These many souls before the Dark Lord, countless passing on their hopes and dreams to the young woman. Resonating their power with Maria and Rose, strongly sounding their voices.
A deity splitting one into two, everything within his grasp. That weaker one rising, feverishly returning in a storm. Someone binding together innumerable, forcing forward towards a brighter tomorrow.
"Do you see now, Hades? All of the lives you have wronged, their power have joined with our own. You will feel their souls, our souls." Maria's soft voice.
A person once alone, struggling for many years. An entity rising to her many challenges, giving a voice to others. A heart despising the battle, yet someone willing to push onward.
The two halves walking alongside one another, carrying these sentiments with them. The young woman's deeply striking words, shaking their enemy. Maria and Rose piercing through the Dark Lord, shattering his defense.
"Gyah...!!"
"Maria! Now!" Rose urging.
"You take the lead!" Maria meeting her resolve.
These two black and white souls dancing around the other, flowing along the eternal stream. Crushing the Lord of Darkness underneath their will, crashing their sword and staff into Hades. Those powerfully flowing sentiments, not remaining quiet.
Carrying on in their route, racing towards the light. Flying around the field, colliding into their foe from every direction. Impaling the dragon with light and dark lances, binding him in place in their divine and negative force.
"Witness what rests in the depths of our souls--!" Rose's hands above.
A heart in the abyss, flying along with another. These two joining together, pushing onward with each other. Two souls in opposition, yet caring for the other. The Dark Seraph's great might, generating an enormous black void.
Shortly firing it down at Hades, trapping him in its terror. Maria extending Rebellion, a harshly flowing dark wave surging from it. The young woman descending on her target, closing in on him.
"--And feel our desires in this frenzy!" Maria's powerful voice.
The Dark Lord's unrest, seeing her pierce through the darkness. A shining light approaching him, her penetrating glare. Countless souls approaching him, their great fury to the dragon.
Deeply thinking on his error, a memory shortly coming to his mind. A day long ago, a moment leading to one's evolution.
Eleven hundred years ago, Lust at Hades side in Helheim. The two in a decaying forest, the trees falling apart in the chilling surroundings. Ice coating the area, souls screaming in terror.
The Lord of Darkness looking at a projection, seeing Maria. Her long blonde hair and crimson eyes, gold armor on her, her noble crimson cape extending from the lower half of her back.
"There is an angel, someone head out there and kill her already." Lust looking around.
"Delay that order. She is merely a novice and nothing more, we should not risk our ambush simply because a foolish angel wanders into our territory." Hades calmly interrupting, turning from him.
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"You sure, sire?" facing the Dark Lord.
"I am certain she is of no threat to me, but you can do as you like, just do not blow our cover." Glancing back to the Accursed.
"Meh, I'm not feeling it today, she's no trouble like you said." Lust shrugging.
His chance long ago, one in the battlefield. The Dark Lord not acting, allowing her to grow. His wide vision, witnessing her hastily approaching him. The maiden crashing through the dragon, cutting straight out the black void, splitting it in two.
The compressing energy, shortly violently exploding. Maria slowly descending, landing on the floor. Rubble everywhere, Hades bones standing tall, his decaying flesh dripping to the ground. Rose's serious vision, her moment on her.
"And this concludes our exchange, Hades." Maria heavily breathing.
A great enemy no more, the remains still there. The Dark Seraph's eyes on it, her wish almost in reach, feeling the flowing malice. Shortly flying down, landing in the corpse.
Maria stepping forward a bit, her hand to her chest. Her attention on her other half's intention, someone desiring for another outcome. Rose turning to Maria, softly smiling at them.
"Rose..." Her conflicting tone.
"Maria, you have come a long way. I am proud. However, as I said, the next time we meet will our last battle." Rose's gentle voice.
"Why?! What is even the point anymore?!" Maria refusing.
An icy heart slowly thawing, not wishing for this outcome. An entity close to her dream, yet unable to let it go. Two standing before one another, each reaching for their own desire.
The Seraph behind the maiden, gripping her upper arm, looking down a bit. A person wanting to protect the young woman, their inability to do so in this moment.
"Just as you Maria, I have my own desire. Unfortunately, only one of us can remain. I told you...to go hide somewhere...yet you did not listen...!" the Dark Seraph lowering her head.
Two racing through the dusk, clashing against one another. Each half reaching after their wish, refusing to give in. Both caring about the other, a war pushing their hand in the endless stream.
A harsh storm washing over the plane, leaving two opposing the other. Deep sorrow in them, their strongly burning desires dancing in the horrifying night.
"Rose, we can put all of this behind us. It can go back to how it used to be between us..." Maria stepping forward, her hand to her chest.
"Sorry Maria. As much as I would love that, my desire will not be quenched, not when I am this close to breaking free." Rose shaking her head in refusal.
A heart wishing to break free from their shackles, the heavy chains keeping them to the land. Their desire for another outcome, yet only one chance before them both. Two minds on the old days, facing their countless challenges together.
Enduring their hardships, progressing as one. This coming time, two halves conflict nearing its end. Rose raising her staff, drawing in the malice around her, shortly merging her own with Hades and the Harmonizer.
"Rose! Stop this!" Maria pleading.
Racing down her dark path, enduring the harsh storm. The young woman reaching for her other half, the person shielding herself in thick malice. A powerful barrier forcing against the maiden, her sounding voice to that precious one.
The great energy blasting her away, its piercing black light shrouding the area. Maria sliding back on her feet, her vision on the entity ahead.
The Death Seraph floating just above the ground, her bony armor reflecting the Dark Lord. An enormous scythe burning in malice in her hands, ancient symbols radiating from it.
"Rose..." Her heavy heart.
"Maria...it is time to settle our feud for good." Rose's sad eyes.
Deep sentiments within the two, each having their own desire in mind. Maria's eyes on her other half, seeing a cage shielding them. An individual helping her through the night, concerning with their wellbeing.
Keeping those experiences within her, locking onto the small chance at the end of the nightmare. These two hearts meeting in a similar plane, their strong will to push forward.
"I feel your anguish Rose, the same one that is within me. After all, we are the same..." Maria's hand to her chest.
"Then you must know why I need Reviver, it is the key to escape my torment..." The Death Seraph lowering her head.
"No, it is not. What you need, is someone who listens. I never should have left you alone, and that is my mistake. Come, take out your sorrow on me, and I will bear its full weight." The maiden's gentle eyes on her other half.
Two in a dark abyss, Maria feeling the raging tides. Withstanding its harsh force, her vision on the slimmest light. An individual taking on the great anguish of another, this valuable entity to her heart. A person returning after a long time, trying to reach one in the deepest darkness.
"Please, do not make it any harder than it needs to be..." Rose sadly looking away.
I will take on your agony Rose, so let me hear your cries. At the end of it, we will soar together...