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Chapter 163 - Back to reason

Mako: you were about to die of blood loss!

mako hugs ryuko.

Mako: dummy, dummy, dummy!

Ryuko: uh…..

ryuko passes out. and her uniform turns back to normal.

Varakiel: "it's okay mako-chan she passed out…oh poor thing you got burned…let me help you."

Varakiel then takes something out of ryuko's pockets.

Varakiel: "drink this and youll be fine, i promise"

Mako: *nod* *nod* *gulp*

mako injuries instantly heal up.

mako: woah....

Satsuki: mankanshoku, she survived thanks to you.

Mako: s-satsuki-sama? what're you doing here? i mean, you know my name? i mean, ryuko, talk to me!

Aikuro: that was a close one.

tsumugu sits besides aikuro.

Aikuro: sorry about that, tsumugu. we managed to get by without using this.

Tsumugu: i couldn't lay a hand on them. i couldn't so much as touch any of those three women.

Aikuro: what else did you expect? when they get like that, they're monsters that have become more than human.

Tsumugu: crap, now i have to go back and train again.

Nui: aw, the ending turned out to be a real letdown.

Satsuki: nu-

*slash*

Satsuki: huh?

Nui: heh?

suddenly the eye patch of nui harime is cut in half.

Ryuko: nui harime, listen well, next time we meet I will kill you….

Ryuko then passes out on the floor again.

Satsuki: (sensei!.....he hit her before any of us could react…..i still have a long way!)

Nui: ....the hell happened just now?

Satsuki: nui harime, you are hereby banned from honnouji academy.

Nui: huh? 

Satsuki: i will deal with both ryuko matoi and the kamui. meddle in my affairs again, and grand couturier or not, i will show you no mercy.

Nui: aw, don't be mean!

Satsuki: leave….before she wakes up again and finish the job.

Nui:....fine, fine, you've made your point!....as if!

...…

after some days passed.

tri-city schools raid trip

satsuki and the elite four were reunited.

uzu: athletic committee squad 1 through 11, preparations complete. assigning to osaka raid trip brigade.

Nonon: non-athletic committee squads 1 through 18, preparations complete. assigning to kyoto raid trip brigade.

Gamagori: the disciplinary committee is more than sufficient for the kobe raid trip brigade!

Uzu: being an elite corps is all well and good, but don't fail.

Nonon: yeah, nobody wants to see you committing seppuku, ira-chan. the cleanup of your guts would be a pain. 

Gamagori: you needn't worry. we'll succeed.

Inumuta: i have formed an information strategy team with the PC club at its core, using two-star students from the information systems class. the information network in each city is already under our control. we are monitoring all communications in the high schools of each city.

Satsuki: iori, are the special goku uniforms ready?

Ioir: yes, milady. development and manufacture of the anti-osaka,anti-kyoto, and anti-kobe combat-spec goku uniforms are complete. they are being distributed to the raid trip brigades as we speak. as for you elite four, new three-star goku uniforms are currently being made for all of you. however, owing to the fact that final adjustments will take some time, you will have to set out with the same special goku uniforms as the other students.

the elite four look at their uniforms.

Satsuki: they have been improved based on your battles with ryuko matoi and nui harime. look forward to them. there is no shame in your defeat at the hands of the pure life fiber kamui varakiel-sensei and the high order tailor nui harime. you will mature even further. it is merely a rite of passage. and now, i look forward to your maturation as commanders. lead the raid trip brigades to victory!

Elite four: understood!

Satsuki: very well, the raid trip is set to leave at 0200 hours the day after tomorrow. 

Elite four: understood!

the elite four vanish quickly.

satsuki then sits back on her chair, and soroi pours a cup of tea.

Satsuki: is the helicopter ready?

Soroi: it is, milady.

Satsuki: thank you.

satsuki was riding a helicopter on top of the academy.

meanwhile mako was down in the field.

Mako: boy, i wish i could go! i don't want to go! but i wish i could! i do wish i could go! but i don't want to! but i really wish i could go anyway!

Aikuro: *sigh* a woman's heart is a fickle thing…

Mako: i know, right? it's not like being asked if you want to go somewhere makes you want to go, but i sure would've loved to go to kyoto!

Aikuro: so you short bus students are getting left out of the school raid trip, huh?...but mankanshoku you're a 1-star shouldn't you be able to go?

mako: umu, but gamagori-senpai and said something like " manakanshoku you're not made for war you're staying behind"yeah, i know it's practically a war. i hate fighting, but it's free! if you could go somewhere for free, you'd want to go, right? kyoto! kobe! osaka!

mako points at the drawing that she made on the dirt.

Aikuro:...you got every one wrong. kyoto is here. kobe is here. osaka is here.

Mako: oh my! all three are really close together!

Aikuro: pretty much. it's the kansai region, after all. it boggles my mind that you managed to make it to high school.

Mako: it's my mind that's boggled!

Aikuro:....by the way, is ryuko-kun still in a bad way?

Mako: ryuko-chan is suddenly allergic to wearing her uniform.

Aikuro: huh?

Mako: after she snapped out of her rampage, she went straight to the school, but after she came back, she was all mopey for some reason. she doesn't even try to put on poor varakiel.

Aikuro: oh, i see…

???:...you there. you're mako mankanshoku, right?

Mako: yes.

???: please! take me to see ryuko matoi!

Mako: eh?

???: you can trust me! i'm shinjiro nagita, formerly of the newspaper club!

???: found him! 

???: there he is! hold it right there, newsie!

???: Crap!

the guy grabs mako's hand and drags her away.

Mako: h-hey, what are you doing!?

???: they're with the disciplinary committee! i can't let them find me! i've been banned from school grounds!

Mako: eh!? but i don't even read the newspaper!

Aikuro: banned from school grounds, eh?

....

in the condo of 1-star district.

Ryuko:...

Varakiel:.....

ryuko and varakiel were looking at each other in silence….

*thud*

Sukuyo: i made you something, ryuko-chan.

Ryuko: uh? what's that?

Sukuyo: special croquettes, made with finely chopped, super-meat! they'll get you back on your feet! mataro and the others had some earlier.

Ryuko: thank you, ma'am.

ryuko says with a slight depressed tone.

Varakiel: ready?

Ryuko: yeah...

ryuko closes her eyes again.

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