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Previously on Unity Force Missions: Blue Reflection…
"Look, Mao-san. We told ya that we're not letting you off the hook over what you did with Lain-chan. I get that you were desperate for validation in the past, but trusting a madman who caused us undue trouble especially to Chii since day one here and ever since he started hiring freaks like Mahito, which you should know by now, is the worst idea you can come up with."
"Besides the point, what happened in the past is something we cannot fix, but we do better. And that includes you."
"Before we end, there's still one more thing that still lingered on our mind for weeks. How did Lime-san and Yuzuki-san even came back from the dead after an accident? Lain-san really opened the case wide-open about who they really are."
"There's no way they can just come back from the dead without a catalyst for it. I mean at least in Embryo's case it was unravelled later on."
"The Shijous were a mystery even for Shirai, Saiki, and the rest. No records of them nor their presence seen from the photos of 1-A."
"Hey, guys. Did you get some weird message from Hinako-chan?"
"Namely, the Common. This school, Hoshinomiya, connects these two worlds. This is related to the incident from-"
"-where Keter sent me to another world. Temporal anomaly."
"Chito-san… The thing is… Her wish isn't real. Nothing will change after it. The only thing that would change is world peace. It's not going to heal her leg, nada. In short, no wish that she makes comes true."
"Then why hide this? You know how much trouble we could avoid? You know how we believe those two?! Everything we learned about those two is fucking wrong after all this time! I'm mad at this and it pains me to this extent, Yuri-san!"
"Lime-san and Yuzuki-san reviving back from the dead and Lain-san digging bizarre info about them, everything is adding up now! When is this shit gonna stop!? I, no we, trusted those two and all they did was to throw a pity party over what they are truly hiding after all this time!"
"For the past week… You all helped us defeating Mahito's Disaster Curses and the Sephirot, you encouraged me about the ethos of the Unity Force… And now all I got was a wish that was just nothing but lies! Lime and Yuzuki lied to me! To us! What the hell did I even fight for after all this time?!"
"Then why you didn't tell this problem to us in the first place?! You texted us yesterday and sent us a cryptic message without any further elaboration… But then we found out why! I'm absolutely mad at where this is going! This is already infuriating for us to deal with this!"
"Being lied upon for days finally pushes it, Hinako-san. To deal with a walking corpse and now it turns out that they had more to hide pisses us off."
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[Hoshinomiya Girls' High School, Earth-146692]
After Yuri Saiki revealed that Hinako Shirai's wish would not heal her leg at all, Chito's group including herself, Yuuri, Mikoto Misaka, Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, Nobara Kugisaki, Jolyne Cujoh, Kenpachi Zaraki, Nero, Shadow the Hedgehog, Lloyd Irving, Genis Sage, Stardust/Davie Wonder John, Allen Walker, Tusk, and Aleister Crowley III were stunned at the revelation.
Chito especially did not take this revelation well. She was infuriated and deeply angry of what the Shijou sisters have been hiding after all this time and how they trusted them for the past few days, only for Yuri S.'s bombshell to unravel everything all at once, changing everything how they perceive the sisters. Chito had puzzled everything, including Lain Iwakura's discovery weeks ago that the sisters are dead for a year and how they were suspiciously absent from the group photo of Class 1-A, something that Mao Ninagawa and Ako Ichinose had been pondering, and now she had one question in mind: how did they even come back from the dead?
If things couldn't get any worse, both Tiphereth and Cochma showed up at the same time, forcing the group to fight off against two giants. Eventually, they saw the Shijou sisters pondering how they could fight off against them without Hinako and the Unity Force's help, but Chito's group kept their suspicion high on the sisters after the revelation that upended everything they knew about them.
Meanwhile, Chito, with no other choice, decided to call some additional heroes back home. Some of which included her Class 1 classmates including Red, Phosphophyllite and Asta, as well as Nanoha Takamachi, Snow Blood/Koyuki Himekawa, and four other people.
The first person was shorter whom has a long golden-blond hair tied in braids with golden eyes. He wears a bright red, long-sleeve hooded cloak over a black shirt with matching trousers and brown shoes. This is Edward Elric.
The second person, or rather a humanised tin-can, was beside Edward. His head consists of a large conical horn in the middle of the forehead, he had a pair of parallel-horizontal vents beneath each half-moon eye hole and a fang motif just above the protruding chin. The top of the helmet also sports a ribbon of white hair that hangs down to the small of the suit's back. The trunk of his body consists of a removable breastplate with a protruding, triangular shelf on the chest just below the throat guard, a high collar that extends out of the back and surrounds the rear and sides of the neck, and a large circular leather patch on either side of the abdomen. A breech cloth covers the groin and painted on the left shoulder is a red Flamel. His armor body also appears to have a triple spike motif as each shoulder is adorned with a trio of large conical spikes lined in a row and each elbow, knee and foot carries small, spiky protrusions as well. He appears to have a white band around his right leg which holds up a small weapons holster. This is Alphonse Elric, Edward's younger brother.
The third person has light-blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale skin with a cyborg body. He wears a black tactical armored exoskeleton with curved spikes on the forearms and shoulders. He is seen wielding a sword on him, known as a high-frequency blade. This is Raiden.
The fourth person had a long blonde hair tied in a low ponytail with a black ribbon and had dark red eyes, she is currently wearing a white cloak over a dark dress coat with white patterns and red belt around her stomach part, black office skirt with white & red patterns, black thigh-high socks with red lining, silver shoes with yellow metal pads, on her right hand was a black glove and on her left arms is a silver metallic gauntlet. This is Fate Testarossa Harlaown, Nanoha's best friend.
Sanae Nishida, Sarasa Morikawa, Rin Sanada, Kei Narimiya, Ako Ichinose, Shihori Sugamoto, Chihiro Inoue, Fumio Taya, Kaori Mitsui, Rika Yoshimura, Yuri Saiki, and Mao Ninagawa have showed up, who then saw the new collection of heroes right in front of them. The Reflector trio then introduced themselves, albeit somewhat reluctantly because of the rifting that happened earlier.
Some of Chito's group were seen talking to the new arrivals.
"New people?" Hinako asked Chito.
"No freaking way!" Ako exclaimed in glee. "This is a scoop of the century!"
"So these are your other compatriots back home, Chito?" Yuri S. asked.
"Some of them are my classmates." Chito replied. "Like Asta-san and Phos-san for instance."
"Eh, you're kidding?!" Hinako reacted at it.
"Wait… So that means that-" Yuzuki said before Nanoha then added.
"-that the Unity Force Academy is big and students of all types are there." Nanoha replied. "It's never too old to be a student and a hero there."
Phos, Snow Blood, Red, Asta, Nanoha, Raiden, the Elric brothers, and Fate were then briefed in quickly by Chito over the current situation in this world. Which includes the Sephirot, the Common, the Disaster Curses and now the Einherjar and Odin.
"Yo!" Asta piped in, with Yuuri smiling, before taking out his Demon-Slayer Sword.
"Right on time, I guess!" Yuuri replied.
"Guess we have to do this." Red added before taking out a Poké Ball containing his Charizard. "Charizard, let's do this!"
"Charzar!" Charizard cried out.
"Okay… Now I've seen even more of it!" Kaori said as she was losing focus, with her seeing the new arrivals. "My god… Even more heroes like straight out of cosplay!"
"Uh… Except we're real." Snow Blood added as she only giggled.
"Good fucking luck telling it to Kei or Kaori about it." Nero cursed as he knew well of the two girls fangirling on him before. "I had enough bullshit to deal with those two." He continued as he grumbled.
"Welcome anyone." Chito introduced to the group, before the Reflector trio and the Hoshinomiya girls started talking about the new visitors. "Guess you got the message?"
"As fast as it can go." Raiden answered as he prepared his HF blade.
"Haven't seen ya lately, huh?" Yuuri mused.
"Chaos happening left, right, and centre lately." Raiden added. "Just finished a mission with Booker and thankfully I'm not dealing with a bunch of Armstrong wannabes." He mused as he twirled his sword, before looking at Cochma and Tiphereth. "So we're fighting a walking tank and some weird-ass angel? I get that fighting Metal Gears was weird enough already, but this one takes the cake."
"Yep!" Yuuri exclaimed. "That's as weird as it can go."
Snow Blood then approached Chito as she patted her shoulder. "We're ready and waiting for you, Chito-san." She added with a smile. "I can tell from the inside that you're troubled."
"I am… But not now." Chito replied back.
Nanoha then glanced as she prepared her Intelligence Device known as Raising Heart. But her attention, and so as the new ones, focused on Chito's new "eye" that raised some eyebrows.
"Whoa…!" Phos exclaimed as they saw Chito's right eye. "What happened to your eye?" The anthropomorphic gemstone questioned in surprise.
"Did you literally pluck it out?" Red questioned, with Chito only shaking her head out of the morbid questions the Pokémon Trainer could ask.
"More importantly…" Fate said as she examined Chito's eye. "How did that even happen? You have a shorter hair, etc. And your demeanour… You certainly changed quite a lot ever since the first time you showed up at the academy." She added before taking out her Intelligence Device known as Bardiche.
"It's a long story, actually." Yuuri added immediately as she ruffled her hair before glancing at Chito, who seems to be hesitant at the sudden barrage of questions about her "eye" and even her current state of personality.
Nanoha then added in concern as she embraced Chito. "How are you feeling lately?"
"Okay for now, Nanoha-san. We'll discuss this and everything that transpired here later. It's a lot to dig in. First we deal with-" Chito said, but was interrupted when Edward can be heard seething in front of the Hoshinomiya girls, particularly towards Kei, who was scared the hell out of his outburst. "Oh no…" She said in surprise.
"YOU CALLED ME SHORT?!" Edward exclaimed loudly.
"Brother, calm down!" Alphonse said as he pulled Edward away, who was dangerous close to beating her up.
"Of course that's a bad idea to say that." Yuji chuckled.
"Y-Yikes!" Kei said as she ran behind Sanae before hiding behind her. "I didn't mean it!" She added with a squeak.
"I'm sorry about it, but his height is actually a sore spot for him." Alphonse said in an apologetic tone.
"I never knew that." Sanae simply answered, not wanting to invoke Edward's wrath.
"Just keep that in mind." Nero added with a grin.
"Anyways, what will be the plan on dealing those two giants over there?" Nanoha asked the noirnette, before pointing at Cochma and Tiphereth.
"Divide and conquer." Chito suggested. "We're gonna deal with those things, fast, given their threat."
"Good thing that those Einherjar aren't here, yet." Yuuri added.
"That's something we have to be ready." Stardust said.
"So with one team dealing Cochma and the other to deal with Tiphereth. Hinako and Chito will deal the final blow on them." Kenpachi said as he prepared his Zanpakuto. "Perfect idea." He added as he gestured his chin.
Chito later called the rest of the group as she then laid out the plans on battling both Tiphereth and Cochma.
Chito, Yuuri, Mikoto, Fate, Nanoha, Red, Yuji, Megumi, Nobara, Hinako, Yuzuki, Lime, Shadow, Jolyne and Nero fight off against Tiphereth, while the rest including Kenpachi, Tusk, Lloyd, Genis, Allen, Crowley III, Phos, Raiden, Asta, the Elrics, and Snow Blood decided to fight off against Cochma.
"Let's get this ready." Chito declared as she summoned Vermilion Lightning before using her Armament Haki as her lightning turned to a light aqua colour. She then summoned Vermilion Hammer.
"Raising Heart, examine those Sephirot in front of us." Nanoha commanded as she readied her Intelligence Device.
"Yes, Master!" Raising Heart said.
"It can talk?!" Hinako immediately asked.
"It's an Intelligence Device." Fate answerd in place of Nanoha. "Not your ordinary staff, Hinako-san." She added with a smile, before commanding Bardiche. "Ready, Bardiche?"
"Yes, Sir!" Bardiche answered.
"Then I'll be willing to put a real fight on this one." Nero said with a grin as he used Devil Trigger to transform to his Devil form.
Allen and Crowley III then activated their Innocence forms.
The heroes then fight off against the two Sephirot in front of them.
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[OST: Hayato Asano - Tigar -Kurt- (Blue Reflection OST)]
Kenpachi came first as he taunted. "Let's get this done with! BANKAI!" He added before shouting the last word, as he transformed to his oni form, with his Zanpakuto changing to its evolved state.
"Oh shit, be careful! You know what this one is!" Nero exclaimed out of impulse as he knew well of Kenpachi's feral state.
Kenpachi then started avoiding its attacks mindlessly and then attacked Cochma like a feral beast. He unleashed a brutal slash attack against the Sephirot, then leapt high above as Cochma proceeded to fire its cannons, before the Shinigami pierced right through them with its Shikai.
Raiden and Asta came next.
"This one's a stubborn bastard, huh?" Asta said as he drew his sword. "Raiden, this is like fighting those Metal Gears back home, huh?" He questioned as he readied himself.
"Not literally living tanks, Asta." Raiden corrected Asta as he charged his blade with red electricity. "I fight husks of metal controlled by people."
Cochma screeched in intense fury as he then prepared four of his cannons before proceeding to fire it towards the group. Tiphereth then did the same thing as it prepared to fire a rain of beams on them.
"Oh shit, ready yourself!" Asta said in panic.
"Bardiche! Activate Barrier!" Fate commanded as Bardiche obliged.
"Yes, Sir!" Bardiche responded.
"Defenser!"/"Vermilion Barrier!" Fate and Chito respectively shouted as barriers surrounded the group.
Both the Sephirot's attacks then landed onto the barriers, quickly stopping the attack. Asta then shouted "Two-Horns Bull Thrust!" as he as he takes out both his Demon-Slayer Sword and Demon-Dweller Sword, before charging through Cochma. Raiden then followed it up with a series of slashes from his HF blade. Both attacks in tandem hit the Sephira square, causing two of its cannons, North and Heaven, to shut down.
"Listen, we're gonna shut down their fucking weapons before it's gonna activate again!" Yuuri suggested as she then reloaded her weapon with blue .338 bullets before enlarging her rifle and turned it to a cannon.
"Got it! Raising Heart! Please activate a Bombardment Spell!" Nanoha ordered.
"Yes, Master!" Raising Heart.
"Ice Beam!"/"Cross Fire Shoot!" Yuuri and Nanoha fired their respective attacks towards Tiphereth, hitting both the Vaspa and Ractol orbs from its wings at the same time, shutting both down.
Sarasa and Ako then appeared in tandem.
"And today is a breaking news! Keep up the good fight, anyone!" Ako then used Inspirational Broadcast, giving the rest a boost in power.
"I will protect those in need, not just Hinako, but anyone else." Sarasa said as she performed Majestic Dance, increasing their strength.
Lloyd and Genis charged right through Cochma, who then attempted to fire another shot from his still-functioning cannons.
"You know what to do!" Lloyd called out.
"Let's do this!" Genis responded as he prepared himself.
Lloyd came next as he used Sword Rain, where he stabbed one of them with many rapid thrusts before kicking it up in the air, he jumps after it before slashing it down to the ground with such impact, with Lloyd then using Demon Fang against Cochma, as a projectile was heading towards the Sephira. "Gravity Well!" Genis then shouted as it then creates a medium-sized black dome with lightning traveling the surface and small stalagmites on the dome's perimeter, hitting the Sephira.
Mikoto created an iron sand puppet of herself. As the Electromaster takes aim against Tiphereth, the vibration caused the Mikoto doppelganger to build up electricity rapidly, before firing a barrage of extremely sharp, paper-thin iron sands, barraging the giant with it.
Red then looked at Charizard as he used the Charizardite X Mega Evolution stone, causing the Pokémon to evolve into Mega Charizard X. The Pokémon then cried out loudly before Tiphereth then fired beams.
"Whoa, what is that!?" Kaori exclaimed in surprise.
"It's an evolution." Chito answered. "Specifically a Mega Evolution."
"You're kidding." Kaori said in awe.
"Charizard, use Flare Blitz!" Red commanded the Pokémon.
"Flare Blitz?!" Yuuri asked Red. "Would that be a really risky move?!"
"He can do it." Red added with a reassuring tone.
"Charzar!" Charizard cried out as the creature then charged right through Tiphereth in a very risky manner before surrounding himself with blue flames. The attack hit the Sephira right through it, damaging the giant greatly at the cost of Charizard being badly weakened.
Sanae then appeared as she used Considerate First Aid.
"Be careful, anyone!" Sanae called out as it rejuvenated the rest.
On cue with that, Tiphereth's Vaspa orb came to light.
"Shit, of course! It's back again!" Nero gritted his teeth.
Rika then marched in as she used Total Analysis. "Keep it going!"
"No worries, Yoshimura." Yuji added with an encouraging tone. "Kugisaki! Fushiguro! Get ready!" He encouraged.
Yuji, Nobara, and Megumi readied themselves as they activated their Cursed Energy. Nobara took out her hammer and nails, with Yuji preparing her Black Flash, and with Megumi summoning Max Elephant.
Nobara fired off a barrage of nails as she then aimed it towards Tiphereth, where she then smashed it with her hammer, before they hurtled into the giant. Megumi ordered the shikigami to attack the Sephira. The spirit then unleashed a massive torrent of water from its trunk, causing a powerful blast of water to flood most of the field around it, thus hitting Tiphereth. Yuji then jumped on top of Max Elephant as he then used the shikigami's tusk as a springboard before using his Black Flash against Tiphereth, significantly amplifying his destructive power of his strike to 2.5. He then unleashed a powerful blow right against one of Tiphereth's orbs, Igaite, shutting it down.
Both Edward and Alphonse then readied themselves. Edward claps his hands together as he creates a transmutation circle, before pulling out a large cannon from the ground. "Fought Father before, but you are a horse of a different colour!" He remarked, before aiming the cannon against the giant, proceeding to fire it as it soon hit one of Cochma's cannons, Earth, shutting it down. "Oi, Al! You're in?" He asked his own brother.
Alphonse then nodded as he clasps his hands together which created a spark before placing his hands on the ground. The ground quaked slightly and violently after as a box-like wall prison was created, immobilising Cochma temporarily.
"Call and Execute!" Mao called out as she took out her phone, before seven drones appeared at the sky. It then bombarded the rock prison, which then hit Cochma multiple times.
"Power Shooter!" Kei called out as she tossed the basketball into Cochma, damaging him.
"Serving Ace!" Rin added next as she fired off a tennis ball onto Tiphereth, damaging him.
"Well, that's gonna be a highlight of the century!" Asta quipped as he watched Kei and Rin's attacks.
"We're making progress. Keep going." Chito simply said.
Nero came next as he revved his Red Queen. He then proceeded to fly with his spectral wings as he dodged Tiphereth's beam attacks, to which he then activated his maxed-up Exceed and unleashed a powerful forward slashing attack into its other orb, Gonbul. He then fired a charged shot from his Blue Rose, shutting the orb down.
"Flow." Stardust stated.
Stardust used Flow from his Heart-Shift Bracelet, while he watched at the beams falling on him. The beams avoided him soon, hurtling away from the heroes. "Still learned nothing, I see." He said callously, before grinning as he prepared himself. "Ashes to Stardust." He simply said as he dashed around Cochma, running instantaneously as it created the shape of a five-pointed star. Illusions of himself were created at each points of the star, before unleashing powerful kicks onto the giant. Cochma staggered as two of the cannons, North and Wes, were shut down, leaving the South cannon working.
"Get ready, Koyuki!" Kano, inside Snow Blood's consciousness, ordered.
"Phos-san, you're in?" Snow White asked Phos, with the latter nodding, before Phos transformed one of their arms into a large spiked mace.
Phos and Snow Blood then charged at Cochma.
"Alphonse-san, get the transmutation of yours ready!" Snow Blood ordered.
"Got it!" Alphonse said as he created a transmutation circle, to which he created rock pillars for the two to step and leap into.
As Cochma proceeded to fire beams from its last functioning cannon, Eas, Snow Blood then readied her halberd, Ruler, as she cut through the beams. Phos then gracefully dodged the beams. As soon as they landed right through the giant, the attacks hit the giant in tandem.
Yuri S. then came forward as she takes out her rifle, before shooting it against Tiphereth. Kaori then followed it up as she kicked a large can right through the same Sephira, damaging it.
"Now I've seen enough of it!" Edward exclaimed in surprise. "Guess we're not alone with some people who have absurd fighting abilities!"
"Well at least it worked!" Kaori commented excitedly.
Shadow then transformed to his Hero Shadow form as took out his Shadow Rifle before using Chaos Control on Tiphereth. "Show me what you got, you so-called giant!" He taunted as Tiphereth then screeched loudly before firing a barrage of beams at him. But the hedgehog continuously teleported left and right on the giant. "Lime, now!" He ordered.
Lime nodded as she then did some hand gestures before five copies of her stuffed bear appeared under her. "Bear Whisper!" She exclaimed as the stuffed bears and her fired three green energy balls that quickly travel through Tiphereth. Both her and Shadow's attacks then simultaneously hit the giant.
Tusk, Allen, and Crowley III came next as they focus their attention on Cochma.
"This beam-firing bastard won't ever stop, huh!" Tusk remarked as he took out his LaserKraftWerk and his Sturmgewehr with the armour-piercing configuration. "Allen! Crowley! Protect me!"
"Will do!" Crowley III affirmed as he then drained the blood from his body. What resulted is him wielding his maximum strength remotely as an almost invulnerable, winged blood mannequin.
"Bloody Krory?" Allen asked as he remembered the familiar move.
"Well, it's a last-resort move and here we are!" Crowley III replied.
Crowley III's mind then takes possession of the mannequin and allows him to move it freely. He then splits the mannequin in several parts before firing it towards the South cannon and into Cochma, unleashing multiple hits on it. Allen then activated Cross Alpha as he punched the ground, causing quake before charging right through Cochma, unleashing a blow right at the giant. On cue with that, Tusk's LaserKraftwerk was then fired to 100% of its power, hitting the cannon where it was then shut down.
Jolyne then ordered Stand Free, who then avoided Tiphereth's beams.
"Ora ora ora ora ora!" Jolyne repeated multiple times before the Stand began firing a barrage of baseballs right into Tiphereth like a machine gun, hitting it multiple times much faster than ever before. The Stand then continued as it then unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks to the flying giant before unleashing a final blow by hitting its S-Shaped blades with a baseball bat.
Shihori, Chihiro, and Fumio came next.
"Chito-onee-sama, be careful, okay!" Fumio said out of concern as she then used Complete Harmony, causing their vitality to recover.
"Chito-onee-sama?" Asta repeated as he heard Fumio.
"It's a long story, but the thing is that she is actually related to Chii." Yuuri added, causing Asta to be surprised.
"You what now!?" Asta exclaimed as his world turned upside down.
"Yeah… Long story…" Yuuri only added.
Shihori then stepped up as she used Miracle Makeup on the rest of the group, causing them to be faster.
"You'll all be fine!" Shihori encouraged as she smiled.
"Here…!" Chihiro said as she then took out a toy,
"Grape Wave!" Yuzuki shouted as she then proceeded to do a twirling gesture from her wand. She jumped high in the air, before beams of purple light surround her. After a few seconds of doing so, a purple ball of energy can be seen high above before Yuzuki fired it to Tiphereth, causing the creature to take damage. "Strawberry Comet!" She shouted as she crossed both ends of her scepter, before firing balls of energy onto Tiphereth, hitting them at a rapid pace as the energy balls hit them multiple times.
"Uplifting Marche!" Hinako shouted as she twirled her fingers, causing the rest of their group to regain willpower. "Averse Bélier!" She shouted as she positioned her sword in front of Tiphereth before unleashing a barrage of slashes into it. Then she decided to create a circle which then materialised into a ball. Lime and Yuzuki then created large energy balls as they transferred it into Hinako's. "Barbillon!" She then shouted as she tossed the ball into both Cochma and Tiphereth, staggering them at the same time.
With Tiphereth firing bolts of beam from its S-Shaped blades, Chito then raised her Vermilion Hammer as light aqua lightning emerged from the clouds, before her hammer is then surrounded by lightning. "Righteous Might!" She shouted as she then proceeded to smash the ground with her hammer, causing large pillars of lightning to emerge within both Sephirot, damaging them greatly.
"Did you see that?!" Asta exclaimed in surprise. "Not even the most powerful of all mages back home could do that!"
"Anyone, get ready!" Chito exclaimed as she looked at Nanoha, Fate, and Hinako. "Hinako-san, ready your Reflect Counter!" She commanded.
"On it!" Hinako answered.
"Raising Heart, activate a Bombardment Spell!" Nanoha commanded.
"Yes, Sir!" Raising heart replied.
Tiphereth and Cochma then fired projectiles onto the group, but not before Fate activated Barrier and with Nanoha activating Oval Protection, thus blocking their attacks all at once.
"Divine Buster!" Nanoha shouted, as a large beam of mana launched from Raising Heart as it homed towards Cochma.
"Photon Lancer, Full Autofire!" Fate then yelled as small rounded cylinders of mana called "photon spheres" are generated behind her, before the spheres then shot Tiphereth.
With that, both Tiphereth and Cochma then charged towards the group, as Hinako proceeded to use Reflect Counter. Chito then flew above as she used Vermilion Lightning Blow, with large lightning surrounded her fist, before unleashing a powerful blow towards Tiphereth as soon as Fate's attack hit it, sending the Sephirot flying. Hinako then raised her sword before making a slashing gesture, causing a large blue energy beam to then head straight through the large barrel, with Nanoha's Divine Buster following suit, destroying Cochma for good this time.
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With both Cochma and Tiphereth ultimately slain, the Unity Force and the Reflector trio only have one Sephirot left to deal with: Yesod. Yet they are still not done regarding the other half of the problem: Aesir.
The other Hoshinomiya students were talking to the new arrivals, with Nero promptly stopping Kei and Kaori from fangirling especially towards Asta and Phos.
"Guess that makes sense since you are into cosplaying, Mitsui." Raiden answered at Kaori's fangirling. "My entire body is basically a cyborg with my original head transplanted into it." He pointed out.
"Yikes, high schoolers like you are scary!" Asta complained as he distanced away from the two girls. "We're as real as you look! Raiden is as real as he looks! Even this gemstone person over here is really real!" He rapidly explained as he pointed to Phos.
Shihori then demonstrated it by punching her fist on Phos' shoulders, before feeling a hardness, causing the fashionista to groan in pain.
"OW OW OW!" Shihori exclaimed in panic as she shook her pained fist. "That was not nice! It hurts!"
"Consider that as a payback for me being mocked after that incident with you and Shirai." Allen suddenly uttered with a dripping tone of sarcasm.
"Well, we told ya that Phos is as real as they look." Asta beckoned with a mocking tone.
Meanwhile, questions from the new arrivals then spiralled out of control over the group regarding Chito's relations to the Taya family, which did not go unnoticed as Fumio tried to explain it all to Nanoha especially.
"So you're saying that you are related to Chito after all?" Nanoha asked with a caring yet doubtful tone. "That's certainly changing things quite a lot."
"Davie-san told me all about it." Chito answered as she removed her hat.
"Nonetheless revealing it during your fight with a vile Disaster Curse is unheard of." Fate added with a commending tone. "You certainly changed quite a lot ever since the mess that was Sprocket Kingdom." She mentioned.
"Though we're happy that you have a real family, Chito." Nanoha reassured with a smile.
"Yeah. It's risky, but I had no other choice." Chito said quietly. "Mao-san going rogue… Selling us out to Odin… Lain-san's coma… It's like my life after becoming a U.F. hero was a massive difference to compare."
"Lain?!" Nanoha exclaimed solemnly. "That's why we got a message about her being at the hospital!"
"I'm sorry about what I did to her." Mao apologised as Fate only looked at the hot-blooded actress. "I went out of line with it. It… It was because of Odin…! I was foolish to even believe him out of my selfish desires." She continued in shame, before Fate then embraced her.
"It's okay. I get that you trusted a madman like him, but at least you learned your lesson." Fate muttered as she talked to Mao about her past. "From what Chito had told us about him, he's a dangerous manipulator."
"More like obsessive with answers." Kenpachi responded.
"But why he would be after you, specifically?" Red asked Chito about her experience of being hunted by Odin.
"He saw my powers as a threat." Chito explained tersely, dreading at even talking about it.
"It's bad enough that he recruited our worst enemies in the past." Yuji said, still having flashbacks of Mahito.
Meanwhile, Chito answered Nanoha's earlier inquiry.
"As for Lain-san, she's okay for now, but she's in a coma. Piltz-san tried to heal her, but it didn't work! And now… I have something to say to the rest."
"What is it, Chito?" Red asked in worry.
"It's about Lime-san and Yuzuki-san." Chito said as she pointed at the two sisters, before looking at the rest of the group. "Lime-san. Yuzuki-san." She called out, causing the two to turn their heads. "You have a lot to hide, do you?"
The atmosphere tensed quickly at Chito's stern words. She never lived it down over what Lime and Yuzuki had done a day prior and ultimately wanted to know the real reason behind their revival.
"The thing is that Lime-san and Yuzuki-san over there are dead." Chito coldly beckoned as she revealed it to the rest, shocking them. "Most of us know about it already, but it's the big question of how you two came back from the dead! All the lies you perpetrated to Hinako-san about her wish!" She continued with her tone increased as she accusingly pointed her finger to the sisters.
"EXCUSE US?!" Asta exclaimed at Chito's assertive words.
"Chito!" Nanoha exclaimed as she witnessed the noirnette's assertive tone.
"What is going on, Chito?!" Phos questioned, before turning their head to the Reflector trio.
"Wait, you're saying that…" Red said as he trailed.
"That we're with a walking corpse for the past few days." Chito bluntly said with no mirth at all.
"What the hell?!" Edward exclaimed in disbelief.
"You have got to be kidding us!" Raiden responded.
"Lime-chan. Yuzuki-chan. You tell us who you two really are and how you both come back from the dead." Yuuri said with her arms crossed.
Lime and Yuzuki realised that Chito and the rest of the group sans the new arrivals knew of what they had done to Hinako. Yuri S. felt silent and shocked as she had no words to say about her childhood friends being implicated to this madness.
"The truth." Chito bluntly said as he looked at the sisters. "You two didn't come back from the dead without a catalyst for it. You have a lot to hide from us. so tell us all about it later." She incensed as she crossed her arms.
Lime and Yuzuki couldn't say any word from the shocking statement that Chito had just said.
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Meanwhile, at a rooftop, Heimdall only glanced at the heroes as he smirked, preparing for his future attack.
"So this is where things are getting interesting." Heimdall said to himself, before disappearing.
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The characters that appear in this chapter (in order):
Edward and Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist
Raiden from Metal Gear series
Fate Testarossa Harlaown from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
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A/N: This story is inspired by the ideas of Tamama900. It will continue in the next chapter.
And with that, have a nice day!