CHAPTER II

NEW POWER, NEW BEGINNINGS

(The New Weapon)

Kotori went to The [Fraxinus] one day after Hikari returned, and began to think about something.

"Sure... Ginga is strong... I sensed it even though I was unconscious during that time as that cursed doll! But, since she is good, maybe we can bring her up with something..." Kotori babbled around as she sat down on her chair.

"Kotori... Is something the matter?" Reine came from behind, and asked.

"Reine... Did you remember the time when we were turned into dolls?"

"Yes... I think it was... 5 years ago?" Reine puts her index finger on her chin.

"It's actually 2 years ago." A large sweat drop appears behind Kotori.

"It's like this. The spirit that helped us return into our normal forms has returned, and I'm thinking on giving a gift, which is what I should've done 2 years ago."

"Sorry, but I don't know what to do either..."

Kotori then glanced at several Sephira Crystals on the table, and she widened her eyes.

"I think I know what gift that we should present to her!" Kotori stood up quickly.

"Umu?" Reine tilted her head in confusion.

Meanwhile, back down to street level, Hikari is wandering around the town, since the school term starts in 2 months, she was looking for AST members in this free time.

She then walked pass a girl, who is presumably 19 years old, and quickly smirked as she passed.

She knew that AST members can sense spirits using their realizers, and she noticed that the girl had an earpiece worn.

As she was about to talk on her earpiece, Hikari then turned around in an inhuman speed and grabbed the girl in the neck.

"Where is she?" Hikari said, her voice changing into Ginga's.

"W-What!?" After that reply, Hikari strengthens her grip on the girl.

"Where is Ellen Mira Mathers?"

"Don't be ridiculous, spirit! I won't give you her location!"

"Yes, of course you will." Hikari then drawed out her [Sephira Galactica] from her shirt's pocket and pushed the button which is recently installed onto it, since she is now Ginga herself.

A bright light shines on the pathway, and Hikari transformed into Ginga.

"[Virgo, Forced interrogation]!"

The girl then shook, before saying "She is somewhere in the middle of Tenguu, you won't miss her- WAAAAHHH!!!" She covered her mouth before saying "You used an interrogation spell!?"

Ginga then gently put her down, and pat her shoulder.

"No worries, I won't kill you. My intentions is just to have a fair duel with the strongest wizard."

The girl, still afraid, screamed as she turned her earpiece on.

"Looks like I'm going to have a little fun for a moment." Ginga said as she noticed several figures in CR suits appear.

Back at the [Fraxinus, Kotori saw the whole ordeal via the cameras that were discreetly hidden on the area.

"That fool! She's going to get herself killed! Tell them to speed up the construction!"

"As you say, Commander!" Vice chief Kannazuki said.

Back down at Ginga's battle, she was effortlessly fighting the CR units, by just parrying their sword attacks and returned a jab to each of them.

"Is there any of you that still wanted to face me?"

One of them converted their weapon into a minigun like weapon, and shoot the rapid rain of energy bullets at Ginga.

However, like when she faced Inverse Tohka, Ginga is immune to bullets, and the bullets simply bounce off and ricochet back to the shooter, who then flinched and knelt down to the ground, seconds later, she shakily stood up, and touches her earpiece

"Retreat, retreat!" The shooter said, and the CR units fled the area.

"Hmph- UAAHH!?" Ginga suddenly felt a blast of energy hitting her in the back.

As she turned around, it turned out to be a bandersnatch drone, however, not just one, there is exactly 10 of them, with the biggest one behind them.

"Impressive. I will enjoy this!"

Back in the [Fraxinus] , the weapon's construction is complete, which is reported by Kannazuki. Coincidentally, Origami was there too, to see the new weapon.

Kotori glanced at the new weapon and said "This is-!"

Now back down to street level, Ginga is barely able to beat down even one of the bandersnatch drones, and knelt down as she was already being slashed by one, and was shot by the 8 others, while the biggest just stood it's ground.

The light on Ginga's chest begins to blink. She has 90 seconds left to fight, or else she will never rise again if the light stops completely.

"Outstanding, the DEM bots are more powerful than I thought..."

As the 9 drones are about to shoot multiple blasts at Ginga, a bright light illuminated the area, blinding the drones' sensors, and since the light also had solar components in it, Ginga's light returned into it's blue color.

She remembers who this was, Tobiichi Origami.

She appeared in front of Ginga, holding what seems to be a wrist watch with a dial.

"Tobiichi..."

"Tendō Hikari. Here, a present from Kotori." Origami said as she gave the watch to Ginga, and vanishes.

Ginga instinctively knew what she should do with the watch, she put on the watch on her left wrist and spin the dial once.

"[SPIRIT LIVE- SEIREI GINGA SEPHIRA!]"

Ginga's appearance then changed a bit. the visor that she wore had a small round hole in the middle, and the collar and chest part of her Astral Seifuku became more metallic in color.

She spins the dial one more time, and the dial stops at a chibi portrait of Mukuro Hoshimiya.

[MICHAEL NO CHIKARA-YO!] The watch's AI said. It means 'The Power of Michael'

Ginga then positioned her arms into a cross shape, with the right arm being vertical, and the left being vice versa.

[SPACIUM RAY!] A blue ray shoots out from the right arm, and she directs it to the 8 drones. The large one flinched, and is about to shoot missiles.

Ginga quickly spin the dial, and it lands on Yoshino's portrait.

[ZADKIEL NO CHIKARA-YO! FREEZING SHOT!] This time Ginga positioned her arms into an L shape, and the vertical right arm shoots out a hail of ice, combined with freezing water, which blows the missiles up and hits the final drone, which then short circuits and exploded.

Ginga then glowed in a white light, and as it dissipates, she had returned into Hikari.

She raised her hand to the skies.

-To Be continued