The corridors of the stadium were empty, as the sounds of hurried screaming could be heard. Javier paid it no mind for the moment; the authorities and emergency services were likely converging on the site, and they were better equipped than his team to deal with casualties.
No, his team were the ones fighting the Amanojaku. No doubt disinformation was going to be a necessary thing later, but that was a concern for later.
"First Amanojaku, then a new Mirager...what did we walk ourselves into?"He senses something, a brief moment before he pulls himself back. A black blade soars through the air, embedding itself in the wall where Javier was a second ago. He immediately turns to face his attacker.
"Target detected."Javier simply tilts his head.
"Oh, you're here for me, are you?" "..."He takes out a white gem inset on a necklace and exhales.
"Very well. I haven't done this in a while. It'll be nice to shake off the rust." "Nurna Tizona-"The black Mirager throws her knife directly at Javier's chest. He reacts quickly, dodging aside, but the enemy's Mirage strikes his, forcing it out of his hand as he gets knocked to his knees.
On the floor behind him, the knife disappears, and his Mirage lies nearby, visibly damaged with a glowing crack. He sighs as he pulls himself to his feet, facing his attacker again.
"....so that was your target, hm?" "Target threat neutralised. Moving to term-"Before she can react, Javier's fist smashes into her gut.
The force of the blow is palpable, throwing her backwards across the corridor a considerable distance. The black Mirager barely manages to stop her backwards momentum by stabbing her knife into the ground, leaving a deep cut where her blade rent the floor. She whips her dagger up, placing her arms up to defend herself from a follow-up punch as Javier closes the distance with blinding speed.
"No detectable Biorhythm output. Threat level incongruent with displayed power." "Just because I'm fifty-six doesn't mean I don't keep in shape, darling."He goes in for another punch, which the black Mirager barely dodges, weaving beneath his fist to dive in with a swipe of her knife. The old manager, however, catches the glint of her blade before his eyes, and pulls back, only catching a shallow cut across his forearm instead of a knife to the gut.
"You're fast, aren't you? Fine then. I guess I'll have to hold you off until the others can come bail me out."
"Mayra Duban var immel..."A burst of darkness emerges around Kazuma as he strides confidently ahead. His body is enshrouded in thick, black armor, resembling more a robot than a man, skull sigils everywhere around his body. In one hand, a double-headed axe, looking too hefty for anyone but Kazuma to carry, appears in his gauntleted hand.
He turns to Mr. Blue Hoodie.
"Get your friend out of here."The fan swallows and gulps nervously, before nodding and dragging his friend away towards safety.
The Hitobosu, surrounded on two sides by Miragers, begin to charge towards Briar, Arisu and Abbie; maybe with their limited capabilities, they think that this is the path of least resistance. They hurl themselves bodily at the three, their rock-like bodies being such that such a blow would be hard to avoid or survive....if one was not a Mirager.
"Kumorinaki aoi sora wo miage nageku yori..."Azusa evades another swipe from the Amanojaku deftly, landing another burning fist onto the beast. It visibly recoils from her hit, retaliating by smashing its claw into the ground, rough spikes of rock emerging from the floor to strike at her.
"Kaze ni sakaratte....kagayita mirai e kaerou!"The flaming Mirager avoids the spikes with a titanic leap, pushing herself away from the ground a split second before a spike erupts into the position she was standing in. She bounces off a nearby truss, spinning into another punch aimed directly at the beast's head as it unleashes a loud screech, more befitting of a horde of insects than the lizard its form was a mockery of.
Setsuna, meanwhile, has stood there quietly, paralysed as the world went to hell around her within a matter of seconds.
What do I...A sharp scream pierces Setsuna's reverie, as her eyes fly to the backstage area. Two production assistants, the mark of Setsuna's agency on their shirts, are cowering behind a computer table as a gigantic bat-like Amanojaku descends upon them. Its wings were tipped with a single talon rather than claws. Its hide, like the other, was completely smooth, ears resembling speakers, and eyes resembling that of an insect. Like its kin, it had no mouth.
As if by instinct, Setsuna darts across the stage, despite her fancy dress. She places herself between the Amanojaku and her crew, hands outstretched.
"You will NOT harm these ones!"Her crew calls out to her.
"M-Miss K-Kamisato! Don't!"
"S-Setsuna!"
Azusa lands on the ground just out of easy reach, her armored foot aflame as the Amanojaku reels back, knocking over several temporary steel barriers from the force of Azusa's attacks. She catches the Amanojaku about to descend upon Setsuna.
"Shit!"She was fast, she was strong, but was she fast or strong enough to get to her in time?
....
"Professor! Four new Biorhythm signatures detected! One new waveform detected, Mirage unknown!"Minako calls this out, as Freydis strides over to her laptop, checking over her program, growing puzzlement in her mind.
"What?"....
Azusa could not believe her eyes.
"How the....hell?"The Amanojaku had stopped, right where Setsuna had ordered it to stop.
The Amanojaku backed away, as if puzzled by its own decision.
Setsuna, too, seems puzzled, before shaking her head. She tries to put on a confident smile.
"Ahah! It seems the Amanojaku appreciate a show of élan as much as they do your power, Kumon?" "Don't screw around here, Kamisato! Get the hell out of-"The Amanojaku Azusa was fighting begins to charge at her again, forcing Azusa's attention back onto it. Setsuna, meanwhile, continues standing between the Amanojaku and her crew. It circles around her, studying her, but not moving to attack her, not moving to do anything but stay back as she had ordered it.
Something turns on in Setsuna's head. She looks to her crewmembers.
"M-Miss Kamisato?"
"A microphone, please." Yes. This feels...right. I should sing. I don't know why it feels right, but...."I-isn't it risky to-"
"Trust me. Please."The production assistant simply nods, and throws Setsuna a microphone, which she taps to test out if it were attached to the sound system. From the feedback, it appears to be.
"Excellent. Now...please put on that song.""That one? Now?!"
"Well, I cannot let Kumon have all the fun, no? Embrassez la vie de plein coeur, they say!"The two crew members look baffled at each other, and weigh their options. After all, the Amanojaku seemed to have stopped at Setsuna's command, and this was a weird day overall.
After a moment, they look back at her.
"Y-Yes, Miss Kamisato!"
"Well, in that case...uninvited guests of ours, listen to my song!"
The beetle-like Hitobosu charge at Miyuki and Momiji, mandibles opening to reveal green orbs of swirling razor-like winds to fire at the pair.
Suddenly, across the entire facility....
[Now Playing: ~~Ikenai Borderline~~]Setsuna's voice begins to echo out across the speakers of the facility. Every Mirager currently transformed feels energised all of a sudden, the power within them swelling.
"Mitsumeatte koi wo shite..."As Tsubasa, Hikari, Misaki and Seitaro flee to safety, however, another of the gigantic bat-like Amanojaku bears down upon them, blocking their path. It sets its eyes on Hikari first, bringing down a claw to swipe at her.
"Minase!"Tsubasa pushes Hikari out of the way, and is struck by the claw, throwing him to the side of the pathway. Hikari looks visibly horrified as she dashes to his side to check on him.
"Miki!"The beast moves to swipe down on Tsubasa instead, its attention redirected. Hikari closes her eyes.
"No. No! You won't hurt him!"As if by instinct, she places herself between him and the Amanojaku, a claw descending upon her as that feeling within Seitaro and Misaki begins to swell higher and higher-
"It's....the Minase girl, Professor! Her and Kamisato...somehow they're...increasing everyone's Biorhythm levels!"Freydis studied the sensors on Minako's screen. Yes, before their very eyes, everyone's Biorhythm was increasing; Setsuna's song was increasing everyone's in the vicinity, and Hikari somehow was awakening the Biorhythm of everyone near her.
Tsubasa hadn't had the potential to be a Mirager prior, despite matching with Fragarach, but now he was pinging as loud as if he'd been a Mirager his whole life. What's more, his waveform was similar to Hikari's.
One waveform, she'd never seen before, but one of the waveforms was similar to Miyuki's. A sister, perhaps? No, definitely her sister. But how? She hadn't heard of someone able to increase someone's Biorhythm levels without themselves being a Mirager already.
For two non-Miragers to have that kind of power...she hadn't seen that in a long time. Not since-
Freydis looks to Minako.
"She was the one who auditioned with Azusa's songs, right? The one who spent ten minutes gushing about Azusa before getting to the singing?"
"Yes, but her Biorhythm levels were too low for us to consider her as a viable Mirager. She was good, but...her levels should be too low to be detected on the sensors. These sensors are designed to only detect Miragers. How did she...Professor?"Freydis suddenly pounced over to a table behind her, scrabbling through her belongings piled up in a cardboard box. She peered back at Minako.
"Professor?"
"Brisingamen. It's missing. So is Moralltach. Are they still on the sensors?" "Yes, yes they are! But..." "But?" "They're rapidly approaching Minase."Freydis pauses, then she smiles.
"....so it is."
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