Angel Beats! REBORN!

Episode 16: Knockin' On Hell's Door

Yuzuru stepped onto the stage with the SSS by his side.

"Today is the day… the day we attack Satan!"

"Yeah!"

"In this mission, I can't guarantee your safety, so I won't blame you if you want to stay here until Satan is defeated. Who's with me?!"

"We all are!"

"Thank you everyone…" Yuzuru held his sincere tears in and continued, "Get ready everyone, this is our last fight before be leave this world!"

"Yes sir!"

The members began to pack weapons, check vehicle fuels and do a head count.

"Sir!"

"Yes?"

"Taichi is still missing"

I don't care what happens to him.

"I'm sure he'll come around"

"I hope so"

"Anyway, let's double check everything"

"Yes sir"

Yuzuru approached Mayu who sat on a supply crate with a dark face.

"Mayu"

She looked up and placed a stand of hair behind her ear, "Y-Yes Yuzuru?"

He took a seat beside her, "You seem worried"

"N-No I'm not"

"You must be worried about if you can make it to the afterlife with us right? Since you're a Shadow"

Mayu nodded and looked back down.

"Don't worry about that, I promise I'll find a way, then I'll find you in the afterlife and we'll talk just as we are now"

"Thank you Otonashi"

"Don't mention it"

"I know you did a lot for me, but can I ask you a favour?"

"Yes?"

"Can I call you by your first name?"

"Huh? U-Umm…"

"I'm sorry, I asked too much"

"No, i-it's fine, you can call me Yuzuru"

Mayu looked up once again, but this time with hope and happiness on her face.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot" Yuzuru got up and ran to a bag that laid on the table a few meters in front of them, he soon ran back with something wrapped in a present wrapping, "Here"

"Is this for me?"

"Yeah, open it"

Mayu ripped the wrapping off excitedly, her eyes widened when she laid eyes on it's content.

"A uniform?"

"Y-Yeah, it's specially made for you, it's black with red trims to match your cute looks. I hope you like it"

"I do, this is by far the best present I've gotten" she embraced the uniform as tight as she could with small tears of joy in her eyes.

After three hours of preparation, the team was ready of the attack. Everyone entered the vehicles from A01 to A17. The vehicles left the vehicle bay and headed to the Radio Tower located in the centre of the city, the location Mayu said Satan was hiding. The group approached with anxiety as no one has ever entered the city centre zone and came back out alive; it was a complete dead zone.

The Yuzuru in vehicle A01 readied his handgun, and looked out the window. As they entered the city centre zone, the area around them warped, it had changed into a horrific sight. Fire burned everywhere; the beautiful blue skies that looked down on them had turned bright red like blood had covered it. It was as if they had entered hell itself.

"This is…"

"The centre of the city is cover by a dimension field; it camouflages the area to make it seem normal"

"I see… this is where it all ends"

The convoy stopped as the Shadows began to appear.

"Level ones!"

The SSS rushed out of their vehicles and began their assault.

Bang! Bang! Bang! The sound of gunshots filled their ears. The Shadows fell one by one, but yet more and more are appearing

"Yuzuru! Keep going! Me and Ooyama will handle this, you and the others keep going!" yelled Takamatsu.

"W-Wha?! Me too?!"

"Yeah you too! I can't fight all these alone"

"I guess it can't be helped, fine I'll stay too"

"Tsk… alright, stay alive you guys"

"Roger that… commander"

They convoy continued to move closer to the tower.

Ooyama and Takamatsu repeatedly fired their rifles, killing the Shadows that stood before them.

"You really pulled me into this"

"Come on, you'll definitely get a date if they knew you took all these Shadows on"

"I-I guess so… fine, let's do this"

"That's right, we'll need to hold them here"

The convoy arrived at the tower's base, the passengers got out one by one.

"Here it is…"

"Yeah, we'll finish this" Yuzuru faced the group, "You guys hold this position and protect one another alright?"

"Yes sir!"

Hatsune and Katsura approached Yuzuru, "Onii chan…"

"Your too stay here with everyone, it's too dangerous up there, I'm going to save you all don't worry"

They gave him a nod in return with discomfort. Yuzuru gave them both a pat on the head and smiled.

"It's alright"

Kuroha came by, "Yuzuru, it's time"

"I'll be there in a minute. Get the supply bags, and make sure we bring an extra one just in case we have to leave one behind"

"Aright"

"I have to go now you two, stay safe"

"Okay… you better come back safe onii chan"

"I will"

Yuzuru looked at the top of the tower. This is going to take forever to get to the top, I doubt there'll be an elevator… it's never that easy.

Yuzuru entered the tower with the SSS behind him.

"There's an elevator that accesses all building floors"

Yuzuru slightly lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Yuzuru? What's the matter?"

"N-Nothing, let's get going"

The team entered the two elevators and pressed on the highest floor: 50. Mayu, Kanade, Yuri and Kuroha stood anxiously with Yuzuru in the elevator.

This really is too easy…

The lights of the elevator suddenly flashed and the elevator had stopped.

"What's going on?" asked Yuri with a jump.

"Satan must have stopped the elevators, he knows we're inside" Kuroha answered.

"Of course, we are causing quite a ruckus outside" added Yuzuru.

"What should we do?" asked Mayu while looking around.

"Looks like we have to get of here"

Yuzuru looked at the floor indicator: floor 39.

"But we still have quite a lot of floors to go through"

"That would be problematic, the stairs that lead upwards are in different locations of the floors, I always take the elevator up to see the Master so I don't really know where they all are" said Mayu.

"We still have to go; our friends are counting on us"

"I understand…"

"NEO Skill: Excalibur"

Yuzuru shoved the sword between the gaps of the door and started to yank the door. After several attempts, he finally yanked it open. They were slightly above floor: 39. They exited the elevator and checked the floor the others were on, floor: 38.

"They're one floor below us huh?" sighed Yuzuru.

"We have to move, they'll have to catch up" said Kuroha.

"Right"

They walked deeper into the floor of the tower, the lights above them flicked as they walked by with their weapons drawn. They watched carefully at every movement around them, making sure the Shadows don't get the jump on them.

"Is that it?" asked Yuri, she had spotted a staircase.

"Yeah that's it. Lucky we didn't run into any Shadows on this floor, nut our chances of finding them would raise when we go further up" Mayu answered Yuri's queries.

"We don't have a choice" said Yuzuru as he took a step onto the staircase. The others followed him up.

They eventually reached an iron door with demonic markings on it.

"This is the door to floor: 40?"

"Yeah" Mayu nodded slightly.

"This is the door to hell…"

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