And here we are, the second and last part of Chains of Reality's first omake, The Crystal Leviathan. And don't worry, I promise you that any other omake featured in this sidestory will be far longer than this.

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So, I wanted to drop a little explanation for the title for these shorts and the nature of the stories in them.

Omake (御負け, usually written おまけ) means extra in Japanese. Its primary meaning is general and widespread. It is used as an anime and manga fandom term to mean "extra or bonus." In the States, the term has a connotation to describe special features on DVD releases: deleted scenes, interviews with the actors, "the making of" documentary clips, outtakes, amusing bloopers, and so forth.

Which brings me to the next thing I want to tell you guys. The thing is...Chains of Reality: Divinity Reborn is a big story with a lot of lore and background. If we put everything we have so far (the caste examinations, genderbend one-shot, and the crystal leviathan special) and all the other non-essential stuff planned into the main story, it would be like before: amazingly slow plot development XD.

The main story is about the Louds, Clyde, and Ronnie Anne defeating the Proto Sisters and uncovering why Sincoln destroyed the original reality, which is what we want the main story to remain focused on.

Plus we think most readers can guess how many arcs this story will likely have (hint: more than double what we have right now).

With that mind there are other stories to tell and the omake title felt like a good home for said stories. I hope all readers enjoy these entries in CoR:DR and understand that the omake does not necessarily need to be read to follow what happens in the main story, though you would get more out of it if you do.

Take care and expect the P Lucy arc soon.

And now, back to Exotos135, with a simple sentence:

Let's get savvy! Into the finale!

The leviathan's attack forced the team to separate: Leni and Carol went up to a platform that was safely High above the beast, while the twins remained on the ground, and crashed on the walls.

"Shouldn't we help them?" Carol asked worriedly. "I mean, the leviathan obviously has it out for them-"

"Just like their counterparts? Yes, I know," Leni answered with a forlorn tone. "But this is, like, Lola and Lana's fight. They need to overcome it themselves. Otherwise, they won't learn anything."

Carol groaned. "Is this what it feels like to be forced to stay on the sidelines?"

Leni sighed. "Sucks, doesn't it?"

Carol frowned and looked back at the beast, which let out a roar as the twins recovered and stood up.

"And here I was thinking we could relax after the whole beach fiasco," Lola whined. "Now we're supposed to fight this thing?!"

"Alright, pretty sure they're not going to go down without a fight," Lana stated as she cracked her knuckles. "Come on, Lola, we gotta try to get through those two!"

Lana transformed into her angel form and flew towards the beast, with Lola exclaiming "Wait for me!" as she transformed as well and followed her sister.

The sisters flew up to the beast's face and began shooting a stream as they yelled:

"Diamond Blast!"

"Gaia Bullet!"

However, the beast's crystalline features absorbed the damage until they began glowing, which was followed by the beast roaring as it unleashed a barrage of lasers from the crystals, forcing the twins to quickly avoid them, and Leni to protect herself and Carol in a shield.

Once the beast stopped shooting lasers everywhere, the twins flew towards each other, charged energy in one palm, then aimed it at the monster and shot it at the leviathan, shouting:

"Earthly Twin Laser!"

However, the leviathan quickly charged a beam of its own and shot it, causing it to clash with the laser for a moment before overpowering it, sending the twins crashing into a wall.

However, they quickly recovered and Lana used her geokinesis to lift up a large boulder, with Lola using her manipulation over crystals to make it sprout spikes all over it before Lana threw it at the monster.

The leviathan simply grabbed the spiked boulder with its mouth, then bit down hard enough to crush it.

"Lana, I don't think we'll get anywhere fighting like this," Lola remarked. "Nothing we're doing seems to be working!"

"You're right," Lana replied. "But you know? If we can't do anything alone..."

Lana smiled and gave her sister a thumbs up. "Maybe we can together?"

Lola raised an eyebrow. "Are you... implying we should-"

Lana nodded, and this prompted Lola to ask, "But I thought you weren't cool with that?"

Before Lana could explain her plan, the crystalline monster swung its tail at the twins, sending them crashing into some rubble.

"Girls!" Carol exclaimed. "Alright, that's it, I'm going in!"

But she was stopped by Leni. "Have, like, some faith in them, geez. They still have a trick up their sleeves."

A pillar of pink and blue light came out of the rubble, and from there came out a familiar fusion: Lala, weilding her spiked sash-rock-mace thing once more.

"Alright, no more playing around!" Lala stated. "This'll be one on one, mano e mano!"

"No speak Español at azar!" Carol shouted at the fusion.

The beast roared as the fusion leaped straight towards it, ready to resume the fight.

Carol, however, was still quite worried. "You think fusion will help them win?"

Leni folded her arms with a smile, then somberly shook her head and said:

"As long as they fight, they'll never win."

Lala began the fight by swinging her mace around, with the beast blocking it as quickly as it could before finally being hit by it once in the head.

However, when Lala tried to swing it again, the leviathan grabbed it with its mouth and swung it all over the place, taking Lala with it.

Unfortunately, though the fusion crashed on the walls a couple times, it didn't take long for her to regain her balance and start running around, wrapping the sash around the beast as it looked at them, charging a beam with its eyes.

Once the beast was fully tangled, Lala swung it up, and the leviathan shot several lasers at the fusion, hoping to distract her long enough to escape with its serpentine body.

Luckily, Lala caught what the beast was doing and wrapped its tail with the sash, allowing her to slam the beast down the ground... only to be caught off-guard when, instead of roaring, they heard the beast crying.

"Is that... crying?" Lala asked with Lana's voice, only to add in Lola's voice, "I heard a normal roar."

Then the beast turned to the fusion, and screamed at them before charging a pink laser, and shooting it out of its eyes.

"Okay, now I did hear something: But it sounded angry," Lala said with Lola's voice. "Maybe that's the Proto-Leia inside the beast?"

Then, Lala added with Lana's voice, "And the crying's probably from Proto-Lizy..."

Just then, the fusion's eyes lit up, allowing her fusees to see the leviathan in its "original" forms:

Proto-Lizy, laying on the ground and sobbing, trying to get up, while Proto-Leia helped her, while glaring at the twins.

One thing became clear: The beast was scared.

"So, this is what you meant when you said Proto-Leia was angry?" Lala asked with Lana's voice, only to add with Lola's voice, "Yeah, and I guess this is what you meant when you said Proto-Lizy was scared."

Lala frowned and said with Lana's voice, "Yeah..."

With that said, the fusion landed on the ground and glanced at their weapon before looking back at the leviathan, which was trying to stand up despite the pain.

"We're doing this the wrong way," Lala stated, gripping her weapon. "Fighting won't get us anywhere."

And then, she got an idea and said:

"There's a pair of people that want to see you."

Lala was covered in light as the leviathan tilted its head, and both them and Carol and Leni watched in shock as Lala split not only into Lola and Lana, but a familiar duo as well:

The original, uncorrupted Proto-Lola and Proto-Lana.

"Why did they do that?!" Carol exclaimed, grabbing her hair. "They just got the upper hand!"

Leni put her index finger in Carol's mouth and shut her up, saying, "I already told you, Carol: As long as they fight, they'll, like, never win."

"I know, but, still, how's this any better?" Carol inquired.

Leni smiled. "Watch and see."

Meanwhile with the twins, the uncorrupted Proto-Twins had the same reaction as Carol:

"What are you two doing?!" the uncorrupted Proto-Lola snapped. "Quick, use our powers or whatever before that thing kills you!"

"That "thing" is both of your daughters, whom you forcefully merged together as a form of punishment," Lana stated, pointing at the leviathan. "You left them like this for who knows how long, and now's the time to fix it!"

The uncorrupted Proto-Twins raised their eyebrows as Lola added, "Yeah, it's one thing to punish them, but doing it like this?! That's too cruel!"

The uncorrupted Proto-Twins glanced at the leviathan one more time before shaking their heads and answering:

"We... we didn't do that."

"Right, then I guess the giant crystal-serpent sea monster in front of us is just my imagination," Lana shook her head. "Just talk to them, okay?"

The uncorrupted Proto-Twins walked towards the beast and looked at it with sorrowful looks, as the beast lowered its head towards them?

"Mom?" it asked, with both Proto-Leia and Proto-Lizy's voices. "Is that... you?"

"Leia..." the uncorrupted Proto-Lola blurted.

"Lizy?!" the uncorrupted Proto-Lana exclaimed, grabbing the beast's cheeks. "What happened to you?!"

"You... said we failed you... that we failed Dad..." the beast spoke with both its original selves bodies. "And... you also said, this was a fitting punishment..."

"Well, we did have an idea on how to punish you, but this wasn't it," the uncorrupted Proto-Lola remarked. "We were thinking more along the lines of grounding you for a hundred years."

"That still sounds extreme to me." Carol remarked.

"Remember, Carol, the progenitors, like, see time differently than us," Leni said. "A hundred years is totes a long time for us, but to them, it probably flies by in the blink of an eye."

With that said, Leni grabbed Carol's hand and the duo jumped down, landing right next to the twins.

"We're not lying when we say we didn't do it," the uncorrupted Proto-Lola said, caressing the beast's nose. "We had plans to punish you, yes, but after that... everything goes blank."

Carol hummed, getting Lana's attention. "What's wrong, Carol?"

"Judging by their words, it seems like they weren't conscious when the twins were corrupted," Carol narrowed her eyes. "Come to think of it, what are you two supposed to be, anyway?"

"The last remaining pieces of the uncorrupted entity that used to be the twins' counterpart... is the best we can say," the uncorrupted Proto-Lana explained. "Truth is, it's incredibly complicated, so let's just say that and be done with it."

"So... you weren't conscious when you did this?" the beast asked. "You... didn't do this?"

"Not ourselves, no, but...something took over our bodies," the uncorrupted Proto-Lola stated. "A depraved, unhinged entity filled with malice-"

"Proto-Lincoln!" the twins and Carol exclaimed in unison.

"No, not him, something... or someone... even worse..." the uncorrupted Proto-Lana replied. "Much worse than he could ever hope to be."

The twins and Carol shivered at the thought, while Leni frowned and lowered her head.

"So... what now?" the beast asked. "Am I going to stay like this?"

"What they did to you can't be forgiven, but it can be fixed," Lana stated. "And since our counterparts, or the corrupted verisons anyway, are as good as gone, they won't hurt you ever again."

The beast leaned back a little in shock, while the uncorrupted Proto-Twins gave them a nod, confirming this was true. And as the beast sighed in relief, Proto-Lana walked to her counterpart and said:

"There's something I need to teach you, by the way."

Lana raised an eyebrow, but she got her answer soon after: the uncorrupted proto-beast mistress let out a call that sounded like an odd mix between a whale and a lion, both baffling, yet calming, the twins.

"Now, try doing that."

Lana clenched her fists, took a deep breath, then let out the same type of call.

"So, what do you think?" the uncorrupted Proto-Lana asked.

Lana smiled. "Sounds cool, but, what's it for?"

"It's our call: You shout it, and no matter where you are, our children will come to your aid," the uncorrupted Proto-Lola explained. "We figured it was the least you could after destroying our fakers, and letting us see the damage they did."

"And besides, since we're going to go back to our own dimensions to try and get things back in order, you're gonna need something to replace us," the uncorrupted Proto-Lana added. "And what's a cooler replacement than a giant leviathan-dragon-beast?"

"What about the other fake progenitors, though?" Lana asked. "Aren't you worried they might attack you?"

"From what we've seen, the fake progenitors care about nobody but themselves, and won't do anything unless it affects their own agendas," the uncorrupted Proto-Lola explained. "As long as we keep a low profile, we should be just fine."

"Okay, I wanna ask...actually first," Lana folded her arms. "What are we supposed to call you now? Proto-Lola and Proto-Lana isnt happening, so, what do we do?"

"Since we're the uncorrupted pieces of your former selves, I think we can start from there," the uncorrupted Proto-Lola bowed down. "You can call me the Piece of Humility."

"And me the Piece of Humanity!" the uncorrupted Proto-Lana exclaimed. "Now, what did you want to ask before?"

Lana hesitated, then spilled the beans:

"What about us? We only defeated our counterparts because we used your power to reach our full potential."

"Yeah, now that she mentions it, without you, we might not be able to used that power again," Lola remarked. "What will we do when we need it again?"

"Girls, you don't need us to access that power," the Piece of Humility stated. "Not anymore, at least."

"Accessing your full power is the same as any transformation; You just gotta activate it," the Piece of Humanity added. "Sure, it'll take a while before you can do that, but you can do it nonetheless."

The twins smiled, and shook hands with their uncorrupted counterparts before Carol opened two portals, one for each twin.

The uncorrupted pieces turned back to the beast, who moved its head closer to them and closed its eyes before the uncorrupted pieces put their hands on its nose, with the spot being both crystallized and turned into rock, and spreading until it covered the whole beast.

Then, Leni walked forward, reached for her back, and took out a ribbon which she used to tie the beast. She then snapped her fingers, and the beast was covered in a smoke cloud, which soon dissipated to reveal the beast had turned into a gift box.

"Whoa, since when could Leni do that?!" Lola exclaimed.

"You have your gifts, I have mine," Leni replied as she walked back to the girls. "And trust me, you, like, haven't seen anything yet."

The uncorrupted Proto-Twins grabbed the gift box and walked towards the portal. They then stopped, turned to the team, and waved goodbye, saying:

"Until we meet again!"

The duo went through the portals, which blinked out of existence afterwards.

With that done, the team left the cave-which vanished as soon as they all left-and walked across the fields with a feeling of accomplishment.

"Hey, Carol?" Lana asked. "Can we ask you something?"

"Sure, what is it?" the young woman replied.

"When we were fused as Lala and heard the prototype lovechildren, Lala's eyes lit up and we could see the prototypes themselves," Lola remarked. "What was that all about?"

"When fusees come to an equal agreement, curiosity, or something of a similar nature, the fusion's eyes can reveal things beyond their normal perspective," Carol explained. "Think of it like a type of super vision."

"And it might, like, also have to do with the fact you two are the successors of the prototype twins, too," Leni added. "Anyway, how do you feel after the whole endeavor?"

"Honestly? I'm excited to call the crystal leviathan into battle!" Lana answered, placing her arms behind her head. "Sure, that might not happen for a while, but it's still pretty awesome."

"And I'm just happy we gave the poor beast some closure," Lola added. "Nobody should have to go through that."

Leni chuckled, catching the twins' attention. "What's so funny?"

"You two, like, changed so much in just a couple of days," Leni answered with a warm smile. "One day, Lola's all focused on herself and a beauty pageant, Lana wants to do everything on her own, and you two fight like most twins do."

"But now look at yourselves: Lola's felt empathy for the leviathan, Lana is more open about her feelings and concerns, and you two work together just fine!" Carol added with a thumbs up. "You should be proud!"

The twins smiled, exchanged satisfied looks, and stated in unison:

"We are."

"Let's go back home," Leni said. "Who knows what's been going on while we were here."

"Yeah, especially since time tends to act weird in these kind of dimensions," Carol added.

Carol opened a portal soon after, which she and Leni jumped through as the twins took a look back at the dimension, then held hands and jumped through as well, ready to return to their home.