Date A Re:Live
Chapter 73: Movie Chapter/Finale: Mio Salvation, 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]
This is it everyone, the countdown for the final 5 chapters are here, with this being number one in that countdown. I welcome you all to the final movie, and arc for the entire story before the epilogue... Mio Salvation! This is a three chapter battle where everyone faces against Westcott, the Devil, and the remaining 10 Demons of this army; if they fail, then the destruction to the world will exceed what Choronzon was ever capable of.
As the name should already tell you, this is Mio's arc in the story, as this is where she'll officially join the harem, and as the most powerful Spirit... well, she's gotta be able to fight one battle in this story. Not to mention, the fact that Westcott has the Devil with him means that just like she's the daughter of God, the fact Westcott's got the Devil inside of him makes him the closest thing to his son.
How this movie works is that each chapter represents a phase in the fight; for this phase, we'll be starting with the Demons themselves, since if there's anything that should go first, it should be them. The most important thing I'll add? You might be wondering, if this is the end, what am I going to do about the other Spirits' Ethereal Forms?
My answer to that? Simple... they're all gonna show up! How they will show is a secret, but I can say the way it works won't be the same as with Tohka and Origami, simply because trying to cram multiple scenarios like theirs' will make things a bit messy ^^; *chuckles awkwardly* Anyways, that's the deal with the Ethereal Forms, so keep your eyes out for it.
Now, let's get this battle started!
() - Angel Talking
[] - Archangel Talking
{} - Demon King Talking
«» - Spirit's Code Name
‹› - Important Term, Phrase, or Detail
「」 - Insert Song Beginning, or Ending
【】 - Voice made by an Announcement, or through an Announcer
『』 - Electrical Voice or Machine Speaking
The bell sound went off again, but unlike the times before, the end result of the sound was very different as everyone suddenly showed a surprise look.
"Huh? Is something wrong?" Mayuri asked.
Mio turned her head, making the Electric Spirit stare in confusion... until the moment she realized what that meant.
"Wait, you can see it now!?" She asked.
"Yeah, and it's huge!" Mana answered loudly.
Right at that moment, the systems of the Fraxinus suddenly began blaring like crazy.
"What's going on!?" Ryouko asked, with everyone struggling to find an answer.
The sphere began to condense and rippled in a fairly grotesque manner, but that was nothing compared to the moment it shrunk. The symbols across the city fired off from their locations to hit it, which led to the entire sky going dark as the sun turned a dark purple color, and the sky began cracking!
"This feeling... it's that odd worry I felt during every-" Mayuri realized.
She screamed as her sparking actually shocked her, leaving her to fall onto her knees.
"Mayuri!" Mana shouted worriedly.
[The time is now!]
The imagery of a Sephirot Tree formed into the sky, only for it to flip upside down as it turned black, showing its true form.
...The Tree of Death, the Qliphoth.
"What's going on?" Shido wondered, fear across his face.
"No... he's back!" Mio panicked.
Westcott's laughter began echoing across the entire City, right as the Spacequake Alarms went off.
"Quick, someone get a reading on this! Something's happening!" Ryouko ordered.
Typing on the screens, a result was found.
"Analysis complete, the readings match that of an Inversion at a stable level... it's a Demon reading!" Kawagoe announced.
"Demons... so, he's finally throwing down the hammer." Ryouko replied, her face full of sweat.
Each of the circles on the floating Qliphoth Tree began to spark, before immediately firing something towards the ground. Upon striking the ground, the shadowy creatures from each date had finally revealed themselves.
"What are those things?" Maria asked, shaking in fear.
"I'm not completely sure, but considering what they just came from... I think we're seeing the real deals." Marina theorized.
The Spirits all looked at her.
"No way, these things are real Demons!?" Mana exclaimed in shock.
As if to use their panicked state to stab the wound further, the Demons grabbed their shadowy skin, and suddenly began ripping it off. The loud sound of shredding could be heard as their true forms were revealed.
Keeping the unique differences between them, the dark non-black colors of every Spirit's Inversion (except for the one representing Kurumi's) were seen as the colors of the Demons' skins, along with eyes resembling hypnotic swirls. They had jagged, zig-zag shaped teeth, with long, sharp, fork-like tongues whipping around without an end; a heated liquid of green, black, purple, and brown shades were dripping/flying out.
"Oh god..." Tohka breathed, turning a bit green.
Sandalphon manifested by Tohka's side as a purple orb of light, "staring" at the purple-colored Demon.
("Nahemah... no doubt about it, he's the real one. This is the true form of the Demon King!") She exclaimed, shaking in anger.
{"I know you are, but what are you!?"} Nahemah mocked, cackling as he said it.
All of the Demon Lords suddenly screamed feral shrieks from their mouths, unleashing an explosive shock wave that destroyed the entire area in an instant. Seeing the sight of flying Reiryoku about to pummel the evacuating citizens, Ryouko turned to Kannazuki.
"Quick, the Yggdrafoliums!" She ordered.
"Right!" He replied, putting on his signature headset.
The Fraxinus removed its invisible realizer's effects, and instantly shot all of its Yggdrafoliums.
"Bound Warp!"
A large barrier formed across the city, leaving everyone to run to the shelters under its cover... though the first wave of attacks was enough that it was already cracking!
"The Yggdrafoliums have taken 13% damage, another hit like that could completely destroy them!" Kanzaki warned.
Hearing the transmission, Satan began to laugh.
{"Sounds like fun!"} Satan shouted in glee.
"Is he going to... damn it! Artemisia, deploy all available AST members immediately! Don't let him do what he's trying to do!" Ryouko ordered.
『"Understood!"』 Artemisia replied.
Everyone in the AST was instantly deployed, flying towards the area that Satan was... only for shadows to suddenly rise up as Lucifuge began to multiple form them.
{"Going somewhere?"} Lucifuge mocked.
"Elohim!"
Lucifuge suddenly turned his head, and saw a familiar black-haired Spirit rushing at him.
"Zafkiel!"
Gunshots began firing off at the army of Lucifuge clones, freezing them all as the Nibellcole began hitting them with shots. The real deal flew away, growling a bit.
"We've got no choice... everyone, we need to stop the Demons!" Tohka warned.
"Everyone, go after the Demon that shares their Demon King's name, it's our best shot at taking them down!" Nia agreed.
All of the Sephira Spirits rose their hands into the air, followed by familiar glows.
"Ehyeh!"
"Yod!"
"El!"
"Elohim Gibor!"
"Eloah!"
"Adonai Tzabaoth!"
"Elohim Tzabaoth!"
"Shaddai El Chai!"
"Adonai Melek!"
Everyone formed their Astral Dresses, and instantly flew off to counter their respective Demons, with a panicked Mio looking around, unsure of what to do. The others all changed into their Astral Dresses, and instantly circled around her.
"Huh?" Mio blinked.
"They might go after you, so we'll watch your back!" Rio promised.
"Uh... yeah, thanks." Mio replied, still giving a nervous sweat.
Mayuri gave a nervous sweat as the Spirits finally began to intercept their Sephira's opposing Demon.
"The question is... can they even fight those monsters?" She questioned.
"Eh?" Mana blinked.
Tohka swung a slash wave with Sandalphon, with Nahemah not even bothering to evade the attack. The energy hit him, only to scatter into harmless particles.
"What!?" Tohka gasped.
Yoshino unleashed an icy cyclone from Zadkiel, followed by Kotori firing a Megiddo blast, and the Yamai twins using their Raphael's arrows. All three Demons were hit by the attacks, but just like Nahemah, the attacks didn't do anything.
{"That tickled!"} The Demons said in unison.
They all unleashed their own versions of their elements, all striking their opposing Spirit hard, and shredding/shattering parts of their Astral Dresses when they did.
Seeing what just happened, Origami immediately aimed Metatron at Satan, firing a continuous storm of light beams.
"I can't let him destroy the barrier!" She screamed, trying to push herself.
{"Too late... I already did."} Satan smirked, dark steam leaving his mouth.
Origami suddenly heard a huge shatter, right as Satan began to cackle. A sudden storm of light exploded across the City, making buildings explode, and causing many to scream as their lives were... instantly snuffed out.
"No..." Origami breathed, tearing up.
Coughing through the dust, Artemisia and the AST got out of the rubble, only to see some of their own lying limp on the ground.
"They're... dead..." Saya realized.
"Damn those Demons, they'll pay!" Ashley roared with rage, taking to the skies again.
The other AST members followed her, having little else to say in such a horrible situation. Tohka was slammed onto the ground, with Nahemah landed on her, and grabbing her head like a stress ball.
Feeling the pain on her head, Tohka screamed loudly.
{"You can't even hurt us! The power of the Nahemah Crystal renders your Sandalphon Crystal useless! You are nothing compared to me!"} Nahemah mocked, cackling every second he did.
Origami tried to aim Metatron's blasts at Satan, firing with everything she could... only for the pale Demon to instantly teleport before her, and strike her in the gut.
'Nothing's... working...' Origami gasped.
{"Oh? Strange, it seems extra souls are living in you, perhaps even family? Such a thing... is a delightful way to break you!"} Satan smirked darkly.
Origami's eyes widened, and immediately tried to react.
{"Once again, you're too late!"} Satan laughed.
The Light Spirit suddenly frozen, and then lurched back as she felt phantom pain strike her, causing three souls to fly out of her body. The sight of her parents and Chinami's souls lingered... then shattered apart.
"No... no!" Origami cried out, eventually crashing into the ground.
Kotori screamed with anger, trying to slash against Asmodeus with all she could, even though every slash failed to do even a scratch of damage to him. Raising his arm up, he tightened it, showing pulsing veins.
{"And you're supposed to be one of the strongest beings in this world? I think you need a nap!"} Asmodeus mocked.
Kotori's head got slammed by his fist, and her Angel shattered instantly. The attack slingshot the Flame Spirit into a building's rubble, making her lose consciousness in an instant. From there, the pattern only continued...
Astaroth pushed Yoshino into Zadkiel, Lucifuge's army overwhelmed Kurumi before trying to trap her in her shadows, Baal began turning the shreds of Natsumi's Astral Dress into snakes that constricted her, the Yamai twins felt themselves going numb as Adramelech's twin heads breathed a dangerous gas on them, Lilith screamed so loudly that Miku felt her mind break down until she collapsed, Nia felt her own manga villains attack her within her own mind, and Mukuro was locked into the ground by strong gravity.
"No, get up! Please get up!" Mio cried, covering her head as she begged for it to stop.
At that moment, the Qliphoth Tree suddenly blinked, and the non-Sephira Spirits were all knocked aside as a cage suddenly sprouted under the spot Mio was standing on. Cage-like roots bound them to the ground, while the Spirit of Origin screamed, being dragged to the non-existent circle for Choronzon.
"Mio!" Shido screamed, struggling to move.
[That's right... cry!]
The Spirit of Origin turned, hearing the vile laughter of Westcott and the Devil's voice, merged as one.
[Suffer... bleed... cry... and fall to despair as I destroy everything! Take away all your father failed to protect twice!]
Mio began to tear up, causing Shido's eyes to widen.
"How dare you..." He grunted, pushing up against the cage roots in vain.
[Are you upset with me, Shido Takamiya? It doesn't matter now. All of your efforts are for naught! Your Spirits are all defeated, and even if they weren't, they can't do a thing to my strongest Demons! I have the original Spirit in my grasp, ready to snuff the life out of in any moment, and you... you're powerless to stop me!]
Hearing this, Shido growled as he got even angrier, and began pushing enough to slightly stand.
"Is this all you can say? That suffering and pain, sadness and fear, hurt and ache are all things you enjoy!? You don't really believe such cruelty is the way of life, you just want an excuse to enjoy the sick hobby of endlessly damaging everyone and everything!" He exclaimed.
One of the cage roots snapped off, surprising the unseen Westcott, but only for a moment; before he knew it, Shido was caught by three new roots to replace the broken one.
"Tohka... Origami... Yoshino... Kotori... Kurumi... Natsumi... Kaguya... Yuzuru... Miku... Nia... Mukuro... all of you, please lend me your strength... because..." Shido begged.
"Because no matter what, I will save Mio!" He screamed, showing the situation had failed to give his heart even a shred of negativity.
As that voice echoed out, Nahemah suddenly felt him hand burn as Tohka began glowing rings of light from her body, surprising the Energy Spirit as she looked at herself.
{"It burns! Why the hell is touching her burning me so much!?"} Nahemah demanded an answer, still screeching in pain.
The other Spirits began seeing the same glowing rings, with those who were suffering something, or had lost consciousness, all returning to normal as they suddenly felt the flow of life return to them.
"My body... it feels so light and warm!" Yoshino said in awe.
"What's happening?" Kotori questioned.
At that moment, ten orbs of light appeared from each Angel, and began circling around.
("My fellow sisters, do you see? This is what me and Metatron remembered... what we were meant to protect. Just what kind of evil can lurk within the innocent. Has this horrible man, who has revived the Demons that slaughtered our fellow Angels, finally opened your eyes!?") Sandalphon questioned.
("It has!") They all shouted together.
They all shot back into their respective Spirit, making the glows become even stronger.
("Then let us finally stop his madness! Shatter the despair, and renew this world's greatest treasure... it's hope!") Metatron screamed as a battle cry.
Hearing those words, both Tohka and Origami realized what was happening.
"Origami, this is..." Tohka stated.
"Yeah, let's lead the way for everyone else!" Origami agreed, wiping away her tears.
「 Date A Live: Opening Theme 」
Both of them took a deep breath, and the fated moment came.
"Ethereal... Shift!"
Tohka's body was covered in purple Energy, and once it did, she felt her Astral Dress begin to transform.
By the time it was over, she was once again in the angelic outfit that was her Ethereal Form, and the intense light she made began healing injured civilians who had been losing in a battle with death until that moment.
"Shekhinah!"
Tohka reached out to her Angel, which immediately transformed into a white version of Nahemah, with purple glowing lines. Swinging a few times, Tohka's Ethereal Form finally settled itself.
"Ethereal... Shift!"
Origami was wrapped by a white light, and her Astral Dress began transforming as well.
Like with Tohka, she was once again wearing the more angelic outfit that represented her Ethereal Form, which caused the same effect. Her Archangel's wings were currently folded, and completely clear, showing they were inactive.
"Lucifer!"
The wings lit up, and spread out to fully represent their angelic nature as their rainbow glow formed once again.
[W-what? How are you using that power right now!?]
"Everyone, this power... call it out! Activate your Ethereal Forms! We're sure you can do it now!" Tohka exclaimed.
The other Spirits were surprised.
"All of us?" Yoshino blinked.
"Both of them did it... can't hurt to try taking a leap of faith for a miracle in this kind of situation." Kotori replied.
Taking a deep breath, all nine of them shouted it together.
"ETHEREAL... SHIFT!"
Yoshino was the first to feel it, with blue ice and water swirling around her, and transforming her Astral Dress into a new form. It became light blue where it was once green, and ivory where it had been white. The dress gained some ruffled triangle-like edges that extended out to have diamond edges, while its traits had fused like the dress she had been given after being sealed, only with some clothes made of liquid-like light.
As for her hat, it had changed to become more like the cap she wore after being sealed as well, with the bunny ear bows having extended out further, and grown much larger in size, making it look like her hat had actual four ears overall. Finally, it was topped off with the same boots she wore in... well, everyone had noticed the pattern by that point, only light blue in color.
She raised her hand up, and shouted...
"Remiel!"
Water swirled around her, solidifying into what could only be described as an angelic/divine-looking vehicle shaped like a bunny, and made of light-blue platinum metal that took the form of solidified yet still flowing water.
"Whoa..." Yoshino breathed.
"About time you finally reached your true strength!" Yoshinon called out.
Hearing that, Yoshino looked to see Remiel smiling at her, showing a certain silhouette as she gave her signature laugh.
"Yoshinon... you're back... you're back!" She cried in joy.
Next up was Kotori, who was wrapped by red flames. Her usual kimono became a golden-orange color, and revealed more cleavage from her ample breasts, with platinum-pink trims at the end of the sleeves that burned with gentle flames like the movement of a wisping cloud, a pair of wraps with a red-to-orange-to-yellow, and pinkish-platinum sash wrapped around her, the shape in front now having a slight heart resemblance.
Unlike her previous forms, she no longer had her horns, which had been replaced by a pair of golden phoenix feathers, with her ribbons becoming white in color; the designs of which had become silver with sapphire blue outlines. Finally, the streamer-like scarf that wrapped around her arms had become a translucent iridescent color, and had doubled to look like she had two on each arm rather than just one, tough also had a slightly torn look to slightly look like they were burning.
She clapped her hands together, making them blaze in the colors of the rainbow.
"Samael!"
To Kotori's pleasant surprise, she got two upgraded axes, rather than just the one she had been expecting.
"I got two of them?" She said in surprise.
Kurumi was next, being hugged by black shadows that turned her outfit into Yuuki's, then added the floral designs of Shincho's outfit to it, followed by Masayoshi's cross charm necklace swinging underneath as it wrapped itself around Kurumi's neck. The final change occurred from Kinshu, who turned her Astral Dress from a black color into a white one, and adding some details from her Cassiopeia corrupted Astral Dress.
The roses in her hair becoming a beautiful bright red, and her Astral Dress' secondary color shifted from blue, to a noble shade of black, representing it was a darkness used for the forces of good, and for justice. The back of her gloves, and the tips of her boots, gained a unique crystalline clock symbol on them, before her clones' eye patches overlaid across her eyes.
One by one they vanished, and soon... the sight of a familiar golden clock appeared in both of her eyes! The left eye had the same shape as before, but the clock in her right eye instead had a 4, 3, 2, and 1 in place of the XII, III, VII, and IX respectively. The Reiryoku covered vanished, showing herself to the world once more, spinning a few times to emphasis her current form.
She made a crossing motion with her arms, and reached to grab something.
"Leliel!"
From the sky, a pair of white guns with black markings, and twin chambers fell into view. Kurumi grabbed them before finally seeing herself.
"Did... my clones tied to my Nibellcole technique and I just fuse?" Kurumi questioned.
Natsumi's body had green debris change into cloth, merging with her Astral Dress to make something new. Upon finishing, the sight of its new look was revealed to have change from its black and green color, to a white and green-tinted Platinum color.
Even more, while still generally the same, the witch like aspects were now gone, making her more like a cute magician, or a white mage as some video games would define it. Anything with a bat like theme on her outfit, or dark in nature; now had a stronger resemblance to a fairy, or something attributed to light. It could almost be said that she had been purified by those who didn't know any better.
Holding out her finger, she moved it like firing a pop gun.
"Sariel!"
What looked to be a magic wand version of Haniel appeared in her hands, making Natsumi blink.
"Uh... why do I feel my transformation was something meant for fan-service?" Natsumi questioned, feeling something was off.
The Yamai twins were pushed back to back, feeling orange winds blow around them, until they were shrouded by a small tornado. When it faded away, they saw themselves in what looked like their Astral Dress in a platinum-white color. For Kaguya, she saw accents of bright red, while Yuzuru saw the same in light blue colors; the former's focused on the dress' top half with her shoulder cape, and the latter's focused on the bottom half that had her signature shorts/mini-skirt.
For the actual design, it kept the design of the twins' usual Astral Dresses, but the various straps on their Inverse Astral Dresses were also present, though their appearance had lost any dominatrix-based aspects, instead being artistic to fit the superhero like aspect their usual Astral Dresses had.
Also, the boots they had didn't possess the heals, nor did the sight of any chains or locks appear anywhere on her, and the gloves had simply become part of their sleeves. The light-cloth bra like area had overlapped with that part of the Dress' "shirt", as did their stockings.
Both of them put their hands together in response.
"Anauel!"
Two bows shaped like a star with their middles, and bottom two points, stretched to assume the frame of said weapon, appeared in their hands. Kaguya's had a sharp and pointier look to its frame, while Yuzuru's was smoother and more rounded.
"Yuzuru... I'm not sure why, but it feels like we're both two and one together!" Kaguya said excitedly.
"It's as if our hearts have merged through the Raphael Crystal, as I feel it's whole right now." Yuzuru agreed, giving a warm smile.
Miku was bathed in her own sound waves, singing music during every moment the transformation began. Her Astral Dress unraveled, swirling into the energy before it came back in a new form. The flower on her crescent moon charm suddenly bloomed, which prompted the other flowers to become a lovely bright red, while the area by the crescent moon had large cherry blossom petals spread out from it like a feather charm, blending with the white ones.
The rest of her dress began reforming, with the skirt area revealing her legs as it merged with the two streams in the back, taking a glossy wing like shape as it went from its yellow color, into a lovely deep indigo.
The blue changed into a golden platinum, and the rest taking a lovely blue-pink gradient; following that, her gloves became a light indigo, revealing more of her fingers, leaving them to only wrap around her low middle finger areas, and then her stockings took a similar hue before a few diamond cuts were seen. Then, her heels became lower heeled boots, with a yellow moon symbol appeared on their sides.
Her choker soon came undone, changing into a streamer like scarf that resembled the one she wore when Shido went berserk, but it had pink start designs on it while also wrapping her arms and behind her neck. To top it all off, the area of her dress that showed her cleavage opened up a bit, showing more of it before the ruffles near it extend, with sun-like symbols forming as they glowed orange at the tips.
Raising her hand like she was making an idol pose, she took a deep breath.
"Sachael!"
Multiple indigo orbs appeared around the area, followed by two translucent keyboards made of gold light appearing by Miku's hands.
"Amazing." Miku breathed, looking at her Archangel.
Nia had silvery paper fly around her, veiling her from view as sketching like motions were seen inside. Grabbing the nun hat of her astral Dress, and pulled it off before her body glowed to showcase the change. Her normally dark-colored Astral Dress changed to become mostly platinum with bright white markings. Her sleeves shredded become short, freeing the rest of her arms, and her wrists. Her pen flew to rest on her left ear, with the crests combining behind it as a hair charm.
Her nun hat soon settled behind her, causing it to transform into a small shoulder cape, and her "underwear" soon glowed to transform itself into small shorts of sort, taking the original black scheme of her normal Astral Dress, but with the same white design lines reflecting her status as a manga artist. Finally, her church like charms shifted to look like actual objects coming from heaven, and her boots became more like those like Tohka, and the others' Ethereal Forms, normally wore.
Forming her new pen in midair, she motioned to write with it.
"Harahel!"
The evolved form of Raziel materialized in her hands, which was a golden-colored tome, making Nia look at it in awe.
"I like this thing already!" She said with a toothy grin.
Finally, yellow stardust seeped into Mukuro's body, making her eyes close before spreading her arms out. Her unique Qipao had whitened, and gained pink-tinted platinum accents across it, with even more noticeable space-based designs across it.
The bits of fluff in her sleeves, and her "socks" had small flap streamers coming from it like her main dress, though with V cuts near the end, and her boots had become more like Tohka's, only with a more divine look added to them. Finally, it was all topped off with her unique bun ribbons splitting into two, and then lengthening a bit, giving themselves something like an S-shaped curl to them.
Slowly closing her arms together, she made a motion with her hands to hold something that wasn't there.
"Jophiel!"
Her Archangel manifested itself, revealing the divine staff it had now become.
"So, this is your new form, Michael..." Mukuro remarked in awe.
At that same moment, the non-Sephira Spirits all felt their bodies get supercharged, which allowed them to shatter the cage roots that were holding them down.
"Whoa, anyone know what happened!?" Mana asked in surprise.
"I can't be certain, but... it seems that due to his will to rescue Mio, the words of hope behind Shido's promise gave you all the hope the Sephira Spirits needed to access their Ethereal Forms." Rinne theorized.
"Then, that would mean-" Shido realized.
"As we don't know how this happened for sure, this may be our only chance to win. Shido, make sure you save Mio!" Rinne shouted.
He nodded his head, looking at the non-Sephira Spirits.
"Come on everyone, let's go!" He declared.
They all nodded in reply, flying up towards the other Spirits, with the Demons all looking nervous at their Ethereal Forms.
{"GET THEM!"} Nahemah roared in rage.
Swinging a few slash waves at Tohka's form, Nahemah was backed up by Astaroth and Satna, who unleashed their own elements at their opposing Spirits.
In response, Origami curled her body, releasing a wave of concentrated light lasers.
"Eat this!" Yoshino shouted.
"Hiyah!" Tohka screamed.
A maelstrom of ice fired from Remiel's mouth, and a dozen slash waves were released by a single swing. Satan screeched in pain as the light managed to strike through him, fellow by ice freezing onto Astaroth's skin to the point it dug through it, and Nahemah having his left arm vaporized.
{"This can't be!"} Asmodeus panicked.
"Everyone!"
The Sephira Spirits all turned as Shido flew in with the others.
"Come on, we need to save Mio, together!" He exclaimed.
Everyone nodded their heads, and with anger in his voice, Nahemah shrieked loudly, causing all of the Demons to fly into each other. They melded into a shadowy mess, which then expanded into a familiar tree, causing everyone's eyes to widen as they saw...
Choronzon!
{"You aren't going to stop me this time! For the sake of my master, I shall destroy you!"} Choronzon roared.
"This time won't be any different!" Rinne exclaimed.
Choronzon's tree-like body connected to the Qliphoth symbol in the sky, swallowing Mio inside of it. More eyes opened across its rotted trunk, and with a chilling breath sound, unleashed a storm of everything while shooting off its roots.
Tohka began the attack by spinning with Shekhinah held out, cutting through the attacks like a buzz saw, allowing Origami to fly around to position herself for the perfect spot to unleash a barrage of light beams. The ultimate Demon King screamed as it felt pain, which only got worse as both Yoshino and Kotori unleashed beams of their respective elements, which gave a strange burning sensation from their conflicting temperatures.
"Let's see... found her!" Nia shouted.
Pointing to the white eye on the bottom, Choronzon screamed louder, sending an even greater barrage. Unfortunately, a bunch of shadows swallowed it up, with Kurumi's clock eyes counting down as she used up power, the newer one only decreasing when the first ran out of time.
"Nifty of this other eye to have extra storage." Kurumi chuckled in excitement.
Natsumi aimed at all of the broken shards of Choronzon's body, which instantly turned into comets that smashed into its body. The Yamai twins both spun around each other, unleashing a deadly typhoon that Miku's voice began amplifying. Spinning inside of it, Mukuro got up close to aim Jophiel at the main eye.
{"Not again!"} Choronzon's voice boomed in denial.
"Take this!" Mukuro screamed.
The beam blasted the deadly tree, which gave Mana the chance to grab Shido by his collar.
"Shido, go for it!" She cheered.
He nodded his head, with his eyes glowing as he spun around with all ten of his harem's Angels in hand. Tightening his grip on Sandalphon, he made the first slash, and then swapped to Metatron.
"Eat this, and this, and this!"
Choronzon screeched as each attack from each Angel cut through his skin, eventually opening a hole to where Mio was. The Spirit of Origin's eyes widened as she saw Shido, who instantly grabbed her cage, and pulled the bars apart.
"Mio, don't worry! I'm here!" He grunted under a smile, reaching out for her.
"Shido..." Mio breathed, with tears falling from her eyes.
{"You bastard, get out of there!"} Choronzon demanded.
Hearing that, Shido nodded his head, right as Mio grabbed his hand.
"Alright, goodbye then!" He replied.
Choronzon's eyes widened as he fell out with Mio at his side, soon fly up towards where the others were.
"Mom, do it now!" Shido screamed.
"You've got it!" Rinne replied.
Taking a deep breath, she focused her power, with the other Spirits all throwing out their hands to empower it. Choronzon's eyes widened before he charged his counterpart attack.
"Harmonic Convergence!"
"Chaotic Divergence!"
The two blasts hit, but due to the Ethereal Forms gathering together, Rinne's attack won the day, and burned right through the Demon King's body.
「 Insert Song End 」
"Yes, we did it!" Rio cheered.
At that moment, the sound of Choronzon's voice was heard as the remains of its body kept moving.
{"You... really think that the battle... would be won-"} Choronzon questioned mockingly.
"As simple as that!?" A familiar female voice screamed.
Everyone's eyes widened at that, as it was one that normally yelled in rage at the Spirits... yet was supposed to be dead.
"That voice, it's..." Maria gasped.
"It's Ellen, but how?" Marina questioned.
Ellen, now revealed to how somehow become... or possibly had always partially been Choronzon in some manner (when considering Westcott was the Devil's reincarnation), kept laughing as she threw her roots into the sky.
The cracks already formed began pulling apart even more until finally... an evil, even larger, and black-colored version of the Deus that the group had fought after freeing Kurumi could be seen. This was the machine they nearly had to fight near the end of last year... the dreaded Diabolus!
"Time to unleash our full power!" Ellen screamed loudly.
[Yes, the beginning of the end starts now!]
Choronzon's body suddenly rooted itself inside of the Diabolus, making the machine even larger, and making spots of it glow as Choronzon's roots merged into it as an endless power source, and defense against its core.
The next round of the final battle was on the horizon.
And there you have it! Because they were the top and bottom of the Sephirot, and Mio had been with them, all it took was Tohka and Origami using their Ethereal Shifts at the right moment everyone was gaining power, and the others were able to follow. Essentially, this time it was Shido's hope that mattered, along with Mio's presence, rather than the Spirit's personal hope.
Big twist with Ellen having survived somewhat in Choronzon, huh? For anyone asks how that's supposed to make sense? Well, to answer that... it doesn't! The only logic that needs to be understood for this is Westcott is a reincarnation of the Devil, and could pull a trick like this; it isn't much different to how he could suddenly restore the Demon Kings their original forms, and merge into Choronzon in the first place.
Seems like the Choronzon Havoc arc may have gone exactly according to Westcott's plan... maybe.
You've probably noticed by now that the battles of this chapter were based on the battle scene of the Mayuri Judgment movie. I'll say now that next chapter's battle will also have traits of it as well, leaving only when Mio to show up to be otherwise, and it'll make sense when Mio herself can finally join the battle to save the world.
Extending from that, you might be wondering if that means anything about Tohka's Full Form, right? My answer to that is... that we'll see, because who knows what will happen? For now, all that you need to know is that Choronzon returned, and seems to have fused with the supposed to be deceased spirit of Ellen, and is now fused with the Diabolus for the second round of this final battle.
Until next time everyone, and stay awesome! ^^
Shido's Passive Abilities :
Tohka - 100%, MAX (Form a mana barrier automatically)
Origami - 100%, MAX (Teleport Dodging)
Yoshino - 100%, MAX (Dampen enemy territories)
Kotori - 100%, MAX (Healing from fatal wounds minus losing his head, doesn't work on wounds caused by blunt force)
Kurumi - 100%, MAX (Hide in his shadow, and only his)
Rinne - Maxed (Summon a second copy of an Angel)
Natsumi - 100%, MAX (Transform into Shiori)
Kaguya - 100%, MAX (Flight)
Yuzuru - 100%, MAX (Weight Manipulation)
Miku - 100%, MAX (Pain Reliever)
Maria - Maxed (Restore dying/withered/dead vegetation and plant life)
Marina - Maxed (Remove toxins or other harmful substances, either from a living creature or an object)
Rio - Maxed (Create a soothing aura of Reiryoku to reduce a sealed Spirit's anger)
Mana - Maxed (Share a mental link that can be turned on and off at will)
Nia - 100%, MAX (Photographic Memory)
Mayuri - Maxed (Disrupt any Reiryoku near him with a special magnetic field)
Mukuro - 100%, MAX (Safely use all 100% of his body's physical power)
Mio - Maxed (Unlocks the Sephira Spirits' remaining Ethereal Forms)