Chapter 10: The Umbran Armor unleashed - Assault at the Bridge of Remembrance!
In the last episode of Love live: Umbran Phenomenon...
When Honoka was the first to clear the mist away, what she saw made her eyes widened and her jaw dropped at the abject sight of it...
"It...it...It can't be...!"
For right in front of her very eyes, was Bayonetta riding a giant black and gold Magitek Armor with a big red core on its middle, a huge crescent shaped fin that was properly connected to a pair of jet powered rocket boosters, and its arms were armed with high-calibre Gatling guns with magitek pistons streaming out immense power!
The same crescent shaped object that was found on Bayonetta's new earrings...was on the fin itself! THE FIN!
The other members who recovered their sight also had their jaws upon the floor, yes, even Kotori and Umi were shocked despite the admiration!
"A...a...amazing!" Umi stammered.
"A...A mech...out of a earring...how is it...?" Kotori gasped.
"I need an explanation for this! How da heck is it even HUMANLEY POSSIBLE?!" Nico exclaimed.
"I guess not even we can explain...that!" Maki gasped.
"There is crazy and then there is this..." Hanayo's eyes frowned as her mouth agape. "JUST HOW?!"
Rin could only gave a sharp mew of shock.
Nozomi even went so far as to rub her eyes, shuffled her tarot cards and took out an Arcanum just to make she was not wrong the previous two time...
And it was still Universe.
"And here I thought we have seen it all..." Tsubasa went wide eyed.
"Oh...my..." Anju stammered.
Their morales rose, certainly, but they were still stunned by the audacity of it all!
An Umbran Medieval Mechsuit?
One that was from the past years ago?
And one that materialised out of a pair of earrings that was originally owned by Bayonetta's mother?!
Bayonetta grinned as she clutched the dual throttle controls upon the control panel, and as she saw both Rosa and Balder's apparitions nodding via the snow's halation, her smile could never get any more hedonistic.
"It's time I should tuck you all in, naughty angels! LET'S ROCK!" Bayonetta shot out with utmost, hedonistic, confidence that bowled the angels over.
(Recap end)
Verse 1 - Bayonetta Start!
OST Played: Riders of the Light (Wonderful Rush ReMIX) Bayonetta OST
Before the angels could even get a hit on Bayonetta, the Umbran Armor swiftly sped forward via a burst from its jet boosters and swiftly body slammed straight into a couple of Urbanes.
Bayonetta gave a confident smirk as she pressed some buttons upon the dashboard, transformed the Gatling guns upon its pair of claws into a pair of large shotgun barrels, swiftly slugged several bunch of Urbanes, Applauds, and Ardors with a one two punch so large, that its shockwave uprooted numerous large trees, abandoned buildings, and even a giant fountain! Bayonetta's Umbran Armor then swiftly transformed its arm-mounted shotguns into a pair of large, high-calibre chain guns as it surrounded itself in a bright purple arcane aura.
Several other angels attempted to lunge towards the Umbran Armor, but were soon greeted by a whole barrage of rapid fire bullets that tore through their thick armour like silky sheets of papers and blasted them into bits, flesh, and tiny pieces! The bigger Beloveds, Gravitaas, and Urbanes were punctured by the rapid barrage's huge impact and were sent crashing tens of meters away through several dead trees!
"T...That strong?!" Honoka gasped.
"Even the bullets and piston fists can pack such heat? How did it get so much firepower to begin with?"Eli asked in shock; her eyes widened even more.
Maki flipped through the pages of Antonio's Topic of Magic Book and found out a sub headline under 'Umbran Armor'.
"To think such technology even exists in the medieval realm...I mean, they are advanced by human standards, but to already catch up to 21st century technology before the actual century themselves? I can't deny...it's rather impressive!" Maki looked upon the giant mech in action in admiration.
"I still cannot believe that such technology even exists...technology that can pushed the limits to destroy the corrupted angels..." Anju shook her head in awe.
Before anyone could even answer, Bayonetta grinned as she piloted her Umbran Armor to grab an Urbane by its right leg, stretched its limbs, and grinned with a hedonistic smile as she swung the hapless giant effortlessly like a ragdoll on high. The Umbran Armor then swept, smashed and slammed through an entire field of continually descending Ardors, Fairness and Applauds; their bodies soon crushed by the swing's sheer crushing force alone as Bayonetta piloted its Umbran Mech to stomp on the other smaller Affinities and Ardors that were unfortunate enough to meet its shotgun-imbued legs!
Several Grace and Glory lunged from the back, but Bayonetta grinned as she activated the Umbran Armor's afterburner system upon its jet boosters, blasting them with such intense Umbran Magic that it sent them sailing past the two idol teams and crashed right in front of a huge statue!
Bayonetta then ended off the combo by piloting the Umbran Armor to jump in the air, flipped several times in the air, slammed the gravitas on the ground hard, and unleashed a huge sweeping bat swing that sent numerous Fairnesses, Grace & Glory, and even a few Urbanes into oblivion!
"I still.,.can't believe this thing even exist in medieval times since...what...how?" Nico shook her head in utter disbelief.
"To think such technology exists...amazing..." Kotori followed.
An Urbane and a Gravitas launched their respective elemental beams with their hammers, but Bayonetta swiftly dodged out of harms way, activated Witch Time, piloted her Umbran Armor to slammed its body with Gigaton force, one-two punched them with its piston fists once more, and unleashed another huge barrage of bullets to sent the oppositions and its minions flying through the land; some even exploded into blood and halos for Bayonetta to rack in the mullah!
Numerous Urbanes began swiftly descending from the skies, threatening to stomp Bayonetta from above, but the Umbran Mech managed to deliver a barrage of high speed punches via Witch Time, brought them down to their knees, kicked several of them with its giant left shotgun mech legs, and blasted them into a pile of bloody joy. Bayonetta's Umbran Armour even dragged down one of the Urbanes, kicked it in the butt, and proceeded to spank its ass off as it screamed in abject agony like a headless chicken!
Several Applaud A and Bs attempted to swoop in for the kill while Bayonetta was 'distracted'; they were in for a shock.
"You guys, so eager to touch me?" the Umbran Witch smirked as she brought out her Alruna and forcibly installed inside the dashboard's orb - its CPU compartment unit. Within moments, the Umbran Armor materialised a pair of giant Alruna - rose-whip contained in a gun-shaped container - upon its feet!
"Wait...WAIT WHAT?!" Nico's eyes almost bulged out!
"I clearly remembered the records saying that the Umbran Armor was only capable of unleashing barrages of Umbran Bullets! How is it capable of adaptive weaponry?" Maki shook her head in disbelief.
"There's more to the Umbran Arts then you can ever comprehend, Maki!" Bayonetta grinned.
"Let's whip it good!" Bayonetta grinned as she piloted the Umbran Armor to unleash two giant spiky Alruna whips in a graceful breakdance, gained enough height, then proceeded unleash a huge burst of giant shotgun blasts by spinning about while hovering midair, blasting numerous fly Applauds into oblivion!
The Umbran Mech then unleashed a descending flipsaw with her Alruna, sending the whip crashing upon the floor and bringing a huge shockwave that blew the surrounding angels brain out!
Just as the several Fairness flew haplessly into the air due to the shockwaves, Bayonetta blew a kiss which sent the Umbran Armor aiming with its right arms, and...
"Adieu!"
*BOOM!*
A huge Umbran Missile shot out of said arm, blasted heads on towards one of the Fairness, collided with even more flying Fairness, and resulting impact sent even the giant Urbanes, Gravitas, and Beloveds crashing heads on towards a nearby mountain!
The Umbran Armor twirled around gracefully, tripped a giant Beloved upon its feet, and jumped on top of its back!
"Your halos are mine!" Bayonetta taunted as the mech kicked the ground, began twirling, and unleashing a huge barrage of machine gun blasts from both of its hands...
All while enemy surfing on top of the gigantic Beloved!
The Umbran Armor then swiftly grabbed the Beloved's disgusting baby face, did a somersault flip, slammed the latter's giant body upon the ground like a ragdoll, did another overhead slam dunk, twirled around, fired its right piston arm, and sent the Beloved's body straight into a charging group of Applauds and Fairness like a bowling ball!
A group of Gravitas fired their condensed lasers towards Bayonetta's back, but the Umbran Witch managed to pick up the charging tone, smirked, swiftly turned around in time to dodge, activated Witch Time, swiftly body slammed the Gravitas, unleashed giant Umbran Bullets the size of Bullet Bills!
Several Applaud A whipped out their arrows and transformed them into a chain sword, but Bayonetta slotted her Shuraba into a dashboard hole; the Umbran Armor soon materialised an enlarged version of the demonic katana and proceeded to brandish numerous sword slashes upon its heavy armoured foes like butter on hot knife!
Both Muse and A-RISE watched upon Bayonetta's Umbran Armor in abject awe; even Umi, who was usually shying away from insane or zany stuffs, soon found herself materialising her Suijin bow as she gave an embarrassed smile.
Verse 1 – Umi and Kotori start!
Umi then saw several Applauds B descending from the skies, attempting to pile on the assault and replace their fallen brethren. The blue hair girl swiftly took up her Kyudo position, aimed towards the skies, felt a huge surge of arcane energy throbbing through her veins, and felt herself smiling.
"You know what though? It maybe crazy, but we all need some crazy someday - it's not living if we don't!" Umi shot out as she unleashed a huge barrage of aquatic arrows that danced around one another and rained upon the angels' armour with relentless ferocity!
"Umi is right...it sure is unexplainable why those crazy stuffs happened, but I guess it us safe to roll along for the ride!" Kotori smiled softly and chimed in as she strummed her fingers upon Joro's strings. Charging up large amounts of arcane energy upon her fingers, Kotori unleashed a huge wave of arcane energy that imbued the aquatic arrows with immense energy.
Umi then dashed towards several Fairnesses, unleashed a huge barrage of aquatic arrows to pierce through their armror and made them keel. She then proceeded to channelled blue orbs of energy via her Suijin into her fists and proceeded to unleash sweeping punches and over head kicks to shatter through their armour with torrential force!
Several Grace and Glory clawed up the distances between them and Kotori and threatened to lunge into her, but Kotori spun around and unleashed a energetic chorus that materialised numerous arcane hexagonal plates that surrounded her in a sphere - neutralising every single damage the angels piled upon her. The Grace and Glory batch made themselves arrow fodder as Umi charged up her bow, unleashed three giant leviathan-shaped arrows towards the angels, and crushed them with the immense pressure brought on by the arrows' body!
Several more canine dominions shot forth their fire balls towards Umi, but Kotori stepped in, charged up immense electrical energies upon her fingers, strummed her harp once more, and unleashed a huge wave of synth blast that not only reflected the fireballs back towards the enemies, but also outright stunned them in shock! Umi and Kotori then combined forces; Umi jumped up to rain numerous arrows, surrounded the shocked enemies in a circular formation, and Kotori cranked up the synth upon her Joro to unleash a huge infernal lightning that electrocuted the angels into massive amounts of halos!
"It sure is crazy...but as long as Kotori is with me...I kinda like it!" Umi chuckled shyly and admitted, with Kotori chuckling along.
Verse 1 – Nozomi and Eli start!
Nozomi shrugged, gave a silly grin, drew out her Fortuna, charged up large amounts of electricity, and sent it crashing down upon the group of Gravitas charging towards her back!
"Hoooome Run!"
A pair of Urbanes managed to catch a falling Gravitas, but their sight was soon greeted by a grinning Nozomi as she swung her Fortuna and slammed them into a home run just as confettis flew out from outta nowhere!
"Now that, is a smash hit!" Nozomi grinned as she proceeded to slammed hard against some more charging Fairnesses with a large slam filled with immense electricity!
"You know what?" Eli grinned as she equipped herself with Terpsichore. "I am beginning to like this trip a whole lot more!"
Drawing up large amounts of immense arcane energy, Eli spun around rapidly with one skate outstretched, unleashing large amounts of arcane blades that sliced through the group of Ardors' flesh with utmost accuracy and even shattered their shields completely! Taking advantage of the Ardor's shock, Eli swiftly unfurled her Terpsichore fan, unleashed a barrage of pirouette slashes, punches, swiftly cancelled her combo shortly to execute a flurry of charged kicks, jumped up in the air to unleash another flurry of large kicks.
"Eli! Catch!" Bayonetta grinned as her Umbran Armor unleashed a massive piston punch that sent several gravitas, Urbanes, and even Beloveds upon the blonde's way!
Eli swiftly launched herself into a pirouette which sliced off the surrounding angels that threatened to get her, and finished off her combo by unleashing numerous giant heel stomps made out of arcane energy. The last of which blossomed into a huge cherry blossom explosion!
"Ah...the footsteps of spring! Horosho!" Eli winked.
Verse 1 – NicoMaki start!
Nico gave up trying to find any logic behind what she was seeing, finally shrugged, and decided to join the flow; equipping herself with Euphrosyne.
"You know what? This is already going nuts, but why not? Might as well just let ourselves go!" Nico unleashed a huge wallaqq of light that scorched through the group of Fairness's armor and melted them to bits and pieces!
Several Fairnesses managed to dodge out of harm's way and launched several fireballs towards Nico, but huge bolts of purple lightning descended from the heavens, struck through the fireballs, and reflected them back towards the canine angels for massive damage!
"You can never go on a day without getting yourself into trouble, huh, Nico?" Maki huffed softly as she stood behind her back, armed with her Psyche Grimoire.
"Geez, this trip has already become crazy from the word go! What else do you think I can do other than to jump in the craze?" Nico pouted.
"Is it wrong to enjoy it with someone?" Maki pouted in return. "Not that I am suggesting anything or..."
Nico blushed lightly at Maki's remark and soon found herself grinning from ear to ear; it was Maki anyway, what else can Nico herself expect?
Maybe that was what make life interesting to begin with despite the downs - it sure was unexplainable how a lot of crazy stuff she seen so far could happen...but could not deny that it was really fun!
"Tis trip is crazy, and it sure is mind-blowing, but I gotta admit...I kinda like it!" Nico winked. "As long as you're by my side!"
Maki chuckled softly and gave a frowning smile as the duo faced a group of baby-faced Beloved and Braves; several more Ardors materialised into the scene too, ready to pounce.
"Shall we continue where we left off? We ccan just question how crazy it all is after; besides...it's not as if it is bad at all to let it loose with those uglies around." Maki chuckled softly, her urge to go in with the tide got the better of her; not that she minded.
"Yeah! Let's!" Nico grinned.
Both Nico and Maki stood back to back; Maki began chanting some arcane words as her Psyche Grimoire began glowing, while Nico joined in and surrounded themselves with a combination of fire, ice, and solid light!
"NicoMaki Radiance: Novae Burst!"
Maki summoned a circular rune that materialised as a platform right beneath the duo's feet, unleashed mystical arcane energies to enhance the swirling elemental vortex made by the Euphrosyne, and engulfed the enemies in a giant spherical vortex that scorched the angels off their armours and flesh!
Several Fairnesses attempted to dash towards the duo after they executed their combined attacks, but a slew of explosion soon greeted beneath their feet as they tripped up several mines made if solid light!
"How'd ya like me sneaky mines?" Nico grinned as she managed to evade an icicle shockwave unleashed by a giant Ardor.
"Nico nico nii!" Nico grinned as she concentrated large amounts of infernal arcane energies, raised her arms into the air, and summoned a slew of meteors that crashed upon the angels' icicle armours in one fell swoop!
"Nico! Maki! Have a little fun with these!" Bayonetta grinned from ear to ear as she tossed several Beloveds and Urbanes straight towwards Nico and Maki.
"Ready, Maki?" Nico nodded.
"Comin right at ya with support, Nico!" Maki simpered as she sang a chorus from one of the traditional Japanese folklore song, imbued it with arcane runes upon the sacred pages pf Psyche, and casted a huge charm that raised Nico's reflexes by soothing her nerves.
"Holy Burst: Channeler Bolt!" (Maki)
"Nico Nico impact: Radiant Burst!" (Obvious as to who did that, right?)
Nico successfully performed a slide dash towards the group of angels that Bayonetta thrown at them, swiftly stood up thanks to her enhanced reflexes, twirled around, changed her Euphrosyne into pale yellow, unleashed numerous streams of light that danced around one another, and rained down spears of solid light towards the thrown angels!
Maki casted an incantation, concentrated a huge amount of arcane light energy into numerous light and dark arrows, immobilized the surrounding angels, and shocked them with an immensely powerful arcane lightning!
"Holy Burst: Speedy Mantra!"
"Holy Mantra: Solar Pulse!"
Gathering large amount of arcane light energy into a large light orb, Maki and the four glyphs pulsated in a swift - but constant - frequency like a massive generator as a huge wave motion blast engulfed her fair share of angels within seconds flat!
Several Grace & Glory leapt across the blasts and threatened to claw Maki, but Nico concentrated large amount of light, fire, and ice energies upon her Euphrosyne and twirled them just to materialise a huge gatling gun with six pistons!
"EAT MY SMILES! Nico Nico Radiance: Scorching Vulcan!"
A barrage of highly pressurised arcane radiant bullets blasted straight towards the incoming Grace & Glories, giving them no chance to defend as the scorching bulletsblasted some of them into oblivion, and even blasted some of them back towards Bayonetta, who proceeded to pepper them with several one-two piston punches, ending off with another barrage of rapid fire Umbran Bullets!
"Yeah!" Nico and Maki grinned as they stood back to back upon the charred bodies of the fallen angels.
Verse 1 – Rin and Hanayo start!
Rin rubbed the metal tips of both of her Benzaiten's claws together, ignited it in intense fire, dashed towards her fair of enemies with Hanayo right behind her, did a graceful somersault, and slammed her Katars right down in an immense wave of fire!
Hanayo shivered as the angels looked disgusting looking, but became increasingly more uncomfortable when she saw a giant Beloved's sprouting hearts upon gazing her!
Without any hesitation, Hanayo planted her staff, and shot out...
"Answer my prayers, Staff of Feronia, please help me!"
A huge gale soon blew past, creating large slices of razor wind blades that brought forth cherry blossoms and soon sliced across her fair share of angelic mooks.
The giant Beloved, though heavily damaged, continued to brave the rain and charged past the initial storm, determined to get its hand on Hanayo, much to her disgust. However, Rin charged across, leapt into the skies, charged up large amounts of electricity, materialised a pair of feminine angel wings upon her back, and soon launched herself in a powerful dynamic entry kick right in the Beloved's kisser!
"Rin...thank you!" Hanayo blushed and smiled.
"I won't let the creep get to you, nya!" Rin blushed happily and grinned.
As the giant Beloved roared and attempted to have another go, but Hanayo charged up arcane energy and summoned a huge and translucent lotus flower cage to trap the giant cherubim in. Rin attempted to charge into the fray to attack, but a blushing Hanayo summoned a cherry blossom-themed rope to wrap around Rin gently, brought her back to Hanayo herself, and proceeded to embrace and kiss her!
A huge pink aura soon surrounded the young couple as it charged up Feronia's arcane orb; Hanayo swiftly separated herself from the kiss in time to unleash the same burst of energy as a globe towards the lotus cage and engulfing the Beloved in a huge explosion that soon became a shredding vortex!
"K...Kayochin..." Rin was surprised, albeit pleasantly, as she touched her tender lips.
"I guess...it is also about time I show how thankful I am...falling in love with you is...right?" Hanayo blushed happily and shyly.
Rin saw Hanayo's shy and lovely smile and smiled softly along; she had surely gained more confidence as time went on – of course she would be proud of Kayochin; why not?
"Kayo! Rin! Heading your way!" Maki shot out as she unleashed a huge burst of concentrated Ashura Fire Blast straight towards a group of surprised Applauds and sent them flying straight towards Rin and Hanayo!
Rin and Hanayo nodded to each other as the former swiftly blitzed towards the pack of angels, unleashed shockwaves via her jabbing that threw then down and stunned them, rose to the air, attacked them with a mid-air pirouette that sliced through their bodies with infernal powers, and sent their foes crashing down the floor,.
Hanayo swiftly activated her Feronia and released huge amount of arcane wind magic that imbued Rin's pirouette. The huge wing surrounded Hanayo became bigger as the wind blades began to slice and slash through their flesh and bones left, right, and sideways!
"The smell of spring, the beauty of a new beginning!" Hanayo and Rin shot out as a huge cherry blossom vortex surrounded them soon after and shredded the fast approaching angels into pieces!
Bayonetta installed a pair of Lt Col Kilgore launchers into the dashboard, transforming the Umbran Armour's arms into a pair of high tech rocket launchers!
"Rocketastic!" Bayonetta grinned as she grappled towards a huge Gravitas, slammed it head on, punched it several times in a row while causing damage to those behind, activated its overdrive systems upon its arms' pistons, and unleashed twelve giant rockets that blasted past the foes' thick armor, scorched their flesh through giant explosions, and sent them sailing towards Erena and Anju!
Verse 1 – Erena and Anju start!
Several more angels leapt across the helpless angels to assist in fighting the two A-RISE members, but Erena materialised her Maia, charged up swiftly, unleashed a giant pirouette slash that sent the drew the helpless angels towards herself, to which she promptly unleashed several cross and cleaving slashes to slice them up.
Erena then proceeded to throw her Maia like a boomerang, unleashing a huge burst of disc energy as the round trip sliced through and stun locked the angels mid air!
Anju kissed the barrel if her shotgun, imbued it with a glow of purple, aimed towards the hapless angels, and smirked.
"Shots Fired!"
*BOOM!*
Held at close range, Anju's Ananke unleashed a huge arcane blast towards the vortex, twirled around gracefully, unleashed another shotgun round, then proceeded to whip out another Ananke and unleashed two powerful magma shotgun blast straight towards the round trip; the resulting combined bullets forced them into giant arcane explosion that shredded and blasted the angels into oblivion!
A pair of Grace and Glory proceeded to lunge towards a seemingly unsuspecting Anju from opposing sides, but the light brown lady simpered calmly as she crossed her arms, lock and loaded her Ananke, and unleashed two armor piercing shotgun blasts that sent them flying full force back to square one; their flesh and bones crush by the shotgun bullets' sheer close range force!
Erena swiftly stabbed through a shocked Glory, proceeded to swing the second sphere angel, threw it towards Anju who proceeded to blow its head off and leapt towards Erena herself. The purple hair lady proceeded to grab Anju by her hands as they danced gracefully, gazing upon each other's eyes as the charged Maia's elongated blade body sliced through the surrounding angels several times like ribbons. Anju then swiftly placed Erena down as the latter high-kneeled and the former waved her hands in several angular directions to fire her Ananke and blast the helpless angels into oblivion!
Both Anju and Erena held their hands as they stood side by side, blushing happily at the teamwork displayed.
Verse 1 – Tsubasa and Honoka start!
Honoka spread out her sword-like wings, summoned several high arcane swords by her side, while Tsubasa unleashed numerous bullets filled with immense electrical energies crackling around them.
"Wrap!"
With a snap of her fingers, Honoka redirected the numerous sword projectiles and surrounded each individual Gravitas and Urbanes with rings of swords.
"Release!"
Both Honoka and Tsubasa shot out as they commanded their projectiles to rain upon the trapped Gravitas and Urbanes, stun locking just in time for Honoka herself to close in, charged up large amounts of arcane energy, timed it correctly till the precise moment when it glowed brightly, and unleashed a huge downward Volcanic Strike that sent the surrounding giants flying. Honoka then swiftly activated her EXceed Trigger, grabbed the Gravitas that was right beneath her with the Aura of Xochiphilli, slammed it straight down as she pummelled its tiny baby face, grabbed its legs once more, then slingshot the giant towards Tsubasa, who proceeded to place a dark flare bear trap which consumed the giant angel in a huge arcane flame prison as it sailed close to A-RISE's main leader!
A huge explosion soon occurred, blasting the angel with crippled limbs and massive over time damage due to burns, but Tsubasa proceeded to unleash Shocking Party: Acid Rain and rained down loads of energy orbs mercilessly upon the Gravitas's body!
One of the Gravitas managed to recover mid air and attempted to slam its icicle hammers towards EXceed Honoka, but the leader of Muse swiftly turned around, timed her blocks with the Aura just perfectly enough for Xochiphilli Gauntlets to glow immensely, grabbed the chains connected to the Gravitas's hammer, pulled it close to her, and let loose a huge impaling punch that crushed every bones and sinews upon its body, along with the unfortunate few that surrounded it in a fan-shaped area of effect shockwave explosion!
Honokaa then proceed to rain down several sword projectiles upon a group of Beloveds, blitzed herself into a huge combo of sweeping punches, uppercuts, hooks, and massive comet kicks that unleashed high-pressurised shockwaves to blast and crush her oppositions; her movements were so swift that rhe angels themselves thought that it was just a blur of brown before their bodies promptly goes boom!
The few that were blown away by the explosion were soon greeted by Tsubasa landing on the other side, unleashing her Exceed Trigger, peppered the helpless angels with numerous concentrated arcane bullets, commanded the Exceed Aura – Venus to charge up, and unleashed a huge stream of crimson lightning blast towards the giant angels, sweeping them into dust and sparks!
"Yahoo!" Honoka cheered on, clearly enjoying the fight with Taubasa despite the initial shock of Bayonettta's Umbran mech.
"I kinda am getting the hang of this crazy stuff happening now!" Tsubasa chuckled and gave a big thumb up towards her lover who gave a blushing smile in return.
"Catch!" Bayonetta grinned as she proceeded to stun a Gravitas and a giant Beloved by punching it several times, and proceeded to throw them towards Honoka like a ragdoll!
Honoka charged up immense energy once more, slammed her gauntlets upon the floor, and unleashed a tidal wave of bright, solid energy wave that swept the incoming target away!
Tsubasa managed to twirl past a pair of buffed up Grace and Glory with a pirouette, got behind their back with grace, and swiftly smashed their skulls open with an EXceed Triggered pistol whipping –cum-vice grip combo- and proceeded to blast them with arcane bullets
She then twirled around, summoned an Infernal portal beneath her feet, teleported through that, appeared right above the Gravitas, and greeted it with a crushing heel stomp, obliterating the corrupted angel with panache!
"Get ready for the climax!" Bayonetta grinned as she activated the Umbran Armor's thrusters and flew up towards the skies.
Bayonetta smirked as she charged up large amounts of arcane energy, brought out her middle finger, slotted it inside the mech's key hole, turned it, and hotwired the mech suit as it glowed purple into massive overdrive.
The entire mechsuit cranked up as its arms soon brought out several more giant rocket launchers, two pairs of giant railguns sprouted out from the thrusters and side compartment, massive shotguns were seen attached upon the mech's feet itself, and four chain gains upon each arm's extension pods!
Everyone's jaws dripped once more at the sheer arsenal Bayonetta unleashed!
"That many guns, how can she..." Nico wondered.
"Magic? Still...that is just...crazy...but awesome!" Rin grinned.
"Now that...is a spectacle!" Eli grinned. " No holds barred on them uglies!"
"Pummel them good!" Nozomi grinned.
"Shower them with our form of love!" Kotori chirped. "Made form our well-wishes!"
"Now...finale!" Bayonetta shot out as she unleashed a gigantic spray of homing Umbran Missiles, bullets, shotgun shells, and arcane electricity raining down the unfortunate angels daring enough to even charge through the battlefield; the lot of them!
When the dust settled and all was calm, only the slumping, crashing sounds, and the sounds if angels exploding into halos could be heard.
Muse, A-RISE, and Umbran Armour Bayonetta stood tall and proud; they won the assault, the day was saved!
Verse 1 – all completed!
Umi Sonoda
Combo: 65000
Time: 3.30
Damage: No damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Umi's comment: Bathe in the ocean's calm!
Kotori Minami
Combo: 65000
Time: 3.25
Damage: No damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Kotori's comment: With Umi, our love shall soar – Wonderful Rush!
Eli Ayase
Combo: 55000
Time: 2.45
Damage: No damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Eli's comment: Our dreams renewed, and so we shall rise!
Nozomi Tojo
Combo: 85000
Time: 2.30
Damage: No damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!2
Nozomi's comments: Naughty angels, I will spank! Hehe...
Honoka Kousaka
Combo: 105000
Time: 2.15
Damage: No damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Honoka's comments: Yay!
Nico Yazawa
Combo: 65000
Time: 2.22
Damage: No damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Nico's comments: Nico Nico nii!
Maki Nishikino
Combo: 59000
Time: 2.22
Damage: No damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Maki's comment: Charm 'em down!
Rin Hoshizora
Combo: 65789
Time: 2.24
Damage: No damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Rin's Comment: Nyaaaa!
Hanayo Koizumi
Combo: 58000
Time: 2.24
Damage: No damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Hanayo's Comment: I...I did it! I can do it...yes!
Tsubasa
Combo: 85689
Time: 2.15
Damage: No damage
VVerdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Tsubasa's comment: Dancing non stop, all day long!
Erena
Combo: 59480
TIme: 2.34
Damage: No damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Erena's comment: Shots fired!
Anju
Combo: 62000
Time: 2.34
Damage: No damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Anju's comment: You rash heads, when will you ever learn?
And for Bayonetta...
Bayonetta
Combo:23344730
Time: 2.00
Damage: No Damage
Verdict: You are awarded the Pure Platinum Medal!
Bayonetta's comment: Baaaad boy!
"Now that is one helluva climax!" Bayonetta grinned as she dematerialised her Umbran Armour and landed on the floor, much to the idol's amusement.
"No matter how many times we are gonna just simply accept the crazy...I still can't believe that there was actually a genuine mech created in the medieval time!" Eli raised her eyes in amusement.
"It is silly, gotta admit...but I can't deny that it us really awesome!" Nozomi chuckled.
"That thing just come outta nowhere, and it is HUUUUGE!" Rin waved her arms out wide and flailing them in mid air
"You gals did great, cha?" Bayonetta winked. "I am always yearning for a good fight, never accept anything less! Still that was a splendid performance by every one of you, expected nothing less too!" Bayonetta grinned.
"Anything to help you out, Bayonetta!" Umi smiled.
"You know, maybe having some crazy awesome stuff in our lives ain't that bad after all, even if our mind's gonna be blown every time! In fact, I feel so lucky being able to see such a spectacle like these!" Kotori chirped and gave a bright smile.
"You gotta admit it, a mech suit that originated in Medieval time? That is straight up wacky through the window!" Tsubasa chuckled.
"I don't think we will ever be able to understand how she even had the ability to pull that one out!" Nico shook her head. "You know, mind blown would even be an understatement of the century!"
"With Bayonetta...I guess this world has gone from 'Why' to 'Why not?' in a matter of an instant!" Honoka grinned.
"Let's admit it, we're all gonna go crazy if we have to find things to justify the craziness we are experiencing, so why not just join in the ride? I mean, hey, even Umi is enjoying it too!" Nozomi chuckled.
Umi shrugged and simpered along.
"Gotta say, I will never understand how those earrings can spawn a mech suit for all we know, but I will be lying if I say it isn't awesome!" Umi chuckled.
"That is still an awesome display out nya! I mean...you mech can all those kinda stuff, really? " Rin' eyes glowed with curiosity. "Changing weapons into larger scales, and even surfing upon those mooks bodies and spin like...whoooosh!"
Bayonetta chuckled, "Now, now, calm down there, Rin! There's plenty of time to spare in discussing what you all have witnessed just now!"
Nico sighed and shrugged. "Well, I guess we might as well be prepared to have our minds blown then! Not that it is bad though; just surprised, is all!"
"Oh come on, face it, you secretly wanted to be in that cockpit and wreck stuff up, right?" Maki chuckled softly.
"H...hey! What is wrong about thinking that?" Nico pouted, much to everyone's chuckle.
"Still...what about Jeanne? Will she be okay? I mean...it is a huge fleet of Resplendences and..." Nico frowned in worry.
"Have ye old faith, Nico!" Bayonetta grinned. "I am sure Jeanne is enjoying tucking those angels in just as much as we do! Although I sure do hope Jeanne will be safe too."
"I just hope...mom is safe..." Kotori at once grew sombre as she shook her head, only to have Bayonetta snap her out of it.
"Nonsense! Jeanne maybe rash, but I am sure she had wised up a bit more since the near-death encounter with Inferno!" Bayonetta waggled her right index finger. "Otonokizaka will live to fight another day, you have my words!"
Kotori somehow felt a sense of reassurance never felt before; a reassurance that she can trust them, despite their status as being witches...after all, Dark is not evil all the time, right?
A reassurance from one of the two strongest beings in not just the world, but the universe in general.
A smile crept across Kotori's face as she regained her glowing smile once more, much to Bayonetta's grin.
"Now that's the smile I have been wanting to see!" Bayonetta praised.
"Again...I guess we are all fortunate to have met you and Jeanne!" Kotori nodded.
"You betcha!" Bayonetta chuckled.
"What shall we do for now? The fuel tank of Luka's chopper ain't gonna be refilled until an hour later..." Rin sighed.
Silence, then...
*Growl~~*
The rest looked around to see who made the embarrassing noise, only to find out that it was...Honoka.
"Eheheheh..." Honoka laughed sheepishly as she scratched her head. "All those fighting must have gotten us beat and hungry! Sides, our muscles are sore too!" .
"Honoka is right after all; if there isn't anything to fill up and recharge, our journey's good as gone!" Tsubasa nodded. "A break or two occasionally will do us just fine, helps with the pacing too!"
"Antonio , during his trip here, happened to know a place in Vigrid that served up some nice cuisines during first trip there, why don't we head on over and catch a breather, say?" Maki simpered.
"Do they serve white rice?" Hanayo's eyes glittered with curiosity.
"Hang on, isn't this whole continent under Chris's control? Wouldn't that be counterintuitive?" Eli wondered.
"Oh...shoot!" Hanayo sighed.
"How about we all drop by The Gates of Hell? Word is that Enzo's wife – Edna – is serving some nice casserole today. Kid you not, it is really good once you get to taste it! And yes, Hanayo, there us white rice too!" Bayonetta smiled calmly.
"What are we waiting for then? The food ain't gonna walk by its own!" Honoka cheered on, much to the team's laughter.
As they moved out, Kotori looked on at Bayonetta, clasped her hands, and prayed silently.
"If there be a god...may Queen Sheba please guide Bayonetta's lifelong friend to success...Otonokizaka to see the light of day!"
Otonokizaka
"Alright...thus should settle the admin matters for today, thank you for all your help, fellow staffs!" Mrs Minami simpered as the rest gave their fellow thanks just as they depart for their days off; the staff members of Otonokizaka Academy were having administrative meetings earlier in the day.
Just then, a bespectacled brunette came rushing in; one of Mrs Minami's secretary panted as she shot out in huge burst.
"Mrs Minami! The weather, it suddenly taken a turn for the worst; it's a freak show!"
Mrs Minami raised her eyebrows in concern; so many things have happened over the past year, what with Bayonetta saving Umi's soul and virtually saved the entire school idol industry from grief as a result, the reveal that the Trinity of Realities being real after all, and the both Bayonetta and Jeanne salvaging the opening ceremony of Muse's reunion concert a week back.
"Calm down, Hana; is everyone evacuated inside safely?" Mrs Minami responded.
"Yes, Principal Minami, but we're afraid that even that might not be enough, you have to take a look outside; it begets seeing!" the secretary frowned in worry.
Surely things would not go crazier than this...right?
Upon stepping outside if Otonokizaka Academy in hopes to alleviate their suspicions, Mrs Minami's eyes widened in fear...
She was wrong.
It was getting crazier...however, compared to Bayonetta and Jeanne's appearance, which was a turn for the better, what she saw was a lot worse.
Inky black supercell clouds darkened the light blue skies; its bodies blocking out the rays of sunshine upon the cheerful town of Otonokizaka, and lighting crashed through the chaotic skies.
Mrs Minami frowned and shook her head as she soon heard a familiar voice calling out to her.
"Hato!" a familiar redhead, in Mrs Minami's eyes, called out to her; after all, they have met several times before – the first of which was when Saiai herself had to assist in operating on young Kotori's weak legs years ago.
"Saiai? What happened? The whole cloud seemed to be..." Mrs Minami asked in worry; never had she saw a storm brewing with such intensity before – a supercell upon the horizon!
"It is not some natural disaster brewing, no." Mrs Nishikino frowned. "The wind is out for your blood!"
"W...what? How can it be? I swore I have never offended anyone!" Mrs Minami frowned and shook her head.
Mrs Yazawa, who was bringing her younger kids out for a walk, met both Hato and Saiai in a moment if coincidence, and so did Mrs Kousaka.
"Cocoa Yazawa? Cheri Kousaka?" Mrs Minami gasped.
"Brought my kids out for a walk and we're about to return back home when this sighting happened; it can't be just mere coincidence that this occured!" Mrs Yazawa frowned in worry.
"I was about to go out to pray for Honoka's safety...but yeah, this is no mere coincidence; with all the crazy things lately, I certainly agree with Saiai!" Mrs Kousaka nodded.
"It isn't just that, this cloud, this ominous chant...it is unmistakable!" Saiai frowned.
"What?" the rest wondered.
A huge aura soon materialised from the skies as a giant magitek ship filled with diamonds, jewels, coloured glass and ornate golden patterns covering up its entire body; a huge face with a sun-shaped mane made up the ship's mast, and aboard its body were light energy railguns.
The majestic ship unleashed a huge burst of solid light that sliced through the trees and erupted the ground in blazing devastation, sending numerous residents running towards whatever safe cover that they could find. The ship itself managed to detect its target – Mrs Minami – and changed its course to meet her in person...
Several more of the same models spawned out of their own halos afterwards...their halos were intricate, curving upon one after another in a beautifully confusing way, yet its pattern was unmistakable...
"First Sphere Angels...Resplendence!" Saiai frowned.
First Sphere Thrones
RESPLENDENCE
The leader of the Resplendences, denoted by its large Carnelian upon its forehead in a group filled with Rubies, spoke in a deep, bellowing voice.
"So...the traitor dared to show her face in front of us? Most audacious...but to be expected from someone who betrayed our master - Chris 'Quattro' Fuschia!"
Having received news from their fellow daughters that Chris Fuschia had gone off the deep end was not news to them; shocked they may be, but Chris's corruption and fall not the reason for their shock right now.
Rather, it was the fact that Mrs Minami was to be blamed for everything; it was not even true to begin with!
"How is it Hato's fault? She did not do anything that caused Chris to become what she was today - a despondent individual who severely needs help!" Mrs Nishikino frowned.
"Ah...yes...ignorance is bliss, Mrs Nishikino - go ahead and try to deny that the mother of Kotori Minami was the one who organised the exposure trip to New York in the first place! Were it not for that, then perhaps Muse might have a chance to stay. But no...instead, you have to bring our master down to such mental fragility!" The leader Resplendence bellowed.
"How is it that my plans, meant to benefit Muse at heart, be about disbanding Muse and breaking your 'master' down?" Mrs Minami frowned.
"Were it not for you, you Judas, then perhaps they would not have entered New York. If it weren't for the trip to New York, they would have never met the then disguised singer - Bayonetta - and Muse would never had disbanded in the first place! Our master would have used other effective methods to persuade them to stay, instead of using that infamous methods of gaining exposure through overseas!" The leader Resplendence bellowed.
"Says the quote unquote 'master' who supported Hato's plan to begin with!" Mrs Yazawa frowned.
Mrs Minami shot back. "She could have just refused, but she did not! Besides, how would we know that Honoka would have the fateful encounter with Bayonetta? All I did was to do what was best for Team Muse; whether they wanted to continue with their activities or not is entirely of their own volition - I had nothing to do with influencing their decision at all! We had did nothing wrong at all; her grief had blinded her own judgement!"
"Like what Hato said, it was no one's fault to begin with; it's just Chris's inability to cope with grief! I want to help her; we want to help her move on with life after Muse, but she choose to succumb to her own grief and sorrow!" Mrs Nishikino gritted her teeth upon saying what she had to say. "Besides, they choose to spread their wings and soar, while your master decided to clasp them and deny them their freedom! That is not caring; that's being selfish!"
"I cannot believe Chris could have sunk to such a level in sorrow..." Mrs Kousaka sighed deeply. "To accuse people of disbanding Muse when they are the ones who only wished for the best in Muse to begin with!"
"Grief may be a valid reason for Chris to be despondent, but it does not justify capturing Muse for your own accord, neither does it justify destroying Otonokizaka, and nor does it justify blaming Hoto when she organised the exposure concert to allow Love Live to gain global recognition, to allow them to see just how awesome School Idols are – team spirit and the friendship forged despite the fiery circumstances going against them!" Mrs Nishikino followed, her respect for school idols as being more than just entertainment happened ever since a year ago after Umi's incident caused the floodgates to be opened; Maki and her had a heart to heart talk.
Maki's determination to follow her dreams, balancing her passions, and Umi's incident made her realise that she should make the most out of it in this one lifetime - a suitable enough reason for Saiai herself to embrace Maki's passion in general and allowed her to pursue a music career while balancing her passion succeeding the hospital she would be inheriting.
"The end does not justify the means; tell that master of yours - Chris - we can still help her, it's not too late for her to turn back because we can help her from that cruel fate she's been suffering!" Mrs Minami frowned.
"Ah...humans, always ready to cover up a person's crime no matter what circumstances could carry. Very well...since all of you wished to follow and clasp upon the last straws to defend the Judas...I will cast judgement upon all, IN THE NAME OF EREDA, THE GODDESS OF HATRED!"
OST Played: Red & Black (Wonderful Rush ReMIX) Bayonetta OST
The leader of the Resplendence fleet – Resplendence Armada – unleashed a barrage of Gjallarhorn Magitek missiles and light beams towards the shocked ladies...
Only to the missiles to be swiftly parried by a swift blur of white; the missiles deflected back towards the Resplendence, causing major damages upon its face!
"I will never let you destroy the pride of Otonokizaka, much like how I will never let you destroy the Pride of the Umbra during the Witch Hunts!"
When the four ladies cleared the smoke, Mrs Minami's eyes was the first to grow wide with surprise.
Standing in front of them all, was a tall lady wearing a skin tight, white leather outfit, a circular clock medallion that was attached upon the circular cleavage window, and 3 belt straps wrapped upon her shoulders each. Long strands of hair flowed out from her elbows, wore a white feline leather helmet, and had two crescent shaped chains attached upon the bangles on her arms!
"Did...did that just happened? Single-handedly erasing the missiles?" Mrs Kousaka's eyes widened in shock.
"Y...You...Who are you?" Mrs Minami's eyes widened in shock; for the lady alone to deflect numerous barrages of hi-tech missiles right back at the Resplendences with barely a scratch was supposed to be a statistical impossibility!
"Fear not, Principal Minami!" The lady grinned. "Otonokizaka will live to see another day, free of those corrupted smites of light!"
Mrs Nishikino's eyes widened; how can there be a third Umbran Witch...unless...unless!
Yes...that must be it!
The white hair...
The same uniform as Bayonetta...
And most notably...her slightly harsher voice as compared to Bayonetta herself...
She kept quiet though; she would not want to deny the 'mysterious lady's fun', right?
"What?! An Umbran Witch? But I thought only two have remained – Bayonetta and Jeanne? Why is there a third one in question? Who are you?!" the Resplendence bellowed.
"Bitch, please!" the masked lady smirked. "If you think you are gonna accuse Principal Minami of something she had never done, you better think twice before I blow your brains out through the water!"
"It was that woman who caused our master grief, Witch!" the leader Resplendence bellowed.
"A grief that she could have easily resolved seeking medical attention instead of just bottling up, refusing help, eventually resorting to such underhanded means like running Umi Sonoda over to forcibly reunite Muse under tragic circumstances, and even accusing people of the things they had never done!" the lady shot back. "Or maybe she did not have the courage to face her fear and be instead swallowed by it all!"
"You dare speak against our master?" the Resplendence roared. "We will unleash judgement until your face is unrecognizable from the face of Earth!"
"Oww...says the one who has a face only a mother could love!" the lady smirked. "Lets see how that new model you have received from your 'master' will last under my power and all the burns I am gonna give!"
"Who do you think you are, withstanding the might of the Hierarchy of Laguna, protecting the weak and puny humans?!" the ship roared back.
The lady then twirled her hands as she materialized a red lightsabre emanating large amounts of lunar and demonic energies,swiftly drew a 'J' symbol with arcane magic, and swiftly struck a super hero pose while the plump cat keychain upon the sabre's hilt dangled cutely!
"I will teach you the finer points of justice, evil scums! For it is I...CUTIE J!"
(Scene ends with the surrounding shocked faces of Mrs Yazawa, Mrs Minami, Mrs Nishikino, Mrs Kousaka, and Mrs Yazawa's kids, with a huge sparkling alphabet 'J' illuminating behind the spotlight that was the superheroine - Cutie J!)
Who was this Cutie J?
How did she know a lot about Otonokizaka, or even the school in general?
And in what way will she save the town with style?
How did Mrs Nishikino knew about Cutie J?
Tune in for the next episode of Love Live: Umbran Phenomenon!
Chapter 11: You are the Dynamic J! CUTIE J!