Hey friends, The Shrubbery King here. Thanks for reading all of Wannabe Student! Now I realise that my self-insert avatar kinda drifted into extreme OP territory. Well, come to think of it he was kind of OP from the get-go, that bit where he managed to win against a One-Star being a prime example. I think that for whatever I write/finish next in regards to self-inserts I'll have the avatar character be not totally overpowered. It's a little bit difficult to do because, y'know, in a world of badass everyone must be badass, but it's not impossible.
Anyway, I'm not here to warble on about what went wrong. I'm here to give you a bit of entertainment in a bonus chapter! After looking over Wannabe Student, I realise that there were a lot of points where Lewis really should've kicked the bucket. So now I present to you Every Time I Should've Died! Enjoy!
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Chapter 1, #1 - Death By Shitty Space-Time Portals
Way outside the bounds of Honnouji Academy, all was silent. That is before a rip in space and time deposited a figure into an alternate world. Unfortunately that happened to be fifty kilometres above surface level.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAA" he said before he hit the ground and broke literally all of his bones.
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Chapter 1, #2 - Death by Chainsaw
"Okay scarf man, hand over everything you've got or we'll tear you to shreds!" Mataro shouted.
"My name is Lewis." the taller boy spat before the roar of the chainsaw rattled his teeth. He would need to think of something. He wasn't nearly armed enough to take on this many people, no matter their age. Unfortunately while he thought the kid holding the chainsaw got bored of waiting and swung his chainsaw through Lewis's chest.
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Chapter 1, #3 - Death by Gamagoori
As lewis climbed the stairs, he arrived at the top. The gargantuan gateway of Honnouji Academy yawned before him, a maw of oppression and fear brought about by the iron reign of one Class-A Crazy Bitch. Steeling himself, Lewis took a breath and stepped through the blinding light and into the giant courtyard.
Only to find that a fight had just ended.
Ira Gamagoori stood at one end of the courtyard ordering around a group of One Stars, thankfully facing away from Lewis.
'Oh crap. Oh crapohcrapohcrap.' Lewis panicked. 'Okay, I just have to move around him and just go into the academy. I mean, I can pass for a normal student here. I'm totally not a spy anyway, I've got nobody to report to. Easy does it, nice and slow…'
However, things didn't go as smoothly as Lewis had hoped. Gamagori turned around, trademark fire in his eyes. Lewis squeaked a little before looking behind him, finding himself surrounded by One Star Students!
"Uh oh…" he gulped as Gamagoori strode over.
"You're late!" he shouted shortly before he kicked Lewis into the sun.
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Chapter 1, #4 - Death by Goons
Lewis was eventually disturbed from his thoughts by somebody thumping their hands down on his desk. That somebody appeared to be one of the identical One Stars, but he had a cocky grin on his face.
"You're the newest transfer student huh? You don't look much to me." He snorted.
"Good for you." Lewis said as he rolled his eyes, leaning back in his chair.
"Are you disrespecting me punk? I may be only a One Star but I'm leagues above you, worm!" he shouted, slamming his hands on the desk again.
"Do I look like I care about your petty ranking? Even if you were the greatest fighter in the universe, I'm still not going to care." Lewis frowned.
"Are you saying that you don't respect Lady Satsuki?" he said loudly.
"Now there you go putting words in my mouth." Lewis growled, standing up. "I have a feeling you're picking a fight just to get me into trouble aren't you?"
"And what if I am?" the One Star asked, cracking his knuckles.
'Wait, am I about to get into a fight?' Lewis thought. 'Okay, lemme weigh the statistics. I have little experience in actually fighting, very little physical strength, no Goku Uniform to speak of and no weapon. Getting into a fight is a bad idea right now.'
"So? What are you going to do?" the One Star asked.
Lewis sighed and sat back down. "You know what? Forget it. Fighting you is pointless and will only serve to get me in trouble."
"Looks like you didn't read the rulebook you coward." The One Star smirked, holding up his own copy. "Those students who are too weak to fight do not deserve to live! That is one of Honnouji Academy's ironclad rules!"
"Weak?" Lewis asked, a vein starting to pronounce itself in his forehead as he stood up again. "True enough I'm not the strongest, but by no means am I weak."
The One Star grinned and cracked his knuckles again. "Let's see you prove it then!"
Lewis stood up and pushed his desk away. "You first."
And then Lewis got his face beaten in by some dick in a power-boosting uniform.
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Chapter 1, #5 - Death by Gamagoori... Again
Lewis was sitting in the giant empty courtyard, sadly without any lunch. However he had more than hunger on his mind as he looked at the box containing his new Goku Uniform. Getting bored with staring at a white box for seemingly forever, he looked up to see what the other students around were doing. Most were just talking in their own little groups, but there were a few One Stars who were stonily surveying the area like security cameras. However there was also an impossible to miss pair walking through the throng, a slightly irritated looking girl with black hair and a red highlight accompanied by a completely oblivious and bubbly girl with more unrestrained energy than a nuclear reactor in meltdown.
'No way, Ryuko and Mako in the flesh.' Lewis thought. 'Hang on, this is just about the part where-'
Suddenly, almost everyone in the courtyard formed a straight corridor, bowing as they did.
'Oh, this is just fantastic.' Lewis thought, taking cover behind a building. 'Good thing I stayed out of range. That boxing guy's attacks aren't anything to be sneezed at.'
From his hiding spot, Lewis could see Ryuko stand in Satsuki's way, getting totally decimated by that Boxing Club President and her quick flight from the area.
'Damn. That looked way more brutal in real life.' Lewis thought, shrinking away from the wall. "Good thing nobody saw me here. I don't need Gamagoori breathing down my neck for not bowing to Satsuki like the rest of these guys."
Unfortunately as Lewis turned to flee the scene he found that Gamagoori was indeed breathing down his neck. He was then promptly punched through the ground like a diamond nail through balsa wood.
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Chapter 1, #6 - Death by Blood Loss
The Paintball Club President let out a victorious laugh as he marched over to Lewis' body. "I knew you'd be no trouble! My Paintball-Spec Two Star Goku Uniform is leagues above your sorry excuse for a uniform!" he shouted.
Lewis coughed and a thin stream of blood ran from the corner of his mouth. "I'm not done yet you bastard!"
The Captain's boot came down heavy on Lewis' chest as the Club President stood above him with a paintball gun aimed for his face.
"How wrong you are." He smirked.
Lewis growled as his mind raced for a way out of this. 'Come on, think! Think! What the hell am I gonna do?!'
'Give me more…' growled a voice inside Lewis' head.
"Huh?" Lewis thought aloud. Looking down at his scarf, he saw two eyes eek their way open as the blood running from his mouth was absorbed into the scarf.
'I need more. More. More blood! I don't want to be dormant again!' the scarf bellowed, wrapping itself tightly around Lewis' wounds.
"What the hell?!" Lewis cried as the Paintball Club President leapt backwards as well.
"This is some trick of yours isn't it? Well it won't work on me!" he shouted, aiming both of his paintball guns for Lewis and unloading. Lewis' scarf whipped around, blocking all the paintballs as it drank greedily from Lewis' blood.
"What is this? What's going on?!" Lewis shouted through gritted teeth, feeling the scarf suck the blood from his veins.
A bloody red colour began to flow through the scarf, the eyes opening wider and wider as it got further. The ends of the scarf began to move of their own accord, fighting the Paintball Club President as Lewis kept struggling.
"Let me go damn it!" Lewis shouted, but he was feeling very weak. The scarf had taken a lot of his blood, but as the spread of red reached the end there was a great flashing of stars. When the light finally stopped, Lewis saw through his blurry vision that his scarf had turned a dark red colour with two burning yellow eyes at the front, the ends of it now much longer and waving, as if blown by some non-existent wind. Unfortunately because he'd lost so much blood, Lewis collapsed to the ground. Moments later the Sewing Club had descended upon his unconscious body. Seeing no need to keep him around, Satsuki ordered his body tossed over the walls of Honnouji Academy.
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Chapter 2, #7 - Death by Physics
Lewis turned and started to run through the rest of the course as that Head of Trap Development made her move to join Ryuko and Mako. Lewis ran across the course, eventually coming to a giant loop-de-loop.
"Hey Kamu, is it possible we can go faster?" Lewis asked, looking at all the students falling off the giant obstacle.
'Theoretically. Why?' Kamu asked.
Lewis dropped into a sprinting position and got ready to run. "Because we've gotta go fast."
Lewis began sprinting towards the giant loop and Kamu realised what Lewis was trying to do. The ends of Kamu flew backwards and changed to shoulder mounted jet engines and activated, giving Lewis a huge blast of speed. Unfortunately this extreme acceleration meant that his neck snapped instantly.
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Chapter 2, #8 - Death by Face Grinding
Lewis turned and started to run through the rest of the course as that Head of Trap Development made her move to join Ryuko and Mako. Lewis ran across the course, eventually coming to a giant loop-de-loop.
"Hey Kamu, is it possible we can go faster?" Lewis asked, looking at all the students falling off the giant obstacle.
'Theoretically. Why?' Kamu asked.
Lewis dropped into a sprinting position and got ready to run. "Because we've gotta go fast."
Lewis began sprinting towards the giant loop and Kamu realised what Lewis was trying to do. The ends of Kamu flew backwards and changed to shoulder mounted jet engines and activated, giving Lewis a huge blast of speed. But this speed was so extreme that it forced Lewis's face into the road and ground it along the track, turning his face into Cornish pastie.
But hey, at least he got through the loop-de-loop.
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Chapter 2, #9 - Death by Window
Two red streaks burst from the cloud of dust aimed for Sanageyama, who deflected them both with his sword. The ends of Kamu were drawn back into the dust cloud as it cleared, revealing Lewis still standing with a trail of blood going down the side of his face.
"I'm not down for the count yet." Lewis panted. "You'll have to do much better than that if you want to take me out."
Sanageyama smirked again and readied his sword. "Alright then, just remember that you brought this on yourself!"
Sanageyama disappeared and Lewis instinctively whipped around, Kamu ready to receive the blow from Sanageyama's bamboo sword. However his attack was much more powerful than Lewis estimated and he was launched off his feet and out of a window!
"Oh shit!" Lewis cried as he fell, falling towards the building. "Get ready Kamu, we're about to do something hella dangerous!"
'Got it.' Kamu agreed.
"Sonic X!" Lewis shouted as Kamu transformed.
Lewis began to run down the side of the building, the speed forcing tears from his eyes. Just as they were about to hit the ground, Lewis leapt directly off the side of the academy building and flying horizontally just a metre off the ground before he crashed into the dust, tumbling as he did. Lewis coughed and wheezed as he got up, brushing the dirt off himself. But then he looked up just in time to be eviscerated by giant glass shards.
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Chapter 2 #10 - Death by Cordless Bungee
Two red streaks burst from the cloud of dust aimed for Sanageyama, who deflected them both with his sword. The ends of Kamu were drawn back into the dust cloud as it cleared, revealing Lewis still standing with a trail of blood going down the side of his face.
"I'm not down for the count yet." Lewis panted. "You'll have to do much better than that if you want to take me out."
Sanageyama smirked again and readied his sword. "Alright then, just remember that you brought this on yourself!"
Sanageyama disappeared and Lewis instinctively whipped around, Kamu ready to receive the blow from Sanageyama's bamboo sword. However his attack was much more powerful than Lewis estimated and he was launched off his feet and out of a window!
"Oh shit!" Lewis cried as he fell, falling towards the building. "Get ready Kamu, we're about to do something hella dangerous!"
'Got it.' Kamu agreed.
"Sonic X!" Lewis shouted as Kamu transformed.
Lewis began to run down the side of the building, the speed forcing tears from his eyes. Just as they were about to hit the ground, Lewis leapt directly off the side of the academy building and flying horizontally just a metre off the ground before he crashed into the dust breaking not all of his bones, just most of them.
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Chapter 2, #11 - Death by Sanageyama
"Shinsoku: Senbonzuki!" he shouted as Lewis tried to block at least some of the lightning fast sword strikes, but to no avail. "Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Or-"
The assault of strikes launched Lewis backwards across the massive courtyard and into a wall. Sanageyama then did a Jojo pose.
"You are already dead."
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Chapter 2, #12 - Death by Bodybuilder
Tsumugu finds out about Kamu and kills Lewis in his sleep. No joke here, this is just kinda sad.
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Chapter 3, #13 - Death by Fight Club
"Fight Club Spec Two Star Goku Uniform! Fight Club President Mako Mankanshoku!" Mako shouted as the smoke cleared.
"Well, looks like we're in for a fight after all." Lewis gulped. "Although I will say, that coat does look really freakin' cool."
Ryuko narrowed her eyes and nudged Lewis in the shoulder. "Lewis, I changed my mind."
"Huh?" Lewis asked.
"This is something I have to take care of myself." Ryuko said.
Lewis shook his head. "Mako is my friend too Ryuko. I can't let you be the only one to fight for her."
Ryuko glared at Lewis before sighing. "You really aren't going to leave are you?"
"Believe me when I say I would if it weren't this important." Lewis frowned. "Sometimes there's no choice but to fight for your friends, even if it means fighting your friends."
Ryuko nodded before turning back to Mako.
"Lewis, Ryuko." Mako growled before launching towards the two of them. "Get ready!"
Lewis and Kamu leapt out of the way of Mako's kick as Ryuko blocked the spiked sandal with her scissor blade. Mako leapt off the scissor blade before spinning around, flinging the makeshift golden weapons she'd kept hidden in her badass coat. It was significantly less badass when Lewis had to avoid all the streaking golden projectiles. However he wasn't fast enough to dodge more than a few and ended up floored with his skull caved in by golden wrenches.
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Chapter 3, #14 - Death by Nudists
Ryuko didn't finish the end of her sentence. A bright clothespin poked out from her forehead, paralysing her completely.
"What the-" Lewis gasped, turning around to see Ryuko's permanently exhausted looking homeroom teacher. "What did you do to-"
"Ryuko is fine, but she cannot move or hear anything we are saying right now." He said, dropping his disguise. "You know who I am, correct?"
Lewis cringed as his shirt started unbuttoning. "Yeah, you're the leader of Nudist Beach. Aikuro Mikisugi. Now keep your damn shirt on."
"Correct." He said, striking a pose that made Lewis severely uncomfortable. "You must realise the importance of keeping her in the dark for now."
"Yeah." Lewis nodded. "But what about Senketsu?"
The living sailor uniform glared at Lewis, Kamu and Aikuro. Lewis scratched his head and knelt down to talk to Senketsu.
"Listen, I don't know if you'll agree with me on this, but it's important that Ryuko doesn't know the things I know yet. If I screw with the timeline and tell her everything now it might result in the end of the world. But if you do want to tell her something, tell her this. 'You will find the answers you seek from Satsuki.' I'm sorry I can't say any more." Lewis sighed.
Senketsu blinked once, but Lewis didn't know if he could take this as a sign of agreement or not.
Aikuro nodded and picked Ryuko up by the midsection. "I'd better take her back to the Mankanshoku household. I don't suppose you'd be able to tell anything to assist Nudist Beach would you?"
Lewis shook his head. "Trust me, I'd love to. But if I do it'd ruin the timeline. I'd have no clue what'd happen if I did that, but it wouldn't be good."
Aikuro sighed and nodded. "Very well then."
Before Lewis could react Aikuro put a clothespin into his forehead, preventing him from moving before killing him and taking Kamu. The kid with the chainsaw was paid handsomely to dispose of the body.
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Chapter 4, #15 - Death by Satsuki
Satsuki looked him up and down before grabbing him by the chin and inspecting him closer, all with a deep frown of thought. Without warning, Satsuki had drawn her sword and held it up to the side of Lewis' throat. Before Lewis could even react, Satsuki had drawn the blade slightly across his throat. Lewis squaked ungracefully and jerked away, clutching at his neck.
"What the hell?! I thought you said she wanted to talk, not slice my neck open!" Lewis shouted to Gamagori.
"Hold your tongue! You are in the presence of Lady Satsuki!" Gamagori bellowed, towering over Lewis.
Satsuki looked at the blood on her black blade and back at the wound on Lewis' neck. "Gamagori. Show me his wound."
"Yes, Lady Satsuki." Gamagori obeyed, grabbing Lewis by the arm and pulling him near. Sure enough, the wound was still there and bleeding. Satsuki frowned and wiped the blood from her sword before sheathing it again.
"I have seen all that I needed. Release him." She ordered. Not a second later and Lewis was rubbing his wrists, eyeing Gamagori and Satsuki with caution.
"Mind telling me just what the hell that was about?" Lewis asked.
"I have my reasons." Satsuki said, turning away before giving Lewis a sly glance. "Context and Circumstance are everything, correct?"
Not waiting for an answer, Satsuki walked off back to her ivory tower leaving Lewis alone in the centre of Honnouji Academy.
"I hate it when my own lines are used against me. I really do." Lewis grumbled, hand covering his neck wound. "Shit, it's still bleeding!"
Kamu however was absorbing the blood greedily. 'Mmm, it's been a long time since I'd drunk your blood. I'd forgotten what it had tasted like.'
"That's not creepy at all." Lewis groaned. "We'd better get over to a doctor before I bleed out. I bet the Mankanshokus might be able to help me out. I just hope I can get there before I fall unconscious."
But because whoever designed Honnouji Academy loved stairs, Lewis died of blood loss before he could reach the Mankanshoku Household.
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Chapter 4, #16 - Death by Loose Footing
Lewis began to feel the ground rumbling under his feet as what he thought was solid ground began to rocket upwards into the air. When Lewis stopped, he saw that five other pillars were jutting out from the ground, four of them supporting the Elite Four, and Ryuko stood atop the last remaining one.
"Hang on a sec, six pillars? There weren't supposed to be six pillars!" Lewis shouted. "Whoa, shit!"
The edge of the pillar Lewis was standing on crumbled away from the rest of the pillar and he fell, hitting about ten of the giant spikes on the way down.
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Chapter 5, #17 - Death by Gamagoori the Third
Literally at any time during the fight with Gamagoori.
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Chapter 5, #18 - Death by Ironic Betrayal
Ryuko offered a hand to Lewis, but he didn't take it. Instead he stood by himself and looked Ryuko in the eyes.
"If I can't stand up by myself, then how am I ever going to be able to stand with you?" he asked.
Ryuko smirked and shook Lewis' hand. "Alright, now that that's been taken care of…"
"Uh oh." Lewis gulped as he felt Ryuko's arm tense.
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Chapter 5, #19 - Death by Nui
Another boring one, Nui hunts down Lewis and slices him into prosciutto ham.
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Chapter 5, #20 - Death by EXPLOSIOOOOOONS
After draining another bottle, Lewis threw it violently at the steadily growing pile in the corner of the room. "I don't have time for that damn it! If I can't keep up I'm going to get killed! You've seen some of the biggest players, Kamu. Satsuki, Nui, Ryuko, they're all ridiculously powerful! And they're not even the biggest threats. Not even close. Normally I'd just give up and roll over, but not this time. Not when it's our lives on the line." Lewis said, hanging his head. "I'm not going to give up. I've done that too many times in my life."
The shrill alarm rang again and Lewis lifted himself to his feet. 'Aren't you worried that someone will find us?'
"Nui is too busy toying with Ryuko." Lewis said, approaching the punching bag. "If Satsuki finds us she won't give a damn, so she's not a problem."
"And what about me?" Asked a deep voice from the shadows after Lewis laid a strong punch on the boxing bag.
Lewis turned his head to the source of the voice and scowled. "Tsumugu."
Lewis peered into the shadows and saw what he thought was Tsumugu was actually just a speaker. As he walked over to investigate the explosives hidden on the other side of the wall detonated, instantly killing Lewis with a shower of concrete clumps and a deadly shockwave. Just to make sure, Tsumugu then blew up the rest of the room, Kamu, the boxing bag, the entire basement level of Honnouji Academy and Honnouji Academy itself.
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Chapter 6, #21 - Death by Trampling
By the time Lewis had arrived in the vendor streets, they were entirely empty.
"Aw man, it looks like they've all gone to join the Dosh King. The scent of money is powerful stuff…" Lewis muttered as he looked around.
'So what shall we do now?' Kamu asked.
Before Lewis was able to respond, he heard a low rumble. Looking over to a large dust cloud looming over the horizon, he saw hundreds if not thousands of terrified people all fleeing for their lives.
"Huh, looks like Satsuki's arrived and has been putting on a show." Lewis mumbled, scrounging around in his pockets and pulling out wads of money as they all drew closer. "Hey, shopkeepers! I want to buy something!"
The crowd didn't stop like Lewis anticipated. Instead they all charged onwards, as if they were completely oblivious to Lewis' presence and the money he held. They were also a lot faster than anticipated and Lewis was trampled under the stampede of terrified shopkeepers.
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Chapter 6, #22 - Death by Nui
'What are they doing?' Kamu asked.
"Fighting Nudist Beach." Lewis responded, lowering the rifle. "Aikuro, Ryuko, Satsuki and all the rest are down there fighting."
'We aren't going to get involved?' Kamu asked.
"Nope. As much as I hate doing nothing, getting involved at this point would likely break a plot-crucial point." Lewis muttered.
"Aw, and I wanted to see how you fought." whined a girly voice from behind them.
Lewis gasped and whirled around, spotting Nui Harime standing before him.
"You!" Lewis gulped, aiming for the pink-clad demon. "What the hell are you doing here?! You're not supposed to be here!"
"I go wherever I want, and nobody can stop me." Nui giggled. "I wanted to see Junketsu and Senketsu fighting it out, but I didn't expect to see you and that filthy scrap Kamui here! It's my lucky day!"
Kamu's eyes narrowed in annoyance. 'Scrap Kamui? The nerve!'
Lewis frowned as well, tightening his grip on the rifle. "So, how'd you find out about us huh? Did Satsuki tell you?"
"I saw you when you were running away from the Naturals Election, and Satsuki told me that I wasn't allowed to kill you and that rag. You're a real coward, y'know that?" she asked, airily swaying on her feet.
"I just do what I can to stay alive." Lewis spat.
"But how can you stay alive in this world if you're weak?" she asked with a smile.
"That's why I'm planning on changing this world." Lewis glowered at Nui before shouldering his weapon. "It's painfully obvious that you're looking for a fight. If that's what you're after then you can forget it. There's no point to fighting you."
Nui disappeared and Lewis heard her voice right behind him.
"If that's the case, then you can die right now. What Satsuki doesn't know won't hurt her." she said.
And then Nui decapitated Lewis from behind.
Chapter 6, #23 - Death by Noxious Fumes
Lewis had been given access to Nudist Beach's laboratories, as he told Aikuro that he wanted to repurpose the cannon he had brought with him. After finding a bunch of conveniently sized shells he had started creating a concoction of chemicals that would help turn any Life Fibres completely solid.
'So, what will happen next for us?' Kamu asked.
"I'm not exactly sure." Lewis muttered, pouring in a copious amount of green clothing dye to a bubbling crockpot of foul smelling chemicals. "I know the next event is going to be the Grand Sports and Cultural Festival Satsuki's putting on for her disgusting cow of a mother. What's going to happen to us is a mystery."
'You do not know what you are going to do?' he asked again.
"As much as I want to help save the world or whatever, I'd like nothing more than to just run away from this, let it figure itself out." Lewis said as he poured the mixture into the shells for his rifle. "But now that we've gotten ourselves involved, I don't think we can just leave. Truth be told I'm scared. Nui, Ragyo, they're both hugely destructive and dangerous opponents. I think we might be killed if we fight them directly. Oh jeez, I feel really woozy..."
'What did you put in these?' Kamu asked as Lewis began stumbling away from the table.
"I dunno man, like... bleach? And something called Chlorox? Really it was a bunch of stuff I found in the cupboard under the sink."
And then Lewis fell down, spilling the noxious fumes onto him. By the time Mikisugi had found Lewis he had died after hallucinating about several increasingly unlikely sexual encounters between other members of the Kill-La-Kill universe before dying from choking on his own spit.
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Chapter 7, #24 - PEOPLE DIE WHEN THEY ARE KILLED
"Ryuko Matoi, your body has been fused with Life Fibres, just like mine." Ragyo said with relief. "And here I thought you were dead, daughter of mine!"
Lewis gulped and looked up. Even more of the COVERS were filling the sky. Lewis looked back at the scene before him and stared.
'What should we do?' Kamu asked.
"The real question is what can we do?" Lewis asked quietly.
A great shouting came from the rest of the arena as COVERS began descending and absorbing people then attacking them.
"Those idiots still haven't run away yet?! What is wrong with these people?!" Lewis screamed.
"Beautiful…" Ragyo muttered as she stared at Ryuko's beating heart. "Very few humans are merged this perfectly with Life Fibres. Truly, you are my daughter."
"Shut up!" Ryuko screamed, slicing off Ragyo's hand. "My dad is Isshin Matoi! You can't be my mother! That's impossible!"
"If I'm not, then how do you explain that body of yours?" Ragyo said with an air of finality as Ryuko's heart was sucked back into her chest cavity.
"I said shut up!" Ryuko roared, slashing at Ragyo with her scissor blade.
"Ryu-" Lewis began as Ryuko's strikes began to get faster and faster.
"Stay out of this!" she shouted feverishly.
"How very interesting!" Nui giggled, suddenly appearing behind Ryuko.
"Breaker K!" Lewis said through gritted teeth as Nui appeared.
"I knew there was something special about you!" Nui smiled. "You're the greatest, Ryuko!"
"Ryuko, we need to escape!" Lewis shouted.
"Hush you." Ragyo said, turning her gaze to Lewis before a spark of interest crossed her face. "Wait, could it be?"
Before Lewis could even blink, a pain like nothing he'd ever felt before burst through his chest. Lewis looked down, and immediately regretted that decision. Ragyo's arm was buried deep in his chest, her slender hand gripped around his heart.
"I never believed I'd find two of my lost family here today!" she said, almost weeping with joy.
Lewis could barely form two words together, but thankfully it seemed that Ryuko was able to speak for him.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Ryuko gasped.
"It was after you were born I decided to try another way of creating a being fused with Life Fibres. I believed if I tried one last time, but introduced Life Fibres during conception it would work! Unfortunately, the birth was a stillborn, and I had to throw it away." Ragyo explained, dragging at Lewis' heart. "But you lived! You lived and returned to me, my beloved son!"
As Ragyo tore Lewis' heart out completely, the whole world could see it for what it was. A mass of very red, very much human flesh and muscle, beating faster than it ever had before. Ragyo's face betrayed her surprise, as did those of everyone around her.
Lewis collapsed because either he had fainted from seeing his still-beating heart torn out of his chest, or because he'd died because he'd had his heart torn out of his chest.
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Chapter 7, #25 - Death by MORE EXPLOSIOOOOOOOO-
Pulling as hard as she could, Ragyo tore Kamu in half. Ryuko's mind raced, trying to digest everything that was happening. But then, across the entire stadium, Satsuki lifted her head up.
"I'm… Not… Done yet…" She said, pushing down on the detonator she held in her hand.
The last thing Lewis saw before he blacked out was the red and orange flames of the massive explosions that rocked the earth and rattled the sky, sending everyone in the stadium flying and incinerating Lewis's mutilated body.
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Chapter 8, #26 - Death by Awful Retcon
The group moved down the corridors with Kamu in tow, occasionally scraping across the top of the metal corridor. Both Tsumugu and Aikuro were leading the group to the hangar.
'It is certainly difficult to move in here.' Kamu observed, the six eyes on the suit jacket darking every which-way and the single massive one on his massive body shifting around in every direction to meet the gaze of security cameras and guards at their post.
"Yeah." Lewis nodded absent-mindedly. "Hey Kamu. I've been thinking about something."
'What is it?' he asked.
"What's going to happen to us? I mean, am I going to have to live in this world for the rest of my life? I don't even know how I got here, much less is what'll happen when all of this is over." Lewis said.
'Maybe you'll just die.' Kamu said.
"What this hell Kamu, why would you say something like that?" Lewis asked.
'It was just a suggestion. Ragyo and her forces may be just too powerful for us.'
"You shouldn't be so harsh on your ally. He has a good point." Gamagori grunted.
Lewis stopped and turned towards Gamagori. "Hold up, you can't hear Kamu. What's going on here?!"
Lewis immediately wished he hadn't said that as the world began to change dramatically. Lewis lost his balance and collapsed to the floor, a heavy weight suddenly on his chest as the edges of the world began to fray and tear apart. Suddenly his mind was somewhere else as he jerked back to reality.
Lewis tried to open his eyelids, that itself being a strain. He knew from that alone the rest wasn't going to be good. He was alive, as was his nervous system as his nude body ached. Heavy loose chains hung around his wrists as he was propped up against a wall. The same wall he appeared to be chained to. And right in front of him was Harime Nui; that same expression as always plastered across her face.
"Aww, I thought that'd last just a little bit longer." She sighed. "What a shame."
"You?" Lewis asked weakly, trying to move his unresponsive arms. "You fool! What have you done?!"
Before Nui could respond a tear in the fabric of reality opened up and spread reality, dissolving everything it touched into a black dust. Naturally the first two things it touched were Nui and Lewis, killing them both.
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Chapter 9, #27 - Death by Brainwashing
About once or twice during this fight, seeing as at this point Lewis gained a BS healing factor. Otherwise it'd count as like, 15 deaths.
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Chapter 11, #28 - Death by Spinal Tap
Kamu snaked around Lewis's body, forming a harness attached to the aforementioned jetpack. Moments later he was airborne and shooting towards the Original Life Fibre, some distance behind the Elite Four.
'Are we really going to attack that thing? How can we hope to damage it?' Kamu asked.
"I have no idea, but I'll be damned if I don't try!" Lewis responded as the Elite Four landed on the Original Life Fibre, Gamagori's armour blocking Ragyo's strike.
As the Elite Four and Satsuki began to pile onto Ragyo, a bright shining light radiating from them. Lewis was forced to shield his eyes as their battle continued, hovering in mid-air.
"It's no good, I can't find an opening!" Lewis said.
'Wait, what's happening to the ship?!' Kamu asked.
Turning around, Lewis saw that the deck of the Naked Sol had slid upwards, turning the entire ship into a giant blade.
"Looks like they're going to go ramming speed." Lewis observed. "We'd better help distract Ragyo then!"
Manoeuvring himself up and over the fight, Lewis dropped down behind Ragyo as parts of Kamu wrapped over Lewis's eyes. In that moment Lewis could see the choreography and trajectory of the fight, Ragyo managing to hold off the combined forces of Satsuki and the Elite Four.
"Alright, I think I've found an opening." Lewis said. "It's time t-"
Whatever Lewis was about to say next was cut off by a sharp, needle like pain entering the back of his skull. Unfortunately instead of his brain it stabbed into his spine, paralysing him instantly. He then fell off the Original Life Fibre and sank into the ocean and drowned.
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Chapter 11, #29 - Death by Heart Stoppage
Lewis looked up to see the giant eyes of Shinra-Koketsu. He began to feel weak, cold sweat pouring from his brow. Then he began to feel his chest ache.
"Wh… what's happening?" he asked, leaning to the side and hitting the ground.
"Lewis!" Aikuro gasped. "Medic! Someone get a medic!"
Lewis began feeling his breath getting shorter. Nausea crept its way into his mind as the pain in his chest only increased.
"K-Kamu… what's going on?" he coughed.
'That light! I cannot move when I'm in that light!' Kamu said, horror in his panicked voice. 'I can't help it! I'm paralysed!'
"Then that means my heart can't… oh crap." Lewis gulped.
The transmitter began showing images from around the world of what was happening. It was clear Ragyo thought she had won. As the Mankanshokus arrived to tend to Lewis, he saw both Aikuro and Tsumugu launch themselves towards the tower in their DTRs. It wouldn't be enough, but it should buy enough time for everyone else. But evidentially it wasn't much, as they were beaten down almost immediately, bouncing off the transmitter barrier. Not long after, Lewis could hear a great noise as a tidal wave of crimson Life Fibres surged into Honnouji Academy from the Original Life Fibre, washing everyone away, including Lewis and the Mankanshokus. Now without heartbeat or oxygen, Lewis died.
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Chapter 12, #30 - Death by Space
Really he should've died in the finale. But it seemed to much like a death at the end was too much of a "noble self sacrifice and everyone gets sad" cliché. Hopefully I can learn from all of this and write better because of it.