A toothy smile worked it's way across Ryuko's face as she stood up and walked towards the curtain. Each step accompanied by a wet squelch. The perfect state to tease Inumuta with!
Had Ryuko looked in a mirror, she would have seen a flash of red around her eye's briefly flicker then fade.
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"And there's the pattern! Now to isolate and reverse the signal." Inumuta said aloud to himself. Clearly proud of having found the source of Ryuko's growth so swiftly. At this rate, she'd be back to normal by the evening! Things were going quite smoothly if he did say so himself.
Beginning the process of isolating a reverse order into the Life Fibers, he felt the ground quake in increasing intensity as Ryuko approached. After her last visit he became much more aware of his surroundings.
"Hey Inumuta! How's it going?" Plopping down on the ground a short distance away from him, she sat cross legged while looking down at him. A impish grin on her face.
"Wonderful! I've managed to formulate a cure for you. All I have to do is code in the right signal and send it off to be made. What about you?" Turning back around, he resumed work on the reverse signal.
"Oh nothin' much. Got bored watchin' TV and decided to do a few things before checking on you. Just in time too." Reaching down, Ryuko untied her laces before hooking her thumb under her heel. "I think you deserve a reward. Don'tcha ya think?"
A small part in Inumuta's mind registered the slight change in tone in Ryuko, but was ignored by his focus and the very familiar smell now present that caused him to fumble while typing. Vinegar and corn chips. The tell-tale sign that Ryuko had removed her shoes. "R-Ryuko?!"
Two heavy thuds landed beside him revealing the dingy, sweaty, grey socks that she wore. Holes lined them in several spots, revealing parts of her reddened soles and short plump toes. Her right big toe in particular poked through a massive hole leaving it to wiggle cutely in the air, bits of dirt clinging to it's sweaty ridges. "C'mon, I won't be like this forever y'know. Might as well have some fun while we can."
Swallowing deeply, Inumuta cursed and thanked his luck when it came to his girlfriend. When she had learned about his foot fetish, she had slowly gone about teasing him with her large size 12s on a fairly regular schedule. Wearing flip flops and sandals, walking bare foot in their homes and, his favorite, airing her feet out in his lap after a workout. And now, a single foot was big enough to cover most, if not all, of his body! It would be a crime to let such an opportunity pass.
Hastily finishing the code and sending it off, Inumuta all but threw himself at Ryuko's left foot, pushing his face deep into her plush sole! Hot sweat and dirt stuck to his face as he happily kissed and massaged the sweltering flesh. Each breath filled his lungs with her amazing aroma which drove him further to her toes where it was strongest.
"Ahhh! It's nice bein' pampered after a workout." Sighing blissfully, Ryuko laid on her back, using her arms as a pillow, and let Inumuta work his magic on her massive feet. His cool tongue feeling wonderful on her hot sole and between her grimy toes!
Pushing his head through a rather large hole in her sock, Inumuta was taken aback by the environment briefly before continuing to worship Ryuko's toes. The smell of vinegar and corn chips was made even more potent by the oppressive heat that came off her toes. It was like being near an open oven set on the lowest temperature! Globs of toejam were wedged between her curling digets, each piece the size of marbles!
Still, Inumuta didn't mind happily lapping it up with gusto! He had time to pamper his amazonian girlfriend before she'd return to normal. It would be an hour before the cure would be ready.
Had he payed closer attention to the code before sending it off however, he would have noticed a small yet critical mistake.
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"I know dogs like rolling in filth, but I didn't expect you take the nickname literally!" Nonon shouted a safe distance away, while wearing a gas mask, at a red faced Inumuta. And she wasn't the only one. Baring Satsuki, Ryuko, and Ira everyone within 10 meters of the hacker were wearing one. Though for Ira it was a lack of appropriate size for him.
As for Inumuta, despite his best attempts at a quick shower to wash off the scent of Ryuko's feet, it still clung to him. Though not nearly as bad as the source, which were stuffed back into the swampy bog that was her shoes. Still, it was enough to warrant a wide birth to avoid crinkled noses and watering eyes.
"Yes, yes. I am aware. Let's just get this over with so I can soak in a tub with twenty different soaps for the next eight hours!" He huffed angrily before turning to face a far too innocent looking Ryuko.
The giant punk was sitting cross-legged next to Iori who was holding Barazō's comically sized syringe filled with antidote in four robotic arms similiar to his old regalia. "Personally, I'd say use tomato juice."
"INJECT THE SERUM ALREADY!"
"Alright! Geez. Last time I offer help to you then." Walking up to Ryuko, who lowered her arm, Iori used his robo-arms to inject her with the serum until it was empty. "It should take a few seconds for it to kick in." Moving back to join the rest of Satsuki's council, the group watched as Ryuko rubbed the sore spot on her arm, waiting to see her shrink.
"This better be the last shot. I hate needles." Getting a playful eye from her sister, Ryuko was about to retort when she suddenly lurched forward with a groan and started sweating profusely!
"RYUKO!" All gathered could only watch as Ryuko began changing sizes once again. Only instead of shrinking like they'd hope, she was growing and fast.
"EVERYONE GET AWAY FROM MATOI NOW AND RETREAT TO THE TREE LINE!" Ira's voice boomed out over the area. Seconds later the area was cleared, allowing Ryuko to continue to grow without worry of flattening anyone. That left the Council and Mankanshokus directly in front of her waiting to see how far this explosive growth would last.
And explosive it was! In the span of half a minute Ryuko had gone from 6 meters to nearly 100 and still growing!
"I-I don't understand! Every test I ran showed that the reverse signal would cure her. What went wrong?!" Inumuta was hastily pouring over his last test records looking for any errors that had been made at the last second. Then he froze, his eyes locked on a single mistake. Instead of a negative sign to reduce the Life Fibers there was a positive.
"Inumuta! Worry about that later. Right now is there anyway to stop her growth?" Satsuki's commanding tone snapped him out of his trance, causing him to nod with grimance.
"Yes but we'll have to wait until she stops otherwise the dosage won't have any effect on the Life Fibers."
"Well I got good news and bad news then." Uzu's tight, strained voice drew both of their attention to him. "Good news is she stopped growing. Bad news, look at her eyes." Looking up the sucked in a breath at Ryuko's new appearance.
Gigantic was an understatement. She had finally stop growing at 800m! But more concerning was her eyes. A familiar red line surrounded her eyes just like when she was forced to wear Junketsu!
Hehahahaha! Oh man! Does it feel great to be back." With a voice now akin to thunder, Ryuko slowly stood up while peering down at her friends. "Seriously thanks for that serum, it really helped speed the process up on taking over Ryuko again. Now I get to have some real fun!" Laughing again, the she turned her gaze towards the city.
"And what fun might that be Junketsu!" Only to look back down at Satsuki, who was glaring bloody murder at her.
Returning the glare with a smirk, Ryuko lowered herself back down. "Aww if it ain't little Satsuki. Well if you must know, I'm gonna go and play with Honnō city for a bit. Get used to my new size and all that. After that, I'll probably take over the planet, it's the least I owe you after you destroyed the Primal Life Fiber and stranded me here!"
"So this is revenge is it. Then know that we will stop you and save Ryuko!" Finishing of her statement, Satsuki, her council and those who had fled to the tree line all gathered together and took up battle stances. All of them prepared to battle the titanic Life Fiber controlled tomboy.
Ryuko had two reactions to this. The first was to laugh hard, sending most tumbling to their knees from the vibration. The second was to remove her socks and shoes, which sent the rest to the ground clutching their noses from the unbelievable stench!
"Hahahaha! Leave it to Kiryuin to try and fight a living mountain! Tell ya what, since I'm in a good mood I'll give ya all a chance to escape before I come back for my shoes. Good luck!" Setting the reeking foot wear off to the side, Ryuko quickly scooped up the stunned crowd in her hands, dumped them into both shoes, and stuffed her rancid socks into the openings. Standing back up, she dusted her hands off and began walking towards the city. The ground shook with each step and dirt, trees and rocks stuck fast to her meaty soles as she walked through the country side.