Superb Song of the Valkyries: Symphogear IND

戦姫絶唱シンフォギアIND

(Senki Zesshō Shinfogia IND)

(IND: Infinity Drive)

Chapter 2:- The Bride and the Groom

Theme song: Anti-Phon - Nana Mizuki

Ending Song: SUPER MAN - Nana Mizuki

/NOTE: This is a standalone series! This has no connection with any other Symphogear Fan fictions!/

-Back in the base of S.O.N.G, the Symphogear users along with the other higher ranked officers and Genjuro were together in the meeting room as they were discussing about the male Symphogear users that the girls had come across last night-

Genjuro: The attack from last night was so unpredictable!

Ogawa: Indeed and not to mention, the attackers were Symphogear users as well, but male users.

Aoi: Were they powerful? -Aoi asked Hibiki as she looked at her-

Hibiki: W-Why don't you ask Maria-san or Tsubasa-san..?

Elfnein: Hibiki-san..

Maria: We have not fought them up close yet so we still don't know how powerful they are.

Elfnein: Actually. You have. You all have tasted the power of one of them.

Kirika: Desu?

Shirabe: W-What do you mean by that?

Elfnein: Thanks to Tsubasa-san for being able to take hold of one of the metalic pieces from the machines, I was able to go through the scrap and I discovered something phenomenal.

Genjuro: What is it?

Elfnein: The machines are the relics themselves. The user is controlling them or either commanding them. Like a King ordering his servants to fight or serve him and the name of the relic was known as Heracles.

Tsubasa: So the machines are part of the same relic, huh?

Chris: The hell?! That ain't fair! That bastard of a Symphogear user has the ability of creating an army to fight for him while we have to rush right into danger while he gets to sit back and let his army do his dirty work for him?!

Elfnein: In a way, yes, but I also found out that the relic has a sort of a downside to its powerful ability to spawn an army. It disables the user from fighting with his own weapons.

Tsubasa: What does that mean?

Elfnein: It means that the user can't hold guns or swords that were made by his relic but he can man a fortress that was made by his relic and arm the fortress with weapons that could possibly overpower Ichaival.

Chris: Ha! I'd like to see him try! If he ever show his face again, I'll beat him to a pulp with my bare hands!

Kirika: You don't even know what he looks like, desu! Besides, none of us knows what he looks like! The only thing that Hibiki-senpai said about his look is that he has blonde hair!

Chris: Tch!

Elfnein: That's not the only thing we should all be worried about. The other user that was there last night was using a powerful God powered relic made by the ancestors of Japan's finest warriors. The all powerful Blade of Kusanagi.

Tsubasa: The B-Blade of Kusanagi?!

Maria: T-Tsubasa? What sort of relic is that?

Tsubasa: The Blade of Kusanagi is a sword that was used by a powerful warrior of Nippon that went by the name of "Kusanagi", legend has it that the Blade is so powerful that it could even match up against the all powerful Excalibur. The Blade killed the powerful Ninetails of the west coast of Nippon, took out the Demon Lord known as Yamata-no-Orochi and even killed Gods and Angels!

Maria: A-A holy relic?

Tsubasa: Perhaps even more powerful.. But I saw no blade! Are you certain that it is the Blade of Kusanagi?!

Fujitaka: We are 100% sure that it is the Blade of Kusanagi, it says so through the scanners.

Shirabe: The user of Heracles was a real pain to deal with, his army is much more stronger than Alca-Noise..

Kirika: Desu..

Elfnein: That is because the machines are made with a certain relic alloy that nullifies all negative effects from other relics and weapons. The only way to destroy the machines is by slicing or by erasing.

Maria: Erasing?

Elfnein: Like the Shenshou Jing's ability to erase anything that is a relic.

Maria: That relic, huh?

Tsubasa: What about Tachibana's ability to destroy by punches?

Elfnein: That would certainly work but if the Machines are that smart, then Hibiki-san would need to plan out her attack instead of charging head on.

Hibiki: Eh? S-So you're saying..

Genjuro: The relic known as Heracles has put you under binds, forcing you to not attack with just brute force.

Aoi: Right now, you should attack with a plan, okay Hibiki-chan?

Hibiki: R-Right..Okay.. -She said as she was still concerned about what Soran had said to her-

Genjuro: -He'd sigh as he would then cross his arms and look at the girls and noticed that they all seemed exhausted- All right, you girls are dismissed, you may go enjoy yourselves for the time being while the rest of us will handle this case.

-The girls got up from their seats as they left the meeting room. Hibiki returned back home while Chris went out to have lunch and Tsubasa went to the garage to fix up her bike. As for Maria, Kirika and Shirabe, the three went their own way and went to the city to get something to eat together. As the three were walking past stores, Maria stopped as she looked to her left and looked inside the glass of the store that was displaying a wedding dress as Maria can't help but imagine herself wearing a wedding dress, she would then shake her head lightly to try to not think of getting married but she continued to look anyway. As Maria continued to look into the glass, she then saw the reflection of someone standing next to her as it was a man and through the reflection, she saw the Bride and the Groom together as Maria would then turn to her right to see who the man was and her eyes widened at the sight of a tall young male who had thick long black hair with a pinch of faded blue dye on his hair with a spiky end from the back of his hair that reaches down the back of his neck and beautiful bright blue eyes. He wears a small bright red hairpin with a plastic strawberry on top of the hairpin, as she looked at the male, her eyes widened as she blushed slightly from the sight of him as he was looking at her as well, he was holding onto a small plastic bag as he would then pull out a small lollipop that was the shape of a Lily and gave it to Maria as he would smile at her passionately and innocently. Maria skipped a heartbeat after the male had given her a lollipop and smiled at her as she would slowly reach her hand out to the lollipop and grab it slowly as the male would then speak out to her-

Male: You seem troubled, although it is none of my business, why don't you take some time off of work and sit back and relax for a day or two?

Maria: -She tried to reply back to him but was too shy to say anything as she was blushing even more so than ever that he knew that she was troubled by work but it was then she spoke out to him softy- T-Thank you! I-I'll consider that..

Male: Not at all. -He said to her with a smile as he would then look to his right and noticed that a blonde haired male with goggles on his head and a teenage boy with long eye lashes and beautiful bright blue eyes and hair similar to the male and had piercings on his ears were waiting as the male then turned to them and walked towards the two slowly but Maria reached out to him by speaking softly to him-

Maria: W-Wait..!

Male: -He stopped as he looked back at her as he turned his body around and looked at her- Yes?

Maria: M-May I know your name?

Male: -He'd smile as he would then chuckle softly and look at Maria with a big smile on his face- Jin. Satoru Jin! And I apologise for asking this late but what about yours?

Maria: E-Eh? M-My name? I-I'm M-M-Maria! M-Maria Cadenzavna Eve! I-it's nice to meet you, S-Satoru-san!

Jin: You're being too formal. Please, just call me "Jin".

Maria: J-Jin..?

Jin: Yeah, just call me by that name, Maria~

-Maria skipped a heartbeat once more as she blushed even more so after hearing Jin say her name-

Maria: A-All right then, d-do you want to-...

Blonde male: Jin-san! We're getting hungry here!

Jin: I-I'm sorry but why don't you two go on ahead? I'll meet you there!

Blonde male: Buu! Fine! -The two males left and went off-

Jin: Oh! Let's take a selfie together!

Maria: E-Eh?! A selfie? H-Here?! In public?!

Jin: I-It's a picture not like anything bad is gonna happen.

Maria: R-Right! Good point.. -She blushed and got embarrassed for overthinking but as Jin stood right next to her and pulled out his phone to take a picture of the two of them, the two would smile happily as they both looked up at the screen with slight blushes on their cheeks-

Jin: Great! You look lovely here~

Maria: O-Oh please, I-I look ridiculous there..

Jin: Perhaps that is what you think but not to me~ -Maria's eyes widened after hearing what he said as she would look at him-

Maria: D-Do you want to uh..

Jin: Exchange numbers?

Maria: N-No! I...

Jin: Sure, why not~?

Maria: J-Jeez you're such a tease!

Jin: Haha! I like to tease around people, haha! -The two would then exchange phone numbers together for a moment- Anyway, I need to go now, my friends are waiting for me, I'll see you soon, Maria~ -He said as he turned back and ran while looking back at Maria with a smile on his face as he waved back at her while Maria waved back at him as she forced a smile when he left, after he had left, her smiled disappeared as she can't help but feel depressed after hearing him say goodbye to her. It was then Shirabe and Kirika stared closely at Maria up close as they startled her-

Maria: Ah! W-What are you two doing?!

Kirika: Maria.. Did you just get a boyfriend, desu?

Maria: What?! N-No! Not at all! He's not a boyfriend!

Kirika: A fan?

Maria: No..

Kirika: Then who was he?!

Maria: I-It's none of your business!

Kirika: DEATH! Tell me, desu!

Maria: Shirabe? -She looked at Shirabe and noticed that Shirabe had her left hand on her chest as she was looking at the direction Jin left from as Maria saw a slight blush on Shirabe's cheeks- S-Shirabe..?

Shirabe: Huh? O-Oh! Yes?

Maria: Are you all right?

Shirabe: Y-Yeah, I'm fine, just a little hungry..

Kirika: Me too, desu! We should get going desu!

-The three then went to a nearby cafe for lunch and as they entered the cafe, they noticed the cafe was only filled with girls and the girls were all looking at one direction from inside the cafe and they were all looking at three guys who were talking to each other and were hanging out together and Maria's eyes widened at the sight of Jin and his friends together as Jin put down his glass bottle of soda as he noticed Maria and waved at her while the other two then looked at the three that just came in, Maria waved back at Jin as Maria, Shirabe and Kirika then took their seats elsewhere to avoid eye contact with the males. As the three girls took their seats, Shirabe and Maria sat close to each other as the two were facing the direction that could look at Jin from afar while Kirika was facing the two girls-

Kirika: Desu? Why are you two looking at them, desu? -She looked back to see the male with earrings on and long eye lashes as Kirika's eyes widened at the sight of the bad boy as she blushed madly, after looking at him for a whole minute, she quickly turned back to the girls with her face completely red as she would then put her hands on her cheeks as the waiter came to take their order- DDDDDDEEEESSSSSUUUUUU!

-A few seconds later after the girls had ordered what they wanted, Kirika was daydreaming about the male she saw as her face was completely red-

Kirika: D-Desu~

Shirabe: Kiri-chan?

Maria: Looks like she found her first love.

Shirabe: W-What?!

Kirika: N-No! I did not! I-I just..I just think that he's...Dreamy, desu..

Maria: So you admire him?

Kirika: Yes!

Maria: So you love him then.

Kirika: Desu?!

Shirabe: The one next to Kirika's crush is quite charming too. -Shirabe said as she was actually staring at Jin and as Maria noticed that Shirabe was looking at Jin, she pouted slightly and turned Shirabe's head to the direction of the blonde male instead-

Maria: W-What about him? He looks rather dashing too, don't you think~?

Shirabe: M-Maria, w-what are you doing..?

Maria: Oh nothing~ Just letting you know that the blonde there is open for targets~

Shirabe: I-I see but I-I'm not interested in the blonde though, the other one seems more interesting-

Maria: Ahhh! Shirabe! Say no more! You must not speak of him! -She said loudly as she covered Shirabe's mouth and everyone in the cafe turned their attention to Maria and as Maria noticed that Jin was looking at her, he'd laugh softly as he had placed a hand on his mouth, Maria then got embarrassed as she blushed madly and took her hands off of Shirabe's mouth and covered her face due to embarrassment-

-Back in the guy's table-

Blonde: Jin-san, the girl in black, are you sure that she's the one?

Jin: 100% positive that she is the one and only little sister that I had taken care of from the orphanage, and which do you think is your sister, Kinji?

Kinji: Definitely the blonde, she has my hair! Messy blonde hair, dude! But she just looked at Haruka and went all "Kyaa!" for a moment! What did you do?!

Haruka:... -The rebellious looking male said nothing as he looked at Kinji and just drank his drink-

Kinji: But hey, Maria Cadenzavna Eve, eh? Not bad~

Jin: What do you mean?

Kinji: S-She's uh..Oh..She's a popular idol singer~ She's well known for her singing and dancing~ Along with Kazanari Tsubasa-chan~ The two make a great duo together~

Haruka: Pervert.

Kinji: What?!

Jin: Hahaha. I didn't know that she was popular, I just found her to be rather beautiful at first sight.

Kinji: You don't say?

Jin: I'm sorry?

Kinji: God, I forgot you don't have a proper sense of humour like me or Ayumu!

Jin: Eh? Anyway, did Soran say that he'll come by?

Kinji: Nah, he said he had to go out to buy groceries. I swear man, he's like a woman!

Jin: A woman?

Kinji: He does everything a woman would do! Clean, cook and shop! I'm just glad he doesn't get a period like normal women..

Jin: Haha! That's Soran all right, he cares about everyone's health after all.

Kinji: Yeah and I respect him for that but he doesn't have to do so much..

Jin: He wants to do it because he enjoys having something to do. I would do the shopping but he insisted in doing it instead so why not?

Kinji: Yeah I guess..

-Under the table of the male, Jin was secretly texting Maria as Haruka saw what he was doing but said and did nothing as he minded his own business. While Maria was eating her meal, she then felt her phone vibrating in her pocket as she would then take it out to see that she got a message from Jin, she'd blush slightly from the sight of his name on her phone as she read the mail as it said "Your embarrassed expression was adorable~". Maria eyes widened as she pouted a little and replied back to him as Jin checked his phone and saw the message as it said: "Don't be rude! It was really embarrassing for me! Dummy!", before Jin replied to the message, he laughed softly as Kinji looked at him with a confused look and Maria saw him laughing from a distance and can't help but feel happy and relaxed to see Jin happy as she watched him from a distance while Shirabe was eating her meal as well and was looking at Jin as well. In the park that was not far from Shibuya, Miku was walking through the park as she had just came back from the supermarket from her usual grocery shopping and as she was walking, she saw large grocery bags left unattended under a tree, she then heard the sound of a kitten meowing as she then looked up at the three to see a person trying to save the kitten-

Miku: H-Hey! It's dangerous! Y-You should call the fire department or get an adult to help!

-The man quickly grabbed the kitten with his arm and as he did, his body turned, causing him to fall and as he fell, Miku panicked and dropped her bags and ran towards the man but she was not able to reach him in time but when he fell, he landed onto the ground with his legs as he was standing on one knee as he would then let the kitten down from his arm and it let go as he would then stand up and when he stood up, he was shorter than Miku by a few centimeters but the male had a somewhat adorable look on his face, despite the scar on the bottom of his left cheek and the top right of his forehead, he had greyish silver hair and dark maroon coloured eyes with two long braids from the sides of his hair that reaches down to his stomach along with a chained choker on his neck as he looked up at Miku-

Soran: What?

Miku: Y-You're just a child...H-How can you not hurt your legs from that jump?!

Soran: Tch! A-A child?! -Soran got irritated from hearing her call him a child- I am not a child! I am 18 years old!

Miku: Eh?! Y-You're two years older than me?!

Soran: Yes, yes I am.

Miku: I-I'm sorry but I didn't know because you are so..

Soran: Y-Yes! Yes! Yes! I am aware that I am tiny! I get that! How would you like if someone called you small?!

Miku: I...Might actually be happy.

Soran: Oh right, I forgot.. You're a girl..

Miku: Wha-?! W-What does that mean?! I-It's not like I like being short either!

Soran: Well you're taller than me, at least you're more proud of yourself!

Miku: Well yeah! I am proud!

Soran: Then be proud then!

Miku: Talking to you makes me prideful!

Soran: And talking to you makes me sad!

Miku: W-Why are we yelling at each other?!

Soran: I don't know! Ugh.. L-Let's just call it a day..

Miku: Y-Yeah, let's do that..B-But are you new to the area? I've never seen you here before.

Soran: O-Oh I just moved here a few days ago.

Miku: Ah! You're Tatebayashi-san then!

Soran: Y-Yeah..

Miku: I'm Kohinata Miku~ Which floor do you live on?

Soran: 5th.

Miku: Same as mine!

Soran: Eh? Really?

Miku: Yeah! Are your parents at home?

Soran:...N-No, I'm living on my own.. -He got a little quiet as he would then look away with a slightly depressed look on his face as Miku then realised that Soran had lost his parents as she then felt bad for asking such a question-

Miku: I-I'm so sorry for asking that question..

Soran: N-No, it's not your fault.. A-Anyway, I should get going.

Miku: W-Wait! I-I'll come with!

Soran:... -He then looked at Miku and thought about what she said as he considered about her safety percentage if she were to head back to her apartment by herself or with him, so he decided to let her come with him- All right then.

Miku: So tell me about yourself~

Soran: What..?

-Moments later when the two reached their apartment building, Soran's apartment was right next to Miku's, as the two were about to enter their home, Miku would then ask Soran-

Miku: Tatebayashi-kun, would like to come in for tea?

Soran: Perhaps some other time?

Miku: A-All right then..

Soran: -He noticed that Miku got a little sad as he would then try to cheer her up- M-Maybe later tonight around 7? I'll stop by..

Miku: Really? Okay then!

Soran: A-And just call me "Soran", my family is hard to pronounce after all.

Miku: A-Are you sure that I can call you by your first name?

Soran: I don't see why not?

Miku: S-Soran!

Soran: Yes?

Miku: Soran!

Soran: W-What?

Miku: Hehe~ I'll see you later then!

Soran: O-Okay..? -The two would then enter their apartment. As Soran entered his, he leaned on the door and turned on the lights as a little white Munchkin cat came up to greet Soran as it had worn a red collar with the name "Hope" written on the tag as Soran got down to the cat and petted its head and rubbed under its chin as it started to purr from being petted and rubbed by Soran and as Soran was giving the the cat attention, he felt a little strong pulse in his chest after remembering Miku calling him by his first name, his cheeks turned red a little but he was a little confused by what it was as he then shook his head and grabbed the bags and went to keep the groceries. As for Miku, she had leaned her back on the door after entering the apartment as she took a deep breath with a blush on both of her cheeks as she then sighed and smiled softly-

Hibiki: Miku? What's wrong?

Miku: Hmm? O-Oh it's nothing! I invited a new neighbour to come by for tea tonight, I hope you don't mind.

Hibiki: Tonight? Oh! I'm sorry but I can't join you guys!

Miku: Eh? Why not?

Hibiki: I have training with my master! I need to get stronger! So I'll be back late tonight! Maybe by 11-12?

Miku: A-All right?

Hibiki: You can have fun with the neighbour and tell me what you did after that~ Hehe~

Miku: Yeah! I will!

-After Miku put her bags down on the kitchen counter, she placed both of her hands on her chest as she blushing madly as she was overthinking and overreacting about being alone with Soran for the night but she would then smack her cheeks lightly with her hands to think straight as she would then prepare dinner-

-TO BE CONTINUED-