Volume 3: Two years passed by, Plans in Motion and the Beat of Awakening.
(Wonder World - Tassel's House)
"Bonne lecture! My friends!" Tassels greeted, popping up from his floor boards. "I'm in suspense about what's about to happen next for Yuuma Kamiya!"
He brought out the pop up book as he recalled the last chapter.
(Yuuma was entering the stadium along with Hibiki to watch Zwei Wing perform. Changes to Kanade and Tsubasa backstage along with Genjuro and Aika as they discuss. At the underground lab, scientist along with Sakurai was working on the Nehushtan armor)
"Yuuma was very excited for the Zwei Wing concert, which Kanade Amou is part of. For them, they're doing an important experiment they say it's for the future of mankind."
(Yuuma and Hibiki watch as the concert begins as Kanade and Tsubasa sing. Genjuro and Sakurai see the relic was going out of control before an explosion occurs. Next, the Noise started to appear at the stadium and began attacking.)
"Unfortunately, something went wrong and then boom! The Noise started to ruin the concert and rampaging everywhere."
(Yuuma takes out his driver as he jumps and transforms into Saber and attacks the Noise. Kanade jumps off stage as she begins to sing, then manifest her Symphogear armor and fight.)
"Yuuma transforms and goes off to save the day along with Zwei Wing in those wonderful outfits."
(Kanade was about to sing her Swan song until Saber slapped her as it went unfinished. Kaenken Rekka glowed as Kanade's armor glowed also before Saber and Kanade swung their weapons as their energy formed into two dragons as they destroyed the Noise.)
"Kanade was about to use a dangerous song that cost her life if not for Yuuma stopping her at the last second. He managed to find another way with the help of Kaenken Rekka and Kanade's Gungnir and defeat those Noises."
(Aika was aiding Hibiki to escape with her knee injured as Saber and Kanade hold the Noise off, until Kanade's armor broke into pieces as one of them shot and lodged into Hibiki's chest. Later, Hibiki was in the ER for surgery. Next was Kanade in her hospital room as she took a look at the blank Wonder Ride Book created from her Gungnir armor.)
"But it left Yuuma's friend, Hibiki, injured and Kanade's armor was completely destroyed. But the thing is, somehow her Gungnir became a Wonder Ride Book and is now in her hands!"
Tassel closes the book and jumps around in excitement before his foot slipped and fell on the floor.
CRASH!
He managed to get up and sat on his chair with a bump on his head as he looked at the readers.
"Now, everything will go into motion as two more years have gone by for our heroes." Tassel said, rubbing his bump on his head.
(2 years later - Year 2043)
It was a peaceful day in Tokyo, everyone was doing their daily lives despite the Noise attacks. Riding in the neighborhood not far from Lydian Academy, Kanade was cycling on her bike in an orange sweater revealing her shoulders and black tank top straps, blue jeans with a brown belt, white gym shoes with red stripes, a flat cap and carrying a handbag over her shoulder. She stopped her bike and took a look at the ruined stadium.
Two years have passed since the Zwei Wing concert, many things have happened since that time. She has resigned her career as a singer due to her singing voice having been majorly damaged since she used her Swan song. Instead of the song taking her life, it damaged her lungs for singing it. Along with her Symphogear armor being destroyed, she is just a normal human and living a normal life.
Tsubasa continued her career as a Pop Idol but she no longer does live performances, only releases CDs and Albums. At first, she intended to quit her singing career but she and Aika managed to convince her not to.
She helped whatever she could when the Noise appears and evacuated the citizens with Ogawa, Tsubasa's manager, and watched Tsubasa fight the Noise. But Tsubasa was not the only one to fight them, there's another one who can fight them.
"Who are you, red swordsman?" Kanade muttered to herself before taking out her blank Wonder Ride Book.
She's been thinking about Saber ever since then but she knew nothing about him other than he appears when the Noise attacks. Only she sees him is through the news and rumors spreading around. But the only one clue she had was the book she's been carrying around and wondering what it can do but when she opens it, it was blank like nothing at all.
"Hah…" Kanade sighs, putting the book away before checking the time. "Welp, time to find a part-time job!"
She peddled off in full speed, she wanted to do something outside from the Noise attacks and her home since she quit Lydian Academy so she looked for any part-time work that came to her interest. But then she saw something unusual up in the tree as she stopped to take a closer look. When she did, she was surprised that it was Hibiki up in the tree with a cat in her arms, remembering her from the concert two years ago.
"Oi, what are you doing up there!" Kanade called out to her, getting her attention.
"Ah! Kanade Amou!" Hibiki shouted in glee, then she got embarrassed that she blurted it out. "W-Well, I saw this kitty climbing up the tree and couldn't get down."
"And you climb up the tree to help the kitty but can't get down." Kanade figured out what happened.
"Yes." Hibiki said, more embarrassed than before.
"Wow, you're in quite a predicament." Kanade said, much to Hibiki's chagrin. Then she saw something useful up ahead. "I'll be right back."
"Eh?" Hibiki was confused for a moment as Kanade ran off, then she came back with a ladder in her hands.
"Here, use this ladder to climb down." Kanade said, laying the ladder against the tree as Hibiki climbed down with the kitty.
"Thank you, Kanade-san." Hibiki said.
"No problem."Kanade grinned.
"Meow."
The two look at the cat in Hibiki arms as she scratches its chin, getting a purr from it.
"You must be hungry, aren't you?" Hibiki asked the cat.
"Such a cutie~." Kanade cooed at the cat before she noticed Hibiki's uniform is from Lydian Academy. "Are you a Lydian student?"
"Yep!" Hibiki before it hit her then panicked. "Ah! I gotta be late for my first day!"
"Hehehe…" Kanade giggled at her reaction before getting on her bike. "Come on, I'll give ya a ride."
"You will?!" Hibiki exclaimed in excitement as Kanade nodded her head. "Thank you, Kanade-san!"
Hibiki takes a seat on the bike rack as Kanade puts the cat in her basket and cycles to Lydian Private Music Academy.
(Cue Almighty ~ Kamen no Yakusoku by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra w/ Yoohei Kawakami)
(Instrument)
(Showing Yuuma opening his sign book from close to open for his bookstore. Then changes to the bookshelf as it pans in and out. A book was open as the pages were flipping and someone pulled a book from the bookshelf, revealing the book titled Wonder Story. In a dark room, someone was adjusting on a circuit-like keyboard as a screen showed the volume going up and down. Yuuma was in front of his bookstore with a smile on his face while bubbles were blown in the air. The Wonder Story book opens revealing a pop-up of Yuma and his bookstore.)
The saber in your hand
(Transition into the book where Yuuma stretches his arms as the camera zooms out, revealing that he's in the Wonder World.)
Is a pen to write it down
(The camera keeps zooming out as it shows the full sight of the Wonder World as the mythical creature flew in the air.)
Words to save this world
(The Brave Dragon flew by and it roared as the title appears as it flew in front of it)
Kamen Rider Saber: The Almighty Symphogear
{Dare ni mo mirarezu}
'Blooming flowers no one can see'
(Yuuma is in his bookstore, reveals the store with books, a hammock, posters of Zwei Wing and Kanade along a scale model of Tokyo with a drawbridge, mountains and a volcano as they surround a lake. He was writing a story on his desk before noticing Hibiki and Miku coming through as he greets them with a smile and tipping his hat.)
{Saku hana wa mushou no ai}
'It's a love that asks nothing in return'
(Tetsuya was in a room full of books with an open book in his hands as he smiled at the camera. Then Kanade was having lunch with Tsubasa and Aika as they talked before Kanade said something that embarrassed Tsubasa. The latter blushed and looked away from Kanade while she laughed as Aika sighs at her antics.)
{Hisoyaka na yasashi sa wa}
'Hidden in the depths, that kindness will fade'
(Yuuma opens the Brave Dragon Wonder Ride Book, showing the story page. The Wonder Story was opened as it shows a pop-up of Yuuma with Kanade, Tsubasa, Aika, Hibiki and Miku walking through the city as Tetsuya follows behind them.)
{Hitoshirezu saite chiru}
'Secretly it will all wither away'
(The pages turned as another pop-up revealed the Wonder World. Then transition to the young Yuuma reading the Wonder Story book alongside the young Akira and a girl as they sat by the tree before showing Yuuma pinky promise with the girl.)
{Kamen ni kakureta}
Faces covered beneath the mask'
(At the Sword of Logos Northern Base, Sophia was on the second floor looking at the bookshelf before turning to the camera and smiling. Changes to the Section Two base with Sakuya and Aoi by the Monitors while Genjuro, Ryoko and Shiji stood by each other. Fine was in front of her mansion with an army of Noises while Chris looked away with a frown. Then changes to where Storious, Legeiel and Zooous are with books in their hands as they grin menacingly.)
{Namida wo misezu ni}
'Streaming with invisible tears'
(Calibur appears as he had an army of Shimi behind him and swung his sword, sending a dark energy slash to the camera. Changes to Yuuma where he stood with buildings were burnt and peeling with pages as flames surrounded him. He had the Seiken Swordriver on his waist with the Brave Dragon book inserted in as a giant version of the book dropped behind him.)
ALMIGHTY!
(Yuuma grabs Rekka and draws it as the book opens to the Rider page. He swung Rekka in an X as the Brave Dragon came out of the book before the flaming X and the dragon merged with him, transforming to Saber.)
{Hon ni kakareta}
'Authored in this fairy tale'
(Saber was transported to the Wonder World as he fights the Shimi and the Noise, he slashes them with Rekka in flames. Kanade appears in Gungnir armor as she fights them before changing to Hibiki fighting in her place.)
{Chie to yuuki wo tsukande}
'A place to learn to be wise and brave awaits'
(Next page, Blades fights them as well using Nagare and slash then stabs them with water attacks. Tsubasa fought as well in Ame no Habakiri armor as she sliced and diced them. The page after that, Espada fought with Ikazuchi, conducting lightning and striking them with it. Chris comes in her Ichival armor as she shoots them with a pair of guns in hand. The pages flipped to where we see Tassel in his house as he dances around with his hands up and a smile on his face.)
ALMIGHTY!
(Saber swings Rekka before getting into combat in a fiery aura as giant Wonder Ride Books emerge from the ground.)
{Shinjita hou e}
'Find a path you believe in'
(Saber rode in the Diago Speedy bike while Blades rode the Ride Gatriker across the Wonder World. Then showing the Wonder Ride Book in piles as more stacked up on each other.)
{Ogokaserusa mirai}
'And run towards your own future'
(Saber stood on top of a mountain as he viewed the Wonder World.)
Volume 3: Two years passed by, Plans in Motion and the Beat of Awakening.
(Lydian Academy - Classroom)
Despite getting a ride from Kanade, Hibiki was late for the entrance ceremony. After the entrance ceremony was done, she was getting scolded by her teacher in front of the class while Kanade stood by the door.
"Tachibana-san!" Hibiki's teacher shouted, demanding her excuse of why she was late.
"Uh..." Hibiki began to explain, still carrying the kitty in her arms. "This cutie climbed up a tree and couldn't get down, so I climbed up to help it."
"So?" The teacher pressed on.
"She seemed hungry, so-" Hibiki tells her until her teacher interrupts her.
"TACHIBANA-SAN!" Her teacher shouted again, making Hibiki flinch.
"I'm sorry!" Hibiki apologized.
"Just go take a seat so we can continue." She tells her. Hibiki did just that and took a seat next to Miku. The teacher then turned to Kande. "Thank you for bringing Tachibana-san here, Kanade-san."
"Don't mention it." Kanade said, waving it off. "Now if you excuse me, I'll be on my way."
"Of course. Have a nice day." The teacher said before Kanade left the classroom.
(After Class, Dormitory)
In Hibiki's and Miku's new dorm room, Hibiki collapses onto the floor in symbolic defeat.
"I'm so tired!" Hibiki whined. "The first day of school felt like a hundred times climaxes in a row! I'm sure I'm cursed."
"Half of that curse comes with being a goofball." Miku said, packing her stuff away. " And the other half is when you stick your nose where it doesn't belong."
"Call it helping others!" Hibiki said, rolling over and standing in fours. "It's my hobby, you know!"
"You've got to draw a line somewhere." Miku retorted, straightening her books out. "Normal people don't just lend their textbooks to others."
"I'll just borrow yours." Hibiki cheerfully said, going over her shoulder before going to the table.
"Baka..." Miku muttered.
Hibiki then gasped when she noticed a magazine with Tsubasa on the cover and raised it up high.
"Her CD goes on sale tomorrow! Oho!" Hibiki said, hugging the magazine with such passion. "Tsubasa's so cool!"
"You enrolled in Lydian because you heard she studied there, right? She must really admire her." Miku smiled at her best friend.
"Yeah, but I've seen no sign of her yet." Hibiki said, crestfallen. "She's famous, so I don't exactly expect her to meet with me, but..."
Hibiki then pulled the collar of her shirt to see what remained from the incident two years ago; a scar in the shape of a forte note.
'I'm certain I would have died if it wasn't for Zwei Wing and Yuuma-kun that day. On the news, they said that Kanade had lost her singing voice from the incident and few people there had lost their lives to the Noise, save for me, Zwei Wing, and most of the survivors. Yuuma-kun was supposedly the one who saved the day. He told me what happened after I was discharged from the hospital but told me to keep it a secret. But I worry about keeping a very big secret from Miku though.'
(Next day - Lydian Academy, Cafeteria)
It was a new day at Lydian Academy for the two best friends and currently, the two were enjoying lunch while discussing the events of a Noise attack the Night before.
"The JSDF Disaster Relief Squads guided the people to safety and damage was kept to a minimum, that's." Miku said, reading the article off her phone. "It happened pretty close by."
"Hmm..." Hibiki said, shoveling the contents of a bowl of rice into her mouth. She swallowed her food and asked Miku a question. "What about the red swordsman? Is there any news on him?"
"Hold on, let me check." Miku said she began to search for anything related to him on her phone but couldn't find it. "Sorry, there's nothing new about the swordsman."
"Awwww..." Hibiki said, going back to eating her rice.
"Why do you keep asking about him every time the Noise is mentioned?" Miku asks as Hibiki stops and glances at her.
"Just curious?" Hibiki said, despite that she knows that the swordsman is Yuuma.
"You know, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you have a crush on the mysterious armored man." Miku teased, causing Hibiki to choke on her food before chugging down some water.
"Miku! It's not like that! I'm just curious about him, that's all!" Hibiki said, embarrassed of Miku getting the wrong idea.
"If you say so." Miku said, putting away her phone.
The two best friends then heard people talking around them.
"That's Tsubasa Kazanari!"
"She's a real celebrity. It's so hard to just talk to her."
"She's the nightingale of the school!"
This quickly caught Hibiki's attention as she got up quickly. Hibiki almost ran into someone and when she was about to apologize, she realized, standing in front of her was none other than Tsubasa Kazanari.
Hibiki finally got to meet Tsubasa which means she can finally ask about the events at the concert two years ago. But the thing is…
"U-Umm..."
She couldn't get the words out, she was frozen upon seeing her in person with her hand with her chopsticks shaking nervously.
Tsubasa then motioned to the corner of her mouth, prompting Hibiki to look where she was pointing and saw a few grains of rice stuck to her face. Thus making Hibiki now embarrassed in front of her idol.
(Fantasy Star Bookstore Kamiya)
Meanwhile, at the walking distance from Lydian Academy, we have a blue green two story building with white outlines, a patio roof and a red mailbox in front along with an open book sign saying open hanging on the door. Next to the mailbox is a sign that says "Fantasy Star Bookstore Kamiya" with decoration of fairy tales and mythical creatures. As the name indicated, Yuuma owns the store and runs it. For the past three years, Yuuma got his education and started his career as a writer and opened his own bookstore/home.
A group of kids were running towards Yuuma's store and let themselves in.
"Yuuma-niichan!"
"Read us a cool book!"
Inside the store are obviously books in the bookshelves but the main room was posters of every category from, fantasy, sci-fi, supernatural, etc. In the middle of the room was a scale model of Tokyo with rail tracks, drawbridge, mountains, volcano, castle and fantasy figure along with a lake. On the other side of the room is a desk and a hammock right next to it. Yuuma was at the said desk as he walked toward the kids.
"Hey kids! Ah, Yuna-chan's here too!" Yuuma said.
"Hm!" The girl in the group, Yuno, nodded her head.
"So! What do you want me to read?" He asked them as they spoke simultaneously.
"The Three Little Pigs!"
"Humpy Dumpy!"
"Peter Pan!"
Yuuma laughed, seeing the children so cheerful made him happy as he checked to see which book to read to them.
(Unknown Location - Megiddo's Hideout)
In a room at an unknown location, Kamen Rider Calibur stood in front of a brown canvas painting as it suddenly opened up revealing it as a vault. Inside were a bunch of portable bookshelves holding many books. One of the bookshelves popped to Calibur as he took one of them. It looks like a Wonder Ride Book but it's more dark and twisted called Alter Ride Books.
The room looks Vale Victorian with a chandelier, tables, chairs and desk that has books open with wooden hands hanging above it with a dip pen. There were other occupants besides Calibur.
The first had a slick look and wore black leather jacket over a long sleeve red sweater, leather pants and shoes. The second had a wild look and wore a sleeveless hooded black vest over a blue tank top with brown pants and black sneakers. The third had a bishonen look and wore a black trench coat and pants with brown boots, he had long strands of hair hanging in front of him.
Those are the Megiddo generals, Legeiel, Zooous, and Storious in their human form.
"The time has come…" Calibur said in a distorted voice, grabbing one of the Alter Rides Books and handing it to Legeiel. "For a new world to merge."
Zooous laughed while Storious smirked by the tables as Legeiel took the book from Calibur and took a look at it. The book had a twisted cover that has a title says "Gansekiou Golem".
"Allow me to open the first page." Legiel said as he walked out and started their mission.
(Fantasy Star Bookstore Kamiya)
Back with Yuuma, He and the kids were in Arabian clothing at the desserts surrounded with rocks, palm trees and a castle behind them.
"Everyone, let's chant the magic phrase together!" Yuuma cheered as the kids followed.
"YEAH!"
"One, two…" Yuuma counted as he and the kids shouted these words.
"Open sesame!"
In front of them was a cave that was closed off by a rock. But when they said those magic words, the rock suddenly moved and opened the cave for them. Yuuma and the kids were expecting treasure but what came out from the cave was Kanade instead.
"Yuuma, what are you up to?" Kanade asked.
Yuuma and the kids were startled as the screen shrunken revealing that it was the book, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Yuuma was reading to them. He closed the book as he and the kids turned to look at Kanade, the former freaking out.
"Yuuma!" Kanade called out to him. "Weren't you supposed to finish next month's manuscript of your serialized novel?"
"Kanade-chan, aren't you my employee? Why are you calling me by my first name?" Yuuma asked.
"Well, it is your name." Kanade answers, her eyes half-lidded as she takes out one of his books called "Lost Fantasy". "And you're the writer of this novel and the owner of this bookstore, Yuuma Kamiya! Am I wrong?"
"Eh~, always speaking so casually whomever you talk to." Yuuma said as he patted her shoulder so casually. "But that's what I like about you."
As you can see, Kanade has been working at Yuuma's bookstore part-time. When Yuuma did his grand opening yesterday, he didn't expect Kanade to be his first customer. He was excited to see the former idol coming to his store, but what shocked him the most was when she asked him if he's hiring. Which is to say that he's been delighted to have her work here.
"Hurry up with the manuscript!" Kanade reminded him as she bonked him with his book by his desk.
"Ite! Why are you so passionate about it?" Yuuma asked, rubbing his head from her bonking. "The deadline is at the end of the month."
"Well, I promise my sister to get her the newest edition of your book ASAP. When I told her I work for you, she went fangirl on me." Kanade explains as she looks at him with a serious look. "So finish it."
"You promised your sister for my latest book?" He asked, Kanade nodded. "That certainly is important. I do believe that promises are just as important to protect as a person's life. Therefore, I'll respect the deadline."
"Does that mean...you're done?!" Kanade asked excitedly.
"Yep." He said as he pointed his head and smiled goofy. "Up in head that is!"
Kanade looks at him as her smile starts to change into a frown, she gets in his face with those angry eyes.
"Then hurry up and write it down!" She exclaimed.
"Didn't you see the reaction of those kids earlier?" He asked, pointing over to the kids that are playing and reading as he steps out of his desk. "They can easily cross the boundary between fiction and reality. Kids grow with that kind of experience. And that's the kind of place my store is!"
Yuuma spread his arms open as he smiled with glee, seeing the kids happy and having fun with books. Kanade deadpanned at this as she sighed, Yuuma checked his watch for the time as his eyes widened.
"Oh! Look at the time." He said as he headed to his desk.
"Wha?"
Kanade was about to ask but cut off when he grabbed his bag and out the door as she and the kids followed. He locks the doors as he closes the book sign that's now saying close, making Kanade gasp in shock.
"Bye bye!" The kids said to Yuuma.
"See ya later!" Yuuma said back to them, waving goodbye before he started to head out.
"If it's done in your head, then write it physically!" Kanade whined, pointing at the door.
"There's another promise I've got to keep first." Yuuma said, patting on his bag before looking at the weather. "Man, the weather is so sunny today!"
"Come on, just write it and get it over with!" Kanade complained.
As Yuuma and Kanade head off, they're unaware that they're being watched by someone. Around the corner, a young man had medium short dark brown hair, wore a blue coat buttoned up with brown pants and boots. He had a bishounen face and blue eyes that glistened in the light.
This is Testuya Shindo, a member of the Sword of Logos.
He took a look at his own Wonder Ride Book he picked from his pocket. It's similar to Brave Dragon but the cover is blue and the picture shows a blue lion roaring in a yellow background with the title: Lion Senki.
He puts it away as he follows Yuuma and Kanade from a distance.
(With Legeiel)
Legeiel was on a rooftop as he was about to put the plans in motion as he opened the Gansekiou Golem Alter Ride Book. The book glowed as a bunch of books came out of it as it piled up to form a figure before they cracked as revealed the Megiddo of the said book.
The Megiddo had a black bodysuit with grey and gold armor pieces, he had a book embedded into the armor with the Megiddo symbol and the book spine was in the left chest armor. His head was big with a stone mask that looks like a face along with a pair of big stone hands attached to his head. While his right hand is normal size, his left hand was bigger like a gauntlet.
This is the Gansekiou Golem Megiddo.
"You have been chosen to connect the worlds." Legeiel smirked as he gave the golem a Blank Ride Book.
The Gansekiou Golem grunted as he proceeded his mission.
(Back with Yuuma and Kanade)
Yuuma and Kanade went to the town square as the former spotted a food truck where two parents were serving their customers while a little boy stood by his mom. He walked over towards the food truck as he called out to the boy.
"Ryouta-kun!" Yuuma shouted as he waved to him.
"Yuuma-niichan!" Ryouta smiled and waved back.
Ryouta runs towards Yuuma as he kneeled down and gives him a tickle, making Ryouta laugh. Kanade felt nostalgic when she saw them, it reminded her of when she tickled Aika the same way.
"Ryouta-kun, Happy Birthday!" Yuuma said.
"Thanks!" Ryouta said with a smile. Yuuma grabs something in his bag and takes out a book called Nobody's boy and shows it to Ryouta.
"I did my best to choose a book for you, just like your parents asked." Yuuma said. He gives it to Ryouta, making him happy.
"Thank you!" Ryouta smiled at his present as Yuuma ruffled his head.
Kanade and Ryouta's parents smiled upon seeing Ryouta happy on his birthday. It made Kanade reminisce about her parents celebrating her birthday, whom she still misses to this day.
Little did Yuuma and Kanada know, the Gansekiou Golem Megiddo opens the blank book as it manifests a giant book where Yuuma and Kanade are at. The book opens as it begins trapping those within the book. Everyone panicked upon the lights from the book, Yuuma and Kanade were confused as the former grabbed Ryouta for safety. The book began to flip its pages as it took part of the town square along with it.
"Ryouta?!" His parents shouted, worried about their son disappearing in front of them.
As the pook finishes flipping its pages, Tetsuya arrives on the scene and witnesses what happened before him.
"What the?!" Tetsuya said in shock.
(Megiddo's Hideout)
Calibur watches from a magical bubble surveilling upon their work along with Zooous and Storious.
"Now then, it's time to complete an Alter Book." Caliber declared.
He and the other Megiddo generals took a look at the wooden hand as it automatically started writing in Megiddo's language on the book. They watched in anticipation upon the book progress along a step closer to their goals.
(Wonder World)
At the lands of the Wonder World, the book manifests as its pages flips rapidly until part of the town square appears along with the people inside. That said, everyone was in complete shock upon this beside the Noise activity over the years.
"What the heck?!" Kanade shouted as she looked around the Wonder World.
Yuuma looked around the Wonder World, the scene before him reminded him of what happened 15 years ago, on that very day.
"This place…" Yumma muttered.
"It's unreal!" Kanade exclaimed, she has never seen such a fantasy world for real with dragons and everything fictional.
Yuuma took out a red cover book with the title, the Wonder Story, and opened it as a pop-up of the Wonder World came out. He and Kanade look to see the pop-up and the scene before them are the one and the same.
"It's the same." Yuuma confirms.
"This is crazy?!" Kanade said, shocked by this revelation. "This can't be a coincidence!"
"It can't be…" Yuuma couldn't believe it, what happened 15 years ago has started up again.
(Real World)
Back in the real world, many of the citizens were freaking out of this unknown book coming out of nowhere. Ryouta's parents were very worried about their son trapped in there, they shouted his name in hopes that he can hear them in the book but no luck. Ryouta's dad couldn't take it and tried to get in but he was pushed out by an invisible field surrounding the book.
"What's going on?!" Ryouta's dad exclaimed.
From afar, Tetsuya sees them wailing for their son, at that point he immediately took action and hurried off to the Wonder World inside the book.
(Unknown Location)
At a secret base, alarms were going off as the people were running while others were typing away on the computers. They detected some unknown energy that is not related to the Noise and tried to find the source. Genjuro was there along with Sakurai, who survived from the explosion two years ago, to assess the situation that's going on.
"Have you found the source yet, Ryoko?" Genjuro asked.
"Not yet, but from the readings I've gathered it's nothing we have ever seen." She replied.
"Sir! We found the source of the unknown energy! We're uploading the footage now!" One of the staff tells him as he nods.
Behind Genjuro and Sakurai, the door opens revealing Tsubasa and Aika as they come into the room.
"What's the situation?" Tsubasa asked.
"We're looking for the source of the mysterious energy we detected!" The operator said before a female operator reports to them.
"We have the footage uploaded!"
"Put it on screen!" Genjuro ordered as they did as he said.
After a few moments from the operators, they manage to put it on screen only to see a giant book open where the town square is located. Everyone in the room was silent upon this discovery and had no words for what they just saw. That is until Aika broke the silence in the room.
"Okay, since when there's a giant book in town square!?" Aika exclaimed.
"I've never seen anything like this before in my life." Tsubasa said, shocked.
"This isn't possible, the Noise aren't capable of doing this." Genjuro said,.
"Could it be…?" Sakurai said, thinking through this carefully. "We're facing something completely new?"
Her statement made everyone in the room paranoid. What could possibly be more dangerous than the Noise?
"Sir! We have something else to show you!" A male operator said.
"What is it, man?!" Genjuro asked.
The operator rewind the footage to when it was just the town square, then they saw the book appear out of nowhere as it opened it's pages. They uploaded another footage to see Yuuma and Kanade were in it before they disappeared into it.
"Kanade!"
"Onee-chan!"
Tsubasa and Aika were now very worried that Kanade was involved and turned to Genjuro for the solution.
"What are we gonna do, Commander?!" Tsubasa asked. Genjuro closed his eyes and thought but this is completely new to them, he doesn't know how.
"Sir! Look at this!"
Genjuro widens his eyes as he and the others look up to the screen, what they see is Tetsuya being there and standing in front of the book. Then to their shock, another book covered in blue energy appeared before him as he walked right in and disappeared into it.
"How?!" Genjuro exclaimed.
"It reminds me of...him." Tsubasa said, growling at the last part.
"You mean…" Aika said, putting it together.
The girls and Genjuro thought of the same thing, when they saw Tetsuya did the same thing as Saber did. They thought Tetsuya was their mysterious red swordsman but they couldn't be more wrong.
(Wonder World)
Back in Wonder World, Yuuma and Kanade tried to figure out how to get out of here. Ryouta, on the other hand, is more worried about his parents and can be patient about it.
"Mama!" Ryouta shouted, attempting to escape from the book.
"No, don't!" Yuuma grabbed his shoulders, preventing Ryouta from going any further.
"They're gone! Papa! Mama!" Ryouta cried.
"It'll be alright!" Yuuma reassures him, facing him at eye level. "We'll definitely reunite with your parents. I promise!"
Ryouta isn't convinced by his words, he then shows Ryouta the Nobody's boy book.
"The main character in this book also looked for his mother." Yuuma tells him, getting Ryouta's attention. "But since he didn't give up, he was able to find her in the end. Your mom might be crying right now because you were separated. So you have to be strong for her!"
His words sink in Ryouta's head as he nods his head, understood what Yuuma meant. Then he took Ryouta to a safe place close to the building until he could undo what happened.
"Stay here. I'll get us back, so don't worry. I promise." Yuuma said, he gives him a fist bump as Ryouta gives it back.
Yuuma walks to Kanade while she is pondering upon the Wonder World before them. She then took pictures from her phone so she could show them to her sister later as proof. Then a dragon flew by close to Kanade and Yuuma, surprising them greatly as Kanade took a picture of the dragon.
"Holy moly! Can't wait to tell Aika about this!" Kanade said, both excited and shocked.
"Your curiosity at a time like this is extraordinary, Kanade-chan." Yuuma smiled at her optimism. "I'll protect yours as well."
"AAAAHHHHH!"
Yuuma and Kanade heard screaming as they ran towards the commotion. When they did, they saw everyone screaming and ran away in fear. Then, two hands flew in the air attacking people before one of them destroyed part of the building, making it burned and falling apart into pages.
"The building's falling apart, just like that day." Yuuma mutters, Kanade notices the Golem Megiddo standing there as she points at the Megiddo.
"What's that?!" Kanade shouted, surprised that there's a monster besides the Noise.
The Golem Megiddo lets out a laugh as it pays attention to the Blank Ride Book in his hand. The book was slowly progressing as half of it became black and corrupted. Yuuma notices this and confronts the Megiddo.
"Oi, what's with that book?!" Yuuma shouted.
"Books grant us power! We shall use books to dominate the world." Gansekiou Golem said.
Kanade was very confused when the Megiddo told them the reason, how can a book dominate the world? However, for Yuuma, it made him angry that books are being used to hurt others.
"How...How could you use books to make people suffer?!" Yuuma yelled.
"Out of the way!" The Golem Megiddo shouted, he shot the hands hanging from his head towards Yuuma and Kanade as they dodged them quickly. "This world doesn't need humans. Now begone!"
The Megiddo summons a pop-up flower as it brings it to life and begins sucking everything around it, including Yuuma and Kanade.
"What the?!" Kanade shouted, the suction was beginning to get stronger as it picked her up. "Ah?!"
"Kanade-chan!" Yuuma shouted, he grabbed her hands and held it tight as he pulled her in and grabbed a nearby lamp post.
"I'm being sucked in!" Kanade said, struggling to hang on but slowly losing her grip. "Yuuma! Help!"
Yuuma had sudden nostalgia when he fully realized the position he's in and Kanade's. Seeing Kanade hanging onto him made him remember the little girl back then. Yuuma gritted his teeth, trying to get his grip but the force was too strong.
"I can't hold on any longer!" Kanade said.
"Don't give up!" Yuuma shouted, he took notice of a fire hydrant next to him and got an idea. "I won't make the same mistake twice!"
SPLASH!
Yuuma kicked the fire hydrant strong enough to let a huge amount of water out as it was sucked into the plant. It was starting to fill up with the water as it bloated up and couldn't take it any more and stopped. When it stops sucking, Yuuma and Kanade are suspended in the air for a brief moment until reality kicks in and they fall down to the ground.
THUD!
"Itetetetete! That hurt!" Kanade exclaimed, rubbing the back of her head.
"Kanade-chan...Kanade-chan?" Yuuma asked, who was on the ground with Kanade sitting on top of him as his face was a bit red. "Could you please move?"
"Eh?" Kanade was confused until she realized that she sat on top of him and got off of him. "Oops! Sorry!"
Yuuma stood up, flushed because he felt Kanade's ass when she sat on him. It was soft and a bit firm...but he shook it off for now as there are important matters to do. He quickly rushes to where the Megiddo is at as it is currently attacking everything in sight.
"Stop it! Bring everyone and the city back to our world!" Yuuma shouted.
Kanade arrives soon after as she currently watches as Yuuma confronts the monster before him. She wondered why Yuuma was familiar with all this, even his book showed the same thing when they got here. Her answers will be revealed as she watches on as the Golem Megiddo laughed.
"I'm afraid I can't do that." The golem said as he raised the incomplete book. "This book will soon be completed. And from it shall emerge the world we envision!"
"Worlds created by books?" Yuuma said, gripping his fist. "It's true that books have the power to change the world. But that power is meant to make people happy!"
"What would a mere human like you know?" The Megiddo mocked him.
"Humans are the ones who write books! People have the power to write stories!" Yuuma shouted.
Kanade was moved by his words, his passion for books is like when she and Tsubasa were still Zwei Wing. She wanted to make people happy with her songs and give them hope while he does it by writing stories. They have that much in common to say at least.
"That's why, I'll defeat you!" Yuuma exclaimed. He took out his Seiken Swordriver, much to Kanade and the Megiddo surprise.
"That's!" Kanade muttered.
"It can't be!" The Megiddo was shocked.
Not far from them, a blue glowing book appeared as the pages flipped as Tetsuya was coming out of it. In his hands was the same Seiken Swordriver like Yuuma's but the crest is blue with a curved guard in a water design. He was about to fight the Megiddo until he notices Yuuma's Swordriver in his hands.
"Is that…?!" Tetsuya said, shocked upon seeing another driver than his own.
Yuuma puts his driver on his waist and takes out his Brave Dragon Wonder Ride Book, adding Tetsuya's much further shock.
"A Wonder Ride Book?!" Tetsuya exclaimed as Yuuma opened the book.
[BRAVE DRAGON!]
"I'll be the one to determine how the story ends!" He inserts into his driver and draws Rekka.
[REKKA BATTOU!]
"Henshin!"
[BRAVE DRAGON!]
Yuuma transforms into Saber as he walks towards the Megiddo slowly. Kanade was shocked that Yuuma is the red swordsman who saved her all along. He was under her nose the whole time that it overwhelmed her and pinched her cheeks if she was dreaming, but she felt that.
"No way." Kanade said.
"Why you…" The Golem Megiddo growled.
"When the world unravels. The dragon will awaken the sword of flames." Tetsuya recited. "But how? No ordinary Homo sapiens could possibly draw a Seiken!"
(Megiddo's Hideout)
Back at the Megiddo's hideout, Storious and Zooous watches Saber with amusement. Calibur was a bit shocked that the Flame swordsman reappeared after 15 long years.
"That's...Saber…" Calibur said in a cold tone.
(Back to the Wonder World)
Saber readies Rekka as he starts running towards the golem, he slashes it as Rekka ignites in flames causing the golem to step back before ducking the incoming slash. The golem tries to throw a punch but Saber leaned back as he slashes at the golem's abdomen, causing it to scream in pain.
The Megiddo winces at the pain before it goes for a tackle at Saber, he jumps over the Megiddo and runs back to get another slash at the golem. The golem got really angry and unleashed its hands from his head and shot it up high in the sky. The hands began to plummet down as Saber dodged them, then the hands got up and rushed towards him as he blocked them with Rekka. But the hands grab the blade and try to throw him off but he manages to throw the hands back to the golem and knock it back a bit.
The Megiddo got back up as it grunted in pain.
"Hand over that cursed book! We're the only ones who should be using them!" The golem demanded.
"Sorry but this is my book, and my power!" Saber declared.
The Golem is now angry as he took out the incomplete Alter Ride Book. It places it on its large hand before it opens the book. It caused the book they're standing on started to flip it's pages. Saber panicked, thinking that the page might crush him as he raised Rekka to attempt to cut it open. But instead, the page took him and the Megiddo to a different world.
"Eat this!" The golem shouted, raising its right fist and slamming it onto the ground.
BLAM!
The ground rumbled by the shockwave, sending Saber up high along with the rocks as he was falling towards the sword monument. He immediately landed on the monument safely before noticing the incoming rock. He dodges the first few before igniting Rekka in flames and slashing the next ones. Then he leaped off the monument as he jumped from one rock to another while slashing the ones coming at him.
He managed to land back onto the ground as he sent a fire slash towards the Golem Megiddo. It hit the Megiddo, sending it flying as they now returned to town square. The Megiddo was knocked down while Saber was on the roof of a building.
"I'll save them all!" Saber exclaimed, pressing his Wonder Ride Book.
[BRAVE DRAGON!]
"Dragon Wonder Blast!"
Saber gathers the flames around his right fist as he jumps off the roof as he throws a punch, sending the flames towards the Megiddo. The flames were getting bigger, the golem saw it coming as it brought out a boulder and tried to block it. But it was too much for it as the boulder cracked as the flames broke through it and formed into a dragon, then it hit the Golem Megiddo and rolled onto the ground in pain.
"Yosh!" Saber said he readied Rekka as he was about to finish it off.
"He has it in the bag." Kanade said, pumping her fist cheerfully.
But then, the debris started to move towards the Magiddo as it absorbed them into its being. The golem Megiddo started to grow larger as it absorbed more of the debris until it grew tall as a building.
"Oi! That's cheating!" Saber called out.
"Don't even bother!" The Golem shouted as it threw its fist towards Saber but quickly dodged it. The Magiddo kept on trying to smash and stomp him but did not prevail. "It's already begun! No one can stop it anymore! No matter what you do, the ending won't change!"
"Like I said, I'll be the one to determine how the story ends!" Saber said as he sheaths Rekka back to the driver and pressed the trigger and drew it.
[HISSATSU DOKUHA!]
[REKKA BATTOU! DRAGON! HISSATSU GIRI! FIRE!]
"Dragon Blazing Slash!"
Saber readies Rekka as the Megiddo went for a punch again but he quickly avoids it and slashes at the golem. Brave Dragon appeared as he got on it and flew towards the Megiddo with Rekka ignited in flames. He flew around it while continuing to slashed it multiple times as he was getting faster and faster from its leg all the way up to its head. The damage was too severe for the Megiddo to handle as it caused an explosion, destroying the Megiddo.
KA-BOOM!
Saber landed on the grass and sighs in relief, Kanade smiled and walked towards him as he turned to see her coming. Then he realized that she witnessed him transform and fought the Megiddo. He tries to think of an excuse but he figures that he has to face it, Kanade found out his identity.
"The cat's out of the bag, huh?" Saber retorts.
"Yep!" Kanade teased. "I finally found the mysterious red swordsman."
"Hai hai." Saber said before he noticed the buildings are going back to normal. He and Kanade were back to aweing upon the Wonderworld and saw a dragon flying by along with a floating whale. "Beautiful and mysterious worlds like this really do exist."
"Yeah." Kanade said, placing her hands on her hip proudly.
(Megiddo's Hideout)
Back at the Hideout, the Megiddo generals, with Legeiel just got back, and Calibur watched the mechanical hands halt it's writing and pulled back from the book. But on the other hand, the second hand began to start writing on another blank book.
"We can just rewrite this book's continuation." Legeiel said, gripping his fist.
"The worlds have been connected, after all." Zooous said, leaning on the table.
"Another book nears its completion." Storious said nonchalantly.
"It seems the lost Sword of Flames has reappeared…The other swordsmen will surely make their move." Calibur deduced.
(Real World)
Upon the Golem Megiddo's destruction, the giant book started to flip its pages as it disappeared from the world. Ryouta's parents were grieving upon their son's disappearance until his father started to notice the book was disappearing and began to see his son along with Yuuma and Kanade. He shook his wife as she began to look up to see her son, much to her and her husband's joy.
"Thanks, Yuuma-niichan!" Ryouta said as he saw his parents and ran to them. "Mama! Papa!"
"Ryouta!" His mother exclaimed, she opened her arm as her son hugged her as she hugged him back.
"Ryouta!" His father said, patting his son's back as Ryouta broke the hug.
"Mama, are you okay? Did you cry?" He asked his mother.
She was moved with her son actually worried about her as she hugged him in joy along with the father hugging the two of them. Yuuma and Kanade watch the family with smiles on their faces, happy that they reunite Ryouta with his parents. Kanade looked down, seeing them reminded her of her family. Yuuma notices this as he places his hand on her shoulder.
"You missed them, didn't you?" Yuuma asked, remembering back 5 years ago.
"Yeah." Kanade replied, nodding her head lightly.
"I'm sure your parents will be proud of you." Yuuma said. "You help protect the people and give them hope with your songs. And you'll keep doing what you do even without it, you know what I mean."
Kanade felt moved by his words, when the Noise killed her parents she wanted revenge for their deaths. But when that soldier back then told her that her song gave him hope, she decided to be an idol so that her song can give them hope in the darkest hour. But now, even back then, Yuuma was there when she needed the most.
"I will, thanks." Kanade said.
"Okay, time to write that manuscript." Yuuma said as he was about to head back. But then he saw a familiar face.
"CD...Bonus materials…CD...Bonus materials..."
It was none other than Hibiki running by with an excited look on her face while chanting. Yuuma waved at her and called out her name.
"Oi! Hibiki-chan!" Yuuma shouted, getting her attention as she ran to him.
"Yuuma-kun! What's up!" Hibiki said until she noticed Kanade beside her. "EH?! Kanade Amou?!"
"Hm?" Kanade saw her and was surprised to see her again so soon. "You two know each other?"
"Of course, she is a regular at Kaa-chan's shop. She ate a ridiculous amount of okonomiyaki that we call it the Hibiki size." Yuuma said.
"Please stop! You're embarrassing me!" Hibiki pouted.
"Hai hai. So, why are you running?" Yuuma asked Hibiki.
"Well..."
(Earlier - Lydian Academy, After Class)
Hibiki was feeling down after being embarrassed right in front of Tsubasa. She laid her head on her desk while Miku was writing something in her notebook.
"That was terrible!" Hibiki said, depressed. "She must've thought I'm a total weirdo."
"Doesn't matter? She's right." Miku said, taking a playful stab at her friend's misfortune.
"Are you gonna be done with that anytime soon?" Hibiki asked, Miku was confused for a moment until she realized it.
"Oh, I forgot. Tsubasa's new CD is going on sale today, right? But why buy CDs in this day and age?" Miku asked.
"C'mon, limited edition CDs come with all kinds of bonus material.~" Hibiki said in a cheerful tone.
"So won't it sell out?" Miku said.
"EH!?" Hibiki said, jolting up.
(Present)
"And so, I immediately rushed out and ran to the nearest convenience store to get Tsubasa-san's new CD!" Hibiki explained.
"Tsubasa-san's latest CD came out!?" Yuuma exclaimed, grabbing his head in panic. "I totally forgot that it's today! Quickly Hibiki-chan, to the convenience store!"
"Hai!"
Yuuma and Hibiki quickly set off to get Tsubasa's latest CD with bonus materials. Kanade, however, witnesses the fact that Yuuma is probably Tsubasa's fan. Then she realized that he's getting away from writing his manuscript.
"Yuuma wait, what about the manuscript?!" Kaande shouted as she chased after the two.
Yuuma and Hibiki turned to the corner where the convenience store was at, Kanade followed after them as they both stopped as they noticed something familiar in the air. Carbon dust was in the air before they looked all around them were a pile of carbon dust and the store too, meaning one thing.
"Noise!" Hibiki said, in fear.
"Dammit, why now!" Yuuma shouted.
"We need to get to the shelters!" Kanade shouted, she knows that Yuuma can handle the Noise but she didn't know that Hibiki knew who he was. But then they hear a scream.
"Kyaaaaa!"
"Someone needs help!" Hibiki exclaimed, she turned to Yuuma. "Yuuma, you got to transform!"
"Eh?! She knows?" Kanade asked, making Hibiki realize that Kanade was with them.
"Et tu." Hibiki tries to find an excuse but Yuuma intervenes.
"It's alright Hibiki-chan, she knows also." Yuuma said.
"Wha!" Hibiki panicked in confusion.
"Sigh." Yuuma sighs. "No time, we need to move!"
"Hai!"
"Right behind ya!"
They ran to the source of the scream as fast as they could, they heard the scream pretty close from where they were so it shouldn't take long. And when they did, they saw a bunch of Noise ganging up on a little girl. Yuuma had deja vu, it was like before and he'll do it again.
"Oh no ya don't!" Yuuma shouted as he took out his driver and Wonder Ride Book.
[BRAVE DRAGON!]
"Henshin!"
(Unknown Location)
Back at the secret base, the staff were back to typing away as they detected the Noise energy signature and tried to locate it.
"Noise signature detected! We're focusing the signals to triangulate their location."
"Damn, first is that mysterious energy and now the Noise attacking." Genjuro said, one problem after another in one day.
"Sir, I have their location!" One of the operators reported.
"On screen!" Genjuro ordered.
The operators began typing again as they set it up in the monitors, what appeared on the screen was Hibiki and Kanade helping a little girl evacuate. But what surprised them the most is Saber was there fighting off the Noise.
"That's-!"
"The red swordsman!"
"Why is Onee-chan there?!"
Genjuro, Tsubasa and Aika gasped upon what they saw on the screen. The first two were shocked that Saber was there while Aika worried about her big sister's safety now that she doesn't have the Symphogear Armor. They watched Saber destroying the Noise one after another before a dragon appeared out of nowhere and destroyed the Noise around him. Then he gets on the dragon as he picks up the girls and takes off.
"Keep track of the red swordsman!" Genjuro ordered.
"Yes sir!"
(Back with Yuuma and the girls)
Saber and the girls flew through an alley via riding on Brave Dragon and over at the waterway. The Noise stopped and tried to go around the waterway. They managed to get away for now but spoke too soon as Saber noticed a few flying Noises coming towards them. He inserts Rekka into his Hissatsu Holder as he pressed the trigger and drew it quickly.
[REKKA IAI!]
[DOKUGO ISSEN!]
"Blazing Bullet!"
Saber swung Rekka a few times as he sent balls of fire towards those flying Noise. Each of them exploded on impact then turned to carbon dust. Saber sat down and sighs in a bit of exhaustion until he looks down to see the Noise are still chasing after them.
"They're still chasing us!" Saber exclaimed as he glanced at the passengers. "How y'all holding up?!"
"We're managing!" Hibiki shouted, as she and the little girl hung on for dear life on the dragon.
"No signs of any shelter!" Kanade shouted, as she looked ahead for any shelters nearby.
"Let's land somewhere nearby!" He said as he looked around for any safe locations.
Saber notices an oil factory nearby as he flies and lands on the roof. He looked over the roof and saw more Noise coming out of nowhere as they ran and climbed up to the roof. Saber grunted upon the Noise overwhelming numbers, sure he could take them on but he had to protect Hibiki, Kanade and the little girl at the same time.
"Damn, at this rate they'll completely surround us!" Saber exclaimed.
"What are we gonna do now?!" Kanade asked.
"Are we gonna die?" The little girl asked in fear.
"Don't even ask that question!" Saber shouted, making the girls look at him in surprise. "We're gonna survive this! I'm not giving up until we make it out alive! That's a promise!"
"Onii-chan…"
"Yeah! We'll keep on pushing through and through!" Kanade said as the little girl turned to her.
"We'll keep on living, no matter what comes in our way!" Hibiki declared, the little girl looked at her next.
"Onee-chans…"
"You have a bright life ahead of you so don't ever think like that because…" Saber said as Hibiki and Kanade finished his sentence.
"Hope lies beyond any resolve!"
As the Noise made it onto the roof, they got closer and closer to them. Saber readies Rekka and stands in front of the girls. Kanade and Hibiki hug the little girl to comfort her from the Noise. Hibiki looked at Saber, looking head strong against the army of Noise just like back at the Zwei Wing concert 2 years ago. She looked up to him and Kanade for that time, which is why she went out of her way to help anyone in any way she could.
BA-DUMP!
Then she felt a sudden urge inside of her, wanting to come out. She followed that urge and began to sing.
"Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron..."
FLASH!
Suddenly, a bright orange light erupted above Hibiki's chest, the same place where she was pierced by that fragment two years ago after she sang that last note.
"W-What the!?"
"It can't be?!"
Saber and Kanade thought out loud before they covered their eyes from the light. The light shot up, almost illuminating the entire sky.
(Unknown Location)
At the base, the operators were keeping track of Saber whereabouts as well as the Noise. They kept on typing until they managed to locate the signal at the oil factory.
"We now have the signals focused! We located the swordsman and the Noise!" The female operator reported.
"We're detecting another signal in addition to the Noise!" The male operator reported next.
"Compare it to the records! Quick!" One operator said as they all got to work.
"What is it then!?" Genjuro demanded, wanting to know what that glow from Hibiki meant.
"Is that an Aufwachenschlagen?" Sakurai said, analyze the energy signature. When she finished analyzing it, one word appeared on the screen and they were shocked upon what it was .
GUNGNIR
"Gungnir!?" Gennjuro exclaimed.
Hearing the name of a once thought destroyed Relic, both Tsubasa's and Aika's eyes widen in shock. But that's impossible, the relic was destroyed and was now a blank book in Kanade's possession!
(Back with Saber)
Saber and Kande watched as the beam of light continued to shoot out of Hibiki. Hibiki felt her body begin changing cell by cell until she doubled over in pain as she was on her hands and knees. Saber notices that she began to show fangs which he began to worry about her.
"Hibiki-chan!" Just when Saber was about to reach out for her, a menagerie of machines erupted from Hibiki's back.
"AAARGGGHHHH!"
Hearing Hibiki's cream of pain made him and Kande cringed as the machines kept going in and out of her body. He wanted to help her but the blinding light prevented him from getting any closer as it stopped as steam came out of Hibiki. Soon, the light and steam died down as he and Kande can finally see what's become of Hibiki. But what they saw they didn't see coming.
Hibiki was donned in an orange and white bodysuit that left her stomach open, replacing her old clothes. She also now wore a pair of black metal boots, white and orange gauntlets, and a pair of black and white headphones.
"Hi...Hibiki-chan?" Saber couldn't help but stare in awe at Hibiki's new transformation as well as Kande. Then they could have sworn that Hibiki just has a sadistic smile followed by her face darkened and her eyes glowed red, must've been their imagination playing tricks on them.
(Unknown Location)
The people at the base couldn't believe what was on the screen. Genjuro and Sakurai gasped upon the relic activation after its destruction and reconstruction into a book. Then the screen then popped up to see Saber, Kanade and the little girl while Hibiki is in the Gungnir armor while her face is shadowed.
"Could she be Attuned?" Sakurai asked in wonder.
"Just what is going on?" Genjuro demanded.
"That can't be...That was Kanade's…" Tsubasa thought before she turned to leave. "I'll head it out to see for myself!"
"Tsubasa-san!"
Tsubasa turned to her best friend/former partner's sister, who looked pretty worried for her.
"Please be careful out there." Aika tells her
"I'll be fine." Tsubasa said before she left.
"No Tsubasa...You're not..." Aika said, feeling down upon Tsubasa's current behavior.
Ever since the incident two years ago, Tsubasa has been training to become an emotionless sword, becoming cold and distant towards others except Kanade and herself. Tsubasa seemed to have some kind of grudge against Saber, they couldn't figure out why. She just hoped Tsubasa wouldn't do something that she'll regret later.
(Back with Saber)
"What? What is this? What did I turn into?" Hibiki asked, looking at her new transformed state.
"Impossible...Gungnir…" Kanade said in shock, Saber heard it and turned to her.
"Gungnir? Like the Spear of Odin?" Saber asked her, to which she nodded in response.
"Onee-chan, you look awesome!" The little girl said, also staring at Hibiki in awe.
Hibiki smiled before turning to the Noise, Saber walked to her as he readied Rekka and looked at her.
"Hibiki-chan, are you sure you want to do this?" He asked.
"Of course, I don't know what happened but we have to get the girl to safety." Hibiki said. Saber nodded his head and faced the Noise.
"Yosh! Let's do this Hibiki-chan!" Saber said.
"Hai!" Hibiki replied as she started singing.
(Cue Gekisou Gungnir by Aoi Yuuki)
Saber summons Brave dragon again to get Kanade and the girl to a safe distance, which they complied. Saber starts slashing the Noise in front of them while Hibiki watches him and follows his example. She rushed in and out of instinct, she swung her fist wildly and hit one of the Noise as it turned into carbon dust. She looked at her fist in awe.
'Did I just do that?' Hibiki thought before a Noise came in before she noticed.
"Hibiki-chan!" Saber slash the Noise and looked at her. "Be careful, it's not over yet."
"H-Hai…" Hibiki said, still processing about earlier.
Saber taps his book as flames gather in his hand.
[BRAVE DRAGON!]
"Dragon Wonder Blast!"
He made a fist and threw it at the Noises as it made the impact and exploded afterwards.
Kanade watches them fight from a distance with the girl on Brave Dragon. Then she heard loud footsteps as she turned to see a giant Noise coming behind them and swung his claw at them. But Brave Dragon quickly flew before it hit them and made a dent on the oil tower. The dragon retaliated by spewing flames at the giant Noise as it pushed back before the flames burned it in a crisp.
Saber and Hibiki continued to destroy the Noise one by one, then the Noise morphed into bullets and shot at them. Hibiki jumps away from them while Saber spun Rekka and destroyed them. Hibiki landed safely before she sprung back and hit the Noise and pushed it back as it crashed into the others. Despite the effort they made, the Noise kept on coming.
(End OST)
"There's no end to them!" Saber exclaimed, feeling the exhaustion is getting to him soon. Kanade was starting worry about them and she couldn't do anything to help them until-
VROOOOM!
They heard a motorcycle engine running as they turned to see what's coming towards them. It was Tsubasa on a motorcycle, riding as she passed Saber and Hibiki as she quickly jumped off of it as it crashed onto a group of Noise which didn't do any damage to them.
"Tsubasa." Kanade said, glad that she came in a nick of time.
"Why bother doing that in the first place?" Saber asked himself as Tsubasa flipped in the air and began to sing.
"Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri Tron."
And with that, like Hibiki, Tsubasa was now in her Symphogear armor. But the difference is that her armor is now white instead of black and the blades on her ankles are now larger. Then she started singing like Hibiki did.
(Cue Zetto Ame no Habakiri by Nana Mizuki)
Tsubasa brought out a Katana as it transformed into a giant cleaver as she jumped and swung it down, sending a blue energy slash at the Noise.
{BLUE FLASH}
As she was in the air, she summoned blue energy swords around her then rained it down on them.
[ONE THOUSAND TEARS}
When she lands back on the ground, she rushes towards the Noise with incredible speed and slashes the Noise with her sword and her ankle blades. Saber and Hibiki were in awe of her fighting capabilities.
"Sugoi…" Saber said, clearly he sees that she was fast and deadly.
Then he and Hibiki heard a loud thud as they turned to see the giant Noise towering over them. Saber was about to do his finisher, but then suddenly a giant sword pierce through it as it dissolves slowly. He looked up to see Tsubasa standing on top of it.
{HEAVEN'S WRATH}
(End OST)
Tsubasa glanced down at Hibiki before turning to Saber as she glared at him with animosity in her eyes.
"You…" Tsubasa said Saber was confused as to why she was glaring at him.
(Later)
Soon after the fight, the military came in and started vacuuming up the carbon dust from the Noise. Normally Saber would leave at a time like this but Kanade knows his identity and won't let him leave until further notice. The two and Hibiki stood as the soldiers were doing their jobs as Saber looked at the little girl sitting on a box drinking hot cocoa that one of the men brought in.
"Here."
He and the girls turned to see a woman with dark blue hair with purple eyes. She wears a blue jacket with a blue dress and black tights and shoes.
This is Aoi Tomosato.
"Drink these, it'll warm you two up." Aoi offered them hot cocoa enough for the three of them. "I brought one for you Kanade-san."
"Thanks Aoi-san." Kanade said, taking one from her.
"Thanks! It does feel warm!" Hibiki said, taking another one.
"Thank you." Saber said, taking the last one.
Kanade and Hibiki drink their cocoa while Saber stares at his drink, the problem is how he can drink it with his helmet on. From the looks of it, it seems that Kanade knows that woman which means that she has a connection with them. Which means that she could tell them his identity regardless. Seeing no other option, he took out his book from his driver as he turned back to civilian form, much to the girl's surprise.
"No way, the red swordsman is the famous author Yuuma Kamiya!~" Aoi gasped.
"Yuuma-kun, why did you turn back?!" Hibiki exclaimed before her body glowed as she turned back to her school uniform. "Eh?!"
"I was thirsty." Yuuma said, drinking his cocoa. "Plus, Kanade knows it and she'll tell them later eventually."
"I was not!" Kanade exclaimed dramatically, he stared at her long enough for her to laugh. "Okay, maybe I was."
"Mama!" The three of them turned to the little girl who was reuniting with her mother.
"I'm so glad! You're safe." The mother said, embracing her daughter in a hug.
"Well then, could you read this agreement and sign it?" A woman asked the mother, showing them on a tablet. "The particulars of this incident are national secret and accordingly classified, and therefore your freedom of speech and expression will be somewhat limited. It concerns itself particularly with providing information to other nations, and in case you are regarded as guilty of the same, you will be prosecuted for..."
The mother and daughter were somewhat confused and concerned about what the woman was explaining to them. Kanade and Hibiki chuckled awkwardly while Yuuma was very concerned about what's happening next before taking another sip of his cocoa.
"Time for us to take our leave-" Before Hibiki could finish her sentence, government agents appeared around them along with Tsubasa.
"What's with the sudden force?!" Yuuma exclaimed while Kanade laughed more awkwardly.
"We have unfinished business with you two." Tsubasa said, standing in the center of the agents. "You two will accompany us to the Second branch of the Disaster Relief Squad."
An agent with brown hair then stepped forward with handcuffs that looked pretty sturdy.
This is Shinji Ogawa.
"This is deeply regrettable, but we are taking you into custody." Ogawa said. Just when he was about to cuff Hibiki, Yuuma pulled out Rekka and placed it between him and Hibiki.
"Sorry but we didn't do anything wrong so why are you treating us like criminals?" Yuuma asked as the rest of the agent tensed upon the sword drawn out.
"I'm sorry, but we can't just-"
"Hey now, don't be such a spoilsport." Kanade intervenes before the situation escalates "I can't let you arrest my boss like that, just put down the cuff and they can go with us peacefully.
"Well..."
"Ogawa, it's alright." Tsubasa said. "If they agreed to come with us peacefully then it's okay to skip minor procedures."
"Very well." Ogawa said, putting away the handcuffs. "Please follow us."
"Thanks, Kanade-chan." Yuuma said.
"No problemo." Kanade grinned.
The three said nothing afterwards as they got into the cars along with Tsubasa and the agents.
(Lydian Academy)
They drove through the highway and exited as they reached the Second branch's headquarters at...Lydian Academy?
"What are we doing at the school?" Hibiki asked.
"I think we are about to find out." Yuuma said.
As they parked the cars, they walked through the hallways of the academy and towards the central wings where the teachers stayed. After walking a bit more, they were taken to a secret elevator, surprising Hibiki and Yuuma.
"This is just like those secret agent movies." Yuuma said in awe.
"I know right." Kanade said.
Then Ogawa then scans his device at the terminal as the doors close and handles appear, surprising Yuuma and Hibiki even more.
"Um, what's that?" Hibiki asked as Kanade and Tsubasa held onto them.
"Please find something to hold onto." Ogawa instructed.
Yuuma took a handle next to Kanade while Hibiki took one next to Ogawa.
"Will it go fast?" Hibiki asked more questions as the others didn't say a word.
"I'll take the silence as a yes." Yuuma said.
Then the elevator plunges down at high speed, making Yuuma and Hibiki scream in terror. After stopping screaming, Hibiki laughed nervously while Yuuma huffed in panic. Kanade laughed at his expense.
"Smiles won't help you." Tsubasa said, making Yuuma and Hibiki look at her confused. Kanade, on the other hand, looked at her in concern about her.
After going down a few more levels, the two gazed at strange tribal architecture that appeared outside the elevator.
"Smiles have no place where we're going." Tsubasa said.
"Tsubasa, you're such a drama queen." Kanade teased her.
"K-Kanade." Tsubasa flustered as she looked at her, releasing her stoic persona.
(Second Branch of Disaster Relief Squad Headquarters)
BANG-BANG-BANG!
As soon as they got out of the elevator, Genjuro welcomed them with a top hat, food laid down on tables, and streamers falling down as if they're celebrating something important. They even have a banner that says 'Warm Welcome, Hibiki Tachibana and Yuuma Kamiya!'.
"The Second Branch of the Disaster Relief Squad, the guardians of mankind, greet you!" Genjuro said as the other agents applauded. Meanwhile, Aika stood next to him as she put her hands on her face in shame.
"You're embarrassing us, Genjuro-san." Aika said.
Yuuma and Hibiki were a bit shocked and surprised by this, they expected this like in the movies where they're being interrogated and strapped down in chairs. Kanade and Tsubasa just face palmed while Ogawa laughed nervously.
"You're making us look so uncool right now..." Kanade said.
Then Sakurai walked up to Yuuma and Hibiki, phone in hand and having it facing us.
"Come on, put on a smile! Let's take a photo to commemorate the first day of our friendship!" She said as she took the picture.
"How do you all know our name when we never even met?" Hibiki asked.
"The Second branch here is a secret service for wartime use." Genjuro explained, turning his cane into some flowers. "Looking into your past was easy as pie. Though I never expected the red swordsman to be the author of Lost Fantasy, Yuuma Kamiya."
Sakurai came next to him, holding a bag that belonged to Hibiki.
"Ah! My bag! What do you mean, looking into my past?! You just went through my bag!" Hibiki said.
"Hah, what a relief…" Yuuma sighed, getting Kanade and Tsubasa attention. "I thought we're going to be interrogated like those movies."
"We're not like that." Ogawa said.
"You're about to handcuff them earlier, that's the red flag there." Kanade retorted, making him laugh nervously again.
As Hibiki bickered at Genjuro and Sakurai, Yuuma thought about what happened earlier before this. The Golem said it was the beginning and they're creating books to dominate the world. He wonders about the Wonder World, his book and the girl. Could they be connected somehow?
Kannade talked to Aika and Tsubasar about what happened earlier today, talking about the Wonder World. When they didn't believe her, she took out her phone to show them the pictures.
"Eh? Hold up, they're gone?!" Kanade said, searching through her phone only to find out that they're blank. "The pictures I took are gone! You're kidding me!"
Kanade wallows in despair while Aika and Tsubasa sighed at her antics. After they had their fun, Genjuro approached Yuuma and Hibiki with Sakurai by his side.
"Let me introduce the gang to you two." Genjuro said, introducing himself. "I'm Genjuro Kazanari, Tsubasa's uncle, and the boss here."
" And I'm Sakurai Ryoko, the brains of the operation. Nice to meet you two." Sakurai introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you too." Hibiki bowed.
"So, why did you bring us here?" Yuuma asked. "Although, I can pretty much guess why."
"Straight to the point." Genjuro said. "I like it, the reason is because we want you two to work with us."
"Work with you...how?" Hibiki asked, until she realized what they meant. "Please tell me...what happened to me?"
"That armor she wore, it was Kanade's wasn't it?" Yuuma asked them. Genjuro and Sakurai looked at each other before Sakurai nodded and stepped forward.
"Before I can answer your question, I need you two to do two things for me." Sakurai said, holding up two fingers. "Firstly, don't tell anyone about what happened today. And secondly, Hibiki needs to take off her clothes."
Sakurai brought Hibiki close to her after she said that, much to their surprise.
"EHHHHHHHH?!" Yuuma and Hibiki shouted.
Sakurai was about take Hibiki elsewhere, until-
"Yuuma Kamiya-kun."
Everyone in the room was shocked by the new voice as they turned to see who it was. By the elevator, it was Tetsuya who somehow came in and what surprised them the most is that he's riding on a blue lion! Everyone steps back at the lion in the room, cautious of it and Tetsuya.
"Mind handing over the Wonder Ride Book and Kaenken Rekka?" Tetsuya asked, letting out a nice and gentle smile despite the fact that he's on a lion.
"Who are you?!" Yuuma exclaimed.
(Wonder World)
Back with Tassel, who was standing in front of his house with an umbrella over him. He comes close to the readers as he narrates.
"A section of the city suddenly disappeared and was moved to another world. That certainly was an unexpected event! However, Yuuma, who was caught up in the incident along with Kanade Amou, transformed and he returned the city to normal. Not only that, they're caught in a Noise attack where Hibiki, who was saved by them 2 years ago, sang and transformed into the armor that once belonged to Kanade and fought them off. Afterwards, we have the other user, Tsubasa Kazanari, who helped them in the end and took them off to their secret base. That is what they call fate. But who is the young man riding a lion, I wonder?"
Tassel giggled, getting a little excited for what's going to happen next time.
The scene closes, revealing Brave Dragon and Kanade's blank book.
(Cue Kamen Rider Saber by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra ft. Kin'ichi Motegi)
(Instrument)
(Saber, Blades and Espada were together as they clashed their swords on top of each other. Yuuma, Kanade and Tetsuya were in a room with each holding Wonder Ride Books in hand as they pointed at the camera and started dancing.)
{Michi naru mono ni nomikoma reru toki}
'When everything that you know has been swallowed by the unknown'
(Saber was in Wonder World, practicing his swordsmanship by swinging Rekka around. Back in the room, Kanade took the lead as they raised their arms before rolling their arms, then Kanade let Tetsuya take the lead.)
{Yami wo kirisaku no wa hikari ka tamashii sa}
'A blazing soul will be the light, cleanly cutting through the cold night'
(In the Wonder World, Blades was standing on the water as he practiced with Nagare, splashing water and sending them away. Then the three were exploring in a museum, checking out the giant book display before meeting together by a giant topiary stacked by three giant books and crossing their arms and posing for the camera. They're back in the room, dancing with their arms striking to the right like they're using swords before shooting their hands in the air.)
{Sekai wo kaeru kikotsu arunara}
'If you believe you have the spirit to change the whole world'
(Espada as in Wonder World practicing with Ikazuchi as it conducts lightning. Then They're back to striking their arms to the left before raising their arms up.)
{Mazu jibun jishin wo kaero!}
'Then let's begin by changing who you are'
(They swung their right arm and back before spinning around and posing as pages fell down to the floor.)
Henshin!
{Aijou koeru youna seijitsu-sa ni junan no hate mi wo kizamu}
'With sincerity that can surpass love and hatred, etch scars of suffering onto your body'
{Fumetsu no kokoro wa kokoda to}
'An undying heart is here to be discovered'
(Saber rode in Diago Speedy while Blades rode in Ride Gatriker, riding across the Wonder World.)
{Kakikaero yume wo monogatari no ketsumatsu wa kimi ga kimeru}
'Your dream is all your to rewrite because you will write how this story ends with your imagination'
(Kanade was by a giant cup with her arms up and smiled while Yuuma was by a giant daruma looking wary about his surroundings. Then the three were messing around as they ran around the museum. They hid in a giant chess set as they got out of their hiding spots with goofy smiles on their faces.)
Kamen Rider Saber!
(Saber swung down Rekka before swinging it up as we see the giant sword monument behind him. Back in the room, they swung their arms down then held it before slowly raising them up. They smiled as they threw their heads out and rolled their hands before they started doing kicks, then punches and posed. In the Wonder World, Saber was with Blades and Espada as they views the sights in front of them)
Jikai, Kamen Rider Saber: The Almighty Symphogear
Everyone in the Second branch's base were shocked by Tetsuya's sudden appearance along with the lion he's riding. Then Yuuma, Tetsuya, Hibiki and Kanade were at the location where it was transported by the Megiddo.
Yuuma: A blue lion?!
Hibiki: What's that?!
Saber raises Rekka and fights the Ant Megiddo as Hibiki is donned in her armor and fights the Shimi grunts. Next scene, Yuuma was at the Sword of Logos secret base along with Tetsuya, Kanade and Genjuro as he talks to a woman in a white dress. Then Saber, along with a blue Rider, rides on custom motorcycles and fights the Megiddo. Then we have the blue rider flip in the air then readies his sword.
Yuuma: Kamen Rider…
Tatsuya: With Suiseiken Nagare, I will protect the world.
Next we have the gang at the Second Branches base as they tell them about Hibiki's examination. Saber and the blue rider fights the Noise along with Tsubasa and Hibiki in their Symphogear. Then Tsubasa faced Hibiki as she raised her sword at her, she was about to attack until the blue rider got in their way and fought her instead.
Tsubasa: You and I...should fight.
Blue rider: Swords carry our feeling, that's what we swordsmen are!
Next Time:The Water Swordsman, mounted on a Lion vs the Emotionless Sword
Hello readers,
Here's the third chapter, as you can see the main plot as started with the Megiddo and Hibiki's awakening her Symphogear. Then Tesuya showed up at the Second Branches HQ which a bit of a plot twist if I say so myself. So now, the next chapter will cover the Sword of Logos and the Megiddo to the OC and the Symphogear cast.
Please leave any comments, suggestion or idea you'd like to share.
And I'll say this,
Bonne Lecture!