Hey everyone, I'm back!

ShirouYagami16, yep, here's the newest chapter, and the first chapter for GX!

DCDGojira, thanks.

Karlos1234ify, yeah, Maria has joined the harem, sort of. I do imagine he will have that talk with his father, of course, and Moroboshi getting irritated hahahaha. But we'll see how we'll go with that.

IdeaPerson1097, I actually thought it'd take longer than a normal season to finish off one season of content, considering I write the chapters as I go. And Windam... That's something we won't be seeing in a while actually, at least not so soon. But the Auto-Vajin rip off, as you call it hahahah, will be in the story.

And yeah, I am reading the manga in Mandarin translation, which is at the part where the Zetton Core team shows up and Shinjiro getting Spacium into his body. But that's it. I may factor in more elements from the manga, but it won't change much of the outline with how I'm plannin to have it go.

Ultimablast3, thanks. Considering the story, Miku throwing the cane out of nowhere would be weird, so I had Maria do it instead. Glad you found it more symbolic though. Now the dad part, may come up, I'm actually still thinking how I'd reveal Bemular's true identity.

As for any of the Custodians meeting any of the Ultraman gods, definitely. Considering in canon they never revealed many of the Custodians aside from Enki and Shem-Ha, the possibility is definitely there. But whether I'll address it in the story is a different thing.

And YES, I'M SO GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT!

I love throwing in Seiyuu and general references here and there. I actually thought no one would recognise the Geed/Kei reference with how general it was, especially after no one pointed out the Aoi Yuki/Hibiki/Okita Souji reference I did back in chapter 14.

Tigracho, sadly the celebration from the end of the previous chapter won't be shown. I'm not really good at writing those to be honest. I might add an omake for that, but I won't make any promises.

So yeah, here is the first chapter of season 3.

Hope yall like it.

XXX

Two weeks later, a massive space shuttle descended from the stratosphere. One of the pilots cursed, as the controls suddenly malfunctioned, "What the fuck?!"

The other grunted as he did his best to regain control over their descent, yet to no avail, as their shuttle didn't slow down at all, "Goddammit! What's HQ saying?!"

The first pilot frowned, "Nothing! They're putting us on hold!"

The other man growled, "Fucking dammit..."

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In the temporal base of Section 2, Genjuro frowned as they watched the shuttle fall, "Have the authorities responded yet?!"

Sakuya shook his head, "No, not yet! The Japanese government has given us the go ahead, but the US is silent!"

Shin frowned, "Because of the orbit, the parts of the Frontier that held the remains of the heretical tech from the ship, as well as Professor Nastassja's corpse, ended up in US territory..."

Ide closed his eyes, "No doubt they want claim to it."

Genjuro cursed, "Fucking idiots..."

He had half a mind to send Shinjiro out to save them, but they were on thin ice as it is, what with Shin and Genjuro, with help from Akiko and several ministers, they had taken 'custody' of the Taro and Ace suits, with both wielders, along with the three other Symphogear users.

Needless to say, none of the other countries were happy with them. Ukraine had tried to lay claim on Maria, saying that while initially thought to be dead, the pinkette was still their citizen.

The same was for Kotaro, as the US immediately sent them demands to return their citizen to them, while some countries demanded that they investigate the backgrounds of Seiji, Shirabe and Kirika.

Needless to say, Shin and Ide did their very best to shut those demands down. And they barely managed, as the five former members of the FIS were now under their watch.

Unfortunately, that didn't come easily. For while they were given authority over the five, the politicians that stood against them weren't simple figureheads, and they had demanded some contingencies for their own protection.

To avoid any more trouble, the Japanese government had agreed, and they were to discuss the terms in the next week. But that was something they could worry about later.

Genjuro stared at the screen, "Sakuya, send in another request. We don't have time."

Aoi's voice reached his ears, "No need sir! We're good to go!"

The formal letter from the US and the Japanese government appeared on the screen, and Genjuro smirked, "Alright, Sakuya!"

The man grinned, "Already ahead of you, the trajectory is already adjusted, and they're good to go anytime."

Genjuro nodded, "Good, now let's show those dumb politicians what we can do!"

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Outside the submarine, a single pod opened, and a massive missile shot out from the temporal base, and it wasted not a second to shot towards the falling shuttle that could be seen in a distance.

In the shuttle, the two pilots did their best to regain control, until they spotted the missile shooting at them, the first man's eyes widened, "That's...! They're shooting us down?!"

The second pilot sighed as he slumped back into his seat, "Makes sense... I guess killing the two of us would be better off than dozens..."

The first pilot closed his eyes, "... I guess..."

He looked out of the window, "At least we have a good view."

"It's okay, it's totally fine! That's why..."

"Don't give up!"

The pilots widened their eyes when they heard a young girl's voice coming from the comms.

(Play Radiant Force)

Before their eyes, the missile popped open, and much to their disbelief, the two pilots spotted four figures coming out of the missile. One was a white and red armored figure, while the other three were all teenage girls clad in sci-fi armors.

They knew them. The two pilots were all briefed on what they were sent to retrieve, and that included a brief intro on the Ultraman suits and the Symphogear armors.

Shinjiro shot towards the ship, and the two pilots lurched forward as the young man pushed against the hull. Not missing a beat, Chris unleashed three massive missiles, and Hibiki and Tsubasa both got onto one each, leaving the last one for the gunner herself.

Tsubasa grunted as she did her best to stay on the missile, "These things are really unstable."

Chris smirked, "You can handle it, or do you want Shinjiro to carry you?"

The bluenette suppressed a blush and wisely chose to stay silent. Hibiki simply giggled as they closed in on the shuttle.

The cream haired girl readied herself, "Alright you two, let's do this!"

The two girls stopped their bantering, and focused on the ship. Then, as the missiles neared the shuttle, the three of them jumped off, Hibiki using her thrusters to move to the shuttle, while Tsubasa extended her feet blades to push her forward, and Chris using two extra missiles to propel her towards the shuttle.

The three Symphogear users quickly stood on the shuttle, and Hibiki grabbed onto the fin, extending her gauntlets to form pseudo-boosters. Tsubasa, on the other hand, stabbed her sword into the platings of the vehicle, before further extending her feet blades to form makeshift wings, each having their own sets of boosters.

Chris, meanwhile, simply created four missiles and had them stay locked on her shoulders, before using the thrust to push them back.

The three Symphogears, plus Shinjiro pushing on the hull directly in front of the shuttle, quickly slowed the shuttle down, but it wasn't enough, as Earth's gravity quickly took hold of them.

Sakuya's voice reached their ears, "Guys, you're trajectory has changed, but now you're definitely gonna crash into Mount McKinley! And you're gonna crash into it in seconds!"

Shinjiro gritted his teeth as he did his best to push the shuttle back. The Ultraman looked back and spotted the mountain coming closer and closer.

The pilot panicked, "We're gonna die!"

Shinjiro cursed, "Don't give up! We're here! We're with you!"

He turned, letting the shuttle push against his back as he did his best to continue holding the shuttle back, and he placed his hands in a T-shaped position. Then, the young man let out a roar.

In a flash of blue, a massive blue wave of energy shot at the mountain, and the two pilots could only marvel in awe as the Spacium Ray utterly incinerated the top part of the mountain, resulting in the shuttle only scraping the now very much lowered top of the mountain as they continued crashing downwards.

Sakuya's voice reached their ears again, "America's highest mountain rankings have changed now!"

The four could pretty much hear the adults and their disbelief, but Chris simply laughed, "Good job, Shinjiro!"

Shinjiro chuckled sheepishly as he pushed back against the shuttle, "Shut up, you'd do the same thing!"

The lavender haired girl grinned, "You know me all too well."

Tsubasa's eyes widened when they neared the ground, "Brace for impact!"

Shinjiro's eyes widened, and he pumped Spacium Energy into his feet as they crashed into the ground.

Genjuro's eyes widened as he watched Shinjiro's feet pushing into the ground while holding the shuttle back, "Namusan!"

Hibiki yelled, "Shinjiro-san! You okay?!"

The young Ultraman grinned as he clenched his teeth, "Yeah! Now we.. just.. Need.. To stop... This fucking... SHUTTLE!"

Tsubasa's eyes widened, "Shinjiro-kun, what are you-!"

She was cut off when the young man glowed red, and inside his suit, his muscles bulged, and he stomped into the ground, his fingers crushing into the metal platings of the shuttle, and with mighty grunt, Shinjiro pulled.

The shuttle swung upwards, earning yelps from the three girls, until it stopped in place, much to the others' confusion and surprise.

Chris frowned as she held onto Tsubasa, who was still on the ship thanks to her swords that were stabbed into the platings, "The next time you do something like this, please tell us, okay?"

Shinjiro grinned, unable to get a word out as he was too focused on not dropping the shuttle. Hibiki giggled and jumped off the shuttle, landing by his side, as Shinjiro slowly lowered the shuttle to the ground.

Shinjiro let out a breath, "That was tiring..."

Hibiki giggled, "Good job, Shinjiro-san."

Tsubasa and Chris landed by their side, and the bluenette smacked him on the head, "That was reckless."

Shinjiro chuckled sheepishly, "Sorry, but we couldn't risk the shuttle crashing any further."

Tsubasa sighed, "Well, that is true I suppose."

Chris grinned, "Senpai's mad."

The bluenette huffed, "As if."

Shinjiro chuckled, "Yeah, you're mad."

The lavender haired girl grinned, "See, even the Ultraman agrees. So to make it up to her, how about you take her on a date? Consider it punishment."

The two blinked, before they snapped their heads at her, "How is that punishment?!"

Chris nodded and she took a thinking pose, "Hmm, that is an issue, it wouldn't be a punishment if Shinjiro enjoys it."

The young man was so glad for the helmet, because while everyone could see Tsubasa blushing up a storm, he certainly didn't want them to see him blush.

The user of Ichaival snapped her fingers, "I got it!"

The girl looked at him, and Shinjiro didn't like that look one bit, "Instead of just Senpai, how about you take all three of us on a date? That includes the idiot over there."

Hibiki blinked, "Wait, why am I included?"

Shinjiro simply palmed his face, 'I don't even wanna think anymore.'

As the four bickered around, the two pilots, who had gotten out of the shuttle, blinked as they watched them. The first pilot glanced at his partner, "They're really kids..."

The other nodded, "Y-yeah... Can't believe they saved the world... Twice."

Back to the four, as they bantered around, they were cut off by a very familiar and annoyed voice, "Just what in the nine hells... DO YOU FOUR THINK YOU'RE DOING STANDING THERE?!"

The four of them winced when Moroboshi's voice blared in their ears, as the bespectacled man proceeded to tear them a new one.

Even from a distance, the two pilots could hear the man clearly, and the first man chuckled, "Yeah, they really are kids."

The second pilot simply shook his head as he went back into the shuttle and started to get things sorted.

(linebreak)

A while later, back at the base, Genjuro sighed as Sakuya and Aoi summarized the operation, "Vaporising the top of a mountain, seriously, stuff like should only happens in the movies you know?"

Shinjiro chuckled sheepishly, as Hibiki and Chris grinned at him, while Tsubasa simply shook her head in exasperation. Moroboshi, on the other hand, gave him a subtle glare for not being subtle, even if he admitted that the situation may have called for it.

Shin chuckled, "At any rate, we received a bit of a complaint from the US government, but they did admit that they'd rather the shuttle not be damaged than having the mountain cut off on top. So they're letting it slide this time."

Ide smirked, "But your output's increased quite a bit, I'm impressed."

Shinjiro smiled, "Thanks, it didn't really increase by that much than before though, that one actually took quite a bit out of me."

The man nodded, "But improvement is still improvement."

Genjuro nodded, "Agreed. At any rate, you're all free to go. I suppose there are people you'd want to visit, yes?"

The four of them nodded, and they quickly left the command center.

Soon, the four of them reached a locked door, and with a swipe of Tsubasa's ID, the door opened, revealing Kotaro, Seiji, Maria, Shirabe and Kirika in a rather spacious 'cell'.

They might have called it a cell, but Genjuro had made so that if they really wanted to leave the room, they could simply do so. Their cuffs, which were simply metal braces that could be separated at will, acted as a substitute for an ID as well.

The so called cell was simply just something to keep the higher ups and other countries happy, and in case some stuck up asshole from the governments decided to come check on them.

Plus, the redhead had made sure to make the room extra comfortable for the five of them, something they were very grateful for.

As the four opened the door, the five of them immediately took notice of them, and before they realized it, Shinjiro found himself pulled into a hug by Shirabe and Kirika. The young man blinked, "E-eh?"

"Thank you-desu."

"Thank you."

The two girls smiled at him, as they pulled back, and Shirabe spoke, as she looked at the three other Symphogear users, "Its thanks to you, that Mom can rest in peace now."

Kirika nodded, "Desu-desu."

Shinjiro chuckled, "It's nothing, really."

Hibiki grinned, "Exactly, Professor Nastassja gave her life to protect our world, that's the least we can do for her."

Chris and Tsubasa both nodded in agreement.

Seiji gave Shinjiro a not-so-subtle glare, and Maria nudged him harshly in the ribs, earning a wince, before she looked at them, "But still, we really appreciate it. So at least let us thank you properly."

Kotaro nodded, "Agreed."

Tsubasa chuckled, "In that case, then we'll just have to accept it."

Kirika then jabbed Seiji's sides harshly with a finger, "Seiji-nii."

The youngest Ultraman winced and looked at the blonde, "What?"

The girl gestured at the four, and Seiji grumbled, "Fine... Thanks."

Hibiki giggled, "You're welcome. Now, I'm hungry, wanna go get lunch?"

Shirabe frowned, "But, we shouldn't leave the room."

Chris sighed, "Seriously, the old man said its fine. Besides, no one will know. This base is a submarine for fucks sake."

Seiji grumbled, "That's what I've been saying the entire time."

Kotaro sighed and asked silently, "You sure ya wanna go there dude?"

The younger teen wisely kept his mouth shut. The last thing he wanted to do was anger the three girls he loved like his sisters. And while the feeling was mutual, they were relentless when it came to stuff like that.

Tsubasa chuckled, "Just follow us, its been a while since the five of you left the room, right? It'd be good to have a walk or something."

Shinjiro nodded, "Yeah."

Maria sighed, "Well, if you insist."

With that out of the way, the nine of them left the 'cell' and headed to get some food from the makeshift cafeteria in the submarine.

(Linebreak)

Three months later, Section 2 had under the agreement from the Japanese Government, revealed the events of the Frontier to the world. Maria had initially wanted to publicly issue an apology, but none of the politicians were having it.

Instead, they insisted that she be announced to be an undercover agent that was sent to infiltrate the FIS, along with the two Ultraman suits, Shirabe and Kirika. Maria, of course, did not want that, but relented with some persuasion from everyone.

Especially considering it would make life for Shirabe and Kirika easier. And with that said, the pinkette had also been given the chance to become an idol again, especially considering that the issue with her terrorist activities being cleared.

With consent from the Japanese Government, they had also officially revealed the existence of the Ultraman suits. It had brought some controversial questions, of course, such as if they were simply fakes, or experiments, or just attempts to recreate the legendary giant.

They weren't given a straight answer, but the general public had pretty much accepted the revelation. Some decided it was a very much needed thing, while some decided it was just the government's attempt at propaganda.

But that wasn't important.

Following that, Maria, Shirabe, Kirika, Seiji and Kotaro were all under SONG, a revamped and restructured version of Section 2, and a more official revival of the SSSP. Though they may have changed departments, they were pretty much the same as before, but instead of working under the Japanese government alone, they were now under the authority of a collective representative from all major countries.

It meant that they would be dispatched to all parts of the globe to deal with any disasters, and at the same time, it also gave them a tad bit more leeway.

Now, Sakuya and Aoi were alone in the command center of their base.

Like before, they were still using the submarine, but with the transfer to SONG, the governments from all the various countries decided it would be better to have the disaster relief squad to be better equipped, and upgraded their submarine.

It was now twice the size than what they previously had, and had more facilities and equipment than before.

The woman walked to their usual seats, and handed the man a cup with a holder, "Here. Hot coffee with three cubes of sugar."

Sakuya accepted the cup, "Thanks."

Aoi nodded, "So, did I miss anything?"

The man shook his head as he took a sip from his coffee, "No, nothing. To be honest, nothing has been coming up for the past three months."

Aoi nodded, "Ever since the issue with getting Professor Nastassja's body back, along with a bunch of heretical tech."

Sakuya leaned back into his chair, a chuckle escaping his lips, "Well, its not so bad. I sure hope we won't get anything bad for a long time, the pay's good anyway for something like this."

Aoi smiled, "Careful there, don't wanna jinx it."

The man grimaced, "You're not wrong..."

The woman chuckled, "At any rate, I don't disagree with that. Especially if it let's the girls get some form of normalcy for once in a while."

Sakuya nodded, "True. Especially with what they've gone through. Speaking of which, that Shinjiro, I don't know whether to envy him or pity him."

Aoi sighed, "Seriously, I can't believe you all actually made a betting pool to see who gets to him first."

The man grinned, "Hey, can't blame us for having some fun, the past two to three months have been pretty insightful. Can't believe all six of them got attached to him."

The woman sighed, "Considering how much he meant to Tsubasa-san, she's a given. Hibiki-chan and Chris-chan too I guess..."

Sakuya chuckled, "Ah, but you forget, he did help Maria-san, and apparently sometime before, he was trapped in a cave with both Shirabe-chan and Kirika-chan."

Aoi shook her head, "We're lucky he's not a playboy."

The man chuckled again, "Nah, if he was, they probably wouldn't have spared a glance at him."

The woman nodded, "But still, I'd hate to see the day when he actually chooses one of them."

Sakuya grimaced, "I see your point."

Aoi nodded, before giving him a stink eye, "And you all still betted on who gets to him first."

The man grinned, "Hey, you can't blame us for that. I personally support Shirabe-chan and Kirika-chan. I know you ship him and Hibiki-chan."

Aoi furrowed her brows, closing her eyes as she took a sip from her cup, "You're the worst..."

Sakuya laughed, "I'll take that as a compliment from you."

The woman was about to retort, when an alarm caught their attention. The two wasted no time to check the sensors, and Sakuya's eyes widened, "This is... In Yokohama?!"

Aoi quickly went to check her own sensors, "It's an unidentified signal! It's-! It's gone?!"

The signal that showed up, had disappeared as soon as it showed up, and it worried them to no end. Sakuya frowned, "We need to get the commander."

(Linebreak)

Meanwhile, in the night streets near the port in Yokohama, a single blonde girl wearing nothing but underwear and a black hoodie hid behind a bench, panting tiredly.

She flinched when she heard the shots fired at her, and ducked down, catching a glimpse of the projectiles that struck the ground near her, revealing them to be gold coins.

The girl frowned, 'Leiur... I have to move...'

She glanced down at the box she carried in her arms. The box was a simple one, dull golden in colour, with numerous patterns on it. It also had two compartments. The girl narrowed her eyes, 'Dwerg Dain's legacy, and the Volsunga King's legacy... I need to deliver this to them... Its my atonement... Before everything is too late.'

The blonde peeked up from her hiding spot, before breaking into a sprint.

As she ran, a black haired woman looked down at the girl. She had black hair with yellow highlights, and she wore a yellow and brown suit with black tight fit pants.

The woman scoffed, "Subtle approaches like this really doesn't suit me."

She stared down at the girl's shrinking figure, and prepared to give chase, until a voice reached her ears, "That's enough for now. No need to take her out yet. Continue to watch her until further notice."

The woman nodded, "By your will."

She jumped off the roof and gave chase, but never going too close, 'The next time I do it, I'm making a show out of it.'

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The next morning, Chris walked into the gates of Lydian Academy. Life had been pretty normal, for after 2 months of peace, Genjuro had saw fit to let the girls have alternate days to be on standby.

Today was no different.

"CHRIS-CHANNNN!"

The lavender haired girl grimaced, and she stepped to a side as a cream haired girl fell to the ground. Chris sighed, "Idiot... Don't announce yourself if you want to get someone from behind."

Hibiki rubbed her nose as she stared at her with a mock hurt face, "I just wanted to hug you..."

Chris sighed, "Do that later... Besides, I'm older than you, and in school, I'm your senior. You also need to set a better example for the two of them."

The lavender haired girl pointed her thumb to the side, where Shirabe and Kirika were watching them.

Miku, who had been with Hibiki, greeted them, "Good morning."

Shirabe nodded her head, "Good morning."

Kirika beamed, "Good morning-desu!"

Hibiki giggled as she got to her feet, "Yes yes, good morning."

"Seriously, how can all of you make such a fuss in the morning?"

The girls turned to see Kotaro and Seiji walking to them, both wearing office wear. Miku greeted them, "Good morning, Kotaro-sensei, Seiji-san."

Kotaro grimaced, "Still will never get used to being called a teacher..."

Seiji nodded, "Agreed..."

The former journalist had been assigned to be a gym coach in Lydian Academy and Seiji, who had been against going back to school, had been assigned to be Kotaro's assistant. Of course, the staff in said academy had very much been against them being added to the roster, but Genjuro firmly believed in the two to not do anything inappropriate.

Perverted he may be, but even Seiji knew better than to do anything inappropriate, especially when over half of the students in the academy were quite well off when it came to their families. No doubt if he did anything even close to being inappropriate, he'd get a horde of angry parents and lawyers coming for his ass. So with persuasion from Genjuro and Shin, who were both major authorities from SONG, which happened to be the main backer for the private academy, the two were registered as the coaches for gym classes.

Hibiki giggled, "Well, at least you have something to do now, an actual job."

Kotaro nodded, "And I'm grateful for it. Speaking of which, you better get going, you'll be late if you dally around here."

Hibiki grimaced, "Oh... crap... come on, Miku! "

The others simply shook their heads as the cream haired girl dragged her best friend to their class. Shirabe commented, "She never changes, does she?"

Seiji chuckled, "Well, it wouldn't Hibiki if she changed."

Chris snorted, "You have no idea. Now, I'll head for my class as well. I'll see you all later."

After that, Shirabe and Kirika both said their byes before quickly following after Chris as they headed for their classes. Kotaro then glanced at Seiji, "Now, let's get going, you have a bunch of homework to grade."

The younger teen grimaced, remembering that since he was a teacher assistant, he had to help grade homework for other teachers, something Kotaro didn't need to do. With that in mind, the two headed for the staff's office.

(Linebreak)

A while later, Hibiki and her classmates were in the academy's pool, for it was gym period and since it was summer, everyone had chosen to use the pool.

As Kotaro sat at a far side to make sure no one got hurt, Hibiki, Miku, Kuriyo, Shiori and Yumi were sitting by the edge of the pool. Kuriyo spoke, "Can't believe the parent-teacher-student meeting is coming soon..."

Yumi sighed, "Please don't remind me, I just hope my dad comes instead of my mom..."

Shiori giggled, "Well, you could try to persuade them?"

The brunette grimaced, "Nope. Definitely not. If I tell either of them, they'll definitely have my mom come."

Kuriyo shook her head in pity, "Then it'll be up to luck."

Yumi nodded, before she asked, "Speaking of which, Hibiki, what about you?"

The cream haired girl blinked, "Hmm, me? I guess it'll be my grandma. I mean, ny dad's not around anymore, and my mom has work, so..."

Shiori smiled, "I see, is she kind?"

Kuriyo grinned, "Let's hope she is. With how Bikki's been doing, I hope her grandmother doesn't tear her a new one."

Hibiki answered by jumping into the pool, ignoring a yell from Kotaro to not jump, and she surfaced from the water, "Bwahhh, instead of thinking about that, how about we swim? It'll help us nap, so we can rest up for later at night."

Miku sighed, "How did that idea even come up?"

Kuriyo giggled, "She's not wrong though, and since its a rare chance to have gym class like this..."

She trailed off, before diving into the pool, and Shiori and Yumi both followed after them as Hibiki and Kuriyo both swam further off.

Kotaro got off his seat and stood by the edge of the pool, "I said no jumping! Goddammit..."

Miku simply sighed, "Seriously..."

Later that day, the teacher closed her eyes, standing in front of desk, where Hibiki was sleeping quite peacefully, "I see, so in preparation for your late night plans, you saw fit to get some rest."

The teacher glanced down at the very much asleep cream haired girl, "A good plan. But... Of all the times you chose, it had to be in my class. What do you have to say for yourself?"

Her words did not get a response, and the teacher saw red and snapped her book shut, "TACHIBANA-SAN!"

A hard slap sounded throughout the corridors, accompanied by a loud yelp.

(Linebreak)

Later that night, Kuriyo, Yumi, Shiori, Hibiki, Chris, Miku, Shirabe and Kirika were in the living room of a spacious duplex apartment. On the coffee table were trays of food and multiple cups filled with soda and juice, and more trays could be seen on the dining table at a distance.

Seiji stood by the stairs, a complicated expression on his face, "So, tell me again why...are you girls here?"

Yumi put her hands together, "Really sorry for intruding, Seiji-san, Kotaro-sensei. But we just didn't know anywhere else with so much space."

Kotaro chuckled as he grabbed a bottle of whiskey from a shelf, "It's alright, we were gonna watch the live anyway, and I wouldn't be leaving Shirabe and Kirika out of this, so I figured it'd be even better with more people here."

Kirika grinned, "As expected of Kotaro-nii-desu!"

Shirabe nodded, "Agreed. It's a shame we couldn't go to London."

Chris sighed, "Well, it can't helped, we have active duty and school after all."

Hibiki giggled, "That's why we're watching it here, right?"

Seiji sighed, "I feel like there's more to it than just watching the live... They just wanna see that bastard Shinjiro."

The teen flinched when two small pillows suddenly hit him in the face, and he looked up to see Kirika and Shirabe with their hands extended, traces of a blush on both their faces. Seiji sighed, "And that just proves my point."

Kirika glared at him lightly, "S-shut up-desu!"

Shirabe nodded, "At least he is better company."

Chris grinned, "They're not wrong, Shinjiro's more of a man than you are, being Ultraman and all that."

Everyone laughed as Seiji palmed his face, wanting nothing more than to leave the place.

Kuriyo giggled, "Well, Seiji-san's lack of masculinity aside, I'm surprised, Kotaro-sensei, you just became an instructor in less than 6 months, how did you afford all this? Especially this 80 inch TV!"

The man chuckled, ignoring the knowing smiles from the Symphogear users, "Well, I had a bit of help. Let's just leave it at that, okay?"

The athletic girl decided not to pry and nodded, "Okay."

Yumi then spoke up, "Ooo! Ooo! It's starting!"

Everyone turned their attention to the television, where a title was now displayed.

The Charity Rock Festival.

(Linebreak)

Earlier in London, in a room, backstage of the stadium where the Charity Rock Festival was held, Shinjiro spoke, "You have an hour before the live starts, Maria."

The pinkette was sitting on her chair, all dressed up and ready for the performance. The girl nodded, "Got it, thanks for the reminder."

After the reveal of the truth a few months ago, Maria had restarted her career as an idol, and Tsubasa had saw fit to create a duo unit with her again, this time more official than before.

Following that, the two girls had also decided to have Shinjiro become Maria's manager. The bluenette, had of course initially wanted Shinjiro to become hers, but decided that having Shinji pass off everything to him and the time needed for the transition was more trouble.

The young Ultraman had initially refused, claiming that he was not experienced enough, but the two idols, and Shinji, thought otherwise. In the manager/ninja's own words, experience was the best teacher. Not to mention, the two girls were very much adamant on it happening.

That brought them to their current situation, with Shinjiro helping with management for Maria. The pay was not as high as Shinji's, of course, but it was still much higher than when he worked as the ninja's assistant.

Maria looked at Shinjiro, who was going through the files on the stats and contracts for her, "So, Shinjiro-kun, do we have anything planned after the live?"

The young man blinked, "Hmm, I don't think so. After tonight's live, the next thing will probably be in a month or so, and it's an interview about your new single album."

Maria nodded, before a smile crept onto her face, "Then, how about we go have a drink somewhere, just the two of us?"

Shinjiro paused, before nodding, "Sure, I guess."

The pause didn't escape the pinkette, and she added, "Don't worry about any scandals, you're my manager now. Something like a simple drink won't mean much... Unless you want it to be..."

Maria trailed off, a suggestive smile on her face, and Shinjiro barely held back a blush, opting to focus on his files. The pinkette held back a giggle, 'Cute...'

The girl didn't mind if there were any scandals about them going around, if not for the fact that numerous government officials were watching her. Even as they spoke in her room, the pinkette knew that there were various agents around the backstage to watch her under the notion of 'protecting' her.

Maria held back a scoff at that thought. Shinjiro alone was more than enough, not to mention Moroboshi and Shinji who were currently with Tsubasa.

The girl mentally shook her head, noting the time, before she stood up, "Okay, it's almost time. I'll go check on my outfit one last time before I meet up with Tsubasa, okay?"

Shinjiro closed his files and nodded, standing up, "Got it. I'll handle everything else."

Maria nodded, "Thanks."

With that said, the girl headed off, leaving Shinjiro to clean up the room.

As Maria exited the room, she didn't miss the few men that instantly perked up when she stepped out. The girl knew them, of course. They were the agents assigned for her 'protection' by the authorities that oversaw SONG, or at least, the ones from countries such as the US and Ukraine.

Maria did her best to ignore them and walked off to prepare for the live.

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A while later, on the stage, the lights shone down upon two girls, and the started to sing.

(Play Seiten Galaxy Cross)

Tsubasa and Hibiki started to dance as they sang, feeling the stage lowering slightly so that the water was now at their ankles.

As the two performed, Shinjiro watched the live as he stood in the backstage room made for Tsubasa and Maria, aside from the private rooms they both had.

The door opened, and Shinjiro spotted the two men as they came in, "Ogawa-san, Moroboshi-san."

The two older men greeted, "Shinjiro-san/Brat."

The two bespectacled men went to the center of the room, and Moroboshi sat down, while Shinji decided to stand by Shinjiro. The ninja asked, "So, how are you going with your files?"

Shinjiro nodded, "It's going pretty well I guess. Nothing too hard for now."

Being the manager for Tsubasa, and a co-manager for the Queens of Music duo with Shinjiro, the ninja pretty much knew what Shinjiro was looking at, and the young man wasn't wrong too. The ninja nodded, "That's good, but do tell me if you need help."

Shinjiro smiled, "Thanks, I'll definitely take you up on that offer."

Moroboshi chuckled, "Colour me impressed. You went from a pathetic student to the manager of one of the most famous rising stars. A green manager, nonetheless."

The young man smiled sheepishly, "Ah... Well..."

The swordsman scoffed, "If you're thinking about how you pretty much relied on connections, then I can assure you that those two out there singing will smack you to next Sunday and find a way to torment you even more."

Shinjiro grimaced, "Yeah..."

Shinji chuckled, "Here I thought you'd finally get used to it."

The young man shook his head, "Obviously not."

Moroboshi scoffed, before focusing on the live, until he noticed the lyrics, and resisted the urge to groan and facepalm. Stars, light, future and love. It was very obvious where they'd gotten inspiration from. The worst thing was that said source of inspiration was clueless as fuck.

The man paused. Okay, maybe not clueless as fuck, but it was still annoying to see no progress at all between them, especially Tsubasa.

The song soon ended, and Maria left the stage as Tsubasa continued with a single song.

Shinjiro then headed for the door, "I'll be going then."

Shinji nodded, "Got it."

Moroboshi simply gave him a wave as the young man left the room. After he left, Shinji glanced at Moroboshi, "You're surprisingly calm."

The swordsman raised an eyebrow, "What are you talking about?"

Shinji smiled knowingly, "I would have expected you to be more annoyed at him for accepting to become Maria-san's manager."

The ninja paused, "No, actually you might have more of a reason to want that. That'd get him away from her more."

Moroboshi sighed, "Seriously, what do you take me for? I'm not an idiot to blame the kid for choosing a better career path. Being a green manager is way better than being your assistant constantly. Change is good."

Shinji smiled, noting that the swordsman had avoided the second question, "Sure sure. Keep telling yourself that."

Moroboshi simply huffed and focused on the live.

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With Maria, she descended from the stage via a lift, and she was immediately met with two of the agents she'd spotted earlier.

One of them spoke, "Good work."

Maria gave them a neutral stare, "Keeping a tight leash on your idol I see..."

The other closed his eyes, not that anyone could see with his shades on, "I assure you, it is not a leash. It's simply for your protection. There are that many people out there who'd want to hurt the hero that saved the world, after all."

Maria knew it wasn't true. Maybe the agents thought that to be true, and they may be doing it for that reason, but the girl knew the authorities that assigned them had other thoughts.

Regardless, she nodded, before walking forward to head back to her room.

As they walked, they walked past a corridor filled with mannequins, all with outfits for other artists that would perform in the venue. Until Maria felt a breeze, and her eyes widened, "Wind...?!"

That set the two other agents on alert, as they immediately watched the other sides Maria wasn't facing. The pinkette frowned, "Who's there?"

A voice answered. A distinctly female voice.

"Maria Cadenzavna Eve. The tainted hero of the Frontier incident. Or at least, that's what the public believes through manipulation of information."

Maria frowned, "Show yourself!"

The voice didn't answer this time, and before anyone could react, a figure landed by one of the agents, pulling him into a kiss. Then, to the girl's horror, the man shrivelled up, before falling to the ground.

The other agent saw red, "You bitch!"

He drew his gun and fired three shots, two chest, one head, yet the woman wasn't intimidated at all. She simply pulled her dress and swung, bringing up a veil of wind that send the bullets back at the man, hitting him at the places he had aimed, and he dropped to the ground dead.

The woman smirked slightly, "Well, without your Symphogear, I suppose you won't pose any threat."

"She's not the one you have to worry about!"

A large beam of energy shot past her, forcing the woman to jump away, but she simply smirked as the figure landed between her and Maria, "I've been expecting you, Ultraman."

Shinjiro's suit gleamed menacingly as he took a fighting stance, "You won't get away with this."

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DONE. So that's the first chapter of GX.

Do review please.

I'll work on the next chapter ASAP, so until next time.