The Motherfucking Chairman

"Th-the hell?!" Coco grimaced, looking at a small index card found on a nearby table.

...

Dearest employees of Cover Corporation,

It has come to our attention that you have employed an angel to be a part of the idol group known as Hololive. Our group finds the notion fascinating. We have decided to take the angel and we are currently running experiments to see what can be done. Could you imagine the possibilities? Perhaps immortality isn't too out of reach. Or even godhood. After all, angels are the messengers of the lord above, are they not? We will release the angel as soon as tests are finished. Until then, please be patient. You will, of course, be compensated for this inconvenience.

Thank you for your cooperation.

The Caelus Foundation

...

"These motherfuckers…" Coco swore under her breath, taking a second read-through of the letter from sheer disbelief, "How could they take Kanatan?!"

"Coco, calm down," Suisei urged, taking a seat at the table and pouring two cups of tea, "I know you care about Kanata. A lot. So do I. But going into this too rashly will only end with you dead. And, from what I can gather about Kanata's personality, she'd much rather see herself suffering than see you dead."

"It's the exact opposite for me," Coco growled, "If it means getting Kanatan out of there, I'll die a hundred times…"

"I'm sure, but it's not what everyone else wants," Suisei shook her head, pushing a cup towards the furious dragon, "Here, drink. It'll calm the nerves."

Coco scoffed. Remaining silent and still for a few seconds, she quickly grabbed the tea cup and chugged it down in a flash. Suisei sighed.

"Honestly, Coco, this is gonna get you nowhere…" Suisei said in disbelief, "Do you even know who took her?"

"The note said something about The… Kale… uss… Foundation?" Coco attempted to say.

"Let me see…" Suisei said, grabbing the index card, "Caelus Foundation, huh? Can't say I've ever heard of 'em."

"Know anyone who might?" Coco asked.

"Hmmm… someone who knows their way around the mortal realm, and knows an organization that takes interest in angels and godhood…" Suisei thought out loud.

"Maybe Calliope-chan? She seems well-versed in the matters of angels and demons, and she seems like the type who'd be in the know," Coco reasoned.

"You might be onto something," Suisei nodded, smirking, "I'll give her a call."

...

"Hey, it's your Mori, what do you need?" the pink-haired reaper greeted.

"Hi, this is Suisei," Suisei replied.

"O-oh, Suisei-senpai! What's up, dawg- er- what's going on?" Calliope stammered for a moment before asking.

"Yeah, hi Calli-chan, I've got a question for you," Suisei asked as Coco began to tap her foot, "Do you know a Caelus Foundation?"

"How the hell do you know those bastards?" Calliope scoffed, "Death-sensei's always on my ass with those guys, it drives me insane…"

"So you do know them," Suisei nodded, making Coco perk her head up, "What do you know?"

"Alright, abridged version is, they basically want to achieve godhood. Basic cult stuff, right?" Calliope explained, "Except these guys are literal geniuses. Geniuses meaning they can actually carry out the goals that they're trying to achieve. I've had to go in and rescue quite a few people who've been abducted by them, although Death-sensei makes it a point for me not to kill them, since it's not their time yet."

"Godhood?! They're trying to reach the upper echelon, huh?" Suisei said, surprised.

"Haha! Tell me about it. It's a pain dealing with them. You'd think the police would me onto them by now, but they operate under a guise- MP Tech, I believe they go by?- so I guess it wouldn't be completely obvious," Calliope laughed as a looming voice began to boom in the distance, "God f-wording damn it, Death-sensei's calling me. Talk to you later, Suisei-senpai."

"What'd she say, Sui-chan?" Coco asked as soon as Suisei hung up with the reaper, "Did she know anything? Tell me she knew something!"

"She did, actually," Suisei nodded, "Her input was very helpful."

"Don't leave me hanging!" Coco urged, putting her hands on the blue-haired idol's shoulders, "What did she tell you?!"

"She said that, essentially, The Caelus Foundation is seeking godhood, kinda like how they said on the letter," Suisei relayed, prying the dragon girl's hands off of her body, "Apparently they're really smart and in the know, so they've gotten pretty close from time to time. I guess Kanata is their most recent test subject."

"Ngh…" Coco snarled to herself, her anger growing, "Goddamn it! Because she's an angel?! What the fuck?!"

"I guess so," Suisei nodded slowly.

"Where are they?! Where can we find them?!" Coco interrogated.

"Calliope said the police hadn't caught them because they used an alias of sorts," Suisei recalled, "MP Tech, I believe they called themselves?"

"Good…" Coco's intense frown quickly transformed into a wild smirk, "MP Tech, Caelus Foundation, whatever the fuck you want to call 'em, we're kicking your ass."

...

"This is the place, huh?" Coco said, getting off of a motorcycle and taking off a pair of sunglasses, "It's pretty damn big…"

"That's what their website said," Suisei nodded and also got off, gazing at the absolute skyscraper that greeted them, "I wouldn't be surprised if MP Tech was a real company with Caelus acting as a subsidiary, to be honest."

"Yeah, you're probably right," Coco nodded, "I don't want to kill anyone who isn't directly involved with Caelus directly…"

"We'll do what has to be done to rescue our friend," Suisei said, wrapping a bandana around her face and drawing an axe, "Right?"

"Right," Coco said fiercely, also donning a bandana, "Let's go."

Suisei ran into the building first, breaking through a small window and landing stylishly on her knees. Two guards wearing sunglasses and wearing blue caps ran over and pointed their guns at the idol.

"Who the hell are you?!" one said, putting his firearm against her head.

Not missing a beat, Suisei took her axe and chopped the man's arm off. As he wailed in pain, the second guard attempted to shoot the idol, but he was quickly brought to the ground by a low sweep from Suisei. Taking the second guard's gun, she shot both the guards in the head.

"Who am I?" she muttered to herself, "Why, I'm your shooting star, your diamond in the rough."

She held the gun, turned, and glared at a nearby receptionist who was cowering in fear, reaching for a phone, probably to dial 911. Thinking quickly on her feet, Suisei shot the phone, rendering it useless.

"I'm Hoshimachi Suisei," the idol maliciously smirked and took off her bandana, her eyes almost appearing to glow red, "And if I were you, I wouldn't resist."

After seeing Suisei had taken down the two guards and made the phone inoperable, Coco sprouted twin purple reptilian wings and dashed into the building, zooming through the halls. As people tried to resist her stampede, she grew massive talons and began slashing through any who got in her way. She checked every and any doors she came across during her runthrough, hoping to find something, anything relating to Caelus and Kanatan's whereabouts. Before long, she came across a small computer occupied by a man looking to be in his mid-forties.

"H-hey, who are-" the man frantically asked before claws connected with the man's head and he collapsed. Pushing the chair with corpse aside, Coco began to look through the computer, finding a file titled MAP.png.

"Just what I need," Coco grinned to herself, opening the image file and finding a large map of the building. It appeared to be segmented in two sections, one belonging to MP Tech while the other belonged to The Caelus Foundation. She noticed two odd rooms on floor 33 that were connected to each other, acting as an outlier from the rest of the hallways.

"Experiment chamber, huh?" Coco noticed the caption, "Kanatan, I'm coming."

She dashed out of the room and entered the hallway, blowing various papers away in her rampage. She burst through a window, glass shards flying everywhere, and as she plummeted, her wings outstretched and went up and down, propelling her towards the higher floors. At breakneck speed, she reached floor 33 in no time, greeted by a massive amount of mysterious scientists donning lab coats with a green and black insignia. They all reached for small pistols on their belts, hoping to fight off the dragon girl. She simply sneered and her arms became encased in scales. When a scientist attempted to shoot her, she raised her arm and the scales blocked the attack. Her wings created a large gust, sending her zooming through the hallway. She clawed through any who got in her way until she reached the so-called "experiment chamber", kicking the door down.

"Ah, Kiryu Coco, is it?" an odd man with circular glasses and a stubble said, his voice sounding hollow and devoid of emotion as he stood in front of a massive tube filled with mysterious liquid and smoked a cigarette, "I assumed it would be you. You did seem to have a deep bond with this angel."

"You knew I'd be here, yet you took her anyways?" Coco questioned, panting and taking off her bandana, "Calli-chan was wrong. You're stupid."

"Calli-chan…? You mean Miss Mori?" the odd man asked curiously, "So you're in cahoots with Death… he's a tricky man to deal with, always trying to play balance-keeper and sending his pawns to put a stop to our plans… Death has always been a pain in the ass, both the man and the concept."

"Death's a pretty damn smart guy, from what I can tell," Coco said, regaining her composure, "He seems to understand one simple truth, at least: all good must end eventually."

"Tch, and that's where you're wrong," the man scoffed, taking the cigarette out of his mouth and dropping it, promptly stomping it out, "Don't you believe the good in the world should remain? That peace should remain forever? That pain and suffering should cease to exist?"

"Pain is what turns us into the people we are today," Coco retorted, baring a large set of fangs in her mouth, "It sucks. But we move on and grow."

"That's the mindset everyone uses against me," the man shook his head before lifting it up towards the dragon girl, "Ah, how rude of me, I never introduced myself. I am Kurosawa Toshiro, founder of The Caelus Foundation. It's a pleasure to formally meet you, chairman."

"You have no right calling me 'chairman' like that," Coco muttered, "And I have no interest in learning the name of a dead man."

"A dead man?" Toshiro let out a small laugh as a broadsword suddenly materialized within his hand, "Goodness, how enthusiastic! I didn't know the dragons were so confident! Rightfully so, I suppose. They are magnificent creatures."

"And I didn't know humans as stupid as you existed," Coco grimaced, readying herself for battle, "I never introduced myself either, huh? I'm the motherfucking chairman, Kiryu Coco, but you can call me your killer!"

"I wouldn't be so sure," Toshiro smirked, dashing towards the dragon with his sword. He attempted to do a stabbing technique, thrusting both arms forwards, but Coco used her scales to deflect this and pulled him away. As he staggered back, Coco quickly struck him on the head with a swift kick, sending Toshiro plummeting toward the ground. Staying there for a moment, he slowly rose to his feet and straightened his now-cracked glasses.

"What strength…" Toshiro murmured, a grin spreading across his face, "If only you worked with us…"

"In your dreams," Coco said, entering a fighting stance once again. This time, she decided to strike first, attempting to grab Toshiro's head in her palm. This time, however, Toshiro blocked the scaled hand using his sword, sending her stumbling towards the door. Quickly reacting to this development, Toshiro promptly swung his blade against Coco's waist, creating a massive gash as she screamed in pain. He pulled back as soon as he got a direct hit on the dragon girl, gazing into his now red blade longingly. Much to Coco's surprise, he began to put the blade to his mouth, lovingly licking red liquid off of the metal.

"You're a sick freak…" Coco said in disgust, grasping the gash in her torso.

"Am I?" Toshiro questioned, licking off the last speck of blood, "Am I?"

Toshiro flashed a vile smile and grew twin dragon wings, exactly like Coco's. She watched in complete shock as he also grew scales that encased his arms.

"Surprised?" Toshiro asked, taking a look at his new claws, "Those members of Hololive have powers too, right? This is my power."

Before Coco could respond, Toshiro used his wings to propel himself towards the dragon girl, grasping her head in his talon.

"My deepest apologies, Miss Kiryu Coco," Toshiro apologized insincerely, "I'm afraid the chairman position will soon be open."

Coco closed her eyes and braced for impact.

"I wouldn't be so sure."

Suddenly, a massive scythe entered Toshiro's stomach. He screamed in pain, coughing up a large amount of blood. Coco recoiled, watching as the red liquid spewed out onto the floor. She took a look at the owner of the scythe, finding a familiar pink-haired apprentice to Death.

"Your first mistake was trying to copy the tome owned by the priestess to the ancient ones. Your second mistake was trying to brainwash the last phoenix. And your third and final sin was attempting to draw blood from a messenger of God," Calliope recounted, "Worst of all though? You shit-talked Death-sensei. I won't let that slide."

She ripped her scythe out of Toshiro's torso as he dropped to the ground, a large pool of crimson appearing around him.

"Kanata is in that tube," Calliope said, pointing at the massive tube that Toshiro was staring at.

"Understood," Coco nodded, "Thank you, Calli-chan."

"Anytime, Kaichou," Calliope smiled, disappearing in a cloud of black smoke. Not wasting any time, Coco readied her claws and burst through the glass, shards flying everywhere and thick green liquid spilling out, eventually revealing a certain silver-haired tenshi. Coco quickly grabbed her in her arms and checked her vitals. Luckily, she was breathing. Coco began to tear up as Kanata's eyes began to open.

"C-Coco…?" Kanata groggily said, "Are you alright…?"

"I'll admit, I've been better," Coco chuckled sheepishly, thinking about the searing pain coming from the gash in her waist, "But it was necessary to save you."

"I'm really happy… you came looking for me…" Kanata murmured.

"I couldn't leave you out here, could I?" Coco grinned, "Now, let's get out of here, yeah?"

"W-wait…" Kanata seemed to shift uncomfortably in the dragon's arms, "K-kiss first…?"

"Hah! Sure," Coco gladly complied, lifting the angel towards her lips as they shared a long kiss. After a short few seconds, they pulled away.

"L-love you, Coco…" Kanata managed to say.

"I love you too, Kanatan," Coco smiled, "Let's go meet up with the others. I bet we could get Anemachi-san to cook us up a little something."