This choice: Ryuko Hurries Home, Hoping Mako's Dad Can Figure Something Out... • Go Back...Chapter #5Back alley doctors are a coin flip. by: Unknown Seeing that her growth was increasing at a slow pace, Ryuko took off in a full sprint through the back alleys to get home, which was made slightly faster due to her longer legs. "I really hope Mr. Mankanshuko can fix this! Grrr! I thought I was done with weird shit happening!" The tomboy growled out as she rounded a corner, her height now a little over 6'! The only good thing was that her clothes were growing with her and she'd hoped it would stay that way.
In her frantic haste home, the simple ring of her phone went unanswered.
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"Why isn't she picking up?" Satsuki questioned as she sat on Mako's couch. She had wanted to spend time with her little sister, before getting ready for her date with Nonon, and had tried calling her a couple times to check up on her, but to no avail. It was beginning to worry her. A weight at the other end of the couch broke her focus on her phone as Mako had plopped down with snacks.
"Don't worry about it, Ryuko will be fine! She's super tough after all! Ain't no one in this city gonna take her down!" Mako cheered through a mouthful of croquettes, though it sounded more like a garbled mess rather than reassurance. But being Satsuki, it was easy to translate their words as they ate.
Nodding slowly, Satsuki let a relaxed smile cross her lips as she leaned back into the soft cushions. "Yes, quite right. There's not much Ryuko can't handle. Now, mind sharing some croquettes?" As she reached over to grab some before they could all dissappear into Mako's gluttonous maw, both girls were shocked, Mako jumping to the ceiling and Satsuki's eye's widening, as the front door was kicked open by a very large foot!
"Geez! How does Gamagōri deal with this all the time?" That shock became even greater as Ryuko squeezed through the door frame just like their friend/ boyfriend. Crouching slightly to avoided hitting her head, Ryuko looked down at her tinier friends. "Mako, Where's your dad? I need his help with all this. I keep growing for some reason!"
Understanding the situation, Mako sped off to her dad's medical office leaving the sisters alone. "Ryuko what's going on?!" Usually unflappable, Satsuki was utterly dumbfounded by what she was seeing. Her sister now stood over 9' tall absolutely towering over her own 5'6" frame!
The amazonian punk shook her head frantically. "I don't know! One seconded I was finishing kicking some group of punks and the next I was starting to grow! Uggh...not again." Falling forward slightly, Satsuki raced to her side to check on her as another growth spurt hit her, shooting her up to 10'! "T-This is bad. At this rate I'm gonna out grow the house!"
Steeling herself, Satsuki moved out of the way to let her turn around and head back through the door. "You need to get out of the house and to the backyard. Hurry!"
Crawling on her forearms and knees, Ryuko pushed herself through the door as carefully as she could manage. With a bit of maneuvering, patience, and swift kick from Satsuki, a now 15' tall Ryuko sat crossed legged in the backyard, nervously looking back and forth between her sister and Mr. Mankanshuko who were looking at a sample of her blood. Mako was sitting on top of her head birdwatching
"See! It seems all those Life-fibers she absorbed a year ago are becoming active again, rabidly expanding and dividing themselves. And with no place to grow outward inside Ryuko the only choice was to make her bigger!" Having treated many patients effected by Life-fibers last year, Barazō became quite the expert when it came to the effects they had.
Crossing her arms under her chest, Satsuki nodded in agreement before looking back at her "big" little sister. "Well that explains the 'how' of this issue but not the 'why'. But we can worry about that later. Can you fix her or, at the very least, stop her from growing anymore?"
The back alley doctor nodded his head, sending a bit a sweat flying. Though no drop would dare to land on Satasuki. "Oh of course! It'll simple." Turning around he began rummaging through his bag with reckless abandon, sending all manner of medical equipment, foodstuffs, and Guts chewing on a wrench flying. "With it being Life-fibers a simple concoction of starch should freeze them all with out harming Ryuko. Just need to find a needle big enough to get into a vein."
Behind them, Ryuko, now 20', paled slightly at the word needle and went sheet white and bug-eyed as Barazō pulled out a syringe and needle bigger than himself! "I found it! And Mako said buying an oversized syringe was a bad idea. Alright Ryuko, lemme see your arm."
Leaning down, extending her arm and closing her eyes, Ryuko winced as she felt the needle plunge into her arm and a wave of coldness wash over her. "Ahhhh! Feels like you dumped me in the freakin' artic." Once the needle had been removed, she began rubbing her arms to knock the chill out of her bones. "So this should work right?"
Placing the empty syringe on his shoulder, Barazō shot her a thumbs up and grin. "I'm Fifty percent sure!"
"Fifty percent!!?" Came the earth shaking roars of both sisters as they glared fire at the man.
"I-I'll have you know, that is a much higher statistic than most back alley cures." He reasoned as strongly as he could, which was about as strong as a house of cards in front of a industrial sized fan.
Exhaling through her nose, Satsuki calmed slightly before speaking. "Regardless, what's done is done. For now we wait and see if this actually works. Given Ryuko's current size from when we first started, I'd say each growth spurt happens every minute and the next one should be coming up soon." Locking her sight on Ryuko, Satsuki waited and counted until the next growth spurt hit, while simultaneously holding onto Barazō's collar to prevent him from sneaking away incase it failed.
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