Superb Song of the Valkyries: Symphogear OD
戦姫絶唱シンフォギアOD
(Senki Zesshō Shinfogia OD)
(OD:- Overdrive)
Chapter 2:- Change of heart
Theme song: Yoru wa Nemureru kai - flumpool
Ending Song: 空へ… - Nana Mizuki
"Shiena Core. Merkava."
-The girl said to Maria and pointed her blade at Maria-
Shiena: I've been looking for you, Maria Cadenzavna Eve.
Maria: Me..?
Shiena: I saw you in my dreams, you were the one that forced me to come here.
Maria: What are you talking about?!
Shiena: Jeez, this is why I knew that the both of us would never get along to begin with! First things first! By the rules of the Taint Keeper, I'll have to take away your very life to balance out the system of emotions!
"Seilien coffin Airgetlám tron"
-Maria had drawn out her sword as she was in her Last Ignition Symphogear armour and was in a battle stance as she pointed her sword at Shiena-
Maria: I don't know what you're talking about but if you wanted a fight, you could've just said so from the beginning!
Shiena: For an old lady, I thought you'd be smarter than me.
Maria: "Old lady"?! I'm only 22! -She would then extend her blade out and attack Shiena with a giant blade but Shiena used her sword to block the attack with one hand- What?!
Shiena: I don't know that many Symphogear users back in my world since I only met two but they were a lot more tougher than you! -She pointed her free hand at Maria as her palm shined brightly as a beam of red light was then fired from Shiena's palm and hit Maria-
Maria: Ah! -As she was hit by the beam, she flew into one of the buildings as she had crashed- What power..
Shiena: You may have killed my Mom and Dad but I am no pushover like my parents.
Maria: Parents..? -The sound of glass cracking was then heard as it echoed around the area as Tsubasa and Kanade jumped down from the sky as they broke into the world and attacked Shiena but Shiena would push them back with a single swing of her sword- T-Tsubasa! Kanade!
Tsubasa: Maria, are you all right?
Maria: I could be better..
Tsubasa: Who is she?
Maria: She said her name was "Shiena Core. Merkava". I'm not entirely sure..
Kanade: Tch! Of all people it had to be her.
Tsubasa: Kanade, do you know her?
Kanade: Do I know her? Hell, I do. She's the daughter of Shan Vile and Tenkawa Maihime.
Tsubasa: Daughter?!
Kanade: Yeah! And unlike her parents, she is the strongest person in the Spiritual Realm.
Maria: But how can she still be here? The Spiritual Realm was destroyed!
Shiena: You really are a complete idiot, Maria.
Maria: What?
Shiena: The Spiritual Realm can never be destroyed by mortal means. Just because you destroyed the capital tower known as the Secrecy does not mean that you have destroyed our world.
Kanade: She has a point, the Secrecy is a transport building after all.
Tsubasa: But how did she get here?
Shiena: From the calls of this world's pain.
Tsubasa: Kanade, what is she talking about?
Kanade: She's a Taint Keeper. She manages the balance of emotions in the Spiritual Realm. If she feels a pain of emotions going through her chest then she'll do whatever it takes to make it stop.
Shiena: As expected of Kanade, you know me~ -Kanade would then glare at Shiena-
Tsubasa: You know her?
Kanade: The two of us used to fight quite often and I would always lose to her.
Tsubasa: What?!
Kanade: Tsubasa Alter also fought against her many time ins the past and had lost many battles against her too.
Maria: If she was a normal Spirit then this would have been easy!
Kanade: If only that was true but she's not a Spirit.
Maria: S-She's not?
Kanade: She's a Helios. The second breed type of Spirits that were formed by Shan and Maihime combined but the two could only create one type of Helios as it takes up too much time and it eats up a lot of their Spiritual energy to even create one as Helios' are all much more powerful than regular Spirits.
Shiena: Kanade, I really don't like it when you talk to people about me, it's really starting to piss me off.
Kanade: Ha! Well it's fun to piss you off after all! -Shiena teleported as she was right in front of Kanade as she would then slash at Kanade, causing the redhead to fly back and crash into one of the buildings-
Tsubasa: Kanade!
Shiena: And you're not the Tsubasa I know. -She said as she turned to Tsubasa and rushed towards her with her blade as she started to swing her blade at Tsubasa while Tsubasa tried to dodge many of her swings but was then hit by Shiena's single sword swing and crashed into a wall as well-
Maria: Kanade! Tsubasa! Tsk! Why?! Why are you doing this?!
Shiena: Because I hate people like you. -She would get up close to Maria as she grabbed the piece armour on Maria's chest and glare into her eyes softly and saw her fights with Jin. After looking through her memories, Shiena would take a few steps back as she looked at Maria with an infuriating look on her face- You..
Maria: Eh..?
Shiena: You're just so selfish, now aren't ya?
Kanade: Ugh..-She got up from the rubble as she saw Shiena was standing in front of Maria- Maria! She can see through memories and understand how a person fights from a single touch!
Maria: What?!
Shiena: To goddamn late! -She swung her sword at Maria and was about to slice her but before the edge of the blade touched Maria's face, Shiena would withdrew her blade and walk away- Actually, I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself.
Maria: To redeem myself..?
Shiena: If you can't get along with that Jin guy, so be it that I'll make you suffer even greater than Hell itself.
Maria: T-That has nothing to do with you..!
Shiena: Yes it does. Just be grateful that I didn't kill you...Yet.. -She said as she would then disappear into the air and the world their were in would change back to normal-
Maria: I..I don't understand..
Tsubasa: Maria! -She would run up to Maria and noticed that Maria seems to be traumatised-
Kanade: What happened?!
Tsubasa: We need to take her back to the base!
-Later then as hours had passed as Maria was in the infirmary as she was getting a checkup from Ayumu and Kinji, a few of the others would enter the infirmary to check on Maria and saw that she was resting-
Kanade: How is she?
Ayumu: She's stressed out and afraid so I gave her a bit of medicine to let her relax and sleep.
Kinji: What happened out there?
Kanade: We uh..We encountered a Helios..
Kinji: A Helios?
Tsubasa: From what Kanade had told me, a Helios is a new type of Spirit if I'm not wrong and it's much more powerful than any other Spirit than we have faced before.
Kinji: Only one?
Kanade: Yup. The daughter of Shan and Maihime.
Kinji: Their kid?! Didn't think they had one.
Ayumu: A child, huh? Was she powerful?
Tsubasa: Very. She was unpredictable but was not as dangerous as her father.
Kinji: Then that should be easy to deal with.
Kanade: No. Don't take her lightly, just because she didn't beat us down does not mean that she's not dangerous. She has powers that surpass her own parents'. She's not someone we should underestimate.
Kinji: I guess you're right but have you called Jin-san? I'm sure he needs to know.
Tsubasa: I contacted him quite sometime ago, he should be here by now.
-The door then opened up as Jin ran in as he was sweating and was breathing heavily as he seemed exhausted-
Ayumu; J-Jin-san! Did you run here?
Jin: I used a car and parked it downstairs and then I ran! W-What happened?
-Moments passed after they had explained the situation to Jin-
Jin: A Helios, huh? Seems complicated..
Genjuro: Indeed it is. -Genjuro said as he walked in with Shirabe behind him- But you, Haruka-kun and Kinji-kun would still have to go to Osaka.
Jin: Yes sir.
Kinji: Buu~ Fine.
Genjuro: And with Maria-kun being targeted by this Shiena girl, I would like you to protect her, Shirabe-kun. -Genjuro said with a smile on his face as he looked down to see Shirabe-
Shirabe: -She'd look up at Genjuro with a serious and displeased look on her face- I refuse.
Everyone else: ?!
Genjuro: You refuse? For what reason?
Shirabe: She's capable of protecting herself, it's not like she needs me anymore.
Genjuro: Shirabe-kun! What are you talking about? She's your dear friend!
Shirabe: Do not say that she's my "Dear Friend", and it is also final, I refuse to protect her.
Jin: Shirabe..
Tsubasa: Tsukuyomi, what has gotten into you? You used to be so close with Maria and that you'd always help her! Why are you rejecting to help her now?
Shirabe: A change of heart. -She said as she left the infirmary as Jin would follow her out-
Kanade: Shirabe..
Kinji: What happened to her?
Tsubasa: "A change of heart"? -She asked as she would then look at Maria and look back at the door- Could it be that..
Genjuro: There seems to be conflict amongst the group..
Kinji: But with Maria-san and Shirabe-chan, that's just surprising though, like no one would ever expect to hear and see Shirabe-chan not wanting to help out Maria-san, I mean they have been together for such a long time too!
Ayumu: Indeed, I doubt that puberty is what changing her personality.
Kanade: Oh! I remember that Shiena said something like: "If you can't get along with that Jin guy, so be it that I'll make you suffer even greater than Hell itself.", is what Shiena said to Maria.
-Everyone would then stare at Kanade-
Kanade: W-What?
Kinji: We just found the cause!
Kanade: Eh?
Ayumu: Jin-san and Maria-san must have gotten into an argument.
Tsubasa: But they were acting just fine awhile ago though.
Genjuro: Not entirely, they have not been talking to each other for quite sometime now.
Kinji: Really?
Genjuro: It's like they've gotten distant from each other.
Kinji: Then we can only assume that it's one of these two things: They either broke up or they are fighting.
Tsubasa: Which would explain Tsukuyomi's cold reaction towards Maria.
Kanade: Shirabe must really love Jin, huh?
Kinji: It's a thing now, before you and Alter-chan appeared, Shirabe-chan and Jin-san were always closer than Maria-san and Jin-san. Or perhaps even close than she was with Kirika-chan before.
Ayumu: A-Anyway, let's just hope for the best for these 3..
Tsubasa: Agreed..
-Back in the training grounds as Shirabe was in her gear and was about to train-
Jin: S-Shirabe.. W-Was it really necessary for you to say that? I mean, don't you think that was kinda harsh for Marua?
Shirabe: Why do you care? You two aren't dating anymore.
Jin: Y-Yeah but she's still our teammate and friend, you know?
Shirabe: She's no longer my friend and teammate, not after what she did to you, Nii-san.
Jin: Shirabe..
Shirabe: -She would then head into the training ground as the simulation started up and Jin would watch her- "I'll make sure nothing breaks Nii-san's heart. I'll protect him, no matter what." -Shirabe thought to herself-
-TO BE CONTINUED-
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Did you know that Shirabe and Jin are allowed to be together? As they are not considered to be siblings as they have no blood relatives and are not siblings on paper? They are allowed to date and get married if they want.