I was 'peacefully' floating in the water, Izanami interrupted me many times.

I: "Listen Kai, your 'normal' state is that of constant alertness, I cannot work while you're like that, so don't"

"Then let me..."

I: "It won't work, I can tell, as a matter of fact I know everything that has been in your mind since you put me on probably better than you"

"Like?"

I: "Weren't you going to ignore me?"

"I'm starting to think there's no point..."

I: "Good! You learn quickly!"

"Now tell me"

I: "Well first of all: you ain't that uninterested on your weird friend there"

"Why you keep calling her weird?"

I: "Well for starters I do not smell any blood on her, are you sure she's even human?"

"I'm sure of it, she is one of the two revenants that attacked Honnouji"

I: "I know. I was there but it still makes no sense to me"

"But I thought you were the same as her uniform"

I: "We work different from the normal Life Fibers you're used to, we all have vastly different skills from one Bundle to another"

"Bundle, that how you call each other?"

I: "More or less, a sentient bundle of Life Fibers or rather Undead Fibers is what me and Amenonuhoko are, Bundles"

"I see, Amenonuhoko is the fake Iori..." Madman Logic kicked in.

I: "Yep, and my loyal companion since I can remember"

"And what exactly makes you different from the Life Fibers I usually wear?"

I: "The main difference is that: We are completely independent from each other, we do not need to be together or controlled to be Sentient"

"(Then can they...?!)"

I: "Yes, we can take control over creatures and sometimes, preferably, work together. Oh! I forgot to mention, that Senketsu from Ryuko and Junketsu from your girl are like us, Bundles, but they are man made, unlike us who evolved into this form"

"And that means...?"

I: "Senketsu is far too 'young' to know the full extent of Its own abilities and Junketsu is practically feral in comparison to either of us"

"Feral… then that makes Junketsu the most dangerous of the two?"

I: "Kinda, Junketsu is the most dangerous to normal humans, but Senketsu still has a LOT of room to grow and with that girl with him they could even surpass us. We all feed from blood but we Undead Fibers aim for Symbiosis while Life Fibers just want to eat"

"Mutual benefit? Interesting..." So if both Senketsu and Junketsu drink blood to live, then it's definitely stupid taxing for both of them to wear them, though Satsuki hasn't shown any sign of damage and Matoi even less… shit's getting weirder.

I: "Oh! She's back!"

Scylla walked out to the pool still wearing her Kamui but with a towel trying to dry her hair.

"Feeling better?"

"Yeah, I almost fell asleep in there. The water felt soooooo good～"

"That's… good? Anyway, could you call for something to eat? I'm starving"

I: "She doesn't know you can't taste stuff!"

"Okay... Anything comes to mind?"

"Not really, we do not have to pay for anything so have fun trying some stuff and I'll join in"

"Fine...hey, weren't you talking with someone just now?"

"That... is a long story, I'll tell you after we eat"

I: "She's angry brrrother!"

"(Don't call me that!)"

"Then how about I cook?"

"Hmm, not to be mean but something they make will feel better since we are on vacation we might as well try something we haven't before"

Scylla made an angry face but changed back to normal when I finished my reasoning

"That... makes sense… though I will cook one of these days!"

"Feel free to, we are here to have fun"

I: "Oh?! Who's the sharp-toothed girl that just flashed on your mind?!"

"(Bite Me!)"

I: "Can't, even if I wanted to!"

"..."

"I'll go then..."

"The phone is by the big bed"

After Scylla went inside the penthouse I got out of the pool and returned to the building by the side, took a quick shower and put on the my Uniform. This time it felt far heavier than usual.

By the time I returned the food had arrived. Wild Boar Hot Pot. Looks good, has meat so it's good in my book.

"Quite the interesting choice… wait, they made it while I was on the shower?! That was fast!"

"I know! I totally didn't expect them to bring it up this fast. I've never had a big Hot Pot so I wanted to try it out" She smiled.

I: "She wanted to share it with you. Shame you'll have to break her heart. No wait, you've done it already!"

"(Very. Funny.)"

"Something happened?"

I didn't noticed that I put a frown.

"Sorry, is nothing..."

"Then shall we eat?"

"Yeah..."

I: "Don't eat too much now, I like little fat on the blood!"

"(*sigh*)"

Scylla put a confused face and we both started eating.

The silence was overwhelmingly uncomfortable.

I: "Y'all gonna talk or what?!"

"Huh?!"

"Who's there?!" Scylla was looking around.

I: "Don't worry weird girl, I'm right here!" My right arm raised itself and slapped a piece of meat I was grabbing in my face.

"Kai..."

"That's... the long story I was talking about..."

I: "Cool, she can totally hear me"

"How are you doing that?"

"I'm not. Remember my blade, The Izanami? Well it turns out to be alive"

"Huh" She was not impressed.

I: "What do you mean 'huh' ?! Here I though you'll be far more impressed"

"Well I've already seen three living set of clothes, so..."

My arm loosen up but I still couldn't fully control it.

"That's enough to break you?"

I: "Nah" my arm straightened up again "Just a lil' disappointed"

"Will you let me finish my dinner?"

I: "She'll get hit with another barrage of questions if you don't stop me, brother"

"DO NOT call me that!" I screamed at my right arm.

I: "Fine, fine I get it"

Scylla stayed surprisingly calm throughout the comedy act.

"So, Kai… Do you mind telling me what's happening?"

"I..."

I: "He may look like he's gone insane, but worry not, I'm kinda like Ryuko's Senketsu"

"But weren't you a blade?"

I: "We Undead Fibers can take many forms, specially myself I just choose to be a blade for the time being"

"You can transform?!"

I: "Why you acting all surprised for, Kai?! You both saw me do it when you fought!"

"Right… and, do you have to be so loud?!" I almost lost my cool.

I: "Remember what I told you? If you're not even a little relaxed then I cannot talk and with you trying to suppress me is taking quite some effort to stay awake!"

"Not even a goddamn day in..."

I: "Regardless! Weird Girl!Tell me what you heard when you got those dogs!"

"Oh that! I almost forgot" She said surprised.

I: "I knew it!"

"Well I only heard it once..."

I: "Speak, girl"

"*sigh* I heard a female voice, it sounded familiar but I don't recall where I've heard it before"

"Curious, what'd it told you?"

"I remember being scared when you asked me to attack. I have never been in a fight before, let alone a high speed one, that's when I heard this voice. It Said: 'Dog… Hand… Envy' and before I realized I knew what to do. And a little after when the Two-Stars was the only one left it talked again 'You… Ov'- "

"(Ov)er… Dogs..." I interrupted Scylla's explanation.

"Yes..."

I: "I see… not really, I don't have eyes… Anyway, Inside of you there is also someone like me, presumably that uniform you're wearing Is alive just like me"

"But I've never heard it talk like you do..."

I: "Doesn't have to, It probably likes you and/or has nothing to say, that or it actually cannot talk. Not like Kai here who I cannot say I like as hostl!"

"Hey!-" She was about to say something but Izanami interrupted her.

I: "Oh, he also already knows you like him, so you don't need to to hide it, not that you were doing a good job at that anyway"

"Ah!" her face went completely pale, then slowly turned her eyes from my arm towards my face. Once we made eye contact I nod and she blushes heavily.

I: "Wait how are you-?!"

"Oof" Scylla throws her plate at my face, it breaks and she starts to run towards the side room "Wait! Scylla!"

I: "Get her back here! I'm not done asking questions!"

/

The same facility but a LOT of stories below. A blindingly white car had just left the entrance, driven by the valet. A man in a similarly colored robe was not going into the facility.

"Welcome! Master…?"

"Siegfried. I believe Lady Ragyo should've told you I was coming"

"Indeed Master Siegfried, I hope you don't mind using our suite, the Penthouse was reserved earlier by Lady Satsuki for one of her High Ups"

"Doesn't matter, I'll stay only for a couple of days"

"Do you need help with your luggage sir?"

"No need, take me to the suite, I wanna get some rest"

"At once!"

A pair of maids lead the man towards his room. One of them was called by the rest of the staff and left the one maid to lead the man.

"I hope you find it comfortable Master Siegfried"

The maid was about to leave, but the man dragged her inside the room and locked the door.

/

"Scylla! Open the door!"

I: "Yeah! I'm still not done with the questions!"

"You shut up!"

I: "Make me!"

I hit my right hand on the wall, no added strength to not make the wall crumble.

I: "Ow! Fine!"

"Scylla please let me in!"

"How long?!"

"Huh?"

"For how long have you know?!" She screamed and sounded like she was far away.

"Had my doubts a couple of days before we left, but after our chat with Matoi and Mankanshoku I was certain..."

She stayed silent and after a while I heard her crying a little.

"Listen Scylla… I'm sorry"

I heard her stopped crying and she got up and walked towards the door. But she didn't opened it.

"Do you care?"

"What?"

She hit the door and it bent but it didn't broke.

"Do you care about my feelings?!"

"Yes..."

"Then tell me, why I cannot find happiness even in my second life?!"

"Happiness… I'm not sure..." I looked at the last lights of the day, they reminded me of Satsuki's light.

"Ka-" She was incredibly angry, I could not see her but I could feel it.

"I haven't find it myself" I not trying to save my ass, I'm just being honest.

"..."

"Happiness is not something people just find and are set for life, they must all work hard for it and in their journey they might find bits here and there that guides them in the right path..."

I: "(Smooth)"

"Tell me Scylla, What is happiness for you right now?" I ignored all of Izanami's commentary.

"... being… here with you… I know it sounds stupid. I've only know you for like a month and the first time we met we wanted to kill each other… but I cannot get you out of my head..."

"(Just like I was... )" I remembered the first couple of raids I was part of.

"On top of all that you are already taken by the Empress of Honnouji. How can I compete with someone like her?!" I could hear her voice breaking, she was about to cry again.

"You don't have to"

"huh?"

"You are one person and Satsuki is another, there is absolutely no point in comparing yourself to someone like her!"

"Bu-"

"You are strong, cute and determined on your own way, You'll find your happiness with or without me, I'm sure of it!"

I: "(Seriously though, who's the Sharp toothed girl? She's also cute)"

"(Not. Now!)"

"You… you think I'm cute?"

I: "(What's with her generic reaction?!)"

"(I told you to shut up!) Well yeah, let's use our fight with the bikers earlier: You are cute enough to be considered as partner for one of the strongest dudes in Honnouji… aaand that sounds wrong..." She giggles "Also strong to face the very reason people join Honnouji, the Star System, I swear that one Matoi giving us trouble is enough"

"Hehehe" I could tell she was smiling on the other side of the door.

"Feeling better?"

"Yeah! Thanks Kai..."

"Are you… gonna open the door now?"

"No until you say it again" She is still a girl after all...

"*sigh* You're cute"

"Now without the sigh!" She sounded both angry and playful.

"(*sigh*) You're cute Scylla"

After she opened the door we returned to the table to finish eating, thankfully we didn't left anything inside the pot when we started our little fight so nothing got burnt, though some cooked meat did got cold and at least one plate broken. Against my face of all places…

We talked about what we're gonna do from the next 6 days. Visiting the private beach here was a must but we also got some video games, movies and a little buffet from part of the staff the day after tomorrow.

We finished eating and Izanami took wasted no time.

I: "So I can do some exposition now?"

We both sighed at the same time.

I: "What's with that reaction? Are you two gonna run away together from all this now?"

"I won't. Even if I could" I answered without hesitation.

"Don't think I got too much to choice from either..." Scylla said a little sad.

I: "Alrighty then, where did we left it off?"

"She had just told us about the voice that told her how to summon the dogs"

I: "Right! Now how come both of you heard the same thing the second time?"

"It wasn't you?"

I: "Nope, the only times I've talked to you was when you got smacked by Ryuko and a couple during your fight, all the others times it wasn't me"

"Strange… guess that's just how I am?"

I: "Well you definitely have blood in you so you're not a Revenant like Weird Girl"

"Stop calling her that!"

"Wait. I have no blood in me? That would explain why I didn't bleed when I stung my finger making the mannequins" She sounded both confused and adorable.

I: "Also no heartbeat. You revenants are a fucking mystery. How can you wear a Kamui while you got no blood in you?"

"You need blood?!" She was shocked.

I: "Yah, we feed from blood and I smell none in you!"

"Chill Iza, if she didn't knew she had no blood in her, you really think that she can explain it?"

I: "Won't hurt to ask… Iza? Really?"

"You deserve it"

I: "Fair is Fair. To the next topic!"

"You don't like slowing down while talking, do ya?"

I: "Nope. Now answer me, What is your relationship with Ragyo Kiryuin"

"Oh! I know her!" Scylla jumped in "She is that pretty woman who is the CEO of the biggest corp in the world! I don't know how her hair works but it sure is gorgeous"

Me and Izanami said nothing, stunned by Scylla's explanation.

"She is… Satsuki's mother"

"SHE'S WHAT?!" Scylla's faces changed from happy to between angry and excited.

I: "Interesting, what else can you tell me about them Kai?"

"Yeah! I wanna know as well!"

"I have very little, you two. I've only met Ragyo once in person and let me tell you, being near her is like walking down a highway with the sun blazing at its highest..."

"What you mean?" She was confused at the analogy.

"Just like it sounds, it's overwhelming! on the bad sense, almost physically taxing"

I: "Oh, finally someone that understands me!"

"You're the last thing I want to hear that from"

I: "Rude"

Scylla watched in silence and with a puzzled look on her face. Maybe she is trying to figure out the connections, obviously I cannot tell her our real intentions, not yet… and don't you fucking say anything Izanami!

I: "(Gotcha!)"

"She is the one sponsoring everything in Honno City, REVOCS is a massive deal and most to all the stuff from we get comes from her"

Scylla was looking at me funny.

"Kai… are you scared of her?"

"..." I felt a big chill all throughout my body.

I: "Whoa there!" It looks like Izanami also felt it.

"Yes, I'm scared of her, she seems off. I cannot explain why but the last thing I want is to be near that woman..."

"Say… what happened to Satsuki's Father?" She tried to change the topic.

"Don't know, I've never met him" He passed everything to Satsuki, Junketsu and the mission of getting rid of Ragyo… And I live to make sure that happens!

I: "Mysterious indeed, now for the final question for the night!"

"..." No reaction from either of us.

I: "C'mon! That's all?! Not even a pity laugh?"

"Hurry Iza, today's been real tiring for us..."

I: "Fine! Hmph! What do you two think of this entity that allegedly revived Scylla, 'Mari' was it?"

"No idea, but she's the one who sent Scylla and presumably also Izanagi to get you, you don't have some kind of mcguffin in you, do you?"

I: "Don't call me that! I have various powers that you're not ready for! And none of them are that special so I don't know what 'Mari' is planning"

"Powers? like what?" Scylla beat me to ask that.

I: "A transformation like Satsuki's or Ryuko's for example, though I have forgotten how to do it..."

"Really Useful..." I said sarcastically. Another one of those will gave us a huge boost in power for anything really.

Scylla was blushing and trying to hide her face.

"What is it?"

"A-are you g-go-gonna wear s-s-so-something like what Ryuko was we-a-ring when we first m-m-met?" She stuttered a lot trying to deliver.

"I've fought naked before and won. Wearing something like that for power... I may even welcome it!"

"I-I could never wear that..." She took her eyes away from me, probably not trying to imagine any of those scenarios.

I: "(You're most likely right partner...)"

"There's a first time for anything… actually... forget that. It doesn't sounds right..."

The sun finally sets in and we each got to a different room. It's been a while since I've slept on a proper bed. While I was looking after Scylla in the 'prison,' I slept on the chair and/or on the desk I got...

/

"Quite the interesting data Tadasuki..." Inumuta said to no one while inside a dark room only lit up by the light of a computer screen.

"So the Undead Fibers are just like Normal Life Fibers but they are self-aware instead of just sentient, We gotta thank him once he gets back" The voice of Iori came from a small device on Inumuta's ear.

"How are you doing finding the intruder?"

"Amenonuhoko is still hidden somewhere, let's wait and see just like Lady Satsuki told us to do"

"Very well, I'll continue to analyze what Kai got us, You inform Lady Satsuki"

"I'll hang up now"

At the top of Honno Tower.

"Lady Satsuki" The screen in Satsuki's room now showed Iori's face.

Satsuki was drinking a cup of tea on her chair, fully prepared to go to sleep for the day.

"Iori"

"We got some data on the Undead Fibers…"

"And you decided it was urgent?" She put down her cup.

"Yes! It concerns Kai's status with the Izanami"

"I see. Speak"

Iori told Satsuki about how Izanami got help form Amenonuhoko to equip itself to a proper host, Kai was the most suitable candidate for it Inumuta deduced, That their union is practically unbreakable yet only brings benefits for both parties and the different forms the Undead Fibers can take, Kamui, Weapon and Mannequin whether they can change between them is still unknown.

"I'll make sure to have a talk with Tadasuki once they return. And how is Shirogane?"

"Her situation as Revenant appears to have not changed but her Kamui, the "BloodHound," has awoken a new power other than making the clones"

Iori showed her the images they got from Kai and Scylla's fight on the highway.

"Good work you two! Contact Tadasuki tomorrow and ask what he thinks of all this"

"He already told us Lady Satsuki"

"How so?" She was genuinely surprised.

"He wrote it down and showed it to the device on the Four-Stars, that is yet another reason for contacting you directly"

Confused a bit Satsuki told Iori to show it to him. The screen now showed a big picture of a letter.

Izanami has no idea how the Revenants and Mari works, neither what her purpose is. On the other hand, Scylla, I believe she has become trustworthy and powerful enough of joining us, however she still needs to learn to keep her feelings at bay. One last thing, both Izanami and Amenonuhoko are hiding from Ragyo for unclear reasons.

"At this point is more than obvious that Scylla Shirogane has feelings for Kai, this may ensure her loyalty. If i may, I propose we make her his secretary, Lady Satsuki"

"I'll think about it… anything else?"

"No for now, both of them have already gone to sleep and we detect no reaction form the Izanami, probably went to 'sleep' as well"

"Make sure you two don't overwork yourselves, you're dismissed!"

"Thank You Lady Satsuki" Iori bowed slightly and the screen turned off.

Satsuki took a deep breath and took a look at her empty cup.

"I don't think they saw your hidden message Kai..."

She looked through the window and blushed just bit. After a bit she went into her room and finally to bed in a really good mood.

A/N: Thanks for reading first of all! but now to a lil bit of an apology :P. this part came out a lil late cuz i got my hands on desings i made for this fic :D. Sadly this site doesn't let me post them. So youll have to go to watpad (same name and everythin) and look for Intermission 3 on there youll find a LOT of designs i made for this. don0t jugde me i want my stuff to be seen :3 Thank again for readin.