A/N: Now that the timeskips have been covered, it's time to finally start off the events of season 1.
Without further delay, Enjoy!
Part 1:
An inevitable disaster approaches, but suddenly...
Chapter 3:
Newfound power and Newfound abilities
Hibiki's POV:
Lydian Classroom
Hibiki was laying her head upon her desk, embarrassed by the events that happened at lunch. "I blew it..." She said aloud to her friends. She ran into Kanade and Tsubasa, the members of Zwei Wing, during lunch but she was nervous and didn't realize she had some rice on her face, a fact that Tsubasa subtly pointed out when they met. "They probably think I have some sort of mental illness..."
"At least they don't have the wrong idea." Miku replied, working on an assignment next to her.
"Gotta say, Hibiki," Kana said, "It hasn't even been a week and you've already had it rough. Especially considering you were late to class yesterday after saving that cat."
"I must be cursed..." Hibiki solemnly stated. "Say Miku, are you going to be doing that for a while?"
"Yeah." Miku replied, then realizing why she asked, "I get it. Zwei Wing's CD comes out today. Aren't CDs kind of antiquated, though?"
"Come now, Miku," Kana interjected, "First-edition CDs have bonus materials packed with it."
Remembering that Kana was also a fan, she decided to tease the two, "In that case, they're probably sold out."
This gets Hibiki to worry, "Crap! You're right!" She jumps out of her seat and heads for the door, "Let's go, Kana-chan! Before it's too late!"
"I'll be right there!" Kana responded, "Cya later Miku!" With that, Kana rushed after Hibiki. Miku could help but chuckle seeing her two friends panic before turning her attention back to her assignment.
Kana and Hibiki's POV:
In the City
"Wait up Hibiki!" Kana called out to her friend, only to hear the same chant of Hibiki saying "CD" and "Bonus materials" between each breath. After a few more blocks, she finally caught up with her. "Hah... hah... Good grief Hibiki," Kana said, trying to catch her breath, "I know you're excited to get the CD, but I'm sure Miku was just teasing you when she said they had already sold o-" She stopped herself mid-sentence after she took a second to look around.
Piles of dust were visible in streets, alleyways, and even in the store they planned to buy the CD from. Without hesitation, they both knew what could've happened. "Noise!" Suddenly the sound of a child screaming nearby caught their attention, rushing over to them before they would hurry to a nearby shelter.
Section two HQ
Kanade and Tsubasa rushed into the command center, "Please fill us in!" Tsubasa asked
"Trying to lock on to a signal now." One of the agents replied, "Our first priority is identifying their location." Tsubasa was starting to get impatient, but waited for them to find the noise.
Kana, Hibiki, and the small child that they found were trying to find a shelter as fast as they could. They were nearly cornered by noise, but escaped by jumping in the river and hurried to a nearby power plant to try and get to somewhere they could hide. While running and carrying the child on her back, Hibiki tripped. "Hibiki! Are you alright?" Kana hurried to help her friend and the child on their feet, "We need to get to a shelter. We can't give up!"
For a moment, Hibiki remembered back to when she was saved at the Zwei Wing concert, the words of the girl that saved her echoing in her mind "Right!" she replied, "Let's hope we can find somewhere to hide in there." She pointed to the power plant. The three continued running, then climbing onto a nearby roof. All the while, she kept thinking about the girl that saved her. "That day... That time... She definitely saved me." she thought to herself, "The girl that saved me sang a gentle, yet powerful, song."
Upon reaching the top, the three laid down on the roof, catching their breath. "Are we going to die?" The girl asked, scared that the noise would come for them.
Hibiki and Kana gave the child a smile, reassuring her that they should be safe now, only to be met with another horde of noise behind them. They backed up to the edge of the rooftop, Hibiki holding the child close to protect her. "Looks like I don't have a choice." Kana said silently to herself, placing her hand under her scarf hesitantly.
"There must be something..." Hibiki thought to herself, "There has to be something I can do!" She held the child closer to her and shouted the words she was told once before. "Don't give up on life!" This caused Kana to look over at Hibiki worriedly, but what happened next, none of them could've expected.
"Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron"
Section two HQ
"I've isolated the signal! Position located!" an agent responded, "We're detecting a different high-energy output signal than the one from the noise!" another agent added. "Identify the waveform, quickly!" the first agent asked.
"Could it be..." Ryoko thought aloud "an aufwachen waveform?"
The giant monitor brought up one word that shocked everyone: Gungnir. "Gungnir?" Genjuro replied.
"That's impossible," Tsubasa thought to herself, "Because that's Kanade's..." When she looked over to where Kanade was, she wasn't there. "Kanade?"
Kanade rushed over to where Lilith was, "Lilith-san! I need you to bring me to that power plant ASAP!" Kanade pleaded to the blue and red haired woman, who nodded in agreement before the two vanished from sight.
(Gekisō Gungnir begins to play)
An orange pillar of light had engulfed Hibiki, transforming what was her school clothes into an orange, black, and white suit of armor with black boots and a white gauntlets. "What's happening to me?" She said, looking at her new outfit.
"Wow onee-chan! You look so cool!" The child said, smiling at Hibiki.
Hibiki looked at the child, then gave a determined smile back at her, picking her up. "Kana, I'll distract them. Go while they're focused on me." She said to her friend, who was still shocked by her sudden transformation.
"R-right!" she said, snapping back to reality and climbing down the ladder as fast as she could. "Be careful, Hibiki!"
With that, she held the girl close and jumped, surprised by how far she could. As amazed as she wanted to be by this sudden new power, she was being chased by noise from all over, doing her best to dodge until she managed to hit one and it disintegrated in front of her. "I beat them?"
Suddenly a light shined in the sky, two figures falling from it. "You can head back to base now, I'll handle it from here." the red haired girl said, the other nodding before disappearing.
"Croitzal ronzell Gungnir zizzl"
The girl lands next to Hibiki, realizing exactly who it was, she shouted, "Kanade-san?!"
"Keep the girl safe. I'll take care of the noise." She replied before charging straight at the horde, transforming into a set of armor similar to hers.
(Kimi to Iu Oto Kanade Tsukiru Made begins to play)
Kanade brings out a spear and throws it at the noise. Her attacks begin to remind her of the concert tragedy two years ago. "Kanade-san..." She thinks to herself, "It was you that saved me back then, wasn't it?"
Before long, the noise started to overwhelm Kanade and both her and Hibiki began to worry that they might not be able to handle this horde alone, but suddenly a light blue light shined from behind them, an unfamiliar song echoed from its location.
"You are the ocean's grey waves"
When the light disappeared, a strange figure flashed by to help clear out the noise surrounding Kanade. Kanade looked to see who helped her, only to be met with a masked person with a sword, but she knew who it was. "I was wondering when you'd show up." Kanade replied, the swordsman reached a hand to help Kanade up, Kanade smirked excitedly, "Let's finish these noise off. Together." Kanade said, grabbing her hand.
Once their hands touched, a strange red-orange light engulfed the masked swordsman, "What the?" the swordsman shouted out in confusion.
Section two HQ
"Gungnir has entered combat!" one of the agents reported.
"What is she thinking, running into a noise-infested area alone like that?" Genjuro shouted, frustrated and confused, "Well, there's no stopping her now. Tsubasa, Serena, do not go after her, it's risky enough that she went in guns blazing. Hopefully she'll be fine."
"We're picking up another reading other than the two Gungnir signals!" Aoi reported, "Scanning now!"
The monitor proceeded to read "Yato" but then it flickered and eventually was replaced with several question marks, "What's going on?" Serena asked, "Did that just say 'Yato'? As in Kana's relic? Why is the system glitching?"
"The signal is rapidly changing!" Sakuya responded, "This mysterious signal is giving off traces of both Yato and Gungnir."
Everyone looked at Sakuya, then at the monitor's question marks, "Aoi, Ogawa, go retrieve Kanade and these other two wielders." Genjuro asked, receiving a nod from both as they left the room. The group looked back to watch the live feed from the security cameras at the power plant, watching the red-orange light start to dim
When the light disappeared this time, the swordsman's grey pieces of armor changed colors to match the orange of Kanade's armor and her hair changed to that of Kanade's red. Along with this, the swordsman's weapon also changed to mimic that of Kanade's spear. "This is new." she stated, shocked slightly that her augmented voice started to sound like Kanade's before snapping back to her sudden transformation, "Although, I feel stronger than before."
"Now that you mention it," Kanade responded, readying her weapon, "I feel like I could take on every single noise in existence!" The two nodded, making quick work of the noise with their newfound power.
"I knew it." Hibiki thought aloud, "Kanade was the one that saved me. But, why is that masked swordsman so familiar?" Suddenly, a giant noise appeared behind Hibiki and the girl, but it was quickly annihilated by two spears piercing straight through it. When the dust settled, Kanade and the swordsman looked back at Hibiki, while the swordsman, changed back into their original gray armor and silver hair in a flash of light.
Moments later, special agents showed up to clean up the mess left by the noise, as well as take care of any survivors, Hibiki and the kid. Hibiki was looking over at the child, who was being taken care of by one of the agents who had given her their jacket and a drink, "Um..." a voice said, causing Hibiki to turn to see a woman holding a cup of coffee, "Something warm to drink. Here." she said, offering the drink.
"Something warm to drink... Thank you." Hibiki said, taking the cup from the woman, cooling it down a little before taking a drink of the coffee, sighing in relief. suddenly her body began to light up, leading to her transforming back into her school outfit from earlier. She stumbled from how sudden her detransformation was, dropping her drink and falling backwards. Before she fell, someone caught her. She turned around to greet them, but cut herself off to see who it was, it was Kanade. "Thank you very much!"
"I couldn't just let you fall like that." Kanade replied, chuckling. "Besides, it's the least I could do since I came to save ya anyways."
"Actually, this is the second time that you've saved me." Hibiki said, chuckling while holding up two fingers.
"Mommy!" the child shouted, rushing over to hug her mom.
"I'm so glad you're safe..." she said, hugging her child before a woman with an electronic pad asked her to sign some forms in regards to keeping quiet about the events that unfolded there.
"Well... I guess I'll be going, then." Hibiki replied, changing the subject to her taking her leave with everything wrapped up, or so she thought. Suddenly, agents surrounded herself and Kanade.
"Sorry, but we can't let you head back home yet either." Kanade said, gaining shock and confusion from Hibiki, "We need you to come with us to the Special Disaster Response Team, Section 2."
Suddenly she was put in handcuffs by one of the men surrounding her, "Sorry about this. You'll have to stay with us for a while."
With this, Hibiki was taken into a car and was drove to Section two's headquarters.
Hibiki's POV:
Section two HQ
Moments later, Hibiki's car arrived at Lydian, "Why are we going to the school?" she asked, receiving no response from the agents. Later, they walked down a hallway in the school, to which Hibiki tried to ask another question, "Um... This is the central wing, where the teachers live, right?" receiving the same answer yet again, nothing.
At the end of the hall, the man, Kanade, Hibiki, and the masked swordsman entered an elevator with unique handles inside of it, The man grabbed her handcuffs and moved her hands towards the handles. "Here. It's dangerous, so hold on." Before she could question what the man meant, the elevator began to rapidly descend.
After the scare from the sudden drop subsided, Hibiki laughed. "You get used to it after the first time." the masked person responded to her reaction, but then Hibiki's attention was turned to the strange artwork she saw outside of the elevator as they approached their destination.
"I imagine that the boss is gonna be a little annoyed with me for going in all gung-ho like that..." Kanade stated aloud, reflecting on her actions tonight.
As the doors of the elevator opened, to everyone's surprise, they were greeted with confetti and applause, "Welcome to the last fortress of humanity, Special Disaster Response Team, Section two!" A man excitedly said, spreading his arms wide open as if to present the base.
"Come on, smile!" A woman said, excitedly approaching Hibiki with her cell phone, "Let's take a picture to celebrate this moment!"
Hibiki instantly backed up, "N-no way... I don't want to take a photo in handcuffs. I'm sure it'd be a sad memory forever." She said, then moving on to acknowledge to sign that read, at least what she read, "Welcome! Hibiki Tachibana!" by asking, "And I've never seen any of you before, so why do you know my name?"
"Section two's predecessor was a special organization created during World War 2. Investigation is our specialty." The man said, doing a small magic trick of making flowers appear in his hand and sending his wand flying.
After saying this, the woman reappeared with Hibiki's school bag in her hands, causing Hibiki to get nervous and freak out, "Ogawa-san, could you help her out?" Kanade asked the man, to which he went over to uncuff Hibiki. Placing the handcuffs on a nearby table.
"Thank you..." Hibiki said, wincing from the pressure the handcuffs had on her wrists.
"Not at all. I do apologize." Ogawa replied.
Hibiki then takes a moment to look at the sign with her name on it again, "Welcome! Hibiki Tachibana..." she read aloud, before gasping at what she read, "and Kana Kamui!?"
"Well, I guess there's no need to hide it from you any longer." The swordsman said, startling Hibiki with her sudden approach. Suddenly the masked person began to light up like she did back at the power plant.
When the light dissipated, Hibiki was surprised by who she saw. "Kana-chan?!" Hibiki shouted. "You're the masked swordsman that was there with Kanade?"
Kana chuckled, scratching the back of her head nervously, "Yeah...sorry I couldn't say anything sooner..." she said, before turning to the man and woman from before, "as much as I'd like to explain everything, I think they want you." Hibiki nodded, walking over to the two, before Kana put her hand on her shoulder, "I promise I'll explain everything as soon as I can."
Hibiki nodded with a smile to her friend, before going over to the others. "Now then, allow me to introduce myself. I'm Genjuro Kazanari. I'm in charge around here." the man said, smiling while pointing to himself.
"And I'm Ryoko Sakurai, known for getting things done." the woman added after Genjuro, "Nice to meet you."
"Hello there." Hibiki replied, "Nice to meet you." Hibiki bowed formally to Genjuro and Ryoko.
I'm sure you know why we brought you here." Genjuro stated, "We'd like to ask for your help with something."
Hibiki was confused at first, before remembering the transformation she underwent not too long ago. "Tell me..." she asked, "What was that?"
The two adults looked at each other, before Ryoko nodded and stepped towards Hibiki, "Before we can answer any of your questions, we have two requests." Ryoko replied to Hibiki, "The first request is that you don't tell anyone about what happened today. And the other..." she said, pulling Hibiki closer to her, "Would you take your clothes off?"
This second request took Hibiki off guard, "But... Why?!" she shouted out of fear and confusion.
Kana and Hibiki's POV:
Lydian
Kana and Hibiki enter Hibiki and Miku's dorm, Hibiki lazily slouching over Kana as they entered through the door, "I'm back." Hibiki said, exhausted.
"Hibiki! Kana!" Miku said, surprised to see her friends at the door, "It's pretty late. Where were you two?"
"Well..." Kana said, itching her head nervously, "We kinda lost track of time after the noise alarms went off."
"I do remember the news talking about that." Miku said, "I'm just glad you two are okay."
Suddenly, Hibiki drops onto the floor, no longer able to stand from her exhaustion, "Sorry to make you worry Miku..." she said, muffled by the rug she fell on. "But we're back, and everything's fine now."
"In other news, Zwei Wing could be changing labels." The news anchor on TV said, causing Hibiki to prop herself up to see the television better, "We have big news about Zwei Wing, who just released a new CD today. Metro Music, a major English label, has talked about marketing them overseas."
"Well then..." Kana said to Miku, letting Hibiki continue to watch the news, "I should be going back to my dorm now, I'm very tired after all that happened today. Goodnight you two!"
"Goodnight Kana." Miku said, watching Kana leave to go to her dorm.
Entering her dorm, Kana thought to herself, "I wish I could tell Miku what really happened tonight... But it's like Ryoko-san said, We can't tell anyone about what happened." With this thought in her mind, she went to get ready for bed. "I just hope, when the time comes to tell her, that she doesn't have the wrong idea about it."
The next day
"Bikki." said Kuriyo, "Want to go with us to Flower? Mui wanted to come with, but she said she had something she needed to do today."
Hibiki was confused, she had never heard of Flower before, "It's an Okonomiyaki place near the station." Shiori stated, "They say it's delicious."
"I'd love to..." Hibiki said, "But sadly I have to do something else today..."
"The teachers need to see you again?" Yumi asked, "Geez... your life's like an anime, you know that."
"Alright... Maybe next time then." Kuriyo said. followed by Shiori and Yumi saying goodbye too while Miku looked disappointed neither Hibiki nor Kana could join them.
"Maybe I am cursed..." Hibiki said with a sigh, packing her bag and heading to the door. When she looked behind her, she was met by the gaze of a student with long blue hair, it was Tsubasa Kazanari.
"You need to come to headquarters with me." Tsubasa said, putting handcuffs on Hibiki, who looked at Tsubasa confused and worried.
Section two HQ
"Okay, time to announce the results of your medical check from yesterday!" Ryoko excitedly said, "Other than some stress from your first time transforming, there's basically nothing wrong with your body."
"Basically, huh?" Hibiki said, rubbing her wrists after being let out from her handcuffs.
"Yeah... But that's not what you wish to talk about, is it?" Ryoko asks.
"Please tell me about that power!" Hibiki asked in response.
The people of section two, mostly Genjuro and Ryoko, begin to explain everything they know about relics, symphogears, and how they work, "We call the people that can activate and use these symphogear relics 'Candidates.' Which, as of now, is you, Kana, Tsubasa, Kanade, and Serena."
"Sorry to interrupt..." Kana adds, curious about something, "Last night, while Kanade and I were fighting the noise, I don't know how or why, but mine suddenly changed and matched Kanade's Gungnir. Was there anything you could find out about why that happened?"
"No need to apologize, Kana-chan." Ryoko replies, "While we're still unsure as to what happened, but my guess is that, when you grabbed Kanade's hand, your gear copied some of hers and temporarily merged, altering your Yato with characteristics of Kanade and her Gungnir." While it wasn't a definite answer, Kana felt like she could be right about it. "If you can cause this transformation to happen again, please try to maintain it long enough for us to properly examine it. I'd suggest probably going into the training room and trying to transform again with Kanade and see if you can't replicate it."
"Wait. Before you go do that Kana-chan, I have one question." Hibiki says, looking to her friend, "When you were transformed, your voice was different. Why was that?"
"May I Kana-chan?" Ryoko asked, receiving a gesture from Kana that gave Ryoko the all clear to explain it, "You see, unlike the other relics, Kana doesn't directly sing. Instead, her relic uses another person's voice to sing while also doubling as her speaking voice while her mask is on. While Yato's way of working is different from everyone else's, it still functions exactly like the others."
"As for the voice itself," Kana adds, "I can easily tell it's that of my mother's voice. She's a songstress where I'm from so, while I'm 'singing' in battle, I think my gear chooses that voice to represent her in a way." Kana warmly smiles, remembering her mother from before she left for this world. Afterwards, Kana gets up and heads for the door, "I should go try and see if I can't access that power again for Ryoko-san. Let's go try it, Kanade!" she says, leaving with Kanade to go to the training room.
"Um..." Hibiki says, hesitant to ask another question at first.
"What's wrong?" Genjuro asks Hibiki.
"Can I really not tell anyone about this power?" She asks.
"If anyone learns that you have the Symphogear, it could endanger your family, your friends, and anyone else around you. It could put their lives at risk." Genjuro said, the statement of which made Hibiki feel bad since it would mean hiding the truth from her best friend, Miku. "What we're trying to protect isn't a secret, it's the people."
"We're trying to make you understand that the power you possess is that great..." Ryoko adds.
"Humanity cannot defeat the Noise. If a human body touches Noise, it turns to dust and blows away in the wind." Genjuro continues, "It is impossible for anyone to damage the Noise, the only exception is someone that is wearing a Symphogear. As the head of the Japanese government's Special Disaster Response Team, Section 2, I would like to request your help again. Hibiki Tachibana, will you help us fight the Noise with the power of the Symphogear?"
Hibiki is hesitant to answer at first, but asks one thing to reassure herself, "I can save people with this power, right?" she asks, receiving a nod from both Genjuro and Ryoko, "Alright." With that settled, she runs out of the room to see Tsubasa, "I'll fight! I may be new to this, but I'll try my best! I want to fight with you!" she says, raise her hand in hopes of shaking Tsubasa's, only to be met with an awkward silence. "U-um... I'd like to fight together..." she restates, before being met to the sound of the Noise alarms going off.
"Noise is materializing!" Sakuya reports.
"Tell Section 1 we'll take care of this matter." Genjuro states
"Materialization point located! Displaying coordinates!" Aoi reports, shocked by the location, "A distance of two hundred from Lydian?"
"That's close!" Genjuro states worriedly.
"I'll go stop them." Tsubasa says, leaving quickly.
Hibiki follows after her, but Genjuro tries to stop her, "I can help save someone, right?" Hibiki asks, "You can't fight Noise without a Symphogear, right? So I'll go!" She leaves soon after saying this. The agents admire her bravery but Genjuro is concerned for her, seeing that she only discovered this power yesterday, whereas Tsubasa has been trained to use this power her whole life.
Tsubasa arrived to where the Noise were located, the Noise upon seeing her merged into one giant Noise and roared, prepared to kill. Tsubasa remained unphased and prepared to transform.
"Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri tron"
(Zettō Ame no Habakiri begins to play)
She was engulfed in a blue light and reappeared in her Symphogear and charged at the Noise. The monster fires multiple projectiles at Tsubasa, but she dodges them and disposes of them in a mere moment. When she lands again, she prepares to fire an Azure Flash at her opponent, but suddenly the Noise is struck by another fighter, Hibiki. "Now Tsubasa!" she shouts. Tsubasa, annoyed, flies into the air and strikes the Noise with her attack, destroying it instantly. When she lands again, Hibiki runs up to her, "Tsubasa-san! Right now, I may slow you down, but I'll do my best!" she says, "So... please fight with me!"
Tsubasa smirks sinisterly, "Yes." she says, turning to face Hibiki, "You and I... Let's fight." She points her blade towards Hibiki, shocking the latter.
Section Two HQ
"What is she doing!?" Kanade shouts, entering the room with Kana after failing to achieve Kana's transformation and hearing the Noise alarm. "And where's the Boss?"
"He went to go sort this out." Ryoko said, "Oh, to be young again."
"Like hell am I sitting by while this happens!" Kanade states reaching her hand to Kana, "Kana! Teleport the both of us over there, we need to stop Tsubasa from hurting Hibiki!" Kana was shocked by this at first, but nods and grabs her hand, suddenly unbeknownst to her, Kana transforms back into the state she was in the night she saved Kanade and Hibiki.
"Oh my." Ryoko says, in awe of Kana's transformation, before they vanish from sight, "I do hope she's able to keep that form active when she comes back."
"Wait! This isn't what I meant!" Hibiki said, panicking, "I meant I want to fight beside-"
"I know what you mean." Tsubasa interrupts, "But I want to fight you." This confuses Hibiki, but Tsubasa continues, "I refuse to accept you as a wielder. Tsubasa Kazanari wouldn't allow herself to fight alongside an fake wielder, let alone an imposter that claims to wield Kanade's Gungnir." She prepares her blade to fight, "Ready your armed gear, too. That will mean you're ready to face me." she continues, "If you insist on wearing the Gungnir Symphogear, the spear that pierces through anything, then give me a reason to believe you by facing me here and now!"
"I don't even know what an armed gear is!" Hibiki replies, "And I don't know how to ready it, especially when I'm not sure what it is!"
Tsubasa lowers her sword and walks back a few steps, "You're playing out here, on the battlefield, as if it were a game. Why..." she glares at Hibiki, "Should I fight alongside an imposter to Kanade?" Saying this, she jumps high into the air and throws her sword at Hibiki, the sword growing in size and gaining thrusters at the end. Tsubasa places her foot on the hilt of the giant blade, activating her own thrusters on her gear and sending the blade flying at Hibiki.
Suddenly, her blade is stopped by a fist, Genjuro's fist. A moment later, the blade disappears, "Uncle?" Tsubasa asks out of confusion before he sends out a shockwave that knocks her onto the ground and reverts her transformation.
"Look at this mess... Just what were you two thinking?" Genjuro said, massaging his wrist after the attack, then looking down disheartened, "These shoes were expensive. How many movie stunts do you think you can borrow from?"
"Sorry..." Hibiki says, apologizing for ruining his shoes.
Suddenly, Kana and Kanade appear next to Hibiki. "Tsubasa!" Kanade says, rushing over to her partner, "What were you thinking, attacking an ally like that?"
"I'm sorry, Kanade," Tsubasa said, "But I can't come to accept someone using your symphogear and acting like everything's alright."
Kanade sighs, "Tsubasa... you're too serious, not to mention stubborn." Tsubasa looks to her partner, shocked that she isn't upset by Hibiki using Gungnir, "I mean, I understand your concern. Hell, if you and I switched places that day and your gear was damaged, or if you died, and someone appeared wielding Ame no Habakiri, I'd get pretty defensive. But deep down, I'd still have to come to terms with the fact that just because it's someone else wielding what should be yours, doesn't mean I can lash out because of it."
"I see what you're saying, Kanade." Tsubasa replies, "Fine. I'll try to accept them as a wielder of Gungnir, but she has to prove to me that she's worthy of that title."
Kanade smiles, happy to have at least gotten her point through to Tsubasa. "Don't worry Tsubasa-san!" Hibiki says, walking over to the group, "I'll prove to you, Kanade-san, and everyone at Section 2 that I'm worthy of Gungnir, just wait and see!"
"Kana, take Hibiki with you back to Sector 2," Genjuro says, happy to see the conflict was somewhat resolved, "Ryoko also might want to see you since you were able to access that again."
Kana looked at him confused, before realizing that her armor had its red-orange hue from before, "Understood, Genjuro-san!" she says taking Hibiki's hand and heading back to HQ in a flash of light.
A/N: And just like that, another chapter.
I hoping to make it a habit to make at least 2 chapters a month, but don't hold me to that. As for the hope to make these chapters more in size to chapter 1: Ignore that statement, they'll probably be 5K+ words from here on.
Though, going back to the 2 chapters a month goal. It shouldn't be to hard to achieve since all I really need to do now is alter the original story by adding Serena and Kanade, along with Kana and Lilith, into the story.
But anyway, that's it for this chapter, see ya in the next one!
