Hey guys! Dynomite here! And here is another random fan fic! This time its Symphogear! Considering that it didn't have much fics compared to the other's I've seen, I thought that it felt right to do one. So lets get on with the show!
In this world, there exists monsters, and heroes. The chosen few that can utilize the power of harmony, the power of Symphogear. With it, they use their will and voice to protect. However, they have been trained to fight monsters. They're true challenge lies with those who don't share their power, but match it.
"Take this!" The boy in black and red light armor jumps in the air and starts shooting two machine guns.
"Gah!" The one named Chris Yukine gets hit by a few bullets. "Damn you!" She begins firing missles and they aim for the boy. Then a giant sized, glowing bullet goes through the smoke. "What?!" The energy blast hits Chris, causing a red explosion.
"Aw yeah! That's how you do it!" Declared the boy in black/red armor.
A man in his late teens watches the action on a laptop in a warehouse. "Don't get cocky Jeff. That didn't take her out. Yuuki, try to take care of Tachibana as soon as possible. Al might need help against Kazanari."
The young man in black/blue armor stares onto the one named Tsubasa. He slowly brings out his extensive sword. It shines gold, with a steel end that is shown to be the most sharpest edge of the weapon.
Tsubasa reluctantly readies her sword. "Hansuke! You got it wrong! We are not your enemies!"
The young man points his sword towards Tsubasa. "You said it yourself. You are not interested in words. And now, neither am I." He dashes at Tsubasa.
The teen then facepalms. "Great. Yuuki, hope you are almost done on your end. Yuuki?" Then some slices the door of the warehouse. "Aw shit!"
"YAAAAAH!" The one named Hibiki continuously punches a boy in his mid teen years, wearing black/yellow armor. The mid section is now dented due to Hibiki's punches. "Otonashi! Please stop this! I don't want to fight you!"
The boy then forcefully takes off his body armor, revealing a very muscular chest for his young age. "I'm sorry for this. I am also sorry for this." In a blink of a second, he appears in front of Hibiki, catching her off guard. He looks at her fearful eyes, with his emotionless eyes.
The one named Maria runs on a harbor, looking for her comrades. "Shirabe! Kirika! Where are you?!" She hears an explosion. "Huh?!" She looks at a warehouse, the source of the explosion. She busts through, then gasps in shock.
Two girls known as Shirabe and Kirika are scarred and beat up. With a man standing a top of them. The man is with a ripped up shirt, revealing metallic arms and a slightly ripped pants, also slightly showing his metallic legs. "Hello Ms. Cadenzavna Eve. We meet again."
Meanwhile...
"Sir! Everyone is currently fighting Yuudai's forces! At this rate, we won't even reach him!"
Genjuro Kazanari looks on as all the Symphogear users are either fighting or knocked out. "No hesitation...We can't let him get away. They must be stopped, no matter what!"
Senki Zesshou Symphogear: VA (Victory Alpha's)
Years ago...
It is sort of funny. When you graduate. It feels good. All of those years of preparing for the real world, and the ultimate success of those years finally coming to fruition. And the road ahead after that. For me however, it did felt good at the time. Then I realize...I have no road ahead. My name is Alexander Hansuke, though my friends call me All for short. And for a long time. I wished to be a soldier. A sentinel for the innocent. A symbol of the human spirit. That's what I used to think. While I was still in school, I attended a field trip. Then those monsters came. The Noise...They kill whoever they can sense. I had to save the other students. But I couldn't save all of them. The rest of us would have been gone if it wasn't for them.
They were about my age, and yet they still destroyed those monsters like they were nothing. And did it with grace and song. Literally, they were singing while they were fighting. It was...serial. But it was somewhat dreamlike. One has red spiky hair, while the other one has blue long ponytails. It somewhat inspired me to try harder. To be stronger than I'm already am. Sure they had powers I probably will never have, but its not like me to give up. I've been preparing myself to become a soldier of Japan for years now, and I can't let things like that set me back. Later that year, I would happen to find one of them in my school. She's named Tsubasa Kazanari. She's known for being a part of a singing duo called Zwei Wing. Her partner was Kanade Amou. She died not too long ago. Her face tells the entire story once I heard that. I kept my distance, on her, however I still couldn't help but have questions for her. Luckily for me, she just so happens to show up in Kendo School. That's when I challenged her. I wanted to see her skills without her powers. Despite my best efforts, I was outclassed. I decided to ask her about her secrets and how she can help me better myself somehow.
"Um...May we talk?" Alexander waits for Tsubasa on the hallway.
Tsubasa looks on with disinterest. "Is it that important?"
"To me...yes." Al gets slightly nervous. Mostly because of how prestigious her role of a singer and a swordsmen she is. That and how attractive she is to him. But he keeps his composure. He needs to, since he will be a future soldier. "You are a remarkable fighter. That I will admit. But I know about your secret." Tsubasa's eyes then widen. "Don't worry, I don't attend to tell everyone else. They wouldn't believe me anyways. I just need a request from you."
Tsubasa then gets uninterested again. "And that is?"
"I need you to teach me. I may not have your power, but I still have your dedication to protect the innocent. And I believe that it still matters. However, I feel like I won't save anyone if I am not as skilled as you. So if you don't mind, perhaps you can train me so I can catch up to you. Both of us can be guardians for humanity."
Tsubasa doesn't respond immediately. Then she says, "Do you know what kind of damage the military done to any of the noise?"
Alexander couldn't find an answer. At least an answer he didn't like. "uh...nothing that I know of."
"None, what so ever. If you want to fight the noise, know that you will die in vain. No matter how strong you become. My advice to you, if you wish to live, give up. You will never surpass me or Kanade. So don't waste your life." She turns around, turning her back to her. "And by the way, if you tell anyone about my...secret, I will drag you to my team myself, and have them convince you to give up."
Alexander's spirit feels like its getting ripped off of his body. He couldn't believe that Tsubasa would say such harsh words. He looks up to see Tsubasa still walking away. "but...I want to protect people...be the guardian of justice!" He shouts.
Tsubasa stops and looks at him with a single eye, filled with anger and rage. "There is no justice...only strength..." As she leaves, Alexander stands there alone. He wanted, no, needed to know how to catch up to the likes of Tsubasa. But now, it seems to be impossible.
All I wanted is to defend my country...but the noise was something no human can fight alone...was there anything I can do...without dying in vain? I want to believe I can take them on, but I knew better, we couldn't even kill a single one recently. I don't want to die because I was just some other victim, I wanted to at least make a difference. But in a world where the noise exists...you simply can't...After the graduation, I didn't know what to think. My Aunt was very supportive, but I still couldn't get what Tsubasa said out of my mind...
"My advice to you, if you wish to live, give up. You will never surpass me or Kanade. So don't waste your life."
That little pep talk she gave me demotivated me to say the least. I thought I have no future, at least any I can determine. Either find a new path that I was never prepared for, or defend my land, knowing it will be for nothing. While I was pondering that for month's, someone came to me while I was walking around the city. (I usually do that to clear my mind.)
Alexander walks around the city, looking up in the bright blue sky. "Excuse me son."
"Huh?" Alexander see's a middle aged man in front of him, with a cane. "Can I help you?"
"You must be Alexander Hansuke? I've heard so much from you." He brings out a card. "I go by Sargent Yuudai."
"Wait, Sargent Yuudai?! You served the force?!" Alexander feels nervous but excited to see a veteran.
"Yep. For many years." The Sargent chuckles. "Now though, I'm not doing much for my country..." He shows that he is struggling with his walking.
"Um...Its a pleasure to meet you sir! But what are you doing here?"
"Welp, What if I told you that I'm recruiting young men like you for my special task force?" Alexander hadn't expected this moment to change his life. Some time has passed and he brings Alex to his facility. An old warehouse that used to hold weapons. But now the weapons are mostly just their for decoration. As Yuudai sits in a chair, he presents Alex his seat, and he complies. "Now son, what I am asking you could be too much for the likes of you, you can back off if you like. But just know that you won't be expecting a future if you decline."
Alex thinks about this. "Just what are you proposing me Sir?"
"I am recruiting many young men like you to fight the good fight. To fight the biggest threat of humanity. The Noise."
Alex flinches with the thought of fighting the Noise. "The Noise?!"
Yuudai stands up. "That's right!" He walks towards a screen, and turns it on. He shows footage of The Noise attacking the same bus he was in. "I see that you already met with them. They are unstoppable killing machines that killed many civilians and soldiers. Although our forces has improved for years, it still hasn't done anything to get rid of them once and for all." Yuudai shows malice of the thought of the Noise. He then shows more footage, this time with the military showing little resistance towards The Noise. "I faced many wars in the past, but I never seen one this hopeless..."
Alex looks on to the many deaths of soldiers that are only trying to protect and serve, just like him. "So...you say something about...fighting them?"
Yuudai slightly coughs. "I was a captain that was in charge of taking out this menace. But of course our efforts were fruitless. I could have been killed if it wasn't for Genjuro Kazanari and his nephew. I respect Genjuro and his determination to stop these monsters. But we find ourselves disagreeing on how to take care of The Noise. I wish to advance our weapons to better destroy them. But Genjuro would rather depend on his young nephew to fight them on her own. Why would he throw his own flesh and blood to battle when this is the kind of job for us?!" Yuudai is visibly irritated. "Its not only morally questioning, but it would also leave our military force useless. He attends to focus his time and energy to this little project, while we die in vain! I even heard reports of other factions using this same kind of questionable acts by using young girls to fight these beasts! I had enough of this, I had to take matters into my own hands! I am forming a group to prove that we can still fight the good fight! Alexander, you will truly represent the spirit of the human race!"
Alex is speechless to hear Yuudai's words. With such passion and determination in his words, and the kind of words that he needs to hear. Then he remembers reality. "But sir, how do we fight them without getting ourselves killed?"
"The governments found a weapon that can kill those things, and so did I." He opens a door that shows a large room, revealing four capsules. Yuudai opens one of them showing a golden sword with a sharp steel edge along with equipment and a black/blue jumpsuit. "Thanks to some of my friends, I was able to get my hands on these beauties. Specifically designed weapons to get rid of the noise. These were either made or found by Genjuro's men. We had to modify them to better suit four willing and able strong soldiers."
Alex looks in awe at the sword. It was nothing like he ever seen. He is one of the chosen four to set out for a unholy task to protect the people. The noise can attack without warning. He knows that the people can't rely on Tsubasa anymore. There must be new heroes, new guardians that actually care for the people. The people need this. The Victory Alphas.
...
My life is shit...Yeah, you didn't expect someones story to start off like that huh? Well how else would I describe it? Well lets go to the beginning...I was a part of an accident that had me paralyzed from the weighs down.
The guy opens his eyes to see a large rubble crushing his legs. "Ah! AHHHHH!" SOMEONE! SAVE ME!" Soon after, he faints. He wakes up in a hospital bed. He notices that he can't feel his legs anymore. He says nothing about it. He doesn't cry or show anger. He just stares at the ceiling, hoping that if he shuts off reality all together, everything that just happened to him would just magically disappear. But inside, that's not how life works. He just had to get used to it.
After that...my life is basically over at this point. I had big plans to go overseas and develop my computer programming skills to great use. But now I have my non-existent legs to get in my way. I couldn't bare to let my friends see me like this. Not that I talked to them anyways. I was alone, trying to roll my way to work, trying to be careful not to go to hills, try to crawl back to my chair every single time I fall down. I thought I could over come this, but I guess I was too weak to even coup to it. I never expected life to beat me down like I was yesterdays newspaper that you just so happen to use once you ran out of toilet paper. Now I just try to continue with my life. Its been months, and I feel like I'm not going anywhere with my life. No matter what I do, I feel like a wall will always remind me of the pain and distract me. Then...one day, I get a message from someone anonymous.
"Meet us at 4:00 by the bay."
"Who is this?"
"You will find out soon enough." After that last message, Akira Hansuke raises his eye brow. Not sure if this is some scam or trick. But since he has nothing much to do at that time, he goes there.
Akira rolls his wheel chair to the bay, looking around to see if there is some muggers around, trying to strike him down from behind, even if he is handicap. But at this point, he might want that. "Hello? Anyone here?"
An old man with a young man with a black ponytail. "Akira Hansuke. The greatest computer expert in Japan. They say a lot of great things from you boy. You were able to hack into a bunch of cyberbullies while you were 16 years old! Ha! You have a gift there boy!"
Akira looks at this old man with a irritated look. "...Your point?"
The old man then switched to a serious face and tone. "Why waste it? Huh? Because you lost your feet? You still got this." He points at his head. "You still have your gift. I hate it when young men like you waste your talents like this. What you need to do is put your gift to good use."
Akira then raised his brow. "Like how?"
"Serve your country. No, humankind. I go by Sargent Yuudai. I hope you help us make this world a better place."
After hearing this new life changing offer, his answer is...
"No." He turns around and rolls away.
The young man was confused and was going to follow him, but Yuudai stopped him. He watches as Akira bitterally rolls away back home.
At that point, I'm just done with life. I honestly don't care if the world would end. I'm just living my pathetic life waiting for that moment to happen. Maybe in the afterlife I can have my legs back. But then I met that ponytail guy I met that day on the streets.
"What do you want?"
The ponytail guy looks at him with anger on his face. "What's wrong with you? He offered you a chance to help people. And you turn it down like its nothing?"
"Newsflash ponytails, I don't care about other people. For all I know, everyone could just die."
The young man then gets angry and grabs Akira out of his chair. "LISTEN YOU! Are you seriously going to live out this hell any longer without doing something about it?!" Akira just stares at him. Not with anger, or sadness, just dullness. The young man just sighs. He then gently puts him back to his chair. "Sorry. But I just don't get it. Why someone with your intelligence would rather waste away your own life without sharing it to the world? Its not just a disservice to the world, but to yourself."
Akira then bitterally sneered. "Oh yeah, like the world did me any favors. I worked my ass off to make a living! And what do I get for my troubles? A F*cking wheelchair! If I'm so special, how come no one gave a shit when I lost my legs?! Did everyone made a tribute parade in my honor? Did anyone try to give me the benefit of doubt that I am broken both physically and mentally? NO! I'm as expendable as anyone else! I might as well die like everyone who did from the Noise!"
"How does that make you feel?" The young man now has pity in his eyes.
Akira looks in anger, but then calms down and looks down in shame. "It makes me feel mad...it makes me want to do something about it...but...I don't know...if I can..."
The young man then nods. "My name is Alexander Hansuke. Like you I lost my way. But we have a new chance of not only helping ourselves, but others. Its better to climb up, then stay in your own personal hell." Alexander lets out his hand to shake his hand. Akira looks at Alex's hand. After some deep thinking, Akira shakes his new partners hand.
Later, Al showed me where the base of operations are. Sort of expected more than some old cramped warehouse. He brought me to that old guy.
Akira sighs. "So where do we start?"
To be continued...
Next time: The other two men gets requited and the first mission!
