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Ryuko and Mako ate their lunch happily. The coconut head devoured her bento box ruthlessly as the vagabond ate her more peacefully. Ryuko had just saved Mako from another club that decided to use her as a hostage. Things went a lot smoother now that Philia wasn't here to be honest.

That's not to say Philia was causing problems, but when Mako was the only hostage things were a lot easier for Ryuko. She just needed to run head first and beat whichever idiots decided to get their asses handed to them. Philia wasn't as helpless as Mako, but she did get into trouble, which got Ryuko into trouble.

Ryuko sighed, and Mako noticed. "What's wrong Ryuko-chan?" Mako finished her onigiri, before dropping her bento box in a conveniently placed trash bin.

"Ah, it's nothing. Kinda missing Philia, but at the same time I don't." Ryuko munched on her own onigiri. "Like, I got through those club losers like nothing, have you noticed?"

"Uh-huh! You were all hyah! and Take this! And whatcha!" Mako flailed her arms around in a copy of Ryuko's attacks. "You didn't have to hold back as much now that Philia wasn't there. You'd probably hit her if she were there."

"Yeah, and that's the thing! Philia's ain't useless, but I gotta keep an eye on her when she helps! Like she can handle her own, but she's not as overpowered as me." Ryuko posed, flexing her muscles.

"Careful there, Ryuko." Senketsu voice spoke to the girl. "You might hurt yourself with that arrogance."

"Huh? Whatchu mean? The only thing that can even match me is Kitkat! I bet even those Elite Four can't handle me!"

"Wow, you can beat the Elite Four?" Mako awed.

"Pfft, easy peasy. Bet they're just hopped up on Goku uniforms. "

Brute force cannot solve all of your problems, Ryuko-san." Senkesu's voice didn't fade. "Perhaps in a scenario where you have overwhelming power, you could defeat Satsuki Kiriuyin, but she has you beat in both skill and power."

"Ah, what do you know? You're just a piece of clothing! Ever since my dad sent me to boarding school, I had my fair share of meatheads that think they're all that!"

"Your blood is as salty as stones of the Himalayas." the Kamui commented, "One day that arrogance of yours will get you in trouble. You are strong Ryuko-san, but you've only made it this far because of me. And you have made it even farther because of us working together."

"Yeah, well duh! They have Goku uniforms, how am I supposed to compete with that?!" Ryuko growled at Senketsu ignoring her hypocrisy of criticizing Philia. Mako laughed at the two's antics despite not being able to hear what Senketsu says. Mako kept laughing as Ryuko tried to strangle her shirt, but failed.

Her laugh was cut off snatching Ryuko's attention. The punk turned to see a needle sticking out of the girl's forehead. Her expression was frozen in laughter as she leaned back. Ryuko would have caught her I not more several more needles sticking to her.

"MAKO!!" Ryuko turned to the assailant, her eyes wide and her heart beating fast and hard. Adrenaline pumped through her veins as a tall buff figure slowly approached them. He wore little to no clothes with the exception of several belts to hold equipment. He twirled a needle in one hand as he held an SMG in the other.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU-?!" Ryuko yelled, but the man cut her off.

"Do not worry about her," he spoke as he walked out of the shadows. He had a big red mohawk and his expression was fierce yet focused. Like a predator staring down a prey it has cornered. Ready to pounce but cautious and wary.

"She is unharmed," he dug into a pouch and pulled out a cigarette. "I got her out of our hair. Don't need any interruptions. When she wakes up, she'll feel full of energy and vigor. Any minor illnesses will be cured. And her body will be as if it has been reset."

"O-oh," Ryuko calmed down a bit, but she was still on edge. She didn't know why, but this man put her on edge. "Thanks for that, I guess. But why'd you-"

Once again, the man cut her off. "Unfortunately, you and your uniform will not receive the same treatment!" He raised his SMG, a belt of more needles swinging. Unlike the normal steel needles Nudist Beach uses, these were tinted red with dull grey tips. "I will give you one opportunity, remove your uniform, set it down, and step away from it now."

"Ryuko!"

"Asshole!" Ryuko yanked her sekki tekko, but a shot at her wrist knocked her hand away. She tried to get away and transformed, but more needles stuck into her skin. She felt her body go limp as she lost feeling in her legs.

"Bastard, what did you do-?" Ryuko searched for the mohawked man but found him gone. She scanned the area for him only to feel more shots hit her back. She jerked behind her to see a knee flying straight at her. She raised her blade to block, but the force sent her bade into her face. Luckily the blade's flat side hit her.

Her head rung like she was a bell, but she quickly recovered and swung her blade. She missed the man, but the sound of hissing caught her ears. She looked down to see several canisters of smoke spewing out. Her vision was clouded and more needles struck her. Soon she lost all feeling in her body and fell.

The man walked right over her, planting his feet on her wrists. Fixing his aim, he pressed his SMG against her chest, his eyes hard and unwavering. Ryuko tried to return the look but found her will to be lacking.

"What the hell are you doing, you-!" the man fired a needle right next to her head. The gunshot rang in the girl's head. She swallowed, trying to keep a hard face.

"At this range, you'll die." The man glared down at her. "I will give you one more chance, strip."

"Oh, I get it. You're from the pervert club! You just wanna see some tiddies, huh?!" The man fixed his SMG on her face. He glared down at her, hesitation present in his eyes.

"Don't you understand! The longer you wear that... thing, the more you put yourself at risk!" A needle came out of nowhere and shot the SMG out of his hands. The mohawk man turned to the source, seeing Mikisugi leaning on a window sill. He spun a needle in his hand casually as he smoked a cigarette.

"Tch," the man got off of Ryuko and picked up his gun. He began walking off just as feeling began returning to Ryuko. She got up, gritting her teeth as she glared at the man. She opened her mouth but a needle shot past her hair.

"I'll be back tomorrow... to strip you."

~ ~ ~

Ryuko say on her bed as she fiddled with the necklace Philip gave her. Her mind absent as she thought about the man.

"Ryuko," Senketsu spoke, but the girl didn't hear her.

"Ryuko," the girl picked her head up. "Don't wear me tomorrow."

"Huh? I can't do that."

"That stranger is after me. If I'm with you, you'll just be in danger." He advised.

"Yeah, but the whole school's after me. I'm kinda a sitting duck if I got to school without you." Ryuko put the necklace away. "Besides I need you to beat Satsuki."

"So you could say you're not as strong as you say you are without me?" He Peek his eye.

"Are you... sassing me?" Ryuko dusted off the uniform before putting on her jammies.

"I think you're missing my point."

"Relax, we'll be fine." Ryuko gave an unconvincing smile. "That jerk only beat us because I couldn't transform."

She turned the lights off, ignoring Mako and her family spying on her through the door. She flopped on her bed and tucked herself in. She stared out the window, looking at the moon. Her eyes landed on the green gem Philia gave her. She pursed her lips before she scooped it up and held it close. She wondered what Philia was doing. Hopefully, she wasn't getting herself killed.

~ ~ ~

"HIJO DE SU PINCHE MADRE! MUERATE!!!" Philia screamed as she repeatedly stabbed a mass of fibers.

~ ~ ~

Tsumugu cleaned his SMG as he stood naked. He turned to a window, staring at the moon. He thought about his dead sister. How the experiments and testing with Life Fibers killed her because she believed clothing and humans could be friends. How foolish...

He put his gun down and turned to a table that had a machine he was working on. He popped on some goggles and ignited a blowtorch. Sparks rained on his bare chest, but he ignored them as he worked on the machine. Isshin had made it his life's work to make the Kamui as well as the scissor blades. The Matoi girl had one half and god knows who had the other, but he was willing to bet the Kiriyuin family had it. The only effective weapons against the Life Fibers.

Tsumugu turned off the blowtorch. He blew on the contraption before raising it up. Chrome-red teeth shone in the moonlight before he set it down. He grabbed a gas can and filled the machine.

The needles severed the connection to Life Fibers. The scissors were made to cut through the Life Fibers. But he...

The man yanked a cord as the machine roared to life.

He intended to shred them into ribbons.

~ ~ ~

Ryuko stood in the academy's courtyard, scissor blade in hand as she stared at the entrance. Her blade shook, her hands trembling. She hid it well, but with only Senketsu on her, her fear was prevalent.

"You're nervous."

"Shut up."

"You cannot fight if you are not in the right mindset."

"I said shut up!"

And with that several missiles screamed as they flew right at her. Ryuko immediately transformed, her skimpy dress covering her as the rockets hit her. An explosion erupted, shaking the ground but a swing of the scissor blew away the smoke.

Ryuko was ready to fight, but she was peppered with needles. She blocked her face, trying to protect her vitals. Tsumugu ran around the girl, dual-wielding SMGs with belts of needles. Ryuko growled and dashed to the man and swung her blade down. A clang was made as the SMG blocked the scissor.

"You're pretty strong for a guy with no Goku uniform!" Ryuko grits her teeth in a grin as she pushed against the man. She was shaking, struggling to push. The man held on firm, like a stone wall.

"There are two things you need to know," Tsumugu reached for his side and whipped out a combat knife. Ryuko jerked her head back as the knife nearly slice her face off. She went to retaliate but was met with more needles.

"Ow! Ow! Ow!"

"First, I will never, ever use Life Fibers to aid me." Tsumugu pulled out a device and aimed a laser at the girl. High up on the walls of the school, a mounted rocket launcher transformed as it took aim. The targeting system locked on the girl before multiple tiny rockets flew out.

"Second, you should use your head more." he watched as the girl tried to outrun the rockets, only to be met with explosions. She was thrown around as the rockets hit her. She fell to the ground with a thud, smoke rising off her body.

Several bladed fans then struck around her. Ryuko picked her head up to see a line of girls dress ceremoniously as they all spoke in unison. Several other students who all posed also showed up as their club president began yapping. The gardening club was also there, the club's vice president replacing the leader.

"Get the hell out of my way!" Tsumugu growled as he slammed his foot into a kid's face. Using the kid as a launchpad he dived into a window.

"Hey! Get back here!" Ryuko rushed ahead, cutting down any of the students in her way. She dove through the window ready to give chase, but the clinking of several spools caught her attention. "Huh? What's that?"

Explosions answered her dumbass as she rushed out of the room of smoke. She had a frown on her face, pissed this fucker was running. The sounds of shouts and yells from the clubs were chasing after her, but she ignored them just as she ignored the orchestra playing through the loudspeakers of the schools.

"Damn it! Where the hell are you?!" Ryuko ran through the school, accidentally setting off tripwires, falling onto floors filled with needles, and getting peppered with more needles. she chased after the Tsumugu, the bastard just out of reach as he used the sharp turns and cramp halls to evade her. She followed him into a classroom, barely catching him leap out of a window. Grenades fell from the ceiling, revealing several of the students' bodies tied up.

"Ah, shit." Ryuko was thrown through a wall and into the halls. She got up to see more bodies tied up on the ceiling. And down the long hallway, the man stood across from her. Ryuko bit her lip before she got ready to sprint.

"Nowhere to run, pervert!" She dashed forward at breakneck speeds, scissors in hand. Just then more students came into the hall before giving chase.

The man frown at the girl before dropping a toolbox he had. It opened up and transformed into a mounted minigun. Ryuko's eyes snapped wide open as Tsumugu loaded a long-ass belt of ammo. Ryuko ran faster hoping to beat the man before he loaded his gun. But she was too late as the barrels began spinning.

BRZZZZZZZZZZTTTT

Nine inch nails flew out at the girl, hitting her dead on. She yelled as the red-tipped nails stabbed into her. Her Kamui protected her the best it could, but the nails were digging into her. As for the other students, they were not as lucky.

The nails mowed down the masses as the nails pierced them. Their Goku uniforms did nothing to protect them as some of them were nailed to the walls and floor. Their screams and yells were drowned out by the gunfire.

30 seconds of continuous gunfire left the hallway demolished. 3000 nails filled the hall, most were nailed into the walls and floor, but there were plenty of bodies just filled with them. Hiding behind as pile of bodies, Ryuko ripped out several nails, bits of blood painting them. She was shaking, her ears ringing as she hid.

Tsumugu plucked his earplugs before he tossed something. It clattered in front of Ryuko, who yelled before running out of her cover. The grenade exploded, but Ryuko used that force to push herself.

"I got you now!!" Ryuko yelled as she swung her blade in manic fury. The roar of her engine fell deaf to her ears as she swung. Metal on metal ringed out as the chrome red scissor blade met against the chrome red teeth of a chainsaw.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

Tsumugu shoved the girl back as the massive chainsaw roared in fury. It was like a chainsaw had a baby with a greatsword, but man, was it an ugly baby. It was a hunk of metal that looks like it was made of scrap metal and junk. It shook violently, puffing out so much smoke it violated OSHA regulations. It was so big the man had to hold it with two hands, but the chain was a bright chrome red, just like the scissor blade.

"What... what the hell is that thing?!" Ryuko held her scissor tightly. That mechanical monstrosity gave her the chills. If that thing touched her, it'd shred her to bits!

"Ryuko!" Senketsu called out, alarm in his voice. "Whatever happens, don't let that thing touch you!"

"Yeah, no shit am I letting that thing near me!" Ryuko yells at him.

"What the matter? Your Kamui seems nervous." Tsumugu revs the machine, the teeth spinning rapidly. "It seems to know what this thing is... or at least what it can do."

Ryuko tried to get her shaking under control, but she had never felt fear like this before. She was at her limit, and she knew Senketsu was too. She needed to end this right now.

The two stare at each other, each holding their weapons tightly. Hard firm eyes stare into sharp nervous eyes. The music of the orchestra continues to play, but the tempo picks up. The tone gets tenser and tenser, the climax getting closer and closer.

Rising, and rising, and rising, and rising...!!

And the band reached a crescendo and Tsumugu rushed the girl. Ryuko forced her fear down and ran head first. The two rear back their weapons, the lighting shining on the red before they swung. The scissor clashed against the chainsaw and a terrible noise was made. It was as if an animal was being skined alive as the teeth of the chainsaw spun against the scissor blade.

The bigger man held a hard face as he pushed down against the smaller girl. Ryuko did her best to hold back that metal monstrosity as she was pushed back. Her knees buckles and her legs burned as the man slowly pushed her down.

"You should have taken off the Kamui!" Tsumugu growled as he held the chainsaw in a death grip. He would not let go. "You could have gotten away just fine, but now...!"

He pulled back his chainsaw and gave a quick jab at the girl's face. She cringed before Tsumugu swung at her side. Senketsu's eye snapped wide open before he made Ryuko move her scissor in the way. The twisted metal clashed against the scissor blade but it does managed to hit the Kamui.

"I'll shred you to ribbons!!"

Ryuko's eyes snap wide open and there was a pause before she let out an ear-piercing scream. The crimson teeth tore away at her Kamui and flesh and it send a pain in her. The pain spread from her side like a bolt of lightning hitting a tree. Without a thought, she rears a fist and throws it at the man.

Tsumugu wasn't ready for the hit and neither for the force it had. He took it directly to the face and was sent flying out a window. His body spun wildly as he fell multiple stories. he managed to regain consciousness in the end and just barely fired a grapple and cushion his fall.

"Augh!" he cursed as his legs felt like shattering. His nose was broken and he was bleeding like a son of a bitch. His jaw felt like it was broken too, but after a quick inspection, he assumed it was just a fracture.

Something then crashed next and he was pelted with bits of shrapnel. He cursed again as it dug into his skin. Once the dust settled he turned to see his chainsaw smashed to bits and pieces. Her cursed once more-

"Fuck!" Oh, never mind he said it aloud this time.

Back with Ryuko, she was on the floor, crying and yelling as she held her side. Blood spilled out of her side profusely despite the scissor blade blocking the saw.

"W-why? H-h-how?!" her chest moved up and down quickly as she hyperventilate. Her heart was beating a million times a minute and her head felt like a car's motor engine overheating. Sweat dripped down her skin and her throat felt like it was constricting itself.

"RYUKO!" Senketsu yelled, actual panic and pain in his voice. "YOU NEED TO...!"

The Kamui's voice was cut off by a shout of pain. Ryuko tried to get herself up, but the moment she moved, that pain struck her body like someone jabbed a rod of heated iron into her. Fuck, why did it hurt so much?! She's had her ass beaten before she met Senketsu. And when she and him were synchronized, the pain and attacks she endured were dulled, but never gone.

So why?! Why did this fucker hurt her so bad?! She looked at her side to see the her meat had been torn apart.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Ryuko painstakingly moved her head up to see the remaining remnants of the clubs as well as a handfull of no named One Stars surrounding her. Shit.

"F-fuck o-off..." she spat out. Even just talking made that pain flare up slightly.

"Aw, whats the matter Matoi? Having a bit of trouble beating some dude that doesn't even have Life Fibers?" the group laughed. "You know, I heard through the grapevine that someone overheard you talking that you'd never lose so long as you had your Kamui. Be a shame if you lost it!"

A student sent a kick to the girl, a Ryuko let out a howl of pain. The students were put off by the shriek. They didn't kick her that hard did they? Oh well, didn't matter. The group ganged up on the girl, sending kicks and punches as revenge for their comrades and ass beating they got from her. And by god, did Ryuko yell.

Her screams filled the halls of the school, sounding like a ghostly wail. The screams even made a coconut haired girl jerk up. Mako blinked in wide eye fear before realization settled on her. She rushed off to the source broom in hand.

Ryuko felt like she was going to black out from the pain, Senketsu was nowhere to be heard and these fuckers were going to unknowingly kill her. Or maybe that's what they planned to do with her after they took Senketsu from her. This pain. This agony was driving her insane that she was getting flashbacks to earlier life.

Blood red waves closed in on her as she felt her life slowly slip from her. The world got darker as the red waves rose. Her body sunk into the crimson, the light fading. But as she sank, that emerald green crystal Philia gave her. Her eyes barely registered before the gem flashed a vibrant green.

"Ha ha ha! Yeah! Take that! And this! And some of this! And, hey was she always glowing green?" one of the students noted as the emerald began glowing. Before any of the other students could react, a hand grabbed a kid's face. Ryuko growled as she used the girl as a weapon and knocked back all the students.

The students all stared at Ryuko, astonished by her new transformation. Gone was her skimpy sailor uniform that nearly bared her entire body for everyone to see. Her arms and legs were covered as well as her body.

"What the...?

"Nice clothes..." a student got up, "But I liked your previous costume better." The student cracked his knuckles before rushing her. Ryuko watched as the boy seemed to move like a sloth compared to before. She had time to duck under his swing before she reared her own fist and slammed it into him.

His body was sent flying into the ceiling and into the next floor above. Everyone gulped, fear taking over them at the vagabond's sudden strength. Ryuko blinked at the whole in the ceiling, also astonished at the power.

She looked at the students before she frowned and cracked her knuckles. The students all scrambled to get up and flee.

"So you like to kick guys while they're down, huh?" The girl didn't waste time and proceeded to pulverize each and every student. There were a couple who got away, but she threw a student at another who was the last to flee.

"Next time I see your faces, you're dead!!" she yelled as the bulkhead was slammed closed. As if that would stop her. Ryuko huffed before she took a moment to actually examine herself.

Gone was her skimpy sailor uniform that nearly bared her entire body for everyone to see. Her arms and legs were covered as well as her body. Even her ass was properly covered, an undergarment underneath the skirt. She looked at her hands and noticed that the lacey gloves were now transformed into a sort of clawed gloves. In fact, the fabric looked and even felt like a sort of armored suit. She checked her side to see the wound. There were notable tears in the fabric, but it looked mostly healed. The pain in her side was still there, but it had been reduced to a dull ache. 

"Senketsu!" she checked the uniform's eye, hoping he was okay.

"I'm okay, Ryuko." the Kamui's voice spoke, but it sounded tired and exhausted.

"Oh, thank god! I was worried you'd died on me or something." she sighed, "What happened? It looks like we transformed again, but... I've never seen this form! Did you know about this?"

"No, I did not know about this. I didn't even know we could transform into something like this." Ryuko continued to check herself, flexing her arms and legs.

"Good, because if you did know, then I was gonna raise hell. I mean, I think I prefer this over the first transformation! Now I don't have everyone gawking at my ass and tits." Oh man, she felt like she could run a marathon!

"I'm not sure about this Ryuko, while I do feel invigorated, I also feel thirsty." Senketsu didn't know how to explain it, but he felt like he was parched. He would have said something else, but then the walls and floor shook. 

"We'll talk about this later, for now, I got a pervert to hunt." Ryuko cracked her knuckles and suddenly the hallway exploded. The chunk of the building fell off the school and Ryuko felt herself float for a couple of seconds before she hit the ground.

Tsumugu reloaded his missile launchers, keeping an eye on the pile of debris. He had fired at the hallways where Matoi was, hoping the explosion and fall would knock her out. He was proven wrong as a chunk of stone was thrown at him.

Quickly he rolled to the side and aimed a laser at the debris. The missiles flew at the girl, but she rushed out of the wreckage. The detonation sent the girl flying and rolling across the ground but she recovered in a snap and dashed at the man.

'She's faster?!' Tsumugu barely had time to react as Ryuko lunged at him with a fist. He leaped back but dropped a gas canister and fired needles at her. The gas stunned Ryuko as her Kamui visibly reacted, but she powered through. She kicked the canister at Tsumugu's face and lunged at him with another punch.

The man felt his neck nearly break from the kicked canister's force, but he managed to react in time to block the girl's punch. He growled as he felt his arm nearly break. In a flash, he drop more gas cans and smacked her in the face.

She stumbled back, held her nose, and snap her head up only to see several grenades. They detonated knocking the girl on her ass. She got up in time to receive a whip from something.

The crack on her chest felt like someone had stabbed her. Her body reacted like she had gotten the chainsaw in the side again. She fell to the floor, holding her chest, struggling to breathe. Tsumugu slowly walked out of the smoke, coiling what looked like the chain of the chainsaw.

"Guess that still works," he said whipping the chain at a piece of concrete and rebar. The makeshift whip left a nasty gash in the stone, the chain's blood red teeth cutting through the steel rebar like wood.

"Oh yeah, I like that." the man turned his sight to Ryuko who just got over the feeling to the whip.  She controlled her breathing and slowly got up.

It wasn't as bad as before, the chainsaw felt like it was tearing through her body. But now, it felt like she was getting stabbed. It wasn't better, but she could manage it. She stared at Tsumugu and his chain whip before her eyes glanced at her scissor blade that lay embedded in a piece of stone. Stupid, she shouldn't have left it for a second.

The two stared at each other for what felt like forever but was in fact only seconds. The sound of debris falling and hitting the ground made the two move.

Ryuko dashed for her scissor blade, but Tsumugu snapped his chainwhip at her. She raised her arm to block, but it wrapped around her arm. She hissed as the chain's teeth dug into her Kamui, feeling as if they were digging into her actual skin.

Tsumugu smirked before he yanked his whip. The chain slid around Ryuko's arm, and she screamed. Senketsu also screamed, seemingly in more agony than the girl.

Ryuko grabbed her bleeding arm, stopping it from shaking. She leaped backward, avoiding another snap of the whip. The ground tearing up as Tsumugu recalled his chain. He whipped at her again, but Ryuko made sure to avoid that chain.

She danced around the whip, her reaction time significantly faster than before, but she wasn't used to it. She jerked her head to the side, as the chain snapped. A couple of strands of hair were sliced, and somehow, it sent a migraine through the girl's head.

"Damn it!" she cursed holding her head. She growled as Tsumugu whipped at her again. Thinking quick, she kicked the ground and sent up a cloud of dirt. The whip snapped but did not find its target.

The agent frowned before he pulled out his SMG. He peppered the cloud of dirt but found nothing once the cloud settled.

"Hey, asshole!" he jerked his head up to see Ryuko flying at him. He fired a spray of needles at her before he rolled to the side. Matoi slammed into the ground so hard, it shattered into pieces. The force sent him up into the air, but he managed to flip his body and send another whip at her.

It struck her back, momentarily paralyzing her, which gave him the chance to throw several grenades. He watched as the bombs throw her into the air... right next to her scissor blade.

"I... can't go on... So... thirsty..." Senketsu's voice weakly said before the fabric on Ryuko's bare body retracted. He then reverted back into his skimpy sailor uniform.

Ryuko herself wasn't doing so hot. She felt so weak as if Senketsu was drinking too much blood. That pain in her side was returning, burning hotter and hotter. She barely managed to pick herself up before she heard the stomping footsteps of the agent. She crawled as fast as she could before she found her scissor blade in the piece of stone. She reached for it, but something slammed her fist into the floor.

She tried to grab it with her other hand, but it was also restrained. Tsumugu fired two more restraints at the girl's legs before he blew the smoke from his wrist launcher. He approached the girl who was struggling to escape.

A crack of his whip stopped her. The chain's teeth dug into the floor next to her head. He stood a couple of feet from her body, SMG ready and whip ready to slash her if she tried to escape.

"I'm only saying this once..." he glared at the girl, aiming his SMG at her. "Strip."

Ryuko mumbled something under her breath. Tsumugu raised a brow before he stepped a little closer.

"What was that-, Oof!" he gasped as he received a knee to the crotch. Looks like he didn't restrain her properly.

"I said fuck you asshole-, AUGH!!" a boot to the stomach shut the girl up. He made sure to kick her wounded side. She screamed and yelled as the pain flared up.

"Shut up!" he snapped aiming the SMG at her face. "Don't you understand?! That thing is a parasite! It was feeding off of you so it can get stronger!"

He took a deep breath before letting out a sigh.

"There are two things you need to know." He started, "One, there once was a woman that believed clothing and people could work together in unison. Two... that woman was a fool."

Ryuko coughed as her chest heaved up and down. The pain was settling, but never fading.

"Screw... you..." she spat with malice.

Tsumugu narrowed his eyes before he put his finger on the trigger. If he had to kill a kid to get the job done then so be it. He just wished it wasn't Isshin's kid.

'Ryuko...!' Senketsu shouted as he snapped the girl's restraints off. He lunged at the man, ready to fight. 'Go! I'll hold him off!'

"Senketsu-!"

CRACK!!

A jerk of the arm and the chain was yanked. The chain's teeth tore through the Life Fibers, leaving a massive gash on Senketsu's side. The uniform gently fell to the floor before needles were shot to restrain it.

"You see!" Tsumugu yelled, "It's nothing but a parasite!"

Ryuko stared at the still form of Senkestu, the gash on his side stealing all of her attention. Her mind raced back to the lifeless form of her father.

"You cut him..." she muttered. Her voice was barely above a whisper.

"It was fleeing! The moment it knew you weren't useful it decided to cut its losses and run!"

"He was trying to protect me..." the girl was in shock, her mind swapping Senketsu's body with her father's.

"Its a parasite!!!" Tsumugu yelled before he felt something enter his cheeks.

"Look what you did..." Mako's voice was heard and she tried to strike the man with her broom. "That was Ryuko-chan's only uniform. Do you know what it's like to only have on set of clothes?"

Tsumugu stepped to the side letting Mako fall forward. "Who invited the cleaning lady?"

HALLELUJA

Mako posed as her face was mashed against the ground.

"Ryuko loves this uniform more than anything in the world! She's always talking and mumbling to it, kinda creepy huh? In fact, my whole family thinks it's wack!" she pointed at the injured girl. "But that's what having only one set of clothes is like! If you take away their only possessions it's like taking away their only friend!"

"That's right!" Mako bent backward and grabbed Senketsu. "That's right! This piece of clothing is Ryuko-chan's friend! Her very good friend!"

Tsumugu frowned. "People and clothing can't be friends girl, I already told her that. It's impossible."

"Nu-uh! You're totally wrong!" Mako grunted as she tried to free Senketsu, "They can so! Up until now, the only friends I had were the voices in my head! But then I met Ryuko and Philia! I had made real friends! And if I can make friends, then a girl like Ryuko can totally be friends with clothing! In fact, she already has!"

With a grunt, Mako tore Senketsu from the needles. With a smile, she passed the uniform to Ryuko.

"Silly girl, you need to take better care of your friends!"

"Thank you... Mako." Ryuko hugged her Kamui tightly. Mako smiled warmly at her. She gave her a head pat before she got up and hopped away.

"Anyway, see ya! I got busted for sleeping in class so I'm on cleaning duty. Someone keeps making a mess all around the schools. Blowing up halls and leaving bodies." she pouted at the man. "Anyway, bye-bye ~!"

"Well, that was weird. Where were we?" Tsumugu turned to Ryuko. "Ah right, hand over the Kamui."

"The only way you're getting Senketsu is if you kill me! There's no other way." Ryuko gave a death glare to the agent, her arms wrapping tighter around the uniform.

The man sneered before he aimed his SMG again. The needles were right at Ryuko's head, in between her eyes. He put his finger on the trigger, but now he was hesitating. Why? Is it because of what that coconut haired girl said?

He glared at the girl, hoping she'd break and give in. But the Ryuko did not waver, her eyes stayed firm and resolute. She did not fear death. If it meant her friend would live, then she'd sacrifice herself just as Senketsu did. 

Suddenly, the uniform grabbed his wrist and lunged at him. He floated through the air, pulling the man in close as if to whisper a secret.

"You touch her..." Senketsu spoke with his mouth, "And I will make sure you regret it."

Tsumugu gasped and blinked, noting the Kamui hadn't moved. What was that? A vision? Did it speak? The uniform talked? These two really did... care for each other? He looked at the Kamui, noting how the collar appeared like an eye. An eye that stared into his soul.

The sound of drums then filled the room as many girls dressed for marching band appeared. They all moved and slid to the side revealing one of the Elite Four, Nonon.

"I must say that your battle against the Kamui was in a word... majestic." Nonon stood tall in the crowd despite her height. "Magnific even? But now, I have grown bored of the tune. Hand over the girl and Kamui."

Tsumugu actually snorted.

"Hand over the Kamui to the likes of you?"

"And turn yourself in." Nonon smiled sweetly, but a viper hid behind those pearly whites.  Her eyes narrowed dangerously. "That whip of yours especially."

Tsumugu frowned at the short girl before he dropped a gas canister. The pink gas filled the room, disabling any Life Fibers. But the matching band blew away the gas, revealing that the two targets had escaped.

"Ah, pooey." Nonon shrugged before she turned to the destroyed piece of scrap metal that was the rest of the chainsaw. She snapped and the students collected the pieces before hauling it away.

~ ~ ~

Later that day, on the outskirts of the city...

"Well, well, well, I guess I should thank you for not killing Matoi, huh?" Aikuro took a sip of his sake, "Guess that means your debt to me is resolved?"

"Nonsense, that doesn't even begin to cover it." Tsumugu took a sip of his own sake. He needed something after dealing with the Matoi girl. She really got a second wind out of nowhere.

"Aw, it's plenty! Besides, I only keep the ladies on a hook~."

"You need to know two things." a chef put a bowl of udon for him. "One, I'm only giving her one opportunity. The second things rip at the seams, I'm coming back to rip it off of her.. Two, if she begins to become unstable, then I'm gonna shred her to mangled meat."

Mikisugu's eyes narrowed.

"You're talking about her Kamui transforming, aren't you?"

Tsumugu swallowed a shot of sake.

"Didn't think I notice? The Kamui always transform into skimpy outfits, why? Dunno. But when she transformed, she was considerably stronger."

"Yeah, I noticed."

"It caught me off guard. If she had her scissor blade, I might have had to actually kill her."

Aikuro stayed silent. Contemplating what the second transformation meant. Was the Kamui taking over Ryuko? No, she still seemed right of mind. Was it just a boost in power? Or maybe it was an outside factor? But what?

His mind went to Fauche. She was an anomaly. Outlier was a better term, but still. He had done some digging, trying to see who she was. Where she came from. What her past was. Those scars had stories, but as far as he knew. Fauche C. Philia did not exist. Nowhere in the world, did a file or identification, or anything really.

Just a basic file that even a little digging revealed was just a coverup.

Kiriyuin must have known this too. No way would they let a nobody into their school unless they were an obedient dog. The Satsuki girl must know something they didn't.

"Speaking of ladies, how's that American chick going for you?" the agent slurp up some noodles.

"Well, actually, she's French." Mikisugu shook his head. He'll worry about that later. "French-Canadian, so I guess technically still American."

"So is your 'french canadian' still alive? Or did she get eaten?"

"Funny you should ask," the undercover teacher slicked his hair back. "She neutralized every target and took out the nest. On her own."

Tsumugu paused and turned to Aikuro, noodles still in his mouth. He bit them off and swallowed.

"Your kidding? That scrawny ass pipsqueak?" Tsumugu couldn't believe it.

"I know, I was at a loss too. The plan was to send her in, mark out a map, and come back to resupply. Maybe she'd kill one of the bastards. Two if she was lucky. But no, she cut down all four of those freaks and destroyed the nest." The man smiled, proud that his gamble turned out to be a full set of aces.

"And how is she now?" the agent ordered another bowl of udon.

"Eh, she's in rough shape. Not as strong or tough as Matoi, but she powered through. Honestly, when she detonated the nest, we'd thought we lost her. But she crawled out of that hellhole alive and well."

Tsumugu slurped his noodles as he thought about the progress. Originally, he was going to be sent in should Mikisugi fail to find a solution. When he heard that he'd pick the tiny ass wimp, he assumed it was just another lamb to the slaughter.

But now they've found themselves a valuable asset to their organization. Provided they can keep her.

"They're experimenting on humans, Tsumugu." Aikuro's voice brought him back. "Fauche's video recording showed up that the target, Yarnballs she calls them, are feeding off of people."

The man showed the agent a set of photographs. They showed mangled and burnt masses of yarn and threads. Life Fibers, Tsumugu recognized. But deep within the core of these monstrosities, he could make out skeletal remains.

"What is this?" he sneered. His hatred of Life Fibers flared up.

"We don't know. But we know that there are more and that they're out there. Somewhere in Japan. Maybe even somewhere in the world. Where major REVOCS companies reside."

"So these are my next targets?" the mohawk man downed the rest of his noodles and order some more to go.

"Easy now, we've only located two nests. One in Tokyo and another in the States."

"I'll go after the one in the States," the man got up from his seat when his noodles came. "You can have your Canadian deal with the one in Tokyo."

"I'll see when I can deal with it." Mikisugi finished his sake, "But don't be so quick to brush off the girl. I have a feeling she's gonna be more important than we think."

It wasn't until the man had left that the teacher realized he was left with the bill once more. And boy was it pricey.

7,019 words excluding Disclaimer and Author's Note.

What's this? Ryuko has a new transformation?! But how? Surely it doesn't have anything to do with the crystal gem Philia gave her. Did she know that was going to happen? And what about that chainsaw? Surely the chain being chrome red like Ryuko's scissor blade makes it have no relation.

I'm actually excited! I hope you guys are enjoying this. Hope it doesn't feel like i'm shoehorning things in. I don't want my Oc to feel like she's taken over the focus, but I certainly don't want her to have no effect on the story whatsoever. Anyway, expect a new chapter next week!