Date A Re:Live

Chapter 24: Movie Chapter: Rinne Utopia, Part 2

By : Tohka_Yatogami

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Summary

Even a similar story can take it's own path. Shido and Mana are amnesiac siblings living with their friend Kotori, however the past catches up to Shido when he nearly runs into a space quake, and his world changes as one girl asks... "Are you here to kill me?" (Stronger Ratatoskr, weaker DEM, games & movie are canon to story) [Shido/Tohka/Harem]

This is it everyone, time to end this movie chapter for good with its final half. If the first half failed to make you reach for that tissue box, or you just forgot it, I insist... get that box right now because there is a very high chance after reading this that you're going to need them. I said it before, this part of the story isn't intended to be upbeat like the others, this time I'm writing to truly show powerful emotions, and ones that will likely bring you to tears.

Will Rinne be revived? Is her time in this world done, leaving Shido to inherit what remains of her power? Will the revive simply fail and the bittersweet end be that the last a golden chance? That answer will be revealed soon enough. Even more, you'll see why Seigo and Isamu can't be revived no matter how many times someone tries and that itself is already going to be heartbreaking.

I won't lie to you, I had to stop writing around about... at least 7 points because I myself got brought to tears with what I had managed to create. That makes me confident at the very least that I managed to get the mood, feeling and atmosphere that I had intended for the chapter. This chapter will have a few surprises in it, and with it... every secret in Season 1 will finally get its closure. All that will be left is regaining Artemisia's stolen memories and that's for a different story. *coughs*Date AST Re:Strike*coughs*

That's all I have to say, so now... let's begin.

Shido, Mana and all of the Spirits began flying towards Tenguu Tower, with Mana doing the job of flying Shido over. After some time passed they made it and saw Rinne's form fluctuating as the revival process was slowly bringing her physical form back.

"Hey guys, glad you came by." Rinne smiled.

"Are you really stuck to the wall right now?" Kotori asked.

"Believe me, if I could move I'd have left this spot already. It's almost as if this tower needs me here for the revival to work, like it's become a focal point of the process." Rinne answered, sweat dropping as she tried to get off again. "I'm starting to get cramps now... very painful."

The group landed around the tower's top half, getting into battle positions as they readied themselves to protect Rinne from any possible threat or DEM attack that would come.

"Don't worry mom, we'll keep you safe. We just got you back... we can't lose you, we won't!" Mana declared, making Rinne stare at her before smiling.

'You've grown up into a strong woman Mana, and you've become an equally strong man Shido.' Rinne thought, proud of how her children had grown up without her and Seigo's presence.

Tohka and Kurumi raised their hands, causing alarms to blare off.

[WARNING! THERE HAVE BEEN PRECURSORY SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING SPACEQUAKE!]

"Alright, that should keep anyone from noticing what's going on. Now let's make this work." Shido stated, his sister and the Spirits all nodded in agreement.

Minerva walked through the halls until she came to a room with a ship on it, this ship was platinum in color and was mainly aerodynamic in shape. As Minerva got on, she noticed the three DEM board of directors that had come to pilot it.

The first of them was an old looking man named Russell, the second was a rotund man who went by the name Simpson. The last of the trio was a black haired man with an empty and cold look, he was probably the most notable and the one who knew Westcott the longest during his time in the director's board, Roger Murdock. The man was a tactical genius, second only to Westcott.

"Alright, so we getting this show on the road." Minerva smirked, Roger glared at her. "Wow, sour much?"

"Shut up." Roger said, Minerva's eyes widen at how he didn't even hesitate to tell her off. She smirked at that.

"I see why the big boss has got you here, we both get results. Then let me see that magic in action if I get a chance." Minerva smirked, irking Roger who grunted as she walked by. 'Still sour, aren't we?'

Roger, Simpson and Russell soon get everything checked out.

"All systems green, take off will be at maximum capacity." Simpson replied.

"All weapons stocked and readied, battle potential at full throttle." Russel added.

Roger grabbed a lever.

"...Go time." Roger replied.

The Goetia's engines kick off, and soon the Goetia shows how fast it was as it quickly flied off into the air and then zoomed towards Tenguu City.

Back at the Ratatoskr base, a warning signal goes off as Maria senses something and appears by Reine on the screen.

"Commander! We've got trouble, a DEM affiliated ship is reaching the city at incredible speeds! It's the Goetia!" Maria replied, making Reine sweat a bit while Saya looked confused.

"What's the Goetia?" Saya asked.

"It's an incredibly fast DEM ship, we know its schematics since Maria managed to once get them as a basis for some of the upgraded Fraxinus' abilities." Reine answered, trying to bring up more info. "The Arbitel has similar tech in that area. The Goetia's danger is it's purely speed and much faster than both."

Saya sweats a bit.

"I think you're getting it, and I'm afraid so... that kind of ship would be a big problem when your concerned about a time limit. It's the worst ship that could show up right now depending on what's inside of it, and who's inside it." Maria replied, looking worried.

"I don't see who that could be though-" Saya began, suddenly remembering who had killed her. "Oh god, you mean Ellen might be on there?"

"She hasn't fought for a while because Shido destroyed her CR-Unit when she was caught off guard. She's already likely healed, meaning if she's got a new CR-Unit..." Maria answered, making everyone sweat. "All I can say is right now, things aren't looking so hot."

As Shido's group stays with Rinne, Mana suddenly gets some kind of alert on her CR-Unit's wrist device.

"Hey guys, Murakumo's noticed something, but... I can't properly detect what it is." Mana replied, a bit worried she wasn't getting any information. Kurumi looks before holding Zafkiel out.

"Allow me Mana, I'll do some recon." Kurumi replied, getting everyone's attention. "Come my sisters of the darkness, I summon the children of the shadows... Nibellcole!"

Zafkiel's clock gems hit the III, VI, IX and XII hours before Kurumi's shadow extended out. From it came four clones of herself.

The first possessed a goth look with bandages wrapped on parts of her arm, her hair in twin tails with bows that had skull charms attached to them. Her outfit being red and sleeveless and showing noticeable cleavage while she had a necklace with a cross charm on it. This clone's name was Masayoshi, or just Yoshi for short.

The second wore a blue colored Japanese kimono with floral designs and having her hair tied up in a mix of a ponytail and an up do that was tied with a string-like ribbon. This clone's name was Shincho.

The third had a white poofy dress that resembled an outfit you'd associate to Little Bo Peep, her hair was resting over the front of her left shoulder with a small scrunchy tying it up near the end. She also carried an umbrella with her. This clone's name was Kinshu.

Finally, the fourth and final clone wore a black Gothic Lolita outfit with some red and white on it, her hair wasn't tied in any manner and flowed out freely, but did have a small rose tucked by her left ear. This clone's name was Yuuki.

"Woo! Finally, it's been forever since you called us out." Yoshi said, picking her ear a bit.

"I'm so glad you're OK, we were worried after what we sensed. Sorry we couldn't help." Kinshu apologized.

"We're here now though, and we're staying." Shincho smirked.

"Need anything from us and we're here." Yuuki smiled.

The others all stared at them.

"These are my true clones, the Nibellcole. Their names are Masayoshi or Yoshi for short, Shincho, Kinshu and Yuuki. While not as numerous as my corrupted powers' clones, they're a lot stronger and can be revived. I can have them search out what you can't detect Mana." Kurumi explained.

"That's great, just one question... why are they all dressed like that?" Mana asked, sweat dropping a bit as Kurumi blushed at the question.

"Uh... I may have been really into anime and cosplay at the time I made them?" Kurumi bashfully admitted, Yoshi snorts a bit. "Hey, that's not funny Yoshi!"

"Sounds like it to me!" Yoshi laughed, making Yuuki flick her ear to her irritation.

"So, I'm guessing we need to detect something, anything specific?" Yuuki asked.

"Hmm... it's likely flying, and should probably be DEM related." Kurumi explained, the four clones nod and dive into the shadow as they head off to the North, East, South and West of the area. They all kept looking around, and soon Yoshi hears something.

"Wait, is that-"

Suddenly something shot Yoshi and destroyed the clone, making the real Kurumi feel it as she grabbed her arm.

"It's coming from the West!" Kurumi shouted.

Soon another shot suddenly hits Shincho.

"Ah! No, from the East! Wait... is it everywhere!?" Kurumi gasped as she soon felt Kinshu shot down, however luck came as Yuuki managed to turn and see what was attacking her fellow clones before firing. Soon letting Kurumi see the ship before it moves. "It's a DEM airship, and it's really fast! It's like it's everywhere!"

Rinne turns and gasped.

"Like right beside us?" Rinne asked, making everyone turn as the Goetia comes into view. It opens up as multiple Bandersnatch units fly out in their flight mode and surround the area. "We're surrounded!"

"Well if it isn't the bitch that cut my other eye!"

Mana gasped before something launched out of the ship and landed within the swarm of Bandersnatch, aside from Kurumi, everyone recognized the insane wizard who had nearly killed Kotori once before. Mana glared at Minerva, seeing her scar wound having finally left a scar.

"Minerva, I should have known you'd come back to trouble us!" Mana roared, putting Murakumo into sword mode.

"Nice to see you too weakling, but things are different this time. So you should call me by my new code name, Adeptus 2!" Minerva cackled, cracking her knuckles to properly show of the Basilisk CR-Unit.

"So she's the one who's replaced Artemisia? Considering Ellen and Jessica, that says volumes on how bad she'll end up." Kurumi sweated, readying Zafkiel's guns. "Not to mention these Bandersnatch... we've gotta fight and defend Rinne at the same time."

The Goetia soon moves into another position, preparing to attack Rinne from that side. Rinne gasped as this happened.

"Fire." Roger declared flatly.

The Goetia fires, and Rinne closes her eyes, only for the shot to never hit as Shido jumped in the way using Yoshino's Spirit Ascension and blocked it with a barrier of spirit power. He panted from the sudden rush he made to race over and reach his mother in time.

"Pick on someone who can actually fight back!" Shido said, brandishing Sandalphon in full view as he swapped to a Triple Spirit Ascension using Tohka, Kurumi and Origami's powers.

Mana and Minerva clash blades, Mana screaming as she increases her slash speed using her spirit power, but Minerva manages to block each slash effortlessly as if she wasn't even trying, possibly predicting every move right before it was made.

"I'll make you pay for what the DEM did to Artemisia! Her friends have cried over what you've done, I'm going to be their justice for today!" Mana shouted, Minerva cackling as she kicked her in the gut and readied her sword while drawing another.

"Well I'm getting justice for how you scarred me for life!" Minerva cackled, both swords glowing a dark purple and making a hissing like sound. "Now slice her to bloody ribbons! Hrunting, and Naegling!"

Minerva rocked forward and shot at Mana, swinging both swords with extreme ferocity, during one brief moment... Mana recognized her sword stance. It was the one she recognized Artemisia using with the Masamune.

'Wait a second, that CR-Unit!' Mana thought before she screamed as she was stabbed in the gut and tumbled across the ground. She weakly got up as her spirit powers slowly began healing the wound slower than she'd like it to. "You... does Westcott's sick mind no know bounds!?"

"Oh, so you've noticed? The answer is it doesn't! Thanks to him, I've surpassed Artemisia, her power and skill is mine!" Minerva declared, giving a disturbing smirk as she rammed into Mana again. "I'll be adored, and every scum bag who screwed me over is going to regret it!"

Mana and Minerva's force soon sent the two of them flying, and Mana grunted a bit.

"Come, White Licorice!" Mana shouted, the sealed mode of the equipment flew down before attaching to Murakumo and unfolding into its true form. "You aren't the only one with a new bag of tricks, get ready to die!"

"Oh, you're gonna kill me? I thought Ratatoskr's methods were peaceful resolutions for humans and Spirits?" Minerva mocked, only for her to feel a neck on her cheek as she barely dodged the Murakumo's shoulder blasters.

"Your right, that's why I won't stain my hands with human blood if I kill you. You stopped being human the day Artemisia gave you that first scar." Mana said coldly, clearly showing she had no hesitation to kill against a person like her or Westcott. "So either fight or kick the bucket!"

Minerva cackled as she flew at Mana.

"So Minerva is the new Adeptus 2!? Damn it, I hate that woman!" Saya growled, seeing the video feed.

"This is getting serious, we need to send in aid." Reine replied, soon broadcasting to the entire base. "All AST members deploy, I'm calling a Code Black! I repeat, a Code Black! Spirit No. 00, code name [Ruler] is at risk of death! Save Rinne Sonogami at all costs!"

All of the AST went wide eyed at that announcement, and soon began running to assist the others as they headed up to the surface and equipped their CR-Units.

"Alright troops, make way to Tenguu Tower ASAP!" Ryouko ordered.

"ROGER!"

Before any of them could get close however, a few Alice units suddenly surrounded all their deployment spots and unfolded their dresses. In unison, they create power territory barriers that suddenly trap everyone inside them.

"What, no way!?" Mikie shouted. Katie aims her rifle and tries to shoot through to hit them, but luck.

"Oh no, they were probably intended to force us to rush out all at once. We've gotten caught right in their trap." Katie reasoned, making her fellow AST sweat in worry. At that moment, a bunch of Bandersnatch fly by. "Huh, what are those Bandersnatch-"

Everyone was surprised to see the Bandersnatch created a special red territory that let them phase through the Alice units combined territory field and land within. They all brandished their claws as they surrounded each AST group.

"We're not just locked out from the others, we're caged in!" Hannah gasped.

Meanwhile back in the Ratatoskr base, Reine sweat a bit.

"Maria, can we deploy the Fraxinus?" Reine asked, but Maria shook her head.

"They've got it and the other vehicles blocked there too. We can only send more people through one of the few secret passages in too narrow of spots. Problem is no one we send that way could help." Maria replied, grabbing her hair in frustration. "If only we had one more Wizard!"

Saya grunted too, but then realized something, she suddenly rushed into the developmental room to the surprise of Reine.

"Wait, Saya!?" Reine called out.

Saya rushed in and looked around to find some experimental CR-Units, soon coming to a spot where a few CR-Units not ready to be used by others were listed. One of which stood before her labeled the "Salamandra".

"...I was once a Spirit, so I can handle this too!" Saya said, grabbing it as Reine ran in.

"Don't Saya, that thing could kill you! No one can handle it!" Reine shouted, trying to stop her. "You just got back your life, don't throw it away again!"

"I won't die... because that no one who can use this? It's me!" Saya shouted, slamming the CR-Unit's standby form onto her chest. Saya suddenly screamed from the pain, making Reine and Maria look in horror... however soon she stands up wearing a pink and red CR-Unit with orange designs. "Yeah, how's that for no one!?"

[CR-Unit Salamandra, ID Lock registered: Saya Yamada.]

"She... she actually managed to equip it?" Reine breathed, and Maria soon gasped as she realized something. "What is it?"

"She used to be a Spirit, even if she's not one anymore, I bet the experience made her body strong enough to use this CR-Unit. Almost like this one was meant for her." Maria answered, making Reine gasp. "We wanted one more wizard and we got one. Go give them a taste of the former Efreet Saya!"

Saya gives a smirk as she flew towards one of the secret passages not caught in the barrier and headed to the surface.

"EAT THIS!"

Kotori screamed as she swung Camael at all of the Bandersnatch units, their sheer number making her pant as she flew through and tried to burn through everyone she could... but it was clear she was on her fumes.

"Damn it... as bad as they are, I kinda wish I could Inverse right now if it helped us save Rinne!" Kotori shouted, panting heavily. 'I can't fail here, Shido... I can't bare you to see you cry like I did during my failed confessions. You lost your mom once, I'm not making that happen twice!'

Kotori flew up and sung again. Meanwhile with Yoshino, she had Zadkiel blast out streams of water at the Bandersnatch. They kept trying to swarm her while Zadkiel shook off each one that did.

"I-I need the Hraesvelgr... come on Yoshinon, please try to switch with me." Yoshino asked, bopping her on her head... but just as she had been unable to since the Goliath fight, her Inversion failed. "No, why's this happening?"

Yoshino soon gasped as Yoshinon gained an even more withered look.

"Yoshinon... what's happening to you, it keeps getting worse." Yoshino teared up, it was almost as if Yoshinon was actually starting to die at this point. She hugged her close while Zadkiel kept trying to hold them back.

"You... really don't... remember... d-do you?" Yoshinon weakly replied, making Yoshino gasp.

"No Yoshinon, save your strength. I'll make sure you get-"

"You can't... it won't... work. It's what you... wished for when... Rio gave you Zadkiel, it's... what you didn't have... when you created me." Yoshinon weakly replied, making Yoshino cry as Yoshinon's wrinkles worsened. Rinne looks at the sight.

'Something's off here, I don't sense a change in Yoshino's powers. Why is Yoshinon withering away like that? Now that I think of it, why did her inversion... wait, maybe...' Rinne thought, soon closing her eyes focusing her powers to try and see if she can find out what was causing this.

Rinne soon opened up her eyes within the flow of power that came from the Zadkiel crystal and soon walked around.

"I made it, now where's the clue I'm looking for?" Rinne wondered.

She walked around until she found the sphere representing the Zadkiel Crystal, soon gasping as she walked towards it. As she did, she noticed a glimpse of Rio, being able to see through her mosaic she used under her guise as the Phantom, as she gave Yoshino her Sephira Crystal. However, there was something strange... the silhouette of the one she was giving it to, the girl who clearly had to be Yoshinon, didn't look as young as she currently did.

"Huh?" Rinne blinked, confused by what she was seeing. "That's not right, Yoshino is... I'm just seeing things, aren't I?"

Rinne kept looking, only for the same silhouette to glow at a different point, the Astral Dress she had shifting into a new form as Yoshino, looking more like she did in the present appeared with Yoshinon on her hand.

"Wait a second... that was-" Rinne gasped as she finally realized it.

Rinne's eyes opened as she gasped in the real world.

'Yoshinon's withering away because... the thing she was born to be, Yoshino finally found it. She's part of Yoshino, and she's going back to where she's always belonged.' Rinne thought as her eyes shook. 'That's why she can't freely Inverse, they're slowly becoming one being again! You can't switch places if you're sharing the same space.'

A few Bandersnatch suddenly near Yoshino, preparing to slash at her... only for Metatron to thrust through them like blades, Origami floated down and shouted as Metatron's pillars fire off at all of the automatons that neared the Water Spirit.

"I won't let you hurt my friends! I won't let you hurt Shido, and most of all I won't let you take away the chance for Rinne to take back her life!" Origami screamed, moving the pillars together for one giant blast to blast through a whole fleet of them. More Bandersnatch soon take their places. "...Bring it."

Kurumi dodges around and shoots shadow bullets at the Bandersnatch' heads as they neared her, panting a bit.

"Can't bring back the Nibellcole yet, and I'll be wide open if I try Astra. Guess I'll need to try my big shot." Kurumi stated to herself, soon groaning as she readied to shoot herself. She does and fast forwards around the area before getting into position from the top of Tenguu Tower.

"BAHAMUT!"

Kurumi slams bot guns of Zafkiel together to make them link and morph into a sniper rifle. She kneels a bit as her shadow extends into the cartridge zone and she aims at the Bandersnatch warm that tried to fly after her.

"Take this!" Kurumi shouted, firing her shot, and soon enough she fires a blast of her shadow that fragmented into silhouettes of herself. These silhouettes soon crash into the Bandersnatch, causing the shadows to explode and take them out in a chain reaction, with the few that missed eventually evaporating. "That's how you do it."

Kurumi soon gasped as more Bandersnatch appear immediately after.

"...You're kidding me." Kurumi paled.

Tohka flew through and slashed through multiple Bandersnatch, panting as she quickly feels herself being overwhelmed.

"No... not yet, I'm not anywhere close to being finished!" Tohka shouted, swinging a few more times at the automaton swarm before her. As she did, Sandalphon suddenly shook and got Tohka's attention.

[Master, I... I'm starting to have trouble focusing. Please, try to give me a moment to recover or we might be in trouble.]

"No, we're fine Sandalphon! Don't give up!" Tohka shouted, giving a determined look.

[...Alright, if you're sure about it then I trust you master.]

Soon a group of the Bandersnatch all jumped at her at once, swinging their claws back before throwing them forward, clasped together as they prepare to smash them on Tohka's body. Tohka held up Sandalphon to parry the attack...

[Master... I... I'm sorry I let you down.]

Tohka saw Sandalphon shatter apart, making her gasp as her faithful weapon's shards flew around her, and at that moment she was struck by the Bandersnatch as they slashed at her, knocking her across the tower's top half, getting Shido's attention.

"TOHKA!" Shido screamed, but he couldn't go to help her as he had to parry another attack from the Goetia. "Damn it, you bastards!"

He soon heard a small explosion, and soon knocked Origami and Yoshino knocked into the tower walls as well, their Angels didn't get broken like Tohka's, but they were both knocked to the side, lying dormant due to their master's being near incapacitated.

"ORIGAMI! YOSHINO!"

Soon Shido heard another scream as Kotori and Kurumi were both struck back, knocking into each other before falling and collapsing onto the tower rooftop as well as their Angels tumbled off the building and fell to the ground.

Meanwhile with Mana, Minerva dodged some of the White Licorice's barrage... only for Mana to feel a slightly shock as the White Licorice teleported back to Ratatoskr, showing her 30-minute limit had expired.

"No... not now-"

Mana was soon slashed across the stomach by Minerva, she gasped before her Murakumo's damaged state forced it to dispel, and Mana collapsed onto the ground unconscious.

"KOTORI! KURUMI! MANA!" Shido screamed, Rinne giving the same look of horror.

"Bandersnatch, knock all of the Spirits unconscious and after that... kill all of them." Roger stated monotonously.

Right on cue, the Bandersnatch grab each of them aside from Mana who Minerva slowly neared as she held both her swords to deal the final blow, they began twisting each of their limbs... causing them to scream in pain. Shido's eyes shook with rage as he heard it, grabbing the copies of the angels he had and merging them together.

"YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE!" Shido roared.

Metatron's pillars gathered around Sandalphon's blade, both of Zadkiel's guns attached to the side, making them morph into a sword like bazooka with a flower motif. Shido soon pointed it at the Goetia.

"TWILIGHT STRIKER!"

Shido thrust forward and the Angel bursts forward, blasting out beams as it prepares to pierce the Goetia's territory... but unfortunately the ship used its speed to dodge and avoid the attack entirely. Shido grunts before reverting to normal, facing the drawback of the Angel fusion. Now he need to wait 5 minutes before he could Spirit Ascend again.

"N-no... everyone!" Shido grunted, barely able to move as he could only stare at the mistake of letting his anger get the best of him possibly take everyone he cared for away from him.

As the Bandersnatch kept pulling and twisting her body, Tohka screamed out in pain, she could barely keep her eyes open.

'Again... it's happening again! Just like every other time!'

-Flashback Start-

Tohka was surprised as she felt Paverschlev being pushed back, soon exploding apart from the force of the Arbitel's collision, causing her to gasp as the recoil flings her backwards. She screams as she crashes into a building, Nahemah reverts to normal, now a bit cracked.

Right as she was able to get off the building, a sudden territory surrounds her and forces her to the bottom of its barrier, slowly rising towards the building top. Tohka screams at the pain, she had never been in a territory like this one before.

"When I was faced with the DEM forces in my Inverse Form, I was crushed so easily just by their willingness to try a risky move that worked for them. In the end Shido had to save me after I had kept him away for his own safety!" Tohka thought.

Shido raised his hand up and grabbed the air before Sandalphon appeared in his grasp. Following this, hair and eyes soon took the same color as Tohka's as her spirit power settled into his being. At that moment, with Tohka still in his arms, Shido rushed forward at the Cheshires and swung Sandalphon... and suddenly a Cheshire was cut in half!

"I couldn't recall my powers when Shido went to save Origami, I was just there in his arms the whole time! Only able to show him how to use Halvanhelev, and that wasn't even me using it despite we did it together. It was still his power!" Tohka thought.

Tohka and Origami pushed Shido out of the way, and Shido turned at that moment as the attack hit them. Shocking everyone, Shido's sudden shriek at the whole thing caused Yoshinon to briefly regain her focus and look. When she did... everyone saw Tohka and Origami frozen in a block of thick ice.

"When we went to save Yoshino, I was frozen in ice and nearly caused Shido to have a breakdown. It wasn't until the end when all of us were fighting together we even actually did anything!" Tohka thought.

Saya's eyes flashed, and then she screams as she slams one of her hands onto Tohka, making the purple haired Spirit scream as she was burned and electrocuted simultaneously. The Inverse Flame Spirit soon swung Camael down and knocked her towards the others, unaware one of her ribbons had been shredded by her actions.

"Not to mention when Kotori was in danger of being consumed by Saya, I wasn't even able to get through or help reach her! Worse is I only made the fight with the Hydra worse and worse with how I fought against it!" Tohka thought.

Before anyone could react, the clones all disappeared! Everyone AST member in the sky was suddenly struck or shot down by the clones and knocked to the ground, while the rush all dog pile and constrain the others, more of the ghastly black hands shoot out and hold everyone down.

"And I couldn't even help Shido at the most important moment when Westcott possessed Kurumi and tried to kill us!" Tohka thought one last time. "Each time, I've barely done anything if even anything at all! Origami, Kotori, Yoshino and Kurumi, even Rio and Mayuri... they've all done more than I have!"

The sight of all six spirits in their Astral Dresses as they flew towards the Deus rang through her head before vanishing from Tohka's mind.

-End Flashback-

Tohka slowly felt herself begin to black out.

'I can't do anything, not even keep my promise to protect Shido... I'm pathetic, useless, nothing I'm...' Tohka thought, her eyes tearing up.

'...I'm weak!'

Rinne could only stare at the sight before her with horror. Shido, Mana, Tohka, Origami, Yoshino, Kotori and Kurumi... they were all about to be killed and she could only stare and do nothing. Her eyes go blank and lifeless at the sight of the chaos.

"No... no... no!" Rinne growled.

Rinne's emotions begin to go through a chaotic influx, and soon the revival wave energy within her begins to flare erratically. Rinne's growls soon become distorted as if a machine had changed it into something more inhumane.

"YOU DEM BASTARDS DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE, YOU MUST DIE! NO, YOU MUST BE ERASED, YOUR EXISTENCES MUST BE PURGED TO THE POINT YOU WEREN'T EVER BORN!" Rinne said with such rage, there was no word that would fit enough to describe her response if someone wrote it in story form.

Rinne roared loudly causing the entire city to shake before her eyes begin to glow, becoming fully rainbow colored like her spirit mana aura which soon exploded out, the force so great that all the Bandersnatch were suddenly thrown away from the tower, the ones grabbing the Spirits all having been forced off before they exploded!

The Goetia itself was also hit by this, being knocked back, and while surviving... the entire ship's systems and outer haul exploded from severe damage that made the fact it was still able to fly a surprise. Minerva herself as tossed away, just missing the moment to give Mana the fatal blow. All the nearby buildings' windows broke, the weaker and damaged ones even collapsing.

The AST group with Ryouko trapped by the Alice units' barriers got ready as the Bandersnatch began their next wave of attacks, but right as they did...

"Dyrnwyn!"

Suddenly the Alice units were shot by a blaze of fire, exploding as the nearby Bandersnatch suddenly turned, only for someone to rush by and cut through them.

"Tyrfing!"

The remaining members were all cut up, and soon Saya was seen holding a flaming sword in her right hand while a burning rifle in her left hand. She smirks as she twirls them and sheathes both of them.

"Saya!?" Ryouko gasped.

"Surprised? Should be considering this is the dangerous Salamandra suit according to Reine, but never mind that. The AST's no longer on lock down." Saya smiled, though at that moment... everyone suddenly get knocked onto their feet or butts as Reine's power flared out. "What the what!?"

Suddenly familiar alarms blare out.

"Oh no..." Mikie breathed.

Meanwhile inside the Ratatoskr base, everyone was hurriedly typing at the readings they were getting, even Maria was feeling her processing being pushed to its limits and overwhelming her.

[W-W-W-WARNING! TH-HER-RE- *buzzing*]

Suddenly the Spacequake alarms all got heavy static as only the warning sound could be registered. Looking at the screen before her, Minowa gasped at the sight.

"Commander, based on these readings all of Kanto prefecture's already experiencing Spacequake alarms!" Minowa replied, getting Reine's attention.

"No, it's not just Kanto... I'm getting alerts from..." Shiizaki began, soon gasping. "Oh, my god... Commander, all of Japan is registered Spacequake alarms! The entire country is at risk!"

Reine gasped.

"The entire country... a Spacequake of that level hasn't happened since 30 years ago, and that's still nothing compared to the first Spacequake. Is it Shido?" Reine asked.

"No... it isn't, based on the readings I'm registering the one risking this Spacequake is Rinne! Something's gone horribly wrong! In fact, I think I'm detecting more spirit mana gathered at Tenguu Tower than any recording reading we've ever had!" Maria replied, making Reine's face trickle some sweat in worry.

Back at Tenguu Tower itself, everyone watches as Rinne's screams only get louder and more violent, soon causing every color of spirit mana in Rinne's rainbow colored mana to suddenly surge out into the sky before streaming around and smashing into Tenguu Tower, knocking everyone currently on onto the ground! However, it didn't break the tower... it began to change it.

In moments, Tenguu Tower suddenly changed into something else, red organic wires looking like tree routes began to sprout out as Rinne's Astral Dress shredded apart, only for the red roots to cover the tower entirely. Following that, various metal structures rose from the ground, entangling and twisting itself as they soon took the shape of a metallic tree of sorts.

"What... the hell... is this!?" Shido gasped, terrified at what he was seeing. The metal tree gaining its finishing touches as it gained orbs representing each Sephira's color, with a rainbow one taking the spot associated to the Da'at circle and forming all the connecting lines.

"I-It looks like a representation of t-the Sephirot, I-I think Rinne created this somehow!" Origami stuttered, her entire body going nearly as pale as a ghost from the fear she was experiencing. Soon everyone has their headsets ring. "Hello?"

"Oh thank goodness we weren't cut off because of this." Reine sighed in relief, appearing on the headset screens. Maria appears right after. "Guys, we're in serious trouble right now. I don't know what you're seeing right now, but I can tell you whatever's effecting Rinne right now is causing a massive amount of Spirit power to surge out."

"How bad is it?" Shido asked.

Rinne took a moment to think before answering, so Maria decided to say it for her.

"If you don't stop Rinne's power surge and successfully calm her down, we're talking a Spacequake so powerful... it will turn Japan into the non-fictional version of Atlantis! The entire country's at the brink of annihilation right now!" Maria said in a panic, making everyone gasp.

"Please, hurry! We're sending the Sleipnir to pick up Mana, and unfortunately right now it seems only those with the power of a Spirit, possibly some of the DEM's technology in the worst-case scenario, can stop this! You're the only things that can save us all-"

Maria was suddenly cut off as the spirit power creates too much noise to allow any signals to get through.

"...Well, this is fun. We've got to stop a cataclysm that will destroy all of Japan... I'm totally not... scared for my life right now!" Kotori said, soon crying tears of fear as the reality sunk into her.

In response to the growing power surge, parts of the tree shift as suddenly robed figures with wings that came in either red, white or black suddenly began spawning in mass. Shido and the other Spirits all feel their powers burning into their skin as if reacting to Rinne's increasing emotional fluctuations.

"Guys, do you feel that? It's like a Spacequake's trying to escape my body!" Tohka cried, feeling pain from the burning sensation.

"Some of my mom's powers are in me, and since yours are two we're all feeling it! This could be part of what might wipe out Japan! If we don't hurry we won't be able to move to even stop this!" Shido shouted, trying to fight the pain himself.

The newly formed Guardians began to fly out and began attacking all the DEM's remaining automaton units, the Goetia, Minerva... but unfortunately, they also aimed at Shido's group! Some were even heading towards the AST!

"Look out!" Shido screamed, everyone moved out of the way as the Guardians kept continuously firing at them. Knowing the serious of the danger... Shido raised up his hand.

"To the power of the God in this world sleeping in a madman's prison, shatter the darkness and grant me your divine strength... overcome the possible, go beyond the limits and shatter the foundations of this reality to destroy the evil before me! Now lend me your strength... power of the First Spirit! Come to me... Uriel!"

Shido screamed as his Over-Limit Spirit Ascension activated, the feeling magnified by Rinne's steadily increasing power, making him feel like every muscle of his was burning before she shouted and lashed Uriel through all the closest Guardians.

"Come on guys, we've... gotta get in there! We have to... save Rinne!" Shido shouted, fighting off the pain. The others nod despite the similar pain they all felt.

In the outskirts of China, both Rio and Mayuri were attempting to locate the current location of the Spirit [Zodiac] who had been off the radar for a while now, Rio having not seen her since shortly after making her a Spirit.

"You sure this is the right place to be looking?" Mayuri asked.

"Rio's sure, Rio feels she's-" Rio began, until suddenly she began holding her hand and crying as she felt pain in it. Making Mayuri rush over and hold her. "Mayuri... Rio feels pain, Rio... Rio feels mama suffering!"

Mayuri's eyes widen.

"What's happening to Rinne? Try to tell me what you can, don't force it, you're hurting right now." Mayuri asked.

"R-Rio feels her... angry, mama's power is... hurting herself, mama can't stop it. Mama's lost herself..." Rio breathed, Mayuri using some of her electricity to relieve the stress by numbing some of her muscles of the pain. "R-Rio wants to help, but... Rio was born from Mama's power. Rio... is in too much pain to teleport."

"Oh man..." Mayuri replied, trying to think of something. Soon she manages to get an idea and gasped. "Rio, maybe through being born from her powers, we might be able to link to her consciousness. It may not work, but maybe using my electricity and your powers can help us connect."

Rio nods.

"R-Rio wants to help mama, Rio will try..." Rio panted, still feeling the stress echoing from Rinne into her body.

"OK, here goes..." Mayuri replied, putting her hands on Rio's chest and head, soon generating a light amount of voltage onto both as she tried to focus.

Shido and the others rush towards the tree, dealing with the endless swarm of Guardians as they tried to see any kind of entrance to get inside from, the Sleipnir had since driven over, Kannazuki grabbing the unconscious Mana before heading back to the Ratatoskr base.

Everyone attacked the Guardians swarming them with their Angels, the exception being Tohka who still didn't have enough power to reform Sandalphon and could only fire energy blasts from her finger.

"D-Does anyone see an opening yet?" Yoshino asked, dodging some of the Guardians as they attempted to ram into Zadkiel.

"No, I'm afraid not... wait, I think I know how to find it. Origami, lend me a Metatron barrier!" Kurumi requested.

Origami nods and sends them over.

"Zohar - Holy Gate!"

Metatron's pillars connected their ends and spin to form a barrier around Kurumi, the Guardians slowly charging blasts to break through. Kurumi sees the barrier crack and quickly closes her eyes as she aims Zafkiel at herself and shoots, her eyes widen as she gets a vision.

The sight of an opening around the upper part of the rainbow circle on the metal tree showed an entrance leading to Rinne, who was currently hanging by the red roots with her eyes closed, the tree itself now acting on its own without restraint.

"Shido! The rainbow spot on the tree, the upper part has the way in! Get in there!" Kurumi replied, soon screaming as the barrier broke and a shot knocked her through the air a bit.

"B-But what about you guys!?" Shido asked worriedly.

"We'll be fine Shido! Now go, save your mom! We'll keep them off you!" Kotori coughed out, panting as she swung at a few more Guardians. "Go!"

Shido teared up before nodding, soon flying towards the arrow as he saw a whole pool of Guardians blocking his path. He screams as he charges up his greatest attack and readies it.

"Harmony Convergence!"

Shido swings forward, firing the multiple beams from Uriel as the destroy all the Guardians, Shido rushes forward and flies through, reaching the entrance and breaking inside before the Guardians could block him, all of them refusing to actually enter the tree for some strange reason.

"Mom!" Shido yelled, rushing forward as he cut through any roots that tried to flail themselves at him. After getting through a swarm of the roots, he finds himself at the tree's center core where his mother was currently at, immobile and unconscious while also unclothed, only the few vines holding her covering her in any manner. "Mom, it's me!"

Rinne's face suddenly twitched a bit before she woke up and looked at him.

"S...Shido?" Rinne mumbled, noticing him.

"Don't worry mom, I'm gonna save-"

Suddenly Shido feels himself slashed at the back, Rinne gasped as she saw some blood drip to the floor. Shido panted as he turned, seeing Minerva smirking cruelly while holding Hrunting and Naegling in her hands.

"Minerva... damn it!" Shido growled, he grabs Uriel and swings at her. Minerva quickly dodges the slash waves as she gives a fearsome stare, still smirking as she did. "Get out of my way-"

"Silent Eye." Minerva declared.

Suddenly before Shido could even prepare himself, Minerva had appeared behind him like she had teleported without any trace of it... and suddenly multiple slash marks slash across his body, causing Shido to shake and drop to the ground as slash marks appear across him, mana pulsating in place of bleeding to have Shido in agonizing pain and stop his movements.

"This CR-Unit is called the Basilisk, sometimes they kill with a glance, though sometimes they can also just freeze you like a stone. I'd prefer the former, but the latter's good too. Especially when I want someone to suffer from seeing their loved one murdered!" Minerva cackled, making Shido growl as he tried to move.

"You feel like your burning, aren't you? How ironic, your mother's little freak out is the very reason you're too weak to break free of that bind and save her! Don't worry, you'll die with her soon enough and then I'll find and kill that sister of yours. A family reunion in the realm of the dead sounds nice, doesn't it?"

Minerva cackles as she readies her swords, and soon begins slashing at Rinne crazily, no damage being dealt as Rinne's spirit barrier blocks every slash, though Minerva had every intention to keep doing so until it broke. As she did, Rinne stared at her son's injured form, and remembering what Mana looked like outside, and then the moment she saw Seigo's death... she gave a distorted angry scream once again, and Minerva was hit hard in the gut, holding it as she was knocked back.

"What the hell? How does she keep getting stronger the angrier she gets!" Minerva growled, soon getting an alert. "What is it!?"

"Leave now, we've got readings of a Spacequake so huge if we don't leave now, we're all dead. If I know you the kind of death you'd want is one from fighting, not an explosion eating you alive." Simpson said in a panic, getting Minerva to grit her teeth. She soon grabbed her swords and walked away.

"You two can stay here and die together with the rest of Japan. We'll fish out your girlfriends' Sephira Crystals from the ocean later." Minerva sneered.

Shido grunts, and suddenly feels the 'curse' Minerva left on him break off from Rinne's power influx, he crawls towards his mother, desperately to reach her with the little power he still had within him.

Minerva soon flies back to the Goetia, which was barely keeping itself stable to prepare an escape trip.

"Just how big is this quake that it'll kill us. Tell me it's an exaggeration?" Minerva said annoyed.

"Tell me, does a Spacequake that could sink Japan and take out half of Australia and a portion of East Asia seem like it's an exaggeration?" Russel asked rhetorically, making Minerva's eyes widen. She looked at the readings to see the radius... and it was growing.

'Shit, it's still expanding!' Minerva thought. "Then get us moving already!"

Without needing any reminder, the Goetia quickly zooms away, making its way out of Tenguu City and beginning its flight back to Arubi Island before the quake swallowed everyone else still stationed there. Unfortunately, the ship blares its warning alarms as some glowing guardians were seen on the ship's outer shell.

"They're on the ship, what are they gonna do!?" Simpson panicked.

Their answer was given when each of the Guardians exploded, the Goetia main engines all burst and exploded, the people inside barely surviving the flames before the ship's flight finally failed, and it tumbled across the landscape, crashing as it met its finally flight and crashed into a nearby mountain.

"W-we're stranded... the Spacequake's gonna kill us now, there's no escape!" Russell gasped.

Rinne kept screaming, but as Shido neared her, she suddenly gasped and began regaining her senses, but the tree had already been overloaded with her power, it was going to continue to rampage with all the power she had flooded into it.

'This is my fault, why... why did I let my rage consume me?' Rinne thought, recalling the times Seigo would calm her when she got mad. '...I get it, this is my punishment for not truly understanding Humans. You told me some were bad, and I knew that... but I never understood how to compare myself to those people.'

Rinne shed a tear.

'It's time I actually reaped what I sowed, and take responsibility... if I'm going to endanger this world, I need to be the one that saves it from myself. Shido, Mana... I'm leaving a strong burden to you and Rio. If you see her soon, apologize to her for me.'

Shido soon crawled up to Rinne, pulling himself up to look at her directly.

"Mom... don't worry, no matter what it takes, I... will save you!" Shido declared, Rinne looks at him before crying with a smile and shaking her head.

"...Sorry Shido, that's not possible this time. Promise me you'll tell Mana and Rio, I'm afraid that this time, our goodbye... is for good." Rinne replied, confusing Shido before Rinne moves her head forward and kisses her. Shido's eyes widen in horror at that. "My little Shido, I'm sorry... but I can't let you choose me over the world."

Suddenly in reaction to the kiss, Shido's mind is flooded with information as he finally feels it... all of his lost memories were beginning to return. He didn't even realize at the same time, Mana's eyes opened up as she began to remember as well, even Rinne saw some answers she was missing.

- (*insert song playing during the last scene of Assassination Classroom Season 2's 16th Episode [A/N: Sorry, I don't know what the OST is called ^^;]*) -

"Hey kids, Seigo!" Rinne said happily, getting the attention of her family.

They looked to see her appearance was a bit different than usual. She currently had short, light pink hair, with a part of it tied up in a braid and her eyes became a light pink color, almost light brown due to the tint. Her Astral Dress took the form of her casual outfit she changed into when she first met Seigo.

"This is the human form I've decided on, what do you all think?" Rinne asked, after a bit she didn't hear anything and frowned a bit. "No good?"

"No, just the opposite. It's cute and it suits you. I think you'd look great no matter how you'd look." Seigo replied happily, making Rinne smile. She looked at her kids for their opinions.

"I like it mama!" Shido replied.

"Yeah, you're really pretty and young looking now." Mana replied as well, making Rinne pick the two up as Mana giggled. "Higher mama!"

Rinne smiles and laughs happily, Seigo smiling as well. She soon looks at Seigo.

"Don't worry, when I finish everything I need to do here, I'll come and join you. Then we'll make things official and get married." Rinne said, smiling brightly.

Seigo held Mana and Shido close as they traversed through a wild and dangerous area of the Spirit Dimension, trying to find the gate between the two worlds that would finally get him and his children to Earth after nearly a decade of disappearing from it. He held his phone as Reine kept contact with him.

"Seigo, its getting crazy, we can't find the gate point! It's like the Spirit Dimension's readings change despite the location doesn't, we can't give you an accurate location!" Reine panicked, and Seigo sweat a bit.

'I've gotta do something, or we'll all get swallowed up by this place!' Seigo sweated, suddenly he felt Shido tug on his shirt and getting his attention.

"Papa, this way." Shido stated, shocking Seigo a bit as he looked at it.

"Yeah Papa, just keep going forward, straight ahead." Mana added, and Seigo gasped as the thought they could somehow sense the gate came to his mind.

Seigo held them closer and walked forward, as the elements began to fly at them, he kept going and eventually, a ripple revealing a portal appeared before them. Seigo soon fell in with his children, and before the three of them knew... they were standing in front of Reine who gasped.

"Big brother... you're finally home!" Reine cried, hugging Seigo close. Seigo blinked and looked around before smiling as everyone cheered. They had finally gotten Seigo back to Earth and connected both words. Soon he picked up his children, making Reine see her nephew and niece for the first time in the flesh.

Rinne smiled as she walked up to the gate between the two worlds.

"Alright, finally time to join Seigo and the others. I'm coming you guys!" Rinne said excitedly as she jumped through the gate, and began traveling to Earth. However while she was doing that, back on Earth... Westcott prepared a private gate before moving a weapon in front of it.

"And now, time to raise the curtain I've been waiting for!" Westcott cackled.

Westcott fired the weapon, and soon Rinne noticed something fly by her to her surprise, making her blink.

"Huh? What was that?" Rinne asked.

Soon the energy smashed into the ground of Rinne's world... and in mere moments the energy that made up the Spirit World began to rupture, getting everyone's attention as the Sephira Crystals all glow in a blinking manner, warning about a threat. .. unfortunately, that warning wouldn't matter.

At that instant, the entire Spirit Dimension suddenly began attacking and devouring at itself, ripping everything in it apart, all the Spirits ran away in vain and screamed as the entire world collapsed and their voices were silenced as the entire realm of energy was annihilated in a massive explosion. Rinne felt the echo as she traveled to Earth and gasped as she turned around.

"No... that was, that was my world!" Rinne gasped, soon images flash as she saw everyone's voices and face as they met their end, soon a mere void had replaced her former home. "No... no!"

It didn't stop there, while her world and kind was now gone... the energy that made them wasn't, Rinne suddenly felt it all thrust into her body and slingshot her towards Earth, she screamed as all of it forced itself into her, including the Sephira Crystals.

"W-what's happening!" Rinne asked in a scream, soon once she landed on Earth... all that intense power and the speed she arrived on Earth with it discharged in the worst possible way, and a giant pink explosion enveloped an entire section of the world, followed by many more.

Everyone in the research facility suddenly watched in horror at the disastrous damage the Spacequakes were all beginning to cause throughout the world once Rinne finally arrived, Seigo suffering the worst at the pain she was feeling and the fact she had unwillingly caused this. Realizing who wasn't present, he suddenly rushed into a room to see a second gate device with Westcott standing by a smoking weapon he fired into it.

"Mr. Westcott, what have you done? Why would you try such an experiment on a world of Energy like that!?" Seigo demanded, leading Westcott to turn to him... and reveal his true sadistic looking face.

"Simple, to destroy it." Westcott bluntly revealed, causing Seigo to stare in shock. "Since you were such a gullible feel like me spell it out for you. Truth is I knew exactly what this place had been long before I sent you there. I even knew you'd end up being trapped there. The reason I sent you was a gamble."

Westcott chuckled as Seigo took a few steps back, soon tapping the wall as he backed into it.

"I needed to create a way that would allow a path back to this world, a gate that existed between them. I hate a feeling that your stupid pacifistic and idealistic nature might just do the trick. It worked and you gave me the method to connect our worlds! So understand now, I used you Seigo, you were just the right pawn I needed."

"How... how could you do this!? Kill all those innocent people!?" Seigo roared angrily, and Westcott cackled.

"Because that's what humans do! I saw that truth back in my home country, I lived in a war and guess what... I loved what I saw! It was the very proof of Human nature. Humans fight and use each other, the don't hesitate to sacrifice one another. I will prove I stand at the Law of the Jungle's top." Westcott smiled, making Seigo's eyes shake.

"Might makes right after all, and soon I'll take the Spirit Dimension's full power! Nothing can stop me, not when you alone know... and I plan to end you."

Seigo's eyes were shadowed, before he moved to reveal his hand was on the loud speaker button to Westcott's shock.

"You think Humans are that way? You only know a fraction of us, and now everyone knows what you've done... we'll make sure your crazy plans never see the light of day! I know what Humanity truly is and I'll prove it to you, so get ready! I may normally be nice, but I'm not a pushover!" Seigo declared.

Tohka's mother and father suddenly heard a crash at their door, and looked to see DEM goons break in with weapons.

"You, stay away from us!" Tohka's father said, grabbing a flash to throw as a weapon, but before he could, one of the man rushes at him and Tohka's mother could only gasp and turn around, not seeing her husband as he screamed his last breath.

"Children! Run, get outside and don't stop!" Tohka's mother screamed at the top of her lungs, getting their attention. Tohka felt Shido grab her hand as he and Mana begin moving. They left so quickly, none of them heard a slash sound as Tohka's mother gave her last breath.

"Shido, what's happening!?" Tohka asked, incredibly scared.

"I'll tell you later, just run!" Shido replied.

As they got to a door outside, they were suddenly all knocked down as a net fired at them and trapped them in place. A DEM goon walks up to them and cracks his knuckles as he grabs the net and picks them up.

"Gotcha." The man grinned.

Isamu runs through DEM's halls, grabbing his taser to shock a few guards that neared him, suddenly he saw Shido who was carrying a limping Mana.

"Shido! Mana!" Isamu called out, getting their attention as he ran to them. "You managed to escape? Yes, that means my sabotaging worked, think you two can you make it outside?"

"Mana's twisted her leg, we need help getting there." Shido replied, and Isamu nodded. "Oh wait! Tohka, she got recaptured, when Mana twisted her leg she had to go back but got caught as a result. Please save her!"

Isamu gasped.

"OK, I'll go let your father know. I'll help you out first-" Isamu suddenly saw something come at them. "LOOK OUT!"

Isamu moved in front of the two and was suddenly struck hard by some laser blast, his eyes widened as fell to his legs and held his chest from the burning pain he felt. In fact, he was sure he had heard some of his ribs crack. He saw none other than Jessica who was seen with a laser rifle in hand, and a realizer attached to it.

"Sorry, but you're not getting out of here." Jessica smirked, Mana stared in horror at what she had done to her uncle.

"How dare you!" Mana cried out, but Isamu held out his hand. Giving her a fierce look. "Uncle Isamu?"

"Get outside now! I'll take care of her, don't look back!" Isamu ordered, Mana tried to say something but felt Shido adjust his grip and ran out with her. Mana looked in horror as Isamu rushed at her, getting shot again before tackling her and trying to disarm her.

Isamu yelled as he kept going, soon having Jessica kick him in the abdomen and sending him flying into the wall. The act caused him to crash through into a room where a few experimental vials were present. One in particular being labeled, it fell on him... and soon Isamu screamed as he felt his skin crack, part of his very being cracked and broken.

"Damn it, that was supposed to be saved for Westcott. Guess we won't need it once we get the Sephira Crystals anyways." Jessica groaned, soon preparing to strike him down again with her laser rifle, Isamu screamed and suddenly shot forward and rammed her hard enough she was knocked out.

Outside, Seigo was getting ready to make his way in to aid Isamu after seeing his children safe. However, he soon saw Isamu rush out and stare din horror at what was happening to him.

"Isamu! What's going on, who did this to you!?" Seigo asked, his best friend looked at him before part of his skin cracked, making it like his eye was just painted and chipped off. He reached out to grab his hand.

"...Seigo, I was struck into a room of chemicals, one of them did this to me. I feel it... my soul, it's been fractured." Isamu said, soon coughing heavily, Seigo held him as it became clear to him that Isamu wasn't able to breathe oxygen anymore.

"I felt something, some woman said she needed it in relation to Sephira Crystals, but there's another half it needs. Find it while you go save Tohka, I don't know why, but my body's screaming to me we need it to stop Westcott and save humanity! Also, make sure Reine knows... I love her, and that I'm sorry I couldn't make it back alive."

Seigo cries and nods, holding Isamu close before Isamu grasped him tightly, and soon his body crumbled to dust before some essence within him transferred into Seigo's body. With a heavy heart, Seigo stood up as he clutched his chest.

"My best friend... he's gone, Westcott's done the ultimate sin! Reine, I'm going to make him pay for taking Isamu from us!" Seigo declared, rushing inside.

As he rushed in, Tohka whimpered as she was about to be experimented on, but suddenly Seigo smashed the door down to the surprise of everyone inside, he soon punched everyone unconscious before freeing Tohka.

"Run Tohka, I'll draw everyone's attention! Go and don't look back!" Seigo shouted, Tohka teared up and nodded before she ran out. Seigo shouted loudly after and ran out a different way, drawing the alarms towards him as a bunch of soldiers went after him. He smashed through before reaching a room and finding a certain experimental medication.

"I feel it this is-" Seigo suddenly felt a slam on the head and turned around to see Ellen.

"You've been causing a lot of problems for Ike, I can't let you leave here alive." Ellen declared, making Seigo growl. "So I'll have to kill you."

Seigo ignored her and grabbed the medication's container.

"No need... I know I won't live through this anyways. I can at least ruin you to the peak though!" Seigo shouted, putting the medicine container in his mouth and slamming his jaws as he bit it to Ellen's shock. Seigo roared in pain before Ellen suddenly was hit by some power and a flash blinded her.

"Papa!" Shido shouted, he and Mana both got close as they saw their father, clearly on his final leg as he collapsed to the ground. He looked at his children, raising a hand to the both of them as they both cried at the sight of his current state.

"Shido, Mana... I'm sorry, no child should ever have to learn this at your age, much less see it!" Seigo chuckled, though in a sad tone to show he was taking his coming demise seriously.

"Unfortunately, your uncle and I are having it worse, we aren't just losing our lives. Our souls... they've been destroyed, once we leave this world... we're gone for good. I can feel it, something in me is telling me that even if I was to be revived by someone I wouldn't be able to come back. Sorry you had such an idiot for a father."

The two both cried.

"Don't say that Papa! Y-You're the best daddy in the whole world, nothing will ever change that! It's not your fault, y-you said you'd save Tohka and you did! So we won't blame you for dying, just... just don't make your last words bad ones!" Mana reasoned, almost begging.

"Alright sweetie, I won't..." Seigo smiled, and soon at that moment, Rinne teleported into the area and gasped as she rushed over. "Rinne..."

"Oh my god, Seigo!" Rinne cried, holding him close. "Why was I too late? All this power, yet no way to save you with it."

Seigo rubs Rinne's cheek, making her sniffle as she looked at him.

"Don't cry Rinne, it wasn't your fault... when I heard from Isamu I knew the risks... accepted them... and chose my priorities! That's how important you three are to me!" Seigo smiled, making Rinne sniffle and nod. "Sweetie, if you don't mind... I need to tell Shido and Mana something private. Something they need to hear before I die."

Rinne nodded and moved back, leaving hearing distance as she watched. The two held each of his hands.

"Listen Mana, promise me you'll watch over Shido, because... when I went in there... I gained a power I'll be passing on to him with the last of my life force." Seigo coughed, looking at Shido's face.

"In there I saw a vision... in the future, people will inherit the Sephira Crystals that are currently inside your mother's body. They'll be lonely, but this power will seal theirs, so they can live normal, they'll all love you and you'll love them. Hope you don't mind the harem."

Seigo rubbed Shido's cheek, chuckling at the oddity of that last part.

"Give them your heart, because in a way they'll be like you, sharing a pain similar to the one I'm giving you for letting my stupidity kill me. They'll all be wandering in the dark, lost and alone for various reasons. So... please be their light, because you can take them as they are, differences and all."

Soon he moves his arms as he grasped Shido and Mana's hands together, both staring and listening as they cry heavily.

"You two are Human, but you two are also Spirits. They are humans who'll be turned into Spirits. As children of the two worlds, with hands like yours... you can reach them! I know it, in my heart. This road will be full of pain and tears, but don't lose your idealism. If you want to know why, I saw one of them... Tohka will be one of these girls, you promised to protect her right? I can tell you love her Shido, so... never let go of her. Save this world I love, and know... I'm always going to be proud of you."

With that, Seigo closed his eyes for the last time, and Rinne suddenly rushed back over as his body turns into crystal slowly before it shattered, the fragments of energy that come out all flood into Shido's body as he hugs it close. Soon he and Mana cry out loud, and Rinne stops and collapses to her knees, doing the same before the three hugged each other close.

"Shido, Mana... if we hadn't let you get captured this wouldn't have happened." Rinne cried, soon looking at them.

"I'm going to guarantee that Tohka and you will reunite. However in this time period, it's just too dangerous for you... I'm going to keep you somewhere until the right day comes. When we can be a family again, honor your father's memory."

The two nod and sniffle, and soon Rinne taps Shido's head.

"This is an aspect of me, my soul will watch over you. You may not initially know what's going on but I will be there to guide you when you finally come back. So until then, this is a short parting." Rinne sniffled, hugging them close.

The two felt themselves suddenly sealed in a time stasis, and soon creating two coffins for Seigo and Isamu. She teleported back to Reine giving the stasis held Shido and Mana, and then the coffins as Reine cried. Rinne hugged her before vanishing.

Rinne stared at the ground, crying as she realized her promise to Shido and Mana had been broken as her form slowly began to fade away. However, as she noticed her flowing power blind Westcott, she suddenly widened her eyes and realized something.

"No... I can still leave them one last thing. Seigo, you may not be here but I still have our love... I'm giving them a guide, one last bit of family to be there for them one day." Rinne muttered weakly, and as she felt her body fade, she held her hand out and used some of the leaking mana of her body;

The end result caused that mana to be take form and create a being with a similar appearance to her, almost a child version of herself, she had given birth to Rio Sonogami. The newly born Rio soon blinked at her.

"My last child with you Seigo, I'll name her using our own names Rinne and Seigo... your name is Rio Sonogami." Rinne breathed, rubbing her cheek. Soon tapping her head to share some information to her using the power she could. "Rio, do you understand me?"

"...Mama?" Rio asked, making Rinne smile as she realized she understood. Rio kneeled to her as Rinne weakly offered her arm. "Mama, please don't leave me. I... I just got to meet you, please don't go!"

Rinne rubbed her cheek and looked at her.

"I'm sorry Rio, but I need you to listen." Rinne asked, making Rio stare as both began shedding tears.

"It's up to you now... please, protect the Sephira Crystals. Protect Shido and Mana, protect... Humanity's future. I know you can, so don't ever give up... Rio. I know I gave birth to you right as I'm about to fade, and that I'm making you walk a road of pain but... I beg you to keep going. For your brother and sister, for the Spirits you'll help one day bring. Be there for them... in my stead, promise?"

Rinne soon slumped, and Rio held her as Rinne disappeared, giving her one last smile before she did. Rio tried to catch her pink spirit mana sparkles, soon flooding into her as Rinne's turned rainbow and then vanished

"Mama!" Rio cried, collapsing onto the ground as she saw her mother disappear, as she was now... all alone.

"...I'll be waiting, for the day I return to you all." Rinne's voice echoed, unheard by anyone. However unknown to everyone, the last bit of her was seen sleeping within the time frozen Shido's mind, the one thing keeping her from death. She just lacked a body now. "Trust in Shido, because he will bring me back... and save this world."

'I get it... that's why you didn't revive. You gave up your soul for the sake of giving everyone a future, you gave Shido the power... to seal Spirits.' Rinne thought, smiling as her eyes became all misty.

Shido gasped as suddenly, the entire tree's power suddenly faded, and Rinne fell into Shido's arms as her son suddenly had his eyes shake.

"I... I remember, everything!" Shido breathed, his eyes filling with tears.

Meanwhile outside, everyone saw the tree slowly fading away as Tohka suddenly gasped, her sole lost memory flowing back into her mind as if reacting to Shido, Mana and Rinne's memories being restored.

Rio was seen walking through a forest, crying and sobbing over seeing Rinne fade away in front of her, beginning to hiccup from her prolonged sniffling. After a bit however, she looked up before preparing to continue again, only to see a purple haired girl with a ponytail held up by a butterfly ribbon.

"Who is... wait, Rio recognizes her!" Rio gasped, soon realizing the girl was Tohka. She gets closer to look at her, and to her horror sees Tohka was heavily injured everywhere, her clothes stained with her blood. Rio felt her pulse and saw it weaken.

"Oh no... this is bad! Rio needs to do something or Tohka will die!" Rio gasped, trying to think for a bit. Eventually all she could think of was putting Tohka in a time stasis. "Rio will try to help Tohka like this."

Rio moved Tohka to another location, and as the years went by she tried healing her the best she could. As she did, unlike the stasis holding Shido and Mana, Tohka had slowly aged over the years. During one day, Rio noticed the Sandalphon Crystal glowing.

"Rio can't make Tohka a Spirit, Rio will keep trying to heal Tohka." Rio told herself, she refused to push Tohka into that path. She had to meet Shido again and she wasn't risking the DEM killing her.

Unfortunately, during the first day of 2051, Rio noticed Tohka's condition took a turn for the worst. She could see Tohka's body clearly about to lose its hold on life. Rio panicked and soon looked at the Sandalphon Crystal, the last Sephira Crystal she had.

"...Rio has no choice, if Rio doesn't give it to Tohka, then Tohka will die." Rio admitted sadly, she soon placed the Sephira Crystal into Tohka, causing Tohka's eyes to widen as she became the new [Princess], and soon she teleported away to Rio's surprise.

"T-Tohka!?" Rio asked, soon assuming her Phantom guise she looked around until she noticed Tohka had appeared in Tenguu City. "(Shido lives here now, she must be instinctively aware where to find him. I hope it works out.)"

Tohka looked around in confusion, blinking a bit.

"Where am I, what am I, and... who am I?" Tohka wondered as she looked at herself, soon turning as DEM Wizards flew by ready to attack her. She panicked as missiles fired at her as she went wide eyed and ran away from them. "Wait, what's going on here!?"

Tohka gasped as she sees the memory sink in.

'Rio... you saved me, and thought about me the whole time.' Tohka mentally gasped, shedding a few tears. 'Thank you. I can't ever repay you for that'

Soon enough, everyone saw Shido holding onto Rinne as she began to glow, her body vanishing, everyone gasped as they got close.

"No, mother! Please don't go! Please... don't leave us too!" Shido cried, and Rinne looks at him as her body slowly fades away. Reaching out to rub his cheek gingerly as she begins crying with a smile.

"Don't cry Shido, I don't have any regrets. When everything went wrong I had been so worried... wondering if my choice was wrong. However, Seigo always believed, and look at you now... such a strong kind man who gave so many girls a home, a reason to live again." Rinne cried.

Meanwhile with the green haired Spirit, she suddenly turned as she somehow heard Rinne's words reach her at the same moment she spoke them.

"You were always so curious, fully of energy... always a shining star in the darkest of nights." Rinne praised.

"Stop... whoever you are, your making me sad!" The green haired girl cried.

The silver-gray haired girl shook, dropping her book as her eyes shook as if she had felt something that wasn't meant to be.

"You always valued your family and your friends..." Rinne continued.

"This is... why?" The gray haired girl asked.

The blonde-golden haired girl suddenly felt her eyes open as the voice reached her.

"...because you inherited your father's kind heart!" Rinne smiled, tears streaming down her eyes.

"...What is this?" The blonde haired girl asked.

The orange haired twins were about to have a contest, only for both to get distracted once they heard it.

"You're old enough to stand on your own now, so... I think..." Rinne began.

"T-This is... what is Poseidon doing, trampling my eyes with this water worthy tone!?" The first twin questioned.

"Hurt. I feel a discomforting pain in me, I do not enjoy it." The second twin replied.

The indigo haired girl suddenly felt a melancholy tone as Rinne's voice finally reached her.

"...You'll be OK without me." Rinne finished, shedding all her tears and forcing a smile, but everyone knew how sad she really was.

"...This is too painful, why am I even hearing this?" The indigo haired girl asked, soon beginning to cry.

"No... no mom, don't talk like that! Please!" Shido demanded, tears flowing out of his eyes. "Why didn't you let me save you? Why'd you force me to seal you, without a body that's the same as... same as... don't just let death claim you like that!"

"I love you my little Shido, my... brave little boy." Rinne said, her eyes slowly closing. "I'm glad that for just a few days, we got to be a family again."

At that moment, Rinne's body faded into Spirit mana, causing Shido and the others to all stare as right before their eyes... Rinne Sonogami was gone, and this time it seemed to be for good. Shido grabbed the few sparkles of spirit mana in the air before screaming into the air.

"MOOOOOTHEEEEER!" Shido shrieked at the top of his lungs.

- (*insert song end*) -

Soon the others began crying alongside Shido, they had come to help Rinne fully revive... but now she was gone.

Mana's eyes shook in horror as she fully got up.

"Stop the car!" Mana shouted, causing Kannazuki to gasp as the Sleipnir screeched to a halt. Mana opened the door and looked towards Tenguu tower... and could faintly make out the sight of her mother's fading spirit mana. "No... not you too, mother!"

Kannazuki saw Mana collapse to the ground and cry, he kneeled down and placed a hand on her shoulder as she sobbed.

Back in the Ratatoskr base, Maria's eyes were shadowed by her hair as she stared at the results, Reine looked at her worriedly.

"What happened, is it... is it over? Is everyone safe?" Reine asked, making everyone in the base, including the AST who came back in after being blown away by Rinne's energy wave, stare at the AI.

"The threat is passed, the massive influx of spirit power has been quelled..." Maria began, before turning and crying laser fluids as her tears. "...But we had a single casualty. Rinne is... she's gone!"

Maria began crying fully, and everyone could only stare at the revelation. Reine's mouth trembled as she realized it... Shido and Mana had lost the only parent they had left, she turned her head and shed tears while everyone else give saddened looks, some even showing slight anger at the end result.

The green haired girl soon hit the ground in anger.

"Damn it! I don't even know who that was, and yet... her words! It wasn't fair she had to die!"

The twins suddenly stop their contest, both suddenly having no will to resume it.

"I... I can't take it, that was so sad!" The first twin cried.

"Neither can I... such sorrow." The second twin replied in agreement.

The indigo haired girl sat down on her bed.

"This pain, its... just like what I had to go through. Why do people who don't deserve things like this keep experiencing them!?"

The gray haired girl grabbed her book and shook and screamed.

"This is... this is all wrong, she was supposed to live! Why did she die, this shouldn't have happened!"

The blonde haired girl was as emotionless as ever... but suddenly, she felt a tear creep through her eyes and she noticed this.

"...I'm crying? I do not understand, how am I?"

Soon the next day came, and Westcott and Marina both smirked at the result they had learned from the mission. Right at that moment, Minerva walked in, stretching and cracked her knuckles.

"Ah Minerva, glad to see you made it back. Congratulations, thanks to you we've truly murdered the First Spirit for good this time." Westcott praised, making Minerva smirked. "And now your next assignment is ready, be prepared for official deployment at any time."

"Got it." Minerva replied, walking out.

As she did, the DEM board of directors all stared at the door as she walked the other way, soon heading to the ship area. Roger with a dark look on his face.

'It's clear now that bastard doesn't know what he's doing, it's time we consider permanently severing him from DEM Industries forever.' Roger mentally sneered, preparing to have Westcott discharged.

Westcott got up to leave as grabbed his mug of tea, when suddenly Marina noticed something and gasped.

"Hmm? What is it?" Westcott asked.

"No, this is... it's impossible!" Marina gasped, Westcott came to look over and soon the sound of his mug shattering on the floor was heard. His eyes stared at what he was sure shouldn't exist.

In a dark realm, Rinne's body faded as she began to fade through the gate connecting Earth and the void where the Spirit Dimension once was.

"...This is how it ends huh? The last of the true spirits about to die, and with it my kind will finally fade from existence... now it's over for me." Rinne lamented, knowing it was only a matter of time before it ended. "I only wish... I had gotten to fully understand the joys of humanity through her children before this."

As Rinne got closer to the voice, she suddenly begins to sob and frown, now second guessing herself.

"...Was this even worth it!? Should I have done what I did, I let Shido seal me and had him basically kill me, his own mother! Now I'm about to die and I can't undo what I've done!" Rinne cried, sobbing as she neared the void... only to be blocked from it. "Huh?"

"It's not the end Mama!" Rio's voice echoed, suddenly surprising Rinne. "It isn't over yet, Mama time's not today."

"...But how? I'm about to disappear, how can this not be my end?" Rinne questioned, crying more.

Suddenly she felt an aura representation of Rio hug her to her surprise.

"Remember the day Rio was born, the Humanity you gave Rio? Rio never got to know Papa, but... Rio knows how much Mama loved Papa." Rio replied, soon making Rinne feel some strange warmth. "Rio won't let Mama die, Papa's last wish is with me... and now Rio will give Mama the one thing she always wanted."

Rinne suddenly gasped as a flash goes off.

At the Ratatoskr base, everyone was in a somber mood, all of the Spirits were present, all of those who went to school being absent for the day. After looking at everyone and then her own hands... Tohka tightens her fists and walks up to her fellow Spirits.

"Guys... I have a request." Tohka asked.

"Oh, sure Tohka. What is it?" Origami asked, surprised Tohka had asked such a thing.

"...I" Tohka began.

She tightened her fist.

"I want you all to train me!" Tohka declared as she closed her eyes, surprising them all.

"Ever since I came back into Shido's life, I've been so useless, I've barely been able to do anything. You might say I have, but... I don't feel that way. I promised him I'd protect him and yet he's the one protecting me alone! After what happened to his mother... I can't just stand here and be weak if it means I can prevent something like that again! So please! Origami, Yoshino, Kotori, Kurumi... I beg you, please help me!"

Everyone looked at Tohka surprised, and when they did... it was clear to them, why Tohka was the girl Shido's heart was closest to, Origami stood up and Tohka gasped, her eyes opening as she felt Origami put a hand on her shoulder.

"It isn't just you Tohka, we all want to stand on our own and protect Shido, but I can see it... your conviction and will to do it? We're no match for it. We'll help you so gain the strength to feel you're actually protecting him, I promise." Origami smiled, making Tohka tear up before giving a smile.

"Thank you!" Tohka sniffled, soon wiping her tears and gaining a determined look. "I promise... I'll make you all proud, you won't regret it!

At school, everyone noticed Shido and Mana were present with a sad and pained expression, everyone was worried about them. The fact some of the students gave similar depressed looks and others were absent did imply something bad had happened.

"Anyone know what happened to them?" A male student asked.

"Maybe someone they knew died, everyone who's not here or looking sad are their friends, right? They may already know." A female student adds.

Tamae soon prepared to take attendance, only for the door to suddenly open and a girl suddenly walks in to her surprise.

"Oh, do you need something?" Tamae asked. The girl smiled before turning to the class, specifically two students.

"Nothing much, just need a moment." The girl replied, Shido and Mana briefly reacted as if the voice was familiar to them, and then... "I'm here to bring a message to Shido and Mana from their mother. 'Come back home right after class ends, because... I'm home, and I'm never leaving again.'"

Suddenly the two went wide eyed and looked up, and suddenly they gave silent gasps. Before them was a familiar looking girl with short pink hair who smiled at them. It was... the human disguise they remember their mother made.

"Make sure you do that, I don't think she wants to be kept waiting too long." Rinne smiled, and at that moment Shido and Mana suddenly begin crying to the surprise of their classmates. Rinne left the classroom and began heading home as she looked at her hand again.

"What Mama's always wanted... is to be like Papa, Shido and Mana. To be part Human." Rio's voice echoed, and Rinne smiled.

"Rio... thank you so much. Not just for giving me this second chance either." Rinne replied, she soon looked outside and reached out to grab the sun playfully as she said one last word to define her newfound joy.

"Because of this gift you shared with me, now that I have it... I'm finally living with you all in this world's Utopia."

Aha! Gotcha there, did any of you think I was really gonna kill off Rinne? Sorry, but nope :3

Also, whoa... a total of 15,000+ words? This chapter beat my previous record, which was the previous chapter no less! I know I intended to make the movie chapters longer but... well, sheesh!

Rinne's officially physical bodied again, but I will say now while she can fight alongside the others, she's been heavily nerfed, like to the point she's about as strong as the weaker Spirits and can only use the Limited Astral Dress. Her true power is still in Shido's Over-Limit Sprit Ascension. For how the last scene went, you'll see it continued in Date AST Re:Strike to see how everyone reacts to it.

Regardless if the end was happy, I really think I did really well making every remaining part of the Chapter sad, this arc was meant to be more tragic then the rests and I'm pretty sure I nailed it. Also, hope you enjoy the double dose of cameos for the remaining five spirits, I felt it was only right to have them respond to Rinne since they responded to the revival wave she sent, which was a major factor in this chapter's events.

And there you have it, Seigo and Isamu can't be revived because while saving Shido, Mana and Tohka, both got hit with dangerous DEM chemicals of sorts in the form of a potion and medicine that destroyed their souls. Without their souls, reviving doesn't work, but before he died he passed on what Isamu gave him and he took to give Shido the power to seal Spirits. Even though he's gone, Seigo gave Shido the power to save the future.

Now as for Tohka's small indirect focus in this chapter? All I'll say for now is that in Season 2, and only Season 2, Tohka and Shido are swapping their roles as Protagonist and Deuteragonist. In other words, Tohka will be the main character of the story for the second season. It'll make sense eventually, but it relates to the events of the Season 2 finale.

I hope you enjoyed the movie chapter, and now before Season 2 starts... time to begin Date AST Re:Strike! So I hope you'll enjoy that story.

-Spirit Bond Levels-

Tohka - 85%

Origami - 78%

Yoshino - 73%

Kotori - 79%

Kurumi - 69%