Losing Yourself

Issue 6. Sakura starts experiencing side effects from the Epsilon serum.

Weeks later, Reiko and her mother Sakura have been regularly going to Jinkara to see if they can increase the threshold of their new found powers. Reiko increases her strength by an extra 5 tons, her IQ now reaches 190, she can now fly for a longer period of time, see through certain objects and materials, developed the same mental disruption power as her mother and has extremely tough bones like her mother. Sakura's powers have also increased, her IQ has been boosted by 90, has developed the ability to fly and can hold her breath for extreme periods of time. Over the past few weeks, Sakura has been experiencing dreams where her evil self is slowing winning her body over and it slightly shows in the real world. Her natural hair color is turning from black to a very deep red, her eyes have changed from a natural brown to silver and her attitude has become slightly psychotic. Reiko and her father notice this but decide not to address it for they do not know the outcome.

After they finish at Jinkara for the day, Reiko asks her father if she can make some adjustment to the catsuit. He tells her she can so she adds a white studded belt to wear sideways or her waist and a long white bandana with pink accents she made last night. Itachi complement her fashion choices and Reiko thanks him. All three of them then leave the building. Reiko drives herself and her father home while Sakura suggests she walk home. Reiko and Itachi then leave and Sakura starts her way home. On her way home two guys attempt to mug her in an alleyway. "Are you seriously f*****g kidding me right now?" she asks the muggers. One responds back " Give it up or die b***h!" One of them charges at Sakura and attempts to stab her. She grabs him by the neck and throws him into a wall. The man dies on impact.  The other one tries to run away but then Sakura flies above him and stops him in his tracks. She grabs his neck very gently and starts punching him in the chest. She repeatedly punches him in the chest until after the ninth punch she stops his heart and kills him. She then throws his corpse in a dumpster and walks away. While walking away she starts laughing manically about it. She literally laughs about it all the way home until she walks in the door. Itachi having heard her laughs before she walked in asks her whats so funny. She says she heard a funny joke today and walks into her room. Sakura then laughs herself to sleep leaving Reiko and Itachi having both heard her crazy new laugh very worried about Sakura's current mental state.