...
the next day.
Ryuko: Where did you go yesterday?
Varakiel: I went to meet some people.
Ryuko: wha? meet people?
Varakiel: *sigh* i guess by now miss sukuyo told you about my night strolls….before you arrived in that basement i explored it found some old jewelry, antiques and some precious stones, i been selling those in the black market the past few days.
Ryuko:....and why don't you take me with you….
Varakiel: *sigh* listen ryuko-chan look at me.
Ryuko rises her gaze at meets varakiel eye.
Varakiel: Your future is bright, and it would never collide with the criminals and corrupt people of this place. if you were to see what happens in there you would slowly lose hope in humanity, so forget about it okay?
Ryuko:....but I am no little girl that needs to be protected. I am strong, I have been in those places before.
Varakiel: I know, and for that same reason you don't need to go to those places anymore. Can you do that for me?
Ryuko:...for you?....alright, if you believe it is for my own good then i'll listen to you.
Varakiel: heheh, thank you ryuko-chan, so shall we go to school?
Ryuko: mhm.
....
at the train rails…
Ryuko: mako, go ahead. I'll catch up later.
Mako: uh?
Mako, who was about to step into the train, looks at ryuko.
Ryuko: please.
*thud* *ring*
Mako: Kay, i will! ryuko-chan, remember Varakiel-kun isn't your only friend! I am also with you. ah!
Mako sees that the train is gaining speed.
Mako: I'm going on ahead!
Varakiel: *sigh* what a good girl, ryuko-chan, let's go.
Ryuko: yes.
....
Ryuko was at the entrance of the academy with her scissor blade in front of her. shaking.
Varakiel: ryuko, you have nothing to be afraid of.
Ryuko: shut up.
Varakiel: no, listen, you are stronger than him, but this guy he's more experienced in actual combat, so you must be tricky, he has a youth full of experience on his back, and you have barely started to practice what i have taught you about the blade.
Ryuko:.....
Varakiel: It's okay to be afraid, but don't let it consume you, I am here for you, the same goes for mako and Sukuyo, alright?
Ryuko:.....yes…..thank you varakiel.
Varakiel: mhm, now let's do this. There's no need to use full power we got this.
Ryuko: yes, together.
*Fwossh*
Four missiles are shot from the entrance and are going for ryuko.
*boom* *boom* *boom* *boom*
Tsumugu then goes inside while rushing to the side.
Varakiel: Leave those needles to me ryuko, I will deflect them all.
Ryuko: I leave it to you.
Ryuko then rushes to tsumugu.
*rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat*
4 tentacles deflect the needles easily.
Ryuko: This time I am going serious! HA!
*CLING*
Tsumugu: victory isn't determined solely by who has the superior physical abilities.
*click*
Varakiel: heh, predictable.
Varakiel then uses a tentacle and pierces the rocket launcher that was mounted far away.
*boom*!
Tsumugu: what?
Ryuko: surprised? right now me and varakiel are fighting together! HA!
*POW*
Tsumugu: UGH!
Tsumugu is throw away by ryuko's strike!
but he quickly recovers and recharges his needle gun.
*rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat*
*bling*
Varakiel: ryuko, be careful, someone else is joining this fight.
Ryuko: okay…!!
Ryuko jumps back.
*thud thud thud thud*
a cushion with spikes and fans with spikes.
Varakiel: why everyone in this school loves spikes….
Ryuko: Yeah, it's weird.
"in the early dawn…"
Then several girls throw cards to Tsumugu. and he blocks them but one pierces his gun.
Ryuko: w-what the hell?
???: Presenting the three masters of the Honnouji rakugo club!
???: 100 Poems by 100 Poets Club The Horde of 100!
???: gardening! gardening club backyard general manager, squint-eyed kusatao uwabami! now we're going to have our revenge for what you did on the terrace.
Varakiel: wow, 3 clubs on the get go uh, ready ryuko-chan?
Ryuko: I was born ready.
...
Inumuta: considering how determined you were, are you satisfied with sending small-fry clubs after them?
Nonon: it would be boring to simply beat her outright, wouldn't it? wouldn't you do the same if you were me? This is an opportunity to watch a pro at work. isn't this a perfect lesson to train for the genuine fight that satsuki-sama is preparing?
Inumuta: I see you've thought this through, huh?
Nonon: I've been with lady satsuki the longest. I know exactly how she thinks. maybe you should be gathering data instead of evaluating me, four eyes.
Inumuta: no, I am already gathering useful data right here, look.
Nonon: uh?
Inumuta points at ryuko, more specifically at varakiel.
Inumuta: they haven't moved a single bit since the clubs join the fight, the kamui has been deflecting those needles effortlessly while that assassin is being attacked by the clubs, and look matoi ryuko's face, she doesn't show any sign of concern, do you realize what i mean?
Nonon:.....that ryuko matoi is playing around?
Inumuta: no, it means that her kamui could have ended this fight by himself from the start but he's just acting as a mere support for ryuko matoi…..what is he planning…..
Nonon: who cares, as long as we defeated them, satsuki-sama will be pleased.
nonon then pick a concert stick. and signals the dolls with instruments to play.
Inumuta: were you even listening to me? (this kamui, no this life fiber, is not normal)
...….
Varakiel: ryuko they are getting too close, let's go inside and we will defeat them one by one. and that guy went inside the academy as well.
Ryuko: got it!
Ryuko then rushes inside the academy.
*rat-rat-tat-tat--tat*
Varakiel: Be careful, I can see this place is full of traps.
Ryuko then rushes upstairs.
Ryuko: where'd you go, pervert club? uh!?
Varakiel: grenade, get down!
ryuko lays on the ground while varakiel covers the front of ryuko with his tentacles.
*Boom* *boom*
The kinetic force launches Ryuko to the next floor.
Varakiel: are you okay?
Ryuko: I am fine, thank you for the save.
*rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat*
*bling bling bling*
Ryuko: when did he have time to set up a trap like that?
Varakiel: This guy is really persistent, oh…..oh hohoho, now i see what we are dealing with, look ryuko.
Ryuko: what?.....oh god.
On the corridor the club members were nailed to the ceiling to the walls and some shoved in the trash cans.
Ryuko then rushes and in a corner several grenades are thrown.
*rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat*
*bling bling bling*
Varakiel: This guy must have set up all these traps yesterday at night.
From the ceiling the gardening club president falls down and his mouth is shoved up with grenades.
Ryuko: oh…..
Varakiel: buckled up ryuko!
*kaboom*
Varakiel: are you okay ryuko?
Ryuko: I am fine, what about you?
Varakiel: I could do this all week, but I am already getting bored, so let's just lure him like this...
Varakiel tells his plan to ryuko.
....
Ryuko:.....kuh, i can't move…..
suddenly tsumugu is coming from outside with a rope and he kicks ryuko inside a bathroom.
Ryuko: gah!!
Tsumugu: so, the jamming rounds have finally taken effect. I can't believe how many rounds it took. that's a kamui for you.
Ryuko: bastard!
Tsumugu: Now, take off your clothes! I sealed the power of your kamui. you have no hope of winning.
Ryuko: You think I'm gonna do what some pervert tells me?
tsumugu tries to kick ryuko but…
*clang*
Tsumugu: what?
Ryuko: surprise.
Several tentacles appear around tsumugu.
Tsumugu:....i see, so my rounds didn't have effect from the start….
Varakiel: "let me tell you two useful pieces of information, one if you want to hit ryuko, you'll do it over my dead corpse, and two why are you doing this?"
Tsumugu: ….let me tell you two useful pieces of information. one: there was once a woman. She believed that people and clothes were not enemies. She was a fool. and because of her foolishness, her uniform betrayed her. two: the path you are heading down ends in the same place as hers.
Ryuko: I don't have any damn idea what you're talking about.
Varakiel: "pathetic"
Tsumugu: what?
Ryuko: what?
Varakiel: " my friend you're just pathetic you are "trying" to prevent a situation that resembles that of your loved one, thinking that might give you redemption thinking that like this she might forgive you, you don't know jack shit"
Tsumugu: you damn kamui, what would you know about humans!
Varakiel: "Let me tell you another useful piece of information, Dr. Isshin Matoi wasn't a saint, he's the reason I am here to begin with, you know what is the catalyst to create kamui's?"
Tsumugu:.....
Varakiel: "human babies."
Tsumugu and ryuko face went cold.
Varakiel: " yes, i am more human than you could think of, Dr. Isshin used a baby to create me, a blank human slate to create the ultimate killing machine, and in the start i was like that but then a girl came to me, a dumb girl that believed that i deserved love, and i am thankful to her, her name was Kinue Kinagase and wherever she is i will always remember her and be grateful to her."
Tsumugu:...
Tsumugu lowers his gun and leaves...he had heard enough.
Ryuko:....hey varakiel is it true?
Varakiel: Everything was a bunch of lies~ hahaha!
Ryuko:...oi…then about the human babies thing…
Varakiel: Well it isn't necessary to create a kamui, just something that isn't aware or willing to become one. and before you ask, i became one willingly.
Ryuko: why?
Varakiel: to protect you after all.
Ryuko: why? We didn't even knew each other.
Varakiel: ah you see, your father changed his name once before he changed his name he adopted me, then i went looking for him i found out he changed his name, and that he had a little girl called ryuko matoi, you were so adorable you were like 6 months old.
Ryuko:....and?
Varakiel: I never had a sister before so I was truly happy to meet you, and your father told me that he needed to protect you because his past would eventually come after you. and then I became a kamui.
Ryuko: wait…..so…..you became a kamui because of me!?
Varakiel: willingly and besides I was terminally ill. I was really looking forward to seeing you grow up. but sadly i missed 16 years of that.
Ryuko:....so you're my brother?
Varakiel: adoptive brother, but yeah, I made a vow to protect you and give you the love you never had, but sadly since your father was killed he never presented myself to you, that's why I want to find out who killed him too.
Ryuko:...so we share the same objective.
Varakiel: Whenever you want to go I'll go ryuko-chan, we're linked together for all our life~.
Ryuko:...pervert.
Varakiel: hey!
Ryuko: ¡hahahahah!
Varakiel: hahahaha! now we should escape, you must be really tired right now.
Ryuko: yes.
an orchestra was heading towards the bathroom.
Nonon: your battle against the kamui was magnifice— eh?
The bathroom was empty.
Nonon: EHHH!?
…..
Uzu: After all that, you could never catch them?
Satsuki: inumuta. status of the anti-uniform guerrilla 's combat data?
Inumuta: analysis is complete. I was able to deduce a pattern.
Satsuki: very well. i'm glad that jakuzure understood what my true intent was. thank her for the trouble.
Satsuki stands up from her chair and leaves.
....
Ryuko and varakiel were in the room where they always meet with aikuro.
Ryuko: damn, i have to admit it but if it wasn't for your assistance i would have lost, that was a complete rout. owww.
Varakiel: don't push yourself, that kick to the bathroom must have hurt.
Ryuko lays down on the sofa and looks at the ceiling.
Ryuko: hey varakiel....i want to become stronger i am way behind you yet.
Varakiel: calm down, if you follow up the training regime i already gave you will become stronger in no time.
Ryuko: How can you be so sure?
Varakiel: Because I believe in you, always.
Ryuko:....thank you...but don't measure my BMI.
Varakiel: no, a beautiful girl like you should be aware of her figure.
Ryuko: be-beautiful!?
Varakiel: Yes you're beautiful ryuko-chan, you're strong, you never give up and you care for you friends, that's what makes you beautiful.
Ryuko:...friends huh? I never had those...and you said you are my brother?
Varakiel: adoptive brother.
Ryuko: aniki.
Varakiel: Hey, if you're going to call me, call me onii-chan!
Ryuko: no way that's way too embarrassing!
Varakiel: You have to lose 2cm for your waist!!
Ryuko: 2cm!? Get off me, man!