Harlequin continued to watch from a hidden location as each of his Inverse Fiends were being defeated one after another. "Damn, damn, damn! What is it with these weaklings? Is it too hard to defeat a few children?" he shouted in anger as his arms were twitching again as he banged it against the wall. "The rejection symptoms are becoming more and more frequent. I cant stick with this pathetic girl. I need a more powerful body."
"Things not going your way?" Gemini said inside his mind.
"Are you still here? Begone from my mind. You lost. Your body is mine." Harlequin said.
"That aint how i see it. I aint pathetic if IM rejecting you. People alwasy think im the weak one, but…!" Gemini said willing her right arm to grab the mask and pulled hard.
"Get your hands off my face!" Harlequin shouted stabbing it with a knife. "You and Hope are alike. Two children who don't know their place always looking to….get stronger through protection." he said before looking at the screen as Hope ran down the halls. "Of course. The perfect host has been looking me in the face the entire time. I need his body to reclaim my standing."
Gemini then willed her other arm to pull the knife out of her right arm and tried to grab at the mask only for Harlequin to slam her arm against the wall.
"You are becoming an annoyance. I think its about time I was away with you for good." Harlequin said as the body shook before falling to the ground.
Inside of a strange space, Gemini found herself in a large demonic arena, around her were eight capsules, each with an Omni Lord inside and floating before her was Harlequin's face.
"What's goin on here?" Gemini said.
"Simple. If I destroy you here, you're body will go brain dead. I won't be able to operate it, but it won't matter when your friend comes to pry the mask of your face. Moment he touches it, I'll leap onto his face and possess it. After all, a male host is better than a female. But before that...I need to kill you, the bit of thought left in this pathetic little body."
"Wha...what's with these Omni Lords?" Gemini asked.
"I suppose you could call this the place where all the Inverse Omni Lords were created. The very deep recesses of my mind. And I think I'll have a little fun." Harlequin said as tentacles from the tubes connected to Harlequin. "I invoke the eight of you...surrender your power and join with me! Ziun, Asmodai, Miseria, Burn Nova, Tenbu, Variable Cord, Count Dawn and Grangadez! Your powers are now mine!" he said as he mask shook before falling to the ground. It then shook as bits of flesh came from its back as it grew and formed more and more before standing before Gemini was Harlequin with a muscular human like body. "Ah...much better."
"What did...what did you just do?" Gemini said.
"I absorbed the bits of Omni Lord essence that was within my soul. I guess you could call me the Infinity Lord." Harlequin said. "All eight of their powers now flows within me. What was it you said to me that day? We're layin it down right now? Well, let's see if your words had any merit."
Gemini, in the face of this new foe, couldnt help but smile as she unsheathed Red Sun. "It's show time." she said.
(Cue-It Has to Be This Way - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
Harlequin charged at her with both fists at the ready. "I invoke the power of the First Omni Beast Lord!" he shouted as his body took an appearance to Ziun's including his claws as he raised them high to slash through her. "First Omni Sorcery: Kamaitachi!"
Gemini through her sword into the air and jumped over Harlequin in an arcing electrical somersault. "Rodeo Wheel!" Gemini shouted countering his attack.
"Hmm. Not bad. I invoke the power of the Second Omni Demon Lord!" Harlequin said as his body shifted to Asmodai's as he charged in with an arm out. "Devil Lariat!"
Gemini landed on the ground, catching her sword. "No way in heck, partner." Gemini said blocking his assault with the katana's sheath as she and him both jumped back.
"So physical force won't work...I need to go elemental. I invoke the power of the Third Omni Water Lord!" he said his body shifting to Miseria's as water formed in his hands. "Nexus Stream!" he shouted firing the water blast.
"You think a little shower is gonna stop me? If i cant use my fire attacks, then...!" Gemini said leaping into the air as a whirlwind suddenly formed. "Drifting Cloud!" she shouted as the whirlwind blocked the water.
"I invoke the power of the Fourth Omni Fire Lord!" Harlequin said taking on Burn Nova's appearance. "You're fire can't compare to the Fire Lords. Fire Lords Burning Fist!" he shouted spinning with a fist on fire as his fist collided with Gemini's blade as he pushed her down.
"Well, I'll just use yer momentum from your punch and…!" Gemini said flipping over suddenly and right in front of harlequins face.
"No way!" Harlequin said.
"Tyrant of Texas!" Gemini shouted sending out a shockwave down at Harlequin as he blocked with his arms.
"I need more fire power! I invoke the power of the Fifth Omni Dragon Lord!" he shouted taking on Tenbu's appearance as he took to the sky with a fireball forming. "Howling Fire!"
"Mifune Ryu Sword Style…" Gemini said as her blade ignited. " Rock Wave!"
She sent a huge flaming boulder right at the fireball as they both cancel each other out.
"Shes matching me move for move…such a little annoyance. I invoke the power of the Sixth Omni Storm Lord!" he shouted taking on Variable Cords appearance as well as equipping several Dragon Arms. "She can't survive an onslaught like this. Variable Typhoon!" he shouted firing all of the weapons at them.
Gemini did her best to defend against the onslaught only to take heavy damage from it.
"There. Now we're getting somewhere." Harlequin said. "I invoke the power of the Seventh Omni Earth Lord!" he said taking on Count Dawn's appearance. "Diliculum!" he said blasting Gemini in the shoulder. "Now...I invoke the power of the Eighth Omni Deity Lord!" Harlequin said taking on Grangadez appearance. "This...will finish it!" he said raising both arms and charging a power blast within his mouth.
Gemini was weak as she scowled at Harlequin. "I'm not...letting you take Hopey. I won't let you...anywhere near my friend!" she shouted grabbing her sword and leaping upwards as she slashed Harlequin at the stomach, his Grangadez appearance cracking like a shell as it reverted to Count Dawn. Gemini was furiously slashing until Harlequin was back to his first form.
"Cheeky little brat. I will not let it end this way!" he said his body growing different body parts from the Omni Lords as he charged in in anger.
"I am a samurai. A performer. And I'm with the New York Combat Revue." Gemini said sighing as she raised her sword into the air before swinging it down right on Harlequin's head. Both were still as Harlequin's body began to crack with light shining from the cracks.
"But...this shouldn't be...you shouldn't...I should...Ahhhhhh!" he screamed as an explosion of light occured.
In the real world, the mask slipped off of Gemini's face as she awoke.
"Ow… getting hurt in yer heads worse when you have to wake up to it…" Gemini said as she caught the mask in her hand. "Got anything else up your sleeve, Harris Quint?"
The mask then grew flesh tentacles as it wrapped up Gemini. "You think...you have won?" he voice echoed. "Don't get cocky with me child."
The door then opened as both saw Spade walk in with sword in hand.
"Spade, you came at the right time. I have a request. I want you to kill the abomination." Harlequin said as Gemini shook in fear.
"Are you certain about that request?" Spade asked.
"Yes. Go and…" Harlequin said as he saw the sword slash off part of his mask. "What are you…"
"I'm following orders. I'm killing the abomination." Spade said with a crazed smile as he hacked off the tentacles and slashed away at the mask continuously as he laughed and Gemini watched in shock.
"This is for my mother! Die!" Spade said slashing him in pieces.
"His voice….is becoming far away. This feeling….that I have. I swear I've seen and felt this before." Harlequin said thinking. "My thoughts...are becoming scattered. Wait, I do know this feeling actually. This is….death." he said as all of his thought...vanished. The mad tormentor that was once Harlequin was no more, all that remained was just an ordinary mask sliced into millions of pieces.
Spade was breathing heavily before he dropped the sword and suddenly passed out.
"Whew…" Gemini said getting up. "I was afraid he was gonna turn on me after him."
Hope ran into the room to see the damages.
"Gemini!" Hope said. "And…Harlequin's mask… is he dead?"
"Looks like it. That Spade fella just barged right in and sliced him up." Gemini said.
"Im glad youre alright. But anyways, we need to go, now." Hope said.
"Why?" Gemini said as quakes were felt.
"Thats why. We found out there was a Ninth Omni Lord in Mukuro for the Brave attribute, but then Yamigedo finished his evolution." Hope said. "Hes right outside, were gonna gather everyone for a final assault on him."
"Finally, were getting to a final boss." Gemini said.
"Fasten you seat belt… were about to go against Yamigedo's biggest, baddest, most dangerous evolution yet." Hope said.