Thank you for the lots of reviews! I was shocked that people were still reading this and some even stuck around. I was so happy that I quickly typed up the next chapter and it's a very long chapter. I hope you enjoy it.

southern blot

Arisa watched over her forces as they begun to mobilize. Pilots were preparing their Endlaves. Soldiers were getting their guns ready. Pallbearer officers were checking in on every detail to make sure their operations will run smoothly. Every soldier must know their positions and commands during this final mission. Every pilot must know which wave their Endlaves are in and what they would be doing. And finally, the Angels must do their best to protect Inori and merge with her along the ascent up Mt. Fuji. That was Arisa's job, as she had dealt with Inori before, so she was going to oversee the merging process.

The twelve Angels surrounded Inori who seemed unresponsive to all this attention towards her. Arisa already had an idea of who she wanted to keep out in the battlefield. Six was going as she was a fierce warrior who can definitely hold her own. Two was going because she was a ruthless fighter. Three was the first to fuse because she was the first to go down during the first battle. And obviously, Twelve was going to fuse with Inori. She was practically useless in battle. The sisters adored her for some reason; that Arisa couldn't understand.

Arisa simply picked the six Angels she wanted out in the front. "You six have proven yourself to be the strongest. Protect Inori well."

"Yes Ma'am!" They all chorused back.

"Good.." Arisa left them.

Twelve casted her eyes down from her sisters. She was going to die one hour before the operation starts. She already knew she was going to be sacrificed. She was the weakest of her sisters, physically and mentally.

Inori noticed this discomfort. "Is everything alright?"

"I don't know…" Twelve hesitantly muttered back. "What about you?"

"I don't know."

"Are you okay with this? Are you okay setting off this thing?" Twelve asked her elder sister.

"I don't know. Everyone has treated me as a tool. I don't know how it feels to be treated as something else." Inori blushed a little. "Only one person treats me differently...Shu."

"The guy with the Void?"

"Yeah…"

"Why do you not say anything?"

"Because...I don't know where I belong."

"I think none of us know where we belong. We were all born for this war."

"It's a sad reality." Inori acknowledged. She was going to die along with these Angels. In the end, she was a tool to be used. She's noticed both organizations talking about her as such, Pallbearer and GHQ. So she didn't know what to do. She just knew her fate.

-GC-

Far away, in the safety of GHQ headquarters, Ryo continued watching over Jessica. He had a handgun on him, ready to shoot anyone he recognizes from Pallbearer. They must have been pissed that he ditched them so Ryo was thinking some officers will be going after his head. So when they come, he'll be ready. Jessica was out cold now. The purple crystals started to cross over her chest and each time they grew, she didn't move at all. She could be dead now.

Near them was the control center of this operation.

Tsugumi slipped into her suit and prepared to enter her command pod. She was excited to start playing with her colorful digital toys. She was going to make sure Pallbearer can barely move. The woman slipped on her famous cat ear headband, completing her look for this final battle. Next to her was Yahiro, fumbling around with his control panel. He just finished evacuating all the villagers that lived near Mt. Fuji as well as the districts close to the mountain. But he had to make sure no one will target any civilians. That was the hardest part. Next to the two were two pods that contained Daryl and Ayase. They were already locked in and ready to go.

"Ready for this?" Tsugumi asked.

"I'm more than ready." Yahiro said with determination. "Let's end this for good."

"That's the spirit! Good luck!" Tsugumi jumped into her pod. She quickly started up communications as she tossed orange balls into purple vortexes. "Aya-nee? Daryl? Are you there?"

"Yeah." They both responded.

"Okay! Starting up your Endlaves!" Tsugumi put both palms out and dragged their controls up, like a DJ increasing the volume to their music.

"Endlaves activated!" Ayase and Daryl opened their eyes and found themselves in a plane flying towards Mt. Fuji. So they were going to airdrop onto Pallbearer.

Daryl was ready for action. Steiner's view was a second pair of glasses for him. He knew his way around his Endlave that taking down those Angels will be a cinch! Ayase was still growing used to Beine. She trained hard with Daryl so she could be just at the level she is with Steiner. But she could already tell that Daryl made Beine to be the fastest of the two Endlaves.

"Ready for the front lines?" Daryl asked his companion of the battlefield. He did not see this coming. His worst enemy becoming his best comrade.

"You bet!?" Ayase was pumped. She already had a target set out for her: the Angel that nearly killed Jessica. Angel Two was her prey.

"You've trained long and hard with Beine. I want to see you take out three Angels in one go."

"Oh I will. And you better not overexert yourself today!" Ayase yelled back.

"You two simmer down. The battle hasn't started yet." Shu yelled over the growl of the plane's engines. He was sitting in the lone seat of the giant plane. He had his void drawn and Ayase's void already activated. Shu activated Jessica's void and a pair of glasses appeared in his hand. These will allow him to see. "Thank you Jessica." He placed the glasses on, allowing his vision to return to him

Shu was the lead of this unit's operation. All the Angels will be going after him because he was the strongest and he knew Inori on a whole other level. Daryl and Ayase's job was to protect him and to eliminate any Angels that get in their way. Shibungi and Argo had to deal with Pallbearer forces themselves...as in, they were tasked with taking out the leader and Arisa.

"Let's get this started already! When do we drop?"

Shibungi glanced at his map. The plane was almost there. "You drop in three…"

Shu stood in the front, while Daryl and Ayase backed him up with their Endlaves.

"Two…"

The plane opened up, allowing them to run out.

"One!"

Shu launched himself out first and his robotic legs kicked off. He dived down, fully intending to crush a tank on the landing. It seemed the Angels noticed their entrance as three Angels came out of hiding to attack. Shu was quick though. He maneuvered around the Angels and went for the front of this train. They organized themselves in train formation so Inori was at the very front.

"Hey! Don't you dare!" Angel Two turned to run after him.

Ayase was faster however as she grabbed the Angel and slammed her into the ground. "No. You're fighting me!"

Angel Two bared her fangs and crystals formed around her right hand, making a javelin. "Bring it on!" She threw the javelin right at the head of the Endlave.

Ayase made Beine flicker out to safety. This was one thing she loved about this new Endlave. It was ridiculously fast! This could be considered teleporting even. Ayase launched Beine to nail to Angel in the stomach again.

Angel Two felt herself catapult backwards and land hard enough to create a crater. It seems they've made enhancements to their Endlaves. No problem. They can handle this!

Daryl, on the other hand, faced against two Angels. When he dove down, he activated probably the best advancement he added onto Steiner; something he took from Ryo's Endlave. Two brilliant white wings appeared from Steiner's back and Daryl propelled himself towards one of the two Angels. A sharp blade sprung out of Steiner's arm and cleanly sliced one Angel in half.

Daryl smirked inside his pod. "That didn't take long."

Steiner quickly went after the second Angel, who put up a better fight.

"He's good." Angel Five muttered and flew away. She needed to call for more reinforcements.

Daryl glanced over at Ayase. "Hurry it up. We need to catch up to Shu!"

"I'm trying!" Ayase shouted back as she dodged more crystal shots. Angel Two was throwing them very fast, but Ayase was dodging just as fast. They were playing off of each other, at least, until one of them gets tired. Since Ayase was not moving at all, she could keep this up but she didn't know how much longer her Endlave could last. Angel Two, although having a humanoid body, seemed to have extreme stamina and kept up her fighting. But even she was showing signs of exhaustion. Ayase finally decided to stop playing around. She dodged all the shots and went straight for the Angel.

Angel Two smirked. "Coming closer to me is more dangerous for you!" She prepared her special crystal knives. Once these crystals make contact with the Endlave, they will enlarge and encase the robot like blooming flowers.

Ayase frowned. Her Endlave kept advancing forward, bit by bit, but she only had a gun on her. She pulled out a machine gun and began firing at the Angel.

"It's no use!" Angel Two began appearing and disappearing. "I'm just as fast as you!"

"Hm...let's see how fast these legs go!" Ayase sped her Endlave so fast that she ran circles around the Angel. She ran so fast that she began leaving imprints of herself.

"Heh! It doesn't matter how fast you can run! I can still hit you!" Angel Two chucked one shard out. It didn't hit Ayase. "Wh-What!?"

Ayase smirked.

Ayase's Beine suddenly appeared from above and placed her gun right at the temple of Angel Two's head. The Angel merely smirked when she found out she lost this game. She merely put her arms up as if egging on Ayase to shoot.

"Go ahead. What are you waiting for?"

"Tell me now before I kill you. What is the aim to eliminate civilization?"

"Heh!" Angel Two glanced at her camera with the most menacing and psychotic stare. Her pink eyes widened with glee as her teeth grit together to make a smile. "Kill me."

Ayase kept a straight face as she pulled the trigger. The Angel's head was blasted clean off her body and the lifeless form fell to the ground.

"You took too long. Hurry up!" Daryl flew above her and made way for the Pallbearer's formation.

Tsugumi noticed what quick work they made with the first Angels. That meant it was time to send in GHQ's army. She pulled up an elephant wearing headphones and tapped on the icon. "Bungi! It's time to call in the army!"

"Roger that, Black Swan!"

"Yes Sir!" Tsugumi focused back on communications with Ayase and Daryl. Ayase was the red cat and Daryl was the blue cat. She tapped on both icons. "Aya-nee! Daryl! Backup is coming!"

"Don't need it!" Daryl smirked as he continued flying.

"Ignore him. Send them in." Ayase deadpanned back.

At the front of the formation, Angel Five managed to get to Inori before Shu. "They've gotten stronger! They've already killed two of our sisters!"

"Send the other three out. We need to start the fusion process!"

Three Angels followed after Angel Five. Every Angel started fusing with Inori. She was locked in a pod and there was another pod for the other Angels. Each of the remaining Angels simply locked themselves in the other pod and waited for all their energy to be sucked out of them. A purple light emitted from their bodies for a second, but then they would fall lifeless like a puppet with no strings. Five Angels quickly transferred their energy to Inori and Angel Twelve was left dragging their bodies out. Now only she was left…

Angel Twelve gulped as she approached this pod. This was it. This was the end for her. She placed one foot into this pod.

"Don't." Inori's light voice commanded. "Don't go in unless you want to."

"Inori…"

"I know you don't want to. You want to live." Inori sighed. "I envy you. Out of all your sisters, you have the heart."

Twelve merely frowned and approached Inori's pod. "Why don't you want to live as well? My other sisters don't have that. That's why they're easily sacrificing themselves out there."

"Because the will to live is in you." Inori softly spoke.

She realized this just a few moments back. When the first sister sacrificed herself, she felt love and lust. When the second went, she felt confusion but the need to protect. When the third went, she just felt sad, emotionally drained kind of sad. Fourth: fear. And when the fifth was done, she gained wisdom. She understood now. She understood why each sister felt so robotic and separate; they each had different emotions. She finally knew why she felt so...empty.

"What?"

"As long as you're alive, you will never die because you don't want to die. That's why I don't feel that I want to live." Inori explained. "But if you die, then I will want to live."

"Inori…" Twelve's eyes welled up. "That means I have to!"

"Stop." The feeling of putting someone else before yourself; that was another one of Twelve's traits. This was why Twelve was the sweetest member.

Twelve stopped on Inori's orders. "But-"

"I'm not going to force you to do something you clearly don't want to do." Inori strictly said. "It's not right…"

Twelve frowned. She was spared. But that meant Inori will still be in big trouble. She went for the pod that Inori resided in and released her cuffs. "If I want to live, then I will show you."

Inori didn't protest. She just let her youngest sister release her from her chains. To be held up against her will, she remembered this feeling. She just didn't remember where or what or why. Inori rubbed her wrists, glad to feel release from her pod. Her arms were getting tired. She glanced at her youngest sister, who was shaking from fright and excitement. "Are you sure?"

Twelve nodded. She looked out the exit to see if anyone was there. "Come on! Let's get out of here!"

Inori was about to go, but suddenly an officer stepped in.

"Hey! you can't leave!" The officer walked over to Inori. "Get in your pod. And you!" He pointed at Twelve. "Get in the other one! We can't be wasting time!"

Twelve didn't move. She was too scared to follow his orders.

"Do you not have ears!?" The officer grabbed Twelve by the arm. "I said get in the pod!"

"Ahh!" Twelve felt her body roughly slam into the pod.

"Now you." The officer dragged Inori back.

Inori saw the sadness that now clouded Twelve's eyes. Her red eyes glared back at the officer and she slapped his arm away. "No."

"Get in the pod."

"Can't you see she doesn't want to!?"

The officer scoffed. "Why does she matter? She's just a sacrifice." These girls were being troublesome. He pulled out his walkie talkie. "Calling for backup. They're refusing orders."

"Right sending men in."

"Okay. You here that?" The officer waved his walkie talkie around. "Get in or we'll force you-"

He didn't get to finish. Inori's crystal blade plunged through him in the torso and she yanked it out. She suddenly gasped at what she done and quickly got rid of her sword. What was that? she just killed someone!

"Inori…"

She didn't know what came over her. Once she saw Twelve getting roughly manhandled, the blade was already forming on her arm. Inori felt frozen in time. She never done something like that. It was scary!

"Inori!" Twelve yelled over and over again.

"Inori!" A sudden voice managed to snap her out of it. It was him!

"Shu!" Inori screamed.

Shu sighed. "Thank goodness you're alright…" He held out his hand. "Come on! We have to go!"

Inori hesitated. "Shu…" She glanced over at Twelve, who was struggling to get up. "Sister…" She instead ran over to Twelve and helped her up.

"Wha-What are you doing?" Twelve shook her off. "You have to leave! Before it's too late!"

"No!" Inori picked up Twelve and she quickly ran to Shu. "Shu! Bring her to safety please!"

"What? Who is she?"

"There's no time!"

"Halt!" More officers appeared and lifted their guns. "Stay still! Don't move!"

She had no time left. Either she save her little sister and Shu or they all get shot down. Inori took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and reevaluated the situation. They were outmatched and they were on a large, moving vehicle. Since Shu caught up pretty quick, he was capable of running fast or flying. Twelve couldn't do anything. So Inori did the best thing that popped in her mind. She pushed Twelve into Shu's arms.

"Inori!" Twelve yelled surprise.

"Shu! Get her to safety!" Inori suddenly produced a shield that protected her and Shu from the bullets. "I can handle myself!"

"Inori! I'm not leaving you here!" Shu yelled as he held onto Twelve.

"Go!" Inori produced crystal blades on her arms and she ran forth towards the soldiers. She hated this. But she must if they were going to be safe. Inori jumped and sliced down on the first soldier she saw.

Shu didn't spare a second. That girl a;ready made up her mind. He quickly jumped out with Twelve safely in his arms. He landed far from the operation and placed her on the ground.

"Wait!" Twelve grabbed him. "Whatever happens, don't let her get in the pod!"

"I'm well aware."

Twelve's eyes began to water. "I-I just want her to be safe…"

Shu gave her a small smile. "You know. You remind me of someone."

"Huh?"

"A kind girl named Hare…" Without another word, Shu jumped back to the beginning of the parade.

"Block him!" Angel Five yelled. "You! Hurry back! We have to fuse with Inori before it's too late!"

"Roger!" The Angel quickly flew back to the truck.

"Oh no!" Daryl made Steiner block the advances of the two Angels. "You don't touch him."

"Quick Shu! We'll handle these two!" Ayase said as she started to fight one of the Angels.

Shu quickly bolted past both of them and ran for the giant truck. He knew Inori was holding her own in there. He barged in, relieved that Inori was still alive. "Inori! We got to go!"

"She's not going anywhere." Suddenly, Arisa stepped out with a control in her hands. She gave a small smile and pressed on a button. "Inori, take your sister's energy now."

"Wha…" Inori felt her body seize up and it started moving on it's own. She plunged her arm into the Angel that came back and felt energy coursing through her body. This was power. But it wasn't her.

"Remaining Angels report back." Arisa commanded. They've already lost two Angels. She needed them all back now so Inori can take their power.

The two Angels that were fighting Daryl and Ayase suddenly flew back to the truck. Against her will, Inori held out both of her hands where her sisters rammed themselves. Both of their power ran through her arms, causing her so much pain that Inori started screaming in agony.

"Arisa stop this!" Shu shouted. "You're hurting her."

"Stay out of this Shu…" Arisa said as she placed her hand on a control, forcing Inori to face him. "Get out of here while you still can."

"Arisa! Do you hear yourself right now!?" Shu shouted back. "What happened to you? You didn't used to be like this!"

"Shu...I'm not that timid girl in high school anymore…" Arisa darkly replied. "Get out of here or I'll make you leave."

"Shu…" Inori tearfully said as her hand was controlled to shoot crystals at Shu. She didn't know what to do. But she had no choice.

"Shu! What's going on in here?" Daryl yelled as he suddenly appeared in front of them.

Arisa saw his Endlave and she quickly pushed the control out of instinct.

Inori felt her arm shoot up and purple crystals were fired at Shu. However, Shu was quick as he took out a shield Void to block the crystals. "Inori!" Shu yelled when he deactivated the shield, but Inori was crying as she unwillingly charged up a small crystal in her hands.

"R-Run Shu!" Inori yelled as she threw the bomb.

"Inori!" Shu wasn't going to run.

But Daryl had other things on his mind. He grabbed Shu and flew right out of there. He didn't forget his objective: protect Shu at all costs. He managed to get both of them far away when the bomb exploded.

"Daryl! Why did you-?"

"It doesn't matter! You must be safe." Daryl said. "Those are my orders."

"Guys…" Ayase rolled up beside them and her Endlave pointed to the top of the mountain. "They're already there."

And there, Shu saw what happened next, step by step. Inori was placed back into the pod, which began crystallizing once she was set in. The vehicle fell apart, revealing a giant machine that shot a ray vertically up into the sky. Poor Inori cried and screamed, but it was useless as the crystals completely enveloped her body. A purple grid suddenly spread out over the skies, similar to the one that trapped Tsugumi. They were trapping the entirety of Japan and unleashing the Apocalypse Virus right on it! Daryl, Ayase, and Shu helplessly looked on to the disastrous scene. Inori's cries were the last things they heard as a screech enveloped their ears.

Whoo! This chapter was intense. I decided to make Inori a bit more active because she was a very passive girl in the anime. In fact, the scene I liked most from her was when she was fighting with Endlaves. And I wonder if any of you guys picked up that Twelve basically looked like Hare? I always loved Hare as a character and was so sad to see her die. No, I'm not bringing Hare back to life. Twelve is her own character. Anyways, read and review.