Chapter 39: A Beast-Corrupted Sybille?!

(As Gaito and Noah challenged one another in numerous contests, it came down to a eating contest for the both of them as the others spectated.)
"Noah: One last go.."
"Gaito: You're gonna regret challenging me in this contest Noah..!"
"Noah: Bring. It. ON!!!"
(The timer started at five as three plates of hoagies was dropped on each's side and they both stared at the timer then started chowing down on the hoagies as everyone in the cafeteria cheered for them.)
"Velriot: GO NOAH, YOU GOT THIS!"
"Lotus: Keep up the good work Gaito! Devour those hoagies!"
"Isabel: I know you can do it, Gaito!"
(As they continued to chow down, the timer began to reach its final six seconds has they both cleaned two plates but had one hoagie left on each side. At the same time, they both ate and swallowed the hoagies but the timer rung at one last second.)
"Both: WE'VE TIED ONE HUNDRED TIMES IN THREE DAYS!!!! THIS IS BULL!!"
(Gaito and Noah argued as the others laughed but Okisaki was sitting in the dark shade and looked down to what Sawano said before then was pissed off and walked off to find him. Sawano was found sitting on the rooftop of the hotel and held the amulet he wanted on his thirteenth birthday with him and his family until Okisaki found him on the roof.)
"Okisaki: Sawano!"
(They both looked at one another with emotionless expressions.)
"We need to talk. Sibling to sibling."
(Meanwhile in the hotel, Azumi was training with Crystalline on how to activate her elemental spell at will.)
"Crystalline: Since we're fighting against Germany today, we only have one shot at nailing this before five pm today!"
"Azumi: I'm ready!"
(She stood out with his legs closed and took a deep breath.)

"Go!"
(A rumbling was heard around them as trees was beginning to be lifted from the ground with Azumi's mind at ease then a whole chunk of rock lifted her into the air which had her surprised and a bit scared.)
"Azumi: AHHH!! W-WHAT'S GOING ON!?!??!"
"Crystalline(Thinking): She's an Earth elemental!! Just like Kiri! (Aloud): YOU DO HAVE AN ELEMENTAL POWER!!"
"Azumi: I KNOW!! BUT HOW DO I GET DOWN?!?!"
"Crystalline: FIND YOUR COOL AND LET GO SLOWLY!!"
"Azumi: OK!!!"
(She did so and the stone began to slowly drop to the ground which had Azumi lie there, paralyzed about the height she went.)
"Crystalline: Uh.. Azumi are you ok?"
"Azumi: I uh... can't move.. and I don't feel like moving right now... Could you kindly please carry me back to my room..?"
"Crystalline: Of course!"
(She began to carry Azumi back to her room as Sawano and Okisaki continued their conversation.)

"Okisaki: Brother. Are you lying to me?"
"Sawano: About what?"
"Okisaki: This... Hades thing."
"Sawano: Why would I lie."
"Okisaki: Because.. You've been acting strangely lately and I know this isn't the way you'd act."
"Sawano: So I change, you change, we all change sister. So what?"
"Okisaki: I don't believe you is what I'm trying to say..."
"Sawano: So why exactly can't you believe me?"
"Okisaki: Because... I know Hades isn't real!"
"Sawano: That's an excuse."
"Okisaki: Brother, I'm not making any excuses! I am telling the truth!"
"Sawano: What truth? That you can't live without your goddamn brother? I KNOW THAT!"
(She gasped and clenched her fist.)

"Okisaki: I don't know where the hell that's coming from... but I'm NOT in the mood for jokes."
"Sawano: Neither am I. I'm going to die soon, that's the end of it."
"Okisaki: You lie."
"Sawano: HOW?!"
"Okisaki: YOU HAVE NOT BROUGHT BACK ANY CONCLUSIVE PROOF THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DIE! I KNOW IT, YOU MIGHT HAVE FOOLED EVERYONE ELSE BUT NOT ME!"
(Sawano implanted his fist in the wall where Okisaki stands and gleams at her in her eyes.)
"Sawano: I'm not. Lying. You're suppose to believe your big brother. Otherwise, how can HE believe you?"
"Okisaki: When are you going to die huh?"
"Sawano: I... I don't know."
"Okisaki: So how are you going to die?"
"Sawano: My-Ngh... I just can't tell you!"
"Okisaki: SO YOU'RE LYING TO ME..!"
"Sawano: NO I AM NOT!"
(He backed up in anger and began to get very pissed off.)
"Okisaki: Why are you lying to your little sister...?"
"Sawano: Shut up... I'm NOT LYING."
"Okisaki: YOU ARE! ITS ALL OVER YOUR FACE, DAMN IT!"
"Sawano: I'M NOT! YOU DON'T SEE IT, YOU DON'T GET IT..! I'VE TOLD YOU ALL WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME AND YOU ASSUME I'M NOT GOING TO DIE...? GET THIS THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL OKISAKI! WE ALL HAVE TO DIE!!"
"Okisaki: NO.. YOU SAY THAT WHEN... WHEN.."
(Her voice began to break as she was painfully hurt inside.)
"Sawano: Forget it. I knew my little sister wouldn't get it. Just go."
"Okisaki: Did you.. say all of this.. just so you can see your sister cry...?"
(He turned around and looked at the tears falling from her eyes.)
"THERE! HAPPY NOW...? I'M CRYING FOR YOU, BROTHER! BECAUSE I CANNOT HANDLE A LIAR AND I CAN'T HANDLE SOMEONE WHO ABANDONS HIS FUTURE WIFE!"
"Sawano: Who Xiazress adopted is NOT my child. He's just a mistake."
(A slap was heard at the top of the hotel which had a handprint on Sawano's face but he didn't show any expression as Okisaki stood there in grief, crying.)

"Okisaki: Who are you...? WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY BROTHER..? THE REAL SAWANO I KNOW WOULDN'T SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT...!!!!"
(He had an expressionless look at Okisaki as his hair covered his eyes.)
"No... I... I don't know you anymore..."
(She clenched her fist on her chest and squeezed it.)
"You've just been the very first in a long time... to shatter this heart.. congratulations..! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY, I REALLY HOPE YOU ARE!"
"Sawano: Okisaki..."
(She turned and ran towards the door, tears began to drip off her cheeks to the ground. The door was slammed as Sawano looked down at the picture she dropped which was becoming wet by the incoming rain.)
"Onara: Not. Cool."
(The whole team met Sawano on the roof which everyone was disappointed at what he said.)
"Sawano: How did-"
"Silvershot: We was here the whole time when we all heard about your conversation and what you just did was unforgiveable."
"Noah: It takes a lot of balls to make a girl cry, hope your happy."
"Azumi: I'm utterly... disgusted.."
"Lotus: Disapproving."
(They all didn't bother to continue talking to Sawano so they all went back down as Gaito stood there with an angered glare at Sawano.)
"Gaito: Who's the child now? Do us a favor and just go, you've done enough. I thought we could be cool, but what you just said to Okisaki. I will NEVER forgive you for."
(The door was slammed once again and Sawano sat on the rooftop and looked at his bloody hand from punching the wall then screamed with more regrets than he ever had. A few moments later, Sawano began to call a number with his phone.)
"Sawano: Hey.. Akira..?"
"Akira(Phone): Sawano!? Dude, how's the tournament!"
"Sawano(Phone): Fine... I guess. But look. Two things."
"Akira(Phone): I'm listening, what's going on buddy?"
"Sawano(Phone): When I get back to Hakodate, get me an appointment set with the news station. Please?"
"Akira(Phone): S-sure man! But why are you coming back..?"
(He stood up as his hair slowly showed red streaks on the back of his hair.)

"Sawano(Phone): Its time for me to tell everyone the truth. What I really am."
(As time went by, Okisaki locked herself in her room and looked at the empty bed next to her then walked over and felt it which made her remember the old Sawano but began to cry more.)
"Okisaki: I can't... I can't lose him again.. I didn't want to admit it...! I didn't want to argue with him... I'm such an idiot..."
(She collapsed to the floor in sadness and curled into a ball as Velriot and the other girls overheard her past the door.)
"Velriot: She's really having a breakdown..."
"Crystalline: Sawano really has changed. That dumbass had to go and say all of that though..?"
"Onara: I'm not forgiving him either."
"Azumi: We cannot let this sink into our minds still..! We need to focus on winning the tournament! Its wishes on the line here!"
"Velriot: Your right! For now, we'll give Okisaki her time alone.. We still have to cheer her up."
"???: Yoo! Japan, how's it going?!"
(A red-haired girl came walking towards them with interest.)
"Onara: Can we help you?"
"Sybille: Oh come on now! You guys know me, I'm Sybille Schmidt! Germany's top competitor?"
"Azumi(Thinking): I didn't expect her until later on..!"
"Velriot: Oh! Right, you're Sybille! How can we help?"
"Sybille: No reason, I just wanted to wish you girls luck tonight! BEFORE WE KILL YOU!"
(They all had their guards up as she quickly apologized for what happened.)
"No no no! I'm sorry! That was my uh.. other side..!"
"Azumi(Aloud): Other side?"
"Sybille: Well um.. This is quite embarrassing... I have a beast. But.. that beast and I don't see eye to eye well..."
"Crystalline: Just like... him."
(She didn't want to mention Sawano's name but forgot about it a second later.)

"Velriot: Well don't worry, we wish you guys luck too!"
"Sybille: Win or lose, we'll root for Japan!"
"Onara: But aren't we enemies?"
"Sybille: To be honest really, I've been a fan of Japan ever since Sawano became the new number one!"
(The girls was silent as they heard loud sobbing across the door in Okisaki's room.)
"D-did I do something..?"
"Velriot: You didn't do anything, its just..."
"Azumi: Something happened earlier today."
(After so, they told Sybille what happened earlier today between Sawano and Okisaki which had her in shock the whole story then her eye color changed followed with her hair and height which frightened the others a bit.)
"Sybille(Beast): Who... in the hell.. WOULD SAY SOMETHING THAT CRUEL TO HIS LITTLE SISTER...?!!?!"
"Velriot: We all feel that way too. Trust me, why don't we all just forget about this and try to cheer her up?"
(They all agreed and knocked on Okisaki's door then opened it after the lock was picked.)
"Okisaki: What...?"
"Azumi: We're here to cheer you up, Okisaki."
"Crystalline: Plus, we called someone to help."
(Footsteps was heard trampling down the hallway as Kira quickly barged in to hug Okisaki while full of worry.)
"Kira: Okisaki! Kira heard about everything!! She is so sorry Sawano said all those things to you!"
"Okisaki: K-Kira..?!"
"Velriot: Come on Okisaki, will you let us?"
"Okisaki: Well..."
(An hour away from the semi-final matches, Okisaki began to feel better than before as the other girls cheered her up with their talks.)

"You girls are right.. I'm feeling much better. But I just don't.. want to see him for a while."
"Sybille: No need to feel like its your fault. He's just stubborn, I know I might not know him closely like you but he's a stubborn one."
"Velriot: She's right Okisaki!"
"Azumi: I agree with them!"
(They'd all agree with one another until a knock was heard on the door which Konnor came in after being told to come in.)
"Konnor: Sorry ladies but... You might need to see this..."
(After being leaded to the arena by Konnor, every spectator and fighter in the arena looked at the screens where a major announcement was being made.)
"Announcer #3: Due to... personal issues, Sawano Magachi has resigned and left the elemental division. Leaving the number one spot returned to Faiz."
(The entire stadium was full of shocked reactions and surprises then Sawano appeared with his horns and tail out and looked at the press for questions.)
"Interviewer: Mister Magachi! Do you wish to explain the reason on why you've resigned from the elemental division?"
"Sawano: Unfortunately yes. But before I do so, I want to tell everyone the truth."
(Everyone looked with confusion as Sawano began to tell everyone.)

"First of all, I don't deserve the number one spot. I... am Sawano Magachi. I am the son of both Kirby and Radella Magachi, Okisaki Magachi is my sister. I am not.. from this world, not this galaxy, not this universe. I came from another universe very... very.. far from you all."
"Interviewer #2: Could you tell us about this universe?!"
"Sawano: The universe has far more powerful adversaries and is my home.. My planet was... known as Senvoinerth or to your knowledge... Forbidden sector Trao - 64VN."
(Everyone in the world was shocked at the reactions and had the Japanese military caught off-guard on knowing that and more Interviewers continued to ask questions.)
"Interviewer 3#: What can we know about the tail and horns?! Plus your elemental power??"
"Sawano: This power. Is a forgotten but a very... very.. deadly element. I'm a forbidden elemental and I weld the legendary Unholy Inferno and my horns and tail.. almost all Senvoinians has this appearance change. Except... Mines are a relation to my father. No more questions please. Oh and Gaito..? I'm doing what you wanted, enjoy the number two spot."
(Conflicts was started from left and right across the arena and the country as cameras was being flashed at Sawano and boos was being yelled at Gaito then Sawano began to walk away then the rest of the team was shocked except Okisaki which made her more peeved off than before.)

"Noah: Dude..? What did you do?!?"
"Gaito: ALL I DID WAS TELL HIM TO GO AWAY! I DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO GO THIS FAR!"
(The rest of the team argued as security, the Gods and Kira tried to take care of the situation as the remaining fighters for the tournament went back to the hallways. As a few minutes went by, Germany and Japan began to fight for the final spot as the fans was silent but most began to cheer again.)
"Sybille: Guys! Just warning you, once my beast takes over, she won't hold back! So don't hold back against me!!"
"Velriot: We'll make sure of it, same to you!"
(The timer was beginning to countdown to the final five seconds as they all began to attack together. After standing one another down, the screens buzzed the showed the words:)
"Screens: LETS GO TO BATTLE!"
(Noah and Gaito went after one of the males then Konnor, Lotus and Silvershot did the same as the five girls went after Sybille. Noah began to slide across the ring with his ice like he was ice-skating then countered an incoming polearm with a swift kick back to the person who fired it then punched him off balance as Lotus and Silvershot teamed on two of the fighters.)
"Azumi: Time to see how my training went!"
(She began to release platforms of the ring off the ground to fly around and evade any in-air attacks as Velriot and Crystalline attacked head on with two other girls as the others began fighting one another.)
"Lotus: This is one persistent individual."
"Silvershot: Lets just finish him quickly and get to the others!"
(A sheet of silver risen above Silvershot and divided into several bullets and was targeted at him then fired the bullets at the defending competitor who swiftly walked past every bullet while avoiding incoming attacks from Lotus.)
"German Fighter: Lotus and Silvershot... Two of Japan's best can't land a hit on me?"
"Lotus: You're quite cocky aren't you, young lad?"
(He'd separate from the both of them which had Lotus in a calmed state and Silvershot annoyed at his defense and evasive actions.)

"Silvershot: You're Arno Rammberg aren't you?!"
"Arno: How surprisingly nice of you to remember my name. But unfortunately, you both don't have the right amount of talent when taking on a.. dangerous foe like me."
"Silvershot: Is that a challenge?"
"Arno: It is.. If you think you think you're tough enough for it."
(A cloud of steel bullets was balanced above Silvershot.)
"Silvershot: Challenge accepted! Silver Bullets: Metal Rain!"
(The bullets was dropping down against him at high speed as Arno continued to dodge them all without losing his focus and pattern movement then grabbed a silver bullet with his hand.)
"Arno: Not a bad attack. But nevertheless, I'm unimpressed."
(Arno's flesh went from soft tissue to being protected by the silver bullet he touched which had Silvershot and Lotus surprised.)

"This is my special ability, I believe its called Texture Manipulation. Anything I touch becomes a part of my flesh for exactly one whole hour. To put it simply, my body went from soft tissue to cold, hard silver but sadly I only get three uses per day. But, I thank you for the hand Silvershot!"
"Silvershot: YOU PIECE OF-"
"Lotus: Insulting him will just loosen more of your control. If you want to fight fire with fire, we'll need to strategize against this fellow now that we know his ability."
"Silvershot: But how..? He's skilled at defense and no doubt his offense just increased!"
"Lotus(Thinking): An enemy that can make anything his flesh for an hour... Wait..! He said he only gets three chances..? Hmm..."
"Konnor: So what's the plan?"
"Silvershot: Konnor?! Where did you come from?"
"Konnor: Two girls tried a tag attack so I had to deal with them."
"Arno: Are you done thinking of plans over there? To tell the truth, I have more abilities than what you see before you now."
"Silvershot: Say what?!"
(Arno started to yell loudly which his eye colors was becoming yellow then had red mist on his left arm as his right arm had black mist then he'd begin to slam his fists together which began to gift him speed, strength, power and higher senses. Konnor began to think of something.)
"Arno: This is the German's Shogun. This technique gifts me all I need to win in a fight and this is not all it can do, IT CAN GRANT ME ANY ELEMENT I WANT IF I TOUCH ITS WELDER!"
"Konnor(Thinking): This better work..!"
(They began dodging his attacks to avoid being touched until Konnor took a deep breath.)
"(Aloud): HEY ARNO! YOU'RE TOO SLOW, MY FRIEND! YOU WANT MY ELEMENTAL POWER? COME AND GET IT!"
"Arno: WHAT?! HOW DARE YOU CALL ME OUT YOU STALLION!"

(Arno ran faster then ever towards Konnor to take his elemental power but Konnor began dancing to avoid being touched by him which confused most of the fighters and audience. Arno began to growl loudly and missed Konnor again as he jumped into the air but Arno jumped in the air and landed a heavy punch to his stomach which blasted him close to the ring's edge until Gaito saw and quickly went faster than time and caught him before he was eliminated.)

"Gaito: Damn it..! That was close..!"
(The ring started to rattle as Sybille's power was lifting Velriot and the girls in the air then Noah slashed the girls out of the trap with his ice.)
"Noah: Guess I got to take this one. You girls catch your breath!"
(Sybille began to chase after the girls until Noah stood back in her way until a feedback was heard which everyone was caught off guard on.)
"Announcer #2: Attention! Before this fight continues, I've just received a word from Sawano! And the message states: "For the semi-final and final battles, all matches has been considered a no-holds barred, which means weapons are now legalized until the tournament is concluded."
(A massive uproar of cheers was heard in the stadium which brought all of Japan to a confident smirk without holding it back.)
"Noah: In that case... ARTIC RELEASE, ICE CARVER!"
(Ice was created around Noah as he ripped his katana from the ice on the ground.)
"Konnor: DIVINE BOW OF LIGHT!"
(A light shined down on Konnor which revealed his bow being released from vines below him.)
"Velriot: SCYTHE OF TRAGEDY, RAZOR!"
(A mist of darkness surrounded Velriot as she grabbed and swung her scythe.)
"Silvershot: FINALLY! NO MORE HOLDING BACK! THE FORSAKEN... MERGE!"
(Another sheet of silver risen from the ground and materialized itself into a claymore.)
"Lotus: Very well... Staff of Ashrune, Malice!"
(A gong was heard from afar as Malice grew in Lotus's palms.)
"Gaito: Heh... Its been a while..."
(Gaito took a deep breath then yelled at the top of his lungs.)
"VENOMSHANKKKK! ZANBATOOOO!!"
(Lightning began striking down at Gaito as Venomshank was being called upon the heavens and Zanbato began flying from Hakodate to him in the arena. As Gaito grabbed his swords, all of Japan stood together with their weapons as the rest of Germany, even Sybille had worry in her eyes but they all drew their weapons and began to charge.)

"Sybille(Beast): LETS END THEM NOW!"
"Gaito: AS ONE! WE'LL WIN!"
(They all began fighting separate opponents as the ring began to get explosive which everyone else still watching in their homes was full of shock and excitement.)
"Konnor: Darkness Arrow... ABYSMAL VENGANCE!"
(The powerful dark energy wave began to form as the arrow shrunk then expanded into a massive wave which eliminated the two same females from before.)
"Referee #6: Both Sylvie and Mina of Germany has been eliminated!"
(Sybille didn't look pleased so she began to attack Konnor for payback as Konnor started fighting back against her and her large medieval-like sword. Azumi began fighting four incoming boys and took three steps.)
"Azumi: Shattering.. Star... Strike!"
(In a flash, the four boys has been rendered unconscious after one fast and powerful swing with her sword which was faster than light.)

"Referee #3: Four more contestants has been eliminated for Germany!"
(The country leaders was surprised and Anna was in shock and laughed.)
"Anna: Well, this is unexpected!"
"Baisho: You're not mad?"
"Anna: Why would I be mad? In truth, Sybille's the only good person with a weapon down there. Everyone else is just elemental fighters."
"Baisho: Wow.."
(The ring reacted to a powerful explosion where Sybille then landed an explosive attack at Noah and Konnor which had them both headed towards the outside.)
"Gaito: DAMN IT!!!!"
"Noah(Thinking): Shit..! I can't... reactivate my ice..!"
(Velriot and Crystalline jumped towards Noah and Konnor then forced them back into the ring with their weapons and took the elimination for the team which surprised the others.)
"Everyone: VELRIOT!!! CRYSTALLINE!!!!"
"Referee: Velriot and Crystalline of Japan has been eliminated!"

"Announcer #2: AND JUST LIKE THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT, JAPAN SUFFERS TWO ELIMINATIONS! AS JAPAN HAS EIGHT COMPETITORS LEFT AND THERE IS FOUR LEFT FOR GERMANY!"
"Sybille(Beast): How does it feel losing two powerful assets to your team? You say you'd all fight as one but I don't see any truth behind that. All I see in Japan is nothing but candy-ass nobodies trying to get to the top! You're way worse than what the United States pulls! And you call yourselves the number one country in the world? Don't make me laugh to death!"
(Gaito smirked then stepped up.)
"Gaito: Is that suppose to be insulting? You say we're nobodies and I say "you're damn right!" That's why we all fought through this whole tournament with GIVING IT OUR ALL! BUT.... YOU COMPARING US TO THE UNITED STATES? Don't you dare.. make ME LAUGH!"
(Blue lightning began to circuit around Gaito at an alarmingly fast rate as a powerful wave of energy was being charged at her.)

"US JAPANESE FIGHTERS HAS FOUGHTEN THROUGH THREATS BIGGER THAN YOU! WE'VE ALL DONE OUR PARTS AS THIS COUNTRY'S PROTECTORS, WE ALL DO WHATEVER THE HELL WE CAN TO WIN AND BY THE DAMN GODS, WINNING IS WHAT WE'LL ACHIEVE! EVEN IF IT COSTS OUR LIVES, EVEN IF IT COSTS US A CITY... WE'LL PROTECT THIS GODDAMN WORLD IF WE HAVE TOO!"

(Every God watching the fight noticed Gaito's massive amounts of lightning being generated which gave them a great shock.)
"Ares: HAHAHAAAA!! THAT'S THE DEMI-GOD FOR YA!! WAY TO PREACH TO THE WORLD!!"
"Caerus: Such terrifying power...! This "Gaito" fellow... is very familiar..."
"Kira: Kira has not expected something like this... Even she is far too shocked."
"Masunashi(Thinking): Brother...! How strong did you truly get...?!"
"Zeus: This is impossible...! Did he really gain all of this.. because of my power...?"

(Gaito began floating in midair as the Sybille began to use a counter attack. The lightning began sparking across the ring which everyone tried avoiding as Gaito's eyes suddenly burst into lightning and started flashing red then yellow and back to blue as the blast was ready at maximum power but then his whole lightning bursts to a pure red color which surprised almost everyone who's seeing the dangerous amount power.)

"Gaito: I got one last thing for you Sybille... Even if we are different countries, even if we do become enemies... I was like you, I killed for a passion as an assassin! But it ALL CHANGED! AND NOW THAT I FIGHT FOR THE LIVES OF CIVILIANS, THIS BLAST WILL PROVE TO YOU, I AM NOT THE GAITO I ONCE WAS-!"
"Sybille(Beast): SHUT UP AND DIE ALREADY!"
(She fired a velvet colored energy wave at Gaito until he opened one of his eyes after the blindfold began to get charred in the process.)
"Gaito: THIS ENDS..! (Altered Voice): FINAL JUDGEMENT: LUNAR LIGHTNING!!!!!"

(The GIGANTIC lightning blast then lands a direct hit on Sybille and the remaining three for Germany after Sybille's energy wave evaporated inside the lightning but then drilled a massive hole in the arena's wall then blasted itself across the ocean, creating medium sized wave after wave and Kira quickly placed up more indestructible barriers to protect the spectators and themselves from getting blasted from the debris but was stronger than last time. After the debris once again calmed down, the barriers was taken down and the referees quickly saw that Sybille and the remaining three was knocked unconscious as Silvershot was eliminated due to being electrocuted which knocked him out.)

"Referee #4: Silvershot of Japan has been eliminated due to unconsciousness and as for Germany, all members has been eliminated! Therefore.... JAPAN HEARBY MOVES ON TO THE FINALS!"
(The crowds cheered as Gaito stood on his feet with the lightning still running around his body and stared at the massive hole he created then the team celebrated and helped him backstage.)
"Kira: Kira has a lot.. of remodeling to do here..."
(As the team went backstage, Gaito was laying on his bed exhausted after releasing a lot of power into the blast. Then comes Masunashi running into the room in excitement.)
"Masunashi: Little brother!! Oh my goodness, how strong did you get?!?! How was you able to hold that much power inside of you??!!! I'm so jealous, teach me pleaseee???"
"Gaito: This is a side I never saw before.."
"Masunashi: Gaito!! Pleaseeeeee???"
"Gaito: Alrighttt alrighttt! After this tournament, I'll teach you, alright sis?
"Masunashi: Yay! Thanks little bro!"
(She left the room and Gaito continued to lie there exhausted but smiled.)
"Gaito: Now to get to the one question... what was that red lightning...?"
(A knock was heard on the door which Gaito's father, Johide came in.)
"Johide: Son."
"Gaito: Father."
"Johide: I believe you do not know about the family's special technique."
"Gaito: Technique?"
"Johide: Of course. Five of your ancestors was able to master that technique years ago and I never had the time to tell you the family history."
"Gaito: I'm listening."
(Johide took a seat in a chair across from Gaito and pulled out a sealed scroll from decades ago.)

"Johide: Decades ago before the dawn of humans, an Anti-God spared one young individual who was a worthy successor to the elemental power. During the conflicts between demons and angels, all five of your ancestors was gifted godlike abilities for defending the humans now that their time was coming. In the first elemental war... the Anti-Gods returned, struck us down and killed four of your ancestors. One remained but had to sacrifice his life... to release the elemental abilities to the humans as it was now their time to rise."

"Gaito: So what happened then..?"
"Johide: In the second Elemental War, the Anti-Gods was standing tall until... the Unholy Inferno elementals was alerted and came out to battle."
(Gaito scoffed loudly when he heard those words.)

"Gaito: I'm sorry. That reminded me of... someone. Go on."
"Johide: The Anti-Gods was killed but more reinforcements showed at the third and final war. And then... your ancestor died in the third war by sacrificing his life after one special attack."
"Gaito: I see... But what is this ability..?"
"Johide: The ability is called... Aezeno. Or in the word of humans, Ember Mist. What you've just unlocked has quadrupled your power into something that'll surpass a God's strength."
(Gaito smirked with a smile at the same time at Johide.)
"Gaito: Awesome... then after this whole thing is finished, I got one last thing to do."
(He sat up on the bed and looked at his father then got up to look outside the window and stare into the clouds.)
"I'm going to challenge Zeus one on one. Winner. Takes. All. Then I will prove to everyone... I'm not just a damned assassin, not JUST A HUMAN OR A DEMI-GOD...! I AM GAITO TAMAREI. THE one human who not just beaten Zeus... BUT HAS DETHRONED THE KING..."
(Meanwhile in Hakodate inside Sawano's dojo was everything destroyed as he lied there screaming in agony and felt his soul being devoured more then quickly sent himself to the underworld where Hades was sitting on his throne, expecting him.)

"Hades: Welcome back, my pawn."
"Sawano: DAMN YOU... HADES..! DAMN YOUU!!!"
"Hades: Aww... it hurts doesn't it..? Its the price you have to pay for such power, Sawano. Didn't your poor mommy and daddy teach you that..?"
"Sawano: What's... happening to me...?"

"Hades: I didn't tell you..? You're becoming mines. I made a swear Sawano, your power is what I want. I wanted you as my special little toy... AND YOU COME FALLING INTO MY HANDS! I THANK MY IDIOTIC BROTHER FOR GIVING ME SUCH A WORTHY SACRIFICE FOR SUCH DESTRUCTIVE POWER! With you.. as my knight.... and ME.. as the king, the commanding officer of the ENTIRE OPERATION...? The world, the solar system, the galaxies! ALL UNIVERSES SHALL BEND TO MY WILLS! YOU'RE JUST MY PUPPET! I've used your power to get exactly.. what I wanted..."

(Sawano tried to get up which regrew his black veins and fought through the pain then vanished in thin air to land a kick on Hades.)

"Sawano: I'M NOT FALLING TO YOU HADES!!!"
"Hades(Echoing Voice): Quiet. Weak fool."
(Cerberus quickly barked, lunged then bites down on Sawano and ripped off one of his legs which made him miss the kick but fall in horrid pain as he held on to his wound then Hades walked down from his throne and Sawano released his chains which are quickly generating from his back and tries to stab Hades with multiple chain attacks.)
"(Normal Voice): When will you ever learn..?"
(Hades grabbed the chains and ripped them out of his spine which made Sawano cough and vomit blood and begin bleeding from his eyes then fell to the ground, coughing and wheezing in pain as he looked up at him.)
"Seeing you with these horns and that tail irritates me. CERBERUS!"
(Sawano gasped and quickly began to roll out the way, trying to ignore the pain but Cerberus started chasing him.)
"Sawano(Thinking): DAMN IT.. DAMN IT.. DAMN IT.. DAMN IT...! COME ON..! SEND ME BACK..!"
(He quickly was slamming his hand on the pad to send him back to the surface until Cerberus pounced on his left arm and purposely crushed it without hesitation as Sawano roared in unimaginable pain then Hades walked toward him with a trident with two forks.)
"Hades: The end is near Sawano. No one can save you, no one can help you, there IS no heroes in this universe! All we see everyday is elemental gifted wannabes trying to purposely save humanity for what..? A MISTAKE YOU'VE CAUSED?!"
(Sawano could not say anything as he was in too much pain to even speak.)
"Before you become my special knight, Sawano. Its time I showed you something."
(Hades broke apart a rock mountain which Sawano stared at in horror to see Lyssa and Aenta's heads mounted on the spikes and same for the other Gods from the Realm of Light. After looking at them all, Sawano screamed with his mind clouded with regret and sorrow but began to cry at the same time.)

"Sawano: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! AHHHHHHHHH!! NOOOOO!! NOOOO!!"

"Hades: YES!! YESSS!! BREAK DOWN INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT OF DESPAIR SAWANO! YOUR FAMILY HAS LEFT YOU.. YOUR FRIENDS HAS LEFT YOU.. EVERYONE HAS LEFT YOU! ALL THE PEOPLE, YOU'VE BECAME FRIENDS WITH HAVE PERISHED BY MY HANDS! EVEN YOUR SISTER HAS LEFT YOU ALONE! YOU ARE FOREVER ALONE SAWANO, NO ONE SHOULD WASTE THEIR TIME WITH YOU! YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A PET, A FRAUD, A FAILURE! YOU CALL YOURSELF A HERO TO THE PEOPLE? THE UNIVERSAL SAVIOR? I don't see anything about you worthy of being praised.. you DISGUSTING FILTH!"

(Hades risen his Bident with his flames generated in the middle and aimed it at Sawano's head.)
"NOW! THE TIME HAS COME, AWAKEN MY DEMONIC KNIGHT!"
(At the final second, everything turned black for Sawano as he lied there in a pool of blood as he returned to the dojo in time and Cerberus was confused.)
"It seems the pad worked for him.. no matter. Even if I did force it too early, he'll be my knight soon enough."
(Sawano's flames could not activate and fix his wounds so he tried to get up and call for help but fell down to the ground and continued bleeding out.)
"Sawano(Thinking): Damn it... its like this every time... From the day I met Broken Apocalypse... to this... Aenta... Lyssa... I'm sorry I wasn't able to save you guys..."
(He passed out once again as Okisaki felt a strange but faint power source but ignored it.)
"Okisaki: So what's our plans for the finals?"
"Onara: Well since weapons are allowed, I'd say we go see who we're facing first before we plan anything else. But before that, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU AND VELRIOT TOOK THE ELIMINATIONS FOR THE BOYS, CRYSTALLINE!!"
"Crystalline: Losing Noah would be a great disadvantage to the team, Gaito can handle himself but Noah's ice can temporarily freeze the enemy's tracks which can give us an advantage."

"Velriot: To add on, I want Noah to keep his promise.."
(The other girls looked at Velriot in confusion as she remembered what her and Noah talked about after the match.)

-A few minutes ago-

"Noah: Why...? Why did you get yourself eliminated to save me..?"
"Velriot: Because, you're the big help to the team and... I want you to win."
"Noah: But, I can't win without you!"
"Velriot: Don't be a baby, Noah..."
(She looked at him with a smile.)
"I want you to keep a promise to me."
"Noah: What kind?"
"Velriot: If we win and we do get a wish per survivor... I want you to wish me the truth about my life, why can't I die..?"
"Noah: What..?"
"Velriot: I can't stand it... I can't stand IT...!! I always imagine death every time I sleep... I always see it happening before my own eyes..!!"
(She began to break down and started hyperventilating.)

"To tell the truth... I've been keeping a bland look on my face the whole time to hide my fear and anxiety.. but deep inside myself I HAVE BEEN TEARING APART..!! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE..! ITS TOO PAINFUL FOR ME TO SEE MY OWN SELF DIE TOO MUCH...!!"
(Noah hugged her which she gasped for a moment.)
"Noah: Don't say another word. Even if it costs me my life, I'll get you your wish. Because, I love you Velriot. I'll make your wish happen and we together will find a way to end your nightmares."
(She began to whimper than held back crying and looked at him with a smile.)
"Velriot: I love you too Noah... and thank you..."

-Now-

"He promised me he'd help me with... personal problems. That's why I love him. He might be a pervert, but.... nothing can stop me from falling for him."
(She realized she was being recorded and quickly became embarrassed.)
"GAHHH!?!? WH-WHY-WHYY HAVE YOU BEEN RECORDING ME AZUMI!??!?!"
"Azumi: Its so cute I couldn't resist it!"
"Velriot: AZUMIIII!!!!!!!!!!"
(Velriot chased Azumi around the room as the other girls laughed. Meanwhile, Gaito and the boys went to go see the United States verses China.)
"Konnor: How's Silvershot?"
"Lotus: Silvershot's fine but the lightning Gaito conducted was so strong, he actually gained a little amnesia."
"Gaito: Thank goodness I didn't kill the guy."
"Noah: So there's just four of us, the girls only have three now. Do you think we can manage to defeat whoever we face in the finals?"
"Gaito: OF COURSE! We came so far and turning back down would only let all of Japan down. Plus... I've been dying for some tougher competition... Freedom Knight. How strong are you REALLY..?"