Shattering Humanity

{On the Roronora City highway, 1:15 PM}

Itsuka: "No! I won’t let it happen!I thought I was okay with this, but you’re not going to touch MY Captain."

The two women EyeEngage and Saku can be seen behind Itsuka, with a look of disappointment towards the both of them.

Princess Rebekah finally catches up to her mother and Princess Kawaii catches sight of the other little girl.

Shelly sees the star filled eyes of her own Princess, then she realizes the reason Saku wanted to bring her and what the ’surprise’ Itsuka was hinting towards.

Shelly looks at the turned back of Saku.

Shelly(thinking): *How can someone be such a negative introvert, but also seems to always be thinking of others?*

At first, Laban and Itsuka are shooting aggressive looks towards each other but suddenly Laban has a big smile and quickly hugs the taller Itsuka, smothering her tattooed face in the soft golden tan chest of her once enemy. It surprises everyone but Saku, who is still upset with his head down.

Don Laban: "I sincerely am sorry for hurting you during our fight! I’m so happy to know that you’re okay and fully recovered in time to be here."

While embraced, the skeptical Vice-Captain doesn’t return the hug back.

Itsuka: "Um, no-... no worries... I guess?"

The Don releases her embrace and walks past the frozen/stunned Itsuka, towards Saku without any retaliation. The Don can’t control herself, smiling as she approaches Saku and gives him a painful looking bear hug.

Don Laban: "I’m so glad you’re here, Saki! I want to show you all the new things that I changed for you!"

Itsuka side eyes the scene, jealous of the affection given to the man she also loves.

Shelly rolls her eyes and Katsu chuckles at his adopted sister’s reaction.

Dom watches dumbfounded and gets jokingly upset.

Dom: "How come Daisuki and Saku get to hoard all the girls? It’s no fair, right Jorm?"

Drakaina steps in to answer for her brother in a stern tone.

Drakaina: "Don’t ask my little brother about that stuff."

Laban puts Saku down and the captain of Izanami takes a deep breath then coughs for a moment.

Laban blushes and then gives him a gentle hug.

Don Laban: "The day after you left, I abolished the Master and Pet system and changed a whole ton of more laws, just for you...(side-eyes Itsuka)...MY Saki."

Both Itsuka and Shelly notice the glance and they snarl at the DaeMon.

The DaeMon looks at Shelly and breaks her hug with Saku. The golden haired Valkyrie steps in front of Katsu as Laban walks over. Madame Fryer unsheathes herself, floating next to her ally, and Shelly’s pink/gold SeiõrShield surrounds her.

Katsu: "Shelly, relax. She’s changed, trust me, I can tell too. She might be purposely trying to make Itsuka jealous, but as long as Saku is on our side, she’s on our side."

Shelly relaxes her SeiõrShield and Madame Fryer floats carefully back into her holster.

Don Laban: "It’s exactly what your boytoy says, Skalmönd. I only live for Saki’s acceptance and if he says to jump, I’ll ask him how high. If he says change my ways, I change in the way I believe he wants. And I am sorry, Skalmönd, for trying to kill you...again."

Shelly’s nose twitches at the backhanded apology. From behind her, Katsu tries to continue the role of her conscious.

Katsu: "Sheeellly, is there something WE might want to maybe apologize for?"

Shelly doesn’t break eye contact with her past enemy.

Shelly: "We don’t apologize for winning."

Katsu (sighs): "Ms. Laban, we’re sorry for invading your city and knocking out your people.Can ya forgive us?"

Laban turns her back to Katsu and walks back to Saku barely acknowledging the attempted apology.

Don Laban: "Yea, whatever, Vessel of Yang. I know you are actually a two faced monster pretending to be a child minded, free spirit, who befriends everyone, just to one day gang up on my Saki."

Shelly’s fist clenches tighter and Katsu gives a confused look over to the DaeMon calling him out in front of everyone, for the sake of Saku. Darkness covers Saku’s eyes as she walks back to him.

Katsu: "Ms. Laban, what are you talking about? Saku and I are friends from when we were kids! Why would I want everyone to gang up on my first ever friend?"

Laban turns her head to answer his dismissal of her claims.

Don Laban: "As someone originally born from the unnatural copulation of two females using Seiõr to interfere with the natural order of life, I can tell you’ve been using Seiõr to interfere with the natural order of the universe. More than even Odin himself. If I were you kid, I’d stop doing whatever unimaginable Seiõr technique you’ve been doing, cuz before you know it, that personal Seiõr aura of yours will bubble like tar around you, and will cover your eyes someday."

Itsuka, who also believes what Saku told her about Katsu’s ’hidden side’, looks back and forth between Katsu, and the confirmation of the ’Omnipotence N-Eye’ User. Saku starts walking towards Katsu and Shelly, past Laban.

Don Laban: "Wh-wait, Saki! Where are you going? I have so much to show you how I’ve changed!"

She grabs his wrist but Saku tears it away in anger and Laban flinches back.

Saku: "Let go of me! You haven’t changed, Laban! I actually told everyone that I trusted you to become someone better than you were 30 days ago! Now I feel like a complete jackass."

Shelly(to herself): "About time you had a little self awareness."

The Don not giving up takes a step towards Saku.

Don Laban: "But Saki, I-"

Saku: "You still haven’t changed for the people who should matter the most! You keep saying ’you’ve changed for me’ and ’you’d do this for my acceptance’ but from the moment you arrived, you had left your daughter to run after you, alone."

Princess Rebekah, standing a few yards away, looks at the ground and twists her toe into the dirt, nervously.

Don Laban: "But that’s cuz I was exci-"

Saku: "Then you start throwing around backhanded apologies towards those I consider allies! So no, I actually don’t believe you have changed for yourself or for your daughter!"

Laban doesn’t give in on her argument and doubles down.

Don Laban: "But Sakiiii! Why does it matter WHO I become a better person for? As long as I’m a good person, that’s all that should be focused on, right? If a shitty person is only good for their God, does that make all the good things they do meaningless?"

Princess Kawaii is behind Drakaina and looks at the upset Yin Vessel.

Princess Kawaii(whispers): "Big Brudder?"

Itsuka listens to Saku’s criticism of Laban’s love for him, and realizes something.

Saku: "Laban, if I died today, what would your next decision in life be?"

He glances over at Itsuka as if to also make her think about her answer to the same question.

Everyone, especially Shelly, waits for her response.

Don Laban: "If you died, Saki? Well...

I guess...

I guess I’d try to learn how to resurrect you with Seiõr, and we could have a baby born from an unnaturally born mother and an unnaturally living dead father, but unlike the parents of my sisters we’ll make our children out of love."

Everyone except Saku gives a comedic look of being weirded out towards the apparent necrophile.

Dom: "Okay nevermind, you can keep her Capt."

Saku(sighs): "Shelly, grab your supplies, I’ll open a portal large enough to transfer it over. Are you coming with me, Itsuka?"

Laban looks at the tan muscular toned woman who peeks over but then turns her nose up and away, walking towards their shared love.

Itsuka: "Of course, Saku..."

She side-eyes Laban with a smirk while finishing her sentence.

Itsuka: "...I’ll gladly come with you."

Laban is now snarling and Saku sighs again, unfazed from the innuendo.

As he walks away, Laban begins to panic, thinking of a way to convince her Saki to stay

Don Laban: "Saki! I-uh..."

She spots Drakaina and Jormungand in the back.

Don Laban: "I’ll give you some more people too! There’s some resentment between people who were pets and your sanctuary can be a place that they can feel safe!"

Saku(thinking): *Getting warmer.*

He keeps walking away and then Laban finally spots Princess Kawaii behind Drakaina.

Her blue eye widens and she turns around to look at Princess Rebekah, then back at the group.

Don Laban: "B-But what about the two Princesses?!"

The two little girls perk up at the mention of them and Saku stops, with a smile.

Then he quickly turns back around and EyeEngages all the way across to the fellow left eye user, Princess Rebekah, making the adorable little girl blush at the Big Brother figure.

Saku: "Okay! I guess I’ve got no choice then. Show me New Roronora City."

He disengages and turns to Princess Kawaii.

Saku: "Come on, Princess Kawaii!"

He gives a soft smile to his Princess and she runs towards him.

Princess Kawaii: "Big Brudder Sakiii!"

Don Laban: "Hey that’s what-"

Itsuka gives a hard shoulder check to the DaeMon.

Itsuka: "If you think you’re going to do anything over the top to Saku, like you just said out loud, I will stop you."

The DaeMon smiles and talks while watching Saku kneel on one knee for the Princess to get on his shoulders. While hunched over, Friend licks his face but Saku smiles at the kiss from his best friend.

Don Laban: "’All is fair in love and war’, daughter of Iôunn. Just know, you’re only fated to meet with Skalmönd’s rebirth because of her final SeiõrSpell. Without that, you would’ve never met my Saki. So take this bit of advice, from a woman who has lived over a thousand years, if you can’t handle war, you shouldn’t fall in love. Cuz eventually, you’re going to lose someone you personally consider irreplaceable. Good luck, enemy General."