Chapter 23: Injury and invention
[Name] looked at the female he saw in front of him. He wasn't very sure if he could "Tame" her but he was going to try at least. She dashed forward and tried to cut him in half however to her surprise he stopped it with one of his gauntlets. He then turned his wrist and Ryuko saw several bumps starting to appear. She jumped back to see the bumps that were forming on his gauntlet to shoot out into thin needles that easily pierced the metal of the ship.
Ryuko then looked at him and she saw steam gathering around his hands. "What are you gonna do?" Ryuko asked in a mocking tone. He then pulled back one of his hands and launched it at the ground where steam quickly made it impossible to see him.
Ryuko gave him a look that said she wasn't impressed and was about to say something until several small objects made of steam came out of the pile of steam. She looked unimpressed until one connected with her gut. It promptly exploded into steam and sent her back a couple feet. When she stopped skidding she looked at the pile of steam that was still around the male and she grew irritated.
She now knew that whatever those things he threw at he were are not just steam but it was hot so it also had some of his flames. She looked to the spot it had connected with and she grew enraged seeing that part of her suit had some scorch marks on it.
She with a powerful swing sent wind that cleared the seam almost instantly she was once again surprised to find that [Name] was not there. She on instinct looked behind her on once again saw nothing she then averted her head to above her. She saw the armored male floating above her. With steam still gathering around his hands.
She jumped up with the bottom of her feet emitting steam as she shot up at him. [Name] then took a stance as if he was going to punch her. She smirked and stopped "Can't hit me if I'm out of your range." She said only to have [Name] launch a punch and the steam projectile she had seen before form in front of him and was sent flying at her.
She dodged it only to see several more flying at her. While [Name] was punching and sending his steam at her she looked at him and he decided to talk. "Ryuko-Chan why are you acting like this?" [Name] asked looking at her.
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW!" She yelled at him and dashed at him.
"Then what are you feeling so I can understand your reasoning." [Name] said looking at her.
"WHAT GOOD WOULD THAT DO ME? IF I DO TELL YOU THEN THAT WILL JUST GIVE YOU MORE REASON TO HATE ME!" She once again yelled while throwing a punch at his face.
"Hate you Ryuko-Chan I don't hate you." He said grabbing her hand and pulling her close. "I care for you more than anyone else on this boat." He said looking into her eye. He suddenly felt an incredible pain between his legs. He then looked down and saw Ryuko's knee planted in his groin.
He immediately fell down to the ground holding his pained area. He saw Ryuko holding a sword above him and saw her swing it down however when he opened his eyes he saw Satsuki looking at him and oddly enough wearing Senketsu. "Hurry up and get out of the way." She commanded looking at him.
[Name] got up and looked at the two exchange blows. When he looked to his side he Saw Zero looking down at him. "Want to help with her?" [Name] asked looking at him.
"Me no However I got something that might help with her." He said looking at him.
"What is it?" [Name] asked looking at him.
"A robot." Zero stated looking at him.
"How will that help us?" [Name] asked looking at him.
"Well in the long run it won't but for the next minute it help." Zero said looking down at the male.
"How?" [Name] asked a little skeptical.
"Well it's a robot a built to have the same fighting style as well as skills of Hideo." Zero said looking at him. [Name]'s eyes suddenly widened. "Are you serious?" [Name] exclaimed excitedly.
"Yeah It also processes he speed and power as well." Zero stated proudly.
"Well then why aren't we using it?" [Name] asked looking at him.
"Like I said it will only last for one minute you didn't think it could run forever now did you?" Zero said looking at [Name].
"I guess that's true so when do you plan on using it?" [Name] asked looking at him.
"As soon as little Miss princess gets done fighting her." Zero said as he watched them put on an impressive display however it ultimately proved useless. Ryuko raised her sword and swung it down only for her to be moved. When she opened her eyes she saw two sets of blonde hair in front of her.
"Geez you got a death wish or something?" One of the males asked.
"No I bet she was paralyzed in fear." The other one stated. They dropped her in front of her four companions and they all attended to her wounds. The two mirrors looked at her decided she was fine and walked over to [Name] and Zero. When they arrived they saw they were carrying a robot that looked almost exactly like Hideo.
"What's with the robot?" The two asked looking at Zero.
"It's going to fight Ryuko." He stated looking at them. When that was said Ryuko landed in front of them. She started to walk towards them and stopped when the eyes of the robot turned on. It stepped forward and looked at her. "This is complete bull. How about you all quick stalling and fight me like-" Before she could say anything else she found the robot only inch's from her.
When she actually got to look at it she saw that it was in mid air and the part close to her was his leg. Before she had time to dodge the machine kicked her in the neck. Sending her back When she regained balance she saw that the robot was once again close to her. She saw a punch come for he gut she jumped above it and watched as he fell right under her. She raised he sword and brought it down only to see the machine lay flat on it's back and propel its feet into her stomach.
Ryuko was sent into the air and stopped herself in mid air she grew irritated and flew down to the machine. She tried to attack it and he kept dodging all of her attacks. After a minute of dodging it tried to take out her legs however like before she jumped up and saw his leg divert from it's old path into he back sending her into the ground. She immediately got up and put her sword into execution mode. She then started to swing at it repeatedly.
The twins looked at Zero and spoke. "Why is this robot so good at fighting?" The two said at once.
"It was meant to be a robot Hideo which kind of explains it's design." Zero said as the five from before approached them.
"That robot of yours is pretty good." Uzu said looking at him.
"Yeah although It'd probably be better with a sword." The twins said at the same time once again.
"Yeah now that I think about it Hideo was always skilled with a sword wasn't he." Zero said looking at [Name]
"Saying he was skilled is an understatement he could defeat me the twins and you all at once if he had a sword." [Name] said looking at Zero.
"This is true." Zero said looking at him. He then turned to Uzu and looked at her. "You got any swords after all that thing is only going to last about twenty more seconds." He said looking at the male in front of him.
"Umm sure here." He said handing him a small sword.
Zero took it and looked at it "Not what I had in mind but it will do." Zero said as he threw the sword at his creation.
The machine caught it and almost instantly it clashing swords with Ryuko. "You really think that's going to be enough for it to beat Ryuko?" Nonon asked looking at the few in front of her.
"Yes. Hideo was more skilled than any of us when he was alive he put all of us to shame in that department. We've actually never seen him lose a fight." Zero said looking at her.
Ryuko then swung her sword clearly aiming for the machines stomach. However it jumped up and avoided damage it then swung it's sword down cutting part of Junketsu.
However it was still in the air and unable to avoid Ryuko's next attack she brought her sword to the side and looked at hit the robot's own sword sending it flying. It had little time to regain it's footing but when it did one of it's knee's where on the ground. Ryuko then appeared behind it with her sword already raised. However the machine turned around and its sword went forward.
When it did it went through the space that was meant to be used to hold the sword and the robot then got closer forcing Ryuko's hand out of the weapon and having the sword only centimeters from her neck. Ryuko let out an frustrated growl and an irritated expression took over her face. However just as she was about to admit defeat she saw the lights the machine had for eyes turn off.
A smirk then took over her face as she got her sword of the machines own sword and cut it to pieces. She then looked back to the teen she had been fighting previously and he looked at her and his armor once again took hold. The two once again rushed forward at each other and clashed. "Why are you doing this Ryuko-Chan?" [Name] asked looking at her.
"Isn't it obvious it's what I was born to do. I was born with life fibers in me." She then looked at him and saw that he didn't seemed shocked in the least. "I bet now that you know that you find me absolutely disgusting. I glad I'm doing what I'm doing." She said looking at him.
"So you're glad you're doing the exact opposite of what your father would have wanted?" She seemed to shock her slightly. "Think about it for just a second your helping your fathers murderer. You think he'd want that you think he'd want you to betray all your friends to help a girl he dedicated his life to bringing down?" [Name] said looking at her.
"So what if I am! At least I'm happy! Besides I rather have the illusion of happiness then be with someone like you!" She said kicking him towards the ground he stopped mid flight and looked at her.
"Why would you say that?" [Name] knew it wasn't really her but it still hurt to hear her say that. Only to hear her response.
"Face it now that you know who I am. You'll never love me like you used to I'm just a freak of nature. Some kind of alien that wants to wear people as cloths." She said diving down at him. [Name] sighed and deactivated his armor and let the blade run through his stomach.
[Name] then grunted in pain an spit up a large amount of blood. He grabbed the back of her head and forced it close to his so their lips could make contact. "I already knew what you were. Hideo told me the ring kept acting weird around you so he came to the conclusion that you were some kind of special being infused with life fibers. I guess he wasn't to far off. Knowing that I still developed feelings for you." [Name] said as he saw a look of regret on her face.
She then dropped the sword which in turn made [Name] fall to the ground as well. She then looked at the what she was wearing disgust and started to rip it off. "I DON'T WANT YOUR FAKE HAPPINESS!" Ryuko yelled as the suit started to tear. "I WANT REAL HAPPINES! I DON'T NEED MY MOM OR THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE I'M WEARING!" She said as it was off and she to then fell down to the ship.
She then suddenly felt weak and closed her eyes. "I want senketsu and [Name] back they're my real happiness." She said as her world faded.
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