Date A Re:Live
Chapter 75: Movie Chapter/Finale: Mio Salvation, Part 3
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]
Hey everyone, before we start today's chapter, it's time to give you some important news. Remember when I said some of the story ideas connected to DARL might be getting axed? Well... sorry to say, but that just became official. Except for the DARL Re-Imagining, which has been heavily changed, they've all been cancelled, and won't be happening. So, to everyone who was expecting them, I'm sorry to say they won't be happening.
For the case of the Re-Imagining, it will now be more of a soft reboot for this story. That means some ideas from this story, and other others that I wanted to do for other stories that were never made, will be transferred into that one, which will also have a few new tricks of its own. I won't give away what the new story is, but... let's just say you'll get answers about this spiritual successor to DARL on April 30th :3
Anyways... time for the last chapter of the Mio Salvation movie! As last chapter showed you, we've finally had Mio unlock her powers for the final battle, and everyone else has currently had their powers destroyed by the Devil (though that might not last), leaving everyone to wonder just what the former's powers truly are. After all, while you all know due to Volume 18... no one in the story does. *snickers*
Now to reply to a guest review.
To Guest:
"Glad to hear you've fully recovered, and for the praise about my DAL stories. Even though Season 4 will be the last, I intended to make it shine the most, so I hope you'll enjoy it. As for your planned story, glad you're confident about it, since confidence is something every writer needs. However, for the part about joining us here on FFN? I'm sorry, but I honestly don't know how to help you there, so I apologize about that. I hope you figure it out."
Without any further ado, let the end of Mio Salvation commence!
() - Angel Talking
[] - Archangel Talking
{} - Demon King Talking
"Bold" - The Devil 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
Finally opening her eyes, Mio took a look towards the Devil, who was shaking in both anger... and to his own surprise, fear. The Sephirot vanished, leaving Mio to descend near the ground, staring at the mortal enemy of her father.
"This is it Devil, because the power that my father left me... I've finally awakened it!" Mio declared, her eyes shining with her restored hope.
Everyone looked at the Spirit of Origin's awakened power, the strength that came from being the daughter of God... the strength of someone that could easily be called a Goddess, just like her current appearance.
"Amazing..." Seigo breathed, watching from the safety of Ratatoskr's base.
Looking at the sight, everyone gathered around Shido, who was smiling at the final member of his harem's declaration.
"I'm confused, how did Mio unlock her powers?" Miku questioned.
"Shido hadn't used the key." Nia said.
Everyone looked at her, making her turn to them in response.
"I'm only guessing here, but when Shido made Mio regain her true form, he hadn't actually used the key. He just unlocked a screen door in the way. That moment you two kissed, because all of our powers had been sealed within you... that was the real key. Shido created the final path between us and Mio, and that lead to completing the Sephirot all of our powers represent." Nia theorized.
Hearing that, everyone showed surprise, and yet... it made complete sense!
"So, the key was... love!" Tohka realized.
The Devil roared in anger, with his dark power flaring out in response. As everyone watched, the sight of every Demon that the Devil ever created was revived through this dark power.
Seeing themselves surrounded, the former Sephira Spirits all shook in fear at the threat ready to maul them at any moment, with the Non-Sephira Spirits guarding them.
"That stupid being of purity and creation... why must he continue standing in my way even in his death!? I'll make sure to send you to beyond the grave so that you can share his suffering for the rest of eternity!" The Devil roared.
"No, you're the one that will be the sole suffering soul in this reality... I promise you that!" Mio retorted.
The Spirit of Origin held her hands up, her rainbow-colored Reiryoku began to shine, catching everyone's attention as it shined across the wrecked Tenguu City.
"Blooming flowers that represent life and the cycle of things born anew, I ask you to create a utopia on this earth that bends to my will, and shatters away all evil! Bend the walls of reality for this one area, bearing my will to bring peace and hope!" Mio chanted.
"Samsara of Paradise: Ain Soph!"
The land suddenly flashed for a moment, and was changed into a realm with a huge tree-shaped tower with flowers and branches that pierced the sky. The surrounding landscape now had a monochrome, chessboard-like appearance.
"You think this little trick can stop me!? My Demon army, slaughter everyone and everything in your path!" The Devil laughed, pointing his finger forward upon making his command.
The Demons all jumped, however... they all began to scream in pain, shaking as if something was ripping them apart.
"What? My army should be killing you all, so why are they writhing in agony!?" The Devil roared.
"The power of Ain Soph... as long as something exists within this area, the laws of reality are mine to freely manipulate. If I had to compare it to anything, it's the fully evolved version of the Realizer's territory technology." Mio explained.
Everyone's eyes widened at that, even the Devil's.
"Whoa, so this is the power of Mio's Angel?" Origami remarked.
"No, this is just the power from one of my three Angels." Mio replied with a smile.
"T-three!?" Everyone exclaimed.
Reaching towards her Astral Dress' Sephirot Ring, it began to glow before the Sephira Crystals split into two, and glowed brighter than ever.
"Now, let's return your powers, better than ever!" Mio declared.
She tossed the orbs at them, making the Sephira Spirits all gasp as they felt their Sephira Crystals bond with them once again. However, this time... they felt different than before, as this proved itself as Tohka became the first to regain her Astral Dress.
This time, she had a new chest plating added on, with changed shoulder guards, and her ribbon permanently evolving into a new shape.
"What's happening?" She breathed.
And with that, she felt a strange urge that made her raise her hand, and then...
"Malkuth!"
In her hand came a new version of Sandalphon, with a changed sword handle, and the blade jutting out larger, with two extended areas of the blade near the new hilt.
"This is... my new Angel?" Tohka breathed, noticing it was named after her Sephira itself.
Following her new powers, the others all found their evolved Astral Dresses and new Angels were the same thing. Not only that, but they felt power beyond their Ethereal Forms, likely because this power came from the Spirit whose essence was its very power source.
"Don't bother trying to destroy these powers, Devil, because if you couldn't destroy mine? Then you can't destroy theirs when I've evolved them from the forms you were able to shred into nothing!" Mio warned.
"Who cares? I don't need to destroy those powers to defeat you, not when I can force my own army back onto its feet with my own strength!" The Devil countered.
Flaring his aura out, the Demons finally managed to ignore their pain, allowing them to move.
"Destroy the Spirits, and that bastard's daughter!"
All of the Demons rushed at the Spirits, but they were all suddenly warped to Mio's side, making them turn to face them all. Spreading their wings, they all flew at the Spirit Team, screaming a violent sound as they did.
「 Hundred: My Prayer 」
"Everyone, are you with me?" Mio asked.
"Yeah, all of us." Shido said for everyone, who smiled as their way of telling him.
Mio smiled, and held her right hand up, while resting her left across her chest. For the AST watching from below, it looked like she was singing.
"Great Arcadia that protects all forms of life within unseen walls that can't cage them, shine your endless radiance across the corrupted stain known as sin, and cleanse the world for a great future!" Mio chanted.
"Sanctuary of All Things in Creation: Ain Soph Aur!"
A huge flower bud was seen in the sky, which then suddenly had various lights flowing it that manifested as the form of the Holy Mother Mary.
"Now, please... bloom! Mio announced.
The flower opened up, creating a powerful rain of light that took the form of every Angel that the Demon army had killed, including the souls of the Spirits' original Angels.
"Wait, this is... get away!" The Devil warned his army.
Unfortunately, he was too late to do anything, and the representation of the Angels smashed into all of the Demons, annihilating all but the ones who had taken the form of Demon Kings in the battles between the Spirits and the DEM.
However, the light also ended up healing everyone on the ground, realizing those on the ground were Mio's friends and allies.
"No, you killed nearly all of my Demonkin!" The Devil raged.
Smashing his six hands into one spot, he began charging a dangerous amount of dark power, and then threw it forward.
"Tzimtzum!"
Everything within the range of the attack was swallowed by a void resembling a black hole, putting everyone on edge at what seemed like the fatal finisher to their efforts in saving the world.
"Power of nothingness that exists opposite to Infinity, as this nightmare stands before me, give me strength by not gaining the power to stop it, but rendering this force that threatens me into the same absence you represent!" Mio chanted.
"Illumination of the Void: Ain!"
Holding her hands together, a pure white sphere of light formed in her palms. Reeling her right hand back, she threw it forward, aiming it right at the Tzimtzum.
The light expanded, and everything it passed by was suddenly restored to its original form, possibly due to the world of Ain Soph working with its fellow Angel's powers to restore it to its previous form. Smashing against the dark attack, Ain's light instantly swallowed it up, and made the Devil's eyes widen.
"Impossible!" The Devil screamed.
The ultimate Demon was struck hard, making him scream in pain.
「 Insert Song End 」
"Whoa... what does that Angel do!?" Mana asked.
"Ain is a formless Angel, and the strongest one I have. I used it to erase the damage he did, and all of the evil he's left behind." Mio answered.
"It erases things? Oh man, so we beat the Devil!?" Rio gasped.
Mio shook her head, pointing to a rising silhouette in the smoke of her Angel's attack.
"The Devil's too strong for me to destroy that way, we still have to do this the hard way... and I think he's going to get serious after what I just pulled on him." Mio clarified, staying on-guard.
She was proven right as the Devil survived, with nothing except a white scar on his chest. His surviving Demons were flying around him, and like the Devil himself, they all had murderous looks on their faces.
"Whoa... they seem pretty angry." Mayuri noticed.
A loud roar is heard from the Devil, causing everyone to become a bit nervous as he and his Demons began emitting their dark auras once again.
"We will destroy you all!" The Devil screamed.
"This is it everyone... the Demons have made their last stand, and now we're be the ones to finally end that stand! It's time to end this battle once and for all!" Mio exclaimed.
"Right!" Everyone replied.
Each of the Demons roared before rushing at their opposing spirit, with the Spirits in question doing the same as they charged towards them.
Tohka flew towards Nahemah, who clashed with her through his bladed limbs.
{"I'm gonna cut you to pieces!"} Nahemah raged.
"Try it all you want, but it won't work!" Tohka countered.
Nahemah shrieked in response, and rushed at the Energy Spirit, swinging his arms across her body... only for his blades to shatter against her armor.
{"My blades!"} Nahemah panicked.
Tohka raised her Angel, which glowed with power, making it extend with a crystal blade that resembled Halvanhelev.
"Game over, Nahemah!" Tohka exclaimed.
{"This can't be happening!"} Nahemah screamed.
Tohka cut the Demon right down the middle, making his body swell up before it popped like a balloon full of sludge.
Origami teleported across the area as Satan kept trying to blast her.
{"Sit still, damn it!"} Satan demanded.
Origami completely vanished from view, causing a few flashes across the battleground. Satan tried to find her... only to feel her hands grab onto his arms.
{"No, this isn't... I can't die here!"} Satan panicked.
"This is for my family... so you won't hurt anyone every again!" Origami shouted.
She kicked the Demon's back, locking his movements as the impact locked up his movements. This gave her Angel the moment to fully charge its power.
"Kether!"
The beams of light all fired off, and completely vaporized the screaming Demon.
Yoshino flew on Yoshino's new body, Chesed, as Astaroth rushed after her.
{"Come here you brat, and let me kill you!"} Astaroth roared.
"Yoshinon, are you ready?" Yoshino asked.
"You got it!" Yoshinon replied.
Turning around, they immediately charged ahead... only to vanish from view, catching the Demon off-guard.
{"What the!?"}
A huge blizzard blew at Astaroth, sending him flying into the air.
"Chesed!"
Yoshinon used the Angel's body to charge, giving a mighty scream before smashing a hole through Astaroth's body.
{"N-no way... this is..."} Astaroth choked, soon melting away.
Kotori kicked off a few buildings, making Asmodeus looked around everyone, and throw him off.
{"Will you stop moving!?"} Asmodeus screamed angrily.
"Sure thing!" Kotori smirked.
Hearing that, the Demon suddenly realized that was a red flag, and began burning to impede her efforts... only to fall right into Kotori's trap!
"Gevurah!"
She immediately fired blazing beam from her Angel's tip, which began devouring the ones Asmodeus was creating. The Demon screamed as he felt his own flames being used against him.
{"Damn you little brat, damn you!"} Asmodeus raged before being scorched to ashes.
Kurumi flew around Lucifuge's attacks, while also evading his clones.
{"You can't run from me forever!"} Lucifuge warned.
"Oh, who said I was?" Kurumi inquired.
At that moment, a bunch of shadowy hands suddenly reached out to grab Lucifuge and his clones, making the original Demon see a bunch of Kurumi clones laughing at him.
{"No way, how can you make this many!?"} The Demon demanded.
Kurumi giggled before holding her Angel up.
"Binah!"
{"You can't do this to me!"} Lucifuge roared.
The shadowy storm of bullets swallowed Lucifuge before her clones dragged him and the rest of his copies into the shadows.
Natsumi danced around on her broom as Baal unleashed his morphing fingers at her, failing to hit her with even a single whip flail of his hands' odd appendages.
{"Sit still and let me kill you!"} Baal shouted.
"Said no one over." Natsumi retorted.
Holding out her Angel, she unleashed a green beam before disappearing.
"Netzach!"
Baal looked around, his voice devolving into a growl.
{"You brat, come out and show yourself!"} Baal demanded, sparking electricity between his fingers.
"Who said I was hiding?" Natsumi asked.
She revealed herself, only to appear in multiple places at once.
{"Eh!?"} Baal's eyes bugged out at the sight.
Most of the Natsumi's lunged at him, before poofing into bombs that immediately counted down to zero.
{"You've gotta be kidding-"} Baal screamed.
He was blown into chunks of black ooze before he could finish his reply.
Kaguya and Yuzuru began smashing into Adramelech from both sides, slamming across the Demon's body and two heads.
{"You'll pay for that!"} Adramelech's first head shouted.
{"I swear on it!"} Adramelech's second head shouted.
He released his fatal gas at them, only for both of them to release a powerful wind that blew it away.
"Hod!"
Both of them aimed their bows at the Demon, who was caught in a field of turbulence.
{"What!?"} Both heads screamed.
Charging their arrows, the two stood side by side, then fired their arrows at the Demon's twin heads. The shots fired through, carrying the Demon through the sky, until they crossed together.
{"No!"} The first head screamed.
{"How can this be!?"} The second head screamed.
Miku unleashed a sonic scream against Lilith's, who kept raging out his voice without restraint.
{"DIE! DIE! DIE!"} Lilith ranted angrily.
Miku stopped singing to take a deep breath, doing a back flip near the ground.
"I think you need to know the true meaning of an encore is more than a repeat, but responding to the passion that's shown your way!" Miku exclaimed.
"Yesod!"
She released an even greater sound, which completely shattered Lilith's voice, and smashed the Demon hard.
{"My... my body!"} Lilith screeched.
The Demon began crumbling to dust, before breaking apart into the wind.
Nia opened her Angel's pages, being covered in a veil of papers as Beelzebub created a surge of energy shots at her.
{"Prepare to meet your end!"} Beelzebub declared.
"Oh no, this isn't my end... it's my beginning!" Nia countered, holding up her Angel.
It released a bright flash.
"Chokmah!"
Everything within her pages, revealed to be various sketches of the characters, objects, and etc. of the Silver Bullet manga.
{"How much do you have!?"} Beelzebub panicked, trying to account for everything.
"You fool, my mind has no limit!" Nia answered.
Every one of her creations flies ahead, shredding the Demon apart with every power they had. Nia marked her victory by turning around, and closing the book that was her Angel.
Mukuro rushed forward, smashing Belphegor with her Angel without rest.
{"H-how can you have... so much... power!?"} Belphegor questioned, a confused look on his face.
"Because we have something worth fighting for, and you lack that because you only seek to destroy!" Mukuro loudly shouted.
She spun her Angel in circles, creating a bunch of meteors from solid gravity.
"Tiphereth!"
The meteors slammed into the Demon, making him scream.
{'H-how can... Humans be so... strong?'} Belphegor wondered, feeling his vision fade.
He smashed into the ground with increased gravity, soon compressing into the ground as a puff of smoke.
Rio charged ahead, knocking Belial into the ground.
{"You little brat!"} Belial roared.
"I'd rather be a brat, because you're just a monster!" Rio answered.
Focusing her hand out, she unleashed a beam powered by her emotions, making Belial scream in pain.
"Full power!" She screamed.
The intense feelings she poured it completely vaporized the Demon.
Mayuri had Abaddon locked in a bind of lightning, making him scream.
{"Let me go you living piece of scum!"} Abaddon demanded.
"I'll let you go, when you reach the land of the dead that is!" Mayuri answered, focusing her electrical charge.
Abaddon screamed as the electricity got stronger.
"Thunderstorm!"
The clouds focused above her, then shot a huge streak of electricity at the Demon, which fried him to just a pile of ashes.
Maria rose up her hands, causing a mass of plants to restrict Leviathan's movements.
{"Disgusting flora, get off of me!"} Leviathan hissed.
"You underestimated the power of plants, just like you underestimated us!" Maria shouted, accelerating their growth.
The plants constricted the Demon, and then made Leviathan pop like a balloon, leaving only a bunch of demonic scales across the ground.
"Didn't expect that to happen." Maria blinked.
Marina smashed her Demon opponent excitedly, with Mammon barely able to see as her strikes blinded one of his eyes.
{"Ugh... crud, why'd I have to get you?"} Mammon groaned.
"Three reasons for that. For the first?" Marina replied.
She gave Mammon a strong right hook to the mouth, breaking some of the Demon's teeth out.
"You're really ugly." She stated.
Then she kneed him right in the jawline, leaving a dent in his skin.
"The second, you're a fragile wimp." She continued.
She finally began gathering her element, hovering a mass of acid overhead of Mammon, who's eyes widened.
{"Uh oh..."} He whimpered.
"And the third? You're evil, and we all hate that." Marina finished.
The poison was swung down, and wrapped around him, outright eating the Demon like a hungry shark.
Mio, Mana, Rinne, and Shido were all seen standing against the Devil, who opened his mouth, making his lower jaw split, and then reveal another eight rows of teeth underneath the horrible beast.
"Cocytus Breath!"
He unleashed a chlorine gas from his mouth, forcing the quartet to evade.
"Alright, let's see how you like this!" Mana shouted.
"Roaring Abyss!"
Mana threw her fist out, creating a powerful Void strike, which heavily burned the ultimate Demon's face.
"You think that's enough to hurt me!?" The Devil screamed.
"How about this?" Rinne replied.
"Harmonic Convergence!"
The rainbow beam struck the same area that Mana had hit, making an explosive reaction.
"And here's a taste of my own!" Shido exclaimed, using his Over-Limit Spirit Ascension.
"Harmonic Convergence!"
The Devil was struck back again, and as this was happening, Mio appeared right before him, holding out her hand.
"Da'ath Strike!"
Various astrological symbols tied to the Sephirot's circles launched from her hands, slamming into the Devil's body with extreme force as he was knocked onto his back.
"Hey, you have room for more?" Origami asked, the other Spirits following behind her.
"Good timing, having us all here means we've got a surefire way to take this guy down." Mio smiled as she saw them.
Holding out her hand, a bit of everyone's Reiryoku went inside of Shido.
「 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds: Clear Mind 」
Shido's eyes widened before his Spirit Ascension took a form based on Mio's colors.
"This is..." Shido realized.
"The greatest form of your Spirit Ascension, the Ultimate Spirit Ascension." Mio confirmed.
The Devil got up, roaring at them all
"I'll kill you all, witness my full wrath against this world!" The Devil screamed.
He began roaring loudly, gathering every disaster he made earlier around Tenguu Crater, and gathering their power in his hands, and his upper four legs.
"Qliphoth Mayhem!"
"Shido, attack him right now!" Mio immediately alerted him.
While unsure, he held out his hand.
"Sephirot Strike!"
As the Devil prepared his attack... he was suddenly frozen, with his movements completely locked up.
"W-what is this!?" The Devil demanded, confusion in his eyes.
All of the Spirits began to glow with a Sephirot symbol appearing on his body, alongside spots for the Non-Sephira Spirits to hit.
"Everyone, attack him together!" Mio exclaimed.
"Let's do it!" They shouted in unison.
The non-Sephira Spirits all rushed ahead first, targeting their spots with a charging rush, coated by an aura of their signature Spirit color. The Devil roared, feeling all of his horns snap in two.
"Look, this attacks' really hurting him!" Mana realized.
"Because his Demons are gone, he's vulnerable! Don't let up the attacks!" Mio answered.
Upon hearing that, she saw Origami, Nia, Kurumi, Yoshino, and Kotori all rush ahead, striking the lower five spots of the Sephirot representation.
"You... can't destroy... me!" The Devil raged, refusing to believe what was happening to him.
Following their fellow Sephira Spirits came Mukuro, Natsumi, the Yamai twins, Miku, and Tohka, who smashed the other five. This left only the middle one, which immediately prompted Mio to charge a sphere of Reiryoku into her hand.
"Shido, you and me!" Mio shouted.
"Right!" He replied.
He grabbed Mio's hand, and the two spiraled towards the Devil, who's eyes widened as they smashed a hole through his stomach. His body began cracking, making the Devil glare at them with rage.
「 Insert Song End 」
Everyone cheered as the Devil looked to have been slain, until...
"You... won't... win this... I refuse... to die here!" The Devil screamed, his body twitching.
The Devil's body crumpled a bit, getting everyone's attention as the horns popped inside of him. Right after that, something crawled out of the Devil, revealing what seemed to be a sphere with tentacles, and six broken horns on its head.
Right after the Devil's body dissolved away, leaving only the thing that came out to remain.
"What is that thing?" Mana asked.
"That must be where this all began, that thing... is his heart." Mio realized.
Everyone's eyes widened.
"He's a living organ!?" Yuzuru exclaimed, strangely sounding like her sister for once.
Mio shook her head, looking at everyone.
"No, the Devil had to grow strong somehow, it couldn't match my father as it was born. This particular case of a heart would better be described as the original form of the Devil." She clarified.
"In other words, this is the real Devil." Kurumi realized.
"And now that is has... we must make sure he can never come back, as I think this is why we failed before." Mio replied.
Hearing that, every Spirit looked at one another.
「 Date A Live: Opening Song - Instrumental 」
Gathering around Mio, she immediately activated her Ain Soph once more. She did it just in time, as the Devil's Heart tried to leave, only to be cut off from his escape route.
"No, let me out of here!" The Devil screamed, panicking.
"You're done, and it's time for you to finally get the ending you deserve." Mio said, an intense glare on her face.
Mio held out her hands, and an outline of the Sephirot appeared on the Ain Soph's tree. All of the Spirits began moving to an area they represented, making the Devil begin to shake as he futilely tried to escape the Ain Soph's realm.
When they all finally found their spots, the tree bloomed into a rainbow of colors, becoming a true Tree of Life.
"Connecting to the Earth..." Tohka chanted.
"Then reaching to the crown of Heaven..." Origami chanted.
"Giving mercy to the innocent..." Yoshino chanted.
"Or justice to the guilty..." Kotori chanted.
"As we search for an understanding..." Kurumi chanted.
"We find victory in our hearts..." Natsumi chanted.
"Then search for glory..." Kaguya and Yuzuru chanted.
"Leading to a foundation we set..." Miku chanted.
"Created by the wisdom we gain..." Nia chanted.
"Which shows us new beauty in the world..." Mukuro chanted.
"The values that are positive..." Maria chanted.
"The values that are negative..." Marina chanted.
"Seeing what is real..." Rio chanted.
"And cherishing what could be more..." Mayuri chanted.
"Holding strong hopes in our hands..." Rinne chanted.
"Finding the infinite from the nothingness..." Mana chanted.
"The limitless aspect is now complete..." Shido chanted.
With that, everyone's eyes opened up, with all of their power channeling to Mio, and then to one another, creating vines from the tree that created twenty-two connections between the spots they stood before.
"For this is the path of Knowledge we've gained together!" Mio chanted, holding out her hand.
"STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!" The Devil screamed in vain.
Every Spirit followed Mio's lead.
"Ultimate Sephirot Strike!" They shouted together.
A gigantic version of the Harmonic Convergence attack was released by the tree, but this time with one beam for every Spirit, and at ten times the original ability's size.
The Devil's Heart was hit by it, causing it to start breaking down!
"I am... the killer of God, I can't... die here! I won't... I'm... not going to... no, no, no! You can't... do this!" The Devil screamed one final time.
A huge explosion shot into the sky, causing everyone in the world to see it as the Ain Soph disappeared.
However, the Tree they had formed stayed where it was, soon merging with Tenguu Tower, and releasing a huge burst of light across the world. This burst of light caused many to feel a sense of relief.
「 Insert Song End 」
"We... we..." Mio gasped, soon forming a smile.
The others began making the same smile as Mio's, immediately realizing that it was finally over!
"The Devil's finally been destroyed!" Shido exclaimed.
"We finally stopped Westcott, and the Devil! Their evil's been silenced for good!" Mana cheered.
Everyone who listened heard their words, soon leaving Tenguu City to cheer at the news. Reports instantly started filming, allowing this to spread across the globe, and making many show joy as they heard it.
"We did it... Isamu." Seigo smiled, looking at the sky.
At that moment, a few orbs appeared before Mio, who looked at them as she and the other Spirits released their Astral Dresses.
("Take care, you're the guardian of this world... the remnants of Heaven and the Spirit Dimension will live through you, and the Earth it fused with.") Sandalphon said, the last embers of her soul burning for this moment.
"You mean... this is goodbye?" Mio asked, looking sad.
("We must destroy the Inverse Void... that dimension can't continue to exist, so... it is. Don't forget, we live through our reincarnations behind you, so in a way... this is also a new hello.") Sandalphon confirmed.
Mio breathed a bit, and then nodded her head.
"Then... good luck to you." Mio replied, sniffling as she did her best to smile.
The orbs of light representing the Sephira Spirits' former Angels all flew towards the spot in the sky that the Diabolus ripped apart, healing it up. Before it closed, a bright flash was heard, showing the last remnants of Dark Reiryoku before the power was erased once and for all.
"Come on everyone, let's go home... for good this time." Mio smiled, looking at everyone.
"Yeah, let's." Shido smiled back.
After a war lasting 30 years, and one last battle... it was finally over. Ratatoskr had survived, and won against the DEM, finally giving the souls of over 6 billion the peace they finally deserved.
And that's it, the Mio Salvation movie arc has finally come to an end. *sniffles* Oh man, here come the tears... now that I've finished Mio's arc in the story, there's only two more chapters left, the two chapters for the epilogue. I know this story had to end eventually, but that doesn't mean I'm not sad about having such an amazing story come to an end.
Mio managed to help slam quite a bit of damage against the Devil, and the brief revival of his army. Not only that, but she gave everyone their powers back, evolve their Astral Dresses, and give them even stronger Angels. For these forms, think Tohka's from the Vol 18 illustration where she manages to actually damage Mio, as Tohka does technically have a bit of her power in that state.
The Devil may have been powerful, but it seems that in the end, the unity of the Spirits was too much for her, and it seems God made her his daughter would be able to succeed where he failed. While it is true the Devil's lacking the power he used to, I'll say that's only in the sense he can't use powers like that curse he used to guarantee God would die on a level unlike anyone else in the story, so physically? He was as strong as back then.
Until next time everyone, and stay awesome! ^^