Verse 1: The Stage of Fate
Fire.
Fire.
Fire burns all around him, he looks frantically around, half aware of his surroundings. He hears something, a dull and drowned out sound. What is it? "Y–su-e!"
He's grabbed suddenly, pulled into a protective hold. He still can't hear clearly, but the sound is right next to him. He looks to see who's holding him. It's his father, he's badly burned, just like everything else. His father runs as fast as his burned body takes him. He looks over his father's shoulder, his mother is running as well, Yuuri held in her burned arms. Despite the fire all around him, all he can feel is numbness, even as they run he only feels that dull feeling.
Something collapses. His mother and sister disappear to the rubble and fire. His father shouts out, and even he tries to muster a sound, but the numbness drowns it all out. More of the roof collapses. His father throws him away as it lands on top of him. His father looks up at him with desperate eyes and in a moment the numbness is cleared away, and he could hear his father clearly.
"Yousuke! Run!" And so he runs.
(Many Years later)
A golden haired young man sits peacefully in his seat. His eyes closed as he listened to the music in his headphones. visualizing the beats on the drums, the cords on the guitar, and feeling the call of the trumpets. He's in his own world, oblivious to his surroundings completely. It was like nothing could break him out of it.
"Y-u-uke! Yo-s-e! Yousuke!" Well, that is until a familiar voice calls out.
"Aaahh! I'm here! I'm here!" Yousuke scrambles to awareness, stumbling over himself. "What's going on? What's happening?" He says quickly as he looks around. A hand touches his shoulder, Yousuke stops moving and looks towards his teacher.
"You're fine, Yousuke. I was just saying that we're almost at our stop." The brown haired older man reassures his student with a smile.
Yousuke rubs his hair in embarrassment, "Sorry, Kachidoki-sensei."
Kachidoki waves it off, "Oh, it was my fault, I should know better than to interrupt someone in the zone like that." The student and teacher laugh it off. Yousuke looks out the train window and sees the stadium coming into clearer view. It's an impressive sight, built into a tall support structure, with long staircases leading up to the colosseum-like structure with a domed top. Proudly displayed on holographic signs all around the stadium were the faces of two girls, one with fluffy red hair and the other with straight blue hair done into a side ponytail. These are the idols of Zwei Wing, Kanade Amou and Tsubasa Kazanari. A large crowd of people stand in front of the stadium with anticipation, waiting to get inside and watch the top idols perform. The train stops and everyone exits. Yousuke stays back with Kachidoki as he looks around.
"Sensei, where are we meeting Taito and Tsuranuki-san?" Yousuke asks.
"We're meeting them backstage." Kachidoki motions for his student to follow him.
The inside of the stadium was quiet compared to the courtyard. Staff made final checks on everything, the shops got ready for people to flood in and buy everything up, and walking through the halls were two seemingly out of place people with lanyards denoting their backstage access. One was a woman who appeared well into her thirties, she had black hair and bright blue eyes and wore a gray jacket over a light blue collared shirt. Beside her walked a teenage boy with dark crimson hair, he wore a light gray shirt with a sleeveless red vest over it. The younger boy looked around at the preparation around him, "Dang, they're really gearing up in here." He comments.
"Of course, you can hear the crowds outside, can't you? So many people gathered to enjoy this performance." Replies the older woman.
"It's certainly something." The boy says with a smile. Suddenly, he feels a slight tug at his pant leg. He looks down to see a miniature crystalline blue canine trying to get his attention. He picks the Shikigami up before hearing quick footsteps coming down the hall. He looks to see a familiar friend running down the hall towards him.
"Taito!" The golden haired boy shouts, waving his hand vigorously.
Taito shakes his head in amusement at his friend's antics, "Of course that's how he'd do it." He says under his breath, "Yo! Yousuke! It's been a bit." He greets back.
"Yeah, good to see you. Oh! And hello to you as well, Tsuranuki-san." Yousuke says, bowing to the older woman.
Tsuranuki chuckles, "Thank you, Yousuke. Now, where is your teacher?" She asks.
"Yousuke! I told you not to run off like that!" A voice calls out through the halls, a second later Kachidoki comes running. "Oh, you found them."
"Nice to see you made it, old man." Snarks Tsuranuki.
Kachidoki glares at her slightly, "I'm only a few years older than you, brat."
"And yet you act so much older. When will you learn to lighten up?" She teases.
"Well some people have jobs to do instead of drifting around like a vagabond! You-"
"Um, Kachidoki-sensei? Don't we have to be meeting someone?" Interrupts Yousuke.
Kachidoki blinks before coughing into his hand in embarrassment."Yes, thank you, Yousuke. Let's get a move on." The teachers and students walk through the halls, the two friends catching up along the way.
"So, how's training going for you?" Asks Taito.
"It's been going really well! We hunted down a Bakegani recently."
"Damn, really? How big?"
"Six meters tall! But I'd been working on my Rekkaken more, so I was able to cut it down to size. What about you?"
"We found a few minor Ittamomen nesting in a river. Damn things are slippery, there is a reason us wind oni are recommended for them."
"Yeah, I don't think I could have dealt with that, my aim with my Rekkadan isn't the best." Yousuke says, looking down slightly.
Taito puts a hand on his friend's shoulder, "Don't sweat it dude, I've seen how good you are in close quarters, and if your Rekkaken is even better than last time, you have nothing to worry about. Just leave the skies to me." He says with a smile, and Yousuke smiles back at him.
The group reach an employee only door, standing in front of it is a brown haired man in a suit and glasses. He notices the group, "Ah, you must be the people from Takeshi." He bows politely, "I'm Ogawa Shinji, agent of Section Two. I'll lead you to Mr. Kazanari." The four followed the man backstage, passing dressing rooms and storage closets. Eventually they reach a wide open area, stage hands move equipment around, Yousuke looks to his left and looks out at where the crowd will be.
"Dang, it's a unique view from here." Taito comments.
"No kidding, kinda intimidating, don't you think?" Replies Yousuke, his friend nods in agreement. Ogawa leads the group over to a man with red hair in a red suit. The man is speaking to two people with white parkas obscuring their faces.
"Commander Kazanari Genjuro, I presume." Says Kachidoki. Genjuro raises an eyebrow and turns around before smiling.
"You must be Executive Head Kachidoki, it's a pleasure to meet you." Genjuro greets, holding an arm out. Kachidoki takes the arm, the two of them share a firm handshake.
"Quite the grip strength you got there, what's your routine?" Asks Kachidoki.
"Nothing much, just eating a lot, sleeping well, and watching action movies." Replies the red haired man. Yousuke is confused to say the least, even more so when Kachidoki breaks out laughing.
"Hahaha! Good man." Tsuranuki coughs into her hand, "Oh, and this is my associate-"
"Associate Head Tsuranuki, the pleasure is all mine." She says, pushing her associate aside and shaking Genjuro's hand.
"Thank you both for coming." Genjuro looks around, "I thought there were going to be three of you."
"Ah, our other Associate Head, Banki was pulled away on an emergency mission. He and his student will meet with us after the concert." Kachidoki turns slightly to the two apprentices, "Speaking of students."
"I'm Yousuke Kageyukouji, sir! I'm Kachidoki-sensei's apprentice." Says Yousuke with a deep bow.
"Taito Tanashi, Tsuranuki's student, nice to meet you." Taito says casually, simply nodding his head slightly.
"Nice to meet you both as well, glad to see the people who will be fighting for the next generation. Speaking of which." Genjuro moves out of the way slightly, making way for the two people in parkas. They remove their hoods revealing their distinctive red and blue hair.
"Yo! I'm Kanade Amou!" The idol introduces herself energetically.
"Tsubasa Kazanari." Her partner says, noticeably more reserved. Genjuro's phone rings in his pocket, he takes it out and answers it.
"Genjuro here. Oh Ryouko. Yes, the people from Takeshi just arrived. Ok, we'll be right there." Genjuro pockets his phone. "Everything's ready to go downstairs."
Kachidoki nods before turning to Yousuke and Taito, "You two stay backstage."
"Don't be getting into any trouble." Tsuranuki says jokingly.
"Yes ma'am." "Got it." The two students respond. Genjuro gives Tsubasa and Kanade one final good luck before the adults head off, leaving the teenagers alone. They all stand in silence for a few seconds before Kanade breaks the ice.
"So, you two are Oni?" She asks.
"Yeah! Well, Oni in training currently." Yousuke answered.
"You say that, but with how long you've been training I think you could go solo at this point." Taito says to his friend.
"I-I wouldn't say that. I still have a lot to learn." Yousuke answers slightly nervously.
Tsubasa raises an eyebrow, "How long have you been training?"
"Almost eight years now, ever since my parents died." Yousuke says, looking down slightly.
"Oh! I'm sorry I shouldn't have-" "It's alright, it wasn't your fault." Yousuke reassures.
"What about you, Taito?" Ask Kanade.
"Only four years for me." Says Taito.
"Still more than me, I only started three years ago. Tsubasa has been training her whole life though." Kanade says, putting an arm around her partner.
"K-Kanade." Tsubasa says shyly.
Kanade chuckles slightly at her partner's emberassment. "So you said there's another student that couldn't be here?" She asks.
"Oh, you mean Kasumi." Says Yousuke, "She's a little intense sometimes, but she's nice when you get to know her."
"You might meet her eventually. If negotiations go smoothly we'll be working together a lot." Says Taito.
"I look foward to it!" Says Kanade with a smile.
Ogawa walks up to the group. "Kanade, Tsubasa, final preparations." He says.
"Oh! That's our cue guys, we gotta go. It was nice talking to you!" Says Kanade.
"Yeah, good luck with the show!" Says Yousuke.
"Break a leg!" Says Taito. The two idols walk to their dressing rooms to get ready. Taito turns to his friend, "I think I saw a lounge on the way in, want to check it out?"
"Sure!"
Under the stadium, scientists sit at computers in a large control room overlooking a relic half stuck in a chunk of rock. An elevator opens up and Genjuro along with Kachidoki and Tsuranuki. A woman with glasses and brown hair tied into a bun greets them, "Ah, Genjuro! And these must be the Oni. I'm Ryouko Sakurai, nice to meet you!" She says cheerfully.
Kachidoki shakes her hand, "A pleasure." As the handshake breaks the group walk to the control room, Kachidoki can't help but feel something is off. Kachidoki shakes it off and looks at the relic being monitored, "So that's Nehushtan?"
"Yes, we're hoping that the concert will be able to awaken it. Having a complete relic will be a great boon to us." Says Genjuro.
"That's actually something I wanted to talk about." Kachidoki says. Genjuro raises an eyebrow. "Currently, Takeshi has a few partially completed relics in its possession." Everyone in the Disaster Relief Squad is surprised by the news. "We've collected them over our organization's lifetime from all corners of the globe. Most of them are in moderate condition, but a few of them are almost in complete condition."
"How is that possible?" Asks Ryouko.
"In its early days, Takeshi looked for any way to get a leg up on the Makamou, even following the ancient legends of relics. A few were discovered, some were reverse engineered into improving our equipment, but afterwards they gathered dust." Genjuro and Ryouko absorbed the information. "Once noise started appearing, we researched deeper and found that relics were the key to stopping them. Unfortunately we are unable to activate them. So that's where I begin my proposal. Takeshi will provide aid in fighting the noise as well as lending you some of our relics for research."
"What about on our end?" Asks Genjuro.
Kachidoki speaks, "We've done some limited research on our own. We've found compatible users for a few of the relics we have in our organization." Once again in this conversation, Genjuro is completely shocked. "What we ask for in return for our help is that you help us to allow our users to activate the relics. Once we do that, our combined forces will have a better shot at effectively combating the noise threat."
Genjuro had to think. There was risk allowing a relatively unknown organization to acquire relic users, but Takeshi had so far been completely trustworthy with a long history of helping people from monsters long before the noise became a widespread threat. And they had multiple potential users and relics already, they just needed the right things to put it all together. "I won't lie to you, I still have my doubts."
"I don't blame you, I've seen how effective your current wielders are. In the wrong hands, relics could destroy the world as we know it." Kachidoki responds.
"I'm glad you understand that. I can't give you a yes or no now, but I am willing to discuss terms after the concert."
Kachidoki smiles genuinely, "Thank you, Commander Kazanari."
Genjuro smiles back. "Now, in the meantime, take a seat, the show is about to start."
(Play: Gyakkou no Flugel)
Up in the stadium, lights begin to dance around, and the music begins to play. Tsubasa and Kanade fly high above the cheering crowd, using wires to appear as though they were angels descending onto stage. From backstage Yousuke and Taito watch them perform.
"Wow, I've got to say, their music may not be my thing, but they have some serious talent." Taito says.
"To bring so many people together to watch the same thing. This has to be the true uniting power of music!" Exclaims Yousuke.
"Woah, someone's getting into it." Comments Taito.
"O-oh, sorry. I just respect what they can do, bring happiness to so many with just their music." Say Yousuke.
"Hey! I ain't judging you. I'm feeling the same way. As Oni we can protect people with our music from the shadows, but them? They go out there and inspire people front and center. I've heard stories you know? That the soldiers that fought with them have such a high survival rate because their singing helps them push on." Taito turns to look back towards the performance. "I can't help but be a little envious to be honest."
The song ends, the crowd cheers in excitement, and the young Oni clap from backstage.
Kanade steps forwards "Don't go anywhere people! We still have plenty of show left!"
"Phonic gain growth is as expected."
"I'd say that's a success, good job everyone!" Ryouko says. Underneath the stadium, the team of scientists observing Nehushtan celebrate. But just as fast, sirens begin blaring as red lights flash. Genjuro leans over his desk.
"What's happening?!"
"The safety isn't holding against the internal pressure!" Responds a scientist.
"At this rate, the relic will activate!" Shouts Ryouko. Kachidoki and Tsuranuki pull out items from their jackets, Kachidoki unfolding a tuning fork with a golden oni face on it and Tsuranuki a flute which opens up to reveal a similar face. They both run forwards, Kachidoki hitting the fork on a desk as he rushes by, and Tsuranuki blowing into the flute.
~Ding~
~Fwee~
Kachidoki's body is encased entirely in bronze flames, while Tsuranuki is consumed by a sudden whirlwind. "Everyone! Get back!" Shouts Kachidoki from inside the flames. The people in the room barely have time to react before the relic explodes with energy.
The explosion blasts the center of the stadium. People run in panic. The young Idols and Oni look on in shock. That is until something else grabs their attention. Black flecks of matter floating down from the sky.
"That means…" Yousuke begins.
"Noise!" Exclaims Kanade. Creatures begin emerging from the hole in the ground, chasing after the fleeing civilians. A noise catches up to a human. Upon contact both the noise and the human blacken into pure carbon and disintegrate. The same fate befalls every other civilians who the noise touches as flying noise shoot down from the sky and ambush the crowd.
"Taito!" "Right" The Oni pull out their henshin devices and run onto stage. Yousuke hits his tuning fork on his arm and Taito blows into his flute.
~Ding~
~Fwee~
Soundwaves reverberate in the air. They hold their respective devices to their heads, Oni faces appearing on their foreheads. Orangish yellow flames consume Yousuke's body, surprising the idols as he runs past. Taito meanwhile jumps in the air as a gale surrounds him.
Yousuke reaches the noise first, he lunges at the noise and the flames disappear from his form, revealing his Oni body. It's mostly a similar orangish yellow to the flames that veiled him a moment before, but at his lower arms as well as on his face it gradients off into white. At his cuffs and ankles were golden bands, smaller golden rings adorn his forearm and golden armor covers parts of his upper chest. He wears a silver belt on his waist with a circular device on the front and multiple disks on the side. On his face white lines create a pattern that creates eye and fang-like outlines, and his forehead has a golden horn-like crest on his brow with a golden Oni face in the middle forming a third horn.
勇鬼(Yuki)
Taito lands on top of a noise, crushing it into carbon and dispersing the gale around him. His Oni body is similar to Yousuke, the main difference being his was mainly blue fading into gray and all the golden designs were now brass colored. Besides that, the bands on his wrists and ankles have a different design, the device on his belt looks different as well. His chest was more drastically different, having brass pipes forming into shoulderpads and covering the sides of his chest as well as extra brass lining on his stomach connecting the armor. His face was also different with gray lines in a different pattern as well as having two horns on the sides of his forehead pointing backwards.
竜巻鬼(Tatsumaki)
Yousuke pulls a pair of drumsticks with Oni faces on the end off the back of his belt while Taito unholsters a trumpet like gun from his belt. The pair run in different directions, Taito shooting noises and preventing them from reaching the crowd while Yousuke stays near the civilians and tries to protect them.
Kanade turns to her partner, "Let's fly, Tsubasa!"
(Play:Kimi to Iu Oto Kanade Tsukiru Made)
~Croitzal Ronzell Gungnir Zizzl~
An orange and black bodysuit forms on Kanade with white and orange armor with bulky black boots combining on top of it. The armored gauntlets shoot outwards and combine into a giant lance. She begins stabbing and slashing through the noise horde.
~Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri Tron~
Tsubasa's armor, while similar in style, is completely different from Kanade's, she has large leg armor and long blades extending from the side of her boots. She brandishes a large katana and charges to join her partner.
Kanade jumps skywards, throwing her lance down. The lance splits into duplicates which rain down upon the crowds of noise.
*STARDUST∞FOTON*
Taito opens fire at a group of flying type noise, the creatures roll their bodies into spirals and launch towards him like lances. A few are picked off by his shooting, but a few get through. Taito jumps to avoid them. The noise begin to shift into ground type, but Taito charges in, using a wind oni technique known as senpuujin to cover his limbs in high pressure air. His fist tears through the noise like they're wet tissue paper.
Yousuke directs civilians to the exits, "This way! Hurry!" He shouts out. One person, a little girl, trips over. She regains her bearings only to see a noise coming right for her. She screams and closes her eyes, but death does not come. She opens her eyes to see Yousuke holding the noise back. His hands smoke slightly from the contact. He grunts before throwing the noise back and smashing it into chunks of carbon with his Ongekibou. The girl looks at her savior in awe. "Don't worry! I'll protect you all!" He sheaths one of his Ongekibou and holds the other with both hands. He breathes deeply as orange flames burst forth from the Oni face on its tip, extending into a solid blade of fire. He runs forwards with a shout, slashing through multiple armored noises like butter. One of the larger noises starts to stomp over towards the fleeing civilians. It spews goo that morphs into more lesser noise. The noises shift their mass, extruding themselves like spears towards the crowd. Yousuke jumps forwards, slashing through them with his rekkaken. The larger noise sprays the acid at the crowd, people scream in panic as death approaches. But suddenly Yousuke pulls the device from his belt buckle and holds its back towards the spray. A holographic version of the device expands outwards, blocking the acid completely. "Yaaaaah!" Yousuke shouts as he charges at the noise, quickly slamming the device on its body. The projection becomes solid and Yosuke pulls out his second drumstick.
"Ongekida! Taiyo-Sen Moaru(Sun-ray burning)!"
Yousuke begins hitting on the drum, alternating sticks to a beat, making rays of light begin to glow from the drum. The noise writhes in pain as its defenses begin to falter. The rays of light become brighter with each hit until Yousuke brings both sticks back and hits with both at the same time. The noise explodes, rays of light blasting through it and destroying more noise behind it.
Civilians look on in awe before realizing the coast is clear for a moment and running through the exit tunnel. The large group of civilians exit the stadium, relief floods them as they have a moment of safety. That moment is ended as they see a group of flying noise closing in. The group tries to push back into the stadium, but there are too many people to do it quickly. However, before the noise can reach anybody, bolts of electricity slam into the noise. The flying creatures scream in pain before bursting into carbon. An Oni jumps in front of the civilians, they are mainly green, fading into turquoise on their arms. They have a bandolier on their torso with guitar string like designs on it similar to the bands on their ankles as well as the device on their belt buckle. Their face is more angular, lines at the top and bottom being jagged and resembling upper and lower sets of teeth with two square "eyes" in the middle. Their horns are equidistant from each other on their head, both pointed straight up with a golden Oni face in the middle of them. The Oni brandishes a Guitar like an ax, its body edged with a sharp blade. As more noise flies towards them they lower into a ready stance.
噛みつ鬼(Kamitsuki)
"Come at me you bastards!" They yell in a brash feminine voice. The first noise shoots towards her, but she swings her ax through it with little effort. She continues her spin and cuts through the next, not missing a beat. Two more noises spin themselves into spears and prepare to launch at her, but two fireballs fly from behind her and destroy them both. She turns to see the transformed Yousuke standing in the parted crowd.
"Kasumi, you made it-" "HEY! Idiot! Code names in front of civilians, remember?" Kasumi interrupts loudly.
Yousuke looks embarrassed, despite his current lack of facial features"O-oh, right. Kamitsuki then." He looks back up at his fellow Oni, "When did you get here?"
"Me and Banki-Oji were making our way here when these bastards started popping up. He's around here clearing them out. Now can you tell me what the hell's going on?" She asks.
"Something exploded from under the stadium, next thing we know, noises start crawling out of the crater. We have to get these civilians to safety." Suddenly another explosion rings out from inside the stadium.
Kasumi looks at Yousuke, "I'll get these guys out of here, you get back in there and clear it out."
Yousuke nods, "Alright, thank you." The young Oni begins sprinting back into the stadium.
Under the stadium, Genjuro stirs from unconsciousness. He looks around the control room to see some of the observing scientists are dead, with others still unconscious. "Ryouko, are you alright?" He asks weakly.
"She's fine." A voice assures him. He looks up to see a bronze and black Oni helping him from his chair.
"Kachidoki?" He asks before groaning in pain from trying to move.
"Easy there. The explosion did a number on the control room, we weren't able to save the people closest to the blast." Genjuro looks over to see a yellow and red Oni, Tsuranuki he assumed, lift a large piece of rubble off of a scientist's leg with ease. "Banki contacted me, he's assisting the evacuation outside the stadium. He'll be here soon to help." A sudden glow catches the attention of everyone present. They look to see the relic they were observing, now free from the stone and unfurling.
"The armor of Nehushtan…" Says Genjuro.
Kanade jumps and begins spinning her lance quickly, a tornado building around the tip due to the speed of its rotation. The tornado extends, ripping through hordes of noise that get caught in its wake.
*Last∞Meteor*
Kanade lands and prepares to continue the fight, but suddenly the lights on her suit begin to dim. "Dammit, is this all I got?" She barely has time to worry as another attack hits her backwards. The stands of the stadium burst and Kanade hears a lone scream. She looks over to see a girl with light brown hair, alone in the rubble. Three noises run towards her, but Kanade reaches them and slashes all three down. "Get out of here!" She shouts to the girl. The girl tries to run, but her leg is injured and she can only limp. More noises begin to extrude themselves at Kanade. She spins her lance to block them, but some of their attacks get through, breaking pieces of her armor off. Tsubasa stabs another noise before noticing her partner's peril.
"Kanade!"
Yousuke reenters the stadium after escorting civilians before turning his attention to the relic user. "Amou-san!" He tries to run over and help her, but more noise gets in his way. The remaining large noise spews acid at Kanade. The wielder spins her lance even faster, turning the acid into carbon, but the attack begins to overwhelm her. She grits her teeth as the attack breaks her defenses. Parts of her armor shatter into fragments. The shards fly backwards at high speed, one of them burying into the chest of the caramel haired girl, sending her flying with a spray of blood.
Kanade runs over to the fallen girl, abandoning her lance. "Hey! Don't die!" She grabs the girl, "Open your eyes! Don't give up on life!" The girl weakly opens her eyes. Kanade smiles before closing her eyes and making a resolute expression. She stands back up and retrieves her lance. "You know, I've always wanted to try emptying my heart and body, just singing for all I'm worth." She walks towards the massive crowd of noise in front of her. "Look how many came to listen to me today. That's why I'm going to give them everything I have." She holds her lance skywards, pieces of it crumbling off, "I'll give them my best. My Zesshou." A tear drips down her face.
Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal
Emustolronzen Finé el balal zizzl
"No! Please, Kanade don't do it! It will kill you!" Shouts Tsubasa as she desperately runs towards her partner.
"What?!" "Dammit, don't do it!" Exclaims Yousuke and Taito. The two try to move to stop her, but they are just too far away. Bright pink light shines from Kanade as she sings.
Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal
Emustolronzen Finé el zizzl
As she finishes, a shockwave of pure energy shoots from her. It annihilates every noise in its path completely. Taito and Yousuke are swept back by the pure force of the attack, though completely unharmed. Kanade falls to the ground, every bit of energy drained from her.
"Kanade!" Tsubasa throws her sword to the ground as she runs to grab her partner. Kanade looks up at her weakly.
"Where are you, Tsubasa?" Kanade mutters, her eyes dull and blood dripping from her mouth. "Everything's dark, I can't see you…."
"Kanade!" Tsubasa shouts.
"Sorry, looks like I won't be able to sing with you anymore." Kanade says apologetically.
"Why? Why are you saying that? That's cruel." Tsubasa says through tears.
"You're such a crybaby…" Kanade teases weakly. "You know, Tsubasa. When you sing as hard as you can, it takes a lot out of you…" The two Oni finally reach the Idols, they stand over them, completely unable to help.
"Kanade! Please no!" Tsubasa shouts as Kanade begins to turn into dust. "KANADE!" She screams out as her partner disintegrates into nothing. Yousuke and Taito revert to their human forms, their clothes tattered in places and parts of their skin completely gone from contact with the noise. Taito clenches his fist and wrenches his eyes shut. Yousuke falls to his knees as he stares blankly at where Kanade once was.
Slumped against a piece of rubble. 13 year old Hibiki Tachibana can barely make out the three figures in the distance as she finally gives into unconsciousness.
AN: Why did I write this? I already have a long term story I need to write! Guess that's what happens when you have an idea brewing for a while and a 19 hour flight to Singapore to write it. So anyway, hello everyone! It's me again, and I'm back with another rider crossover. Now, there are quite a few Kamen Rider X Symphogear crossovers, but there aren't any proper fics that cross Symphogear with the most obvious rider series to do it with, Hibiki. I mean, it's a music based rider series, it doesn't get more obvious than that! So the first and most obvious thing about this fic is that the actual characters from Hibiki don't actually appear, and there are a few reasons for that. 1 Symphogear takes place almost 40 years after Hibiki so every character is either old and retired or dead, 2 all of the Hibiki riders are fully grown adults while the relic users are in their late teens and their dynamic would be weird, and 3 I wanted to write new characters and it's my story. The events of Hibiki did happen, and there will be connections and allusions to it, but the characters won't appear. Shout out to Epiclinksam and their story Symphogear X2 and ZeroEnchiladas and their story Sympho Saber for being big inspirations as well as my personal favorite Symphogear fics. Let me know what you all think and hopefully chapter 2 will come soon. Cheers!