Curse of the Universe
宇宙の呪い
(Uchū no noroi)
"Though he shows no fear, he shan't be fallen by fate."
(彼は恐れを示さないが、彼は運命に倒されない。)
Chapter 10:- The Beast Empress
Theme song: Yuki, Muon, Madobe Nite. - Chihara Minori
Ending Song: Kakusei - Superfly
The sound of explosions could be seen within a kingdom in the middle of a massive forest as the sight of a massive three-headed golden scaled dragon was seen rising from the kingdom as it fired electrical-like beams into the air as it made an evil-cackle-like roar and the sight of a red light was seen on top of one of the dragon's head as the red light revealed to be Ookami Mio in her Azure armour as her eyes glowed bright gold and she would glare at the monster as she landed on top of a tall clock tower and stared at the monster in front of her.
Yuuya: A Ghidorah variant, though it's not as powerful as its many other types of generic forms from the thousands of universes, this one still proves to be a threat to this universe.
Ange: And why let Mio-san fight it? *She asked as she was sitting next to Yuuya as the two were sitting on top of a tall tree branch that was right outside off the medieval-like kingdom within the dark cold night*
Yuuya: She said she wanted to accomplish something so I thought of letting her fight the Destroyer of Worlds.
Ange: Isn't that a bit too much for her?
Yuuya: Not with the power she has now.
Ange: I guess that's true but why did you bring the three of us with you? Wouldn't someone like Fubuki-san or even Noel-san and Flare-san be a better option for this?
Yuuya: I chose my favourites. *As he said, Ange blushed slightly and looked away from Yuuya as the sight of Mio was seen glaring at Ghidorah as the two dog-like armaments on the side of her hip would open up as they fired a powerful bright beam of light at Ghidorah as the beam pierced through the massive dragon's heart and killed it* Atta girl. *He said with a smile on his face as he held Ange's hand and teleported to Mio with a smile on his face as Mio smiled happily and excitedly after defeating the giant monster*
Rushia: Yuu-kun! How should I get rid of the body? *She shouted from below*
Yuuya: Reanimate it. I'll absorb its revived form into the book.
Rushia: Okay!
Ange: Thank god you put the people here to sleep or it'll be in chaos.. *She said as she looked around and saw that there were no lights within any of the homes in the kingdom* By the way, which universe is this?
Yuuya: Universe 080, it's a parallel universe to the Galaxians.
Ange: The Galaxians? You mean the horoscope zodiacs?
Yuuya: Yes, they exist in this realm but they're not the good guys.
Mio: Eh? They're evil?
Yuuya: Yes. Ghidorah here is a variant of a Sagittarius dragon.
After Rushia had brought back Ghidorah to life, Yuuya would absorb the dragon into his book and take control of it as he teleported both Mio and Ange down to Ange as Yuuya would then create a portal that leads to a different world.
Ange: I-I've been meaning to ask this but since this whole multiverse travelling thing affects you, won't it affect us too?
Yuuya: Don't worry, it's a side-effect from my curse, you'll be fine. I'm the only one who is affected by this.
Rushia: Where to next?
Yuuya: Earth.
The girls: Earth?
Yuuya: The origin planet. The one that started it all.
Rushia: W-What? Why? What's going on there?
Yuuya: You'll see. Now come. *He said as he walked through the portal and the other three girls would follow him*
As the group arrived on Earth, they stood in front of a large school garage that seems to be behind a school. As the girls looked around and were confused, the sound of trumpets could be heard from a distance along with girls singing as powerful cannon-like shots were fired and as the sound echoed through the cold snowy forests and school, the three girls yelped as they got behind Yuuya and stood beside him as the boy would then walk towards the garage as the three followed him cautiously and as the four were inside the garage, Yuuya would then warp in a long dining table and filled the table with warm food and drinks as he warped in a couch and took a seat on the couch as the other girls did the same and sat close to each other and when they did, they then could hear the sound of a group of girls singing a song from a distance as they were singing the song "Katyusha".
"As the buds of pears and apples blossom
Over the river swiftly whirl the fogs
Came out strolling, a woman named Katyusha
Down the steep and rocky rivers slope
Came out strolling, a woman named Katyusha
Down the steep and rocky rivers slope
Came out strolling, singing by the river
About a silver eagle on the steppes
About her beloved whom she closely treasures
About the one whose letters she had saved
About her beloved whom she closely treasures
About the one whose letters she had saved
Oh you, song, the singing of a maiden
Soar behind the brightly shining sun
To the soldier at the far frontier
Tell this man, Katyusha says hi
To the soldier at the far frontier
Tell this man, Katyusha says hi
Let his memories show a simple woman
Let him hear her tender, loving song
Let him guard his motherland beloved
And Katyusha shall keep their love safe
Let him guard his motherland beloved
And Katyusha shall keep their love safe
As the buds of pears and apples blossom
Over the river swiftly whirl the fogs
Came out strolling, a woman named Katyusha
Down the steep and rocky rivers slope
Came out strolling, a woman named Katyusha
Down the steep and rocky rivers slope"
The sight of a platoon of Russian tanks could be seen coming in from the forest as the tanks would then park inside the garage. The sight of a large number of girls were seen coming out of the tanks as they all saw the food and drinks on the table and would then notice Yuuya and his friends as they would all approach Yuuya and greeted him excitedly and as they did, Ange and Mio were surprised to see him chatting with the girls happily while Rushia was glaring at the girls with the intent to kill until a tall beautiful blonde girl with aquatic blue eyes would approach Yuuya and looked at him with a smile on her face as he smiled back at her.
Yuuya: It's been quite sometime now, hasn't it, Klara?
Klara: It certainly has.
Ange: Wow.
Mio: Oh my..
Rushia: Eh?! You know this chick. Yuu-kun?! I feel some sort of tension coming off of you two! Like as if you two were together at some point or something!
Yuuya: Well you're not wrong.
Rushia: EH?!
Ange: H-Hold up. Y-You two dated?
Yuuya: I can't exactly say that we were dating but more like…
Klara: Our relationship was more physical than it was emotional. *She said with a soft smile on her face as Mio and Ange's eyes widened in shock after hearing what Klara said as they then turned and looked back at Rushia and noticed the girl had passed out on the couch from shock*
Ange: Oh, looks like she just got a stroke or a heart attack.
Mio: What do you mean by "Physical"?
Klara: You didn't tell them? *She asked Yuuya*
Yuuya: Didn't think I needed to.
Klara: Well, it was more like we had a lot of-
Rushia: AHHHHHHHH! I don't wanna hear it! I ain't gonna her squat! J-Just because you got….My God those melons! *She yelled and pointed at Klara's chest and got even more frustrated at the sight until the sight of a tall dark haired girl with large breasts and a blonde girl were seen together as the blonde girl was shorter than Rushia and was on the shoulders of the dark haired woman, the two were none other than Nonna and Katyusha*
Katyusha: Yuuya! You came back! Just like you promised! Haha! Did you bring me any gifts?
Yuuya: Of course I did.
Katyusha: Oh! What did you bring me?
Yuuya: That. *He pointed at the massive table with the cakes and pastries on it as Nonna would then put Katyusha down as all of the other girls except Nonna and Klara would speak to Yuuya* Aren't you two going to join them?
Nonna: No, let them have their fun. They will have to continue training after they're done after all.
Yuuya: Practising that hard again?
Nonna: The nationals is the day after tomorrow after all, we need to be prepared if we're ever up against Kaizan.
Yuuya: Fair enough.
Mio: I don't understand, this is a school?
Yuuya: It's a normal Japanese school and this is a Tank club. Well kinda. They use tankery as a sign of marksmanship and competition in this world, which is quite odd but enjoyable.
Ange: I guess all universes are just messed up in their own way, huh?
Yuuya: Like yours.
Ange: Tell me about it..
Yuuya: Anyway, Nonna. We can't head back to our world at the moment as it'll take too much time and energy to get back, would it be alright if we set up camp here?
Nonna: Of course. I'll have the girls prepare a room for the four of you.
Yuuya: Much appreciated. *He said with a smile as the other three girls smiled excitedly*
Moments later as Ange and Rushia were taking a bath in the hot springs that was outside of the school dorm, Yuuya was seen sitting on the bed as he was reading his book and the sound of the door would open up as he looked up ahead from the bed saw the sight of Mio walking in with her pajamas on and as the two looked at each other, they both smiled as Mio approached the boy and would lie beside him on the bed as Yuuya would then close his book.
Mio: You're going to try and sleep?
Yuuya: Will try if I can. The last time I was here, I was able to sleep but that was just the beginning of my powers and it wasn't much. What about you?
Mio: I'll head to bed soon but if you want, I can stay here with you.
Yuuya: *He blushed slightly* N-No, it's fine..
Mio: You sure? I can really stay here with you if you want.
Yuuya: It'll be troublesome for you, it's fine. Besides, I don't know if I can actually fall asleep.
Mio: We'll just have to try, alright?
Yuuya: Fine…But before that, let me show you something.
Mio: Hmm?
Yuuya would then open the palm on his right hand and as he did an illusion-like image of the galaxy and the multiverse was shown with the many millions of other universes. Mio's eyes widened at the sight of the beautiful projection of the multiverse as the galaxy was filled with so many colours and lights, as she watched with intent, she got closer to Yuuya in bed as she got herself comfortable. The boy got flustered slightly as he tried to keep his cool.
Yuuya: This is the multiverse, tiny atoms that were made into massive spaces of worlds and dimensions from all across the universe and from where I've been, this is no ending.
Mio: No ending?
Yuuya: This is a small fraction of the universe, there's more to this. *As he said, he then looked to the side and noticed that Mio had dozed off and was asleep as she was holding on his hand, the boy chuckled softly as he would then discard the illusion and would get closer to Mio and close his eyes as he tries to sleep with her*
Within the darkness of Yuuya's mind, the sight of First Order Stormtroopers from the Star Wars universe was seen fighting against what seems to be Mio along with her many friends as they were all engaged in a massive battle within the city of Holographic. In the battle, the sight of Mio getting shot in the chest was then seen as Yuuya's eyes opened up as he woke up and looked outside and noticed that the Sun had yet to rise. He looked around the bed and noticed that Ange was sleeping in a separate bed while Rushia was sleeping on his left side while Mio was on his right. The boy would slowly get out of bed and head out of the room and as he did, he was greeted by Klara as she was setting the table outside of their room and was preparing their drinks and food for them.
Klara: Morning.
Yuuya: Good morning.
Klara: What happened to you?
Yuuya: I was finally able to fall asleep after a close hundred years..
Klara: Hundred? But you left the school about two months ago.
Yuuya: Interdimensional time travelling doesn't work the way you'd expect it to work. Each time I travel through a multidimensional and leap through time, I end up losing more than a quarter of my life span that I was originally supposed to have as a Human being.
Klara: How long have you been travelling? Over a hundred years?
Yuuya: In my experience, close to five decades, but that's not the main problem here.
Klara: What is it?
Yuuya: *He sighed as he sat down on a chair and groaned softly as he rubbed his face with a wet cloth that Klara handed him* I used to be more Human when I had just gotten these powers. I felt more alive and normal. I could eat and drink and have proper emotions but now I just...Stopped having these feelings and I can't even taste anything that is in my mouth.
Klara: So you can't eat or drink then, hmm?
Yuuya: Yes. Let alone have the need to breathe is now unnecessary. I don't need oxygen to breathe in space and I can even talk like normal while I'm up there. It's just...All unnatural to me now. God...I'm a monster. *He said as he let out an exhausted sigh as he covered his face with his palms as Klara would then slowly reach her hand out to him until she heard the sound of the door opening as she then quickly retracted and looked at the door and noticed the sight of Rushia walking up to Yuuya as she was in her pajamas. Yuuya would then turn back and look at Rushia and noticed the girl walking up to him as she was holding onto a pillow and was rubbing her eyes. As the girl had walked up to the boy, she would then hug him and rub her face on his chest and sat on his lap as she slept on top of him. Yuuya blinked a few times for a moment and turn to look at Klara as the blonde girl would smile and chuckle at the sight as she thought that it was cute*
Moments later as Yuuya, Mio, Ange and Rushia were outside, the group were at the back as Yuuya was holding onto Rushia's hand and was standing in front of a black portal. After they said their goodbyes to Klara and entered the portal, the group found themselves in a middle of a destroyed city as they looked around and wondered what happened as the city streets resembled Tokyo, the sound of a loud song was then heard as the song "Mijuku Shōjo Buttagiri!" was heard being sung by a familiar voice from a distance as a powerful shot was then fired right at the group, Mio reacted quickly as she got in front of Yuuya and activated her armour and protected the boy and her friends from the powerful attack as it created a massive explosion but Ange was able to form a barrier in front of Mio to help her resist the attack.
"Cutting all this garbage in half with my shining blade
I did extra homework on how to slaughter you
I'll run through the field with high output and full strength
I dive in with my all for both my dreams and my fights
Let's sing when our songs overlap
We'll rip apart even the tallest wall and create the future
"Our dreams won't lose"
Push through it with our strong love
Ready go!
I may be inexperienced and incomplete, but I won't run away
When I believed I had overcome everything, my history became stars
Now illuminate this moment with light and support
See, someone's waiting for you…!
Let's go together, my twin heart
I have gained loads of experience doing this again and again
No matter what you throw at us, we'll get through it together
I now understand how to rip you apart
I won't hesitate to hurt you
Let's try and harmonize our voices
Because when we're together, our power turns into bravery
"I won't hesitate any more"
I swear upon this eternal love
Ready go!
In a world where we cut everything into tiny pieces
Where we can laugh and cry with new friends from now on
Let's overcome everything by holding hands
Let's walk onwards together…!
We are one, my twin heart
We've shared each other's pain
Ever since yesterday
Today's bond, and the seed of ambition
Will shine into tomorrow
Shine through with our strong love!
Ready go!
I may be inexperienced and incomplete, but I won't run away
When I believed I had overcome everything, my history became stars
Now illuminate this moment with light and support
See, someone's waiting for you…!
Let's go together, my twin heart"
Mio: What was that?
Ange: Some sort of beam attack and it felt powerful too, really powerful!
Rushia: Eh? W-What Where are we? *She woke up from being half asleep as she looked down and noticed Yuuya was holding her hand as she screamed and blushed madly* Ahhhh!
A large bipedal armour that is coloured in white and neon swamp-green and red was seen flying towards Mio as it had large thick-alien like wings and a devil's tail on its rear as it would then attack Mio up close as the Wolf girl would use her armaments and grab hold of the armour's hand and toss it up into the air as it landed on top one of the buildings as a short girl that was singing the song was seen moving up close to the armour from behind as she had a white and pink tight-suit like armour on her body and was holding onto a pair of yoyos in her hands.
Ange: Yuuya-kun, mind explaining where we are?
Yuuya: We're in the Courageous Song universe. This is the universe where Shan had once originated from and it's my universe too.
Mio: Eh? Y-You're universe?
Yuuya: This is technically my home and it's also the home of the most dangerous and most powerful fighters in the world. The Gear wielders. *As he said, the sight of a blonde girl with green eyes with white-black and green armour was seen flying in the air as she landed right next to the massive armour and stared down at Yuuya and his group as she was holding onto a large scythe as well as the sight of a short blonde haired girl was seen floating down from the air as she had long hair that was tied in a braid as she had worn a witch's hat and would sit on top of the shoulder of the armour as the four would stare down at Yuuya and his friends*
-TO BE CONTINUED-
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The characters that were revealed at the ending were Tsukuyomi Shirabe, Akatsuki Kirika, Carol Malus Dienheim and Takei Shon, these four characters are important characters to the Courageous Song fanfiction line of stories.