Sympho-Saber: Song of Swords
G:OVA – Non-Songs of the Valkyries 2
The sun began to shine as its rays reached the quaint but isolated forest house of Tassel. Inside said house was Tassel of course who was currently treating the hooded man from Avalon to a cup of tea. He then turned away from the man and smiled.
"Bonne Lecture~" Tassel sung out before clasping his hands on his lap, "My name is Tassel and I hope you don't mind the guest but I'll keep this brief. Truly the Kamen Riders and Symphogear Wielders are incredible!"
The hooded man nodded before taking a sip of his tea.
"Once again combining the powers of songs and swords, they've stopped the Moon from eventually falling onto Earth, gaining new allies along the way alongside dealing with an otherworldly visitor," Tassel explained before clearing his throat holding his hands up, "The next chapter is sure to bring even greater adventure and danger!"
The hooded man soon cleared his throat.
"Ah but before then," Tassel turned towards the hooded man before turning back to where he was talking, "There are some small but fun filled moments of the Riders and Wielders that should be read."
Section 1: Home
"It's hopeless! I can't keep up with all this!" Hibiki cried out as she flailed her arms, currently studying with Miku, "I'm probably better off just going to sleep and hoping for a good grade!"
"Come on, stop complaining," Miku urged, "Let's at least try to review the information in our notebooks."
"Lydian is connected to Section 2… so why are there normal classes like at a normal school?" Hibiki asked before coming to a sudden realization, "Actually, that might just be it."
"What is it now?" Miku asked.
"I feel like I've finally returned to my everyday life," Hibiki admitted as she rubbed the back of her head, despite her friend's slight confusion she continued with a smile, "This might be a little late, but… I'm home, Miku."
Miku smiled back at her friend, "Welcome back."
"You know that's a nice sentiment and all," Touma said as he passed by with a tray of tea, the reason why? The two were studying in Fantastic Bookstore Kamiyama due to Touma suggesting it as a way to change scenery to help with studying, "But Hibiki, you realize we're at my bookshop right?"
Both Hibiki and Miku suddenly realized where they were, they were so into their studying that it completely made them ignore their current location. While Miku looked away a bit in embarrassment, Hibiki had a thoughtful look.
"Oh right," Hibiki gave a nod, "But…"
"But…?" Touma asked back as he went to hand the two their tea before going to set the tray down.
"I mean, I consider this place home too," Hibiki said as she looked down at her tea, "After everything that's happened, it's just a nice home away from home, you know?"
"Hibiki…" Touma muttered in surprise before smiling and adjusting his hat, "Well then, I guess I can't argue with that logic, huh?"
Section 2: Visitation I
Maria, Kirika, and Shirabe currently had visitors in the form of Kento and Touma, the latter of which had come on Kento's insistence. While everything was mostly alright, Kento found it a bit awkward the couple of times he had visited previously given his current situation compared to the trio from the FIS. The five were currently in a visitation room, sitting on some chairs that had been placed beforehand.
"You know you don't have to visit us that often Kento," Maria chuckled, Shirabe and Kirika nodding, "But we appreciate it."
"Come on, it would feel wrong to not visit as often," Kento remarked.
"So how are you all holding out?" Touma asked.
"Fairly alright," Maria admitted, "I wasn't expecting pretty decent accommodations. We have everything we need in our cell so we never have to leave it either."
"Huh, sounds like the room's pretty decked out for a holding cell," Touma mentioned.
"Surprisingly so," Shirabe replied.
"The food is pretty great too, Dess!" Kirika called out enthusiastically.
"Oh, they must be hooking you up with some good stuff then," Touma smiled.
"I still don't think we should get too used to it," Maria muttered with a huff as she looked away.
"I'm just glad to see you all are doing well," Kento admitted with a chuckle as he clasped his hands together, "I know Commander Kazanari worked hard to make sure you all would have the best stay until a deal could be made."
"Section 2's kindness knows no bounds, huh?" Maria asked.
"For a secret government organization it is surprising," Touma admitted.
"It is," Kento agreed, "But the Commanders, Operators, and our allies on the field are all genuinely nice people. So I'd say it's a welcome surprise."
"It is rather relieving in a way," Shirabe admitted, "I figured it might've been worse…"
"But enough about us, dess," Kirika spoke up, "How've you been Kento?"
"Things have been going well," Kento admitted.
"Hopefully you aren't getting them into too much trouble," Maria said as she crossed her arms before looking over at Touma, "He hasn't been causing trouble has he?"
"From what I understand no," Touma shook his head with a chuckle, a bit surprised at how Maria was able to instantly switch into what he could only describe as 'Mom Mode', "He's been quite well-behaved."
"T-Touma…?" Kento coughed out with a stammer as he looked over at his friend.
"That's good to hear," Maria smiled.
"Come now, I can take care of myself," Kento said as he leaned forward while patting himself on the chest, "I'm not that inept."
"Well I mean…" Shirabe said as the room got dangerously silent, "…you do tend to make bad decisions when it comes to certain things…"
"Yeah, yeah," Kirika said, immediately jumping in on the topic, "Like when we started our whole thing with Mom there was the incident, dess!"
"I-Incident…?" Touma asked in surprise.
Kento paled at this, "K-Kirika I don't-"
"Yeah, Kento was in charge of our first supply run, dess," Kirika kept on going, interrupting Kento entirely, "He ended up buying expired-"
"T-That's enough!" Kento called out as he stood forward while holding out his hands, quickly turning away from everyone with a blush, soon coughing to clear his throat, "I thought we said we would never speak of that…"
"I suppose in your case you are living on your own," Maria noted before giving a small smirk as she stood up and walked near Kento, "I just hope you've been eating well and not poisoning yourself just because there's a sale."
"I thought we weren't speaking of this?!" Kento questioned as he looked over at Maria who had her head turned away with a smirk, "It was just one time!"
"I mean, I'm only speaking of the present right now," Maria replied, "You're the one who keeps bringing up the incident."
"Come on Kento, it's such a funny story in the long run, dess," Kirika said as she hurried over, "I'm sure Touma would enjoy a good funny story."
"He is the last person that should hear my embarrassing stories!" Kento shouted as he turned away from the two further while covering his ears.
Touma chuckled a bit at the scene before him before noticing Shirabe walking over, "Huh?"
"Touma," Shirabe said as she looked at him before bowing, "I'm sorry."
"Eh?" Touma tilted his head.
"I'm sorry about what I told Hibiki back at the concert fight. I know you might not exactly forgive me given what I said but…" Shirabe said as she kept bowing only to feel a hand gently resting on her head, "Eh?"
"Thank you for the apology," Touma gave a soft smile as he removed his hand, Shirabe standing up to look at him, "But I'm not the one you owe that apology to."
"I know… and I want to…" Shirabe said as she looked down before gripping her arm, "But…"
"Take your time," Touma said, surprising the young Gear Wielder, "I can tell you want to tell her, you just need to work up the courage to do so. So long as you intend to tell her, you're fine by me."
"I… thank you," Shirabe said.
Touma looked over at Maria and Kirika pestering Kento to spill the beans on the story he was trying to withhold, "I'm glad he was able to make friends even while away from everyone else."
"Kento being around really lifted our spirits," Shirabe admitted, "Even if he was placed there with ill intentions by Calibur… Kento himself was nice to have around."
"That's good to hear," Touma said.
Section 3: Desast = Cat?
Chris was currently lying on her couch in her apartment bored out of her mind. Though she didn't mind it since she felt a low-key day would probably be pretty good in her mind.
Knock Knock Knock
"Huh?" Chris looked over towards the door and got up before walking over, "Pretty sure I didn't have plans or deliveries scheduled for today."
Upon opening the door she was greeted with Desast who gave a wave, "Yo-"
SLAM
Chris immediately slammed the door shut before turning around with a huff, "Nope!"
"Chris… hey Chris…" Desast said from the other side before scratching was heard, "Open up…"
"Is he…?" Chris turned with wide eyes, realizing that Desast was clawing at the door. She quickly opened it up while glaring, "What are you, a damn cat?!"
"No I'm a Megid," Desast said before walking in and pushing past Chris while looking around, "This is a pretty sweet place you've got."
"Why are you here?" Chris questioned as she closed the door and followed after him.
"What, I can't visit my buddy?" Desast asked as he went to sit down on the couch, "I'm a free Megid now. I figured I'd visit eventually so be glad I did it so soon."
"Uh-huh…" Chris gave a bored stare as she crossed her arms, "Since when were we buddies? We're enemies remember?"
"Yeah I've been thinking about it," Desast said as he held out his Alter Ride Book, "And I really don't care about getting in the way of Section 2…. unless it means a good fight."
"Right…" Chris rolled her eyes before sighing and walking over to her kitchen, "So how's freedom been?"
"Pretty sweet, but also kind of boring," Desast admitted.
"You… bored?" Chris asked as she went to grab a mandarin to peal and eat, "That's surprising."
"Well not so much bored but more so I don't know what to do," Desast admitted, "There's so much to experience, so much to see… it's kind of overwhelming admittedly… so I thought I'd go for somewhere familiar."
"Huh…" Chris trailed before giving a sigh as she was going to regret this decision, "Alright, fine… if you don't cause trouble I'll consider hanging out with you occasionally."
"Seriously…?" Desast asked as he immediately turned towards where Chris was, "You really mean it?"
"Uh yeah," Chris said as she raised an eyebrow, noticing Desast's demeanor and wondering if she's going to regret this decision, "Sure."
Section 4: A Duel of… Swords?
Touma was admittedly unsure of what exactly was going to happen at the moment. Genjuro had mentioned that there was urgent training to be had. So he made sure to have his Swordriver and Wonder Ride Books on him, curious as to what Genjuro had in store.
Though when he got to the requested quarry he was alone and confused for the most part. Admittedly the way there were high up cliffs, some puddles of water littered about, the gravel and scenery all around with the surrounding mountains… it was inspirational. He felt as if he could write hundreds of stories spanning decades upon decades just with this one quarry.
His sightseeing however was not meant to last.
"…Kamiyama!"
"Eh?" Touma recognized that voice and looked up, his eyes widening in surprise, "Tsubasa?!"
On one of the cliffs was Tsubasa Kazanari herself. She was currently sitting on top of her motorcycle while having her usual riding gear on. Her arms were crossed and she had a serious expression on her face.
"Tsubasa… are you here for training?" Touma asked, wondering if he was going to have some practice with riding the Diago Speedy since she was on her bike.
"Training…?" Tsubasa asked before scoffing and unzipping her motorcycle jacket's collar to withdraw her Pendant. She then began revving up her motorcycle as the tires began to spin, "No… this is a duel!"
"Wait, what?!" Touma asked before his eyes widened, quickly loading in Brave Dragon and drawing out Rekka, "Henshin!"
[REKKA BATTOU! BRAVE DRAGON~!]
As Touma's transformation into Kamen Rider Saber occurred, Tsubasa sped forward and off the cliff. She quickly stood on the seat of her motorcycle before kicking off of it and flipping multiple times while launching high into the air, "~Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri tron~"
In a flash of blue light, Tsubasa donned her Symphogear, Ame no Habakiri, the white and blue armor fully forming as she landed on both feet, bringing out her blade and stabbing it into the ground in front of her.
Saber meanwhile could only follow the poor motorcycle that had been kicked off of. Its only purpose was to allow Tsubasa to launch higher into the air for a theatrical transformation and nothing more. The motorcycle soon slammed into the ground far behind him, kicking up a massive explosion. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that Tsubasa could easily replace it with another, though the Rider hoped it would be allowed to lead a prosperous life unlike the this one.
"Tsubasa I feel as though we need to discuss your spending habits…" he muttered as he looked towards his sudden opponent, "So then… the training…"
"It was to get you to come willingly," Tsubasa replied, "Uncle was very resourceful in arranging this for us."
"Right…" Saber said before giving a yelp as he saw the Wielder rush towards him, raising Rekka to block a slash only to get grabbed and dragged by Tsubasa, "Oh jeez!"
"Come now!" Tsubasa shouted as she turned while pushing Saber away, forcing the Rider into a roll. She then began slashing at the Rider, her blade shining a bright blue several times as Saber barely dodged out of the way. It wasn't long before the Rider began to counter, the Wielder being forced to step back to dodge and quickly shift her body.
The two clashed briefly but spun away from each other, Saber raising his blade and slashing down at Tsubasa's more open side, only for the Wielder to launch out a knife from her thigh armor. The Wielder of Ame no Habakiri extended the blade into a thicker and slightly larger form to block the slash.
"Eh?" Saber was surprised by the enhanced knife, but wasn't deterred, slashing again only for Tsubasa to block his strikes with ease. She then slashed with her main blade, forcing him to dodge backwards before stabbing forward.
Tsubasa shifted her head to the side to avoid the slash before striking Saber in the leg, forcing the Rider onto the ground. She managed to keep him on the ground for a short bit, the Rider fighting more defensively and getting up only for Tsubasa to place her blade against his stomach, slicing through and sending him spinning.
Saber however wasn't about to go down that easily and stabbed forward while spinning, striking Tsubasa in the shoulder and forcing her backwards.
The two got up, chuckling a bit at how they had managed to get the drop on each other like that. The Rider and Wielder immediately charged at each other after fully standing, swinging and clashing their blades briefly as they passed each other. They spun around soon entered a deadlock as they were both trying to force the other's blade back.
"I have to admit, we haven't really trained like this, huh?" Saber asked.
"We haven't," Tsubasa smirked though it soon turned to a frown, "However this is a duel, a duel in which I'd like answers!"
"Answers you say?" Saber asked, "What exactly could I give you through a duel?"
"Because as you've stated in your reports alongside your remarks to all of us…" Tsubasa trailed off as her expression hardened further, "You have… become a sword!"
"Eh?" Saber's grip faltered slightly before he reapplied the pressure to keep Tsubasa from overtaking him, "What?!"
"By unlocking the Kingexcalibur's true form, King of Arthur, you have been blessed by it and become its blade," Tsubasa admitted, "Through this duel with one such as you… I can learn to properly better myself!"
"Tsubasa, I'm pretty sure that's not how this works!" Saber shouted in near exasperation.
"Do not let my words startle you!" Tsubasa called out as she gave a yell and pushed forward, forcing Saber back before hopping back to get distance, "Now show me your new power!"
"Very well… but you asked for it," Saber said as he loaded in King of Arthur and initiated the form change.
[REKKA BATTOU! WONDER RIDER! DRAGON! ARTHUR OU!]
Saber finished his form change, the gigantic Kingexcalibur forming behind him as he initiated its transformation.
[KYODAINA KENSHI GA MEWOSAMASU! KING OF ARTHUR!]
The Kingexcalibur soon switched to its robotic warrior mode, holding out its hand as Saber was drawn towards it.
[SWORD CHANGE! KAMEN RIDER SABER!]
The large blade formed on top of Saber as he grew stiff becoming the Saver Saber, the King of Arthur gripping the Rider tightly as it stared down Tsubasa.
"Perfect," Tsubasa said as she launched up high into the air, a gigantic blade launching downwards towards the mechanical giant as Tsubasa kicked against it.
The King Excalibur reeled back its arm, energy gathering in the Saver Saber as it prepared itself.
{Heaven's Wrath}
[KING SLASH!]
The Saver Saber struck against Tsubasa's massive blade, a bright blue flash of light engulfing the area and obscuring the result from anyone who may have been watching.
Section 5: Catching up… Maybe…
Rintaro and Kento were currently sitting at a café, the two deciding to try and catch up since it had been a while since working together.
"So…" Kento trailed.
"The tea is rather nice…" Rintaro said before taking a sip.
There was one issue with the two however. They didn't seem to be able to make any kind of conversation in the slightest.
"So…" Kento repeated.
"The tea is rather nice…" Rintaro repeated as well but he didn't take a sip this time.
"It is," Kento agreed.
It would take the two an awkward hour to decide that this wasn't working and to simply try their luck at just wandering around the city.
Section 6: Quiz Show Nightmare
It was a peaceful day at Chris' apartment, as Miku, Hibiki and Touma had come over to watch one of Tsubasa's televised appearances. This was mostly because when it came to televisions, Chris ended up having one of the biggest ones which made it perfect for people coming over to watch stuff. Miku, Hibiki and Chris were sitting in a Kotatsu with Touma sitting on the couch.
The group had gathered this time to see Tsubasa's performance on a game show.
"Come on…" Touma muttered.
"On the subject of cleaning techniques this is referred to as an exciting-"
BZZ!
"It's definitely decluttering!" Tsubasa answered after having pressed the buzzer.
Incorrect
Tsubasa winced, "What am I even saying…?"
"Tsubasa why…?" Touma muttered as he hung his head.
"Seeing her up there makes me think," Hibiki spoke up, echoing a conversation they had previously when watching one of Tsubasa's concerts, "Tsubasa-san really is one of a kind."
"Yep, she sure is," Chris agreed, dropping a mandarin slice in her mouth.
"Déjà vu…" Touma trailed, recalling a prior conversation that was pretty similar.
"You're going to upset Tsubasa, you two!" Miku chided.
"You seem pretty spaced out though," Chris looked back at Touma, "You okay?"
"Huh? Oh sorry I've just been really getting into this quiz show," Touma admitted though he was also hoping that the one time she spent buying dozens of books from him would help.
"What was the name of the first novel written by Stephen King?"
"Oh, that's Carrie I believe," Touma answered almost instinctively.
BZZ!
Tsubasa had been quick on the draw and held a confident expression, "The Shining!"
Incorrect
"TSUBASA…!" Touma shouted as he put his head in his hands before falling on his side, now lying on the couch, "WHY?!"
"There there…" Miku comforted from where she was.
"She wasted so much money…" Touma muttered as he slumped further into the couch.
Section 7: A Grave Warning
"You two really didn't have to do this," Kento insisted.
"No we really had to," Miku insisted further.
The two were currently waiting on a street corner as they were out and about in the middle of the city waiting for someone else.
"Thank you again for this," Kento said as he gave a quick bow.
"You've been away from home for so long," Miku reminded, "I'm sure having someone to show you around so you can remember will help you out."
"Right," Kento nodded with a smile, "So all we're doing is waiting for Hibiki, right?"
"Yeah," Miku replied, "She had some business with Section 2 so she's running a bit late."
"That's fine," Kento said, glad that he was going to be able to hang out with both Hibiki and Miku. Maybe now he'd be able to really see how they hit it off so well with Touma.
"Oh, just one thing," Miku said as she turned towards Kento, the air suddenly growing thicker for the Thunder of Swordsman as they locked eyes.
"W-What would that be…?" Kento asked with a light gulp as he got a sudden chill.
"It's about Touma," Miku admitted with a kind smile, "You see he was very worked up and hurt by having to face you when you were with the FIS. And honestly I'm relieved you decided to come back…"
"R-Right…" Kento stammered out softly as he wasn't sure where this was going.
"Both Touma and Hibiki have been through a lot and I want to keep them from carrying so many burdens," Miku added as she kept her kind smile but her tone betrayed that as it was deadly serious, "I'm sure Hibiki would also hate for something to happen to Touma too. But if you ever hurt Touma like that again somehow… well, something may happen…"
"I a-assure you…" Kento said as he tried to keep from stammering, "That will likely never happen because I'd never want to hurt Touma like that again."
"Good," Miku said as he posture relaxed and thee tense atmosphere faded entirely.
"Ah," Hibiki's voice caught their attention as she ran over, "Miku, Kento! Sorry I'm late!"
"Its fine," Miku shook her head, "Did you take care of everything?"
"Yep," Hibiki smiled.
"Perfect, we weren't waiting long anyway," Miku reassured, "So where should we go first?"
"Hmm," Hibiki thought about it for a while, "Let's go for the shopping district since that has some good spots to frequent."
Kento could only stare as he watched the two walk ahead of him. He could tell just by Miku's warning that she and Hibiki cared about Touma a great deal. But also the entire feeling he had with Miku when that took place…
"…What just happened?"
Section 8: Visitation II
It was after the New Year and Hibiki alongside Touma, Tsubasa, Chris, Miku, Rintaro and Kento had gone to visit Maria, Kirika and Shirabe. Hibiki was holding a box that held a variety of donuts with a letter addressed to them on it.
Rintaro however was currently snacking on an éclair that he insisted he buy while they were getting the donuts.
"I'm glad you all seem well," Miku said.
"In spring we'll all be in school together!" Hibiki explained.
"I'm your senpai, so you'd better prepare yourselves for some tough love!" Chris remarked.
"And you'll be able to finally visit my bookstore," Touma added.
Kento couldn't help but smile a bit at Kirika and Shirabe's stunned reactions that soon turned to excitement. He glanced over towards Maria who seemed to be happy about this development as well.
Maria couldn't help but smile, 'We made the right decision when we turned ourselves in to Section 2.'
"The three of you have become… well rounded," Tsubasa finally spoke up in the most oblivious blunt manner possible.
Touma nearly fell over alongside Kirika and Shirabe with Rintaro trying to exclaim while he had food in his mouth, choking at Tsubasa's words. Chris meanwhile had to make sure that Rintaro didn't choke to death, Miku and Hibiki staring in shock while Maria lowered her head, her eyes shadowed by her head while Kento stared warily at her in particular.
"W-what are you saying, dess?" Kirika asked.
"T-There's no way we've been eating better here than we did before…!" Shirabe twiddled her fingers at that.
"I just gave you my honest impression, is something wrong?" Tsubasa asked, clueless.
Rintaro coughed a bit, having managed to swallow the piece of éclair, "Isn't it wrong to-"
"Absolutely," Chris interrupted to keep Rintaro from talking as she patted him on the back.
"The airhead's edge is as sharp as ever," Maria muttered as she had turned away.
"Maria in particular is the most well rounded!" Tsubasa said with a smile on her face.
"I… uh…" Touma stared in shock at this alongside Kento.
"This sword just isn't cute…!" Maria muttered in a low voice while Kento looked on in concern.
"I feel it's kind of bad when even Rintaro knows proper manners," Miku admitted.
"I… what is that supposed to mean?" Rintaro asked.
"No offense, but you have stated on several occasions you aren't exactly the most knowledgeable on social cues," Chris reminded.
"O-Oh…" Rintaro gave a nod, "I suppose I am still trying to get better at that…"
"You're better than our other blue sword wielder that's for sure," Chris remarked.
Section 9: Rock, Paper, Scissors
Chris and Desast were currently back to back. Their location was an isolated warehouse district, no one being around but dozens of old pallets stacked on each other.
"The winner gets today's food all to themselves," Chris said.
"Sure," Desast said as he glanced back, "But don't start crying when you lose."
The two walked away from a barrel that held a bowl of instant ramen on it that had just recently been heated up. After walking a bit away from the ramen they turned to each other before taking deep breaths.
Suddenly they sat down on their knees on a stack of pallets they had set up, in the center was a box that held two construction helmets and rolled up newspapers.
"Cover up or get bonked! Rock paper scissors!"
Chris threw out scissors while Desast threw out paper. Chris gave a grin and grabbed the newspaper before slamming it at Desast's head. The Megid however quickly drew out the construction helmet to block the attempt.
"Not bad…" Chris smirked as she flicked her wrist.
"Grr…" Desast lowered his helmet.
"…Rock Paper Scissors!"
Chris won with scissors against Desast's paper again, going to whack him with the newspaper only for Desast to block it with the helmet.
"…Rock Paper Scissors!"
It was the same result as the last two times, Desast just barely managing to cover his head in time to block being bonked. Desast gave a growl as he leaned forward towards Chris who had a smug expression on her face.
"Cover up or get bonked! Rock paper scissors!"
Chris had purposely been going for scissors since she had seen Desast get comfortable with paper. But she was also hoping he'd switch things up and purposely went for scissors again. She could only grin as she saw Desast throw down rock.
"Alright!" Desast pumped both fists before grabbing the newspaper and going to bonk Chris. Chris however slipped out of the way while grabbing her newspaper, swinging it and slamming it directly into Desast's cheek. Desast gasped out as he was thrown to the side, not expecting to get hit like that.
"That's why you don't mess with someone who's quick on the draw," Chris smirked as she held her hand up, gesturing to make a finger gun before blowing on it.
"That's cheating!" Desast whined as he charged forward with his newspaper.
What occurred next were the two pettily smacking each other around with the newspaper rolls with Chris eventually tossing the helmets at Desast and striking the Megid in the head with them.
"Hey, I won, you know the rules," Chris called out as she went over to the ramen and opened it up, sitting down and breaking apart her chopsticks to give thanks, "And you can forget about me sharing…"
"Oh come on…" Desast groaned out as he went to go sit on a barrel, "Honestly…"
"Hey you wanted to hang out," Chris said as she began to slurp down the noodles, "I mean, you clearly didn't want to go back to the others, right?"
"I have no interest in their boring goals…" Desast admitted, "I just wanna have fun!"
"Uh-huh…" Chris said while slurping down some more noodles.
"What lies beyond the clashing of swords…?" Desast asked as he brought out Grudge Dent briefly, staring over his blade before glancing back, "That's what I really wanna know."
"And you think I can give you that answer?" Chris asked.
"You and one other…" Desast admitted.
"Hmm," Chris gave a nod before sighing, deciding to be nice since she was still kind of full from earlier on in the day. She then held out the ramen bowl, "Hey you wanted to taste this, right?"
Desast turned and immediately hurried over, dismissing his sword, "For real?!"
"Just take it before I change my mind," Chris said as she held her arm out further, "Jeez you really do act like a cat…"
"It's still piping hot too," Desast had ignored Chris' words as he took the bowl in awe, "And I can have it?"
"Yeah, I'm still too full from earlier," Chris admitted, "Go ahead."
Desast stared at the bowl before immediately going to chug down the noodles and broth together, loud slurping and gulping sounds being heard.
"Wait, hey!" Chris called out as she tried to force Desast to lower the bowl, "You idiot don't just drink it!"
"Huh?" Desast asked after one last gulp, lowering the bowl to reveal he had chugged the entire thing, though there were a few stray noodles hanging out of his teeth.
"Slow down and actually enjoy the taste," Chris sighed as she lightly bopped Desast on the head, "And also make sure you use proper manners. You made a mess."
"Like I need to take advice from you," Desast chuckled as he could see some sauce still on Chris' cheeks from when she had slurped down the ramen.
Section 10: Graduation Part 1
An important day had arrived for the Riders and Wielders of Section 2, the graduation of Tsubasa Kazanari.
Before the ceremony began, Tsubasa had gone to meet with the others on Lydian Academy's school grounds. Touma and Rintaro were there alongside Chris, Hibiki and Miku. Chris was currently leaning against a pillar and trying to act cool, though most of the group there could tell that she was merely covering up her real feelings.
"Kento couldn't join us today?" Tsubasa asked.
"He's currently visiting with Maria and the others," Touma explained.
"I see," Tsubasa nodded, "I suppose I can't blame him."
"It's almost time for you to graduate," Hibiki spoke up.
"And after that you'll probably go to London, right Tsubasa?" Miku asked.
"If the Noise are truly gone for good, then I can fulfill my dream of having the whole world as my stage," Tsubasa admitted before suddenly bowing, "I'm sorry if it seems selfish, what with the Megid still lurking around…"
"Well we Riders can definitely handle it," Touma reassured, "Plus we still have Hibiki and Chris to help us. You deserve to be able to follow your dream."
"He's right," Rintaro agreed, "We can handle things here on our own, so don't worry about us."
"Thank you Kamiyama, Shindo," Tsubasa smiled.
"Honestly the only sad part is that you won't be able to visit the store anymore," Touma admitted with a small frown.
"Perhaps I should pick up some books soon to hold me over for a while then," Tsubasa mused, "Though I'm not sure if I'll have the time…"
"Well hey, it's not like you'll be completely cut off," Hibiki pointed out, "You could always just have Touma mail any new books via Section 2 to Ogawa."
"That's true," Touma realized.
"You're always reliable at times like these, Tachibana," Tsubasa smiled, "In fact I'm actually more worried about Yukine."
Chris stood up straight with a shout, "HUH?!"
"Yeah, if anyone is going to hide tears it'll be Chris!" Hibiki admitted in a teasing manner.
"It won't be just a few tears," Tsubasa said with confidence, "She'll be sobbing like a baby!"
"I'm not some kind of damn faucet! I don't cry over everything!" Chris shouted before pointing towards Tsubasa, "If anyone's gonna cry, it's gonna be the one graduating!"
"A sword has no need for tears!" Tsubasa declared firmly, "I've resolved to never cry again!"
Section 11: Graduation Part 2
Needless to say, Chris and Tsubasa were both wrong as they had both ended up as sobbing wrecks during the graduation ceremony. Touma and Rintaro had managed to control themselves just a bit more, but had also let out a few tears.
"I told you so," Chris said as she wiped away a few remaining tears.
"I'm ashamed," Tsubasa admitted, "When I thought about being apart from everyone… I just…"
It didn't take long for the waterworks to start up again as both Tsubasa and Chris began sobbing heavily again.
"Oh dear," Rintaro sniffled a bit.
"It's going to be a bit lonely without her around," Miku admitted.
"Yeah… yeah it's definitely going to be tough…" Touma agreed with a sniffle.
"It's hard to imagine school without everyone here," Hibiki nodded.
BEEP BEEP BEEP
Everyone suddenly perked up as their communicators and Rintaro's Gatrike Phone began to ring. They didn't waste a beat and immediately answered.
"Yes?"
"I know its Tsubasa's graduation and I hope we're not interrupting… but," Sophia replied.
"We've got a bit of an issue," Genjuro added before going to explain the situation in detail.
Hibiki's eyes widened, "A UN space shuttle?"
"There was guidance system trouble on re-entry?" Chris added.
"Oh dear," Rintaro said.
"Roger! We'll meet up at headquarters!" Hibiki called out before hanging up and turning towards Tsubasa, "Tsubasa, can we ask you to help us one last time?"
"Naturally," Tsubasa said without hesitation, "From here on, no matter how far apart we are, we'll always be together."
"Save that talk for later," Chris smirked before turning to head off, "Let's go-"
"Wait!" Touma interrupted as he held his fist forward, "Let's make a promise everyone!"
"Is now really the time for that?" Chris asked with an exasperated gasp.
"What kind of promise?" Tsubasa asked.
"This may be our last mission together for a while with Tsubasa leaving," Touma explained as he looked at everyone, "So let's promise to make this mission a big success!"
"Sounds good to me," Hibiki agreed as she pressed her fist against Touma's.
"You and your promises," Chris sighed before letting a soft smile form while bumping her fist against the two's.
"To a successful mission," Rintaro nodded and did the same.
"It's a promise," Tsubasa smiled and pressed her fist against the others.
The five threw their hands into the air before they all rushed off, Miku waving as she watched her friends leave.
"Be safe!"
Touma and Hibiki turned slightly, the former tipping his hat while the latter waved back. With that simple gesture done they went to look ahead once more, the Kamen Riders and Symphogear Wielders rushing out of Lydian Academy's gates to embark on another mission to save whoever they could.
To Be Continued… in Sympho-Saber: Song of Swords GX
Author's Note: And with that OVA done and dusted, we're officially done with Song of Swords G. There were a few more bits from the actual OVA's in this time, but I felt like it ended up working out since I felt like giving a few of them a fun spin. That being said, we're onto Song of Swords GX next chapter, and hoo boy. Time for the season, in planning, I consider the turning point for Song of Swords.
Also because this is a shorter than usual chapter, and I didn't want to put more to my big Author's Note at the end of my massive movie chapter, I figured I'd save this little tidbit for right here. So the reason they can't find any information on certain Kamen Riders is because Sympho-Saber's a unique world in which not every Kamen Rider co-exists within it
The ones that do exist are Showa, Kuuga, Agito, Blade, Hibiki, Kiva, W, OOO, Fourze, Wizard, Drive, and Ghost. That's right the last canonical Rider in Sympho-Saber's world is Kamen Rider Ghost. There's a few reasons why others don't coexist but I figured I couldn't have every single Rider happen in this world like I did with the world I'm using for Roze. With that said, thanks for reading and I'll see you all next time.