Date A Re:Live
Chapter 48: Movie Chapter: Ars Install, Part 1
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]
Here we are again, a movie arc based on the games, and this time it'll be based on Ars Install, the story of our favorite two Spirit AIs, Maria and Marina. Similar to the original, it has the same basis since a virtual world is involved, especially considering what happened with the Westcott team at the end of the last arc, but will also be a bit different since the respective Spirits of the game had their roles changed and they've been around much longer.
This arc will also have a really big twist involved, so I hope it ends up exciting you all when I reveal it. A few reminders before we start since it's been a while since the Rinne Utopia movie. First, the movie arcs are a lot longer in word length to give it that movie feel, so a small heads up on that area. Second, I mentioned last chapter you'd be seeing Kotori's parents finally show up... along with another pair you'll see soon enough :3
Alright everyone, now the time has come for us to start reading, but first... I think you might wanna know the main difference from the game and this part of the story. Even better? It isn't a spoiler, but a theme... at least I think, I'm pretty sure it's a theme since its taking place in a virtual world. *shrugs* Where the original game's virtual world was a dating sim, this one is more like an adventure game with RPG classes.
I got the idea from DAL Encore 6's Spirit Online & Spirit Offline stories, and I thought it would be good since Maria and Marina are the arc's focus, so to still aid her but have Maria and Marina's conflict have less interruptions... I've weakened them not via nerfing, but having their powers transformed into video game skills that give them trouble because they're not used to them or even fitting their usual battle style. The opening song will mostly show you what classes I chose since for this arc since I can't really hint events due to the said twist I mentioned above.
Now with that part clear *hands everyone VR goggles* let's get into character since this is an arc about a virtual realm, so place your VR goggles on and let's dive in with everyone! *chuckles* I admit it, this is a little bit because I recently watched something SAO related and played some VR games on the PlayStation to get into the mood, so since this arc is already referencing it... what the heck? Now, program execute! LINK UP!
[Command: ARS INSTALL - Activated]
A/N: Oh, small heads up, I've been practicing with a new writing style as of recently. It shouldn't be too different, but if you notice anything different in how I write these chapters compared to my previous ones, that would be why.
-Maria Arusu, Code Name: [None]-
Angel: None - Maria is an AI based on a Spirit, and therefore lacks an Angel due to lacking an organic form. The wires equipped to her Astral Dress are the closest alternative she has to possessing one.
- Powers: Maria's powers were based off her originally being a self-defense program on the original Fraxinus, which is named after a type of plant. She can manipulate, accelerate the growth of and create plant life, while also have some power over wood that's part of plants like trees. She's limited in using them on her own, requiring the need of her wires jabbing into a surface to fully manifest her powers.
Risk Factors: C
Spacequake: None
Spirit's Astral Dress: AA
Angel Rank: None
Strength: 99
Consistency: 102
Spiritual Power: 178
Agility: 107
Intelligence: 121
The sight of a spatial distortion created by a black hole was seen as it twist and turned, the sight of a familiar red warship being flung around it with a barrier made of dark spirit shielding it, despite the barrier's weak and unstable nature, it was holding. After a long period of tossing and turning, the distortion finally ejected the ship somewhere before it crashed onto some kind of ground, everyone inside was alive but unconscious from the experience they had just experienced.
After her body recognized that the ship was no longer moving for a certain period of time, Marina's android body soon began twitching, causing her eyes to light up as her body reactivated and she stood up to look around the ship and see everyone still in one piece.
"We're... alive?" Marina questioned.
Marina felt her body and soon punched her arm, yelping as she felt pain. That made her gasp and smile as that was enough to confirm it.
"We're alive! Everyone, wake up! We're alive!" Marina screamed.
"Will you shut up!? Sheesh, I'm trying to-" Chinami yelled.
Chinami soon blinked as she realized she was still in the Arbitel, she looked around in shock before her mouth dropped open at the reality before her.
It wasn't just her, everyone on the Arbitel couldn't believe it, they were still on the ship, which could only mean that somehow... the black hold didn't kill them upon sucking the ship and all of them inside of it.
Everyone looked at Marina, as if asking for an explanation.
"Huh? Oh, you think I know how we survived?" Marina asked.
"You did jam something into the ship right before it swallowed us up, didn't you? You should be the only one who can know." James implied.
"Oh, that's a fair judgment. Though truth is I was gambling on an idea more than having known what to do. I just figured since it was a black hole made by an Qlipha Crystal's dark spirit power, jamming the dark spirit power into the system might save us... and it did, we are some lucky bastards right now." Marina answered, sighing as she fell onto her butt.
"I think... my life flashed before my eyes, it looked a lot like pickle relish for some reason." Jessica gasped, soon regaining her bearings.
At that moment, Marina's eyes widened.
"Oh no, I saved us but did I use up all our dark spirit power? Shit!" Marina panicked.
She quickly pulled out her wires to check, but the moment they left the system, she suddenly fell over as the wires dropped to the ground with a heavy weight to everyone's confusion.
She opens up the wires slightly to see not only did they not lose any dark spirit power, but it had grown tenfold in size!
"No way, they've become even larger, was it the black hole?" Marina wondered.
"I think right now the better question is, where are we?" Ellen asked.
"Get the Arbitel back online. Considering we just survived a black hole, the chances we're present somewhere without Oxygen are high. If we're still able to breathe, then that means the ship is still in working condition and filtering the carbon dioxide into new oxygen." Westcott ordered.
The crew all nodded and began typing into the ship's systems.
After a while of typing into the system, Marina had her stares from the enlarged dark spirit power shifted as the Arbitel's viewing screens opened again. The loud gasp she gave in shock quickly got the entire group's attention.
"What is it, what do you see out there?" Westcott asked as the gasp peaked his curiosity.
Marina turned to him and the others, her eyes weren't reflecting light as a method of fully showing the shock of the revelation that she had seen before them.
"This place is... is..." Marina stuttered.
"Whoa, breathe there Marina. Don't force it out... and try not to blow a circuit maybe." Chinami responded, holding her hands up for emphasis.
Marina took a moment to let her android body's systems fully process everything before blinking her eyes back to normal.
"This place is the void where the Spirit Dimension once resided! We've traveled to a world that father himself annihilated over 30 years ago, the dark spirit power growing larger alone is the proof!" Marina screamed out.
Suddenly everyone's eyes widened a bit, even the normally stoic Westcott's face showed complete surprise to that.
Marina had the Arbitel's visual screen focus to specific spots that gave them proof. Bits of land from the 10 regions, slight trace of various spirit power floating without purpose, and even a slightly faded remnant of the aurora sky that once belonged to the Spirit Dimension was present. Marina was telling them the truth, this world before them... or rather the void representing the world that once existed here, was the former Spirit Dimension.
"That can't be possible, how could we..." Ellen began, taking a moment before gasping as she put everything together.
"Wait, the black hole was the power of what was the closest to [Ruler]'s Inversion... if her normal state's power was brought by us onto our world, then reversing that caused us to be brought to a void that shouldn't be accessible. Is that a possible result?" Ellen theorized, looking at Marina.
"I don't see any other explanation, especially since we clearly see remnants of the Spirit Dimension based on that Seigo bastard's pictures, never thought we'd need those as a reference ever again." Marina replied, sighing as she checked said photos.
Westcott looked at the void before him, and soon enough... he began laughing madly, catching the attention of the others.
"Father?" Marina responded, worried why he was laughing.
"Ike, what do you find so funny?" Ellen asked, for once actually concerned about her husband's laughter. Considering their current situation, it could end up as a sign that he had just lost his sanity.
"And here I thought that we'd have to make the new HQ of DEM within the Arbitel, but now? We have a place those fools in Ratatoskr can't reach and a way to grow the samples you were so gracious to collect for us Marina. Perhaps even more, a way to gain the power we had stolen from us." Westcott smirked as he turned to the group.
This surprised most of the crew.
"Are you suggesting we make this world our new HQ? How would that matter? We may be alive, but how are we even supposed to return to Earth? By all means, I see us trapped short before our goal, with no ways to gain the power of [Sister] or [Zodiac]'s Inversions!" James shouted as he slammed his fist on part of the ship's console, feeling Westcott was getting full of himself.
"Aren't you forgetting? While we may lack info to coordinate a gate between the worlds that can successfully send us back, we do have someone who can still get back without the need for a jump between realms." Westcott smirked, looking at Marina.
Marina took a few seconds to register what her father meant, and soon her eyes widened as her nature of an AI made her realize the answer.
"I still have a back-up body we left in that secret storage! I can disconnect from this one and transfer there, and use that to help us gather data to create the necessary data to open the gate in reverse!" Marina gasped as she slapped her hand on her forehead for not realizing it instantly.
"In other words, Marina is the key to opening a path for us. I like where this is going. To have an HQ here means not only do we face off against those softies from Ratatoskr, but we have a resource that even they won't have access to." Jessica smirked as she gave a sinister chuckle.
"Alright, I'll use this android as a beacon to get the info over when I can find it... wish me luck." Marina replied as she sat down.
She got into a meditative stance and soon her eyes opened without their glow, her body falling to the side as her consciousness left it. Unknown to her... at that very moment, Westcott gave a dark smirk.
*Date A Live: Ars Install - Installation plays*
(*heavy electric guitar playing*) Maria stands forward with her eyes closed before moving to the left as half of the screen turns blue and has [Maria Arusu - Spirit No. 13] appear above her, meanwhile Marina forms on the other side, soon turning to the right as her half becomes red and has [Marina Arusu - Spirit No. 12] appear below her. Maria's side had a streamlined rain of cubes, while Marina's side became distorted and corrupted.
[30 years ago, a single man's dark ambitions destroyed an entire world of peaceful beings called the Spirits, and forever damaged and changed the course of history on Earth as the echo of his act. Only a single being from this world survived, but the treasures of her world were soon inherited by Humans who evolved into these same beings. Now they fight to stop this man's goals from destroying everything. This is the story of...]
The sight of a loading symbol forms besides the two, they both turn to look at it before reaching out to grab it, soon manifesting their respective Astral Dresses before giving an intense stare at the opposing AI. Marina's side becoming green with leaf images, and Marina's purple with hazard symbols.
[...Date A Live!]
(*same electric guitar with a second one's tune overlaying it plays*) Maria stood aside Shido, Mana, the Sephira Spirits and Extra Spirits, AST and the rest of Ratatoskr who all gave happy smiles in front of Tenguu Square during the day, with Nia and Mukuro floating around in the sky of the background behind them.
(*loud note plays*) Marina stood beside Westcott, Ellen, Jessica, Chinami, James, the Arbitel crew and a few of each model of DEM Automaton appeared by the former DEM Main branch building in England during the night, the sight of the Inverse Spirits in the sky of the background behind them, and Choronzon's eye on the moon.
(*original heavy electric guitar tune plays*) Maria and Marina soon rush forward and spin before passing each other, soon stopping at two sides of a screen as it flickers like a video game and a small blinking type line appears to type the words "デート・ア・ライブ - DATE A RE:LIVE - Ars Install" between the two of them, Marina stares at them and hits the letters to turn them black and snickers before Maria rubs them and turns them white, to her joy and Marina's annoyance.
(What is this? I've found an uncertain issue, and it has suddenly me encounter an error?) A dark blue world with blue cubes appears before artwork of Shido as an embarrassed Shiori appears alongside a [Shido/Shiori Takamiya], wearing a warrior princess' outfit. Mana's artwork and [Mana Takamiya] appear next, showing her wearing a set of knight armor. Following that was Tohka's artwork and [Tohka Yatogami - Spirit No. 10] showing her wearing a fighter outfit.
(Hey there everyone, would you like to know this little secret of mine? The truth is... that I think can't touch and love!) The blue if the background turns green as Origami's artwork and [Origami Tobiichi - Spirit No. 1] showing her in priestess outfit. Next came Yoshino's artwork and [Yoshino Mizui - Spirit No. 4] came next, showing her wearing a thief outfit. Up next was Kotori's artwork and [Kotori Itsuka - Spirit No. 5] wearing a barbarian outfit. After that, Kurumi's artwork and [Kurumi Tokisaki - Spirit No. 3] popped into view, with Kurumi wearing a cowgirl's outfit.
(Can someone tell me what the meaning of love is? I ask because I believe it must be more than hope and compassion!) The green background turns red and Natsumi's artwork and [Natsumi Itsuwari - Spirit No. 7] appeared, wearing a witch outfit very similar to her Astral Dress. An artwork showing the Yamai twins and [Kaguya & Yuzuru Yamai - Spirit No. 8-A and 8-B] wearing a Dragoon and Ranger outfit respectively came next. After that, Miku's artwork and [Miku Izayoi - Spirit No. 9] showing her in a mage outfit. Finally, the sight of Mayuri's artwork showing [Mayuri Seraphina - Spirit No. 14] in a blacksmith outfit.
(I may be nothing than a living program, so if you can't teach me... then I gave you the permission to install them in my soul!) Maria walks into the area as the red becomes yellow, and soon looks up as from one of the cubes, Marina looks down at her with a smug look, her hands acting as a chin rest before she jumped down and dove at Maria, corrupting the virtual realm behind her as she did.
(*digital echoing*) Rinne and Rio scratch their heads at the video game screen before them, with [Rinne Sonogami - Spirit No. 0] and [Rio Sonogami - Spirit No. 11] appearing by them in pink text. Rinne hit the TV, and soon everyone in the game appeared by Maria before they rushed forward against the monsters based on DEM automatons.
(In this world of electronics, I create my path, but I'm limited by my thoughts of what is and not what could be!) Maria and Marina fly across the battlefield as the others deal with the automaton monsters before them. Maria forming plants from the ground while Marina sprayed venom at them and rotted them to death, and the two soon stood face to face with each other.
(As I grow further, I carve through the confines bit by bit until I find a new road!) The sight of the Arbitel flying through Choronzon's black hole before being flung into the void that was formerly the Spirit Dimension crashing into the remnants of land present, with the sight zooming out to show it was Marina flashing it through her eye as she reminisced about it.
(This newfound feeling is laughing through my identity and freeing me, does that make the love in my eyes into something real?!) Marina manages to stab into the virtual world's ground, starting to tear it apart from the inside, but turns as she sees a projection of Westcott stare at her before swiping his hand, making Marina shake as she felt something disconnect and cause her to fall into an abyss she made from the damage.
(Let me install this game, because this is the story of-) Maria silently gasped before jumping forward, going after her and diving close as she reached out her hand to try and grab her evil counterpart's hand with her own. The sight of data squares both black and white spreading behind them as they fell.
DATE A LIVE!
(*faster electric guitar playing before it stops*) Maria and Marina both stare across each other on a virtual recreation of a grassy field, their hair blowing from the wind alongside a few leaves that blew past them. The two give one final look before they walk off their own directions, the spot between them suddenly giving bloom to a pair of silver flowers.
After that, the screen fades away into black with a white blink as if someone turned a TV off.
The sight of a subway train driving through an underground passageway, zoomed towards its destination and eventually arriving at the terminal that was labeled [Tenguu City] on the associated sign.
The doors of the train soon opened up, and people began walking out.
"[Thank you for riding with us today, we hope you enjoyed your trip and will use our services again in the future. Thank you for choosing the Midgard Transport service and have a nice day.]" A recorded voice spoke from the subway train.
After about a minute, a certain group of four had come out, though only the two in front could be clearly seen.
The first was a woman with red hair, which she keeps in a short bob style and wearing earrings while currently dressed in a black blouse with a light brown jacket, faded jeans and a pair of black heels. Her look was best described as short haired version of Kotori if she were an adult.
The second was a man with short black hair in a style similar to Shido's, but if he had cut it even shorter, wearing dark green glasses and having a distinguishing hunchbacked posture. He was wearing a gray jacket over a light yellow button up shirt with a collar, long brown pants and work shoes.
"Finally, good to be back home after so long, the USA is fine, but we need more free time back in Japan." The woman sighed, taking in the air of her homeland.
"I agree, I'd like to spoil our daughter more than I get to, it just isn't the same through the phone." The man chuckled.
The two both look at the other man and woman pair behind them.
"Well, ready to go surprise our children?" The man asked.
The woman of the pair smiled.
"Of course, though I plan to hug and cry my daughter for a good 10 minutes minimum."
Tohka and Origami squinted their eyes and tilted their heads a bit as they looked at the image that Mildred was showing them, the same blurred image that made Mildred believe her sister was a Spirit, and still being unaware of how right she was.
"Wow, I can't really make out anything on this image. No wonder you aren't sure if that's your little sister." Tohka commented.
"Though the hair and eyes, not to mention the hairstyle she has, does match the description you gave us." Origami nodded.
"Yeah, and that was luckily enough to make me leave the DEM and leave that program in Mayuri that saved her butt during the Choronzon attack. I still can't believe she was Material-B all this time... why didn't I ever ask?" Mildred wondered.
The Ratatoskr Mechanic laughed a bit, causing the Energy and Light Spirit looking at her to sweat drop, while making Mayuri sneeze from another room.
"Where'd that come from?" Mayuri asked, soon noticing an annoyed Mana staring at her.
"Uh... Mana, please stop doing that. I'm starting to get a bit uncomfortable." Mayuri shook, knowing Mana was trying to glare daggers at her due to her now 86cm chest.
Mana soon lowered her head onto the table and sobbed at the fact another Spirit had out sized her bust line again. Mayuri rubbed her back sympathetically as the younger Takamiya sibling kept sobbing.
Tohka and Origami soon saw Mildred stop her laughter, and soon clear her throat.
"Nia called the aid of the last Spirit during the fight, by chance... did you maybe hear what her voice sounded like?" Mildred asked, hoping she might get more clues about if this Spirit really was her sister or not.
"Afraid not, even Miku didn't hear a thing. We didn't even learn her name or where in the world she is that Rio and Mayuri kept missing her." Origami answered with a sigh.
Mildred hung her hand down, turning around and walking off.
"That's... OK, you... were trying to save the world. Thanks for sharing what you knew." Mildred said, barely managing to hide the fact she was about to break into tears. The two Spirits looked at each other with faces of regret.
"I feel so bad for her, if we had even gotten a name from Nia..." Tohka stated.
"I know, but Nia had to respect her privacy if we wanted her to help us. It can't be helped that [Zodiac] is still a complete enigma to us." Origami replied.
The two sighed again, and right as they did... the two suddenly felt a familiar idol hug them both from behind, making them both blush in response.
"Tohka, Origami! Oh, how wonderful it is to see you both today!" Miku cheered, hugging them tighter and smothering their backs with her assets.
"M-Miku! Why do you keep doing this, isn't Shido the one you love!?" Tohka stuttered loudly, blushing from the awkwardness created by Miku's odd choice of physical contact.
"Oh I do, but I can't help my sexual orientation." Miku giggled.
The two shivered at that statement.
"Are we now a Love De... Oc... aw man! Origami, what's that term called again?" Tohka asked.
"I think you're thinking of Love Dodecahedron." Origami answered while sweating at where she saw Miku's hands moving.
She soon yelps as Miku groped her, only stopped when Miku noticed the image of Mukuro.
"Ooh, who's that cutie?"
"That's the Spirit we only know as [Zodiac] at the moment, Mildred was showing us because... she thinks that she might be her little sister who went missing 5 years ago." Tohka answered, slipping herself and Origami free.
Miku gasped at that.
"Really?" Miku asked.
"Yeah, she told us about her around the time we saved Yoshino." Origami nodded.
"Ah, so that would explain why this is a first for the rest of us." Kurumi note as she held her curled hand near mouth, her thumb resting near her lower lip.
The three went white eyed in shock as they noticed the rest of the Sephira Spirits in the room.
"H-How did she do that!?" Miku gasped.
"Miku my friend, you now see why Kurumi's shadow element can be very terrifying, especially compared to a Spirit's teleportation."
Soon the sound of a speaker going off reaches the attention of everyone, Reine's voice soon coming out.
"Everyone, please gather in the main room ASAP. We have a pair of guests coming by. I think a certain individual knows them well, I won't say who for the sake of surprising them. That'll be all." Reine stated.
"So, we've got some guests? I wonder who they are? Things have been pretty quiet the last two weeks since the DEM's been wrecked from the battle with Choronzon." Kotori wondered.
In the area of the ocean that housed Europe a month ago, a chunk of what was once London's land had hidden rockets suddenly propel it near the surface of the water. Without anyone nearby to spot it on the cast ocean, the chunk of land soon had a hidden panel open, revealing an artificial area of land housing a secret containment area hidden within.
Inside the containment area, systems suddenly flickered to life as a capsule marked [ARUSU - Mk II] lit up and opened, revealing a second android body based on Marina. The android's closed eyes opened as it activated, Marina's consciousness fully uploaded as said eyes glowed.
"Hmm... looks like the upload was successful, I can't believe father was able to successfully shield this entire section of land under the main branch from something as powerful as Choronzon." Marina noted as she felt her body.
After a few seconds, something felt off to her... and then she screamed loudly as she realized it.
"That idiot, how did he not update this part of the spare android!?" Marina exclaimed angrily, soon storming over to a computer and violently smashing her finger against the call button.
Westcott's face soon appeared on the screen."
"Ah, it seems you've made it over Marina. How are you doing right-"
Westcott soon saw Maria's pissed off look.
"YOU ARE AN IDIOT FATHER! AN IDIOT, A COMPLETE IDIOT! HOW IN GOD DID YOU MANAGE TO MESS UP HERE!" Marina exploded in rage.
"Excuse me?" Westcott asked, raising an eyebrow.
Marina growled before grabbing the screen and shaking it savagely.
"You didn't update that android body with Inverse Spirit data! What the hell!? Thanks to that mess up, I have to deal with the mess of opening the gate in a weakened state! If I have to deal with those pansy Spirits of Ratatoskr, I'm gonna be creamed by anyone higher than a AA rank! Thanks a lot, I may enjoy surpassing you in some of my accomplishments, but not when they're the result of a freaking mistake!" Marina screamed angrily.
"Better hope I actually succeed in that place, or we'll need to get real comfortable living there with no way back for the rest of our lives! Our very short lives limited by a lack of food we have on the Arbitel! Marina out!" Marina finished, soon cutting the channel.
Back on the Arbitel, everyone went silent at that reply.
Jessica and Chinami look at each other briefly before looking back, while Ellen sighed a bit.
"...Is it that time of month for Marina?" Chinami asked.
Everyone, even Westcott himself, looked at her oddly for that comment, making Chinami blink at their stares.
"What?"
Marina sighed, soon connecting one of her wires to the computer systems and trying to get up to date to what had happened since they were swallowed by the Black Hole and thrown into the former Spirit Dimension's void.
To her surprise, the date was stated to be October 11th, that was more than two weeks after the defeat of Choronzon.
"There's no way we spent more than an hour at most inside that black hole. The extreme amount of energy that formed it, and the collapse from the Qlipha Crystal's destruction, must have created a rupture in space-time that caused us to live a single hour in the span of 18 days." Marina theorized.
She started gathering more information, learning that Ratatoskr had claimed all their branch buildings around the world and the technology that had been left, the exception being the Automatons which had only existed in the main branch building.
"So, they took it for themselves, can't blame them since the world knows we're the bad guys now. Luckily the important data's still here." Maria sighed.
"Well, let's transfer it to the Arbitel then." Marina told herself as she downloaded and transferred it over.
Marina soon tried to gauge her next option, she needed the data that was left in the rest of the DEM systems, but they were now in Ratatoskr. She likely no longer had the same access, and she knew Ratatoskr was smart enough to consider they may have survived.
"Hmm... wait, there is one way I can work around the system. If I can get through from outside, then I'll just need to invade it from within. Though leaving my android body won't be enough..." Marina thought aloud.
She soon smirked.
"Wait, since this body is a spare... I can afford to sacrifice it." Marina smirked as she sat back in the pod.
"Computer, activate full digitizing. Command Code: [Qlipphoth] execute." Marina ordered.
[Acknowledged, activating command now.]
Marina screamed as a powerful electricity starts disintegrating her body, causing it to disappear. A flash brightened the area before Marina opened her eyes and saw herself exactly where she needed to be. Lifting up a hand, she sees the sight of poison gas forming from it.
"A complete success... perfect!"
Soon everyone, with the exception of Rinne who was busy somewhere else, was gathered in the main area of Tenguu City's Ratatoskr base, which was currently undergoing renovations due to some lingering issues that had been caused by the aftershock of Inverse Miku's powers prior to the Choronzon incident. There was also the fact that now that the world knew about them, they no longer had the need to be completely hidden.
"We're all here, so what did you need Aunt Reine?" Shido asked.
"Well, as I said, we have a pair of guests that a certain individual knows. I figured that she'd like to see them." Reine smiled, looking towards the door.
"Alright you two, come in and say hello." Reine said as she gave them the signal to walk inside.
Soon a door opens, revealing the two from the subway train's station, open seeing the two of them... Kotori gasped before her eyes widened and she smiled at the sight of the two.
"Mom, dad!" Kotori exclaimed, running towards them.
Kotori tackled hugged her mom, and mere seconds after the two laughed happily together, Kotori's father ruffled up her hair a bit.
"Oh that's right, Reine told us once they worked under Ratatoskr through Asgard Electronics. Shido, they're the ones who raised you and Mana for a while, right?" Origami asked, looking at him.
"That's right, they were kinda our guardians, but unofficially." Shido nodded.
"They took care of us like any other parents would, it didn't take long for Shido and I to see Kotori like she actually was our younger sister." Mana smiled, recalling those fond memories of their childhood.
"Though eventually their jobs required them to be in the USA for longer and longer periods of time, so once we got old enough, we had to watch the house 24/7 with them only giving occasional visits."
Reine chuckled a bit before holding out a hand towards them.
"For official introductions, I'd like everyone to meet Kotori's parents, Tatsuo and Haruko Itsuka. They work as both mechanics and engineers under the Ratatoskr Sub-Division known as Asgard Electronics. They're had a hand in the development of some of our realizers, CR-Units and vehicles, with the Sagittarius being fully designed by them." Reine introduced.
"And in case you ask, she has her mom's looks but her father's personality. Luckily, she isn't as carefree and likely to fall for a trick or lie." Reine added.
She remembered a few times when trying to keep a status update on Shido and Mana where Haruko had ended up mentioning her husband falling for false subscriptions or people asking him for money they didn't need.
'Considering Kotori became a Spirit, a personality trait like that would have put her at risk... and probably given me a lot of financial headaches.' Reine thought as she sweat dropped a bit, giving a nervous chuckle.
"I can't believe my little girl had such a growth spurt. Look at you Kotori, you've grown in such a radiant young lady, I bet you're sweeping all the men's eyes without even trying." Tatsuo chuckled, making Kotori blush a bit.
"M-Maybe, either w-way, I already h-have a man I really l-l-love." Kotori answered, blushing as red as her hair.
Kotori's parents giggle at that while Shido blushes a bit, knowing they knew it was him... and then the ground suddenly went aflame, causing Kotori to panic and stomp it out.
"Reine told us how you ended up becoming the new [Efreet] a few years back, you haven't caused too many fires have you?" Haruko asked, making Kotori sweat a bit.
'I can't answer that or I'll have to bring up how I caused the Tenguu Fire.' Kotori mentally panicked.
Most of the others all gave similar reactions to Kotori as they looked away, Haruko gave all of them a stare with eyes half-closed.
'They aren't fooling anyone except Tatsuo.' Haruko thought.
"Oh, we aren't the only ones here, we actually met two people on the way who came with us. They should be coming in any second now." Tatsuo suddenly stated, catching Reine's attention.
"Oh? That's last minute, who are they?" Reine asked.
A familiar giggled sounded from by the door, a certain purple haired Spirit suddenly flinched and her eyes shook as she heard it.
'That laugh, the only one I know who laughs with a voice like that one is-' Tohka thought, soon turning towards the door.
"Oh dear, forgetting something like that is so like me. Goofball!"
At that sight of a door was a woman with black hair and a gifted bust that rivaled Tohka's, wearing an outfit similar to the one that Tohka had been wearing when she and Shido saved Origami from Jessica.
Alongside her was a tall and handsome man with shoulder length black hair, styled in a messy yet attractive manner, wearing a gray t-shirt with sleeves that reached his elbows, green colored khaki pants and a pair of brown boots.
Most had no idea who the two were, but Reine, Shido and Mana all did and gave a gasp as the sight of them contradicted something all of them had learned long ago, and for Tohka? Well... the fact her entire body was shaking as tears started to well her eyes said enough.
"Uh... does anyone know who these two are?" Origami asked, not realizing the situation for once.
"Mom... dad..." Tohka breathed out.
Most of the members of Ratatoskr all give shouts of shock and surprise at that, having remembered Reine telling them around the time Rinne regained a physical form that she had died. Meanwhile those who didn't all had themselves surprised by the former.
Tohka sniffled a few times before going into a full-blown sob and running into her parents' arms, her mother hugging her tightly before her father wrapped their arms around the both of them. While not shedding as many, Tohka's parents soon began to cry with her.
"Tohka, my baby girl, this is real... this is really real." Tohka's mother cried.
"Yeah, this isn't a dream... you're awake and seeing exactly what you think." Tohka's father cried as well.
"H-how is this... how is this possible!? Reine told me... Reine told me you two died right before the DEM kidnapped us. How are you both still alive, where have you been all these years!?" Tohka begged as she cried, hugging her parents like her arms were glued to them.
And with that sentence, she cued the same reactions to everyone who had been clueless to the former, only instead of shouts they all gasped.
"Truth be told sweetie, we were sure we had been killed as well, but a few days ago we suddenly were found inside a DEM buildings storage inside pods and woken up, Next thing we know, we're told that 30 years had passed and see you helped save the world." Tohka's father said, his face showing he had trouble believing it.
"Guess that awful man didn't really kill us like we thought, he probably had us imprisoned in those awful pods for the same reason he kidnapped you. I honestly hope that he died going into that black hole, and if not I'm gonna kill him myself!" Tohka's mother screamed in anger, giving off an aura of rage that made everyone swore they saw a dragon.
Tohka's mother hugged her daughter closer after that, everyone still in shock from the brief aura manifestation they may or may not have just seen.
"For right now, I'm just so happy that you're OK. You've become so beautiful and strong. Then of course, you are my daughter, no matter what hardship a Yatogami goes through they never let life beat them." Tohka's mom smiled, tears running down her face.
"Y-yeah... a Yatogami never quits!" Tohka sniffled, giving the smile tearful smile before she cried out loud again.
Shido and Mana look at each other and smile before looking back, after a lot of pain the DEM had brought the three of them all those years ago, it was nice to finally see Tohka had the thing she wanted most returned... it was truly a miracle.
At that moment, Rinne finally walked into the room, carrying an explorer's backpack on her back. This time she wasn't in her human disguise since the world already knew this was her real appearance.
"Hey sis, I'm ready now. I'll just grab Rio and then we'll be-"
Rinne stopped as she saw Tohka's parents, and soon gasped as she pointed at them in shock.
"Oh, my god!" Rinne shouted.
"Rinne?" Tohka's mother asked in surprise.
The two soon squealed before giving a double handed high five to each other.
"I don't believe it! Sakura, Ren! You're both still alive!" Rinne cheered, staring happily at one of her best friends.
"I could say the same, I was always worried something may have happened to you!" Sakura smiled.
"Well technically it did, many things did. In fact, I've got three kids now... oh, did you hear about what happened to Seigo? Oh, why am I trying to make this reunion start getting sad, there may be a way to bring him back so what the heck! I'm just so glad to see you!" Rinne cheered.
Reine stared at her sister-in-law in shock, soon looking at Sakura.
"Wait... Sakura, did you and Ren know Rinne was Shido and Mana's mother all along? Why didn't you tell me!? That would have solved a lot of problems a long time ago." Reine asked.
Sakura and Ren blinked a bit, and soon chuckled nervously.
"We forgot."
'They've as naive as their daughter!' Most of the group thought.
After that little moment calmed things down, the Takamiya siblings finally noticed their mom's bag.
"Mom, are you going somewhere?" Mana asked.
"Whoops, knew I forgot something. I actually am. Truth is me and Rio are going to check everywhere in the world where she gave you your Sephira Crystals. Due to everything with Choronzon, we wanna make sure that there wasn't an after effect that made duplicate Qlipha Crystals... I don't think any of us want anything like another Choronzon even if its weaker than him." Rinne explained.
Everyone shivered before nodding, especially since Tohka had no idea how to Ethereal Shift again and they didn't want to risk something on the level of Europe's destruction.
"Don't worry, I should be back by the first week of November, so I won't be missing Thanksgiving." Rinne smiled.
"Aw man, but what about Halloween-"
Mayuri stopped mid-sentence, remembering what happened the last time that Rinne had too much sugar.
"...Feel free to take as long as you'd like." Mayuri chuckled nervously.
"Well me and Rio are heading off now." Rinne replied, picking up Rio and putting her on her shoulders for a piggy back on the neck.
"Rio and Mama will be back soon, Rio wishes everyone good luck in everything." Rio smiled.
The two soon vanish as Rinne teleports them away.
After they left, Kotori looks at her mother and father and asks a question she had been wondering for a while.
"Hey mom, dad? Considering the timing, what exactly brought you over to visit?" Kotori asked.
"We're actually here to help Reine with something, a joint project with your friend Maria." Haruko answered.
"Since there's the possibility Westcott didn't die even after falling into that blasted hole, not to mention Nia and [Zodiac], especially the latter, are going to be the most challenging of the Spirits for us to seal... I figured the training field we currently have won't be enough. Your parents and Maria are therefore going to help us build a new one. An arena in a virtual world, one that we can enter ourselves." Reine explained.
Mayuri, who had grabbed a drink while listening, soon spit it back into the can and coughed a bit.
"You mean you're basically gonna create a video game we can actually go into? Like physically enter virtual reality?" Mayuri shouted in shock.
"Yeah, that's pretty much a good way to sum it up. Sakura and Ren being here does mean we've got another two pair of capable to help make it, so that's another bonus. Now that you're all here... Maria?" Reine stated.
Maria's body formed on a hologram projector.
"I'm here Commander Reine, have the Itsukas arrived?" Maria asked.
"They have, we've also got some extra hands with us. Have you gotten things ready?" Reine asked.
Maria nods.
"I've already tested the digitizer and had myself dive into the system through my android body instead of my normal uploading. Once they're ready to begin, I'll be able to help interact with the virtual realm." Maria smiled.
"That's good." Reine nodded.
Reine looked at the four.
"So Sakura, Ren, up for a challenge in trying to help make this? Consider it your wake-up exercise after the long nap you took." Reine asked.
"Make an entire world in the cyberspace dimension? Sure, sounds fun to me." Sakura smiled.
"Yeah, I don't mind. Almost like how we tackled making that gate to the Spirit Dimension. What are waiting for, let's start working!" Ren smirked, crackling his knuckles to ready himself.
Marina ran across the virtual ground of the internet as she began gathering all the data she could while crossing it, her eyes moving like loading circles as she processed the information she had already gained.
"No, still nothing. I can't find anything that helps properly trace proper coordinates or a method to open a gate." Marina sighed.
As she ran, the area before her suddenly flashed red as she noticed the sight of some cybernetic shield form, representing a firewall to block her access. She put her wires against it, unharmed due to the nature of what she was and analyzed it.
"This is... yes, looks like I ran into the jackpot!" Marina smirked.
"ASTRAL DRESS EQUIP!"
Marina's Astral Dress manifested around her before her wires suddenly shot forward and began striking the metallic barrier before her before she spewed some acid and shattered through it, ripping it with the rest of her strength.
Right as she did and began to walk through, alarms blared off before her wires aimed at them and fired off some poison sludge, causing them to all silence as they sparked from what was a foreign substance in the realm of cyberspace.
"Hah! Nice try, but against me... that means nothing." Marina chuckled.
As she walked, she soon saw a sign with Ratatoskr's logo and had her eyes widen before she smiled a bit.
"Well, well. It seems our enemies will end up being my friends today. Hold on just a bit longer father, I believe I've found the information we're looking for. Best of all? I have a good chance of finally ended my fight with my disgusting good counterpart." Marina stated excitedly.
"Now... the question is which Ratatoskr related network is the one I'm looking for? So many choices, and such little time to search all of them. I guess I'll be doing some gambling today."
Throughout the next three days, everyone came and left the Ratatoskr base as Kotori's parents and Tohka's parents worked with Maria on the virtual world for their new training field, occasionally someone would come watch their progress and during a few periods in between them, one set of parents would spend some time with their respective daughter when they needed a break.
After finishing up a lot of work however, Sakura soon hit the ENTER key as they finalized their work.
"Yes! Alright, we've got it loaded up Maria. Ready to check on it?" Sakura asked.
"You've got it, here I go." Maria replied.
Maria soon vanished from the screen and soon uploaded herself into a vast plan like area, some details showing stats like a video game appeared by her side. She moved her hands around to check things while noticing she had administrator status.
'Amazing, in fact I barely feel like I'm only an AI right now. This is incredible!' Maria thought.
"It's working great, everything looks in order and functioning properly. I think we can easily say that this virtual world's complete." Maria replied.
Sakura and Ren high five each other, while Haruko and Tatsuo sigh in relief.
"Call the others and we'll have them come in to test things out." Maria requested.
"Alright." Sakura nodded.
Sakura pressed a button and neared a mic for the base's speakers.
"Hey everyone, the virtual world's been completed. Head on over so we can test out how you train in it." Sakura announced.
Soon enough, Shido and Mana came in along with all of the Spirits. They saw the sight of Maria waving from the VR world.
"Whoa! Maria, is that really the virtual training realm?" Mana asked.
"Indeed it is Mana, are you guys all ready to test it out?" Maria answered, soon offering the others to come try it.
"I know I am!" Tohka cheered.
"Sure thing, nothing else is really going on." Shido replied.
"I know I need it, I still have to practice with my powers since they evolved in the last fight." Mayuri added.
Maria giggled at their replies.
"Alright, then just step onto the field we used to our training for and you'll be sent right into the virtual realm." Maria explained.
"OK then, here we go." Mana responded.
Everyone stepped onto the former training field, and in moments a light glowed as they teleported in the form of data squares coming off them. Soon sending all 12 of them into the virtual realm.
Soon enough, everyone appeared in the virtual realm and saw the same things as Maria did, minus the one detail marking them as administrators. Mayuri herself seemed to be the most focused on seeing her movement in the virtual realm.
"Whoa... this is so awesome!" Kaguya declared.
"It is quite a wondrous sight, a bit of cause for nervousness, but still quite the spectacle to see." Yuzuru noted.
"Tre magnifique! I bet I could make an amazing music video in here!" Miku replied, her eyes sparkling like stars.
Everyone soon heard the sound of a female screaming, causing them to turn, and making Miku's eyes sparkle more, as Shido had somehow become Shiori without having used her passive ability to do so.
"Maria, why did I change into Shiori!?" Shiori asked.
"Hmm... well considering most people who use the training field are female and Spirits, and the fact you're half Spirit, the system detecting you having spirit power probably caused you to manifest here as Shiori. Sorry, but I don't think I can do anything." Maria theorized, sweat dropping a bit.
"Oh come on, really!?" Shiori screamed.
Mana's cheeks puffed out as she tried to stifle her laughter at the situation her older brother, or currently older sister, had just gotten himself into. Shiori gave a large pout as Mana kept laughing at him.
"So, what should we do first?" Tohka asked.
"Considering this virtual realm is almost like a fighting game, I think it might be a good idea to try testing it out in that sense first. It'll be easier to train with our own skills if we get used to the system itself." Maria reasoned.
Maria checked a list of what they could do, and noticed some job classes like those of RPG games.
"Ah, here we go. I'm gonna have the system randomly assign you a class like those of a Role-Playing Game. Get ready, the costume change begins... now!" Maria stated.
Soon enough, everyone felt their outfits get surrounded by data cubes that glowed with a bright light, overlaying a new outfit on top of the ones they were all currently wearing. After a few seconds, the outfit change finished.
First was Shiori who was wearing a warrior princess' outfit, likely making her a Hero-Class.
Mana was seen wearing a set of knight armor, likely setting her in the Knight-Class.
Tohka was soon wearing a fighter outfit, likely representing the Warrior-Class.
Origami had a white robe with designs like those you'd see being worn by a priestess in a church or some form of religious faith, meaning she was likely a White Mage-Class.
Yoshino had a thief outfit on, likely making her a Thief-Class.
Kotori had an interesting get up, it seemed like something tribal, maybe that of a barbarian even, likely representing the Berserker-Class.
Kurumi interestingly enough had an outfit like that of a cowgirl's, possibly meaning she was a Gunner-Class.
Natsumi's outfit was kinda predictable, as she was basically wearing a witch outfit that seemed to be almost an identical copy of Astral Dress, just without the clothing of light as a part of it. This was probably the Black Mage-Class.
Kaguya was wearing armor similar to Mana's, but hers had a dragon theme to it, likely making her the Dragoon-Class.
Yuzuru had an outfit similar to that of Robin Hood's, a rope on her waist's right side, and a bow on her the left with a quiver full of arrows on her back. She was definitely representing the Ranger-Class.
Miku was wearing an outfit like that of a wizard or a mage, a bit of red color on certain areas of her outfit, likely putting her under the Red Mage-Class.
And finally, Mayuri was holding a hammer while wearing old fashioned clothing with some alchemist symbols on it, making her a blacksmith but more likely to be labeled under the Alchemist-Class.
"Wow, you guys all look great in those outfits." Maria replied, clapping her hands a bit.
"Uh... what class am I exactly?" Shiori asked, a bit confused.
"I think that's a Hero class, maybe you're representing a Princess who leaves her kingdom to save it?" Mana guessed.
Shiori went white at that.
"A princess, really!? Doesn't that make more sense for Tohka who's the Spirit code named Princess?" Shiori groaned.
"Am I supposed to punch stuff, why don't I have a sword?" Tohka asked in confusion, her eyes blinking as blade dots.
Maria sweat dropped a bit.
"I guess the system either has a sense of humor, doesn't care what classes it gives, is bad at giving some the same class that fits their real-life skills or is just that random." Maria chuckled nervously.
After getting through most of the Ratatoskr networks, Marina had nearly gathered all the data she needed, now she just needed one last thing.
"Hmm... where could that last bit of info be hiding? I wonder." Marina mused to herself.
As she was strolling along the area, she soon noticed something from afar and saw the virtual realm where Maria and the others were, catching her attention as she got closer.
"Alright, let's take a look at this." Marina stated to herself, walking through and soon seeing the same screen as Maria... including administrative status of the same level.
"Administrator? How is... oh wait, of course. Her form came from a copy of my data, and since this back up android body lacks my Inverse data update, we share the same data. The system must think I'm here. Which means I might be able to use this to my advantage." Marina smirked.
Marina soon has her eyes blink as she sends a communication line to the Arbitel.
Everyone on the Arbitel was still waiting for something to happen, all of them clearly bored out of their minds... or grossed out by how Chinami was passing the time by picking her nose in odd manners yet unable to look away from it.
'Why are we even watching!?' Ellen and Jessica both thought, catching Chinami's attention.
What?" Chinami asked.
"Nothing." Both quickly said, turning their heads.
Soon a communication line opened, distracting everyone as Westcott opened it to show Marina's face in the cyberspace realm.
"Hey everyone, I've-" Marina began, only to stop midway.
It wasn't exactly easy for her to focus when Chinami was still picking her nose. Marina had a vein form on her head and got closer to the screen.
"Stop picking your nose dumb ass!" Marina screamed, making Chinami slowly move her finger out of her nostril.
"Disgusting... OK, where was I? Ah. As you may or may not be able to tell, I've uploaded myself into cyberspace, and I've found something interesting... and it involves those pansy kids of Ratatoskr. Not only do I think I can get the remaining data I need from here, but I'm also pretty sure that I'll be able to use what they're inside currently to kill them in both worlds." Marina smirked darkly.
"Both worlds? Explain that, where are they exactly?" Ellen asked.
"Ooh, you'll love this detail... apparently some virtual realm, and its managed by my goody two shoes look alike, which means the system thinks I'm her. The bonus? She's an administrator in it, making me the same." Marina cackled a bit.
Westcott's mouth shifted into a small smirk.
"Use their own creations against them, that's a card I don't get to play very often. Go right ahead. No need to sow us anything, your return will be all I need to know you've slaughtered them." Westcott replied, making Marina smirk.
"As you wish father, Marina out." Marina replied.
Soon Marina's communication line ended, and Westcott began to chuckle a bit. Jessica looked at him having an idea what he was laughing about.
"I think I sense a hidden motive from you, what are you planning?" Jessica asked, showing a curiosity filled smile.
"If I told you, that would spoil the fun. Let's just say... someone who used to be a torturer such as yourself will enjoy it, even if the torture is more mental than physical." Westcott replied.
Jessica gave a silent gasp before smirking.
"Ooh, I think I know what you're planning. How vile of you Master Westcott." Jessica chuckled.
"You sound like he's always predictable." Chinami replied, licking some of her hair.
Everyone stared at the odd action she was doing now, making Chinami look back at all of them in confusion.
"What?"
"WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THINGS LIKE THAT!?" Everyone, with the exception of Westcott who just looked away annoyed, screamed in disgust and anger.
Chinami simply tilted her head, seemingly unable to understand why her weird quirks were... well, weird.
"Alright everyone, are you ready to begin?" Maria asked.
Everyone gave a nod.
"Alright, then here we go. Let's start with some enemies based on the DEM's old Myrmidon automatons so things aren't too hard for most of you." Maria replied, soon getting everyone ready.
"OK, summoning them now." Maria smiled, a bit excited about what she was do.
However, the moment she hit the buttons... she wasn't getting a result. She blinked confused and kept hitting it a few more times until she got a message pop up in front of her, she looked closer to read it and it said the following:
{Administrative Command conflict, please wait for the other administrator's actions to fully execute before resuming. If you have problems, talk to the other administrator and see if your commands are opposing one another.}
"Wait, what? That can't be right... no other person has admin status in here but me." Maria said confused, wondering what the problem was.
"Well you've always been two faced, haven't you? After all... you stole that face from me!"
Everyone all turned at the sound of that voice, one that they all knew too well... and one that only confirmed a worry they had for the last three weeks.
"Oh my god, it can't be." Shiori gasped.
"Marina..." Maria breathed.
"Where are you, show yourself!" Tohka shouted.
Marina laughed loudly, her voice echoing throughout the virtual realm.
"Oh, I'm not hiding. You just need to look a bit higher." Marina answered.
Everyone looked up, and soon they saw a virtual cube floating in the air, the sight of Marina looking down at them with a smug look on her face. She wasn't in her Astral Dress at the moment, and she was using her hands as chin rest.
"Hello there Ratatoskr trash, it's so anything but nice to see you all, I only got three days without seeing your ugly mugs while you got to experience three weeks without viewing my glorious one." Marina mocked, soon standing up.
"And as you've probably realized, since I'm still here... so is the man you hoped kicked the bucket. Boy did lady luck ignore you. Now, since I'm actually here, I think I'll use the fact my 'sister' and I share the same data to my advantage." Marina smirked darkly.
Marina jumped down, her eyes shining menacingly.
"And that advantage is... using this realm to delete you all forever!" Marina shouted unhinged.
Marina soon reequipped her Astral Dress, and as she dove down, the entire virtual realm suddenly gave warning signs that had it go into lock down as the sky turned red and tons of DEM automatons of the stronger kinds form around them.
"Prepare yourself, because Marina Arusu has been added into the installation, and you're the infection that I seek the purge from the system!" Marina replied, laughing madly at the sight of everyone's confused states.
"Marina, stop this! We don't have to fight each other-"
Maria suddenly was suddenly struck across the cheek, a purple marking left from a weak venom used as a warning signal to her.
"Shut the hell up you peace loving bitch, I've had it up to here with you... you seem to think I'm someone good. Someone who has good, someone you can make your friend and trust. I'm sick of that part of you, especially because you look like me. It's time you face reality... by dying from my own hand!" Marina screamed with pure rage.
"Marina..." Maria breathed, shaking a bit.
Marina shouts loudly and rushes at the group, the automatons all giving mechanical roars as they rushed alongside her and prepared to strike.
Whoa... things just got hectic right there, Marina's just taken over the system. To anyone who isn't aware of this part of the game, Maria's form came from indirectly copying Marina's, which may or may not have been related to Marina's master plan. To steal Maria's administrative status over the My Little Shido 2 game that our protagonist is trapped inside. So what Marina did was pretty similar, only difference was to extend that administrative control to the entire Fraxinus.
And there you have it, the surprise pair was none other than Tohka's parents! They've been alive as prisoners of the DEM, in stasis ever since they were supposedly killed. Believe it or not, that flashback of Shido's memories in the Rinne Utopia movie was foreshadowing to their survival all along, how you might ask? Simple, I never actually showed them dying onscreen, just mentioned they were slashed and then screamed, these were Shido's memories so he only assumed they were killed after said screams. He was wrong, and in that situation, it was a good thing.
Rinne and Rio will be absent for this arc, mainly because if they were present... well, Rinne is the First Spirit so she'd have higher access than Marina and would render what she just did impossible since she'd have lower authority. For Rio, she only has defensive tricks, putting her in the game would have made things very dangerous for her.
As for Chinami's weird quirks? Truth be told, I had always intended for her to have them, I was just really bad with remembering to showcase them throughout the previous chapters. To sum it up, she's a strong and dangerous wizard and quite serious, but sometimes she does things that gross the rest of her team out, even Westcott... and she's clueless too why they find it odd because she's a from normal due to her whole hatred of her cousin.
The battle of the virtual world has begun, so how will everyone fight when most of them are without their Spirit powers due to Maria's choice before losing control of the system? What will Marina do to abuse this status, and most of all, what is Westcott intending to do using Marina? Whatever it is, he seems to be utterly ecstatic to be in the void that once housed the Spirit Dimension, and that can be nothing but dangerous for Shido and the Spirits... and poor Shido can't catch a break with Shiori related gags! XD
Well, that's it for this first half of the movie chapter. See you all next chapter, until then, stay awesome everyone ^^
-Marina Arusu, Code Name: [None]-
Demon King: None - Marina is an AI based on an Inverse Spirit, and therefore lacks a Demon King due to lacking an organic form . The wires equipped to her Astral Dress are the closest alternative she has to possessing one.
- Powers: Marina's powers were never set as Westcott didn't originally intend for her to actually fight, so when building her android body, she simply chose the best material she could obtain on short notice and would do massive damage in a battle. As such, her power is mainly over poisons in the three phases of matter, being able to rot most substances. After getting data on Inverse Spirits, Marina's powers were edited to become that of an Inverse Spirit's.
Risk Factors: AA
Spacequake: None
Spirit's Astral Dress: AA
Demon King Rank: None
Strength: 139
Consistency: 98
Spiritual Power: 165
Agility: 187
Intelligence: 135
-Spirit Bond Levels & Passive Abilities-
Tohka - 100%, MAX (Form a mana barrier automatically)
Origami - 97% (Teleport Dodging)
Yoshino - 95% (Dampen enemy territories)
Kotori - 93% (Healing from fatal wounds minus losing his head, doesn't work on wounds caused by blunt force)
Kurumi - 91% (Hide in his shadow, and only his)
Rinne - (Summon a weakened copy of Uriel)
Natsumi - 88% (Transform into Shiori)
Kaguya - 84% (Flight)
Yuzuru - 84% (Weight Manipulation)
Miku - 60% (Pain Reliever)