I'm back!
And utterly disappointed. Unfortunately, Baka-Tsuki deleted Date-A-Live from their servers, and now my source of info for this story is gone.
I may have to cancel this story entirely...
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Don't worry guys, I still remember most of the events which occurred in the main storyline, and whoever said I would be sticking to plot?
After all, so many things can happen, once you include Angels into the equation...
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Disclaimer: *Ahem* I don't own Date-a-Live or any of it's works. I only own my aspect of the Angels, which have not been made into actual people yet in the main story.
"Well, well...this is quite...unexpected." a smooth male voice called out from the darkness.
"I honestly didn't think that you would have been the one to hold my master's favor...and even have the ability to wield my power. Truly, you are a rather remarkable person..."
Silence...
"Of course, I'm still skeptical about trusting you. Unfortunate as it is, I do still remember the time when you wielded my blade so carelessly. Or, my master's blade... Ah... It's really confusing to have a separate personality..." The voice gave a sheepish laugh, before a dim light started to glow.
"Well...looks like my time is up! Don't worry, we'll see each other again; I KNOW we will. After all, if you want my master to be able to wield me at my full strength once more... you'll need to defeat me, you know?" the voice gave a chuckle at that.
The light started to get stronger...
"Well, see you soon, Mr. Itsuka...
...until we meet again..."
With that, the world exploded back into white...
The Day the Angels Fell
"Shido!/Big brother!" A large weight settled on his chest Shido gave a groan, before slowly opening his eyes. Instantly, he was greeted with the sight of Tohka's face, which was a bit...too close for comfort.
"Shido! Are you alright? You're not hurt, are you?" Tohka started to shake him rapidly back and forth, the tone of her voice clearly panicked. "Can you remember who I am?! Do you remember who I am?! Shido, please answer!"
"Yatogami-san, please stop shaking him. You might make his injury worse!" Kotori said in an exasperated tone, a hint of worry barely even noticeable.
Tohka gave a gasp, and promptly let go of him, his body and head landing back on the floor, hard. He gave a groan of protest, as he unconsciously put a hand on his head to stop the aching. Tohka noticed this, and promptly gave him a hug.
"Shidooo! I'm so sorry!" Tohka tightly hugged his head to her chest, her rather large assets completely burying his face, not knowing that he was...suffocating.
"Mmmf!" Shido could only see darkness as his nose and mouth were covered by two fleshy mounds, completely blocking his air circulation. Slowly, he felt his consciousness fading, his sense of feeling slowly fading away...
"Ah, I guess this is how it all ends..."
Kotori saved him from his predicament.
"Yatogami-san, please let go of my brother. We have bigger problems to attend to." Kotori said with an aura of finality. Tohka reluctantly let Shido go, allowing him to gasp for precious oxygen. He waved Tohka off when she tried to help him again, and made sure to give her a reassured smile, before getting back up on his feet.
"What...exactly happened?" Kotori gestured to the outside window, and as he looked out, his mouth dropped open. "Wha-?"
Kotori walked to his side and gazed out the window, her stern expression not changing the slightest amount.
"Surprised? Honestly, I don't blame you, I was surprised as well. You would expect more from eleven simultaneous spacequakes, but this is... not what you would expect."
Tohka joined the siblings, and couldn't help but gasp herself.
Spacequakes were not just any ordinary phenomenon which would create small amounts of damage to the surrounding area. In fact, most spacequakes practically obliterated any form of matter they came into contact with, leaving nothing but a smooth crater and mass destruction surrounding it. One spacequake could obliterate a block from Tengu City. Eleven would be able to remove a large chunk from the city, actually changing the very landscape, forcing the remodeling of a new map for the city.
This was obviously not the case, in this situation.
What should have been inflicted with massive amounts of damage barely looked even scratched. The buildings were not knocked over, power lines were still in place, and the trees had not been uprooted. The only signs of damage had been any loose items on the street, but even so, that was it.
It was as if the city had never even been touched.
"How is this possible?" Shido looked at Kotori with prue confusion in his eyes. "Usually, we see more damage than this; what happened?"
"I'm... not too sure myself. In all of my years of being a Spirit, I never encountered a spacequake which left barely any damage in it's wake. To be perfectly honest, this spacequake...probably shouldn't even be classified as a spacequake. It's more like a fake imitation of the real thing." Kotori gazed hard at the view, before addressing Tohka.
"Yatogami-san...can you feel that?" Tohka looked at Kotori in confusion, before Kotori decided to continue on. "I'm meaning, can you feel a sort of... "empty" feeling right now? Like, you've forgotten something, but you don't know what?"
Slowly, Tohka nodded, as she then started to look at her hands.
Shido looked at her in confusion.
"Tohka, what's wrong?" he asked her.
Tohka slowly turned her face towards Shido, her expression on borderline panic.
"Shido...I-...I can't feel Sandalphon..." she whispered.
Shido looked shocked, before giving her a inquiring look.
"What exactly do you mean by that?" he asked, his tone layered in worry and concern.
"It's exactly as she said, Big Brother..." Kotori responded from behind him. He gave her a questioning look. "I can't feel Camael either...at least, not too well..."
"But, how is this possible?! They're your Angels! No one can access them but yourselves!" Kotori gave him a wry smile at this.
"Oh really? Says the person who can wield Angels himself?" He blinked, before giving an awkward chuckle.
"Ah, well...er..." Kotori waved him off, seemingly not bothered by him.
"Relax. I'm not accusing you of anything. If you were even responsible for this, we would know." She gave a small scowl to no one in particular. "If anything, I can still feel Camael. However, the connection seems to be a little...suppressed? Dampened? I don't know how to describe this, but I can feel Camael. It's just that, it feels like it's out of reach somehow..."
Kyouhei then suddenly gave a shout.
"Commander!" Kotori nodded for him to continue. "It's...nothing we've ever seen! I can't...it's just..."
"What is is Vice Commander Kyouhei?" Kotori said in her leader tone.
He gulped, before paying full attention to Tohka, who straightened up at the attention.
"Miss Yatogami, do you have any, er, siblings?" Tohka gave a thoughtful expression, before shaking her head.
"No...?" Kyouhei gave a sigh, before gesturing towards an operator.
"A few minutes after the spacequake, we made a wide-range scan to look for any potential Spirits which may or may have not appeared after the incident, before we found a signal. The most peculiar thing however, is that when we got visual footage of the Spirit in question, we found something...strange about it."
The two Spirits and one human took a look at the video, before widening their eyes.
It was a lone street, with a couple of homes on either side, signifying the area as a neighborhood.
Then, several AST members flew past the camera, guns blazing at some unknown target away from the camera's view.
They landed, and started to edge closer to the left of the screen, where faint flashes of explosions could be seen on the ground.
That was when, the target attacked.
A large energy wave engulfed 4 AST soldiers, sending them flying away from their allies, and sending a large explosion of dust in the air, making the camera lose some of it's visibility.
The three remaining members attacked with renewed vigor, when a purple blur suddenly appeared on the left of the screen.
In a flash of movement, two ASTs were launched to the side into a house, their personal territories shattering in one blow. The final soldier drew out an energy blade, her personal territory activating to counter the purple blur's attack.
It was over in an instant.
The first strike cracked her territory.
The second shattered it completely.
The third knocked away her energy blade.
And the fourth knocked her out.
All in one instant.
The image then started to clear up, with the dust now settling.
And the figure was now clearly visible.
"What?!" Shido looked at the figure in shock, as his eyes scanned the figure's regalia.
Kotori's Chupa Chup had fallen out of her mouth, as she tried to register what was going on.
Tohka could only look in shock.
It was dressed in a flamboyant set of armor, and had long hair dressed in a ponytail reaching the figure's back. Underneath the armor, the ends of an overcoat could be seen hanging behind the figure's legs, giving it the look of a royal. But that wasn't the surprising bit.
It's purple armor design looked suspiciously like Tohka's Astral Dress, and even the overcoat had the same design! With the rapidly fading dust cloud, Shido could see the purple ribbon which tied the Spirit's violet hair, with practically the exact same design as Tohka's. Then, his eyes fell on the weapon that the Spirit was using.
The familiar greatsword Shido had the honor of using rested in the Spirit's hand.
A weapon which was Tohka's, and one of the most powerful Angels in Shido's opinion.
A weapon which was currently in the hands of a complete stranger, who looked too much like Tohka.
Sandalphon.
Shido rubbed his head for the small headache beginning to grow.
"Just what in the world is going on?!"
Sandalphon sighed to himself. Honestly, these "AST" grunts were starting to get annoying.
None of them could barely stand in his power, even when he tried to limit himself to not kill the humans. It wasn't that he couldn't, he would if he needed to. It was just that, his master wouldn't appreciate that at all, and he really didn't want that.
The violet haired teen looked at the next wave of AST soldiers coming into his position with a bored expression, before hefting the blade named after him on his shoulder.
Ah well, it looked as if he would have to resort to nonlethal strikes again, and use his beloved blade not as a blade, but a club. How fun.
As he prepared himself for the upcoming fight, he softly grumbled to himself.
"Zadkiel, you owe me for this...I'm not some damn decoy you can use at will..."
Well, it was nice to see that the little girl had reunited with her Angel.
Not that he would mention that out loud of course.
Bringing the greatsword in front of him, he shouted at his enemies.
"Kneel! For you stand in front of the blade of the Empress!
With deadly edge, I shall make you bleed,
With mighty strength, I shall make you all submit!
I AM SANDALPHON! PREPARE YOURSELVES!"
"Ne ne! Can you recognize me?"
"...?"
"Aww! Don't be like that Yoshino! I'm pretty sure you know who I am!
...Don't you?"
"Yoshino doesn't know who you are! In fact, you look pretty shady for a guy in a bunny jacket!"
"Ehhhhh?! Yoshinon, don't be like that! Of course she knows me! Well...I guess it WOULD be pretty shady if some random guy came up to you to say hi out of the blue... ah well, I guess I'll have to prove myself...
"...!"
"Yoshino? D-do you see what I'm seeing? It c-can't be..."
"Ne ne? Now do you recognize me?"
"...ah...yes...I do know you..."
"Sorry I took so long to get back Yoshino! It's been...difficult."
"Hmmm...Welcome back...Zadkiel..."
"Hah...I'm back, master."
Next Chapter: The Broken Blade
And with that, that's a wrap!
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Also, I'm holding a contest for you readers out there! Anyone who sends a well described PM for a character's appearance will be able to have their design as the official image for the Angels.
Available Angels are currently as follows:
Zafkiel
Raphael
Gabriel
Haniel
Please send you're ideas! It would be greatly appreciated!
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