Courageous Song of the Valkyries: Transcendence

勇気のある絶唱タ超越

(Yūki no Aru Zesshō Chōetsu)

"Breaking the Limit to Transcend towards God's power!"

Chapter 10:- A Stand

Theme song: METANOIA - Nana Mizuki

Ending Song: Synchrogazer - Nana Mizuki

-Outside the base of S.O.N.G, right within the school grounds of Lydian, the sight of Logan was seen sitting on a bench with a small plastic bag in his hand. He opened the bag and revealed the Tacos within the bag. Logan knew the students and the teachers weren't around as it was the weekend. He exhaled in relaxation as he was about to eat his Taco but saw a rocket within the sky as it was flying past the school. A black figure was seen from the side of the rocket as someone had jumped off of the rocket and landed right in front of Logan and as the person landed in front of Logan, the powerful landing caused Logan's taco to break and the person that had landed was none other than Yukine Chris in her Symphogear armour-

Chris: Hey. Where's "Science Nerd"? -She asked as she deactivated her gear and stared at Logan-

Logan: Uh...Kitchen, I think?

Chris: Right.. -She said as she would walk past Logan and enter the door that wasn't far from where Logan was sitting from and would head down the stairs that led down to the base-

Logan: -He looked at his hand and saw that his Taco was gone as he would then look around and saw the tiny bits of his broken taco scattered everywhere- Damn it..

-Moments later, Chris had used a lift down to the base and was at the cafeteria area. She'd then head to the back and entered the kitchen and saw Kanade and Maria together as the two were making meals together-

Chris: Hey, what are you guys up to?

Kanade: Oh! Chris-chan~ What's up? We're making snacks.

Maria: Tacos! I've only had this once when I was a little girl. Back when Jin would make a few for Serena and I when we were kids.

Kanade: Yeah, which led to us making them.

Chris: R-Right.. But anyway, have you heard anything about Soran? It's been a few days since he attacked Shirabe and Hibiki and I haven't even heard a single thing about him.

Maria: Maybe our "leader" knows something. Kinji-kun? -Everyone turned their attention to the corner at the back and saw the sight of a man sitting down on a chair with a pair of sunglasses on while holding onto a bottle of beer as there was no response from the man-

Kanade: I-Is he asleep?

Maria: No, I'm pretty sure he's dead... -She said in a sarcastic tone as Chris would walk up to Kinji and pull the man's sunglasses away and saw that he was actually asleep- Seems dead.

Kanade: Very dead.

Chris: This dumbass... WAKE UP! -She shouted at Kinji loudly but there was no response from him as he was still sleeping soundly-

Maria: Didn't Kirika showed us a way to wake him up before?

Kanade: Now that you mentioned it, I think she did.

Chris: How do you wake him up then?

Kanade: He'd often sleep in on days like this due to over-working.

Chris: And there is a way to actually wake him up? Not by just shaking the jerk or something?

Kanade: Nah, he's quite complex after all.

Chris: You don't say?

-Kanade would walk up to Kinji and blow onto his ear softly as she smug at him, it was then Kinji's head fell forward onto Kanade's chest. When his head fell, everyone stared for a second as they were shocked. Kanade would blush slightly and scratch her cheeks lightly as Chris got frustrated as she was about to punch Kinji on the head but Maria stopped her before she did-

Chris: That damn jerk..!

Maria: C-Calm down! It's an accident!

-Kanade would lightly pat Kinji's cheeks as the male would slowly open his eyes and move his head back as he stared at Kanade and was still wearing his sunglasses-

Kinji: Is it time for dinner?

Kanade: N-No but you have a guest.

Kinji: Hmm...? -He looked over and saw Chris as he smiled drunkenly- Oh~ Hi, Chris-chan~

Chris: You drunk retard! I've called you twice but you didn't even respond!

Kanade: His communicator would always turn off when he falls asleep.

Chris: That is just so stupid!

Kinji: So what's up...?

Chris: Where's Soran? I haven't seen him and Hibiki in awhile, what happened to the two?

Kinji: Ah...They're at home.

Chris: Huh?! At home?!

Kinji: House arrest~

Maria: So that's why they haven't been coming to the base lately, but why was Hibiki targeted for house arrest?

Kinji: To watch over the kid and make sure he doesn't go berserk like before.

Kanade: And was the House Arrest thing useful?

Kinji: From what I can tell, I guess it is?

Kanade: How so?

Kinji: Soran has been calming down lately and has been texting to Shirabe-chan, apologising her at least five times everyday.

Chris: At least he learned his lesson but what about Logan's return? I thought he died during the final battle?

Kinji: Technically he did die but his soul was still around during that time after his death and Carol was lucky enough to use her alchemy to contain Logan's soul, making sure he wouldn't disappear after death.

Chris: So "immortality" works too then, huh?

Kinji: In some cases, yeah.

Maria: But it still doesn't make much sense. So Carol made a body for Logan but the body got a personality of its own and escaped her lab, which created "Lucas", the user of the Vastatogear that Carol had made?

Kinji: Yup.

Maria: What about Logan's new body then?

Kinji: It's just a new genetic body that she made.

Maria: But...How?

Kinji: If I'm not wrong, back when Logan wasn't "physically" around, Carol-chan had a bit of DNA from each and every one of us for medical purposes and with the DNA from Logan's body, she copied its genes to create his new bodies.

Maria: So he reincarnated into a new form of the same body?

Kinji: That pretty much sums it up, so yeah.

Maria: Where does Carol even get the technology and ideas to do these sort of things anyway?

Kinji: I gave her a bit of my tech to mess around with and Logan is our modern day Einstein. He's smarter than me, so of course he'd be able to create his own technology, which sums up to him being able to create a massive amount of Gears.

Chris: And why can't you do that?

Kinji: I could but what's the use of having to create so many Gear armours when our strongest Gears are our Sonicgears and Symphogears? His Gears are primarily mass produced.

Maria: But they're not weak.

Kanade: Yeah! In fact, his man-made Gears can even stop our Legendary Gears like we're nothing!

Kinji: I guess you have a point..

Chris: His Titanogear was no joke when he first showed up and kicked our asses by kidnapping Kirika.

Maria: Yes, I agree with that! The Titanogear was so powerful that it seemed almost impossible to stop it.

Kanade: Even with our X-Drives, we couldn't stop the Titanogear.

Kinji: Even without the Titanogear, he made other powerful Gears too.

Maria: The Evegear?

Kinji: That and the Adamgear, a combination of the Evegear and the Titanogear. An ultimate weapon that could annihilate planets within the blink of an eye.

Kanade: Let's not forget about the Vastatogear too.

Chris: How strong was it anyway? I mean, I fought it before but he wasn't going all out with us during training but what was it like when you guys faced it during battle?

Kanade: It was ruthless...

Maria: It nearly killed us.

Kinji: It sure did! If it weren't for the fact that you girls were using Symphogear armour, you would've died from the first swing if you guys had used normal gears on him. The Vastatogear has this nasty ability to mimic other Gears by using the memories from people to examine the power levels of the Gears and modifies it as he transforms into that Gear armour.

Chris: But where is he now?

Kinji: Lucas?

Chris: Of course him, you dumbass.

Kinji: He's somewhere in the base. I think he was in the training bay or something.

Chris: He really likes that place, huh?

Kinji: Can you blame him? Technically, he was born for destruction. I can only assume that he likes to fight.

Kanade: That would explain a lot.

-Outside of the base, the sight of the clouds were getting dark as the sound of thunder roaring within the clouds could be heard and the sight of lightning flashing within the skies was seen. The sight of Kazanari Tsubasa was seen walking down the street by herself as she was heading back home. As Tsubasa was heading back home from shopping. The sound of thunder and lightning soon disappeared as it began to snow lightly-

Tsubasa: It's snowing? -She asked as she stopped walking and would look up into the dark clouds- Ah...This feels nostalgic.. -She said as she remembered the time she and Jin had once experience a snow day before his final battle with the Alpha Gamma- It certainly feels like a long time ago.. -She then looked up ahead and saw a man with thick and long black hair and had a familiar look on his face as her eyes widened at the sight of the male- Eh? Is that..?

-She would walk ahead and blink for a second and as she had blinked, the man disappeared from her sights, she then felt the cold wind blowing down her spine as she quickly looked around and noticed that all of the stores were closed and there was no one in sight-

"This is an attack... I hope that Kinji-kun's new updated armour could help me win this. It's not like the Ignite Module but I was told that it was certainly powerful." -Tsubasa thought to herself as she set her bags down and would pull out her pendant from under her blouse as she would sing her activation song-

"Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri tron"

-After Tsubasa had transformed, she waiting for a sign as there was no sign of anyone in sight as she began to worry. She then heard the sound of footsteps from across the road, she quickly aimed her sword and would turn her attention to across the street as she saw the sight of a pure black armoured male with a long black cape that was coloured red on the inside of the cape and had a long tail connecting to his armour. The black armour had vein-like red glows around his armour as the armour was none other than "Hikaru no Ushiwakamaru", which was Satoru Jinichi's Sonicgear-

Tsubasa: J-Jin..? -The face on the man's helmet would retract itself and reveal the face of Satoru Jinichi-

Jin: Tsubasa. Hello there.

Tsubasa: Jin! I-Is it really you?

Jin: The one and only. -Tsubasa smiled in joy at the sight of Jin and as she did, Jin's eyes glowed with multiple flashes of light within his eyes but it was then Tsubasa turned and stared at Jin as she pointed the tip of her sword at Jinichi-

Tsubasa: It pleases me to see him again but I am not going to fall for some magic trick! Now explain the situation.

Jin: We are in a small world that I created from Ushiwakamaru's illumination powers. This is a false world of the same one that you are standing on right now.

Tsubasa: So we're still on the same dimension but in an alternate state, huh?

Jin: Indeed.

Tsubasa: I see, now how about you reveal yourself, Nakano Sanou?

Jin: I am sorry but there is no "Nakano Sanou" here. Just us.

Tsubasa: What?

Jin: I am the real Satoru Leonardo Jinichi.

Tsubasa: The Jin that I know will not activate his armour in front of me and will not act cautious as well.

Jin: Many things has changed over the years, Tsubasa. I cannot be too open-minded with you.

Tsubasa: You were always the quiet one after all, but I know for a fact that you are dead and that cannot be changed.

Jin: Oh dear. You do not know how odd this world is, now do you?

Tsubasa: What are you saying?

Jin: The alternate dimension of myself had stepped foot onto this world and this is a law that cannot be broken as it disrupts the psychological law of all dimensional matter of time and space.

Tsubasa: Th-The alter dimension of yourself? What are you saying?

Jin: During Shan Vile's attack, many astral bodies from all across the world were summoned here to face Shan and you were one of them too.

Tsubasa: The final battle, that was the only thing that I could recall about Shan.

Jin: Yes. The world has been changing and it is evolving, even as we speak.

Tsubasa: Y-You just show out of nowhere and start lecturing me about the world, yet you do not want to explain how is all of this that you are doing is possible.

Jin: Because...I obey...The law. -He said as his eyes would glow as he aimed his right palm at Tsubasa and fired a blast of flames at the girl as Tsubasa quickly dodged the attack as it created a massive explosion-

Tsubasa: The law?! What are you even saying?!

Jin: Our Master...Our God...He...Commands it...He wishes for it... Please help me... -A single tear drop could be seen coming out from the eye piece from Jin's armour as the eye colour from his armour's helmet was changing colour from red to blue-

Tsubasa: He's being controlled..!

-Back outside in the real world, back within the base of S.O.N.G, within the operations room, Genjuuro was sitting down on his seat as he was reading his paperwork while having a cup of coffee-

Aoi: Um...Commander, has Tsubasa-chan been keeping in contact with you lately?

Genjuuro: From time to time, what's wrong?

Aoi: Would it be alright if I request that you contact her right now?

Genjuuro: Not at all but what's the occasion?

Aoi: I cannot trace the Heavenrend on our scanners, it completely vanished..

Genjuuro: What?! Find her immediately! Trace back her last signal! We cannot lose her!

Aoi: Yes Sir!

Genjuuro: Tsubasa...Please be alright..

-Back in the small dimension that Jin had made, the sight of Tsubasa was seen being pushed back as she was fending off against two clones of Jinichi that he had made with his cape. Tsubasa was struggling as the clones were much more powerful than they original were in the past-

Jin: I'm sorry but you must die. It is for the Master's sake.

Tsubasa: Then I'll go all out! Even if it is you! -She yelled as she pushed back the clones with her strength and unleashed a powerful energy waved from her armour as she would then sing the song "Shippū Jinrai" and would slash the clones back and would charge towards the original Jin up ahead-

"I close my eyes and take a deep breath

Heading towards a height higher than that of a moment ago

However, no matter how far I go

I'm always one step behind my reflection, ever so distant from enlightment

My days being spent imprisoned on my "Self"

I turn to the sky, and the light is building the earth

And thus I learn that I'm not alone, that I'm lacking in nothing

"I think I saw so"

Unlike ever before, my heart gleefully feels the wind

Everything has an inseparable "Life" in itself

An eye for an eye, and a blade against a blade, one's weakness

Believing on "What lies beyond the speed," as fast as the wind, as ferocious as the thunder, I'll go there with my comrades.

To know the path of the sword enough to cut falling leaves or even a dandelion

Takes a mountain of experience that reaches as high as the heavens

No matter in what realm, mastering something isn't easy

And whatever path it may be, they are all the same

Wherever you reach, you light the darkness with your lantern and kindle a dream

Bonds don't belong to humans alone, they're present in all beings

The more time is spent together, more true strenght is donned

The Love present in protecting and being protected will you make you surpass it for the first time

A roadless path or whatever it is, we are all together in this, I'll fly over it with my comrades

Without saying any words, just holding this hand is enough

As close as we have been for so long, like sworn friends, even without talking, we understand each other

"Let us go, towards our tomorrow"

Unlike ever before, my heart gleefully feels the wind

Everything has an inseparable "Life" in itself

An eye for an eye, and a blade against a blade, one's weakness

Believing on "What lies beyond the speed," as fast as the wind, as ferocious as the thunder, I'll go there with my comrades."

-Tsubasa got up close to Jin and would slash at him as the man would raise his left arm to protect himself but Tsubasa's blade would make a deep cut onto Jin's arm, causing the man to bleed and as he bled, he was grunting in pain as it was the first ever that he was suffering in pain and that shocked Tsubasa as her eyes widened at the sight of his blood-

Tsubasa: W-Why isn't your armour healing you..?

Jin: I am not...The same person as I was in the past, Tsubasa. I am much more different now. -He said as the mouthpiece on his helmet would open up as it split open and reveal a monstrous looking jaw as he would screech loudly, causing Tsubasa's ears to hurt as she took a few steps back until she was blown back by Jin's screeching roar and as she was blown away, she would hit an invisible wall in the air as it cracked and released her out into the real world-

-Back in the base-

Fujitaka: Heavenrend has been located! She appeared within the atmosphere above the city!

Genjuuro: Gather the users and get a chopper there to pick her up!

Fujitaka: We're detecting something else as well!

Aoi: It's another relic! W-Wait...No...It can't be!

"Hikaru no Ushiwakamaru", the name appeared on the large monitor screen within the room as Genjuuro panicked at the sight of the name that appeared on the screen-

Genjuuro: S-Satoru...Leonardo Jinichi...

Aoi: This is Danger Level 15! I repeat! Danger Level is at 15! The highest there is!

-In an apartment that isn't far from where Tsubasa had appeared from and where she was fighting Jin, the sight of Soran and Hibiki were seen together as the two were in Soran's apartment. Soran was reading a book while Hibiki was taking a nap on the couch-

Soran: Hibiki-san...

Hibiki: Hmm...?

Soran: I think we should go out.

Hibiki: Eh?! -She quickly got up as her eyes widened and she blushed from hearing what Soran said but she then saw Soran looking outside of the window as it was snowing outside and there were explosions outside of their apartment building as well- But it's against direct orders..

Soran: People may be dying out there right now..

Hibiki: Kinji-san and his army could stop it.

Soran: By the time he and his army arrives, there may be nothing left to save. -He said as he grabbed the pendant that was hanging around his neck-

Hibiki: S-Stop! Soran! You can't go out there!

Soran: I'm sorry but I have to.

Hibiki: Why?!

Soran: There are some things that I want to protect and I do not want to regret not doing anything about it.

Hibiki: Soran... -She was touched by what Soran said as the song "Bad Luck Charm" was heard as Soran activated his Sonicgear and left the apartment. Hibiki then smacked both of her cheeks lightly as well as she would then pull out her pendant and sing her activation song-

"Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron"

-Hibiki exited the building as well as she met up with Soran-

"Pain

Is your reward for being near me.

Fate

Won't be your friend when I'm around.

Blame

Me for the tragedies that follow.

Grave

The situations that surround.

I'm a harbinger,

I cannot lie,

I will change the color of your life.

I don't mean to bring you pain,

But I will, just why, I can't explain.

I am no one's blessing,

I'll just bring you harm.

I'm a cursed black cat,

I'm an albatross,

I'm a mirror broken,

Sad to say,

I'm your bad luck charm.

Shame

I hang my head in constant sorrow

Rain

On every day you need the light

Strain

To see some fortune in tomorrow

Bane

Is what I am to every life

You should trust one thing

Take my advice

If you linger close

It's a hefty price

You and I are not the same

You don't want the burden of my name

I am no one's blessing

I'll just bring you harm

I'm a cursed black cat

I'm an albatross

I'm a mirror broken

Sad to say I'm your bad luck charm

A guaranteed catastrophe

A tear that's bound to fall

A sure train wreck

And you'll soon regret

The day I came to call

I'm a cursed black cat

I'm an albatross

I'm a mirror broken

Sad to say, I'm your bad luck charm"

-Within the streets, the sight of Tsubasa was seen crashing into a car as she was badly hurt. The girl's arm was bleeding as Jin was walking towards her with the intent to kill-

Jin: He wishes to rewrite this sinful world. He wishes salvation! He will rise again and when he does, all will fall! -Jin said to Tsubasa as he transformed his right arm into a blade and raised it as he was about to slash her- I...Am sorry..

Tsubasa: Then...S-So be it..

-As Jin was about to stab Tsubasa, his body stopped moving as he completely froze. Tsubasa looked behind and saw a kunai on Jin's shadow as she would look up ahead and saw Ogawa standing on top of a light post as he had saved her with one of his ninja arts-

Tsubasa: Ogawa-san!

Ogawa: Tsubasa-san, what's the situation?

Tsubasa: Someone...Or something brought him back to life and he's going to destroy the world if we do not stop him!

Ogawa: Then I'll leave him to- agh!

Tsubasa: N-No! -She gasped and shouted as she was in complete shock to see that Ogawa was stabbed on the stomach by Jin's cape- Th-That's not possible..!

Jin: Your little tricks cannot stop me. -He said as he destroyed the kunai by shattering it within thin air- I defy all laws of logic, powers such as Ninjutsu or martial arts are meaningless against me.

Tsubasa: You bastard!

-Tsubasa got up from the car and charged towards Jin as the man would transform his cape into wings and took flight to dodge Tsubasa's attacks, after the first two ranged swing attacks, she looked over to Ogawa and saw that he was falling, she'd quickly run to him and try to catch him but she was a second too late as Jin grabbed him first and flew away with Ogawa-

Tsubasa: Get back here!

Jin: If you can chase me down! -Tsubasa ran after Jin with great speed and after they left, Hibiki and Soran arrived to the area that the two were just at-

Soran: What?! They're gone!

Hibiki: We'll track them.

Soran: Got a plan then?

Hibiki: The blood. -She said as she pointed on the ground as there was a trail of blood-

Soran: Interesting idea. Let's go then. -Hibiki nodded as the two followed the trail ahead of them. Up ahead, the sight of Jin flying up high around a clock tower-like building was seen as Tsubasa ran up the tower and used her boosters to increase her speed to chase him-

Tsubasa: Let him go! You wanted to face me! Not him! Now let him go!

Jin: As you say. -He'd drop Ogawa's body down-

Tsubasa: No! -She quickly jumped up from standing on top of the glass roof of the clock tower, once she caught Ogawa, she fell onto her back and hit through the glass as she landed on the steel walkway that were surrounded by moving gears- A-Are you okay? -She turned to look at Ogawa as he was conscious but in pain as he nodded, it was then a mercury-like liquid would land right next to Tsubasa as she looked over and quickly turned her back over and protected Ogawa as the liquid exploded. After the explosion, Tsubasa would lightly let Ogawa down and kept him safe as Jin flew down towards the clock tower and attacked Tsubasa head on. Ogawa was moving away from the fight as he was bleeding-

-Jin looked down and saw Ogawa as he aimed his tail at the gear that Ogawa was standing on and fired a plasma shot at it. The plasma would hit the gear and explode as Ogawa fell down, Tsubasa panicked and quickly jumped down and ignored Jin. The man chuckled softly as he then heard the sound of an activation song not far from the area-

Jin: Hmm?

"Granzizel bilfen Gungnir zizzl"

-The song "Ressō Gungnir" was heard as a spear would pierce through the brick wall beside Jin and hit a gear as Jin would turn and look to the side and saw the sight of Maria-

Jin: Maria...

Maria: Jin..

-Maria charged towards Jin as she used her cape as a drill to attack the man while the sang her song-

"(Kort el fes Gungnir)

(Kort el fes Gungnir)

The flame of faith that resides in my heart

Is one that nobody can extinguish, an eternal blaze

Even if my body were to be burnt to ash

For the sake of the path I believe in, I would gladly go to heaven

Will the dark of the night be lit by my song?

Power wells from the serenade of holy light

I will never yield, my dream will roar out aloud

For the sake of justice, I will pierce through evil

I have no need for tears, for my strike is unparalleled

I have steeled my resolve, I swear upon my pride

For whose sake is my voice echoing far and wide?

And for whose sake does my song exist?

I've decided I won't lose anything more...

The miracle of my repeating emotions will scatter fate

The lives that deliver beating strikes, fight upon their backs

The cadenza, as it is, is a bundle of their love

I will never lose, the fight that I fight

O world, sing, sing of tomorrow

The future you know will not change, even after one thousand years

To the brilliant sky of the dawn, I wish you all the best

At last, I've realized,

At last, I understand

I will sing the proof of my life, and offer my body and soul

I will never yield, my dream will roar out aloud

For the sake of justice, I will pierce through evil

I will be remembered as a legend, from now to the end of time

With my resolve and my smile, I will follow my heart

I swear upon my pride"

-Jin took the drill attack head on as he simply grabbed the drill with his hands as it spun in his palms. The wall behind Jin exploded as Hibiki appeared behind Jin and grabbed Jin's cape and held him down as Soran jumped onto Jin's shoulders and began punching the man's helmet as Jin began to panic as he was being attacked from all sides-

Tsubasa: Ogawa-san! Ogawa-san! -She had caught the man before he fell to his death but the man was unconscious when she had caught him. Tsubasa was in tears as she was panicking, it was not long till Kinji's bots arrived and quickly took Ogawa back to the base-

Jin: Swallow your pride! The Great One will appear and when he does, all will be destroyed! -He said loudly as he quickly grabbed Maria's pendant that was on her chest and crushed the crystal, thus forcing Maria's armour to disappear as it deactivated on its own-

Maria: Wha-?!

Soran: Maria!

Jin: You do not deserve such an armour. -He said as he would grab Hibiki's neck with his tail and toss her aside as he grabbed Soran's tail and pulled him down as he tossed him at Hibiki, causing the two to hit a wall together as Jin would fly up to the sky and leave, Maria looked up t osee where he was going but the man vanished in thin air like an illusion. She would then look down and saw the sight of Tsubasa sitting on the ground as she seemed helpless-

Tsubasa: I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'm so so so sorry...

-TO BE CONTINUED-

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The fight between Jin and Tsubasa were based on the film "The Amazing Spider-man 2". The idea was to show a battle between two people who care and loved each other in the past but had no choice but to fight one another for the cause of someone else's own ideals.