(Gunkatsu) Aikatsu A0 --Harmonics KIRIYA--

by TheHarunate

This fanfic serves as an alternate retelling of the 2nd season of Aikatsu! anime series, but with Gundams and their related themes/technologies mixed in (there might be some character cameos, though). As the title suggests, Aikatsu A0 focuses primarily on Aoi Kiriya and her struggles to bring down Dream Academy along with the holiest of its champions: Seira Otoshiro.

21. You're Not Worthy

CHAPTER 21 : You're Not Worthy

Aoi, Camilla, and the others return to Galaxy Starlight's hangar. Naoto and Hikari approaches Aoi as they're curious about what happened to Miyu.

Naoto: "Kiriya, where's Iris err I mean Nijiyama? We suddenly lost her signal during the battle."

Aoi: "Bad news, Suzukawa-san, Hikari. Miyu-chan was abducted."

Hikari: "What?! How?"

Aoi: "Seira apparently led me into a trap. For whatever reason, she seemed to know about Miyu-chan's weakness after using Trans-Am. She provoked Miyu-chan to activate Trans-Am, and she managed to outlast our attacks until we ran out of Trans-Am duration. At that point, a new, unknown Mobile Suit managed to sneak behind me and seized Miyu-chan from the backpack, then escaped with her."

Hikari: "That is nuts. How did she knew about that?"

Naoto: "I bet she's omniscient."

Camilla: "And probably omnipotent."

Yurika: "After all, she is very close of being a God."

Aoi: "And, oh, the new Mobile Suit that abducted Miyu-chan looked like Raphael Gundam."

Camilla: "Another one with names derived from angels… Seira, you angelic bastard."

Naoto: "Where did they took her? DreAca?"

Aoi: "I have no idea. I doubt they took Miyu-chan to DreAca. They must have taken her somewhere else."

Camilla: "I bet they went to the place where the cultists are hiding."

Aoi: "Now that you mention it, Seira does have her own followers. Cultists, I should say. And like you said, they must've taken Miyu-chan to the cultists' hideout."

Ran: "Nuts. The problem is, we don't know where they're hiding now."

Aoi: "KING_KongSan probably knows."

Hikari: "KongSan? What is that?"

Aoi: "An underground organization that helped the formation of WM, Mizuki and Mikuru's unit. The photo of Seiraphs that Mikuru gave me before came from that organization, too."

Camilla: "Then we should ask Mizuki. Who knows if she can tell us the location of those cultists' base."

Aoi: "Okay. I'll try and contact her, since I was able to get her contact number back when I last met her. But, let me do it on my mansion, however."

Aoi then returns to her mansion to try and contact Mizuki.

---

At the hangar of the Church of Seira Yamato, Miyu is dropped down by the Ralph Seiravee that took her. Down there, she is faced by Seira, who just got out of her Gundam.

Miyu: "You…!"

Seira: "Nijiyama Miyu, I presume. Or, should I call you Iris?"

Miyu: "Even you know my other name."

Seira: "Not only God knows your name, God also knows your origin as one of Starlight Queen's biggest fans."

Miyu: "Your God is definitely omniscient. No wonder you were able to exploit my weakness."

Seira: "In fact, I was just lucky that my guess was correct."

Miyu: "I'm sure I'm not hearing things."

Seira: "What? You're not gonna believe me? What a nay-sayer you are."

Miyu: "Then so what if I'm a nay-sayer? All you did was endangering my friends in Starlight Academy and trying to tear apart Kiriya-senpai's bond with her friends there, most especially with you trying to take Hoshimiya-senpai from them!"

Seira: "It is God's will, and it is my destiny to be united with Ichigo. We are nothing but mere humans, including you. We humans have to submit to God's will, no matter what."

Miyu: "That isn't God's will! It is YOUR selfish will! You're not a good person, at all! And you claim yourself to be human? That is an utter nonsense at the highest order because you are NOT human!"

The pilot of Ralph Seiravee, who is apparently a student of DreAca, approaches Miyu with an angry face.

DreAca pilot: "You dare to insult the Hallowed Child?! God will not forgive you!"

Miyu: "What Hallowed Child?! Kiriya-senpai told everyone that in this idol world, there is no God! There's no way I would believe in a God who wants to bring this idol world to ruin!"

DreAca pilot: "You even dare to insult God?!"

The pilot tries to slap Miyu pretty hard, but…

Seira: "Stop!"

The pilot stops mid-swing after she heard Seira's order.

Seira: "She will not be harmed in our custody. Remember our plan, she is to be traded with Ichigo."

DreAca pilot: "I understand. It was a great plan indeed for your ascension."

Miyu: "What?! You're going to trade me with Hoshimiya-senpai?!"

DreAca pilot: "Correct. And then, after that, that sacred union - 2wingS - shall be completed."

Miyu: "No! You're not gonna do that!"

Seira: "Yes, we will. After all, it was all our fate determined by God. Okay, take her, and we'll begin the broadcast."

Miyu: "No! Don't!"

Seira goes into the chapel along with the DreAca pilot forcing Miyu to move.

---

Back at Starlight Academy, Aoi managed to contact Mizuki while resting in her mansion. But Mizuki told Aoi that not even KongSan knew the whereabouts of the cultists' hideout. Aoi looks disgusted about that.

Aoi: "Seriously, not even Mizuki know where they are…"

Suddenly, Ran rushes into Aoi's room.

Aoi: "Ran? What's wrong?"

Ran: "Look at your phone now! Seira is broadcasting something, and it is directed to all of us!"

Aoi: "What?! Don't tell me-!"

Aoi quickly opens up her Aikatsu Phone and watches Seira's broadcast.

Seira: "Greetings, idols of the Starlight Academy. This is Otoshiro Seira, the one and only…"

Aoi: "Drats."

Seira: "You must probably be aware that we've abducted one of your amazingly skilled pilot. And I'm sure that you want to rescue her so badly. Yes, I will let you rescue your pilot, but with a catch."

Aoi: "Catch? What catch?"

Seira: "You shall bring me Hoshimiya Ichigo, and trade her with your pilot. I will make sure that your pilot is safe in our custody until you bring me Ichigo. Because remember, it is our destiny. God willed the creation of 2wingS, a sacred union between me and Ichigo who shall bring down the Top Idol herself along with her new partner, and also bringing balance to this idol world through our God. Once again, I want you to bring Ichigo to me and trade her with your pilot. I will give you the coordinate to our chapel. And, Ichigo, if you're watching this… I shall be waiting for you because I know our destiny together. Also, you cannot trust the Anti-Seira that you currently have in your disposal now. Her existence alone is a heresy, blasphemy! So then, Starlight idols, I will be waiting in my chapel. Hope you'll respond quickly because this is our only warning to ensure that your special pilot is safe and sound. Otoshiro Seira, over and out."

The broadcast ends there. Aoi and Ran looks angry after listening to that broadcast.

Ran: "Seira, you sick bastard… You actually wants to trade Miyu with Ichigo? There's no way we're going to agree with that!"

Aoi: "Calm down, Ran. I'm also trying to hold up my anger here, even though I'm struggling to do that, to be honest. We have to think of something."

Ran: "Right."

The two calms themselves down and begins to think of a plan. After a while, they finally finds one and begins arranging how to pull out their rescue operation. After that, they go out of Aoi's mansion. Along the way, they meets Ichigo again, having just started a heated argument with Camilla.

Camilla: "Oh, it's you."

Aoi: "Ichigo…"

Ichigo looks at Aoi with a particularly unhappy face.

Ichigo: "Aoi, so you lied to me this whole time…"

Aoi: "You watched Seira's broadcast, I presume?"

Ichigo: "Yes. And was it true?"

Aoi: "Right, it was all a lie, just like the cake."

Ran: "Especially since the real Seira has shown herself through that broadcast."

Ichigo: "Why? Just why?"

Camilla: "It was to ensure that you don't fall to the enemy hands. Don't you know what kind of crazed bastards those dreadful denizens are?"

Ichigo: "But I wanted a rematch against Mizuki! And since she already got a partner, Seira is gotta be the best partner for me to overcome her."

Camilla: (angrily) "You dumbass! Then what about Aoi right here?! Who is she to you?!"

Ichigo: "Aoi… she's my friend, of course. And my number one fan."

Camilla: "But you're going to abandon her and everyone in Starlight Academy by siding with Seira! Do you even know what will Seira do once she has fulfilled her mission?!"

Ichigo: "And what do you know about Aoi, Fake Seira?!"

Camilla: "I am not Seira, definitely. I am Camilla Dinah, who exists to honor the original pilot of Zeta Gundam who unfortunately shares the same birthdate as Seira. And what do I know about Aoi? Well, I trusted her, and I also trust her friends, including you. I have no place in DreAca because they preferred Seira more than me just because how differant I am from Seira, the one I loathe the most! She screams perfection all over the place with no clear explanation as to how she became so perfect like that. That was why I rejected you when you asked about partnership with me. I want to be human, more human than Seira could ever hope to be."

Ichigo: "That is why you don't have any glimpse of me radiating from you, unlike Seira."

Camilla: "Is that the only reason why you want to be with her? Don't you know what would happen to Soleil once Seira fulfilled her destiny with you? They will be pretty much history, just like Tristar!"

Ichigo: "But, I only wanted to have a rematch with Mizuki again. Why you-"

Camilla: "Are you truly deaf, or have you closed your heart?!"

Aoi: "Camilla, enough."

Camilla: "But-!"

Aoi: "Just let her go."

Camilla: "Are you kidding me?! Let her go?!"

Aoi: (whispers) "I already have a plan set up to rescue Miyu-chan without having to trade Ichigo. You just need to play along."

Camilla: (whispers) "Are you serious? Will it succeed?"

Aoi: (whispers) "The probability of success is very high. You can count on it."

Camilla: (whispers) "Okay then, I'll try and stick to your plan."

Aoi: (sigh) "Okay, Ichigo. We'll do what you want us to do, deliver you to Seira."

Ichigo: "You sure? No more lies?"

Aoi: "As long as they kept Miyu-chan safe, I can't disagree. We'll bring you to her and have it your way."

Ichigo: "Okay then, thank you for being considerate."

Aoi: "Because I am your number one fan, I can't fail you like that. I'll contact Seira to let her know that we're coming."

Aoi goes back to her mansion and contacts Seira through the number she showed from that broadcast.

Aoi: "Seira, isn't it? I have Ichigo ready for you. We better see Miyu-chan safe if you want to get Ichigo."

Seira: "Worry not, Starlight Queen. Your apprentice is safe with us. I'm glad you're willing to corporate with us. God truly is good."

Aoi: "Should I remind you? In this idol world, there is no God."

Seira: "Enough. You wanna get your apprentice back or not?"

Aoi: "Shut up. I'm going now. Miyu-chan better be safe the second I step into the damned chapel of yours."

Aoi immediately stops the call and goes back out of her mansion.

Ichigo: "Are we going now?"

Aoi: "Yes."

Camilla: "I'll accompany you."

Aoi: "Much appreciated."

Ichigo: "Don't come near me, you're not Seira."

Camilla: "You-!"

Aoi: "Stop it. We better get going now. Ran, I want you to tell Headmistress about my plan with this. Make sure nobody gets the wrong idea."

Ran: "Understood."

Ichigo, Aoi, and Camilla heads to the hangar while Ran heads to Orihime's office.

Once they reach the hangar…

Naoto: "Where are you going? Don't tell me that-!"

Ichigo: "Yes, I'm going for Seira."

Naoto: "You can't! Have you lost your mind?!"

Aoi: "Suzukawa-san, calm down! This is part of the plan."

Naoto: "What plan?"

Aoi: *whispers* *whispers*

Naoto: "I see, hope you succeed."

Ichigo: "Good. Now let's get going."

Ichigo, Aoi, and Camilla immediately boards their respective Gundams and goes to the launchpad.

Ichigo: "XNStrike, Hoshimiya Ichigo-!"

Aoi: "Ao Futuris, Kiriya Aoi-!"

Camilla: "5wingZ, Camilla Dinah-!"

All: "Heading out!"

The three heads out to the chapel where Seira resides.

---

At the cafeteria, Ran tells the others about Ichigo's departure after telling Orihime about Aoi's plan to rescue Miyu.

Yurika: "Are you kidding me?! You let Ichigo out to exchange her with Iris err I mean Miyu?!"

Hikari: "You must be out of your mind, Ran."

Ran: "I'm not done yet, c'mon!"

Sakura: "But still, that's-"

Ran: "Why we simply let her go is because it was part of our plan. Once the plan is set in motion, I'm positive that Seira will be PISSED."

Yurika: "Which means you're going to trick, no, troll her? How?"

Ran: "We'll just wait and see."

Yurika: "Hope you're telling the truth, or I'll suck your blood."

---

After about 15 minutes of flying towards the coordinates of Seira's chapel, the three finally reaches the designated coordinates, which is located at a relatively forested area. However, there doesn't seem to be anything there except trees. They lands their Gundam near the designated coordinates

Camilla: "Okay, where is that chapel?"

Aoi: "Don't tell me Seira gave us the wrong coordinates."

Ichigo: "She didn't. I'm sure this gotta be the place."

Camilla: "How can you be so sure of that? What? Do you truly believe that Seira is a divine, omniscient figure?"

Ichigo: "Believe me, I wouldn't go that far."

Camilla: "Truly?"

Ichigo: "Yes."

Camilla: "I don't believe you still…"

Aoi starts calling out for Seira.

Aoi: "Hey, divine one! We're here now! Show us the way to your hideout!"

All of a sudden, the ground where they're standing starts to shake. Aoi steps back as a hidden gate opens right below her. The gate that leads to an underground chapel where Miyu is kept hostage by Seira and her cultists.

Ichigo: "I knew it."

Aoi: "This is it, huh?"

As Ichigo and Camilla get off their Gundams, Aoi checks her phone for something before eventually gets off of Gundam. They enters the gate and finds a church hidden inside a fairly big underground dome. They are immediately approached by two guards.

Chapel Guard 1: "You must be those heretics."

Chapel Guard 2: "You guys are lucky that our Hallowed Child is the one inviting you here. If not, we would've kicked you out of here the instant we see you trespassing here."

Chapel Guard 1: "Including you, the blasphemous Anti-Seira."

Camilla: "Shut up. I may be blasphemous, but still better than a false god who's being perfect for no reason whatsoever."

Chapel Guard 1: "What? Trying to mock the Exalted Daughter, aren't you!?"

Ichigo: "Stop. We gotta enter now. Seira is waiting."

Aoi: "Fine. Step aside, we're going in."

Ichigo, Aoi, and Camilla opens the front door and enters the main hall of the chapel. The majority of the windows in the chapel has stained glass arts. Some of those stained glass arts looks awfully familiar to Aoi, but she couldn't grasp their familiarity. Ahead of them stands a statue of a familiar-looking man in a robe. Everything else just looks like an ordinary chapel or a cathedral.

Camilla: "That statue… looks familiar. Is it…?"

Aoi: "Gotta be their God, I bet. Their real God."

Camilla: "And there's only a few people in here. I thought she has more followers."

Seira shows up from behind the God's statue along with Miyu.

Aoi: "Miyu-chan!"

Miyu: "Kiriya-senpai!"

Camilla: "So, now we've come face-to-face, divine one."

Seira: "Camilla, you deceiver…"

Aoi: "Shut up. I am grateful that you kept Miyu-chan safe. And now, you're going to ruin our bonds…"

Ichigo: "Seira…"

Seira: "Ah, Hoshimiya Ichigo. How I've waited to be united with you, fulfilling our destiny together as 2wingS."

Miyu: "No, Hoshimiya-senpai! Don't do that!"

Ichigo: "I'm sorry, Miyu-chan. There is no turning back. I want to have a rematch with Mizuki, and Seira is the only one who can fulfill my destiny."

Miyu: "Then what about Kiriya-senpai?!"

Ichigo: "Once again, I'm so sorry."

Miyu: "You're abandoning her for that false god's sake?! Hoshimiya-senpai, you idiot!"

Ichigo starts to walk towards Seira, right at the front of the statue. Both Aoi and Miyu looks down and depressed.

Seira: "At last, we're united now."

Ichigo: "Yeah."

Seira: "Our destiny shall be fulfilled, as we will complete this sacrament. The holy sacrament that will bring 2wingS to its completion."

Aoi: "But-"

Ichigo: "What?"

Aoi: "I don't think Mizuki would agree with that union."

Ichigo: "Meaning?"

Aoi: "This is what I meant!"

Aoi points at the ceiling as it suddenly breaks, revealing Mizuki and Mikuru jumping down into the main hall using hookshots.

Cultists: "What the hell?!"

Mikuru quickly grabs Miyu off Seira's side, while Mizuki lands behind Seira and puts her on a deadlock.

Mikuru: "Yes, got her!"

Miyu: "Whoa!"

Without delay, Mikuru swings toward Aoi and drops Miyu right near her.

Aoi: "You made it, Mikuru!"

Camilla: "WM?!"

Seira: "Kanzaki Mizuki, you're alive?! How?! And how did you find this place?!"

Mizuki: "I cannot die even if you killed me. And as to how I found this place, Kiriya relayed me your broadcast."

Seira: "Did you plan for this, Aoi?!"

Aoi: "Yes! I planned this all along! And now it has been set in motion! Surprised that you weren't aware of it despite you being omniscient. Haha, U MAD?"

Ichigo: "Aoi! Why?! You lied to me again! I thought you were letting me go!"

Mizuki: "Because after all, the cake is a lie. You cannot unite with Otoshiro, because your true partner is Kiriya!"

Seira: "What are you talking about? It is God's will that 2wingS has to be created with me and Ichigo, and you cannot defy Him!"

Mizuki: "What God? Him?"

Mizuki looks at the statue, and she immediately recognizes it.

Mizuki: "As I suspected, those guys aren't just worshipping Otoshiro Seira. Their real God is none other than Kira Yamato. So, this is not the Church of Seira Yamato, but the Church of Jesus Yamato! Yes, that massive Gary Stu Himself. No wonder no one wants to defy Him."

Aoi: "Kira Yamato, you said? Which means Seira's holiness and divinity came from-!"

Seira: "Yes, from my Hallowed Father, Lord Kira. And this fact I embrace."

Camilla: "That explains why she survived AoIris' self-destruct explosion. Dear me, Seira, you're a totally screwed-up idol to the core if you truly believe that you're the Hallowed Child of Kira."

Seira: "It is my destiny, and none may fight it! Ichigo, I'll come for you!"

Seira struggles hard enough and releases herself from Mizuki's grip. She goes toward Ichigo, trying to take her back.

Camilla: "Oh no, you don't!"

Camilla rushes forward and…

Camilla: "ZETA PUUUUNCH!"

…she punches Seira right in the face, knocking her back to Mizuki.

Seira: "Uaagghh!"

Mizuki catches Seira and puts her in a deadlock again. At the same time, Aoi follows Camilla and quickly seizes Ichigo.

Ichigo: "No!"

Seira: "Ugh, Ichigo!"

Camilla: "Great, the plan is proceeding smoothly, Aoi!"

Aoi: "Nice job punching the false god too, Camilla."

Ichigo: "Aoi! You cannot do that! There's no way I can have a rematch with Mizuki without the aid of Seira!"

Mizuki: "What are you talking about, Ichigo? You have your true ULTIMATE partner right there, and she is your number one fan!"

Ichigo: "No! I can't! Let me go! Let me unite with Seira! She is more ultimate than ultimate, and she is what I truly need!"

Ichigo starts to struggle, trying to break loose from Aoi's grip.

Mikuru: "Okay everyone, we better escape from here before we get surrounded by those angry cultists."

Ichigo: "Just let me go, Aoi! LET ME GO!"

Aoi: "I'm sorry."

Aoi quickly hits Ichigo on the back of her neck, causing her to fall unconscious. Aoi carries Ichigo and everyone quickly escapes from the chapel. Once they get outside, Mizuki and Mikuru holds off the cultists using their Swallowtail moves while Aoi puts Ichigo into XNStrike's cockpit, goes back into her AoIris with Miyu, and takes off alongside Camilla.

Mizuki: Nice, they've escaped. Now let us escape too."

Mikuru: "Okay."

WM utilizes their Swallowtail maneuvers again to outrun the cultists and reach their Gundams. They quickly board their Gundams and flies away.

Cultists: "Dammit! Launch our Ralph Seiravee and chase them down!"

The Ralph Seiravee is quickly deployed to chase down Aoi and the others. But, once launched, WM is already prepared to intercept it.

DreAca pilot: "Outta my way!"

Mikuru: "Nope, you gotta blast through us first, new model!"

DreAca pilot: "How dare you!"

Ralph Seiravee fires its beam rifle several times. WM dodges the shots smoothly, then retaliates by firing their own beam rifles. Ralph Seiravee then activates its GN Field to block the shots.

Mizuki: "As I expected, they also gave that one a pseudo GN Drive. However…!"

Mizuki pulls off her claymore, which was carried over from her old Gundam Dichotomy.

Mizuki: "…it won't be able to stand against this weapon!"

Mizuki rushes toward Ralph Seiravee and does a downward diagonal slash. Ralph Seiravee deploys its GN Claws and in turn activates the beam sabers on its claws to parry Mizuki's attack.

Mikuru: "Wow!"

Mizuki: "That arm…!"

DreAca pilot: "Let's not forget that Ralph Seiravee is based from Raphael Gundam!"

Ralph Seiravee then begins shooting powerful beams from its GN Claws. Mizuki and Mikuru dodges most of the shots while also blocking a few of them with their combined GN Fields.

Mikuru: "We also have our own GN Drives. The original ones, to top it off."

DreAca pilot: "Don't get cocky!"

Mikuru: "We aren't cocky."

Mikuru rushes forward with her double beam saber ready and begins clashing against the Ralph Seiravee. Mizuki provides fire support with her claymore set into blaster mode.

Mizuki: "We shouldn't be wasting our time. We better go all out and get away from here as fast as possible before reinforcements arrive."

Mikuru: "Uh, okay."

Mizuki: "Then let's use Trans-Am attack on her!"

Mikuru: "Roger!"

Both: "TRANS-AM!"

WM activates their Trans-Am System.

DreAca pilot: "Crud! I better go Trans-Am, too!"

Ralph Seiravee also goes Trans-Am, then proceeds to fire its double beam cannon. Mikuru spins her double beam saber, creating a barrier powerful enough to block the shot. Mizuki rushes forward and does several quick slashes at Ralph Seiravee using the claymore. The two clashes for a while, but Mizuki seems to be having the upper hand despite wielding such a relatively heavy weapon. The Ralph Seiravee starts having some trouble trying to parry all of Mizuki's attacks.

DreAca pilot: "Dammit. I can't keep up with her!"

Mizuki: "I told you, we have the original GN Drives. Mikuru!"

Mikuru: "Yes!"

Mizuki does a very powerful slash that causes the Ralph Seiravee to get knocked back by the sheer force of that slash despite of it being parried. Mikuru spins her double beam saber again and throws it. Mizuki fires five shots from her claymore in blaster mode at the spinning beam saber, causing her shots to become small-sized spreading beams. Ralph Seiravee tries blocking the spreading beams using the GN Field, but the sheer overwhelming amount of beams overpower the GN Field and breaks it, causing the beams to hit Ralph Seiravee and causing substantial damage on it.

DreAca pilot: "UWAAA!"

Ralph Seiravee begins to fall, but the pilot tries to stabilize.

Mizuki: "That's our chance. We gotta go."

Mikuru: "Okay. See ya, dumb cultists!"

WM quickly flies away, leaving the damaged Ralph Seiravee behind.

DreAca pilot: (pants) "Is this… is this the power of the Top Idol…?"

Weakened, the Ralph Seiravee returns to the chapel.

[TO BE CONTINUED]