Hello Fanfiction readers! Ashbel Longhart here to finally deliver the promised Kamen Rider Faiz: Song of Paradise-Second Verse! So sorry I have been stalling this when I promised to do this summer but things prevented me from doing this so again…sorry. Anyway, before I continue, cue the disclaimer!

(Disclaimer: I do not own Senki Zesshou Symphogear G or Kamen Rider Faiz. I also don't any songs that appear in this story either. They all belong to their respective owners. All I own is this story and my OC's. Please Enjoy.)

Anyway, after so long, it's time for us to begin the second chapter Faiz Haru's story! How will this play out? Who knows? You'll just have to sit back, read, and enjoy the show. Now, let's begin! Open your eyes for the next Faiz! Let's ride!

P.S: I've decided to use honorifics. Also, unlike last season, this shall be in the 3rd POV. Again, please enjoy.

Kamen Rider Faiz: Song of Paradise

Second Verse

Song 1: The Rise of a New Song-Part 1

(Years Ago)

Flames. They were everywhere. The flames burned everything it touched. Rubble was scattered all over the place. The entire area was in ruins. But amidst the ruins…a single song could be heard.

Ringo wa ukanda osora ni…

Standing in the ruins, a young girl, no older than 13, was singing. She has warm brown hair reaching past her shoulders and light blue eyes. She was wearing what appeared to be armor that is largely silver-white in color, with light yellow and blue accents.

Ringo wa okkochita jibeta ni…

In a flash of light, the armor disappeared, leaving the girl in a white dress with detached sleeves and yellow waist ribbons over a red shirt, complete with red tights and yellow shoes as light pink butterfly clips surround the back of her head like a wreath.

Hoshi ga umarete uta ga umarete RURUAMERU wa waratta Tokoshie to

Then, climbing over the ruins, another girl with bluish-green eyes and long, coral hair with the top styled up in two horn-like curls with a blue flower accessory centered into each curl with the rest of her hair hangs loosely down just past her shoulders appeared. She was wearing a blue dress with black tights and a pink ribbon near her stomach.

Hoshi ga KISU shite uta ga nemutte

The girl, covered in a bit of blood that was not hers, reaches out to the younger girl, but the flames stop her from getting any closer.

Kaeru toko wa doko deshou…?

Slowly, the younger girl turns to the older one only to see that the younger girl was bleeding. Blood was flowing from her eyes as if she was crying in extreme pain and blood came from her mouth and didn't appear to be stopping anytime soon.

Kaeru toko wa doko deshou…?

The younger girl says something to the other girl who responded back when a piece of rubble fell down. It would have struck her if not for an older woman with indigo hair and lilac eyes wearing a long black dress over a lilac turtlenecked shirt appeared and pushed the girl down to the ground, taking the hit as the rubble fell down upon her, mostly her legs.

Ringo wa okkochita jibeta ni…

The girl that was saved groans in pain before she looks up to see rubble fall down right on top of the younger girl. The girl could only stare in horror, tear-filled eyes before a shadow appeared over her.

Ringo wa ukanda osora ni…

The girl looks up to see what appears to be a man with the head of a goat. The mysterious goat-man grabs the rubble on top of them and easily lifts it off of them and throws it away. It then grabs the two, placing the girl over its shoulder and the older woman under its other arm before it quickly runs, carrying the two to safety as the entire area soon collapses.

(Present Day)

The whole train shook as the armed defenses activated and fired, fighting back thought they had absolutely no defense what so ever. That was no surprise as the attackers were none other than Noises. Forming into cones, the Noise drilled through the train and killed any that came into contact with them. Explosions soon occurred, shaking the entire train again.

"Are you alright?" A man with white short hair parted from the left with blue eyes asked the guide who fell down. He wears silver-rimmed glasses along with an olive green turtle neck, a white overcoat with light violet trimmings, grey slacks and light brown shoes.

"I'm fine." The guide said as she got back up. "But you should get to the shelters quickly, Dr. Ver!"

"R-Right…" The now named Dr. Ver said as the door behind him opened up as two girls ran through.

The first was a 16-year-old girl with dark orange eyes with short cream-colored hair fastened with two red clips on either side of her head. She wore an orange sweater with a black skirt trimmed with pink.

The second girl is a short girl with purple eyes and long white hair that falls to her knees, separated into twin tails that further split into three curly strands each, wearing pink scrunchies in her hair. She wears a low-collar, long-sleeved, and multi-layered red and maroon dress with lace trim and puffy white shorts underneath, white thigh highs done with red bows and garters, and maroon pumps.

"This isn't good!" The first girl said. "There are tons of Noise heading this way!"

"They're clearly targeting us." The second girl said. "It's as if someone's controlling them."

"Let's hurry!" The guide said.

(Meanwhile)

Lights of high-tech technology lit up the darkroom as people monitored the transport train.

"The convoy's passed checkpoint no. 71!"

"They've almost reached the allied base at Iwakuni!"

"So they waited until the convoy was far enough from here to attack?" A tall and muscular man with gold eyes, spiky red hair, and a goatee said. He is wearing a red dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a pink tie with its end tucked into the left breast pocket of his shirt, light beige slacks and black and blue athletic shoes.

"Commander Genjuro, does this mean…?"

Genjuro nodded. "Yeah. Whoever's behind this is undoubtedly after Soloman's Cane."

"You think they'll be alright?" A tall girl who had long fluffy red hair that fell down to her waist and red eyes. She wore a red jacket over a white tank top and long blue skinny jeans that hugged her slender legs and black and red shoes.

"You forget, Kanade, that they have Haru with them," Genjuro said. "Now go on, Tsubasa's concert is gonna start soon."

"Right, though Tsubasa's was really mad about Haru going on this mission," Kanade said with a playful smirk as she walked out of the room.

Genjuro simply smiled in amusement, knowing what Kanade was talking about before he turned his attention back to the screen.

(Back to the train)

"Hai….hai…" The guide spoke through the communicator as she and the others moved as fast as possible to the next car. "You're detecting something moving at high speed amidst the Noise?"

"As you know, the Lunar Attack three months ago shook the entire world and the Japanese Government has since disclosed the Sakurai Theory." Dr. Ver said as they moved through the rain outside." While most of it is still shrouded in mystery, if we can analyze this arch specter we recovered, Soloman's Cane, we may be able to figure out a way to fight against the global menace which you know as Noise."

'But what about the Orphnoch?' The first girl thought as they all entered the next car and the second girl came to a stop.

"That thing?" The second girl balled her hands into fists as the Relic brought up bad memories. "Soloman's Cane isn't so easily harnessed.

"Chris-chan?"

"Not that I can talk, considering what I did," Chris said, looking down when suddenly, the other girl grabbed her hand and was a bit too close for her comfort. "B-Baka(Idiot)! We don't have time for this!"

"It's okay." The girl said. "Haru-kun said that no matter what happened in the past, the fact that you're here with us now is fine."

Chris simply blushed and looked away. "You really are hopeless. You and Haru-san."

Hibiki simply gave the girl a smile as the guide was finishing up talking.

"Roger. We'll fight them off." The guide said before putting away her communicator. She then took out a revolver, making sure it was loaded before she gave the girls a nod.

"So it's finally our cue, huh?" Chris said.

*CRACK-CRACK-CRACK!*

Suddenly, drills made of Noise crashed through the roof of the car, surprising everyone as Dr. Ver fell down in surprise.

"Let's do this!" Hibiki said as Chris nodded.

*ZOOM!*

However, before the girls could open their mouths, the sound of something moving was heard before the Noise that broke through the roof was destroyed, falling into piles of carbon. From one of the openings, one could see the image of a man as his face was lit up yellow.

"Chris, Hibiki, hurry it up. Or else I'll finish these guys off myself."

"Haru-kun/Haru-san!" Both girls exclaimed.

(Outside)

The rain poured down heavy like a heavy shower in a bath as one lone figure stood on top of the car. In the air, hundreds of Noise could be seen even in the dark of night but that didn't frighten the figure as his red 'eye's glowed in the darkness of the night.

"Yare, yare(Good Grief), there's no end to these guys." Said the figure donned in armor that was too hard to make out due to hard dark it was. He went and pressed what appeared to be a watch on his wrist and a counter starting from '10' soon appeared followed by:

STARTUP

His body seemed to hum with energy as the figure flicked his hand before he leaned down. Then, in the blink of an eye, he was off, a blur to the eye as the blurred figure leaped into the air and seemingly crashed into the first Noise it rammed into, turning it into nothing more than carbon. The blurred figure then continued, bouncing off the remnants of the Noise to take care of the other Noise as in 10 seconds flat, more than half of the entire Noise was taken care of while the counter of the figure's watch was ticking down.

3…2…1…

TIME OUT

The figure landed back on a car of the transport train and the figure's shoulders seemingly move down to his chest and lock into place. Once they do, red neon lights light up all around the figure as said figure once again makes the habit of flicking his hand while his 'eyes' turn glowing yellow.

Then…

"Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron..."

"Killiter Ichaival Tron…"

While it couldn't be seen, the figure was smirking under his helmet as light erupts from behind him and he simply glances at it as emerging from the twin lights were none other than Chris and Hibiki but now armed up.

Hibiki was now garbed in a black and mostly orange bodysuit. Her forearms were white with the fingers black as white gauntlets covered her arms with braces covering her knuckles. Her legs were donned in armed boots that were white, black, and orange. Around her waist was an orange and black skirt with white armor covering her sides all the way up to her breasts. Over her ears were what appeared to be headphones connected to two headpieces as a white scarf sprouted from behind her neck.

Chris was garbed in a maroon bodysuit that left her upper breast exposed. Her arms were covered in red armor while her legs were in white leggings and armored red shoes. A metal 'skirt' hovered around her waist as a pair of metal 'wings' were situated behind said metal 'skirt.' Finally, around her head was more armor, going from the top of her head down to over her ears.

'Gungnir and Ichaival have really evolved over the year.' The figure commented in his mind before addressing the two girls. "It's about time you girls got here."

"Looks at all these wicked birds filling the skies," Chris said as she and Hibiki looked up at the Noise filled sky. "I expected more of them."

"Well, while you two were busy getting up here, I already took care of half of them." The figure said.

"It doesn't matter how many there are. They're all going down! Especially if we use that special combo attack we've been practicing on!" Hibiki said.

"That's still a work in progress," Chris said. "Are you seriously suggesting we use that in actual combat? That's crazy, you know?"

"Don't worry! We'll save it until we really need it!" Hibiki assured her fellow Attuned.

"Enough talk you two." The figure said as he cracked his knuckles before flicking them. "It's time for these guys to hear the wonderful voices of you two."

Both girls blush when the armored man said their voices were 'wonderful' before Chris shook it off and the armor surrounding her arms transformed into weapons resembling crossbows. "J-Just watch my back!"

"So Hibiki's singing today, huh? In that case, let your song ring out for everyone to hear!" The man shouted.

"You got it, Haru-kun!" Hibiki said before she opened her mouth and started singing.

(Insert Seigi wo Shinjite, Nigirishimete)

Chris acted first as she fired a volley of energy arrows, firing like a trigger happy gunman. The energy arrows struck down any Noise it struck as piles of carbon fell. From the other side, other Noise rained down to stop the white-haired Attuned, but Hibiki and Haru prevented them, attacking as one as their fists and feet struck down any Noise that attempted to get near Chris. Hibiki punched a Noise away before turning to deliver an ax kick to another Noise. She turned again to punch another Noise away before she punched and struck down another Noise.

More Noise appeared, flying with the speed of fire jets as they formed into drills and flew down, all aimed at Chris only for Haru to appear right next to them, kicking them all down before they could even get near Chris. Landing back on the car, Haru expertly punched and kicked more Noise away. One Noise attempted to strike him down from behind, but Haru simply backhanded it without looking behind him before turning back to more Noise that attempted to stop Chris.

Chris' crossbows underwent a change as crystallized arrows were formed and knocked back before Chris released them. The arrows flew and through multiple Noise before they split apart into hundreds of shards that stood over the Noise in the air. Glowing with power, the Noise were soon pelted by a rain of destruction that wiped them out one by one until few were left.

Giga Zeppelin

"Impressive," Haru commented until he spotted from the corner of his eyes a streak of light. Looking up, he saw a Noise different from the rest and the girls soon saw it too. "That must be the leader. Think you can take it down, Chris?"

"Who do you think you're talking to?" Chris said as rackets of missiles appeared at her side and she wasted no time firing them at the Noise leader.

Megadeth Party

The missiles flew all over the air but as if the Noise was being piloted by an expert pilot, the Noise flew around and managed to avoid all the missiles sent at it.

"Then how about this!?" Chris shouted as her two crossbows went and transformed into Gatling guns.

Billion Maiden

A barrage of bullets flew right at the Noise. But to everyone's surprise, parts of the Noise moved in front of it as the bullets sent at it simply bounced off the armored front as it neared closer to them.

"That's not good," Haru said before he went and took out a digital camera-shaped knuckle duster called the SB-555C Faiz Shot and the Mission Memory from the SB-555P Faiz Phone and inserted the Mission Memory into the Faiz Shot.

READY

Hearing the confirmation, a handle grip detached itself from the Faiz Shot and Haru gripped it before he opened up the Faiz Phone and pressed 'ENTER.'

EXCEED CHARGE

"Hibiki!" Haru called out to the girl as a spec of light traveled through the Photon Veins of his arm and into the Faiz Shot.

Already acting before Haru called out to her, Hibiki pulled back the piston of her gauntlet before she and Haru jumped up towards the incoming Noise and punched its armored front, scraping against it as they barely managed to push it back away from Chris who continued the shoot at it after they landed back on the car. Looking up, Haru sees that he and Hibiki only managed to leave a dent on the armored front.

"Damn, not even Hibiki's fists were able to punch through it," Haru said and he knew how strong Hibiki's punches were.

"If only we could use our X-Drive like back then, these small fries wouldn't be such a problem!" Chris commented as she continued shooting.

"And I'm kind of regretting not bringing my Faiz Blaster," Haru said before turning to Hibiki. "Hibiki got any ideas-Oh shit!"

Wondering why Haru was cursing, the two looked behind them and saw that they were about to enter a tunnel. The bad news was that they were all gonna hit the top as the tunnel was only tall enough for the train to pass through.

Thinking fast, Haru used his still charged Faiz Shot and punched the roof under them, tearing through it and making them all drop down in time before the train entered the tunnel.

"Whew! That was close." Haru said before saying, "Now can you girls get off of me?"

"Wah! Sorry!" Hibiki blushed as she and Chris scrambled to get off of Haru as they had landed right on top of him when they all fell.

"Now, as I was saying, got any ideas, Hibiki?" Haru asked the orange-colored Symphogear user.

Hibiki hummed to herself, trying to think of how they could get out of this situation when her eyes widen and she slams a fist down on her palm.

"I just remembered something I read from Shishou(Master/Teacher)'s combat manual!" Hibiki said. "We should uncouple one of the cars and have it smash into them!"

"Is that manual for real?" Chris said as she sighed at Hibiki's ridiculous idea. "There's no way that'll work. Have you forgotten that Noise can just pass through normal objects?"

Hibiki simply laughed and smiled. "We're gonna hit them with more than just a car."

Haru and Chris looked at one another before they looked back at Hibiki as Haru asked, "What do you mean?"

"It's simple," Hibiki said as she explained her plan. "We detach one of the cars. Of course, they'll pass right through it, but as they're doing it, I'll hit them with my strongest attack and wipe them out all at once!"

"That's…actually not a bad idea," Haru admitted as he thought it over and nodded at Hibiki's plan. "Okay, I'll go detach the car. You girls get into position."

The girls nodded before they ran off to get into position. Haru, meanwhile, opened the door with his charged Faiz Shot, smashed the link holding the two cars, disconnecting them before he goes and punches the car, sending it back towards the Noise. With his job down, Haru runs back as he hears Hibiki singing again in the distance.

With the said girl, she was at the exit of the tunnel, the train having exited some time ago as she waited for the Noise to show up as her right gauntlet had transformed into a much bigger version of it. After a while, the Noise soon passes through the cars and Hibiki takes that as her chance to strike.

"Take this!" Hibiki shouted as the thrusters of her enlarged gauntlet fist sent her forward. A knuckle duster appeared in front of Hibiki's fist as Hibiki practically flew towards the Noise and punched the dent she and Haru had left behind thus smashing the Noise's armored front. Then, like a chain reaction, the Noise exploded, taking with it the rest of the Noise as Hibiki smiled in victory while the sun rose up behind her.

(Song End)

'She used a dimensional pocket to slow down the enemy's movement, then hit them with everything she from the other side of the tunnel.' Chris thought as she looked at Hibiki in amazement.

Haru couldn't help but whistle, impressed. "That girl still finds new ways to surprise us, huh?"

Chris could only nod as she was speechless.

"With this, the transfer mission is complete. Thank you for your work." A military commander said as he shakes the guide, Aoi's hand in thanks. Meanwhile, the girls stand behind Aoi while Haru simply leans against the fence, still in his armor.

Speaking of said armor, Hari was donned in a black bodysuit with red lines running along the arms and legs. The torso armor was silver and rounded with more red lines running through it to connect to the belt. His hands had metal fingertips with bands on his wrists and elbows. Over his head is a helmet that is black with large yellow eyes and a pair of antennae that split the eyes to make it look like a phi symbol on the face. On the helmet was a small silver mouthpiece that had designs that resembled teeth. On his left leg, from the knee down, was a metal brace.

"Thank you, sir," Aoi said as she shook the man's hand. Meanwhile, the girls share a smile before looking towards Haru who simply gave them a thumbs up.

"Now that I've seen it with my own eyes," Dr. Ver suddenly spoke up. "You're not all called the Heroes of the Lunar Attack for nothing."

"Heroes!? We're heroes!?" Hibiki asked as this was the first time she's heard of this.

'And I tried so hard to keep this info away from her." Haru thought.

"We hardly get any praise, so please don't hold back!" Hibiki said as she rubbed the back of her head and smiled. "Keep those comments comi-Ow!" Hibiki was then stopped when Chris gave her a chop to the head.

"Baka. This is why you get no praise." Chris said before glancing over at Haru. "Besides, we can't take all of the credit."

"Of course. Your mysterious armored friend here." Dr. Ver said, turning to Haru.

"Name's Faiz," Haru simply said while keeping an eye on the military men. While the military may know about the girls, he still kept making sure his identity stayed hidden. The last thing he needed was men from different countries knocking on his door demanding his technology. And he just recently found a nice apartment to stay in too!

"Faiz-san, then." Dr. Ver said as he continued from where he left off. "In this chaotic world, we need heroes. Great heroes that are able to carry the hopes of all mankind!"

Haru raised an eyebrow behind his helmet. He didn't know if it was just him, but he could have sworn that Dr. Ver's tone of voice got a bit…crazy.

"Aw, stop, you're making me blush!" Hibiki said, smiling.

"I'll be sure to take good care of the Relic you protected for us." Dr. Ver said as he looked at the case that contained Soloman's Cane.

"It's just Soloman's Cane, but I hope it helps!" Hibiki said.

"We expect great things," Chris added in. Haru didn't say anything. He was just asked to come for extra help.

After saying their goodbyes and good lucks, the group left the military base as Haru finally decided to cancel his transformation since there was no one to see him.

Now out of his armor, Haru is a man who is 19 years old. His hair was slightly messy and is black as a raven's feather, reaching down to his chin as his eyes were a soft, baby blue color. He wore a black jacket over a white shirt, blue jeans that were slightly faded and brown dress shoes. The rest of his Faiz Gear was in a small briefcase in his hand.

"Mission complete without a hitch!" Chris said as she and the rest of the group were now ready to return home.

"If we leave now, we might still be able to make it to Tsubasa-san's show!" Hibiki said, obviously excited.

"Going to Tsubasa's concert after a mission does sound like a good way to end the day," Haru said as he thought back to the blue-haired pop star. "Speaking of Tsubasa, she seemed mad when she learned that I was going on this mission with you two. I wonder why?"

"Why indeed…" Aoi said as she felt like facepalming at Haru's denseness. "Well, since you three all worked so hard today, the Commander said that you can take the helicopter to Tokyo."

"Seriously!?" Hibiki said as her eyes seemed to brighten.

*BOOM!*

Exactly after Hibiki said that did an explosion occurs behind them. Looking up, they all saw a giant Noise attacking.

"Seriously!?" Hibiki said in disbelief.

"Looks pretty serious to me!" Chris said as she ran off ahead of the group with Hibiki quickly following.

"A Noise attack right after we successfully delivered the Relic, this can't be a coincidence," Haru said as he hurried to take out his Faiz Gear.

"I agree," Aoi said as she took out her communicator to contact headquarters.

With all of the equipment on, Haru strapped on the SB-555B Faiz Driver and ran off, hoping to save as many people as possible as he flipped open the Faiz Phone and dialed: 555.

STANDING BY

Closing the phone, Haru looked ahead, seeing those getting murdered by the Noise before he glared and raised the Phone up before shouting…

"Henshin!" He said before inserting the phone into the slot of the Driver and pushed it down until the Phone sat sideways.

COMPLETE

Red lines like neon lights appeared over Haru's before in a flash of light, his was donned in his armor, becoming Faiz as he jumped into action and punched the first Noise closest to him. Spinning around, he kicked the head off of another Noise before turning and punching a Noise down that attempted to hit him like a bullet. Just when he was about to fight off more Noise…

*BANG-BANG-BANG!*

"Gah!" Haru cried in pain when shots struck him across the back. Falling to his knees, Haru looked behind him and his eyes widen when he saw his attacker.

His attacker was not a Noise, but another Rider. He could tell it was a man under the suit judging from the build alone. He wore a black bodysuit. His forearms and lower legs were covered in red meal covering as he had steel-toed boots and metal fingertips. Metal studded knee pads covered his knees while black and red shoulder pads covered his shoulders. Over his chest was armor with metal all around in a complicated manner as the Smart Brain logo could be seen. Around his waist was a belt very similar to Haru's Faiz Driver except it lacked the Phone and SB-555L Faiz Pointer. Finally, over his head was a black helmet with a red alpha symbol in front as in the inner circle of the symbol a scope while the outside of the symbol had an 'eye'.

"No way…" Haru said as he got up to his feet and looked at the Rider who had a strange-looking gun in his hand. "Kamen Rider…Neo-Alpa!?"

The identified Neo-Alpa lowered the gun in his hand before pointing at Haru and then made a line across his neck. After doing that did he turn around and walk away.

"Matte(Wait)!" Haru said as he went to chase after the Rider, but more Noise got in his way. While he was fighting back, the mysterious unknown Rider disappeared.

(Stadium)

In the stadium that would soon be the place holding tonight's concert, workers moved all over to make sure everything was in the right place. As they all worked, one woman was humming to herself while overlooking the preparations.

The woman appeared to be around Haru's age as she has long, coral hair with the top styled up in two horn-like curls, with a blue flower accessory centered into each curl. The rest of her hair hangs loosely down to her hips. Her eyes are blue-green. She is currently wearing a white corset-like top under a blue jacket with feathered ends, a wide-open collar, and white accents secured with a bow under her chest. She also wears white short-shorts, a stocking on her left leg and dark laced up boots.

For those who may not know her, this is Maria Cadenzavna Eve or by her fans as Diva Maria as she is here to perform with Tsubasa in tonight's concert: Queens of Music.

As Marisa continues to hum to herself, he felt her phone vibrate in her pocket and she takes out before answering.

-We're ready. We can begin as soon as the Sacrist S is here.-

"No time to waste, huh?" Maria said before she gets up. "Okay Mom, let's start the last stage show of the world."

(Some Time Later)

Piles of carbon that were both killed humans and Noise were vacuumed up as the fighting had ended some time ago thanks to Haru and the girls. While the men worked to clean up the area, Aoi was off to the side talking to Genjuro through her communicator.

"Yes, we managed to contain the situation," Aoi said. "However, Dr. Ver has gone missing. Not only that…" Aoi looks down at the empty case that once held Soloman's Cane. "Soloman's Cane is gone."

-I see…Roger that. Hurry back here.-

"Wait, there's one more thing I need to tell you."

-What is it?-

"This is from Yamamoto-san himself. He said that he saw another Rider."

-What did you say?-

"It seemed the Rider just showed up, attacked Haru, and then left. He says the Rider's name is Neo-Alpa."

-Neo-Alpa…Got it. I'll talk to Haru later once he returns to discuss this.-

"Got it." After that, Aoi hanged up.

(New 2nd Division Base)

"Another Rider…Do you think maybe Smart Brain orchestrated this attack?"

"It's hard to say," Genjuro said as he crossed his arms. "Smart Brain has been quiet as of late. You'd think they send another assassin after Haru when he took down one of the members of the Lucky Clover. Not only that but, factoring out the Orga and Pysga Gears, Haru said that Smart Brain should have only made the Faiz, Kaixa, and Delta Gear." The latter Gear was stored in a briefcase right next to him. While he did now have the power to help directly on the battlefield, he stayed in the base to provide support and only came out to fight when assistance was really needed.

'Now that I think about it, we haven't heard from Tatsuya-san's group in a long while.' Genjuro thought as the group of runways from Smart Brain has not contacted them in some time. Hopefully, they're alright.

(Stadium, Backstage)

The preparations were complete. The setting and lights were spectacular and the crowd of people filling the seats of the building cheered and talked in anticipation while news reporters were busy talking to the camera as tonight's show was to be broadcasted worldwide.

Backstage, Tsubasa, a young woman with dark blue eyes and dark blue hair styled in a side pony-tail on the left side of her head that is longer than the rest of her hair, which falls to just above her waist and cut straight, is seen sitting with her stage outfit hidden behind robes as her manager, Ogawa Shinji, was currently talking with Genjuro via special communicator.

"I understand. Then I shall inform Tsuba—"

-Don't. If she caught word of the Noise attack, she'd cancel tonight's show.-

"I see. Then we'll leave it to you." Shinji said before hanging up.

"What did the Commander say?" Tsubasa asked.

"He wants you to make tonight's show a night to remember," Shinji said.

Tsubasa sighed, seeing though Shinji's lie. "You took off your glasses which means it wasn't a business matter." Shinji flinched, having not realized that he took off his glasses which he wore as her manager. "You need to take note of your own habits or else the enemy will make us—"

"Soiya!"

*GROPE!*

Tsubasa's face flushed completely red when from behind her, Kanade showed up out of nowhere and grabbed her breasts.

"K-Kanade!?" Tsubasa quickly escaped her best friend's hold as she covered her chest.

"Hmm…You've grown a bit over the year, but you're still falling short of the other girls." Kanade noted as she teasingly smiled at her blushing best friend. "But you do have 'perfect balance' so maybe you can use that."

"Kanade, what are you talking about!?"

"Isn't it obvious? I'm trying to think of the best way for you to appeal to Haru-san. With how well-endowed Hibiki-chan and Chris-chan are, you'll need all the help you can get."

"Now is not the time for that!" Tsubasa practically screamed, still red-faced. "Haru-san and the girls could be-!"

"Calm down, Tsubasa. Haru-san and the girls are fine. Oji-san just doesn't want this to affect your performance tonight. Besides, I have faith that they can get the job done alive. Or…" Kanade smiled teasingly again. "Are you still mad that Haru-san decided to go with the girls instead of stay here with you?"

"Th-That's not true!" Tsubasa denied.

"Oh really? Hm, then maybe all that work you went to get Haru-san a backstage pass was all my imagination?" Kanade sarcastically said.

"U-Urusai(Shut up)!" Tsubasa demanded as her face was close to burning at this point.

"It's almost time for the show!" One of the cast announced to the group. "Please come this way!"

"O-Okay, I'll be right there," Tsubasa called over after calming down a bit.

"Healing the hearts of those that were hurt is another one of Kazanari Tsubasa's important duties," Shinji said. "Good luck!"

"Couldn't have said it better myself," Kanade said before saying her piece. "Show the world that you can sing elsewhere than the battlefield. If Haru-san were here right now, I bet he'd say something like: Let your song ring out for the entire world to hear! Or something like that."

"That does sound like something he'd say," Tsubasa said with a small smile. "While I'm not happy about this, it can wait. Tell me the details later."

"You got it. Now show them what you're made of!" Kanade said as her friend walked off to perform.

(Stadium)

While the others were busy talking backstage, the people were chanting Maria's name as she had finished singing her song: Dark Oblivion. Said woman waved at the people, smiling.

Amongst the people, a girl with aquamarine eyes and short black hair looked around for her friend who has yet to show up.

"Where is she? It's almost time for the main event." The girl mutters as she checks her watch.

"Excuse me?"

"Hm?" The girl turns to see a man around Haru's age. He had long black hair that reached just past his neck. His eyes were emerald green and the most noticeable thing about him was a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek. He was dressed pretty casually, wearing a white and blue sleeved baseball shirt and simple jeans with white sneakers.

"Can me and my friend sit here?" The man asked as he pointed behind him to show that he wasn't alone.

With him was a girl appearing to be around her age. She has large violet eyes and long raven black hair with two strands of hair extended from the top of her brow, resembling the antenna of a butterfly. She wears a white vest over a long-sleeved black shirt as a black skirt hung around her waist and long white socks that extend up to below her knee as she wore black shoes.

"Oh, sure. Go ahead." The girl said as she gestured to the two empty seats next to her.

"Thank you." The other girl said as she and her friend sat down.

"I'm Yugo and this is Kyoko-chan." The man introduced himself and his friend before asking, "What's yours?"

"It's Miku."

"It's nice to meet you, Miku-san," Kyoko said with a smile.

"Likewise," Miku said, smiling before the crowd started to get riled up, signaling that the main event was about to begin.

(Insert Fushichō no Flamme)

Rising from a platform, both ready to sing as they both held microphones literally designed as golden fencing swords.

"Let me bear witness as you fall in battle," Maria said.

Tsubasa said nothing back as she got to her feet. With the moon surrounded by a ring of the rubble of it's broken piece, the two began to sing.

Huuh...Cold moon... Blue shine...

Masa ni koyoi, ima sekai wa,

Hitotsu ni naru, todoki tamae, kanae tamae,

Sā...hajimarou

(3,2,1 Ready go! Fly!)

Hatenaki tsuyoi kono omoi wa

Yuzurenai tsuyoi kono omoi wa

Dare ni mo makenai fushi naru merodī

Kagayake True heart

Kono te kara koboresatta

Inochi...tsumuida ko・do・u!

Kaketa mūnraito sono hikari wa

Nokoshita mono ni nani wo tou!

Kanashimi wo tabanete tsurugi ni

Yaiba ni jasutisu no nano moto

Nidoto kieru koto nai

Tamashī no tanebi wo sā

Tomose

(Ignition)

Moenasai hito ni

Sadame nado nai

Tobinasai kako wo hikichigitte

Ikinasai atsuku habatakiai

Hibiki tsutau kanade tsutau kizuna!

Sō namida nigirishimete

Seotta zenbu nigirishimete

Ima fushi naru yume wo hane ni

Negau asu wo tomo ni tobanai ka?

Utae Phoenix song

(Song End)

Once the song ended and feathers that could be mistaken to have come from a phoenix, both Tsubasa and Maria stood smiling as the crowd before they cheered wildly.

"Whew! Now that was impressive." Yugo said as Miku nodded in agreement. Kyoko, meanwhile, was fangirling.

"The was more than impressive! Words can not express the amazement of those two!" Kyoko said as her eyes seemed to sparkle while she waved her glow stick like crazy.

Yugo and Miku chuckled at Kyoko as Yugo explained. "Kyoko-chan here is a big fan of those two. So when she heard they were going to be singing together tonight, she practically dragged me over here when her brother said he couldn't come with her."

"I see," Miku said as she looked down to see Tsubasa giving a speech.

"Arigato, minna(Thank you, everyone)!" Tsubasa spoke through her mic so that everyone may hear her. "Everyday, your support inspires me to do my very best! That's why I hope my songs can give a little inspiration to everyone who listens to them!"

The audience all cheered as Maria stepped forth to say her piece.

"I shall make my songs reach all around the world!" At that declaration did the people go wild. "Never look back, just keep moving forward! Follow me if you can!"

"I'm starting to see why they call her Diva Maria," Yugo said as Miku couldn't help, but nod in agreement.

"I'm grateful for the chance to stand on this stage, especially alongside Japan's most famous singer, Kazanari Tsubasa!"

"Likewise. I'm glad our paths were able to cross like this." Tsubasa said as she walked up to Maria and offered her a hand to shake. Maria accepted the hand and shook it, getting the people to cheer once again.

"We must show everyone the true power of music," Maria said.

Tsubasa nods in agreement. "Songs have the power to change the world."

Maria ends the handshake and takes a few steps forward with a hidden smirk as she raised her mic to her lips. "And that's not all."

Tsubasa blinked in confusion as a sudden chill went down her spine. Her instincts were telling her that something was about to happen. Something bad.

Maria spreads her arms out, making her dress flutter in the wind as all over the stadium, Noise appeared! The atmosphere that was filled with excitement was soon replaced with panic as people scrambled to flee, but the Noise blocked out all the exits.

"Nani!?" Tsubasa gasped at the sudden turn of events as she turned to the culprit, Maria.

"Oi, oi, is this for real?" Kanade said as she and Shinji looked around in surprise.

"Don't panic!" Maria shouted through her mic, getting people to calm down and pay attention to her.

(2nd Division Base)

"Confirmed! A large mass of Noise has appeared! Location: The Queens of Music concert hall!"

"What!?" Genjuro said in surprise.

"Commander, what should we do?"

Genjuro picks up the briefcase that held the Delta Gear and got up. "Ready the Jet Sliger, I'm going out to help. Contact Haru and the others too."

"Roger!"

(Stadium)

"Well, this isn't good," Yugo said as he, Kyoko, and Miku huddled together as they as well as everyone in the stadium was held hostage.

"Hibiki..." Miku muttered.

While Miku was praying for her friend to come, Yugo sent Kyoko a look and the girl nodded before she quietly took her phone out and messaged someone.

(Somewhere else)

As the inside of the stadium was filled with quiet panic, someone stood waiting outside not too far away from the building.

That someone was a man in a hooded, black long coat with said hood over his head, hiding all but his mouth. He wore a golden yellow shirt under the coat and ripped jeans and brown dress shoes.

The hooded man stood next to customized 2013 Star Motorcycle Raider as the whole thing was colored black and gold and made to look like a skeletal horse. The hooded man watched over the building until his phone rang and he took out it, reading a message.

Message: The Struggling Maiden has acted.

The hooded man looked at the message for a few seconds before he closed his phone and got on his bike. Just before he rode off, he looked up and saw a helicopter flying through the air and headed towards the stadium.

Inside said helicopter were Aoi, the girls, and Haru as Aoi was currently talking with Genjuro.

"Roger. I'll be arriving at the scene in forty minutes with three combatants. We'll get the situation under control then." Aoi ended the call and turned to the three in the back. "You heard what they said. I know you all must be exhausted, but you're all we have."

"Forty minutes is too long," Haru said.

"We can only hope not too many lives are lost," Aoi said.

"Something's controlling the Noise here too," Chris noted.

"We don't know the details yet, but..."

"But what?" Hibiki asked.

"When you consider that targeted Noise attacked Soloman's Cane and the events in the stadium right now, it's almost certain that the incidents are related."

"I was thinking the same thing," Haru said as he looked at the monitor next to them that displayed the situation happening at the stage. "Hopefully, Tsubasa can hold out until we arrive."

(Stadium)

All was quiet as the people huddled up together while the Noise watched over them all, standing around like guards. Some wanted to cry but were told to be quiet by others in fear of getting a reaction from the Noise.

Tsubasa looked at all of this with concerned eyes as she brought out her Relic resting around her neck.

"Aren't we scary?" Maria suddenly spoke up, getting Tsubasa's attention. "You're still ready to fight, even at such an overwhelming disadvantage? But you shouldn't be so hasty. Do you really think you can stop the Noise from slaughtering the entire audience?"

Tsubasa clicked her tongue, hoping that Shinji and Kanade were doing something now to help her in this situation.

"Not to mention," Maria glanced over top the monitors placed all around the area to show off the worldwide broadcast. "This show is being broadcasted worldwide. While the Japanese Government disclosed the technology behind Symphogear, they said nothing about its users. Am I right, Kazanari Tsubasa-san?"

"Do you really think so little of me?" Tsubasa said. "Do you really believe I'd hesitate to draw my sword?" Over the year, she bore witness to Haru's work against Noise and any Orphnoch, transforming without any hesitation even when in front of others. If he could draw upon his power in order to make sure people were safe, then so can she!

Maria smiles as Tsubasa's conviction. "That attitude of yours, I kinda like that about you. If only everyone had the guts to fight for each other like you do, the world might have been a better place."

Tsubasa stared at Maria in confusion when a solemn look appeared on the woman's face. "What? Maria Cadenzavna Eve...Just who are you?"

"Right. I guess it time to start the real show!" Maria declared as she twirled her mic around before bringing it up to her mouth. "We hold dominion over the Noise! Thus we claim rulership of all the countries throughout the world!"

Everyone from around the world that was currently watching looked at the woman in surprise.

Tsubasa too looked surprised. "She's turning the whole world against her!? This is...!"

"A declaration of war!" Shinji said as he and Kanade were running in the halls, trying to find a way to help Tsubasa as they stopped at one of the monitors that showed them the current situation.

"I gotta admit, that woman's got a lot of guts declaring that," Kanade said.

"Now then..." Maria began before she went and threw her mic into the air before she opened her mouth and...

"Granzizel Bilfen Gungnir Zilzz..."

Light erupts from Maria herself, blinding everyone momentarily before it soon faded and there Maria stood, clad in familiar-looking armor.

"Masaka(It can't be)!" Tsubasa exclaimed in surprise and disbelief.

"That armor!" Kanade exclaimed as she recognized that armor from anywhere.

(2nd Division Base)

"These wave patterns! This is..."

"It can't be!"

"Someone! Inform the Commander quickly!"

As everyone scrambled to do what they were assigned to do, one word appeared on the screen.

GUNGNIR

(With Haru and the girls)

Everyone in the helicopter stared at the screen in shock and disbelief. There Maria stood before the entire world clad in...

"A black..." Haru began.

"Gungnir...!?" Hibiki finished as she couldn't believe her eyes.

"Impossible! Hibiki should have Gungnir!" Chris said.

Haru looked closely at Maria's armor. True, while it did resemble Hibiki's armor, it looked more similar to when Kanade wielded Gungnir back when she was still an Attuned. Besides being colored black, the armor had an added black cape to it.

'How is this possible?' Haru thought.

Meanwhile, down below the city, the hooded man drove down the streets at high speeds. His destination...

"Maria..." The hooded man muttered before he revved his bike and sped up, not caring if he almost ran over some people. He was in a hurry. There was no time to waste!

(Stadium)

Everyone in the stadium, Tsubasa included, all looked at Maria in surprise. Said woman smirked at everyone's reaction before she raised her hand, caught her thrown mic, and spoke through it.

"I...We are Finé! We are the ones who will bring about the end!"

To Be Continued...

(Insert masterpiece by Mami Kawada)

(Intrumental) The song starts as blurry images play at high speed appear. While some images were hard to make out, the image of a fire and ruins, the Relics, the Drivers, the Wolf Orphnoch's hands covered in blood, and then the caged Nephilim could be made out before the title appears.

(To aru nichijou wa parallel world ikusen mono jikan ni) The scene shows Hibiki in class, staying after school, but to her surprise, she wasn't the only on there. The camera expands outward to show that with her in the class is Tsubasa sitting next to her right Chris sitting next to her left, and sitting in the back in the far corner is Haru looking out the window.

(Onaji mono nado nai masutaapiisu de orinasu jikuu e) We then see the hooded man leaning against a display window of a random store. He lifts his head up to reveal violet colored eyes before the scene chanes to the Crane Orphonch up on the roof a building, looking ready to jump and take flight before the scene changes again to Psyga in the air, flying around.

(Kakinagutte hakushi no shinario ni pensaki ga kooru) The scene then changes to the 2nd Division's new submarine base as everyone else worked on monitoring the data and info in front of them while Ogawa stands next to Genjuro who had the Delta Gear in a briefcase in hand.

(Originality mezase! douse kono michi o yukun dakara) The scene then changes to the hidden base of the organization, Finé. Professor Nastassja, in her wheelchair, is seen monitoring the Nephilim, Shirabe and Kirika are seen together as their Relic necklaces shine under the light. Maria is seen holding a damaged Relic piece in her hands as she thinks about her late sister a certain boy that held a special place in a heart. Finally, Dr. Ver is seen grinning madly wielding Soloman's Cane as a shadow of the Nephilim is seen behind him.

[Shinjite] (Kakenukete) [Tooku made] Haru as Faiz and the girls in the armor are seen with their weapons drawn. Across from them is Maria and the others, donned in their armor with their weapons out and ready as behind them were the shadows of three unknown Riders.

[Kanjiru] (Daichi o kette) [Daichi kette] Both groups stare off at one another before both groups move and attack.

(Nanika no tame ni kogare, ikiteru kanshoku wa kitto) Chris is seen facing off against Kirika who throws scythe blades at her while she counters with bullets from her gattling guns. Meanwhile, Hibiki is seen facing off against Shirabe who throws saw blade at her while she punches and kicks them away.

(Darenimo makenai chikara ni Naru) Tsubasa and Maria are seen clashing weapons until they are broken apart by the sudden appearance of Orga who pushes Tsubasa back before he turns to look at Maria before clashing weapons with her as the Crane Orphnoch and Psyga are seen facing off against Dr. Ver and the Nephilim.

(Shiawase tte tabun kono shunkan onore ga shiru) [When I believed it] Haru is seen facing the three unknown Riders by himself until Kanade and Genjuro as Kaixa and Delta appear to help him, each Rider taking on another Rider.

(Kono kandou o atarashii peeji ni kizamu) [I can go to the next stage] Explosions litter the entire area as Haru was pushed back only to bump into Orga and Pysga. The three Riders look at one another before they all jump up and kick forward towards their intended targets; Haru at the unknown Riders, Orga at the Nephilim, and Pysga at Maria and her girls.

[It's only my thing, 'highest masterpiece!' hoo] Everyone looked up at the three kicking Riders as their kicking feet glow brightly, blinding everyone until the camera moves to show off the moon surrounded by the ring of rubble of its broken piece before the song ends.

And...done! Wow, that took a lot less time than I thought. Well, I hope you all enjoyed the return of Faiz Haru as we now dive into the second chapter of his story. Now, a few things to talk about.

First off, the reason why I'm making this 3rd POV when the last story was 1st POV is because it's less taxing to switch between the two POV like I did last time as I can show off Haru and the others as well as the bad guy side. Plus, I think I can write better battle scenes this way as last time, it was limited to what Haru saw.

Second, I hope you all like the new opening for the story. Something tells me I'm going to be using a lot of openings from the To Aru series. Also, I have a few surprises in store for you all. Continue reading in order to eventually find out what they are.

Now I won't be able to update this story right away as I have some things I like to take care of first before I get to this. So sorry in advance if this story goes a bit quiet after its debut. But that won't mean I'll abandon it, oh no! I plan to see this through to the end! So stick with me for this ride for as long as you can! This is Ashbel Longhart here, signing out. Till the next Ride.