Toa Solaric: How is it going, everyone? Welcome back to another chapter of Kamuro: Music of Heaven G. I don't own Kamen Rider or Senki Zesshou Symphogear G. They belonged to their respective creators.
Kamen Rider Kamuro: Music of Heaven G
Ch20: The Twisted God
"Where in the world am I?" Fine wondered as she woke up for the first time.
"This is certainly unexpected… seeing you again, Fine." Lapis remarked oddly.
Meanwhile Hibiki and the others who knows of Fine were surprised to see her again after Gaim did something to Shirabe's body.
"What did you do?" Kanade questioned sharply to Gaim. "Why is she back?!"
The Overlord let out a sigh. "To be able to save Shirabe-san, they must have bodies of their own. Or if one of them dies, the other goes along with them." Gaim explained calmly.
Serena didn't say anything after hearing her father's explanation while watching Fine with a caution expression.
"I see…" New Baron muttered quietly while glancing at the woman known as Fine carefully. This is supposedly the same woman responsible for how he winded up in this world. She defiantly isn't ordinary.
Fine turns to looks at Gaim and her eyes wide at the explanation. "H-How is it possible for you to have that kind of power? It would have been impossible for someone to separate me from my host when my DNA is supposed to take them over. So what's so special about you?" she asked incredulously and in disbelief.
"I am the Man of Beginning." Gaim answered, making the ancient priestess look urprised and shock at him.
"So you're the one who…" Fine trailed before continuing, "I never thought it was true."
Kanade marched toward the ancient priestess and punched her in the face, making the other look surprised by her actions.
"You…" Fine hissed at the redhead. "You're still around, you brat!?"
"Enough!" the redhead shouted, "Why aren't you with your stupid scientist, Fine? He did what you wanted and that was blowing the fucking moon into pieces! Aren't you satisfied your plan worked!?" She barked angrily at the woman who is responsible for the death of many but mainly her family.
Fine didn't say anything, but she slapped Kanade back in response for the punch in the first place. This made Kanade stumble back after receiving that blow from her.
"Kanade!" Tsubasa cried, worried.
"Like hell I would work with him again!" Fine stated, enraged. "If it wasn't for learning that he's a god forsaken parasite, I would have removed him from the start! Just like Kougane, I wished that I had disposed of him before getting close to my plan."
In case anyone forgot Fine's intentions, let's give a brief reminder. The ancient priestess intended to end the curse of Baal by working in the shadows, and become ruler of the world. She was dedicated to her scientific work till the very end and manipulated people for her own benefits, to achieve that very goal. Unfortunately, at the moment when she was close to achieving her plan, she was backstabbed by the artificial being known as Kougane who used her power to enhance his own armor.
"In other words, you don't like that parasite for trying to replace your god and being touched by him, isn't it? You two would make one hell of a match." Kanade retort dryly, making Fine increasingly angry.
"That's enough, Kanade!" A familiar voice shouted as this snapped her out of her thoughts and turned around to see Genjuro and Shinji regaining their consciousness.
"Old man…" Kanade spoke, surprised to see him reawakened.
"I see you have your own body, Ryoko," Genjuro said, stiffed. Even Shinji looks surprised by seeing Fine and Shirabe respectively, as he remembered Shirabe was the hose for Fine's reincarnation like Ryoko Sakurai.
"You should know that I don't go by that name anymore." Fine refuted to the red haired man.
"Speaking of Ver, where the hell is that bastard?" Ryoji questioned seriously after Kanade's words remind him about Ver and didn't see the scientist around.
Serena was the one who answered the question, "He somehow escaped this world with Maja after claiming he was going after the Golden Fruit in another dimension of Helheim."
"But doesn't the Golden Fruit prevent anyone from claiming its power until deemed worthy?" New Baron asked. He is quite familiar with how the Golden Fruit has somewhat a mind of its own.
"Not exactly, Kaito." Gaim answered grimly. "Maja is more dangerous than you would imagine."
"What exactly is he?" Lapis asked.
"He is Sagara's counterpart… unlike the Sagara you know. He has the power to go into the world of the dead, and manipulate those who have died. Not to mention stealing powers from entities, even those of gods." Gaim explains, "Somehow he ended up here and his power was limited due to the presence of the moon."
"It's hard to believe how such a curse on the moon can do such thing like limit power…" New Baron remarked to his old rival.
"That's because of you and Kougane bringing him into this world like Hase, Kaito, and others." Lapis concluded as everyone turned and looks at the immortal woman.
"I didn't think he would be interesting due to how limited his power was, upon stumbling out of that ritual circle. But to think he was okay with working with that parasite…" Fine said.
"But with the moon broken…that's why we experienced these strange trembles." Tsubasa said in realization as everyone's faces turned pale.
"If Maja does have that power… Ver is going to have an easy hand on obtaining the Golden Fruit and achieve what he wants most, becoming a god." Lapis concluded.
"Ver… that damn parasite…" Fine muttered.
In a different dimension of Helheim and within another realm of the universe, Duke and Maja stumbled upon the sight of their target. Hanging on the tallest tree…was none other than the Golden Fruit!
"Hahahahaha! There is it! The Golden Fruit!" Duke said, excited. "It's more beautiful up close!" he looks up with glee in his eyes. It's different from the footage left by his predecessor and different from Kougane, but he can feel the energy radiation from it. It was unlike anything he has researched in his life.
"Yes, indeed…" Maja mused as he watching the scientist trying to get the fruit itself.
The Genesis Rider hurried toward the Golden Fruit and reach for it. But the Golden Fruit's light flickered as it ejected a golden barrier, making the Genesis Rider look surprised, and he was sent flying backward in the process.
"Why you…" Duke growled angrily before he placed his Lemon Energy Lockseed into the slot of his Sonic Arrow.
"LOCK ON~!"
Duke pulled back the shaft and released it as the energy arrow hit the barrier. Nevertheless, the barrier was so strong that Duke's attack won't break it down. But the Golden Fruit did something that surprised both Duke and his ally as it released a similar attack back at Duke.
The attack hits Duke before sending him flying while knocking out of his transformation and reversal to his human form.
"Damn…" Ver hissed before stared up at the glowing fruit as it seemed to mock him. "Why? Why wouldn't it accept me! I am the one who is destined to possess its power! I am the chosen one who was going to become the… HEROIC GOD!" he exclaimed frustrated.
"In case you forgot, Professor, the fruit has a mind of its own. And will determine those it deems worthy of possessing its power." Maja said, coming to his ally's side. "Isn't that right, brother?" he asked in a mocking tone.
Coming out of nowhere was none other than Sagara himself with a stoic expression. "There is no way the Golden Fruit will accept anyone like you. Ver, you have no drive except your dark obsessions with that one woman, who will never love you for who you are. You don't possess the qualities that the Golden Fruit is searching for. Neither would I let it happen either." He seriously stated.
Ver can't help but look in disbelief until Maja marched to him.
"What are you going to do, Professor?" Maja asked to his ally on the ground. "Are you going to let them taunt you after coming this far to see the fruit? Are you going to quit when the power to rule is so close within your grasp?"
"I will not allow it… I will not allow the fruit to defy the one who is chosen to become the next God!" Ver gritted, getting himself up from the ground and taking his Lemon Energy Lockseed in his hand. "Even if my goal is all for nothing, I refuse to go back and be a weakling again! Many of those so called heroes never make it to their own happy ending… I'm going to surpass all of them! I will obtain the fruit even if it won't accept me for who I am! I will be the one who changes the world if everyone else is going against me!" he declared as his eyes turned into lava color immediately.
"Quick question, Lapis… what will happen if Ver tries to become a god without a woman who ate the same fruit?" Hibiki asked, confused.
"I literally have no idea…" Lapis admit. "I never really thought about that before… but the reason for man and woman who shared the fruit, is to balance the power."
"Then we might end up dealing with an idiot with a god complex who can explode at any time." Ryoji said.
"That sounds like something that might occur." Gaim agreed.
Genjuro suddenly noticed someone is missing among the group. "Where is Chris?" he asked, this seem to cause discomfort. Especially from Tsubasa, Ryoji, and Hibiki.
"She's gone." Tsubasa answered quietly. "She tried to end Bujin Gaim with a Swan Song…"
This made those, even Fine herself, flinch when they learned that Chirs had used her Swan Song knowing what happens when someone uses them.
"Is this true…?" Genjuro asked to Lapis who nodded.
"I am sorry. I couldn't reach her in time to stop…" He said with a downcast expression. He wants to say more, but he felt that it will make things more uncomfortable than before.
"C-Can we focus on the moon first." Hibiki nervously pointed as the moon seem to be moving forward toward the planet.
"And why should you be concerned?" Fine asked. "With the Frontier, we'll survival from the impacts of the moon." Not to mention that she has to stop Ver from using the Golden Fruit for his grandeur ambition.
"Don't screw with us, you stupid bitch!" Ryoji shouted, angry. "You and Ver are the worst people I've ever met! You think can rule the world after destroying the moon…but all I see is no one willing to follow or accept someone as selfish and self-centered as you are! There won't be anyone left for you to rule over at all!"
"That is true. Besides, you don't possess any qualities of a leader, but nothing more than a tyrant. No one will follow you." New Baron agreed.
Suddenly everyone heard an uncontrollable laughter and turned around to see Maria who finally regained consciousness to do so.
"What happened to Maria?" Hibiki asked with a concerned expression.
"Ver murdered her… Ver murdered Mama… Ver murdered Mama…" Maria said.
"Nee-san…" Serena said softly to her sister. "She did it to protect you."
"Like you would understand anything!" Maria snapped angrily at her sister, "You should've been there to protect her instead!" she stated angrily while her Symphogear relic around her neck is pitch black.
'I never have seen it like that before…' Hibiki thought shocked when seeing the Symphogear crystal turned pitch black.
Lapis came into Serena's defense. "What is wrong with you? Serena did her best to help and you want to put the entire blame on her! Your own sister who risked herself to come back here and she found an alternative way so you don't have to involve more innocence lives on your hands!" he protests.
"Shut up!" Maria barked angrily. "You don't know how I feel! You… the whole world, the whole universe are blamed for what happens to Mama! You introduced the Rider System to this world and it was the reason why Mama was murdered!" she accused angrily at Lapis.
This made Kanade and others look angry as Kanade refute. "Don't you dare put all of the blame on Lapis, you bitch!"
"Amou is right. And aren't you calling the kettle black? After all, you brought that fool to help you with your revolution that will destroy more lives, and even you can't keep that fool in line!" New Baron added, looking angry at Maria. "The reason why you couldn't beat him is that of your lack of a nonexistent resolve, as a fighter. And you're nothing more than a coward."
"Maria, you need to calm down…" Hibiki tried to reasoning with Maria. Only for Maria to lashing out in response by changing into her monstrosity form again. This made those who had never seen her like that before to look surprised. It wasn't long until Gaim raised his hand and projected a barrier around Maria to prevent her from harming Hibiki.
"How can this be? I was never aware that Maria could even do this due to her need of Linker for it…" Fine commented at this unexpected predicament.
"Maria…" Shirabe said with worried expression as Kirika shared an identical expression like Shirabe. Neither girls would imagine Marina ending up like this, especially after learning the woman who had taken care of them was murdered. Maria let out nothing but a feral roar and trying so hard to break out of the barrier like a feral animal trapped in a cage.
"Hibiki-chan, are you going to do what I think you're going to do?" Lapis asked quietly, glancing at the serious expression on Hibiki's face.
"I will. I know what it's like being trapped in that pitch form, and I don't want her to suffer that long." Hibiki stated.
"Are you sure that you can to do it?" Tsubasa asked, looking uncertainly. If Maria's armor is corrupting her, will Hibiki retain her sanity like before?
"If anything bad happens, I trust Lapis-kun to look after me like he always does." Hibiki said with a confident tone. "Will you?" she asked.
Lapis stares at her before giving a curtly nodded.
"Kouta..." Lapis said to his old friend.
With that, Gaim released the shield and Maria sprung out to attack. But Hibiki was ready before she can harm anyone.
"Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron…!" Hibiki sang her activation song.
Suddenly, berserker Maria stopped and gasps in pain as if something was wrong with her body. She tried to hold herself together, but it wasn't long until the darkness from her monstrosity form vanished and transferred straight to Hibiki as she once donned in her Symphogear armor again.
"You're okay there?" Kanade asked to her small successor who donned her old Symphogear armor again. She wanted to make sure that nothing bad happens to her when she reclaimed it (as Kanade only acknowledge Hibiki as her one and only successor).
"Yeah, it felt nostalgic…" Hibiki said, feeling pleased to have her armor once again.
Lapis heard sobbing and turned around to see Maria on the ground. "Maria, I think this is far enough. Nothing you do will bring her back."
"Then can't you revive Mama…?" Maria asked with grief expression. "You're supposed to be a being close to a god."
"Unfortunately…I cannot do that." Lapis answered.
"What about turning back time?" Maria asked.
"I don't have that ability either." The Overlord added. 'Sure there are Riders who can do that… but I'm not certain I can do something like that…' he thought.
"Wait, didn't Fine bring back the dead before?" Kirika asked.
"True…but it would require a large amount of energy. It did bring Ryoji Hase and Kaito Kumon here." Fine mused.
"Then can't you bring Mama back!?" Maria questioned.
"Unfortunately, that ritual requires a large amount of energy. I'm not certain that the gentlemen would donate now." Fine said, referring to Lapis, New Baron, and Gaim.
"Not interested…" Baron scoffed.
"Though I find it hard to believe… we have a more pressing issue to handle." Gaim said.
"We have a battle coming for us." Lapis said.
"Why? Why couldn't you help me bring her back?" Maria questioned loudly.
"The dead are dead, that's it. Who are we to play God?" Genjuro said as others look at him. "Who are we to demand those that have been laid to rest be forcibly brought back to life? What kind of people would we become if we forced those that rest to be alive and awake now?"
"How am I certain that you're telling the truth? I bet you're going to revive one of your own behind my back!?" Maria questioned angry.
"Then are you saying that you don't give her the right to deserve the chance of a peaceful afterlife?" Genjuro asked as this made Maria freeze. "How can you be sure that she wants to live again?"
"Hey Lapis…" Lapis turned toward Kanade.
"Doesn't your bracelet detect spirits?" she asked, remembering that Lapis said something about reunited with an old friend when visiting Rosyuo's grave.
"It only works when the spirits themselves still linger in the world than moving on," Lapis answered as this further proved that Chris and Nastassja are no longer among the living.
"What he says is true. Everyone should have one chance at living. No matter how harsh they could be. We cannot move to the future if we keep looking at the past." Serena said.
"Your sister is right, Maria. Doesn't her sacrifice mean anything to you?" Genjuro asked seriously. "If you cared about her, you shouldn't dishonor her wishes of saving this world."
This made Maria remember her Mama's death and her last request to save the world from Ver. "Then what am I supposed do without her afterward?" she asked… until a voice spoke up.
"One, you live against your sister's wishes. Two, your actions resulted in many innocent lives that didn't deserve to die. Three, you never made a decision for yourself or had a goal for yourself."
This made everyone look at Lapis who counted with his fingers.
"What are you doing?" Shirabe asked, confused.
"I'm counting up the sins she's committed ever since she started that conflict onto the city. Death is no way for someone like her to repent after everything she has done." Lapis explained.
"Are you forgiving her that easily?" New Baron asked, surprised.
"Not exactly, Kaito. After this is over, I will seal Maria's ability to sing and she has to learn how to live up with after what she done." Lapis said, making others look shocked.
"Sealing off her ability to sing?" Shinji looks surprised at Lapis's decision.
"…!"
"But Lapis, why?" Tsubasa asked when thinking that taking away Maria's ability to sing might be TOO much.
"To compensated the lives that were lost." Lapis answered calmly.
"Lapis… there could be another way than resorting to that! What about erasing the memories of Maria's action in from people's mind?" Tsubasa asked. Unknown to Tsubasa, when it comes to mentioning erasing memories… ended up triggering something in Lapis.
"If I did that, why didn't I erase Chris' nightmare from before? She wouldn't have problems to start over again, right?" Lapis asked angrily as this made Tsubasa and others flinched.
"Lapis… are you alright?" Kanade asked, feeling the chill emitting from Lapis.
"Do you think that I'm alright when I'm being reminded of something that I wished I had done earlier? Lapis growled angrily.
Maybe it wasn't a good idea for Tsubasa to bring up memories being erased since it made Lapis angrier than before.
"Lapis, calm down." Gaim said, placing his hand on Lapis's shoulder. "Whatever happened to her wasn't your fault. Remember…she's in a better place where she doesn't need to fight ever again."
"Kouta…" Lapis whispered quiet, "Thank you…"
Lapis' friends are surprised how Gaim managed to clam Lapis' anger so easily after Tsubasa accidentally suggested erasing memories. It shows that despite not seeing each other, the bond between them is still strong.
"But without the Linker, they won't be able to hurt anyone else again." Hibiki said. "You won't need to take away Maria's singing voice."
"But you should remember there are still people from other nations who would want to get their hands on Symphogear technology, especially those who can activate them." Lapis said. "Who's to say there aren't people out there that will go out of their way, to take those who can sing for Symphogear experiments?"
"That is true…" Serena said.
"I see. Sealing off her ability to sing will prevent her from being able to access her Symphofear, and might render other nations from seeking and exploiting her." Genjuro commented. But Maria is still a terrorist, she will still need to face prison for her actions.
"It is true that Ver and other bastards are responsible for this, but this was also started by Maria… though her not being able to sing after this might give peace to everyone." Ryoji said.
"Why would you choose this? Won't it be better off for you just killed me off after everything I've done?" Maria asked, that shocked Lapis.
Lapis' expression hardened as he looked back at Maria. "Don't think that I'm doing it out of pity. I won't forget that your actions caused the deaths of many. You're going to live, not just for everything you've done but for the lives that have been taken especially her. But your singing voice has to be taken away." He stated cold.
"Then what am I supposed to do when I can't sing? How am I supposed to live on after that!?" Maria questioned.
"I won't decide that for you, human. But… stand up and walk, keep moving forward… You have two strong legs, used them to make your own path." Lapis said. "There are other ways to move in life than just relied on singing for everything."
"You better not regret your decision," New Baron warned.
"I won't…" Lapis said.
Then the Overlord glares at Fine, who seems to wait for him.
"Are you certain that you will be able to keep that promise when this is over?" Fine asked. "I'm surprised that you didn't take the offer considering that Chris died when using her Swan Song since you'll do anything to save her. But I guess I can't expect much from you. How disappointing..."
"I don't recall needing to live up to your expectations." Lapis countered. "Despite that, I am close to divinity, I am imperfect. The fact that you never beat me proved that you're far worse than from imperfect. Even if I did that, Chris would be under your lease again."
"What do your friends think about this? Are you certain that they don't want her back?" Fine asked.
"We have to keep moving forward… or this world won't have any future to look for." Kanade said.
Hibiki spoke up. "At first I thought about bringing those back to life might be a good thing, but is it alright to force her back after reuniting with her parents again? We're human… we're supposed to have one life and cherish that every day." Hibiki said. "How can we ever trust us to even keep her own words?"
"As much I miss her, I don't know if we can trust Fine again after everything," Tsubasa stated with a cold expression.
Ryoji is the last person to respond.
"It would've been nice to have her back with us." Ryoji spoke.
"Is that so?" Fine asked.
"However, it would wrong of me to even think of dragging her back, when she wants to be with her parents more than anything else. It might be selfish of me wanting to bring her back from the dead…but it would be wrong to deny her of her own happiness." Ryoji said, shaking.
"But isn't it what it means to be a selfish human who wants things to remain the same? Fine asked.
"You have no right to say anything about being selfish after what your plan cost her…" Ryoji growled. "Lapis, what are we going to do about Fine?" he asked his friend.
"I will leave that decision alone to Genjuro and Second Division as Fine was originally part of their group in the first place." Lapis answered as he saw Genjuro nodded in affirmation.
"What about us?" Shirabe asked to him. "Are you going to seal our singing ability as well?" she asked uncertainly. She noticed that Lapis didn't say anything regards to Kirika or herself considering what they've done.
Though if he does consider it…maybe this will be the price they pay.
"I will let you guys stay with Kaito and continue learning under him." Lapis said. "But we should focus on the moon now. In order to stop it from descending any further…"
"Considering that the Frontier's systems are destroyed, Nee-san's song won't be able to reach the moon without them." Serena said.
"I wouldn't count on her when she doesn't have the heart or goal to save the world." New Baron said, noticing that Maria still has a doubtful expression.
"We have the three relics, it might not be much with the conditions of Frontier itself. But we need to stop the moon from further descending." Tsubasa said to others.
"Wait, won't this cause problem for you?" Lapis asked with worry. If the moon is back again, won't this make it difficult for Gaim due to him being the Man of The Beginning?
"Don't worry, Lapis. The other Riders and I figured a way to bypass the curse without a problem." Gaim replied assured to the Overlord.
"Let's get this done…" Ryoji said before getting out his Magma Saurian Lockseed.
"MAGMA SAURIAN!"
"Henshin!" Ryoji shouts serious before pressing his Seaboll Compressor.
"LIQUID~!"
Soon Ryoji is surrounded by hot magma liquid before he becomes Kurokage-Shin Magma Saurian Arms.
"MAGMA SAURIAN ARMS!"
Tsubasa soon closed her eyes and start singing, "Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri Tron!"
In a flash she donned her Symphogear armor, then a green hurricane surrounding her and donned her second armor.
Soon the two Riders and Symphogear got close to each other before they focused the power of the three relics. It wasn't long until there was a glowing aura emitting around them before their aura soared straight to the sky and into the broken moon.
But soon Kurokage-Shin and Tsubasa suddenly felt shockwave across their bodies as they're struggling to hold up as the moon continued its rapid descent.
"Tsubasa… are you alright?" Kanade asked.
"Could it be the weight of the moon might be too much?" Shinji asked with concerned.
"What's wrong, you two?! Is this the best you got for saving your world?" New Baron questioned to the other two.
"Who do you think we are, Kaito?" Kurokage-Shin growls angry despite the struggles. "If you can… take on the weight of the fucking moon! So can we…! Right, Tsubasa?" he asked to the bluenette.
"Yeah… we aren't going to let this world to waste!" Tsubasa said.
The two users of the relic soon give everything that they got. What New Baron says to them reminded them of unable to prevent Chris from using her Swan Song as the two vowed of not letting something like that happen again.
Serena then looks at Hibiki and other Symphogear users. "Hibiki, Shirabe, Kirika… I want you to use the Swan Song for me."
"What are you doing?" Lapis questioned as Serena got out her Symphogear Lockseed.
"AIRGETLAM!"
"Henshin…!" Serena shouts before pressed down her Cutting Blade.
"COME ON! AIRGETLAM ARMS! FATE'S SALVATION!"
In a bright flash, Serena donned her Idunn Airgetlam Arms.
"The Airgetlam Arms still contain the original ability of Airgetlam Symphogear suit which is transferring the power to a certain point. I will transfer that power straight to the moon." Idunn explains calmly.
"Will they die?" Lapis asked as Maria also have a concerned expression.
"I experimented with the Airgetlam Arms in order to match it up with Hibiki's ability to use the power of others' Swan Song." Idunn said, "Can you three help me?" she asked to the three girls.
"If you say that you can help prevent the moon from fall without killing us, we will do what we can." Shirabe answered as she sang her activation song and donned her armor.
Soon the three girls hold each other's hand before they sang the Swan Song.
"Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal
Emustolronzen fine el baral zizzl
Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal
Emustolronzen fine el zizzl!"
Soon there was a glow emitting from the three Symphogear users before Idunn got out her dagger, absorbing the energy emitting from the girls before it's complete. Idunn then looks up at the moon and pressed down on her Cutting Blade three times.
"COME ON! AIRGETLAM SPARKLING!"
Suddenly her wings activated from her back and her armor began to glow before Idunn released the bright light straight to the sky.
It wasn't long until the power emitting from the three soaring straight to the moon. Everyone noticed the moon eventually stopped descending down.
"It stopped…" Kanade said.
Idunn, New Baron, Tsubasa, and Kurokage-Shin let out a groan after they completed their work.
"Lapis… Kazuraba… can you guys fix the moon?" Kurokage-Shin asked to both Overlords before they nodded.
Lapis and Gaim focused their overlord powers on the moon as the moon soon became restored to its former glory again. Then the Man of Beginning used his power of gravity to send the moon back up straight to its original position before it was dragged down.
"That should do it." Lapis said with a relief expression.
"But what if the moon was attacked again?" Genjuro voiced his concerned about the moon.
"Don't worry, I also cast an enchantment to prevent it being destroyed by Ver if he shows up." Gaim added assuring to the residents of this world.
Suddenly Gaim, Lapis, and New Baron sensed something come as a large crack emerging from the sky above him. Emerging from there was a larger Nephilim, but there was Duke on top of his head and laughing out of glee.
"Fine… I have returned for you!" Duke announced to the entire world.
"Ver… you parasite." Fine growls, angry at the sight of him.
"My name isn't Ver anymore, but Grand God Duke as I transcend to become God by obtaining the Golden Fruit!" Grand God Duke said. "And I will make your dream come true by destroying this world and rebuild it to be the place where we live together!" he announced loudly.
"Can't say that I get the feeling his god complex has gotten worse." Shinji said with a deadpanned expression.
Fine is still glaring intensely at her former scientist."Like I would want to live with a parasite like you for the rest of eternity! If I knew about your plan, I would've terminated you much earlier." Fine growls. Even though she can tell that the old scientist transcended into something that she never thought would be possible, she still refused to let this parasite get the best of her.
"I'm sure you'll come to understand and accept my rule after defeating these fools…" Grand God Duke snickered. He stares at Gaim. "I will be the only Man of Beginning in this universe!"
"I don't care what you decide to call yourself, but you're going down you Pedo-God!" Kurokage-Shin snapped angrily at the monster.
"KURUMI!" "MARRON ENERGY~!"
"Henshin!" Genjuro said before going into his martial art stance.
"MIX~! KURMUI ARMS! JIMBER MARRON! HAW-HAW!"
He soon donned his Marron Energy Arms with his Marron Bombers.
"Ogawa-san, here." Kanade said before tossing Shinji her Genesis Core and Cherry Energy Lockseed. Shinji soon replaced his faceplate with the Genesis Core.
"MATSUBOKKURI!" "CHERRY ENERGY~!"
"Henshin…!" Shinji said.
"MIX~! SOIYA! MATSUBOKKURI ARMS! JIMBER CHERRY! HAW-HAW!"
He donned his suit as Kurokage, but with Jimber Cherry and a Sonic Arrow in his hand.
Lapis twisted his Kachidoki Driver and inserted his Rider Key to his Rider Bracelet before shouting, "Henshin!"
"SOIYA! LUMINOUS KIWAMI ARMS!"
With the Rider Helmets gather around him and collided with him as Lapis covered in a bright light and emerged was Kamuro Luminous Kiwami Arms.
Kanade noticed that Idunn didn't fight, but looking at her old Symphogear relic in her hand. "If you got a plan for that, we will buy you time." She said, getting out her Victory Lockseed.
"VICTORY!"
"Henshin…!" Kanade shouted before locking her Lockseed into her Driver and pressed down on her Cutting Blade.
"COME ON! VICTORY ARMS! BURNING BLADE OF COURAGE!"
Fine decides that she will stay clear of the fight while watching the fight against Ver. She don't have her armor from before to help her. Even if she did try to escape, she got a feeling that Ver will easily get her.
"This world is our new stage now!" Kamuro and Gaim declared at the same time.
"My power is overflowing… my soul is burning," Kurokage-Shin said as his armor giving off intense heat and giving off hot magma as well. "MY MAGMA IS SURGING…!" he shouted before charging forward at Grand God Duke first.
The Nephilim beast firing a powerful blast from its jaw at them, but Kurokage-Shin countered by throwing an intense hot magma powered punch at the attack which result in an intense explosion.
Charging out of the smoke was none other than New Baron before he jumps into the air and swings down his blade. But Grand God Duke made the Nephilim blocked it with his arm as it was tough to evenly match against New Baron's blade!
Suddenly Grand God Duke looked up to see Tsubasa is directly above him and swings her katana. Duke swings his Sonic Arrow and destroyed what looks like a woodpile. Soon Tsubasa multiple herself around Grand God Duke before she and Kurokage fire their shots at him.
Hibiki soon charged forward and tried to slam her fist at Duke.
"You think that alone will defeat me?! That is not enough to stop me! I'm immortal and the HEROIC GOD!" Grand God Duke gloating before he released shockwave to send both Symphogear users and Kurokage flying backward.
They were aided by Kirika and Shirabe who caught them in time and moved them away before Grand God Duke could to attack. But Kamuro got in the way before summoned a shield to block out the attack.
Kamuro then twists his Rider Key multiple times.
"DRAG VISOR-ZWEI!"
"FAIZ BLASTER!"
"PERFECT ZECTER!"
"DENKAME SWORD!"
"PRISM BREAKER!"
"TAJA SPINNER!"
"TRAILER-HOU!"
"HINAWADAIDAI-DJ-JU!"
Soon the weapons appeared around Kamuro before he shouts two words… "Indiscrimination Fire!"
It wasn't long until the weapons of previous Riders started flying around Grand God Duke and fired shots without hold back.
"Don't think they will harm a god like me!" Grand God Duke growls before he released a powerful heatwave to send Kamuro backward and the weapons being destroyed in the process.
"Not bad… but how about this!?" New Baron snapped before a powerful lighting from the sky strike down on Grand God Duke.
"COME ON! VICTORY SQUASH!"
Baron stabbed her Match caliber across the ground and creating a crescent shape made of flame at Grand God Duke.
After the smoke faded away, it revealed that Grand God Duke is still standing. Soon Kurokage, Knuckle, and Gaim charged next as they unleashed their own respective attacks at Grand God Duke before Grand God Duke slammed his fists to caused Knuckle and Kurokage to moved out of the way while Gaim charging at him.
Gaim swings his Musou Saber and Grand God Duke blocked it with his Sonic Arrow as the two are surprisingly in a standstill.
"We're evenly matched, huh? Both of us obtained the power of Golden Fruits…" Grand God Duke chuckled. "But I will soon prove that I will surpass you and be the only one!"
"Listen to me, Ver! The Golden Fruit is something that's beyond your understanding, and abusing its power will lead to dire consequences!" Gaim argued as the power of Golden Fruits between both of them tried to dominate the other. It seemed that both Golden Fruits in both respective holders are challenging each other to show who is superior.
"It's no consequence. It's fate that Ryouma-dono sent his backup data to this world, and I being the one who is destined to find it! To write my own legend among the heroes!" Grand God Duke said.
"Then why don't you become one by making it so that the Symphogear can be used by males as well? Won't that make you famous as well!?" Gaim questioned as someone intelligent like Ver can change the gender issue regards to Symphogear.
"The thought of male using Symphogear is nothing more than asinine and outrage! They're mine and Fine's creation together, I won't allow their filthy hands on them!" Grand God Duke exclaimed in angry when the other Man of Beginning pointed it out. "They're voices will be disgusting when hearing on the street!" he snapped before the power pushing both holders of Golden Fruits backward.
"That's the reason why guys weren't allowed to wear Symphogear!? Because you don't like them singing!? Are you saying that guys can't be good at singing as the girls!?" Kurokage-Shin roared.
Kamuro comes to Kurokage-Shin's side. "I think it's much more than that, Hase." He said. "It seems that 'Grand God Duke' wants to be the only worthy guy around the girls while every other guys are zero—"
"In other words, he's nothing more than a pedo who wants to be popular with the girls because he sucked so bad at impressing Fine, and can't get laid in the process!" Kurokage-Shin finished with much conviction.
"Someone like him doesn't deserve the Golden Fruit or rule this world!" New Baron added.
"That is a weird way to put it… Then again, we cannot allow someone like him ruled the world, Hase." Saurian said.
"Indeed…" Kurokage-Shin answered.
This caused the former scientist who transcended to become God's hidden eyebrow to twitching so bad.
"HOW DARE YOU MOCK ME, THE HEROIC GOD!?" Grand God Duke fumed furious before firing power blast at the two Riders.
"We won't acknowledge the likes of you as a Heroic God!" Both Riders shout in union before the two moved out of the way from the explosion.
"If you think that we're going to let ourselves get killed because you wanted to be the only guy being popular with the girls… Too bad for you, Pedo-God! We're going to grind you to hell!" Kurokage-Shin roared before pressed his Seaboll Compressor.
"LIQUID~! MAGMA SAURIAN SQUASH!"
Soon Kurokage-Shin was surrounded in fiery aura shaped orb that resembled t-rex before rampage at Grand God Duke. However, Grand God Duke caught him and throws him far from him. But what he wasn't anticipated that Kamuro charged forward and kicked the fiery orb created by Kurokage-Shin then sending it back at him.
Maria can't help but look angry at Grand God Duke while everyone else is fighting. She is, out of everyone, that won't forgive Ver for what he did. But what can she do? She doesn't have the only thing that gave her the ability to fight…
"Here, Nee-san." Maria turns around and saw her sister giving her a relic stone which she recognized that it was her sister's.
"But Serena—" Maria can't believe that her own sister would give her the same relic she has long time ago.
"Like I said before… I can't use my relic anymore after what happened back then. The Doctor wants you to save this world, remember?" The Demi-Overlord asked. "Even if you end up being grounded from singing after this fight, you should know there is a lot of things you can learn do without the need of risking yourself afterward." She pointed out.
"But what else is there for me to know about?" Maria asked. "We've been in the dark corner of the world, where there's always conflict, forced to make choices, and people backstabbing each other to reach greater power. Is this world really worth saving?"
Idunn did one thing and that is giving her sister a slap on the face.
"What was that for?!" Maria questioned to her.
"Because you sound like an idiot," Idunn answered. "There are people whose lives are valuable to protect and make sure that they can live the tomorrow. Besides, no one can call themselves a hero when they cannot connect with those people they tried to protect." Idunn lectured.
"Serena… how can you accept this burden when you become something not human?" Maria asked.
"Because I chose the burden of being a Kamen Rider," stated Idunn. "The true meaning of being a Kamen Rider is looking for your own purpose in life. My adoptive family accepted me, and that is why I gladly take up the burden as a Rider in order to protect the innocent. Meeting Lapis and the others, as I bonded with them, I will gladly protect them as well." She answered.
It was connections that made Serena vow to protect others and it was connections finding her own purpose… Maria thought as she eyed the relic stone in her sister's hand.
"Fine... I guess there are other things I have to learn," she said before taking the relic.
"Seilien coffin Airgetlám tron…" Maria sang before the Symphogear relic in her hand. She soon donned an identical to her sister's old Symphogear suit, but fits more for her size.
Both Kirika and Shirabe were surprised that Maria donned a Symphogear again, but using Serena's old one.
"Ver…!" Maria exclaimed with rage as she and her sister went flying at Grand God Duke.
"Ho… So you dare to challenge the might of god?" Grand God Duke remarked before bring up his Sonic Arrow and deflected the girls' daggers before knocking them away.
New Baron soon revealed Zuuban's face which blows a powerful tornado before Shirabe and Kirika charging in from different opposite directions.
"Forbidden Wheel of Evil・ZABABA Eclipse!"
Grand God Duke recovered from the attack from the three. He then had Nephilim charge forward at them with a massive fist ready to knock them hard. But Idunn managed to summon her wings and grabbed her sister while New Baron and the two younger Symphogear users get out of the way.
"Hey Ver, meet someone your size!" Kamuro shouts before twisting his Rider Key.
"CALLING… J!"
Suddenly materializing on the Frontier was none other than the most massive Rider in the Rider history, causing quite a rumble on the Frontier and clotheslined Grand God Duke away from the girls.
"T-That guy is… big!?" The residents of the world cannot help exclaiming in shocked at the size of Kamen Rider J. The massive Rider punched Grand God Duke several times backward.
"I won't let someone lowly as you to get in the way of my victory!" Grand God Duke exclaimed before countering against J's punch before a powerful blast emitting from Nephilim's mouth.
"Here are more from the Showa!" Kamuro refuted as he twisting his Rider Key again.
"ICHIGO! NIGO! V3! RIDERMAN! X! SUPER-1! AMAZON! STRONGER! BLACK RX! SHIN! SKYRIDER!"
Soon the other Showa Riders came to aid their comrade against Grand God Duke.
"Let's take Ver down now!" Knuckle said to everyone before pressing down on his Cutting Blade twice.
"KURUMI AU LAIT! JIMBER MARRON AU LAIT!"
Kamuro got out his Silver Lockseed and Kachidoki Lockseed as they're locked in his Joeshuimu before twisting his Rider Key.
"SOIYA! LUMINOUS KIWAMI SQUASH!"
Kurokage got out his Cherry Energy Lockseed and placed in his Sonic Arrow.
"LOCK ON~!"
Gaim merged his Musou Saber and DJ Gun for Taiken Mode before equipped the Lemon Energy Lockseed into the slot. He then pressed down on his Cutting Blade twice.
"SOIYA! KIWAMI AU LAIT!"
Both Idunn and Kurokage-Shin pushed their Cutting Blade and Seaboll Compressor twice.
"MAGMA SAURIAN SPARKLING!"
"COME ON! AIRGETLAM AU LAIT!"
Baron placed her Suika Lockseed in her Matchlock Caliber before pressing down on her Cutting Blade three times.
"COME ON! VICTORY SPARKLING!"
"ZERKER SPARKLING!"
The five Symphogear users started to sing the Swan Song while Hibiki's gauntlets were combined into one hand.
"Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal
Emustolronzen fine el baral zizzl
Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal
Emustolronzen fine el zizzl!"
Hibiki focused on her ability to contain all of five Swan Songs as Grand God Duke managed to free himself from the Showa Riders and noticed the powerful energies of radiation in front of him.
Hibiki is the first to unleash the attack by releasing the energy directly at Grand God Duke himself.
"Take this! AXZ BLAST!" Hibiki shouted as Grand God Duke was surrounded by the powerful rainbow tornado and trapped him inside there.
Soon the Riders unleashed their respective attacks at Grand God Duke before result a massive explosion occurred in the process.
And the wounds that he received earlier vanished completely.
"Is this really the power of Golden Fruit…?" Maria uttered in disbelief. Even Fine herself is stunned by the power that the parasite obtained.
"My turn…" Grand God Duke said before the massive beast released a powerful soundwave from his jaws.
This caused both the Riders and Symphogear to hit the ground after the explosion hits the ground. Though Fine managed to save herself from the attack with her own barrier, she noticed that the Symphogear users' armors are flaking on and off.
"W-What in the world is going on…?" Shirabe asked, feeling her power getting weaker.
"What is going on with my Symphogear…?" Kirika gasped in shocked.
"Impossible…" Knuckle said in shock. "The synch rate with their Symphogear is being depleted on their own…!"
"It's simply because of the wavelength levels I've created, to have the same effects of my Anti-Linker.!" Grand God Duke explains.
"So that's what he did…" Fine said in realization about what that parasite just did. But she also remembered that he obtained the power of Golden Fruit, and it made him able to do things to defy the very laws of physics.
"You… cheater!" Hibiki accused as she and her fellow Symphogear users have the difficulty of getting back up from the ground due to the wave causing desynched of their compatible with their Symphogear.
"It's called being the greatest genius! THE GENIUS OF A TRUE HEROIC GOD! With the power of Golden Fruit, I can do things that break the very laws of physics itself!" Grand God Duke proclaimed as he increasing the power of the wave. "I may be a lowly scientist at first, but I have the knowledge of the strength and weaknesses of Symphogear when I made them with my beloved Fine-sama!"
"Even if you bring them down… we will still fight!" New Baron said as the Riders get themselves up and continued with their attacks.
Baron loaded her Melon Energy Lockseed straight into her Matchlock Caliber before shifting it straight to rifle model.
"MELON ENERGY CHARGE!"
Soon a powerful blast that shaped like a melon came hurling at Grand God Duke, but he saw the attack coming and scattered the attack with one of Nephilim's claw. But the attack was surprised when the energy shaped melon scattered and released multiple blasts at Grand God Duke.
Idunn is flying in the air before pressing down on her Cutting Blade twice.
"COME ON! AIRGETLAM AU LAIT!"
The immortal Duke saw the attack coming and having the Nephilim to absorbing the incoming light attacks before sending them straight back, but with double the power. The attack was powerful enough to send Idunn falling straight off of the Frontier.
"Serena!" Gaim shouts before he focused his power to save his foster daughter.
There was a crack appearing beneath Idunn before she got dropped into it than falling off the Frontier and she reappeared back on the Frontier.
"Are you alright?" Kamuro asked as he helping her back up.
"Don't worry, I will be fine…" Idunn said quietly.
Knuckle, Kurokage-Shin, and Kurokage then charged next with their respective attacks.
"KURUMI SQUASH! JIMBER MARRON SQUASH!"
"MAGMA SAURIAN SPARKLING!"
"SOIYA! MATSUBOKKURI SPARKING! JIMBER CHERRY SPARKLING!"
Grand God Duke summoned an electric shield to protect himself from their attacks and send the three Riders flying straight to the ground.
"There is no way that you lot will stop me!" Grand God Duke bellowed at them.
"We won't let someone like you do things to this world!" Kamuro shouts before he and Idunn charged back into fighting against Grand God Duke.
Meanwhile, the Symphogear users are struggling to get up due to the de-synchronization rate of their Symphogear armor being pummeling down.
"Damn…" Tsubasa cursed.
"Is… this really all we can do?" Maria asked, feeling even weaker than before.
Just when they felt more helpless than before, a king and encouraging voice cried out to them.
"What are you doing? Don't give up!" A voice shouted which both Hibiki and Tsubasa recognized as the girls turned around to see one person standing in front of them.
It was none other than Miku Kohinata.
"Miku!?" Hibiki gasped as this made Kamuro turned around and looks shocked.
I-I thought that she was still comatose… he thought.
"Kohinata, what are you doing here?!" Tsubasa questioned as they remembered that she was unconscious after… Lapis helped her regain her sense from the brainwashed.
"Please don't give up!" Miku told them. "You guys have to keep going until the bitter end!" she continued with her pleading.
"What in the world are you doing?" Grand God Duke asked to Miku. "There is no need to encourage them. But most of all, you don't deserve to encourage them when you betrayed your friend! A person who betrayed their friends is nothing more than trashes that should be disposed of! This is one of the many flaws when it comes to humanity!" he pointed out her sins.
Miku's arms trembled when the memories of what she did to…the person who she considered her important friend and tried to get her back. It took every ounce of courage to come here despite worrying about how her friends will see her now.
"You're right… I don't deserve forgiveness for what I did to my friend! But deep down, I always felt that I couldn't do anything and they keep moving away from me!" The young girl confessed with tears rolling down her eyes. "Just because people have flaws… it doesn't mean that they can't change and become better themselves! That is someone like you cannot accept!" she continued.
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SOMEONE LIKE YOU WON'T FIT IN THE PERFECT WORLD I DESIRED!" Grand God Duke screeched before released powerful blasts at Miku from his rage.
"Miku!" both Hibiki and Kamuro shouted before they ran with everything that they've got to protect their friend from being killed again. This made Miku surprised that both of her friends come to her aid when they could've let her die.
"What!?" Grand God Duke buffed in shocked. "Why in the world did you want to protect someone like her?!"
"Because she's our friend!" Kamuro and Hibiki answered defiantly at the immortal Duke.
"It's because of her… you won't be able to save your other friend and forced you to betray others in the quest to obtain ultimate power! Most of all, didn't you know that Chris Yukine fell in love with you!?" Grand God Duke shouts.
"Sorry, but that won't affect someone like me as I can't respond to something like that from someone anymore," Kamuro answered serious.
"If you don't love anyone, why would you go to such a length for them!?" Grand God Duke baffled.
"Because I want them to live! Live their life to the fullest and I will do the same! Fight to live the next day!" Kamuro said.
"If you think that we will let you hurt the person important to us…" Hibiki snapped despite the lower synchronization still hurt her. "…then you will think twice!"
"You guys…" Miku cannot help, but sniffed. "…Thank you… Thank… you…"
Suddenly the unexpected happened between the three friends as gold particles rose up from the surface beneath them. Those particles soon went straight to Hibiki and other Symphogear users before they glowed bright as their Symphogear armors changed and morphed into shaped that both Hibiki and Tsubasa recognized.
"This strength…" Hibiki said as she recognized it but much different from prior time.
"It's X-Drive!" Tsubasa recognized at the armor she donned. Somehow her green ninja armor vanished in place of the X-Drive form.
Maria, Kirika, and Shirabe are surprised by their new acquired X-Drive forms, but all of the Symphogear users felt like their strength went up more rapid than before.
"I-Impossible… this wasn't part of the design!" Grand God Duke whispered in disbelief.
"H-How is that even possible?!" Fine wondered incredulously as this is the first time seeing something develop within the Symphogear that she helped create.
"See… this is the sight of their potential to grown." Knuckle stated. "Go!"
Soon Hibiki and the rest of Symphogear users soar through the sky before they flew at Grand God Duke. Hibiki's incoming fist morphed into a giant lance and sent it straight through the air before Tsubasa released energy wave of slashes at Grand God Duke first to cause the massive being to the air.
Then Maria, Shirabe, and Kirika went following the Grand God Duke into the sky.
"This is for what happened to Mama!" Maria roared with fury before slashing with her wings.
Kirika comes around with her large scythe in one direction then Shirabe soon flew down as a flying tornado.
"Hehehe… that hurt, but it won't do against a Heroic God like me!" Grand God Duke laughed as Maria gritted her teeth.
But it seems fate is on their side as they saw what looks like veins popping in Nephilim part of the Grand God Duke.
"W-What in the world!?" Grand God Duke exclaimed in shock as he felt serious pain in his body and his own suit shows sparks.
Could that be…? Gaim thought as he felt something from his Golden Fruit.
"W-What's the matter with him?" Kirika wondered in confusion.
"It seems that even after obtaining the Golden Fruit, Ver cannot truly be called the true holder of it. The Golden Fruit could try to weaken him from within him after he sustains enough damage for them to be effect." Gaim explains.
"Make sense considering that he stole it." New Baron agreed.
"No… I won't accept this…" Grand God Duke said after hearing Gaim's explanation.
It seems that the scientist's own god complex and an over-inflated opinion of himself to start to get the better of him, already rearing on its ugly head.
And worse for him, the effect of the Nephilim's DNA mixed with the aforementioned fragment of Helheim fruit causing him to struggle of keeping himself in the air.
"Just release the fruit, it's already poisoned your life!" Hibiki pleaded. She may not forgive him for what happened to Miku, but this is not the way for someone like him to die!
"If you value your life, then you should give up on it and come with us to face your crimes!" Knuckle shout.
"S-S-Shut up… I come too far from losing…" Grand God Duke said, still putting up more resistance against the poison within him. But it seems that his will wasn't strong enough to prevent his body from falling apart. "I will become the first human to transcend… humanity!" he screamed into the air.
It wasn't long until Grand God Duke's entire body exploded to leave his parts scattered. But in his place was a black angel-like entity with Duke's face, darkened wing spread behind him and laughing sound can be heard through the air.
"What the fuck… just happened?" Kurokage-Shin mumbled after seeing the new creature appeared in front of them.
"I have the same thought…" Kurokage said.
"I'm still going to destroy him!" New Baron said serious as he doesn't bother by the former scientist's new transformation.
Before he and others could attack, the black angel deity let spread his arms out as if he was going to surrender. But he wasn't before a large black hole forming from the stomach part that slowly absorbing everything around him.
"Did he just summon a black hole?" Kamuro wondered in shock before he suddenly felt sparks on his armor. "What in the world?"
It wasn't just him, but everyone seems to feel their power flowing out of their bodies and directly into that creature.
"Damn… what's with him wanting to drain our power?" Baron complained.
"That damned fool!" Everyone turned to look at Fine. "Somehow he conjured up a black hole and plans to consume everything in this world including all of us!" she shouted.
"What will happen if he completed that?" Shirabe asked.
"It mostly like he will continue to do this until he sucks another universe or self-destructs," Gaim said with a grim tone.
"This is bad…" Hibiki said.
Tsubasa, Idunn, Shirabe, Kirika, and Maria tried to attack the black angel deity to stop him from continuing the black hole. But the creature saw them before firing the energy blast at them and sending them in world of pain as they fall straight to the ground.
New Baron saw this and ran to catch both Kirika and Shirabe from dropping to the ground.
"Thank you, Kaito-sensei." Kirika said.
"We aren't out of danger yet…" New Baron said.
Knuckle then looks at Gaim. "Gaim, can you send me and Ogawa back to our mobile base?" Knuckle requested. As the commander of Second Division, he needs to make certain that his subordinates get out alive.
"Understood!" Gaim said before using his power to send the two Riders elsewhere.
"What can we do to stop him if he is going to suck everything and our power in?" Kurokage-Shin asked.
"If he is going to self-destruct, why don't we send him somewhere before that happens?" New Baron asked.
"Like where exactly? The sun?" Kirika asked.
"What about the Noise Dimension?" Miku suggested.
"That could work if we only had Solomon's Cane, but we don't where it is. That's the only thing that can open the gate to the Noise's World." Idunn said.
"Don't you have the ability to summon Noise?" Kamuro asked to the immortal woman.
"Unfortunately, I don't have enough power to create a hole that size and I had no clue on what the parasite did with Solomon's Cane." Fine said.
"There is another way to your problem…" A voice said.
Everyone turned to look at the Saurian.
"What is it?" Tsubasa asked after she descended to the ground.
"In order for a gate to open, we need to combine the power of all three relics. But the wielder must have a strong will and possess enough strength to handle the burden." Spirit of Saurian explained.
This made Tsubasa and Kurokage-Shin looks at New Baron, who happens to be the strongest of the three.
"Kaito…" Kurokage-Shin said.
"Very well. I will do it." New Baron answered.
"…" Tsubasa stares at New Baron and nodded. "How do we do it?" she asked.
"The relic within you will tell you how to accomplish that…" Spirit of Saurian said.
It wasn't long until all three relic users closed their eyes before a bright light shined around them. Soon Kurokage-Shin's Magma Saurian Arms vanished. He has donned his Lime Energy Arms as red glow left his body.
A glowing green orb flashes straight to New Baron before he donned an identical green ninja outfit, then the same goes for the Magma Saurian Arms when the red orb transferred into him.
New Baron soon flew straight up into the air with brilliant light. Magma wrapped around his left arm and shoulder morphed into the Magma Saurian with Saurian attached. The hurricane appeared on his right arm and morphed into the Green Ninja arm with the shuriken appeared on the shoulder, but attached to his right hand is the Sword of Zerker. There are red on his legging followed up with clear armor for his boot with his symbol on the feet. His chest armor remained the same, but his helmet is much different as the color of diamond. There is a three-point star on top of his helmet with three gems shared the colors as the relic.
"TRIBE KING ARMS!"
"Amazing…" Hibiki gawked.
The black angel deity saw him before firing the energy blast from his eyes. But New Baron brought up the Saurian and released hot magma wave to counter the attack.
New Baron disappeared into thin air and released a powerful energy wave slash on the fallen deity's back.
"How do you feel?" Spirit of Saurian asked.
"Getting a little used to it…but it's time to seal this monster for good." New Baron said before the three symbols appeared in front of him. New Baron slashes through the symbols as they became a triangle.
The black angel deity saw the attack and moved out the way, but it ends up opening a large warp hole straight to the Noise Dimension.
Soon the Symphogear soared through the sky as they released their attacks on the fallen angel deity. They tried to pin him straight onto the hole of the Noise Dimension. They tackled and pushed the creature deep into the Noise Dimension.
Kamuro looks at the gateway of the Noise Dimension. "Kouta, I…"
"Let's go together…" Gaim said as he can tell what's on his mind. "Serena, I want you and others to stay here to make sure no Noise come out." Idunn and other Riders nodded.
Kamuro and Gaim soon flew into the air before toward the Noise Dimension. Gaim was the first one to dive straight into the unknown dimension, but Kamuro stays behind and looks back at New Baron.
"Kaito…"
"Get going while I have the gate opened!" New Baron shouts.
The Noise Dimension was unlike anything that the girls would've expected. It's a colorful dimension with Noises everywhere.
But who would expected consider that they're the first humans to even entered the dimension of the enemies that been problem for their world?
The enemy that they're dragging was spiraling around the Noise Dimension.
"Everyone, let's end this…!" Tsubasa said to the other Symphogear girls and they nodded.
The girls soon glow before they started to sing their Swan Songs at the same time.
"Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal
Emustolronzen fine el baral zizzl
Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal
Emustolronzen fine el zizzl!"
Soon the full power of their X-Drive unleashed a bright light emitting from the girls, drawing the attention to the Noises themselves.
The creature saw them gathering energy and responded with a blast of black energy emitting from his jaw.
It wasn't long until the girls released their attacks at the same time. The attacks collided with each other before they were at a completed stand-still.
Though the attack from the creature who once developed the Golden Fruit is incredible, the attacks behind the Symphogear girls managed to surpass that before hitting the creature and the residents of the Noise Dimension, leaving a colorful explosion in the process.
"We did it…!" Hibiki and Kirika said, excited. Shirabe keep her calm expression before she faces others.
"It's best that we don't stay here for too long. Kaito-sensei might not be able to hold the Gateway too long." Shirabe respond.
Maria nodded before she and others left the Noise Dimension. They soon flew higher as they are ready to ready to return to their world.
But it wasn't for the sinister laughter that they hearing echoes through the Noise Dimension that startled them.
"I-Impossible…" Tsubasa said as she glanced back down at the explosion. "H-How is he still alive…?"
Deep in the explosion was the face of the creature who resembled more of Ver himself and shown more menacing than ever. He soon sucked everything within the Noise Dimension and ready to take everything down.
"No way…"
"IT'S NOT OVER…" The demonic creature said. "I WILL KEEP SURVIVING BY CONSUMED EVERYTHING EVEN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!"
"I-It keeps absorbing everything…" Maria stammered in disbelief.
Soon the creature spreader the black wings and ready to go after the Symphogear girls. The girls were ready to for what might be a fight that they cannot escape when… weapons falling from above and stabbing the creature, to prevent it's further ascending toward them.
"Lapis-kun!" Hibiki looks up and saw Kamuro and Gaim together.
"Be careful! That thing can regenerate at an incredible rate!" Tsubasa warned.
"I see…" Gaim said calmly, looking at the corrupted creature who was created by stealing the Golden Fruit and tried to tame its unnatural power.
"Kouta. I'm counting on you." Kamuro said before he looks back at the girls especially Hibiki.
"Alright…" Gaim said quietly.
When Hibiki saw him, she couldn't help but feel something is wrong. "Lapis-kun… what are you-"
Kamuro charges at the creature and pulls the beast straight into the bottom of the Noise Dimension.
"Lapis!" Tsubasa cried as she and the other looks on with shock and disbelief at what Kamuro was doing.
Gaim used his power and warped himself and the girls out of the Noise Dimension.
"We're back outside…" Kirika said with surprised.
"But Lapis… he's still back there." Tsubasa said before glaring at Gaim, "What is the meaning of this!?" she demanded.
"This is the only way to end the Noise Dimension and Ver." Gaim answered.
"W-What do you mean?" Hibiki questioned.
Gaim didn't say anything as this seems to frustrate both Tsubasa and Hibiki.
"Y-You were planning on sacrificing him…" Maria concluded with a horrified expression as the unexpected conclusion come into her mind.
But Gaim still didn't say anything else.
"We have to go back there!" Hibiki snapped angrily as she doesn't care about what's going on with the Riders.
"Right, we cannot let him die!" Tsubasa agreed.
The girls tried to went back to the Noise Dimension… but New Baron went ahead and went straight for the attack.
New Baron focused the power of the three relics to their full and swing his sword.
"Kaiser Delta Breaker!" He shouts before released the wave of attack at the gate in the process.
The gate that New Baron summoned a few minutes ago suddenly crumbled completed after been hit by his attack.
"What are you doing, Kaito!?" Tsubasa questioned sharply. "Lapis was still in there!"
"He told me to destroy the gate when you girls are out…even if it means he dies!" New Baron barked angrily, momentarily scaring the girls. He soon calmed down for a bit. "I know because I can tell from his own decision," he said.
"No…" Hibiki said, weeping in despair.
Lapis, your battle isn't over yet… Gaim thought while watching others are consumed by shock.
Kamuro and the creature continued to fight against each other before the Rider dodged the creature's blast and stabbed the Joeshuimu into the forehead, causing further pain straight to it.
The Noises tried to attack him, but Kamuro puts up his barrier to protect him from their attacks and still charging at the creature.
"NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, MY HATRED FOR YOU WILL CONTINUED ON EXISTING!" The demonic creature resembled Ver snapped.
Kamuro's hand soon reached the Rider Key and twisted it multiple times.
There is no fear or hesitation in his mind when it comes to making this decision. He aware of the last moments of his life come to a close…
"This will be the end for you and your corruption, Ver!" Kamuro proclaimed as the symbols of the previous Riders surrounded him as the aura shaped of the Riders appeared from them.
"SOIYA! LUMINOUS KIWAMI SPARKLING!"
Then the aura of these multiple Riders come alive together with Kamuro as each rider released their Rider Kicks at the same time together with Kamuro.
The dark creature tried to resist the assault from multiple Riders with its own power, but each time a Rider passed through him the attack becoming overwhelmed.
After the aura form of Gaim Kiwami and Drive Type Tridoron went passed, Kamuro was the last one and struck the corrupted creature with everything he goes in a Rider Kick.
Soon the attack caused everything to turn into a bright light in the Noise Dimension, and every Noise present was caught in the crossfire and are destroyed in an instant.
To be continued…
AN: That is the end of the chapter. Anyway, be sure to review or message me for any questions, comments, or concern. And don't be afraid to look at my other stories.