Hiya! I'm back!

So I think there would be no pairing for Kashi for a while cuz the anime seem kinda have yuri moment, and I kinda ship Hibi x Miku. Until I can see if the..."situation" is right for Kashi with the other girls, there might be pairing for him. I could picture Chris with Kashi you know.

Guest: Yes it is. :)

Now then, let's get ready for your Judge.

Kashi's POV

Two years.

Time's had been passed so quick that I didn't even notice it. It's already been a long time since that Zwei Wing concert...and that belt. I've aged of course and now I'm 15 years old, attending to high school currently. I've gotten taller than years before but, I haven't changed a bit. I'm still shy, timid and still scared.

A year ago after that incident. Hibiki survived but...Everyone is keeping their distance at my friend after that except for Miku. And his father were ran away after that. It really hurts her so much, I still can't help but feel pity until now.

What kind of father who'd left his daughter like that...!?

I sighed in worry about my friend.

The school's over today. Currently, I'm washing my hands right now at the men's room. As I twisted the faucet off, I released a tired sigh from my nostril while placing my hand on the sides of the sink before slowly and unconsciously placed my fingers on my neck.

"..."

That day after the stadium incident...I was absolutely sure that I lost a lot of blood from my nose and my eye, I couldn't felt my right arm plus, I also saw someone was coming towards me. The images were blurry and hard to remember but...

"-AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

I was screaming that day, right after there was a...sting on my neck for a while, and then there was so many bloods leaking out from my mouth as I coughed it out. Or is it? I can't clearly remember it all...Then, a guy was telling me that it's all going to be alright. And somehow, he was seemed worried. After that, I was in my room...

Grimacing as I was pressing my lips altogether in order to get rid of the fear around me, I turned the faucet again and started to washing my face.

At that moment- BAM! Sound echoed loudly around the room which frightened me as I looked behind.

There, 3 of my classmates entered the men's room. They are looking at me with irritated expressions. I swallowed at the tension as I began sweating.

W-Why? Did I do something wrong...?

"-Oi, it was you who did it, right?"

"D-Did what? Wh-What are you talking about...?"

"Don't bullshit us, Kashi!"

"Eh?"

One student suddenly snapped at my confusion, and at the same time, his friend seems to locking the door, preventing anyone to enter. I took a few steps back till my back's touching the ceramic faucet.

"G-Guys...I don't...I really don't know-"

All of a sudden, I was punched right on my right cheek and stumbled on the wall beside. He then grabbed my collar before pulling something out from his own pocket.

"And what the fuck is this, huh!?"

"...!?"

Right in front of my eyes inside the transparent plastic, a dead frog is inside. I feel so disgusted and wanted to throw up just by looking at that amphibian. There's even a worms on its body. It's like it was turned lifeless for two or three weeks.

"You put this fuckin' thing on my bag!"

"...I-It wasn't me. I-I didn't do it, I swear...!"

"Wasn't you? Yui told me everything about what you did, you son of a bitch."

He spoke that with more irritated tone, I couldn't retorted anymore and felt powerless. I can't do anything to escape this situation since I was accused by a student. And I knew they were intentionally did that. Even if I tell the truth to him, he wouldn't believe me. Plus, that girl's name he just said before, is his girlfriend.

I seriously cannot escape this situation...

"Come here!"

He violently dragged me by the hair as I winced in pain, the others were opening the wooden door of the flush toilet. I quickly opened my eyes in dread at what will happen to me, as he's still gripping my hair and forcing me to face down at that water.

Not only that, he opened that plastic and put the frog on the water as it's floating up, the worms' swimming on it.

I reflexively pulled my head away from that in disgust but, the student prevented it as he slowly pushed my head to the dirty water harder than before.

"N-No, ple-please don't do this! I'm begging you! No. NO-!"

Too late. All you can heard in that place is a sound of a wooden door's banging by the leg, and a loud bubbling sound.

[Play: Falco by Shimanati Hitomi]

On a cliff where there's only darkness remains, a silhouette can be seen there until the sun rises slightly from its sleep, clearing all the shadows and a boy standing there slowly opened his eyes looking at the sun before frowning slowly in determination as he was gazing at the sun as his only light. The screen pointed to the sky and the title appeared with Delta's insignia behind before turned into white feathers and being blown away.

[KIMI wa nani wo nozomu no?]

Kashi swiped the blood on his mouth while his bloody right hand's holding Delta phone, glaring at the screen with a black background behind him. Next, with an orange background. Hibiki in her Gungnir form slowly clenched her fists in front of her as if ready for a fight while looking at the screen. Then on a blue background, Tsubasa in her Ame no Habakiri slowly pointed her katana to the side.

[DARE no tameni kizutsuki?]

A red background behind Chris in her Ichaival form, gesturing a finger gun at the screen before raising it with grin, as if was shooting. The screen changes onto purple background, with Kanade tossed a phone lightly while smiling to the screen. Next is the golden background, a person's glancing to right at the screen while raising his phone using his left hand near his lips, he was smirking all along.

[Yume wa ukabu kuuhaku, hitomi wo tojita]

Kashi is banging and seems to pleading desperately on a mirror where his own reflection's on the other side with DeltaGear's strapping around his waist, his own shadow's raising the Delta Blaster and shot him, shattering the mirror into small pieces, leaving his shadow alone and closes his eyes with pity. A single tear of blood is slowly dropping down from his left eye.

[SAFURAN saita kokoro ni, sunaarashi ga yamanari]

Hibiki is seen walking with Miku on the side road, they were talking and smiling together especially Hibiki, she had a wide smile on her face while talking with Miku before she was passing a store's mirror beside her, reflecting her shadow in Gungnir form standing on the rain where there's Noise around her as she didn't smile anymore instead and facing the other way from her real one. A hand is trying to reach Hibiki.

[Sabaku yori mo hatenaki, toki wo samayou]

Tsubasa is seen with Kanade and Genjuro in a restaurant, she was seemed to being teased by Kanade as she flustered and her former partner giggled at her and her uncle just chuckled. Beside them, are their own reflection on the mirror, Kanade was seen wearing a belt while holding a phone, leaving the crying Tsubasa on her Ame no Habakiri form as she's begging her not to do something, she tried to go after her but her uncle was preventing Tsubasa from going in the middle of a desert.

[Yorokobi ya kanashimi kara...Ima..]

Chris was running along the side road before knocked upon Kashi as they fell onto their butt, she quickly snapped at him and Kashi responded by quickly and frantically apologized at the same time, Ryoko stumbled upon them and blinked in surprise behind Kashi. On the reflection below them, Chris in her suit was straggled alive by Finé using a jeweled whip from behind like a hostage as Delta was hesitantly and trying to take a shoot in front of them.

[Uketotta chikara...! Jounetsu ni kawaru!]

The camera quickly moved forward and passed to every main antagonists of the series from the smiling Finé, Dr. Ver's laughing insanely, Carol and other unrevealed black figures to the boy's sitting on the stairs with fingers folded and slowly opened his light blue eyes while grinning maliciously to the screen. Then the screen switched in a flash, a hand's crumbling into ash, a figure's been stabbed from behind, Hibiki's surprised as she's been pointed on the head by Delta Blaster, and Kashi's releasing DeltaGear as it dropped onto the ground.

[Mirai sono te ni tobitatsu, Falco! Kakeru kimi yo yume wo tsukame]

All the Symphogear users are fighting the Noise on the city as Hibiki landed a blow on those creatures, Tsubasa's cutting them down to shreds with her katana while Chris' shooting down those things using her gatling gun from her suit. Dozens of white arrows being shot down like a rain to Noise, white flames appeared and quickly swallowing them and the camera turned to Delta, who's pointing Delta Blaster to the sky.

[Chikai hibikasu kegare naki sora koeru SAHARA!]

Then the screen changed under a gloomy day, Kashi and an unknown figure, both are wearing a belts respectively. As Kashi's ranting something to that boy in front of him, he can only smiles sincerely and a single tear is flowing down to his chin from his right eye.

[Taiyou ga michibiku!]

Kashi's screaming to the sky, kneeling and carrying Hibiki as there's a lake of blood with white feathers floating around him. Next, we see a Kashi's hand is reaching a girl's hand as feathers gently dropping down. After that, Delta's performing Lucifer's Hammer to the screen.

Before the end of the song, the camera slowly directed down from the starry sky to Delta's belt on the ground being piled with white ashes, slowly being blown by the wind...

2nd Judge:

You Are [NOT] A Savior...

3rd Person POV

Hours ago at Lydian Private Music Academy, in the middle of class teaching.

A girl with light orange hair can be seen sitting on her designated seat, resting her cheek on her hand while gazing out from the window.

"..."

You see now, she was daydreaming or probably she was just thinking about something a little too hard. After that terrible incident in the stadium back at two years ago, she managed to be brought to hospital, had an undergoing surgery on her chest and survived, only leaving a scar on her chest. Miku and Kashi were really worried especially for Miku.

Her best friend had been shedding tears in front of her that day at the hospital, Hibiki can't help herself but comforted her friend, telling her that she was okay.

Kashi was also crying but...he seemed to be much louder than Miku to their surprise. He looked like a child who was just lost his way. Well, he's really have the same level of care as Miku.

But to Hibiki, she could sensed that Kashi's tears was more than just worry. A regret? But regretting what? And why?

Hibiki released a sigh.

She can remember every incident and events on that concert. From Noise suddenly appeared from nowhere in a middle of a show at the stage, two famous pop singers changed into some kind of Sentai-like warriors and literally fought those things.

One could never forget that they were also singing while fighting Noise! How could that even possible..!?

Hibiki leaked out another sigh while tiredly pressing her cheek on her hand. She recalled when the Noise were going to attack her, Hibiki thought she was going to die right there.

But that time never came...

As she was rescued by that black figure, that man wearing some sort like an armored suit with white lines. Hibiki was felt afraid for a second but, when she looked at his shoulders that had a lines like...

"Angel..."

Yes. Like an Angel. The first words that came out of her own mind. Despite that she was at near death situation after she was stabbed by a fragment, and even it was blurry for a sec, Hibiki can clearly watched that Angel was cleansing the Noise in a single blink of an eye as if he was a God.

She could only assumes that Angel and the two Valkyries are her saviors.

But all that, was it just her imaginations? So, that Angel and Valkyries are only part of her mind, is that it?

"-Tachibana-san..."

Wait, the doctor even said that it was just a sharp splinter from a falling rubble pierced her chest. But, part of her mind's telling her that it was more than a splinter.

"Tachibana-san!"

Moreover, she really wanted to know the truth about those fights until now, and those three saviors. Especially Angel. Hibiki feels like she does know the person behind that mask somehow. Maybe if Hibiki could meet Tsubasa and ask her later-

"TACHIBANA-SAN!"

"Guee!?"

As the teacher snapped and called her, Hibiki could only let those words out and her shoulders jolted up, pulling her back from daydreaming. She quickly looked at her teacher, who is showing a very sweet, sweet smile.

-On the second note, Hibiki knew that smile is her doomflag.

"Tachibana-san, can you please repeat everything what I just said before~?"

"Aaa, err...um...I forgot."

Hibiki sheepishly smile while lowering her head. Her teacher immediately, and slowly dropping her smile of hers before-

"TACHIBANA-SAAAAN!"

After that, she learned a very important lesson on her life and letting it carved into her brain: "Never thinking stuff like this in the middle of a class. EVER!"

Kashi's POV

Walking my path towards home all alone after being done like that before, I held my mouth as I'm holding an urge to throw up again and my stomach's burning up. No one could hold themselves after your face was being drowned on a water filled with worms. I even think that some of it went through my mouth.

"!?"

That thought went through my mind. I ran towards a slight narrow passageway where there's nothing but me in here. Placing a hand on the wall, I puked some stuffs out from my stomach through the mouth to the ground. There's only white water mix with saliva.

I began tiredly panting, and my whole body's shaking uncontrollably. Maybe due to disgust, or mostly that I'm hungry right now. For a moment as I'm already controlled my breath, I swiped my mouth while my eyes' began watery once more.

If I were able to fight them...No, if I were able to shook them off, this probably won't happened. But, if I ran away, I think they'll maybe do something worse than this. Fight them? No, I am so scared to fight. I don't want to fight anymore...

Why is this happening to me? Maybe, I'm cursed after all...

Rubbing my eyes, I slowly pushed myself away from the wall. As I turned around, my shoulders' jolted up in fright. A very loud explosion echoed around my ears followed by the resident's screaming. Unconsciously I ran outside the passageway, and immediately directed my gaze to the left to the road.

"...!"

They are there. Noise are attacking us again. The people who is inside those cars are trying to flee but some of them had no avail as those creatures suddenly morphed itself like a spear and launched through the car, another explosion occurred. They caught up to one people and turning them black as they screamed.

A person stumbled his shoulder at mine as he ran passed me, causing me to snapped from my daze. Might be that the feeling of a dread's taking control of me as I slowly lifted my left foot and took a step back.

"-Stay away from me! STAY AWAY!"

I quickly snapped my neck to the side with rough breath as I was about to ran away. There, a civilian is crawling from a Noise on the road, frightened for a reason until his back's touching the store's mirror.

The Noise immediately shaped into spear from afar...

Same time like it wasn't me at all, I kicked the ground and dashed to him, once close enough, I shoved him to the ground as that thing managed to graze my right arm and shattering down the mirror.

Wincing as I close an eye, I held my wounded arm as it's bleeding. This is strange, everyone knows that a single contact from Noise will immediately turned you into carbon.

But me? Why didn't I turn into one? This was two times already...

"Y-You...!"

"-Get out of here quick...!"

As I'm grimacing in pain while saying that, he hastily stood and escaped.

Until- JAB!

Slowly widening my eyes in horror, I saw it. Another dead person being stabbed to the head from inside the store. The man whom I just saved, his head's falling down and his entire body disintegrating into a pile of carbon.

"..."

BGM: THE TRUTH by Ken Arai

I was frozen in place. Feeling shocked of what I just saw as the Noise are slowly crept up towards me. Another dead person, died in front of me.

He's dead...Am I going to be the next one...?

I turned my gaze slightly to the Noise beside me that are still moving towards me. With slight narrowed exhausted eyes, I slowly blinked.

I still have that belt on my bag, I'm always bringing it with me. I didn't throw it away and I still haven't found a single clue why I didn't that. Every time Noise appeared, I didn't transform and always running or escaping them off. That belt is cursed...Like me. What's the matter with me? I feel like I'm really yearning that belt right about now...

More importantly, a man just died. I already saw a lot of deaths for years but this is...What is this feeling? It's like that feeling when Hibiki was pierced that day...

Anger? Fear? Or Both? Might be that I'm angry, because I couldn't save him. Maybe that I fear death. Probably I'm mad at myself and feared if I couldn't do anything, I guess.

I am afraid, so afraid of death itself when it comes to you. I'm so afraid if I'll use that belt, something bad would happen to me after that. I'm scared to fight. But death will come to me if I don't do that...

I'll certainly die if I don't do that...

I...I refuse to die, I need to survive...So, just this once, just one more time...

I slowly stood up while holding my arm and still lowering my head as I saw a small tear's dropping down from my eye. Slightly wincing as I released my grip and moved my right hand to my sling bag behind, I took the Delta belt and its phone then I strapped the belt around my waist.

I must...I have to fight for now...

The Noise soon stopped at they seems to looking at the belt.

...In order to survive.

I slowly raised the phone and started to mutter that name.

After all...I'm cursed...

"Delta..."

"STANDING BY"

As the belt announced that, I slowly inserted the phone on the camera to the side.

"COMPLETE"

Blue lines came up from the belt, running to my body and soon I was donned in the armor.

BGM CHANGE: Dead or Alive by ISSA

I lifted my gaze towards them as they somehow stepping away from me, I slowly clenched my slight shaking hand into fists while frowning behind the helmet. One of them morphed and shot themselves at me. Immediately, I just straightly punched that thing. To my surprise, the sharpness didn't grazed nor pierced my hand instead that creature was vanished into ash.

Looking at my fist in surprise, I quickly shrugged it off and charged to the Noise with another roar. I performed a straight kick at one Noise, killing it instantly. Same time, their companions seems like to be snapped into reality as one of them tackled me from beside as I rolled on the ground.

I held my stomach while biting my lower lip and stood, but before I could do that, two Noise tackled and pushed me onto a car hard as the door's bent and window's shattered into pieces.

They became so heavy as I tried to push them away but every time I did that, they kept pushing me and the car away, lifting it slightly. Skidding my feet on the ground to stop as it cracks, in succession, I quickly swung my fist to the right at the hand before backfisting onto another one.

Another Noise preventing me from inhaling some air as they shot themselves at me, so I quickly kicked the ground and rolling to the side, causing the car to explode. I shielded my eyes and gritted my teeth behind my helmet.

The heat was burning my skin slightly. If it weren't for my suit, I could be roasted.

I quickly tilted my head as Noise was morphed into a bullet. I didn't run or evade instead as it passes my head beside, I unconsciously grabbed that glowing creature and literally swinging it at his companions like some whip.

Some Noise's head were severed, some of them were sent to the buildings as they're turned into grey ashes. Same time, I released my grip from the Noise and it crashes to a car, and goes to the store. Must be that I'm swinging to hard or that I was just clumsy, I fell down on the ground.

While still laying on the road, I gasped as I turned to the side.

There's still a few Noise. Just shoot them and this'll end...!

On that thought, I pulled and turned my phone that is attached with the camcorder making it looked like a gun, I raised it near my mouthplate.

"Fire!"

"BURST MODE!"

Suddenly, I rolled to the side as one of them launched itself again. Then once I stopped, I crouched and aimed the pistol to them, before squeezing the trigger. White laser beams were sent from the barrel at those Noise. It managed to make some Noise being eaten by white flames once the bullet landed on them but, some of my shots were missed.

I opened my eyes as three of them charged towards me, I rolled forward as two Noise seems to combined their hands into rope. Once I stopped I immediately pulled the trigger again, killing one Noise. When I quickly got up and was going to turn behind, I was greeted by a tackle right on my chest as I stumbled backwards, my gun was released from my grasp.

I defended myself as I blocked an attack to the head, and one managed to hit me right on my gut as I was pushed away. But I reflexively lifted my left foot and kicked the ground hard as it cracked in order to regained my balance. With a roar, I performed a straight punch on the gut, its back became large like a big ball before exploded into grey ash.

While I was shocked as a slight smoke flying on my extended fist.

Somehow, my instinct flared alive and I unconsciously, maybe reflexively turned-

"Haaaa...!"

While letting out a battle cry, I extended my right leg up and crushing something. A Noise was going to attack me by leaping on my back, the only thing it got is a kiss of my foot and its body was pierced through by my own kick.

Again, I'm in deep surprise as I opened my eyes wide. The Noise was twitching and twitching before white flames appeared on its entire body and slowly turned grey.

BGM End

Slowly and may be I lost my balance or shocked, I fell onto the ground and blinked. After a moment as I'm able to catch my breath, I stood up and slowly directed my gaze back at where the man was...

"I'm sorry..." I muttered with regret.

3rd Person POV

At the underground base down below Lydian Academy, almost a few minutes ago the alarm was loudly on back then. The staff members in there were manipulating the terminals in front of them down there, trying to find the source of the mess.

When they detected it as the footage showed on the screen, everyone including Genjuro, Ryoko, Shinji were very much surprised. Of course, this was implied to Tsubasa but...not that much.

They saw that guy was fighting those Noise using the Lost relic, DeltaGear. A Gear that holds a huge and enormous power than any other relics around the world.

Ever since two years ago after that stadium incident, this man was disappeared into thin air and he plus the DeltaGear were no longer to be found. When those creatures shows up, they thought that the Delta user will came to defeat them but, he didn't appeared so they have to let Tsubasa to take care of them. The 2nd division were searching throughout the city while Noise's messing up the town, and trying to find that user. But, no effort.

And now, here it is, Delta showed himself once again. Confused, everybody in there saw him like a very different man. The first time he showed up two years ago at that night, Noise weren't able to touch him.

Then at this second time unlike before, it would seems that he loses his touch or it could be that another wearer's wielding that belt. He's not as skilled as a professional martial artist anymore like the first time. He literally swung his fist and kicked like an amateur.

...Or might be the Gear was possessing the user on the first day. This could be bad to the wearer.

"Hm..."

Genjuro couldn't help but hummed while crossing his arms, looking slight complicated. While Tsubasa narrowed her sharp blue eyes slightly at the screen as she saw Delta being pushed by two Noise to the civilian's car.

"...He's the same person we had met two years ago." Tsubasa said in monotone, cold and unemotional.

"Ara? So it's true that DeltaGear was taking control of his body on the belt's own will that night." Ryoko stated as she put a finger on her chin while looking at the file on her hand.

"Indeed. These side effects of Delta are dangerous, it could destroy his own cells if he's using it for too long." Genjuro said.

From the screen, Delta was seemed to know the functions of his own Gear as he was shooting at those incoming Noise. For a while, that old man frowned as Delta was landing a blow on a Noise before becoming some sorta like big ball on its back and exploded, then he turned and raised his foot, piercing through a Noise that was leaping towards him from behind. A white fire appeared on it, and crumbling into ashes. A while later he stood and fixing his gaze to something or someone, perhaps.

"Oh! Is he going to..!?" Ryoko exclaimed as they saw Delta walked towards his pistol, taking it up and placing it on the side of his belt. He pulled the phone out from the camcorder.

-Then a bright blue light came from the belt, right on the head's emblem. Completely blinding everyone from the screen. As Genjuro lowered his arm...

"...!?"

In that room. All of them gasped in shock and surprise. They were expecting an adult is using the DeltaGear.

But what they just saw...is a young boy with dark blue purple hair wearing a school uniform, and a sling bag is hanging behind him. He's probably younger than Tsubasa.

"He...He's just a kid."

"..."

As her uncle said with bewildered look. Tsubasa, who had a calm expression on her face before, is widening her eyes as if her heart just crippled into pieces.

...Her savior. Their savior that day. The Angel...Is just a goddamn young teenager!?

She staggered and unconsciously took a step back while placing a palm on her face.

Calm down. Calm down. Calm down Tsubasa. Calm down...!

Then, Tsubasa turned around and seemed to leave the room.

"Tsubasa."

"I'm fine..."

As she replied with slight shaky tone. With that, she leaves. It looks like she wants to visit someone.

Genjuro could only frowned in worry before looking back at the screen. There, the boy's expression is tired and he could see a tear's flowing down from his eyes as he turned around, leaving the scene and the camera couldn't catch his figure anymore.

Why is he crying? More importantly, somehow, just a feeling...Genjuro knows that kid from somewhere...

Kashi's POV

Sitting down alone here on a bench while listening to Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" with my earphone after school in the evening is certainly wasn't such a bad idea...Probably.

I just don't want to go home, not just yet. You see, I always have this frightening feeling when stepping and during my own house if my father's there. It's like when your parents started to fight or bickering towards each other for not accepting or disagree with their opinions. You, their son, should have feel the same way as I am.

Feeling a little bit depressed, I sighed while slowly rubbing my face.

"CD...Symbol...CD...Symbol...CD...Symbol..."

In the middle of my depression state, a girl's running to the right in front of me. The voice of an excited girl that I always knew and with that, I turned my head while removing the earphone.

"Hibiki...?" I muttered as she turned to the corner and I stood up, jogging towards her. But when I was in mid-passing the store beside me, I held my breath and skidded to stop.

-There's something wrong. A black carbon dust was on the air in front of me.

No, not again...

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Just then, I heard the scream of a little girl from afar. I could clearly heard it and knows her location. Was her scream really that loud?

No, this isn't the time to think. Right now, that little girl is in danger. But I don't-...

"HELP MEEEE!"

I quickly ran towards to the source as I passed Hibiki which of course she noticed the shout before and she seemed very surprised.

"K-Kashi-kun!?" She called my name but I didn't stop so she followed me from behind.

...What am I doing?

Soon we stopped around a corner as I spotted a girl is surrounded by Noise. She couldn't run away, those aliens are slowly creeping up to her.

"-No, no! I'm scared! I'm scared!"

"...Kh."

After that, I unconsciously dashed towards them.

"Wait, Kashi-kun!" Hibiki shouted in worry behind and I shoved a Noise, knocking their friends off as I rolled onto the ground. "W-Wha...Kashi-kun, how can you...?"

"I-I don't know...But we need to run! Now!"

Responding to her, I quickly got onto my feet and carrying the girl, running away with Hibiki beside me. Same time, those Noise began to followed us.

We ran and ran till there's no other day. Until eventually, the two of us are panting in exhaustion as we're hiding at the narrow passages. As I saw them passed and didn't seem to notice us, I heavily exhaled while leaning on the wall and still carrying the kid.

"That...That was close...!"

"...Y-Yeah."

As Hibiki said between panting beside me, I responded while sweating before I heard someone's crying on my side.

"O-Onii-chan, Onee-chan...A-Are we going to be okay?" The girl asked while slightly sobbing in tears. "Are we going to die...?"

"...!"

That words again, why does it keeps haunting me like a ghost!?

"No, we're not going to die. We'll stay beside you! Right, Kashi-kun?"

"E-Eh?"

As Hibiki said that with smile of comfort, I tried not to be hesitant and only nodded in reply. Then, when I was managed to catch my breath, I slowly looked up top before gasped. Unknown to the girls, those creature's clinging on the walls all the time.

"Hi-Hibiki...We need to run."

"Heh?"

At that moment before Hibiki could ask, the creature's dropping to my left. Immediately, our eyes widened and we moved away to the right from it. As we exited the alley, dozens of Noise are waiting on our right so we have no choice but going to the left.

Soon enough, the sun's beginning to set down as we're still running near a factory. Our legs are really sore, but we still keep running until we ran out of energy.

As Hibiki fell onto her knees and I leaned my body on a fence, we're clearly exhausted right now and our breaths are getting heavy.

"I...can't go on any longer...!" Hibiki muttered before I gasped when those aliens are coming from both sides. "T-They're keep coming!"

Hibiki immediately leaned her back on the fences beside me as Noise are surrounding us. Quivering in dread, the girl's gripping my blazer so tight and keeps muttering "I don't wanna die" so many times like a mantra.

...I really have a plan but, I have to wear it one more time...

Biting my lower lip, I handed the girl to Hibiki without a word which she blinked in surprise.

"I'll create a path..."

"W-What are you trying to do?"

Not responding to her, I stood in front of them while taking out that belt again, making the girl's in bewildered look, especially Hibiki. Without hesitation, I strapped the belt around my waist and raised the phone.

"Delta!"

"STANDING BY"

"COMPLETE"

As I insert the phone on the belt's side, blue lines came from the belt and it's running to my body and soon, I was donned in the armor as the lines turned white and my visor flashed. The girl's behind were blinded by the sudden brightness before, slowly lowered their arms.

"Onii-chan..."

"Kashi-kun...Y-You're that Angel!?"

Both of them were surprised as Hibiki gasped, I just lowered my gaze to the ground for a reason.

Angel...? I was being called like that?

Snapping into reality, I clenched my left hand and quickly holstered my gun, raising it.

"Fire!"

"BURST MODE"

Immediately as the belt was letting out the announcement, I aimed the pistol at Noise on the right and squeezing the trigger. White beam suddenly shot out from the gun's barrel as I did that. The Noise that were creeping towards us, had been eaten by white flames and disintegrating into ashes.

"Let's go..!" I said as I grabbed Hibiki's arm who is still carrying the girl. She was sure caught in surprise or might be I was breaking her thought.

While running, I released my grip from her arm and attacked two of the Noise that got in our way by backfisting it and using my gun as a pommel. As Hibiki ran forwards, I turned behind and shot a morphed Noise.

I need to conserve my ammo. If I could remember...I still have 9 bursts left. Each ammo has 3 shots. So, 3 shots for 3 Noise or else I'll run out of bullets...

With that thought, I shot 3 incoming Noise as they turned into ashes before avoiding an attack by falling at the ground behind me. While still on the ground, I made a straight kick on its gut. Killing it in one touch. Then, I crawled backwards, stood and catching up with Hibiki.

Is she being slow or I'm probably too fast. Just for a seconds, I'm already behind her.

"Wh-Wha! Am I being too slow!?" Hibiki exclaimed as she started to pushing herself to her limit before I stopped them as I was pulling her to the side, successfully evaded a tackle from Noise.

"That way!" I said as I pointed to the ladders up ahead, and Hibiki climbed up. Suddenly I was being pulled down by my leg to the ground as I winced and being roughly dragged on the ground to the Noise.

"Kashi-kun!"

"Onii-chan!"

As Hibiki shouted in worry as she stopped in middle of the climbing, I kicked that thing by the head and turning it into a pile of ash. I crawled my way behind while shooting them. A laser was missed but, I managed to kill two of them. I almost stumbled as I quickly got up, joining with Hibiki and heading towards to the roof.

For a moment as we arrived, Hibiki and the girl's laying on the ground, trying to catch their breath while I put my hands on my knees and panting.

"Y-You guys okay?" I asked and they tiredly shook their head side to side. Heavily exhaling, I lowered my head again and gazed at my gun.

I really transformed again, and this wasn't for my survival but to Hibiki and that girl. But why? Why did I save that girl? I think there was something, maybe a feeling as if my heart's been fired. It somehow hurts that much...

Probably I wasn't letting that girl to die in front of me...She's still a kid anyways. So maybe that is the answer for my own question.

I gasped as I heard a squeaking sound from behind. When we looked at the source, our heart's skipped a beat. It was because those things are surrounding us. I could ran away but, no to my friend and the kid.

...I'm not going to leave them.

So with that, I measured up my courage again as I pointed my pistol at them.

I only have 7 bursts. If it's running out, It would take a few seconds- Maybe 14 or 15. It is just my feeling...

A sweat rolled down to my chin and I flexed my fingers while still holding, Hibiki and the girl's hugging each other and tries to rid the fear off.

"I...I'm scared...Are we going to die?" The girl muttered while trembling.

That can't be help. I'm really scared now you know despite that I'm always survived. But this kind of fear I'm sensing right now is familiar. Just like two years ago.

Hibiki slowly shook her head without fear and smiled at her. "No, we already told you right? Just don't give up on life, there will always a way. You'll live!"

"..."

'There will always a way'. I..I guess she's right. All the fight I did, I was apparently would die...But I didn't. Because I wouldn't give up, maybe that's why.

And then-

Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron

"Wha..!?"

At that moment when Hibiki suddenly sang those words, a bright light came from her chest and I was blinded even the Noise and the girl were blinded. After that, the light directed to the night sky like a beam and clearing out those skies.

3rd Person POV

Currently, at the underground base and apparently the team were trying to locate the source of Noise attack just for a hour ago. Unlike yesterday, they were hard to find. It might be that they were running onto one place to another place. Camera's hard to detect them because they were moved in sudden speed.

Tsubasa is there too, she seemed to just came back from the infirmary room today.

She visited her friend so many times now...

"The signal's focused! We've located them!"

"We detect another powerful signal besides Noise and Delta!"

Two of the members just stated as they're manipulating the monitor down there.

"Could this be an...Aufwachenschlagen?" Ryoko said with bewildered look until the big screen showed up a word.

"Gungnir!?"

"...!"

As Genjuro exclaimed in surprise and Tsubasa is...Shocked as she slowly widening her eyes.

'No way...That was Kanade's...!'

Kashi's POV

I could only stand here and watching that event in front of me. I'm so surprised and, scared you see. Once that light beam died down slightly for a while, Hibiki's body beginning to change, her body is now wearing some suit.

"...!?"

I held my breath and widened my eyes, as there's some kind machine like erupted out from her body behind her back.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!"

Letting out a scream of pain, another light immediately blinded us. When I lowered my arms once again, I gasped.

In front of me, Hibiki isn't wearing her uniform anymore but is donned in white and orange suit. Also wearing a pair of black metal boots, a white and orange gauntlets, and a pair of black and white headphones.

"H-Hibiki...?"

Muttering as I saw a very different face from her usual one. It was like a wide grin of a tiger. Just to make sure that it was my imagination or an illusion caused by that light before, I shook my head and...she's back.

[PLAY: Gekisou Gungnir]

"Eh? Heh? Heeeeh!? W-What!? What did I turn into!?" Hibiki shouted while blinking and looking at her state.

"Onee-chan, you look awesome!" The girl smiled and I still in a daze as I blinked and blinked behind my helmet.

"Aagh!" I winced and fell to one knee as I wasn't paying any attention to the Noise that had shot itself towards my back, then I was slowly being piled to the ground.

"Kashi-kun!"

"T-Take the girl and run! I'll be okay, don't worry!"

The Noise are getting heavier as I responded to the worried while holding the pain on my back. She slowly nodded in conformation but her face is still full of worry and extended her hand to the kid.

And then she...sings?

After the girl grasped Hibiki's hand, she pulled and carrying her before leaping away from the roof.

"Whoaaaa!" Hibiki screamed in surprise at her own jump and she landed safely on the ground, well, with a crack.

While I was leaking out a small scream of pain as I was slowly crushed by a bulldozer. I gritted my teeth and slowly clenched my hand into fist for some reasons.

"Kh...en-enough...!" I muttered but the weight's multiplied in every second. "...I said, ENOOOUUGH!"

I unconsciously burst out as I was yelling. Those aliens were flew towards nowhere. I was panting tiredly before immediately rolled to the side, and shot those two morphed Noise. Before I realized what I just did, I was shoved away hard from the rooftop and hitting the ground. I quickly snapped my eyes open as started to shot that things from dropping to the ground.

After a few shots were sent and when I pulled the trigger however, I ran outta ammo. So with that, when one Noise was going to crushed me, I rolled to Hibiki's front. She's still singing and keeping the girl from harm.

This is bad. There's a giant Noise with a hands of a crab and the smaller ones are surrounding us.

When I coughed while slowly getting up in one knee and looked at Hibiki-

"Behind you!" I shouted and she quickly turned around, a Noise was leaping towards her. Then, she suddenly raised a fist and when her fist made a contact to that creature, it vanished into carbon.

"E-Eh...?"

Hibiki and I were caught in surprise.

Did she just touched a Noise...?!

Before I could able reload my gun, a white glint flickered behind the Noise. To get a clear look, I narrowed my eyes and with the help of my visor, I can see a familiar girl's riding a motorcycle. After she's getting closer, she rammed those Noise with her bike, and passing us.

[Song End]

Hibiki didn't sing anymore as we both turned and saw that girl leaped to the air while her bike crashed onto that giant's leg. When she's flipping in the air...

Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri Tron...

She landed in front of us and then, I remembered who she really is.

"Y-You are...!" I gasped and before I could ask anything, she says something.

"-Stop fooling around. You need to protect the girl!"

"Tsubasa-san?"

Yes. She is Kazanari Tsubasa I had met and fight alongside with two years ago at that concert. But, I feel like she's kinda different now...That other singer, Amou Kanade was nowhere to be seen.

After Hibiki mumbled, Tsubasa rans towards the remaining Noise, changing into her suit. Then like Hibiki before, she started to sing.

[PLAY: Zettou Ame no Habakiri]

Tsubasa pulled out a katana and seems to enlarge that blade, swinging her blade downwards and sending down a blue energy slash at the Noise.

Blue Flash

Then she jumped to the air once again, so many swords appeared around her and it's dropping down to the Noise like a rain.

One Thousand Tears

Once she landed, Tsubasa dashed and slashed through with her katana and the blades from her ankles. She was definitely and seriously fast. The giant Noise appeared over us, I was going to ready myself until a sword with a gigantic truck size stabbed through its back.

Heaven's Wrath

[Song End]

Completely in daze state, we looked at Tsubasa up there stepping on the big sword while Noise was disintegrating into black dust.

"That was...amazing." I mumbled as if I ran out of words, the girl's slowly nodded as they share the same opinion as I am.

Moments Later...

Long story short, the military government soon came right to our location, cleaning up all the mess by vacuuming the pile of grey and black ashes. Now that I mention it, why are the Noise turned into grey instead of black carbon dust? The moment I killed them a white flames sprouted and flaring for its body while Tsubasa and Hibiki's...didn't burn them once they finished them off.

Does this has something to do with this belt?

"Excuse me." We've been called as we directed our look from the little girl, who's drinking a hot chocolate with a soldier there towards a woman which seemed like an agent. "Here. It'll warm you up."

"Ah, this'll be useful. Thank you!"

"T-Thanks..."

While Hibiki was very grateful for her offering, I wasn't feeling so at all. Maybe a bit but, I'm just shy, that's all. As we took the cups of hot chocolate drinks and was going to drink the milk, I immediately realized something.

"O-Oh, that's right..." I muttered as I unattached the walkie-talkie out from the camera, and as soon as I did that, the white lines on my armor and the belt's emblem glows blue for a while before the suit's disappeared and those lines turned blue, travelling back to the belt.

After that, I just sipped the hot chocolate and letting the water to touched my lip a bit, before slowly and silently blows it. Before I could drink again, I noticed everyone including Hibiki are looking at me.

Some of them gave a bewildered look, some of them must've been shocked. Either it was my hair and eyes, or probably they weren't expecting a kid to wear this belt. That couldn't be helped though, I mean I was really tall like 190 cm or so when using the armor.

Lowering my head to avoid their gaze while still putting the phone inside the pocket, I sipped the milk again as Hibiki did so too.

"Waah~! It taste good!" She exclaimed, before suddenly a light orange's glowing on her body and her disappeared, surprising her even she accidentally dropped her drink and stumbled backwards.

"Ah...!"

Before I could catch her from falling down, she bumped into someone behind her. Which me and Hibiki realized, she was stumbled onto Tsubasa as Hibiki immediately moved away.

"U-Uwaa! I-I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!" Hibiki bowed apologetically two times in front of her. "A-And thank you for saving me back then! This make it...the second time already!"

"Two times?" Tsubasa replied with a blink and she nodded before quickly turned towards me and bowed.

"I never ever get a chance to say thank you because I didn't know who you really are! I always called and keep telling myself that you are an Angel! S-So today, I'll love to say thank you for saving me two years ago too! Thank you, Angel- Eh! I mean, Kashi-kun!"

I almost spilled my milk at Hibiki's sudden long words of apologies, especially when she bowed in front of me while saying that and almost running out of breath as she's panting right now. This is sure making my cheeks reddened, it's kinda rare for other people to thanked me. Everytime someone say that, I could blushed at any

"W-Well...Y-You're welcome..."

As I timidly said that while slightly rubbing the cup on both of my hand with the phone's still being held by me, I failed to notice Tsubasa was narrowed her eyes and somehow seems to soften her expression a bit.

'This boy, really reminds me of...' She thought before closing her eyes and walked away.

"Mama!"

We turned towards the little girl who's reuniting with her mother. A family.

"You're alright! Thank God...!" Her mother said with tears, embracing her child by hugging her.

After that, the woman who had given us the drink, approaching them while holding a tablet and asked for that family to sign something. They could only blinking their eyes without a words, it looks like they were told to keep everything in secret.

Hibiki awkwardly chuckled and I quietly sipped my drink, looking a bit sad.

"Anyways, I think we should get going-"

But right before Hibiki could finished, a lot of agents gathered and surrounding us. The cup just slipped from my grip as I blinked in confuse.

"We have some unfinished business with you two. You're going to accompany us to the Mobile Disaster Responce Corps 2nd Division's Headquarters."

Clang! Clang!

"E-Eh?"

"Heh?"

Both of us raised our hands together in front of our face, looking at the metallic and thick cuffs, we even shake it off but no effort. So you could see, we're handcuffed.

"I'm deeply sorry but, this are only for the standard procedures." A young man with brown hair said with apologetical smile.

So, the only words that could fit with this kind of situation is-

""W-Whhhhhyyyyyyyyyy...!?""

Then, after a while as the car was taking us towards some place. I thought that we'll going to jail or something like that, I couldn't imagine living behind bars like a criminals. But, what I didn't expect is that we found ourselves at Hibiki's school, Lydian Private Music Academy.

"W-What are we doing at my school?" Hibiki asked as we arrived.

"Dunno..." I can only reply that.

Hibiki and I are feeling uneasy towards this one. While the agents are left behind, leaving only me, Tsubasa, Hibiki and that guy walking on the dark hallways.

"U-Um...The teachers' living in the central tower here, right?" Hibiki asked in slight trembled tone but no answer was given, and I gulped really hard until we arrived at the elevator as the brown haired man pushed down the button.

After a moment, the door slid opened and the only light that casted away the dark, is the elevator itself. Once we entered and he seemed like pointing a device towards something flashy, the metallic golden door's closing itself.

All of a sudden, we freaked out as there's another thick door-like a barrier is closing the elevator's door. At the same time, handles are raising from the corners of the lift.

"I suggest you two should hold on to one of the handles because...it might geting a bit dangerous when we're going down."

"Eh-Ah, y-yeah..."

As the word 'dangerous' was said by that man, we reflexively gripped it with our handcuffed hands and then-

""-UWAAAAAAAA!"" We screamed out loud as the lift's dropping down very fast like a bullet train, we can even feel like our bodies being pulled up due to the gravity. Unknowingly, I gripped the pole real tight as if I'm holding onto my life.

"Ah...Ahaha..."

"Smiles won't help you."

As Hibiki laughed nervously, Tsubasa said that with no emotion at all. It was like someone's opening up a freezer.

Hibiki and I confusely looking at Tsubasa before going down a few levels, out there the window around us, the entire wall was decorated like some kind of architecture. We could see some many colored symbols like drums, a hand, the moon and may be some Greek alphabets like delta or omega had been carved and written in small sized on that walls.

"Smiles have no meaning of where we're going."

Moments after we already arrived on the lower level. We did expect that they'll be dozens of militaries here waiting for us complete with weapons and stuffs.

But we're seriously wrong about that...

"Welcome to the Mobile Disaster Response Corps 2nd Division's Headquarters, home for the guardians of mankind!"

""Wha...?""

Probably seconds after the elevator's door slid opened, a red haired old man suddenly greet us while wearing a top hat. Following that, as if like a surprise party for a birthday, foods being set on the tables, streamers that had been shot before are slowly falling down, a board is placed on top with Hibiki's and my name is on it with a cat face, and triangle with a...happy face?

Tsubasa exhaled and putting a finger on her forehead, shook her head for some reasons whilst the brown haired man is chuckling awkwardly. The agents behind that tall guy are clapping their hands.

"Come on, put up a smile! Don't worry, it's just for memento for our first meeting!"

Suddenly, a woman in a lab coat ran beside Hibiki, and seemed like pushing Hibiki towards me as her shoulder's touching mine. While doing that, the woman raised her phone and trying to find a perfect look for a selfie.

"W-Wait!" Hibiki gasped. "How will it look in the photo album if we're handcuffed like this? B-Besides, how could you all know my name!?"

"The 2nd Division here is a secret service thing for wartime use." The red haired man said while turning his cane into a flowers.

Magic, or a trick? Wait a minute! This isn't the case...

"Secret service, wartime? D-Do you mean, this team is for fighting Noise...?"

"Correct. And checking your pasts and names were easy as pie for us." He explained before the woman came to his side with a smile on her face while holding-

"Eeeh! I-Isn't that my bag!? Just what are you looking into!? Why did you have to take my bag for!?" Hibiki exclaimed.

"A-And, how can you...?"

"Simple. We zoomed the last footage of your fights and your name's written on your bag!" The woman said and I slowly gazed behind my sling bag.

"O-Ooh..." A sweat rolled down to my chin. There's currently a small plate planted beside, I honestly forgot about that.

"Ogawa-san, if you may."

"Right away."

As Tsubasa said that with sigh, the brown haired man named Ogawa nodded in reply before taking out a key from his pocket, using it to uncuffed our hands and placed it on the table.

"Thank you..." Hibiki said as we're massaging our hands respectively.

"Oh no, we should apologize to you, actually." Ogawa replied.

"Alright, let me introduce the gang to you. I'm Kazanari Genjuro, the boss here." Genjuro said with friendly grin while pointing his thumb to himself.

Kazanari? Is she Tsubasa's father or...?

"And I'm Sakurai Ryoko, the smart girl. Nice to meet you!" Ryoko said with wink.

"N-Nice to meet you too."

"Nice to meet you..."

We simultaneously bowed to them as we said that. Well, my voice was so meek compared to Hibiki.

"You two came here at our invitation because we'd like you to work with us."

"Work with you...But how?" Hibiki asked in curiosity beside me before suddenly remembered an important thing as she opened her eyes wide. "P-Please tell me...What happened to me?"

Then, Genjuro and Ryoko looked at each other before she nodded.

"To answer your question, we need to ask two things of you first." Ryoko said as she stepped forward in front of us. "First. Don't tell anyone about what happened today."

"Y-Yes."

"And then the second one." She pulled Hibiki's body closer to hers. "Well, let's take off your clothes first~"

"...Oh, please! Whhhyyyyyy!?"

Before I knew, she dragged Hibiki towards nowhere and leaving me alone, with these people.

"E-Err...Umm...W-Where's she taking Hibiki to?" I timidly asked as I played my finger as usual due to my own shyness. Genjuro placed a hand on my shoulder, surprising me.

"Don't worry, we're just doing a check up to your friend. She will be alright." He said with assuring smile. I blinked at him for a while before lowering my head a bit.

"I-I see..."

'I see.' That's the only word I could say. Sure I'm really worried about my friend but, I think I couldn't do anything. So, I could atleast hope that Hibiki's okay.

"And Hyoko Kashi, was it?"

"Huh? O-Oh, yes..."

"Wouldn't you mind if you follow us? We have something important to explain."

As Genjuro said that before patted my shoulder, and walked passed me. Leaving me in confuse.

"Please follow us." Ogawa said to me as he and Tsubasa followed Genjuro from behind.

Just what's going on...?

Biting my lower lip a bit, I decided to follow them. As we walked through some hallways for a few moments, we finally arrived to some room. In here, it would look like some narrow living room as sofa was placed on the corner plus there's a table in front of it, a vending machine being placed beside it and there's a computer terminal on the right.

I stared the room with wonder. It looks better than my house, I admit it.

"Excuse me."

Without noticing it, Ogawa removed something from my belt that is still being strap around my waist. When I gazed down as he headed towards the terminal, and looks like inserting something to it.

"G-Gueh!? Th-The head! I-I-It can be removed...!?" I exclaimed out loud with suprise and shock expression. The head's emblem, was gone from my belt as it replaced with some narrowed empty slot.

"You didn't notice it?" Genjuro asked as he sat down. I shook my head. "After all this time?"

"U-Un..." I slowly nodded in reply.

"Commander, the Mission Memory process may take a few minutes before we could open it." Ogawa stated as there's a screen showing a percentage bar, and it slowly fills up.

"Alright then, why don't you take a seat and I'll explain everything for you."

With that, I gave a slow nod and sat down across him as Tsubasa leaned on the wall while crossing her arms.

"This is usually Ryoko's job. Well, where do I start?" He muttered and cleared his throat, pointing at my belt. "This Gear, is called the DeltaGear and one of the relics that we have been searching for a long time!"

"D-DeltaGear? Relics?" I muttered in confuse as he nodded with a smile.

"Not exactly a relic. Relics are a crystal or ancient artifacts of various legends throughout the world. They were created in ancient times using an arcane techniques." Genjuro explained and Ogawa continue after taking two drinks from the vending machine.

"However, at this modern technology now, it's hard to create one. They can be found in various ruins but it'll take a lot of times to ravage them due to their incredible power and it's very rare to find one with any power left. Here, have some tea." He said as a can of tea is being placed on the table.

"Thanks.." I took and opening it.

"Just as you saw before today. Tsubasa has one of those relics, and it is Ame no Habikiri." Genjuro said while I was sipping the tea before I looked at Tsubasa with surprise.

"Kazanari-san...?"

"Originally, it is a small fragment of a blade." She said in monotone.

"A blade...? L-Like Yawarakai-te, and Durandal from England?" I asked as I looked at him and he nodded.

"But to DeltaGear, it's not an artifact nor a sacred relics. This Gear was created by mankind using the modern technologies and equipment, and we made it...with the help of Gods."

"W-With Gods...? What does it mean?"

"Hm...I also don't know for sure. The makings of the Gear are very complicated, even for scientists these days, we still couldn't figure it out." Genjuro said while rubbing his chin. "Legend says there's a God's Soul on each one of these Gears."

"That means...There's more!?" I exclaimed and much to my shock, Genjuro nodded in response.

"Yes, the belt is really hard to find unlike the relics and we once had it on our hand but..." He paused making me in daze before continue in slight grim look. "...They had been stolen by someone years ago. That is why, we called them 'Lost relics'."

"..."

I could only remain silent and started to think in wonder, and small interest. A God's Soul is resting on this belt...Then that would means, that woman's voice who's speaking an unknown language is...A God? I-Impossible, such thing is impossible...

Genjuro also said this Gear's different than the one that Tsubasa used, and the way to create those relics are still remain a mystery...

And he told me there's another belt beside Delta...

"Um...G-Genjuro-san. If I may ask, how many are there? I-I mean, these Lost relics." I said with meek voice. He began to hummed as if trying to think.

"I don't...actually quite remember, it was years ago. I think there are plenty of it, like 3 or 4 Gears including the one you're wielding it right now." He stated and I sweated a little.

H-How can he forget such an important thing like this? Well, probably due that he's old now...

"I see..." I muttered in solemn tone before sipping the tea again until a beeping sound echoed around the room, surprising me except for the others.

"Ah, looks like it's finished." Ogawa muttered as he put the can away into a bin, walking towards the terminal and began typing the keyboard.

"W-What's finished?"

"The transferring data from the Mission Memory of course. Each one of the belts has one too, Mission Memories are very important for the user and us for knowing their health and location." Ogawa explained as he's still typing.

"H-Huh?"

"-For more further information, read this." Tsubasa suddenly took out a paper from her pocket and tossed it on the table as it slides and stopped in front of me. I looked at Genjuro before he nodded.

Then, after I took the white paper and unfolded it. Revealing a picture of the suit, and its explanation names and info of the armor. A question mark is floating above my head.

"W-What this is? Pyoton B-Blood? P-Phyoton Stram? Globaru...Feleer? W-Why is this all written in English...!?" I said with surprise look, and Genjuro chuckled.

"Well, we're really sorry about this. Actually, I forgot to mention that these Gears were made in the west."

"O-Ooh..."

I slowly nodded in response before gazing the paper with confuse mix with a small serious expression. I actually understand English but, I can't pronounce it very well you see...

"There!"

Ogawa took a step back as the screen turned bigger than before. On that image, there's someone's status like mental, heartbeat and other things like that.

"This is..."

"Your mental health. Now that the Mission Memory is already connected to your belt, we can know your location of where you at too." Genjuro explained again as Ogawa handed me the Mission Memory and I placed it back on the middle of my belt.

"..."

So which means, the 2nd Division team could track my movements, if I'm bringing this with me...But this belt-

"Hyoko Kashi."

"Y-Yes?"

As Genjuro said those words with more stern tone, I immediately stuttered and my body's stiffened a bit. His eyes that were closed before, are slowly opened and stared straight at me for a while, I gulped really hard at this tension.

"...We need your power as Delta to defeat the Noise."

"...!?"

Immediately, I opened my eyes wide as I clearly heard his words.

"But...Why?" I asked.

"Like Hibiki and Tsubasa before, you holds the power and potential to be Delta and you seem to can handle its power pretty well. Usually, after someone wielded that belt and when that time comes, they would-"

"-They would die or got addicted to its power."

Tsubasa just cut his words out, making my eyes deep in horror even further than before. I could even feel that whole of my body's sweating right now due to panic.

"Tsubasa-san...!"

"Sooner or later, he will and have to know the after effects of using DeltaGear. Isn't that right, commander?"

"Ah, that's correct."

Genjuro nodded firmly in reply as Tsubasa asked with rather slight cold tone. Ogawa couldn't help but sighed a bit. Whilst me? I'm in deep panic and terror right now, my heart's racing like crazy and sweating all over my trembling body.

If what they says were true, then that day...Two years ago, I...I almost dead...?

"..."

"Are you alright?" Genjuro asked and I just remain silent while still lowering my head.

I wanted to tell him that I'm not okay. I'm scared. I'm really, really in fear right now as if I'm in this narrow and deep sewer, all alone and don't know what to do...

"Hm?"

Without a word, I moved my hands behind my belt, unstrapping it and placing it on the table in front of me. Genjuro and Ogawa meanwhile, gave a surprise look.

"What's the meaning of this?" Tsubasa frowned beside me but I still lowered my gaze and biting my lip before lifting it slowly.

"T-This belt...is yours, right? At first, I wanted to trash this thing away but if someone finds it, what'll happen to them? Now that I met you...Then you guys can have this..."

"Kashi, you already have a power to save mankind and if you use it-"

"-No! I only wearing this for my own survival!"

Suddenly, I raised my voice a bit and surprsing them.

"...Sorry, I-...I'm so sorry but...I don't, I don't want to involved in this mess. I don't want to fight, I...I really dislike fighting...!" I said. "So please, keep this Gear away from me...until you can find the right person to wear it."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Genjuro took the belt and gazing it for a second before sighing and showed a smile on his face. Extending his hand in front of me as I slowly lifted my head.

"You can keep it."

"Eh? B-But, this belt isn't mine..."

"At least, this belt can protect you from Noise or from any harm. You also said you're using DeltaGear for you own survival right? Then, you can keep this. It is rightfully yours now..." He said with soft spoken tone.

Looking at him and the belt for a while, I bit my lip and I already made my decision as I...take the belt.

He's right. If I threw this belt away, I can't protect myself anymore and I don't want to die. That thought really didn't pass my mind though. And he told me that DeltaGear is rightfully mine now but however, I still really can't get used to it or probably I couldn't just accept it...

"Yosh! Now then, can you follow us for a while? There's something we need give you. It's a gift for saving Tsubasa, Kanade and your friend, Hibiki two years ago." Genjuro said as he stood up. After I stood up however, Tsubasa suddenly walked out from the room.

"U-Um...Could you please tell me, what's happened to Kazanari-san? She suddenly changed unlike I first met her..." I asked and Genjuro sighed in concern.

"Excuse me. If you may, I could explain along the way." Ogawa said.

"O-Okay..."

I nodded while gripping the belt on my hand, we walked out and headed throughout the hallways again.

"Two years ago after that stadium incident. You saw Kanade sang a song, right?"

"Yeah. But, what is that song exactly? The lyrics are very strange, I had never heard anything like it before..."

"That song was actually a Zesshou."

"Zes...shou?" I mumbled as my brows raised. Ogawa nodded in reply before continued by Genjuro.

"It is actually the most strong and has a very effective power to defeat Noise instantly. Every Symphogear has one, they normally used it while the user is in a critical situation. However, the cost of using it is...dangerous." He explained.

"Dangerous? B-But, Amou-san survived right?"

"Yes but...She was in a very critical situation that day, resulting her to be hospitalized and got comatose until now."

"...! S-So, it was my fault...?"

"No, you did save her. She would had died due to low compability, but you saved her by stopping her from finishing the song, remember?" He said and I blinked in surprise.

I...I did save her?

"Ah, we made it."

As he said after the door slid open in front of us, revealing some sort of garage. There, on the center of the room, a thing like motorcycle is being covered. Ogawa moved forwards and stopped beside it.

"Now, I present you: your JetRussher."

In one swift, Ogawa removed the cover while Genjuro gestured to it at the same time. Once it revealed, I couldn't help but staring at it in amaze and wonder.

The vehicle in front of me, is a sport motorcycle has a black with with lines similar to Delta's suit with the slight pointy V antenna being placed on the front.

"T-This vehicle is...for me?" I asked as I walked towards the bike.

"Yes. It is a gift, we accidentaly found this laying in front of the school a year ago. This vehicle was designed for the Delta user."

"For the user?"

"That's correct. Strange enough, a normal person couldn't start the engine up for some reasons unknown, couple of scientists, mechanics and engineers couldn't even discovered why. So, we concluded this bike is special."

"I see...C-Can I try it...?"

"Sure, go ahead." Genjuro nodded as he said that.

With that, I slowly walked towards the bike and hopped on it. The key is always in there, so when I turned it on. A fantastic sound of engine came from the bike and following that, the lamp in front are shining reddish orange, and the speedometer's light turned on. Then, the left side of the bike suddenly opened, revealing an empty space for something.

Wait...there's some sort of pole being pointed to the side...Which is...

After my thought, I slowly put my belt and let it hangs on it. Then, the part of the bike slowly closed as it's moving to the right before releasing a beep sound. I blinked and without thinking, I twisted the handle as JetRussher let out another loud roaring sound. I unconsciously letting a small smile planted on my face.

"Eh-...Um, Genjuro-san. I don't think, I could drive this bike...I haven't learn anything yet." I said with slight panic, and Genjuro just chuckled.

"Oh that's, you don't have to worry about it. The bike's already linked to you, and the DeltaGear is on it, your driving skills would come natural." He replied, leaving me in small confusion.

"Here's the helmet. It will be dangerous on the road." Ogawa said as he handed me a black helmet with a visor.

"O-Oh, thank you..." I politely took it with a bow.

"...Kashi."

"H-Huh? What is it...?"

My shoulders were jolted a bit, as Genjuro called beside me before he sighed for a while.

"Are you...seriously don't want to join us?" He suddenly asked that and I was taken by surprise once again. "This request, is actually Kanade's wish before that day's accident."

"..."

His words, sure caught me in surprise again as I lowered my head.

Kanade's wish...? But, I only wear this belt for my own. It's for my own purpose to survive. I couldn't just accept her wish.

-Probably...

"...I'll, I will think about it..." I muttered, low enough for him to hear as he smiled at my reply.

"That's glad to hear. Go and take a rest, we'll meet here again if you made up your mind." Genjuro said as the garage's door in front of me slowly raised up, revealing a high road with the lights being lid up on the corners, iluminating the darkness.

With a slight nod, I put and flip down the visor on my helmet and lightly kicked the supporter under my bike, shifting up my vehicle with my foot two times, and twisted the handle again. The tire's screeching on the ground as it let out a smoke before I revved through forwards.

"H-He's right...This is really easy!" I smiled and I put up more speed as I shift up the bike and twisted the handle more, racing through the long high road and the roaring sound of engine echoed.

3rd Person POV

"Commander, do you really think he will come again?" Shinji asked as they're walking on the hallways.

As Kashi was went far off towards his home before, Genjuro decided to check on our fellow Symphogear user, Tachibana Hibiki. It'd seems like Ryoko was finishing the check up just a few moments ago after Kashi departured. That old man rubbed his chin as he hummed for a while.

"I think it is all up to him." Genjuro said. "That was his own choice and his own path he's following now. He doesn't want to fight or being involved with this mess but, I always know he has his own reasons...Hyoko Kashi is really a unique boy."

As Genjuro chuckled lightheartedly after he said that, Shinji couldn't help but raised his brow as if were thinking that his commander seems to know this young boy.

"So, what if he isn't coming back?" Shinji asked in curiosity, and Genjuro hummed again for a while.

"Well...let's just say, I have faith in him..." He showed a sincere smile along the way.

To Be Continued...

Hi there! Again! XD

So, that was the 2nd Judge. How was it? Good? Bad? You can review it here, critics are allowed but no Flames or hate okay? I just wanna hope that this story interest you guys, I only writes fanfics just for fun, and so for the readers too. We, authors sometimes doing that, right?

I must admit, this story is my first true dark story unlike the other fics I made. As for the maker, I'm really feel sorry for my own character and I sometimes felt a strong guilt when typing on the first scenario you know. Being bullied on the school and got accused like that, I had been through that once but not at Kashi's level, I hate it! I really hate bullying or got accused for some reasons like hate or jealousy...

Anyways, as you can see, Kashi's a bit brave now, and also became selfish. This was just his another 3 or 4% character development. He would eventually get a bit better...maybe.

About the opening scenario, it was really my first making of opening. Like one of my author friend said, a Kamen Rider fic won't be complete without an opening! Yup, that what he said. And thank you for your support my fellow KR fan, TF Ryushin! Salute!

And you see, I couldn't describe JetRussher very detailed. The bike is based on a black Kawasaki Ninja 650R with white lines and V antenna being placed in front like Delta. Just imagine it!

OK Then! Onto the teaser!

Don't be afraid for your next Judge:

"Hm...This must be Delta Driver, and this Delta Phone, huh..."

"So which means, Symphogear users and Delta are the only one who can fight them?"

"You sure you don't want to join them?"

"You're right, we should start fighting now..."

"-It's not her fault! It's mine! It's...IT'S ALL MY FAULT!"

Guilty? I Am [NOT]...