In the Alphaverse, the group looked in shock at the portal closing before their very eyes.
"Dammit, Singularity's already reversed the process! He's got the mind to trap us in the Alphaverse forever!" Connor said.
"So the Alphaverse was always just a decoy… He wanted us here…and away from Thule." Viola said.
"Jeanne…" Bayonetta said as she closed her eyes and looked down.
"We can't just let Singularity get away with this, can we?" Medina asked.
"Darn right we're not. He's not leaving us here to die." Connor said.
"But the portal's closing fast, how are we gonna keep it open long enough for us to get through?" Hyde asked.
Just then the area shook as the group saw a purple vortex surging from down below.
"Well we'd better think of something fast, or we'll be trapped here with no way out." Viola said.
"It would seem these events are the truth I was shown." Lukaon said before turning to Strider. "Now, let the hearts of all Arch-Adams gather here as one." he said before turning into an orb and flying into Strider as he was engulfed in a bright light before it soon died down as Luka floated before them, now returned to normal as he looked to the group.
"Hey…Cerezita." Luka said with a bow.
"Luka!" Bayonetta said.
"Oh man, you had us worried you were dead, you diehard journalist lover!" DW typed.
"Or worse, you had lost your mind due to everything that happened to you as Strider." Lysithea said.
"I'll admit, I was pretty close to losing it. Thankfully, Tormal beating me to near death snapped me out of it." Luka said.
"So are you finally able to control this whole Strider stuff?" Peacock asked.
"You bet, kid. And…I finally figured out what the truth is." Luka said as he approached. "Bayonetta…my purpose…is to get you and your friends to where you need to be." he said before walking to the edge of the Aureole. "Look. That vortex is Singularity absorbing this world's energy."
"Luka, what are you trying to say?" Viola asked.
"I'm going to use it to send you all home." Luka said.
"From there? But…how?" Viola asked.
"Wish I knew what to say at a time like this…" Luka said as he directed his gaze at Bayonetta.
"You don't have to. You're a clumsy fool…but you never fail to impress." Bayonetta said before she and Luka closed in as he put his hand on her shoulder and looked as if they were about to kiss before Luka put his finger to Bayonetta's lips and backed away.
"Later, Violita." Luka called, tossing her a lollipop as she caught it and smiled at Luka. "Goodbye, Bayonetta. I'll always love you both…" he said to himself at the end before dashing towards the edge before leaping into the air as he transformed into Strider, now blue with a golden mane, while the accents become blue and light green. The cape's epaulettes now sport his trenchcoat's plaid pattern as he fell into the vortex, causing it to turn blue.
"Well, no time like the present, everyone. What say we finish this?" Simon asked.
"I've come this far in the craziness and action. No reason to stop. We're in." Connor said as Team Revival nodded.
"You know we're in no matter what." DW typed.
"Time to end this, once and for all." Zi-O said. "Ready for the climax, Bayonetta?"
"Of course." Bayonetta said. "And you, kitty?"
"Let's go kick Singularity's ass!" Viola said.
"Then get aboard, you idiots!" Sister called from the Edens Zero.
The group soon hopped on as it began flying to the vortex.
"By the way, my name is VIOLAAAAAAAA!" Viola called as the Edens Zero flew into the vortex before everything went black.
Simon regained consciousness and looked around as he found Bayonetta and the others slowly regaining consciousness as they found themselves in what seemed to be a destroyed New York.
"Are we… back in our own dimension?" Avlora asked.
"I don't think so. Last we left New York, it was completely flooded." Connor said.
"Then, this must be…" Tsubaki trailed off.
"The Dimension from which Kitty and Tormal came from." Bayonetta said as she and the group noticed a green pillar of light in the distance. "Is that…"
"No doubt. He probably doesn't realize that we escaped his trap yet. Let's go give him a surprise." Ragna said.
The group soon made their way to the pillar of light as they saw Singularity standing in front of it before he soon took notice.
"Arch-Eve origin…. What are you doing here?" Singularity asked. "This is a world of my definition. You and anyone from the Hero Alliance do not belong."
"But here we are, and that's the truth." Bayonetta said. "Maybe you forgot to carry the one?" she asked as Singularity simply floated backwards into the pillar.
Right before their eyes, the group saw Singularity get enveloped in his own energy, before the pillar exploded, as where Singularity was, he was now a massive beast possessing sharp claws, human-like teeth and a singular large eye. His back is covered in writhing tendrils and he also has a tail which he can use to emit large amounts of energy.
DCH-AN-SG-H654823
SINGULARITY CHAOS
"Oh look, the final boss first transforms into a giant monster. Like we haven't seen that before." Connor said. "Well lucky for us, we've got our own giant monster."
"Cereza, would you do the honors?" Simon asked.
"DO O IA BAYONETTA! CNILA D COMSELHA ODO ANANAEL!" Bayonetta chanted as she thrusted her hand into her chest as a summon circle formed while she pulled out her heart. "IPAMIS NONCP FAFEN NIIS! AVAVAGO TLIOB VRAN!" she finished as Sin Gomorrah was soon summoned while Bayonetta and the group took cover onto the top of a nearby building. The two titanic beasts roared at each other, as the Second Battle of the Kaijus began.
(Cue- Singularity Chaos- Bayonetta 3)
"Come now, you can do better than that." Singularity said.
The two titans then clashed as Singularity Chaos fought similarly to Arch-Iridescent while also firing green lightning beams. When a certain amount of damage was done, Sin Gomorrah toppled Singularity Chaos over and then breathed fire down on him.
"Hey Simon, be real with me. Can we keep up with Bayonetta at this point?" Connor said. "It's just that I've heard that whenever she fights the big bad, things can get a little…"
"I know what you mean, Connor. In both the battles against Jublieus and Aesir, they tend to be chaotic, but in both she had help from both Jeanne and Balder respectively." Simon said. "But for this one, she might need whatever help she can get."
After enough damage was done to Singularity Chaos, Sin Gomorrah fired its laser as Singularity Chaos did the same, the two beams clashing before Singularity Chaos raised his tail and fired a laser from it, adding strength to his beam. Bayonetta collapsed to her knees as she bled from her left eye before standing back up and holding her heart into the sky.
"DO O IA BAYONETTA! CNILA D COMSELHA ODO ANANAEL!" Bayonetta chanted as purple sparkles slowly descended from the sky. "TURBS C BABLON ZONAC CIAOFI BALZARG! FAFEN NIIS!" she finished as Queen Butterfly was seen descending from the sky as well before landing next to Sin Gomorrah.
"Two Deadly Sin summons back to back?! Is she crazy?!" Peacock asked.
"Sure looks like it, dess!" Kirika confirmed.
Queen Butterfly soon entered a familiar charging stance as magic gathered in her hands.
"...That stance!" Hibiki recognized. "Is she doing the…?!"
Queen Butterfly then fired off her own version of a Kamehameha as it joined with Sin Gomorrah's laser and overpowered Singularity Chaos as he was sent flying into space by the combined attack.
(end song)
Sin Gomorrah and Queen Butterfly soon vanished as the group looked up to the sky.
"Flying to the moon without us? Can't have that." Bayonetta said before masquerading with Madama Butterfly and flew after Singularity.
"...We're going after her, aren't we?" Chris guessed.
"Yup, and unfortunately we can't breathe in space." Connor said.
"Back to the Edens Zero again?" Shirabe guessed.
"No, that would take too long." Connor said. "Some of us have to chase after her who can breathe in space and can fly fast enough."
"Hey Zeo, any of your predecessors also an astronaut?" Peacock asked.
"As a matter of fact…" Zi-O smirked, pulling out his Fourze Ridewatch and activating it.
=FOURZE!=
He then slotted the watch onto the belt, slammed the tilt button and gave it a spin.
=ARMOR TIME!=
A white rocket with black and orange highlights appeared behind Zi-O before it split into multiple parts and fused with the Rider into armor.
=3,2,1! FOURZE!=
With that, Zi-O now dons the FourzeArmor, consisting of rockets for hands, afterburners facing the front on the legs with wings, and a helmet with the shape of a rocket with the pink 'katakana' for Fourze on his visor.
…and then Zi-O began to shout to the sky with his arms stretched wide. "Space… KITAAAAA!"
"Kinda figured he'd yell that when he uses that armor." Starlight deadpanned while covering her ears.
"Who else can follow them into space?" Connor asked.
"I'll be going of course." Simon said, masquerading with Alighieri as he sprouted a pair of demonic wings and flew off.
"The Pretty Cure can breathe into space too, as does the Symphogears, Gunvolt and Vent in his MegaMan armor." Starlight said. "That being said… Chris?"
"I was hoping you'd say that." Chris smirked, materializing a pair of large rockets from the back of her armor.
MEGA DETH FUGA
"I'm coming too, if Symphogears can breathe in space." Connor said. "Mind if I hitch a ride on your rockets, Chris?"
"Ever done missile surfing before?" Chris asked back.
"No… but I'll learn on the fly." Connor said.
"Fine by me." Chris noted. "Now get your relic on so we can launch them to space. The two of us will go last."
"Yes!" Connor said, pulling out his relic and activating it.
"Still can't believe another guy can use a relic." Joule remarked.
"Yeah." Gunvolt agreed. "And I didn't expect it to be Ichaival either." he added as Connor armored up, and used the same skill as Chris.
"We shall go as well." 2B said as she and 9S summoned a pair of flight units as A2 grabbed onto 2B's. "YorHa Androids can survive in unbreathable environments."
"Looks like quite the team. Go get that son of a bitch. We'll be waiting, but try not to have too much fun up there." DW typed.
"Good luck, up there. And try not to die on the way back." Regina added, with Kiana, Mei and Seele nodding.
With that, the group shot into space after Bayonetta, the group who couldn't fly on their own riding on Chris and Connor's rockets, with the latter two going last.
The group that flew into space caught up with Bayonetta as they landed on a petrified part of Singularity Chaos's body as they stood before Singularity who was in a new form. He had returned to a humanoid shape but was now fused with an external apparatus that resembled a machine with two claw-like extensions he can wield as weapons. Anatomia Complex scrolls are attached onto his back, floating around his figure.
SINGULARITY BALANCE
"Your struggle is pointless. This course of events is an immutable truth. One which only I can change." Singularity said.
"Maybe that's how things work where you're from, but we prefer to make our own truth." Bayonetta said.
"Cumulonimbus!" Singularity called, releasing a scroll as a Cumulonimbus spawned from it.
"Oh great, he's taking the summoner's route." Zi-O said.
"MATORB PARM!" Bayonetta chanted as Gouon rode out of a summon circle and rammed Cumulonimbus to a further distance before engulfing them both in an explosion.
"Okay, that was pretty funny getting hit by a demon train." Starlight chuckled.
"Now for the head baddie in charge!" Connor said as the group prepared to fight Singularity together.
(Cue- Singularity Balance- Bayonetta 3)
Singularity was much stronger in his Balance form, as he attacked the group with his claw strikers and blasting mist, as well as summoning varying types of Homunculi to do his bidding.
"Hit him hard and fast, and give him hell!" Connor said as he shot Singularity with his revolvers from afar as the others got close while Team XDR dealt with the approaching Homunculi to give the others an opening.
"Why did you throw yourself into this battle, bounty hunter? For a foolish attempt to gain notoriety?" Singularity asked as he nearly hit Connor with his claws. "Or did you want to experience the rush of a final battle yourself?"
"Since we're telling truths here, I'll tell you why I jumped in. It's because I wanted to make sure my six charges I've been looking after till Zeo arrived will go back to their world safe!" Connor said, blasting Singularity's claw with his rifle.
"And I thank you for taking care of them for us!" Zi-O replied, following up by attacking Singularity with a double rocket punch.
Simon let out a battle cry and dashed forward as he unleashed a flurry of thrusts with Thrace before following up with a multi hit combo from Uranus and Gaius. "Slam Dunk!" he called, masquerading with Hekatoncheir and slamming his six arms down onto Singularity.
"Behold my power!" Singularity said, creating a vortex of wind to pull in the group close.
"Bad move, man!" Connor said. "Shirabe, Kirika, GV!"
"Right!/Okay, dess!/No problem!" Shirabe, Kirika and Gunvolt complied, with the former launching numerous saw blades from her armor and 2nd former launching bladed boomerangs from her scythe, sucking them in. Gunvolt also supported by launching blue electro blades from his hands, also sucking them in.
Alpha Style: 100 Samsara
Kill Juliet
Singularity gasped as the attacks hit him dead on, and he was shredded, giving Bayonetta and Simon an opening.
"CIAOFI BALZARG!"
"ALOK KALL!"
Madama Butterfly and Alihigeri were both summoned at the same time. Madama clawed Singularity with her nails while Alihigeri slashed rapidly with his sword before finishing with a powerful punch and sword thrust respectively, sending Singularity flying when the area suddenly glitched as Singularity reappeared behind the group.
"Behind us!" 2B warned.
"How'd he do that?!" A2 asked.
"Alert: Reality shift detected in area." 153 said.
"Now you tell us!" Chris said in annoyance.
Singularity then raised his arms and released two more scrolls as Cirrostratus and Cirrocumulus appeared from them.
"Outta the way!" Connor called as he materalized a myriad of missiles, big and small, and launched them at Cirrostratus.
MEGA DETH INFINITY
"What he said!" A2 called as she charged at Cirrocumulus, entering Berserk Mode and tearing into it as both were soon defeated.
Singularity reentered the battle, despite taking so much damage already.
"Keep pouring it on him, we got him cornered!" Connor said.
Singularity changed up his attack patterns, now firing lasers from his claws along with summoning stronger homunculi to attack.
"Enough of this." 2B said. "Pod!" she said as she attacked Singularity with a variety of different weapons before finishing with R020: Mirage.
"Initiating attack program." 042 said.
"We will continue to fight!" 2B said, initiating R050: Spear as multiple spears erupted from underneath Singularity. "Until our day of reckoning comes. Now, Zi-O!"
Zi-O initiated Finish Time upon 2Bs callout.
=FINISH TIME! FOURZE!=
Zi-O then transformed into a literal human rocket and spun in a corkscrew.
=LIMIT TIME BREAK!=
"Rider Space Tailspin KICK!" Zi-O shouted, delivering a rocket corkscrew kick to Singularity, pushing him back with force.
Singularity was blown back by the impact, and recovered. However, purple cracks had formed on his body, and soon, multiple purple orbs were flying out one at a time out of his own body.
(Music Shift: Moonlight Serenade *Infinite Climax Mix*- Bayonetta 3)
And right before everyone's eyes, the orbs turned into all the versions of Bayonetta that Singularity and the Homunculi wiped from existence, led at the front by Bs 1, 2, 3, and 4, as they all joined the original Bayonetta's side.
"The Bayonettas from the other worlds…!" Serena gasped.
Singularity looked on before sealing the cracks on his body and fired lasers, only for them to be blocked by B3 and two Bayonettas wielding Simoon as they launched air blades from them. "Tornado!" B3 called as Singularity was hit before reappearing on their left preparing to attack before B3 ducked down, allowing B1 and two more Bayonettas wielding Ignis Arenea Yo-Yo to launch their weapons. "I'll be gentle!" B1 said as the blades revved into Singularity before he reappeared behind them as B2 and two Bayonettas wielding Dead End Express charged in slammed their weapons into him, one by one. "Boom!" B2 yelled, revving the blades into Singularity before he teleported a certain distance and fired lasers, only for them to be blocked by two Bayonettas wielding Abracadabra. "Your attention, please!" B4 said, holding her hat out and releasing a variety of magic trick items as they bombarded Singularity before he soon teleported.
"Impossible! You outstrip my ability to alter phenomena…" Singularity said.
"Clearly you haven't been paying attention." Bayonetta said, firing a charge shot at Singularity, damaging him further and causing him to release more orbs. "The truth is what we make it!"
(end song)
Singularity regenerated from his wounds and started plowling through all the Bayonetta incarnations to get to the original. Just as he was about to reach Bayonetta herself, he was blown back by an uppercut courtesy of Madama Styx, and who summoned her to do that… was none other than Jeanne!
(Cue- Friendship- Bayonetta 3)
"Jeanne!" Bayonetta said.
"I knew you wouldn't stay dead." Simon said.
"Let's go." Jeanne said.
Bayonetta, Simon, and Jeanne then masqueraded with their primary Infernal partners and rushed Singularity, unleashing a variety of wicked weave attacks before finishing with a double heel stomp and sword stab as they caused the platform they were on to break into pieces as Singularity was sent flying down before the three flew to meet as Bayonetta spun Jeanne before releasing her as she kicked Singularity before Jeanne did the same with Bayonetta and Simon as they double kicked Singularity, causing him to fall towards the earth as the two looked up to Jeanne as she floated away before soon disappearing as the two began falling towards the earth as well with the group.
(end song)
"Oh crap, we didn't really plan on safe reentry!" Connor said as they started burning up in the atmosphere.
"GV!" Joule shouted.
"Everyone get close to me!" Gunvolt ordered. They did so as Gunvolt unleashed a large electro Flashfield around himself and the group. "Brace yourselves!" He shouted as they began a really fast descent back to the planet.
Bayonetta and Singularity crashed back down into New York City in their respective colored comets, followed by the team that accompanied her crashing with an electro shockwave upon impact, while the others who didn't follow to space caught up with them.
"Are you guys okay?!" Betty asked in concern as Gunvolt's Flashfield faded.
Connor groaned. "At least I can cross 'successfully re-enter earth's atmosphere in a crash landing' off my bucket list…"
"Remind me… never to,.. do that… again…" Gunvolt panted in exhaustion.
Peacock then looked behind the group. "Get off your butts, you guys! It's not over!"
(Cue- Beginning of the End- Bayonetta 3)
Simon and Bayonetta quickly turned their heads with a gasp as they saw Singularity descending down behind them, appearing as a tall figure in segmented Homunculi armour with noticeable claws and pauldrons. His head is featureless save for a singular eye and four curved horns adorn the top of his head like a helmet.
SINGULARITY DEFINITION
"Oh for the love of… he has a 3rd form?!" Zi-O exclaimed, now back in Base Form.
"Watch yourselves everyone, this one is much stronger than the others!" Kokonoe said.
Bayonetta stood up and waved her hands behind her. "AVAVAGO!" she chanted, summoning Gomorrah as a scroll materialized in Singularity's right hand.
"Cumulonimbus!" Singularity called as he tossed it up, the homunculus of the same name appearing from it as it and Gomorrah charged at each other, all the while Singularity waved his left hand with a laugh as reality itself began shifting around the group.
"He's altering the reality of this entire dimension!" Lysithea said.
"Okay, when did he become Dr. Strange?!" Starlight questioned.
Simon and Bayonetta stood back to back as they aimed their guns at Singularity with determined glares.
The platform Gomorrah and Cumulonimbus were on then separated, flipped around and reassembled to give everyone more room, and if that wasn't enough, the entire arena turned invisible.
The battle then resumed as Singularity had entirely new attacks to throw at the group. Shifting the buildings into weapons to throw at them, launching energy blades, summoning a clone of himself to initiate attacks for him, and many more as the two sides, human and beast, went back and forth.
"You all were unexpected variables….but my phenomenal affirmation is absolute." Singularity said.
"Oh yeah? Well unlucky for you, buddy, we aren't the types to just stick to anything somebody believes is right!" DW typed, blasting Singularity in the face with his Sting Ray. After that, the group was able to wear him down some more.
Singularity then sent a wave of the ground at Bayonetta, who dodged and activated witch time. But unfortunately, Singularity defied its logic and broke through, blasting Bayonetta dead center as her amulet cracked, as she almost tumbled off the edge of the arena before singularity grabbed her in a chokehold, returning reality to normal and stopping the group from intervening as he took Bayonetta hostage.
(end song)
"Surely you all must have had enough by now." Singularity said.
"Tch…!" Tsubasa scowled.
"We need to get her out of his grip!" Mei stated.
"You're not…getting nervous are you?" Bayonetta asked, firing one of her guns as Singularity disappeared before reappearing as he kicked Bayonetta down who weakly stood back up.
(Cue- Requiem- Bayonetta 3)
"Cereza!" Simon said.
"Don't… count me out… just yet, dear." Bayonetta said as she stumbled towards Singularity. "What's wrong? Having…trouble…running the numbers? Well..don't…count us out…just yet. We'll…be the ones… Who decides…what the truth will be."
Singularity merely pushed Bayonetta back with a gust as she was blown back to her knees. She hid one of her guns behind her back as the artificial god-being sent one of his clones at her, revealing it and firing, only for the bullet to pass right through the clone and hit Singularity to be turned into a laser beam that shot back at Bayonetta, hitting her square in the face. After that, Singularity manipulated some rubble and arranged Bayonetta in a crucifixion as cracks began appearing on her body.
Viola arrived soon after as she witnessed what was happening. "What?!" she asked before directing her gaze at Singularity. "Bastard!" she yelled before throwing two of her darts at him.
"No, Viola, don't!" Connor called too late as the darts merely shattered upon close impact to Singularity.
"Ah, the brave soldier returns. You did promise me you'd be back…" Singularity said before sending a clone towards Viola.
"Damn you!" Viola said as she swung her sword, only for the clone to catch it and grab her in a chokehold.
"...but no matter what you desired, our reunion here was predetermined. As was this woman's ignoble end!" Singularity said.
"Ki…Kitty…" Bayonetta groaned weakly as she held her hand out to Viola.
Singularity then conjured a spear and soon launched it at Bayonetta.
"No!" Simon said as he and the group rushed to stop it in vain.
"Mummy!" Viola cried.
Just then, multiple bullets were fired off, causing the spear and the clone to dissipate as Singularity looked on in shock. "What?!" he asked as Bayonetta was freed from the rubble and fell to the ground as her head was held up by…
(Cue- Phenomenal Uncertainty- Bayonetta 3)
…. Herself, as she tapped the pommel of Scarborough Fair against her current self's head.
"You didn't cry while I was gone, did you?" she asked before standing up.
Bayonetta 1
The Witch in Remembrance
"...the Bayonetta from the first adventure?!" Zi-O exclaimed.
"You gotta be kidding me…!" Connor said in shock.
"Holy…shit!" Simon added in complete shock as well.
"Exclamation mark!" DW added.
"You all seem to be having a good time. Awfully rude of you not to invite me, don't you think?" Bayonetta 1 asked.
Singularity didn't relent despite the sudden appearance of Bayonetta 1 and tossed a scroll out, summoning a Pannus as it charged right at Bayonetta 1. But suddenly, it was tackled to the ground by a familiar lion chimera demon. It has three heads; two of them double as its front paws. Each of its heads possesses a pair of large, thick fangs and multiple red eyes. Skulls appear near the eyes of this demon's primary head; atop this head are curved horns.
DESTROYER OF FATES
LABOLAS
The Pannus then split into smaller copies of itself before a finger snap was heard as Labolas split into four smaller versions of itself as they teared into the smaller Pannus copies before reforming and disappearing as landing on the ground nearby was…
"Women of our calibur don't need invitations, darling. Right?" said the figure.
Bayonetta 2
The Witch with Discerning Eyes
"The Bayonetta from the 2nd adventure?!" Starlight gawked.
"What are you doing here? I destroyed you and your worlds long ago!" Singularity said. "It is not possible. Are phenomena once affirmed…now changing?"
"It looks like only the three of us made it this far…" Bayonetta 2 said. "...oh, and the young lady along with our friends of course."
"That's enough, yes? To prove 'phenomenal affirmation' isn't absolute after all. All right, lady killer. Just try to predict what the lot of us will do next!" Bayonetta 1 said as she and Bayonetta 2 prepared to fight.
(Music shift: Fly Me To The Moon *Infinite Climax Mix*- Bayonetta)
"Yes! Second wind, let's go!" Makoto cheered as the group followed Bayonettas 1 & 2 into battle against Singularity.
"This is amazing! I can't believe we're fighting alongside both previous versions of Bayonetta at the same time!" Leonie said as both Bayonettas did damage to Singularity in sync, Leonie following up with a stab from her lance.
"Drop dead!" Simon called, executing a masquerade attack as Alighieri impaled his sword from above onto Singularity.
"Neko Charm!" Kiana followed up, summoning a large metal neko paw from below Singularity in a portal that sent him flying upwards and then crushed to the ground by another summoned neko paw from above him.
Hitomi rushed Singularity from there and leaped onto his head while he was getting back up, slashing at his face with her claws before jumping back as Ragna closed the distance and grabbed him by the throat, his arm turning into one of the Black Beast's heads. "Be eaten by darkness! Crumble!" he said, bombarding Singularity with multiple tendrils of the black beast before blasting him in a shadowy explosion, before tossing him to an incoming Seele.
Seele then shifted control to Veliona with her scythe pointed forward behind her back and void dashed towards Singularity, leaving behind multiple afterimages and butterflies in crimson before appearing behind him as he was suddenly slashed multiple times by her scythe.
Bayonetta 1 rushed in to follow up after Veliona, but Singularity instantly healed again, and blasted her and everyone who attacked him back with a shockwave. Bayonetta 2 initiated witch time to get behind Bayonetta 1 and soften her impact, but both were knocked down as they hit a piece of rubble.
(end song)
"I told you your struggle was pointless. No matter how many of you defy me, you are no more than twigs scratching at the sky." Singularity said, summoning a clone as it launched towards the Bayonettas only for it to be slashed down by Viola before she threw her sword to the ground.
"Cheshire!" she called as Cheshire appeared as Viola ran toward him and launched off his paw as she prepared to punch Singularity, only to be swept to the side.
"Now do you see? Only I can determine the truth of this dimension, and your own, And none among you can shake it!" Singularity said.
"Seriously? Have you been living under a rock in this dimension?" Connor asked. "We're no twigs, we're the freakin' Hero Alliance! And you have no idea how stubborn we can be!"
"No matter how many of me there are, that doesn't change." Bayonetta said as she approached, Bayonetta 1 and 2 standing next to her on both sides. "That's my unshakeable truth!"
"Very well. Then I suppose I'll simply erase you all and your so-called truth. Here, and in this very instant!" Singularity said, preparing another attack.
(Cue: Moonlight Serenade *Infinite Climax Mix*- Bayonetta 3)
The three Bayonettas then aimed their guns together before merging into one as a purple aura enveloped the current Bayonetta.
"Did they…combine?" Viola asked.
Singularity blasted his attack at the fused Bayonettas, but one good shot blasted through the attack and dissipated it into purple sparkles.
"What… what is happening? I've never seen anything like this!" Singularity said.
"Perhaps you're not a visual learner." Bayonetta said with her versions in the same body. "I'll teach you the hard way!"
Bayonetta then resumed her assault on Singularity, this time all of her attacks tripled with her other selves standing beside her astrally, packing more punch.
"Ain't this classic. Just when you think Bayonetta can't do anything more crazy, she pulls off stuff like this!" Connor said to Zi-O and Starlight as he blasted Singularity with his rifle, hitting him with red energy shots.
"Heh, well we got used to crazy shit anyway!" Zi-O smirked, slotting the W Ridewatch onto his Zikan Gilade Zyu Mode and took aim.
=FINISH TIME! W!=
"Mind if I join you?" Starlight said, rotating her PreBrace several times before summoning an energy bow and conjured up an arrow charged to full power. "Wait for the right moment to strike, brother!"
"Yeah!" Zi-O nodded as they watched Bayonetta continuing her assault on Singularity.
Bayonetta spun around as her two counterparts split off from her before she launched a wicked weave that sent Singularity flying towards Bayonetta 1 who adjusted her glasses with a wink before doing the same as Bayonetta 2 winked with a laugh before launching Singularity towards Simon as he finished with a sword thrust from Alighieri before all four of them wailed on Singularity with a barrage of punches and sword thrusts before launching him upward with a quadruple uppercut.
Singularity was sent flying into the air, and then Bayonetta winked to Zi-O and Starlight as they followed her up into the air to assist her all together.
=W! ZURE ZURE SHOOTING!=
"Pretty Cure, Final Starlight Arrow!" Starlight shouted as she and Zi-O fired a combined light and cyclone blast at Singularity in sync with Bayonetta as she hit a wicked weave on him, sending him crashing to the ground.
Bayonetta soon landed as well as her two other selves disappeared as she collapsed to the ground, Singularity on jelly legs as well, but he was still regenerating.
Viola took this opportunity more than anyone as she charged into the fray. She avoided a laser blast from Singularity and stabbed him right in the chest with her sword. But Singularity was resilient and rubble crucified her, making her drop her sword, raising her into the air. Bayonetta tried to intervene, but she was too weak to pull the trigger as Singularity manically laughed, summoning a myriad of spears to skewer Bayonetta.
"...I've had enough of this." Zi-O declared, pulling out the Ridewatch he found in B1 world, the Decade Ridewatch. He was about to activate it for the first time, when suddenly….
"Whoo-HOOOOO!" a glint came out from the sky as none other than Luka was carrening right out of the air. He grapelled and swung through the air right to singularity and went right at him with a stylish flying thrust kick… but unfortunately, Singularity teleported out of the way. "Ah, shit! Stop, stop, stop….D'oh!" Luka said before he smashed into a large shard of debris.
"Lu…ka?" Viola asked in confusion as Luka fell to the ground, as everyone stared at his sudden and botched stylish save, all the action stopping…. while Zi-O and the rest of Team XDR completely facepalmed at the botched dynamic entry.
Luka looked to see everyone just staring at him as he repositioned himself in a cool way. "Sorry to keep you all waiting." he said, acting like nothing embarrassing happened as he stumbled to catch his hat. "It was a bit hard to find you guys with all the rubble."
"Way to kill the mood, dumbass!" Chris scolded. "And weren't you supposed to die when you jumped into that portal?!"
"That query is the same as mine, Arch-Adam. How? How is it you exist here and now?" Singularity asked.
"While some find your stunts annoying, you never cease to amuse me, Luka." Bayonetta said as she recovered. "I could imagine worse men to spend my last moments with."
"Hey, you're the only one I want by my side." Luka responded.
"I hate to break up the reunion, but we've got a fight to finish here!" Hitomi said.
"She's right. We've got to keep her safe." Bayonetta said, looking to Viola.
"I know. She's the one who's going to keep our truth alive." Luka said.
And that's when everyone put it all together….
"Duh! Why didn't we put two and two together all those times before?! It was so obvious!" Connor said first. "Viola's Umbra Witch powers, Cheshire's name… and the fact she called out Mummy earlier! Viola is…." Connor said as Bayonetta and Luka stood in front of the still crucified Viola. "Bayonetta and Luka's daughter!"
"...She's their WHAT?!" Team XDR exclaimed.
"You heard him right!" DW typed, in just as much shock as them.
"No…way." Hapi added, showing complete surprise.
"Well… holy gacking shit." Zi-O remarked. "Looks like my hunch on Bayo and Luka getting hitched was spot on."
Singularity then let out a burst of energy as everyone directed their attention back to him.
"Looks like we've got even more of a reason to fight now. If Viola's next in line… we'd better make sure she stays alive!" Ragna said.
"Say, were you gonna show off a little something new you got before I spoiled the mood?" Luka asked Zi-O. "No better time than now to give everybody a little preview of it."
"Yeah… to honor B1's memory." Zi-O complied, activating the Decade Ridewatch.
=D-D-D-DECADE!=
He then inserted the ridewatch onto the belt, slammed the tilt button and gave it a 360 spin.
=ARMOR TIME!=
Several silver holo-rectangles with magenta (not pink) armor parts began to circle around Zi-O before they fused with him, forming his DecadeArmor. The armor itself was very similar to the original rider's look, with bulkier chest armor, bar-like strips on the front of his shoulders with a constant one on his left shoulder to his chest slanting downwards slightly. On his right shoulder bar, it held 'Decade' in Katakana. The left and center bars held a barcode on it. The face was unique, having a screen instead of the normal visor, the screen displaying a magenta face with black vertical bars, green katakana also showcasing the name 'Decade'.
=KAMEN RIDE! (WOW!) DECADE! DECADE! DE-CA-DE~!=
"What's this?!" Singularity gasped at the sight of Zi-O's new look. "I was never informed you had a new form!"
"REJOICE!" Woz called out, appearing beside Zi-O. "He is the heir to the power of all Heisei Riders! The Rider of Time, traveling beyond time and space to protect the past, present and future… And his name is Kamen Rider Zi-O: DecadeArmor!"
"You've been waiting forever to do that, haven't you?" Chris smirked.
"To be fair, he did get interrupted by Tsukasa that time." Shirabe recalled.
"Not this time though, dess!" Kirika added.
Zi-O switched his Zikan Gilade to Ken Mode and then summoned a new weapon on his other hand…
=RIDE HEISEIBER!=
This 'Ride Heseiber' was an interesting looking sword, as the base of the blade and hilt were watch straps, with a watch-like center acting as the guard. At the center, there was a clock hand dial while there was also a gold Ridewatch slot. Finally there was a pink blade rimming around the outside edge on the base of the blade.
"Okay… now we're ready to finish this." Luka said.
"Yeah… let the climax begin." Zi-O agreed as he slowly approached Singularity.
"Hold on, something's missing!" DW typed.
"And what would that be?" Jin said.
"An appropriate kick-ass Kamen Rider fight song!" DW answered.
"Leave that to me!" Starlight complied, using her Zikan Phone to play a tune in max volume.
(Cue: Ride the Wind - Kamen Rider Decade)
"Heh, hope you don't mind that, you nearlyweds." Zi-O smirked at Bayonetta and Luka.
"I don't mind. I think I might actually enjoy this number." Bayonetta smirked.
"Let's rock." Luka brushed his hat and glowed, transforming into Strider just as the beat dropped. And from there, the final battle began.
"That's not a bad look for you. In fact, I might prefer it to the usual." Bayonetta complimented to Luka as she shot Singularity with Colour my World.
"Flattery will get you everywhere." Luka said, slashing Singularity with his claws. "But hey, this is just a natural evolution of my rugged good looks."
"How could anyone resist? Now, let's focus on the task at hand!" Bayonetta said.
"Right. Let's see this fight through to the end, and make sure our truth lives on!" Luka said.
"Hey guys… I think this might be Bayonetta's last fight ever, from the way she and Luka are talking." Connor said. "So, let's make sure she goes out with a bang, so that we can remember her always!"
Singularity began his attack by launching numerous spears at the three while Zi-O rotated the clock hand on his Ride Heiseiber a few times.
=HEY! OOO!=
=OOO! DUAL TIME BREAK!=
And after Zi-O pulled the trigger, he unleashed a powerful dimension slash that sliced through the spears… and the buildings… and Singularity… and… pretty much everything else, in half before everything went back to normal, except the spears and Singularity, with the latter dealing immense damage.
"What was that?!" Saki asked.
"The Ride Heiseiber has a very unique function." Woz explained. "It can summon forth the powers of all the weapons from the riders that preceded Zi-O and use them in combat."
"Wait till I get to the fun part later on!" Zi-O smirked while rotating the clock hand once more. "But first…!"
=HEY! DRIVE!=
=DRIVE! DUAL TIME BREAK!=
With several swings of his Ride Heiseiber, he unleashed red fire, green spiked and purple shuriken tyres onto Singularity, attacking him in several angles. "Bayo, Luka, have fun with the tyres!"
Bayonetta leaped into the air and kicked the green spike tyre right at Singularity, before throwing the shuriken tyre at him, spiking and shredding him. Zi-O then rotated the clock hand on his weapon yet again.
=HEY! EX-AID!=
=EX-AID! DUAL TIME BREAK!=
Zi-O quickly rushed towards Singularity and delivered multiple slashes onto him with video game sounds and several texts showing 'HIT!'. And once he finished with an X-slash with his Ride Heiseiber and Zikan Gilade Ken Mode, the text showed 'CRITICAL!', pushing Singularity back.
"Hey, don't hog all the fun to yourself! We want in on this too!" Peacock said as the others rushed in to help as Peacock leaped into the air.
"You stubborn little FOOLS!" Singularity roared, blasting lasers at Peacock.
"Argus Agony!" Peacock said, revealing all the eyes on her argus system and blasting Singularity with a multitude of Z-Rays.
"I will show you no mercy!" Lysithea declared as she invoked the full power of her magic and trapped Singularity between two magic glyphs that bombarded him with light magic from above and dark magic from below, before he was imprisoned in a sphere of light and darkness. "And that's what you get." she said, pressing the palms of her hands together in a vertical position as the sphere exploded.
"Fight's over!" Zero said, raising his Z-Saber high in the air as it extended. "Genmu Zero!" he called, launching large blade waves.
"Hadouken!" X called, following up with a beam of ki.
After that, while Bayonetta was running on empty, she still had one more climax left in her.
"AVAVAGO!" Bayonetta called, using everything she had left to summon Gomorrah as he blasted a burst of purple fire right at singularity, who blocked with a scroll barrier. Bayonetta's amulet cracked more in the process, but Gomorrah was able to push through Singularity's barrier and blast him with everything he had.
Singularity was still standing, but he was cracking all over.
"This…is unfathomable! My phenomena… immutable truth… challenged and denied!" Singularity said in disbelief.
"When you fight for what you believe, you can change anything." Luka said. "Finish him, kid!" he called to Zi-O.
"I plan to." Zi-O complied, attaching the Decade Ridewatch onto the Ride Heiseiber and rotated the clock hand several times before taking a stance.
=HEY! KAMEN RIDERS!=
=HEI! SEI! HEI! SEI! HEI! SEI! HEI! SEI! HE-HE-HEI!=
As Zi-O charged up with the finisher tune playing in a loop, Singularity looked at them.
"Stop! You don't know what you're doing! If I cannot change the world now to a single definitive truth…everything will meet its End!" Singularity cried.
"Well I got your End right here!" Zi-O answered, leaping into the air and pulled his weapon's trigger.
=D-D-D-DECADE! HEISEI RIDERS! ULTIMATE TIME BREAK!=
"SEIYAAA!" Zi-O yelled as cards projecting the various Rider Symbols appeared on both sides of Singularity as Zi-O slashed through him and the cards with a horizontal swing towards the left. More cards formed horizontally as Zi-O then swung to the right, a colorful slash of energy cutting through further as the last set of cards formed above. He then slashed downwards, unleashing a powerful slash of energy that cut through the cards and sliced through Singularity. And to top it all off, Zi-O unleashed one more upward-downward slash with both of his weapons before jumping away. "Time's up, Singularity. And that's the truth."
Singularity let out one final death scream before he burst apart in a massive explosion.
(End Song)
"And that's our leader!" Hibiki cheered.
"Damn straight!" Kiana agreed, sharing a high-five with Hibiki.
Bayonetta then collapsed to her knees as her Umbran Watch fell and hit the ground, damaging further beyond use before she collapsed to her hands next as Gomorrah's symbol disappeared from her back as the Infernal turned red and roared down at Bayonetta. Just then a large sphere appeared in the sky and began sucking everything in, including Viola. Bayonetta tried to get up as Luka looked between her and Viola just as Gomorrah swiped his claws at his former master.
"Luka, go!" Simon said as Luka leaped across the rising rubble and managed to grab Viola as Bayonetta's soul was knocked out of her body. "NO! You piece of shit!" he called as he rushed towards Gomorrah and leaped into the air before impaling Zero's blade into his head.
Luka then finished Gomorrah off by slasshing right through him, sending him back to Inferno. Reverting to normal and almost out of strength himself before he and Bayonetta's soul crawled to each other and pulled her out of the demonic hands grasps, Luka then embraced Bayonetta's soul.
"Cereza, don't worry. I'll go to Fimbulventer and head to Inferno to find you! The world still-!" Simon tried to say as he picked up Bayonetta's damaged Umbran Watch. "No! Without this, I won't be able to-!
"No, Simon…this is how…it is supposed to be." Bayonetta said.
"But… but there's still so much more I need you to teach me and Viola." Simon said as tears started forming in his eyes.
"You already know what you need. My only lesson for you… was for you to be yourself." Bayonetta said. "You don't need to be me. You need to be you. And… is she?"
"She's okay. Seems like we always find each other whenever she needs us…" Luka said.
"...and we've already come so far." Bayonetta said.
"Fate brought us together, and it will never tear us apart." Luka said. "We'll always be together, Cereza."
"No Luka…we've always been together. My clumsy, lovely fool…" Bayonetta said as she and Luka shared an embrace, her physical form returning. "...who'll forever be in my heart." she said as the two ended their embrace as she took off her glasses before she and Luka shared a kiss as they were dragged down to Inferno, a blue light emanating from Luka.
"Daddy… Mummy!" Viola said before pounding her fist to the ground as she cried her heart out.
"Cereza…CEREZA!" Simon cried out to the skies as he held Bayonetta's umbran watch, and slowly felt the presence of the Infernals he and Bayonetta met on their journey, and the weapons inherited from her counterparts.
(Cue End Credits theme: We Are as One- Bayonetta 3)
In 2009, the world was introduced to a Witch with No Memories, only going by the name of Bayonetta. She fought against the angels from Paradiso who sought to claim what she owned, the Left Eye of Darkness. She embarked on a quest to Vigrid to remember who she was, defeating the Four Cardinal Virtues and fighting against another Umbra Witch known as Jeanne. At the end of her quest, she was revealed to be the Left Eye by the last Lumen Sage Balder, her father, who wished to resurrect a deity known as Jubileus to recreate the world in his own image. But in the end his plans were foiled and the deity was destroyed, thanks to the combined efforts of Bayonetta and Jeanne, the world safe from its imminent destruction.
5 Years later, Bayonetta would return to the spotlight. When Jeanne was sent to Inferno after the balance of the trinity of realities was mysteriously upset, the Umbra Witch departed to Noatun to travel to Inferno to use the Sacred Mountain of Fimbulvinter to travel to Inferno by Unsealing and Opening the Gates of Hell. During the journey, she meets a young boy known as Loki who has no memory of who he is but has a mysterious ability known as the Rembrance of Time, they then encounter a masked man who is revealed to be a Lumen Sage. The Witch and Sage fought during several encounters, and was eventually revealed to have the Right Eye of Light, it was her father brought back from the past by a mysterious being known as Loptr.
Loptr would soon unite both Eyes of the World within himself, and ascended to become Aseir, the overseer, intending to rule all of humanity. Bayonetta and Balder teamed up to combat Aesir, Loki assisting by pulling one last trick and using Aesirs own power to erase both Eyes of the World from existence. It was a fierce battle, but the two came out on top as the victors. Balder however was corrupted by Loptr's soul when he attempted to return to the past, sacrificing himself to stop him as he returned to the past to enact his plan to resurrect Jubileus.
Since then, Bayonetta has gone on to be featured in many other worlds, including getting an Invite to the Smash Tournament. In her own way, she truly was an icon.
And now, today, she has taken her final adventure to save the Trinity one last time. Traveling through the multiverse with the friends she has gotten accustomed to, defeating Tormal, and ending Singularity and the hommunculi's destruction at the cost of her own life and Luka's, the man she truly loved. And thus, here ends the story of Bayonetta. The woman who danced with Angels and Demons. Now the curtain falls on her final moments as her tale comes to an end….
…Or does it?
Viola and Simon suddenly found themselves on an isolated Island of land as a dark sea swirled around them. Singularity's version of World B0 was collapsing and being erased.
Suddenly, a mass of dark liquid came forth as a familiar tentacle rose from it.
"What the hell is this?" Viola asked.
Just then a smaller mass of dark liquid formed in front of them as it took the form of Bayonetta composed of swirling darkness and glowing red eyes.
"Ty. Kit..ty….Song…bird." it said.
"Wait, are you…?" Viola asked before she realized. "No! Youre just the darkness Arch-Eve left behind!"
Just then one of the tentacles swiped at the two before Viola blocked it. Then, emerging from behind the Dark-Eve was none other than Kraken.
"So it was you that attacked us back in New York." Simon said.
"Your ends have come… Kit..ty! Song…bird!" Dark Eve declared, manifesting the shadow of a large anchor-like weapon.
"Good grief… you've known both of us for this long, and you still don't know who you're dealing with." Simon said.
Viola stuck her sword in the ground, slapped her cheeks to hype up herself, and then grabbed her sword again and swung it to sling it over her back as Simon drew Hypnos and Nyx.
"My name… is Viola!" Viola declared.
"And I… am Simon Neptune! I'm not an Umbra Witch, or an Intoner… I am the Umbran Intoner!" Simon said.
"And you're never gonna fucking forget it!" the two said, pointing at Dark-Eve as they stood back to back.
Dark-Eve then leaped back onto one of the Kraken's tentacles.
(Cue- Dark Eve- Bayonetta 3)
"Let's get 'em!" Viola said.
"We've done this dance before my aquatic friend, so you'll know how this ends." Simon said. "But at the end of this, there's going to be one difference. You're going to become my ally."
Kraken didn't pay this comment any mind as he lashed at both Viola and Simon with his anchored Tentacles. The two began fighting the Infernal, using their unique movesets as they did so, with Viola's swordplay and summoning Cheshire to Simon using his Demon Slave and Masquerade attacks.
After enough damage was done, Dark-Eve joined the fray herself as Kraken disappeared. The weapon that Dark-Eve wielded allowed her to attack the two from a distance as the anchor was latched to a chain, along with firing anchors from it as she soon masqueraded with Kraken, turning into a female humanoid kraken.
"Heads up, Sy!" Viola called, knowing Dark Eve was initiating a Masquerade rage.
Dark Eve submerged herself in a pool of black water before lashing her tentacles everywhere. "Face the surging tide! Drown in the shadowy maelstrom!" she said as she did so before repappearing out of the water., hanging onto the anchor of her weapon. "Weigh anchor!"
The two continued fighting the dark counterpart before she knocked Viola's sword out of her hand and tried to attack them before Viola willed it back to her and met it head on before pointing the blade at herself.
"Simon, I'm gonna try transforming into that form I turned into in the desert! I think I'll be able to control it this time. You back me up and hit Dark Eve with everything you got!" Viola called.
Simon had blood covering his whole body as he stood up. "Of course, let's go out with a bang!" he said.
Viola then shut her eyes. "Need a little help here, daddy!" she said before plunging Mab Dachi into herself as she burst into light.
(Music Shift: Gh()st- Bayonetta 3)
Out of the light, Viola emerged in her transformed state. This form would come to be known as her Faerie Form.
"Zero, lend me your strength!" Simon said before he tossed his sword into the air and let out a scream, the blood bursting off him into flower petals as his whole body glowed a neon pink-red and was heard singing.
The two then onslaughted Dark-Eve with their brutal and lightning fast attacks before she skidded back and faced off with the two.
"Do it. You must, if you want to prove yourselves." Dark Eve said before Simon and Viola charged at her as she did the same before slashing through each other.
Both Viola and Simon returned to normal, as it became clear that they were the victors as Dark-Eve faltered. And then, the darkness around her cleared before she became a spectral version of Bayonetta.
(end song)
"That was your last Lesson, Viola. And the only one I could ever teach you, Simon." Bayonetta said. "Didn't I say you just had to be yourself? You've already proven yourself the minute you stopped trying to be me."
"Yeah, I suppose I did. In the end, I became an Umbran in my own way, thanks to you." Simon said.
Bayonetta then looked to Viola. "And as for you, Viola… for someone who's grown so much, perhaps the gift of a new name is in order." she said as she said something that couldn't be heard. Viola smiled at that as Bayonetta disappeared into purple butterflies, leaving behind the weapon she wielded.
"I'll take this, then." Simon said as he hefted the giant anchor. "As a memento from you, Cereza, I'll gladly wield this along with the weapons and infernals you inherited from your counterparts in remembrance. I dub this Anchor…Cassiopeia."
Kraken then appeared from the dark abyss, staring at Simon.
"Oh, and I hope you and I can become good allies in the future." Simon smirked as Kraken nodded his head and soon disappeared, his symbol appearing on Simon's back.
At that moment, the Edens Zero arrived.
"Simon, Viola, there you are!! We gotta get going, this dimensions really close to collapsing in on itself!" Sister called from inside.
"Right, let's go…Violetta." Simon said with a smile.
"Yeah." Viola said as they headed aboard. "So… you guys headed off to the Starfall Islands after this?"
"Just as soon as we finally release the bindings the Shadow Knights have to Soul Container. Once we do that, they'll actually have real bodies back, and not created constructs." Connor said.
"Wish I could come with. But, with my mom gone, someone's gotta keep an eye out in the Colorverse for trouble." Viola said. "But… what're we gonna do about this dimension I come from? I don't wanna see it die out…"
"Then why dont we leave something behind to keep it alive?" Witch asked. "A seed of hope which will grow into a light which will illuminate the darkness Singularty and Tormal left behind."
"We do have one Seed left. Everything else was spent in the Gates of hell." Lysithea said, holding a single Seed that Bayonetta and the others hadn't used to buy from Rodin.
"Yes, that would be good." Rime said as it floated in her hands as she soon channeled her magic into it. "May whoever is born from this seed become this dimension's new hero."
Rime then tossed the seed into the void as it glowed. The Edens Zero then left to go back to the Color-Verse, as the dimension itself was beginning to stabilize…
World B-Prime, Demon Universe…
After the team of heroes had left, a few months had passed since the end of the Hommunculi invasion, and Manhattan was looking as good as new due to being restored to normal. It seemed that the Trinity of Realites would know peace again… at least for a little while.
Down in the Gates of Hell, someone bardged into the bar before running into Enzo, who was on the phone with his wife.
"What the hell? Jesus, that hurt! Watch where you're goin', assho-" Enzo started before seeing who it was. "Oh. It's you. Get that prescription checked, will ya?" he said, turning his head away before quickly turning it back. "Hey, hold on! Remember that last job? The one you half-assed? The Adder almost, heh- Took my head off for that shit! I keep tellin' ya kid-" he said before stopping as his phone was still on. "...Huh? Nah, nobody you know. Yeah, I know! The baguettes, right? Fuggetaboutit! I'm comin' straight home, honest! Direct with the good stuff, fresh from the oven! Yeah me too, baby." he added as he soon left.
The figure then headed to the bar, where Rodin was polishing a martini glass.
"Playin' hooky again, huh?" Rodin asked as the figure sat down on a stool. "You know, I'm the one who has to hear it from your pops when you decide to turn my place into study hall."
"Schools closed today." the figure said, earning some skepticism from Rodin. "It is, seriously! So anyway, got anything good for me? Something where I can let off some steam?"
"Got a leaky roof, truck salvage, a lost cat…" Rodin said, rifling through some odd jobs. "...and some ghosts haunting an old house."
"That's the one! Don't wait up, okay?" the figure asked as they took it before walking over to Mab Dachi's sheath and picking it up. "Cheshire!" they called out.
Cheshire, who was inside the bar, perked up and transformed into Mab Dachi and soared right to Viola… but she missed the grab timing as it flew right past her hand. "What?!" the blade was about to hit some boxes that held possibly really expensive wine….
When suddenly a familiar blue robotic arm appeared and grabbed the sword by the handle just as it was inches from hitting the boxes.
"Geez, you really need to learn how to time your grabs." a familiar male voice said.
"Well, didn't expect to see you here." Rodin said. "Good timin' on that save. That was gonna come outta Violas tab. Cheshire's kibble too."
"I won't always be here to pick up her slack though." the figure said, throwing the sword up and down as they revealed themselves to be…. Nero, flanked by Arnice. "Mind if we take her from here, Rodin?"
"Not at all. She's all yours." Rodin said. "Shit, my bad. Forgot to use the family name."
Nero then tossed Mab Dachi into the air as it went perfectly into the figure's sheath.
"You ready to go kick some ass…" Nero started as the figure was revealed to be Viola, now wearing Bayonetta's glasses and Luka's scarf. "...Bayonetta?"
Viola then took a deep breath and patted her cheeks. "Okay! Let's dance, baby!" she said, taking off her glasses with a smirk.
Nero, son of Vergil, nephew to Dante, Grandson of Sparda. Demon Hunter. Arnice, full demon, fiend hunter. And… Viola, daughter of the Witch of Genesis and Arch-Eve Origin, Bayonetta and Luka, the Arch-Adam Origin. Together, they are the Next Generation of Demon Hunters.
They are… Neo-Devil May Cry.
To be continued in a new generation…