'." The blue haired teen stated.

"I see whatcha mean, you got it." The pinkette nodded, cranking a few dials. "Sorry in advance, Alex, Venom." She apologized.

"Sanageyama, how fares your eyes? Are you able to track Beast and Venom's movements well enough?" The keyboard warrior asked.

"Yeah, I'm seeing every twitch of them, but Venom is difficult due to how he is." The sports chair replied.

"Just be ready to act on my signal." Inumuta told him.

"If you're done talking, then do me a favor and die!" Beast roared as he lunged forward, slashing at Gamagori with All Black and causing a blast twice as strong as the one the Kamuis made–but it was all absorbed by Shackle Realia! "WHAT?!" He exclaimed in shock.

"Surprised?! All of the energy behind the attacks you throw at me will all be absorbed by my Shackle Regalia, you demon!" He exclaimed.

"Absorption always has a limit!" Beast countered as he slashed again, getting the same result–before bursting out into a fury of slashes.

"Yes. YES! PUNISH ME! OH I'VE BEEN SUCH A BAD BOY! MORE! MORE!" The Disciplinary chairman yelled, absorbing every blow.

"JUST FUCKING DIE, ALREADY!" The apocalyptic creature roared in frustration as he kept attacking.

"THE MORE YOU PUNISH ME THE MORE THE POWER INSIDE ME GROWS UNTIL IT EXPLODES!" The blonde yelled–right as said explosion occurred, sending Beast flying. "Scourge Regalia!" He yelled as he started whipping and beating the Conduit and Symbiote.

"AAAGH, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" Beast cursed in paid as he was whipped.

"He's weakened! Now! Do it, Jakuzure!" Inumuta called.

"FORGIVE ME, VENOM!" Nono cried in regret as she blasted Beast, causing it and Venom to cry out in pain before the symbiote was forcibly separated from him. When the sound stopped, the juvenile seized the chance to dash off to Satsuki, who happily welcomed him.

"Gamagori, Stage two!" Inumuta called as he turned invisible.

"Right!" The man nodded as he used his whips to bind Beast well enough for Inumuta to pry All Black from his grip.

Meanwhile, Delsin watched what was happening and saw a chance to help out. Popping his neck, he flew skyward with his smoke manipulation powers–and turned himself into a human meteor, his crash site lined up with the Beast.

"INCOMING!" He yelled, causing Inumuta and Gamagori to leap back, the latter letting the possessed body go just in time for the rogue Conduit to hit him. "WHOO! Oh yeah!" He whooped as he reformed. "That's a new record for highest Orbital Drop!" He laughed, punching the air.

"Not bad, for a smarmy asshole." Sanageyama quipped, a little impressed by the execution.

"Buddy." Delsin chuckled as he twirled his chain. "You have no idea." He added as the two faced the now recovering Beast. "I'd heard rumors that the Beast's consciousness survived Cole's killing of its body, but I had no idea it was true." He mused.

"Well, now we do." Sanageyama replied as he caught All Black in his gauntleted hand. "Now I'm gonna need your help getting him out." He added, twirling the sword.

"You got it." Delsin nodded in reply. "Just tell me what to do." He added.

"Use that chain, you can figure out the rest." Uzu stated as he rushed forward, right as Beast readied another attack.

"I'm going to fucking murder every single one of you pieces of filth for that!" He bellowed as he sent a wave of fire at them–lightnig bolts similar to Sans' barrages accompanying them. "Take this!" He yelled, bringing down lightning and fire down.

But this didn't deter the boys, as they just kept dodging and weaving through each attack–right until Uzu got at the angle he wanted.

"BONZAIIIIII!" He yelled as he swung All Black down, bisecting the body of Alex in two and causing a red energy to start erupting from it.

"Now Rowe! Use your chain!" Inumuta shouted.

"What good is that gonna–Ohhh! Now I get it." Delsin questioned before he started twirling his chain. "Hey Beast! You forgot your leash!" He called as he hurled his chain, cloaked in smoke at Beast's chest–before it entered through the tear through his body–allowing him to anchor it with concrete and start pulling. "Guys? A little help?" He called.

Nonon, however, was able to use a sound blast powerful enough to disorient the RaySphere entity. Then she launched some flute missiles of all things at him.

This allowed Deslin to pull harder as Beast was weakened, and slowly, a red and almost volcanic humanoid avatar started to come out of the split in Alex's body–yelling and roaring as it tried to resist their efforts to extract it.

It was then that Inumuta, Sanageyama and Gamagori all got behind Delsin and started pulling.

"Alright, on three. One. Two. THREE!" Sanageyama yelled as they all pulled in unison.

"No, no, NOOO!" The Beast roared before it was fully extracted from Alex's body, leaving the Conduit himself to collapse in an unconscious heap.

The Beast, meanwhile, now without a proper vessel–suddenly started to collapse in on himself–letting out a blood curdling scream as he slowly and gruesomely imploded like Yellow Jacket did at the end of Ant-Man.

Once he collapsed on himself, all that was left was a small singularity, which faded away a moment later.

After this, the Elite Four's uniforms reverted to their dormant states and they all collapsed in exhaustion.

"Man… That was actually intense…" Uzu breathed as he tried to right himself.

"You said it!" Delsin groaned, collapsing on the ground, exhausted.

"Never… Do that… Again." Riot groaned.

It was then that Satsuki suddenly ran past them and bolted straight for Alex–whose body was still sliced in half.

"No, no no no! Venom, heal him! Please!" She exclaimed, freaking out as Venom immediately went to his surrogate father's body and got to work.

It was a patchy process–there was still a massive scar going down the teen's side–but as the Symbiote melted into his host and mended his wounds, his body quickly started reviving, right until the boy's eye–now silver again–snapped open.

"Wh-Wh-What the fuck happened?!" He yelled in shock as his head snapped in several directions.

"Some malevolent presence took over your body." Satsuki told him. "But we managed to purge it. You're safe now." She added, hugging him into her chest.

"Oh… Good…" Alex sighed in relief as he relaxed into her embrace.

"It disappeared, but I would have preferred to have killed it myself." She growled. "For what it did to you, to Venom." She snarled, turning to Gamagori as he approached her. "See that he's brought to my quarters." She ordered.

"Of course, Lady Satsuki." The large man nodded as he hefted Alex up. "How do you feel?" He asked as he carried him in a fireman's carry.

"Terrible… My body feels like lead…" Alex groaned miserably.

"Trust me, it will pass." The blonde told him. "And you, Venom?" He questioned, but only got whimpering instead of a coherent response.

"I think the one thing me and Venom want right now is to just sleep…" The transfer student groaned.

"After what you went through, that's perfectly fine." Gamagori said as they arrived at Satsuki's room, the Discipline Chair putting him on the bed and even going so far as to tuck him in. "Don't get used to this." He told him.

"I… Won't…" Alex groaned before he fell asleep, Venom immediately following suit.

Back down with Satsuki, she let out a shaky sigh as she turned towards Ryuko, who was helping Delsin up.

"I owe you a debt, Delsin, Riot, so I'll allow you to stick around." She told them. "And as for you, Matoi. If you can defeat my students and the Elite Four, I'll give you the information you want. As well as any one wish. How does that suffice?" She questioned.

"I think that'll work just fine. I could use a good workout." Ryuko nodded before she left with Delsin.

Meanwhile, Mikisugi let out a breath of relief as the events ended. It had been a massive scare when the Beast took over Alex's body, fearing the worst was about to happen. Then it was ripped out of Alex's body, which was a massive step up compared to before.

It also seemed like the Beast was dead, but he wasn't going to hold his breath on that.

Corporeal beings were rarely a one and done deal.

And Satsuki? She simply limped up to her quarters, and stripped before placing an exhausted Junketsu into its container–and she disrobed once she was in her room.

Taking Alex's naked body into her arms, she hugged him close to her own body–hoping to keep him warm.

"Alex… I swear to you. I will never let you out of my sight ever again." She whispered.

And up in a Sniper's nest several miles away–a figure saw all of this.

"So." The figure mused, puffing on a cigarette. "The queen bitch has a weakness after all." He huffed, exhaling a puff of smoke.

Time to make a move…

Dragon Emperor0: Man! Our boys sure have been through the ringer today, haven't they? That was tough to write, like seriously.

ThermalsniperN7: I'll say. Didn't expect the Beast to show up like he did; that was unexpected.

Dragon Emperor0: Or that he was still around at all, doubly unexpected. And what's more, it took Deslin, Riot and the Elite Four to take him down. He might've been nerfed after Cole beat him, but he definitely ain't no pushover.

ThermalsniperN7: That's a given, all things considered. I just wish the Beast would die for what he did to Venom! JUSTICE FOR VENOM!

Dragon Emperor0: Yeah. And if that wasn't bad enough, Tsumugu's in town. Things just went from harrowing to straight up frustratingly downhill hill real fucking quick. *Takes an old fashioned made with Japanese whisky* Well, Kampai everyone!