Ko-chan’s Chronicles

Matsuko's flaming punches seemed to scorch the air itself as she wildly aimed for Zetsuna, who was frantically dodging. Even though she was powerful, eating one of these punches would surely rob her of her ability to continue.

She used little streams of ribbon to try and pull Matsuko off balance while she aimed at her with a half dozen ribbon whips, especially focusing on the face and chest. If she could get her to flinch, she could land a more effective blow.

I tried to help as much as I could since I could see the entire room at once. I didn't shout orders, but relayed them via visions of incoming attacks or openings in her patterns.

The stalemate went on for a few minutes before Zetsuna took the chance to back off several meters, panting. "Well, you certainly haven't slacked off in the years we haven't met. I wouldn't expect any less."

Matsuko did not look winded at all and formed a lance of flame to throw at her. It missed, but it interrupted the attack Zetsuna was gathering.

"Gonna play like that, are you? I can too!" She shot ribbons into the floor, and they came out all around Matsuko. The ribbons focused on attaching themselves to her ankles and dress to hinder her movement, while she started to gather her attack again.

"Do you think...this can stop me?" Matsuko easily snapped all the ribbons, but it took her long enough that Zetsuna was able to complete her attack.

"Ha ha.. too slow.." She fired the attack at Matsuko, who prepared a shield of flame to block it.

What Matsuko did not expect though, was that the attack would suddenly shift directions right before it hit the shield.

"M-M-My Lady!" I froze in fear as the attack suddenly came in my direction. My eyes grew wider as the attack grew closer, then my vision was blocked by a familiar silhouette.

In time faster than I could blink, the attack hit Matsuko's hastily assembled shield and started bouncing off in every direction. The ribbons stabbed into the walls and floor around and behind me, jammed partway into the concrete like they were arrows shot from a bow.

The arrows kept coming for an extended period of time, and I could see the flame surrounding Matsuko dim as her power was quickly expended on defense.

"No! My Lady! Get Away!" Even though I could see it happen, I could not do anything about it. Zetsuna took the chance while Matsuko was defending me to appear behind her with the Power of Space and closed a horrifying looking collar around Matsuko's neck.

Those words that still haunt me were heard once again. "Caught you."

As soon as the 10cm collar shut around Matsuko's neck, all the flames on her body were snuffed out in an instant. Like a puppet whose strings had been cut, she collapsed to the ground helplessly. I could see with my spirit sight that all of her magic was being drained from her body at a startling rate.

"HAHAHAHA!" Zetsuna let out an insane laugh as she looked around the room.

"That's what you get! Who do you think you are to go against me, the Ribbon Princess!? Your place is at my feet, like any good piece of trash!" She became more and more animated as she started to kick Matsuko viciously. Matsuko barely even reacted to the kicks, and the last one was strong enough to knock her onto her back, where I saw her terrified eyes darting back and forth without any bodily movement.

"How do you like it? I named it 'Demoness's End'. I've been charging it with my mana since the day I gained my ribbon powers, so it's now hundreds of times stronger than the collars your pathetic little friends were experimenting with overnight. It should feel quite pleasant to have your body's magic hollowed out in just a few seconds, right? It will keep sucking you dry until there's not a drop left!"

"Let her go, you monster!" I tried to do a desperate attack of some sort towards Zetsuna, but she just pointed at me and I fell to the ground rigidly.

The Power of Time? But how?! She already used up all of the power she gathered!

"Are you curious? I bet you are. Would you like to know how you all got played again? Why do you think I let those pathetic wastes of space free? It was only to make you expend your power downstairs. And each of their collars had the same power storing abilities as my three automatons."

She took a tiara off of her head, which was encrusted with a row of four gems. Each was shining with power. "This tiara gathered all of the power you fools used today and now, it is all at my disposal! That's why... Little Miss Easy Mark, sit there silently as I get some much needed stress relief.

The Power of Time. When Naruyo used it on me, it was an absolute lock that I had no chance of breaking. And it was no different now. She not only froze my arms like Naruyo did, but froze my entire body other than my eyes, just like the other three. I now had a front row view to her twisted games.

"Do....you....think...you've...won...." Matsuko spit out one word at a time from the floor, causing Zetsuna to burst into laughter again.

"Who's going to stop me? Your ancestor? Only if she wants to start a war of extermination between our families! She would never risk that for just one descendant. You also know this to be true. Now, just sit still while I show you just how badly you've lost." Zetsuna's madness grew as she activated the Power of Time to freeze Matsuko's body from the neck down.

"I left your mouth free to move. After all, I waited for an eternity to hear your pitiful cries of pain." She grabbed at the tattered skirts that still stretched in all directions for almost a meter.

"You may have heard my ribbon collar can turn its wearer's clothes to ribbons for me, right? I wonder what will happen if their outfit has as much fabric as yours? I can't wait to see!" Zetsuna activated her power and the 'Demoness's End' instantly turned Matsuko's opera dress into a cyclone of ribbons.

She used the Power of Space to lift Matsuko into the air into a spread eagle in the center of a spider's web of ribbons while she looked on eagerly.

"I've waited so long to see you naked and at my mercy in front of me. It was worth every minute of the wait." She let a half dozen ribbons separate from her wings and then started to whip Matsuko all over her body. Matsuko barely reacted at first, but after a few minutes, she started letting out more and more pained cries.

"Ah... How refreshing to hear you cry. I could listen to this for hours, but I have even better ideas for you. Let's use these ribbons a bit, huh? I want to reunite you with your lover... In position at least~" Zetsuna commanded the ribbons and they started to wrap around Matsuko's arms and legs, forming mittens and stockings, then folding her limbs and wrapping them into useless stumps.

She continued by wrapping her whole body in layers of ribbons from the nose down, leaving only her eyes free. The amount of ribbons that her dress turned into was enormous, and Zetsuna didn't stop until she was buried under as many ribbons as I was that night.

"Do you still think you can look so dismissively at me in this situation?!? Look at you? A pathetic worthless pet hanging helplessly in front of me." Zetsuna seemed to get annoyed at this. Despite her reacting to her whipping, she still had that look in her eyes, like she was looking down on her.

"Fine. Let's play a different way. You created an interesting toy for your little plaything over there. It contains all four of your girl's powers melded together. What a marvelous construct. Now, will you react if I made you match your plaything? Let's find out"

All four jewels on her tiara lit up at once as she focused them in between her hands. A black goo appeared in between her hands. "I'm imbuing my ribbons into it as well. This will drain your body of all power while being impossible to remove or penetrate. What will you do now?"

Matsuko didn't react, but I could sense her spirit shaking. Even she would have serious difficulty getting out of this kind of situation, let alone with that collar on her neck.

"No reaction? No problem. Doing this will take you out of the picture.. forever. I don't think you can escape this latex and my ribbon cocoon while you have the 'Demoness's End' underneath." She pushed the blob of latex into Matsuko's stomach and it spread out across her body. When it finally settled, it started to compress, and the 4cm of ribbons entombing her body shrank down to a thin layer covering her skin.

"He he, looking much better. I'd hate to cover up those curves, they're all you have left!" She got back to whipping. With the properties of the latex, you could feel touches on it just like it was on bare skin. This meant that her whipping was just as effective as it was when she was naked.

Her body jerked around as Zetsuna kept her assault up. She ranted and raved about everything under the sun as she unleashed all of her pent up anger onto Matsuko's body. When she was done, Matsuko was hanging limply in the air, eyes in a daze and unfocused.

"Still haven't broken have you? That's fine. I just thought of the perfect way to make your mind shatter." Zetsuna withdrew her whips and walked over to me.

I couldn't move, but tears had been streaming down my face since the beginning. My perfect queen was being broken in front of me, and there was nothing I could do about it. Even after I did so much, I faced my fears, I defeated myself, I gained so many powers... but it all came to nothing. Just like last time... I did nothing and got caught in a second... and I watched my friends suffer...

Zetsuna kneeled down in front of me. "Are you enjoying the show? I've made her hurt so much but she still looks at me like I'm trash. What should I do about this? Maybe you know the answer?"

"Maybe I should make you hurt instead? Do you think your little petsuit will protect you? It didn't protect her!" She put me down right in front of Matsuko's vision.

I could sense Matsuko's spirit starting to waver more strongly when she mentioned me. I knew she could not stand up to this kind of torture.

"Nah, physical pain is so boring. It only lasts a second and then it's gone. I have a better idea. Let's give you a mark that won't go away... forever!" She cackled as she thought of the perfect idea.

"Hahaha! Perfect. I'll give you a new mark on that cute little spirit of yours. How about a few coatings of my new Obsidian Latex? Do you think you'd ever be able to meet each other again once I do that?" She laughed more maniacally the more she spoke.

Now Matsuko's spirit was trembling fiercely. Strangely, I felt myself calm down after seeing her like this. I knew she wasn't quite as queenly as my ideal, but she was still mine. Even if we are to be separated, I would not beg and plead to someone like Zetsuna.

I stared daggers at Zetsuna, indicating that I would never submit to her.

"Oh, little pet still has some fight in her? Well then, I will give you all you want and more. I'll bury your spirit in so much Obsidian Latex they won't even be able to tell someone's inside! And here's the best part! I'm going to use your bitch of a lover's power to do it!" Her face screwed up into a terrifying grin.

"Now, let's strip away your power first, and then I'll remold your spirit to my heart's content."

The white colored gem on her tiara lit up with Matsuko's power, and she commanded while grasping my forehead [You will surrender all your power to me.]

I could feel my magic start to flow out of my body into Zetsuna's. This was it... as soon as my magic was drained, I would be entombed in her latex until the day I died.

I looked over for one last look at Matsuko, but her eyes had closed. Her spirit was in chaos and she couldn't take the strain anymore and blacked out. It's all up to me now...I had to save us!

The absorption started to accelerate until I couldn't take it anymore. I didn't want to be a latex mummy! I wanted to go back to how things used to be, before Zetsuna appeared! I don't want to give up all my power to a person like you!

Zetsuna gripped my head tighter. "In the end... You couldn't escape your name, Ko-gamo. The ultimate easy mark. You even took your beloved queen down with you. Live with that for the rest of your life. Now tell me, what are your final words before I suck your last bits of magic?" She released the Power of Time's lock on my body.

"I...may be an easy mark... but... not for you!" I felt that supernatural rule again and I smiled calmly.

It felt like a glass shattered inside of me. The absorption slowed, then started to reverse. Then it started to accelerate.