Reviews:

Lord Ri The Husbu King: You just described the good ending. Yeah, I noticed it too. Even slow chapters are still kind of tense. To be honest, I get where you're coming from. Reina, Psykos, and Millaarc are pretty annoying and brutal. I'll see what I can do about their endings. Spoiler alert, two of them are going to die pretty brutally. Actually, all of them are. Maybe except for Angelo. But we'll see how that goes. To be honest, I care about their background too, but not for the reasons you think. I like to familiarize myself with villains. And to give them some information. And these guys have tragic pasts, sure. But they are assholes who don't hesitate to kill innocent people. It's not strange, I like how they comfort each other too. As for Yosuke...he'll be pretty messed up, I can tell you that much.

SoutaAmetsuchi: Yeah. Well, to be more precise, Narfi died but no one knows how. So his essence is passed down. Now it's in Yomi. So it's not like he took over Yomi or anything like that. It just gives him extra benefits.

nickseverino8: Yomi is one of the most hated characters next to Bragard, you're right. He does deserve to be killed off. For Yosuke's weapon, I was thinking of a Katana or something like that.

Tenzalucard123: Sibling love is powerful. Bragi went in with no plan, but a lot of courage to get his aunt and friend back. But in his condition, can he fight all members of Noble Red alone?

Akira: Poor Tobias. He wants to protect Elfnein but he can't do much. Yomi just keeps becoming worse and worse. He really wants his fight with Hajime.

Chapter 122
Protectors to the Throne

"I'm surprised you're okay with this, Hazuki-kun." Vanessa eyed the blonde next to her, watching her work on Shem-Ha's bracer."I mean, kidnapping your ex-girlfriend and using her as a vessel."

"It's fine. We broke up a while ago. Plus, it's not her fault. She's just ignorant to the truth." Hazuki shrugged.

Vanessa arched a brow at that, wondering what he meant by 'the truth', but decided not to press her luck with the leader of the Divine Disasters of Valhalla."Oh? Was it your first break up?"

"Yes. To think she'd replace me with that science experiment Bragard left behind..." Hazuki spat in disdain.

"W-wait, you mean Bragi Third Dienheim?!" Vanessa gasped."No way! She left you for that piece of shit?!"

"Well, not exactly. He came around after." Hazuki waved his hand."Anyway, how long is this going to take?"

"Not sure...But hopefully not long." Vanessa grimaced."I want us all to get our bodies back to normal. The Divine Power is the only thing that can do so."

"Even if you do, what will happen next? I mean, SONG is probably still going to go after you."

"Then...we'll just have to leave it to our allies, no?" She winked at him, prompting him to chuckle.

"Charming. I see why Kuwana-san tries to avoid you. You're dangerous, Vanessa-san."

"Aw, you're so sweet." Vanessa giggled."Anyway, may I ask for a favor, if it's not too much trouble?"

"Sure. What do you need?"

"I have to run an errand." Vanessa stated."I have to make sure that SONG can't deliver the evidence they've collected back to their HQ. I was going to ask you if you could watch over the machine for me."

"Fine. I suppose I can do as much." Hazuki agreed."Have fun, Vanessa-san. Will do. Try not to do anything to your sleeping ex, would you?"

"Heh. Sure thing."

Vanessa winked at him and proceeded to leave the room, leaving Hazuki alone.

"It won't be long now, Loki. Are you excited?" Hazuki asked the God inside of him.

"Ugh...I was, but now that it's actually happening..."

"Hmmm? Something wrong?"

"Like I said before, Shem-Ha is pretty high-maintenance and can be quite exhausting with her personality. So I'm not exactly looking forward to hearing her complain."

"Well, can't you guys bond over your son or whatever?"

"Sure, if I can explain to her that Narfi died and only his essence lives on inside of a human. Let me do the talking. I'd rather avoid her killing you."

"Fine. I wasn't exactly looking forward to meeting with a Custodian."


"Jades."

"Maria."

The oldest couple of SONG were sitting on their bed upon Maria's request for them to talk privately.

"Listen...I know why you did what you did. I understand...And I'm upset."

"I know..." Jades lowered his gaze.

"But I'm more upset that you lied. Why didn't you trust us with it?" Maria frowned."Why did you keep it hidden all of these years? Were you worried that we'd condemn you?"

"I...Terunosuke is right. I was afraid of losing you too. The day I heard the news my Mom had a miscarriage...it was horrible. I was looking forward to being a big brother and being like Atticus. An older brother that my younger sibling could depend on and look up to. The drive from the hospital was...the most agonizing 10 minutes of my life. But...waking up in the middle of the night to Atticus screaming that Mom had slit her wrists in the bathtub...I just...I guess something in me broke."

He took a deep breath, smiling at Andreas, who was licking his shoes. He patted the dog gently before continuing."When we were recruited to FIS, I guess part of me couldn't let go and wanted everyone to be my little sibling. But over time, I came to love all of those kids genuinely. You guys especially. And Terunosuke. That's why...I did what I did. I stole his opportunity to be a Kamen Rider, what he wanted to be so badly. And what did I do with that? Absolutely nothing. I screwed up. My life is just a series of failures. All I did...my attempt to protect Terunosuke...which ultimately led to this situation today."

He looked up at Maria once more, tears glistening in his eyes."If I hadn't done that, maybe he could have been happy. Maybe he would have felt like he was worth something. Instead, I made him feel useless and not good enough. Because he thought no one ever saw value in him, he joined the DDV for power..."

"But happiness shouldn't be that shallow." Maria countered."Even if he didn't become a Rider, he could have just been happy working at that company he worked at. A lot of things in life could have made him happy."

"The importance is the meaning, Maria. He promised Serena he would become a Kamen Rider so he would fight for her and protect her. Even if Terunosuke had become Tiger instead of me, he would have most likely lost to the Nephilim. But...he would have at least not had any regrets. Besides not being able to save Serena. Instead, he lived his entire life thinking he was never good enough to even protect Serena. It...must have been torture to him..." Jades clenched his fists."If I hadn't asked Atticus to break him out and take him home, he wouldn't have died...Which ultimately wouldn't have resulted in Terunosuke using the Gai Deck to murder too many people over the years."

"Jades..."

"I couldn't save my brother or your sister. I couldn't prevent any of you guys from joining in on the fight and putting your lives at risk. I know you want to fight alongside me and protect me...But maybe...if I hadn't been so stupid back then. We could have all done that together. Maybe...if life had been different, all 9 of us could have been together and fought together. As a family. But...that's not the life we live in, is it? I should have trusted him. I should have trusted all of you. Instead, I was a coward, and I didn't want to suffer again, so I did anything I could to protect you all. Even if...ultimately it only hurt you. That's why...I'm a failure."

"Jades." Maria reached for his hand."Listen...You had the right intentions. But you're human. You make mistakes too. I made mistakes too, you know that. We want what's best for them, but we have to let them grow on their own as well. Explore the world, make mistakes, and learn. It's not too late to do that."

"Right...It's not...But Terunosuke..."

"What will you do about him?"

"Well, what do you think? You wanted to kill him before, right?"

"I did, but...after everything that's happened and what we learned..." Maria closed her eyes."I don't know anymore. Family shouldn't kill family. Sure, we're enemies now. But we were family at one point. He's working with the bastard that killed Andreas, but he believes in Ryuga's world and his promise to revive Serena."

"I'll see what I can do. I...I want to make amends. With you, the girls, and Raiden. I don't want you guys to experience what killing a sibling feels like."

"The girls forgave you already. And Raiden will understand one day. As for me..." Maria leaned forward, kissing him on the lips."Is that good enough for an answer?"

"Maria..." Jades' eyes widened. He leaned forward and kissed Maria more fiercely as they horsed around on the bed until she was on top of him."I love you."

"I love you too, you big dummy." She laid down on his chest, kissing his cheek."You know...Eventually, when we decide to have children of our own, you can't be spoiling them as much as you spoil the others."

"What can I say? It's in my nature to spoil them." Jades chuckled."I don't spoil them that much..."

"You listen to Kirika's every whim." Maria sighed."Didn't I have to go with you to return all of those things she bought online? That she never even used, by the way?"

"You make a good point..." Jades sweatdropped, cupping her cheek."But still...you sure you wanna have a failure as the father of your kids?"

"I think two failures can make a success." She grinned."Simple math, right? Besides, you'll make a great father. I'll just have to keep you in line so you don't spoil them too much. Though, the others will probably spoil them too."

"Oh, yeah. Kirika and Shirabe for sure. They'll make great aunts." His hands began to explore her body, earning a mewl from the pinkette. They heard Andreas barked, stopping them in their tracks.

"Maybe I should take Andreas out to the yard..." Maria said.

"Yeah...Good idea. Should we be doing this? I mean, with everything going on and all..."

Maria sighed in frustration but poked his nose."It should be fine. We all need to burn out some stress, after all. We can't be all stressed out when we face Noble Red again. We need to have a clear mind."

With that. Maria got off the bed and took Andreas out of the room.

Jades stared at the cieling.'If I can do this right...I can prevent them from suffering anymore. Sorry, Terunosuke...but I have to put you out of your misery...for your own good. Even if it destroys my heart...'


A few hours later, Ogawa was carrying a briefcase containing the evidence they needed and was heading back to HQ.

'As we suspected, there is a connection between Kamakura and Noble Red...' Ogawa bit his lower lip.'What could possibly be the motive for this? What does Noble Red want to acquire that they-'

He suddenly noticed two figures in the middle of the street. One was Vanessa and the other one was...

'Yosuke...No, that's Psykos.' The ninja narrowed his eyes.

"Hey, it's Ogawa-san! Hahaha!" P. Yosuke snickered, sliding his Deck into his V Buckle and transforming into the Knight."Let's see what the great ninja can do."

Sword Vent: Winglancer

Knight lunged at one of the cars behind Ogawa's, stabbing his lance through the windshield and killing the driver. The car spun out of control and he jumped away from it before it crashed into a wall, exploding. Vanessa unzipped her jacket, shooting the missiles located on her chest and destroying the second car. Ogawa stepped on the accelerator, going full speed past them.

"Oh, my. I make the first move and I still get rejected?" Vanessa sighed dramatically."Maybe Terunosuke was right. Maybe I'm not that charming. What do you think, Psykos?"

"Mmmmm...I think most guys don't like the fake boobs."

"Fair enough. Anyway, let's chase down our prey before he gets away."

"Agreed." P. Knight grinned, activating an ability.

Advent: Metal Darkwing

Darkwing attached itself to P. Knight's back and helped him glide in the sky while Vanessa activated the jets at her legs, hovering over the air as they chased after the car. The woman opened up her wrists, shooting two missiles plus two located her at knees, firing a total of 4 missiles at the car. However, Ogawa drove the car into the wall and was now driving on it, avoiding the missiles entirely.

"What the fuck?!" Vanessa blinked, perplexed."How is he doing that?!

"Hahaha! That was nice!" P. Knight cackled, flapping Darkwing's wings and creating sharp currents of wind and sending them toward the car. To his surprise, the car split into 3.

Ninja Car Clone

"The fuck?!" It was now P. Knight's turn to be surprised. Even with Yosuke's memories, he didn't expect Ogawa to suddenly make shadow clones of the car.

"Modern ninja arts are something else, huh?" Vanessa landed next to him, both of them completely bewildered."Let's go after him!"

"Like hell you are!"

The Noble Red members looked up to see Chris, clad in her Gear, using her SMGs to spray countless bullets at them. P. Knight stood in front of Vanessa, twirling his lance to deflect the bullets. However, he didn't notice Destwilder ramming into him, grabbing him by the head, and throwing him over to Tiger, who kicked him away.

"Psykos!" Vanessa cried out, stretching her arms toward Tiger. The Rider avoided it, but she simply opened up the compartments at her fingertips and shot bullets from them. Maria appeared out of nowhere, slashing the bullets apart with her dagger.

"What?!" Vanessa felt something grab her ankle. It was Rai's Evilwhip, which he used to pull on her hard and hurled her into the sky. She clicked her tongue, opening the compartment at her palms, releasing several Alca-Noise crystals. Chris switched to her crossbows, immediately engaging the Noise. Tiger and Raia chased after Vanessa and P. Knight with Maria backing them up.

"Oh, shit!" P. Knight sneered. Vanessa wrapped her arm around his torso, already stretching her arm and grabbing onto a truck, pulling him along.

"Fuck! That's a civilian car!" Raia cried out, wasting no time in activating an ability.

Advent: Evildiver

Raia chased after them at full speed, leaving the others behind as they leaped from car to car, entering the highway.

"Damn it, the fucking ninja got away!" P. Knight gritted his teeth.

"It's fine. For now, we can delay the Symphogear and the Riders. Speaking of the devil." Vanessa smirked, as Evildiver hovered above them.

"Stay off the highway! Why are you involving innocent people?!"

"It gives us an advantage, moron!" P. Knight laughed."Come on, you can't go all out here, but we sure as shit can!"

Vanessa aimed her arm at Raia, popping her fingertips open and shooting a barrage of bullets at him. To her surprise, Maria leaped into the sky, her dagger turning into a bladed whip as she lashed it out, deflecting the bullets."My, my. That's the Airgetlam, isn't it? So you must be Maria."

"You know me?"

"I do. You're one of Terunosuke's sisters." Vanessa waved her finger around."He's said a lot about guys. In particular about you, Tiger."

"Yeah?" Tiger's lips thinned, a cold sweat dripping down his forehead.

"Maria, your sister, Serena, was one lucky girl. I'm jealous. If only Terunosuke saw me in the same light as her." She sighed."But alas, his heart belongs to her."

"What the fuck are you trying to say?!" Raia snarled.

"Oh, nothing. Just a girl, rambling about a crush that will never pay attention to her. Still, I feel bad for what I'm about to do to you guys. Or not." Vanessa folded her arm as it split open at the elbow, shooting a torpedo at Maria, who was standing on top of a moving car.

"Oh, no! If I dodge, then...!"

Freeze Vent

The torpedo froze into ice, and Tiger slashed it to bits with his claws.

"If that's the case, then let's up the ante, shall we?!" Knight grinned, opening up his visor.

Tempest Vent

P. Knight raised his arms, creating a whirlwind that began lifting all the cars into the sky.

"Oh, no you don't!" Raia was quick, drawing a card from his Deck and sliding it into his visor.

Psychic Vent

Using his psychic abilities, he managed to get the cars down to safety, bypassing the strong wind currents.

"Tch! So persistent!" Vanessa shot several rockets, aiming at the ground and destroying the highway.

Raia gasped, but thankfully, Tiger was one step ahead.

Frost Vent

The tiger-themed Rider reconstructed the highway, patching up the hole left behind and allowing the cars to safely cross.

"That's enough!" Tiger clad his feet with ice, skating over to Vanessa and Psykos. Maria used the ice to increase her speed, leaping over Jades and slashing at Psykos, who parried with his lance.

"Too slow-"

Maria didn't allow him to retaliate, kicking him in the chin and launching him into the sky.

"Shit!" Vanessa opened up her palms, but a breeze of ice froze her hand as soon as she fired, destroying it."Fuck! Not my hand!"

Evildiver flew toward her, ramming into her and taking her into the sky.

"Now, Chris!"

"You don't have to tell me twice!" Chris roared, already prepared with her missiles at her sides, shooting them at the duo.

Mega Deth Party

"Like that's going to do you any good!" Psykos waved his hand, using his still-active Tempest Vent to create sharp wind slashes and destroy the missiles. Raia returned the favor, condescending the explosions with his psychic powers and forming a tornado of fire, engulfing both of them and stunning them. To finish them off, Chris fired two huge missiles.

Mega Deth Fuga

Psykos quickly formed a wall of liquid silver, stopping the attacks from reaching them. But they weren't keeping watch of Raia, who was descending from the skies with Evildiver.

Final Vent: Hide Venom

The Rider rammed into them, launching them across the area and into a wall.

"D-damn..." Knight groaned, sitting up, only to find a gun to his face.

"Don't move."

"Oh, please, you wouldn't shoot your friend. I'm just a parasite living in his body." Psykos chuckled."The real one suffering is Yosuke."

"That's funny. I fought Yosuke before, and this is nowhere near his breaking point." Tiger said, approaching them with Maria."Now tell us where you took our friends!"

"Why would we tell you that?" Vanessa clicked her tongue."You haven't beat us yet. We will never reveal that information-"

Suddenly, a bright burst of energy illuminated the skies. The members of SONG realized that the light came from the Chateau in the distance.

"Oh, fuck..." Psykos muttered.

"Materialization? But it's way too early!" Vanessa was equally as shocked. They all could hear the same distorted sound they heard back in HQ, but this time, something was different.

"This...this song..." Maria's eyes widened. From the remains of the Chateau de Tiffauges, a giant cacoon formed within the pillar.

"Guess we found your base..." Raia narrowed his eyes at the cacoon."What the hell is going on over there-"

Psykos's left arm turned into silver and enlarged it, smacking them away from him and Vanessa."Wouldn't you like to know? Vanessa, see you back at the base. I'm going to have some fun first."

"Roger." Vanessa nodded, pulling out a vial from her cleavage before breaking it, and teleporting away.

"What are you planning?!" Tiger demanded, making Psykos chuckle.

"Not much." Knight pulled out his Survive Card, activating it instantly.

Survive: Shippu

The others got on guard, but to their surprise, the Rider jumped off the highway down to the street below.

Wheel Vent

Metal Darkraider screeched, morphing into his bike form as Knight landed on top of him."Catch me if you can!"

The Rider accelerated, coursing through the streets. Raia clicked his tongue, chasing after him as he also activated his own Survive form.

Survive: Seishin

Evildiver turned into Exodiver, serving as a hoverboard for Raia to ride.

"Raiden! I'll come with you-"

"No! I don't need your help, Jades!" Raia snarled, much to Jades' shock."I have a plan, remember? I can do this!"

'Trust...I have to trust him...He can do this...' Jades smiled under his helmet."Alright! We'll go ahead to the Chateau. You can do this, Raiden. I believe in you."

"Don't do anything reckless!" Maria cried out.

"And Raiden..." Jades started, his brother turning around to face him."Don't die, alright?"

"The same goes for you." He nodded, chasing after P. Knight, keeping an eye on him from the skies.

"Guess we'll have to check what's going on with the Chateau." Jades said, eyeing the girls."You girls ready?"

"Hell yeah."

"Of course."

He nodded, and the trio proceeded to head over to the Chateau.


"Good work, Elfnein." Millaarc praised the brainwashed girl, watching the machine operate normally."You did well."

"It may have been abandoned, but it still contains high amounts of energy." Elsa remarked."So what now?"

"We get rid of the eyesore, of course." Millarc grinned, approaching Elfnein."She served her purpose."

"N-no! Stop!" Tobias pleaded, but Angelo kept him pinned down. Suddenly, the whole place started to shake, prompting Elsa to run to check on the console.

"Oh, crap! It's out of control! It's not able to contain the energy from the bracer-de-arimasu!"

"Is everything alright?" Vanessa appeared after teleporting inside."What's going on?"

"It suddenly went out of control, but it seems fine now," Reina said, noticing the shaking had stopped. She took a look at the console, noticing a helicopter approaching the area."Oh, great. We were found out."

However, much to their surprise, the cocoon began to shoot energy beams at the helicopter, keeping them at bay.

"It's...attacking?" Elsa pondered, taking a closer look.

"Probably some type of defense mechanism." Angelo deduced."Anyway, it seems that the Divine Power is hard to tame. Good thing we have a good source of it here. Isn't that right, Tobias?"

"You can do whatever you want with me...but please...leave Elfnein alone..." The boy croaked, trying to crawl away.

"I don't think you're in any position to make demands." Angelo reminded him, sitting on his back to keep him in place.

Vanessa took the extra hand that Elsa had given her, attaching it to her wrist."So, how do we go about extracting the God from him? Should we follow the same procedure?"

"Maybe, but the other one isn't done yet. In the meantime..." Reina eyed the now unconscious Elfnein."No witnesses! I say we kill this little whore!"

"Agreed." Angelo nodded.

"What?! But you said-"

"I said I'm not above hurting kids if it means achieving our goals." Angelo reminded him."She just happens to be useless now. We can't just let her go home like nothing happened."

"Let me do it." Vanessa offered, her hand spinning like a drill."I want to test out my new hand."

Tobias squirmed, watching as Vanessa slowly approached Elfnein.'I'm sorry...Thor, I have no choice!'

"L-lad?! Don't!"

"I NEED...YOUR POWER!"

Angelo was sent flying toward the ceiling, the impact creating a crater, leaving him speechless."What the...?"

Tobias was now sparking with electricity, his left eye had turned silver and a white aura surrounded his body.

"Oh, please. Like we're afraid of a little boy!" Millaarc lunged at him, her wings cladding her arm and making it bigger, ready to slam her fist against Tobias. However, in the blink of an eye, he connected a punch against her belly, sending her flying into a wall.

He growled, lunging at Reina, but the girl was prepared and jumped back, avoiding a lighting kick."Wow! That's gnarly!"

Elfnein slowly opened her eyes, regaining consciousness."T-Tobias...? What are you doing...?"

"I'll protect you, Elfnein! Because...that's what I was made for, remember? You're the one who brought me to life and gave me a second chance at living! So...I'll do what I can to stop them! Even if it destroys me!"


Chris, Maria, and Tiger were going as fast as they could over to the Chateau. Even from that distance, they could feel the amount of power emanating from the place.

"No good...Are the others on their way?!" Tiger asked through his communicator.

"We detected the same Aufwachen wavelength that we detected the other day! It matches the bracer's activation signal!" Came the voice of Aoi through their comms.

"Does that mean...Shem-ha is up and about?" Maria asked, her voice trembling at the implication.

"We're not sure. We've dispatched the others there already." Genjuro said."If I was a betting man, I'd say Bragi is on his way as well. Keep an eye out for him."

"Got it. I'll make sure to give that idiot a piece of my mind for running off like that!" Chris grinned as the call ended.

A portal opened on top of a rooftop, causing the team to stop and watch as Ryuga emerged.

"Y-you!" Maria felt her blood boiling upon seeing her brother's murderer.

"What are you doing here?!" Chris gritted her teeth.

"That's a silly question, isn't it? I'm here to stop you." Ryuga said, hands on his hips."You're going to the Chateau, right? See, I can't let you interfere with what's going on over there."

"Maria, Chris-chan. Get going. I'll fight him." Tiger volunteered, his eyes fixated on Ryuga.

"J-Jades, but-"

"It's fine. The others need you more than I do." He eyed Maria."You felt that power, didn't you? It's going to need all of you to work together to stop it. And as long as Ryuga and Noble Red are running around, we can't do much. So I'll do what Raiden did and do my part. I'll stay behind and fight him."

"Jades..." Chris muttered, clenching her fists. She shifted her gaze over to the cocoon in the distance, noticing color lights flying around it and attacking it."Fine. Maria, we have to go."

"Okay. We'll leave him to you." Maria nodded. But before she followed Chris, she glanced over her shoulder."I love you. Make sure to bring Raiden with you, okay? I want you two to talk things through after this is done!"

"I love you too." He gave her a thumbs up."Yeah, I'll make sure to bring him with me. You guys get Elfnein and the others out of there. It wouldn't sit well with me if I can't save my sister-in-law."

The girls nodded and proceeded to continue leaping from building to building, leaving the two Riders behind.

"Not going to stop them?"

"Why would I do that? I can just go to the Chateau right now. I can teleport, remember?" Ryuga sighed."But I'm happy to see you're still the same protective person you've always been, Jades-san. I guess some things never change."

"I can't say the same about you. You've changed a lot. And for the worse. Don't get too cocky. If you want to escape, I'll catch you before you slip through one of your portals."

"Heh. Maybe so. But don't worry. You're not going to be fighting me. I already have a perfect opponent for you."

"Opponent?"

Ryuga opened a portal next to him."Here's a portal that will take you to your next opponent. I think I know very well who it is. You have two choices, Jades-san. One, we can fight right here and now. You can choose the revenge route and try to kill me. But we both know you don't stand a chance against me. But I know that deep down you at least want to be an attempt."

"How awfully overconfident of you." Tiger scowled."And what is the second choice?"

"You go through this portal to the location I have chosen for your battle and fight your opponent. Of course, neither I nor Allister-san will be interfering. I made a vow that neither of us would be interfering in the battle. So you don't have to worry about all of us attacking you at once."

"And why would I do that? If I go, then you'll just chase after Maria and Chris-chan and-"

"Oh, please. I have more pressing matters to attend to than to fight those two, out of all people." Ryuga chortled."Don't worry. I won't be chasing them. Neither your little brother who is playing around with Noble Red's parasite."

Tiger clicked his tongue.'He's well informed...'

"So, what is it gonna be? Are we going to fight to the death? Or would you rather fight to the death with your opponent? I'll say this, if you choose to fight your opponent, you have a chance to come out alive and see another day. But if you fight me...well, you know the answer to that."

Jades considered his choices. He knew the dark Rider wasn't bluffing. He had Femme's powers as well as Divine Power. Jades had his Divine Weapon, but he couldn't risk it. If he died now, Ryuga would just use him as a puppet. He wanted to avenge Andreas. He really did.

"At least he's trying to make amends."

"Amends...That's right. I have to make amends." Tiger muttered to himself, looking up at the leader of the DDV."Alright. I'll go through that portal."

"Wise choice." Ryuga nodded, seemingly pleased."Are you sure? Once this portal closes, you won't be able to come back until the fight is done. And to win, you know what that would imply, right?"

"I understand." He nodded as he started to make his way toward the portal."I don't have to worry about you. I know Hajime is going to beat you up when you cross him."

"Oh? Do you really think he can beat me?"

"Of course I do. I...believe in all of them. They're my little siblings as well. It's a big brother's job to believe in his siblings."

"A little too late for that, don't you think?" Ryuga stared at him as Jades stopped in front of the portal.

"Maybe. But you shouldn't underestimate them." He shifted his gaze, staring at the dark Rider's eyes."Those kids don't play around, Ryuga. You better be prepared. They won't let you destroy the world."

As he said those words, he took a step forward, entering through the portal before it closed behind him.

Once he came out of the other end, he was in another location entirely. It was nothing but dessert from miles on end."Aw, fuck...Did he trick me? Wait, this is..."

He turned on his heels, coming face to face with what was once the place where he spent a good chunk of his life. A place that had been abandoned since the uprising caused by Nastassja and Dr. Ver. A place that changed their lives entirely.

"F.I.S, huh? I guess it's a good way to end things between us. Where it all started." Tiger smiled, reminiscing about his past and the memories he shared with everyone in that institute. He began making his way toward the door, determination fueling his body."You're waiting for me inside, aren't you...Terunosuke?"


"Dude, what the fuck is that?" Hamaguchin cringed upon seeing the cocoon move, shooting beams at the helicopters."It looks so freaky!"

"It doesn't matter! We have to go into action now!" Tsubasa declared.

"But at this distance?" Shirabe felt slightly worried by how far they were from their objective

"We'll make it!" Hamaguchi gave her a thumbs up."Ever played Fortnite? We'll just glide there!"

"This isn't a video game!" Hajime protested.

The four Symphogear and 2 Riders jumped off the helicopter, activating their transformations in the air.

"Balwisyall Nescell Gungnir Tron..."

"Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri Tron..."

"Zeios Igalima Raizen Tron..."

"Various Shull Shagana Tron..."

"Henshin!"

(Play Mikansei Love Mapputatsu!)

"Alright, here we go!" Hajime cried out, activating a card.

Advent: Dragreder

Dragreder appeared from the skies, bombarding the creature with fireballs to earn its attention. The beast shot another beam that broke off into multiple ones, forcing the group to split up, guarding and deflecting the attacks.

The cocoon changed plans, sprouting several tentacles and lashing them out at them.

Sword Vent: Abyss Slashers

Abyss landed on one of the tentacles, stabbing his blades into it as he began to cut it apart. Kirika spun around with her scythe, creating a small tornado that both defended her and was used as an offensive move.

One of the tentacles was about to strike Tsubasa, but Hibiki appeared in front of her and punched it away. The beast focused on Shirabe, shooting a beam toward the girl, forcing her to block with her armored twin-tails. This was only a distraction since once she couldn't block anymore and was vulnerable, she saw a tentacle heading in her direction.

"No, you don't!

Strike Vent: Abyssclaw

A water version of Abyssodon bit onto the tentacle, preventing her from harming the girl.

"Thanks for the save!"

"No problem-" He couldn't finish his sentence, since another tentacle smacked him away.

"Hamaguchi!" Kirika cried out, enraged at the beast."You'll pay for that-desu!"

The girl activated her thrusters, duplicating her scythe and mowing through the tentacles. However, much to her annoyance, the creature was now healed of all damage.

"It's the same as Lilith and Chiaki!" Hamaguchi remarked, rubbing his aching ribs, and closing his visor."Then let's change the strategy a little!"

Strike Vent: Soul Reaver

Heaven's Wrath

A giant sword pinned down a tentacle that was about to attack Kirika, effectively saving her."Are you still good to go, Akatsuki?!"

"Desu!"

"Then, if it's the same as Lilith..." Ryuki slid a card into his Deck, wielding his Divine Weapon gauntlets, the Soul Burners.

Booster Vent

"Then we'll have to do a collab! The Godslayer and the Messiah!" Hibiki finished, following close behind him. Both of them punched several tentacles together before Ryuki unleashed flames that took the form of Dragreder, burning through several more.

"We have to finish it off since it's just throwing its power!" Hajime turned to Hamaguchi."Let's go with Abyssal Dragon like before!"

Before Ryuki could move, several tentacles wrapped around him and Hibiki, releasing tons of energy and electrocuting them.

"I won't let you hurt them!" Abyss swung his scythe, slashing through the tentacles. The beast backed away, seemingly hurt by the attack as it didn't regenerate its tentacles right away.

Hibiki and Ryuki fell to the ground, their transformations vanishing.

Suddenly, several missiles began colliding against the monster, holding it at bay.

Maria landed next to Tsubasa, panting due to having to run from all the way to where they were."What's the situation?!"

"Without Tachibana and Adachi, we can't win." Tsubasa remarked."It specifically targeted them when they were together. It's possible that it knew what they were its natural enemies.

"But I can still fight!" Abyss said, holding out his scythe.

"Maybe so, but if you go down, we're still going to lose. I don't mean to offend you, but if that thing got Adachi by surprise, you'll be finished off even sooner.

"Damn...Fuck. I guess you're right..." Hamaguchi deflated, cursing his own weakness.

"Help me carry Hajime, Hamaguchi," Maria commanded, and the boy nodded. Kirika and Shirabe helped Hajime up as they began to retreat, using Chris' firepower to distract the beast.

"Where are Jades and Raiden?" Shirabe asked Maria.

"They're holding back the enemy...Raiden is facing Psykos and Jades is fighting Ryuga."

"What?!" Hajime's eyes snapped open."T-then I have to go! We can't just-"

"We have to trust Jades." Maria told him."And we need to get you and Hibiki-chan to the medical bay. You're wounded."

"O-okay..."

"I wonder where Bragi is though..." Hamaguchi hummed in thought.


Tobias swallowed the lump in his throat, finding himself surrounded from all sides.

"Oh, you're going to pay for that hit, you little shit." Millaarc smirked savagely at Tobias."I understimated you, but that ain't happening again. Let me have him, guys."

"Sure, you ahead." Angelo, shrugged, curious to see what the kid was capable of.

The Autoscorer sneered, leaping over to Millaarc and trying to punch her. However, she easily evaded his attack. He began to deliver several punches at her, but the girl merely transformed her wings to form two bigger arms, blocking the attacks. She kicked him away, but he fired a lightning bolt in her direction. She blocked her with her hands and threw it right back. He gasped, jumping out of the way.

"It seems like he can't properly use the Divine Power," Vanessa observed, slightly disappointed.

"So that attack he did on Big Brother earlier was..." Reina frowned.

"His one attack. He's shaking. He's about to collapse." Vanessa said with a nod.

Tobias gritted his teeth, trying to keep his body from shaking so much, but the power was beginning to affect him.

"I need more power, Thor..."

"Lad, if I give you any more, you'll die. Even if I give you everything and you somehow stop them, you'll still die."

"I don't care...I want to protect Elfnein and-"

"That's enough, Tobias!" Elfnein yelled."Please, stop! Don't give up on living!"

"Elfnein..." Tobias' eyes widened upon hearing her voice.

"Damian did everything in his power to protect you! And I promised him I'd protect you too! I understand how you feel...The old me would have died if it meant saving the world, but...If I die now, Carol's sacrifice would have been for nothing. But if you did, then Damian's sacrifice would have no meaning! He wanted you to live!"

"B-but...Elfnein..." Tobias' body finally gave up as he collapsed on the ground, the electricity flowing through his body disappearing.

"Tobias!" Elfnein rushed to his side."Are you okay?!"

"I...I don't want my Papa's sacrifice to be in vain...I want to live too..." Tobias began to tear up, feeling the blonde engulf him in a hug."But...I don't want you to die, Elfnein..."

"What a touching scene." Angelo made his way over to them, his claws already out."Then don't worry. I'll make sure you both die together!"

A loud explosion interrupted the execution as a huge chunk of the wall was blown up.

"What the hell?!" Millaarc grimaced, using her wings to cover herself from the dust.

"Did they make it in?!" Reina gasped.

"No, that can't be!" Elsa shook her head."All of them retreated!"

From the smoke, a silhouette slowly walked and made its way over to them, until the dust cleared out and revealed the person that they once thought dead. Bragi.

"Huh?" Vanessa blinked, her face drained of all color as if she saw a ghost.

"Hey, it's been a while," Bragi said, glaring at them.

"Are you for real?" Angelo muttered in disbelief.

"For real, real." Bragi grinned, jabbing his thumb against his head."I'm alive and kicking. Should have aimed for the head. Oh, wait. You did."

"Bragi-chan!" Elfnein cried out in joy."Tobias! Bragi-chan came to save us!"

"That's right. I came to save you. And I'm taking Miku-san as well." Bragi proclaimed, his tone leaving no room for argument."I'm getting you all out of here."

"What the fuck?! Angelo, didn't you say you blew his head to dust?!"

"You were right next to me, you moron!" Angelo seethed, irritated at Millaarc's attempt at blaming him."How did you even get here?!"

"The girls were doing a great job at distracting that thing outside. It was easy. Now, I'm not going to ask again, give me back my friends right now. I'm done playing around with you people. You've caused enough mystery as it is!"

"Shit, what do we do? Is this guy immortal or something?" Reina asked her brother, hoping he could have an answer for their predicament.

"Relax. Take a look at his body." Angelo smirked, noticing Bragi's condition. The left side of his head was covered in bloody bandages, and he was breathing hard.

"Bragi-chan...did you rest?" Elfnein asked carefully."You...You did rest, right? You didn't just come here as soon as you woke up?"

"Sorry, Auntie. But..." Bragi smiled weakly."I couldn't sit still...I have to rescue you and Miku-san...Even if it costs me my life, I'm getting you all home."

Noble Red surrounded Bragi from all directions, surrounding him in a circle as they paced around, eyeing him like predators to prey.

"I'll admit, I am surprised at your regenerative abilities." Angelo admitted."But they have a weakness. It seems that it takes a huge chunk of your energy when you do it too much. And when your head is attacked, it takes far longer to regenerate, consuming tons of resources. You look like you're about to fall over."

"Yeah? The same could be said about you guys. Isn't it time for your blood snack?"

"You little fucking bastard." Millaarc snarled."I'll rip your fucking spleen out!"

"Now, now, Millaarc." Vanessa chided her."No need to kill him immediately. Let us have fun with him. We can tie him up and think of ways to torture him."

"You have to beat me first."

"It's 5 against 1, moron." Reina mocked him."I think it's pretty obvious this isn't very fair."

"Yeah...5 against 1 is pretty unfair..." Bragi adopted a confident smirk."For you, that is."

"Oh? Cocky, aren't we?" Angelo mused.

Bragi frowned, realizing they were getting closer and closer. He jumped back, punching Vanessa, but the woman blocked him with her arms. He infused his body with his Negative Discord Karma, accelerating his moments and enhancing his strikes. He began twirling around, blocking all of the incoming attacks as all members of Noble Red attacked in unison.

It was an arduous task and he had no room for error. He blocked 6 punches and dodged 6 more, immediately switching to focus on different opponents. He grabbed Millaarc's arm, guiding her fist against Reina's face. The girl couldn't even yelp in pain due to Bragi kicking her away, bending his knees. He tried sweeping their legs with a kick, but Angelo, Millaarc, and Vanessa jumped in time, leaving only Elsa to get kicked and fall to the ground.

Vanessa tried to scrap with him, her fingertips popping open as she punched him and shot him simultaneously."Repel!"

The cyborg girl was sent flying into the wall alongside Millaarc, leaving Angelo and Bragi to fight. Their attacks were fast and powerful. Neither of them landed a successful blow on the other due to how close they were in strength.

'Angelo hasn't transformed into his full transformation. That means he can't go all out here. He'd be risking blowing the whole place apart.' Bragi smirked, using his smaller physique to weave away from an incoming punch and elbowed Angelo in the face. He stumbled back, but Bragi took this opportunity and delivered fast punches before giving him a powerful kick, knocking him away.'I have to finish him now before he transforms!'

Bragi rocketed over to Angelo, but Millaarc appeared in front of him, her arms clad with her wings as she smacked him with ease. His body hit the wall, knocking the wind out of him as he groaned in pain when he fell to the ground.

"Bragi-chan!" Elfnein tried to run to him, but Bragi held out his hand.

"It's fine! I'm fine! Stay back, Auntie!" Bragi panted. He was not fine. He noticed Elsa's claw tail rushing at him, so he opened up a black magic circle, creating a similar thing with his dark matter, countering it. Reina ran up Elsa's claw tail, her 4 tendrils sprouting out as she lashed them out toward him.

"Repel!" He screamed, the tendrils repelling back as the girl was shot into the air. He kicked the ground, shooting upward, but noticed a sharp boomerang heading his way. He weaved his head, feeling the edge of the boomerang graze his neck, drawing some blood.

"Hahahaha! You're pretty damn good!" Millaarc clad her legs with her wings, rocketing over to Bragi. His gravity ability was still on cool down, so he raised his hand, creating black wires that blocked Millaarc's legs. He wrapped them around her body, slamming her on the ground.

"Bragi, look out!"

Bragi gasped, but couldn't move in time as several rockets collided against him. He grimaced, his right hand having been blown to pieces.'I can't be taking too much damage...I'm already one foot on the grave as it is...'

He regenerated his arm and felt his energy drain even more, slowing him down considerably and unable to react to Vanessa's detached arm wrapping around him."S-shit!"

"Now, Dissect!"

Angelo fired his attack and forced Bragi to act quickly. He teleported out of Vanessa's attack back to where Elsa was, kicking her away. The attack accidentally slashed Vanessa's hand apart, leaving her with another hand destroyed.

"W-what?! He teleported?!" Reina cried out in shock.

"I see..." Angelo observed the black claw attached to Elsa's tail."He can teleport to wherever those dark objects he's shooting are. Keep your eyes out."

Bragi fell on one knee, trying to catch his breath. But they weren't going to let him go so easily. Vanessa rushed toward him, her eyes releasing a blinding glow that forced Bragi to close his eyes. One of Reina's tendrils smacked him into Millaarc, who punched him away. He rolled on the ground, shooting several black blades from his magic circles. Angelo countered, stretching out his right arm."Sever!"

The slashes collided against the projectiles and they dropped to the ground. Angelo rushed toward Bragi."Satan! Partial transformation!"

His hair turned white and his pupils red, his arms transforming into demonic arms. Bragi summoned his DNA sword and proceeded to fight Angelo for a few seconds. Millaarc landed next to Angelo, swinging her monstrous arm and smacking Bragi into Angelo, who fired a fireball against Bragi's stomach, shooting him toward a wall. The young man cried out in pain, landing on the ground harshly.

"Now to finish you off!" Millaarc dashed toward Bragi at full speed, jumping in the air and cladding her legs with her wings. Bragi slowly began to pick himself up, coughing blood on the ground."You're dead, you bastard!"

However, before Millaarc could hit him, Tobias headbutted her on her side, sending her flying away.

"Oh, that's gotta hurt! Straight to the uterus!" Reina cackled.

"That's not where the uterus is..." Elsa sweatdropped.

"W-why are you...here?!" Bragi grumbled as Tobias helped him sit up."Stop using Thor's powers...You'll-"

"I don't care if I die! I can't let you die for my sake!" Tobias snapped, taking the hybrid by surprise."You're...you're like an older brother to me. You've done so much for me...I can't leave you alone to die...I have to fight too!"

"B-but..." Bragi clenched his fists."I..."

"I don't care what Bragard did. It has nothing to do with you." The Autoscorer eyed the members of Noble Red."I know they can't forgive you...But they're just as bad as Bragard was! Using their suffering as an excuse to hurt people is horrible!"

"What the fuck did you just say?" Angelo growled."You're comparing us to Bragard?!"

"This little bastard is really pissing me off! That hurt, god damn it!" Millaarc screamed, rubbing her sides.

"Let's kill them all at once." Vanessa offered."Bragi is weak and those two are just slowing him down further."

"I-I won't let you!" Elfnein ran to stand in front of them.

"Auntie/Elfnein!"

"I promised Carol and Damian...That I would look after you two..." Elfnein said, her voice full of determination."I won't let you be hurt! Not when they gave up so much for you both to live!"

"That's okay." Angelo began charging up his left arm."You all can just die together."

'Fuck...I can't use my strongest attacks here...Not without accidentally hurting Auntie and Tobias...' Bragi was sweating bullets.'And even then, I don't have any energy left...Fuck! What would Mama do in this situation?!'

"Don't overdo it, Angelo." Vanessa placed a hand on his shoulder."We don't want to accidentally destroy this place."

"I know. Which is why I'm making this attack strong enough to cleave them like meat on a table." Angelo aimed his hand in their direction."You devil sympathizers can die with the devil if you want. Defend him if you must."

"The only devil I see is you!" Elfnein yelled in defiance."Bragi-chan is a good person! The only monsters...are you!"

"You bitch...Then die alongside this trash! DISAPPEAR-"

Angelo took a kick to the face, launching him across the room and through the wall. By a pale young man with wavy blue hair.

Bragi, Elfnein, and Tobias watched in awe as 7 familiar faces appeared on the scene. The former Autoscorers had come to their rescue and wasted no time in fighting Noble Red.

"Who the fuck are these guys?!" Reina seethed, lashing out her tendrils toward Zeke, who maneuvered around them like a monkey until he reached Reina with ease, grabbing her head and throwing her away.

"Man, I forgot how exciting it is to be jumping around like that," Zeke smirked, rubbing his nose cockily.

"As expected of my little brother." Phara mused, engaging briefly with Elsa and batting away her claw tail, thrusting her arm forward and sending her flying with a gust of wind.

"You can be a little more flashy. Show them how it's done, Lulu." Leiur and Lulu stood side by side, the former firing countless coins at Milaarc, who covered her body with her wings. But Lulu simply covered her arms with earth, enlarging them and punching Millaarc with all her strength, launching her through a wall.

Vanessa clipped her elbows open, revealing two missiles. However, Garie skated toward her, freezing her elbows."What is this?!"

"Now, now. You can't be doing that indoors!" Garie giggled, spinning around and kicking Vanessa away. Angelo lunged from the smoke, preparing a fireball in his hands.

"Hey! I wanna have some fun too! Gotta go all out! That's me!" Micha conjured a fire rod in her arms, smacking Angelo back. The 7 Autoscorers gathered around, staring down at the fallen members of Noble Red.

"Who the hell...are you?" Angelo asked, gritting his teeth in annoyance upon seeing the figures strike a pose.

"Protectors to the throne and loyal subjects of the Hyperion family! As well as friends looking after their friends!" Damian declared, pointing at the demon boy."Because it's a parent's job to protect their children!"

"N-no way...!" Bragi muttered.

"It can't be..." Elfnei was equally stunned. But Tobias had a bright, sunny smile on his face.

"Mama! Papa!" The boy teared up upon seeing his parents in front of him.


Meanwhile, back in the main casket, the computer was finishing the doll's body inside.

"Entering the last stages for completion." The computer said, and two pairs of rainbow-colored eyes snapped open from inside, glowing.

"Acknowledged..." Amy muttered, eager for her new body to be completed.


Yay! Family reunion for Tobias! We're just missing Carol and it's the Alchemists Cult reunion.