"Republic of Val Verde"
- "Here you go, enjoy" - said Chris as she handed a small bag of food to a kid
- "Oh! Thank you very much Miss Yukine!" - The boy replied with great joy
- "No problem, don't let the others take it away from you again"
- "Okay thanks!" - replied the boy running happily
- "Don't you enjoy seeing them like this?" - asked a young woman with purple hair
"Sonia Virena (?) - Delegate of the United Nations"
- "Yes, at least those little ones will have a better life than the one I had" - Chris answered watching a group of children who were playing in the surroundings.
- "It is true, Val Verde has advanced a lot in these years, little by little the country is recovering from that moment" - added Sonia
- "Hey, where do I leave this?" - Asked a young man with brown hair who carried a large box of fruits on his shoulder
"Stephan Virena (?) - Sonia's younger brother and a well-known soccer player"
- "Uhmm, leave it in that place if you want" - Chris answered pointing to a place under a tent - "I'll take care of organizing it better"
- "Okay" - said Stephan leaving the box in the indicated place, then he goes to a truck to bring more boxes
- "I'll let you continue your work, see you" - said Sonia, leaving the place
- "See you" - Chris replied, then took out of her pocket a kind of bracelet with a red crystal
- "I wonder why that little girl gave me this, is something very big about to happen?" - Chris thought as she saw the bracelet and remembered the moment Elfnein and Yuna gave it to her, she decides to put the bracelet on to avoid losing it.
- "Although I must admit that it looks great" - Chris thought as she stretched her arm to appreciate the bracelet
{Opening: "Sea of Fire" by SawanoHiroyuki [nZk]: mizuki}
EP10: "Cosmic Ballet"
In the battle simulator Kristen and Katsumi were testing the results of the training with Genjuro with Lara and Lucy who were beginning to get used to the battles with the gears.
- "Check this out!" - Kristen said while using her trident while concentrating vital energy in her hands and then transferring it there and thus being able to execute her attack
"OLYMPUS WRATH"
The attack destroys a lot of the training ground, surprising Lara and Lucy who were trying to protect themselves.
- "Oops, sorry about that" - Kristen apologized
- "D-Don't worry... So that's what you learned while you were away" - Lara said, recovering.
- "You're right" - answered Katsumi jumping down from a building - "The advantage this gives us is that we don't have to raise the level of our gears to execute complex attacks"
- "I see, this way your bodies will not receive so much stress and you will last longer in battle!" - Lucy said guessing the answer
- "Yes, it's basically that" - Kristen replied - "You figured it out easily"
- "Well, I think we had enough fun, we should go eat something, I'm very hungry" - Katsumi said patting her stomach
- "It's a good idea, I'm hungry too" - Kristen added - "Yuna, we're done for today, can you get us out of the simulator please?"
- "Yes, right now" - Yuna said deactivating the simulator
- "Good but first, what if we take a shower? I smell like an expired product" - Katsumi said after de-transforming
Lara and Lucy nodded and followed Katsumi to the showers, Kristen was going to accompany them but Yuna appears to stop her
- "Kristen, I have something urgent to tell you, come with me" - Yuna said
In a part of the laboratory...
- "I have been observing your fights and since the day of the attack on the commercial area occurred, I noticed something on your relic, can I borrow it for a moment?" - Yuna asked
- "Uhm, yes of course" - Kristen answered handing her the relic. Yuna examined it and found a dark spot flowing in the center of the pendant.
- "Just as I thought... Kristen, your relic is getting corrupted" - Yuna mentioned with a serious voice but at the same time with concern.
- "What... What do you mean by that?" - Kristen asked somewhat confused
- "That day your emotions overflowed causing a reaction in your relic which turned it into a black body" - Yuna answered seriously - "If your relic turns into a black body again and is exposed to an enormous amount of energy coming from your emotions..." - Yuna imagines the worst scenario, Kristen's silhouette exploding on a red background leaving traces of purple. After having the mental image, her face is disturbed
- "Yuna...?" - Kristen asked when she saw her sister shed a few tears
- "Why did you choose this?" - Yuna asked with her face down - "You knew what you were exposing yourself to, right?"
- "You worry too much" - Kristen said wiping Yuna's tear - "Of course I knew, although like all human beings, sometimes I feel fear. Today we are here, tomorrow... Who knows"
- "And if you feel afraid, why do you continue? Why didn't you decide to be a normal girl with a normal life!?" - Yuna asked now upset
- "You are supposed to know me better than anyone, you know that I have never liked the things that society says are "normal", besides seeing that everyone is safe is the best reward" - Kristen answered while she remembered part of her childhood in her hometown
- "Kristen... I don't want to lose you; I wouldn't forgive myself if something happened to you" - Yuna said still with her face down
- "Don't worry, we've been through worse situations" - Kristen answered with a smile.
- "Tch, you don't change, do you?" - Yuna asked also with a smile
- "Well, I'll be more careful then, but I can't promise you anything" - Kristen replied as she prepared to leave the laboratory
- "Okay, that's all I had to tell you... you can leave now" - Yuna said
Kristen gives one last look at Yuna and goes to the bathroom to shower, Yuna sees her and questions if she will actually be okay.
Meanwhile Katsumi comes with Lara and Lucy talking after taking a good bath
- "The funny thing about blackberries is that when you taste the fresh ones you will no longer want to even think about the canned stuff" - Lucy said
- "By the way, Kristen has taken a long time, look, we finished before she arrived" - Katsumi said
- "I hope it's nothing serious" - Lara added
- "By the way, do you know that today is the solar eclipse?" - Katsumi said excitedly - "I've never seen one"
- "The phenomenon is supposed to start at 3 in the afternoon ... that is, in a few minutes" - Lara answered
- "I'll go get the special glasses!" - Katsumi said, heading to her room
Suddenly a root begins to come out of the ground causing a rumble in the headquarters
Katsumi jumps back to avoid being caught, so do Lara and Lucy
- "Girls, are you okay?" - Hibiki asked arriving to the place with Elfnein
- "Y-yes" - answered the three girls
- "What the hell...?!" - Katsumi asked when she saw that huge root
- "According to the reports that I'm receiving, this is not the only place where these roots have appeared" - Elfnein said while on her tablet she showed images of various places in the city covered with those same roots - "these things have appeared in various parts of the city"
- "I think we should go investigate, maybe we'll find the answer to our questions" - suggested Lara
- "Yes, you're right, go get ready" - Hibiki ordered
- "Wait! I am also going" - Kristen said appearing on the scene with a towel on her head
- "Where were you? You never caught up with us in the showers" - Katsumi asked
- "I was arranging some family stuff, I heard what Elfnein said and I have a hunch" - Kristen said firmly, Hibiki and Elfnein look at each other trying to guess what she has in mind
Meanwhile in the city the authorities were reviewing why those roots were there, the police and the S.O.N.G squad of field agents led by Maria followed the trail until they found something that left everyone with their mouths open.
- "Commander Tachibana, this is Maria"
- "I copy you" - Hibiki answered through the communicator.
- "I think you should see this" - said Maria, then a photograph is sent to Elfnein's tablet
Everyone in the room went to see the photograph and when they did, their expression changed drastically.
- "It's... a big tree" - Katsumi said astonished
- "So that's what causes all this chaos" - Lara added
- "You don't think this has to do with... You know..." - Lara asked
- "Well, we just have to go find out" - Kristen answered with a look of determination.
In the place the authorities had already cordoned off the area, suddenly the sky darkens causing a commotion in the people who were there.
In Val Verde also the sky darkened, the children of the place began to feel frightened
- "Hey, calm down, maybe this is the aforementioned eclipse, there is nothing to fear" - said Chris trying to calm them down
- "No, the environment feels very heavy and there is a strange smell of death" - Chris thought as her body began to tense, which Sonia and Stephan noticed.
- "Get a shelter now" - Chris said to Sonia and Stephan, they saw the tension that Chris had at that time and did not hesitate to abide by her instruction
Kirika was in her office observing what was happening outside, a young employee appeared in her office.
- "All staff and children have been evacuated Miss Akatsuki" - reported the young woman
- "I thank you very much Miss Ishikawa, now go look for shelter too" - Kirika said as she looked at her bracelet with a green crystal on her right wrist
Meanwhile Shirabe watched everything from the terrace of her study, she also wore her respective bracelet whose crystal was bright pink.
Tsubasa was also aware of everything that happened out there, at that time she thought a bit about what she should do and finally decided, her duty as the leader of the nation was to face all the adversities that the country could face.
The defender gets up from her desk and takes off her black jacket, revealing her bracelet which contained a blue crystal.
- "Just like the old times" - thought Tsubasa
In the place where the tree was, several bulbs begin to appear alerting the authorities and those present.
Those bulbs burst showing beings similar to giant larvae of bright colors (between green and blue with some silver tones), those creatures advance a little and stop, their bodies begin to darken and from them emerge humanoid creatures with wings and disturbing faces.
Those creatures start flying straight to attack people.
- "Here they come!" - shouted one of the policemen preparing his weapon of equipment, all the others did the same
- "Now it's time!" - Maria said extending her right arm revealing her bracelet which contains a silver colored crystal
- "Seilien coffin Airgetlám tron"
{BGM: "Ginwan Airgetlám -off vocal-"}
The crystal of Maria's bracelet emanates a powerful white glow covering her entire body forming a sphere of energy, within it the crystal is divided into several trails of light which adhere to Maria's naked body, forming the new armor which is a more minimalist variant of the XV gear and where black and silver predominate.
- "Mobile Gear x00, Airgetlám!"
- "Amazing, it feels just like the old days!" - Maria thought when she saw her new Mobile Gear
Maria deploys a chain of blades which she throws at the creatures, wounding them and slowing their pace.
- "They are definitely not Noise, this will be more complicated than I thought it would be" - Maria thought
Maria continued to stop the advance of those creatures but they take advantage of a vulnerability and a horde escapes to another area of the city.
In the Akatsuki children's foundation, Kirika was in the first line of defense waiting for any attack. A horde of creatures arrives precisely from the place where all that chaos originated.
Several of those creatures prepared to attack, descending at high speed as if they were missiles, Kirika did not have time to react when suddenly a set of circular black saws with pink edges appear striking the monsters.
{BGM: "Cutting Edge × 2 Ready go! (Off Vocal)"}
- "It seems that I got here just in time" - Shirabe said wielding her Mobile Gear
- "Shirabe!" - Kirika said happily - "Is that...!?"
- "Yes, Mobile Gear SG-i01, Shul Shagana" - Shirabe replied with her usual calmed tone - "It feels the same as it used to"
- "Oyoyoooo! So..." - Kirika prepares her bracelet - "Let's do it... desssu!" – she suddenly realizes what she said - "Oops, just like the old times hehe"
- "Zeios Igalima raizen tron"
The crystal of Kirika's bracelet emanates a powerful green glow covering her entire body forming a sphere of energy, within it the crystal is divided into several trails of light which adhere to her naked body forming the new suit which is a more minimalist variant of the XV gear and where the silver color and the green color predominate.
- "Mobile Gear, SG-i02 Igalima!"
- "Oyoyooo!" - Kirika is surprised to see herself with the mobile gear, then she prepares her scythe and begins to attack the creatures with Shirabe
Shirabe and Kirika make their respective combinations and manage to beat several of their opponents.
Meanwhile, at the top of Shushō Kantei, Tsubasa was watching the attack, immediately stretched out her right arm
- "Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri tron"
{BGM: "Defender'Z Brand (off vocal)"}
A blue ray shoots from the top of the Shushō Kantei towards the sky, immediately afterwards several explosions occur, from the fire originated by the chain of explosions a blue light appears advancing a few meters ahead, then the light dissipates showing Tsubasa wearing her Mobile Gear which is a variant of XV gear but with less details and a range of colors where matt black and bright blue predominate, on the sides of her boots, two structures act as propellants giving her the ability to fly.
- "Mobile Gear, SG-r01 Ame no Habakiri!"
Several creatures continued to arrive towards the place where Tsubasa was, the soldier prepares her sword to attack but a giant fist appears sweeping the horde of creatures.
{BGM: "Hanasaku Yuuki (off-vocal)"}
- "HYAAAAAAAA!" - Hibiki shouted carrying her Mobile Gear which is similar to the Assault Gear used on a mission in Val Verde many years ago.
With two powerful punches charged with Reiki energy, she manages to disperse the horde of monsters a bit, surprisingly Hibiki has in her boots a couple of sets of propellants which allow her to fly and fight in the air without any problem.
- "Tachibana!" - Tsubasa called Hibiki getting her attention
- "Oh, Tsubasa! Sorry, Your Excellency" - Hibiki said when she saw her by his side
- "You don't have to call me that, right now we are comrades" - Tsubasa replied with a smile
- "Okay Tsubasa, I think we should go to the epicenter of this chaos" - Hibiki mentioned pointing to the tree
- "Yeah come on!" - Tsubasa said giving the order, then they both flew to the place
Meanwhile in Val Verde several creatures began their attack, one of them made a Kamikaze maneuver against a tanker which contained an enormous amount of fuel, the truck explodes scaring those who were in the underground shelter until they heard a song that echoed all over the place.
- "Killiter Ichaival tron"
{BGM: "Can't Stop Burning! Moete bakari from Ii no kai"}
From the great wall of fire caused by the explosion, several purple arrows appear which are fired towards the creatures, destroying them instantly.
Sonia and Stephan smiled when they saw that it was Chris, they were witnesses of the return of the legendary bearer of Ichaival.
Chris walks through all the fire in the place with a firm and determined step while in her right hand she carried the crossbow used to initially attack the creatures
- "Val Verde was already recovering... And you... You appeared to ruin everything! GET READY YOU DAMN BASTARDS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO END YOU!" - Chris yelled with all the anger she could have at that moment, then several creatures assembled hordes and ran directly to attack her
- "Very well, come closer" - Chris waited for the right moment to deploy her two large lateral cavities where she had a large amount of artillery
Chris unloads all her arsenal in the different hordes of creatures causing several explosions in the place, Sonia and Stephan flee from the battlefield when they see that the intensity of the attack did not do more than increase.
Chris then does various maneuvers to eliminate the remaining creatures.
A girl was running confused trying to get out of the battle zone when several creatures approached in a very predatory way, it seemed that it would be the end but one of the rockets launched by Chris hits one of the creatures getting her attention.
- "Hey! Mess with someone your size!" - when she finished speaking, an unknown rocket was launched against another of the creatures - "What the hell!?" - Chris said when she saw that unexpected attack
- "Hey! Pieces of crap, over here!" - shouted a man from Valverde's new army accompanied by several platoons in off-road vehicles
- "What are you doing? You are going to get yourselves killed!" - Chris yelled at them
- "Miss Yukine, your priority now is to save as many lives as you can" - replied the man in the vehicle, then he raised his arm so that his men prepared their rocket launchers - "FIRE!"
All the platoons fired at the command of that man, surprisingly the creatures slowed down their movements and others were destroyed.
- "Incredible! The heavy artillery works... Now I'm coming back!" - Chris ran while she was destroying some creatures that were getting on her way until she got to where the now unconscious girl was
After checking her vitals, Chris takes the girl across the battlefield and reaches the underground shelter, Sonia and Stephan help her with first aid as Chris returns to the battlefield.
Maria continued to destroy various creatures but little by little she began to get tired.
- "These things have no end?" - Maria asked somewhat annoyed by the number of creatures that were appearing.
Tsubasa and Hibiki arrive at the scene and the three of them gather back to back as various creatures surround them.
- "Doesn't this bring back memories?" - Hibiki asked while preparing her fists
- "Impossible to forget them" - Tsubasa replied while preparing her sword
- "You're right" - added Maria as she readied her pair of daggers - "I wonder if Shirabe and Kirika are alright"
- "Hey idiot! Do you hear me?" - a familiar voice spoke through the earphones of Hibiki's mobile gear
- "Hey Chris!? Chris, it's you!" - Hibiki replied smiling with excitement
- "Is it Yukine?" - Tsubasa asked with interest
- "Yes, I just realized that this thing has a communicator so listen to me, heavy artillery such as rockets, missiles or large caliber shells delay those things or in the best of cases destroy them" - Chris replied while fighting against the hordes - "So if you have the same problems in Japan, I think your Excellency should order the deployment of the entire army, I speak with knowledge, do you understand idiot?
- "Yes, Tsubasa is with me so I'll tell her what you said, thank you very much Chris!" - Hibiki said - "By the way, could you stop calling me like that...? Look how many years have passed and I already have an important position-"
- "Uhmm let me think about it... No!" - Chris cuts communication
- "There are definitely things that will never change..." - Hibiki said - "Ah, Tsubasa, Chris says that-"
Hibiki is interrupted by an attack from the tree which they manage to dodge out of sheer miracle.
Jean now wearing the Gear Tyrfing makes her appearance descending from the top with her sword ready for the attack.
- "Why do I feel such incredible fear?" - Maria asked as her legs trembled
- "I don't like this..." - added Tsubasa
Suddenly...
- "Chandrama Bhaala Trishula Tron"
- "Ruyi Jingu Bang wukong a Tron"
- "Zora Meridiem Gram Zizzl"
- "Sacris Laevatein Naktis Zizzl"
Four trails of light fell in front of the giant tree to later reveal Kristen, Katsumi, Lucy and Lara wearing their respective gears.
- "Girls!" - Hibiki said when she recognized them
- "Excuse me for being late Commander" - Kristen said with a serious voice
- "We will take care of her, we have some issues to resolve" - Katsumi said - "By the way, you look very good with the mobile gear Master Maria"
- "Thank you, Katsumi..." - Maria answered with a gentle voice
- "Hey! Free Jean right now!" - Kristen yelled demanding the release of Jean
- "Free her? From what? Jean offered her body voluntarily" - Anath answered with some cynicism.
{ENDING: "Signs ~ Sakutsuki Hitoyo ~" by Minami Kuribayashi}
- "What!? What the hell are you talking about!?" - Lara asked - "Jean would never lend herself to cause this!"
- "Human minds are very fragile and volatile, one day they are comfortable with their lives and the next one..." - Anath replied - "And I understand her reasons very well"
- "Maybe she's telling the truth" - Lucy added sadly, getting the attention of the three remaining users - "Jean was always mistreated by her father and when they kidnapped us, she was one of those who took the worst part in the experiments... "
- "Exactly, now I will take care of fulfilling your deepest desire" - Anath said preparing to attack
- "Then we have no choice but to fight" - Kristen said, advancing a few steps forward. Katsumi, Lara and Lucy are preparing for that fight.
Hibiki, Tsubasa, and Maria watch for a moment and then retreat to help control the hordes of creatures.
Next Episode: "Trascendence"