Family Bonds

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the next day early in the morning.

Sukuyo: *yawn* hmm? what is that sound?.....*sniff* *sniff* What is that smell?

Sukuyo, who is used to waking up earlier than everyone, stands up and walks to the kitchen and sees a weird scene of a sailor uniform floating while it manages a knife and a frying pan. with its sleeves.

Sukuyo:......aren't you ryuko-chan uniform?

Varakiel, using a tentacle that came out of his back, writes on the notebook on the table.

Varakiel: "hello lady sukuyo, i am sorry i have woken you up, i am making breakfast for everyone, your meals are delightful but Ryuko needs more energy due to her using me so i hope you can let me borrow your kitchen meanwhile"

Sukuyo: lady? kyaa such a gentleman, it's okay dear, i am aware that our "meals" aren't exactly good for a strong girl like ryuko-chan so I don't mind you using it, I just hope you can cover up the gas expenses.

Varakiel: "of course i will cover any expenses ryuko-chan has to make, but i need the help of someone so i hope you could help me with that"

Sukuyo: How so dear?

Varakiel: " well…..is complicated, how much do you know about the surrounding…..black market?"

Sukuyo: " well i only know it's usual locations, my husband sometimes has to go there to get certain medicines"

Varakiel: " great you see i need help to sell these"

Varakiel shows a bag full of gold coins, gems and jewelry to sukuyo…

Sukuyo:.....dear you didn't rob this do you?

Varakiel: "no it's the heirlooms of ryuko-chan father, i found them in the basement where ryuko-chan found me, she doesn't have an use for them so it would be better to sell it for her expenses"

Sukuyo: oh dear.....i suppose i can help you but it could be very dangerous….

Varakiel: " don't worry even if I am not worn by ryuko-chan, a person that wears me can gain super strength, can we go today?"

Sukuyo:.....i suppose it is okay…..just let me write a note for them.

Varakiel: " like i said don't worry we wouldn't take more than an hour"

Sukuyo:.......

Varakiel: " please, for ryuko-chan"

Sukuyo:.....*sigh* alright if it is for ryuko-chan sake i'll do it after all you two have saved mako two times already.

Varakiel: "thanks."

Varakiel then merged with sukuyo.

Varakiel: " You should wear up a coat to hide yourself.

Sukuyo: "don't worry dear i have gone there several times i know how to walk through it"

.....

later that day.

Ryuko: *yawn*

Mako: What 's wrong, ryuko? didn't get enough sleep?

Ryuko: i couldn't sleep because something varakiel said yesterday.

*fwosh*

Flags, the whole academy was surrounded by flags.

*Shineeee*

Ryuko: ugh….

Aikuro: huh?

Ryuko looks at the source of the light.

Ryuko: Satsuki Kiryuin!

Satsuki: you've come, ryuko matoi.

Ryuko: To what do I owe the honor of this grand welcome? here you are, going to the trouble of waiting for me. What brought this on?

*tap*

Satsuki then walks the stairs down to the arena.

Satsuki: It was you who said that when next we met, you would settle matters once and for all, remember?

Ryuko: How very conscientious of you. mako, stand back.

Mako: 'kay! like they say, having your health, that's the important thing

Satsuki: rejoice, ryuko matoi. you will be the first offering to my junketsu.

Ryuko: junketsu…"purity"? Is there anything about you that's pure?

Satsuki: allow me to show you.

transform sequence!

Satsuki: life fiber override, kamui junketsu!

Varakiel: oh ho, well there goes your advantage.

Ryuko: What the hell!?

Satsuki: That's right, this is my junketsu. you aren't the only one in possession of a kamui.

Aikuro: uh-oh. little miss satsuki went and brought something dangerous to show and tell.

Ryuko: Let 's do it, varakiel!

*bling*

Ryuko: varakiel the reason behind your intuition was this?

Varakiel: Most certainly, Ryuko, I should warn you, this fight, right now your opponent is more powerful than you are. Remember our promise? if you win i'll let you do whatever you want, if you lose.

Ryuko: i'll listen everything you say yes, thanks for your concern.

*BANG*

Uzu: this blast of wind is from just their willpower? incredible!

Ryuko: It's impressive, I'll admit. but if you lose mentally, it's all over!

*slice*

Satsuki simply slashes the air and the shock wave is shot to ryuko.

Ryuko: ha! huh!!!

the air pressure sends everyone behind ryuko flying.

Ryuko: *pant* *pant* ha!!

*slash slash slash slash slash*

Varakiel: Be careful you should avoid losing blood as much as possible. you'll lose consciousness more quickly. 

Ryuko: You don't have to tell me that!

Ryuko dashes behind satsuki.

Ryuko: ¡haaaa!

*CLANG*

Satsuki: magnificent!

satsuki then moves her katana and hits varakiel eye with the hilt.

Varakiel: ow my eye.

Ryuko: wahhhhhhh!!!!

Satsuki: truly fantastic…this is the power of a kamui! you have all this power at your disposal, and that is all you can do with it, matoi!?

Ryuko: what did you say—--

*CLASH*

Ryuko and Satsuki begin to fight in the corridors of the academy.

Satsuki: if that's the case, you're nothing but a mindless lump of flesh squeezed into that kamui!

Ryuko: KUH! then what are you!?

Satsuki: i'm nothing like you! i've already mastered the art of wearing my kamui! of wearing junketsu!

Ryuko: woah!!! *pant* *pant* *pant*

Varakiel: Hey Ryuko, if this keeps up, you'll pass out from blood loss in five minutes.

Ryuko: Is that all you know to say!? Keep me healed, then!

Varakiel: That's not how it works, you don't trust in me.

Ryuko: ahh!? What do you mean by that!?

Varakiel: there is a great difference between you using me and me fighting with you ryuko matoi, if you can't understand that then you're still too far from your objective, you still have yet to trust on me yet.

Ryuko: But I trust you right now! you're drinking my blood to transform and i'm dying of embarrassment from wearing you! What more do you want from me?!

Varakiel: calm down, that outburst just cost you 15 seconds.

Ryuko then notices that satsuki is already behind her.

*slash*

*BOOM*

Ryuko is sent flying back into the arena.

Ryuko: That's it, I'm done…varakiel…why?

Satsuki then grabs ryuko by her hair.

Satsuki: how pathetic. the kamui saved you from passing out from blood loss? but in a dormant kamui, you may as well be naked.

Ryuko: I'm not sure how I feel about being laughed at by you in that exhibitionist getup….

Satsuki throws ryuko aside.

Ryuko: ah,...

Satsuki: exhibitionist? nonsense! this is the form in which a kamui is able to unleash the most power! the fact that you are embarrassed by the values of the masses only proves how small you are! if it means fulfilling her ambitions, satsuki kiryuin will show neither shame nor hesitation, even if she bares her breasts for all the world to see! my actions are utterly pure!

Ryuko: kuh....

Aikuro: like I thought, satsuki is on a whole other level. i'd better—-

Varakiel: hey ryuko-chan you trust in me?

Ryuko:...i….

Varakiel: If you trust in me, lend me your hands, there's no such thing as throwing aside everything you know and your values for your objective. If you believe everything life has taught you, life will give you its support.

Ryuko:....i...don't know…..

Varakiel: Alright, you leave no choice...*cof* My child tell me, why do you fight?

The world around Ryuko and varakiel stops like time itself was stopped.

Ryuko: because I want to find out who killed my father.

Varakiel: I believe that's true but why? Was it because your father was dear to you? Did you owe such a favor to your father?

Ryuko: i...i....no, my father….i didn't knew much about my father, we barely knew each other but still he was the only one i could trust...and now i have no one like that.

Varakiel: Good, now tell me why do you fight?

Ryuko: to find someone i can trust....i want a family,i want friends *hic* i want someone to my side *sob* I am sick, I am sick of being alone. 

Varakiel: but you already found them, you have found Mako, she has been your first friend, that's why you fight? to protect her?

Ryuko: no, I fight because I am afraid…..afraid of losing someone again and not being able to do anything about it...

Varakiel: but you also found varakiel despite being a kamui, he sees you as equal as him, and he's waiting for you to realize your real potential, he looks after you, he wants to be the family you never had, just like how he was left in that basement for who knows how long by your father, who knows how lonely his times were when your father simply forgot about him because his job, just like you, but still when he found you bleeding out and about to die, he gently embraced you and healed your wounds, gave you the warm he never received, so tell me what do you think he deserves, forget about your difference between human and life fiber forget about everything, what do you see him as?

Ryuko: a…a...a big brother, when I was young I really wished I had a big brother that I could rely on, that could teach me, that could give me the family love I never had...I want to never be alone.

Varakiel: then what are you going to fight for?

Ryuko: for….my friends, and…my family.

Varakiel: What are you going to fight for!?

Ryuko: FOR MY FUTURE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Varakiel: THEN BRING IT ON RYUKO!

Ryuko then stands up.

Ryuko: satsuki kiryuin to hell with your ideas i don't give a shit about your so called ambitions i only have one wish as that is to fight for my future!!!!

Satsuki: such immaturity! you have disappointed me utterly, matoi!

*CLANG*

Satsuki: what!?

Ryuko: I said I don't give a shit about what you think.

Satsuki: you!

Ryuko: to my eyes you're just a pervert exhibitionist!

Varakiel: ryuko-chan are you ready~!?

Ryuko: Hell Yeah!!

*transform sequence*

Ryuko: I finally get it now, I need to trust in you, to trust you will protect me, that you are my family! Putting you means becoming one with you! like a family! it means you become my support in this life! that's what it means to trust in you! isn't that right, Varakiel!?

Varakiel: exactly! let's do this little one!

Ryuko: yes big brother! LIFE FIBER SYNCHRONIZE, KAMUI VARAKIEL!

Varakiel: Before you go, hehe, a gift from me.

Ryuko suddenly is surrounded by a scarlet scarf!

Varakiel: now go get them ryuko!

Ryuko: UHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Satsuki: she 's fast!

*bling bling bling* *clang* *clang*

Ryuko: I feel it! this is our trust, Varakiel!

Varakiel: Yeah, this is our power, mine and yours. We are in this together, like a family!

Ryuko: haaaa!! The reason you were drinking so much blood is because I was afraid of letting you in my heart! the more i closed my heart, the more your body yearned for a blood connection! That's what happened, right!?

Varakiel: haha, you finally got it ryuko-chan, right now i don't even need blood, thank you, let's do this sister of mine, i trust in you and you trust in me! That's what a family is about! That's how you build a future! together then!

Ryuko: yeah, HA!!!

ryuko slashes satsuki

Ryuko: varakiel!

Varakiel: here we go!!

The scissor blade handle expands and the blade extends.

Ryuko: let 's do it!

Ryuko & Varakiel: Scissor blade! decapitation mode!

Ryuko: uhoooo!!!!!!

*SLASH!!!*

ryuko then slashes the massive blade

but satsuki manages to evade it barely!

the air pressure cuts down the floor and the wall of the arena!

*boooom!*

*tap*

satsuki then stands up straight and grabs her katana with both hands.

Satsuki: this fight has finally become interesting.

Ryuko: Heh!

*clang* *clang*

*boom* *boom*

with every class shockwaves are released and the ground destroyed.

Ryuko: now you're going to tell me, satsuki kiryuin! was it you who killed my father!?

Ryuko and satsuki clash their foreheads.

Satsuki: what good will knowing that do you?

Ryuko: to move on from my past and aim for my future! not knowing who did it, it just doesn't sit right!

*BANG* 

ryuko punches satsuki.

Satsuki: I have nothing to say to someone with such empty aspiration as you!

Satsuki kick ryuko.

Ryuko: Kuh! the way you talk pisses me off!

Satsuki: That is totally fine with me!

*KABOOOM*

*VROOOM*

the whole arena is shaked up by the sonic blast!

in the smoke ryuko and satsuki are standing still crossing blades…

Ryuko:..i'm gonna crush them.

Satsuki: what?

Ryuko: I don't know what you're thinking, but I'm gonna take all that lofty crap you spout about ambition and aspirations. and crush every last one of 'em. That oughta loosen your lips a little.

Ryuko then drops to the ground.

Satsuki then points her katana to ryuko.

Satsuki: heh.

satsuki then walks back into the stairs.

Satsuki: how amusing. you're going to crush my ambitions, are you?

satsuki then turns around.

¨*Pang*

Satsuki: Honnouji academy is my kingdom! If you say you will topple it all by yourself, then I accept your challenge! beginning tomorrow, all clubs will be after your head! Do you still think you can win?

Ryuko: You bet your ass I do.

Satsuki: as you wish. then defeat each and every student who comes after you! If you do, then junketsu and i will face you again. 

Ryuko: And if I win, you're gonna tell me everything.

Satsuki: We agreed, then.

Ryuko: you're on...what? wait what? c'mon dude not now it this serious moment!?

Varakiel:.....

all the club leaders that were in front of Ryuko were looking at her with strange expressions…..

Ryuko: aghhh fine! satsuki kiryuin, varakiel has something to tell you.

Satsuki: varakiel? who is that?

a notebook is floating in front of ryuko.

Varakiel: "nice to meet you Satsuki Kiryuin, i am varakiel, the kamui"

Satsuki: oh? so you can communicate? That's a surprise…..what do you want?

Varakiel: "what i request is simple"

Satsuki: request?

Varakiel: "I want a truce on weekend days and in class hours and no one besides ryuko matoi and me will be harmed."

Satsuki: oh? and I might ask what makes you think i will accept?

Varakiel:....."hey you the one with the shinai, hand it over"

Uzu: i am the proud president of the kendo club i won-

Satsuki: do it.

Uzu: yes lady satsuki.

Varakiel: ryuko-chan I will borrow your body for a bit. I hope you don't mind.

Ryuko: b-borrow my body? a-alright just don't do anything weird.

Varakiel: haha i would never.

Ryuko: mhm…

varakiel who was controlling ryuko's body stabs the scissor blade on the ground. and grabs the shinai with both hands and puts it in front of him in a steady posture….

Ryuko: *inhale* *exhale* [Iai]

unknown to everyone the air surrounding them disappeared and was expelled in an instant, then everyone starts to bleed out for no reason.

Ryuko: accept my request and i will teach you how to truly master the blade.

everyone in there went cold they don't know what happened but everyone got hurt in an instant without them noticing it.

Satsuki: hoo? you don't seem to be a regular kamui….

Ryuko: no comments, this request only applies at this moment, do you take it?

Satsuki:...

Satsuki feels like if she denies she would lose a golden opportunity for her ambition, she doesn't know what that kamui is planning or if it's a kamui to begin with.

Satsuki: very well, *cof* Everyone will refrain from engaging ryuko matoi and her kamui in class hours and will not harm any of the acquaintances!

Ryuko: and?

Satsuki: and will stop any operation against them on weekends.

Ryuko: great, good making deals with you i will hand you over our meeting point in a paper sheet, one sec...….*gasp* wow it really felt like i wasn't myself….

Varakiel: thank you ryuko-chan~."your name is gamagori right? please hand this paper to your lady"

Gamagori:.....yes….

gamagori walks to the tentacle that was extending a piece of paper...

Varakiel: "very well, until next time~" let's go ryuko-chan.

Ryuko:.....you ruined the moment….

Varakiel: hey but we got something out of this, if were constantly in battle when we will have no time to train.

Ryuko: that's….true…alright….let's go….mako?

Varakiel: ah yeah i tangled her before, she tends to get in danger in these kind of situations you know.

Ryuko: that's true…here we go..

Ryuko carried the now sleeping mako.....

Aikuro: forcing matoi and the students to fight? and what kind of kamui is that?.

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